Enough is known about the thread that connects the physical body with the subtle one. So, also, the silver thread(¹) with the Spiritual Hierarchy must be felt. One should not imagine it as something abstract, it exists just like a waterspout in which heaven and earth merge. The very formation of the silver thread is similar to a waterspout because of its spiral form. When the energy of the heart swells with love and devotion the radiant spiral will leap out into space and, naturally, by the law of attraction will meet the Teacher’s ray.

One must accustom oneself to see and sense this light-carrying link as a red-hot spiral amidst the whirl of space. Many have never seen waterspouts; hence what has been said will seem to them like an empty sound. But let them begin to ponder, starting with the coarsest apparent manifestations and then imagining Infinity, where everything is possible, where no rational trend of thought exhausts all Be-ness. (Heart)

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1The cord or thread which links the disciple to the Spiritual Hierarchy is symbolised differently depending on the spiritual tradition the disciple belongs to – in the West and the East. When it exists physically it is worn on specific occasions, or permanently and takes different forms in different traditions.