Markers of Accepted Discipleship

One may become a disciple at different levels of the Great Continuum of Consciousness.

Discipleship in each of levels these leads ultimately to empowerment and the ability to minister to others or guide them.

As can be seen, accepted discipleship in the Mudrashram® tradition requires the most extensive spiritual preparation of any level of discipleship. However, attainment of accepted discipleship in this tradition has a broader range of operation and ministry than traditions that yield mastery in other bands of the Great Continuum of Consciousness.

There are seven expressions of accepted discipleship in the Mudrashram® tradition once the disciple on the path has worked out karma and unfolded spiritual evolutionary potentials for Subtle, Planetary, Transplanetary, Cosmic, Supracosmic, and Transcendental bands of the Great Continuum of Consciousness. These are shown below.

Those aspirants that feel resonance with our teachings and meditation methods can study with us to begin to develop themselves at their cutting edge of spirituality, wherever they dwell on the Great Continuum of Consciousness.

We start with individuals where they are and develop them to fulfill the archetypes of purpose and mastery within them. Rare individuals may have a calling to accepted discipleship in our tradition—these ones will become initiators, and may express other varieties of accepted discipleship with further spiritual development upon the Bridge Path.

In our Satsang Program and the Mudrashram® Advanced Course in Meditation, we have described the form of the disciple on the Bridge Path, which marks the stage of accepted discipleship in our tradition. In both of these programs, we have led course participants into the presence of this exalted state of consciousness. Beyond this abode of the accepted disciple are the Adi Sat Gurus—the Multiplane Masters of the Mudrashram® Lineage—separated by a vast distance from the accepted disciple.

Until now, this higher path of discipleship has not been elucidated in our public writings. We call it the Transcendental Initiatic Path leading to Multiplane Mastery, which comprises the higher stages of the Bridge Path.

The Bridge Path is unique in that it is a domain in the Transcendental Sphere that reaches from the 3rd Cosmic Initiation through the entire Supracosmic Sphere, then traverses deeply into the Transcendental Sphere underneath the other seven Transcendental Paths. It mirrors development in the paths above and below it. It is on the Transcendental portion of this path that the Mudrashram® Lineage is anchored. These higher states of initiation are as follows:

We encourage you to gain a thorough familiarity with the entire Great Continuum of Consciousness and your place within it.

Ladders of disciplic and initiatic stages are useful to comprehend potential spiritual development, but more important is that you identify your own spiritual cutting edge and begin transformational inner work at that level according to your capacity. Eventually, through continuous gradual transformation, you will fulfill the spiritual destiny pattern that is your Soul Purpose.

A rare few individuals may have a destiny for accepted discipleship in our lineage, and to ascend upon the initiatic ladder we described here to full Multiplane Mastery. Those of you who have this calling will have this revealed to you by your own Soul when you study with us.

1. These seven civilizations whose archetypes are anchored on the Middle band of the Subtle Realm are the East Indian, Chinese, Greco-Roman, Mesopotamian, Medieval European, Tibetan, and Modern Technological. You may learn more about them by referring to the map of the Great Continuum of Consciousness on this web site.
2. The Moon Soul is a nucleus of identity, which is often mistaken for the overshadowing Soul. It resembles a round white disk, in which there is a central receptacle. The Holy Spirit is anchored in this receptacle during communion with God through prayer, worship, or Light Immersion. This nucleus of identity is traditionally awakened during the First Planetary Initiation.
3. Bodhisattva Projects take place on the highest Planes of the Bridge Path, and sometimes on Transcendental Paths six and seven. Bodhisattva Projects are the most advanced forms of attunement with the Mudrashram® lineage, and lead ultimately to assumption into the lineage as a lineage holder, or Adi Sat Guru.
4. These seven mudras used to transmit initiation in the Mudrashram® tradition are Kundalini, Nada, Mantra, Raja, Guru Kripa, Jnana and Agni Mudras. An eighth mudra, Dharma Mudra, is "revealed" to the aspirant during the Mudrashram® Master Course in Meditation, but does not involve transmission of the energy of initiation (Shakti). You can learn more about the role of these mudras in Integral meditation by reading our article, "What is Integral Meditation, also on this web site.
5. These "seven higher attunements" are the seven mudras. These seven higher attunements are decribed in the article, "The Form of the Disciple." Before you can learn to give the higher attunements, you first must be trained in the five basic attunements. You can learn more about the five basic attunements in the article, "The Five Fundamental Attunements."
6. There is a wide range of gifts that express from the Superconscious mind. These may take the form of athletic prowess; scientific research and innovation; artistic creativity; business acumen; special abilities in counseling, therapy, teaching, healing, or religious ministry; psychic perception; or political or military leadership. Miraculous powers (siddhis) may also be expressed in some individuals as a byproduct of their spiritual development.
7. This highest Plane of the Bridge Path is a mirror of the Great Continuum of Consciousness from the bands of the human personality (Conscious, Subconscious, and Metaconscious mind) and the Superconscious mind from the Subtle realm to the top of the Fifth Transcendental Path. It is referred to as Adi Sat Guru Desh or Nubiya.