Flight of the Phoenix

Phoenix - a long-lived bird that is cyclically regenerated or reborn. Associated with the sun, a phoenix obtains new life by arising from the ashes of its predecessor.

Most of us have heard of the legend of the Phoenix. We acknowledge the myth without really understanding it. The legend of the Phoenix bears an important message for you, me and all mankind. That message is this:

We have been born for a purpose. Our purpose is to make contact with certain Divine energies and form a link with these energies. If we cooperate with the power of this Divine force which is not-of-this-world, a miraculous transformation will gradually take place. The True Man, the Other One that lies imprisoned within us will re-emerge in full glory while the "I", the self-conscious personality that was us, will fade in influence.

We are image-bearers only. Our purpose: to awaken the Spark and free the Divine One trapped within.

Then, from the ashes of fallen nature will rise the Firebird, the Phoenix that represents Resurrection, Transformation, Liberation.

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