This book is a simple guide to understanding the Esoteric meaning of God and the Divine Cosmos. Channeled with the upmost clarity for the average person, this book answers some of the really big, deep questions about the nature of existence, such as: 1. Who and what is God? Is God truly a loving Being? Does God care about and intervene in our lives? How does God figure in the recent discoveries of cosmology, such as "The Big Bang" theory? 2.Why am I here? Is there any purpose to my life? How can I make my life more meaningful? Is there a spiritual way I can empower myself? 3. What happens after I die? Is this life all that there is? Where was I before I was born? Will I be coming back in a human or other type of life form? Does heaven exist? 4. Why do bad things happen to good people? How can a loving God allow good people to suffer and bad people to flourish? Why am I still alive while others my age or younger have passed away? Can we stop bad things from happening to us and the ones we love? Is there any power in prayer? The Ascended Masters allow the reader to visualize a new way to think about themselves and the very nature of reality.
An Esoteric Map of the COSMOS
GUIDANCE FOR SPIRITUAL EVOLUTIONBy C. E. HoganAuthorHouse
Copyright © 2011 Rev. C.E. Hogan
All right reserved.ISBN: 978-1-4567-3960-7Contents
Acknowledgments...........................................................................vForeword..................................................................................ixPreface...................................................................................xiIntroduction..............................................................................xiiiA Statement by Master Kuthumi.............................................................xviiChapter 1: Paradise.......................................................................1Chapter 2: Involution and Evolution.......................................................5Chapter 3: God's Day and a Week of Creation...............................................11Chapter 4: Seven Planes/Dimensions/Heavens of Earth's Manifestations......................15Chapter 5: What Are You Made of?..........................................................19Chapter 6: How Do You Work Through Dharma, Karma, and Sin?................................23Chapter 7: What Are Your Lessons? How Do You Work Through Them?...........................27Chapter 8: Twelve Basic Beliefs That Will Help Guide You on Your Path.....................31Chapter 9: The Seven Rays and How They Influence You......................................43Chapter 10: The Universal Laws............................................................51Chapter 11: Working Your Spiritual Path with the Universal Laws...........................67Closing Comment by the Ascended Masters...................................................77References................................................................................79
Chapter One
Paradise
God's home is known to we Ascended Masters as Paradise. This is the main non-changing creation in God's domain. This is where Mother/Father/ Only Begotten Son resides. This is the first aspect God created. Then the start—the Big Bang, God's out breath, the surroundings of Paradise.
There are seven High Heavens or dimensions, or you can call them planes of existence. Within these dimensions are the consciousness and attributes of God's energies, which are used for creating all of God's manifestations, whether it be manifestation of something as large as a universe or solar system or as small as a bug. The seven High Heavens that surround Paradise are where the Hierarchy lives and works. After the seventh High Heaven, comes your heavens, your seven heavens (or dimensions or planes of existence), and they each have seven levels within seven, within seven, within seven, and so forth—many levels of Heaven, or as the Bible puts it, "many mansions" (John 14:2), or universes.
Do not think of heavens as being up or above you; they are all around you. Paradise is the center, and all of creation expands from that point outward, although some of your scientists' points of view are that with the Big Bang, all went forward. There were many big bangs that went forth in many directions. There are many dimensions/planes of existence/vibration levels/heavens in creation. Something we would like you to remember is that heavens, dimensions, planes of existence, and vibration levels all mean the same thing. They are levels of creation, and we will substitute any one of them throughout this work to mean one or many levels of creation.
The Seven High Heavens
Within the Central Universe, the first of the seven High Heavens is the home for the seven lords that sit on the seven thrones at the feet of God. (The rest of the High Heavens are where the rest of the Hierarchy lives.) The seven lords are co-creators with God; they combine the God's aspects or God's energies that we call the seven high rays (from them comes the seven lower rays). The seven high rays put in motion the universes and solar systems. Each of the seven lords is a planetary Logoi (they are the head of the Hierarchy for their round of Creation). Master Djwhal Khul, channeled through Alice A. Bailey (Bailey 1997) has described in a similar fashion the following attributes of God:
1. The work for the first High Heaven (or dimension or vibrational level) is the expression of creative energy—the will or power aspect of God.
2. The work for the second High Heaven is the first formulation of the plan—the wisdom and love aspect of God.
3. The work for the third High Heaven is the active building force—the clear intellect aspect of God.
4. The work for the fourth High Heaven is to produce qualities and greater detail—the harmony and conflict aspects of God.
5. The work for the fifth High Heaven is exactness in action— the intelligence aspect of God.
6. The work for the sixth High Heaven is devotion or idealism— the intuition aspect of God.
7. The work for the seventh High Heaven is ceremonial order and magic—the perseverance aspect of God.
From this point downward (for lack of a better word), your first heaven, which is your highest dimension, goes downward all the way to your seventh heaven, which is your heaven next to Earth—the astral plane. God's home is more than just the energies of the High Heavens we have put before you, but we hope that this has helped make God's home a little bit clearer.
Universes
The universes your scientists are now finding are just a part of the heavens we have been telling you about. Every universe is a different dimension/ plane of existence/vibration level/heaven, and yes, you are not alone, for there are many forms of Creation.
So you see, Paradise/God's Realm is in Havona (Heaven)/the seven High Heavens in which the Hierarchy lives. The High Heavens are within the Central Universe, which is within the Grand Universe. Within the Grand Universe are the super universes, and within the super universes are smaller universes. Within the smaller universes are solar systems, and within solar systems you have planets and so forth, all the way down to Earth.
Chapter Two
Involution and Evolution
We the Ascended Masters watch you very closely; we witness your involution and your evolution. We help when we are allowed, and we are always willing to help Earth and all things on it work toward evolution. At this time only the human kingdom is in evolution; the rest of the kingdoms on Earth (mineral, plant, and animal) are working toward that goal, but they are still in the involution process.
Involution
When the sparks of God wanted to experience His knowledge and wisdom, they went forth (or away) from God (the Big Bang). All the sparks of God's consciousness went forth. The sparks (you) experienced the forming of all the universes and even the earth and all of its growth, which is the mineral, plant, and animal kingdoms . This is involution. You, a spark of God's consciousness, had to work through all the experience of the mineral kingdom. Then you moved on to the next kingdom, the plant kingdom. You, the spark of God's consciousness, then worked through the plant kingdom's experience. Then you moved into the animal kingdom, and when you learned all those experiences, you, the spark of God's consciousness, moved into the human kingdom. When you have done this you started your evolution. All of this took...
