Klaas-Jan BAKKER - AMORC

the blue-print may elude us. No experience is
wasted and our changing views are staging posts
along the way. Far from regretting the mistakes
we made in the past, we should accept that they
were probably necessary in order to have reached
our present state of awareness. The Scarab beetle
cannot emerge as a winged adult until it has
passed through its larval and pupation stages.
Neither can we evolve along the spiritual path
without going through the stages essential to our
nourishment and growth.
Sooner or later we will all emerge into
a world made radiant by our new sense of
awareness, carrying with us the seeds of future
transformations as the cycles of life turn again
and again. Now that will be something to think
about the next time you look at a mummy!
If the soul was to be transformed into a new being fit for entry to
the higher level of existence, it was obvious that at the very least,
the form of the body of the deceased had to be kept intact, and
mummification was the method used.
by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
All roads that lead to God are good;
What matters it, your faith or mine.
Both centre at the goal divine
Of Love’s eternal brotherhood.
The kindly life in house or street;
The life of prayer, the mystic rite;
The student’s search for truth and light
These paths at one great function meet.
What matters that one found his Christ
In rising sun or burning fire,
If faith within him did not tire
His longing for the truth sufficed.
A thousand creeds have come and gone;
But what is that to you or me
Creeds are but branches of a tree;
The root of love lives on and on.
Though branch by branch proves withered wood
The root is warm with precious wine:
Then keep your faith and leave me mine;
All roads that lead to God are good.
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The Rosicrucian Beacon -- December 2007