[QUOTING]
"All is vanity! What profit has a man of all his labor which he takes under the sun? One generation passes away, and another generation cometh...and nothing is changed. The sun rises, and the sun sets. The wind goes towards the south, then turns about unto the north; it whirls about continually, and returns again according to its circuits. All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full.
All things are full of labor; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
The thing that has been, it shall be again. And that which is done, it shall be done again. Is there any thing whereof it may be said, 'See, this is new'? It has been already in times of old, which was before us. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. That which is crooked cannot be made straight, that which is wanting cannot be numbered.".
This attitude towards life teaches us -- and esoteric science and experience prove it -- that mankind manifests itself in a dualistic field of life, both on this side and on yonder side of the veil of death.
The dualistic sphere of life involves a constant interchange between the two poles of life; it involves the fact that all things, all values, all situations, turn into their opposites! Day becomes night -- light becomes darkness -- good becomes evil, etc., and vice versa!
There are no static (fixed, changeless) values in our field of life.
One cannot post oneself at the pole of good, thinking, 'Now I am safe and sheltered and out of harm's way', because that pole will turn about.
Therefore, it is not that this world is wicked, that is to say, evil is not inherent in our field of life, but our field of life is dualistic, and in that dualistic field of life we have created evil, satanism. Our field of life can be no more designated as good than as evil. It is neither of these, it is maya, -- delusion. And we are held captive in that delusion by evil, or whatever else we care to call it.
And so, 'what has been...it shall be again'
In the service of that Voice, brotherhoods such as the Essenes, the Manichaeans, the Cathars and the Rosicrucians, have sought to shatter the Great Delusion, and this is still their quest.
Yes, 'what has been...it shall be again!'
Then is all striving not vanity? Is that hopeless, unavailing, interplay not the eternal ending?
'What has been...it shall be again!'
Now, envision these words as radiant optimism...as a Great Joy that will one day be the portion of all peoples!
There once was something...not in the dualistic field of life...an original world order...a human order of the sons of God...and it shall be again...!
Mankind does not have to build that world order, does not have to found that Kingdom: It exists! It is that unknown half of the world of which the Fama Fraternitatis testifies -- it is revealed to us. There is where the Universal Brotherhood is; therein dwells the Love-power that surpasses all understanding!
Man does not enter that unknown half of the world after he breathes his last breath, because whether he is in his physical body or out of it, that part of the world remains unknown to him who serves the Great Delusion.
The unknown half of the world is omnipresent; it penetrates our domain of life, in the same way as the fourth dimension stands perpendicularly upon the three known dimensions. All mankind has, at one time, known this unknown world. Therefore, many have had the inextinguishable remembrance and that consciousness of being of divine origin...that is why there is that battle...and that struggle...and that cry for deliverance...and those songs of 'man is good'...and also, that obtruding reality of evil.
And that is why the messengers go out and prophesy: Wake up, ye children of the Light...for what has been...it shall be again!
And the way is being revealed...the path of life itself...the Path of the Return.
Dei Gloria Intacta - J Van Rjickenborgh
[END QUOTING]
'Tis not a dream or a fantasy. The above speaks of the Reality to which we can and must return. At the end of every major world cycle, the Harvesters are sent forth into this fallen world to "gather the fruit into the barn". That moment in time is once again upon us. Every member of mankind now has two options to choose from:
a. dismiss this opportunity for salvation and retreat into ignorance, where we shall be obliterated, or
b. grab the Golden Thread that is being offered to us, make the fundamental reversal in our Thinking, Feeling and Willing, and earnestly Seek the path that leads out of darkness, into Light.
Are you ripe for harvest? Are you through with feeding this illusory duality? Are you surrendering the self, the "I", in order to enable the rebirth of the soul? Noah, Atlantis, Sodom and Gomorrah...always during the darkest of times, a Call is sent forth. A Light shines to lead those who are able to see it on their way out of darkness.
What Has Been...It Shall Be Again!
~ g
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