Basic Centre Information
The Purpose of Building The Centres
The exercises for building the centres are given early in Priestly training because, firstly they take time to form. The basic strengthening time is approximately six months at least to possibly two years in some other people. This depends on how often the centres exercises are done, if they are done regularly, etc. The recommended time is fifteen minutes.
Secondly, the centres are like “psychic muscles”. Before working with strong energies it is advisable to complete some form of work to strengthen the Etheric matrix, otherwise serious damage can occur. Holes in the Aura can occur where a leakage of personal magnetism will take place. This will also happen with the miss-use of powerful herbs of a psycho-active nature by the unknowing. The analogy of someone lifting an extremely heavy weight who is not used to doing physical exercise and thus tearing a muscle is a good one. Once these centres are built, it gives you more capacity to handle heavier & stronger energies.
Centres or Chakras?
Centres go to the depth of the person’s being, while chakras are only to the level of the etheric. Therefore to say chakras are at aura level is erroneous for that is higher than chakras extend. These would be correctly classified as centres, NOT chakras.
The exercises for building the centres are given early in Priestly training because, firstly they take time to form. The basic strengthening time is approximately six months at least to possibly two years in some other people. This depends on how often the centres exercises are done, if they are done regularly, etc. The recommended time is fifteen minutes.
Secondly, the centres are like “psychic muscles”. Before working with strong energies it is advisable to complete some form of work to strengthen the Etheric matrix, otherwise serious damage can occur. Holes in the Aura can occur where a leakage of personal magnetism will take place. This will also happen with the miss-use of powerful herbs of a psycho-active nature by the unknowing. The analogy of someone lifting an extremely heavy weight who is not used to doing physical exercise and thus tearing a muscle is a good one. Once these centres are built, it gives you more capacity to handle heavier & stronger energies.
Centres or Chakras?
Centres go to the depth of the person’s being, while chakras are only to the level of the etheric. Therefore to say chakras are at aura level is erroneous for that is higher than chakras extend. These would be correctly classified as centres, NOT chakras.
Centres & Their Positions
These are the centres and their position. The colours are not the colour of the centre, but the colour that enhances the centre. These centres develop at different ages. Crown 5, Third Eye 6, Throat 7, Heart 8, Solar Plexus 9, Navel 10, Genital 11, Base 12, and the Aura at 13. Also for anyone interested...the reason for the Bhamitzva at the age of 13 is because that is when the final centre is developed and although this knowledge has probably long since been forgotten, this was considered when the child became "whole". Hence the celebration.
These are the centres and their position. The colours are not the colour of the centre, but the colour that enhances the centre. These centres develop at different ages. Crown 5, Third Eye 6, Throat 7, Heart 8, Solar Plexus 9, Navel 10, Genital 11, Base 12, and the Aura at 13. Also for anyone interested...the reason for the Bhamitzva at the age of 13 is because that is when the final centre is developed and although this knowledge has probably long since been forgotten, this was considered when the child became "whole". Hence the celebration.
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The Centres can be used for many things and one is to heal and balance the physical body. Each Centre relates to a different part of the body.
Enneagram showing relationship to Centres and the body
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Did you know the psychic centres of the body were known to the Hebrews at least 2000 years BC. There is evidence that Moses among others knew about these 8 centres but Moses also knew of the existence of the aura centre too. The Aura actually then made the ninth centre. Old documents depicting these facts also go back to Ancient Mesopotamia among other places. Sumerian records also show these centres depicting the Garden of Eden. This has been acknowledged by the highly respected author Butterworth whose scholastic integrity and ability is beyond Question.
Written by the Presiding Archbishop of The Australian Church of Antioch, The Most Reverend Frank Bugge.
Written by the Presiding Archbishop of The Australian Church of Antioch, The Most Reverend Frank Bugge.
The Centre Workshops
These workshops constitute a comprehensive exploration of the ancient art and spiritual practice of MARU. This is the world's oldest set of spiritual practices, and is one of the seven great "keys" to the spiritual mysteries.
There are four "levels of Workshop" corresponding to the four levels of spiritual practice.
(I). Level One - Introduction to the Centres
At this level the student is introduced to the basic practice of "Centre Work". This ancient spiritual practice is the basis of the later concept of the "chakras".
The origins and brief history of "Centre Work" will be briefly discussed and the "Garden of Eden", the "Pictish Symbol", the Northumbrian Runic Pattern and the "esoteric significance of the Enneagram" in relation to the Centres will be discussed.
