September  2013
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“Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect”

                                                                                                                                                               The gospel of the holy twelve. XXV-18

Dig Deeply into Christ!
 By St. John of the Cross
Though holy doctors have uncovered many mysteries and wonders, and devout souls have understood them in this earthly condition of ours, yet the greater part still remains to be unfolded by them, and even to be understood by them.
We must then dig deeply in Christ. He is like a rich mine with many pockets containing treasures: however deep we dig we will never find their end or their limit. Indeed, in every pocket new seams of fresh riches are discovered on all sides.
For this reason the apostle Paul said of Christ:  In him are hidden all the treasures of the wisdom and knowledge of God. The soul cannot enter into these treasures, nor attain them, unless it first crosses into and enters the thicket of suffering, enduring interior and exterior labors, and unless it first receives from God very many blessings in the intellect and in the senses, and has undergone long spiritual training.
All these are lesser things, disposing the soul for the lofty sanctuary of the knowledge of the mysteries of Christ: this is the highest wisdom attainable in this life.
Would that men might come at last to see that it is quite impossible to reach the thicket of the riches and wisdom of God except by first entering the thicket of much suffering, in such a way that the soul finds there its consolation and desire. The soul that longs for divine wisdom chooses first, and in truth, to enter the thicket of the cross.
Saint Paul therefore urges the Ephesians not to grow weary in the midst of tribulations, but to be steadfast and rooted and grounded in love, so that they may know with all the saints the breadth, the length, the height and the depth – to know what is beyond knowledge, the love of Christ, so as to be filled with all the fullness of God.
The gate that gives entry into these riches of his wisdom is the cross; because it is a narrow gate, while many seek the joys that can be gained through it, it is given to few to desire to pass through it.

Reports about the 17. International Meeting of the Rosicrucian Fellowship at Lindenhof, Germany-2013- Excerpts

The meeting began on Thursday the 8th August and ended on Sunday the 11th August. 19 participants from the USA, UK, France, Switzerland, Germany and Austria met at the Lindenhof in the Black Forest to attend lectures and workshops on the theme: "The divine essence hidden within". The meeting was very harmonious and inspiring in which the tranquility and beauty of the place and our common prayer had a large share. The next meeting will be held in the UK , organized by the Friends of the London Center.
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Under the theme, “The divine essence hidden within”, these four inspired lectures were delivered: Ways to know thyself, Keeping contact, The Devine Essence hidden within, What is Truth?
There were workshops after each lecture and participants made various contributions. They were lively and constructive. What run through all the lectures, was for all to “go inside” of ourselves for all solutions as our precepts too indicates.
Participants again had time to take walks in the woods (forest) for reflection and quiet contemplation. Our experiences at Lindenhof can be summed up by two words; “Peace and Fellowship” . Serving the Divine Essence hidden within which is the basis of Fellowship.
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The leisurely-paced schedule, arranged by our German and Austrian Rosicrucian Fellowship friends, included lecture/workshops titled: Ways to Know Thyself, Keeping Contact, The Homepage RCF, The Divine Essence Hidden Within, and What is Truth. A little in-house chapel provided just enough seating and a perfect atmosphere for the 7:30 a.m. morning service and for the evening concentration. After the last programmed event of each day, two guitar players -- from France and from Berlin jammed in an upstairs lounge.   This spontaneous  “ode-to-joy” attracted  those souls who did not want the day to end.
  
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New Age –Bible Interpretation-New Testament-Vol. V by Corinne Heline-Excerpts :

