Safe Passage

We just finished a series of posts that looked to provide a brief outline of the fivefold gnostic Path of Return. It is important to realize that this Path of Liberation is nothing new. The Divine Plan for the Liberation of the human life-wave has been in place for many millions of years .

In every epoch, in every Age, there are groups of people who are able to hear the unceasing, Silent Call that beckons Man to return Home. As every Age finds Man at different stages of development, the methods used to attain the One Goal have always been tailored to suit the human-being as constituted at that time. It is known that methods of initiation that may have worked flawlessly in times past will not work for mankind today. The racial bodies of humanity have changed, man's thinking faculty has changed and, most importantly, the astral sphere is not in a pure enough state to allow the ancient methods of initiation to work.

At the end of a Day of Manifestation, a Great Opportunity is presented to mankind. The astral sphere is spiritualized to a certain extent by radiations emanating from the Sixth Cosmic Domain. These Divine radiations form a kind of vibrational bridge, a bridge that will act as a crossing for all those who are able to raise the vibration of their microcosm so that it falls within a certain frequency range. The radiations emanating from the Sixth Cosmic Domain, what we today call the Gnosis, are "stepped down", as it were, in order to give those who are ready an opportunity to board what has been symbolically referred to in the Holy Language as "The Ark".

We can think of the Ark as a huge ship that has come from very far away and pulled into port but is unable to move close to the shore. So a long gangplank is extended from the vessel, to allow those on land to board safely.

The movements and mystery schools established for the liberation of humanity throughout the long ages that lie behind us have come under many guises, many names. But when it comes to their pupils, all share the same core stipulations, which are these:

1. the candidate must renounce the world and all the matter therein.
2. the candidate must renounce the "I" , the Ego, and seek reunification with Spirit.
3. the candidate must want to do these things voluntarily, and without coercion.
4. the candidate, after obtaining The Goal, must return to the material world to help rescue other lost souls.

We stand at the end of yet another Great Day of Manifestation. A Purification, a Separation and a Reaping are now underway. The times are full, and the Harvest is being brought into the barns. The Spiritual School of the Golden Rosycross is composed of a group of Harvesters from all over the world. It, too, is providing an Ark and is here to provide safe passage for all those who are ready. Reportedly, there are seven such transfiguristic schools in existence. This writer only knows of one, but as we all know, one is all you need.

May it be so that your Heart responds to the Call. May you become one of what Blavatasky called "The Few", one who will awaken in time enough to take advantage of The Grace of an Age. For it will be a very long time indeed before such a Great Opportunity is once again offered to mankind.

Hora Est! The time has come.

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Resurrection in the New Field of Life

The final step in the fivefold Gnostic Path of Return is the Resurrection in the New Field of Life.

The culmination of all of the candidate's striving is a completely restored Spirit, Soul, Body complex. The consciousness is once again linked with the Divine Consciousness. The Seeker has become one of the Thrice-born.

Outwardly, the person will appear as before. Physically, nothing changes, although one's health may benefit to a degree. However, unseen to the naked eye, a New Man now lives and moves and has its being in the purified microcosm of the Victorious One. This True Human-being manifests itself alongside the old, terrestrial human-being. At the moment of transition, the Initiated One will lay the physical body aside and take flight in the hard-won Body of Light.

The Liberated One is now free of earthly suffering, free of Karma, free of "the Wheel" and the necessity for Rebirth. He has returned to the Divine Kingdom, the Father's House. There is triumphant rejoicing from Those who waited for his return.

The Victorious One now stands before a Choice. Move on to ever-higher spheres in the vast bliss of the nirvanic Cosmic Domains? Or remain here in proximity to the Physical Realms? If he chooses the former, he will lose all contact with the Earth and its inhabitants forever as he pursues his own evolution. If the latter option is chosen, he will remain in close contact with the region from which he has just escaped. He will remain a servant to humanity, incarnating only by choice, and only when necessary to help the human life-wave. This Path is known as "The Great Renunciation". The Liberated One postpones his or her own opportunity to advance in order to reach back and help lift his/her brothers and sisters out of the Pit.

