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DEVA AWARENESS

We become aware of the devas in four main ways:

1) A natural gift or sensitivity

2) A scientifically trained method of meditation or yoga

3) A combination of methods 1 & 2.

4) A deva or Adept initiated temporary raising of our consciousness

In times gone by there was risk attached to method 1) - e.g. being wrongly accused of witchcraft and tortured or burned at the stake because of natural psychic and spiritual gifts as well as getting trapped in the Kingdom of Faerie ( c.f. Thomas the Rhymer) and in the case of 2) people often had to commit themselves to a religious or monastic life for which they were not mature enough or otherwise suitable. Now, at the dawning of the Aquarian Age where many of us are privileged to live in liberal democracies rather than theocratic or secular, totalitarian dictatorships, it has become possible to follow truth where it leads us. Since most of us have to earn a living and pay our way through life and in some cases support a family as well, we need to learn how to become yogis in the market place. Mr. Geoffrey Hodson has written extensively about this in his book The Yogic Ascent to Spiritual Heights . Often these days many people are born with a natural gift of sensitivity called a psychic idiosyncrasy - even if they do not see or hear they may be aware of the atmosphere or feeling that surrounds them and others - this can indicate that a breakthrough is pretty close to the surface. The methods contained in this website can help to develop this sensitivity and a combination of methods 1) and 2) may prove to be very helpful for such a person.

Method 4) often occurs to the person who is on is on the Path ( i.e. the Path of Holiness or Hastened Unfoldment). All sorts of special privileges can come to the person who has dedicated themselves to the service of the world in this way including a) Deva assisted upliftment of consciousness b) the grace of the guru c) Initiation into the Greater (Planetary) Mysteries.

It is through Initiation that eventually the safe arousal of the Kundalini occurs which fully opens the psychic force centers or chakras especially in the head region. These opened chakras can then be used as sense organs to contact the devas at will. This is a very dangerous procedure and is definitely not to be undertaken without the advice of an adept teacher (A Master of the Wisdom) or his delegated initiated senior disciple, or in certain cases an advanced deva. Most early contact however is at a much lesser level than this and comprises a feeling or subtle sensing of the presence of the devas, not necessarily in a visual form but a definite and real communication nevertheless. This subtle sensitivity can be built upon and valuable information extracted from it.

You might be interested in some advice that I received from a gifted contemporary angelologist, Eskild Tjalve, after I had asked his opinion stemming from my own New Zealand experience he wrote:

"I don't see the devas automatically - I have to be in a meditative state with closed eyes, so I have to decide to ask if I want to experience a deva, and then maybe I am given the opportunity to meet the deva....

"About clairvoyance and clairaudience: I don't see the need for special exercises, but things will develop through your work: See yourself as a channel, build up inside yourself an inner picture of yourself as a channel. A channel due to openness and letting go and the right motive, not from your own will. You are a living channel, through which the energies will affect you and develop you.

"So through your work with the devas, listening to them - you will receive precise information, even if it is in a very subtle way. believe in them, use them, learn from them. The very strong and clear experiences are seldom, the normal are the very subtle ones, maybe just on the borderline of what is possible. Whether the experiences will be stronger and more clear will be given as a gift - none knows when. What you can do is to develop the precision in your senses and develop your confidence. It is possible to have a great precision in even a very subtle experience."

HAVE YOU ALREADY CONTACTED THE DEVIC WORLD WITHOUT KNOWING IT?

Because the devic world, especially that of the nature spirits, is just beyond our visible and audible waking consciousness or at least at the edge of our physical consciousness, many people have contacted this other world without fully realizing it in their conscious mind. Take this quiz by the contemporary teacher and writer on the subject, Ted Andrews, in order to find out your own situation:

Exercise #1

This exercise will begin to open your thoughts along the possibility of actual faerie encounters. If you can answer "yes" to any of these questions you have probably experienced the faerie realm and just did not realize it.

1. Have you ever seen a flash of light or sudden quick movement out of the corner of your eye that could not be explained?

2. Have you ever seen flickers of light around your house plants or flowers?

3. When out in nature have you ever felt as if the woods themselves were watching you?

4. Have you ever walked down the street and the fragrance of a tree or flower hits you strongly? (This is often a signal that you are being greeted. Some people experience this while those they may be walking with do not.)

5. Do you or have you ever felt uncomfortable in your basement, attic or dark areas of the house? (Dark elves often take up residence in such places.)

6. As a child (and maybe even as an adult) did your closet have to be closed before you could feel comfortable enough to go to sleep? Did you ever see, think or believe there was something or someone in your closet? (Again dark elves that take up residence in people's homes will often use the corners of a closet.)

7. Did you ever have or ever see a child with an "imaginary" playmate? (Often they are not imaginary at all, but are members of the faerie realm.)

8. Did you ever observe children when playing and see them talking to themselves—especially when participating in outdoor activities?

9. Do you find that talking to your plants helps them grow?

10. Have you ever walked through an open field and found yourself brushing spider webs from your face? (Spider webs do not form at face-level in open fields. They need something to cling to. Usually in such occurrences, you have been brushed by field faeries.)

11. Did you ever hear music or singing from unidentified sources?

12. Do your dreams often and consistently involve outdoor environments—woods, fields, streams, etc.? (This can often signal a calling by the faeries to you or memories of times in which you encountered them.)

13. Have you ever encountered an old woman while out walking in nature, only to turn around the next moment and find her gone?

14. Have you ever been sitting outside singing or humming softly and seen animals draw closer? (Faeries and elves often take the form of animals and are drawn to storytelling and music, especially when simple and from the heart.)

15. Have you ever found things inexplicably appearing, disappearing or being rearranged in your house?

16. Did you ever find yourself excessively sleepy when camping or on extended nature outings? (The energies of nature spirits can induce altered states, and if sleeping on or near a faerie mound, you may find yourself unusually tired. I call this the "Rip Van Winkle syndrome.")

17. Do you ever dream of strange beasts or dragons?

18. Do you feel upcoming changes in the weather before there are any signs?

19. Are your favorite times of the day dawn and dusk? Favorite times of the year autumn or spring?

Enchantment of the Faerie Realm by Ted Andrews, Llewellyn, St. Paul MN, 1993

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