Transfiguration: The Ultimate Goal

"Transfiguration means devoting oneself as an earthly, nature-born human-being to the creation, the genesis of the Other One; to the vivification of the 'image with the dead eyes'.

Can we do that? Yes, we can. It is even our calling, our task, our vocation. It is for that we have come into being. If we do nothing more than follow our natural urges as earthly beings, then, as we follow the road of dialectical experience, of rising, shining and fading, the time will come when death will take us.

If, however, we take up our Calling, we will see a Heavenly Man growing within our microcosm, Who will stand before us as the wholly Other One. And through his devotion, his self-surrender to that Other One, the earthly man will one day die, merge and rise again in Him who is the Other One. This second death then signifies the victory over death".

From "The Essential Mystery of Man" The Egyptian Arch-Gnosis, Vol III - Jan van Rijckenborgh

This is man's true Calling. This is why we return. As personalities, it is our job to deliver the microcosm back to its Divine Home. That is the reason behind the Divine Plan of Salvation. This plan is being thwarted by the fact that the personality, the image-bearer, has forgotten his task, has gone off the rails and is following its own self-will, which is in error. As a result, Ignorance has taken the lead in the life of the personality, with Fear as the horseman.

It is the greatest triumph when even one human personality remembers his purpose and decides to take up his task. From that moment on, a change begins to take place within the microcosm. This change, if nurtured, encouraged and supported by the Gnosis, will ultimately result in the liberation of the Other One from the prison of the natural body. The personality responsible for initiating this transfiguration will not taste death, but will merge its consciousness with that of the newly reborn Divine Man and, in unity, will leave this finite nature-order and return to the Sixth Cosmic Domain.

The true candidate must release self-focus and recognize that he is but an image-bearer, with a very important task to perform for the Other entity that sleeps within the microcosm. Most are not ready to let go of their self, as they fear some sort of "annihilation". This is so far from the truth. When one takes up the task of delivering the microcosm from this fallen universe, that one begins to live, truly.

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