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Second Birth The Christian Gnostic dies to the world in an inward sense, not by renouncing external life: and the death of the Gnostic is followed be a rebirth or second birth. "Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal." (John 12:24-25.) Earlier, Jesus answered Nicodemus and said unto him, "Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness." (John 3:3-12.) Boris Mouravieff describes it as: "... the outcome of a long period of gestation to which Jesus alluded when, while talking to Nicodemus, he said that man must be born anew. To rise to these levels one must make continuous and sustained conscious efforts in accordance with rules established millennia ago by esoteric science. This is the technique of esoteric evolution, details put aside. In other words, development of Personality - the astral foetus - and equilibrium of its organs - the lower centres - which lead to second Birth cannot be envisaged without the previous complete development of the lower emotional centre. This is the first key and the effective beginning of esoteric evolution."
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