Reply: The God Who Wasn't There Greetings Hal: In reading about your DVD entitled The God Who Wasn't There, there is an important element to the equation that is totally absent from what you are presenting -- and that element is the fact that the scriptures were written by Gnostic Mystics -- composed for those who seek the Ebionite Nazirene path of TheWay.  And what this means is that none of the people you interviewed -- whether they are true believers (Fundamentalists), accepted scholars and historians, or any variety of philosophers and clergy -- all the opinions and positions that you present is mere speculation, because the people you interviewed neither understand the original objective of the scriptures, or the spiritual language of the soul that the scriptures are written in. Like all such spiritual writings, the Gospels emphatically state that the personage of Jesus did not openly reveal what was called the Mysteries of the Kingdom of God to the multitude of people -- i.e., "And the disciples came and said to Him, Why do You speak to them in parables? He answered and said to them, Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given" (Matt 13:10-11 NKJ). To the degree that Paul, who had been taken up into the Kingdom, stated that without the transformation of the lower nature that is essential to the mystical path of TheWay, that the believers will look upon the Mysteries of the Kingdom as "foolishness" ( http://DivineManna.org#literal ). Which means that even in my attempt to explain the mass confusion with respect to those who attempt to read the scriptures without having brought about the necessary spiritual transformation of the lower nature, the very words that I express will be rejected and seen as "foolishness". Paul portrayed the written word of the scriptures as the "letter that killeth" (see http://Ebionite.com/defeat.htm ). Why? It is impossible to understand the inner spiritual meaning of the scriptures, without the transformation, opening and Anointing of the mind of the disciple -- i.e., "Then opened He their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures" (Luke 24:45).  And the fact that the Pharisees had thrown away what Jesus called the Key of Knowledge ( http://KeyOfKnowledge.org ), and attempted to read the scriptures without first bringing about the necessary spiritual transformation and this opening and enlightenment of the mind, is why Jesus portrayed them as the offspring of the Devil -- i.e., "Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word. You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it" (John 8:43-44 NKJ).  And once you begin to truly understand what is being portrayed in the above words, all the authorities who you have interviewed not only study the written word of the scriptures "...from [their] own (carnal organic) resources -- but that they each fail to understand that they are "...speak[ing] from [their] own resources" -- and thus, the whole framework of their thinking is drawn from a mindset that parallels that of the Pharisees who Jesus condemned as not understanding the true meaning of the scriptures. To even begin to understand what I have presented to you in the above, and why Jesus portrayed the Torah Observant Pharisees as the offspring of the Devil, you must first understand why Jesus commanded: “But you, do not be called 'Rabbi'; for One is your Teacher, the Christ, and you are all brethren” (Matt 23:8 NKJ).  And it is in this one very important statement that neither believer, nonbeliever, clergy, scholar or critic understands, that is the paramount cause of their error and folly. Who is the One Teacher? Among the original Ebionite Nazirene disciples of Jesus who were condemned by both the Jews and the Christians, the One Teacher was portrayed as the True Prophet ( http://TheThreeLies.com#TrueProphet ) -- and it was warned that only those who become the "good ground" in the parable of the Sower and the Seed, can be taught by the True Prophet -- to the degree that they can themselves become Anointed (Messiah/Christ)-- i.e., "These things I have written to you concerning those who try to deceive you. But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him. And now, little children, abide in Him, that when He appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming. If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him" (1 Jn 2:26-29 NKJ). The necessary "...practice [of] righteousness" has absolutely nothing in common with the blind belief of manmade Church doctrines which is promoted by Christians today -- but rather, the very thinking, lifestyle and mindset of the sincere seeker who strives to do as Jesus taught, and seek the Kingdom (within). It has been speculated that those writings known as the Clementine Homilies (the disciple of the Apostle Peter), represents the original Ebionite Nazirene teachings which have long been suppressed by the Church -- and it is in these writings that the above reference to the One Teacher is explained by Peter where it is written: "And therefore I advise not only wise men, but indeed all men who have a desire of knowing what is advantageous to them, that they seek after the true Prophet; for it is He alone who knoweth all things, and who knoweth what and how every man is seeking. For He is within the mind of every one of us, but in those who have no desire of the knowledge of God and His righteousness, He is inoperative; but He works in those who seek after that which is profitable to their souls, and kindles in them the light of knowledge. Wherefore seek Him first of all; and if you do not find Him, expect not that you shall learn anything from any other. But He is soon found by those who diligently seek Him through love of the truth, and whose souls are not taken possession of by wickedness. For He is present with those who desire Him in the innocence of their spirits, who bear patiently, and draw sighs from the bottom of their hearts through love of the truth; but He deserts malevolent minds, because as a prophet He knows the thoughts of every one. And therefore let no one think that he can find Him by his own wisdom, unless, as we have said, he empty his mind of all wickedness, and conceive a pure and faithful desire to know Him. For when any one has so prepared himself, He Himself as a prophet, seeing a mind prepared for Him, of His own accord offers Himself to his knowledge”. And this was the very reason that Yeshua stated to the Pharisees that the Kingdom would never come upon the earth in the manner that carnal men look for it -- for it is within you (Luke 17:20-21) -- which reality is further detailed at http://GateOfEden.com ). While your authorities correctly state that: "The Jesus of the Gospels bears a striking resemblance to other ancient heroes and the figureheads of pagan savior cults" -- and while this is a typical statement by countless scholars and historians, because they each fail to understand both the objective of the scriptures, as well as the language of the soul the scriptures are written in -- they all arrive at an equally flawed conclusion. And once this flawed conclusion is understood, their error is equal to those who you portray as the "Contemporary Christians [who] are largely ignorant of the origins of their religion." But this same warning was presented from a very different perspective in the words: “Biblical scholars were not disturbed by what they found in the Dead Sea Scrolls because they had known all along that the origin of Christianity was not what was commonly supposed to have been” (A. Powell Davies quoted by Millar Burrows in More Light on the Dead Sea Scrolls). The problem that the scholars who note the "...striking resemblance to other ancient heroes and the figureheads of pagan savior cults", is seen in the fact that the accounts of these other ancient heroes are also written in the language of the soul, and neither are these other religions which are put forth as "...figureheads of pagan savior cults" understood with any greater depth, than the mystical Gnostic accounts of the New Testament. The great Truth that none of the culturally accepted experts, scholars, clergy or philosophers have all failed to understand, is the fact that regardless of the ancient religious tradition, the inner core and scriptural authors of each of these ancient religions, were all confronted by the profound reality that the mind of organic man which Paul portrays as being of a "natural" consciousness ( http://DivineManna.org#literal ), is incapable of understanding the higher reality of the soul and what Jesus portrayed as the Mysteries of the Kingdom of God.  Which means that in all cases, not only were each of these authors and core religious groups incapable of portraying in the common language of their cultures the Truth that they knew -- but that each of these religious groups had to employ the mystic language of the soul, in order to convey essential Truths to those who understood the objectives of the scriptures, and the application of what Jesus called the Key of Knowledge ( http://KeyOfKnowledge.org ). The Common Theme and core of all religions at their essence that is not understood by the outer body of believers, is portrayed in the parable of the Prodigal Son -- which in many respects, parallels the analogy of Plato's Cave (see http://DivineStrategery.com#Plato -- or, what is presented in the completion of the cycle from the Alpha to the Omega as portrayed in Jewish Mysticism in the Zohar: “All souls are subject to the trials of transmigration; and men do not know the designs of the Most High with regard to them… The souls must re-enter the absolute substance whence they have emerged. But to accomplish this end they must develop all the perfections, the germ of which is planted in them; and if they have not fulfilled this condition during one life, they must commence another, a third, and so forth, until they have acquired the condition which fits them for reunion with God”. That the vast majority of people are totally ignorant of not only the true meaning of the scriptures, but also the higher reality of their own souls and the Mysteries of the Kingdom of God, is because they dwell in what Jesus portrayed as the "outer darkness" of mind and being (see http://DivineStrategery.com#OuterDarkness ). Thus, the common symbols of all religions, represent the universal journey of the soul that only a handful of seekers ever truly come to understand the reality of. That these symbols employed in the scriptures are themselves universal, is portrayed by G.R.S. Mead in his book entitled Fragments of a Faith Forgotten, where this explanation is put forth: “…what the Gnostics projected onto the screen… [in the form of a ] picture of the universe was in reality a picture of their own minds. Its mythology is a symbolic portrayal, almost a deliberate one, of the forces which operate in the structuring and evolution of the human personality”. And it was for this reason that Carl Jung called the Gnostic Christians the worlds first and foremost psychologists who understood the very fabric of human consciousness. Moreover, while the body of believes don't themselves understand the inner spiritual reality of the scriptures, they are led to believe and embrace them, because the universal symbols used in the written narrative of the scriptures act as a catalyst which connects them to an inner reality of soul and spirit that they don't yet comprehend with any depth of understanding. What all these religious traditions share in common, is that the inner spiritually enlightened core were all turned upon and murdered (see http://Ebionite.com/prologue.htm ), and their scriptures which were promoted by unenlightened priests, politicians and institutionalized religion, were very quickly corrupted (see http://BibleCorruption.com ). Few people ever come to understand the Laws ( http://DivineStrategery.com#TheLaws ) which hold them spellbound in the illusion of Plato's Cave -- which Jesus portrayed as a type of prison. And it is for this reason that the Apostle Peter in the Homilies warns with respect to the True Prophet that Jesus portrayed as the One Teacher: “Hence, O beloved Clement", proclaims Peter, “if you would know the things pertaining to God, you have to learn them from Him alone, because He alone knows the truth. For if any one else knows anything, he has received it from Him or from His disciples”. And the philosophical and theological premise that all your quoted authorities (pro and con) begin on, is that Jesus was wrong and did not know what he was saying. All those who escape the illusion of Plato's Cave , come to understand the journey of the soul from the Alpha of absolute ignorance, to the Omega of Enlightened Light and Knowledge, which must be accomplished over the course of many lifetimes. And the fact that this essential teaching was removed and outlawed from Christianity, is easily demonstrated (see http://ChristianReincarnation.org ). And once the mystical path of TheWay is truly understood -- and the fact that the escape from the illusion of Plato's Cave is through an inner dimension of mind -- only then can the sincere seeker begin to understand the reason why Jesus taught the necessity of living the Consecrated Life in TheWay -- seeking to transform yourself into what is portrayed by AskMoses.com as the Final Temple (see http://TheThreeLies.com#temple ) -- and this will enable you to enter within the Holy of Holies within you, and learn from the True Prophet who will not only open and Anoint your mind and understanding, but will reveal all the Mysteries of life, the soul, and the Kingdom to the few who prepare themselves to make the journey. And that those who are quoted in the DVD The God Who Was Not have not themselves made the necessary journey in TheWay -- and themselves dwell under the illusion of Plato's cave and the "outer darkness", is the reason why they fail to understand the the historical Jesus was a man who overcame the Laws within himself, and achieved Absolute Unity with the Logos of God. GodSpeed in TheWay, Brother of Yeshua

As evidence of their own ignorance -- regardless of the facts that are presented to them -- Atheists, and alleged scholarly intellectuals are of the impression that religions are concocted in people's minds, in order to explain away phenomena that they (religious people) don't understand.    Yet, nothing could in fact be further from the truth.    In a high school text book I observed that Buddhism was portrayed as being superior to Hinduism because it wasn't as pagan -- yet, in this same school text book, Buddhism was faulted for "having borrowed the belief in reincarnation from Hinduism".     Yet, in a total denial of what the Buddha actually taught, the wisdom of the historical Buddha (Enlightened One) was derived from the fact that his mind became enlightened to the journey of his soul over the course of the previous lifetimes his soul had lived.   The historical Buddha, became the Buddha, by virtue of the knowledge of his past lives, as well as the knowledge of his higher soul-reality that few people possess any understanding of whatsoever.   Yet, the authors of the school textbooks were unable to even present the facts to the children, because from their secularly linear mindset, it was inconceivable to the authors of the school text book that such realities as past lives could even exist.   Resulting in the inability of the authors of the textbooks to present the religious facts as they have been taught and accepted.    And while counterfeit religious authorities do this same thing all  the time in their interpretations of scriptures, that educational authorities resort to this same practice, is simply unforgivable!    For no other reason than their own structure of beliefs, they refused to openly state Buddhist teachings to the student -- and it was inconceivable to the text book authors that, under the proper conditions, the memory of previous lifetimes can be restored to a person in this world.   Therefore, they merely attempted to dismiss and ignore the facts, and totally misrepresented Buddhism to the students who were required by law to study their misinformation.   But while I am not in any way a Buddhist, what I found objectionable was the secularized Atheistic spin that was presented to the students under the guise of a factual education -- and we see this often in the secular Atheistic position that religions merely borrow beliefs from other religions, in order to explain away phenomena.   In fact, I directly address this folly in the above copy of my Blog article which is a reply to the DVD entitled, The God Who Wasn't There .    Contrary to the folly of their thinking, the similarities between the exoteric allegorical scriptures of all religions is not the result of borrowing religious beliefs -- but rather, the fact that all religions have the same spiritual objective -- and the fact that they are all striving to overcome the same universal Laws and limitations of consciousness, mind and being, within themselves.  

 

Science Proves The Gnostic Vision: Gnosis is the Greek word meaning Spiritual Knowledge -- and True Gnosis is defined as Knowledge received directly from God.   Gnosis cannot be found in a book -- it cannot be taught by another man or teacher of this world -- and it is representative of a higher spiritual reality that simply cannot be redefined by man.   Gnosis is the Greek word which indicates that revelationary experiential Knowledge received from God -- and cannot be imparted by any other Source.   Which means that when quasi-religious and politically-religious motivated people condemn Gnosis/Spiritual Knowledge as heresy, they are in every way condemning and rejecting the Divine Manna imparted to the most religious and spiritual of mankind, as heresy.    And the fact that, because of the politics of religion and the fact that governments the world over have traditionally used religion as a means to maintain rule and authority over the people, we can begin to understand the very reason why genuine Mystics who have dedicated their lives to seeking Spiritual Knowledge -- defined as Gnosis -- have concealed the means to acquire this Spiritual Knowledge within the written text of the scriptures -- cloaked in allegory, so it would not be revealed to carnal/organic man.    What this means is that Gnosis has nothing to do with man's history -- nothing to do with any historical people, including Jesus and Mary Magdalene (see The Cult Of The Worship Of Mary Magdalene) -- and what is presented in the scriptures, is an allegorical portrayal of the forces and Laws at work within the cosmology of one's own body, mind/soul and spirit.   That this body of esoteric knowledge is so important to preserve and protect, is the reason why Mystics and Spiritual Disciples will write virtually anything in the literal text -- even outlandish absurdities -- so long as the unenlightened people of organic consciousness will insure it is carried forth into future generations. 

Organic man sees himself as nothing more than the physical body -- i.e., human meat spread out upon  a butcher's block -- and one of the primary inherent problems of this gravely limited understanding of self, is that in accord with mankind's organic mindset, it is virtually impossible for him to even conceive why a group of men would go to such lengths to conceal, protect, and preserve certain types of knowledge that most men would consider dubious at best?   The knowledge that organic man envisions, pertains to the day to day realities of this life -- and nothing more.   Everything beyond the very limited reality that he sees with his physical senses, would be considered mere unproven speculation.   In order to preserve their scriptures, the authors of the Dead Sea Scrolls protected their writings by hiding them in caves -- while the early Christians who hid the Nag Hammadi Library from the threat of destruction by the fourth century Church of Rome (see Pure Scriptures), clearly preserved these writing for a future time, long after they had departed this world.   And this fact, in and of itself, should provoke great thought.   By our manner of thinking, we can't even imagine why a religious group would create scriptures written in a secret code, which preserved an esoteric knowledge, for some unknown people in the future -- who, lacking the code, would not even be able to decipher this esoteric knowledge.   

It is modern man's failure to understand the motivations that moved these (heretic) religious groups in the past to -- at all cost -- preserve their scriptures and sacred writings, that totally alienates modern man from gaining access to the very Source of Knowledge that would provide him with the most important answers, to his most important questions, pertaining to the life that he is presently living.    That modern man believes that he knows, is perhaps the epitome of his intellectual and religious folly that shackles him to the abyss of profound ignorance.

 

 

 

In the Protestant Reformation when Calvin and Luther proclaimed the Epistles of Paul to be the most pure reflection of what Jesus taught, the great truth they failed to comprehend was the missing spiritual dimension to the writings and theology of Paul's that was beyond their very carnal perception.   The problem is seen in the fact that the spiritual faith of Paul, is not only very different -- but must be understood from a totally opposite concept of faith which is espoused by men too carnal to comprehend the Source of Knowledge that remains beyond the reach of men of an untransformed organic mindset.    In contradistinction to the faith of the common believer, Paul's faith was based upon sure knowledge and spiritual experiences of incomprehensible Mysteries that would totally confuse the entry-level believer, who must rely solely upon blind faith in the unknown.    And while this fact is easily demonstrated using the Bible itself, because the readers of the written word are themselves blind to its true meaning, they simply skip over these crucial warnings as if they do not exist.    The result is that they put their faith in rhetoric and the doctrines of men -- which doctrines become their own limitation -- and they never move on to maturity and wholeness, and perfect their faith in the manner that Paul Commanded.

To the Ephesians Paul asks for them to pray for him, saying: "And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak" (see Eph 6:19-20).   What is the meaning of the word "mystery"?   Thayer's Lexicon states that it is a "hidden thing, secret, mystery... confided only to the initiated and not to ordinary mortals.  A hidden or secret thing, not obvious to the understanding.  Of God: The secret counsels which govern God in dealing with the righteous, which are hidden from ungodly and wicked men... in rabinic writings, it denotes the mystic or hidden sense of an Old Testament saying..."

What Paul is stating is that he is an ambassador who has been sent to speak to the people -- and that because they are yet too carnal to understand the higher reality of the soul and the Mysteries of the Kingdom, he cannot speak openly as to both the true spiritual meaning of the Gospel, or his true knowledge of the Gospel.   Thayer's Lexicon uses the term initiate -- and an initiate is one who has become prepared to receive higher instruction and revelation.   In the parable of the sower and the seed ( http://SowerAndSeed.com ), those who bring forth what is portrayed as sixtyfold, can perceive and understand a higher perception and understanding of what Paul calls the Mysteries of the Kingdom, than those who have brought forth thirtyfold -- and while the ones who have brought forth one hundredfold, can perceive and understand what others cannot, those who have not brought about the process of expansion of mind and being by becoming the "good ground", cannot understand anything of any true sustenance and spiritual value.    Thus, the warning of Jesus to those who ignore what the parable of the Sower and the Seed states:  “Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?” (Mark 4:13 KJV) -- or, in the wording of a the modern language New Living Translation: “But if you can’t understand this story, how will you understand all the others I am going to tell?”    That the vast majority of believers, as well as the Gospel critics, all fail to understand the true spiritual meaning of the Bible, is because they ignore what this parable states to them.

