Many
of our ancient Nazorean texts begin with the formula “In the Name of the
Great First Alien Life, from worlds of Light, the sublime that stands above
all struggle!” We call the Living Hidden ones the Alien, because they are
alien to this world and these universes of imperfection. Their nature is
foreign to the nature of these worlds and Their presence here is an anomaly,
as is the presence of Their children. For light does not mix well with
darkness, any more than oil mixes with water. The nature of the Good God
is so alien to this reality that They are indeed properly expressed as
that which is ultimately completely foreign and alien to everything here.
We call Aumen-Hayya the Hidden Ones, the Unknown Ones, the Other Ones,
the Nameless, the Unknown Father and other similar titles that describe
Their anti-matter relationship to these material worlds. This absolute
transcendence over all illusion and materiality is one of Their most outstanding
qualities which set them apart and in anti-thesis to the Gods and Goddesses
of these material, or pseudo-material, realities.
An alien is that which stems from somewhere
else and does not belong, nor feel comfortable in its foreign environment.
They also are strange and out of place to those who dwell in their own
territory or reality. There is an inherent awkwardness and uneasiness about
this relationship which makes all feel ill at ease. Anguish, homesickness,
vulnerability, insecurity and even danger are felt by the foreigner. Natives
also display an unconscious hatred for that which they perceive is different
from themselves. They feel threatened and are not beyond resorting to violence
against that which they perceive as alien. The stranger wanders about
lost, unable to fit in, unable to sense what is normal and behave accordingly.
If the alien learns to fit in to well in their strange land, however, then
they sacrifice some of their nature and begin to grow unconscious of their
true origins and essence. They are constantly in danger of being lulled
into a drunken stupor where they forget who they are and enter a lost empty
world of spiritual amnesia. They become estranged from themselves and their
origins. Thus is the fate of all strangers who tarry too long, or try too
hard to fit in. They forget, and in the forgetting they become a mockery
unto themselves and a false native of a false land. This is the fate of
all Nazoreans until they hear the call that awakens them to who they really
are and where they really come from. Recognition of their unharmony with
the world and its ways is the first step to sobering up from its narcotic
allurement.
As awareness deepens, the state of suffering
transforms into a secret peace and serenity that imparts to the alien sojourner
a certain strength and endurance of character unfathomable to those who
hear not the call of Life calling them back home. It is a calming assurance
of things to come and of a true belonging and a true homecoming that await
the faithful. Those with “a worldsick heart” know they are superior
to the world, and this gives them a secret strength to endure its vicissitudes.
To be “a lonely vine” transplanted in a hostile world, but to survive that
hostility, gives an inward assurance that all will be well in the end.
Thus trust in the Great Life grows and develops in proportion to the strength
gained by renouncing the world and its wiles. The more strange one becomes
to the world and those in it, the more one becomes familiar and native
to the world of light.
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