These are the Ones who help to forge a new link in the Chain of Universal  Brotherhoods. These are the Ones who will watch over humanity, and serve tirelessly. These are the Exalted Ones who shall manifest as Divine Helpers, Guides, Messengers and Avatars throughout the long ages ahead. These are the Ones who will remain loyal, steadfast and true until the final Lost Soul is freed from the Valley of Despair.

May it be so, and may all of humanity be led to The Good End.

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A New Attitude of Life

After Self-Surrender comes the fourth step on the fivefold Gnostic Path of Return: A New Attitude of Life.

If the candidate has been successful in the sublimation of the lower self, if he has recognized that the "I", the Ego, is meant to be a servant, not a master, and if he has learned to put the welfare of others before that of himself or herself, a great change will come over the candidate.

The Gnostic Light-forces circulating throughout the microcosm will increase, offering Divine help that will assist the candidate on the Path. He will be provided with "four holy foods" to take along with him as provisions on the Journey. These holy foods are Divine ethers which will assist in the construction of the new Soul-body.

Because the candidate now lives in full surrender, there will naturally be a change in his state-of-consciousness and in his state-of-life. He will look to help others in any possible way that he can, no matter how small. He will think in a pure way. He will live in objective neutrality, not allowing the astral body to dictate it's earthly desires to him or influence his thinking. He will serve both man and the Gnosis without grumble or complaint. The overriding aim is to allow Spirit to regain guidance and control over the human system.

If any traces of selfishness remain at this point, the candidate runs a risk of separating himself from the Goal. The Gnosis will not withdraw from him. He will withdraw from the Gnosis. Conflict and struggle will ensue.

The Path of Return is a narrow, one-way trail. One must be sure to count the cost before choosing to make the Journey. There will be difficulties as one attempts to make the necessary turnaround. It is not easy to dislodge the "l" from its place of kingship, a position that it has occupied for long ages. The l-being will fight the candidate every step of the way. With sly craftiness, it will try to fool one into thinking that he or she is so excellent, so Divinely inspired, when in fact, that one is walking the Path with the "I" still firmly in charge.

Still, those who succeed in surrendering the self and living out of a new attitude of life will reap greatly. As it is said in the Holy Language, "He will give His angels charge over you, lest you dash your foot upon a single stone". The symbolism behind this verse should be clear. To live under the New Attitude of Life is to live in harmony with the Divine Plan of Salvation; in loving, selfless, service to humanity.

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Self-Surrender

Self-surrender is the third stage of the fivefold gnostic Path of Return. As step number three, it is the fulcrum of the process, as it sits right in the middle. It is the pivot-point upon which everything that has gone before and everything that follows must turn. Although it is fairly easy to understand in a conceptual sense, making it a consistent state-of-life is another story.

What keeps us tied to this earth-plane, what keeps us on the never-ending Wheel of Death and Rebirth is our rock-hard self-identification. The Divine part of our life-system, the Spirit-spark that sleeps within the center of our microcosm is unable to manifest itself, unable to re- connect with the human-being because our consciousness is rigidly focused on the things of this world.

Like attracts Like. Man will receive that which he desires. Man's one goal should be to turn his focus to his Divine center and nurture that Seed so that it can bloom like the proverbial Rose, manifesting the Divine powers, attributes and abilities that are latent within. He should be  helping to revive the True Man that has lain dormant for long ages due to our mis-directed, self-focused state-of-consciousness.

Because Man does not fulfill his task, and because this nature-order is a temporary one that is not designed for permanence, Death becomes a part of the common human-being's existence. Why? It is because the human-being has failed in his mission. Thus, the microcosm must be given another opportunity to accomplish its Great Aim. It must seek to create a new personality that will perhaps find the Golden Thread to the New Life on the next turn of the Wheel. Therefore, Death is actually a great mercy, as it prevents the crystallization of the microcosm.

On the Path to Liberation, self-surrender requires that we eliminate the focus that we place upon ourselves as personalities. We must first learn that what we see in the mirror is only a reflection, an image. What is truly Real lies within. The Kingdom of God is literally within you. That Divine Light shines in the darkness of this world and you know It not.