In analyzing what the Thayer's Lexicon is stating above:  Because the people are not yet initiates into the knowledge that is beyond the understanding of "...ordinary mortals"  --   secret knowledge that is "...not obvious to the understanding"  -- knowledge that is not revealed in the written text of the scriptures -- knowledge that Paul, as "...an ambassador in bonds", cannot speak openly about to them.    Again, to the Colossians Paul asks for their prayers that "...God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds: That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak" (see Col 5:3-4).    Thus, these mysteries of the Gospel that Paul portrays as beyond the comprehension of believers of a "natural" mind, because these believers of the Gospel will look upon and reject esoteric spiritual concepts as utter "foolishness" (1 Cor 2:14) -- cannot be revealed by man's spoken or written words -- but only when "...God ...opens ...a door of utterance, to [reveal] the mystery of Christ" -- a knowledge that cannot be revealed "...to ordinary mortals.  A hidden or secret thing, not obvious to the understanding"   -- including  "...the mystic or hidden sense of an Old Testament" story.  

When Jesus said of his disciples: “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables so that, they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding” (Mark 4:11-12 NIV) -- that word translated secret, is the same word translated mystery, and makes reference to esoteric knowledge that is beyond man's organic comprehension.   In explanation of the above words of Jesus, the Wycliffe Commentary writes that: “…the initiate was instructed in the esoteric teaching of the cult, which was not revealed to outsiders… The mystery of the kingdom in its ultimate development is the full-orbed message of the Gospel (Rom 16:25-26). The purpose of parables was to instruct the initiates without revealing the items of instruction to the ones who were without. This is in keeping with the Biblical principle that spiritual understanding is restricted to those who have become spiritual...” 

What was Jesus stating with respect to why he spoke in parables?   To ignore this question, is to reject the whole foundational objective and revelation of the Bible.   Jesus was stating that only those who become separate from the thinking and ways of this world, and become true disciples of Messiah/Christ, are able to perceive and understand the secrets of the Kingdom of God -- and in the Greek language, this sacred Knowledge is called Gnosis.   And by the very meaning of the word that is being presented that cannot be revealed "...to ordinary mortals.  A hidden or secret thing, not obvious to the understanding"  -- it is of the utmost importance to recognize that what is being conveyed is the fact that "...spiritual understanding is restricted to those who have become spiritual...”.   And when it is recognized that this very warning was stated by Paul to the baptized and totally committed believers at Corinth -- i.e., “I always thank God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. For in him you have been enriched in every way -- in all your speaking and in all your knowledge -- because our testimony about Christ was confirmed in you. Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed” (1 Cor 1:4-7 NIV) -- the modern reader who does not pause and reflect on what this means -- personally -- to them, remains a blind man who is beyond the reach of the Gospel message.   Especially when it is seen that in the second chapter of the very same Epistle, Paul warns these believers who have been given all primary historical knowledge and testimony of Christ: “But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned” (1 Cor 2:14 NKJ). 

Unlike the flock of believers at Corinth to whom the Epistle is written, the modern Christian was not taught directly by Paul -- and the very fact that the Christian world remains divided by an uncountable number of factions and doctrines of belief, is proof of the deficiency of modern doctrines of belief that are promoted by the Churches.   Paul even went as far to say that anyone who promotes a faction -- i.e., a doctrine of belief -- is a sinner who has been turned out of TheWay (see No Sects).   Why?    Because the primary objective of the teachings of Jesus and TheWay was to bring about the necessary transformation of the disciple/seeker -- a process of transformation that would enable them to Know All things, and find the Gospel being fulfilled within themselves in a manner that could not be understood by organic man.   Therefore, those who cling to manmade doctrines of belief, have already been turned out of TheWay.  

It is important to recognize that the believers at Corinth who Paul stated were too carnal to understand the higher reality of the soul and the Mysteries of the Kingdom, existed at a time when these Gospel teachings were still in a pure and undefiled state.   Therefore it must be acknowledged that whatever the modern believers views as the Gospel requirements with respect to faith, saying the proper prayer accepting the Lord as their personal savior, or any other such requirement, no modern believer can even suggest that Paul did not know the Gospel requirements when he personally taught and baptized the Corinth flock of believers.   Yet, Paul then goes on and warns these believers of a yet untransformed "natural" mind who were committed and dedicated to Christ: “And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to men of flesh, as to babes in Christ” (1 Cor 3:1 NAS).   Thus, these believers who were taught personally by Paul, could only be taught the doctrine of Jesus Christ and him crucified (1 Cor 2:2), because they were not yet spiritual men -- but rather, they were men of flesh and still very much “babes in Christ”.   Paul then explains that: “I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are not yet able” (1 Cor 3:2 NAS).  

What should be troubling to the modern believer is that Paul openly admits that the baptized and confirmed Christians at Corinth -- people who had accepted Jesus as their Lord and Savior and received the gifts of the laying on of hands and speaking in tongues -- people who were not taught by preachers and priests, but the Apostle himself -- were not yet able to understand and comprehend what Paul referred to as the Mysteries of the Gospel of God.    When it is recognized that Paul confessed that if he attempted to convey to this congregation of believers the true meaning of the allegorical scriptures, or the esoteric knowledge which is preparatory to comprehending what Paul portrays as the higher reality of the soul and the Mysteries of the Kingdom -- that these same believers would condemn and reject these higher spiritual concepts as "foolishness" -- then only a fool would claim that they know what is spiritually true and false by virtue of their study of the written words of the scriptures.

Speaking of the Disciples and what they experienced in order to learn and know the Truth that other men were blind to, Paul writes that they were "caught up into Paradise and heard inexpressible words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter" (2 Cor 12:4-5 NKJ).   Why?   Every sincere Christian and intelligent reader of the Gospels must ask the questions: Why can't the experience of being brought up into Paradise be expressed in words?   And perhaps even more important is the question as to why "...it is not lawful for a man to utter" what a Disciple who enters the Kingdom experiences?   Moreover, if this witness to the inconceivable higher realities of the Kingdom is true, then why can't Christians gain access to the same spiritual experience of entering the Kingdom as Jesus' disciples did?    When Jesus stated that those who walk in TheWay will find revealed to them the "Truth that sets them free", he was not making reference to the "milk" fed to those Christians who Paul portrayed as “babes in Christ” -- but rather, the mature disciples who had brought about the necessary transformation of their lower animal earthly nature, and received the revelation of Gnosis directly from the Logos of God.   These are serious questions, that can only be addressed by very serious seekers who truly seek not only to Know the Lord, but to Know anything beyond the temporal mundane of this world which fades like the cycle of leaves falling off a tree before the winter.    

The most profound statement which is all but ignored by seekers today, is found in the Epistle of Peter And James where it is written: "Hear me, brethren and fellow-servants. If we should give the books to all indiscriminately, and they should be corrupted by any daring men, or be perverted by interpretations, as you have heard that some have already done, it will remain even for those who really seek the truth, always to wander in error.   Wherefore it is better that they should be with us, and that we should  communicate them with all the fore-mentioned care to those who wish to live piously, and to save others."   Why would it be stated that, if the esoteric wisdom and knowledge of the teachings of Jesus and TheWay were to be lost, that it "...will remain even for those who really seek the truth, always to wander in error"???   And while many people think they know, in truth these words represent a reality that they have yet to come to terms with: “If any one imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know” (1 Cor 8:2 RSV).  

When Paul warns the baptized and committed Christians at Corinth that, because they were of an organic and "natural" mind, they were yet too carnal in their understanding to comprehend the spiritual meaning of the Gospel -- which is often referred to as the Mysteries of the Kingdom of God -- he conveyed to them the reality that they would judge and even condemn this higher reality of the Spirit as absolute "foolishness" -- i.e., “But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned” (1 Cor 2:14 NKJ).    Thus, it is imperative to ask the question: What is the "natural man"?     The condition of mankind that Paul is making reference to, would just as well be portrayed as "organic" -- or, of the physical body.   The "natural man" , is the "organic" human being.   And what Paul warns is that the mere act of turning to belief in Jesus does not in any manner enable the believer to understand the true Gospel Teachings that can only be grasped by those who have undergone the necessary spiritual transformation of mind and being of truly walking in TheWay.

It is said that human consciousness is like the tip of an iceberg -- and in the same way that only a very small tip which is supported by an immense foundation of ice protrudes above the water where it can be seen -- organic man who Paul portrays as of a natural mind, can only utilize a very small portion of his potential of mind.   Like an ovum that is released into a woman's womb, without the proper and balanced fertilization, and the necessary environment that initiated growth and development, the mind of organic man remains earthbound in it's thinking -- simply because those higher areas of mind that do not support the physical body and the culture of this world, do not develop!    Because these areas of mind are never used, they not only fail to develop, but they remain mentally atrophied.    Therefore, it is not a question of how smart a person is from the perspective of man's way of measuring intelligence.   But rather, it is a reality that if these higher areas of mind that do not correspond to the vibration of the earth are not properly stimulated and developed in the proper environment that initiates growth and maturation, then the very spheres of mind required to contemplate and understand anything beyond the physical and mundane, simply fail to develop.   And when Paul states that the wisdom of this world will come to naught (1 Cor 2:6-8), it is because of these organic limitations that inhibit all of mankind who are of a "natural mind", from understanding anything beyond the forms of this physical world -- and as I will demonstrate in the below, even the most brilliant of secular intellectuals do not in any manner possess any real understanding of even the forms they see, as they look out into the world in which they presently dwell.    In fact, you could enroll in all the most esteemed colleges and universities that man has created -- you could endlessly study the volumes of books composed and written by men considered wise throughout the ages -- and your wisdom and knowledge would pale in comparison to the Disciples of Jesus and the earliest of Spiritual Christians who were sincere Disciples of TheWay.  

The average modern believer who reads these words would probably reply: If this is true, then the Disciples of Jesus were set apart from the rest of mankind, and we cannot expect to know what they knew.   Yet, nothing could be further from the truth! The flock of Christian believers have in fact been robbed of their inheritance -- like the lost prodigal son -- by embracing the way of the god of this world -- which Jesus portrayed as the Citizen of the Far Country.     That early Christians other than the disciples themselves inherited the promise of the teachings of Jesus and TheWay, is demonstrated in the writings of the first century elder Ignatius, who personally knew both Paul and the other Disciples.   And in his Epistle to the Trallaus he speaks of the Mysteries of the Gospel and the Kingdom in the same exact manner that Paul does, and writes: “Might I not write to you things more full of mystery?  But I fear to do so, lest I should inflict injury on you who are babes.  Pardon me in this respect, lest, as not being able to receive their weighty import, ye should be strangled by them”.  The only way that Ignatius could have written these words, was if he, himself, understood what was beyond the comprehension of the organic mind of the believers of the simple faith.   And while he states that he understood what was incomprehensible to the organic mind of man, he also confesses that though he is aware of the mysteries, he is not yet “by any means perfect, nor am I such a disciple as Paul or Peter”.   

Thus, Paul writes to the congregation at Corinth -- who being babes in Christ, only knew Jesus and him crucified -- where he wrote: "We speak wisdom, however, among them that are fullgrown: yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nought" (1 Cor 2:6 ASV).   In other translations the word fullgrown, is translated either mature or perfect.   Yet, in not even understanding the primary objectives of the Gospel, modern believers study and learn the wisdom of this world and the opinions of men, failing to move on to maturity and learn directly from God -- i.e., "It is written in the Prophets: 'They will all be taught by God.' Everyone who listens to the Father and learns from him comes to me" (John 6:45 NIV).   Not in belief, doctrine, or to a manmade church -- but rather, the objective of the teachings of TheWay is to enter in at the inner "narrow gate", and learn directly from God in the Kingdom.   And to accomplish this, it is necessary to disregard that which we see without our physical eyes and understanding, and seek and learn via our spiritual eyes that is able to perceive beyond the limits of this world -- i.e., "While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal" (2 Cor 4:18 KJV).

The folly of the Christian world is seen in the fact that they learn from the teachers of this world who proclaim that there is no unseen -- and only what is seen with one's physical eyes is valid.   Christians send their children to learn about what is temporal, while alienating themselves from what is eternal.   Christians flock to churches which are temporal and built with the hands of men, while rejecting the Temple of their soul which is Eternal and Sustaining.

With respect to the witness of Ignatius: What preacher of the Gospel today would stand before his congregation and state to the people in their pews, that if he was to reveal the true teachings of the New Covenant -- the Mysteries of the Gospel of God -- he would “inflict injury on you who are babes” in Christ?   What teaching of the Lord could a present-day preacher of the gospel reveal that the congregation of believers are not “able to receive their weighty import”?   If Ignatius or the other early Church Fathers who knew the Mysteries of the Kingdom of God were with us today, what profound mystery could they speak regarding the true teachings of Jesus that believers today would be “strangled by them”?  

Throughout the history of mankind those who have openly claimed to possess the Secret Knowledge which is called Gnosis, were condemned as elitists and heretics.   Yet, what the rest of mankind totally fails to understand, is the fact that it is not that a more advanced spiritual soul wishes to conceal higher knowledge from others -- but rather, in the same way that kindergarteners are not prepared to study and comprehend at a university level -- neither are the organic minded earth-bound people of this world, prepared to understand the higher reality of the soul and the Mysteries of the Kingdom of God.   In the same way that the mind of the kindergartener must develop and mature, so too must the mind of man begin the process of expansion beyond organic limits that are supported by the physical body-vessel.    And this is exactly what Paul states when he writes: "However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing" (1 Cor 2:6 NKJ).   The King James Version reads that wisdom can only be revealed to those who are "perfect" -- but what must be understood is that each soul can only perceive and comprehend in accordance with their own level of soul-evolution and spiritual development.   

Of equal importance is the wisdom just following this statement that only the mature can perceive and comprehend the hidden truths of the Spirit -- hidden, because the organic mind of the physical body only supports that area of mind and being that is of the vibration of the earth -- and what is beyond this very basic level, must be developed by the disciple who walks in TheWay.   Thus, Paul writes: "But as it is written: 'Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.'  But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.  For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.  Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.  These things we also speak, not in words which man's wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual.  But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.  But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one.  For 'who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?' But we have the mind of Christ" (1 Cor 2:9-16 NKJ).

When Paul uses the term Christ -- the English translation of the word is the Anointing (Messiah/Christ) -- and the objective of the teachings of the New Covenant is embodied in the words: "My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you" (Gal 4:19 KJV).   If the believer received Christ with baptism, or the saying of a prayer accepting the Lord as their savior, then these words could never have been written by Paul to the congregation of the Galatians.   Even though the congregation had turned to Christ, Paul speaks of the process of birth that must be brought about "...until Christ be formed in you".   The dictionary defines the word travail:  "(1) very hard work; toil (2) labor pains; pains of childbirth (3) intense pain; agony".   Thus, the birth process that transforms the believer from a "babe in Christ", to a "mature and perfect" disciple who has experienced Christ formed in them, requires great effort that is not in any manner represented in modern Christian Church doctrine.  

The arduous objective of striving to achieve the next stage of birth, is further presented in the goal that all those who are of an organic mind and spiritually immature, will over the course of many lifetimes evolve "to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ" (Eph 4:13 NKJ).   But to understand what Paul is presenting, it is important to understand one of the surviving quotations of the Original Matthew  known as the Gospel of the Hebrews/Ebionites where St. Jerome preserved the text at the baptism (quoting Jerome): "But according to the gospel which the Nazaraeans read, written up in Hebrew speech: The whole fount of the holy spirit shall descend over him.... Further on in the gospel of which we made mention above we find these things written: But it happened that, when the Lord ascended from the water, the whole fount of the holy spirit descended and rested over him, and said to him: My son, in all the prophets I was expecting you, that you should come, and I might rest in you. You indeed are my rest. You are my firstborn son, who reigns in eternity."   To which Jerome correctly explains  "not partially as in the case of other holy men."

While the prophets and holy men of the past had received the Anointing (Messiah/Christ) that enabled them to understand the Mysteries of the Kingdom to the degree that they were able to receive the Anointing, only the historical man Jesus had so fulfilled the Law within himself, and was therefore able to receive "...the whole fount of the Holy Spirit".   Thus, this original teaching is preserved by the early Church writer Hippolytus when he stated that Jesus  "was justified by fulfilling the Law. He was the Christ of God, since not one of the rest of mankind had observed the Law completely. Had any one else fulfilled the commandments of the Law, he would have been the Christ."  And in speaking of this original Ebionite Nazirene position, he writes that when each disciple "...thus fulfills the law, they are able to become Christs, for they assert that our Lord Himself was a man in like sense with all humanity."  (Hippolytus, Refut. Omn. Haer. vii. 34).   And it is this spiritually evolved objective of the teachings of the New Covenant that Paul is making reference to when he states that each believer is to be matured into "...a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ" (Eph 4:13 NKJ).    

In the case of the historical man Jesus who totally fulfilled the Law within himself, he was in “...supernatural union of a man and God... In their [his Ebionite Nazirene disciples] eyes, Jesus of Nazareth was a mere mortal, the legitimate son of Joseph and Mary: but he was the best and wisest of the human race, selected as the worthy instrument to restore upon earth the worship of the true and supreme Deity. When he was baptized in the Jordan, the Christ, the first of the aeons, the Son of God himself, descended on Jesus in the form of a dove, to inhabit his mind, and direct his actions during the allotted period of his ministry” (Gibbon; The Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire, V.4, P.366)   The Son of God is the True Prophet (see True Prophet), who was called the Logos among the Greeks, the Teacher of Righteousness among the Essenes -- and for those who correctly understand the original teachings on the Trinity, the Logos is the Mind of God.  

Do you believe the Bible?   Or, do you believe the doctrines of men?   Prior to the fourth century takeover of the Church by the Emperor Constantine and the most carnal bishops in the Church, all the early Church writers noted that at the baptism in the Jordan, the words spoken to Jesus were: "Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee".    And this is easily documented and proven in the article known as The Ten Words.   The fact that the modern Church is in denial with respect to what the Gospels originally stated, is typical of ..... mind.   Robert Jastrow, an astrophysicist who heads NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, pointed out that the big bang is not exactly an explanation of cause. He is quoted in The Aquarian Conspiracy: “If a scientist really examines the implications, he would be traumatized. As usual, when the mind is faced with trauma, it reacts by ignoring the implications - in science this is called ‘refusing to speculate’".   Thus, because the scientist is traumatized by the facts and realities presented to them, they simply "refuse to speculate".    But this is not only true with respect to the scientist who is confronted by a factual reality that he can't deal with the implications of -- but this is just as true with the modern religious leaders who can't deal with the implications of The Ten Words.   Why?   Because these ten words represent the Achilles Heel of the manmade doctrines of the Church -- and the spiritual reality they present not only demonstrates that the Church of Rome was in error -- but that the Ebionite Nazirene disciples of Jesus who the Church condemned as heretics who were too Jewish to understand what Jesus taught, were correct all along. 

