The spiritual
The spiritual
meaning of marriage
part 3
THE TREE OF LIFE
AND THE WORKINGS OF THE LAW
Jesus Taught Hebrew/Christian Mysticism
The teachings of The Way as a short cut into the Kingdom
Necessary to live in accordance with the Law
The threefold nature of marriage and religion
The Secret System within Christianity
The myth of the physical resurrection
Ignorance of The Law caused self-destruction
Tree of Life is the Divine Pattern of Mind
The need for absolute subjugation of husband & wife
The inner meaning of the Scriptures
The scriptural absurdity that possesses the essence of Truth
Result of ignorance of Law of Octaves
Christians not exempt from keeping Law
Believers must fulfill the Law
Man's physical body programmed for his spiritual failure
Scientific Proof of Laws and Marriage
God gives man ability to transcend time and space
Positive and negative aspects of sex for men and women
The twisting of Law at the third interval
The animal consciousness within man
Subjugation of self overcomes the Laws
Christian Apostasy to Law of God causes believers demise
Physical Marriage Key to overcoming Laws
We are spiritually dead, and must come alive
In the beginning God was -- and all that has been brought into existence has been through the Laws of the Most High -- i.e., the Divine Pattern -- the DNA of Creation -- and the very Form and Essence of the All that Exists. To understand the Laws of Creation, then, is to begin to comprehend the Divine Blue Print of all that has come to be throughout all time from the beginning, to the end -- thus, the Alpha and the Omega.
We must pose the question: If the primordial Adam was in fact Adam/Eve until the separation that made them two -- and the objective is to return the two into their original unity and Oneness -- within ourselves -- then one of the most important enigmas in life is to comprehend what force, power or constraint is causing their division and separation? Fundamentally, everything else in life is academic!
Traditional Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism: Kabbalah, like the teachings of The Way, is universal to all religions. While the teachings of The Way as taught by the historical Jesus have been made sectarian by the politics and government of fourth century Rome, this sectarianism has become a flaw that inhibits both Christians and Jews from fulfilling the essence of the scriptures and the Law of God. If correctly understood, the essence of what Jesus taught is today known as Jewish Mysticism! Christian Mystics such as St. Theresa of Avila, Thomas A. Kempus, St. Francis of Assisi, St John of the Cross, all were well versed in Hebrew Mysticism -- especially the Zohar -- and all witnessed to mankind that if a person lives in accordance with the Royal Law of the Most High, they will be permitted to enter the inner Kingdom of God.
The teachings of The Way as a short cut into the Kingdom: If what is known today as the New Testament were updated, Jesus would be as critical of the majority of Christian sect, as he was of the secular minded Jews portrayed in the Bible. In this both Christians and Jews are deceived because they fail to realize that what Jesus condemned was the tendency of man to interpret the Law and Word of God in a secular and carnal manner -- i.e., failing to embrace the scriptures and life itself in a threefold manner of physical, soul and spirit. In the first century the Sadducees and Pharisees had obstructed the path to the Kingdom with their great number of traditions and doctrines, but this is also true of the majority of Christian sects in our present time. Jesus taught that it is not necessary to embrace the long and arduous path of tradition and manmade doctrine -- but rather, to instead focus on the essence of the Law of Love, and the seeker will be able to circumvent the many obstacles that the carnally minded Jews and Christians have equally erected.
Traditionally, when a man studies Jewish Mysticism, his life becomes relegated to the remembrance of hard to pronounce Hebrew terms for abstract theological associations that are difficult to remember. But Jesus said this is not necessary. What he taught was that if you live in accordance with the Spirit of the Law, and seek Truth in the inner Kingdom, that you will be able to take the shortcut to Heaven. While Christians have generally distorted this message -- and to their own demise used Jesus as a sort of loop hole that permits them to live lawless, undisciplined and unfaithful lives that will not bring them the results they envision, it remains true to this day that those who desire to live in faithful accord with the Royal Law and the teachings of The Way, will find the short cut to the Heavenly Kingdom that Jesus promised to his disciples.
Live in accordance with the Law: It is a lie published by the Gentile Church of Rome that Jesus did away with the Law. While it is true that Jesus taught that the Law is Living and Spiritual, and must be turned within the believer in search of the Kingdom, the problem with respect to the Christian misconception about the Law has been brought about by the removal of many important New Testament biblical verses. Any informed person knows that a great many important teachings were removed from the New Testament by the fourth century Roman Church. In the words of Prof. Eberhard Nestle, who himself warned us in his Einfhrung in die Textkritik des griechischen Testaments: "Learned men, so called Correctores were, following the church meeting at Nicea 325 AD, selected by the church authorities to scrutinize the sacred texts and rewrite them in order to correct their meaning in accordance with the views which the church had just sanctioned" (see http://nazirene.org/corruption.htm ). Thus, where our Bibles read at Matt 5:19: "Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven" (NKJ) -- The Gospel of the Nazirenes adds after this warning: "Verily they who believe and fulfill The Law shall save their souls, and they who do not shall lose them" (1997 translation). Thus, while it is true that Jesus did not ordain the ritual observance and traditions of the Sadducees and Pharisees, those who claimed to believe, and did not themselves fulfill The Law, were not counted as followers of Jesus regardless of what they professed with their lips.
The threefold nature of marriage and religion: We are body, soul and spirit, and in all genuine spiritual religions there is always a threefold doctrine and teaching -- i.e., the primary doctrine that is preached to the multitude of both believers and non-believers -- the soul of the religion that is reserved for the instruction of those seeking Truth and Spiritual Maturity -- and the most secret of instruction that can only be received by those who have themselves overcome their carnal nature, and being themselves spiritual, can learn directly from God.
In the same way that anyone can call themselves married -- call themselves the chosen people of God -- or even call themselves a Christian, Jew or Israelite -- what the Bible states is that only those who God Himself Ordains, is themselves genuine and true. Thus, Jesus himself said: "It is written in the prophets, 'And they shall all be taught by God.' Every one who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me" (John 6:45 RSV). What this means is that only those who the Lord God Himself instructs, and guides, can come into the Presence of the Christ! And as with a marriage, though many people think they are a Christian, in time they will find out that they are not!
Christianity,
the secret system: The ancient Hebrews, as with all
genuine religious people, developed what has been called the oral
tradition. Why oral? Because it's teachings were too secret to be
taught and revealed to the common believer in written form. In later times this oral
tradition came to be called Kabbalah -- or Hebrew Mysticism. And
while many today reject the whole idea of a secret teaching, the same was also
true of the early Christian pre-Nicene Church. In the second century the
Pagan Philosopher Celsus wrote a doctrine against the Church called The True
Word, and it wasn't until 70 years later that St. Ambrose commissioned the
Church Father Origen to refute these allegations against Christianity. In his
reply Origen wrote: “Moreover,
since he frequently calls the Christian doctrine a secret system, we must
confute him on this point also, since almost the entire world is better
acquainted with what Christians preach than with the favorite opinions of
philosophers. For who is ignorant
of the statement that Jesus was born of a virgin, and that He was crucified, and
that His Resurrection is an article of faith among many, and that a general
judgment is announced to come, in which the wicked are to be punished according
to their desserts, and the righteous to be duly rewarded?”
Fundamentally,
what Origen enumerated was elementary Christian doctrine 101 -- the “milk”
-- or, that basic doctrine which still exists to this very day.
Origen acknowledged these doctrines; refuted Celsus by stating that these
beliefs are openly expounded as articles of Christian faith, and then Origen
explained: “And yet the mystery of the Resurrection, not being understood,
is made a subject of ridicule among the unbelievers.
