Klaas-Jan BAKKER - AMORC

y James Lawrence, FRC
“The wind may blow
and then cease, and
the sea shall swell
and then weary; but
the heart of life is a
sphere, strong and
serene, and the star
that shines therein is
fixed for evermore.”
-- Kahlil Gibran
ost people go through life
without ever experiencing a true
mystical union with their god. And
this is despite that fact that some
of them are the most wonderful,
spiritually motivated people we could meet…,
involved with humanitarian charities and doing
works of good and personal sacrifice every day.
The so-called “mystical experience”
where the interconnectedness and universality
of everything is suddenly and graphically
revealed in a single, brief period, changes one’s
life profoundly and leads to an understanding
of the inner meaning and perfection that exists in
life…, a perfection and refinement that is inherent
in everyone and everything, yet is so seldom
perceived. But even if we are not privileged to
have this experience of how things are at their
deepest levels, we can still train ourselves to
deepen our ordinary vision, and thereby lay the
groundwork for the momentous moment when
that experience finally occurs.
Take any sight…, an unfolding rose, a
majestic tree, a deep blue sky, a golden sunset
or the sea with gulls lazily circling, and now
concentrate intently on the sight. Almost certainly
The Rosicrucian Beacon -- December 2007
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