In the same way that Jesus warned about the blindness of the carnal Jews to see beyond the limitations of their doctrines of belief -- and Paul warned that the people of a "natural" mind will reject the "mysteries" of the Gospels as utter "foolishness", and interesting parallel point is advanced by Gary Zukav in his book, The Dancing Wu Li Masters, where he writes that "A rational mind, based on the impressions that it receives from its limited perspective, forms structures which thereafter determine what it further will and will not accept freely. From that point on, regardless of how the real world actually operates, this rational mind, following its self-imposed rules, tries to superimpose on the real world its own version of what must be" (P. 160).   Even though it can be proven that Darwinism is a fraud -- their patterns of thought have been fixed and fossilized -- and the multitude of scientists are incapable of perceiving the world outside of their ideological and philosophical box.    In much the same way, While it can be proven that the Gospels originally stated that Jesus became the Anointed (Messiah/Christ), and  the "adopted" Son of God at his baptism in the Jordan -- which is exactly as the original Ebionite Nazirene disciples of Jesus believed -- yet, it is impossible for the multitude of Christians to see beyond their (pagan) doctrinal box.    True examples of the reality that  "...regardless of how the real world actually operates, this rational mind, following its self-imposed rules, tries to superimpose on the real world its own version of what must be."    While it can easily be proven that the Genesis Account is not historical -- but rather, presents ultra important spiritual truths to the minds of those who possess the eyes to see -- yet, both the Fundamentalist believer and the Atheist non-believer ignore are simply incapable of coming to terms with the higher reality that the scriptures were intentionally written so that a rationally minded person could not in any manner believe the literal/historical text.   Thus, the Church Father Origen who was called the "prince of Christian learning", second only to the disciples, writes: “What man of sense will agree with the statement that the first, second and third days in which the evening is named and the morning, were without sun, moon and stars, and the first day without a heaven. What man is found such an idiot as to suppose that God planted trees in paradise in Eden, like a husbandman, and planted therein the tree of life, perceptible to the eyes and senses, which gave life to the eater thereof; and another tree which gave to the eater thereof a knowledge of good and evil? 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).

If, as the Jewish disciples of Jesus who were historically known as Ebionites, understood that Jesus was a man who became the Messiah/Christ at his baptism in the Jordan by fulfilling the Law within himself -- which is confirmed by the original Gospels (see s The Ten Words) -- then the modern Christian world has been gravely misled.   And it goes to the core difference between a philosophical belief in Jesus, in contradistinction to imitating Jesus as the Pattern of Salvation for all to follow in TheWay.   And thus, the words: "And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?" (Luke 6:46 KJV).   And this is why Jesus warned those who would call themselves his followers and believers: “And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it” (Matt 10:38-39 NKJ).   The requirement that has been set forth is that “ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy” (Lev 11:45 KJV).    In the words of Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa: “…it is imperative on all those who have an equally earnest desire for the Good as He has, to be followers by the path of an exact imitation of Him Who leads the way to salvation, and to carry into action what He has shown them. It is, in fact impossible for persons to reach the same goal unless they travel by the same ways”.   And this is why the requirement was set forth by Jesus with respect to his disciples and followers:  “You, therefore, must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect” (Matt 5:48 RSV).

The reality portrayed by Jesus in the parable of the lost prodigal sons and daughters plight in this, the Far Country, is seen in the quotation of Clement of Alexandria who portrayed the vast majority of people as "...Atheists who destroy and pollute, as far as in them lies, the Deity dwelling in them - that is, the Logos -- by association with their vices”.    Why Atheists?   Because if they truly believed, then they would live the Truth in every aspect of the lives that they live.    The Truth is not known by those who believe from the perspective of the organic mind of what Paul portrays as the "natural" mind of man which is earth-bound and blind to the higher reality of the soul and the Mysteries of the Kingdom of God -- but rather, the Truth can only be known by those who become the Final Temple -- and in accordance with each person's success in becoming the "good ground" in the parable of the Sower and the Seed.   With the ultimate level of spiritual success in the pattern of Jesus who was able to achieve Absolute Oneness with the Indwelling Logos/Son of God/True Prophet.   And this is the purpose of living the Consecrated Life in TheWay that Jesus taught.  

The living of the necessary Consecrated Life cannot be discarded!   As stated by Jesus himself: "And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?" (Luke 6:46 KJV).   Paul states that we must each come to the "...fullness of Christ ...that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting" (Eph 4:14 NKJ).   And this can only be accomplished when each believer lives the Consecrated Life that enables them to become the Final Temple -- striving to purify one's self in accord with the pattern of Jesus as stated in the words: “Everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure” (1 Jn 3:3 NIV) -- becoming the Anointed (Messiah/Christ) that enables the disciple to be taught by the Indwelling  True Prophet -- as stated by John: "These things I have written to you concerning those who try to deceive you.  But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him" (I Jn 2:26-27 NKJ).  

The degree that each disciple can know the Truth, is in accord with the level of Anointing (Messiah/Christ) they are able to receive -- i.e., "But as it is written: 'Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.'  But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.  For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.  Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.  These things we also speak, not in words which man's wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual.  But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.  But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one.  For 'who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?' But we have the mind of Christ" (1 Cor 2:9-16 NKJ).   The written word of the scriptures are made for those who are immature -- i.e., those who Paul portrays as "babes in Christ".     The objective of the New Covenant teaching is for each person to grow to maturity and receive the Anointing (Messiah/Christ) -- which connects us to the Indwelling Logos/Son of God/True Prophet -- i.e.,  "But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.  For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him" -- and this is why Peter is quoted in the Homilies as stating with respect to the Indwelling True Prophet: "...For He is within the mind of every one of us, but in those who have no desire of the knowledge of God and His righteousness, He is inoperative; but He works in those who seek after that which is profitable to their souls, and kindles in them the light of knowledge. Wherefore seek Him first of all; and if you do not find Him, expect not that you shall learn anything from any other. But He is soon found by those who diligently seek Him through love of the truth, and whose souls are not taken possession of by wickedness. For He is present with those who desire Him in the innocence of their spirits, who bear patiently, and draw sighs from the bottom of their hearts through love of the truth; but He deserts malevolent minds, because as a prophet He knows the thoughts of every one. And therefore let no one think that he can find Him by his own wisdom, unless, as we have said, he empty his mind of all wickedness, and conceive a pure and faithful desire to know Him. For when any one has so prepared himself, He Himself as a prophet, seeing a mind prepared for Him, of His own accord offers Himself to his knowledge” (see  True Prophet ).    Those who love Him, and desire to seek the Truth, are those who live the Consecrated Life in TheWay.

When Paul stated to the believers in the Churches: “And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to men of flesh, as to babes in Christ” (1 Cor 3:1) -- what he was stating was that until the believers of the simple faith begin to live the necessary lifestyle that is portrayed as the "good ground" in the parable of the Sower and the Seed (see Sower And The Seed), that it will remain impossible for them to understand the true meaning of the Gospel -- and this sacred Knowledge can only be taught by those who are able to receive Gnosis from the True Prophet/Logos/Son of God (see True Prophet).    The disciples possessed the eyes to see and understand, because as it is written: "Then opened He their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures" (Luke 24:45) -- and this higher enlightened perception and understanding that the mind of organic man is incapable of understanding, is called Gnosis. 

All Genuine Religions Are Spiritual/Gnostic: The word Gnostic is derived from the Greek word "gnosis", which is the term used to both delineate and define experiential spiritual knowledge, vs knowledge derived through human reasoning based upon the natural consciousness of mankind.    The word "gnosis" is defined as indicating "...direct spiritual experiential knowledge rather than from rational or reasoned thinking".   The objective of all genuine religions, is to bring about that condition within the mind and life of the individual where they are able to fulfill the statement in the Gospel of John, and be "taught by God" -- i.e., "It is written in the prophets, 'And they shall all be taught by God.' Therefore everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me" (John 6:45 NKJ).   And it was for this reason that Jesus commanded his disciples not to be called teacher or rabbi -- i.e., "But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have One Teacher, and you are all brethren" (Matt 23:8 RSV) -- and this was commanded, because there is Only One True Teacher, and that is the True Prophet (see True Prophet).    And that those lost prodigal sons who look to other men as their teacher, rabbi or leaders, will be greatly deceived and misguided, is why the disciple Peter in the Clementine Homilies declared: “Hence, O beloved Clement, if you would know the things pertaining to God, you have to learn them from Him alone, because He alone knows the truth. For if any one else knows anything, he has received it from Him or from His disciples”.

The Wisdom and Knowledge that the True Prophet (Son of God/Logos) imparts to those who are worthy, is called Gnosis.   And Gnosis cannot be written in the words of man -- or even taught by man -- because Gnosis is defined as Spiritual Knowledge, or the Divine Manna of the Kingdom, that can only be received directly from the True Prophet to those who are themselves true spiritual seekers.   In the words of the second century Elder Valentinus: "Gnosis was distinct from the secret teachings they only revealed to initiates once they had reached a certain level of progression."   And the whole objective of the teachings of TheWay as revealed by Yeshua/Jesus, was to prepare the mind of the disciple to receive the revelation of Gnosis -- i.e., the Divine Manna of the Kingdom -- from the indwelling True Prophet/Logos/Son of God that is dormant within the minds of carnal believers.  

The Source of this Spiritual Knowledge that is beyond organic human comprehension, has often been portrayed as the Indwelling Logos/Son of God -- but few possess the insight to understand that this access to this higher knowledge that is beyond carnal man's comprehension, is always via one's higher reality of soul.    But since few believers or unbelievers have ever come to understand the ancient adage to Know Thyself -- and to Know who and even  what man's true nature and higher reality is, few ever come to possess the vision of the True Mystic and what is portrayed in the word Gnosis.  

While the word knowledge, and the word Gnosis, both denote a type of knowledge, the Knowledge portrayed in the word Gnosis has absolutely nothing to do with knowledge derived from this world.   Gnosis is beyond organic human reasoning -- it cannot be read in a book -- it cannot be taught by a teacher -- or even written in the literal text of scriptures.    Therefore, the term Gnostic scriptures is an oxymoron drawn out of the mouth of the person who uses the phrase -- because, the objective of all scriptures are the same -- and all scriptures are equally Gnostic.    And in this respect, an interesting statement was made by Dead Sea Scroll expert Prof. John Allegro in is book, The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Origins of Christianity, where he writes: “It is a fact that the Qumran Library has profoundly affected the study of the Johannine writings and many longheld conceptions have had to be radically revised. No longer can John be regarded as the most Hellenistic of the Evangelists; his Gnosticism, and the whole framework of his thought is seen now to spring directly from a Jewish sectarianism rooted in Palestinian soil, and his material recognized as founded in the earliest layers of Gospel traditions.”   What Prof. Allegro failed to understand, is the fact that all the Gospels are equally Gnostic, and their primary objective is to lead the disciple down the path of TheWay, and permit them to gain access to the higher reality of the soul and spiritual natures, and ultimately the Inner Kingdom that Jesus commanded to seek and find.

Quoting Valentinus, the early Christian who was considered one of the foremost Gnostics:  "Gnosis was distinct from the secret teachings they only revealed to initiates once they had reached a certain level of progression."   What Valentinus is stating, is that the spiritual concepts which have been historically portrayed as the secret teachings associated with many Gnostic groups was not at all what is defined to be Gnosis -- but rather, AT BEST, these secret teachings were the esoteric knowledge of the cosmology of one's own mind -- how the disciple must live -- and the foundational truths that must be built upon, that are necessary to bring about the expansion of mind and consciousness that enables the disciple to begin the process of acquiring True Gnosis -- i.e., a Spiritual Knowledge that cannot be comprehended by the untransformed organic mind of man.    That those who portrayed themselves as Orthodox, were totally incapable of understanding the nature and reality of this higher knowledge which they ignorantly condemned as heresy -- remains totally true to this very day.   No person who understands the higher reality of Gnosis, would condemn Gnosis -- and what they would condemn, is the manmade carnal understanding of Gnosis.   Historically, it has often been pointed out that the Gnostics rarely ever defended themselves against the onslaught of doctrinal attack waged by those who portrayed themselves to be Orthodox -- and unless one comes to understand why those known as Gnostics rarely ever attempted to defend themselves, then man's own higher reality will remain forever elusive and beyond comprehension.   

To even begin to comprehend the higher reality of the soul and what is called the Kingdom of God, requires the development of man's higher facilities of mind.   In truth, you would have greater success at teaching kindergarten children advanced calculus, than you would attempting to teach organic man about his own higher natures and reality of mind and being.   And this is not an elitist statement -- but rather, one based upon the fact that it is impossible to receive and comprehend True Gnosis, unless the higher areas of mind are developed.   What this means is that in the same way that it is impossible to convey to the believers of the simple faith this higher knowledge that is dependent upon the development of man's higher facilities of mind to comprehend, the same is true of the intellectuals who reject the scriptures as myth and a hoax.   In the same way that you can't use a kitchen spoon to dig a foundation, and then use this spoon to mix and lay the proper foundation in a great house, neither can the organic mind of man even begin to comprehend man's own higher soul and spiritual reality.   

  The Books With The Power To Deceive - Allegorical Scriptures For An Allegorical World: In the Homilies of his disciple Clement, the Apostle Peter portrays the scriptures as the "...books with the power to deceive" those who fail to understand both the traditions, and the nature of these writings.    Contrary to what is convenient to believe, the true meaning of the scriptures is in accord with the vision and perception of its author -- and not what others choose to believe.   Jesus warned the carnal Jews that they did not understand the true meaning of the scriptures, because they attempted to perceive them through the filter of their manmade beliefs.   And in like manner, the true meaning of the Gospels, is that which was envisioned by its Ebionite Nazirene authors.

In the above it is demonstrated that Paul taught to seek Spiritual Knowledge or Gnosis, which is beyond the comprehension of organic man -- even when he is a committed and baptized believer who has received the gifts of the spirit by the laying on of hands by the Apostle himself.   It is also demonstrated that the scriptures are written in a code that conceals the true meaning --  to the degree that Jesus had to open the minds of the disciples for them to perceive the meaning that other (organic) men were blind to -- i.e., "Then opened He their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures" (Luke 24:45).   And what is presented to us in the enigma of the allegorical scriptures that are written in a secret code, is the reason why Peter portrayed the scriptures as the "books with the power to deceive" -- and why Peter warned that "...even the falsehoods of Scripture are with good reason presented for a test.” (see  http://DivineManna.com#deceive ).    Peter explains that in the case of most people, all that they see and think they understand, is basically what they already believe -- and that the scriptures are written in such a way, that virtually anyone can confirm their previously held beliefs in the written words of the scriptures.   Why?    Because, few men who do not Know Thyself -- and remain ignorant about their own higher soul and spiritual reality that is beyond man's organic comprehension -- are capable of perceiving the true meaning of the scriptures that remains safeguarded beneath the allegory of the written words.    Why is the esoteric knowledge concealed in this manner?   To both preserve it for those who can put it to use, and safeguard it from those who would destroy it.          

The vast difference between what would be called the knowledge of man, and the higher spiritual reality portrayed in the Knowledge that is defined as Gnosis, has begun to be demonstrated by the modern scientific community.    Quoting at the link http://UnityOfMind.org#blemish : In his book, Urbausteine der Materie, physicist Walter Thirring wrote about matter that modern physics “...has put our thinking about the essence of matter in a different context.   It has taken our gaze from the visible - the particles - to the underlying entity, the field.   The presence of matter is merely a disturbance of the perfect state of the field at that place; something accidental, one could almost say, a ‘blemish’.   Accordingly, there are no simple laws describing the forces between elementary particles… Order and symmetry must be sought in the underlying field.”   One of the primary realities that science has to come to terms with in order to advance beyond their present level, is the fact that physical matter is the result of the forces in the Etheric Field coming together, causing what Walter Thirring above describes as a "blemish" that we observe with our organic physical senses.   And what this is, is Darwinism in reverse -- i.e., modern science has proven that the Field which is unseen and surrounds all matter, is the Source which impresses the aspect of mind and consciousness which is represented in the form of matter that we observe.   The problem is that to the organic mind of both the faith-based believer, as well as the Atheist, what modern science has proven is simply beyond their ability to even contemplate.

What man calls knowledge, is the wisdom and understanding gained through his study of what Walter Thirring called the "blemish" -- i.e., the illusion of what we perceive as physical matter.    Yet, without understanding the underlying forced in the Field that formed the blemish what organic man observes as concrete physical matter, it can be stated that what we observe in the physical world is so incomplete, that it would be virtually impossible to truly understand what we think and imagine we see.    Reality, states the physicist, can only be found in the (Etheric) Field -- and it is the Field that both surrounds all physical forms that we observe with our body-senses, and it is the unseen Field that is the source of what we perceive with our physical senses which we call matter.   Which again, is reverse Darwinism -- in that, Darwinism attempted to demonstrate that this physical world came into being apart from any unseen supernatural forces -- and modern science has now proven that this world is the direct result of unseen forces that would be defined as supernatural, or beyond what is seen with the physical senses.  

In defense of Darwin, it must be understood that in the same way that many unsolved crimes in the past are presently resolved through DNA, Darwin lived in the nineteenth century -- long before the most enlightening discoveries of modern quantum physics.   And in recognition of this fact, Darwin himself questioned the inadequacy of his own conclusions.  In the words of Niles Eldredge of the American Museum of Natural History: “The old explanation that the fossil record was inadequate is in itself an inadequate explanation.”  Why?  The fossil record is inadequate because everything that we see and perceive in this realm is directly caused by patterns of force being exerted upon matter from beyond the bounds of this three-dimensional world in which we presently dwell.  And the fact that the fossil record failed to support Darwin's conclusions, is openly acknowledged in his own words where he wrote: "Why then is not every geological formation and every stratum full of such intermediate links? Geology assuredly does not reveal any such finely graduated organic chain, and this, perhaps, is the most obvious and gravest objection which can be urged against my theory" (Charles Darwin, On The Origin Of Species). According to Darwin's theory, the geological record should be full of species that are slowly increasing in complexity over time.  Since evolution relies on time, chance, and incremental steps, sudden leaps are not possible -- which demonstrates that the fossil record itself directly contradicts the theory of evolution!   And even if a proverbial missing link could be found, this would not in any manner negate the fact that it is the forces in the Etheric Field that has brought about all changes and variations of life-forms that we observe in the physical world.

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”.  In much the same fashion, the European physicist Niels Bohr stated that “…The great extension of our experience in recent years has brought to light the insufficiency of our simple mechanical conceptions and, as a consequence, has shaken the foundation on which the customary interpretation of observation was based.” These “…mechanical conceptions” make reference to Darwin and the theory of evolution.