In these circumstances, to speak of the Christian doctrine as a secret
system is altogether absurd. But
that there should be certain doctrines, not made known to the multitude, which
are after the exoteric ones having been taught, is not a peculiarity of
Christianity alone, but also of philosophic systems, in which certain truths are
exoteric and others are esoteric. Some
of the heroes of Pythagoras were content with his ipse dixit; while others were
taught in secret those doctrines which were not deemed fit to be communicated to
the profane and insufficiently prepared ears.
Moreover, all the mysteries that are celebrated everywhere throughout
Greece and the barbarous countries, although held in secret, have no discredit
thrown upon them, so that it is in vain he endeavors to calumniate the secret
doctrines of Christianity, seeing that he does not correctly understand its
nature”. The
myth of the physical resurrection: In
explanation, the doctrine of the physical resurrection of the body, says Origen,
is misunderstood by the spiritually unaware, and writes that it was “preached
in the Churches… for the simpleminded and for the ears of the common crowd who
are led on to live better lives by their belief”.
Why?
Because the resurrection is a spiritual event that has to do with the
perfection of the soul, and is experienced in the rebirth of the disciple.
This was not a matter of belief or doctrine -- but rather, this
understanding was based upon the very experiences of the Spiritual Christians
who had themselves inherited the promise of the Christ! Ultimately, the
resurrection is the final stage of Marriage that represents the return of the
prodigal son to the Kingdom of Origination. Reconstitution of Self: This truth is especially seen in
the treaties on The Soul and the Resurrection, when St.
Gregory writes that “the Resurrection is no other thing than 'the
re-constitution of our nature in its original form’”, and states that
there will come a time “…when the complete whole of our race shall have
been perfected from the first man to the last”.
What this means is
that each of us will one day be resurrected, and in essence we will be 
In
the words of the Church Father Origen:
“And if you come to the books
written after the time of Jesus, you will find that those multitudes of
believers who hear the parables are, as it were, 'without', and worthy only of
exoteric doctrines, while the disciples learn in private the explanation of the
parables. For, privately, to His
own disciples did Jesus open up all things, esteeming above the multitudes those
who desired to know His wisdom”
(Origen Contra Celsum).
In other words, those who are outside of the spiritual Kingdom were given
only the parables and the exoteric doctrines -- which doctrines the Apostle
calls the “milk intended for babes in Christ” -- and only the
disciples received the revelation of the Mysteries of God.
What
great secrets did Jesus teach his disciple that was not made known to the
multitudes? What secrets did the pre-Nicene Church not tell the multitude
of believers? In the words of the Apostle: "But anyway, there I was in paradise,
and heard things so astounding that they are beyond a man's power to describe or put in words (and anyway I am not allowed to tell them to
others)" (2 Cor 12:2-4 TLB). Thus, the Bible itself tells you
that the spiritual man is able to see great mysteries that "...are
beyond a man's power to describe or put in words" And perhaps
more important is the words of the Apostle that he was "...not allowed
to tell them to others"!
Genuine
Religion is Marriage: The
bottom line is that marriage and religion are synonymous. The doctrines
that Origen speaks of as being "exoteric", is representative of
the elementary stages of marriage. The true definition of Marriage,
though, is not in the primary levels -- but rather, where the two actually
become "one flesh"! In the same way, only those who
are truly Torah Observant -- and have turned the Torah within them in search of
the Kingdom of God and the indwelling Temple, can be called the Spiritual Nation
of Israel. An though a Christian professes his allegiance to Christ with
his lips, it is not until he become the Bride of Christ -- and is "one
flesh", where it can be said that he is a Genuine
Christian. So
with this in mind we must pose the question: What prohibits us from gaining
access to the third heaven that Paul speak of? What obstructs our path
into the indwelling Kingdom? What inhibits us from becoming the Bride of
Christ? Fundamentally, the answer is our ignorance of the Laws -- the
Divine Pattern of Creation -- and our failure to use the knowledge that is readily
available to us in this life, in the exploration of the Mysteries of God.
Traditionally,
the Tree of Life has always been drawn with ten spheres. Some authorities
have inserted the sphere which in this drawing is Ignorance
of The Law: The
problem is that neither the scientists, nor the traditional religious
authorities, comprehend the Laws of Creation -- that we dwell in a sea of Laws
which interact with
The
first thing that we must realize is that all things exist by virtue of Law --
that all things are segregated and separated by Law -- that Law holds all things
in a state of perpetual balance -- and that Law either permits, restricts, or
filters the flow and interaction between all things and spheres of power
throughout all of Creation. As an example: The earth and other planets
revolve around the sun -- the moons revolve around the planets -- the planets
move in cycles that create seasons, day and night, and ages. What
the ancients knew that we have lost sight of, is the fact that in the same way
that the heavenly bodies are held in a controlled path,
this same exact reality takes place within us throughout the course of our
lives.
The
need for absolute subjugation: In today's world the
term subjection has become a dirty word. The idea that a wife must be in
subjection to her husband has been denigrated, maligned, and attacked as maleficent
by the modern feminist movement who believe that women must be free of what they
perceive to be male domination. Yet, in the previous pages of this exposé
I have demonstrated that without the oneness and harmony between husband and
wife, that the vital life-force cannot be raised up into a higher state of
conscious awareness. Moreover, once it is understood that we are an
embryonic image of our pre-existent soul (see http://nazirene.org/eden4.htm#embro-pre
), and we must remerge the male and female paradoxes of mind within us in the
endeavor to enter into the next stage of birth, then the philosophy of the
feminists equates to a death-sentence for those who are imbued with their manner
of thinking.
labeled
DAAT. The Tree of Life which we have used throughout this web site is the
twelve sphere diagram at the left which was taught by Jesus to his disciples, and is noted
in the Book of Revelations where it reads:
"And on either side of the river was the tree of life, bearing twelve {kinds of} fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the
nations"
and
body of each individual. If we were to place these centers so the diagram
conforms to the physical body, it would appear to be as seen on the right.
What this also portrays is a truth that is quite contrary to the ideas of mind
that are published by modern medical science -- i.e., that the mind encompasses
the entire body, and not just the brain. It is especially on this
point where modern medical science becomes extremely confused and
disorientated. Because the brain is one of the major power and
consciousness centers, they have adopted the philosophy that the brain is the
actual mind -- rather than an organ through which the mind works.
Furthermore, is is on this basis that many scientists do not believe that a
person can survive death -- i.e., the death of the brain. And in order to
put forth their theories as fact, they deny the reality of the Near Death
Experience, the Out of Body Experience, as well as the witness of the mystics
throughout the ages.
our every breath, thought and movement -- that there is a
Divine Pattern that segregates, separates, permits and filters the interaction
of all that exists in this and all other parallel realms. Thus, while the
Hebrew holy men learned and knew the secrets of the Laws, it was Jesus who
taught his faithful disciples the means to shortcut the process, walk in The
Way, and cross over the bridge between this world and the parallel realm which
he called the Kingdom of God. Yet, in order to receive the
promise and enter into Life, it is imperative that we follow the Commandments of
the Master of The Way.
Tree
of Life is the Pattern of Mind: Within the
written words of the literal text, all of the
Hebrew/Christian scriptures continually speak of the Divine Pattern of mind by
incorporating a series of forms and symbols -- which symbols portray the Laws that
segregate, permit, and filter the flow of vital life-force between the
individual spheres of mind -- and the knowledge that the disciple must possess
in order to permit the mind to raise up in conscious spiritual awareness of
man's higher reality. And while this knowledge has generally been reserved
only for those who have spent their lives in the study of Jewish Mysticism, what
Jesus taught was that if you learn the Secret of the Laws, and then apply the
Knowledge of the Laws throughout every aspect of your life, that the Laws
themselves will open the gates between the spheres of mind which the Tree of
Life portrays, and the disciple in search of Truth will receive the Anointing of
the Light. It is for this reason that Jesus defines the faithful servant
as the one who performs and does his Commandments. And if the disciple in search of Truth is faithful, and learns
to apply the Royal Law of the Most High in every aspect of his life, that the
Laws of Creation will themselves lift the consciousness above that of the earth,
and cause him to soar into the Heavens within him. 
