# In the Godhead of the world...” as a reversal of “In the pure rays of light...

In the evening, make the following clear to yourself: At night, I will submerge myself in an invisible world. In this world, I will rest. In this invisible world lies the source of the highest virtues, especially the principal virtue: love for all beings. I must always draw anew from this source. For perfection is only possible when the invisible is repeatedly transformed into the visible. Therefore, the origin of the visible can only be found in the invisible. All this must now be thought of in symbols. I imagine space filled with light, the supernatural light of the divine spirit. I imagine love as a warmth that flows through this supernatural world. I imagine myself resting in this supernatural world at night.

All of this is now presented in mental images in the soul in the following seven lines:

> In the Godhead of the world  
> I will find myself  
> In it I rest  
> The godliness of my soul shines forth  
> In pure love for all beings  
> The Godhead of the world shines forth  
> In the pure rays of light.

Let these seven lines and the images they evoke live in your soul for five minutes (not according to the clock, but according to your feelings). Then switch off all mental images for another five minutes and, with complete inner peace, surrender yourself completely to the effect of these seven lines.

After this, look back on your day.

In the morning, after waking up, when no other impressions have yet entered your soul, bring the seven lines and the images back to life in your consciousness in the following way: Throughout the day: Concentration of thoughts.

> In the pure rays of light  
> The Godhead of the world shines forth  
> In pure love for all beings  
> The godliness of my soul shines forth  
> I rest in the Godhead of the world  
> I will find myself  
> In the Godhead of the world.

Again, these seven lines must fill your consciousness completely for five minutes, and then for another five minutes your consciousness must be completely surrendered to their effect, without any thoughts living in your consciousness.

After this, form a mental image of a plant coming into being; let it grow slowly in your mind: leaf by leaf, flower, fruit. Imagine the power that brings this about. Then think of this power in your own heart and concentrate on it for 2-3 minutes.

The prescribed supplementary exercises are done throughout the day. —

Evening: Review

8-10 min:

> In the Godhead of the world  
> I will find myself  
> In it I rest  
> The godliness of my soul shines forth  
> In pure love for all beings  
> The Godhead of the world shines forth  
> In the pure rays of light.

2 min. Peace.

[Morning:] Rest.

2 min.

> In the pure rays of light  
> The Godhead of the world shines forth  
> In pure love for all beings  
> The godliness of my soul shines forth  
> I rest in the Godhead of the world  
> I will find myself  
> In the Godhead of the world.

In the evening:

Experience the content in symbols of light, warmth; then:

> In the Godhead of the world  
> I will find myself  
> In it I rest  
> The godliness of my soul shines forth  
> In pure love for all beings  
> The Godhead of the world shines forth  
> In the pure rays of light.

(Allow the effect to work for five minutes, then review the events of the day — seven to eight minutes)

Mental image of the Rosicrucians

The light of the world dwells in my heart.

In the morning:

Reawakening the images.

> In the pure rays of light  
> The Godhead of the world shines forth  
> In pure love for all beings  
> The godliness of my soul shines forth  
> I rest in the Godhead of the world  
> I will find myself  
> In the Godhead of the world.

(Allow the effect to work for five minutes. Then: peace of mind.)

Mental image of a plant growing; let it grow slowly in your mind: leaf by leaf, flower, fruit. Imagine the power that causes this growth. Then imagine this power entering your own heart. (Concentrate on this for two to three minutes.)

In my heart dwells the word of the world.

During the day: supplementary exercises.

In the evening:

I realize that I have received impressions from the outside world throughout the day. At night I will have none. I will be in the supersensible world. I will now use symbols to imagine the supernatural world so that these symbols awaken my consciousness to the supernatural world. I will imagine the space around me and within me filled with supernatural light, like a sea of light shining in many colors. I will imagine that warmth—the symbol of divine love—is flowing in all directions in this sea of light. I will think of myself in this world and imagine that the warmth is flowing into my heart. I will accompany all this with the following 7 lines:

5 min:

> In the Godhead of the world  
> I will find myself  
> In it I rest  
> The godliness of my soul shines forth  
> In pure love for all beings  
> The Godhead of the world shines forth  
> In the pure rays of light.

Then spend 5 minutes in complete tranquility, allowing the exercise to take effect.

Then review the day's events in the prescribed manner (7-8 min.)

In the morning:

I awaken the images of the previous evening in my soul and accompany them again with the 7 lines, but now in the following order:

5 min.

> In the pure rays of light  
> The Godhead of the world shines forth  
> In pure love for all beings  
> The godliness of my soul shines forth  
> I rest in the Godhead of the world  
> I will find myself  
> In the Godhead of the world.

