It is always enlightening and worthwhile to examine the terms frequently used in spiritual practice.It is surprising and astonishing what discoveries one makes in the process. At the same time, it also instills a sense of humility.
One learns that on the path to mastering life, one will always remain a student.
It does, after all, require a certain process of maturation before one can set aside the quick answers of the ego-mind (the center of our consciousness) in order to perceive and listen to that quiet inner voice (the divine voice within us).
The Rosicrucians speak of the voice of the “Inner Master” and urge us to live mindfully and to align ourselves more and more with this quiet inner voice.
In doing so, we discover a new center within us: the center of our entire personality (soul personality), which encompasses the depths of our soul: our “True Self.”
How, then, can we distinguish whether we are judging and acting from the ego or from the “True Self”?
The distinction is quite simple: Whenever our thoughts wander into the past or future, we are in ego mode, the material, mortal “I”-center.
The “True Self,” on the other hand, is immortal, lives entirely in the here and now, and perceives the possibilities and opportunities of the present moment. It lives in the eternal now.
On March 20, Rosicrucians worldwide celebrated the New Year’s Festival, the Spring Equinox.
This festival is a good opportunity to reflect on the fact that we can make a fresh start at every moment of our lives, to listen to the voice of our “True Self,” and to realize that today is the first day of the life that still lies ahead of us.
It is the secret of a life lived in dependence on our “True Self” (the Inner Christ).
The moment we begin anew to listen to this inner voice, everything that has happened so far—no matter how badly it may have gone—becomes a building block for “wholeness,” which the Bible refers to as “salvation” and “peace.”
The Rosicrucians call this state of consciousness:
“true inner peace.”