In
order to become "one flesh" and enter into the Divine Marriage,
husband and wife must become as the left and right halves of the heart -- each
moving in total and complete harmony with the other half. In order to
create the spiral of vital life-force that connects at vital points to raise up
the consciousness of husband and wife to the level of the Heavenly Kingdom, each
must be in absolute subjection to the other. Thus, while it is true that
the female body is polarized feminine/receptive at the genitals, at the breasts
and other crucial areas of mind/body she is actually the dominant positive force
that the husband must be in subjection to if the two are
"one
flesh". If the objective is to re-establish the absolute unity of
the symbolism of Adam and Eve into Adam/Eve, then the two must become as the
heart where the two function as One.
The
inner meaning of the Scriptures: If we are to
find the secret of how to bring the two together into One, we must begin to look
within the narrative of the scriptures -- beyond the garb of the literal text
that serves as a physical body to make it manifest in the world. Thus,
the
early Church Father Origen writes:
“It is sufficient however, to represent
in the style of a historic narrative what is intended to convey a secret meaning
in the garb of history, that those who have the capacity may work out for
themselves all that relates to the subject.”
And with regard to what would otherwise be historical symbols and events
that would appear to us as the knowledge of superficial episodes of the past,
Origen writes: “I believe that every man must hold these things for images,
under which the hidden sense lies concealed” (Origen - Huet., Prigeniana,
167 Franck, p. 142).
Students of Hebrew Mysticism will perceive that what the third-century Christian Church Father Origen wrote was no different than what is contained in the Zohar, where it states:
“The narratives of the doctrine are its cloak. The simple look only on the garment, that is upon the narrative of the doctrine; more they know not. The instructed, however, see not merely the cloak, but what the cloak covers”.These great truths are again demonstrated in the words of Moses Maimonedes, one of the most respected of Jewish theologians, historian, and Talmudist, where he writes about the nature of scripture:
The absurdity of the written word: What
does this mean? It means that the literal biblical text not only contains
a deeper spiritual message, but the most absurd are usually written in this
manner, so that we will not be able to believe what is conveyed literally, and
seek the deeper understanding of mind and spirit. Lets examine one such
absurdity that even the modern Fundamentalist will have a great problem
accepting literally. In the Ten Commandments this warning is found:
"For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate
Me" (Exod 20:5 NKJ). What this means from a literal perspective, is that you are not only being held accountable for
the sins of your great grandfather/mother and their parents, but when it is realized that their lives was the result of their own great grandfather/mother
and their parents, any literal interpretation of these words must be seen as absurd! While modern Jews will ignore this warning, and Christians will
attempt to explain it away, to their own imminent demise both fail to seek out the inner reality that Moses
Maimonedes states is a "...deeply
mysterious truth"!
Yet,
the message that is being conveyed is true! Moreover, our ignorance of
its looming reality is one of the main aspects of our life that will bring
about our eventual demise! Instead of thinking of this message as
pertaining to people, lets instead think of it as pertaining to the progression
of steps -- i.e., intervals -- that are controlled and moved by the Divine Laws
within the Pattern of Creation. Doctrine
of the Trinity: If
we revisit the original doctrine of the Trinity as it was accepted by Plato and
the ancient philosophers, it was openly accepted that the Divine Personage who
we call the Holy Spirit, was in fact Mother God. Thus, we had Father,
Mother, and the Son of God -- but with respect to this equation we must pose
the question: Was there a daughter?
In
the parable of the prodigal son we see that there was an older and younger
brother -- and while our Gospels that were cleansed by the Church of Rome
makes no reference to a Mother, this is not the case in the Nazirene Gospel
(see http://nazirene.org/gospel_index.htm
). Taking this to the next step: If we then count the sequences as 1 =
Father, 2 = Mother, 3 = older son, and 4 = younger son who went off into the
far country, we can begin to see the pattern that emerged and is concealed in
the mysterious statement contained in the Ten Commandments. Taking this
process of thought to the next step, we would further have to pose the question:
Why, when it is thoroughly declared throughout the scriptures that God not only
knows all things that will come about, but also Ordains and brings all things
about, why would it be written in the very DNA of Creation that the fourth
interval will by virtue of Divine Law, move in what some would consider a
negative or un-Godly direction? Thus, if we equate this to the message in
the Ten Commandments, we see that a negative influence of Divine Origination in
Law is at work between the third and fourth interval of all sequences of
Creation. The
Law of Octaves: Though
the pattern is present throughout all of Creation, it is perhaps easiest to
see, hear and observe in music. Again let me stress the fact that while
the manifest Law-at-work can be demonstrated more easily in music, its far-reaching
reality is prevalent throughout all aspects of life in this world and
beyond. The only difference, then, is that the same sequence of Law
is more difficult to observe throughout the other aspects of life -- but
quickly becomes apparent once one is cognizant of the pattern and
sequence.
If we look at the above picture of a typical keyboard, what we see is the whole notes represented in the white keys, and the half-tones in the black keys. Regardless of the fact of whether we understand music or not, what we should quickly recognize is the easily discernable fact that not every whole-note interval has a half-tone! Why? Why isn't there a half-tone between the third and fourth note on the keyboard and musical scale? Though the answer is very simple, the reality that is portrayed is so esoteric and beyond physical reality as we know it, that the most accomplished musicians cannot supply you with the answer to the enigma -- an enigma that envelops every aspect of our lives and Creation.
Implications of ignorance of Law of Octaves: How far-reaching is the impact of these Laws? When Christians tell you that all men need to be redeemed by a savior because man cannot keep from sinning, their inability to cease from sin is the result of Law -- i.e., Laws of God. Men and women sin because the Laws cause them to engage in what we call sinful behavior. How/why? It is because of the workings of the Laws that create the dilemma of the lack of a half-tone between the third and fourth interval of an octave, that inhibit Christians from living a Christ-like life where they cannot keep from sinning. Christians are correct, then, when they proclaim that man by nature is a sinner -- but it is because the Church threw away the Key of Knowledge that they do not possess the ability to overcome their sinful ways. Thus, the Christian Church is plagued by the very sin they committed when they murdered the original followers of Jesus and the people of The Way (see http://nazirene.org/prologue.htm ).
Ignorance of the
Laws of God impact every aspect of our lives. Marriages fail because of these same Laws-- i.e., men and women
cannot remain faithful to the same partner. Natural man
cannot know God because of these Laws. All religions -- as well as the
Christian Church -- always turn upon their essence and become corrupt, because of these Laws which turn an
institutionalized church in the direction of the physical, rather than the
spiritual. Natural man is
limited to less than ten percent of his potential of mind because of these
Laws. Most people are alienated from their own pre-existent soul -- they
do not know the past lives their soul has lived -- and they are unaware of their
true spiritual potential, because of the impact of these same Laws. We cannot clear our
mind of meaningless random thoughts -- or hold and focus on a thought -- because
of these Laws. Most people are destined to live lives of meaningless
carnal pursuits, because of the workings of these Laws in their mind and
body.
