Initiation is not when beings speak to you in the internal planes. That is gift, but does not signify development or establishment within the internal worlds.
Initiation is life itself, lived intensely, with rectitude and love. -Samael Aun Weor, Practical Astrology: Manual of Practical Magic
People talk about realization, spiritual experience, as if this is permanent. Many people may have temporary experiences or states (ahval in Sufism), but this does not signify firm establishiment within these stations (maqamat, initiations).
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