Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

THE SPIRITUAL BmTH.
ST. JOHN Ill. 5-8.
BY T. A. WILLISTON.
The highest· attainments which, up to the present stage of
the world's unfoldment, man has been able to reach, anu at the
tame time retain his physical body, is that which was possessed by
.Jesus the Master of Nazareth, and which be expressed in the
words, " I and my Father are one." The necessity of having to
undergo very many states of embodiment in matter has separated
man, the sou, from this exalteJ state of united consciousness with
the divine Father-Mother, the creator and preserver of all
things. The purpose of these embodiments is to individualiae
the ego. This individualization makes it pcM~Sible for him to
gain, through personal contact, an understanding of law and
ru~t.hod, which is the only education which imparts to him the
ability to govern in the exalted spiritual sphere which his hea·it.:age
as a son of God entitles him to expect, and into which he
will enter when he has gained the necessary power. This was
the purpo11e of his creation, and, sooner or later, he will attain it.
The condition of JlOIISellsing u consciousness united with God,
while it bas, up to the cln~~e of the p&llt tlyde, marked the limit.
o£ aoan's earthly prngress, tlid not ultimate the pos11ibilities of
the ego; and althuugh of nece11sity the ability to gather mind
powea· WIUI limi~, in compaa·i11o11 to the present mental states
that gmwtb and more m'ature age have gathered around our
earth, yet, doubtle~, many of the ex:llt4ttl sages of the past
wea·e able to p&.lls on to higher realms uf 11pirit, and thet·e gain
that whil!h was implll;sible fnr them to reach while in the flesh.
Others will retlll'n whenever tlonditions are eMtabli11bed permitting
such highly tlevelopetl Stmls to find physical bodies
aufficiently ~rfect foa· them to inhabit, and surroundings suftl.
cient.ly spil'ittU\l in whida tu live.
The race now born will ultimate the intention of God when
bt~ created man (Gen. 1. 27, 28), which was to produce a body
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