[mkirkpatrick]

Fundamentally,meditation is to assist alignment and so permit of contact with the higher self;the emphasis upon the importance of meditation follows naturally upon the realisation by the person of the absolute necessity for the
domination of the personality by the ego.Man at this time is engaged in many
pursuits and through the force of circumstances he is polarised entirely in the
lower self,that polarisation being either the emotional or mental body.An interesting point here would indicate that;as long as the polarisation is purely
physical,or purely emotional,no need for meditation is ever felt.Even when the mental body is active.no urge arises until the man has run through many changes and many lives,has tasted the cup of pleasure and of pain through
many incarnations,has sounded the depths of the life lived entirely for the lower self and found it unsatisfying.Then he begins to turn his thoughts to other things,to aspire to that which is unknown,to realise and sense within
himself the pairs of opposites,and to contact within his consciousness poss
ibilties and ideals undreamt of before.He has come to a point where sucess,popularity and diverse gifts are his,and yet from their use he derives no content,always the urge within persists,until the pain is so severe that the desire to reach out and up,to ascertain something and someone beyond,overcomes all obstacles.The man begins to turn within and to seek the sourse from whence he came.Then he begins to meditate,to ponder,to intenify vibration,until in the process of time,he begins to gather the fruits of his endevour.

kind regards michael/