{"id":4039,"date":"2012-01-12T12:43:10","date_gmt":"2012-01-12T19:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/?p=4039"},"modified":"2012-01-13T22:16:12","modified_gmt":"2012-01-14T05:16:12","slug":"the-members-of-the-fellowship-are-as-a-city-set-upon-a-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/?p=4039","title":{"rendered":"The Members of the Fellowship Are As a City Set Upon A Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Polish Rider - 1655 - Rembrandt van Rijn <\/p><\/div>\n

When a Spirit steps apart\u00a0from the multitude and resolves to follow the path that leads upward, then the eyes of all are upon him.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>[From Reader\u2019s Questions, Rays from the Rose Cross, August 1984]<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The members of the Fellowship<\/em> are as a city set upon a hill whose light cannot be hid.\u00a0 They must attune themselves so that they give forth only a true keynote.\u00a0 If they respond to anything that is false, they, by that falsity of tone, draw to the Fellowship<\/em> what is undesirable and untrue.\u00a0 When they find among their numbers what they recognize as not being the true light, let each inquire of himself what he has done to attract such a condition.\u00a0 Each will have to plead guilty at the bar of conscience; there is not one who is free from sin.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 One can best keep his vow by every moment keeping an earnest watch on thought, word, and deed \u2013 by never allowing anything impure to enter the mind, no hasty word to escape the lips, no dishonorable act to sully the name.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It is necessary to understand the constitution of man fully to comprehend the situation.\u00a0 Man is a three-fold Spirit which has emanated from and is still a part of God.\u00a0 This is spoken of as the Ego, or God within.\u00a0 Each aspect of the Spirit has built a body in concrete matter, a reflection of itself.\u00a0 Naturally one would expect that these lower vehicles would be under control of their higher counterparts, but unfortunately other influences have crept in and estranged the lower from the higher.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Now a direct path has been constructed between the spiritual and material parts of man\u2019s constitution.\u00a0 This path is the mind.\u00a0 It is still very feeble and not under control, but by degrees it will become more usable.\u00a0 Our will to do will cause this link of mind to grow stronger.\u00a0 The light from the Higher Self will lead the lower self by the path of mind if we are true to our vow and follow the injunctions of the Spirit.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Let each Student and Probationer realize that he, united with all the others, forms The Rosicrucian Fellowship; <\/em>that his every thought and action reacts upon the whole.\u00a0 Each time his love and compassion are stirred, he raises the vibration of the whole.\u00a0 Each time he is self-seeking, dishonorable, thinks thoughts that pull down instead of building up, he thus causes the whole Fellowship<\/em> to suffer.\u00a0 Not only does it suffer by the lowered vibration this caused, but the criticism of the world is directed against the whole body and it is weakened thereby.\u00a0 We’re all, each moment, either helping the spiritual beings who are behind this wonderful movement, or we are fighting against them.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When a Spirit steps apart\u00a0from the multitude and resolves to follow the path that leads upward, then the eyes of all are upon him.\u00a0 The Angels rejoice; the evil forces seek to lay a trap hoping perchance he may trip and fall.\u00a0 Often he will trip, often he may fall, but every time he starts again forward, he helps the whole Fellowship<\/em>.\u00a0 The steady striving will show the watchers and the scoffers that there is a power not of Earth helping the earnest Spirit to reach the goal.\u00a0 Therefore, keep on trying every day \u201cjust where you are,\u201d following closely the life of the Christ. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Ecclesia<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When a Spirit steps apart\u00a0from the multitude and resolves to follow the path that leads upward, then the eyes of all are upon him. \u00a0[From Reader\u2019s Questions, Rays from the Rose Cross, August 1984] \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The members of the Fellowship are as a city set upon a hill whose light cannot be hid.\u00a0 They […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1],"tags":[356,355,357,354],"class_list":["post-4039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-philosophy","category-uncategorized","tag-power-of-thought","tag-spiritual-path","tag-the-mind","tag-the-polish-rider"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4039"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4061,"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4039\/revisions\/4061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}