Mortal Gods

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The thirteenth book of Hermes Trismegistus (The Corpus Hermeticum), such a powerful book, says in verse three that

"The Good...has accordingly called the gods immortal men, and men mortal gods".

The central consciousness of the human being is located in the heart sanctuary, and is in continuous close contact with the pelvic sanctuary (solar plexus), the sub-conscious, and with the nature-born consciousness, which has its seat in the head sanctuary.

These three, in cooperating unity, do not remain static, generally speaking. On the contrary, in most people the consciousness is in a continual state of intense agitation, which particularly affects the heart, the seat of the central consciousness. You will be familiar with this agitation of the heart, the disquietness and divideness, the anxiety, worry and fear that can arise in it, constantly demanding your attention and bringing your entire nervous system into a state of tremendous tension.

If this continuous conflict were indeed a static, unchangeable state of Soul, one would be in a condition that the Bible calls 'hardening of the heart'. Such a state is generally incurable, hopeless.

The fluctuations of your consciousness, which are sometimes so acutely painful, all those constant changes in your soul-state, are always evidence of an aim which has not yet been attained. As long as that goal has not yet been reached, the soul-state will remain in that fiercely agitated condition. That is why Hermes says in the third verse: The Spirit is a benefactor of the Souls of men: it works on them and forms them for the sake of The Good.

Even in the present racial body with its highly crystallized state, human life has a purpose. As long as that purpose has not yet been reached, man will be kept constantly in a state of agitation. And what is the purpose? Well, man of this present-day generation, is a mortal god. This means that he is called to the kingship of the Spirit; that is the destiny for which he was made. As long as this kingship has not been attained, there will be no equilibrium for the soul-state; in the focus of the heart.

The peace of the people of God only comes to the child of God when God Himself, the Spirit Itself, is able to manifest in the child. In this context, the word 'God' means the Infinite, Perfect Spirit. If this Spirit is not yet able to make its dwelling in the human being, then he is not yet a True Human Being. He is hounded along his path in life, and anything can happen to him: he can stray and be lost, he can crystallize and become totally calcified, and be afflicted with all the attendant phenomena of sickness and death. And sickness and death are purely the result of not yet having attained the aim of life, and the incidents that may consequently arise.

From "The Sanctifying Spirit" - The EgyptianArch-Gnosis Vol IV - Jan van Rijckenborgh

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Awaken to your task. Summon your destiny. In the words of the Christ, speaking through Jesus: "Take up your cross, and follow Me". Glorification awaits all those who, in true self-surrender, make The Choice.

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