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Practical Truths Revealed in Esoteric Teachings - Supplementary Monograph 70
Practical Truths Revealed in Esoteric Teachings - Supplementary Monograph 70
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ROSICRU Cl AN ORDER
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Supplementary Monograph
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The subject matter of this monograph m ust be understood by the reader or student
of same, not to be the official Rosicrucian teachings. These monographs constitute a series
of supplementary studies provided by the Rosicrucian Order, AMORC, both to members
and nonmembers, because they are not the secret, private teachings of the Order.
The object of these supplementary monographs is to broaden the mind of the student by
presenting him with the writings, opinions, and dissertations of authorities in various fields
of human enterprise and endeavor. Therefore, it is quite probable that the reader will
note at times in these supplementary monographs statements made which are inconsistent
with the Rosicrucian teachings or viewpoint. But with the realization that they are mere
ly supplementary and that the Rosicrucian Organization is not endorsing or condoning
them, one must take them merely for their prim a facie value. Throughout the supple
m entary series the authors or translators of the subject will be given due credit whenever
we have knowledge of their identity.
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ANALYTICAL DISCUSSIONS
(Supplementary Lecture)
There is one feature of the inner experience of the soul along the
Mystic Way that we have but touched upon. It is the acutely personal
side of a relationship that constitutes the Divine Drama.
In this Divine Drama, the dramatis personae are two: God as the Logos
manifesting Himself in and thru the Higher Self, and--Y0U!
What the light has to show, this soul has not yet prepared itself to
see; for in his waking hours he must lead a life of preparation. Be
fore he is eligible even to the first act of the Divine Drama, he
must find the secret spring of the door which only he himself can
open.
What can we say of this Great Spirit in the Divine Drama Who descends
to share with you His Glory— He Who has prepared for you such wonders
that eye hath not seen nor yet ear heard?
He is God in His manifested, knowable aspect— not the unmanifest,
unknowable Universal Deity. In the Mysteries it is taught that God
became manifest, entered into matter, took on the limitations, became
the "Heavenly Man in whose Body all forms exist, of whose Body all
forms are a part." In the New Testament it is taught that He is the
Logos, "the Creator and Sustainer of this universe--the Logos Who
in Christianity was made flesh and dwelt among us."
"Go, go, my soul, stream out on the wind with this one . . .
Go, shout on the winds that the world is alive, that the Arisen One
controls It."
With startling suddenness the first act unfolds within your soul.
Simultaneously with the opening of the door comes the consciousness
of the Divine Presence spreading thru and permeating your being.
Suffused with unmistakable spiritual force, you are lifted Into a
rarer atmosphere which refreshes and renews your soul.
"And the sleeper wonders whatever the light would be at, but the
latter says nothing--only failed not to keep his self-made appointment
"Ah! beautiful one, ah! prince of love, so many times with thy •
fingers in vain touching my closed lids!
Now at last thy love pouring In upon me has found an entrance,
filling my body breaks the bounds of it, and bursts forth back again
into the regions whence thou earnest.
Ah!, prince of love, lord of heaven, most beautiful one, of thee
I am enamored and overcome with love;
Beholding thy beauty, hearing thy words thou sayest to me, being
touched with the nearness of thy breath and the divine odor which ex
hales from thee--being sick, constrained with love, rending the chains
which detain me--
Henceforth the long chain of births and deaths I abandon, I arise
and go forth with thee--to begin my real life."
The end of the drama brings the completion of the growth obtainable
on the earth plane.
The prophet Isaiah made this promise to the righteous:
Thruout literature the inspired words of those who have completed the
Divine Drama shine forth illuminating the way for those who have eyes
to see! What wonder that the soul of man, yearning for the unknown,
is led irresistibly onward and upward! Eager passsionate prayer, un
flinching courage in the acting of the part, daily waiting on God the
Logos in silence, aspiration in meditation, reverence— create the for
ward, progressive, evolutionary movement in the Divine Drama. He who
truly seeks with all his heart shall surely find. But in the sincere
search all the soul's forces are focused to the one point to be
achieved--cooperation with God’s will in the living of one's life.
This it is that leads to the identity in will and wisdom of wills
human and divine and brings forth a glorified humanity.
The Gift of Days
Not what has happened? We have momentarily withdrawn from the on-
rushing crowd of humanity to consider the meaning of life and its
goal. We have passed from material science into the realities of
Spirit and find there equally Law and Orderly Sequence. We have found
ground for supreme optimism and have found Incentive for living at
the top notch of endeavor— gloriously.
It has been necessary for many of us to leave home and search for
happiness thru the wide world. The experience has enlarged our total
vision, it has enlarged our understanding of the stranger without our
gate. Indeed, we have found that he is not a stranger at all, but our
brother. The experience has cleared our sight to see the bliie bird
dwelling in our own homes. We find ourselves inexpressibly enriched
from the journey; we thank God humbly that we were incited to start
out on our quest for the Holy Grail. For we have taken a tour thru
the Great Religions of the World and in _so doing we have arrived at
the simple, basic, literal truths of our own Bible I
Jesus the Christ came to save the world from sin, sorrow, sickness--
from all discord of the soul. He came to renew the import of spiritual
life, to accentuate things eternal. He came not to die in our stead--
how could he when each individual must work out his own salvation along
the lines that he himself laid down for us? It is unthinkable that
Deity to be propitiated requires a vicarious shedding of blood! He
came to enlighten us, to show us the next ascending steps in the on
ward march of the race--the way of peace and happiness. He lived and
died that the world might enter the path of spiritual truth and spirit
ual understanding. "Seek ye the kingdom of heaven which is within"
was among his paramount messages--a search which leads to an unfolding
of the Inner man leading to Cosmic Consciousness. This is the quest
that leads to the goal of earth-life--the conscious union of every
soul with its Divine Source--God.
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