The Path of the Moon

House of Shadows  by h.koppdelaney

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Regarding the left hand path, or the path of spiritual darkness symbolized by the moon which gives only a limited amount of light to guide the way, C. W. Leadbeater teaches: The path of the moon is said to typify the life of the ordinary man, who clings to objects of desire and parts with them reluctantly at death.  After a period in the astral and heavenly worlds he returns to earth, to repeat the process.  It is the path of rebirth after intervals. ( p275)  How can mankind avoid rebirth if they don’t even believe it exists?  Despite what the majority of orthodox Christians believe today the Bible suggests that the disciples of Jesus believed in re-embodiment or reincarnation.  In John 9:1-2 we read: And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? In other words, Jesus’ disciples were asking him if the blind man’s sins from his past life had caused him to be born blind. This is supported by The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ by Levi H. Dowling which account is taken from the Akashic Records: And as they walked along the way they saw a man who could not see; he had been blind from birth. And Peter said, Lord, if disease and imperfections all are caused by sin, who was the sinner in this case? The parents or the man himself? And Jesus said… Behold this man! Once in another life he was a cruel man, and in a cruel way destroyed the eyes of one, a fellow man. The parents of this man once turned their faces on a blind and helpless man, and drove him from their door. (p187-8)

The Path of the Moon to me symbolizes travelling up through the inner Worlds in a negative state of consciousness and perhaps becoming a black magician. In the Bible Paul the Apostle writes an epistle to the Romans in which he points out that; to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. (Romans 8:6) Also Saint John the Divine teaches us: To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the Tree of Life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God. …He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the Second Death. (Revelation 2:7, 11) The Second Death is considered by some to be the death of their inner body after the first death of their physical body which eventually leads to reincarnation. The Ascended Masters point out that it is far more serious involving the removal of the outer identity of the personal self completely from existence which means that spirit has to begin the human Cycle of Birth and Death all over again whereas most spirits re-embody progressing towards the Ascension. I should point out, I am not suggesting that a spirit who travels up the left hand path must pass through the Second Death. They have the choice I believe to turn to the Light. What this means in the long run is that everyone will eventually gain the Resurrection and the Ascension, it is simply a matter of time. As in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order. -Saint Paul (Bible, 1 Corinthians 15:22-23) In fact we are amongst the slow ones. For example Michael the Archangel (Bible, Jude 1:9) is a Great Cosmic Being. Thousands of centuries ago He ruled in what is now America.