Richard
I'd like to drift back on topic before I wander too far afield.
It is not as if one is suddenly transformed into an entirely different thing, vaporized and spread all over the universe like the ashes from a cremation. It is just a realization of what one has truely been all along. You are the metaphorical 'bearded old man' of Kether, you just don't realize it yet.
No, I am not a megalomanic. At least I don't think so. However, I do think it is wise to be cautious when discussing these things.
That's why I tend to distinguish between the inner Self as the indwelling Son (the Tiphareth Sun) and the higher Self as the Ancient of Days (the Kether Sun). Moreover, I am viewing the process more subjectively. Describing the ultimate goal as the annihilation of the ego and a sort of dispersion of one's essence throughout the cosmos comes across like losing oneself in the All, whereas the ultimate goal of the Great Work is Self realization, which is finding one's true or higher Self........At least in the GD system, the ultimate goal, even beyond True Will, is complete annihilation of the ego and union with the All (Keter in Atziluth)........
It is not as if one is suddenly transformed into an entirely different thing, vaporized and spread all over the universe like the ashes from a cremation. It is just a realization of what one has truely been all along. You are the metaphorical 'bearded old man' of Kether, you just don't realize it yet.
No, I am not a megalomanic. At least I don't think so. However, I do think it is wise to be cautious when discussing these things.