Notes from Helena Roerich, Messenger of the Great White Brotherhood
Letters of Helena Roerich 1929-1939
--Manly P. Hall is quoted by her- "It will probably be wise at this point to describe the difference between a medium and a clairvoyant. To the average person there is no difference, but to the mystic these two phases of spiritual sight are separated by the entire span of human evolution.
"A clairvoyant is one who has raised the spinal serpent into the brain and by his growth earned the right of perceiving the invisible worlds with the aid of the third eye, or pineal gland. ...The clairvoyant can become such only after years, sometimes lives, of self-preparation; on the other hand, the medium ...may secure results in a few days." (Helena Roerich)- But of course, one should add here that the medium is limited to the lower strata of the Subtle World. Actually, the higher planes are not accessible to the medium, for his higher triad takes no part in his manifestations- mediumship arrests correct evolution, and should be considered as retrogression.
Helena:
"I have also written about the harm of concentration on a
particular center, as prescribed in the books of pseudo-occultists; for
such concentration stimulates one center at the expense of the others,
throwing into chaos the whole scheme of their polarization."
The Master says "Verily, a medium has no open centers, and the psychovision, for contact with the higher worlds, also is unattainable for him. Man is in error about the power of the medium, and We are often distressed to see how enticing to people are physical manifestation. ...." Page 124-5 194- psychism is not spirituality. (...and it only hinders the possibility of approaching the Great Teachers.)
Helena:
The spheres nearest earth have become extremely overcrowded, due
to mass killing through war, revolution, etc...And now these victims are
longing to get in touch with a vital force in order to receive an illusion
of life. p358
Master Morya through Helena:
"Often psychism proves to be a weakening influence... There We warn
against psychism, against turning one's gaze backwards without a definite
object for the future. The spiritually weak psychics are often a tasty dish
for the satanists."
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