In the same way that Peter warned that organic man only sees in the scriptures what he is predisposed to already believe, it is also true that man perceives all of Creation through the filter of his beliefs about life.   The believer is in no manner dependent upon facts, and no amount of facts can deter the unbeliever -- i.e., most of mankind is totally predisposed to see only what they already believe to be true.    And while many will become both offended and simply dismiss the statement of the Apostle Peter in the Homilies that men see and understand only what they are programmed to perceive by virtue of the filter of their beliefs -- or, the Organic Laws of the earth that predisposes them to a specific preordained opinion -- the text of Itzhak Bentov’s book itself reveals that: “The quantum theory asserts that there is no way one can measure some sets of things, like momentum and position, together very accurately... because the consciousness of the experimenter interacts with the experiment itself. Therefore, it becomes possible that the attitude of the experimenter must also influence the outcome of any particular experiment” (Preface to Stalking The Wild Pendulum, by Itzhak Bentov).   Thus, we begin to contemplate the interrelatedness of mind and matter and the fact that our whole politically correct culture has become an obstacle to the advancement of mankind.  And since the vast majority of religious doctrines of belief are merely what was deemed politically correct in past cultures, few people are even capable of seeing beyond the limits of the facade of their predisposed beliefs.   In the very narrow linear perception of the “fossilized” world-view that is taught in science class in our schools today, the idea that the mind of the experimenter can impact the results of the experiment itself, is simply beyond the scope of man's cultural understanding.  

If, as presupposed by the science of man's past, everything man sees is a detached, stand-alone, separate inanimate object, then genuinely intelligent men must recognize that in his present cultural world view, there is a great void in their understanding that inhibits them from even contemplating how the mind of a person can affect the outcome of a given experiment?   And thus, what the Apostle Peter warns with respect to his statement that each person who reads the scriptures only sees what he he predisposed to see, modern quantum mechanics has gone beyond this fact, and proven that the mindset and thinking of a scientific investigator, can somehow impact his findings and results.    Not only does this throw all of man's analytical conclusions into question, but it must be realized that even the findings of Darwin was subject to the filter of his Unitarian mindset and beliefs.   Moreover, this resolves the dilemma of why different men see and understand the same thing not only differently, but often from an opposite and conflicting perspective.   Which one is wrong?   What if each is seeing a fragmentary truth -- and while neither is all wrong, there is still a greater reality that is beyond the comprehension of both conflicting viewpoints.

That there is an unseen connection between mind and matter, and man is able to consciously and unconsciously effect what we perceive as inanimate objects with his own patterns of thought, means that our present-day cultural and quasi-scientific perception of Creation itself is defective.  Moreover, when we attempt to interpret the scriptures through the filter of our flawed vision and predisposed inherent understanding, it is impossible for us to even begin to perceive the true depth and revelation of the Word of God!   The problem is that we can never start to embrace man’s true reality, until we begin to acknowledge and recognize that what we see is only a fragment of the whole picture of any given object -- and this is true not only from a religious doctrinal perspective, but a scientific one as well.

Robert Jastrow, an astrophysicist who heads NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, pointed out that the big bang is not exactly an explanation of cause. He is quoted in The Aquarian Conspiracy: “If a scientist really examines the implications, he would be traumatized. As usual, when the mind is faced with trauma, it reacts by ignoring the implications - in science this is called ‘refusing to speculate’ - or by trivializing the origin of the world by calling it the Big Bang, as if the universe were merely a firecracker”.   Mr. Jastrow then continues and states: “Consider the enormousness of the problem: Science has proved that the universe exploded into being at a certain moment. It asks, what cause produced this effect? Who or what put the matter and energy into the universe? Was the universe created out of nothing or was it gathered together out of pre-existing materials? And science cannot answer these questions... It is not a matter of another year, another decade of work, another measurement, or another theory. At this moment it seems as though science will never be able to raise the curtain on the mystery of creation”.

In the realization that traditional scientific inquiry can never provide the answers to life, thoughtful physicists in greater number have begun to notice the curious parallels between their own findings and ancient mystical descriptions of reality -- mystical descriptions that have been totally dismissed by our modern culture.  These similarities were pointed out in the book, The Tao Of Physics, by Fritjof Capra, and The Dancing Wu Li Masters by Gary Zukav.   Zukav’s book takes its title from the Chinese expression for physics, wu li, which he translates as “patterns of organic energy”, and writes: “Bell’s theorem not only suggests that the world is quite different than it seems, it demands it. Something very exciting is happening. Physicists have ‘proved’ rationally that our rational ideas about the world in which we live are profoundly deficient”.

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.  Thus, even though from a physical perspective the two particles appear to us as separate, it has been proven that the particles remain mysteriously connected regardless of the fact that there is no physical connection.  

The esoteric reality that was proven and demonstrated in this experiment was portrayed as the most “profound discovery of science”, because it virtually proves everything that science presents in the classrooms throughout our educational systems today as being in profound error!    Moreover -- and perhaps even more important -- is the fact that because we culturally build the child's thinking and mindset upon a fraudulent foundation, we inhibit their evolving minds from moving beyond a very counterfeit point in their perception of both themselves, and the world in which they presently dwell.   Further, the only explanation that the flat-earth scientists who remain in denial of the implications refuse to acknowledge, is that the particles are connected in another non-physical dimension that is beyond man's organic vision to detect -- i.e., what in the above is portrayed as the Field.    In the words of Einstein: “We may therefore regard matter as being constituted by the regions of space in which the field is extremely intense… There is no place in this new kind of physics both for the field and matter, for the field is the only reality” (quoted in M. Capek, The Philosophical Impact of Contemporary Physics).   What this confirms is that reality is in the Field that is beyond the organic vision and senses of man -- and the physical world we perceive and interact with, is not only a result of this higher reality that we can't see, but in many instances is an illusion that is controlled by our predisposed beliefs and philosophical opinions.    Moreover, what this further confirms is that the Darwinist mindset that is presently taught in our schools is not only wrong, but the error which our educational systems is programming young school children with, represents a vision and thought pattern that will inhibit them from understanding man's own higher reality that is manifest in the Field -- or the Etheric realms that the organic senses of the body cannot normally detect.    And herein lies the crux of the problem as seen in the fact that the mind of man in it’s natural organic state is simply incapable of perceiving the far-reaching ramifications of this great truth -- and even less prepared to comprehend the results of the intertwining connections that are maintained not only between individuals and groups of people, but between the past, the present, and future.   What is portrayed in the above is merely science beginning to crack open the door to man's own higher reality -- a reality that he can only begin to grasp, by discarding almost everything that he presently thinks he knows.

 The Cruel Hoax: While it has been proven that the source of matter is in the Etheric Field beyond our organic vision -- and that in the subatomic world, what appears to our senses is connected in a dimension that we can't see with our organic vision -- the fact that we continue to program and imbue our school children with this gravely flawed mindset that modern quantum physics has proven to be little more than junk science -- means that we are predetermining the child's failure to make any real progress in this life.    And that our modern culture is predetermining the failure of the child, is the reason why in many of my writings I portray this process which we call education, as the (spiritual) abortion of those children who escape the abortionist who tears the fetus from it's mother's womb.     

  The Allusion Of The Forms Of Matter: Quoting at the link http://UnityOfMind.org#GreatMind : In his 1951 textbook on quantum theory, Bohm offered some interesting speculations on the analogies between quantum processes and thought processes, thus carrying further the celebrated statement made by the astronomer James Jeans two decades earlier: “Today there is a wide measure of agreement… that the stream of knowledge is heading towards a non-mechanical reality; the universe begins to look more like a great thought than like a great machine”; and the statement by astronomer Arthur Eddington:  “The stuff of the universe is mind-stuff”.   More recently, cyberneticist David Foster described “an intelligent universe” whose apparent concreteness is generated by cosmic data from an unknowable, organized source.   The reality of the holographic theory says that: “…our brains mathematically construct hard reality by interpreting frequencies from a dimension transcending time and space.   The brain is a hologram, interpreting a holographic universe.”

If you understand what is being said, then you can begin to understand why Mystics who have walked the spiritual path in search of Gnosis and the Divine Manna of the Kingdom of God, have traditionally warned others that what they see with their physical eyes -- i.e., the objects that appear to their organic senses and mind as being concrete and solid matter -- is merely an illusion.    And if we ask the question, what does this mean?    What we are confronted with is a reality that few biblical skeptics are even prepared to embrace -- i.e., that the allegorical nature of the scriptures is merely an extension of man's own consciousness, mind and being.    In the above reply to The God Who Wasn't There, I demonstrate that the most enlightened religious/spiritual authorities all portray the literal text of the written word of the scriptures as an allegory which conceals esoteric truths that are beyond the understanding of untransformed organic man -- to the degree that the man who is known as the Apostle Paul portrayed the literal text of the scriptures as the "letter that killeth" (see Letter).    But what  both blind believer and critic alike, fail to recognize, is the fact that the scriptures are in fact a written allegory that is necessary to prepare the seeker/disciple to begin to grasp the greater allegory of the outer world -- a world that in the analogy of Plato's Cave, is portrayed as a world of illusion that must be escaped!

Allegory? Myth? What is Reality?  What this means is that the authors of the scriptures did not randomly decide to compose their scriptures in allegorical forms -- but rather, they employed a similar allegorical format in the creation of their scriptures, that is also employed in the forms in the outer world of matter.   Which means that as the disciple begins to make progress -- and begins to perceive and comprehend the inner meaning of the scriptures by looking beyond the allegorical cloak of the written text -- he is then able to utilize this same knowledge to crack the allegorical code of the forms in the outer world of illusion -- or more accurately, the world of allusion within which mankind dwells in this, the Far Country.   If the objective is to escape what Jesus portrayed as the "outer darkness" of mind and being (see Outer Darkness), then why would the biblical authors portray what is perceived in the illusion that is an allegorical allusion, as being real -- either from an historical or literal perspective?    And when it is recognized that we are dealing entirely with aspects of mind -- why would we even imagine that modern man who has based his assumptions and predisposed thinking of counterfeit doctrines of religious beliefs and fraudulent scientific theories, would be more inclined to perceive truth, than the wise men of the past who were enlightened as to the esoteric nature of man, mind and the universe in which we presently dwell?    When this fact is recognized, one would have to conclude that our modern culture which is built upon erroneous assumptions, is actually a great hindrance to finding the higher truths of mans reality.   

While the modern biblical and religious critic can point out the countless flaws in the literal text of the scriptures and the mainstream of religious doctrine -- they are generally incapable of comprehending the well documented assertion that these flaws in the literal text were purposely inserted in the scriptures in order to inhibit the person from reading them literally/historically -- and that in view of the fact that organized religion has always corrupted the scriptures, and persecuted and even murdered the Mystic visionaries who authored the scriptures, that the common believers are themselves totally ignorant of the true meaning of the very scriptures they blindly champion?  

In the February 1979 Psychology Today interview with brain scientist Karl Pribram, the world which he attempted to describe confirmed the vision witnessed by the Hebrew mystics and prophets who authored the scriptures -- and when properly understood, confirmed the reality of the Bible that neither true believer or staunch critic is even prepared to acknowledge and understand -- i.e., Pribram wrote: “It isn’t that the world of appearances is wrong; it isn’t that there aren’t objects out there, at one level of reality. It’s that if you penetrate through and look at the universe with a holographic system, you arrive at a different reality, one that can explain things that have hitherto remained scientifically inexplicable: paranormal phenomena… synchronicities, the apparently meaningful coincidence of events” (see  http://UnityOfMind.org#illusion ).   And thus, it is this world of illusion that is created by the limitations of each person's own mind that is portrayed by the Gnostics as the Demiurge of a counterfeit creator, and it is this same illusion that man must escape in the analogy of Plato's Cave .  

Man's Ultimate Reality is that there is nothing but Mind -- and this and all other dimensions of Reality is a Great Thought that man is experientially evolving within.    And what this confirms is the fact that the objects in the outer world that we observe with our physical senses, are in reality allegorical symbols of mind impressed into the forms of matter by the forces in the underlying Etheric Field -- and the forms that we observe, represents a psychic/mental impression of the thought form of mind that it denotes to our own, and the Universal Consciousness.   And once this higher reality is properly understood, is the very reason why it would appear to the unenlightened mind of the Atheist and critic, that one religion borrows the mythological symbolism from another -- when in fact, nothing could be further from the truth.   Moreover, this is why, while Eastern mysticism portrays the forms of concrete matter that we observe in the outer world as an illusion, Western Gnosticism understands that the illusion is more factually, an allusion -- an allusion because each and every aspect of what we observe, possess a meaning that is being pictorially and allegorically presented to our mind.  

What is the difference between an illusion and an allusion?    When properly understood, they are in fact worlds apart.   If all that we see in the outer world is the result of the forces exerted in the underlying Field -- i.e., the words of Einstein that “We may therefore regard matter as being constituted by the regions of space in which the field is extremely intense… There is no place in this new kind of physics both for the field and matter, for the field is the only reality” -- the form that is impressed into the shape that we see, is an allegorical representation of the aspect of mind that the symbol expresses.   In the same way that a phallic symbol which was used by the ancients expresses the male generative power, the penis itself expresses an aspect of mind that is universal.   And this is true not only of all the parts of the body, but also everything that exists in the outer world -- which is merely a larger scale and pattern of mind expressed and impressed into matter.    Which means that a dog, appears to us in that physical forum that we see and interact with as a K9, because of the underlying aspect of mind and consciousness that is represented in the physical form of a dog -- i.e., a dog is an aspect of mind impressed into the form of nature which we observe.   When Jesus warned not to give what is holy to dogs, what he was presenting was the reality that a dog represents a condition of mind projected into the forms of matter that we see -- and people who are ruled over by this condition of mind, are incapable of comprehending what is holy.   And from an enlightened perspective, a swine, is a swine, because of the underlying aspect of mind and consciousness that is represented in the form of the swine.  

Thought Animated Symbols: The Egyptians expressed themselves in hieroglyphs -- and much of the Chinese languages represent thoughts impressed into symbols -- everything that we see and interact with in the outer world, is merely the thoughts of the Great Mind expressed in the allegorical forms of matter.   If you could take the vast realities of our own mind and express each aspect of mind in the form of a symbol that would animate the thought that each represents, then you would begin to grasp the reality of man as dwelling within an illusion that is an allusion -- i.e., a Matrix of mind expressed into symbols which animate each thought that is the building blocks of consciousness.   And thus, we can begin to grasp the higher reality expressed by G.R.S. Mead, a foremost authority on the Gnostics, in his book entitled Fragments of a Faith Forgotten, where this explanation of the true nature of the scriptures is put forth: “…what the Gnostics projected onto the screen… [in the form of a ] picture of the universe was in reality a picture of their own minds. Its mythology is a symbolic portrayal, almost a deliberate one, of the forces which operate in the structuring and evolution of the human personality”.   And upon encountering these same patterns of thought in the dreams and thinking of his patients, was the reason that Carl Jung called the Gnostic Christians the worlds first and foremost psychologists who understood the very fabric of human consciousness.   Why did he come to recognize what the Gnostics were presenting?    He found that many of his patients who knew absolutely nothing about the Gnostics or scriptures, were in fact dreaming in these same symbolic symbols -- and thus, he began to recognize that the authors of the scriptures wrote in what is called the language of the soul.

What this means is that all the many critics of what is presented in Gnostic scriptures, are merely expressing their own ignorance of both the essence of Gnosticism, as well as the relationship of the cosmology of self, and that of the outer world.   A most profoundly enlightened statement with respect to the relationship of what Jesus portrayed as the Key of Knowledge and the true meaning of the scriptures is made by the Church Father Origen in his famed writing De Principiis where he states: “But all the narrative portion, relating either to the marriages, or to the begetting of the children, or to battles of different kinds, or to any other histories whatever, what else can they be supposed to be, save the forms and figures of hidden and sacred things? As men, however, make little effort to exercise their intellect, or imagine that they possess knowledge before they really learn".   What is being conveyed is that all the interrelationships between men and women, the marriages, and the begetting of children, as well as the battles and wars, kings and all other aspects of the scriptures that on the surface of the text appear to be historical -- are not at all historical -- but rather, the allegorical portrayal of body, mind/soul and spirit of the disciples own mind and being.   And this is why the Apostle Paul states that the biblical account of Abraham is an allegory (Gal 4:24) -- and has no historical relevance, significance or accuracy.    And while both the carnal Jews and the carnal Muslims look to Abraham as their common forefather, they do this because of their ignorance of the symbols of their own scriptures.    In much the same way, the seemingly astrological myths of the Greek poets and other such writings, are once again a portrayal of mind.  

Higher Truth Lies Beyond The Allegorical Forms Of The World: That there is an Inner Source of Knowledge that is beyond even the most enlightened wisdom of this world, is in fact the very reason why the Apostle Paul wrote: “For the truth about God is known to them instinctively; God has put this knowledge in their hearts” (Rom 1:19 TLB).    Which are in fact parallel statements presented in the above -- i.e., that of astronomer James Jeans who stated that: “Today there is a wide measure of agreement… that the stream of knowledge is heading towards a non-mechanical reality; the universe begins to look more like a great thought than like a great machine”; and the statement by astronomer Arthur Eddington:  “The stuff of the universe is mind-stuff”.   More recently, cyberneticist David Foster described “an intelligent universe” whose apparent concreteness is generated by cosmic data from an unknowable, organized source.   The reality of the holographic theory says that: “…our brains mathematically construct hard reality by interpreting frequencies from a dimension transcending time and space.   The brain is a hologram, interpreting a holographic universe.”

Once the reality that this world is an illusion that is an allusion is understood, what this means is that from a biblical perspective, the swine is an unclean animal, because of the thought-pattern and consciousness that is represented in the (allegorical) form of the swine as presented to our organic senses.   The swine which is condemned as an unclean animal in the Bible, is also rejected in the Qur'an -- and while the unenlightened Atheist may point to this commonality between the scriptures and conclude that Mohammed borrowed from Moses, nothing could be further from the truth.    The swine is unclean, because of the thoughts that are embodied when projected into the allegorical form of nature that created its image and actions.    The commonality is founded upon the fact that both the authors of the Torah, as well as the Qur'an, were aware of what these thoughts projected into the (allegorical) forms of mind represented in the symbols of consciousness impressed into the symbol that is presented to the mind of man as he observes the allusion of the outer world.   And because we are observing and interacting with Universal Consciousness, this esoteric reality of mind is true of all the forms that we observe in the outer world -- and especially the human body, which is an allegorical blueprint of our own minds impressed into the forms that make up the body-vessel in which we dwell.  And the fact that these universal (allegorical) symbols of mind which are impressed into the forms of nature, is the basis of why it appears that religions borrow beliefs from other religions (see The God Who Wasn't There ), represents the folly of the Atheists and critics who condemn what they lack the depth of mind to even begin to understand.    And in the same way that the unenlightened religious believers cling to doctrines of manmade belief, the pseudo-intellectuals and Atheists invent half-baked theories such as Evolution, to explain away what they fail to understand with respect to the forms observed in the outer world.  

What is being stated by both the physicist, and the Gnostic author of the scriptures?   I have demonstrated above at a number of points where the biblical authors warn that higher reality is inconceivable to the mind of organic man.   So the problem then becomes how an enlightened visionary who has escaped the illusions of this world, can convey to others who lack the ability to understand in their present organic condition, what they need to embrace in order to expand their level of mind beyond organic human consciousness.    Thus, the authors of the scriptures utilize symbols that act as catalysts that connect with their own inner higher reality that they are for the most part ignorant of -- and it is the proper usage of these catalysts which facilitates the necessary expansion of mind beyond organic limitations.

