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of spiritual things as the one and only reality. Thus
the substance in which the Jesus man is born in us
must be spiritual in its character.
Herod means hero-like. He represents the ruling
power in the outer consciousness, which seeks to kill
the new state of mind developing within, which will
eventually supercede him. He is now in command
of the temporal government,-and sense consciousness
is his stronghold. But he cannot stop the growth of
the new life within if we are obedient to the Spirit,
and, like Joseph, watch for the guidance of the Lord.
The wise men from the East who came to visit
Jerusalem are the stored-up resources of the soul,
which rise to the surface when its depths are stirred
up by a great spiritual revelation. East always
means the within in Scripture symbology..
The star which pointed the way for these wise
men was also in the East, and it is that inner conviction
of our Divine sonship. This is developed in
some people so strongly that they actually see it
reflected in the atmosphere, and, like Napoleon,'they
believe that a destiny is theirs that cannot be defeated
or swerved aside so long as this star is in its ascendency.
This inner conviction of our capacity to
accomplish whatever we undertake calls forth the
very best in us, and we succeed where others of equal
ability fail. The stored-up wisdom and experience
of the soul rejoices when this faith in one's destiny
to do the will of God begins to rise within, and all
the riches of wise experience, such as gifts of gold,
frankincense and myrrh are bestowed upon the young
child. These gifts represent the subconscious reserve
forces of the organism which enter into and from the
new body of Jesus.
When in the silence and in dreams we see a little
child, we may know that the Jesus body has begun
to form in the subconsciousness. Then we should
be careful and not let the subtle desires of sense rob
the young child of its vitality, and thus kill it out of
consciousness. The young child must be cared for
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