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Ptahotep
We are on a road winding among
fields, on a place of power of Ptahotep.
Walking along the road, we swim by the
consciousnesses in His giant Mahadouble, fill with
ourselves His Universal Form, merge with Him. High
in the sky above the clouds, one can see His Face.
He freely permeates the matter of the Earth, coming
out from the primordial universal depth —
from the Abode of the Creator. Power, Greatness,
absolute Purity and Transparency, subtlest Light of
Love — so Ptahotep manifests Himself to His
incarnate students!
The meaning of the work with
Mahadoubles of Divine Teachers is the following:
Filling with the consciousness the
giant form of a Mahadouble, we grow quantitatively.
And merging with the Teacher, dissolving in Him,
feeling unity with Him — we habituate ourselves to
His Divine state; this transforms the consciousness
qualitatively, subliming it. In such a way, one
realizes the process of crystallization of
consciousness on the higher stages of spiritual
work.
For souls, who have no experience of
such work from past incarnations, it is a quite slow
and difficult process, because new states are not
familiar to the consciousness and thus are not
habitual.
Moreover, as Ptahotep explained to
us, the nerve cells of the body have to be adapted
to the qualitative change of the consciousness. One
has to habituate them slowly to this; it cannot be
done quickly. If this process is speeded up, it may
result in disorders in the energy system of the
organism.
To facilitate this task for the
students, Divine Teachers may densify, to some
degree, a part of the Mahadoubles. The Mahadouble,
in such a case, becomes a continuum which crosses
several eons. On one side of such a Mahadouble there
is a dense part, which is convenient for entering
it, while on the other side there is the Primordial
Consciousness. This is what the Vine is, that
Jesus Christ told about.
Ptahotep begins the narration:
“Today I am going to tell you about
the Intent of God.
“I am one of the Manifestations of
this Intent.
“It arises in the Depths of the
Creator and brings to the world of the Creation
His original Will — the Will by which this world was
created.
“The ability of working miracles
comes from this Intent. The Intent of God
creates whole worlds in the universe — in the same
way any lesser material object is created; it is
only the scale of the process that is different.
“The Intent of God is
absolutely independent, i.e. it is not affected by
anything of the manifest world, for It originates in
the Primordial Depths of the Absolute.
Therefore, in order to manifest the true Intent,
one has to be completely free from the attachments
of the lower self.
“Miracles worked by an Avatar are
actions of His Consciousness from the state of
Mergence with the Creator. A seeker of God gains
this ability too, but only after mastering living in
the Higher Self.”
“Ptahotep, will please relate about
Your life in Your last incarnation on the Earth?”
“That time I was born and grew up in
a family of a country ruler. I was destined to
become a spiritual leader of that nation, to form
and direct the way of its spiritual development. I
was a Messenger of the Divine Preceptors
and came to the incarnation with a certain
purpose. Only the general direction of My Mission
was predetermined; I had to plan and undertake all
actions Myself, taking into account current
situation.
“My childhood went on smoothly,
without afflictions. In pure and sound environment,
grew My body, developed My mind.
“At the age of eleven, I had to
receive the first initiation and change from the
life of a growing child to the level where, for the
first time in that incarnation, a serious knowledge
was opened to Me.
“This initiation began with reading
texts. They were records written by spiritual
seekers who lived before. I read descriptions of
their achievements, their reflections about this
world — and My mind could easily comprehend it,
since the Consciousness knew it already.
“I, an adolescent, read the works of
sages and, thanks to the experience contained in the
Consciousness, could easily see what part of the
Path they had traversed, and I also understood that
they had not managed to reach the Final Goal.
“For Me, it was not a process of
learning, but rather a process of recollecting,
formulating for the mind something that is already
known, yet hidden in the depths of the
Consciousness. Besides, I had to learn what ideas,
concepts had formed in the mentality of that nation.
“Once this basic stage for the
subsequent work was mastered, I had to plan and
carry out My further activity according to the
Intent which I had in My Mission.
