possibility of exact expression
of any spiritual illumination, we find in the revelation of Swedenborg
exactly what we find in all who have attained to cosmic consciousness,
namely, the absolute, confidential assurance of immortal life: the
conviction that creation is under divine love and wisdom, administered by
Cosmic Law and order, or Justice, and the final "redemption" (i.e.,
evolution), of all men. In his "Conjugal Love," Swedenborg touches upon the
premise which we declare, as the foundation of all cosmic consciousness,
namely the attainment of spiritual union with the "mate" which we believe
to be inseparable from all creation; the reunited principle which we see
expressed in the male and female, whether in plant, bird, animal, man, or
angel; the "twain made one" which Jesus declared would be the sign manual
of the coming of his kingdom; that is, the coming of cosmic
consciousness--the kingdom of pure and perfect love upon earth as it is in
the heavens.
In Corinthians (11: 12) we read:
"For as the woman is of the man so is the man also of the woman; for the
woman is not without the man, nor the man without the woman _in the Lord_."
Which is to say, that in the attainment of cosmic consciousness (_in the
Lord_), the "twain are made one," and immortality (i.e., immunity from
reincarnation) is gained, because of this union. God is a bi-sexual Being.
This fact is evidenced throughout all creation. To attain to immortality
is to become as God. In this day and age of the world we have come into a
realization of the Father-Mother idea of godhood, clearly and literally
signifying the coming consciousness which is bi-sexual; male and female;
perfect counterparts, or complements and through which alone, this earth
can be made a "fit dwelling place for gods." This, too, is the message of
the great seer Swedenborg, as it relates to love, as it is, when rightly
understood and interpreted, of all who have felt the blessing of
perfection, as exemplified in Illumination.
The fundamental points of Swedenborg's doctrine agree with those of all
other Illumined ones, who have founded a system of worship; a "Way of
Illumination" it may be called; or in whose name such systems have been
formed. That is, he testified to:
A conviction of immortality;
A realization of absolute justice, whereby all souls shall finally come
into cosmic consciousness.
An actual time when Christ (the cosmic illumination) shall come to earth.
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