THE GREAT PLAY
A series of forewarnings regarding
the shadow of coming events
Introduction
Impelled by the gravity of our present time and also its great spiritual opportunity, and desiring to help mankind to the very best of our ability, we wish to reveal some urgent and pressing facts that we would beseech all true hearts to seriously consider sharing with as many intelligent and open-minded people as possible in a way that may be comprehended without causing alarm.
We are here concerned with completely bypassing the veils of appearances which, in this, our illusioned existence, serve to hide the reality of things from our eyes. The following disclosures are intended as both a helping guide and a warning for everyone who, upon recognising the signs of the times, in repentance and inner spiritual maturity, wishes to take account of their responsibility toward Christ* and suffering humanity.
* There are two Divine Plans: the Divine Plan of Evolution and the Divine Plan of Salvation. The latter Plan assists all life within the fallen, undivine world. This Redemption Plan is lovingly furthered by the voluntary members of a great Body of Liberated Souls who have been called the Christ-Hierarchy.
The full weight of the motives that induce us to present these revelations lies in the absolute necessity of voicing an urgent admonition with regard to the now imminent and inevitable onslaught to which mankind's blind course of life has led, and of unprecedented events in the near future that are inseparably connected herewith and which pose a challenge as well as a spiritual test of utmost importance for the whole of humanity.
By this appeal, it is our prayer that many may be saved from the fatal grip of the unfolding great delusion perpetrated by the hierarchy of the reflection sphere*, and that more individuals may see the light in good time and so make a timely embarkation upon the Path of Liberation. May the harvest be greater than before. . .
* There are two spheres or fields within the fallen, dualistic universe. The material sphere is the region in which we live as physical beings. The reflection sphere is the region in which, among other things, the process between physical death and reincarnation ensues. Therefore, the reflection sphere is the temporary abode of the 'dead'.
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For a growing number amongst humanity, something of the New Christine Kingdom is today becoming a reality. A very small percentage of the human population have already been led to the borders of the Promised Land; the preparatory wandering through the desert of so many lifetimes is almost a thing of the past, and some are now awakening the proper consciousness for their imminent entry into the Ark of Christ, which is today preparing for its long-prophesied voyage into the New World. It has become an urgent necessity, therefore, to inform as many receptive people as possible about a number of correlative phenomena that are arising in the world today. If we are not informed about these matters and do not have a clear insight into what is behind very many unfolding and forthcoming events, we shall doubtlessly be misled. With the best of intentions, we shall turn into ways leading away from the True Path, and become entirely lost for the harvest.
In order to be able to correctly understand the psychological background of the coming events, it should be borne in mind that all entities in the dualistic world, by virtue of their state of birth, are bent on self-maintenance and self-protection. Apart from this pattern being in complete accordance with the fallen universe, it is also a natural 'duty', a natural impulse or instinct that makes it absolutely impossible for fallen souls to act otherwise. Whoever identifies with the I-state, whoever is bound to the I-state of birth according to fallen existence will, of necessity and from this very I-centred disposition, consider as an enemy, or at least as a danger, anyone who wants to dissolve this fallen state or to be liberated from it.
Since mankind is born according to the laws of the fallen world and is essentially one with the dualistic universe, it is clear that when Gnostically-inclined persons are turning themelves in the direction of the divine Kingdom, they undermine the foundations of duality to which they are tied, thus disorganising and weakening it. Hence, no sooner has the sincere aspirant entered upon the True Path of Return than the aeons*, with all their powers and their satellites, become one's sworn adversaries, with complete disregard for all sentimental considerations and civilised practices!
* The aeons are semi-intelligent, monstrous formations of unholy powers which, in the course of time, were called into existence by the ignorance and fear of mankind. They are irresistible powers of self-maintenance urging humanity to continue upon its self-created, wayward paths, thus securing mankind's binding in duality to the ever-turning wheel of birth and death.
He, therefore, who is turning towards the Salvation that is hidden in the Light of Christ and who is conforming his way of living thereto, is immediately confronted on all sides with enmity on Earth. This enmity, then, is a natural reaction, a natural self-protection, viewed from the angle of this dying world order. This is why the way of anyone who starts to earnestly walk the Path will be found extensively blocked and strewn with all kinds of obstacles. He immediately becomes a stranger on Earth whose very existence is begrudged him, and who meets with opposition day and night, exactly as we find it described in the historical accounts of many other great world Servants. When a man becomes truly spiritual, the fallen world rejects him, as he must reject the world. True servants of Christ have always been opposed and fought due to their very threatening state of being and their mission. However, in understanding the psychological driving forces behind those who resisted Divinity, and being solely motivated by an intense love for the soul of mankind, they did not retaliate, but responded with detached compassion and absolute abstinence from any form of violence, subtly in thought, or otherwise.
