THE PERFECT PATH

Translated by ARIEL Magazine from the book: "Disciples and Masters, or the Factors of Spiritual Initiation".  The Tibetan. Original Spanish.

The Perfect Path must have a wide ethical and philosophical horizon, without surreptitious situations, and with wide avenues towards the satisfaction of the most cherished longings that emanate from the recesses of being. It must be at once a sure veneration of happiness, a perennial propitiation of satisfactions in all that is attainable, and a means of liberation from the gorges, difficulties, and torments of life.

Such, in fact, in our opinion, is the supreme ideal of perfection. The Perfect Path does not provide facilities for opportunism, nor does it serve for every emergency. Rather, it is the Path that enlightens us in our clumsiness, guides us in our difficulties and excites us in our moments of discouragement.

The Perfect Path shows us that we ourselves are "the ultimate determiner" in all circumstances, the "primordial element" in every aspiration, the "decisive factor" in every possibility, and that we gather in ourselves all the powers indispensable to achieve what we desire. Thus, if we understand our attitudes well and are determined to make a suitable effort, it is certain that we will succeed in becoming "artisans of our own destiny", "masters" of our own person and, above all, "rulers of our own existence". This is not an accommodating philosophy, nor a blind faith in unknown supernatural forces, but a broad understanding of the workings of our innate powers, as well as their cultivation and application in daily life.

The Perfect Path provides that rare but decisive sense of fullness, serenity, security, and steadfastness in the course of existence. It is at once guidance, illumination, and encouragement. With it there is neither chance nor the eternal victim of circumstances, but, on the contrary, we are duly advised by principles, which allow us to move with a definite purpose in full consciousness and in complete mystical communion with the superior, regulatory forces of Universal Nature. Moreover, it is to know how to feel with ineffable rapture the subtle flow of life and to be always in harmony with the Infinite; to come to possess that certainty that, in addition to instilling the utmost respect for life, provides us with dignifying haughtiness, transcendent pride, sublimity and ineffable longing for intimate effulgence with encouraging designs of eternity.

The Perfect Path does not presuppose an escape from the difficulties of life, but, on the contrary, to touch reality in all its meaning and to behave in a way that is in accordance with the designs of Nature in its superlative sense. It elevates, perfects, sublimates, without hesitation or weakness, because it is founded on the cultivation of all the forces and possibilities of being, completely alien to the doctrinal assumptions and dogmatic fantasies of metaphysical orthodoxies and theocratic traditions.

In it one must find happiness and peace, because only through it can one reach cosmic realizations, that is, the kingship of Consciousness in its most transcendent and integral sense, leaving behind the lower and complex phases of human living.

The deluded must be undeceived: happiness, powers, superior achievements are not achieved by magic, by marvelous magic, but by means of certain efforts that are indispensable. Nothing in the masterful mechanism of Nature is altered or modified without conforming in some way to its own needs. Hence, every conquest is invariably the result of merits or certain channels, not always understood or known.

Those who wish to prove the correctness of these statements have only proceeded, and they will notice that our statements are more than just right: they are the expression of unshakable truths.

The whole Rosicrucian mystical communion rests on postulates of a similar firmness; the whole culture advocated by the Rosicrucian is based on such vital principles that, in addition to being undeniable, can be demonstrated practically by those who insist on not suffering resignedly the fate of the deluded, valetudinary, and poor in spirit, who suffer from the worst of all diseases:  ignorance  of what life is, of what the fundamental truth of Nature is like and for what.

The continual overcoming with the consequent elevation of our sights and the ever-increasing control of the being, all of which leads to the mastery of circumstances, and makes one feel the euphoria of the transcendent rhythm of life in a trance of perfection and the impression of sublime pride of being absorbed by the Absolute Truth... such is the genuine Path of Perfection.