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The spirit
of the Enwrapped One returned to the body at the behest of the Lord of the Twice-Born, and he
who had survived became a Twice-Born One. When led forth into the Place of
Glorification his face shines with an inner beauty indescribable. From that day
onward his conduct and attitudes are changed and he is at peace with all men
and with himself. He needs nothing from earthly life and seeks nothing. He
accepts and enjoys whatever life offers, for he has learned the answer to the
riddle of life and solved the Secret of the Ages.
Your brother was one who underwent the Initiation of the Twice-Born, and he has drawn the curtain aside a little to reveal only what is permitted. It is little enough but sufficient for you to understand why, when kings and governors rose to position and power, they declined the ordeal. It is understandable, for the final ordeal brought earthly life as close as possible to extinction, without complete severance of the spiritual umbilical cord. Before this, went more than twenty years arduous preparation. Yet long and terrible though it was, the time and austerity did not exceed the necessary limits by even one jot. In sorrow your brother must say that it was not an ordeal required to obtain something man has never possessed, it was to regain something he had lost. It was, however hard as it may seem, the lowest price payable for the Secret of the Ages.
For long years he who aspired to become one of the Twice Born had to practice the awakening of his spirit and bring his body under complete control. The first thing to overcome was met long before any threshold was approached, it was something which lurked in the uncontrolled thoughts of men. The frightening experiences during the years of preparation had to be modified and their effect channeled off, otherwise the awakening spirit would have been completely overwhelmed. As the material body of man cannot come too close to a blazing fire, so cannot the spirit approach too close to the sphere of divinity.
Having arisen from the Womb of Rebirth, the spirit is completely freed from any doubt about the immortality of man. Can a man doubt the source of sunlight when he can see the sun arising in glory before his eyes? Having joined the Twice-Born each man has a choice, he can go on to higher development within the Realms of Light, or he can remain to help others. Your brother chose to remain.
This wisdom of the Twice Born has spread to every corner of the Earth, and Caverns of Initiation are opened everywhere. But increasingly, through the years, men have declined to undergo the austerities and trials essential to bring them into the clear light of Truth. Therefore, the places of initiation decay and their secrets are lost, men grope in the dark and try to open a Door to which they have no Key. If a man has not the courage or the time, the inclination or the ability to sail to a far distant land, then if he would know about that land he must listen to those who have made the journey. So it is with those who would know the Secret of the Ages.
Men possess creed of little value because they are unwilling to pay the price of something better. Your brother has no way of explaining his ultimate experience to others. Although he has looked upon the face of Truth and now understands the purpose of life, what he has seen must remain locked within the heart. Though he no longer has to be satisfied with belief alone, he cannot extend his certainty to others. Yet men forever seek him out hoping to share with him the wonderful knowledge which has so gloriously transformed his life. This he tries to do, within the limits imposed by his own expanded enlightenment, beyond that he cannot go.
The spirit of the Twice Born can be liberated at will. How often have you seen your brother in a state of ecstasy which he cannot describe? It is a state beginning in quiet bliss, flowing outward in bright radiance from an inner light which can even illuminate the material darkness about him. He hears the music of the sacred spheres and sees the throbbing pulsations of life heaving about him, like waves upon the great seas. He becomes aware of an inflowing of unspoken Knowledge from a surrounding power. It does not come from any one point, but appears to flow out of all things and to penetrate all things. Material objects lose their density and become visible within, they become as though compounded of ten thousand whirling spheres of brightness. Colours are no longer dull and restricted, they become infinite in depth and number. The spirit becomes lost in adoration and wonder at the beauty revealed in everything. The soul is aware of something glorious within all this and knows it for the spirit outflowing from its source.
There is a complete unconsciousness of others, for the Greater Sight transcends their material bodies. The spirits of men are seen in a harmony of colours and their bodies as whirling masses of power. The experiencing soul is lost in a sea of sensitivity and feeling. There is a swelling surge of harmony, a sounding of glorious chords. It is the sea that washes the shores of eternity lapping upon the nearer strand.