Self-surrender requires a change of focus, a shift in the accents of your life. Give of yourself. Help others when and where you can. Treat otherselves as yourself and then realize one important thing: there are no "others".

Purify your thought processes. Purify your thinking, willing and feeling. Remove your yourself as the center of the universe and take up your position as a vibrating, healthy cell in a Living Body of Light.

Every selfish, self-focused thought, emotion or action pulls you away from the Light of the Gnosis. Every attempt to place others before you, to do the first works, to truly become a link between the Divine and the material will bring you ever closer to that Light.

The idea is not to neglect the personality, or treat it as an enemy. The personality,  the human-being, is an instrument of the Divine that is currently operating without Divine Guidance. It is like a runaway toy. The human personality cannot and will not function properly until it is re-linked with the Divine Other One within. Once this critical linkage has been restored, a new state-of-consciousness will exist in the human-being. Heaven and earth will unite. The image-bearer, the human-being, will joyfully carry out the will of the Spirit.

Then, the mantra of the Reborn One will no longer be "I AM". It will be " O, Divine One within me, I surrender to Your eternal Wisdom and seek always to carry out Your Will here on earth".

"Not my will, but may Your Will be done" .

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Yearning

Once one has learned we live in a fallen nature order and that every human-being's True Purpose is to disconnect from this material realm and return to the immortal Divine realm, a special type of desiring may develop. After Insight, comes Yearning.

A Yearning for what? A Yearning for Salvation. A Yearning for deliverance from this earthly prison. A Yearning to return Home.

The seeker who feels this way has realized that s/he is more than just a random collection of flesh-and-bones, more than simply a living rag doll that is too lowly and stupid to be anything other than a foot-wipe. The seeker sees that s/he is the image-bearer of a Divine Human-being and is called to a high task: that task is the Rebirth of the Divine Human-being.

If the seeker demonstrates a sincere desire to undertake this liberating task, not just with words, but with action, tremendous changes will begin to take place within the life-system of the seeker. For one thing, the thymus gland, which is situated in the area of the heart and is normally inactive, will begin to excrete a different kind of hormone. That hormone, charged with pure gnostic vibrations, will travel via the blood to the head, where a new type of thinking will be born.

Yearning, coupled with the new Thinking, unites the heart sanctuary with the head sanctuary. The head sanctuary is able to interpret and understand the Universal Teachings. This is known as the rational touch. The heart sanctuary provides an "inner knowing" that supports this rational understanding. That "inner knowing" is referred to as the moral touch.

Touched by the Gnosis in this way, the seeker will be urged on by a strong inner need to discover what is next. How can this Liberation be achieved? How can s/he find the Path that leads to Freedom?

Like attracts like. The vibration issued by the yearning of the heart will seek out a like-vibration. Yearning for release from this world does not originate from an earthly desire, so it will not attract an earthly response.This yearning for salvation is an answer to the Divine Eternal Call that has been issued to mankind for ages. And, just as sure as someone will pick up the phone after you've dialed their number, the Gnosis will respond to one's yearning for salvation in a flash, in an instant. From that point on, those things that need to happen in order to place one firmly on the Path will begin to happen. The seeker will be put in touch with the right people, places and/or situations. One has to live consciously in order to recognize these cues and act upon them. One will also have to augment one's Insight and Yearning with the next step on the Path:

Self-Surrender.

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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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The Fivefold Gnostic Path of Return

The School speaks of a fivefold gnostic Path of Return that leads to Liberation from this nature-order.

It is fivefold because there re five steps, five stages.

It is gnostic because it holds fast to the Universal Teachings that have been guarded for thousands of years and shared with those who were worthy by Divine Messengers such as Krishna, Lao Tzu, Zoroaster, the Buddha and the Christ as well as gnostic groups like the Essenes, the Manicheans, the Bogomils, the Cathars and the classical Rosicrucians of the 16th abd 17th centuries.

It is a Path of Return because its purpose is to lead the candidate out of this fallen nature-order and back to the Original Divine Kingdom.

