It must be understood that relaxation and balance are of paramount importance in the work of developing the individual as he or she reaches toward the Illumination of the Christ Light and the Realization of God-Self.

One must remember that the thyroid center is a balancing valve between the physical and spiritual bodies and that there can sometimes be subnormal, supernormal, or hyper-thyroidal conditions.  In any case, what we wish to bring is balance, both physical and spiritual, which also brings mental balance and opens a channel for the Spirit to speak to us.

This exercise should be done each night and may be done in conjunction with or after the concentration exercises before retiring. See below for concentration exercise suggestions.

STEP l:

Sit or lie down in bed. Relax. Do not go to sleep. Just relax as if you were going to sleep.

STEP 2:

With your eyes wide open, concentrate your attention upward toward the ceiling or straight ahead toward one of the walls of the room and try to see beyond the ceiling or wall as though you are looking on the other side of the ceiling or wall.

You must remember that you can see anywhere that you put your consciousness. By that, we mean that if there is a place on the other side of the ceiling or wall you wish to see, place your consciousness there, and you will see where you want to see.

STEP 3:

Continue the concentration or gazing for about one or two minutes—maybe five minutes—then close your eyes and take a deep breath, while you bring the fingertips of both hands together in front of you. Then turn your attention and consciousness toward the thyroid, which is at the throat center, and concentrate on the thyroid for the count of ten, or whatever is comfortable.

NOTE:

You must remember that our principal aim in this exercise is the peace and strength and sharpness of the senses that we are attempting to attain. This is a balancing exercise, not a case of making you psychically conscious. It is our attempt here to make your vision—your sight—aware of what it is looking at, to bring you to the place where you see everything you are looking at. And there will be a feeling of strength and vitality in your body.

WHEN TO DO THIS EXERCISE:

Do this each night before retiring for no fewer than 21 days.

Concentration Exercises:

Week 1: Developing the Aura

Week 2: Ear

Week 3: Will Power

More spiritual exercises may be found on the HolyOrderOfMANS.org in the Curriculum section.

During this week do the following experiment. Its purpose is to direct your will power to another part of your body.

This time, visualize the small organ in the center of your head (the pineal gland), near the middle of your brain. It acts as the connecting link between your sympathetic nervous system and your spinal nervous system and makes all spiritual demonstrations possible.

Concentrate and think of a very small organ in what is nearly the exact center of your head. Then direct your Will Power to flow to it and make it Larger and Warm. This will make the blood flow to it more strongly and the Will Power also.

In a few minutes, you will feel a strange sensation of warmth in your head, and it will be pleasant. It will take a number of days before you will notice any other effects from this second experiment, but you will soon find that you are increasing your Intuition and Spiritual Reception.

This last experiment is a good one to do at night while going to sleep, as well as at other times during the day, for it takes only a few minutes.

The purpose of this exercise is for you to become not only acquainted with the use of visualization and your own imaging of objects and light but also to bring you into a position where you are totally surrounded by the Christ Light.

STEP 1:

Sit in a relaxed position in a straight-backed chair. Visualize yourself within an oval-shaped egg filled with the White Light of Christ.

Note:

In many ancient writings, the egg always represented and symbolized the one who had attained. The egg has always been used as a symbol of birth, for in it all the wonders of reproduction are made manifest.

STEP 2:

Draw the Light into the egg-form to the extent that you can see and feel its brightness. In fact, after three or four days, you should see it when sitting in it in a darkened room.

STEP 3:

As you do this, there should be an ovoid space in the center of the egg, which you occupy.

Note:

In performing this exercise, you should feel a terrific uplift and exhilaration that will improve your health and general condition.

You will especially note the exhilaration in this exercise if you do it within two to three days of the approaching full-moon phase and just after the full moon.

This exercise should not be taken lightly. This and the other spiritual exercises are your opportunity to attain fundamental self-unfoldment.

Consistent and honest effort in using this exercise will bring the disciple into the fullness of his reality. The more you practice, the greater will be your devotional aspects and the more real will be the transformation within your entire being. For it will quicken your spiritual mentality and bring other gifts of prophecy, greater intuition, and, most of all, the realization of your increasing cosmic consciousness.