Christus
(van het Griekse woord Christos ‘gezalfde’.) Messias (Hebreeuws, Aramees ‘gezalfde’.); ‘Gechristende’, iemand volledig begiftigd en gevuld – gezalfd door het Licht (de Zoon) van God. Het Woord, de Logos, de Tweede Persoon van de Drie-eenheid. ‘En het Woord is vleesgeworden en heeft onder ons gewoond (en wij hebben zijn heerlijkheid gezien, een heerlijkheid als van de Eniggeborene van de Vader), vol van genade en waarheid.... Dit was het waarachtige Licht, dat ieder mens verlicht die in de wereld komt. Hij was in de wereld en de wereld is door hem gemaakt en de wereld heeft hem niet gekend.’[1]
In de Hindoe Drie-eenheid van Brahma, Vishnu en Shiva, correspondeert de term ‘Christus’ met, of is de incarnatie van Vishnu, de Onderhou- der van het Universum; Avatāra, Godmens, Verdrijver van Duisternis, Goeroe.
De Universele Christus
De Universele Christus is de middelaar tussen de gebieden van de geest en de gebieden van Materie; verpersoonlijkt als de Christus-Zelf, is hij de middelaar tussen de Geest van God en de ziel van de mens. De Universele Christus onderhoudt het kernpunt van de figuur-acht stroom van bewustzijn waardoor de energieën van de Vader (geest) overgaan op zijn kinderen voor de kristallisatie (Christus-realisatie) van de Godvlam door de inspanningen van hun ziel in de kosmische schoot (matrix) van de Moeder (materie). Dit proces wordt materialisatie (mater-realisatie), ‘de neerdaling’ genoemd. Het proces waarbij de samengesmolten energieën van de moeder stromen door het kernpunt van het Christusbewustzijn naar de Vader, is de versnelling ‘spiritualisatie’ (spirit-realisatie) ‘de opstijging’ genoemd. Een andere naam voor het proces waarbij de energie van de ziel terugkeert van materie naar geest is sublimatie (sublieme actie), of transmutatie.
De vervulling van dit proces wordt door de ziel, nu één met de Zoon, ervaren als de hemelvaart – eenheid met de Geest van de IK-BEN-Aanwezigheid, de Vader. De hemelvaart is de vervulling in de hemel van Jezus’ belofte op aarde. “Op die dag zult u inzien dat ik in mijn Vader ben, en u in mij, en ik in u… Als iemand mij liefheeft, zal hij mijn woord in acht nemen; en mijn vader zal hem liefhebben en wij zullen naar hem toekomen en bij hem intrek nemen.”[2]
The fusion of the energies of the positive and negative polarity of the Godhead in the creation takes place through the Universal Christ, the Logos without whom “was not any thing made that was made.” The flow of light from the Macrocosm to the microcosm, from the Spirit (the I AM Presence) to the soul and back again over the figure-eight spiral, is fulfilled through this blessed mediator, who is Christ, the Lord, the true incarnation of the I AM THAT I AM. Because Jesus Christ is that embodied Word he can say, “I AM [the I AM in me is] the Open Door (to heaven and earth) which no man can shut” and “All Power is given unto me [through the I AM in me] in heaven and in earth” and “Behold, I AM [the I AM in me is] alive forevermore—as Above, so below—and have the keys of the kingdom of heaven and the keys of hell and death, and to whomsoever the Father wills I give it, and it is given in his name.”
This which is affirmed even today by the Ascended Master Jesus Christ is also affirmed in your behalf by your beloved Christ Self. Thus the Universal Christ of the one Son and the many does indeed mediate the Presence of the I AM to you through your very own beloved Holy Christ Self. This is the true Communion of the Cosmic Christ whose Body (Consciousness) was ‘broken’, shared, individualized, for every child of the Father’s heart. The Sons of God hold the Maxim Light in trust for the babes in Christ.
A Christed one
The term “Christ” or “Christed one” also denotes an office in hierarchy held by those who have attained self-mastery on the seven rays and the seven chakras of the Holy Spirit. Christ-mastery includes the balancing of the threefold flame—the divine attributes of Power, Wisdom, and Love—for the harmonization of consciousness and the implementation of the mastery of the seven rays in the chakras and in the four lower bodies through the Mother Flame (raised Kundalini). At the hour designated for the ascension, the soul thus anointed raises the spiral of the threefold flame from beneath the feet through the entire form for the transmutation of every atom and cell of her being, consciousness, and world. The saturation and acceleration of the four lower bodies and the soul by this transfiguring light of the Christ Flame takes place in part during the initiation of the transfiguration, increasing through the resurrection and gaining full intensity in the ritual of the ascension.
The personal Christ
The individual Christ Self, the personal Christ, is the initiator of every living soul. When the individual passes these several initiations on the path of Christhood, including the “slaying of the dweller-on-the-threshold,” he earns the right to be called a Christed one and gains the title of son or daughter of God. Some who have earned that title in past ages have either compromised that attainment altogether or failed to manifest it in subsequent incarnations. In this age the Logos requires them to bring forth their inner God-mastery and to perfect it on the physical plane while in physical embodiment.
Therefore, to assist the sons and daughters of God in making their manifestation commensurate with their inner Light, the masters of the Great White Brotherhood have released their teachings through the ascended masters and their messengers. And Saint Germain founded the Keepers of the Flame Fraternity providing graded monthly lessons to the members of this order, dedicated to keep the flame of Life throughout the world. Prior to the successful passing of the initiations of discipleship, the individual is referred to as a child of God in contrast to the term “Son of God,” which denotes full Christhood wherein the soul in and as the Son of man is become one in the Son of God after the example of Christ Jesus.
Expanding the consciousness of the Christ, the Christed one moves on to attain the realization of the Christ consciousness at a planetary level and is able to hold the balance of the Christ Flame on behalf of the evolutions of the planet. When this is achieved, he assists members of the heavenly hierarchy who serve under the office of the World Teachers and the planetary Christ.
See also
For more information
Mark L. Prophet and Elizabeth Clare Prophet, The Path of the Universal Christ.
Sources
Mark L. Prophet and Elizabeth Clare Prophet, Saint Germain On Alchemy: Formulas for Self-Transformation.