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CHAFF OF WHEAT
A symbol of the lower qualities which are
gradually discarded—“blown away by the wind,” i.e. cast out by mind
(air) energised by the Spirit (wind). Chaff is the husk of that
food, wheat, which has been evolved as the "fruit of the Spirit."
When the lower qualities have effected their purpose in life, they
dry up, as it were, like chaff and pass away.
"The wicked are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in
the congregation of the righteous." - Ps. i. 4, 5.
The evil qualities are transient and unreal. They have no place in
the estimate of the state of the soul's progress, nor can they
disturb the harmony of the higher qualities, for they are on a lower
plane.
"Corn in the field is touched by the sun, in that in this life the
soul of man is illumined by the regard of the light above. It
receives the showers, in that it is enriched by the word of Truth;
it is shaken by the winds, in that it is tried with temptations; and
it bears the chaff growing along with it, in that it bears the life
of daily increasing wickedness in sinners, directed against itself;
and after it has been carried away to the barn, it is squeezed by
the threshing weight, that it may be parted from the hold of the
chaff, in that our mind, being subjected to heavenly discipline,
whilst it receives the stripes of correction, is parted from the
society of the carnal sort, in a cleaner state; and it is carried to
the granary with the chaff left behind, in that while the lost
remain without, the Elect soul is transported to the eternal joys of
the Mansion above." - ST. GREGORY, Morals on the Book of Job, Vol.
I. p. 362.
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HUSKS
WAY OF DEATH
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