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Echoes of
Apostasy
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Far away there
is someone
walking. In one
hand a lit
candle and in
the other a
magnifying
glass. A long
beard because
there was no
time to trim it,
clothes smelling
of dust, because
he comes from
far. Tired,
aching feet,
knees paining,
however, he goes
on walking.
Where does he
come from? Where
does he want to
go? He comes
from far
searching for
his maturity. He
works like the
wise men that
leave behind
their indolence,
misdeeds, and
the nails driven
into crosses,
which he raised
with people on
it. This is the
man that is
looking for, who
seeks his
meaning, his
beneficent
peace. Such men
are rare. They
almost never
appear to drink
the mug of water
that the good
old man keeps in
his vat by the
roadside. Almost
always men
prefer cliffs.
They represent
the rebellion of
Adam and insist
in eating the
fruit of the
good and evil
knowledge even
though they know
that evil is not
God’s creation,
but their own,
poor keepers of
their chimeras.
And here comes
our man
with the
candle and
the
magnifying
glass. Behind
him stay
the
thousands
of men unclean
by their
constant vices,
and which
are renewed
every
day. And
why?
Why are
they not aware,
still in this
world where
lights glow, of
their immortal
divinity?
It is
about this
subject that we
intend to focus
this short
essay. And we
are going to
begin it by
mentioning the
question 115 of
the Book of
Spirits,
when Allan
Kardec asks if
at Creation,
some Spirits
were created
good and others,
evil. He got the
following
answer:
"God
created
all
Spirits, simple
and ignorant,
i.e. with no
knowledge.
He gave each
one
of them
a mission,
with the purpose
of clarifying
them and
gradually
guiding them to
perfection by
the knowledge of
the truth and to
bring them to
Him…” It is an
answer that
already places
us as the man
with the lit
candle and
magnifying
glass. And with
the long beard
and smelling of
the road dust,
since these
details inform
us that we are
coming from very
far away, in
time and space.
The wise man
does not feed
his desires
We all come from
God. We are all
on the returning
path that takes
us back to Him.
From the famous
book Tao Te
Ching, paragraph
64, we copy:
"The wise man
does not feed
his desires, he
does not
maintain what is
difficult to
achieve, learns
not to learn,
leaves behind
the crowd’s
practices, and
he works with
the nature of
men, but does
not act on it.
And why are
these creatures
wise? Let us try
and analyze this
statement: the
crowd is almost
always guided by
late passions,
which induce us
to emotional
practices not
well decoded and
which make us
impulsive
elements acting
through
instincts, which
we bring from
the past. Hence,
when one
self-determines
a change to
become aware of
its fullness,
the instinct
phase needs to
be stored and
used only on the
modes of the
initial motor
and sensory
coordination.
The one that
seeks for wisdom
is leaving
behind a time of
insecurity,
uncertainty, far
from the truth
that enlightens
and comforts.
And he goes on:
"the wise man
works with the
nature of men,
but does not act
on it”. Yes, we
are human and we
need this
coexistence as
established in
the question 766
of The Book
of Spirits,
which teaches us
that God created
us to live in
society. But
this society is
classified as
the great
multitude that
is still far
from the one
that Jesus
announced as the
true one. Hence,
obeying the
rules of free
will, it is not
for anyone to
interfere in
private issues,
which do not
belong to him. I
imagine a wise
man walking on
the top of a
mountain, and
those, who wish
to follow him,
in a multitude
down the valley,
fighting for a
piece of this,
or that, or
whatever,
according to
their futile
wishes. “When
someone is
afraid to govern
in the same way
he is afraid of
his body, then
we can trust him
the world to
govern”, as per
Tao Te Ching,
now in paragraph
13.
How to leave the
valley and walk
to the top?
This is the body
that spreads
into multiple
dimensions, from
the somatic to
the social,
national,
continental and
planetary. Here
on this planet
few can see the
bodies of the
spiritual
dimensions.