It is an experience that no one can give to another or adequately describe to him. It is the earned reward of those who have paid the price. It is not the only reward, for throughout the life of one who is Twice-Born there is boundless feeling of well-being, sickness and disease are unknown. There is an abiding love for all men, a sense of brotherhood, and over all this the certain knowledge of the immortality of the soul and its unity with The Source. The impressions received in moments of illumination are everlasting. They fill the spirit with a glorified splendour. There are flashes of inspired visions, and the future unrolls and can be read as the past. There is a form of joyous rapture experienced by those who have risen from the Womb of Rebirth, and when it comes it can no more be held back than the sun can be stayed in its rising.
When the body of your brother lay enwrapped within the Womb of Rebirth, his spirit was carried out as on the wings of a seraph and became lost in a sphere beyond understanding. He knew not which way to go or what to seek. Then, like a roll of distant thunder, there was a swelling sound and there came an over-dazzling light. It grew steadily more brilliant until your brother saw a beautiful form of divine Glory arrayed in a splendour beyond all earthly bounds. The cumbersome words of Earth cannot do justice to what your brother wishes to describe. It is like trying to sew a silk garment with rope, or to eat sweetmeats with a spade. Words are wholly inadequate symbols.
The vision of glory which had been granted passed away and your brother found himself in the familiar sphere of the Spirit. Once the mysterious border has been crossed it remains open ever after and can be re-crossed almost at will. You are told of these things because your brother knows that the age of the Twice-Born draws to its close. Because of those who have devoted their lives to the discovery of Truth, there is progress in the sphere of the Spirit. Nothing has been lost, nothing has been in vain; the Great Gates are still closed, but they are no longer bolted. Now they will open at a knock. The road is better marked and the way more clearly indicated. They who lit the Path have departed from Earth, but their service has not ended. They serve still in another place. While life on Earth moves forward, life in the sphere of the spirit does not stand still.
From "The Book of the Sons of Fire" - Fourth Book of The Bronzebook - The Kolbrin
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The books of the Kolbrin are thousands and thousands of years old. Their chronicles span aeons of time.
Long ages ago there were those who tread the Path through arduous austerities and years of rigorous preparation. The above passage comes from one who was successful in completing The Great Work. He was able to consummate the Alchemical Wedding, the re-linking of Spirit with the Reborn Soul.
Our brother attempts to describe what such an existence is like for one who has been "Twice-Born". He did the best he could with the words available to him.
The Path is as old as Time itself. We are now at a point where it is much easier to obtain the One Goal than it ever was in the past. All who are ready should take advantage of the Grace of an Age which is now currently available to all of mankind.
"Knock and it shall be opened to you".
~ g
.
Your brother was one who underwent the Initiation of the Twice-Born, and he has drawn the curtain aside a little to reveal only what is permitted. It is little enough but sufficient for you to understand why, when kings and governors rose to position and power, they declined the ordeal. It is understandable, for the final ordeal brought earthly life as close as possible to extinction, without complete severance of the spiritual umbilical cord. Before this, went more than twenty years arduous preparation. Yet long and terrible though it was, the time and austerity did not exceed the necessary limits by even one jot. In sorrow your brother must say that it was not an ordeal required to obtain something man has never possessed, it was to regain something he had lost. It was, however hard as it may seem, the lowest price payable for the Secret of the Ages.
For long years he who aspired to become one of the Twice Born had to practice the awakening of his spirit and bring his body under complete control. The first thing to overcome was met long before any threshold was approached, it was something which lurked in the uncontrolled thoughts of men. The frightening experiences during the years of preparation had to be modified and their effect channeled off, otherwise the awakening spirit would have been completely overwhelmed. As the material body of man cannot come too close to a blazing fire, so cannot the spirit approach too close to the sphere of divinity.
