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5 Planes of Existence
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ADOPTION
A symbol of the union of the personality with the
individuality, that is, the absorption of the lower nature into the
higher. The same as redemption.
"For we know that every creature groaneth and travaileth in pain
together until now. And not only they, but ourselves also, which
have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within
ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our
body." - Rom. viii. 22, 23.
The outgoing desires and passions have always been causes of pain
and sorrow to the lower nature. So also, when the higher emotions
are being evolved, the soul is still subject to suffering while
progressing on its upward path, awaiting the time of liberation,
when union with the Higher Self shall take place, and the lower
nature be discarded by the "sons of God," the egos.
"Apparently this world is to go on, and material existence is to go
on until everything human has been assimilated to Christ, and then
the goal of redemption is reached, and God is all in all." - R. J.
CAMPBELL, Serm., The Ceaseless Quest.
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