Then devote 5 minutes to the effect.

After this, take 4 breaths:

Inhale: deeply and slowly  
Hold your breath: so that you feel the breath spreading throughout your body.  
Exhale: slowly, not in bursts.

When inhaling: light into me  
When holding your breath: light in me  
Exhaling: I sacrifice.

Devote some time to the effect.

Do the supplementary exercises throughout the day.

Evening: Summary of a brief presentation of theos. Truth in one sentence.

5-8 min.

> In the Godhead of the world  
> I will find myself  
> In it I rest  
> The godliness of my soul shines forth  
> In pure love for all beings  
> The Godhead of the world shines forth  
> In the pure rays of light.

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Morning: 🕈

Remember the sentence from the previous day and live it for 5 minutes.

5-8 min.

> In the pure rays of light  
> The Godhead of the world shines forth  
> In pure love for all beings  
> The godliness of my soul shines forth  
> I rest in the Godhead of the world  
> I will find myself  
> In the Godhead of the world.

Rest for a while in complete spiritual balance, reflecting on these lines.

Do additional exercises throughout the day.

Evening: 🕈 3.) 🕈

> In the Godhead of the world  
> I will find myself  
> In it I rest  
> The godliness of my soul shines forth  
> In pure love for all beings  
> The Godhead of the world shines forth  
> In the pure rays of light.

Read 5-6 lines in “Theosophy”  
Review of the day's activities.

Morning: 🕈

Recall 5-6 lines

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> In the pure rays of light  
> The Godhead of the world shines forth  
> In pure love for all beings  
> The godliness of my soul shines forth  
> I rest in the Godhead of the world  
> I will find myself  
> In the Godhead of the world.

Quietly, calmly, let the effect linger in your soul.—

6 Properties Secret Science p. 306

Evening:

1.) Pictorial mental images of some of the day's experiences in reverse order.

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2.) 5 min.

> In the Godhead of the world  
> I will find myself  
> In it I rest  
> The godliness of my soul shines forth  
> In pure love for all beings  
> The Godhead of the world shines forth  
> In the pure rays of light.

In the morning:

1.) 🕈

2.) 5 min.

> The Godhead of the soul shines forth
> The Godhead of the world shines forth
> In pure love for all beings
> In the pure rays of light
> In the Godhead of the world
> I will find myself
> In HER I rest

3.) I am 2-3 min.

Supplementary exercises p. 306 Occult Science.

In the evening, first:

¼ hour: Read something theosophical. Read only a little and think a lot. Then bring the following thoughts vividly to mind:

Throughout the day, I have received impressions from the outside world and formed mental images of them. I will now enter the invisible world during sleep. I symbolically imagine this supersensible world as a surging sea of light shining in colors, into which I submerge and in which I will rest. I imagine how all higher virtues also come from this supersensible world, especially the main virtue: love for all beings. I symbolically imagine this love as warmth in the supersensible divine spirituality. Warmth, I imagine, flows through the sea of light of the spirit that fills the space around me.

All of this is now presented in the images mentioned and in the following seven lines:

> In the divinity of the world  
> I will find myself  
> In it I rest  
> The divinity of my soul shines forth  
> In pure love for all beings  
> The divinity of the world shines forth  
> In the pure rays of light.

The soul must be immersed in these seven lines for five minutes (not according to the clock, but according to feeling). Then switch off all thoughts for another five minutes, try not to think anything at all, but surrender yourself completely with a calm soul to the effect of the seven lines. Surrender yourself to whatever arises spontaneously in your consciousness.

Then look back on your day.

In the morning, immediately after waking up, when no other impressions have yet entered your soul, bring all the images and the seven lines back to life in your consciousness for five minutes, but in the following order:

> In the pure rays of light  
> The divinity of the world shines forth  
> In pure love for all beings  
> The divinity of my soul shines forth  
> I rest in the divinity of the world  
> I will find myself  
> In the divinity of the world.

(Again, 5 minutes of contemplation, then 5 minutes of letting the effect take hold). After this, concentrate on both eyes for about 2-3 minutes, as if you wanted to think the following thought into them:

> Light within me

Then concentrate on your heart for 2-3 minutes, as if you wanted to think into it:

> Warmth within me

Conclude this morning exercise by breathing in deeply four times, holding your breath for a moment, and then breathing out calmly. While doing so, have the following mental image:

> When breathing in: spiritual light into me  
> When holding your breath: spiritual light in me  
> while exhaling: I sacrifice to the world what is within me.

Then remain completely still for 3-4 minutes, without any external thoughts, completely devoted to whatever arises in your consciousness as the effect of the exercise.

Do the prescribed supplementary exercises throughout the day.