The five steps, or stages are:

1. Insight
2. Yearning
3. Self-Surrender
4. New Attitude of Life
5. Resurrection in the New Life Field

The next few posts will try to provide some insight into each of these steps, beginning with Insight. This fivefold Path is the formula for awakening the Divine Spirit-Spark Atom, purifying the personality, re-birthing the Other One and liberating the microcosm. It is hoped that seekers will derive some benefit from these upcoming posts.

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Seven-Spirit / Seven Rays

So, what is the Seven-Spirit?

Simply put...at the start of every Day of Manifestation, the Creator, the Ineffable, the Unknowable, the Great Invisible, the Father-Mother, emanates cosmic root substance. This cosmic root substance contains within it all potentialities, infinite possibilities. This is the matrix from which Creation will arise.

Following this primal emanation, seven powers are established by the All. These seven powers are charged with administering the Divine Plan of Creation in accordance with the desire of the All. They are known by different names in different philosophies:

the Seven Rays, 
the Seven Rectors, 
the Seven Rishis, 
the Seven Spirits Before the Throne. 

These are Divine Powers, endowed by the Creator with all of Creator's attributes and abilities, along with the authority to execute the Divine Plan.

From The Egyptian Arch-Gnosis Vol. II, we read:

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What actually is Pymander, or the Spirit-Soul, or the Holy Spirit? Is it possible to distinguish this Spirit when it has manifested itself? Ye, it is possible. the following explanation may be useful.

Seven rays emanate from the Logos, seven activities, seven immense streams of power, which move the entire All. By the word "All", you should understand it to mean "primordial substance". The entire universe is filled with primordial substance. This, together with all the life that awakens from it, is moved by seven streams, seven rays, the seven Lords of Fate, as they were once called by the classical Rosicrucians. All of the biological activities of nature, including animal life, are to be explained by the activities of the Seven Rays.

All that takes place in the dialectical universe, all that moves and develops, no matter how and where, is subject to a plan. Everything is awakened and crushed again, everything rises and wanes, including the human kingdom which, apart from its ability to reason, does not differ in any way from the animal kingdom. Everything is subject to a plan, which is aimed at awakening a possibility of a new development in all of biological life. If this project fails or cannot as yet succeed, then what has been created is dissolved again to awaken, later, out of he womb of eternity, to be given a new opportunity.

The plan of the Logos and its Seven-Spirit concerns the awakening of a new possibility in us all. If this fails, we will perish. We are then subject to the law: "You are dust and to dust you shall return". We shall then remain chained to the effect of the wheel of life and death.

The rhythm and periodicity of the Cosmic Days and Nights, of the tidal movements of the All, are controlled and put into effect by the seven rays of the Logos. Thus the Seven Rays have an elevating effect on the creature. If this process of elevation does not succeed, the creature will be denatured. "You are dust and to dust you shall return". Animal man, natural man, is constructed in such a way that he can be elevated and can react positively to the Seven Rays, in this way rendering denaturation and death unnecessary. So the prize for the Perfect Souls is freedom from death.

When the Soul purifies and regenerates itself, when it is reborn and carries out the transmutation of the personality in harmony with this Soul-birth, then, as a matter of course, the Soul-man will also be confronted by the seven rays of the Logos in an entirely different way.

As soon as you entrust yourself to the gnostic Light and start to walk the Path, a transmutation, an atomic change will develop within your nature-born state, in the body that you now possess, a change which will primarily affect the head and the heart sanctuaries. Your head sanctuary will be prepared to receive the Seven-Spirit in a positive way. As soon as the Soul has been born, the seven streams of the Seven-Spirit will penetrate the seven cerebral cavities. It is thus obvious that the Perfect Soul will receive the seven radiations in a different way from that in which the man of nature receives them.

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The Divine Seven-Spirit, the Divine Seven Rays, the Healing-Whole-Holy Spirit....they are all one and the same.

In this physical universe, we can say that the seven sacred planets (Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn) are the physical representations of the Divine Seven-Spirit here in this undivine universe.

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Ponder This

"He who lives today is dead tomorrow. 
He who Dies today, Lives tomorrow." 

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As If It Were Your Last

Overheard someone say this the other day:

"Live each day like it was the last".