If we ask the
question: How pervasive is
the impact of these Laws that we can hear and observe in the musical
scale? The answer is simply astounding: We constantly dwell in the Presence of God, but because these Laws
impact and limit our vision, we remain totally unaware of our Creator. We
dwell in a twelve dimensional world -- and yet, we can only vaguely perceive
three, because of the workings of these Laws. Our every movement in this
life is controlled by a past that we can't remember -- a present that we are
fundamentally unaware of -- because of these Laws working upon us. We are walking the road to our eventual destiny -- and yet, we
cannot see beyond the moment because of these Laws. In symbolic form,
the secrets to understanding the workings of these Laws are imbedded within the
text of the Torah, or Law of Moses. While Christians proclaim that they
are exempt from the Law in what they call the Old Testament, because they are
ignorant of man's true reality, they are literally drowning in the sea of Law
that will bring about their own spiritual demise. While it is true that Jesus
came to save them, his followers were required to keep his
Commandments. Thus, the words of Jesus: "Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto
thee" (John 5:14 KJV).
Because modern Christians do not keep his Commandments, and fail to
imitate the life of Christ and become a genuine disciple, they make themselves
apostates from the Law of God -- and therefore they will find themselves being judged as
law-breakers. Christians
not exempt for keeping Law: With respect to the
Law Jesus said:
"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.
I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is
accomplished" (Matt 5:17-18 NIV). Are Christians
exempt from the Law? In answer to this question Jesus warned those who
would call themselves his followers: "Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of
heaven" (Matt 5:19 NIV). Every day
people who call themselves the followers of Christ not only break the
commandments, but teach others to ignore the Laws of God. In the time of
Jesus the Pharisees were a people who attempted to live every aspect of their
lives in accordance with the Law of God. Using the Pharisees as a
standard, Jesus warned those who desired to be his followers that their
righteousness had to exceed that of the Pharisees: "For I tell you that
unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of
the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven" (Matt 5:20
NIV). What was Jesus saying? Surely he was not
ordaining a life where those who called themselves his followers could live
lives addicted to sex, carnal sensuality, extreme materialism, and every other
sort of excess imaginable? In total conflict with modern Church
doctrine, Jesus warned the people that they not only had to
live in accordance with the Law of God, they also were required to embrace the
spirit of true righteousness. Thus, at Matt. 5:48 Jesus taught they had to
be as perfect as their Heavenly Father. Believers
must fulfill the Law: Directly preceding
the above verse in the Gospel of the Nazirenes -- which Gospel was hidden away
and escaped the corruption of the scriptures by the Church of Constantine --
Jesus further warns those who would call themselves his followers:
"Verily
they who believe and fulfill The Law shall save their souls, and they who do not
shall lose them" Why would Jesus say
these words? Why isn't belief and faith in Jesus enough to be saved?
The answer is quite simple -- i.e., the teachings of The Way is a spiritual
revelation that can only be received by genuine disciples of the
Light. By walking in The Way, the disciple is connected with the indwelling Source of Spiritual
Knowledge that instructs the genuine follower how to overcome the laws of the
earth that limit man in his natural organic (carnal) state. While the
Pharisees kept the Law in a ritualistic manner, in not turning the Law within
themselves in search of the inner Kingdom of God (see Luke 17:20-21), they fell
short of what is required. The followers of Jesus, on the other hand,
were warned that they had to be genuine disciples of the Light who ceased to be
bound by the limitations of this temporal world. By living in strict
accord with the Royal Law of the Most High and the Commandments of Jesus, the
disciple begins the process of overcoming his lower nature which is bound by the
Laws of this earth. A genuine disciple of The Way will then be spiritually
taught via his own indwelling spiritual nature the
secrets of overcoming the Laws that inhibit natural man. Man's
physical body is programmed for his spiritual failure:
Our physical body
is of the earth -- it therefore is not a vehicle that is the natural environment
of man's soul and spiritual natures. What this means is that if we are to
manifest our higher natures, and rise above the inherent carnal limitations of
our physical body/vessel, we will be required to make a conscious effort -- even
a super conscious effort -- as we endeavor to overcome the Laws that are ruling
forces of this natural world. The reality of this is found in the words: "We must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of
God" (Acts 14:22 NKJ). If
we are therefore bound to this physical realm by the natural Laws, then it is of
the utmost importance for us to be cognizant of the effects of the Law as they
interact with every aspect of nature and life. If
we pose the question: Is man's physical
body imbued with the Laws that inhibit him from fulfilling his spiritual
goals? As we look around
us at the natural world it is important that we be cognizant of the fact that we see the absence of
strait lines. The leaves
on a tree or plant -- the outline of a mountain range -- the formation of rocks
-- as well as the very physical bodies in which we presently dwell. Strait
lines do not exist in nature. Why? Because these Laws which we can
hear and observe on a keyboard, cause all things to change
direction in midstream. In the same way that we cannot clear our minds and
focus on a single thought, as we attempt to walk the path of spiritual
enlightenment, the Laws of this realm will constantly work to lead us off the
path to Life.
Returning once
again to the keyboard: Starting from the
left most key we can see the first note, and between the first and second is a
half-tone which is represented by that black key. The same is true with respect to the sequence of the second to
third note. Then, between the third and fourth note the pattern suddenly
changes, and we can observe that there is no half-tone between these
notes. Why? Because when we play the notes, the fourth note is
actually a
half-tone, and yet it artificially and falsely sounds to us as a whole-step increment.
Why? Why does our ears hear a half-tone in the third to fourth
sequence as a whole, while this is not true in the first two intervals of an
octave? The enigma is
caused by a twisting of the frequencies when they are played in sequence -- but
this twisting is representative of a pattern which is indigenous to all such sequences of Law throughout all of
Creation. What this means is that while we can hear this Law at work in
music, and observe this Law at work by virtue of the physical placement of the
keys on a keyboard, this same pattern remains universal to all the Laws that
control this world throughout every aspect of our lives. The result is
that when we think we are heading in a straight path, we are inadvertently
turned off the path without ever realizing that our direction has been altered
by the natural sequence of Laws which immerse every aspect of this physical
realm. Thus, the objective
of fulfilling the covenant with God from a New Covenant perspective, is to bring the
seven into an absolute harmony in the endeavor to permit the Light to immerse
the totality of our being. While it is true that those who meditate in the
Eastern religious traditions can
see the Light -- and this is good -- it is only those who become Complete within themselves, that succeed in becoming the
vessels of the Light. This presents a problem
that few people on the road to spiritual enlightenment ever consider -- i.e., if the soul is asexual, and the gender divided male and
female centers are in fact half of the whole by virtue of their inherent physical sexual
orientation, then only those soul-mates who enter a Genuine Divine Marriage can
truly manifest the ONE in their UNION! Unlike the Eastern religions,
the Hebrew holy men knew this, and therefore required students of Mysticism to
be married and live in accordance with the principles of the Torah (Law).
This is also the basis for the Orthodox Jewish refusal to say or write the name
of God -- i.e., G-d -- because Hebrew Mysticism teaches that only a man and
women in absolute harmony and oneness can together in unison speak the True Name
of God.
