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The crucifixion is the supreme test of your individual Christhood, when your soul is, as it were, cut off from your I AM Presence above. The test is that you must survive in life and in spiritual consciousness on the God-energy, on the Christ-energy, that you have internalized in all of your lifetimes on the Path. You must be able to sustain that God Presence where you are without reinforcement from your I AM Presence. | The crucifixion is the supreme test of your individual Christhood, when your soul is, as it were, cut off from your I AM Presence above. The test is that you must survive in life and in spiritual consciousness on the God-energy, on the Christ-energy, that you have internalized in all of your lifetimes on the Path. You must be able to sustain that God Presence where you are without reinforcement from your I AM Presence. | ||
This is the real explanation of why Jesus suddenly cried out when he hung on the cross, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”<ref>Matt. 27:46; Mark 15:34.</ref> And this is the meaning of the highest and most difficult initiation that we must pass before we can come to the [[resurrection]]. We must have internalized that Word that we are—an individual identity in God, but self-sustaining. | This is the real explanation of why Jesus suddenly cried out when he hung on the cross, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”<ref>Matt. 27:46; Mark 15:34.</ref> And this is the meaning of the highest and most difficult [[initiation]] that we must pass before we can come to the [[resurrection]]. We must have internalized that Word that we are—an individual identity in God, but self-sustaining. | ||
Through the purging that comes with the Dark Night of the Spirit, the soul is at last ready to enter into the bridal chamber. The mystics’ description of their love pact with the Beloved has produced some of the most exalted expressions of love ever written. Saint John of the Cross wrote of the personal and intimate contact of the soul with the Divine One: | Through the purging that comes with the Dark Night of the Spirit, the soul is at last ready to enter into the bridal chamber. The mystics’ description of their love pact with the Beloved has produced some of the most exalted expressions of love ever written. Saint John of the Cross wrote of the personal and intimate contact of the soul with the Divine One: | ||