Alice Bailey & Djwhal Khul - Esoteric Psychology II - Chapter II - Problems
arising out of the Awakening and Stimulation of the Centers







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Esoteric Psychology II - Chapter II - The Ray of Personality -
Problems of Disciples and Mystics





The question is often asked: Why is there frequently so [545]
much illness, nervous trouble and various pathological conditions found among the saints
of the earth, and among those who are clearly oriented towards the light? The answer is
that the strain put upon the physical vehicle by the shift of the forces is usually unduly
great and so produces these undesirable conditions. These again are often augmented by the
foolish things done by the aspirant as he seeks to bring his physical body under control.
It is, however, far better for the undesirable results to work themselves out in the
physical vehicle than in the astral or mental bodies. This point is seldom realized and
hence the emphasis laid upon the idea that sickness, ill-health, and disease are
indicative of individual error, of failure and of so-called sin. They can of course be all
of these things, but, in the case of the true aspirant who is endeavoring to discipline
and control his life, they are often not due to these causes at all. They are the
inevitable result of the clash of forces - those of the awakened energies which are in
process of elevation and those of the center into which the energies are being raised.
This clash produces strain, physical discomfort and (as we have seen) many distressing
kinds of disorders.The widespread disease and ill-health found everywhere at this time
is caused by a mass transference which is steadily going forward in the race. Through this
transference, the solar plexus center is thrown into an abnormal activity, thereby
releasing all kinds of astral forces into the consciousness of man - fear, desire of a
wrong kind and many of the emotional characteristics which are causing people so much
distress. The process is as follows: the consciousness first of all registers these astral
impressions, then formulates them into thought forms and - as energy follows thought - a
vicious circle is thus set up, involving the physical body. In the turmoil consequently
evoked by these clashing forces which are [546]
Mounting
from below into the solar plexus
Pouring into
the solar plexus from the astral plane
Reacting to
the magnetic attractive power of the higher centers,

the
interior life of the man becomes a whirlpool of conflicting energies with disastrous
effects upon the intestinal tract, upon the liver and upon the other organs found below
the diaphragm. The mystic, as is well known, is often dyspeptic and this is not always
caused by wrong eating and wrong physical habits. It is brought about in many cases by the
processes of transference which are going on.
One of the difficulties which tend also to increase the strain is the inability of the
average mystic to divorce his mind from his physical condition. Energy inevitably follows
thought and where a distressed area is found, there the mind seems to throw all its
attention, with the result that the situation is not bettered but surely and steadily made
worse. The best mental rule of all mystics should be to keep the mind definitely above and
away from the region where the transference is going on, except in those cases where
esoteric methods are being employed to force the process, to hasten and facilitate the
processes of elevation. Then (under right direction and guidance plus a knowledge of the
rules) the mystic can work with the center in the spine which is concerned. This academic
technique, I will endeavor to indicate in a later Instruction, but I want first of all to
deal with the psychic difficulties of the mystic, for both the psychic and physical
difficulties arise from the same basic cause and can be offset and controlled by the same
correct occult and psychological knowledge.
The ills
with which we are dealing are, therefore, the result of a large number of causes and it
might be of service if I [547] listed them here, reminding you that the centers up the
spinal column and in the head govern definite areas in the body. These are affected and
controlled by the centers and it is in these regions that one must look for indications of
trouble.
Speaking
generally, diseases fall into five major categories and it is only with the last of them
that we are here occupied. These five groupings of disease are:





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