If we again look at
the keyboard we will see this sequence of seven in the fact that if we count the
first seven white keys, the pattern replicates itself and starts over again, because each seven-note
sequence completes an octave. Notice also that there is no half-tone in the
sequence between the end of one octave and the beginning of the next. This
is important -- in that, in this we find the key to the enigma -- i.e.,
something is at work upon our senses that causes us to hear a half-tone as if it
were a whole-tone. This unknown something, is a force
or series of Laws that are at work, that
gives a false completion between the third and forth sequence. Scientific
Proof: In order to even
begin to understand the underlying forces at work in this realm, we must
comprehend that this world is diametrically connected to parallel realms that we
cannot see with our physical senses (see http://nazirene.org/prologue.htm#science
). For instance, while a male would typically envision the octave from a
linear perception, the feminine mind would be better cognizant of the fact that
the playing of the first note will initiate harmonic sequences that interact not
only from upper and lower frequencies of the spectrum, but also from other
dimensions that are beyond the ability of our physical senses to
perceive. This presents a problem: To even begin to be cognizant of the far-reaching
implications of the playing of a single note of the musical scale, we would have
to utilize areas of mind that are beyond what we would define as normal human
consciousness. Einstein
experienced shock when he first came into contact with the new reality of
atomic physics, and wrote in his autobiography:
“All my attempts to adapt the
theoretical foundation of physics to this [new type of] knowledge failed
completely. It was as if
the ground had been pulled out from under one, with no firm foundation to be
seen anywhere, upon which one could have built”. Bell’s theorem, which was
proposed in 1964 by J.S. Bell, a physicist working in Switzerland, was first
confirmed experimentally in 1972. Physicist
Henry Stapp, in a 1975 federal report called it the most “profound
discovery of science”. Bell’s
theorem succeeds in exhibiting the bizarre nature of the subatomic world.
Experiments show that if paired particles which are identical twins in
their polarity fly apart, and the polarity of one is changed by an
experimenter, the polarity of the other particle changes instantaneously.
Even though they appear to us as separate, the particles remain
mysteriously connected regardless of the fact that there is no physical
connection. In 1982, Physicist Alain Aspect performed experiments at the University of Paris which have been interpreted to demonstrate that there is a
"transcendent" component to this universe which is definitely "non-material" and which operates outside of known physical laws which apply to the material.
The implications are so profound, that this could be considered the scientific "spiritual" proof which brings science and theology back together under
a common domain."Aspect and his team discovered that under certain circumstances subatomic particles such as electrons are able to instantaneously communicate with each other regardless of the distance separating them. It doesn't matter whether they are 10 feet or 10 billion miles apart."
What is important for
us to consider here is the fact that everything that we see, hear or perceive
with our physical senses of the body, is actually connected in parallel realms
that are beyond the sense limitations of our physical self. While on the
surface the average religious authority would immediately question why God would
place the answers to life beyond the perception and comprehension of man who is
required to live in accordance with God's Higher Laws, the answer is really very
simple -- so simple, in fact, that most religious authority pay is very little
attention what-so-ever. God did not create the churches and
synagogues in which men flock to find Truth. Neither did God create the
schools and manmade systems of education. What God created was the natural
world -- and especially man and woman. Yet, we abuse the natural world,
and we pay little heed to the depth of the relationship between man and woman.
God
gives man ability to transcend time and space: God
gave us the ability to not only see into these other realms that control this
world, but he also gave us the inherent ability to overcome time and space as we
understand these concepts. Previously I
demonstrated where these other realms actually utilize that exchange of bodily fluids
during sex to bind the husband and wife in a Genuine Spiritual Marriage together as One
(see Sexual Connection
). What this means is that while we may see husband and wife as remaining
(physically) independent of each other, this concept of independence is totally
false from a higher perspective where the two remain intimately
connected.
Perhaps more importantly is the fact that the work of
Physicist Alain Aspect
threw our whole concept of time and space into question.
While Einstein had demonstrated that communication took place at the speed of
light, in the case of Aspect's experiments, the communication was instantaneous
-- which can only indicate that the two remain connected regardless of what we
perceive to be a distance of time and space! While this can be a
good thing in a Genuine Spiritual Marriage, it can also have very undesirable
effects when one engages in sex with many partners. With
respect to time and space, Einstein was of the opinion that we could move either
backward or forward in time if we could move faster than the speed of
light. Yet the work of both J.S. Bell and Alain Aspect demonstrate that
time can be conquered through consciousness and the employment of paranormal
realities, rather than through the physical realities of this world. Yet,
what the findings of either Bell or Aspect do not reveal is the relationship of
the male and female polarities of mind to the issue of time and
space. Everything
about the female consciousness should convey that she is focused in the
past. In like manner, the male consciousness is focused in a forward
future direction. An observant marriage counselor will quickly conclude
that one of the problems in male/female communications is seen in the fact that
women frequently talk about their problems and concerns, and often become offended
when their husbands attempt to lessen what they say by posing a quick solution
to what males would perceive to be his wife's problems. The wife was not
really looking for a solution -- but merely was attempting to communicate to her
husband in a manner that is natural to her domain of thinking and perceiving
life. That
time and space can be easily conquered, and that these other parallel realms and
dimensions exist which the mystic has long told us about, is a reality
that to our own detriment we continue to ignore. The problem is that our
culture, antiquated scientific schools of thought that is taught to our
children, most church foundational religious doctrines, as well as the
philosophical tenets of our society, are all based upon a counterfeit
understanding of life and Creation -- resulting in our own eventual
demise! To
develop a depth of mind and consciousness beyond physical limitations requires a
concerted effort on both the part of the individual and immediate family and
community. The problem is that our modern culture not only inhibits, but is
a detriment to our mental and spiritual growth as both individual and a
society. Instead of mental development, we are constantly being
brainwashed with parochial philosophy -- secular ordained political correctness
-- and a Darwinist temporal perception of life. We are taught to squander
away our lives on the pursuit of meaningless materiality -- and we are not even
cognizant of our spiritual potential, or the implications of our present
sexually liberated culture. While it is truly difficult to fulfill the axiom to "know
thyself", the task can become insurmountable when our minds are being
flooded with the thoughts -- or level of thinking -- that is being engendered by
our previous sexual partners. Positive
and negative aspects of sex for men and women: It
is interesting to note that in the same way that the powers of mind are
diametrically opposite between men and women, there is an old adage that is also
true with respect to the saying: Show me your strength, and I will show you your
weakness. A woman's mind which is focused much more to the past, is
actually empowered through sex when she receives vital life-force from her male
partner. The problem is that in the same way that her body can only
process one egg at a time -- and sex is an empowering force -- because her
psyche is focused in the past, the impact of multiple sex partners is much more prevalent
and remains with her throughout most of her life. The male, on the other
hand, expels enough sperm in one ejaculation to literally populate the world --
and yet, sex is not only a loss of vital life-force for him -- and it's
conservation is necessary for his development -- but he has absolutely little to
no control over the fate of his essence/power once it is expelled. While
the thought of multiple partners may be sexually stimulating to him, the more he spreads
his seed, the less control over his life and destiny he has. In like
manner, while sex is always empowering for women, multiple sex partners creates
confusion, lack of focus, and even insanity. So much for the Feminist
position that men and women are the same.
While
normal physical-level marriages between men and women improve the situation,
these surface relationships often represent only a single step upward.
While the male in these physical marriages generally only has sex with one partner, because the relationship
lacks spiritual depth, and neither the male nor female minds have developed
beyond their immediate carnal reality, the vital life-force that is exchanged
during sex is usually lost by the woman out into nature. The secret to
overcoming the
dilemma is found when the husband and wife develop themselves mentally and
spiritually, and the woman is then able to return the vital life-force back to
her husband who is able to receive it back from her at a higher level of mind --
and the two are then able to use this higher sexually developed energy to bring
about a higher manifestation of reality in their life. Thus, God provides us with the answer, but few
of us are willing to
immerse ourselves in the true depth of the Divine Pattern of Life. Returning
back to the focus of our subject matter: If we pose the question as to why these
other realms where the transference of thought is being engendered are beyond our ability to perceive? The answer is very
simple: Because of the limitations of our physical body which is comprised of
earth-matter, and therefore is only capable of perceiving frequencies within the
spectrum of the earth. It is important to
remember that music is merely a
representation of the Laws that control the Universe and Creation in the form of
sound that we hear. Like the paired particles, a sound that is
played here, resonates harmonically, as well as in parallel realms where we are unable to detect the
corresponding sequences. Thus, music exists, because it is a manifestation of Law that we
perceive as sound. The twisting of Law at the third interval: In music the octave is expressed in the familiar terms doe, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, doe --
with the second doe being the beginning of the next octave. When the first
doe is sounded, this is passed onto the second note as represented in the term
re. Here is
In other documents
on this web site I have defined the biblical personage of Satan as a collective
consciousness that is of the earth -- i.e., the gravity of mind that keeps our
thinking attached to this realm (see gravity of
mind ). When we are in a mechanical mode -- i.e., not totally conscious of what we are doing,
thinking, and merely going through the routines of life -- our mind is being
diverted by nature in that loop that keeps us attached to the earth. In
fact, we are often so being controlled by nature, that we can't even remember
what we did the day before. It is as if our life in on automatic mode, and
we only wake up when something or someone collides with us. It is
this condition that the Apostle Paul defines as being of a "natural
mind".
