Letting Go Of Delusion

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Thus the True Seeker of the Path of Liberation perceives in what a horrid world-order he lives, and how, merely through the functions of his being, he is an accessory to the general world-tragedy. He is convinced that he exists and participates with his whole microcosm in an un-divine world-order. Therefore, his whole heart thirsts for God, for an absolute divine reality, by which he knows himself to be called. Thus the pupil becomes more and more conscious of his wretched dialectical reality.

Whoever does not yet possess this self- and world-perceiving consciousness, will continue to try and obtain fulfillment of his wishes on the horizontal line. He will continue his strivings for earthly pleasures and pursue what is known as: 'the best gifts of the earth'. He will exult in supposed 'possessions' and feel deeply hurt when they vanish like a mirage. This pursuit and disappointment will come and go many times, they will keep the person extremely busy for many years, perhaps for many lives, until, due to persisting painful experiences, the reality of the true insight into nature finally dawns on his consciousness.

Then the Seeker experiences the truth of the words of Proverbs: 'All is vanity and vexation of spirit'. Everything here is deception, a phantom, absolute delusion. Moreover, all this brings and constitutes immeasurable pain and indescribable tragedy. Therefore, he stops all his strivings on the horizontal line, as well as regards thinking, feeling, wanting and acting, and lifts his eyes to the hills, from whence his Help comes.

As long as you still seek for life realization in this nature, as long as you pursue civil, social, political or humanistic aspiration in this nature-order, you do not as yet share this point-of-view. You cannot be forced to this point-of-view, nor can you elevate yourself to it by decision. You must grow towards it, mature towards it by experience.

From "The Delusion of Dialectics" The Coming New Man - Jan van Rijckenborgh

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Man is like the child who is kidnapped at birth and made to live a horrid life of toil and strife. Each day brings a crust of bread for breakfast and a bowl of gruel for dinner. Mistreated and abused from infancy through childhood, sorrow is all that he knows.

Then one day someone bursts through the door, knocks out the kidnapper and reaches a hand towards the child, saying, "Come with me. You're free!". But the child screams in fear. He throws sharp objects at his rescuer. He flees to the darkest corner of the room and hides himself there. He does not want to be rescued. Why?

Because the life he is living is the only life he knows.

When this writer first encountered the Doctrine of Liberation and the Path of Return, there was simultaneously both an attraction and some trepidation. Not fear, but a hesitancy. Deep within, there was a reluctance to leave this world behind, even though it had offered mostly kicks and pricks throughout the years.

How was this hesitation overcome? This writer kept exploring the philosophy of the Universal Doctrine, kept reading the available literature detailing everything that a candidate needed to know to begin walking the Path, persisted in unmasking the rulers of this nature-order and their games. In short, this writer gained valuable insight. Remembrance was stirred.

Finally, there came a time when the doubts receded, then completely disappeared. Confidence and a grateful joy took its place. It was at that moment that this writer made the decision to surrender the self, adopt a new attitude of life and walk the Path of the True Way, the path leading back to the Divine Reality.

Once one knows where one is going, one is no longer afraid to leave all behind.

"What the Caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls a Butterfly".

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