Inner Sanctuary Teachings ~ The Quest for Truth

The purpose of mankind on this planet is to reach perfection, find real harmony between all creatures and to overcome all pain and suffering.

This is the ideal put forth by all the great teachers who have left evidence of the truth of what they discovered through hard work. They have also made it evident that mankind can accomplish these things and can reach a point of freedom from all unpleasant circumstances. These teachings are based upon the real facts about how the Universe functions and how man can function in harmony with it.

As long as we rely on our own concepts of the nature of the Universe, act according to our own opinions and refuse to listen to the voice of experience, we will not reach a true fulfilment in this lifetime.

Many people do not like facing the truth, preferring to remain in ignorance – in this state they seem afraid to shoulder any responsibility for their own troubles, close their eyes to contributing to the well-being of the community, and very often accept pain and suffering as the facts of life.

The truly sincere and honest students of life work hard to consolidate such qualities as honesty and sincerity into their lives. Many basic teachings say that there are twelve such qualities to integrate into one pure quality – the disciple does not reach mastership until this has been achieved. When all the qualities are known to be the One Quality then human perfection is reached and the disciple finds peace and harmony in the capacity to show forth the sublime quality of Compassion.

It is no use a disciple praying for certain qualities or gifts because we cannot gain something for nothing – that is the Law. We cannot give what we do not possess so one can see that we cannot HAVE Love or Wisdom unless we exercise these qualities to others. It is only in doing or applying the quality we desire that we can know It.

In very truth we do not possess or own anything, we are merely vehicles through which the human phase of Divinity consummates Itself. To understand this correctly we need to be really humble – not in a grovelling sense – to the Greater Denominator in Life, for in living in tune with It, we learn how It works and how we can benefit from that which It will convey in our direction by our cooperation.

There are many immature ideas accepted today by those professing to be leaders and teachers in various “New Age” and “Esoteric” orders and schools.
In many cases these people have set themselves up from the mere reading of books and are not aware of the real initiatic problems or disciplines required.

Whilst we are not underrating the value of the human phase of mind, we should come to learn that this is an instrument and operates at the “effect” end of the Cosmic Mind. The problem is that we units at this end of Cosmic function fall into the trap of believing that everything we see and experience is REAL and, having the capacity for choice, erect most of our hypotheses on this basis when in fact we should be looking for real causes and not “causes” observed at the “effect” side of Cosmic manifestation. The great teachers have referred to this situation as the “illusion” and it is in this problem wherein all our troubles lie. However, it IS possible – by following the right discipline – to overcome these difficulties, arrive at a state of harmony and live life as a balanced and orderly experience.

As it is our task to point out the barriers to enlightenment, one might ask, “Why don’t you give us the teaching Itself?” The situation, from our long experience, is that because the Reality exists, by removing our mental barriers, the Truth will reveal Itself: if we try to say ‘how it is’ before the student is ready, they will by their misunderstanding create further barriers which will have to be broken down. Another illusion, which should be avoided, is to get hooked upon the ‘fancy illusion’ of believing ones-self to be a particular reincarnated soul. Misunderstanding the teaching on reincarnation leads the weak ones to strut around believing themselves to be Merlin, Jesus, Joseph and the like. The fallacy of these ideas leads to such situations as pointed out by a friend who knows “six Merlins in Glastonbury.” The very tragedy of this situation reveals that these poor students do not belong to a proper initiating school because they would be protected from making open fools of themselves.

In our Inner School, we do not receive a group to whom we deliver lectures or talk down to students. We take persons on an individual basis so that the barriers can be dealt with directly, discussed and shown up to the disciple who then has to deal personally with them and overcome them in order to gain first hand experience of what Life is REALLY about as opposed to what many people assess it to be.

We each need to grow into mature, responsible people aware of the pitfalls of believing in illusions.

We need to learn to become free and reliant on our own inherent Divine Nature; then no longer will we need to indulge in magical practices, religious rituals, talisman hunting, fore-telling futures – these are all the toys of the beginners, the children who later have to learn to grow up. As we free ourselves from the illusory conceptions they no longer have any power over us – nor will you be affected by them when misguided persons try to harm you by them.

To doubt one’s capacity to become a free happy individual has to be overcome. The philosophies of the community in general – the media, schools, religions and politics – seem to act against the real wellbeing of people because these philosophies place us into set patterns and limitations. To step out of line with popular ideas one becomes ‘radical’ or a ‘heretic’. To dare to be free, to be a responsible, balanced and intelligent person and to understand what life is really about results in the healing and balancing energies of nature taking a hand in one’s life.

Nature ‘rejoices’ in at last having a person open to natural Cosmic Laws and one makes big strides in individual evolution to maturity. One then comes to be a co-worker with nature and Cosmic Hierarchy and one comes into genuine knowledge in harmony with the fact of becoming a ‘genuine’ person, one freed from the delusions of a self-centred approach to life. The old saying that “ the Truth will make you free” becomes a real experience.

What modern thinkers are saying:
“But we need not maintain that life has nothing better to offer than tests and trials. On a personal and worldly level one may experience all kinds of difficulties and conflicts, but on a higher mind level we always find harmony and tranquillity where all is well.” – Johan Quanjer – Editor of New Humanity.

“The mind is all the time in movement, chasing desires. The nature of the desire is such that it is deceptive because it operates on the mind unconsciously and modifies itself by the association of other desires and thus we are unable to check them then and there. It seems that the human mind is a field for exploring various urges and contradictory instincts. The Esoteric philosophy emphasises the urgent necessity of observing the subtle activities of the mind with alertness, so that we can establish a vital link with the Supreme Power of Reality.”
– Dr.K.M.P.Mohammed Cassim, Ph.D, Founder President Perfect Peace Lodge.