Keeper of the Temple

[QUOTING]

We who have put ourselves into the service of the great Divine Plan of development, must seek, find and go our own Path. In a state-of-the-world that has become totally foreign to us and with an open eye for the dangers threatening and misleading us, we are going to speak to you about the great plan of development, this Plan of God, which lies at the foundation of our existence.

The whole personality with everything belonging to it and included in it, in a word, our microcosm, is in fact a dual being. One being has been manifested: the nature-born, mortal being. The Other Being has not been manifested yet.

You must understand this well! Many organs of the Unborn are present in your nature-born being, i.e., in a dense material state. And this is an absolute prerequisite for accomplishing the Great Work, because a person must realize this Work from below-upwards. To this end he needs physical organs in order to perform non-physical work.

This is a delicate situation, for if the organs concerned were to be applied exclusively to material purposes, everything would go awry and the development of your being as meant in God's Plan would be stopped completely and your Calling would be obstructed. From the above it will have become clear that such abuse would cause processes of degeneration. This is what the Bible means by saying 'To be in the world, but not of the world'.

The heart belongs to the organs mentioned, at least a certain part of the heart sanctuary. In addition the head sanctuary is included, of which especially the mind, the pituitary gland, the pineal gland and the cerebral cortex should be mentioned. Also other secondary organs should be mentioned, like the other endocrine glands and the cerebellum.

All these organs have a dual purpose: in the fallen world, but at the same time in the Other Nature-Order that has already been referred to as the Supernature, the Divine Kingdom. Supernature, the Other Nature-Order, will be manifested by a correct use of the organs mentioned. Then these organs attract very subtle substances of an as yet unknown atomic structure that enter into different latent centers of your being and make their intentions known there.

In this way a New Being begins to grow and develop within you with the help of the old being. And gradually, the New Being is revealed and makes Itself felt, although in a totally different way from what you are used to in your nature-born life. It is so totally different that it cannot be compared to anything.

This development wholly corresponds to the one described in the Bible. For instance, think of the First Letter to the Corinthians:

'Each man's work will become manifest; for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done. If the work which any man has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward. If any man's work is burned up, he will suffer loss. Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?'

In the days the above words were written down, the Truth was still known, namely that both life and death exist in our microcosm. Death not in the sense of useless and superfluous, but as finite: the finite that is used to build the Infinite.

A striking example of what we mean to tell you can be found in our rational thinking. Rational thinking is a finite faculty, but it can be considered and used as the final goal of everything. It is called the 'I am', the spirit, the soul and it is burdened with as many speculations, assumptions, unwanted extras as possible and with everything called 'knowledge'.

As soon as this pernicious development has crossed a certain border, a degeneration of the cerebral cortex, among other things, can be observed and the person concerned becomes unsuitable for the ordained human development. As a result, the Great Work that must be performed in the temple can no longer be fulfilled. The storms become ever fiercer and damage becomes manifest. Therefore, reflect on the warning meant for all:

If anyone destroys God's temple
God will destroy him.
For God's temple is holy
And that temple you are!

From "Supernature" The Liberating Path Jan van Rijckenborgh, Catharose De Petri

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The physical body has a purpose. That purpose has nothing to do with seeing how much alcohol it can consume, discovering what effects narcotics will have upon it, or abusing the sex function until critical vital energy has been completely wasted.

As stated in the above excerpt, the physical body was designed in accordance with a Plan, its organs intended to serve a dual function. We know only of the physical work that these organs perform, yet next to nothing about what they were actually designed to do or their role in the process of transfiguration. Be mindful that it is extremely important that the body be maintained in as pure a state as possible, if we are to improve our chances of climbing the Golden Stair to Freedom.

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