The mystic Sunrise Rite

The Rite of the Resurrection is the rite of the impersonal life. In the experiences of the mystic death the disciple becomes aware of the illusions of matter and the limitations of finite life.
The Resurrection consciousness brings the realization of the oneness of all life with God. The stone of separation has been rolled away. Henceforth one who has passed into this sublime experience knows that no ill can affect a part without hurting the
whole, and that no good can come to the one without at the same time benefiting all.
One who comes to know the glory of the Resurrection can never again wound or kill even-his younger brothers of the animal kingdom, for they, too, are living expressions of the same divine life that lives and moves and has its being in man. In the Resurrection consciousness the passion of the unregenerate desire body is transformed into the compassion  of the all-embracing spirit. The newly awakened is bathed in the golden refulgence of the risen Christ and becomes one with Him in the realization that death has been merged into the victory of eternal life.
Meditation upon the transcendent experience of the Resurrection Rite brings a deeper understanding of and reverence for the inner significance of that salutation with which the esoteric Christians  greeted each other in the early radiance of the mystic Easter Dawn, in the light of their own illumination: "The Christ is our Light."
In later years the night of Holy Saturday and the morning of Easter Sunday were times of Initiation for those advanced souls whose life and works are mentioned in the Gospels. And there must have been many others not so mentioned for in the words
of John's  Gospel,-"many other signs therefore did Jesus in the presence of the disciples which are not written in this book."
Still later, St. Gregory wrote a beautiful hymn describing the Holy Mary’s  dedication at the mystic sunrise, and early legends declare that it was to her that the risen Master made His first appearance.
Matthew records the appearance of the Angel of the Lord (law) to the two Marys. Mary represents the formative or mother principle  in nature, and as the Holy virgin  is adored
as the mother of God by one of Christendom's  largest religious bodies. Universal Essence manifests as spirit and matter, the two poles of Being.
From the time that God as Spirit, the positive masculine aspect, externalized Himself in nature or matter, the negative or feminine pole, the purpose of spiritual evolution
has been to sublimate or redeem that manifestation, or the  externalized "fallen" feminine. The Holy Mary is personalized expression of this uplifted principle.
One of the outstanding features of the new Age reading of the Bible is the universality of its appeal. To every aspirant in whom the Christ within is resurrected, the same Angel of the Lord (law) is waiting to proclaim the glorious tidings: "He is not here, for he is risen."
After the resurrection into the new life and consciousness of the spirit comes the meeting face to face. This is that most holy time of which Paul sings: "No longer through a glass
darkly,  but face to face."

