Unlocking The Scriptures
The Key Of Knowledge
"How terrible it
will be for you experts in religious law!
For you hide the
key to knowledge from the people.
You don't enter
the Kingdom yourselves,
and you prevent
others from entering."
(Luke 11:52 NLT)

The Question: The Jewish Scribes and
lawyers had a perfect theological knowledge of the Old Testament but Jesus said,
“Woe unto you, for ye have taken away the key of
knowledge!” The idea that Jesus condemned the Scribes
and Pharisees because they did not believe in him in the manner proclaimed by modern Christians,
has absolutely no basis in biblical fact. When it is realized that the
original Gospel accounts portrayed Jesus as a man who fulfilled the Law within
himself to become the Anointed (see
TheTenWords.com ) -- and that the Virgin Birth account which was a later addition, is purely allegorical, and
was not part of the original Gospels (see
Virgin Birth) -- then a totally different Gospel objective begins to emerge.
And in not understanding the original objectives that very quickly became
altered and corrupted, the Christian world has itself thrown away the Key of
Knowledge.
The Answer: What is ignored by the Christian world is the reality that Jesus condemned the
leaders of the Jews because they had thrown away the Key of
Knowledge -- and by so doing, had inhibited the people from fulfilling the objective of the
scriptures which was to enter into the True Spiritual Promised Land which Jesus
portrayed as the Kingdom -- a Kingdom that Jesus stated was within each person. When Jesus said that
the blind guides should first
remove the beam from their own eyes, before they attempt to remove the splinters
from the eyes of their brothers and sisters, he was making reference to their
own inherent organic blindness caused by their failure to properly utilize the
scriptures in conjunction with the proper use of the Key of Knowledge.
The Proper Application Of The Key Of Knowledge: In
the same way that Jesus expected the leaders of the Jews to properly apply the
Key of Knowledge and enter the (inner) Kingdom (see
GateOfEden.com) -- and thereby become enlightened
to the Truth directly from the Source of All Truth (see
The True
Prophet) -- in their failure to
properly apply the Key of Knowledge, they made themselves blind guides who were
leading the people in the wrong direction down what Jesus called the
"broad-way of destruction", making
themselves apostates to the Kingdom of God. Thus, the reality of the
crucial questions that modern Christians close their eyes to is this:
(1) How did the Pharisees and Jewish authorities "...hide
the key to knowledge from the people"?
(2) Why did
Jesus condemn the leaders of the Jews for failing to enter the Kingdom
themselves? -- i.e., "...You don't enter the Kingdom
yourselves"! And,
(3) how did the religious leaders of the
Jews "...prevent others from entering?"
That the primary objective of the Gospel is to prepare and enable the
seeker/disciple to enter the Kingdom, is further demonstrated in Jesus'
condemnation of the blind religious leaders as seen in the words:
"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you
hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men's faces. You yourselves do not
enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to" (Matt 23:13
NIV). Which means that the Kingdom of God is not something that will
come as we wait for it to arrive in this world, which Jesus portrayed as the Far
Country -- but rather, it is a reality which man must seek,
find and enter -- which is why Jesus warned that those who do not themselves
pick up their own cross and travail in TheWay, are
neither believers or worth to be called his disciples
and followers. Allegorically, the restoration of the prodigal son to his
rightful place in the Kingdom is portrayed as the resurrection -- and that this
resurrection can only be attained and brought about while in the body-vessel, is
demonstrated in the statement of the
Gospel of Philip in the warning:
"Those who say that first
they shall die and (then) they shall
arise are confused. If they do not first receive the resurrection (while) they
live, they will not receive anything (when)
they die" (see
Gospel Of Philip).
But perhaps even more important is the fact that the Christians, like the Jews
before them, have themselves thrown away
the Key of Knowledge -- and they have promoted the doctrines and traditions of
pagan Rome -- the Christians have preached a doctrine where they teach the
people to "...commit apostasy" where they
"...crucify the Son of God on their own account and
hold him up to contempt" -- and as an apostate to the New Covenant,
Paul warns that "...there no longer remains a sacrifice
for sins" (see
TheLie.org ).
And like the carnal Jews whose heart was hardened by their apathetic ways, they
condemn the Truth and the Gospel Objectives as heresy!