Of course, he was referring to partying non-stop, indulging himself to excess, doing whatever with whoever, whenever, wherever and however.

"Live each day like it was the last".

The opposite meaning bears exposure here.

This should refer to living one's life in the fullest devotion to the Other One within. Living to serve others, forgetting the self, preparing for True Liberation from the Wheel of Death and Rebirth. Because no man knows the day or the hour.

You can be taken at any moment. When that moment arrives, you want to be ready. You want to have a clear idea of what is going to take place next. Will it be another miserable turn on the Wheel, another draught of oblivion? Or will it be a joyous and victorious Return to Immortality?

You choose the ending...or the Beginning.

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Heal / Whole / Wholly / Holy Seven-Spirit

What is the Seven-Spirit?

"Third aspect of the three-fold Godhead. It is the all-embracing Love of the Father which is explained by the Son, who goes out to fallen mankind as a sevenfold radiation-field, to save what threatens to be lost.

Under the guidance and with the help of the Sevenfold Universal Power, manifesting itself in the Universal Brotherhood, the process of Transfiguration can be accomplished. During this process the sevenfold Holy Spirit comes to dwell again in the candidate" - Glossary - Egyptian Arch-Gnosis, Vol. IV

Did you know that the words "holy" and "whole" both originate from the same root word: "heal"? There is indeed a healing spirit that has the power to make the microcosm "whole" once again.

Heal-Whole-Wholly-Holy Spirit. The New Testament refers to it as "The Comforter" and "The Paraclete".

The Holy Seven-Spirit consists of seven primordial emanations, seven rays that extend from the Father-Mother, the Source of All. Each ray is further divided into seven sub-rays, seven times seven. For those candidates on the Path who have awakened the Divine Spark and are engaged in the process of transformation, the descent of the Divine Seven-Spirit that Heals and makes us Whole is a foregone conclusion. This is the symbolic dove that descended from above and came to rest upon the head of the man Jesus on the banks of the Jordan.

Remember always that the story of the Christening of the man Jesus is your story. The journey of the John-man and the Jesus-man is your journey. It is the story of a journey that can and must take place within you. The story was told in a symbolic way so that all men could understand, no matter what language or nationality.

The Descent of the Healing Spirit is the completion of completions. After the Yearning, after the Surrender of the self comes the healing power of the Whole Spirit. It is this third part of the Divine Tri-Unity that has the power to forgive all sins, purify the microcosm and restore immortality to the personality.

May you be Healed and made Whole.

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Firmly Set Your Feet

Firmly Set your Feet

Churchianity

accepts Christ by name only -

a label

to be scattered everywhere.

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Path of Return

Safe-guarded

despite mutilations

by theologians of ages.

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No dualistic commotions

nor lies from the academics

can blur the eyes

of those who understand

The Way.

Firmly set your feet.

Authored by A Friend of Humanity

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Protect The Child

The birth of the Christ-child is yet another symbol. It symbolizes the awakening of the Divine Spark within the Seeking human-being.

When this Divine part of us is awakened, it is like unto a newborn babe. It is weak and frail, the result of long ages spent in latency. It is vulnerable, it is defenseless. Above all, it requires careful nurturing to grow and to thrive.

The aeons of this nature can sense this Awakening. The high frequency of the Divine vibration is diametrically opposed to the overall low vibration of the fallen human system. Every effort will be made to locate this Divine vibration and expel it. This state-of-being is symbolized by the story of Herod sending his soldiers after the newborn "king" on a search-and-destroy mission.

The newly-awakened Divine Spark can be put right back to sleep if the candidate does not resolve to provide the necessary care and feeding. Thus, there must be a "flight to Egypt", where the Divine vibration can grow in strength while evading the forces that oppose it.

It is a long road from Awakening to Transfiguration; from Birth to Resurrection; from Bethlehem to Golgotha. Your mission as a candidate on the Path is to travel this road carefully and with supreme awareness, mindful always of the great Treasure that you carry.

Protect the Child.

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Within

"Watch as you may, you will not see it come. No one can tell you it is here or it is there. For the Kingdom of God is within you." 

