A HIGHER ASPECT OF CONTEMPLATION
: PART II
The tender and loving "Faces" or guises of the Divine
that the Unknown God chooses to take for our understanding touch us deeply, enticing and
pulling us gradually inwards behind the invisible veils of our psyche, to give us the
opportunity of bringing change and metamorphosis in our consciousness with a whole range
of pure and untapped energies. This is done to help us live life more intensely and
earnestly. Hence, ignorance and narrow-mindedness and bigotry gradually vanish from our
minds. These specific mystical experiences also bring about something different, something
indescribable but crucial and important. We could even go as far as to say that the whole
spiritual process is to help us reach a certain level, and this level is a
center within
ourselves and yet it is also beyond ourselves since this center is nowhere and everywhere
at the same time… What do we mean.
We are here, immersed in the heart of Omnipresence.
These hallowed "Faces" are symbolic images reflecting the Unknown God’s
Presence in us, they often vary and take different expressions according to different
religions. We could say, that they leave their imprints in our psyche, and through them
gradually we are shown our way back to the Center of God's Omnipresence. These
"Faces" or "Guises" are deeply personal infusing directly our soul
with the intimate qualities of God’s infinite Love and Wisdom. Consequently, through
this secret and sacred "Face to face" encounter, a hallowed merging occurs, a
union of man with God’s Image, which we can refer to as a "Veil". Usually
these divine "Faces" leave us with a strong impression that transform us for
ever. With these intimate contacts, we are rejuvenated and a new world appears in and
around us. Things start to look quite different from all angles and yet nothing really
changes from the exterior.
We are the ones that change because only consciousness can move
and change the energies in and around us. It is indeed consciousness that
harmonizes,
blends and transforms our perceptions. Man on all his planes of manifestations and in all
his different aspects, is made of pure energy. Hence the same law affects his intellect
and his emotions. In other words, it affects his ego self, and his individuality.
Different spiritual energies pour into our psyche all the time, but we remain unaware of
them until a direct mystical experience brings us "Face to face" with an aspect
of the Unknown God, which reveals and reflects in us our own angelic nature. This is
interesting since it shows us that unless we look into the mirror of our own purified
heart, we will never be sensitive and change into our own angelic essence.
A Pythagorean way of saying the same thing would be: it is only
after we cooperate in the purification process of our psyche that the muses pour upon us
their gifts. Yes, indeed, it is only afterwards, that we can receive these ineffable and
transcendent gifts. We should ponder on what this means, and consider that with each
Divine "Face" emerging from within the darkness of our own unconsciousness a new
level of consciousness appears in the light of our conscious mind. A new "Face"
manifests Itself within our heart. We are using the word "Face" to
emphasize the
fact that to understand something spiritual, man must project or receive an image, even if
this image reflects an abstract idea ... he must be moved and excited from within by what
he sees; be enthralled and aroused intellectually by it, so as to attract to himself and
learn to blend with one of the divine Faces.
What is meant by this statement is difficult to explain, since
each divine FACE represents a level of consciousness. Hence, for a mystic such an
experience means that his psyche is about to, or has blended already with one of the
Unknown God's, emanations. We could call the Unknown God, "the Clear Light",
"the Source", or use any expression or wording that expresses our own
understanding of this unknown PRESENCE within our own Center of being… we should allow
ourselves to be magnetically pulled in by the divine FACE that attracts our psyche. We are
openly saying here, that no man can perceive the Unknown God "face to Face"
simply because the God we are trying to describe is the: UNCREATED LIGHT - THE IMMACULATE
PRESENCE - OF PURE BEING.
There is a hidden Path opening up from within a disciple and this
Path belongs to his inner and divine Self. To unfold the path of initiation, and tread on
it consciously, the mystic must desire with all his heart to succeed in his Quest and
persevere until the end of the process. This means until the end of his incarnation...and
when the time comes and he is "ripe" to let the Divine Light appear in him, this
Energy will take the most appropriate Divine "Face" for him, to attract and
transform him with LOVE from within his being. To receive such divine gift, he must first
learn to let go and discard his old ego patterns, his old "faces" and models, so
as to be able to be reborn anew.