One of the
paramount problems which confront us is seen in the fact that these laws are
ingrained and locked into our physical bodies -- which reality is referred to in
the scriptures as a carnal mindset. This conflicting reality between man's
physical and spiritual natures is expressly seen in the words of the Apostle
where he writes: "We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.
I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.
And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me.
I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do -- this I keep on doing.
Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
So I find this law at work: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.
For in my inner being I delight in God's law; but I see another law at work in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my
members" (Rom 7:14-23 NIV).
The problem is that
modern Christians use these revelations of Paul as evidence that man cannot
cease from sinning, or that he cannot fulfill the Commandment of Jesus at Mat.
5:48 where we are told to be as perfect as our Heavenly Father. This
results in the spiritual demise of Christians who interpret Paul's writings in a
very carnal sense to mean that faith in Jesus will save them, rather than faith
in the inner Kingdom -- i.e., that if they walk in the foots of Jesus and follow in The Way, they will be
saved through the process of entering the Kingdom of God. Moreover,
because the Kingdom that Jesus declared is within us (see Luke 17:20-21), as we
move in an inner direction, this heightened vision and awareness provides us the
ability to perceive reality from a position where we are then able to comprehend
life in conjunction with the parallel realms that Jesus told us about -- realms
that are
beyond the vision of man in his natural organic state. Once you comprehend
the Pattern of Creation, with contemplation you can then begin to understand the manner in
which all worlds, dimensions and realms came into being as each succeeding level
of Creation gave birth to the next. Moreover, each succeeding world
becomes segregated from the next by virtue of the very same Laws that brought it
into being. The knowledge of this state of inner division prompted Jesus
to warn that a house that is divided cannot stand (Mat 12:25-26). The
Perpetual Sabbath: What
this means is that in the same way that every day must become a Sabbath unto the
Lord if we are to fulfill the scriptures, we must eliminate the division of Law
as manifest in the multiple octaves within us. If we were to interpret the
scriptures correctly we would quickly see that Jesus did not rise on
Sunday. The correct interpretation would be that the women went to the
tomb on one of the Sabbaths. Why? Because from the perspective
of Jesus and the scriptures, after the resurrection there was nothing but
Sabbaths. In order to force this interpretation the authors of the
scriptures had Jesus rise in two days, while it was predicted that he would rise
on the third day. What the authors of the scriptures were attempting to do
is drive the readers to seek out the deeper meaning. It
is important to not only read the text of the scriptures, but to begin to
understand the manner in which the language of numbers are employed. If, at the very Core of our
Being is the Source that dwells in a state of Absolute ONENESS, and the ONE moved outwardly in a threefold manner of
Mother/Father God, and the Divine Offspring referred to as the Son of God, then
each succeeding level of Creation is the result of the Three Powers of God
bringing forth life from within themselves. While the polarity of Mother
God moved out further into Creation and created within Herself a dynamic Trinity
that brought forth the physical realm in which we presently are focused, the
polarity of Father God also moved out into Creation and created within Himself
the dynamic Trinity that brought forth the spiritual realms which exist as man's
higher reality. But because the Son of God was the dynamic balance of Mind
between the Two, when the Son moved out into the next realm it remained the
center, and when manifest in the physical body become the seven spiritual
centers that animate our being. In this vision of Creation the
modern quantum physicist has a more elevated perception of reality than does the
majority of those who claim to be a religious authority. The ramifications
are profound. What this means is that each individual note that
comprises an octave, actually has an octave within itself. Going still one
step further it must be realized that within each note of each succeeding lower
octave, is another level of an octave. Thus, the Divine Pattern becomes
replicated throughout all the lower levels of Creation right down into the
subatomic world.
What
this means is that the more carnal we permit ourselves to become, the more
divided is our level of consciousness, and the more we move away from the core
of our being. The more we embrace our liberal culture and engage in the
pursuit of sensual and carnal fulfillment, the more we move into harmony with
our lower nature. Add to this the rampant violence, sexuality, and the
self gratifying lifestyle that is the paramount theme on our television and
entertainment media, and it is easy to see that our society exists on the very
fringes of what would be deemed the lower levels of human consciousness.
The result is that our mind and consciousness has become so fragmented by moving
away from the core of our being, that we can no longer control the random and
discarnate thoughts entering our minds at a constant pace, and we are literally
the slaves to the nature-god of this world. The
animal consciousness within man: A very
important concept is taught to us in the 88th chapter of the Gospel of the
Nazirenes ( http://nazirene.org/gospel_nine.htm#chapter88
) where it reads: "And after seven days again, his disciples were within the upper room; then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in their midst and said,
Peace be to you, and He was known to them in the holy memorial. And He said to them,
Love you one another and all the creatures of God, Yet I say to you, not all are men, who are in the form of man. Are they men or women in the image of God whose ways of violence, of oppression and wrong, who choose a lie rather than the
truth? No, truly, till they are born again, and receive the spirit of love and wisdom within their hearts. Then only are they sons and daughters of Israel, and being of Israel they are children of God, And for this cause came I into the world, and for this I have suffered at the hands of sinners."
What
this means is that while man has the potential to exist in the image of God, when
he permits himself to be ruled over by his lower nature which is of the earth,
he exists as a beast that is in the form of man. Why would carnal man be a
beast in the form of man? Because having permitted his consciousness to be
alienated from his inner Core by embracing the lower nature of his physical
body, he is now ruled over by the god of this world. In this respect, a
number of frightening quotations can be seen in the Jewish Talmud with respect
to their depiction of
the non-Jew as beasts: "...Jehovah created the non-Jew in human form so that the Jew
would have to be served by beasts. The non-Jew is consequently an animal in human form, and condemned to serve the Jew day
and night" (Talmud, Midrasch Talpiothe). "When the serpent copulated with Eve he infused her with lust.
The lust of the Israelites who stood at Mount Sinai came to an end, the lust of idolaters who did not stand at Mount Sinai DID NOT
COME TO AN END" (Talmud, Yehamoth 103a-103b). "These so-called Talmudic
'Jews' believe that anyone who can not trace an ancestor through Israel to Mount Sinai, is a part of
that serpent seed. This serpent seed is identified throughout Talmudic teachings without further identity as
'idolaters'. In the Talmud, Christians are called 'beasts' and 'idolaters'"
(Case Of The Nazarene Reopened, Hyman E. Goldin, pp 423, 431-432, 775, & 781).
While many Christians and non-Jews may be offended by being defined as the
offspring of the serpent's seed, by permitting themselves to be ruled over by
their carnal nature, they have made themselves temporal and of this world -- or,
in the words of Jesus: "Yet I say to you, not all are men, who are in the form of
man".
