Spiritual Wickedness In High Places

The previous post discussed the existence of the reflection-sphere. It reminds us of the following:

- that there is another, invisible side to the physical world
- the microcosm is bound, by its karma, to cycle through this invisible world and then return to the physical
- that this wheel-of-death-and-rebirth is mandatory for all fallen microcosms

As always, there are exceptions:

a. upon physical death, personalities who have begun walking the Path of Rebirth during physical incarnation will take a detour to Shamballa. There, the process of transmutation will continue to its glorious conclusion in a supportive atmosphere composed of pure ethers

b. upon physical death, personalities who have discovered, by way of occult practices, how to prolong both physical life and life in the hereafter, can delay their return to physical incarnation, indefinitely. These "un-natural" entities in effect, become aeons. The following excerpt elaborates.

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You may be aware, from our literature, of how the different groups in the land on yonder side of death -- the reflection-sphere -- develop, and how they maintain themselves. The dualistic order is a nature-of-death, consisting of two main spheres: the material sphere, which is the domain of existence of man born of matter -- and the refection-sphere, which is the realm of the dead. In this nature-order, which is characterized by the ceaseless variability of all things, all microcosms, in a circular course of rising, shining and fading (what we call living and dying), are in turn being animated and emptied. This means that again and again they are supplied with a new personality which, after its course through the material sphere, vanishes again.

Hence, the material sphere is the field of life of the personality, whereas the reflection-sphere is the field where microcosms are emptied.

In the course of this uninterrupted rotation through the two spheres of this nature-of-death, a sum of experiences, a remembrance, a power, a total result of all manifestation of the personality is registered in every microcosm, until finally, it will be possible to obtain in a microcosm a personality which, by virtue of microcosmic maturity of experience, is able to make the resolution and produce the strength to depart from this nature-of-death to the regions of Another Cosmic Order. This does not mean a departure to the reflection-sphere as a consequence of corporeal death, but a victory over death and a negation of the refection-sphere.

Now, we know that in the process of unfoldment of the plan underlying the nature-of-death, contingencies and irregularities occur. This entire creation, knowing that it is subject to death in this order of time and space, tries to escape this death -- not in the only possible way, but in a thousand different, ineffective ways which we all know.

There is an immense fear of death, simply because humans do not know true Life. Hence, there is a general urge to prolong life in every possible manner. Facing the truth, it must be said that every urge for the fulfillment of life proceeds from this immeasurable fear of death.

Eternity calls mortal man; but now mortal man, knowing that he is subject to the temporal, proceeds to fight against his nature, because of this fear of death. This battle has produced some very unnatural results. One of these is the congealing or delaying of the dissolution of the personality in the reflection-sphere -- the dissolution in the 'beyond' of the remains of the personality. This means a tying-down to the earth in some gradation.

How is such a congealing brought about? How is it maintained? Simply by means of robbing and wrongly using light-power; that is to say, by ether radiations and ether forces.

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From "The Shadow of the Coming Events"  - Unmasking - Jan van Rijckenborgh

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The reflection-sphere was originally intended to be a temporary abode that microcosms would pass through while dissolving one personality and replacing it with another. For long thousands of years, certain entities have discovered the secret to extending their time in the reflection-sphere, much to the detriment of all humanity.

To our great misfortune, their sham "immortality" is purchased at the expense of those of us here in the material sphere.

"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places". Ephesians 6:12
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