'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
-Lewis Carroll: Jabberwocky
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| Hans Georg Leiendecker |
And similarly, it will come to pass after death that there can be another dual existence, whereupon we are ‘awake’ and conscious, looking back into this world, and then for a period ‘sleeping’ and reaching into, and learning, in yet higher realms, and so forth.
This process, this passage of experience, truly nurtures and encourages the consciousness to grow in ways that living in a singular existence only could not.
It has been said that materialism is sclerosis of the soul i.e. that the focus on earthly life alone inters the mind, the consciousness; and the being who becomes so invested within only worldly parameters eventually finds that their thinking narrows, their consciousness thins, their social, moral and spiritual values are exchanged for investments in wealth and power.
Inevitably concerted efforts into wealth, for example, are not of themselves dangerous to the soul where there is attention and practice given to spiritual pursuits also, as well as a measure of benefaction.
The giver cannot do so merely as a shill but from true charity from the heart - for the heavens, and our own souls, will not be fooled.
Returning to materialism it is easy to see how inevitable it is for individuals to very quickly lose their sense of spiritual self and become entombed in the ideals of their own making.
One could say that the entrapments of the devil are very simple in this – and the hopeful who are excited with the glamour of lust's prospects all walk into an early grave.
For it is the spiritual worlds that sustain us – in every way.
Our journeys there during sleep truly provide the sustenance for our daily drive – the forces that motivate our limbs, and even that of our thinking, come from our gathering during the night when we are out and about our bodies.
The materialist however is often ‘earthbound’ to a great extent and could be mistaken as a ghoul or wraith in the neighbouring astral realm even whilst alive in the world.
For truly it is that what we focus upon we become and furthermore, who we focus upon (associate, assist, care for, pray for) broadens our own being and its reach.
Fundamentally selfishness in both rich and the poor is the cause of such misery (miser = misery) and in larger terms with broader reach the volatilities within countries and peoples are suffering generally because of this imbalance.
The New Jerusalem seeks to cohabit the souls of Community with the Heavenly perspective once again – bring into the world itself the forces required for its peoples to thrive.
And this is not reachable or achievable unless the hearts and hopes of men and women are once again enlightened and enlivened with the sweetness of true spiritual reward.
This: the experience of the greater expanses, the recognising of our beloved Christ within us, and our beloved Christ all about us, and the very simple truth understood that life itself is so much bigger than the temporal - as are we - gratefully, humbly, illumined for eternity.
