{"id":4392,"date":"2012-12-20T06:31:33","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T13:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/?p=4392"},"modified":"2012-12-20T19:59:30","modified_gmt":"2012-12-21T02:59:30","slug":"the-hope-of-nativity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/?p=4392","title":{"rendered":"THE HOPE OF NATIVITY"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you are depressed, don\u2019t read the following paragraph.\u00a0 Instead, cut to the chase.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The prelude to Winter Solstice of 2012 brought more than its share of trepidation and adversity.\u00a0 Real or imagined perils included: a deranged gunman slaughtering innocent children and others; terrorism around the world; war and revolution in the Middle East; radiation unleashed from failed nuclear plants; the rekindling of a cold war; chemical weapons; spooky Mayan calendar; worldwide conspiracy; gangs; an economic fiscal cliff; disagreement and inaction on global warming; political stalemate; strange, destructive weather patterns; growing numbers of poor and homeless people in affluent societies; geological earth changes; genetically modified plants; contaminated food; large people; paucity of largesse; drug cartels; attacks on the religious; religions that attack; child abuse by the church; electronic marvels which only the young understand.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The sky has already fallen.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Crushed by the news of Sandy Hook Elementary School of Newtown Connecticut we offer sympathy to the bereaved\u00a0as we\u00a0look to Heindel’s\u00a0report on rebirth\u00a0of children to\u00a0understand the Glory of God in even the worst of tragedies. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Notes were made of the results at the time of the investigations, but these have been mislaid. Nevertheless, according to our recollection, it was found that out of twenty children we watched who came to rebirth within five years of the time of death, fifteen or sixteen went back into the same family. It can be seen at the time when a child dies whether it will be a long or a short time in the invisible worlds. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\u2026\u2026 when a person passes out under untoward circumstances, such as a fire or a railway accident, or suddenly as by a fall from a building or a mountain, or on a battlefield, or when the lamentations of relatives around the bedside of the newly dead make it impossible for him to concentrate upon the life-panorama, then the etching in the two higher ethers: the light ether and the reflecting ether; and their amalgamation with the desire body does not take place. Man does not then lose consciousness, and because there is no etching on the finer vehicles such as is normally the case, he has no purgatorial existence; that is to say, he does not reap what he has sown, there is no suffering in consequence of his wrong-doings and no feeling of joy and love on account of the good he has done. The fruitage of the life has been lost.<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n

To offset this great disaster the Spirit on entering its next earth life is caused to die in childhood so far as the physical body is concerned, but the vital body, the desire body, and mind, which do not ordinarily come to birth until the dense body is seven, fourteen, and twenty-one years old, respectively, remain with the passing Spirit, as that which has not been quickened cannot die. Then in the First Heaven the Spirit stays from one to twenty years, receiving such instructions and object lessons as will teach it that which it would otherwise have learned by the panorama of its past life had it not been interrupted by the accident which terminated it. And so it is reborn, ready to take its proper place on the path of evolution. \u00a0Max Heindel<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Except for a few Rosicrucian students, many Christians have no such mind-easing words.\u00a0 Others have little faith to see them through the rough spots of the loss of loved ones, leaving them bereft and without hope.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As if one did not have enough to worry about in his own back yard, now he has the whole world to ponder; a catastrophe at every turn in vivid detail.\u00a0 Blessed are the snowed-upon for they get exercise and breathe fresh air.\u00a0\u00a0 \"\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Adversity to some; it is the gentle<\/em> prod of God. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Prod thyself<\/em> gently to avoid a more rigorous correction. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Goethe: Knowing is not enough; we must apply.\u00a0 Willing is not enough; we must do.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

It may be an old wives\u2019 tale, but the idea is: when there is a death in a family, there will be a birth within the year.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Demographers inform us; during times of war the birth rate increases.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Observation:\u00a0 In the 1950\u2019s, during a time of relative peace, women concealed their\u00a0approaching motherhood\u00a0under tent-type clothing.\u00a0 Today, rosy-cheeked, starry-eyed women proudly reveal their expanding midsections with clingy jersey sweaters while they coin the new phrase, \u201cbaby bump.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Polycarp of Smyrna<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u2026.ye shall be able to be builded up unto the faith given to you, which is the mother of us all, while hope followeth after and love goeth before–love toward God and Christ and toward our neighbor. For if any man be occupied with these, he hath fulfilled the commandment of righteousness; for he that hath love is far from all sin.\u00a0 Polycarp of <\/em>Smyrna<\/em>. \u00a0Circa 110 \u2013 140 AD.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Prod thyself gently, apply what you know, love fervently.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Love casteth out fear during anxiety-producing times.<\/strong><\/p>\n

May the wonders of his love touch you this Christmas and bring you peace, hope, and happiness.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Recommended reading:\u00a0 LIFE BEFORE LIFE, A Scientific Investigation of Children’s Memories of Past Lives by Jim B. Tucker, M.D.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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If you are depressed, don\u2019t read the following paragraph.\u00a0 Instead, cut to the chase. The prelude to Winter Solstice of 2012 brought more than its share of trepidation and adversity.\u00a0 Real or imagined perils included: a deranged gunman slaughtering innocent children and others; terrorism around the world; war and revolution in the Middle East; radiation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[394,391,392,393,395],"class_list":["post-4392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-healing","tag-394","tag-hope","tag-nativity","tag-solstice","tag-tragedy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4392","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=4392"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4404,"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4392\/revisions\/4404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}