When the goal of human perfection has already been reached; such perfected beings are known as World Saviors, Mahatmas, Rishis, Adepts and, when they take pupils, Masters of the Wisdom. These superhuman beings constitute the inner government of the world and are the true spiritual teachers and inspirers of humankind. Each member of this Adept body would seem to be referred to in the Bible as having been “made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec” (Heb. 6:20) . The apostle Paul may have wished to indicate them by his phrase “just men made perfect” (Heb. 12:23) . This august assembly is also known as The Great White Brotherhood of Adepts, the Adept Hierarchy, the Sangha of Buddhism and the seven Rishis and their successors of Hinduism. Nietzsche expressed this idea of humans as evolving beings in his words:
Man is something to be surpassed. Man is a bridge and not a goal.Man is a rope stretched over the abyss between the animal and the super-man.
How is this state of Adeptship attained? It is a natural result of evolutionary progress and is achieved by means of successive incarnations in material vehicles, newly formed during the prenatal period of each succeeding life. Repeated reincarnations in physical bodies provide the necessary time and opportunity for such attainment. The multifarious experiences thus passed through draw out the latent powers of the evolving spiritual Soul. Every experience has its value in terms of an increase of innate egoic power, wisdom and knowledge. At the near approach to perfection, however, rebirth is no longer a necessity. All further progress can then be achieved in the superphysical worlds. This is stated in the book of Revelation in the following words: “Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out” (Rev. 3:12).
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