Theos-Talk Archives (September 1996 Message tl00000)

Keith:
>Someone said the job of a spiritual devotee like a minister or even a
counsellor
>is to kill oneself very slowly and very intelligently for his fellow man.  The
>crucifiction of the spirit on the cross of matter will take place slowly over
>many lifetimes or symbolically as an event in the life of the historic Jesus
and
>in our individual mind as the gnostic crucifiction of our individual
personality
>to a higher Self and resurrection as one with that Self.

I would rather use the words "give oneself very slowly" as an act of sacrifice
through love for his fellow man.  The word "kill" implies some kind of
destruction, rather than a letting go of one's selfish desires.  The act of
surrender to the higher will is bliss rather the feeling of nails being pounded
in, because the energies that were once blocked are now moving freely and
powerfully through the individual.

-Ann E. Bermingham