He Is Risen

 

The following is re-posted once again, in remembrance of Easter and of The Resurrection that must take place within all of us ~ g

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Let us pose the obvious question, the one logical problem:

'How can the fallen human-being become a god again? How can the prodigal son Thotmes return home?'

This problem and its solution is given in every Universal Philosophy: we are humans who are to become gods. The Great Messengers of humanity were gods who became human in order to show humans how to become gods.

If this problem stands clearly before you, you will know it was born 'in conflict', and that the road to it was toil and trouble. Like Prince Thotmes, you have to excavate your Sphinx, which will pose a great problem to you personally. If you neglect your Work for one moment, you will sink back into the bottomless depths of this nature. Then you will feel at one with this world, and you will become accustomed to it again. You must understand that for the defeated soul the question: 'How does the fallen human become a god again?' will develop enough motivation to be able to go the Path as a pilgrim to seek an answer the that question.

Hence we can say: Whoever has seen the Sphinx will enter the Pyramid.

The Pyramid is a temple of resurrection and not of worship. It is a temple not for symbolic acts but for instruction. It is a sepulchre. People can create a lot of mystification about it, but as the Pyramid is hewn in stone its essential language cannot be destroyed.

In our opinion everyone who has seen the Sphinx from within and everyone to whom the Sphinx has spoken, like Prince Thotmes, will be able to understand the stone language of the Pyramid. We say that the Sphinx makes the Call and that the Pyramid points out the Path.

From "The Mystery of the Sphinx and the Pyramid" - The Living Word - Catharose de Petri

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The ancients speak to us in symbols. Once you have the gnostic Key in hand, it is like reading an open book.

The Great Pyramid is a four-sided triangle, with a square base. Around the base one can draw a perfect circle. Triangle, Square, Circle.

These shapes have symbolic meaning:

Circle = the Eternal Spirit
Triangle = the Threefold Soul
Square = the fourfold Body

Thus the Pyramid itself represents the reunification of Spirit, Soul and Body, which is the ultimate aim of the transfiguristic Path of Return.

The interior of the Pyramid is constructed in such a way as to outline the steps of this Path using specific measurements, angles, different types of stone and sacred numerology (gematria). The exalted beings who constructed the Great Pyramid did so using a silent, common language that could speak to all human-beings, no matter what the time period. Of course, those human-beings would have to have the gnostic Key in hand.

During the time of the ancients, there were very, very few who were motivated to walk the Path of Return. Around the ancient world, those who showed that they were sincere about doing so were brought to secret places of initiation. This was the purpose of the Mayan and Aztec temples in the West. This was the purpose of the extensive system of caves in the Sabarthez region of southern France. This was the purpose of the Great Pyramid.

The Great Pyramid is not a tomb, as present-day bumbling archaeology earnestly chooses to define it. No physical human-being was ever buried there. It was a tomb for the I-being. It was where a true pupil was taken to complete the endura. It was where the old human-being died as to this nature and the New Man rose in its place.

That is why the "tomb" in the King's Chamber is empty. In silence, it expresses what was written regarding the Christed One on the day of His resurrection as a Divine Human Being:

"Why do you look for the Living among the dead? He is not here, He is risen". Luke 24:5-6

~ g
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Crucifixion - The Victory of the Rose and the Cross

cru·ci·fix·ion 

/ˌkro͞osəˈfikSHən/ 

From the Latin noun of process crucifixio, from perfect passive participle crucifixus (“fixed to a cross”), from crux (“cross”) + fīgō. 

Today, we will examine the hidden meaning of the word "crucifixion" and the event that is symbolized by that word. 

We all know the image that comes to mind when we read or hear this word. The image of the man, Jesus, slumped and bloodied while hanging from a wooden cross. Some hold that this is an image of sacrifice. Others maintain that it is a image of defeat. 

We are not going to speak about the event that took place on the hill of Golgotha over 2,000 years ago, although that even carries its own significance and import for the world and for humanity. We are only going to decode for you the meaning of this powerful symbol that everyone relates to but cannot fully understand. 

The original, classical Rosicrucians of the 16th century embedded the symbolism of the crucifixion in their very name. "Rose" and "Cross". The Rose represents the Divine Spark that sleeps within the center of every microcosm and is aligned with the location of the human heart. The Cross represents the physical human-being, the being of Matter, that is rooted to the Earth. 

In order to liberate the microcosm from its earthly chains, the immortal, Divine part of the human life-system (the Divine Spark, or the Rose) must become active within the human-being. "The Rose must be attached to the Cross of Matter". The human-being must "die" to this world in order to be reborn in the Divine Realms from which we originated. 

In this powerful symbol, the human-being essentially "hangs up" the physical body and ceases all worldly activities. That is why the hands and feet are nailed to the Cross of Matter. Even the thinking faculty is compromised, symbolized by "the crown of thorns". The liver-spleen system, the seat of the All action in the physical world ceases. 

The symbolic "death" on the Cross symbolizes a Great Victory. It symbolizes the victory of the candidate on the Path who has succeeded in accomplishing the endura, the process of self-surrender and fundamental reversal that all those who are walking the Path of Return must complete in order to throw open the doors of Liberation for the microcosm. 

The symbolic representation of this Great Victory gives cause for rejoicing, not sorrow. 

In a very short while, with the old, mortal human-being left to perish the Cross of Matter. the Immortal New Human-Being arises victorious on what has been aptly termed "Resurrection Day", the Day of Rebirth.

May we all succeed in attaching the Rose to the Cross.

~ g

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