On this Easter morning we mark the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. In the dictionary we read the definition of resurrection: the act of causing something that had ended or been forgotten or lost to exist again, to be used again. In the telling of the life of Jesus, it is the physical ending of his life when crucified upon a wooden cross, and then his miraculous rising back to life.
Resurrection from death is an event that occurs in the vast majority of the world’s religions, and it has deep significance for all of us. In a worldly sense someone may have his career, marriage, or a friendship resurrected after, to all appearances, it had ended or died. Emotionally and psychologically we may have resurrection when we recover from a trauma, and subsequently died to a meaningful part of ourselves, only to have it come alive once again.
Spiritually speaking, which is the primary purpose of Easter and the story of Jesus, resurrection takes on an even greater meaning. While the above mentioned resurrections are deeply significant to a person’s life, they pale in comparison to the spiritual dimension for you and for me.
We know from the scriptures that Jesus went through many profound experiences before he came to the crucifixion. He was baptized by John the Baptist, and God’s voice proclaimed him His son and a Light broke over him; he was tempted in the desert and overcame all obstacles; he selflessly served humanity through healings, teachings, and on many occasions working to the point of exhaustion, then finding renewal in isolation on a mountain top. These are just a few of the glimpses we have of the Master from the writings that have been preserved.
All of these experiences are leading to a kind of grand finale; a moment of great transformation. From the time Jesus consciously and voluntarily puts himself into harm’s way by returning to Jerusalem, through the moving events of the last supper and his total surrender to God in the Garden of Gethsemane, we follow the Master step by step finally leading to his crucifixion. Through Mother and Master we know that this description is the symbolic story of every aspirant as he or she seeks transformation from the human to the Divine.
Thus the inner or Mystical Crucifixion is a specific set of experiences everyone can expect to go through in their own spiritual ascent when the time is right. Resurrection occurs after the soul has gone through the crucifixion experiences necessary to purify body, mind and soul.
From death in the heart center a blocking stone is rolled away leading to a resurrection in which Divine Love now flows through the heart from an unending Source. Death in the fifth chakra, the throat center, purifies the Astral/electrical body of all impurities and now truth and radiance shines from the inner soul. Ascending to the Causal sixth center, the Christ Center, a resurrection of the pure intelligence of God now flows through the brain, bringing Light, Truth and Love from sacred Omniscience, God the Father. And finally, complete death, not just of the body, but of the all human sense of a separate self, leads to the ascendancy of a son of man to becoming a Son of God; nay, more than that, the resurrection of God-hood.
This resurrection, as you will surmise, is not just for one man who lived two thousand years ago, but is the story of every individual making this ascendancy. Jesus is the way, the truth and the life; he leads you in the Way that completely transforms your life. It may come as a comfort for some to think that Jesus did all the heavy lifting and they can just ride along on his coattails. However, for the intrepid soul who recognizes the truth, resurrection must be a deeply meaningful transformation in his or her own life. The life of Jesus is a road map for the resurrection of Divine Consciousness in the sincere aspirant.
There has been something that has been forgotten, it is God-experience. There is something that has been lost, it is the realization of your eternal Self that is ever-conscious and is bliss itself. The resurrection of this state of Being means that it once again exists in your life in all of its fullness and glory, and for you to use it to help others achieve that same risen state. Easter is here to remind each one of us of this great and central Truth.