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<p dir="auto">Approximately 2 years ago I applied to the Chancellor of A.A. for initiation. While trying to finish the reading list, I lost track a little bit and read over 30 books from mostly the references in Equinox and Jungian psychology books.</p>
<p dir="auto">Although I have gained a lot by increasing my knowledge, I still feel myself extremely illiterate about the Great Work.</p>
<p dir="auto">So is there anyone among you that doesn't follow any specific school of teaching and practicing rituals and yoga only by the books you have read?</p>
<p dir="auto">I am getting more excited more than ever now that only 3 books left in the reading list. How dramatic was the change in your spiritual growth when you were initiated?</p>
<p dir="auto">Thanks in advance,<br />
With love,<br />
Hego</p>
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]]></description><link>https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19396/self-initiation-or-the-method-of-a-a</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 01:42:03 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19396.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2020 13:01:59 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Self initiation or the method of A.A. on Fri, 18 Sep 2020 08:12:14 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">@Heg said</p>
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<p dir="auto">"Thank you Uni_Verse. I'll try not to build a high expectation but my curiosity is already at the peak of Himalayan Mountains. 93. "</p>
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<p dir="auto">Ah ~ ha !<br />
I stands, a bulwark<br />
against my exuberance<br />
with a command :<br />
"NO SPOILERS!"<br />
<img src="https://thelema.org/forum/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/2764.png?v=b470f3dfed9" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--heart" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="&lt;3" alt="❤" /></p>
<p dir="auto">(psst… between Me &amp; You, enjoy ! <img src="https://thelema.org/forum/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f600.png?v=b470f3dfed9" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--grinning" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":grinning:" alt="😀" /> )</p>
]]></description><link>https://thelema.org/forum/post/106716</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thelema.org/forum/post/106716</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Uni_Verse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2020 08:12:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Self initiation or the method of A.A. on Thu, 17 Sep 2020 11:41:15 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/forum/user/uni_verse" aria-label="Profile: Uni_Verse">@<bdi>Uni_Verse</bdi></a> said</p>
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<p dir="auto">"<br />
@Heg said<br />
"I learned that knowledge, understanding and wisdom are sephirots in kabbalistic tree of life but I can't quite get my head around it. I know that is an important concept but that's it, i don't know what to do with that knowledge."</p>
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<p dir="auto">BE-WARE!<br />
Knowledge is " not quite the Sephirot "</p>
<p dir="auto">To expand on an earlier comment, you can conceptualize Knowledge as a portal.<br />
With Understanding &amp; Wisdom coming from the experience of crossing the threshold, and discovering what is on the other side.</p>
<p dir="auto">@Heg said</p>
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<p dir="auto">"It feels like something big is coming but I don't know what it is. "</p>
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<p dir="auto">Try to relax, allowing the sensation to flow through.<br />
Avoid building expectations.<br />
The taller the Tower, the higher the probability of being struck by Lighting <img src="https://thelema.org/forum/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f604.png?v=b470f3dfed9" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--smile" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":smile:" alt="😄" /></p>
<p dir="auto">Good lucky !<br />
<img src="https://thelema.org/forum/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/2764.png?v=b470f3dfed9" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--heart" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="&lt;3" alt="❤" /></p>
<p dir="auto">EDIT : Words continue to be eaten, now in real time ! <img src="https://thelema.org/forum/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f600.png?v=b470f3dfed9" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--grinning" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":grinning:" alt="😀" />"<br />
Thank you Uni_Verse. I'll try not to build a high expectation but my curiosity is already at the peak of Himalayan Mountains.<br />
93.</p>
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]]></description><link>https://thelema.org/forum/post/106713</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thelema.org/forum/post/106713</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hego]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2020 11:41:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Self initiation or the method of A.A. on Thu, 17 Sep 2020 07:36:23 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">@Heg said</p>
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<p dir="auto">"I learned that knowledge, understanding and wisdom are sephirots in kabbalistic tree of life but I can't quite get my head around it. I know that is an important concept but that's it, i don't know what to do with that knowledge."</p>
</blockquote>
<p dir="auto">BE-WARE!<br />
Knowledge is " not quite the Sephirot "</p>
<p dir="auto">To expand on an earlier comment, you can conceptualize Knowledge as a portal.<br />
With Understanding &amp; Wisdom coming from the experience of crossing the threshold, and discovering what is on the other side.</p>
<p dir="auto">@Heg said</p>
<blockquote>
<p dir="auto">"It feels like something big is coming but I don't know what it is. "</p>