  Unique Individual Perspective Of Scriptures And Life: One of the translations of the second saying of the Gospel of Thomas states: Jesus said, "Let the one who seeks not stop seeking until he finds; and when he finds, he will be agitated. When he is agitated he will be amazed, and he will rule over everything."   Why would those who find be "amazed" at what is revealed to them?   Unless you can truly answer this question from an enlightened perspective, you are not even prepared to form an opinion of what you see in the outer world -- much less teach others!    And this is one of the primary reasons why Jesus commanded his disciples not to be called and looked upon as rabbis or teachers (see True Prophet).   Further, for reasons that will become apparent as a greater understanding is achieved, each individual person's perception and understanding of both the scriptures, and life itself, can not only be different -- but often from a radically opposite perspective.   And when one person attempts to teach another, they are depriving that person of the opportunity of self-discovery -- and even to opportunity of ultimate success in life. 

In the Homilies of Clement the Apostle Peter states of a meeting that is to take place between himself and Simon Magus: “Therefore Simon, who is going to discuss in public with us tomorrow, is bold against the monarchy of God, wishing to produce many statements from these Scriptures, to the effect that there are many gods, and a certain one who is not He who made this world, but who is superior to Him; and, at the same time, he is going to offer many scriptural proofs. But we also can easily show many passages from them that He who made the world alone is God, and that there is none other besides Him. But if any one shall wish to speak otherwise, he also shall be able to produce proofs from them at his pleasure. For the Scriptures say all manner of things, that no one of those who inquire ungratefully may find the truth, but simply what he wishes to find...”    Basically, and to the horror of both believer and critic alike, what Peter appears to be stating is that, not only can both conflicting position be supported by the scriptures -- but that anyone who consults the scriptures will only see what they predisposedly desired to find in the message of the written words.    And while few people are enlightened enough to understand why, what Peter is stating is true.  

This very unique vision of both the allegory of the scriptures, as well as the allegory of the physical world itself, is presented to us in the 90th Chapter of the Gospel of the Nazirenes where it is stated: "The One truth has many sides, and one sees one side only, another, and some see more than others, according as it is given to them.  Behold this crystal; how the one light is manifest in twelve faces, yea four times twelve, and each face reflects one ray of light, and one regards one face, and another, another, but it is the one crystal, and the one light that shines in all.  Behold again, When one climbs a mountain and attaining one height, he says, this is the top of the mountain, let us reach it, and when they have reached that height, lo, they see another beyond it until they come to that height from which no other height is to be seen, if so be they can attain it.  So it is with truth. I am the truth and the way and the life, and have given to you the truth which I have received from above. And that which is seen and received by one, is not seen and received by another. That which appears true to some, seems not true to others. They who are in the valley don't see what they who are on the hill top see.  But to each, it is the truth as the one mind seeth it, and for that time, till a higher truth shall be revealed to the same; and to the soul which receives higher light, shall be given more light. Wherefore don't condemn others, that you not be condemned."   

These words convey a personal reality that perhaps only a few people alive today are able to comprehend with any workable depth of understanding.    The words in RED of course convey the key concepts.   Just as important is the phrase: "...and some see more than others, according as it is given to them."   Why is it given to each one to see differently?   And why is it given to some to see more than others?    Why don't all see the same?   Why do some see more?   And who or what is causing this great variance in seeing and understanding to manifest among the people?    Those who attempt to teach without fully understanding the answers to these questions, are in fact bringing judgment and condemnation upon themselves!   In fact, the warning in the Revelation when properly understood in relation to the Laws, confirms this almost self-imposed suicidal fact -- i.e., “If anyone has an ear, let him hear. He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity; he who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints” (Rev 13:9-10 NKJ).   The term captivity is being used to portray anyone who attempts to force another into thinking of living by their own imposed thinking, philosophy, religious beliefs, or lifestyle.    And in forcing one's brother or sister into captivity, they are invoking the Sword of the Laws against themselves.    And in forcing one's brother or sister into a mental, doctrinal or philosophical captivity, that person and those who support them will themselves become shackled into what Jesus taught was The Prison.

Again, the 29th Gospel of Thomas saying states: Jesus said, "If the flesh came into being because of spirit, it is a wonder. But if spirit came into being because of the body, it is a wonder of wonders. Indeed, I am amazed at how this great wealth has made its home in this poverty."  In addition to berating the whole of the concept Darwin's Evolution, again we see the word amazed used in respect to man's higher reality of soul and spirit in relation to the little of self that is manifest in the body, in the words: "...Indeed, I am amazed at how this great wealth has made its home in this poverty."   And one of the realities that are presented is the fact that those who base either their religious beliefs on manmade doctrines and the thoughts of carnal men -- or their scientific theories and findings on the folly of men who see only the very limited reality of the three dimensions of this world -- all dwell under the cloud of absolute ignorance in their state of profound blindness.   Again we see these men being portrayed as dwelling in poverty of mind and being.   It is therefore further stated in the Gospel of Thomas: "But if you will not know yourselves, you dwell in poverty and it is you who are that poverty... Whoever finds himself is superior to the world"   Yet, it is these blind leaders of both traditional religion, culture, as well as the junk science that is taught to school children, that has caused the intellectual poverty that envelops the world in ignorance today. 

  The Great Allegory Of Mind And Matter: In one of the most ignored Gospel statements we are not only portrayed as the offspring of God, but as dwelling within the Mind of God -- i.e., “‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring’” (Acts 17:28 NIV).    Put this together with the above statement of  James Jeans that: “...the universe begins to look more like a great thought than like a great machine”.    Or the words of Arthur Eddington:  “The stuff of the universe is mind-stuff”.  And you have a higher reality that few are even prepared to contemplate -- much less, understand with sufficient degree to even form a realistic opinion.

Perhaps the key to bridging the visionary perception of the Gnostic mystic who authored the scriptures, with that of modern cyberneticist David Foster who described “an intelligent universe” whose apparent concreteness is generated by cosmic data from an unknowable, organized source.   The reality of the holographic theory says that: “…our brains mathematically construct hard reality by interpreting frequencies from a dimension transcending time and space.   The brain is a hologram, interpreting a holographic universe.”   And only then can we begin to grasp why Jesus stated that organic man dwells in the "outer darkness" of mind and being (see http://DivineStrategery.com#OuterDarkness ), and why Plato portrayed man as dwelling in a type of Cave of Illusion (see http://DivineStrategery.com#Plato ).   And the answer is provided in the above words that: “…our brains mathematically construct hard reality by interpreting frequencies from a dimension transcending time and space."    Explaining that our "...brain is a hologram, interpreting a holographic universe.”  

What this means is that we dwell in a Great Mind -- and based upon the frequencies of thought, our brains interpret these frequencies in the allegorical forms that we perceive as being concrete matter.   What we are in fact seeing is animated thought-generated symbols -- i.e., thoughts that are brains interpret in the context of an allegorical symbol that we perceive as the shapes and forms that our physical consciousness interprets in the appearance and meaning that we see it as.   Thus, the words of Karl Pribram in the February 1979 Psychology Today interview where it is stated that: “It isn’t that the world of appearances is wrong; it isn’t that there aren’t objects out there, at one level of reality.  It’s that if you penetrate through and look at the universe with a holographic system, you arrive at a different reality, one that can explain things that have hitherto remained scientifically inexplicable: paranormal phenomena… synchronicities, the apparently meaningful coincidence of events” (see  http://UnityOfMind.org#illusion ).   In the words that “It isn’t that the world of appearances is wrong..." -- what is being conveyed is that you see in the world of appearances is thought portrayed in an allegorical form that permits the people stuck in the limitations of this realm to interact with a higher reality that is beyond their conception -- and even beyond their wildest imaginations.   And the scriptures are nothing more than an extension of this holographic allegory, which is intended to assist the disciple to escape the illusions of this world -- i.e., the "outer darkness" of Plato's Cave.   Thus, the second saying of the Gospel of Thomas: "Let the one who seeks not stop seeking until he finds; and when he finds, he will be agitated. When he is agitated he will be amazed, and he will rule over everything."   He will be amazed, because absolutely nothing that we see is real -- and it is merely thoughts that are allegorically animated into forms and symbols that represent the thought we are interacting with -- ultimately, reflecting back to us an aspect of our own mind and being.   And in overcoming this world of illusion -- i.e., escaping Plato's Cave (see Plato's Cave ) -- or, entering through the inner "narrow gate" that Jesus taught (see http://GateOfEden.com ) -- one is able to enter the higher reality of the soul-self, and see and perceive the source of all things. 

When we listen to a voice on a telephone, we are not hearing the actual voice -- but rather, the telephone takes the frequencies that have been generated in the analogue wire connection, into a voice that our ears can hear.   Similarly, the true source of what we see in this world is a frequency of thought that is projected into an allegorical image of the thought that this image represents.   Thus, we see and interact with allegorically animated thoughts that our brains interpret as being concrete matter.    Yet, our true self -- i.e., our higher soul-self that exists in an inner parallel realm -- sees and understands all things as they truly are.  

The folly of the pseudo-intellectuals who attempt to portray one group as copying symbols from another group, simply are blind to their own higher reality that sees all things as they truly are.   Because the underlying forces of mind and being are common to all seekers the world over -- and the forces that must be overcome are universal -- so, too, is the solutions.   So to even suggest that one group of people needed to copy from another, in order to resolve this universal dilemma and need, is ludicrous and pure folly of their limited perception and thinking.   Yet, in their ignorance with respect to the underlying forces (of mind) in the Field, the pseudo-intellectuals who are blind to the reality of the Field, promote their folly to those who look to them as authorities.    In the same way that science has proven that paired particles remain connected in a dimension of the Etheric Field that can't be observed with man's organic senses, on a deeper level, all of Creation remains connected -- and all that man sees and interacts with, is merely aspects of mind impressed into the forms of nature that comprise the physical universe and the world in which each person lives -- and all these forms are subject to the filter of beliefs of the individual interpretation of each person.    

If the brain was the mind, as many think and proclaim, then no part of your personality would survive the death of the physical body.   And most of the people who are viewed as authorities, and who remain stuck on the brain-mind theory, are most likely also Atheists working from a Darwinist foundation with respect to their thinking.   Yet, what we see in the above, is the fact that the modern-day emerging science has come to recognize that reality is in the (Etheric) Field, and not in the physical matter that we observe with our physical eyes.   And once we come to understand this reality that the Darwinist Atheists have rejected, we can then begin to venture along the path of higher reality that they have barred themselves from embracing.  

The brain is like the lap top computer I am presently typing on.   While I am not the lap top, I am using the lap top as an interface into the Internet world of cyberspace.   The mind exists in the Field that surrounds the body -- and the mind uses the organs of the body such as the brain, as an interface into this world.   If one of my keys went bad, then the function associated with that key could no longer be expressed.   If this lap top ceased to function, then I would no longer be able to express myself in cyberspace -- but I would very much remain as a living entity.   The Darwinist-Atheists are able to ignore not only the findings of modern emerging science which totally refutes their theories, but they in like manner attempt to ignore the extended vision of mystics and Gnostics.   If it is possible to separate one's mind from the physical body, then the whole concept of the brain being the mind must be seen as counterfeit.   Yet, so long as the focus is only on those people who have never attempted to learn to separate their mind from their body, they can continue under the delusion that the body (brain) and mind appears to be one and the same.   And in denial of the facts, these same fossilized authorities then attempt to explain away such emerging bodies of evidence as the Near Death Experience (NDE), by stating that what the person experienced was the dying brains lack of oxygen.   If we pose the question: Is there any proof to their conclusion?   The only possible answer is: Not at all.   Yet, like the traditional snake oil salesmen who has mesmerized the crowd that he is seducing, they successfully peddle their worthless product because of the naiveness of the masses.   In the case of the pseudo-intellectuals, they are not required to prove their position -- or even permit alternative positions to be presented, because they represent the approved position of the secularized state.  

Their counterfeit position is basically concocted in order to explain away the experiential knowledge of an emerging group of witnesses that do not fit into their erroneous understanding of life.    And they do this, in order to preserve their theory that the mind is in the physical brain.   Even though their position is totally without factual substantiation, it is accepted on the basis that they hold a (government approved) position of authority -- i.e., they are the secular priests of the religion of Atheism.   And in promoting their unfounded theories that remain factually unsubstantiated, they are not only able to continue to embrace the whole structure of their false theories -- but they remain politically empowered to force others to subscribe to their unfounded and unproven theories.   Yet, once rightly understood, what these Darwinist-Atheist pseudo-authorities represent today, is the flat-earth authorities in man's past.  In the same way that anti-Gnostic faith-based believers of secularized religion represents is very much parallel to the traditional thinking of the Church which condemned the wisdom of Galileo who stated that the literal text of the Bible was wrong, and the earth is not the center of the universe.   Therefore, the junk-science that we teach school children today, is very much parallel to that of the flat-earth philosophers of the past.  

Prior to Columbus, Europeans were fearful of sailing out too far from land, because they believed that they would fall off the face of the earth.   When Columbus set sail, the majority of his men were comprised of criminals taken out of the prisons -- because Columbus was viewed as a fool who was going to bring about the demise of those who listened to him.   And this flat-earth mindset remained, until Columbus made his voyage and returned with various proofs of the existence of the New World -- resulting in the confrontational fact that the fossilized thinking pseudo-authorities who maintained that the earth was flat, were then forced to admit that they were wrong.    

In this present time I have restored much of the original teachings of the Ebionite Nazirenes known as TheWay -- and what I have written has the capacity to free the thinking of people from the fossilized limitations of the pseudo-scientific and secularized counterfeit religious doctrines and authorities that shackle mankind in the abyss of ignorance -- and it is this knowledge that I have set forth in restoration of the Original Gospel,  that has the potential to enable seekers to prove the Truth within themselves.  And since, as the emerging scientific findings have confirmed -- that there is nothing but mind and the higher expression of thought -- and what we observe with our senses, is merely the illusion of the holograph -- i.e., the celebrated statement made by the astronomer James Jeans: “Today there is a wide measure of agreement… that the stream of knowledge is heading towards a non-mechanical reality; the universe begins to look more like a great thought than like a great machine” -- and the statement by astronomer Arthur Eddington: “The stuff of the universe is mind-stuff”.   And more recently, cyberneticist David Foster described “an intelligent universe” whose apparent concreteness is generated by cosmic data from an unknowable, organized source.  The holographic theory says that: “…our brains mathematically construct hard reality by interpreting frequencies from a dimension transcending time and space. The brain is a hologram, interpreting a holographic universe.”   And what the mystic portrays as the illusion of this world, is based upon the reality that “…our brains mathematically construct hard reality by interpreting frequencies from a dimension transcending time and space..."

Denial Of First Amendment Protection - Violation of Separation of Church and State: What is proven by both the modern scientist today in the above, in conjunction with the long suppressed voice of the Mystic-Gnostic of the past, is the long-ignored and misunderstood reality presented in the analogy of Plato's Cave.   Which, in a parallel analogy, Jesus portrayed as the blindness to this world of illusion in what he called the "outer darkness" (see OuterDarkness ) of mind and being.   Yet, what is perhaps the most cruel element to the present-day equation, is seen in the fact that when mankind should be free to seek knowledge and the very Destiny for which he was born, he is inhibited by partisan secularism that not only continues to censor the facts, but has inhibited man from seeking the very knowledge that has the capacity to free him from the ignorance of the past.

When properly understood, it is this government forced and required adherence to blind pseudo-authorities both religious and secular, that the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights protects the people from being forced to be in servitude to.   And it is the knowledge that has been presented by modern science in conjunction with the restored teachings of TheWay, that has the capacity to free true seekers from the limitations of both the body, and the pseudo-authorities of the modern flat-earth science that states that the brain is the mind.   From a biblical perspective, it is the sin of the Pharisees who Jesus condemned as counterfeit shepherds of the people, that applies equally to the pseudo-intellectuals that the government forces the people to embrace today.   What Jesus portrayed as The Key of Knowledge, represents the turning of the scriptures within one's own mind and being, in order to open the inner door to the higher reality of the soul and learn the Mysteries of Creation.   And in their carnal interpretations of the written word of the scriptures, the Pharisees hindered seekers from entering in what is portrayed allegorically as the House -- i.e., "Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered" (Luke 11:52 KJV).   This same exact condition is being forced upon the people by the government today.   And with respect to the proper use of the Key of Knowledge, Yeshua stated: "But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in" (Matt 23:13 KJV).  

The Ebionite Nazirene teachings of Jesus known as TheWay, was intended to free the people from the cloud of profound ignorance imposed upon them by their organic limitations of the body, and open the door to higher understanding, knowledge and awareness.    An important insight into the very essence of the genuine and original teachings of The Way is contained in an article in the Encyclopedia Britannica under the heading, The History of Christian Mysticism, where it reads: “Although the essence of mysticism is the sense of contact with the transcendent, mysticism in the history of Christianity should not be understood merely in terms of special ecstatic experiences but as part of a religious process lived out within the context of the Christian community. From this perspective mysticism played a vital part in the early church. Early Christianity was a religion of the spirit that expressed itself in the heightening and enlargement of human consciousness”.     Notice the words that the objective of the teachings of TheWay was to bring about "...the heightening and enlargement of human consciousness”  -- which has absolutely nothing in common with the blind faith dogmatized Church that came into being in the fourth century.   And, just as equally important to understand, is that "...the heightening and enlargement of human consciousness”  has absolutely nothing to do with the expansion of the physical brain -- but rather, the development of those areas of mind that the physical brain which is of an earth-vibrational frequency, does not support.   

Perhaps one of the foremost obstacles that confronts modern man today is seen in the fact that present-day Christianity has absolutely nothing in common with the original objectives and teachings of Jesus and TheWay.     The modern doctrines of the Church are in fact a synthesis of the most elementary faith-based entry-level Gospel concepts, with the doctrines of Mithraicism -- i.e., the Universal Religion of the Roman Empire.    With the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the long suspected evidence was suddenly proven -- i.e., biblical scholars such as A. Powell Davies openly confirmed that: “Biblical scholars were not disturbed by what they found in the Dead Sea Scrolls because they had known all along that the origin of Christianity was not what was commonly supposed to have been” (quoted by Millar Burrows in More Light on the Dead Sea Scrolls).    And that, in order for the synthesis of religions to be brought about by the Emperor Constantine, (1) Jesus was declared to be God (see http://TheTenWords.com ); (2) the most corrupted copies of the Gospels were further corrupted in order to make them support the doctrines of Pagan Rome (see http://BibleCorruption.com ); (3) and the true, spiritual disciples of Jesus were hunted down by the armies of the emperor, and murdered (see http://Ebionite.com/prologue.htm ).    And in the conversion of the teachings of Jesus and TheWay into a faith-based pagan religion, the necessary esoteric knowledge was lost, and mankind was plunged into the abyss of spiritual ignorance.

