THE WAY OF INITIATION
In worldly terms, it can be said that we have all, at one time or another, sought to initiate ourselves or be initiated, irrespective of whether we have actually ever used the word ‘initiation’ or not.
Graduating from high school, starting an apprenticeship, going to university, getting a degree, the boy becoming a man, the girl becoming a woman, passing one’s exams, getting a drivers licence, the first overseas trip – are all in one way or another initiations of some kind.
Could it be said that an initiation is the striving for something higher, better and more noble?
Could it also be said that the desire to initiate and aim higher is inbuilt? - A higher degree or a diploma eventually follows the first degree or certificate; continual professional education provides more expertise, knowledge and skills and we all welcome if not celebrate our children’s milestones.
Is it possible that we know that we are more and that we are innately capable of more? - Otherwise, where does this striving and yearning for a more advanced, more knowledgeable and somewhat more elevated state of being come from?
Is it also possible that many of our more worldly milestones, achievements and ‘initiations’ don’t really make the cut, don’t consistently and ongoingly deliver what we are yearning for but may find hard to name or define?
Is there possibly a way of initiation that delivers continuity, even perpetuity and a state of being and way of living that require no cash reserves, special talents, no memberships or alliances?
Before you even start reading, The Way of Initiation, by virtue of its subtitle, clarifies what ‘Initiation’ actually is = The Development of Energetic Awareness. “Is that all?” you may ask. And if it is - does this suggest that an initiation is actually an inward trajectory rather than the usual outward journey of ticking boxes, amassing kudos and garnering accolades (?) - as pleasing, satisfying and even exhilarating as all that might be in the short to medium term.
Maybe, just maybe, those outward-bound journeys don’t ever really satisfy or appease for very long and need to be topped up with more achievements, another milestone, further seeking and striving.
But is there another way?
The true esoteric tells us that what we are truly looking for is already within us and not something we externally acquire, gain, purchase or even receive. It is neither something that we can bring on or into ourselves from an outside source nor something that is given to, bestowed upon or granted us. And money can’t buy it either, just in case you were wondering.
And thus, initiation as presented by the Ageless Wisdom and in The Way of Initiation is a process of returning to the source we are from and not ever a path or journey of going somewhere, being someone or ‘something’ and or a state or status that can be externally acquired. The Way of Initiation takes you step by step through the various stages of an ever greater and unfolding awareness of what human life is about, what initiation truly means and how that can practically and joyfully be lived and shared with others.
