The Seventeenth Book of the Dead called the Book of
Ul’Khafid Ur-Rafi
The Abaser
We now come forth to the moments of rebirth. We see the path before us is one of rebirth. Our job is to now chose the proper mode of rebirth, where then will we emerge.
Comes forth the TWIN GODS –
Ul-Khafid – The Abaser for all those that can not see his presences are abased.
Ur-Rafi – The Exalter – for those able to see, they shall be lifted up.
23) Al-Khafid – The Abaser – the sinker of the infidels to the lowest earth;
When that which must come to pass at last comes to pass, there will be nought that could give the lie to its having come to pass, abasing some, exalting others.
God has made reputation heavy as a thousand pounds of iron. So many are bound in that unseen chain! Pride and lack of faith block the doorway of repentance so that the one in separation can’t even utter a sigh.God said, “We have put chains around their necks chin high, and forced them to lift up their heads.”Those chains aren’t put on us from outside.”
The Exalter
24) Al-Rafi – The Exalter;
High above all orders of being is He, in almightiness enthroned. By His Own will does He bestow inspiration upon whomever He wills of His servants, so as to warn all human beings of the coming of the day when they shall meet Him –the Day when they shall come forth from death,with nothing of themselves hidden from God.
You are a bird of the sea, even though a feathered friend has sheltered you beneath her wing. The desire in your heart is for the sea; your soul has that nature from your mother. Leave your land-bound nursemaid and move on. Come into the sea of reality. You are a waterfowl: you can live on land and sea. You are of royal birth, for… We have ennobled the children of Adam:you walk on both dry land and sea.
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It does not appear that we have to be good at this. It is not a really a matter of being highly skilled, but rather a matter of openness and surrender. If we can develop a mode of Active Surrender at the appropriate time, the channel of help is opened for us.