Surely the
author of that
book was
referring to the
material bodies,
which so
powerfully
imprison us to
this world.
Today we know
that the wave is
a particle and
the particle is
a wave.
Electrons
revolve around
the nucleus of
an atom while
circulating free
through space as
waves or
particles. In
the first case
they contribute
to the formation
of molecules,
substances,
systems and
bodies. But at
some point, they
return to the
original powder
and are free
electrons. Amit
Goswami, Ph.D.
in Quantum
Physics says in
his book on the
Self-conscious
Universe:
"... if I had
known this, I
would have not
gotten myself
into Quantum
Physics!"
Huberto Rohden,
a Brazilian
philosopher, in
his book:
Einstein - The
Enigma of the
Universe,
tells us on page
86: "The more a
man approaches
God he becomes
quieter, more
anonymous, more
amorphous, and
more colorless".
This may be the
wise man with
the lit candle
and the
magnifying
glass, walking
because he comes
from far away
and does not
care about his
body, and
because of this
he is a good
governor of his
own steps. "Our
empirical ego
only knows the
relative facts
in the illusory
mirror of time
and space – It
knows nothing
about the True
Reality,
continues Rohden.
This is the man
that is in the
valley in search
of his ephemeral
territories.
Following, he
says: “Our
cosmic I is
aware of that
Reality and
savors it, but
cannot think, or
say it”.
This is the wise
man, who with a
lit candle, is
in search of his
heart from the
intimacy with
Nature, rich in
lessons.
Then we ask: how
do we leave the
valley and walk
to the top?
There is a
determination, a
will between
them. Both must
be carried by
the Spirit who
is tired of
being valley,
and therefore
walks and acts
like the wise
man, and seeks
for other more
mature men, who
are more distant
from the
beginning point
and closer to
the true light.
There are three
Suns in the
world
The neon light
delights, but it
is a light of
the night, for
the caves,
brothels, and
exciting games
that numb the
conscience.
There are three
Suns in the
world. The first
one appeared on
the first day of
Creation: the
Christ. The
second Sun
appeared on the
sixth day as a
bright star, and
the third one is
asleep inside
the heart of the
overwhelming
majority of men,
who walk by
other men, with
no candles,
magnifying
glasses, and
with brocade and
sequins adorning
their poor,
mortal bodies.
Their lips show
the sensuality
that invites the
banned sex for
sex. Their eyes
show greed, and
in their hands
are the claws
that purify. And
let us ask
Einstein to help
us. In one of
his lapidary
sentences, he
says: "The
knowledge of the
mechanism is not
logical and
intellectual –
it is a sudden
enlightenment,
almost an
ecstasy. Then,
of course, the
intelligence
analyzes and the
experience
confirms the
intuition. In
addition there
is a connection
to the
imagination."
Now we can begin
to understand
why the candle
and the
magnifier, the
neglect of the
body and the
dust that
accumulates
during the
walking, since
it is only dust,
powder! The wise
man is not built
when the Sun
sets on one day
to return on the
following day.
The wise man is
built over the
centuries, from
severe
questioning,
persistence and
loyalty to
himself. And
this is
consistently the
path of all of
us, because it
is traced by
God, as Tao of
the Liberation
proposed by Mark
Hathaway, and
Leonardo Boff in
a book with the
same name. And
they tell us in
chapter one: "If
we avoid a deep
transformation
we may fall into
a future full of
misery, poverty
and ecological
degradation. But
we can awaken to
the urgency and
to the radical
nature of the
needed changes
and search for
the Tao of
Liberation. If
we choose this
second
alternative,
then we have an
opportunity to
awaken the
collective
spirituality of
mankind". And we
can replace the
name Tao of
Liberation by
Path of
Liberation, as
this is the
sense of the
proposal.
To evangelize
oneself: what
does it mean?
