Den Of Thieves

[QUOTING]

In the Gnosis the heart is called 'the Sanctuary of Love'. But because of all kinds of karmic influences, which have been active since the moment of our birth and which inevitably define our way of life throughout the years, the heart of natural man is no longer a Sanctuary of Love. There is not one particle of real Love to be found in his heart; it is a den of criminals, a pit of pestilence.

When in ancient times the heart was called 'the Sanctuary of Love', it referred to a heart that was prepared for a Life-force, a possibility of life that can rightly bear the name of Love. Everything that is lower than the high standard of Love is a state of desire, of I-centrality. At first, the yearning for salvation is also a demand for the self. The 'I' is in a tight corner and now it seeks a way out. 'I' seek 'my' salvation. The Gnosis, in its imperishable Love, touches us in an endeavor to help us, because we are such desperately poor wretches.

The Love that is worthy of the name is not to be found in the essence of dialectics. It is of a higher order; it belongs to the New True Life. It is Spirit, it is God. This is the test: what will be present in your heart sanctuary in the future -- desire or Love? 'Direct your heart upon the Light and know It'.

When the Light makes its abode in the heart sanctuary, your desire-nature must disappear. Then egocentricity, that urge of the 'I' must be completely extinguished.

We must realize that the heart sanctuary is the basis for the Spirit; the Spirit will have to live there and, consequently, the heart sanctuary will have to be completely prepared in all its aspects for this high state. 'Life is where the heart is' says Pymander.

When the heart is prepared for its duty, we will see in the Spirit-Soul the beautiful, Original human figure, the archetype of our human existence, the Original Principle from before the Beginning-Without-End.

Dialectical man has made a cavern of desire out of his heart; do see this very clearly. Within him roars the fire of the passions of the 'I', while in fact the heart is destined to offer a habitation to the Spirit, to the God in us, who is potentially present in the Divine proto-atom. Do you understand how intensely ill we are? How extraordinarily deep we have sunk? The heart sanctuary, the Temple for the God in us, has become a den of criminals.

From "Pymander and Hermes" - The Egyptian Arch-Gnosis, Vol II - Jan van Rijckenborgh

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The entire process of transfiguration begins with the heart. The yearning, the first touch of the Gnosis, the opening of the Rosebud, the channeling of the purified blood-state. Yet man, in his sorrowful ignorance, abuses this oh-so-important organ by forcing it to host impure desires and coarse lower emotions. Is it any wonder that so many humans die of heart failure?

What was meant to be a pure temple, a sanctuary for the Spirit has been overrun by 'thieves'. Perhaps now you can understand the true meaning behind the story that had Jesus throwing the money-changers out of the temple (Matt. 21:12-13). They had desecrated the Father' House. We do exactly the same thing when we do not use the heart for its intended purpose.

When you purify your thinking, you purify the heart. All sincere pupils should be constantly at work performing this necessary activity.

Get busy. Clean house.

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