Their only weapon - if this term may be used at all - was the fact that they were entirely focused upon the current of Grace, on the electromagnetic lines of activity, directives and forces emanating from the divine Kingdom. This gave them complete safety, while by their non-reaction, they avoided any conflict that would otherwise have involved them.
Today, in these "end times", the servants of Christ are again struggling with their voluntary work of Salvation. Throughout history and during the growth of every Gnostic order, there were periods of such a nature; periods when, with success seemingly at hand, the greatest difficulties arose from outside just before the very moment of attainment; times when serious obstacles and delusions threatened to prevent victory. Humanity still possesses the records of some of these events in the form of legends and tales that contain a hidden meaning.
The exigencies with which the past successive Gnostic groups were faced were, in each instance, quite different, being always determined by the ever-varying radiations and tensions of the planetary and zodiacal influences of the particular sidereal year. (A sidereal year is a period of 25,000-26,000 years).
As is always the case, the successive Christine Fellowships on Earth, during the specific periods of their development, had to suffer intensely cruel persecutions by hostile aggressors, and this has been the repeating situation with various groups of servants of Christ during the past three thousand years, including the Cathars, Manicheans and classical Rosicrucians. All such persecutions were inseparably connected with the cosmic and atmospheric trends of their times.
In other words, it can be stated that the principle which is at the root of any truly Gnostic experience on any planet ruled by ignorance is invariably the same. While the succession of events and the surrounding circumstances differ in each period, nothing can develop that has not already occurred in the centuries past. The ceaseless revolutions of the sidereal years make this an absolute certainty.
Perhaps you are beginning to appreciate why, at this special time of the no-fail global mission of world transfiguration as directed by the Logoic* Redemption Plan, the new Gnostic Fellowship on Earth is working subjectively and not in large, overt groups. Any large organisations or groups who are advertising themselves successfully in the public arena today will certainly NOT belong to the New Link in the Gnostic Chain.
* The Logos is the prime creative and directing Intelligence of a planet, solar system, galaxy or universe.
There is, however, quite a different aspect of the matter that is directly related to the forthcoming world events and which we shall now discuss.
The dualistic universe, as a system, a cosmic field within the divine Mind, is self-evidently part of a vaster field, a greater Cosmos, upon which it is necessarily dependent. Inasmuch as it forms a separate whole, cut off as it were from the rest of the Omniverse - because in essence it is diametrically opposed to the Divine Plan of Evolution - the dualistic field, being a segregated cosmos, periodically undergoes correction by the Logos of the system and is cleansed of all disharmony and negativity perpetrated within its sphere, and, each time anew, this necessarily threatens to make the dualistic field a temporarily unfit dwelling place for all life.
It is the most tragic fate of all the archons*, aeons, their forces and satellites that, due to their natural state, they will revolt against the Logos, opposing Him in His corrective processes. This is because every dualistically-born creature tends both to maintain and protect itself. When corrected in any manner or for any reason while following its natural course, the fallen entity will make a stand against the Corrector and will tend to resist any process that threatens self and its familiar world.
* Archon is a Gnostic term given to an entity in the reflection sphere who perpetrates evil. The archons are incorporeal beings who are bent upon world domination and control. They have victimised humanity from the hidden side of life for long ages. Their collective evil constitutes the plan of the 'antichrist' since they willfully oppose the Divine Plan of Salvation, which is implemented by the Christ-Hierarchy. The Archons are rulers of the aeons; the hierarchic group who dominate time and space. The archons and aeons constitute great metaphysical powers which are fed by fallen mankind and which abuse all of fallen nature including mankind, driving them to an unholy activity for selfish benefit. At the cost of appalling human anguish, these entities have acquired freedom from the wheel of birth and death; a freedom which they, in their boundless self-maintaining need, can only retain by unrestrictedly increasing and maintaining the suffering of the world. In their collectivity, they are sometimes also designated as the dualistic hierarchy, or 'the prince of this world'. The vast majority of psychics, mediums (channellers) and 'spiritual' people in the world today receive impressions and 'guidance' from the dualistic hierarchy and not, as most prefer to believe, from the Fellowship of Christ, the holy Planetary Hierarchy.
So, the Logos calls us by means of the all-pervading Light Power of Christ; and, if we respond to the Call by going the Path, we immediately encounter alienation and animosity in the fallen world as we seem to acquire many enemies. Our lot will then be similar to that of all servants of Truth. As stated, the Logos, in the revolution of the sidereal years, will periodically intervene with the whole tide of dualistic events, in order to cleanse and purify, always prompted by the Eternal Love that upholds the All, and consequently also duality. But immediately, all that is created in duality will oppose the Logos. This it is bound to do because it cannot do otherwise on account of its dependence upon the laws of fallen nature. It is thus that all life-under-the-law should be understood.