“First, I needed to establish
contacts with the priests and the local nobility
which might be useful in future. To some extent, I
even played along with the priests by allowing them
to ‘instruct’ Me, to teach Me certain rituals. Yet,
I never took their edifications seriously, because
the world of the True Beingness was always open to
My view. Behind Myself, I felt the True Source of
Power and Knowledge; compared to It, all customs
and rituals of the priests looked like petty
swarming of insects absorbed with their concerns and
not capable of seeing the light flooding around.
They were concerned rather about observing the
rituals inherited from the ancestors than about
attempts to take the look from the ‘earthly’ and
direct it to the infinite Light. And for Me,
life was always the Life in this Light.
Getting involved in the affairs on the physical
plane, I never broke away from the true Beingness
and was never fettered by the illusions of the
material life.
“On a certain stage, in order to
ensure the liberty of action necessary for
realization of My Mission, I had to overturn the
religious system of that society. I ceased
supporting the priests bogged down by their rituals
and proclaimed in the country a new religious
doctrine.
“I was supported by the military
elite, since they esteemed the leader of the country
and by a part of the nobility. Some of the latter
were not really concerned with religious matters —
they just followed a bright, strong leader; the
others were captivated by My ideas.
“I proclaimed the principle of
Oneness, of One Source of everything. I
said that like a leader governs the country and his
governing ensures prosperity of the nation — similar
to this, the One Source governs the entire
world.
“To make this idea more
understandable for common people, I illustrated it
by an example of the ‘pyramid’ of the social
structure, which comprises different social layers
and a ruler, who honors worthy people by letting
them to the next level and thus bringing them closer
to himself. In the same way, taught I, everything in
the world exists on different levels of ascension to
the One Source, Which governs everything,
illuminates all with Its Light, gives life to
everyone.
“And when I, in white robes, was
present among gathered people, sitting on a throne
or standing high, I shined at them with the Light
from the Abode of the One Source, showing
this Source to them, personifying It for
them.
“I taught that despite different
social ranks, all people are equal before the One
Source, that lives of all beings have one
purpose — advancement toward the One Source,
that all beings have to achieve it sooner or later
and merge into It. All are equal before It and
differ only by the level of ascension.
“I taught that the duty of everyone
is to work on that level where he or she happened to
live, and to help others in this; that everyone,
thanks to good work and righteousness, will rise
some day to the higher levels and merge eventually
into the One Source of everything.
“Thus I taught people to view
everything from a new perspective — from the
perspective of Oneness of everything.
“During My governing, there were no
large-scale wars between My country and its
neighbors. God provided peaceful conditions of
existence to aid establishment of the new religion.
“And those who accepted My Teaching
never viewed foreigners as aliens. They viewed all
visitors from other lands as equals who also go to
the One Source, and were glad to share this
knowledge with anyone.
“Thus I spent that incarnation,
living by the body on the Earth and by the
consciousness — in the Abode of the One Source,
shining with Its Light to people, giving It to
them.”
“Tell us please, is there anyone who
works with You apart from us?”
“Yes, on the south of the Arabian
Peninsula there are many people who know Me well.”
“Are they meat-eaters?”
Ptahotep shows an image of big
leaves similar to those of lettuce of cabbage.
“I suggest them to eat this. There
are people who eat these leaves cooking them like
cabbage rolls with rice and oil. Stewed, they are
very delicious! For some communities this is the
main food, plus, of course, various kinds of grape
and other vegetal and milk products.”
“Has something remained of the
spiritual culture in Egypt which existed in your
time?”
“No. There is a good potential, but
eating meat does not allow people advancing far
enough. There are Sufic schools which try to induce
intoxication-like states in order to switch the
manas off. Yet, this is a wrong tendency, as you
understand.
“… And now listen to Me well.
“You have become mature enough for
assuming the mission of serving God throughout the
Earth. Let no one of you count oneself little or
unable! I — possessing Unlimited Power — will act
through you! I will realize through you the God’s
Plan of accelerating the evolution of souls on the
Earth!
“I will involve big and small souls
in realization of this Plan. The main criterion of
selection here, is love for God and the desire to
serve Him. Everyone will be given a task according
to one’s ability.
“I begin acting through your bodies,
spreading the Light of True Knowledge! It will be
happening like chain reaction, when every kindled
heart helps many new people go to Me.
“Amen! Let it be!”
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