The Light-Vesture Of The New Man

Introduction

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In our philosophy, man's various vital fluids are referred to as the 'light-vesture' . This is formed from the blood and its system, the nerve-fluid and its system, the endocrine system, the serpent fire and the flame of the consciousness. Even in a natural state of being these each of these fluids emits its own very powerful etheric light. That is why we speak of a light-vesture. You should understand that this concept has been known to insiders throughout the ages.

Every human being wears a light-vesture. From this it is clear that the quality and nature of these inter-acting vital fluids determine one's level of vibration. They determine one's general orientation with respect to life and also, most importantly, one's state of health.  Health and sickness are always directly related to the state of one's light-vesture. So the quality and nature of these vital fluids also determine whether one will remain in the ordinary, familiar, earth-bound animal state or whether one will have regenerative - and therefore liberating - possibilities of transcending the ordinary animal state.

The transcendence of the animal state, this arising, this resurrection out of the animal state of the light-vesture, will be imperative for every human being in the coming times. Owing to the impact of the new radiation field, this necessity will shortly become highly acute. However, we would like to emphasize that the transcendence we mean is not in any way an automatic process of development comparable, for instance, with the transition from childhood to adulthood. No, all of us are confronted with a personal choice. That is why we spoke with such emphasis about the new attitude to life. Which of you is practicing this new attitude to life? Have you already made this decisive choice?

We say to you: this choice is not merely desirable and cannot be made in a state of exaltation and religious ecstasy...no, in the very near future, it will become, quite soberly, an absolute necessity. It is in this light that the new attitude to life should be understood. The new attitude to life must be chosen by each one of you personally. This process must be lived and experienced by you in its entirety. That is why we speak of self-realization. This process of transcendence, this resurrection process, this self-realization, is bound up with the great and glorious mystery of Man, in the highest, monadic sense of the word. That is why we have had to speak to you for so long about this feast of the beginning ascent, of the beginning resurrection from the nature of death: because each one of you has to make a definite decision. Each one of you must enter into that process. Or not, with all the consequences!

For there are but two roads:  the road of regenerative ascent, and that of degenerative descent. Now you are still free to choose between these two roads. But none of us can tell how much time mankind still has to make this all-decisive choice and to make it a reality by the new way of life.

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From "The Light-Vesture Of The New Man" - J. van Rijckenborgh
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