Esoteric studies the hidden universal laws of the universe applicable to any sphere of existence. They are called hidden for one reason: their knowledge does not lie on the surface, and their knowledge is impossible through standard methods of research with the help of logic and bodily channels of perception. Esotericism - is the knowledge of the world beyond touch, smell, hearing... to see the hidden, you must use the appropriate methods-intuition and subtle vision.
Most noticeable is the gross and explicit. And behind the gross and more pronounced in form, the subtle goes by the wayside of human perception. As a result, most adults do not pay attention to the information coming through thin channels, because everything that does not receive development, degrades over time.
As children, we are more open to subtle information. But as we grow older, social patterns make us look like others. And we already know exactly what is right, what is wrong; what can be and what cannot exist. The brain does not like to revise its picture of the world. Once he has accepted a model for himself, he will resist its revision in order not to repeat the work. But by accepting something as the ultimate truth, are we not closing the way for further knowledge? No wonder Descartes spoke about the main method of knowledge — doubt. Doubt is the eternal companion of the seeker when extreme conviction is the stoppage of existence and evolution.
The way of esotericism is the way of evolution of one's own soul. The laws set forth in metaphorical form by the greatest spiritual Teachers are Knowledge given to help humanity along this Path. These Laws are simple and complex at the same time. They are manifested in the simple and small, and in the complex and large. This in itself is a description of one of the laws of the world-the Law of Analogy, which was formulated by the ancient Initiate Thoth Hermes Trismegistus:
"What is above is like what is below. What is below is like what is above. Like, but not equal.»
For example, the Solar system is structurally similar to an atom. In the center is the Sun, the nucleus of an atom, relatively motionless and heavy. Around the planet — electrons, the mobile and light. Of course, when I talk about similarity, I'm not talking about absolute identity. The difference in the course of time in planetary systems and in microparticles is incredibly large. And because the space at different levels will be manifested a little differently.
All the microparticles that make up our planet Earth, at the level of the microcosm would fit into a tennis ball. People from their level see dense matter when from another level matter is more than 99% void. At the same time, despite such distinctions, all levels of the Universe are interconnected. And every event that happened on one of the levels is reflected on all the others.
From the point of view of esotericism, atoms, like planets, represent the physical layer of reality — the world of dense matter, the knowledge of which lies in the field of official science. The essence of esotericism is in the study of subtle laws existing in the form of energy and manifested in the metaphysical principles of the Universe. This energy is invisible, like a magnetic field, the existence of which we can infer only on the basis of observation of its impact on the environment. Although the magnetic field-again, a phenomenon derived from the world of forms.
Each person, like the planet, has a magnetic field and the physical body that gave birth to it. But man isn't just a body, is he? At a minimum, everyone experiences emotions and produces mental images. And here is the space, in which moves the emotional energy call astral world. The space of thoughts, in turn, is called the mental world. And the human soul is manifested in all worlds.
Esotericism and the phenomenon of Consciousness
To each world corresponds a body: to the astral, a sensual body; to the mental, an intellect. Esotericism in this context, looking for common patterns, subtle essence that unites different layers of this multidimensional reality. After all, in addition to the body, emotions and thoughts, there is something else that unites it into a single system. And that is what is called Consciousness.
From the point of view of esoteric consciousness has everything, even stones and minerals. Therefore, to indicate the difference, I write the word "Consciousness" (in the sense of self-identification) with a capital letter. Consciousness, also associated with the soul, is beyond the body, emotions and logic. Moreover, it does not lend itself to knowledge from the appropriate levels. And so, trying to find the answer to the question " Who Am I?", never get to state at least something other than awareness of their own awareness.
Thus, we came to one of the main questions of esotericism "Who Am I?". The search for the answer to this question is the eternal search for Truth. Truth may be approached nearer or farther away, but in its Absolute it will never be attained. This does not mean that it is unattainable at all. They say that to understand it, you need to become it. And even, at last, having comprehended it, it is opened that the known Truth is not final, and further the way of knowledge proceeds. And this is another universal law — the Law of Vibrations:
"Nothing is at rest. Everything moves, everything vibrates."
A simple esoteric truth: where there is movement, there is development. And development is life. Death is only an illusion, the path of the soul is eternal and endless.