</blockquote>
<p dir="auto">Try to relax, allowing the sensation to flow through.<br />
Avoid building expectations.<br />
The taller the Tower, the higher the probability of being struck by Lighting <img src="https://thelema.org/forum/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f604.png?v=b470f3dfed9" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--smile" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":smile:" alt="😄" /></p>
<p dir="auto">Good lucky !<br />
<img src="https://thelema.org/forum/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/2764.png?v=b470f3dfed9" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--heart" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="&lt;3" alt="❤" /></p>
<p dir="auto">EDIT : Words continue to be eaten, now in real time ! <img src="https://thelema.org/forum/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f600.png?v=b470f3dfed9" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--grinning" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":grinning:" alt="😀" /></p>
]]></description><link>https://thelema.org/forum/post/106712</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thelema.org/forum/post/106712</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Uni_Verse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2020 07:36:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Self initiation or the method of A.A. on Wed, 16 Sep 2020 13:06:23 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/forum/user/hermitas" aria-label="Profile: Hermitas">@<bdi>Hermitas</bdi></a> said</p>
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<p dir="auto">"Yeah, I had an incredible acceleration of learning after my first formal initiation.</p>
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<p dir="auto">It wasn’t immediate.</p>
<p dir="auto">It was experiential.</p>
<p dir="auto">It wasn’t through the A.’.A.’. though."<br />
I can't wait...</p>
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]]></description><link>https://thelema.org/forum/post/106709</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thelema.org/forum/post/106709</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hego]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2020 13:06:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Self initiation or the method of A.A. on Wed, 16 Sep 2020 13:04:59 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/forum/user/uni_verse" aria-label="Profile: Uni_Verse">@<bdi>Uni_Verse</bdi></a> said</p>
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<p dir="auto">"</p>
</blockquote>
<p dir="auto">Knowledge is the Gate, the Seed of Initiation.<br />
The Great Work, can be said, to be :<br />
Process of transmuting that Knowledge,<br />
Into Understanding &amp; Wisdom<br />
through Experience</p>
<p dir="auto">"</p>
<p dir="auto">I learned that knowledge, understanding and wisdom are sephirots in kabbalistic tree of life but I can't quite get my head around it. I know that is an important concept but that's it, i don't know what to do with that knowledge.</p>
<p dir="auto">It feels like something big is coming but I don't know what it is.</p>
<p dir="auto">Sent from my SM-N976Q using Tapatalk</p>
]]></description><link>https://thelema.org/forum/post/106708</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thelema.org/forum/post/106708</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hego]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2020 13:04:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Self initiation or the method of A.A. on Sun, 13 Sep 2020 00:36:55 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Yeah, I had an incredible acceleration of learning after my first formal initiation.</p>
<p dir="auto">It wasn’t immediate.</p>
<p dir="auto">It was experiential.</p>
<p dir="auto">It wasn’t through the A.’.A.’. though.</p>
]]></description><link>https://thelema.org/forum/post/106704</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thelema.org/forum/post/106704</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hermitas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2020 00:36:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Self initiation or the method of A.A. on Thu, 10 Sep 2020 09:10:00 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">@Heg said</p>
<blockquote>
<p dir="auto">"Although I have gained a lot by increasing my knowledge, I still feel myself extremely illiterate about the Great Work. "</p>
</blockquote>
<p dir="auto">Knowledge is the Gate, the Seed of Initiation.<br />
The Great Work, can be said, to be :<br />
Process of transmuting that Knowledge,<br />
Into Understanding &amp; Wisdom<br />
through Experience</p>
<p dir="auto">@Heg said</p>
<blockquote>
<p dir="auto">"So is there anyone among you that doesn't follow any specific school of teaching and practicing rituals and yoga only by the books you have read?"</p>
</blockquote>
<p dir="auto">That is how I started.<br />
I go : In &amp; Out ; Breathing<br />
I-SO-(E)LATION!<br />
Followed by -restriction-<br />
grr...</p>
<p dir="auto">@Heg said</p>
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<p dir="auto">"I am getting more excited more than ever now that only 3 books left in the reading list. How dramatic was the change in your spiritual growth when you were initiated?"</p>
</blockquote>
<p dir="auto">It can be many things - can you explain to me how it feels to kiss, to hug, to touch those you hold most dear ?<br />
That is something I could never really know -<br />
I like to think I understand, if just a little<br />
Maybe it will be a FART -<br />
You let it go, with flushed cheeks, a moment of embarrassment<br />
Or a sly smile - a test of Kings<br />
You could also hold it in.<br />
Let it poison you.<br />
Tell them : MINE<br />
YOU CAN NOT HAVE IT</p>
]]></description><link>https://thelema.org/forum/post/106699</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thelema.org/forum/post/106699</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Uni_Verse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2020 09:10:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>