Having arisen from the Womb of Rebirth, the spirit is completely freed from any doubt about the immortality of man. Can a man doubt the source of sunlight when he can see the sun arising in glory before his eyes? Having joined the Twice-Born each man has a choice, he can go on to higher development within the Realms of Light, or he can remain to help others. Your brother chose to remain.
This wisdom of the Twice Born has spread to every corner of the Earth, and Caverns of Initiation are opened everywhere. But increasingly, through the years, men have declined to undergo the austerities and trials essential to bring them into the clear light of Truth. Therefore, the places of initiation decay and their secrets are lost, men grope in the dark and try to open a Door to which they have no Key. If a man has not the courage or the time, the inclination or the ability to sail to a far distant land, then if he would know about that land he must listen to those who have made the journey. So it is with those who would know the Secret of the Ages.
Men possess creed of little value because they are unwilling to pay the price of something better. Your brother has no way of explaining his ultimate experience to others. Although he has looked upon the face of Truth and now understands the purpose of life, what he has seen must remain locked within the heart. Though he no longer has to be satisfied with belief alone, he cannot extend his certainty to others. Yet men forever seek him out hoping to share with him the wonderful knowledge which has so gloriously transformed his life. This he tries to do, within the limits imposed by his own expanded enlightenment, beyond that he cannot go.
The spirit of the Twice Born can be liberated at will. How often have you seen your brother in a state of ecstasy which he cannot describe? It is a state beginning in quiet bliss, flowing outward in bright radiance from an inner light which can even illuminate the material darkness about him. He hears the music of the sacred spheres and sees the throbbing pulsations of life heaving about him, like waves upon the great seas. He becomes aware of an inflowing of unspoken Knowledge from a surrounding power. It does not come from any one point, but appears to flow out of all things and to penetrate all things. Material objects lose their density and become visible within, they become as though compounded of ten thousand whirling spheres of brightness. Colours are no longer dull and restricted, they become infinite in depth and number. The spirit becomes lost in adoration and wonder at the beauty revealed in everything. The soul is aware of something glorious within all this and knows it for the spirit outflowing from its source.
There is a complete unconsciousness of others, for the Greater Sight transcends their material bodies. The spirits of men are seen in a harmony of colours and their bodies as whirling masses of power. The experiencing soul is lost in a sea of sensitivity and feeling. There is a swelling surge of harmony, a sounding of glorious chords. It is the sea that washes the shores of eternity lapping upon the nearer strand.
It is an experience that no one can give to another or adequately describe to him. It is the earned reward of those who have paid the price. It is not the only reward, for throughout the life of one who is Twice-Born there is boundless feeling of well-being, sickness and disease are unknown. There is an abiding love for all men, a sense of brotherhood, and over all this the certain knowledge of the immortality of the soul and its unity with The Source. The impressions received in moments of illumination are everlasting. They fill the spirit with a glorified splendour. There are flashes of inspired visions, and the future unrolls and can be read as the past. There is a form of joyous rapture experienced by those who have risen from the Womb of Rebirth, and when it comes it can no more be held back than the sun can be stayed in its rising.
When the body of your brother lay enwrapped within the Womb of Rebirth, his spirit was carried out as on the wings of a seraph and became lost in a sphere beyond understanding. He knew not which way to go or what to seek. Then, like a roll of distant thunder, there was a swelling sound and there came an over-dazzling light. It grew steadily more brilliant until your brother saw a beautiful form of divine Glory arrayed in a splendour beyond all earthly bounds. The cumbersome words of Earth cannot do justice to what your brother wishes to describe. It is like trying to sew a silk garment with rope, or to eat sweetmeats with a spade. Words are wholly inadequate symbols.