Even with modern man's technological advances in our present time, mankind continues to remain immersed in a sea of confusion and ignorance, largely because of the loss of these important esoteric teachings that were thrown away when the Church became a puppet under Pagan Rome.   Why?    Because of the self-imposed limitations that both pseudo sectarian and secular authorities impose upon themselves, in order to remain culturally acceptable and mainstream.   So long as man continues to limit himself to the three dimensions of this world, he continues to merely gaze at the forms and shadow images that are being danced upon the walls of what has been portrayed as the illusions of Plato's Cave.    And in the same way that in the analogy of the Cave, anyone who succeeds in escaping the Cave and returns, is condemned as a madman when he attempts to convey to those in the Cave the truth about what he has learned through his experiences beyond the limits of the Cave, those who call themselves authorities, reject all knowledge of anything that lies beyond illusions being danced upon the walls of the Cave.    Therefore, in the same way that the armies of Constantine had the power to enforce the doctrines upon all the people of the empire (see http://Ebionite.com/prologue.htm ), the pseudo-intellectuals today have been ordained by government to force their very limited vision and understanding upon all the students who by law, must attend government sanctioned schools.  

Why is this important?   If what I am saying is true, then the question must be posed: Why can't a person after graduating from our environment of government sanctioned educational systems merely seek the truth for themselves?   And therefore prove the truth?   The answer is twofold -- i.e., (1) because of the profound error of the foundational thinking and mindset that the person is attempting to build upon; (2) because of the destructive reality of the cultural lifestyle and mindset that the child was immersed in as they began to develop and mature.    In the same way that you can't build a multi-story house upon a post type foundation intended to support a mobile home, neither can you build upon the fraudulent concepts and cultural lifestyle that each child is imbued with today.    In the same way that you can't resuscitate an aborted fetus, the doctrinal mindset and societal  lifestyle that the child is immersed in today, is merely death by the promoters of what can only be portrayed as a culture of spiritual abortion and death.    

  The Logos/Son of God - True Prophet and One Teacher: In the ancient world the revealer of all Truth was portrayed as the Logos -- i.e., the Mind of God.   And that man possessed the innate ability to tap into, and learn directly from the spark of the Logos that dwelled within them, was the true objective of religion.   The Encyclopedia Britannica (1998 edition) writes of the word Logos: “In Greek philosophy and theology, the divine reason implicit in the cosmos, ordering it and giving it form and meaning. Though the concept defined by the term logos is found in Greek, Indian, Egyptian, and Persian philosophical and theological systems... The idea of the logos in Greek thought harks back at least to the 6^th-century-BC philosopher Heracleitus, who discerned in the cosmic process a logos analogous to the reasoning power in man. Later, the Stoics, philosophers who followed the teachings of the thinker Zeno of Citium (4^th-3^rd century BC), defined the logos as an active rational and spiritual principle that permeated all reality... Philo of Alexandria, a 1^st-century-AD Jewish philosopher, taught that the logos was the intermediary between God and the cosmos, being both the agent of creation and the agent through which the human mind can apprehend and comprehend God. According to Philo and the Middle Platonists, philosophers who interpreted in religious terms the teachings of the 4^th-century-BC Greek master philosopher Plato, the logos was both immanent in the world and at the same time the transcendent divine mind... The identification of Jesus with the logos, which is implied in various places in the New Testament but stated specifically in the Fourth Gospel, was further developed in the early church but more on the basis of Greek philosophical ideas... the early Christian Fathers stated that Christ as the preexistent logos (1) reveals the Father to mankind and is the subject of the Old Testament manifestations of God; (2) is the divine reason in which the whole human race shares, so that the 6^th-century-BC philosopher and others who lived with reason were Christians before Christ; and (3) is the divine will and word by which the worlds were framed”

With respect to the above, from our modern perspective, the most important statement is that of Clement of Alexandria when he wrote: “Thus in the Philebus, Plato, who had been the disciple of the barbarian philosophy, mystically called those Atheists who destroy and pollute, as far as in them lies, the Deity dwelling in them - that is, the Logos - by association with their vices”.  Thus, the message of Clement is threefold: Clement writes that the true source and inner revelation of the writings of Plato, is the same Logos attested to in the Gospel of John.   Moreover, we observe the continual statement that the Logos represents the Deity that is indwelling within all of mankind.   Clement then describes our own present-day condition when he refers to the multitude of people as “Atheists who destroy and pollute, as far as in them lies, the Deity dwelling in them - that is, the Logos -- by association with their vices”.   Thus, in the same way that is it impossible to revive a fetus that was torn from it's mothers womb, it is near impossible for a child who has been imbued with the mindset and the vices of our modern cultural lifestyle, to then reverse and heal the damage that has been inflicted upon him, and restore within himself the necessary mental and lifestyle environment that enables the person to tap into the Indwelling Logos.   Thus, those who escape the abortionist that tears the fetus from the womb, rarely escape the abortionist of our culture of ignorance that robs the child of the life of it's soul.  

If there is factual truth to the above statement that those who through their mindset and lifestyle "...destroy and pollute, as far as in them lies, the Deity dwelling in them - that is, the Logos -- by association with their vices” -- and, as the Apostle Peter warns in the Homilies of Clement, that the Logos/Son of God/True Prophet is "...within the mind of every one of us, but in those who have no desire of the knowledge of God and His righteousness, He is inoperative; but He works in those who seek after that which is profitable to their souls, and kindles in them the light of knowledge. Wherefore seek Him first of all; and if you do not find Him, expect not that you shall learn anything from any other. But He is soon found by those who diligently seek Him through love of the truth, and whose souls are not taken possession of by wickedness. For He is present with those who desire Him in the innocence of their spirits, who bear patiently, and draw sighs from the bottom of their hearts through love of the truth; but He deserts malevolent minds, because as a prophet He knows the thoughts of every one. And therefore let no one think that he can find Him by his own wisdom, unless, as we have said, he empty his mind of all wickedness, and conceive a pure and faithful desire to know Him. For when any one has so prepared himself, He Himself as a prophet, seeing a mind prepared for Him, of His own accord offers Himself to his knowledge”.   Then the whole dilemma of the pseudo-intellectual, religious critic and Atheist is presented in the Light of Truth that cannot be dismissed -- in view of the fact that their ignorance is not only self-imposed, but has been forewarned. 

Secular Imposed Death - Modern Slavery: The profound question that has been set before modern man that must be answered, is this: Why must sincere seekers of Truth be forced to embrace the spiritually disenfranchised thinking, mindset and lifestyle of those who can only be described as self-destructive Atheists?   Even when these Atheists profess a belief in God?   And by this I indicate those people who by virtue of their thinking, mindset and lifestyle, are so inhibiting their progress, that they are very much committing spiritual suicide?   If the true objective of religion -- and especially, the original teachings of Jesus and TheWay -- was to live one's life in such a manner that the seeker/disciple begins to connect with the Indwelling Logos -- with the objective being to receive from the Logos what is portrayed as the Divine Manna of the Kingdom, which is often referred to as Gnosis -- then how can there be true freedom of religion, and separation of church and state, when it is the state that requires the child and people to become immersed in a mindset and lifestyle which "...destroys and pollutes, as far as in them lies, the Deity dwelling in them - that is, the Logos -- by association with their vices” which are an integral part of the thinking and lifestyle which the government ordained and required systems of education immerse the child and the people in?   What this means is that freedom of thought, freedom of religion, as well as the First Amendment separation of church and state, has been totally done away with by our modern social-secular culture.   

While many will view the above as an extremist position -- i.e., my position that our cultural mindset and lifestyle as a state of death -- what they fail to recognize is the fact that this is exactly what Jesus taught.    This is demonstrated in the Gospels where it is written that: “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).   The dead who Jesus is making reference to, are the people of an organic (carnal) mind.    And in like manner Jesus commanded to "Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it." (Matt 7:13-14 NKJ).   The way of our cultural mindset and lifestyle, is the "...broad ...way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it."   And if this is indeed true, do we have to surrender our lives --  that of our children -- because those who are spiritually disenfranchised by virtue of their carnal mindset and lifestyle, remain predicatively dead to man's own higher soul and spiritual reality?    Must we be slaves to the walking dead?   Ruled over by Cultural Zombies?    Is this position radical?   In the same way that the early Christians were fed to the lions and slaughtered in the Roman Coliseums for refusing to worship the emperor, in living in accord with the mindset and lifestyle of the emperor's culture, modern believers have already been overcome and spiritually seduced into walking the broad-way of destruction that Jesus warned about.    And, in analysis, nothing could be more unconstitutional, than the forced subjugation of one's mind and life, in order to accommodate the requirements of quasi-intellectual elitists, or government.   Isn't this forced living in accord with the dictates of another -- or the government -- merely a modern form of slavery?    

At the beginning of our Common Era, those mature Jews and Christians who succeeded in bringing about "...the heightening and enlargement of human consciousness”, were called Gnostics.   Why?   Because they understood the cosmology of man's own mind and being -- and they lived in such a way that permitted them to break down the inner barrier of organic consciousness, and tap into the higher reality of the soul -- and ultimately, what is called the Logos or Son of God.   Thus, they were Gnostics, because they underwent the process of spiritual transformation that in the words of Paul, overcame the inner divisions and limitations by: "Put[ing] to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature" (Col 3:5 NIV).   They possessed the Knowledge of both their True Self, and the Divine, which was directly imparted to them from an Inner Spiritual Source which Jesus taught was the objective of being his disciple and travailing in TheWay.   Under the heading of Gnosticism, the Encyclopedia Britannica states: “Among the majority of the followers of the movement, 'Gnosis' was understood not as meaning 'knowledge' or 'understanding', in our sense of the word, but 'revelation'. These little Gnostic sects and groups all lived in the conviction that they possessed a secret and mysterious knowledge, in no way accessible to those outside, which was not to be proved or propagated, but believed in by the initiated, and anxiously guarded as a secret. This knowledge of theirs was not based on reflection, on scientific inquiry and proof, but on revelation. It was derived directly from the times of primitive Christianity, from the Savior himself and from his disciples and friends, with whom they claimed to be connected by a secret tradition, or else from later prophets, of whom many sects boasted. It was laid down in wonderful mystic writings, which were in the possession of the various circles”.    

Why did the Spiritual Christians who were known as Gnostics possess a Knowledge that was not readily available to the spiritually immature who called themselves Orthodox?    As modern science has indicated with respect to the nature of physical matter, the brain itself which is comprised of earth-matter -- is of an earth-vibration -- and therefore, does not normally support and utilize those areas of the mind that are not supported in man's day to day worldly interactions.   At the above link (see  Gnostic Vision ), Creation is portrayed as a hologram -- and what we perceive to be physical matter, is only a very narrow piece of the greater spectrum of man's true reality -- i.e., Darwinism in reverse.   But, because the brain itself is comprised of earth-matter that is vibrating at what would be portrayed as the physical frequency native to the three dimensions of the earth-matter -- the result is that IN THE CASE OF MOST PEOPLE, the brain and the mind remain intimately attached and in harmony with what we would portray as organic (carnal) man.     In the case of the person who has experienced a Near Death Experience (NDE), the mind is forcefully separated from the brain via the physical death of the body -- and with this separation, the mind was no longer subject to the limitations of physical matter.   The result is that suddenly, without warning, a whole new world opens up to the vision and experiences of the person who has been freed from the mental limitations of the physical body, as the mind is forcefully separated from its biological attachment to the brain.  

The Spiritual Life: In addition to the routine Near Death Experiences (NDE) where one sees their departed relatives and friends in an afterlife, there have been a few people who have had an NDE and recognized that while in that bodiless state, they knew what they portrayed as the secrets of creation -- and once back in the body, they could only remember that when they were released from the body, they knew and understood with a clarity what they had never experienced before at any time in this life.    Yet, they also recognized that once the mind became reconnected to the physical body and brain, they no longer possessed this higher knowledge and awareness -- and they were only able to recall that while out of the body and detached from the brain, they knew many of the secrets of life that has perpetually plagued man throughout the ages he has walked the face of the earth.   

One of the primary objectives of living the spiritual life that Jesus taught, was to bring this condition of enlightenment about, while still in the body-vessel.   It is therefore important to recognize that those Christians who called themselves Orthodox -- who very much lived in accord with the culture and thinking of their timeframe -- did not at all live the Spiritual Life that was embraced by the most immediate disciples and followers of Jesus and the teachings of TheWay.   Therefore, in accord with Jesus' own witness and teachings, it was impossible for those who called themselves Orthodox Christians, to possess the knowledge of the Spiritual Christian who sought the higher reality of the soul and the Gnosis of the Kingdom.    And in like manner, it was impossible for the Pharisees to possess this Sacred Knowledge -- just as it is impossible for the vast majority of people in our modern times to possess this Sacred Knowledge -- just as it is impossible for Atheists and even those who modern man calls authorities, to possess this Sacred Knowledge.  

The Christians who called themselves Orthodox, embraced the doctrine that so long as they had faith in the historical man Jesus, that they had fulfilled their obligations as believers.   In fact, they condemned the Spiritual Christians who were portrayed as Gnostics, because this group of believers understood that "faith apart from actions is dead" (see James 2:20) -- and that the works of the spirit that is required, is the very transformation that Paul wrote was a necessary foundation to faith which are expressed in the words: "Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature" (Col 3:5 NIV).   That those who called themselves Orthodox were incapable of understanding the higher reality of the soul and spiritual natures of man, is the blindness that Jesus portrayed as the carnal beam that was in their eyes. 

We can demonstrate the inability to comprehend even the most basic of man's higher spiritual reality, when we examine the spiritual flat-earth pseudo-scientific authorities who strive to explain away the NDE as the illusions of an oxygen starved dying brain -- attempting to totally ignore many important factors which they can't even begin to come to terms with.    And one of those important factors that the skeptic ignores, is the accounts of the many people who experience an NDE, who find themselves floating through what we perceive to be concrete walls, where they then are able to view what transpires in this physical reality from a remote location that is far removed from their lifeless dead body.   Unlike the person who finds themselves merely floating above their body, these people observe and witness events that are taking place in other rooms, and sometimes at great distances from their dead physical body.    There is documented cases where, during an NDE, the person is able to report conversations between people they did not know was present outside where their body was being resuscitated, that took place in other rooms -- and even at remote locations at great distances from their lifeless body.   If there was any truth to the skeptics theory that an NDE is the result of the illusions of an oxygen starved dying brain, then the people would not at all be able to report conversations and events that transpired remotely from their body.   

In the same way that Robert Jastrow, an astrophysicist who as quoted above portrays the flaws in the big bang theory as the scientists refusal to speculate beyond their predefined view of the world and the limitations of their manmade theories -- i.e., he is quotes as stating that: “If a scientist really examines the implications, he would be traumatized. As usual, when the mind is faced with trauma, it reacts by ignoring the implications - in science this is called ‘refusing to speculate’ - or by trivializing the origin of the world by calling it the Big Bang, as if the universe were merely a firecracker” -- the pseudo-authorities who attempt to ignore the implications of those in an NDE who witness events and conversations distant from their lifeless body, as their own rejection of the facts that cause them to "...refuse to speculate".    An oxygen starved dying brain which these pseudo-authorities attempt to portray those who have an NDE -- portraying the dying process as a purely physical experience, confined to the consciousness of the dying body, that is initiated by a lack of oxygen -- ignore what they refuse to acknowledge.    A dying oxygen starved brain simply cannot transcend time and space, and witness and overhear events that is taking place far remotely from the dead and lifeless body.   So, because their dying brain theory is itself gravely flawed, they simply ignore all the factual accounts, and refuse to speculate beyond the very limited borders of the self imposed beliefs.   

If this in and of itself were not enough to prove their modern flat-earth brain/mind theories in error, there exists people who learn to separate their mind from the brain, and these people learn to self-induce and bring about what is called an Out of Body (OBE) Experience.   And while an OBE would be more of a New Age objective, than those associated with the teachings of TheWay which is presented throughout this article -- it remains true that the OBE enables the person to visit the countless astral realms that surround the earth that exist beyond this world, at the most immediate levels of the Field.  

With respect to man's ability to release himself from the body-vessel, Paul writes that: "I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago-- whether in the body I do not know, or whether out of the body I do not know, God knows-- such a one was caught up to the third heaven.  And I know such a man-- whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows -- how he was caught up into Paradise and heard inexpressible words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter" (2 Cor 12:2-4 NKJ).   What Paul is describing is an inner journey beyond the limitations of the physical body -- to what he portrays as the third level of heaven -- beyond the inner gate of the body and what Paul portrays as Paradise -- where he "...heard inexpressible words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter."   That other disciples of TheWay who were called Gnostics, brought about this same transformation of body and mind that enabled them to enter the Inner Kingdom ( http://GateOfEden.com ), represents an important aspect of the original spiritual objectives of the teachings of Jesus and TheWay.    Jesus taught that there is One Teacher -- and you must learn only from this One Teacher (see The True Prophet) -- and the substance of Jesus' teachings of TheWay, was to enable the disciple to enter within the "narrow gate" within themselves, and learn the Sacred Secrets of Creation directly from the One Teacher.   That those who defile their body -- thereby  "...destroys and pollutes, as far as in them lies, the Deity dwelling in them - that is, the Logos -- by association with their vices”  -- and because of this defilement and pollution, they dwell in what Jesus portrayed as the "outer darkness" of mind and being (see  The Outer Darkness ) that causes them to be blind to man's own higher reality of soul and the Kingdom -- does not at all mean that all of mankind must remain spiritually blind, and alienated from the higher knowledge of the soul and the Kingdom of God.  

The objectives of the teachings of TheWay that are presented throughout this web article, is to go within the mind (in contradistinction to external astral realms), and open the inner door to the soul -- and what I call, the Realm of Souls on the Being of Light web site ( http://BeingOfLight.com ).   But even this would be considered elementary.   The objective of the original Ebionite Nazirene teachings of Yeshua/Jesus and TheWay, was to so transform the body, that the inner walls of division become negated, and the physical mind becomes united with the soul -- or higher soul-self.   But to accomplish this, you must not only open the mind and release it from it's physical limitations -- you must also redirect your vital life-force energy, so that it is no longer drained and lost in the outer world -- and you must develop those areas of mind (not brain) that connects with your own higher reality that is not a part of the earth's vibration.   Ultimately, you want to bring about the next stage of birth, which we would call soul-birth.

  The Cosmic Ovum And Sperm: It is written in the Gospels: "There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.  This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.  Jesus answered and said to him, Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.  Nicodemus said to Him, How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?  Jesus answered, Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.  That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.  Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born again.'  The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.  Nicodemus answered and said to Him, How can these things be?  Jesus answered and said to him, Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not know these things?  Most assuredly, I say to you, We speak what We know and testify what We have seen, and you do not receive Our witness.  If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?" (John 3:1-12 NKJ)

What truth is Jesus teaching in these words?    That there is a physical birth, and a spiritual birth -- and unless you bring about and achieve this next stage of spiritual birth, that you cannot enter the Kingdom of God.   Moreover, Jesus asked how Nicodemus could be even considered a "...teacher of Israel, and do not know these things?"   Thus, indicating, that a true teacher must know about the necessity of bringing about the next stage of birth.    And this is true if you are a religious teacher -- a secular teacher -- or a philosophical guide -- if you do not know about the necessity of bringing about the next stage of birth, then you are a pseudo-teacher who is an abomination!!!   Why?   In the same way that we would question a woman who was pregnant whose only medical advice is derived from a snake-oil salesman, any teacher who does not know the way to assist the child in achieving the next stage of birth, is a detriment to that child.  

