Dialogues on the Supersensual Life

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Dialogues on the Supersensual Life

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en

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Edited by Bernard Holland, this collection presents Jacob Boehme's mystical dialogues on spiritual awakening and inner transformation. Through conversations between a Master and a Disciple, the text explores the soul's journey from darkness to divine illumination, addressing suffering, the nature of will, and the path to becoming a 'new creature' through surrender to God's grace.

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In Jacob Boehme's *Dialogues on the Supersensual Life*, a Disciple seeks his Master's guidance on achieving the 'supersensual life' and becoming a 'king over all God's works.' The Master identifies the primary obstacle as the 'creaturely will,' a partition wall separating the soul from divine light. The Disciple learns that he cannot break this wall through his own strength but must practice self-denial and passive obedience to God's grace. The narrative details the soul's struggle with two conflicting wills: an inferior will drawn to earthly things and a superior will drawn to the divine. The Master teaches that true unity is found by fixing one's eye on the 'Centre' of God, allowing the 'Sun of Righteousness' to rise and regulate the natural light of reason. This process involves a painful death of the 'bestial' self and the 'evil inclinations' inherent in fallen nature. The Disciple experiences a profound crisis where he feels forsaken by God, tempted by Satan, and mocked by the world. He learns that this anguish is necessary for purification, likened to a young plant enduring wind and tempest to grow strong. By sinking into the 'mere Mercy of God' and embracing the suffering and resurrection of Christ, the Disciple finds the 'Love of God' as a great light. This leads to the 'wedding of the Lamb,' where the soul is espoused to the Divine Sophia and becomes a child of God again. The text concludes with the soul returning to its true rest, having been refined into the 'Image of God' through repentance, faith, and prayer. The work emphasizes that while the Light of Nature must be preserved, it must be kept within its due bounds and regulated by a superior Light. Boehme illustrates that the soul is a microcosm of the universe, a mingling of light and darkness, whose anguish stems from its imprisonment in darkness until it can unite with the Divine. The path to salvation requires the destruction of the evil nature, not the destruction of nature itself, allowing the soul to ascend into Heaven daily and gradually subdue evil inclinations until it recovers the Divine Image.

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