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(1)Itisunderstoodnowthattheineffableunionwhichistheendofmysticlife
istheintegrationoftheselfknowingspiritofmanintheeternallySelfKnowing
God,knowingandbeingknowntherein.
(2)ThisistheattainmentofGod,anditisthegreatworkofourmanifestlife,for
thosewhoarecalledthereto,butitisnotcompletedhere.
(3)Wecanattainhereandnow(a)unionofwill,(b)unionofmotive;andthese
canbecomepermanent.Theyarethestateofsanctity.Therearevariousdegreesin
thesenseofconsciousunion,whichcanbeattainedalsoherebythefollowingofthe
inwardlife;buttherecordstellusthatinthefulnessofitshighestexperienceitis
possibleforbriefperiodsonly.Sofarasitispossibletodiscern,theabsoluteunion
ofourhigherconsciousnesswithGodwouldinvolveceasingfrommanifestation.
(4)TheDivineUnioninitsplenarysenseisallinclusive;itisunionwith
whatsoeverabidesinunion.
(5)WepossessallthingsinGodwhichhavetheirpartinGod.
(6)RaymondLullysaidlongago:Dominusnonparsestsedtotum;(TheLordis
notthepartbutthewhole)andthatwhichisleftoutisnothing;itisthe
nothingnessofsenseandillusion,ofthelesserandfluidicpersonality.
(7)Whentheconsciousnessisdirectedtotheuniversalandessentialinsteadof
toparticularsandexternals,itisinthatstatewhichmaybecalledthethresholdof
union.
(8)ThePathofContemplationassetforthhasitsterminthisstate,anditis
thereforeaPathofFreedom.Itiswhollyaworkinconsciousness.
(9)Letusrememberatthispointthatourtrueselfisamirrorwhichcontainsall
things:thatthemirroroftheuniverseisforthisreasonwithin;andthatifthis
mirrorofconsciousnessdoesnotreflectGod,itreflectsthatwhichtendstoward
illusion.
(10)ThereflectionofGodthereinisinvirtueofsomehighupliftedsummitof
ournature,aMountainoftheLordonwhichtheLordabides:wereitotherwise,we
couldnotconceiveoftheunion.ItfollowsthatthePathofContemplationmaybe
describedasthePathofAscentintoourhigherbeing,andthisisanascentinlove,
foritisonlyinthetongueofsymbolismthatwecanspeakasifspatialdistance
intervenedbetweenthestates.
(11)Thenormalpersonalitydoesnotcognisethissupernalpartofbeing,butwe
mustnotbedeceivedbytheideathattheirseparationisonaccountofadistance
interveninginspace:itisbecauseoftherestrictiononsellknowledgeinthenormal
state.
(12)Theessentialmysticalnearnesswillbeunderstoodifwepayattentionto
thewordconsciousnessofwhichwehavenogroundforsupposingthatthereis
morethanonekindintheuniverse,thoughthemodesarenotonemode.
(13)ThePathofContemplationisfortheopeningofagateinconsciousness,
anditmustberealisedthatitisaholygate.
(14)ItisthereforeaPathoftheexperienceofsanctity,beginninginpurification
andworkingfortheexpulsionoftheevilpowerfromtheworldthatiswithinus.
(15)ItcanneverbeaneasyPath,asIhaveindicatedotherwisefornotinan
houroradaydoesamanattainunionwithGod,orloveencompassitsobject.Atthe
sametimesomeofitsstagesareeasytosomeaspirants.
(16)LetusrealisethatitisuselesstothinkofGodaswithout:Godiswithin.
ThereisnopartofourexperienceinGod,manortheuniversewhicharisesoutside
ofconsciousness.
(17)Ifwesaythatthereissomethingwhichis,asitwere,ineffableintheworld
above,weneednotthinkitunattainableinrespectofourselves:itmaybean
untroddenfieldofourconsciousness.Theuniverseitselfisthatwhichbearswitness
tousanddoestousmanifest.Ifinthesensethathasbeenexplainedalreadyweare
amirrorwhichreflectsNature,thereisanothersenseinwhichNatureisitselfa
mirror,whereinwebeholdourselves.
(18)LetusseekonthethresholdofthePathtoopenthefirstGatebylong
contemplationofeternalthings.LetusunfoldinparticularthedeepsenseofGod
realisedintheheart.
(19)Itisgoodatthisstagetorepeatinwardly:MayThyKingdomCome;then
adding:TheKingdomofHeaveniswithin;andthen,withadeepassurance:Thy
Kingdomhascomewithin.
(20)Ifwecanformulatethis,realisingthatthereisnothingsomuchthatistobe
desiredinthewholeworld,themomentwillarrivewhenweshallknowthatthe
Kingdomindeedcomesandthegracethereof.
(21)Ifwebefaithfultotheaspiration,therealisationwillbetruetous.
(22)Itmaycomelikeathiefinthenight,atapointwhereweleastexpectit;the
GateofGloryopensandweseethatGodhasHisThroneinthehighestpartofour
nature.