It is simple,
common men. Wise
men, who wear
the pilgrim's
tunic, here are
the options, the
metamorphic
frames, and the
principles of
survival and of
ambivalence.
With which one
shall we stay?
There are the
echoes of
apostasy
(1)
that
call us,
inviting us.
There is an
expanding
Universe, and
there are
symmetrical and
asymmetrical
worlds that
attract us even
without us
noticing it.
There is a new
cycle, which
will gradually
be deployed on
Earth. Am I a
spectator or an
actor? Good and
necessary
question. The
consolidated
wise men have
already left us
their blessed
lessons. The
outcasts remain
on the sidelines
and the
mandarins and
scribes write,
write, talk,
talk and say
little. Legal
performers walk
slowly in a time
that goes by
fast. The
governors hardly
know how to rule
their own body.
There is a basic
fundament: to
evangelize
oneself.
But what is
this? Is it to
be religious, a
priest, a
ritualistic, or
a cultivator of
idols? Almost
always we make
this connection
when we talk
about
evangelizing.
They are the
fools
unaccustomed to
Jesus’ dynamics.
This is
characterized
for many
centuries after
the epic period
of the first
followers of the
Master. Those
yes, knew what
were the deep,
sublime and
comforting
lessons, and an
indicative that
they came from
Palestine under
the mantle of
humility and
charity, showing
us that only
with these
criteria could
one become
initiated in the
necessary
changes to
spiritual
progress. Earth
is a great
workshop of work
and evolution
from its core to
the higher
spheres where
the direct
assistants of
Christ work. It
is part of a
planetary
system, the
center of which
is the Sun that
keeps the order
and the dynamics
of this set of
actions,
carrying with it
billions of
Spirits in
search of
perfection.
Therefore, to
seek the
teachings of
Jesus is to
qualify to enter
the higher
realms of
consciousness by
understanding
the laws that
govern the
Universe.
Does the Spirit
reincarnate
forever?
Let us recall
here what John
wrote down in
chapter eight,
verse twelve of
his Gospel: "And
Jesus said I am
the light of the
world. Whoever
does not follow
me will not walk
in darkness, but
shall have the
light of life".
Thinking about
these words
takes us far
back to the
beginning, when
the Earth was
formed. Emmanuel
in his book
The Path of
Light tells
us of Jesus from
the beginning,
controlling the
telluric forces
shaping the orb,
forming its
soil, raising
mountains,
creating lakes,
seas and oceans.
Under His strict
and wise baton
the world was
taking shape
leaving the
abyss of the
start to the
beauty of the
cosmos organized
and shown in the
grass, trees,
valleys, slopes,
peaks, flowers,
fruit... So how
can we
understand the
Gospel as a
concept of
ritualistic
rules that
resemble the
sacrifices
offered to God
from immemorial
time and further
from the time of
the Tabernacle
and the Temple
of Solomon?
We lack a bolder
knowledge about
the lessons of
Jesus. We need
to understand
them and comply
with them, not
for the glory of
others but for
our own glory in
the assemblage
of process
values that
enable us to
move beyond,
leaving the
jokes, the
dungeons and
illusions of the
past. We are
incarnate in
pursuance of a
determination of
our evolutionary
process. In
question 168 of
The Book of
Spirits,
Allan Kardec
asks: "Is the
number of
physical
existences
limited or does
the Spirit
reincarnate
continuously and
forever?" "With
each new
existence the
Spirit takes a
step on the path
of progress;
when stripped of
all impurities,
it no longer
needs to live a
bodily life".
This is the
answer of the
Spirits. This
answer comforts
us and gives us
the premise of a
gradual
perfection that
we reach. Then,
if anyone is
progressing
towards
perfection, it
is clear that he
needs to
understand the
Laws and
regulations that
govern the
fields of
perfection.
Here is an old
invitation: to
approach God.
Here is the need
to study,
understand and
follow the
Gospel of Jesus,
which represents
His knowledge,
His truth, His
will, and the
purpose of
those, who God
has placed under
His protection
on this planet.
