Insight

insight

1. an instance of apprehending the true nature of a thing, especially through intuitive understanding:

2. penetrating mental vision or discernment; faculty of seeing into inner character or underlying truth.

Why is insight the first step one must take on the Path of Return? Well, before one can fathom the reasons for walking the Path, one must know why. Why should I want to be "liberated"? The world has its problems but it's not all bad. If mankind can learn to work together we can change the world, make it a better place. Why should I want to flee? Shouldn't I roll up my sleeves and get to work making the world a "better place"?

This is a fundamental misconception that mankind labors under. It lies at the root of all of man's frustrations and failures on the earth-plane.

"There are known Knowns, these are the things that we know.

There are known Unknowns, these are the things that we know we don't know,

Finally, there are Unknown Unknowns, these are the things we don't know that we don't know".

Man is victimized by unknown unknowns. The things of which we are unaware that we are unaware of. Because of this, we are at the mercy of forces that we do not control. We are deluded into believing that we live, when in fact, Man is lived.

In order to take the first step on the Path of Return, one must obtain some insight into these matters. How is one going to accept Teachings that focus on the dissolution of the self, neutralization of the "I", if one does not have a good reason to do so? Truth is, most of us love ourselves and would be hard-pressed to effect some sort of separation from ourselves. Because Man is a rational creature, Man needs to have a reason to make drastic changes. The Universal Teachings offer those reasons.

1. The Two Nature-Orders.

There are two nature-orders, two diametrically universes. One nature-order is temporary, changeable, mortal. It s characterized by rising, shining and fading. All things eventually turn into their opposite. It is a nature-of-death.

The Divine nature-order is eternal, immortal, not susceptible to change. It is "The Kingdom" spoken of in the Holy Language. It is our former Home, to which we prodigals must return.

2. Man as a Microcosm.

Man is a microcosm, which translates as "small cosmos" or "small world". In addition to the physical body that we can see, Man also possesses invisible vehicles that are critical to his overall functioning. These invisible vehicles are:

- the etheric body, or vital body, the vehicle that vitalizes or gives life to the physical shell
- the astral body, the vehicle of Feeling
- the mental body, the vehicle of Thought

These four (4) vehicles form what we call the personality. The personality is temporary. A new one is created for each new incarnation. After death, the personality dissolves, one vehicle at a time as it passes through the heaven-worlds.  Nothing remains except an emptied microcosm which mst seek to generate a new personality for yet another sojourn through life.

As a microcosm, the human system is enclosed in a spherical 'container' of sorts.. Within this spherical system is an auric firmament that contains all of the experiences, powers, attributes, karma. We call this auric firmament the auric-being. This auric-being is also known as the so-called "higher self".

3. Man's Divine Origins.

Within the center of the microcosm is a tiny atom. This tiny atom is the only part of he human system that is Divine in nature. We call this Divine Atom the Spirit-spark Atom, the Jewel in the Lotus, the Rosebud, and the Rose of the Heart. The ancient gnostics called it The Power.

This Divine Atom is a remnant that commemorates Man's former high estate. It is where our pre-remembrance lies. We were once Divine beings, co-creators with The All. Just as all of the myths tell us, mankind as a life-wave fell in vibration and became trapped in this lower, physical nature-order. Ever since then has been trying (or not trying) to escape this nature-order and return to the Divine Kingdom.

4. The Forces Arrayed Against Us.

Thoughts are things, they go somewhere. When we think, we create a living entity. When millions of people think along the same lines, they create a huge thought-cloud called an aeon. These aeons interact with humanity by encouraging mankind to think certain thoughts, which we then act upon, generating forces that are reflected back to the aeons, thereby providing them with nourishment. Unknowingly, man has become a food source for these invisible denizens of the subtle planes. This symbiotic relationship between humanity and its aeons keeps the prison doors tightly closed.

Adding to this issue is the existence of entities that know how to manipulate and target these thought-clouds, these aeons, for their own selfish purposes. Known as archons, they inhabit the invisible worlds, what we call the reflection-sphere. In order to maintain their sham immortality, they must siphon the auric energy that humans radiate. They are ether parasites whose existence most of humanity remains unaware of. 

5. The Path of Return.

God does not forsake the works of His hands. As Man helplessly stumbles about in this world of sorrows, a Rescue Plan was devised by those Divine entities who did not participate in the Fall.. The Plan would utilize the personality, its four vehicles, its five soul-fluids, its chakra system and the Divine Spirit-Spark Atom to purify the microcosm, resurrect the Soul and unite it with Spirit to restore the Original Divine Spirit-Soul-Body Tri-unity. The ways and means of accomplishing this alchemical transformation is called the Path of Return:

Transmutation,
Transformation,
Transfiguration.

These are the basic things that the unknowing among us need to gain insight about. There is so much more, but one has to start somewhere. Start with the Unknown Unknowns.

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