The Cosmic Consciousness of Man and Woman tasted the idea
of non-Being, which brought about the appearance of the ego, or strictly
individual consciousness.
Before, even though the Cosmic Consciousness was composed of a great multitude of parcels, of Consciousnesses, none of them was perceiving himself. There was indeed a certain self-consciousness, but totally melted in the Consciousness of the Whole, and the Whole was perceiving Himself through His myriads of parcels.
Now, each Consciousness, reverberated through the mirror
of the idea of non-Being, perceived himself as a distinct entity, the "i
am" or ego, who appeared as an exteriorized reflection of the Consciousness,
confronted with the shadow of his own negation ("i am not" or non-ego), implied
by the fact that his birth, his appearance, was conditional upon the idea
of non-Being. On that basis, each "i am" perceived the other one as the "other",
the "i am not". Similarly in the Vertical plane, the Original Person was
not perceived anymore as our Ultimate Self, the Primordial Consciousness,
but as the great "Other". Such is the situation of the ego in the
four-squared
"existential square", of which two are white and two are black (the ideas
having colors in their own dimension), as follows:
| (1) Being (white) |
(2) non-Being (black) |
| i
am not (black) (4) |
i
am (white) (3) |
("Being" here means "Consciousness")
Finding himself confronted with his own negation, the ego experienced a four-fold
torment:
"i am" in front of "i am not": shame;
"i am not" threatens "i am": fear;
"i am" surrounded by "i am not": loneliness;
"i am, i am not, i am, i am not...": boredom.
Shame, fear, loneliness, boredom, which appear as black ideas, are the four primordial plagues, manifestations of the torment.
Striving to escape from this torment, the ego rebelled, affirmed himself.
This affirmation of ego, which appears as a red idea,
manifests itself in four evil ideas, also red, mothers of all those of the
same nature which will derive from them:
pride, to escape from shame;
violence, to escape from fear;
the affirmation of separated ego ("i am self-sufficient"), to escape from
loneliness;
desire (the egotistic desire, distinct from the pure desire which stems from
the Spirit), to escape from boredom.
As we were thus locked in the prison of negation and affirmation, the Son and Daughter sent us the Idea of Awakening, Expression of Their Spirit of Resolution, Spirit of Unity Which is Love.
The Idea of Awakening has the power to integrate us as ego to the Dimension of Unity, in the Horizontal plane, that of our Relationship between one another, and in the Vertical plane, that of our Relationship with the Original Person.
The Idea of Awakening, the Principle of Resolution, appears
as a green Idea. It opposes the four red, evil ideas by the four Virtues,
of green color:
in front of pride, It presents Humility
in front of violence, Gentleness
in front of the affirmation of separated ego,
Openness
in front of desire, Renunciation.
The four Virtues bring about four major Realizations, "Lights" or "Truths", ideas of white color, which lie at the basis of the Virtues.
By Humility, we realize that "we are all the same" and the initial plague of shame is resolved. This realization, in the Horizontal plane, is that of the fundamental Unity of the Cosmic Consciousness, summarized in the unique and primordial Consciousness, who had been multiplied; and in the Vertical plane, our real identity as parcel of God is realized.
By Gentleness, we realize that "The Peace of God surrounds us", and the initial plague of fear is resolved.
By Openness, we realize that "we are all together in His Unity", and the initial plague of loneliness is resolved.
By Renunciation, we realize that "Everything, here and now, is in Him and belongs to Him", and the initial plague of boredom is resolved.
Separated emanation of the Consciousness, the ego is born of the fecundation of the idea of non-Being (his "mother") by the Consciousness (his "father"). Therefore he is not, like the Consciousness, "Son of God", for he is born in and by separation, and his nature is contradictory. But since proceeding from Consciousness, he is of divine origin and must ultimately be integrated to Eternal Unity, become Son or Daughter of God, by incorporating the Principle of Awakening .
The seed of Awakening had been given to us, but it could not bear fruits as long as the universal ego was remaining in the mental dimension of Eden, beyond the physical plane. In this dimension, each one of us, even though identified with being a separate individual, was perceiving the ideas and mental movements of all, and thus everyone was blocked by his intimate perception of the other. We had to descend to the physical plane, to be identified with the material body, so that feeling "secured" by this envelope we would be able to "move" mentally, and therefore evolve towards Resolution.
We were thus projected into the physical plane, which we were previously only situated above without being identified with it; and eventually into a replica of the original Creation (which will remain intact till the final Awakening), and which is like a parallel universe: it is the world in which we are presently, the "world of exile".
This "world of exile" is of lower energy compared to that of the Original World, even though it is a reflection of it, moreover comprising very different laws: those of birth, decay, death, etc... These laws are characterized by a rigor totally foreign to the Original World where everything was only Joy, Knowledge, Eternity. This rigor expresses the separated state of man, which brings about that of the whole Creation, of which he is the Bearer and the Spirit.
In this world we evolve along a chain of successive incarnations, from the lowest levels of ignorance, affirmation of ego, materialism, to the loftiest spiritual state of loving dedication to the Supreme Person and His parts and parcels.
In His Work of Redemption, the Lord displays His deepest Qualities, and shares Relationships with His awakened parts and parcels on a deeper way even than originally, though it was already the absolute Perfection. Originally, we were naturally One with the Original Person; now that we have an ego, who "naturally " conceives himself as independent of Him, endowed with free will, our willing surrender and Participation in His Cause has a great value, and implies a unique dimension of Relationship. Originally Love is manifest through an unflinching sense of Unity; now that separation has been manifested, other expressions of Love can be displayed, such as forbearance, forgiveness...Originally, all share exactly the same Relationship with the Original Person; now, due to separation, different personalities are borne by the various egos, and each one experiences a unique relationship with Him. This is the transcendental nature: there is a constant increase in Bliss as in Knowledge, though each Step is completely full.
So the trial of separation taking place in the Eighth Step brings about an increase of manifestation of the Lord's Potency; and the Glory of the New Creation (the spiritual order displaying the Resolution) is even greater than the original one.
During the Work of Resolution, the great Human Family is divided in Cosmic Families of souls, who each achieve awakening under the guidance of an Anointed Shepherd, Age after Age. The Time of Cosmic Evolution, which takes place during one Second of the Step of Scorpio Above, is divided in twelve Ages, which unfold in the reverse order from that of the Twelve Steps, starting with Scorpio and ending with Sagittarius. At each Age the Lord manifests Himself, gives a particular Message on the mode corresponding to the spirit of the Age, and taking into account the fragmented condition of Man. Inside an Age, the Lord also gives various Messages emphasizing different angles of understanding of Himself. But all these Messages convey the same basic Truth and call Man to sacrifice his ego in pure Love for God and His parcels and find Him again. The Message of the Age of Aquarius, into which we are entering, is the Revelation of the Eternal Book, which simultaneously sums up and brings to light all the previous Revelations, and enables Man to fully know God, and thus love Him as He is and become a conscious participant in His Plan and Story. This is the end of all fragmentation and the beginning of the Messianic Age, which will culminate in the Age of Sagittarius.
At the end of the Age of Sagittarius, all of Mankind is awakened, the original Fresco of cosmic Harmony is reconstituted, and Man, now endowed with an ego, participant in Divine Unity, pronounces the Sentence of Resolution, which he himself embodies: "Everything, in the World Above as in the World Below, manifests the most complete Unity!". And this Sentence ascends to the Father and Mother Above, to usher in the Ninth Step (Sagittarius): this is the "Shooting of the Arrow of Sagittarius", by the "Centaur", Realized Man, Bearer and Witness of the Unity between the World Above and the World Below.