Because
the liberals in our society are basically out of touch with reality and human
nature, they reason that you can simply resolve all problems through their
system of mind-programming which they call education, and by telling other
people how they should act and live their lives. Yet, they undermine their
whole utopian philosophy by encouraging the children in their care to reject the
concept of a Higher Power and God, and live a sense-bound life. If it
smells good, eat it. If you want it, get it. It is looks good, have
sex with it. The result is that their philosophy actually drives the
culture and society into the lower levels of carnal manifestation -- empowering
their indigenous animal nature -- resulting in the exact opposite of the utopia
they envision.
Subjugation
overcomes the Laws: What is the
solution? Our true reality and self lies at the Core of our Being -- i.e.,
that part of us that remains connected to the Kingdom of God where division of
consciousness does not exist. The key to the dilemma, then, is found in the Gospel of John. When Jesus states
that he can do nothing of his own -- or say nothing of his own -- what he is
portraying is his absolute subjugation to the Father who dwells at the very Core
of his Being0:
"I can of Myself do
nothing" (John 5:30 NKJ);
"I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these
things" (John 8:28 KJV);
"The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the
works" (John 14:10 NKJ);
"For I did not speak of my own accord, but the Father who sent me commanded me what to say and how to say
it. I know that his command leads to eternal life. So whatever I say is just what the Father has told me to
say" (John 12:49-50 NIV).
The objective is to
overcome our divided nature. We begin to do this by realizing that our
consciousness is of the earth -- that the philosophical, cultural and religious
doctrines of men are of the earth -- and we must begin to overcome our own
divided nature by reversing the process of Creation that moved our consciousness
into the outer world. Thus, the teachings of The Way were designed for
those who recognize themselves as the prodigal sons, and desire to return to the
Kingdom of Origination.
Once we begin to comprehend the Laws, and the manner in which the Laws twist
because each element in the equation not only passes on the next phase of the
sequence, but also simultaneously initiates its own beginning sequence, we are
then able to see that what Jesus was actually stating was that he, being in total and
absolute subjugation to his inner most Core of Reality, did not independently create his own beginning sequence,
and actually was a vehicle for the Manifest Will of the the Most High God. Thus, in
the case of Jesus, because he was in total subjection to God, he
actually manifested God in the world -- or, as in the witness of his disciples in the words: "Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a Man attested by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs which God did through Him in your
midst" (Acts 2:22 NKJ). God was able
to manifest Himself and work through Jesus, because Jesus was in total and
absolute subjugation to the Father. Why? Because neither Jesus,
nor his inner soul and spiritual natures, initiated their own octave sequence -- and being
in total subjection, were ONE with the Father because they manifested His Will
and not their own.
That Jesus did not
do his own will, but instead manifested the will of the Father on earth, is
especially seen in the words: "Philip said, Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for
us. Jesus answered: Don't you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'?
Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work.
Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves.
I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.
And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father.
You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it. If you love me, you will obey what I command.
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you
forever -- the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.
I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live.
On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.
Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to
him. Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the
world? Jesus replied, If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
He who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.
All this I have spoken while still with you. But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
You heard me say, 'I am going away and I am coming back to you.' If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.
I have told you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe.
I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming. He has no hold on me,
but the world must learn that I love the Father and that I do exactly what my Father has commanded
me" (John 14:8-31 NIV).
It is of the utmost
importance for us to understand the words of Jesus in relation to the Laws when
he said: "..I do exactly what my Father has commanded
me." In understanding this we are then able to begin to
perceive the foundation of the beliefs of the Hebrew followers and disciples of
Jesus who held that Jesus was not God, but was a true holy man who was restored
to the highest level of spirituality known to man when he fulfilled the Law more
perfectly than anyone had ever done previously.
Christian
Apostasy to Law of God causes believers demise: The problem is that
modern Christians who have faith in the historical man Jesus, without actually
living a life in imitation of Christ, derive little benefit from calling
themselves Christians, because in living their lives in accordance with the culture and
mindset of this world, they never succeed in overcoming the Laws -- Laws that can only
be overcome by picking up their own cross and walking in The Way. This
cannot be made any plainer than in the words where Jesus warned:
"Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his
kingdom" (Matt 16:24-28 KJV).
It is important for
us to recognize that, according to Jesus, we will be judged by our "works"!
What works? The works are our willingness to live separate from the
temporal culture and thinking of this world, and make ourselves citizens of the Heavenly
Kingdom. Thus, those who "shall not taste of death", are
those who carry their own cross, crucify the flesh, overcome the Laws of this
world and manifest in the physical body, and enter the "strait
gate" within that provides us access to the Kingdom of God.
The
Apostle Paul commands us:
This
great truth is seen in Origen's reply to Celsus where he wrote: “By
participation in the Son of God one is adopted as a son… by
participation in the Holy Spirit is a man rendered holy and spiritual…”
and, “every rational creature needs a participation in the Trinity”.
Those who have not themselves yet uncovered their true spiritual nature
as the son of God, perceive sacred truths in forms, types, and allegories --
because they, being carnal, “cannot comprehend” the mysteries of God
that awaits them. When God,
in the words of St. Nazianzen, no longer is an “object of wonder”,
but rather an “object of desire” -- and we, desiring to be purified
from the defilements of this world, make ourselves fit vessels for the Lord to
indwell, the Spirit, according to St. Nazianzen, reveals to us our true nature,
and the revelation of this manifest Sacred Knowledge makes “us like God; so
that when we have thus become like Himself, God may, to use a bold expression,
hold converse with us as Gods, being united to us, and that perhaps to the same
extent as He already knows those who are known to Him”.
St. Nazianzen then writes that “the Divine Nature then is boundless
and hard to understand” by those who are yet carnal and think as natural
beings of this world. If
we then pose the question: What does this mean
in our own lives? The far-reaching reality of the only possible answer is
profound! All the levels of Creation from the Highest, to the
lowest, have come into being by virtue of the interaction of the Laws. We
are therefore locked into a carnal perception of only being able to perceive the reality of this world,
because of the Laws which control our physical nature. Moreover, we are unaware of our
own inner reality because of these same Laws which limit our physical
body/mind. Further, because in our natural organic state the vital life-force flows through us and out
into nature, there is not enough conscious energy left to overcome these Laws within us. While the situation might seem hopeless, the answer to the
dilemma is once again found in the scriptures.
We
are spiritually dead, and must become alive: Because
we exist in an embryonic and incomplete state, the purpose of the teachings of
The Way is to first awaken a person to their soul and spiritual natures, and
then develop their true essence and maturity so as to enable the person to be
born into the Kingdom. Throughout the scriptures it is continually suggested
that carnal man dwells in a kind of stupor -- hypnotized by the forms and
sensual realities of this world. Some
places in the Bible represent this condition as sleeping, others as death --
i.e.,
“Another disciple said to him, Lord, first let me go and bury my
father. But Jesus told him, Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead”
(Matt 8:21-22 NIV). This state that Jesus calls death, is when the vital
life-force flows through us as a conduit, and out into nature. Throughout
his Epistles the Apostle Paul writes that the carnal mind is dead to man’s
spiritual reality. In this
respect, we can see the concept of waking up from this stupor, sleep, or death,
in the words:
That
this total control of one’s words begins with a total control of one’s mind,
can be seen in the commandment of the Apostle to
James, Jesus’ brother, the first leader of the New Covenant Church who
was known as a true holy man, wrote that in order to fulfill the vision of the
Gospel, one had to
These
biblical verses are rarely used today because they represent concepts that would
be considered extreme and fanatical from the perspective of both believers and
non-believers in our modern-day culture.