Can We Just Read The Text Literally? The question should be
posed: Can we just read the
literal text of the scriptures and know the truth? In the manner that Christians attempt
to do today? Paul called the written words
of the scriptures the "letter that killeth"
(2 Cor 3:6) -- because most of the literal written word that appeared
to be historical, was little more than
"Jewish fables"
(Titus 1:14). He warned the baptized believers at Corinth
that until they undergo the necessary process of spiritual transformation, that
their natural organic mind will be incapable of understanding the true meaning
of the Gospel (see Mystery), and they will look upon the Mysteries of God as
"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). And he warned these baptized and confirmed
Christians of whom it was said that they had received all the gifts and testimony of the Gospel
of Christ, that
their untransformed mind was yet too carnal to comprehend and begin to grasp the
necessary higher realities of soul and spirit -- i.e.,
“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). Further explaining that what is known as the
testimony of Jesus Christ and him crucified is the "milk" of the Gospel -- meant
for entry-level believers who have only begun their journey in TheWay -- i.e.,
Paul warns:
“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).
To ignore
this warning by Paul, as well as a parallel warning by Jesus himself, and a warning by
Peter and all the early elders and leaders of the Church, is to cast one's self
into a Spiritual Diaspora of profound ignorance that will be near impossible to
emerge from -- i.e., biblically portrayed as the
"broad-way of death". Further, unlike the modern believer, the above words were
written by Paul to a congregation of Christians who he (Paul) had himself taught the
meaning of the Gospel. And what Paul was stating was that it would
be impossible for them to understand the true meaning of the Gospel, until which
time their minds became transformed and evolved into a state of spiritual
maturity that would enable them to perceive and understand what was
incomprehensible to those Christians who could only comprehend the Gospel and
the meaning of the scriptures from a human physical perspective. And
this fact was confirmed by Jesus in the parable of the
Sower and the Seed
when he warned those who had received the Word: “And
he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all
parables?” (Mark 4:13 KJV). And to put this great biblical truth in
the more modern language of the New Living Translation:
“But if you can't understand this story, how will you
understand all the others I am going to tell?”
And what this means is that if you fail to understand and put into practice the
essential teachings of the parable of the
Sower and the Seed
in every aspect of your life, that there is no means for you to perceive and
comprehend anything beyond what Paul portrayed as the "letter that killeth"
(2 Cor 3:6) -- which was in fact the plight of the Pharisees who had
thrown away the Key of Knowledge.

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Unlocking The Scriptures Using
The Key Of Knowledge |
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Using The Key Of Knowledge |
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The Language Of The Soul - Why
Is It Important To Understand the Inner Spiritual Meaning Of The
Scriptures? |
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The Allegorical Meaning Of The
Scriptures |
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The Spiritual Diaspora -
Rejection of Human Opinion |
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Inconsistencies Intentionally
Written Into Text Of The Scriptures |
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Religious And Intellectual Folly
On The Part of Religious Leaders |
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Is The Gospel Copied From Other
Religious Sources? |
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The Necessity Of The Allegorical
Miracles |
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Foundational Paradigm - The Dungeon Of Linear
Pseudo-Intellectualism |
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The Laws - The Etheric Field -
Reverse Darwinism |
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The Key Of Knowledge And The Cosmology Of Mind |
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Marriage - The Warning Of The Apostle - The Key Of Knowledge |
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The Heightening And Expansion Of
Mind |
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Intuitive Vs Linear Mind |
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Spiritual (Intuitive)
Development |
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The Design And Spiritual
Objectives Of The Scriptures |
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The Biblical Code |
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Religion As A System Of
Education And Enlightenment |
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Condition Of Mind - The Primary
Spiritual Learning And Developmental Factor |
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The Perfect Seed |
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In The House - Taught In
Parables - The Key Of Knowledge And The Inner Kingdom |
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The Nature And Reality Of
Parables |
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Learning From The One Teacher -
Son of God - True Prophet |
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The Gospel Of John And The Key
Of Knowledge |
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The Christian Censorship Of God |
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Christians As Blind Guides |
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Using The Key Of Knowledge: What is
perfectly clear from the statement that Jesus made to the Pharisees is this:
That while
they (the Pharisees) were in possession of what Jesus portrayed as the Key of Knowledge, their heresy was seen in the
fact that they failed to properly utilize what Jesus portrayed as the Key for
its intended purpose -- which was to reveal the true spiritual meaning of the
scriptures, which then enabled the seeker/disciple the ability to unlock the
(inner) door (narrow strait gate), and
enter into the
Kingdom that Jesus declared was within each person. But the problem was seen in the fact that the Jews --
like the modern Christians -- ignored Jesus' statement (
http://GateOfEden.com ) that the Kingdom
would never come upon the earth in the manner that carnal men look for it --
because the Kingdom was within them (Luke 17:20-21). Jesus portrayed
the leaders of the Jews as blind guides who hindered the people's entrance into
the Kingdom -- because the leaders
among the Jews interpreted the scriptures outwardly in ritual and tradition --
promoting the scriptures as historical accounts, versus spiritual accounts.