- The Christ 

Sometimes the answer to the most important of questions stands right before our faces, hidden in plain sight.

Let it be known that within the center of your microcosm, in an area that corresponds in location to the upper right ventricle of the heart, is an atomic remnant of your Divine heritage. Over the ages this Divine Remnant has been called the Divine Spark, the Spirit-spark Atom, the Jewel in the Lotus, the Seed-grain of Jesus, the Monad and the Power. The name of this Divine Remnant matters little. It is the secret which is compressed within it that matters above all.

Every seed, natural or Divine, contains within it, the blueprint for unfolding that which it is to become. An apple seed carries the blueprint to become an apple tree only and to bear such fruit. An acorn contains the instructions to become only an oak tree, not an apple tree. The pit of an olive is a seed that is encoded with the data necessary to grow only into an olive tree that will send forth olives of its own.

As Above, So Below. As Below, So Above. The Divine Seed that you carry within is encoded with a system of lines of force that, with proper nourishment, will enable it to only grow into the True Soul, that which Hermes called the Spirit-Soul. The presence of the Spirit-Soul will enable a purification of the microcosm and a re-unification with the Spirit. Head and heart will thus be reunited and the purification of the etheric-physical body will follow. The Divine Tri-Unity of Spirit, Soul and Body will be complete. The Divine Seed will have fulfilled its purpose to grow and bring forth fruit of its kind.

This is the miracle that awaits those who become aware of the Divine Seed within, who grow to understand its ultimate purpose and work hard to bring the blueprint to life.

It is a tragedy that the vast majority of mankind does not have the faintest idea of the wonderful Treasure that lies at the center of their microcosm. This Treasure sleeps, unable to perform its miracle as long as its host, the personality, remains ignorant of its existence.

The message of the Kingdom within that was left for us by Krishna, the Buddha and the Christ has been misinterpreted and overlooked for far too long. The meaning of the message is as clear as the nose on your face:

Look within. Look within. Look within.

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The Other Cheek

Self-surrender is the third stage of the five-fold gnostic Path of Return. It is the fulcrum upon which the entire Journey to Liberation must turn. To surrender the self simply means that we must stop placing our wants and desires ahead of everyone else. We have to stop seeing ourselves as the center of the universe and begin to always see others as more excellent than ourselves. We have to look to provide Service wherever we can to whomever we can. We must allow Divine Love to penetrate our hearts, permeate our microcosms and radiate from us in all directions.

This is extremely difficult to accomplish because we, as microcosms, have spent many thousands of years developing an I-centered consciousness and defending our "I" from those we call "others". We are afraid to release our self-protecting shield for fear of being harmed in some way. We fear that if we let our guard down, "others" will walk all over us, exploit us, victimize us, disregard us. This is the Great Test that all true candidates on the Path must confront and overcome. Turning our focus outwards and away from the lower self, rather than inwards.

Although it seems difficult on its face, it really isn't. If one realizes that the One Goal cannot be obtained without this prerequisite, one will make whatever changes are necessary to remain firmly on the Path that leads to that Goal. Yes, "others" may attempt to walk over us, or victimize, exploit and disregard us. But in surrendering the self, we neutralize the ability to be hurt by any negativity that may come our way. Let others do what they will, we shall stand strong as a rock and continue to radiate the Divine Force that becomes the share of all serious candidates on the Path.

If we are slapped on the right cheek, we are to turn and offer them the left cheek as well. This symbolic verse is not to be looked upon as an argument for weakness. On the contrary, one has to be very, very strong to do what is being asked here. That strength will come, not from the fearful and self-focused I-being, but from the Divine Gnosis, the Christ-radiation that floods the microcosms of all those who have awakened the Spirit-Spark Atom. This divine radiation-power enriches the blood and pours out from us in all directions as a healing balm for many.

The self-focused behavior that was long ages in the making has served its purpose. Man's period of Involution has ended. Divine Evolution is now calling us.

May those of us who are ready, respond to that Call in the right way.

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Nearer Than Hands And Feet

The Divine Spark that sleeps within the center of your microcosm is roughly aligned with the upper right ventricle of the human heart. Our task as image-bearers is to form a link, a connection between the physical aspect of the personality and this Divine Nucleus.

