Lichtstrahl 120 - As this God willed Being is descended

 LICHTSTRAHL 120       GOSPEL:  Mat 17 (1-20)                             TRINITY              5.3.23
AS THIS GOD WILLED BEING IS DESCENDED
 
 
Dear friends!
 
The descent of the Son of God, the Christ from the sphere of his Heavenly Father into an earthly, physical existence has taken a very, very long time.  Our capacity of consciousness cannot span that time.  The descent does however continue.  The Son of God descended through the different beings of the earthly human constitution of Jesus of Nazareth.  That however has only taken three years – and that we can very well span with our consciousness.  It is of vital importance, that our consciousness wakes up and raises to the capacity, which it is able to rise to.   We need to stop dreaming away and staying unconscious about realities, that are fulfilling themselves in our lives constantly in an ongoing descent of the Christ into the human being.
 
Our earthly constitution consists of four beings, four realms: the Ego or I, the soul, the lifeforces and the physical body.  All four of them are penetrated, permeated by the Christ constantly.  How can we wake up to and experience these realities more consciously?
 
Firstly we could trie and listen to the CHRIST IN YOU in a more conscious way.  Do we experience these words differently during the Act of Consecration in our I, or do we not experience that?  Is there a difference in observing the Christ in us  after listening to the Gospel, or after the offering, after transsubstantiation or after communion?  Does something noticeable happen in our self, in our perception of our inner being?  Becoming aware of that is important.
 
Secondly, do we experience him in our soul life, when we try to resist temptations, when we try to stop following illusions or to be reigned by fear?  Do we realize, who it is, that can heal and strengthen our soul capacities or do we not realize what is happening there? Is it the law and its consequences that make us resist temptations,  or is it His grace, that guides us and empowers us more and more everytime we overcome a temptation?  Becoming aware of that is important.
 
Thirdly, have we ever thought about why we feel refreshed and energized after visiting an Act of Consecration?  Why do we mostly feel hungry after an Act of Consecration?  Who is healing and strengthening our lifeforces?  Becoming aware of that is important too.
 
And lastly, do we realize that with every pain, suffering and death we are witnessing his working through our physical condition?  There is a saying:  “Pain is a holy angel”….it is much, much more.  We are extremely aware of pain, immediately when it confronts us and we are extremely aware of death – it is part of our life.  But we do not realize, that in these moments the Christ is starting to enter into the final phase of his penetration of the human constitution, of his descent into the human being. 
 
 
If we look at the Gospel readings of Temptation (from last Sunday), of the Transsubstantiation (today) and the awakening of Lazarus (next Sunday), we become aware, that they actually represent these stages of descent.  That they are actually a preparation to enter into the time of pain, suffering and death – the time of PASSION, which is starting in a week’s time.  They are of help to waken up, to get conscious of the reality of descension that is constantly fulfilling itself in our own lives and being:
 
THAT A GOD WILLED BEING IS DESCENDED INTO OUR OWN INDIVIDUAL BEING and that Passion Tide, Death and Resurrection are the final stages of this descent before resurrection and ascension can become a reality too.
 
Christine Voigts.