The Reality Of The Unreality

"All changes. The world is an illusion." - The Treatise On Resurrection - Nag Hammadi Library

That which is Real is permanent. It is eternal and does not perish. This is what establishes its Reality.

That which changes is Unreal. It is temporary, subject to perishability. Its impermanence is proof of its Unreality. If something is here one moment and then gone or changed in the next moment, that thing is an Illusion. Any magician can attest to that fact.

The material-sphere falls within the realm of Illusion. It is not Real, as it does not meet the definition of Reality. This can be proven by making the simplest of observations.

A ripe fruit falls from a tree. No matter how one may try to preserve it, eventually that fruit will fall victim to the natural process of decay and disintegrate into its constituent atoms. The fruit was never Real.

A child is born, delicate and small. Immediately, it embarks upon unceasing changes of the body, from infant, to adolescent, to young adulthood, etc., eventually reaching old age. Where is the child that was born? It no longer is, for it has changed. The child was never Real.

The reflection-sphere, the so-called 'heaven-world', which is, in fact, simply a temporary home for the so-called 'dead', is also not Real. After death, the physical body is dropped, but the etheric, astral and mental bodies continue on to travel through the different levels of the reflection-sphere. As the remains of the personality approach each higher level, a vehicle is dropped: the etheric body dissolves prior to entering the astral realm, because the etheric body cannot thrive in the astral realm due to incompatibility of vibration. The astral body is dropped as the remains of the personality approach the mental realm, finally, the mental body is dropped at the doorstep of the causal plane. Divested of the subtle bodies, all that remains of the physical personality are the permanent atoms, which store the experiences, attributes and karma of the personality.

Eventually, unfinished business on the earth-plane, karmic debts and/or desire for the sensory stimulation of physical life will prompt the microcosm to adopt a new personality, which will be inserted into the physical realm via the agency of childbirth. Thus, the circle is closed and the process of Rising-Shining-Fading begins anew. The Wheel of Death and Rebirth rolls on. This illustrates the temporal nature of the "eternal heavenly reward" that the churches pound into the heads of their blind sheep. It is not permanent. It is not Real.

The physical Earth serves as a home for human life-waves for a cycle of time. At a given point, the Earth is destroyed, not as an act of terror or punishment, but as a farmer would plow under his fields to prepare them for a new season of growing. Everything about the Earth is in a state of constant change. Earth-life is, in essence, an illusion.

So, what is Real? What is Lasting? What is Permanent?

There is a Kingdom above our Physical Realm, in which Imperishability is the hallmark. There is no death there. There is no decay. There is no endless cycle of Rising-Shining-Fading. This Divine Realm is. It lives in the womb of Eternity. There is only an eternal process of evolution, of moving from power to power, and from glory to glory.

This is where we, as spirit-spark human-beings, emanated. It is to this realm that we must return. The Path of Return provides us with the method and the way.

All those who accept and nurture the power of the Gnosis - the Christ-power - are granted the ability to become Children of God again.

Again.

~ g
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