The reality of bringing about this next stage of birth has absolutely nothing to do with religion, because it is merely a higher fact of life that is paramount in the life of all people.   Therefore, the knowledge of this next stage of birth is not subject to a wall of Constitutional separation of Church and state -- because the knowledge itself being a fact of life, is an inherent part of the God-Given Rights of all people to pursue.   In the same way that sex education and reproduction are part of the educational curriculum, so too is the environment and conditions that bring about the next stage of birth -- i.e., a fact of life.  Religion, on the other hand, is the philosophy of the mindset and lifestyle necessary to bring this next stage of birth about in the life of the individual that pursues their true potential and destiny.  

If a sect of religious people were to attempt to portray the process of procreation as a product of religion, there would be outrage.   In the same way that procreation is a biological function, so too is the next stage of birth that is not understood by either sectarian or non-sectarian pseudo-authorities.   In the same way that procreation is a fact of life that may or may not have religious significance, so too is the next stage of birth that must be achieved, in order for man to bring about permanence.    Thus, it must be understood that in the life and development of the child, we are not making reference to religious beliefs or doctrines herein -- but rather, the next stage of human development that must be brought about, if that child is to progress beyond the point that can only be described as the most rudimentary level of said human development.   If a parent was to keep their child confined to a closet, and never permitted that child to develop beyond the most basic of human-animal levels, would we judge that parent to be negligent -- and perhaps, even criminally negligent?    Yes, for good reason, we would.    Yet, in failing to understand and even inhibit the child from maturing through the next stages of development which Jesus portrayed as the next level of birth, then whoever is responsible for that child, is negligent in accord with the Higher Law of Nature's God which is acknowledged in the Constitution, that all of mankind is in subjection to.   And because those who call themselves teachers and authorities -- whether sectarian or secular non-sectarian -- are the most responsible for inhibiting the natural development of the child, then the lives that they live will be within the confines of the mental and intellectual prison that Jesus taught about as living in a prison (see The Prison).    And while they will readily respond with the position that I can't prove this to be factual.   The facts of the matter is that anyone can prove the truth, by seeking to live the necessary Consecrated Life in TheWay that will bring this next stage of birth about.   And thus, the dilemma that was presented to mankind by the Constitutional framers who declared that all men are created equal -- born with UnAlienable God-Given Rights -- and in the same way that the secularists, Atheists and unbelievers have an absolute right to live in accord with their philosophy and religion as represented in their mindset and lifestyle, so too do other people have the absolute right to pursue their own destiny -- without coercion and control upon them, from either the state, or an establishment of religion that is not their own.   

Why is this declared Constitutional Right of the utmost importance to be observed and protected by government?   Because the next stage of birth that is a rung in the ladder of human development, can only be brought about by a conscious and purposeful life on the part of the individual.   And thus, while confirmed by the few, can be proven by virtually anyone who is willing to apply themselves to bringing about the objectives.   When Nicodemus further questions Jesus, he replies: "...Most assuredly, I say to you, We speak what We know and testify what We have seen, and you do not receive Our witness.    Thus, by virtue of his words, Jesus is not speaking only of himself -- but rather, he is speaking in the plural with respect to the higher reality that ALL who achieve the next stage of birth know, have seen, and can witness to.   And when Nicodemus still did not understand what Jesus was stating with respect to the need to bring about the next stage of birth, Jesus stated that he was yet too carnal and immature to comprehend -- i.e., "...If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?"    And this higher reality remains as true today, as when Jesus stated these words to Nicodemus: Organic man who does not understand the need to bring about the next stages of soul and spiritual births, are incapable of understanding the  "...heavenly things" -- and even fail to understand the esoteric reality of what Jesus portrayed as "...earthly things".    Jesus asks: How can you be called a teacher, and not understand these realities of earthly life that have been presented to you?   And this question has been presented to all peoples -- sectarian and non-sectarian alike -- who purport to be teachers.    To be a teacher and not understand the process that brings about the next stage of developmental birth, is to be an abortionist -- robbing the children of the factual knowledge that provides them permanence.   And it is a fact that as a people, mankind is more often than not inhibited from inheriting his destiny by those who teach him, than my any other force of obstruction to achieving his rightful destiny.    And in view of this fact the question must be posed: Is there consequences in one's choosing to place themselves in a position of authority of teacher of another?   Jesus taught that there are consequences to all our actions -- and as a witness to these consequences, I am merely writing to confirm the facts that cause men and women to inflict harm upon themselves by virtue of the consequences of their choices and actions.   

Jesus warned that organic man is blind to his own higher reality, and that he dwells in the "outer darkness" of mind and being ( Outer Darknesss ).    Plato portrayed this condition as the illusions of this world in his analogy known as Plato's Cave ( Plato's Cave ).   Yet, few men ask why?    Few men are capable of understanding what they see in the outer world, because they are too busy attempting to fix what they fail to understand the nature of.    Yet, the clue lies in Jesus' statement that unless you bring about the next stage of birth, that you can't enter the Kingdom of God -- and have no place in it.   And perhaps just as important is the warning that those who inhibit the choices and destiny of others, will inherit tenfold the consequences of their own actions towards their brothers and sisters.    Achieving the next stage of birth has absolutely nothing to do with religious or philosophical beliefs -- but rather, is a fact of life that is an integral part of the destiny of all of mankind.   Religion or philosophy, on the other hand, has nothing to do with the destiny itself -- but rather, is the lifestyle that one chooses to embrace, in order to facilitate and bring about this ultimate destiny.   The religious person often believes that every child is the Creation of God -- while the Atheist does not.   Yet, regardless of what they believe, both the religious person as well as the Atheist, have the innate ability to procreate and bring children into the world.   And what is true from a purely physical perspective, is also true with respect to the next level of birth -- i.e., regardless of one's religious beliefs, or lack of beliefs thereof, all of mankind has the potential and innate capacity to bring about the next stage of birth.    But because this next level of birth is dependent upon the conscious expansion of mind, most people are inhibited from experiencing this next stage of birth, because they either actively or passively support those who inhibit others -- whether through the power of church or state.    

To understand how we obstruct the birth process either within ourselves, or others, it is important to comprehend how this second stage of birth is brought about.    All of Creation is imbued with a Divine Pattern -- and holographically, this pattern in replicated into all the fragments and substructures within all aspects of Creation.   Therefore, if we understand the pattern in the physical, we can then apply this pattern to the next stage of birth.   And if we begin at the simplest place, we must pose the question as to what is needed in the birth process?    The answer is that you need male and female coming together in the exchange of seed-essence under the proper conditions -- and the necessary environment to stimulate and maintain the growth process, in order for the third-force offspring of the equation to come into being.   The ovum of the mother, must be properly fertilized with the sperm of the father, with the proper balance of chromosomes -- at which time it becomes an embryo that must successfully attach to the mother.   As a developing fetus, it must be properly nourished -- and within the womb, must be maintained in this controlled environment where proper development can occur.   Unlike much of the animal kingdom, the offspring of which is often self-sufficient from birth, this process of human development and attachment to the parents must continue for years after the fetus emerges out of the environment of the womb of the mother.   And what this means is that if the physical is a holographical pattern of all levels of being -- and the same pattern that is presented in the physical birth process, also exists in a much more complex reality in the next stage of birth which Jesus said was absolutely necessary, then it can be demonstrated that few people understand this present world in which man dwells. 

Speaking of the reality of this world in which man presently finds himself, the Apostle Peter is quoted in the Homilies of his disciple Clement as saying: “But the world that now is, is temporary; that which shall be, is eternal. First is ignorance, then knowledge. So also has He arranged the leaders of prophecy. For, since the present world is female, as a mother bringing forth the souls of her children, but the world to come is male, as a father receiving his children from their mother, therefore in this world there come a succession of prophets, as being sons of the world to come, and having knowledge of men”.    And in accord with the realities of the holographic Divine Pattern of Creation, this statement is not only true beyond most men's organic perception -- but is one of the primary reasons why the more spiritual Gospels and New Covenant writings were never given into the hands of either the Jews or Gentiles, as presented in the Epistle of Peter and James where it is written: "Hear me, brethren and fellow-servants. If we should give the books to all indiscriminately, and they should be corrupted by any daring men, or be perverted by interpretations, as you have heard that some have already done, it will remain even for those who really seek the truth, always to wander in error.   Wherefore it is better that they should be with us, and that we should  communicate them with all the fore-mentioned care to those who wish to live piously, and to save others."    In their failure to understand what they see in the outer realities of this world -- a world which Peter portrays as being female -- or even their purpose and objective of being in this world -- they are doomed to the reality presented in the words that even if they are sincere seekers, "...it will remain even for those who really seek the truth, always to wander in error."   And until they begin to understand why the disciple Peter portrayed this world as being female, there will be little hope for their progress beyond the lowest of organic levels of consciousness. 

Paul warns that man's higher reality is beyond the comprehension of organic man who he portrays of a "natural" mind (see http://DivineManna.org#literal ).    Even stating that it is not "lawful" for him to reveal what he has witnessed on his journey into the Kingdom, to the (Christian) believers of the simple-faith (2 Cor 1-4).    Yet, to their own demise, entry-level believers perpetually skip over these many warnings, as if they were exempt from what is stated throughout the scriptures.   In the Martyrdom of Ignatius (first Century Overseer of Antioch), Ignatius speaks of himself as a disciple of John.  In his Epistle to the Ephesians he writes that he has been “initiated into the mysteries of the Gospel with Paul, the holy, the martyred”.  In his Epistle to the Trallaus he speaks of the mysteries and writes: “Might I not write to you things more full of mystery?  But I fear to do so, lest I should inflict injury on you who are babes.  Pardon me in this respect, lest, as not being able to receive their weighty import, ye should be strangled by them”.  Ignatius also writes that though he is aware of the mysteries, he is not yet “by any means perfect, nor am I such a disciple as Paul or Peter”. 

What could these first century authorities -- as well as the scriptures itself -- possibly be making reference to with respect to spiritual concepts that organic man, as well as baptized and confirmed believers, be incapable of comprehending?   In addition to the fact that few men are even capable of envisioning their true higher reality of soul and the Kingdom of God, it is inconceivable for them to even begin to apply the holographic pattern of physical birth, to their present condition with respect to Jesus' warning that unless they achieve this next stage of birth, that it will be impossible for them to enter into Life in the Kingdom of God.    And this fact is one of the primary reasons why Jesus warned that the majority of people are walking the "broad-way... of self destruction" ( http://GateOfEden.com ) -- and why, while many are called, only a very few are ever chosen.    And it is this almost inconceivable enigma with respect to the higher reality of both the soul, and the illusions of this world, that it is warned that even in the case of sincere seekers, "...it will remain even for those who really seek the truth, always to wander in error."    Perhaps the greatest destructive force of what many call the pitfalls of ego, is the illusion that they know -- the delusion that these warnings don't apply to them -- and that they are somehow exempt from the plight that is being portrayed.

A reasonable person will pose the question: If the above is true, and our physical birth into this world is only the first stage of the necessary threefold birth, then how are the succeeding stages of birth brought about?    Moreover, if we are presently dwelling within the reality of a feminine world, immersed in the process of the second stage of birth, then how does this birth-reality manifest in the life that we are living at present?    While in the past these questions could only be answered by seeking to learn from a true spiritually enlightened soul, in our present time man has gotten some assistance by applying the findings of the modern physicist as presented in the above, along with the esoteric knowledge of the Mystic-Gnostic that has been suppressed by the Church.   That there exists a Spiritual DNA to Creation that is represented in a Divine Pattern -- part of which modern science portrays as a holographic reality that is not readily understood by most people -- indicates that every fragment of Creation, (allegorically) contains the same pattern as the Whole.   If, as the scriptures suggest, that Creator-God made man in His Image as male and female -- and God is Himself Male and Female -- then this Divine Pattern permeates all of Creation from the Macrocosm of the Cosmic Mind of the Universe, down into every part of the microcosm (see image at right).     In Spiritual Alchemy, what is portrayed as the fires of the tribulations of this life, is in fact the process of purifications that merge the dynamic male and female forces into harmony and oneness (see image at left).    In the process of conception, the male sperm which is genetically "XY" -- i.e., both male and female -- splits, and the gender of the child is determined by which polarity of the split sperm fertilizes the egg.    Fertility experts know that you can attempt to control the gender of the child, because the male half of the split sperm is faster, but has a shorter life span than the feminine half of the split sperm.   Thus, it is important to recognize that male and female is not only different -- but often opposite -- even on the most basic of genetic levels of being.    Therefore, Spiritual Alchemy that is the Wisdom of those who possess the Divine Manna of man's higher soul and spiritual reality which is portrayed as Gnosis, is brought about through the conscious development of the male and female dynamic forces within the Divine Pattern of Creation. 

In many esoteric alchemical drawings, what is depicted is the oneness of man and woman -- and once a person comes to possess this esoteric knowledge, the disciple comes to understand that all that is needed, already exists within the innate potential in the power and duality of man and woman.   In the alchemical drawing at the left, notice that there is Field which surrounds both the man and woman -- and it is this Field that has been recently discovered by modern physics as the source of the physical -- and it is within this Field that is the mind that must be expanded beyond organic limitations.    With respect to the above, it is this Field where "...the heightening and enlargement of human consciousness” must take place -- in a feminine world -- through the proper interaction of the male/female dynamic forces of Creation.    And it is this process of achieving the next stages of birth that Jesus made reference to in the words: "...Jesus answered and said to him, Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."

What this means is that, from a higher spiritual perspective, your physical body began its journey as the ovum that was released into your mother's womb, which itself split upon becoming ripe and ready for fertilization.   While each woman is born with countless eggs/ovum, only those that divide and become fertilized by either the male or female halves of the split sperm, and begin to develop, have the opportunity to become a fetus.   If the ovum that is released into the womb is not fertilized, it cannot even begin to develop.   If it is united with the opposite polarity as represented in the sperm of the male, then it has the opportunity to grow and develop into a fetus.   Yet, regardless of the fact that this process is common knowledge today, few people have even begun to apply what is already known on a physical level, with the process of second birth that Jesus states we are presently immersed in.   A process that Paul warned that even congregations of Christian faithful believers, will reject as utter "foolishness".  

The Gnostic Spiritual Dilemma:  Throughout man's history he has perpetually demanded of the Mystics who have journeyed beyond the three dimensional limits of this world in search of True Gnosis, that the Mystic should then tell him all that he knows and has seen.   Yet, organic man's own scriptures emphatically state that without having walked the same path that leads to this greater enlightened understanding, that it is impossible for the Mystic to convey what is portrayed as being incomprehensible to men of an organic mind and consciousness.   When Paul stated that the natural mind of man will reject the higher reality of the soul and the Mysteries of God as utter "foolishness" (see http://DivineManna.org#literal ), he was in fact speaking to a Congregation of Christians who he had himself visited and taught.   Therefore, it must be acknowledged that if even those Christians who Paul personally taught, could not at all understand what Paul portrayed as the Mysteries of God without first achieving spiritual maturity and perfection, then who today can claim to have ascertained this esoteric Knowledge which is portrayed as Gnosis, on the mere authority of reading the literal text of the scriptures which Paul portrayed as the "letter that killeth" (see http://Ebionite.com/defeat.htm )???   Why did Paul portray the written text of the scriptures as the letter that killeth?   Because they are an allegory -- and unless their spiritual attributes are understood -- and the Key of Knowledge that Jesus condemned the carnal Jews for throwing away is properly applied -- then your assumptions and conclusions which are based upon the literal text, will lead you in the wrong direction (see Letter That Killeth). 

Those lost prodigal sons and daughters who sincerely seek Truth and the Kingdom, will slowly become privy to a very different perception and understanding of both themselves, and the world in which they presently dwell.   Where the literal written accounts of the scriptures are intended to prepare the seeker to begin to open the inner door of spiritual transformation, in order for this transformation to be brought about, the seeker must live a conscious and purposeful life seeking the meaning of all that his senses and intuitive spheres of mind present to him.   Why?   One of the reasons that the scriptures are composed in a threefold allegorical form, is because all of the images we perceive in the outer world -- as previously presented -- are themselves an allegorical illusion that is an allusion which reflects back to us a condition and aspect of our own mind (see The Great Allegory Of Mind And Matter).    And as the seeker begins to uncover the inner esoteric meaning of the threefold allegory of the scriptures by applying the Key of Knowledge, they will not only begin to open the inner door to the Kingdom which will bring about their transformation, but they will begin to perceive and understand the threefold meaning of the allegorical symbols that are presented to their senses in the outer world -- thereby enabling them to escape the illusion of the "outer darkness" that Jesus warned about.   

That the Mystic is unable to convey to the untransformed people of this world that live in accord with the appetites of the flesh -- i.e., “For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live” (Rom 8:13 KJV) -- the Mystic who has lived the necessary life to acquire True Gnosis, has been perpetually condemned as a heretic, fraud, and often tortured and put to death when he attempts to convey to others the Truth that he has seen and experienced.    With this timeless historical fact in mind, when we even begin to consider the realities of the Divine Pattern that permeates all of Creation, in conjunction with the properties of a hologram, herein lies one of the great problems that few people comprehend the reality of.    Because man sees himself as an individual -- whole and complete in his present form -- and is generally incapable of seeing and understanding the reality of the world in which he presently finds himself immersed -- the result is that he finds himself a slave to the illusions of this world which Jesus portrayed as the Far Country in the parable of the Prodigal Son.   Which results in the fact that, as a virtual mental slave that is shackled by his own ego to a state of profound blindness and ignorance, man dwells under the control of what Paul portrayed as the god of this world -- a reality and power of consciousness and being that Jesus called the "Citizen... of the Far Country".   

In the analogy of Plato's Cave, the few who escape the world of illusion, and then attempt to come back into the Cave and convey what they saw and experienced in the world of Light and Reality to those who are still in the Cave, are condemned as "madmen".    And this remains both entirely true, and applicable, even in our present time.   As an example, even if I attempted to apply the pattern of physical birth to that of the next stage of birth of higher mind and being, the vast majority of people would immediately reject what I am presenting to them.   And that the reality of man's true plight in this, the Far Country, is generally beyond the comprehension of man in his organic condition of mind, is why Paul stated that it was "unlawful" for him to reveal the higher reality that he witnessed.   And this higher reality that is beyond the comprehension of the organic mind is why the elder Ignatius stated that “Might I not write to you things more full of mystery?  But I fear to do so, lest I should inflict injury on you who are babes.  Pardon me in this respect, lest, as not being able to receive their weighty import, ye should be strangled by them” -- and why Peter and James understood that even in the case of sincere seekers, "...it will remain even for those who really seek the truth, always to wander in error."   It is because the vast majority of mankind perpetually ignores and rejects the reality that these words present, that man finds himself shackled to his own self-imposed prison of absolute ignorance.