This is the fate of the Evil One who has been depicted throughout the centuries by so many thinkers, poets and seers:
I greet Thee, Thou Light,
pervading my domain.
I greet Thee, Thou who walks the ways
which I combat with bitter hatred.
I know, Thine is the victory, O Lord,
and yet I revolt against Thee!
Such is my fate
until I die, until the very last hour,
I shall resist Thee, O Lord.
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Now, we are all aware that humanity is living in an era in which not only are the servants of the new Life-Field about to escape the grip of the fallen world and, consequently, shall be confronted with human resistance according to the laws of duality, but in which the Earth has also entered a period of world-correction by the Logos, as a consequence of which all the aeons of fallen nature, their forces and vassals will also join in the combat against the course of events. This is why our present sphere of living is so full of complications and tensions. It is because a well-nigh overwhelming resistance is developing against the atmospheric cosmic revolt, the Logoic Redemption, as well as against a widespread Gnostic movement that is presently unfolding, mostly 'underground'.
The foundations of this dualistic world are shaking. At the same time, an intense opposition against the ways of the Logos is manifesting itself. Now, since we, being a Gnostic group, are one of the parties to these great happenings, it is clear that we shall have to ponder most seriously upon all that is going to happen if we want, first of all, to be able to hold our own in the midst of the oncoming tempest, and secondly, to serve the Great Cause as best we can.
In entering upon such reflections, we should not by any means start from the premise that this struggle, this resistance, will take shape in one of the ways familiar to us, or will in any aspect be like the usual human armed conflict (although such symptoms usually accompany the greater battle). Rather, at least during the earlier stages, the weapons used by the forces of darkness are always the weapons of imitation, the weapons of fakery, treachery and theatrical effect.
These weapons are already today being used with tremendous ingenuity, with the most thoroughly scientific knowledge, applied in a perfectly practical manner. They are so astoundingly all-embracing and effective that, as humanity is confronted with them, it finds itself completely unable to recognise the deception and so is essentially defenceless. Such is the intelligence and meticulous orchestration behind the long-prophesied play of the great delusion that mankind cannot but believe in it, put its entire faith in it; and thus nearly 6 billion deceived individuals will follow after that which is falsely and surreptitiously revealed to them.
It is for this reason that all Holy Scripts contain warnings against the appearing of the antichrist; as, for instance, in Matthew 24, where it reads:
False messiahs and false prophets will arise, and they will perform signs and wonders so great as to deceive, if that were possible, even the elect. Behold, I have told you beforehand.
Of what nature these signs and wonders will be we ought to thoroughly investigate and understand, for the time has now come when they are presenting themselves to the whole world, forcing themselves upon us and consequently, just as prophesied in the scriptures, thus far, the majority of spiritually-disposed human beings are being led far astray from the True Path.
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All that is revealed in fallen nature, all that is created - of both organic and inorganic nature - starts from one Idea, one Plan, one chain-reaction system, and belongs to one Body. Therefore, there is complete cohesion between all creatures and creations; everything has its own place in the great Whole with which it has a bond.
Viewed superficially, such a fusion of creature and creation in the dualistic field appears as a manifestation of great beauty: the creature closely tied to this nature, wrapped in a garb perfectly adapted to this nature and which can be explained from out of this nature. Upon closer examination and investigation, however, we find that this beauty is mere semblance, and that in reality this bond is bondage. For the nature of the spirit that animates the fallen world of duality and is identical with it - the spirit that lends life to all creations and creatures within the undivine world - is separative; it thrives in a world of opposites and contrasts.
Everything in dualistic nature impels itself towards individualisation in order to reach its objectives. Every individual who is born into the fallen world, therefore, must adapt himself to laws governing time and space; laws of isolation, sorrow, struggle for life, and laws of death. These laws - which are expressions of the fallen spirit of duality - constitute the great and baneful nemesis of humanity, and on Earth have led to unspeakable woe in which the masses come to conform to all the theories and practices of natural self-maintenance, while only a small percentage of humanity is desperately seeking integration, union with God, order, rest, balance and harmony within the dualistic world. Of course, such horizontal seeking is without success because it is impossible to reach integration in a field of existence that is inappropriate for it. Therefore, any efforts made in this direction will invariably fail, since there results no integration, but at most a crystallisation, a delayed effect of the natural processes of atrophy that are inherent in the fallen emergency order* of birth and death.