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  The Donkey - A fairytale by the Brothers Grimm 
Once on a time there lived a King and a Queen, who were rich, and had everything they wanted, but no children. The Queen lamented over this day and night, and said, "I am like a field on which nothing grows." At last God gave her her wish, but when the child came into the world, it did not look like a human child, but was a little donkey. When the mother saw that, her lamentations and outcries began in real earnest; she said she would far rather have had no child at all than have a donkey, and that they were to throw it into the water that the fishes might devour it. But the King said, "No, since God has sent him he shall be my son and heir, and after my death sit on the royal throne, and wear the kingly crown." The donkey, therefore, was brought up and grew bigger, and his ears grew up beautifully high and straight. He was, however, of a merry disposition, jumped about, played and had especial pleasure in music, so that he went to a celebrated musician and said, "Teach me thine art, that I may play the lute as well as thou dost." - "Ah, dear little master," answered the musician, "that would come very hard to you, your fingers are certainly not suited to it, and are far too big. I am afraid the strings would not last." No excuses were of any use. The donkey was determined to play the lute; he was persevering and industrious, and at last learnt to do it as well as the master himself. The young lordling once went out walking full of thought and came to a well, he looked into it and in the mirror-clear water saw his donkey's form. He was so distressed about it, that he went out into the wide world and only took with him one faithful companion. They travelled up and down, and at last they came into a kingdom where an old King reigned who had an only but wonderfully beautiful daughter. The donkey said, "Here we will stay," knocked at the gate, and cried, "A guest is without open, that he may enter." As, however, the gate was not opened, he sat down, took his lute and played it in the most delightful manner with his two fore-feet. Then the door-keeper opened his eyes most wonderfully wide, and ran to the King and said, "Outside by the gate sits a young donkey which plays the lute as well as an experienced master!" - "Then let the musician come to me," said the King. When, however, a donkey came in, every one began to laugh at the lute-player. And now the donkey was asked to sit down and eat with the servants. He, however, was unwilling, and said, "I am no common stable-ass, I am a noble one." Then they said, "If that is what thou art, seat thyself with the men of war." - "No," said he, "I will sit by the King." The King smiled, and said good-humouredly, "Yes, it shall be as thou wilt, little ass, come here to me." Then he asked, "Little ass, how does my daughter please thee?" The donkey turned his head towards her, looked at her, nodded and said, "I like her above measure, I have never yet seen anyone so beautiful as she is." - "Well, then, thou shalt sit next her too," said the King. "That is exactly what I wish," said the donkey, and he placed himself by her side, ate and drank, and knew how to behave himself daintily and cleanly. When the noble beast had stayed a long time at the King's court, he thought, "What good does all this do me, I shall still have to go home again?" let his head hang sadly, and went to the King and asked for his dismissal. But the King had grown fond of him, and said, "Little ass, what ails thee? Thou lookest as sour as a jug of vinegar, I will give thee what thou wantest. Dost thou want gold?" - "No," said the donkey, and shook his head. "Dost thou want jewels and rich dress?" - "No." - "Dost thou wish for half my kingdom?" - "Indeed, no." Then said the King, if I did but know what would make thee content. Wilt thou have my pretty daughter to wife?" - "Ah, yes," said the ass, "I should indeed like her," and all at once he became quite merry and full of happiness, for that was exactly what he was wishing for. So a great and splendid wedding was held. In the evening, when the bride and bridegroom were led into their bed-room, the King wanted to know if the ass would behave well, and ordered a servant to hide himself there. When they were both within, the bridegroom bolted the door, looked around, and as he believed that they were quite alone, he suddenly threw off his ass's skin, and stood there in the form of a handsome royal youth. "Now," said he, "thou seest who I am, and seest also that I am not unworthy of thee." Then the bride was glad, and kissed him, and loved him dearly. When morning came, he jumped up, put his animal's skin on again, and no one could have guessed what kind of a form was hidden beneath it. Soon came the old King, "Ah," cried he, "is the little ass merry? But surely thou art sad?" said he to his daughter, "that thou hast not got a proper man for thy husband?" - "Oh, no, dear father, I love him as well as if he were the handsomest in the world, and I will keep him as long as I live." The King was surprised, but the servant who had concealed himself came and revealed everything to him. The King said, "That cannot be true." - "Then watch yourself the next night, and you will see it with your own eyes; and hark you, lord King, if you were to take his skin away and throw it in the fire, he would be forced to show himself in his true shape." - "Thy advice is good," said the King, and at night when they were asleep, he stole in, and when he got to the bed he saw by the light of the moon a noble-looking youth lying there, and the skin lay stretched on the ground. So he took it away, and had a great fire lighted outside, and threw the skin into it, and remained by it himself until it was all burnt to ashes. As, however, he was anxious to know how the robbed man would behave himself, he stayed awake the whole night and watched. When the youth had slept his sleep out, he got up by the first light of morning, and wanted to put on the ass's skin, but it was not to be found. On this he was alarmed, and, full of grief and anxiety, said, "Now I shall have to contrive to escape." But when he went out, there stood the King, who said, "My son, whither away in such haste? what hast thou in mind? Stay here, thou art such a handsome man, thou shalt not go away from me. I will now give thee half my kingdom, and after my death thou shalt have the whole of it." - "Then I hope that what begins so well may end well, and I will stay with you," said the youth. And the old man gave him half the kingdom, and in a year's time, when he died, the youth had the whole, and after the death of his father he had another kingdom as well, and lived in all magnificence.

Thoughts

"If you don't find God in the next person you meet, it is a waste of time looking for him further."
                                                                                                        Mahatma Gandhi

"A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."
                                                                                                                 Albert Einstein                                                                                                                                                                                                       

This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet.
                                                                                                    Maulana Rumi

Aquarian art
I Burst Into Laughter
I burst into laughter
whenever I hear
that the fish is thirsty in water.

Without the knowledge of Self
people just wander to Mathura or to Kashi
like the musk-deer unaware
of the scent in his navel,
goes on running forest to forest.

In water is the lotus plant
and the plant bears flowers
and on the flowers are the bees buzzing.
Likewise all yogis and mendicants
and all those who have renounced comforts,
are on here and hereafter and the nether world -
contemplating.

Friend, the Supreme Indestructible Being,
on whom thousands of sages meditate
and even Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh,
really resides within one's self.

Though He is near, He appears far away -
and that is what makes one disturbed; 
says Kabir, listen, O wise one,
by Guru alone is the confusion curbed.
                                                                   Kabir

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