You will learn how to "build" and "develop" the Centres for the purposes of "spiritual development". You will learn the basic spiritual practices of the hand positions, body postures, sounds, colours, cardinal directions and other methods for working with physical spiritual and earth energy for peace and tranquillity, and health of mind body and spirit. These practices are the first steps in learning "Spiritual Alchemy", in the practice of "continuous spiritual knowledge" (maintaining conscious knowledge from lifetime to lifetime) which is also called "spiritual immortality". This practice is also the basis of "controlled energy reception and transmission".
The workshops are designed for all levels from "personal development" up to "instructor levels". Because of the nature of MARU we can teach people on all contemporary spiritual pathways how to deepen and enhance their spiritual lives. If you are a “spiritual seeker", or have no particular spiritual tradition you can still use these methods.
If you are already a "practitioner" of an existing spiritual tradition please inform your instructor as slight variations in the teaching methods may be required.
Persons attending the level 1 workshop will be required to sign the following declaration:
I acknowledge that I have received instruction in Level 1 MARU (Centre Work) practices. This information is for myself and private spiritual practice, and I will not purport to teach this information to others for profit without specific authorization from a registered and recognized MARU instructor or trainer. I acknowledge that these methods and techniques remain the intellectual property of the teachers of MARU
This declaration shall constitute a legally binding contract.
Persons who have attended Level 1 Workshops, who wish to attend workshops of this level for a second time are entitled to a 50% discount for subsequent workshops at this level for a period of three years.
(II). Level Two - "Static" Centre Work
Further details will be posted as this Work Shop becomes available.
(III). Level Three - "Dynamic" Centre Work.
Further details will be posted as this Work Shop becomes available.
(IV). Level Four - Specific Applications.
These are a series of "specific applications" of Centre work to many different kinds of spiritual and physical applications. Many different religious spiritual and "alternative healing" applications will be explored each in a separate workshop.
Further details will be posted as these Work Shops becomes available
These workshops constitute a comprehensive exploration of the ancient art and spiritual practice of MARU. This is the world's oldest set of spiritual practices, and is one of the seven great "keys" to the spiritual mysteries.
There are four "levels of Workshop" corresponding to the four levels of spiritual practice.
(I). Level One - Introduction to the Centres
At this level the student is introduced to the basic practice of "Centre Work". This ancient spiritual practice is the basis of the later concept of the "chakras".
The origins and brief history of "Centre Work" will be briefly discussed and the "Garden of Eden", the "Pictish Symbol", the Northumbrian Runic Pattern and the "esoteric significance of the Enneagram" in relation to the Centres will be discussed.
You will learn how to "build" and "develop" the Centres for the purposes of "spiritual development". You will learn the basic spiritual practices of the hand positions, body postures, sounds, colours, cardinal directions and other methods for working with physical spiritual and earth energy for peace and tranquillity, and health of mind body and spirit. These practices are the first steps in learning "Spiritual Alchemy", in the practice of "continuous spiritual knowledge" (maintaining conscious knowledge from lifetime to lifetime) which is also called "spiritual immortality". This practice is also the basis of "controlled energy reception and transmission".
The workshops are designed for all levels from "personal development" up to "instructor levels". Because of the nature of MARU we can teach people on all contemporary spiritual pathways how to deepen and enhance their spiritual lives. If you are a “spiritual seeker", or have no particular spiritual tradition you can still use these methods.
If you are already a "practitioner" of an existing spiritual tradition please inform your instructor as slight variations in the teaching methods may be required.
Persons attending the level 1 workshop will be required to sign the following declaration:
I acknowledge that I have received instruction in Level 1 MARU (Centre Work) practices. This information is for myself and private spiritual practice, and I will not purport to teach this information to others for profit without specific authorization from a registered and recognized MARU instructor or trainer. I acknowledge that these methods and techniques remain the intellectual property of the teachers of MARU
This declaration shall constitute a legally binding contract.
Persons who have attended Level 1 Workshops, who wish to attend workshops of this level for a second time are entitled to a 50% discount for subsequent workshops at this level for a period of three years.
(II). Level Two - "Static" Centre Work
Further details will be posted as this Work Shop becomes available.
(III). Level Three - "Dynamic" Centre Work.
Further details will be posted as this Work Shop becomes available.
(IV). Level Four - Specific Applications.
These are a series of "specific applications" of Centre work to many different kinds of spiritual and physical applications. Many different religious spiritual and "alternative healing" applications will be explored each in a separate workshop.
Further details will be posted as these Work Shops becomes available
For further information on the centres contact Archbishop Leonie Newman