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SPARROWS, TWELVE
Symbols of the twelve qualities in the lower
nature, which should attain "apostleship." They are aspiring
tendencies which embody the reflection of the Higher Self, who is So
often symbolised as a bird.
"One of the Jews said to Joseph Dost thou not see the child Jesus
working on the Sabbath at what it is not lawful for him to do? for
he has made twelve sparrows of clay." - Gospel of Pseudo - Matthew,
Ch. XXVII.
When old habit of thought (the Jew) perceived that a higher motive
had been introduced into the soul, an appeal was made to the lower
reason (Joseph), which is usually ready to afford excellent
justfication for not acting against customary opinion. Habit appeals
to the hitherto constituted authority, and asks whether it is not
aware that the ego is acting from motives quite outside those
ordinarily recognised. For the new qualities (sparrows) have been
fashioned, which will afford the Christ-soul better means for
expressing itself.
"Then Joseph reproved Jesus, saying: Wherefore doest thou on the
Sabbath such things as are not lawful for us to do? And when Jesus
heard Joseph, he struck his hands together, and said to his
sparrows: Fly! And at the voice of his command they began to fly. He
said to the birds: Go and fly through all the world and live."-Ibid.
And when the lower reason (Joseph) hears the appeal from old habit
of thought, it chides the attempt to surpass traditional law. But
when the Christ hears the lower reason, he at once directs its
attention to the higher means of expression, and so by personally
making an effort (strik-ing the hands together) the qualities are
enabled to function. And when the qualities are thus animated, they
are gradually developed, and go forth in every separate mind to
enable evolution to proceed in the lower nature of the soul (the
world).
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