The Divine part of us is linked with the Creator of All There Is. As Divine Sparks, we issued forth from the Ineffable, Unknowable All. Although our connection to the Father-Mother has been severely obstructed due to our own self-willed thinking, willing, desiring and acting it is still there, faintly active in the center of our microcosm.

If we can become aware of this Divine part of us, if we can awaken it and forge a link between it and the physical human-being, a Great Transformation will begin to take place. By way of a process, we will begin to change from animal-man into a True Human-being, the Original pre-Adamitic Man.

The Power to do so lies within you. Not in the reflection-sphere, not in some church, or some yoga exercise, or some meditation, or via the occult agencies of clairvoyance and clairaudience. This great Power is readily available to you and is nearer than hands and feet. It lies asleep in the center of your microcosm, waiting for you to hear its Silent Voice, grab the Hand of God and attach the Rose to the Cross.

~ g
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Which Cannot Be Found

"You long for Unity in a world of duality, for Freedom in a world of limitation and for Eternity in a world of temporality. How is that possible? How can we, who are completely made up of the elements of this life-field, long for something that absolutely cannot be found here?"

It is strange that we do not ask this question more often. Why do we persist in longing for Unity, Freedom and Eternity in this fallen nature-order, when it has to be clear that these things are not obtainable here? We persist because there is something deep within us that yearns for these things, not as relative values but as Absolutes.

Within each human heart there is an 'Other One' that is marooned and exiled on this planet. It is this Other One that longs for a return to the Divine Kingdom, the static realm, the Realm of Absolutes. We hear its faint cry and sense the sincerity of its longing but because we are bound to the things of the earth, we misinterpret its meaning. Believing that this plaintive cry originates from the personality, we then go forth into this fallen nature-order and attempt to find those things which cannot be found here. Needless to say, we meet with naught but imitation, failure and frustration.

It is only when we embark upon the gnostic Path of Return that we will be able to clearly hear this Still, Small Voice of longing. For that Path will reestablish our link with the Divine and re-open the ancient channels of communication. It is only then that we will truly realize where Unity, Freedom and Eternity are to be found.

Armed with this Inner Knowing, this Gnosis, we will then trim our sails, adjust our rudder and set our course for the Divine Realm, the Sixth Cosmic Domain, the Realm of Absolutes.

~ g
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Impossibly Possible

"The Impossible is Possible because nothing is stronger than the power of the human Heart. What the Heart desires, it draws unto itself, despite apparent limitation and opposition, right through astral fields, through Worlds, even. What it attracts is Nourishment. 

One who desires the Impossible, attracts the Impossible."

- Author Unknown -

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Strive On

"Strive on, ... secure in the knowledge that only your body is mortal and that your true Self endures forever. The man you appear to be is not yourself at all, for your real Self is not that corporeal, palpable, changing form you see, but the Spirit inside.

Remember that you are a god, you have a god's potential for life, sensation, memory, and foresight, a god's power to rule, to govern, and to direct the body which is given to you as a servant, in the same way that God, who reigns over us, directs the entire universe. This sovereignty exercised by the eternal God over the universe is mirrored by the sovereignty your immortal Soul exercises over your frail body."

Cicero, The Dream of Scipio from On The Republic, Book VI

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Tomb or Temple?

The personality, with its four vehicles (the physical, etheric, emotional and mental bodies) can be either a tomb or a temple.

It can be a tomb when the human-being does nothing to awaken the Divine nucleus that sleeps within the center of the microcosm. The Divine part of the human-being lies buried, unable to express itself in ths nature-order.

It can be, and should be, a temple when the human-being recognizes that he must awaken this Spark of Infinity if he/she wants to take up his/her cross and walk the liberating gnostic Path of Return. Then the personality provides a refuge for the Divine Atom. The personality will nourish and protect the fledgling spark of Light as it matures in its duty to purify the microcosm. Which is as it should be. 

Man was given a temporary body for the very special purpose of freeing the Divine nucleus within us. If we are not attending to that duty, then we have turned our Temple into a Tomb.

~ g

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