was to have recourse to logic, to engage in discussion and
comparison to try and form an opinion. The thinking of the
Spirit, on the contrary, is endowed with an irresistible
knowingness of Truth. The purpose of your life shines in front of
you, there is oneness and certitude as to where to take the next
step.
22.4 The quest for the Grail
The Grail is the vessel that received the blood of Christ. It is the
central theme of the whole western esoteric tradition. In terms of
inner alchemy, the Grail is the vehicle that can receive the Highest
Spirit. This refers to the building of the glorious body of
immortality in which the highest consciousness of the Self can be
experienced.
The body of immortality is a body of connection. In it, not only
does the Spirit live, but the whole creation, the macrocosm, as
outlined in the Emerald Tablet:
et recepit vim superiorum et inferiorum
And it receives/comprehends the force from the things that are
above and that are below.
One should never consider that the Spirit can be defined in any
way. Due to Its absolute nature, It encompasses many paradoxes:
whenever something is really true about It, then the opposite is
usually true too. The more one knows the Spirit, the more one
realises one's ignorance of Its unfathomable depth.
There is a great beauty in the fact that in English, the word
initiate means both the one that was instructed into the
mysteries, and... a beginner! I believe that the two meanings of the
word should not be opposed but reconciled. Whatever your level of
perception, wisdom and enlightenment, always remember that you
remain extremely confused as to the real nature of the Divine, and
that the human adventure is only at its beginning.