And that they failed to turn the scriptures within self -- properly utilizing
the Key of Knowledge to unlock the door to the Kingdom Within -- is in fact why Jesus
condemned the Pharisees for cleansing the outside of the cup, while ignoring the
inside. That
the
scriptures must be turned within, is the reason why Jesus condemned the whole
system of animal sacrifice in a temple made with the hands of men ("...the
Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands" - Acts 7:48) --
"Do you not know that you are the temple of God and
that the Spirit of God dwells in you?" (1 Cor 3:16 NKJV).
And this is demonstrated in the AskMoses.com account of the
Final Temple --
i.e., (quoting) "With the destruction, G-d destroyed
the physical Temple and made it a spiritual place... We cannot find G-d in
Jerusalem; we must find Him in us. With the destruction, G-d
destroyed the physical Temple and made it a spiritual place. He took that
window and placed it within us. Instead of traveling to Jerusalem, G-d wanted us
to find Him in our inner Jerusalem. Now, our bodies are our Temples, our souls
are our windows, our minds are our Kohanim and our animal instincts are our
sacrifices. We cannot offer physical sacrifices three times a day, but we can
pray three times a day. We cannot attend Temple services three times a day, but
we can tap into our souls three times a day. 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" And thus, when the
scriptures are properly understood in their spiritual meaning, they are an
allegorical presentation that contains within the body of the text the esoteric
knowledge that is necessary to build the
Final Living Temple
within one's self -- in order to fulfill the Gospel objectives, and permit the
prodigal son to return to the Edenic Kingdom from which he originally emerged.
The scriptures declare that the Lord is at the Door -- and this Door to the
Kingdom is within, and can only be opened when you utilize the scriptures as the
Key of Knowledge. But this requirement can only be achieved by
becoming the "good ground" in the parable of
the
Sower and the Seed
-- bringing forth the necessary spiritual fruit that enables the seeker to pick
up their own cross, and travail in TheWay -- achieving the next stage of birth
in the Kingdom.
Spiritual Jews such as the
Essenes knew all along that the whole of the written text of the scriptures was
allegorical -- i.e.,
“Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not
hear the law?” And then Paul goes on to explain
to those who want to attempt to read the written word of the scriptures
literally, as if they were an historical account:
“For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by
a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. But he who was of the bondwoman was born
after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. Which things are an
allegory” (Gal 4:21-24 KJV).
And that the account of Abraham is an allegory that preserved and conceals a
deeper spiritual truth that is not apparent to those who see only the letter of
the written word, means that everything contained in the scriptures is also
allegorical. And those who see only what Paul portrayed as
the "letter that killeth"
(2 Cor 3:6) and
"Jewish fables"
(Titus 1:14), remain deceived and spiritually disenfranchised in their carnal
interpretations of the scriptures. That the scriptures had to
be turned within one's own body and mind, as the seeker/disciple strives to open
the inner
"narrow gate"
that provides entrance to the Kingdom -- i.e.,
"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). While the reasons why
the scriptures were, and are written in this allegorical manner is explored in
the article An
Inconvenient Truth.
The fact that even those Christians who Paul
personally taught, were incapable of understanding the higher reality of the
soul and the Mysteries of the Kingdom (see
Mysteries Of The
Gospel), meant that it was impossible to compose a writing where the higher
spiritual truths were presented literally, so they could be read and understood
by man in his organic condition of mine.
Why Is It Important To Understand The Inner
Meaning Of The Scriptures? In the parable of the Wedding Feast and
TheCall (see TheCall),
those who failed to put on the required "wedding
garment" of purity, were cast out into the
"outer darkness". In many respects, this blindness
and condition of mind which Jesus portrayed as the
"outer darkness", can be compared to the illusions of Plato's Cave
(see Analogy Of The Cave) -- and
as those who have themselves walked the spiritual path of TheWay have learned,
the reality of this world can be portrayed as the Womb of Mother-Earth.
