“Mental polarization is the result of a shift in consciousness from the astral/emotional plane to the mental plane. It covers the period between the first and second initiations (an average of six to seven lives), and starts at a point half-way between the two great events (planetary initiations). Being mentally polarized allows the soul to work through the mental plane and destroy the glamour of astral plane activity. When the fogs of glamour are dispersed by the light of the mental plane a gradual shift in polarization takes place.
“Many people confuse the emotional and mental processess. They imagine they are ‘thinking’ when in fact they are clothing their emotional reactions in astral thought-forms which they mistake for ‘thoughts’. Anything, therefore, which focusses the mind, which brings it into action in every situation or reaction, speeds the process of mental polarization.
“Meditation, of whatever kind (except that state of negative reverie which is so often mistaken for meditation), is a prime mover in this direction. It requires the fostering of a diligent determination to observe impersonally and honestly all one’s reactions in every situation, especially the most disturbing; an understanding of one’s inherent nature—one’s strengths and glamours; a dedication of one’s life to service to humanity, leading to greater decentralization. All of these help to shift the consciousness onto the higher plane, thus bringing the light of the soul into the life situation.”
So say the Wise . . .
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