World Saviours
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Prophets
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True Priests |
Practical
mystics or occultists |
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These
touch and sense the divine plan; they are pledged to service, and the
salvation of humanity They
can, at will, rise into the
world of intuitive perception and values, and there ascertain the will of God
and a wide vision of the Plan They express varying
degrees of realisation They stretch all the
way from 1.
The man who seeks to reveal divinity in his
own life and his immediate small circle (through the changes and effects
wrought in his personal life), to 2.
Great Intuitives and world Saviours, such as
the Christ The former is usually motivated by an
‘intuitive crisis’ that gave him a new sense of values The latter can, at will, rise into the world of
intuitive perception and values, and there ascertain the will of God and a
wide vision of the Plan. Such great
Representatives of Deity have the freedom of ‘the They are unique in
their contacts There have been
relatively few of Them - as yet. |
These
touch the Plan at high intuitive moments
and know what the immediate future
holds I refer, not to Hebrew
‘prophets,’ but to all who see
clearly what should be done to lead humanity out of darkness into light
(beginning with the situation as it is and visualising a future of divine
consummation) They have a clear
picture in mind of what is possible, and the power to point it out to the
people of their time They range all the way
from: - 1.
Those who have a relatively clear vision of
the cosmic picture and objectives
to 2.
Those who simply see the next step ahead for the race or the nation. Isaiah and Ezekiel are
the only Hebrew prophets with true cosmic
vision The rest were
intelligent men who assessed future possibilities and indicated them; they
had no direct revealing intuition. John, the ‘beloved
disciple,’ was privileged to gain a cosmic
picture and prophetic vision, but he is the only one who so achieved He achieved because he loved so deeply, so wisely and so inclusively His intuition was
evoked through the depth and
intensity of his love (as it was in his Master, the Christ) |
The
true priest is friend and brother of all.
Because he loves deeply, wisdom is his They are priests by spiritual calling and not by choice Misunderstanding of
the real duties of a priest led all Churches (in both East and West) to their
disastrous authoritarian position The love of God, and
true spiritual incentive which recognises God as immanent in all nature, and
peculiarly expressing that divinity in man, is lacking in most of the
priesthood in all world religions Love is not (yet)
their guide, indicator and interpreter Hence the dogmatism of
the theologian, his ridiculous and profound assurances of correct
interpretation, and his frequent cruelty, cloaked by his claim of right
principles and good intentions But the ‘true priest’ does exist, and is found in all religions The
true priest is friend and brother of all.
Because he loves deeply, wisdom is his If he is of a mental type and training, his intuition is awakened and revelation is his reward Ponder on this The ‘true priest’ is rare and is not found only in the so-called "holy orders". |
These, by virtue of a disciplined life, ardent aspiration, and
trained intellect, have evoked the intuition They are, therefore, personally
in touch with the true source of divine wisdom This wisdom, it is their function to interpret and formulate into temporary systems of knowledge (in contemporary language) There are many such,
working patiently in the world, unrecognised and unsought by the unthinking Their need today is to
"assemble themselves" in this hour of the world need, and let their
voice be clearly heard These people are
resolving the sense of duality into a known unity, and their preoccupation with reality and their deep love of
humanity have released the intuition. When this release has
taken place, no barriers are felt, and true knowledge as a result of revealed
wisdom is the gift which such people have, to give to their race and time |