Center of Gravity

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Now look at yourself. There is a microcosm and the personality. The microcosm is of God's generation;  the personality is subject to space and time. The whole sphere of activity of the personality -- with its material, etheric, astral and mental aspects -- is determined by the heart of the personality. The electromagnetic condition and the quality of the personality  -- what it attracts, what it repels, what it is indifferent twoards -- all this is determined by the state, the nature, the disposition of the heart. The heart is therefore the primary focus of every human life. That is why a brother of the Rosycross once said: 'What the heart does not want, cannot enter the head'.

So it is easy to see why chapter 26 of the Tao Te Ching examines the mortal human being's center of gravity and explains where it is situated. Where does the center of gravity in your life lie? That is the question! It is the most important thing in your whole existence, because the heart's center of gravity is your central focus and gives direction to everything that happens to you in the course of your life.

Gravity is the root of what is light. Stillness is the master of movement. That is why the sage never separates himself from gravity and stillness.

We can now understand what this means. There is a center of gravity, a source which determines the way your life is oriented. Its seat lies in the heart. The state of your heart determines your center of gravity. This gravitational force is the very ground of your existence, of everything you do and do not do.

You see someone doing or not doing certain things. You ask yourself in disbelief, 'How can he do such a thing?'. Or, smiling with approval, you exclaim, 'How wonderful!' All these actions, positive as well as negative, proceed from the individual's center of gravity which is seated in the heart. So you life is like a plant whose root is embedded in your heart, and which you are bringing into the light of the living present. That is why gravity is the root of what is light. Your center of gravity is the root of what emerges into the light of your life's actuality.

Now suppose your center of gravity were rooted in the Gnosis. The energy that would then give rise to movement in your life could be referred to as 'peace', or 'stillness'. The stillness of your heart would then be the master of movement.

In the letter to the Hebrews, the whole of chapter four is devoted to this stillness.The letter is addressed to people who are learning about the One Path that leads to stillness, and it tells them: 'Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest remains, let us fear lest any of you be judged to have failed to reach it. Let us therefore strive to enter that rest'.

If the human being's center of gravity is rooted in the Gnosis, a certain energy, a movement, will emanate from it. Something is brought into the light; the fruit becomes visible. This fruit, this Living Result, is inner peace, stillness, that glorious state of being which surpasses all understanding. And this result becomes the master of movement.

So, it seems that a profound mystery is connected with the heart, and you are capable of solving it. It is the mystery of how to transfer your life's center of gravity, the root of your existence, from the depths of the earth to the primordial ground of the Logos. If you are familiar with the Bible you will know that a great deal of it is focused on that problem: how to attain liberation from the earth-earthly and enter the eternal glory of the Other Planet, the holy Earth, which John saw descending out of heaven, because he had become entirely one with it.

The sage who has solved this mystery never separates himself from gravity and the stillness, says Lao Tzu. Because his center of gravity has established roots in the Other Land; it has been transferred to the Other One. Once he has tasted this glory, he will certainly never be willing to give it up for the fruits of darkness.

We urge you to prepare yourself so that, with us, you can solve this Glorious Mystery.

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Excerpted from "Gravity Is The Root Of What Is Light" - The Chinese Gnosis - Jan van Rijckenborgh, Catharose de Pietri
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