05-08-2012, 10:31 AM
I agree that there is a 4th choice, but have heard it termed differently. I've heard it called "The Seventh Death", which is illumination: "In the Seventh Death consciousness is withdrawn from the Personality and made one with the Individuality and then a man ever beholds the face of his Father Which is in Heaven, even when he himself sojourns upon Earth. Thus it is that the illuminated Initiate is not as other men. Complete Initiation is a living death...to the wider consciousness, the womb is a grave and the grave is a womb....The illuminated Initiate is a dead man who manipulates his body that he may thereby serve those who cannot otherwise be approached." (Cosmic Doctrine, p122-123).
The word "dead" is used here, but not in a negative way. I think it simply means that the illuminated Initiate approaches this life from the perspective of one "living" on the other side, one who no longer feels the pulls of desire in this dimension.
The word "dead" is used here, but not in a negative way. I think it simply means that the illuminated Initiate approaches this life from the perspective of one "living" on the other side, one who no longer feels the pulls of desire in this dimension.