** The Coming New Man II **

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In the first letter to the Thessalonians [1 Thess. 4:13-47] Paul says with regard to the New Race:

"But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have passed away, that you may not grieve as others do, who do not understand these things.

For since we know that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Christ, God will bring with him those who have passed away. For this we say to you by the very word of our Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of our Lord shall not overtake those who are dead.

The Lord will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the archangel's call, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And those who died in Christ will rise first, then we who are alive, who are left in the material sphere, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so we shall always be with the Lord'.

These mystical-transfigurist words, preached to death, so to speak, by ages of natural-religious practice and mis-used by countless people as if they were private property, contain the complete genesis scheme of the new Ecclesia.

In the first place, they show that Paul does not regard the regions of life in and of the reflection-sphere to be the heavenly domain. This is completely in accordance with transfigurist philosophy. The reflection-sphere and the material sphere of duality are but temporary domiciles. Therefore, everybody who has entered the process of the new genesis in the real, transfigurist sense (even if only in the elementary stages) should banish any shred of sorrow or feeling of loneliness. Such modes of behavior, considered quite normal for ordinary natural man, are a profound illusion for those liberated in the Light of Christ.

Of course, every process has its starting point. When you reach the point where you clearly see how much the process of sanctification physically affects the entire human microcosm and to what extent this process biologically and structurally is established in every fibre of our being, you will be in no doubt that the very start of this process must already be liberation. Awareness  of separation, experiencing standing alone, is quite normal in ordinary nature but in the Light of renewal it is highly abnormal.

When we know this, we likewise understand that, as soon as the connection to absolute freedom has been attained, it does not matter on which side of the veil of death we live and exist. Whoever leaves the material sphere without this connection will have to return to incarnation, but whoever does possess this binding have nothing further to fear. The wheel of duality can no longer drag him back and no influence of the reflection-sphere can deceive him.

The Brotherhood is also active behind the veil of death and there, too, takes care of its pupils. A great many difficulties encountered here do not exist there, because the situations and conditions are totally different. There, in undisturbed peace, the pupils can continue the process they began in the material sphere. We shall certainly meet soon again after leaving our present sphere.

It is necessary to know these facts and consequently show no trace of sorrow at the death of one of our friends (g: those on The Path), as do others, who understand nothing of these things. On the contrary, we should be very happy when we see one of our serious fellow pupils pass the threshold of death earlier than we do. They are called: 'those deceased according to nature'.

Somebody deceased according to nature is not merely a man who has discarded his material body but who is already removed from every dualistic-natural effect and influence. Such a person, on leaving the material sphere, is led to a region which -- in essence and vibration -- lies beyond the reflection-sphere. This is what the expression 'deceased in Christ' means. But note: 'deceased according to nature' does not yet mean 'raised from the dead'! The resurrection comes only at the end of the process in which the 'deceased in Christ' finds himself.

We must state here that the state of being 'deceased according to nature' can also be attained while still living in the material sphere. It is the state of total I-dissolution. The advantage of 'being deceased' as opposed to the I-dissolution  in the material sphere is clear. For the 'deceased in Christ' is free of the material body with its etheric double and can calmly continue building on the principles of renewal he has received, while the I-detached person in the material sphere must constantly acknowledge the presence and demands of a material organism belonging to the nature of death. It is also clear that, in the process of renewal, the deceased will precede the pupils still in the material sphere, as Paul says, because they are able to complete this process more rapidly.

We intended in this chapter to acquaint you with the fact that, in the midst of ordinary mankind, a new people from all countries and nations of the earth will emerge, a people of God, a countless multitude. This people, manifesting itself in and proceeding from the material sphere, has nothing to fear of death. On the contrary, death is an advantage for it. This people is prepared for a very special voyage, indicated by Paul as 'meeting the Lord in the air'.

This is a universal expression referring to a second and further process, pertaining to a progressive change from new-soul being to spirit-being: it is the voyage to the original, Immovable Kingdom.

You know, of course, that mankind as a whole, too, is subject to rotation, beginning at the dawn of another period of dualistic manifestation, ending in a cosmic revolution, repeating the path again and again. Near the close of a Cosmic Day, the situations and vibration conditions become such that no further beings can be saved and liberated until a new day of manifestation has dawned. Once the last person receptive to such a possibility has entered the process of  liberation, the 'last trumpet' sounds. This means that all those, who have been liberated, are really taken from this dualistic field of life with both its spheres (material, reflection) and begin a glorious homeward journey.

The new Brotherhood, the new Una Sancta, has then been formed: It goes out to 'meet the Lord in the air'. It is the group freed of bondage from this earth. Its members were firstly ignited by the Spirit of God while they were still seekers, secondly, they 'passed away in Christ' and, finally, they have been taken up into the process of rebirth to become sons of God by the Holy, Universal Spirit.

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This concludes Chapter 1 of The Coming New Man. 

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