Perhaps one of the primary keys to the process of enabling the mind to understand what it is born inherently blind to in its organic condition, is to come to terms with the statement ignored by most Christians when Jesus stated with respect to those who were outside the inner core of his disciples: “Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables: That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand” (Mark 4:11-12 KJV).    While the Christian world remains in denial of what these words meant, those who possess the eyes to see and understand, comprehend that what Jesus is stating is that, unless you are one of the few who have overcome those conditions which cause man to be blind to higher reality, and not see, hear or understand what he sees, then it is impossible for you to understand anything of a higher order of mind and being.   And this total lack of maturity is why Jesus could only speak to the multitude of people who were portrayed as being "without", in parables.  

It is important to understand that while a parable conceals a mystical and spiritual truth, it permits each person to understand in accord with their own condition of mind and being -- and it is the great differences in this condition of mind that the vast majority of people cannot come to terms with.   The term "without", indicates those people who are ruled over by their lower carnal earthly nature that Paul taught was necessary to overcome.   Jesus portrayed this condition of being "without", as being immersed in the "outer darkness" of mind and being (see Outer Darkness ) -- and, even The Prison that inhibits man from possessing any freewill or elevated understanding of the higher realities of Life (see The Prison ).   And in the same way that Paul warned that even the baptized and confirmed Christians of the simple faith who he personally taught would condemn and reject the higher reality of the soul and the Mysteries of the Kingdom as "foolishness" -- and Jesus warned that the untransformed mind of organic man was blind to man's own higher soul-reality, and could not comprehend with any understanding -- the vast majority of both believers and critics alike, have simply refused to accept the validity of these warnings.    

Jesus taught that the multitude of people who walk in the broad-way of this world are the dead who go in the way of self-destruction -- and in similar wording, the modern scientist warns that man's thinking is so "fossilized", that he "...is in real danger of self-extermination” -- i.e., “The present scientific establishment has grown somewhat fossilized by its current world picture and is locked into a view of reality that has outlived its usefulness.  It has begun to limit mankind’s growth and has so increased its sense of specialization, separateness, materiality, and mechanical computer-like functioning that it is in real danger of self-extermination” (William A. Tiller, Materials Sciences Department, Stanford University).   From a scriptural perspective, those multitude of people who have not done as Paul commanded, and put to death their earthly nature by walking the path of transformation, are portrayed as being "without" -- while those who have themselves followed in TheWay and have been nourished by the Divine Manna of the Kingdom are portrayed as being Within the House.    Thus, when properly understood with respect to living the necessary life that promotes the expansion of mind, in the same way that our culture promotes the holocaust of the unborn in the form of abortion, the whole of our hedonist society is little more than a culture of death.

With respect to the reality of those who are portrayed in the Gospels as being "without", in contradistinction to those who are In The House, the words of the early Church Father Origen represents an excellent portrayal of the reality of mind and being that is presented in these words of Jesus -- wherein, Origen writes in reply to the allegations of Celsus that the Church is a secret system (see The Secret Doctrine): “I have not yet spoken of the observances of all that is written in the gospel, each one of which contains much doctrine difficult to be understood, not merely by the multitude, but even by certain of the more intelligent, including a very profound explanation of the parables, which Jesus delivered to 'those without' while reserving the exhibition of their full meaning for those who have passed beyond the stage of exoteric teachings, and who came to him privately in the house. And when he comes to understand it, he will admire the reason why some are said to be without, and others in the house”.   

It can be said that the concept of being "without", is parallel to those who Jesus warned were in a type of prison (see The Prison ), or the "outer darkness" of mind and being (see The Outer Darkness ) which Jesus warned was the fate of those who failed to put on the necessary "wedding garment" while walking in The Way.   While the multitude of people whose lives are ruled over by the appetites of the physical body, have no possibility of understanding because of their carnal organic condition, those who Origen portray as "...the more intelligent", are those while still "without", have begun to release themselves from what Jesus portrayed as The Prison or the Outer Darkness of mind and being.    Intelligence, as set forth by Origen, is measured by the degree that each person has overcome the inherent organic limitations of the body-vessel, and have begun to develop the higher areas of mind that is not supported by the body.    And only those who have transformed the body into the "good ground" in the parable of the Sower and the Seed, and developed and expanded the mind beyond organic limitations, are able to "...came to him privately in the house" -- and this is portraying the house that is within each of us.   

The true reality of man is that he is a threefold being -- and our physical birth is only the first stage of the necessary threefold birth process.   And while the physical birth and body supplies the necessary foundation, the next stage of birth is that of mind.   And herein lies the problem -- i.e., when you apply the reality of the Divine Pattern in conjunction with the hologram to the physical, what we observe in the flesh of the physical, is in and of itself threefold.   The result is that the physical body itself is comprised of the lower three earthly kingdoms (mineral, vegetable and animal) that makes up its cells and consciousness.    Thus, in the allegorical account in Genesis it states: "Then God said, Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.  So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.  Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth" (Gen 1:26-28 NKJ).   The earth that each person must subdue and have dominion over, is the consciousness and lower natures of the body-vessel.   All the images in the outer world -- i.e., the "...fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth  ...have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth" -- is making reference to what these forms and symbols in the outer world represent within one's own body and mind.   And it is these three lower kingdoms -- i.e., mineral, vegetable and animal) -- which totally dominate the reality of organic man that the Apostle Paul portrays as the people of a "natural" mind who are incapable of comprehending the higher reality of the soul and the Mysteries of the Kingdom of God (see Natural Mind).   Thus, the AskMoses.com quotation on the Final Temple that "...We cannot atone for our shortcomings by sacrificing animals, but we can sacrifice our inner animals—our hormones, our lusts, our desires, our beastly compulsions. We cannot find G-d in Jerusalem; we must find Him in us" (see Final Temple) -- and it is these aspects of our lower nature that are presented to us in the allegorical forms in the outer world, that we must subdue and have dominion over within our own body, mind/soul and being.     

Why were the believers at Corinth incapable of understanding anything beyond what Paul portrays as the carnal?   A condition that Paul relates to the blindness of the "natural" mind of man in his organic consciousness?   Very simply, because man in his natural organic condition has only experienced the first and initial stage of birth.    The carnal Jews were condemned by Jesus, because they were counterfeit leaders and teachers because they were totally ignorant of the threefold birth process that each person must undergo.   This fact is presented in the words of Jesus to Nicodemus: "...Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born again.'  The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.  Nicodemus answered and said to Him, How can these things be?  Jesus answered and said to him, Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not know these things?  Most assuredly, I say to you, We speak what We know and testify what We have seen, and you do not receive Our witness.  If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?" (John 3:1-12 NKJ).   These words were said to Nicodemus, because as a religious leader, he was obligated to convey to the people the absolute need to bring about the next stages of birth within themselves.    The portrayal of "We" -- i.e., "...We speak what We know and testify what We have seen, and you do not receive Our witness" -- is stated in the plural, because this knowledge is true with respect to anyone who understands the Laws and the esoteric meaning of the scriptures, and is able to bring about the next stage of birth.   It is clear that Jesus was not speaking of himself to the exclusion of others.   And it was also clear that Jesus was conveying that all people who present themselves as a teacher, MUST understand the threefold process of birth.   And that the disciples were portrayed as being In The House, is because each of them had brought about at least the next stage of soul-birth -- and were working of various stages of spiritual-birth in the threefold process of birth.   The disciples, therefore, not only understood the esoteric meaning of the parables which the multitude of people were blind to -- i.e., “Unto you [the disciples in the House] it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without [in the outer darkness of mind and being], all these things are done in parables: That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand” (Mark 4:11-12 KJV).    In the same way that all those who have yet to bring about the next stage of soul-birth are in Jesus' words "without" -- and are their for blind and deaf to what exists beyond the vibration of the earth -- those who have brought about the next stage of birth and are portrayed as being In The House, are those who Jesus portrayed in the plurality of the words: "...We speak what We know and testify what We have seen, and you do not receive Our witness".    That Mystics the world over throughout all of man's history, have known the great truth to this reality of the threefold birth -- and that all of nature is imbued with a uniform allegorical reality of mind impressed into the forms of the outer world -- is the reason why the ignorant critics of the scriptures and religion are under the grave misconception that each religion copies its tenets of belief from other religions.   Thus, the DVD entitled The God Who Wasn't There states: "The Jesus of the Gospels bears a striking resemblance to other ancient heroes and the figureheads of pagan savior cults" -- and yet, this statement when rightfully understood, is representative of the same profound ignorance of Nicodemus and the carnal Jews who Jesus condemned as throwing away the Key of Knowledge, and leading the people in the broad-way of their own destruction.   The fact that all religions employ the same symbolism, is because the forms of nature are imbued with the lower aspects of mind that must be subdued and overcome within each person the world over.   Of the PBS series The Bible's Buried Secrets,  archaeologist William Dever of the University of Arizona stated: "It challenges the Bible's stories if you want to read them literally, and that will disturb many people."   In further examining the problem: "The farther you go in the biblical text, the more difficult it is to find historical material in it," says David Ilan of the Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem. "The patriarchs go back to Genesis. Genesis is, for the most part, a compilation of myths, creation stories, things like that. And to find a historical core there is very difficult."   For instance, archaeologists have found evidence that a small group of Canaanite slaves escaped from Egypt — not the mass migration described in Exodus.    What both the believers and the critics have yet to understand and acknowledge, is the fact that the biblical authors who were Mystics, purposely wrote the scriptures with unhistorical assertions and events intertwined into the text, in order to inhibit the people from reading them literally or historically -- thereby forcing the intelligent seeker to look beyond what Paul portrayed as the "letter that killeth", and seek the inner esoteric meaning.

All religions have a common theme and utilize the same allegorical forms.   Why?    Because all of nature is imbued with the allegorical symbols of mind that they represent.   These symbols of mind are the same obstacles that confront Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, the Greek Mystery Religions of the ancient world, as well as every other path of Mystical search for Truth and the Kingdom.    Further, in the same way that all people the world over inhibit a physical body -- and the forms of nature are universal across the spectrum of all of mankind and their religions which attempt to resolve the dilemma of the lost prodigal sons and daughters -- and it is the lower nature of mankind that comprises the structure of the physical body that rules over and totally dominates the thinking and awareness of organic man, that is often portrayed as the ego-self -- that Paul warns must be overcome and diminished in order to enter into the higher realities of the soul and Life -- i.e., "Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature" (Col 3:5 NIV - see Overcome ).   And the fact that man has the potential to overcome the limitations of his organic nature which is comprised of the lower three kingdoms, is not only the reason why Paul made such a statement -- but is the whole purpose and higher objective of the teachings of Yeshua/Jesus and TheWay -- important teachings that became corrupted under Pagan Rome.

Being comprised of the lower three kingdoms (mineral, vegetable and animal), in its organic state, the physical body-mind which is intimately connected to the brain and is often portrayed as the ego-self, only supports the functioning and maintaining of the physical needs, appetites, desires and experiences of the body as expressed in this physical world.    And ultimately, what this means is that the Laws which bring about the development of the (organic) mind, does not naturally support any development beyond the vibratory earth-frequencies of the physical body.   In order to develop those areas of mind that are beyond the vibration and reality of the earth, the person has to consciously develop those higher areas of mind.   In accord with the holographic reality of the Divine Pattern, in order to procure physical offspring, one must engage the opposite polarity as imbued in the division of gender, to bring about the next stage of birth, the person must properly engage the opposite polarity and become nourished by impressions that act as food for the mind.   Thus, as portrayed in the above Mystic-Gnostic Spiritual objective, "...the heightening and enlargement of human consciousness”.    But since the pseudo-religious and philosophical authorities of this world are basically politically restrained and motivated by self-serving interests that are grounded in the carnal, the necessary means to develop, as well as the knowledge, remains esoteric at best -- and not understood by those who have not been reared and developed in the proper spiritual foundational environment.    And once the thinking and mindset of a child and person has become hardened in the energy streams of the body, these energy streams become like rivers that are very difficult to change the direction of.   When this happens, the person's pattern of thinking and cognitive abilities become fixed in accord with their mindset that has developed -- for the most part, since childhood.   This presents a problem, because few people are motivated to bring about the necessary changes -- changes that could not be understood in their organic mindset and thinking.   What it all boils down to is the fact that few people are capable of escaping the limitations of their upbringing and mental development, and fewer yet can escape the cultural mindset and lifestyle that their respective societies immerse them in.   And in the same way that the flat-earth authorities in the time of Columbus supported man's cultural mindset not to sail too far out to sea, our modern pseudo-authorities -- i.e., political, religious, intellectual and philosophical -- for largely self-serving interests, support the theory that the brain is the mind.   And basically, no amount of factual evidence or esoteric knowledge will in any manner open the thinking of these pseudo-authorities, to the higher reality that they choose to ignore and reject.

The Holographic Pattern: Everything throughout all of Creation is Ordered -- is functionally connected and intertwined in a Dynamic Living Matrix -- encompassing level upon level of Mind and Being.    There is a Holographic Divine Pattern that permeates all of Creation -- providing a uniformity that is predictably true within all levels of Being.   And once man's physical reality is properly understood, the inherent limitations of a holographic reality, is also seen and understood as its strengths that enables man to reverse the door of ignorance, and see and perceive all things with a clarity that is remarkably clear.    What this means is that regardless of where man's footsteps take him, he is constantly confronted by -- and even immersed in -- the very Divine Pattern that he must embrace on every level of his being, in order to free himself from his own self-imposed shackles which Jesus portrayed as that condition when the prodigal son is imprisoned in the Far Country.    It is therefore because of the holographic nature of Creation, that the physical is seen as the pattern for all higher realities of mind and being.    And this is why Paul stated that all men are without excuse, with respect to the knowledge God and the life that they are living -- i.e., "...because that which is known about God ...for God made it evident to them.  For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse" (Rom 1:19-20 NAS).   Which is also why Jesus question how Nicodemus could portray himself as a teacher, and not possess this knowledge that is representative of the true Facts of Life.    How can this be?  How can all teachers and leaders -- as well as all of mankind be without excuse with respect to knowing the Truth?   It is because of the holographic Divine Pattern of Creation that the Knowledge is not only within them -- and can be sought therein -- but this Knowledge and the means to draw upon this Inner Source, is presented to all men by virtue of the patterns and Laws that not only lie before them -- but within, which each person is immersed.     

Jesus taught that it is necessary to bring about the next stage of birth to enter the Kingdom of God, yet few of mankind are willing to even begin to apply the conditions and Laws of birth in the physical, to the reality of mind which must be brought about.    And what are those conditions?   From an ovum/egg perspective, the harsh reality of existence is seen in this fact of life: Out of all the ovum/eggs that your mother was born with, only a very few were properly fertilized with the opposite male polarity, and then immersed in those conditions that permitted each ovum to develop into an embryo, a fetus, with the possibility of being born into this world.   Even after that, many embryos either do not develop properly, or are genetically flawed, and they fail to develop.   But, the point that we are making herein, is the fact that, in order to emerge out of the womb of the mother, certain conditions had to have been met -- and while every ovum had the potential of being born, few ever evolved into a fetus and child.   In the above I have demonstrated that this world was portrayed as being feminine -- and that from a Spiritual/Gnostic perspective, it is in fact the Womb of Mother-Earth.   Thus, in the same way that our mother's womb supplied the necessary environment in order to bring about and sustain our physical birth, we are presently in the Womb of Mother-Earth that supplies the necessary environment to sustain and bring about our next stage of birth -- which is that of mind.   And all that we see and experience, represents a type of nourishment that enables us to bring about the necessary expansion of mind beyond the organic -- i.e., the Gnostic Spiritual objective of "...the heightening and enlargement of human consciousness”.

The Divine Pattern of Creation immerses all that exists, in the Spiritual DNA of a threefold reality.    In view of the fact that our physical birth is only the first stage of the biblical birth that is portrayed as Wholeness in the Gospels -- and yet, the physical is not only the first stage of birth, but is holographically the pattern for the other stages of birth in mind and spirit.   Once this higher reality is understood, then we are able to extend what we already know with respect to the conditions that must be present for the fetus to develop -- to the point where the process of birth can be evolved and brought to the point of development where the fetus is able to emerged out of the womb of it's mother into this world -- we can then begin to apply this knowledge to the next level of birth where the infant was in fact born into what the Ebionite Nazirenes portrayed as the Womb of Mother-Earth, and ultimately the Womb of Mother-God.  

In simple terms, in order to bring about a physical birth, you need a man and women who supply the necessary sperm and egg -- the proper conditions that permits the joining of the two -- the proper environment that supplies the necessary nutrients and conditions that stimulate and maintain growth and development -- and once the fetus emerges out of the womb of it's mother, a human child then needs the proper care that supports the rather long process of growth and development into adulthood.   And while this is clearly the pattern, few people possess the necessary insight or knowledge to apply the same formula from the physical, into that of mind, and eventually spirit.    And since all of Creation exists within the Divine Pattern of active/male, reflective/female, and third-force balance of mind, once the formula for the pattern is understood, this same formula can be applied into every aspect of being, providing results beyond even organic human imagination.   Much more on the intricacies of the Divine Pattern and the esoteric interaction of male/female can be studied at http://DivineMarriage.org .

  The Trinity And The Divine Pattern Of Creation: When, in the fourth century the Heathen Emperor Constantine corrupted the teachings of Jesus and TheWay (see The Christian Judas), he in like manner corrupted the Wisdom of the ancient Mystery Religions.   And when Christians today condemn the ancient doctrine of what they call Dualism, in their own ignorance they are in effect condemning their own doctrine of the Trinity.   Perhaps the key is presented in a statement of the second century Church Father Clement of Alexandria who parallels the statement of Peter in the Homilies of his own disciple Clement in the teachings on The True Prophet.   In both sources, what is called the True Prophet, Logos, or Son of God, is seen as dwelling within each person -- and it is the persons own condition of mind and being that is the determining factor as to even their awareness of the presence of the indwelling Logos.   Thus, at the above link to The True Prophet Peter warns: . For He is within the mind of every one of us, but in those who have no desire of the knowledge of God and His righteousness, He is inoperative; but He works in those who seek after that which is profitable to their souls, and kindles in them the light of knowledge. Wherefore seek Him first of all; and if you do not find Him, expect not that you shall learn anything from any other. But He is soon found by those who diligently seek Him through love of the truth, and whose souls are not taken possession of by wickedness" -- and when understood, this is the exact same message that is echoed by Clement of Alexandria when he makes reference to the indwelling Logos of Plato and the philosophers: “Thus in the Philebus, Plato, who had been the disciple of the barbarian philosophy, mystically called those Atheists who destroy and pollute, as far as in them lies, the Deity dwelling in them - that is, the Logos - by association with their vices”.    And this is why Jesus taught that the Kingdom of God will never come upon the earth as carnal men predict, because it already exists within each and every person (Lk 17:20-21 - http://GateOfEden.com ).    And when properly understood, no greater profound truth was ever spoken than where it is written that “…we live, and move, and have our being” (Acts 17:28 KJV) within the very body-mind of God “in whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind” (Job 12:10 KJV).   But the vast majority of mankind remains oblivious to the Kingdom that exists within them, because they dw