Group meditation . .increases the degree of Self-realization of each member of
the group by the law of invisible vibratory exchange of group magnetism.. .
Group meditation is a castle that protects the new spiritual aspirants as well
as the veteran meditators. Meditating together increases the degree of
Self-realization of each member of the group by the law of invisible vibratory
exchange of group magnetism. —Paramahansa Yogananda
Prophetically writing, Alice A. Bailey with some very technical and useful
spiritual books (talk about jargon!) on mysticism published in the 1920 and
30's anticipates the rise of group spiritual affect coming now in the 21st
Century. This writing was before the height of Yoganada who had just arrived in
the West at about that time and then rose to cultural significance by mid-20th
Century and then Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in sequence arriving in the West in the
late 1950's. Both Yogananda and Maharishi taught spirituality also employing
the spiritual importance of group practices of meditation. Maharishi then
coming to declare a dawn of an age of enlightenment based on the scientific
discovery that one percent of a general population meditating has a spiritual
effect of well-being on the larger population. Remarkable. .
Alice A. Bailey writing:
“. . to be more practical and generally useful. It deals primarily with the
training of the aspirant so that he can, in his turn, act as a conscious
creator, and as he works serve the higher ends of Life which enfolds him. Thus
he aids in the materializing of the plans of God (the Unified Field). The
training of the aspirant, the indicating to him of possible trends and lines of
evolution, and the definition of the underlying purpose is all that it is wise
to impart at the present stage in which the average aspirant finds himself. .
In the next century, when man's equipment is better developed and when a truer
meaning of group activity is available, it will be possible to convey more
information, but the time is not yet.”
We come a long ways, baby!
“In the next century, when man's equipment is better developed and when a
truer meaning of group activity is available, it will be possible to convey
more information, but the time is not yet.” -Alice A. Bailey
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