And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord
descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door,and
sat upon it, . . . And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not
ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here: for he
is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from
the dead; and behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see
him....And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying,
All Hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshiped him.
— Matthew 28:2-10
A full comprehension of the cosmic nature of the Christ
brings a new inspiration to the immortal words: "He is risen." They
take on an infinitely deeper and more glorious meaning when we realize that
the yearly infusion of Divine Life brought by the Christ Ray as the indwelling
Planetary Spirit of the Earth brings at the Easter season a renewed growth and
augmented activity to all the plant, animal, and human life upon the Earth.
Hope and courage inspire mankind to master life's problems, and thus to loose
the bonds of materiality.
The Western Wisdom Teachings explain that at the Baptism,
Jesus, a member of the human life wave, gave his dense and vital bodies for
the Christ Spirit to use during His ministry upon Earth, and that at the
Crucifixion the Christ Spirit was liberated from the body of Jesus and entered
into the Earth by means of the flowing of the blood. Each year since that
time, the Christ Ray spends a part of His time in the Earth, giving of Himself
to the fullest, and a part of it in the higher Worlds being rejuvenated.
Easter marks the beginning of His ascent into the higher realms.
As Max Heindel puts it: "For those who have chosen to
work knowingly and intelligently with Cosmic Law, Easter has a great
significance. To them it means the annual liberation of the Christ Spirit from
the cramping confines of the Earth and His joyful ascent into His true
homeworld, there to remain for a season resting in the bosom of the Father.
And if their eyes are truly open they behold angelic hosts waiting, ready to
accompany Him on His heavenward journey; if their ears are attuned to heavenly
sounds they hear celestial choirs chanting His praise in glad hosannas to the
risen Lord.
"To the enlightened ones Easter brings a keen
realization of the fact that all humanity are pilgrims on the Earth, that the
real home of the Spirit is in the heaven realm, and that to reach that realm
all should endeavor to learn the lessons in life's school as quickly as
possible so that they may be able to look for the dawn of a day that will
permanently release them from the bondage of the Earth. Then like the
liberated Christ they will come into a realization of that glorious
immortality which is the reward of the perfected Spirit. To the illumined ones
Easter symbolizes the dawning of a glad day when all mankind as well as the
Christ will be permanently freed from the cramping confines of materiality,
and will ascend to heavenly realms to become pillars of strength in the
Father's house, from which they shall no more go out."
— Rays from the Rose Cross Magazine, March, 1975, page 117
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