Indeed it is true to say that as personalities, we do change and
with those changes our traits change too. As we purify our psyche from the complicated
"stories" and "excuses" that we make up, we enter slowly into a
new-world, unveiling subtly a Divine "Face" - an appropriate one that
corresponds to our personal need of the moment. This Divine Face projects an imprint into
our own face like a hologram… and in this way our level of consciousness is affected by
these subtle energies and as a consequence of these delicate operations, our traits and
attitudes soften and mature. They become more beautiful, and therefore more attractive and
magnetic.
We also understand however, that there is an important spiritual
work going on within our psyche. These are subtle alchemical operations that must remain
sealed in the darkness of an inner "cocoon" for our own protection. If we are to
be called mystics or disciples, our first step on this path is to learn to OBSERVE
ourselves. Generally, man finds excuses to cover his own mistakes, faults, weaknesses.
This is disastrous to someone who wishes to call himself a mystic since it is only on that
level of spirituality that a disciple will learn to let go of his egotistic patterns and
experience what is meant "to vanish completely into the Center of God’s
OMNIPOTENCE, OMNIPRESENCE, and OMNISCIENCE".
This Center is the Center of PURE BEING and is also called the
UNCREATED LIGHT. Consequently, we understand that one must desire to climb the ladder of
Light within himself so as to reach higher levels of Consciousness. One does that guided by
the inspiration, impulses and gifts given to him through the HOLY SPIRIT.
We understand therefore, that before one is able to acquire the
appropriate level of consciousness which allows one to receive the inspiration and
guidance of the divine wisdom, one must first free oneself of all the chains and fetters
of the ego. One must be prepared to embrace the different emanations and qualities
embodied: the divine "Faces" of the uncreated God... This means that each Divine
Face embodies in Itself a divine EXPRESSION, and QUALITY, as each "Face"
purifies, and transforms the ego into a more refined expression. However, to reach the
center of the Uncreated Light one has to abandon at a certain point of his journey all the
divine Aspects letting go of everything including the most spiritual gift received by the
Holy Spirit. Hence by first embracing one by one all the divine qualities of the unknown
God, the disciple has at the end of his Quest to "return" them back to the
Source, to the Center of the Uncreated Light of BEING. From that level of Cosmic
Consciousness, he abandons them one by one releasing them into the Source. It is only
then, that the Center of the Uncreated God's Omnipresence in the disciple becomes active..
Ponder and contemplate on what is meant by this statement...
In the same context of what we just said, I would like to make a
point on the importance of spiritual psychology since the world of the
"observer" and the "observed" belong to it. Spiritual psychology teach
us to be Vigilant, Alert and Conscious of our own mistakes, faults, and weaknesses. We all
create around us a personal "STORY", meaning that we skillfully make up excuses
for our own shortcomings, accusing others, or blaming instead of looking objectively into
our own cynicism. We should understand that faults are in themselves distortions of
qualities. For example: compassion and love can turn out to become jalousie or hatred, but
what concerns us specially here is the fact that spiritual awakening cannot happen unless
we become conscious of our own patterns and have a strong need to change them.
The role that our IMAGINATION plays in the creation of spiritual
and sacred Ideas is very important. Through these ideas we create mental images and sacred
"Faces", giving form to the formless God. We could say that the role or mission
that our imagination takes for us is to make "visible" and
"understandable" different manifestations of unknown, uncreated, unmanifested
impulses
So, as we have said, before we can have an "idea" and
give meaning to what God is for us, even if the idea is an abstract one it will still
remain in a world of duality where God and us humans remain separate. Hence, we understand
by this statement that to approach the Unknown God or the Clear Light we have first to
recognize and be "penetrated" by His Divine "Face", in other words by
His Divine Emanations… His divine Qualities... and we receive these impulses only when
we are ready and well prepared. However, this process is indeed a life long spiritual
project that demands our entire dedication. This project comprises the purification of our
astral and mental bodies and a simplification of the way we live. That is why a wise
mystic knows that God is nearer to him than he is to himself… and therefore, God is a
better Judge of his personal needs…
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