But what does this mean? In the same way that the physical womb of
your mother was a place where the male and female essence could be joined
together as ONE into an embryo -- and this physical womb then supplied the
necessary environment and nutrients to form and grow the embryonic-self into a
fetus and baby -- a mental womb supplies the necessary environment and nutrients
for the mental-self to develop in accord with the same pattern. That
man and woman exist on a higher level than their original sperm and ovum, does
not negate the Pattern of the Laws that bring about the next stage of birth at
the level of MIND.
As modern science has
already proven, what man sees as concrete matter, is in reality aspects of mind
impressed into allegorical forms and symbols of nature that reveal to the
seeker/disciple the Forces and Laws operating within their own mind and being
(see The Allusion
Of The Forms Of Matter). And of an even greater importance is
the reality that the Code that is necessary to use, is found imbedded in the
inner meaning of the scriptures -- a Code that was implanted in what appears on
the surface to be historical narratives -- or, in the case of what is often
called Gnostic scriptures, the allegorical portrayal of the cosmic forces of the
universe. And the application of this Code that enables the
seeker/disciple to overcome and prevail over the Forces and Laws that are
operating within their own mind and being, was called by Jesus the Key of
Knowledge. And what this means is that the scriptures are not
at all what they appear to be on the surface (see
An Inconvenient Truth)
-- but rather, the scriptures are as a primer and text book that the
seeker/disciple of TheWay uses to overcome the "outer
darkness" of mind and being -- escape the world of Illusions as
portrayed in Plato's Cave -- which enables the person to bring about the next
stage of birth and be reunited with their true self (soul-self) in what Jesus
portrayed as the Kingdom within.
Why can it be said that all
of mankind dwell in a state of dark ignorance, under the power of the
consciousness (god) of this world (Outer Darkness/Cave of Illusions), because
all that a person sees and perceives with their organic senses and physical mind
as they look out into nature and the cosmos, is a world of allegorical allusions
that they fail to understand the meaning of. To the degree that the
Apostle Peter stated to his disciple Clement with respect to learning directly
from what the first followers of Jesus portrayed as the True Prophet:
“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”
(see True
Prophet). And that man in his organic state of mind
is incapable of understanding the true meaning and reality of the symbols of
both this world and the text-book of symbolism which man calls the scriptures,
is demonstrated in the words of Peter when he warns that
"...therefore great care is to be taken, that when the law of God is read, it be
not read according to the understanding of our own mind. For there are many
sayings in the divine Scriptures which can be drawn to that sense which every
one has preconceived for himself; and this ought not to be done. For you ought
not to seek a foreign and extraneous sense, which you have brought from without"
(see
The Spiritual Disenfranchisement Of The Mind). And
what this statement warns is that because the people of this world rely upon
their natural organic senses and mind to assess what they think they see --
failing to distinguish and understand that they dwell in a world of allegorical
symbolism and forms that are an allusion/illusion -- that all those who base
their conclusions and assumptions on human (organic) perception and reasoning,
will remain dwelling under the cloak of ignorance in the
"outer darkness" within the Cave of Illusions. And
this is why Jesus taught his disciples to seek out and learn only from the One
Teacher who is the
True Prophet,
who is the Only Source of Knowledge.
Why
Can't We Just Read And Understand The Scriptures? If Peter's
foregoing words are true that the human/historical/literal sense of the
scriptures is always in error -- and the true meaning of the scriptures can only
be revealed by using the Key of Knowledge to connect to the One Teacher and True
Prophet -- then everything that both believers and non-believers think they know
about the message and meaning of the scriptures, is little more than manmade
dogmatic error. Therefore, with respect to the proper use of
the Key of Knowledge and the reality of the One Teacher and True Prophet within
one's own mind and being, the Church Father Origen wrote in De Principiis where
he writes: “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, the consequence is that they never
begin to have knowledge; or if there be no want of a desire, at least, nor of an
instructor, and if divine knowledge be sought after, as it ought to be, in a
religious and Holy Spirit, and in the hope that many points will be opened up by
the revelation of God -- since to human sense they are exceedingly difficult and
obscure -- then, perhaps, he who seeks in such a manner will find what it is
lawful to discover”.