Approach God!
How many over
the millennia
and centuries
have made us
this invitation,
which stayed in
apostasy, but
re-emerges as
echoes of the
Father in search
of His beloved
children, many
of them still
lost in the
valleys of evil,
especially
regarding
themselves.
"Everything in
the world has a
source, that
source is the
'supreme
mother'. To know
the mother is to
know the child.
Who knows the
child goes back
to the mother.
No longer will
he be in danger.
"To which son
does the author
of the Tao Te
Ching refers in
its paragraph
57? Certainly,
he refers to
Jesus, the
Planetarium
Christ. All the
Old Testament
prophets, in
their psychic
visions,
recorded the
calls of the
spiritual planes
to man, still
linked to
matter, seeking
for something
beyond, seeking
for Malkuta, as
they said. And
what is Malkuta?
Simple: it is
The Kingdom of
Heaven. It turns
out that Malkuta
is in us as a
tiny seed that
needs to grow.
"Stand up on
your feet! Get
up and shine,
for thy light
has come, and
the glory of
Yahweh shines on
you". (Isaiah
60-1). "Wake
up, you that
sleep, and rise
from the dead,
and Christ will
shine on you".
(Paul to the
Ephesians 5-14).
"If ye oppress
not the
stranger, and
the fatherless,
and the widow,
and shed not
innocent blood
in this place,
neither walk
after other gods
to your own
hurt, I will
make you dwell
in this place,
in the land that
I gave to your
fathers since
the old times
and forever".
(Jeremiah 7:
6-7).
"Repent, and
turn away your
faces from all
your
abominations."
(Ezekiel
14:6). And
Zarathustra
warns us since
ancient Persia
in the
mid-century BC:
"He who says an
unjust word can
trick his
similar, but
shall not
deceive God."
Happiness is a
state of
consciousness
How many
messages that
came from the
spiritual planes
are forgotten
among us! The
prophets began
their preaching
nearly a
thousand years
before Jesus and
since then
sought to
involve us in a
better time,
without wars,
conflicts and
deaths.
Here is this
reflection, here
we leave those
memories to
return to our
conscious
because, surely,
we were all
invited earlier
to walk the
righteous path
of the Divine
and Universal
Laws, but we
prefer to create
our own and we
are fully
faithful to them
until the day of
pain. But we do
not need more of
the atonement
pain.
Allan Kardec in
his book
Heaven and Hell
tells us of
repentance,
atonement and
reparation of
mistakes we did.
Failure to make
these
recommendations
is what has
caused many
social and
psychological
disorders in
individuals of
this time. Let
us always
remember that we
are children
created and
blessed by God
and not outcasts
on the fringes
of glorious
civilizations
living in happy
orbs. It may
also be because
happiness is a
conquered state
of
consciousness.
Let us raise so
and take action.
There is much to
do, learn, grow
and live. Matter
and the goods it
produces will
become dust that
will produce
other goods.
Power and greed
will be reversed
in the power of
co-creating with
God, according
to the divine
purpose so that
we may reach the
divinity that is
latent in us.
Sensuality is
transformed into
virtuous
creating mutual
benefits. Vices
will disappear
and the
different habits
will lead us to
the Sanctuary we
all have in us
as a place where
God stays. Wars,
dissensions,
wane and crumbs
will not survive
the man himself,
hero of the
future. And as
the German
philosopher
Hegel stated:
"In himself -
out of himself,
and the return
to himself".
And, at each
return he brings
the blessed cup
full of new
blessings and
achievements.
And who knows,
it is not the
man with a long
beard, clothes
smelling of dust
and holding a
lit candle and a
magnifying
glass?
(1) Apostasy
means separation
or desertion of
the constituted
body (of an
institution, a
party, a
corporation) to
which it
belonged;
abandonment of
faith in a
church,
especially a
Christian;
abandonment of
the religious or
priestly state.
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