HAMILTON ROSICRUCIANS (MYSTICISM, METAPHYSICS, SPIRITUALITY)

The public is invited
Place: Unity Hall, 64 Wellington St N, Hamilton, Ontario
Time: Start of discussion/exercise 12.30 p.m. Please kindly arrive by 12.20 p.m. to facilitate a prompt start time.
Duration: The discussion/exercise will last approximately 45 minutes (end time 1.30 p.m.). We will be there for informal questions after.
Fee to attend: none

Open to the public, these Rosicrucian discussions are non-sectarian, apolitical, scientific, metaphysical, mystical, artistic, philosophical, non-dogmatic, and humanistic, tending to greater spirituality.
Email contact is: ontario@amorc.rosicrucian.org

Mystical Exercise and Discussion

Concentration is the first step in Rosicrucian thought processes. In the Rosicrucian teachings, among other things, we practice the mystical application of concentration as applied to visualization. Visualization is part of the process of activating something that we want to bring into existence. Another way that Rosicrucians use concentration is to attune with and stimulate the psychic centres, (centres of energy and information), in our being. Psychic centers are centers of energy and information.

1. In this event, we will conduct a concentration exercise using visualization and vowel sounds to develop awareness of and strengthen our seven major psychic centres.

The Art of Concentration is the first step in the three-part Rosicrucian thought process consisting of concentration, contemplation, and meditation.

An immediate use for concentration is in the process of creative visualization, considering some image or idea that can be a stepping stone to further development, or to the threshold of a new kind of experience.

For more deliberate concentration, one must practice techniques that will likewise shut out all intrusions. Contemplation and meditation also depend on concentration as their first step. Contemplation and meditation are experiences on the threshold of a different state of consciousness revealing whole new horizons of thought.

Contemplation is the preparatory step before entering into meditation. Both contemplation and meditation depend on developing mental concentration. Meditation is the exercise that climaxes the student's efforts.

Concentration is not the whipping up of attention inward to something. There is no need to apply stress to the mind. It is a matter of motivation over will power. Relaxation, carried too far, opens up the mind to fluid thought of outer stimuli or inner associations. The posture should be at ease during concentration. If the mind wanders, gently bring it back to the thought you had in mind before the stray thought occurred. The goal is to keep your attention in line simply because you desire it.

1. The ultimate aim of this threefold practice is to connect with the Cosmic (Universal) forces to get a realization of Cosmic Consciousness.

Website: www.rosicrucian.org