THE ORDER OF THE ANCIENTS
For
thousands of years there have been (always, in every age) Wise Men who have
Awakened to Reality, beyond all limited perception, beyond the mind and
intellect, beyond the external senses. People who Understand and Practically
Experience the True Nature, the Real Essence of Existence, of Human Existence
which, being Invisible, Limitless, Eternal and Free, comes and
"connects" with the body and performs specific functions through
specific functional, energy centers of the human being body. Humans Experiencing
and Becoming One with What Humans Call Reality, Uncreated, God, etc.
Of
These Men, the people around us know few, those whose Experiential Teaching
became External Teaching, Theory, Dogma and in whose Name religious
organizations, communities or churches were created and an external worship is
held (supposedly at their command) which it can, in addition to beliefs, ways
of behavior and life, also include rituals, sacred acts, mysteries, etc.
In
reality, These few well-known, founders of religions, Orpheus, Lao Tzu, the
Masters of Vedanta and Yoga, Buddha, Jesus, the Prophet, up to the modern
Krishnamurti (whose work is "continued" by some) have not absolutely
nothing to do with what their "fans" present. The True Buddha, the
True Christ, for example, have nothing to do with what Buddhism of all Schools
presents, or Christianity of all Creeds, respectively. In fact, Divine Men such
as Buddha or Christ, already in life had overcome the perception of duality,
ego and thought, in which ordinary people operate, and not only had, In Life,
Universal Consciousness, but this Universal Consciousness It deepened so much
that in the end it was lost as a "perception" in the Absolute that is
Beyond All Perception. This is the true "meaning" of Buddha's Enlightenment
or Christ's union with God (who said "I and the Father are one").
Thus, practically and logically and "historically", even from the
time when These Divine Men walked the earth, there "was" no Buddha
and no Christ apart from the Absolute, which is the Basis of All. To which
Buddha do Buddhists address themselves? And to which Christ do Christians turn?
There is only the Absolute which from time to time Manifests itself in human
history, like Orpheus, Buddha or Christ, only to be absorbed back into the
Absolute (as we perceive it). All those who worship Buddha, Christ, or anyone
else, are in fact worshiping the idol they have made in their own minds, or the
body of information agreed upon by its followers. They are real idolaters (for
even the "images of the mind are idols") and their hypocrites pretend
to be pious. Their "godliness" shows in their works.
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In
fact, there have been thousands of people who have Experienced the Absolute,
who have Awakened to Reality, even though they are not known in fabricated
human history. In every age there are Enlightened People, or Sacred
Communities, dedicated to the Work of Awakening. Experience is passed on from
hand to hand, from teacher to student, and this is the Real Sacred Tradition.
On the contrary, all human organizations, religions, churches, communities,
beyond the purely intellectual doctrine, do not know the Practical Path of
Enlightenment or Deification. They talk about it, about Meditation, about
Prayer, about Spiritual Development, but nobody ever gets anywhere. The result
is seen in the spiritual level of the people and the social condition that
exists throughout the planet. Ignorance, selfishness, strife, violence and war
in every form.
From
very long ago, even from pre-Christian times, there are people, special people,
dedicated to the Truth, to the Work of Awakening to Reality, who Understand
that the Absolute that Manifests and Speaks through Sages like Buddha or
Christ, is not Approached by Perception, it does not become a basis for a
theoretical teaching or for a dogmatic catechism and it is not worshiped by
external means. Within us is the Truth, Within us we must Experience the Truth,
Understanding our True Nature and not outside, in religions, teachings,
religious organizations or sacred rituals and actions. These people, often
working independently of each other, communicate on a spiritual level and Merge
into One Consciousness and Experience and Understand the Oneness of Existence.
Thus, the many currents of the Sacred Tradition unite (as the rivers unite in
the sea and become one with the sea) in One Unique Sacred Tradition. Within
this Sacred Tradition that is already beginning to manifest itself clearly from
the pre-Christian centuries, the Truth is Preserved and Transmitted, not as
intellect, intellectual information but as a Practical Indication for the
Awakening to Reality, Indication with Spiritual Influence, the Sacred Word,
Symbols or Movements. But real things, which have an effect and lead to the
Experience of Reality and not to an imaginary worship of an "idea",
an idol. This is the Order of the Ancients. It encloses within itself every
True Man who has Awakened to Reality and Become One with That which is Beyond
All Perception (by dissolving all limited perception, all ego). The Awakened
Ones Merge with the Universal, Become Expressive of the Universal as they
manifest in the outer world, and Dissolve into the Absolute Real as they
withdraw from the outer world. Thus the Order, in reality, Represents the
Living Reality, the Unseen Manifested in the outer world. It is a Living
Community, created by Nature, by Life. It is not a religion, it is not a
religious community. It is not and has no teaching, beyond reference to real things
and real events. Often, at times, it does not even have an overt external
public action. But the Flame of Truth Never Extinguishes and is always
Transmitted through human time.
Why
are we talking about all this today? Because it is a time of confusion and
ignorance, misunderstanding and distortion of Spiritual Truth. The Truth must
be Heard, Shown, Experienced. The True Religion, the Only True Religion, is the
Religion of Experience. Here, Now, in Real Time, to Immediately See what is
really happening, to dissolve illusions and limitations, to Free ourselves in
the Space of Reality, to Awaken to Reality. It is for this reason that within
the Current, the Order of the Ancients (those who "represent" it
today) created the Foundation for the Study of Esotericism, to restore, to the
extent of the powers of the people who work here, the Truth, which is an
Experiential Approach of Reality and not theoretical teaching, theory, or
external worship. Although we use the word, in speeches or in articles, we do it
not to expose some theory about Reality, man, life, but precisely to dispel the
misunderstandings, the myths that people have made, in spiritual, religious ,
or philosophical level.
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Truth
is not something you experience. Anyone who says this knows nothing. Another
thing is to "experience the Truth." Truth exists when illusions and
limitations dissolve. This is the only "truth" that can be
communicated on a mental level. But this is purely practical work. The
"how" is not something to be intellectually understood and applied
after the fact. Such "knowledge" could be recorded in text and shared
with stakeholders. The "how" is something we do. And to do something,
to really act, you have to do it here, now, in real time, with specific
behavior. It's not something you have to think about or imagine. You either do
it or you don't. But in order for someone to Act, to Act Correctly, he needs to
recognize what is, what is happening. And to do this he must Observe Carefully,
he must See. To truly see, directly and not through limitations or filters of
perception, or beliefs, but here, now, what is. This means quite simply that he
must recognize the various functions we perform as beings within the body and
understand exactly what each function does. Only thus does the Vision of
Reality become clear. Reality is not what we think, what we feel, or what we
perceive with the external senses. The First Step is precisely the dissolution
of all limitations, not only of the beliefs we have but also of the very root
of individuality, the "observer". It is the Understanding that
Reality Is One, Without observer, observed, One Infinite Unified Perception,
the Awareness of the Oneness of Existence. The theoretical description here is
not enough to indicate what we are saying. We need to do it practically. Let's
do it. This is all we can actually convey and this is the Foundation's Work. We
talk about what we have understood, experienced and suggest to anyone who is
interested to do it themselves. It remains to be established by someone,
personally, practically, if all this is true. Nothing else.
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In
order to be able to precisely codify this Work, in the Form of Hints, with the
word (which dispels misunderstandings and delusions) but above all with
practical hints, we created the Academy of Esoterism which has precisely a more
specialized task within the Foundation.
