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We would like now to speak to those who are consciously preparing for the immediate future, in an awareness of all the coming events. We want to address those who possess a personality whose consciousness is focused upon the Magnificent and Glorious Aim that lies at the foundation of our microcosm. That aim is to awaken from its sleep of death the last remnant of the Original Man that lies sunken in the microcosm as an imperishable seed, and bring it to new life.
This Imperishable Seed in the centre of the microcosm is the foremost thing that has been forgotten by present-day man. It is this Seed of which the Bible says: "The Kingdom of God is within you", indeed, God Himself lies sunken within you. Having been mis-informed for centuries, present-day mankind has forgotten that the Kingdom of God is not to be sought outside himself. And it goes without saying that if one seeks outside what is only present inside, one will never find, and will stray further and further. And as a result one will fall all the more rapidly into the power of the anti-man within.
We call the last remnant of the Original Man -- the Christ-principle in man -- the "Rose of the Heart". When the personality is born in the microcosm, the Rose of the Heart coincides with the heart of the personality, and it will be able to manifest itself therein, provided the necessary conditions are created. Thus, the Rose is not a part of the personality and cannot be pin-pointed in it organically. The Rose is an organic part of the microcosm, and it is always at the disposal of the personality that is prepared to accept its high calling, its One True Vocation, and to demonstrate his willingness with action. Then, as we put it, "the Rose is attached to the Cross", to the 'cross' of the personality. The dynamic personality, properly orientated, then receives the Seed-Grain of Renewal in the heart sanctuary and thus becomes a true Rosicrucian.
If a human being takes the decision to place his life in the service of his high, divine calling, and approach The Path in humility, he comes into contact with the radiation-field of the universal Gnosis. This exalted radiation-field is cosmic in nature, and in it the Divine Seed, the Last Remnant, can grow and flourish. It is impossible for this Imperishable Seed to germinate in the field of degenerate duality. Anyone who remains in that field and goes on absorbing himself in it so that it claims all of his attention, will perish; he will go the way of all flesh. Such a person can never be called a Rosicrucian; he can never, with C.R.C., be a Brother of the Rosycross.
All who wish to walk the True Path of Liberation need the light of the gnostic sun, the sunlight, the solar power radiating from the heart of our planet. And yet, the personality of the person who has to carry the Divine Seed to the Light, who must serve and help the Rose for such a long time, is entirely of this dualistic nature. So it is the person of whom it is said: "Flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God" and thus cannot enter it, who must begin and accomplish The Great Work.
This is quite a marvelous situation, is it not? So marvelous, that anyone who fully fathoms its significance is, as it were, shot through with joy and gratitude. The human being who has fastened the Rose to the Cross, has temporarily connected duality and the Gnosis, time and eternity. This is clearly a scientific impossibility, a state that cannot be maintained. For that reason, the dualistic personality will devote himself to this impossibility, by serving totally the Rose of the Heart, the Imperishable Seed in him. His devotion and service will be so complete that he begins to prepare himself to die the alchemical death of self-surrender. He fulfills the words: 'He who is willing to lose his life for My sake, shall find the life'. The person who dedicates himself in this way, in total self-surrender to the Rose, enters transfiguration. It is a fully conscious, existential perishing in an absolute endura. It is the process exemplified by many Brotherhoods in the past.
The dualistic human being who thus devotes himself to the immortal Rose of the Heart, knows that he is entering a radiation-field that is not his. He knows that he will be totally consumed by it. So he dedicates himself to the fire, to the divine flames of Purification. Realize the mighty significance, the profound meaning of all those stories about this, which have been handed down to us from the past! For it is just this that is so wonderful: that if we dedicate our entire mortal being to the divine fire, that fire means Life for us.
A dualistic person who remains true to his nature, goes the way of death. Eventually, nothing will be left of him. But anyone who walks the path of the endura in total self-sacrifice, in complete devotion to the Original Man in him, is alchemically integrated into The New Man. Through the fire of his Way of the Cross, he merges alchemically with the New Human Being that arises from the Imperishable Seed. He is resurrected in the Other One. And in him unfolds a true alchemical wedding, just like the one C.R.C. describes. His voluntary perishing, his endura, is thus a death unto Life, a resurrection into imperishability, in contrast to dualistic death which is inescapably accompanied by the total destruction of nature.
From the Afterword of Esoteric Analysis of the Alchemical Wedding of Christian Rosycross - Jan van Rijckenborgh
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Imagine a transparent sphere in three dimensions. That sphere represents your microcosm. In the middle of the sphere, place a tiny dot. That tiny dot represents the Imperishable Seed, the Divine-Spark, the Rosebud. Now, place a human form within the transparent sphere, aligning it in such a way that the Rosebud is aligned with the the upper right-ventricle of the physical heart. This is the configuration of the microcosm and the personality when we are born.
At birth and during our lifetime there is no connection between the Divine-Spark and the human personality. A link between the two has not yet been established. This Divine-Spark, the Rose of the Heart "...is the divine seed which has been kept as a promise of salvation within fallen man, so that, one day, the moment will come when he will remember his Origin and will be filled with a longing for the House of the Father. Then the light of the spiritual sun, the light of the Gnosis, can awaken the slumbering Rose-bud. After a positive and persevering reaction the Process of Regeneration will commence in accordance with the Divine Plan of Salvation".
Just as a tiny seed carries within it everything necessary to generate a mighty adult tree, so too, does the sevenfold Divine-Spark contains within it everything that is required to re-establish the Original Divine Human Being. The Imperishable Seed lies dormant within the hearts of each one of us, waiting for us to execute the actions necessary to awaken It. Instead, we insist on taking the path of least resistance, content to frolic and play in the mud-pile that is this illusory existence, life after life failing to find our way to the House of the Father.
A seed requires good soil, water and sunshine in order to fulfil its potential. With these few humble assets, it can execute its pre-ordained mission to grow into a mighty tree. Awakening the Divine-Spark requires that man turn his gaze away from the physical illusion and begin to yearn with all his heart for the True Life, for a Return Home. It is this heartfelt longing that will attract the radiations of the Gnosis. This divine "rain" will then water the Imperishable Seed that man carries within. The petals of the Rose-bud, so tightly closed for so many long ages, will thirstily receive these divine radiations (for like attracts like) and steadily begin to unfold.
It is only then that the link between the Divine-Spark and the physical human is cemented. The "Rose" of the microcosm has been attached to "the Cross" of physical matter: man! The Great Work of alchemical transformation can begin! Thanks Be!
Do your part to ensure that this wonderful process of Re-birth can take place within you. You have all of the ingredients necessary to "bake this cake". What is now required is that you gain knowledge of the process while simultaneously making a fundamental reversal in the way that you live your life. There is nothing to be afraid of. You will not "die" or cease to be. In truth of fact, you will finally live. You will live in the manner that was intended for all of mankind prior to The Fall: Divine. Immortal. In Unity with All That Is.
May you attract, by way of your earnest longing, Living Water for the divine Seed you carry within.
Dei Gloria Intacta!
~ g
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