Sermon of Light by fern

“Fourth: From the third temple, the initiate moves into the fourth temple, the Temple of Ascension. This is the first personal contact that Serapis Bey has with the neophyte. For the first time, the candidate must draw forth enough purity to see ‘their’ I AM presence and their Holy Christ Self face-to-face. In the initiation, the Master himself will stand within the aura of the initiate presenting many negative imbalances which still exist within the inner bodies. This is when the candidate will hear many voices and only true discrimination, prayer, selflessness and humility can discern the “Voice of the Silence.” It is the time when the Self is done with the tricks of the ego and subtle appearances. The aspirant must apply himself to purify all past negative human creations and transform them into pure-white Light Radiance.” (Seven Sacred Flames, p 99).

Fridays are good days to work with Master Serapis Bey.

He has helped me see shadows that I carry from my past and how they are a mirror to how I perceive current situations in fear. For example, on a very personal level, I have been having considerable anxiety on behalf of my son based on my experiences. This is to say, I’ve been assuming my son will have the same internal response to a situation that I would have, even though he has a completely different foundation than I did. As a child, I always felt isolated and out of place. I never felt like I ‘belonged’ with my peer group. As I reflect on that, I can see how that led me to have intense social anxiety and actual fear of certain social situations. This week (sorry to get super personal here), my son found out that all of his friends are having a sleep-over this weekend and he wasn’t invited. For me, as someone who has a lot of life experience with social anxiety, this is one of my social fears that I carry from childhood. Based on my fear of this, I have been beside myself with worry and feeling sad for my child. I actually lost several hours of sleep last night because I had so much anxiety about it. BUT, my son seems totally fine. And let’s trust me when I state that he seems totally fine. As an extreme empath and his mother, I know my son quite well and I have a good sense of when he’s upset. Also, my son is an over-emoter and it is obvious when something is bothering him. Anyway, as I was reflecting on this situation with the “Voice of Silence,” I realized that there’s no reason to assume that he is walking down the same path of social anxiety that I had. My husband and I have been mindful to raise our children in a way to help them have confidence and self-love, as well as love for all life forms as well as the planet.

I’ve been spinning and spinning about this for days, but was so deep in the spin-cycle that I didn’t even realize I was spinning. Once I saw how I was spinning, I was able to pull back and view the situation more objectively. My son doesn’t have social anxiety. He honestly doesn’t seem to care that he wasn’t invited to the sleep over. And therefore, I don’t need to experience a tornado of anxiety on his behalf. Those are emotions for other people that are not mine to carry.

So, per the instructions from Master Serapis Bey, I meditated and envisioned a white light on all aspects of that shadow aspect to purify it (might take several sessions). Moving forward, I am asking my Spirit Team to help me identify when I’m spiraling so that I know where I need to do this work. Recognizing the sources of my fears, purifying them, and transmuting them into love. In this example, I am grateful for my past experiences which are helping me to parent my children with an abundance of love and compassion.

Whew!

In other news, today my husband and I went on a big hike down at Devil’s Den. Yes it’s especially beautiful and scenic, but I feel so drawn to this space on a spiritual level and I don’t know why. The energy feels so intriguing and almost magical.

Happy FriYay, ya’ll!