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Formula
Interpretive layers
Biblical typology
John 17, 'the great prayer of the Bible': 'I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do' and 'glorify thou me with the glory which I had with thee before the world was', read as the return, by ascent in consciousness, from the descent in which one believed oneself a son of man to the state one had before the world was, one with the Father. Only the concept of self has fallen. (Early, psychological form; later lectures give this return a different weight.)
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Lectures
Bible wordings
John 17:4 | I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do
John 17:5 | And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was
John 17:16 | I am in the world but not of it
Own wordings
Appropriate the state that was yours before the world was
You are still in that state where you were before the world was
The only thing that has fallen is your concept of self