In fact, everything in our present-day society has been engineered by
what the Apostle calls the god of this world, to inhibit the fulfilling of these
necessary ingredients in the process of the next stage of birth that the Bible
states is absolutely necessary if we are to enter into Life. Why
does the Apostle of faith order the followers of Jesus to
“…take captive every
thought to make it obedient to Christ” (2 Cor 10:5 NIV)?
Fundamentally for the same reason he orders them to “Put to death, therefore,
whatever belongs to your earthly nature” (Col 3:5 NIV).
Our earthly nature being of this world, bleeds the vital life-force that is our
inheritance from God as His prodigal sons, and squanders it away on the
elemental and sensual things of this world. So, then, we must begin to
pull this life-force back within us in order to both heighten our level of
awareness, and feed our mind with thoughts and impressions that are conducive to
a Christ-like manner of living and thinking.
In order to capture every thought to Christ, put
to death our earthly nature, and bridle the whole body to make it our slave, we must begin to pull
back our consciousness and vision of life from an outward perception, and draw
our consciousness within ourselves toward the inner reality of our soul.
What this means is that we will have to begin to see ourselves as a spiritual
being who is using this physical vessel as a means to be manifest in this
world. The process is called creating a double image -- i.e., we see the
world from the perspective of our physical body, and we also become aware of our
soul-consciousness which views our physical body and the world from an inner
dimension.
In order to even begin to accomplish this, we
must not only strictly adhere to the commandments of Jesus by redirecting our
vital life-force from being squandered away on the sensual and elemental things
of this world, but we must seek to live a lifestyle that engenders a higher flow
of energy. This encompasses every aspect of the lives the we
live. Both the Essenes and followers of Jesus were vegetarians --
they therefore neither polluted their bodies with dead flesh (see http://watcher.nazirene.org/watcher4.htm#vegetarian
) -- and from a purely physical
perspective, they lived on a simple diet that did not pull energy away from
their consciousness through the process of digestion.
Just as important in our endeavor to subdue the
physical body and draw our consciousness to a deeper and higher state within us,
is the reality that our breath on a mental and spiritual level connects our mind
and physical body in the constant interaction of positive and negative
cycles. Therefore, every breath must become a conscious movement of energy
between the physical, soul and spirit of our being. This
brings us to another scriptural reality that we must come to terms with -- i.e., "For as he thinks within himself, so he is" (Prov 23:7 NAS).
Thus, the thoughts that you entertain -- or the quality of these thoughts --
defines the person that you are! A person whose thinking is on the things
of this world, is of this world. Spiritual thoughts engender
spirituality. The thoughts you think -- the conversations you have with
others -- the music you listen to -- the ideas you possess with respect to the
meaning and goals of life -- all serve to define the person you are, and have a most profound effect upon your
consciousness.
Jesus
commanded his followers to turn the other cheek -- condemn no one -- forgive even those who
persecute you -- and practice unconditional love to not only all people, but to
all the creatures of the world. To accomplish this requires a great amount
of knowledge and understanding with respect to why the world is the way it is --
and why God permits the exercise of free-will even when people use free-will to
live un-Godly lifestyles. Physical
Marriage Key to overcoming Laws: From
a biblical perspective, the essence of the teachings of The Way is to overcome
our inner state of division between our physical and soul self -- our soul and
spiritual natures -- and lastly, our physical, soul, spiritual natures and our
Creator God. The immediate problem with which we are faced is the fact
that as men and women, we are at best only one third of the equation with
respect to our physical nature. What this means is that our relationship with our spouse is not only important from the
perspective of learning about the Divine Pattern of Creation with respect to
understanding how to overcome our inner states of division, but also the
division or our physical gender/body.
In
this most people who attempt to seek the Truth have defeated themselves before
they have even begun. While most men will study scripture and
philosophy in books, the most important dimension is that which an equally
evolved wife can bring to the male perception of the quest to understand and
overcome the obstacles of life. In like manner, while most women have the
capacity to sense other parallel realms and dimensions in order to know and
learn things that are not in the books that men are accustomed to reading, it is
the husband that draws the intuitive abilities of women away from what would be
considered physic parlor games, into man's true inner reality. Thus, the
two must begin to expand and function as One, in the endeavor to walk in The
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In the first place we must understand that an octave is comprised of seven notes
or sequences -- as is the
pattern of the seven colors of the rainbow that make up white light. In
the Bible we can see this same message being conveyed in the Sabbath, and again
it is conveyed to us in the example of Enoch, the seventh from Adam,
who supposedly did not die because he was taken by God. In fact, if we are
observant, we can see this same pattern behind the sequences of seven that is used throughout
every aspect of the
scriptures. From a spiritual perspective it is important to remember that
the Light -- or, the One -- is made up of the seven (colors of the rainbow) that
are divided. The importance of this is seen in the words: "And God said:
This is the sign of the covenant which I make between Me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the
earth" (Gen 9:12-13 NKJ).
Thus,
in this we can see one of the keys to the dilemma to life. The more that a
woman develops her feminine powers of mind, the deeper and further she is able
to look into the past -- even the more distant past that is beyond the natural
barriers of this present lifetime. These past life memories are centered
in the Foundation sphere of the Tree of Life, and it is woman's intuitive polarization
of mind that enables her to more easily retrieve the distant memories than her
male counterpart. But as an equal partner in the union, the husband must
often look upon his wife as a resource for insight and knowledge that is not
within his area of expertise. The problem is that the majority of
men pay little attention to what women say -- our society does
not understand the powers of the feminine mind -- and with our prevalent Darwinist
perception of life and Creation, neither does our culture even believe that we
existed in other lifetimes previous to the one we are living at
present. More importantly, though, is the fact that women inherently
possess the power to transcend time and space with respect to the past. In
like manner, men are naturally focused towards the future -- and if their minds
were developed, they would be able to perceive time and space beyond even the
limitations of this present life. 
where the problem begins -- i.e., the second note not only
sounds the appropriate note/frequency which is re in response to the previous
doe, but also inadvertently (and automatically) starts its own beginning octave independently of the
first. What this means is that when the sequence is passed onto the
third note, it not only responds to the initial doe-re by sounding a mi, but
plays a re in response to the doe played by the second note sequence, as well as
its own doe in an independently initiated octave. The result is that
when the third sequence attempts to pass on the preceding sequences plus its
own, the combination creates a false completion -- resulting in a twisting of
the octave -- and what we hear as a full-tone, is actually a half -- resulting
in the sequential pattern going in a different direction other than what we
would perceive to be a straight line. This twisting in turn creates a
loop, which inadvertently returns the sequence in the direction of its initial
beginning. The result is that in the same way that we hear what sounds to
us to be a sequence of whole-tones, even though it is not, without realizing it
the Laws/octaves turn, and we end up confined into a three-dimensional reality
because the Laws twist (as demonstrated in the example of the octaves), and we
cannot perceive reality beyond the limitations of this world. The
points at which the octaves/Laws turn within us, can be corrected with the
proper food, breath, thoughts, and vital life force provided to us by the opposite
gender in a Divine Marriage. It is here at these important crossroads of
consciousness, that the mental/spiritual impetus can be supplied to us by a
genuine husband or wife. What this means is that it is of the utmost
importance not only for husband and wife to be thoroughly bonded with respect to
their physical, mental and spiritual natures, but that they be as pure as
possible from the defilements of past sexual encounters with people outside of
their marriage union. Moreover, it is important that the two have matured
and grown as a single unit -- with the female manifesting the purest of feminine
thought and power of mind -- the male manifesting the purest of masculine
thought and power of mind -- and the third force being a shared reality where
male and female exist not only in harmony, but with the birth of the third force
which we call the child of truth, something totally new emerges from the
two. What this means is that God has provided us with all the tools
we need to possess the Ultimate Truths of Creation, but few of us are willing to
embrace what the Lord has given us.
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