Heaven And Earth Will Unite

Tao is eternal and has no name.

Its essence is simple and small, yet not even the world in its entirety would dare to seek governance over it.

If princes and kings were able to sustain it, the ten thousand beings and things would enter harmony  spontaneously, without needing to be told.

When Tao was apportioned, it was given a name.

With that name, one has to know how to contain oneself.

He who can contain himself will not enter into danger.

Tao will be spread throughout the All.

All things will return to Tao, like mountain streams, which return to the rivers and then to the sea.

Tao Te Ching, chapter 32

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We would like to consider chapter 32 of the Tao Te Ching , for this testimony, communicated by an entity of the highest eminence and handed down to us in a remarkably unspoiled condition despite its great antiquity, confirms the words of the Spiritual School of the Golden Rosycross. We have been telling you about the need for gnostic magic, and about how a priesthood and a new temple-structure will be necessary if gnostic magic is to achieve it full potential in the temples of the Rosycross.

That is why we are speaking about this ancient prophecy of Lao Tzu, because the world is entering a time of total transformation, and humanity is standing on the threshold of a new Age.

'Tao', 'It', the power we call 'God', is transcendent with respect to what it has created, but at the same time it is the power which moves and governs the entire All. All created things, yes, all creatures, bear the awareness of Tao at the core of every atom of their being. So nothing is closer to us than Tao, the divine power which comes to judge the living and the dead, but which is also the power that leads to blessedness.

Humanity experiences Tao's power of judgment throughout almost every moment of its existence. The question now is whether this divine power of judgment can be transformed into the divine power that leads to blessedness, to fulfillment. That is the great problem facing humankind. If you are a serious pupil of the sevenfold Spiritual School, you will know that together, as a group of fellow pupils of the Rosycross, we can solve this problem for ourselves and our fellow human beings with the aid of gnostic magic.

So it is crucial that you keep on examining, every single day of your life, what the elements of gnostic magic are, and whether your approach to life is really in harmony with them. For the salvation of the whole human race -- right now, in the present -- depends on it. If only a relatively small group of human beings were able to sustain Tao in dualistic  nature, as a radiative factor of the kind meant by Lao Tzu, then the whole of humanity would have to submit to it. What is more, heaven and earth would unite and cause a gentle dew to fall, and the people would enter harmony spontaneously, without needing to be told.

We understand this, and that is why we would like to go on deepening our perspective of gnostic magic. We need to begin by stating that Tao needs to be the core essence, the underlying foundation of all gnostic magic. No other power exists, no other influence, neither in the material-sphere nor in the reflection-sphere, that could take the place of Tao.

The pupil also needs to understand the need for a vehicle which is in harmony with Tao, and is therefore capable of transmitting and working with it. He will need to know that vehicle, to possess and experience it, as the soul. So the pupil's first priority after having gained wisdom and insight should be to attain the soul, the soul-body. One may safely say that all pupils possess a powerful soul-principle and most already have a soul-body. So they ought to be able to practice gnostic magic.

But it is especially those in whom is growing that so remarkable, necessary and sensitive vehicle we call the soul, who need to exercise the utmost care and attention with respect to their approach to life. For surely you know the words: 'The soul that sins must die'? This saying should not be regarded as a kind of mystical slogan no longer meaningful in a world like ours, but as an unavoidable fact applicable to anyone who has gained some soul quality.

When a person gains soul-power, the spirit, Tao, is always immediately attracted and activated in that person's life, because of the magnetic power which is one of the soul's attributes. Where the soul is, there the spirit is, also. So it is clear that, whenever the person in whom soul-power is present reverts, even momentarily, to the mundane approach to life, the spirit, Tao, is not able to function as a renewing power, as a divine power which imparts blessedness, but only as a disintegrating power, a fire of judgment.

Let us assume for the moment that you possess soul-quality, and that you are therefore approaching Tao, in whatever way. At times there may be only a few minor details of your approach to life which are attuned to the ordinary, mundane level. Nevertheless, Tao will then always function as a fire of judgment. The stronger the current, the stronger the shock. This is such a simple truth that even a child could understand it.

The power of judgment always acts correctively. That is why those who are approaching the fundamental power underlying gnostic magic, those who genuinely long for that divine power which leads to blessedness, need to be exceptionally alert with respect to their approach to life, in order to avert the fire of judgment. For they are entering the phase of transfiguration and are therefore arousing all the phenomena connected with the soul. So they need to transform the fire of judgment into the grace which imparts the blessedness of the children of God.

Your approach to life needs to be attuned to the intentions of the spirit right down to the finest detail. Only in that way can you avoid all those familiar, and perhaps, as yet, unfamiliar afflictions and situations that could delay your progress on The Path. Even more importantly, only in that way will you become suitable and worthy to practice gnostic magic which has become so urgently necessary.

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Excerpted from "Heaven and Earth Will Unite" - The Chinese Gnosis - Jan van Rijckenborgh, Catharose de Pietri
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