Modern Order of Essenes Course: Master – Unit 26

Welcome back to this sixth unit of the Master grade, and I hope you will gain both fun and benefits from it!

In this unit, we once again focus on the Tree of Life (John Gilbert style) and on the Bridge of Love. The latter will ramp up a notch, and the former will continue to move downward…

Coursework

1. To Practice – Blessing Walk, Healing Hands, Foot and Hand Reflexology, Muscle Testing, Essene Healing Breath

   Continue with the practices you’ve learned in the Candidate, Apprentice and Healer grades, ideally daily.

   If you practice another form of meditation, e.g. discursive meditation (which you could use to meditate on the theoretical study texts of the Master grade 😉 ), you can use it instead of the Essene Healing Breath – the choice is yours.

2. To Study – The Tree of Life, Part Six – Desire, Mind and The Matrix

   Study Part 6 of John Gilbert’s “The Tree of Life”, and/or use it as basis for your discursive meditation. As always, you are not supposed to blindly believe this text as gospel, but instead to study it thoroughly, contemplate it, and to come up with your own ideas and thoughts about it.

   Note that the lessons on the Tree of Life are not included in the MOE pdf files, i.e. you will have to read them online, or print out/reformat the online version from JMG’s Dreamwidth site for your personal use:

   Online Version (only part 6, i.e. the upper half)

3. To Practice – Bridge of Love: Step Four

   Study the instructions for Practice Four of the Bridge of Love. Connect them to the Tree of Life in any way you see fit.

   Practice the the Bridge of Love up to the fourth step daily while you work on this unit. (But as usual, only proceed to this step when you feel ready for it!)

   Online Version (only the section labelled “Practice Four”)
   PDF Version (page 11)

4. To Practice – Ear Reflexology

   Continue to practice Ear Reflexology, ideally daily, as explained in a previous unit.

   Online Version (only the part from “Essene Ear Reflexology” down to “The rest of the outer ear is the outer portion.”. The “Advanced Essene Healing Techniques” belong to later units.)
   PDF Version (pages 26 and 27)

Reflection Question

While you do the work of this unit, take some time to reflect on the following question:

How has your perspective on life and on healing changed throughout this course?

Meditation Topics

For the Master grade, again, there is a lot of meditation fodder in the study texts. I’m not going to pull these topics out of the study texts for you, though – that’s up to you to chew on for yourself!

But if you should need fodder for your discursive meditations beyond what you have found in this unit’s texts, the following topics should give you something to work with:

• What is the order of the four elements, and why?
• What is your ego?
• How does your ego influence you and your actions, emotions, etc?
• Which other parts of you are there besides your ego?
• How do they influence you and your actions, emotions, etc?
• How can you build a bridge?
• What makes a bridge a well-working bridge?
• How does posture influence the flow of energy?
• Why and how does the direction of the flow of energy matter?
• What happens when two flows of energy meet?

And if you have enough ideas on your own and don’t need any from this list, that’s even better!

Commentary

Again, I don’t have much to say about the Tree of Life or about your other (hopefully regular 😉 ) practices. A few words about the Bridge of Love, though:

Bridge of Love vs. Healing Hands

Practice Four of the Bridge of Love (BoL) marks the first stage where the energies actually come together. You’re not quite forming a “bridge” yet, this will happen next time. But still, what you’re experiencing from Practice Four is the real deal, this is the Bridge of Love energy.

Your perception of it might be a bit shaky at first (or you might not feel much at all). That’s fine – just continue practicing, and let things unfold over time.

And your performance might be a bit wobbly at first, which is fine, too. Again, just continue practicing, and things will come together over time until they are almot effortless.

Still, you might feel or experience the BoL energy or some of its effects during the two weeks you work on this unit. If so, I’d encourage you to observe them. Get a first idea of how they feel to you, and what they do. Your understanding will both broaden and sharpen over time – but in order to do so, you need to start with what you can perceive now. 🙂

But however much you might or might not notice now, you might be wondering (and exploring) how the BoL compares to the Healing Hands – the latter are, after all, a different modality of spiritual healing. (And I hope you have continued to practice your Healing Hands throughout the course!)

I don’t want to talk too much about my own thoughts and observations with regards to the differences (or similarities) between the BoL and Healing Hands, though, but would much rather encourage you to develop your own. 😉

So… go ye forth and observe!

(And please do feel free to share and discuss whatever you notice in the comments…)

Outlook

In two weeks (on Sunday April 5th, 2026) we will continue with Unit 27.

Until then, I’m looking forward to your comments and your feedback, and I hope you enjoy this unit of the Master grade! 🙂