Spiritual Practicality: The Seven Keys to the Mysteries of the Ageless Wisdom - Softcover

Fisichella, Rev. Douglas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1504334167 ISBN 13: 9781504334167

Publisher: BalboaPress, 2016

Synopsis

Energy follows thought. Creation on any level is the result of conscious choice, facilitated by mind and brought into physical reality through action, based on the desire to see the idea “realized.” The understanding of these concepts brings extraordinary power and responsibility into the life of the so-called average person. These are not impractical ideas ill-suited to modern life.

Spiritual Practicality is the integration of your spiritual life in its totality to practical living. You live spiritually through every experience, because your awareness is changed. When you truly live spiritually, you will find that every aspect of your inner life has a practical application in the modern world.

The so called Success Principals of our age are the Spiritual Principals of the ages and the Ageless Wisdom teachings. Equipped with the Seven Keys to the mysteries, we will reveal the beauty, unity, and yes, the practicality of the spiritual life.

There is something irresistible about this book. It is an unusual and masterful blend of common sense, clear writing, and advanced metaphysics in a style that is both mature and accessible. Wonderful for seekers of all ages and stages. Jonathan Ellerby PhD, bestselling author of Return to the Sacred

Take the 7 keys and open the door to a realm of knowledge and wisdom masterfully presented by Ageless Wisdom student of 30+ years, Douglas Fisichella. Prepare to embark on a journey that will inspire your own greatness! Liz Sterling - Author, Radio Personality, Motivational Speaker

A wonderfully broad survey of the universal wisdom teachings which lie at the heart of both eastern and western traditions. Rev. Fisichella displays an unusual knack for bringing the teachings alive, making them easily accessible and absorbing to both beginning and seasoned students. Kathryn Gann - Director, Theosophical Society in America

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Spiritual Practicality

The Seven Keys to the Mysteries of the Ageless Wisdom

By Douglas Fisichella

Balboa Press

Copyright © 2016 Douglas Fisichella
All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-1-5043-3416-7

Contents

Acknowledgements, ix, 
Introduction to the Esoteric Sciences, xi, 
The Keys to the Mysteries of "The Ageless Wisdom", xxv, 
Chapter 1 – The Keys, 1, 
Chapter 2 – Hidden Meaning, 6, 
Chapter 3 – The Ageless Wisdom, 11, 
Chapter 4 – The Evolution of Consciousness, 25, 
Chapter 5 – Reincarnation and Karma, 46, 
Chapter 6 – The Anatomy of Consciousness, 69, 
Chapter 7 – The Soul, 91, 
Chapter 8 – Meditation, Mystical and Occult, 99, 
Chapter 9 – The Fifth Kingdom, 109, 
Chapter 10 – The Enigma of the Trinity, 123, 
Chapter 11 – Esoteric Psychology – The Study of the Seven Rays, 133, 
Chapter 12 – The Rays, The Logoi and the Hierarchy, 144, 
Chapter 13 – The Seven Planes, 150, 
Chapter 14 – The Creative Process in Man, 170, 
Appendix A, 177, 
The Master in the Heart, 181, 
Bibliography, 189, 

CHAPTER 1

The Keys

I must admit, I have questioned the form that this information should take and how to present these key ideas within the framework of this book. My first inclination was to weave the information into the chapters and require readers to ferret out for themselves what these keys really are. The other approach would be to just give them to you up front and risk having the simplistic summary given as a precursor being judged too quickly. In other words, you might not read the book if you thought you understood the Cliff 's Notes. The fact is that these keys are not the teaching, but rather they are a cipher with which the teachings are more readily understood. For this reason I have chosen to bring them out with a simple explanation and then refer back to them as we progress. In a sense the book will explain the keys, as the keys explain the book.

It is this approach that I believe will suit our purpose most efficiently. Like any cipher, having these keys facilitates the understanding of an encoded message. Without one another, they are almost equally useless - unless of course one is able to discern the meaning on one's own, in essence cracking the code for herself. This is really the job of every individual investigator on the path. Of course, a few hints along the way as to the deeper meaning of a multi-layered message can save an enormous amount of time. There is nothing wrong with solving a tedious mathematical problem with a simple formula, provided you understand what the formula does. That is the essence of what these more or less universal truths unlock in the wisdom stories that have been passed down through the ages. I intentionally qualified the idea of universal truth because the human consciousness can only comprehend relative truth. Within the consciousness of a human being, these threads of wisdom take on a very universal appearance. They can lead us to a state unlike normal waking consciousness and a little closer to the true awareness of unity. Kept in mind while reading scriptures, legends, and myths, we see them as the hidden threads tying all of these tales together. There comes to the reader a moment of recognition. The symbolic and holistic nature of the scriptures of the world comes in to focus and with that comes the revelation that they are all teaching us the same things. They simply grew out of, and were affected by, differing cultures and so carry the colorings and emo

Edition details

• Publisher: BalboaPress
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1504334167
• ISBN 13: 9781504334167
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 218