No I do not agree. There is a complete change of pilots in those lives. I have a discussion by a Master in this regard
which may give you a better idea of my belief.
You see that the journey of the Three Wise Men is the period of learning to follow intuition. It begins with the birth of the Christ within, while the principles of the human
nature are still strong in the conditions which have been developing over many incarnations. The journey is a difficult one because the old conditions fight for their
existence. It is only after many hard experiences have been lived through, and many lessons learned thereby, that consciousness can hold mind, desire, and action constantly
polarized to intuition. The conflict between the unregenerated animal and human nature and the light of Truth continues in the consciousness until the Light has grown strong enough to transform all the rebellious conditions. The conflict is the journey, the search for the Christ; when the mental, emotional, and physical states have made the complete sacrifice before intuition, they have become Wise Men. They have become willing to follow the Light regardless of anything else in the world; therefore, they are able to find the Christ--to enter the Christed state.
In the historical story, the Hebrews took the promise of the coming of the King in the most literal way. They expected that an earth king would deliver them from bondage.
King Herod took the story literally also, and feared that his power was threatened; craftily he set about finding the future king so that he might destroy him. When Herod heard that the Wise Men had come inquiring for the child born King of the Jews, he sent for them and told them to bring him word when they found the Child, that he might come and worship also.
Our interpretation of the inner content of the story has shown us that the Christ born in consciousness has far greater power than any earthly monarch, for as his power develops he will master every realm of being and control all things. We have described the process by which he overcomes the forces of darkness and ignorance in the individual
consciousness. King Herod symbolizes the forces of darkness in the race-consciousness which must also be overcome. We are all functioning centers in the consciousness of the
race, and every force of light or of darkness in the race affects each center in it. Then, when the Light is born in an individual consciousness, the dominion over it of the forces in the race-consciousness is threatened, and they gather to fight the Light and to recover their own.
Every individual who has experienced the awakening of the Spirit will testify to the truth of this. As soon as the Light is born in him, he encounters opposition. Usually it comes first from those who have been nearest and dearest to him; they feel a change and fight against it without understanding it. At first they will implore him to give up the new ways; they will reason with him, telling him
that they are only trying to save him from a dangerous teaching--perhaps from insanity, or from the loss of his good name and standing in the community. There are appeals to sympathy, loyalty, and all the highest qualities of his human nature. If all these things have no effect on the student, he will soon find himself facing actual persecution in some phase.
Now individuals, as individuals, are not to be blamed for persecuting one in whom the Light is born; they are the unconscious instruments of the forces of darkness in the
race-mind. Such warfare is never waged against an unawakened one; an individual who is completely identified with the race-mind can violate even the laws of the race-mind
without having it turned against him. But when one individual takes a step in consciousness which is beyond the level of the race, the powers of darkness know it instantly and seek every means to put out his Light. They will fight, tooth and nail, for every advantage, for when the Light is born and has grown strong in a sufficient number of us, the rule of old King Herod will be over--benighted humanity will be freed through the superior power of the Christed consciousness.
This description by the Master was many years before my experience of the Light of Christ. Yet the very things he describes have happened to me. (Dan remember my whole family is still Church of Christ and son-in-law one of the ministers.) I also have been persecuted by many other things. My physical body has suffered conditions unheard of and survived. Through all this the Light of Christ was building in me. No James I have not reached the stage of complete surrender to God's intuitive guidance to have the mind of Christ. Yet I sense it growing daily stronger in me. I am sure I will be quick to know when there is complete surrender to God's will and have the mind of Christ instead of the actions of Sam.
King Herod is clever in his methods of fighting. In the story, he asked to be told where the Christ Child was, so that he might go and worship him; to this day his emissaries will enter our organizations for the teaching of Truth, in order to gain an advantage for their warfare against us. Until the Christ consciousness is strong in the individuals forming those organizations, their work is in danger.
Now we come to the interpretation of the last part of this wonderful story. When the Wise Men had found the Christ Child, they worshipped him, and then departed to their
homes by a different way having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod. After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, telling him of the
danger to the Child, and warning Joseph to take the Child and his mother into Egypt. This is symbolical of one of the most beautiful experiences which comes to the Soul on the
Path. When the triune principles of human nature have rendered their complete offering, when reason, desire, and action are ready to follow intuition with no opposition you will be watched over and guarded by invisible powers. You will learn to fear nothing, for over and over it will be proved to you that when you are threatened with destruction by the forces of darkness, you will be guided and kept safe.
This is the inner significance of the journey of the Three Wise Men.
James I have survived many, many threats of destruction in this life. I truly have a guardian angel. |
