Born To Rule, Now A Slave

'Slaves lose everything in their chains,

even the desire of escaping from them'

 

– Jean Jacques Rousseau

[QUOTING]

"Now", said I, understanding is mine, but what of man, what of myself?  How was man created?" The voice of the Good and Great Being which I knew to be a personalized manifestation of the Holy Spirit, answered me".

"The image and nature of the Supreme Spirit resides in the soulseed of man, just as the image and nature of an oak tree resides in an acorn. The pattern for the mortal body of man was formed in the Sphere of the Holy Spirit and projected to the Sphere of Matter and Mortality where Nature built upon it. When the time was ripe, the body prepared by Nature was implanted with the soulseed of Divinity and the creature of Earth became a man. From that day, man, unlike all other living things on Earth, became a two-fold being in his own right, mortal in body but immortal in Soulspirit. He is immortal only because he has been made the heir of Divinity, and as such all things are within his grasp. He is mortal because he lives within a mortal shell and is subject to a destiny in mortality".

I said to the Being who seemed so near, "Whatever man was when given Divine Life, it is said that he suffered a downfall or disinheritance". I heard the Voice say in reply, "Man will not be disinherited, but he can make what he will of his birthright. The downfall of man was a fall from the sunlit Heights of Spirituality into the dark valley of agnosia. It was also a fall from a position of responsibility and trust, and man has yet to regain that position".

'Man fell because he declined to undergo the necessary preparation and discipline needed by one who aspires to climb the Heights. Also, he possessed the powers of creation, and being free could express them as he pleased. Man used them to satisfy his lower desires and so brought about his own downfall. Since then he has no longer enjoyed them to the full. Given freewill and the ability, it was intended that man should direct his own evolution, but he proved unequal to the task".

"Man was intended to be the redeemer of reasonless Matter and the controller of Nature, for that reason he was first called Lord of Creation. But it was Nature herself who dominated the will of man and tempted him to betray his trust. She lured him into entanglement with the senses, so that instead of being free, he became the slave of desire. The sweetness of the bait disguised the poison it contained and the Spirit of man was dragged into forgetfulness and mindlessness".

"Instead of being the master of a noble steed galloping along the Road to Immortality, man was now a blind creature bound upon a runaway horse. Notwithstanding this, he found the sensation enjoyable, believing that in being freed from the responsibility of control, he had found true freedom. Man made little effort to assume control, for this meant struggle, effort and responsibility, and so he remained in the state of spiritual inertia called the Mire of Matter. The Soulspirit had entered the body, only to be caught in the toils of the of the flesh. Man was heading in the wrong direction  and the way was all uphill".

"So now you see", the Voice continued, "that man was made a two-fold being. Within, though this is a misleading description, is the Soulspirit, but to all outward appearances, man is a mortal shell subject to decay. Though born to a heritage of Divinity, man himself has chosen to suffer as the slave of his desires and the vassal of his weakness. He has bartered his Spiritual birthright for a handful of fragile material baubles. Man, becoming enamored of the glitter from the first bauble offered, has lost his sense of values and has closed his eyes to things of real value. He has drunk the material waters of spiritual oblivion and now lies asleep beside the stagnant pool. He slumbers, awaiting the Day of the Awakened".

The Kolbrin: Book of Lucius - Chapter 3 - The Making of Man

[END QUOTING]

No matter how glorious or tragic the life, man is like a drunk lying half-conscious in the gutter, not caring about the puke drooling from his mouth or the foul smell of his own waste. As long as we do not Seek the Kingdom that sleeps in the Rose of the Heart (referenced in the Book of Lucius as 'the soulseed') we may as well be dead while "alive", which is, in fact, the true case.

Awaken.

~ g
.