The vision of glory which had been granted passed away and your brother found himself in the familiar sphere of the Spirit. Once the mysterious border has been crossed it remains open ever after and can be re-crossed almost at will. You are told of these things because your brother knows that the age of the Twice-Born draws to its close. Because of those who have devoted their lives to the discovery of Truth, there is progress in the sphere of the Spirit. Nothing has been lost, nothing has been in vain; the Great Gates are still closed, but they are no longer bolted. Now they will open at a knock. The road is better marked and the way more clearly indicated. They who lit the Path have departed from Earth, but their service has not ended. They serve still in another place. While life on Earth moves forward, life in the sphere of the spirit does not stand still.
From "The Book of the Sons of Fire" - Fourth Book of The Bronzebook - The Kolbrin
[END QUOTING]
The books of the Kolbrin are thousands and thousands of years old. Their chronicles span aeons of time.
Long ages ago there were those who tread the Path through arduous austerities and years of rigorous preparation. The above passage comes from one who was successful in completing The Great Work. He was able to consummate the Alchemical Wedding, the re-linking of Spirit with the Reborn Soul.
Our brother attempts to describe what such an existence is like for one who has been "Twice-Born". He did the best he could with the words available to him.
The Path is as old as Time itself. We are now at a point where it is much easier to obtain the One Goal than it ever was in the past. All who are ready should take advantage of the Grace of an Age which is now currently available to all of mankind.
"Knock and it shall be opened to you".
~ g
.
4 comments:
Thank you for this post!
Would this be an account of a CHRISTENED ONE?
Again I have been enlightened to a wonderful read and a new book that I never heard of, but with all the writings in it about the 'Destroyer' and the 12th Planet, is it in line with the pupilship of the Rosicrucian or is it just another book on ancient gnosis that can help us to follow The Path?
jd,
This is an account given by one who succeeded in completing The Great Work of re-linking the Spirit with a Reborn Soul. That is the essence of being a Christed One. So the answer to your question is 'yes'.
The Kolbrin, as magnificent a read as it may be, cannot lead anyone to Liberation. At best, it can serve as a window on the deep past, alowing us to catch a glimpse of what the Gnosis has been like throughout the ages and how it has been passed on.
Every zodiacal and sidereal age is slightly different. Humanity goes through different stages of development and, as such, revelations must be presented in ways that are suitable for the race at any particular period of time.
What is chronicled in The Kolbrin is how things were. What we receive now in present-day gnostic Rosicrucianism is designed to connect with humanity as we are today. 2,000 years from now, the presentation of the Gnosis will be different from today. But what will not change is the Message. For the Gnosis never changes, it is ever the same and yet, ever new.
The Kolbrin has its place as a valuable relic of our past. But it cannot show us The Way. The current Brotherhood has provided us with new Messengers, delivering the ancient Message in a new way that can be understood and followed by all.
~ g
P.S.: regarding "The Destroyer".
The account of "The Destroyer" documented in The Kolbrin is an accurate account. It in fact refers to the catastrophic passage of this object between three and four thousand years ago.
"The Destroyer" is real. It's passage has been documented by ancient cultures the world over (see Velikovsky's "Worlds In Collision"). The so-called "12th Planet" is a modern-day speculation based entirely on the incomplete and flawed research of one man (Sitchen) and is a result of people not doing their homework on a given subject.
Yes, there is a large celestial object that periodically passes through this solar system and wreaks holy havoc. It is not a planet. "Object" is a better word for it.
It's purpose is not destruction, but to act as an agent of cleansing, to support the Earth in her cyclical purifications.
Those who, by awakening their Divine-Spark have received the Gnosis and sincerely begun to walk the Path during their incarnation on Earth will have nothing to fear from the prophesized return of "The Destroyer". In fact, there is evidence that this time around, the services of "The Destroyer" may not be required, as the entire Physical Plane is facing a significant rise in vibration that will eliminate all those who are not in sync with the New Dispensation.
As always, it is those who cling to their material-life in fear and ignorance to whom such purifying agents will represent the greatest dangers of all.
~ g
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