Baptism and the Lord's Supper as Mysteries

"The word sacrament is not found in the Scriptures, but is derived from the Latin language. It was used by the Romans to signify their military oath, or the oath by which soldiers bound themselves to be faithful to their general, and not to desert his standard; and it is supposed to have been applied to the symbolical institutions of the Church, because in these we, as it were, enlist in the service of Christ, the Captain of our salvation, and engage to follow him whithersoever he leads us. But it may be remarked, that the early Christian writers employed the term sacrament (sacramentum) as equivalent to the scriptural term mystery (m u s t e r i o n , "musterion"); and in the Vulgate the latter word is always translated by the former. There is reason to think that the term mysteries was early applied to baptism and the Lord's supper [emphasis, ct], partly because, under external symbols, spiritual blessings were veiled, and partly also on account of the secrecy with which Christians, in times of persecution, were obliged to celebrate them; and as the Latins used the word as synonymous with mystery, it has been thought that we are in this way to account for its application to these symbolical institutions."

The above found here.

The First Conscious Shock and the Second Conscious Shock are the signs and seals of the Covenant at the practical (esoteric) level. The former is entrance, the latter is renewal.

This is why you enter strange territory with Self-Remembering. You enter into the Covenant of Grace as into the Kingdom. And the act itself is put off by our carnal being and desires because it is a demanding territory to be in.

Just as the Second Conscious Shock renews the cycle of octaves (3 food octaves) within you when you can effect it it renews your position in the covenant, or, the Kingdom.

If this sounds strained, just know that there are three means of connection with God, or acts that accomplish that: the Word (including prayer which both together is the conversation between you and God), and the two so-called sacraments. Or, the two mysteries.

Once you can even DO self-remembering (once you've awakened for the first time in that "I am here" realization) you have entered the Covenant of Grace. This doesn't mean you are elect, though. You have the 'sign', but not yet the 'seal'. The 2nd conscious shock is the seal. Only the elect have both the sign and the seal, and only the elect can effect the 2nd conscious shock (and even be able to know what it is at the practical level to begin with).