Many “old souls,” masters, adepts, philosophers, and sages, past & present have clairvoyantly verified the existence of the multi-dimensional aspect of the Logos known as the “Ancient of days” & “Sanat Kumara,” also known as the “One who wields the Rod of Power” (see below) during initiation ceremonies at His etheric retreat in Shamballa, and is also attended by His Consort [most important other half], as well as the Heavenly Host.
Daniel 7:
9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the firey flame, and his wheels as burning fire.
10 A firey stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgement was set, and the books were opened.
Ezekiel 1:
26 And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.
27 And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.
Revelation 1:
12 And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;
13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
14 His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
15 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
And from the Book of Enoch 14:
10 They elevated me aloft to heaven. I proceeded until I arrived at a wall built with stones of crystal. A vibrating flame surrounded it, which began to strike me with terror.
11 Into this vibrating flame I entered;
12 And drew nigh to a spacious habitation built also with stones of crystal. Its walls too, as well as pavement were formed with stones of crystal, and crystal likewise was the ground. Its roof had the appearance of agitated stars and flashes of lightning; and among them were cherubim of fire in a stormy sky. A flame burned around its walls, and its portal blazed with fire. When I entered into this dwelling, it was hot as fire and cold as ice. No trace of delight or of life was there. Terror overwhelmed me, and a fearful shaking seized me.
13 Violently agitated and trembling, I fell upon my face. In the vision I looked,
14 And behold there was another habitation more spacious than the former, every entrance to which was open before me, erected in the midst of a vibrating flame.
15 So greatly did it excel in all points, in glory, in magnificence, and in magnitude, that it is impossible to describe to you either the splendour or the extent of it.
16 Its floor was on fire; above were lightnings and agitated stars, while its roof exhibited a blazing fire.
17 Attentively I surveyed it, and saw that it contained and exalted throne;
18 The appearance of which was like that of frost; while its circumference resembled the orb of the brilliant sun; and there was the voice of the cherubim.
19 From underneath this mighty throne rivers of flaming fire issued.
20 To look upon it was impossible.
21 One great in glory sat upon it:
22 Whose robe was brighter than the sun, and whiter than snow.†
† Forbidden Mysteries of Enoch: 102-103.
Here is what the great Neo-Platonist, Plotinus, had to say:
“Many times it has happened: lifted out of the body into myself; becoming external to all other things; beholding a marvelous beauty; then more than ever, assured of community with the loftiest order; living the noblest life, acquiring identity with the Divine; poised above whatsoever is less than the Supreme; yet there comes the moment of descent, and after that sojourn in the Divine I ask myself how it happens that I can now be descending, and how did the soul ever enter my body, the soul which, even within the body, is the high thing it has shown itself to be. . . .
In the Cavern of Plato and the Cave of Empedocles I discern this universe, where the breaking of the fetters and the ascent from the depths are figures of the wayfaring of the soul towards the Intellectual Realm [Heaven]. In the Phadrus Plato makes a failing of the wings the cause of entry to this world; there are judgments, fates, and necessities driving other souls down to this order.
In all these explanations he finds guilt in the arrival of soul at body [it is called the “Cycle of Necessity” or “the Wheel of the law” in Hinduism and Buddhism, and is due to bad Karma-no one escapes retribution: interfere in someone else’s life, and your life will be interfered with in a similar manner the next time around]. But treating in the Timaeus of our universe he exalts it [the soul] and calls it a blessed
god and holds that Soul was given it [existence/consciousness] by the goodness of the Creator to
the end that the total of things might be possessed of intellect, for thus it cannot be except through Soul. In the same way the soul of each of us is sent that the universe may be complete.
This is how we come to read in the Phadrus that our soul, entering into association with that complete Soul and itself thus made perfect, walks the lofty ranges, and that as long as it is neither inbound to body nor held in any sort of servitude, so long it tranquilly bears its part in the governance of the All, exactly like the World-Soul itself; for it suffers no hurt whatever by furnishing body with the power to existence, since not every form of care for the inferior need wrest the providing Soul from its own sure standing in the Highest. . . .
Thus in sum, the Soul, a divine being and a dweller in the loftier realms, has entered body: it is a
god,‡ a later phase of the Divine: but, under stress of its powers and of its tendency to bring order to its next lower, it penetrates to this sphere in a voluntary plunge: if it turns back quickly all is well; it will have taken no hurt by acquiring the knowledge of evil and coming to understand what sin is, by bringing its forces into manifest play, by exhibiting those activities and productions which, remaining merely potential in the unembodied, might as well never have been even there, if destined never to come into actuality. . .”±
‡ In corroboration with this: “I have said Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High” (Psalm 82:6). “
Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?” (St. John 10:34). King James Version.
± The Essence of Plotinus: 146-149 (Note: These extracts from the Enneads of Plotinus are from Book IV, Eighth Tractate: The Soul’s Descent into Body).
And the following is a beautifully esoteric description of the 4th initiation, or attainment of Adept, that every soul (with a few exceptions) eventually attains to. It is written in the ancient language of Pali on palm leaves and was translated into English by the Tibetan, Djwhal Khul.
Stanzas of Dzyan
Stanza VII
“Riseth the cave† of beauty rare, of color iridescent. Shineth the walls with azure tint, bathed in the light of rose. The blending shade of blue irradiates the whole and all is merged in gleeming.
Within the cave of iridescent color, within its arching circle, standeth the fivefold‡ One demanding further light. He struggleth for expansion, he wrestleth towards the day. The five demand the greater Sixth and Seventh. The surrounding beauty meeteth not the need. The inner warmth sufficeth but to feed the urge for fire.
The Lords of Flame look on; they chant aloud: “The time is come, that time for which We wait. Let the Flame become the Fire and let the light shine forth.”
The effort of the Flame within the crystal cave becometh ever greater. The cry goes forth for other aid from other Flaming Souls. The response comes.
The Lord of Flame, The Ancient One, the Mighty Lord of Fire, the Point of Blue within the hidden diamond, the Youth of Timeless Aeons,§ assisteth in the work. The inner burning light and the outer waiting fire,-together with the Rod,-meet on the sphere of crystal, and lo, the work is done. The crystal rends and quivers.
Seven times the work proceeds. Seven the efforts made. Seven the applications of the Rod, held by a Lord of Flame. Three are the lesser touches; four the divine assistance. At the final fourth the work is done and the whole cave disrupts. The lighted flame within spreads through the rending walls. It mounteth to its source. Another fire is merged; another point of blue findeth its place within the diadem logoic.”±
† Causal body
‡ A human being is fivefold (3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th & 7th rays) in manifestation, which is veiled by the five-pointed star.
± A Treatise on Cosmic Fire: 22-23.
These are a few things that might convince some people of the existence of
God, or the “One in Whom we live, and move, and have are being” as referred to by St. Paul. There is a multitude of other evidence that can given, but I’ve put out enough here in one sitting, for sure.
Best regards from down under!
Dean Sloan – Theosophical Metaphysicist
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Shamballa:
http://www.hiddenhistoryhumanity.com/43%20Esoteric%20History%20IIIa%20SthAmMayaShamBraz.htm