tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513199068907090344.post4416464386954840909..comments2024-03-26T16:24:34.218+00:00Comments on Meeting The Masters: Dispelling DarknessWilliam Wildbloodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231219533755925897noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513199068907090344.post-87361043603633885442022-05-31T11:54:01.858+00:002022-05-31T11:54:01.858+00:00Great share thanks for postingGreat share thanks for postingTrevor Wanderlusthttps://www.trevorwanderlust.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513199068907090344.post-20458577530044610542020-03-21T09:34:54.187+00:002020-03-21T09:34:54.187+00:00Blue and gold (with a splash of white) is also the...Blue and gold (with a splash of white) is also the dominant colour scheme in CS Lewis's 'The Voyage of the Dawn Treader', that great journey into the rising sun and perhaps the most mystical of the Narnia books.John Fitzgeraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13951246561259007162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513199068907090344.post-18986284722194376222020-03-20T09:09:35.537+00:002020-03-20T09:09:35.537+00:00Well, Bruce, each to his own!
But seriously I app...Well, Bruce, each to his own!<br /><br />But seriously I appreciate the way you say exactly what you think. Would that more people did especially now. I watch the news and see people talk, and all I hear is spin and obfuscation, telling people something to get a desired effect with no real concern for truth. Truth is the most important weapon we have and we should never compromise with it.William Wildbloodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231219533755925897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513199068907090344.post-72899295974399268022020-03-20T08:46:21.066+00:002020-03-20T08:46:21.066+00:00@William - This is, for me, a good example of how ...@William - This is, for me, a good example of how each needs to discover practices effective for himself. For me, this kind of colour visualisation is not just a waste of time, but the wrong path: it would do me harm if pursued stubbornly. <br /><br />And the same would surely apply if other people tried to implement what works best for me on the assumption that it would be also best for them. As Arkle said - it is part of God's plan (or hope) that (so far as is possible, and help is available when it is not possible) each unique person should 'quarry out' his own unique path through mortal life; evaluating the results by trial and error - and such a way of learning is the most effective. <br /><br />Nonetheless, it is useful and valid for us to share our own experiences - as here - because sometimes they have a powerful positive impact and show the path ahead. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513199068907090344.post-13692899526058389552020-03-19T17:47:11.728+00:002020-03-19T17:47:11.728+00:00Thanks John but I wouldn't put my little sugge...Thanks John but I wouldn't put my little suggestion in that class! Anyway, it is beginning to feel a bit like WW2 but I wonder how much of that is psychological rather than literal. A lot I would say.William Wildbloodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231219533755925897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513199068907090344.post-49600272398274129172020-03-19T17:21:14.653+00:002020-03-19T17:21:14.653+00:00Good idea, William. I'll start doing this visu...Good idea, William. I'll start doing this visualisation this very evening as a supplement ro my daily prayer. It could be said from this post that you're stepping forward to play a role analogous to that played by Dion Fortune in WW2. Speaking of whom, I found her 'Mystical Meditations on the Collects' in Oxfam Bangor on Monday. Very valuable writing indeed, especially at a time like this.John Fitzgeraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13951246561259007162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513199068907090344.post-3077185023895872452020-03-19T16:53:07.312+00:002020-03-19T16:53:07.312+00:00All I can say with regard to those colours, Serhe...All I can say with regard to those colours, Serhei, is that the Masters told me many years ago that if I meditated on them that would purify the mind and take it to a higher place where evil influences could not operate. Since then I have seen them associated with the Blessed Virgin Mary and other examples of what you might call royal spirituality. And when I have meditated on them I have indeed felt the effect the Master described. <br /><br />I think you are right in that it is the combination (sun in a clear sky) that carries the spiritual power which either one on its own would lack. Maybe the demons can pervert anything except this. That is my intuition anyway.William Wildbloodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231219533755925897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513199068907090344.post-76445560603471907702020-03-19T14:51:16.362+00:002020-03-19T14:51:16.362+00:00I am interested in the deeper meanings behind that...I am interested in the deeper meanings behind that choice of colors.<br /><br />I immediately recall that Gold is the dominant color in Orthodox iconography, while I observed Blue to be the dominant color in William Arkle's paintings. Each one on its own seems one-sided. (I recall one Orthodox saint opining that a Christian should not look at the sky since it is the dwelling-place of the demons, and that seems to me to illustrate the one-sidedness.) The combination seems like it may be more balanced.Serheihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13839433118785125438noreply@blogger.com