What does this mean?
If it is our desire to possess what we can call genuine knowledge -- i.e., to
begin to perceive the Mysteries of God which the Apostle said was beyond the
natural perception of man -- and we want to know anything of any real value with
respect to who we are, and what is our true relationship to both Jesus and our
Creator God that Jesus taught was our Father -- then it is absolutely necessary
and of the highest importance that we contemplate what we see in the above words
by the Church Father Origen. The first statement that is in total conflict
with the quasi-Darwinist mindset with which we were imbued with since childhood
from our modern-day culture, is the words that few men even
“…imagine that they possess knowledge before they
really learn”. When it is realized that the whole of our culture, our
systems of education and religion, are all based upon the paradigm of the
child's mind being empty and in need of being taught, then it must be recognized
that the whole of our culture is a spiritual detriment to all of mankind!!!
Thus, we must pose the question: How is it that we could possess knowledge
before we even begin to learn? Moreover, how can it be said that because we fail
to recognize this fact, that “…the consequence is that
they never begin to have knowledge”?
What is clear is that the
foundational paradigm of thinking and life of Origen and the Apostles was
representative of a totally different perception than we have today.
And in recognizing this fact, we must then pose the question: Does the
scriptures which are written in the manner that they are -- from a totally
different foundational paradigm of thinking and life -- have any relevance to
modern man who has been programmed to think from a totally opposite perspective?
Sadly, the answer is no -- and this fact is thoroughly explored in the article
An Inconvenient Truth.
And because we think and understand life from a reverse perspective than that of
the biblical authors, we must recognize why Origen stated that:
“…men, however, make little effort to exercise their
intellect”? Don't we exercise our intellect?
How can Origen even make such a statement? The answer is that
we not only think in reverse of the biblical authors -- but our reverse thinking
process has bound and shackled us to the limitations of our physical
body-consciousness which is incapable of comprehending the higher reality of the
soul and what Paul portrayed as the Mysteries of the Kingdom (see
Gospel Mysteries).
Paul states that a man who promotes a sect, or argues over the meaning of the
written text of the scriptures is a "divisive person"
who is sinning and has been turned out of the way (Titus 3:9-10).
Paul portrays those who observe the days, months and seasons of the scriptures
as being bound by the flesh -- further stating that the scriptures are an
allegory (Gal 4:24). And with respect to the spiritual meaning of
the allegorical written text, Origen confirms in the above that
“…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”.
Where Paul states that the account of Abraham and his two sons are an allegory
which has a purely spiritual meaning, Origen further explains that all the
biblical references to marriages and the begetting of children, and the
depiction of the many battles, has nothing to do with historical events -- but
rather, are “…the forms and figures of hidden and
sacred things”. The problem is that in order to begin to
understand the true meaning of these sacred symbols and forms that can only be
presented to organic man in allegorical accounts, that man must begin to utilize
those parts of our mind that is beyond the less than ten percent level which
nature permits him to use. Moreover, the key is found in the
words: “…As men, however, make little effort to
exercise their intellect, or imagine that they possess knowledge before they
really learn, the consequence is that they never begin to have knowledge; or if
there be no want of a desire, at least, nor of an instructor”.
Who is the instructor that Origen is making reference to? The True
Prophet that Jesus commanded his followers and disciples to seek out (see True
Prophet) -- and this can only be accomplished through the proper application
of the Key of Knowledge.
When Paul warned that the
"natural" mind of man was incapable of
comprehending the higher reality of the soul -- the Mysteries of the Kingdom --
and the true reasons for man's sojourn in this world which Jesus portrayed in
the parable of the prodigal son as the Far Country -- without understanding the
important reasons why it is impossible for the organic mind of man to comprehend
his own higher reality, mankind will remain lost and wandering in this world in
pursuit of a spiritual reality that he can never achieve. Because the Truth
could not be literally written, Judaism was therefore what is known as a Mystery
religion -- and the common Jews were used in the manner of mules who preserved
their scriptural Trojan Horse, for those who were intelligent enough not to be
seduced by the absurdities of the written text (see
An Inconvenient Truth).
In the words of Moses Maimonedes, one
of the most respected of Jewish theologians, historian, and Talmudist, where he
writes about the nature of scripture:
“Every time that you find in our books
a tale the reality of which seems impossible, a story which is repugnant to both
reason and common sense, then be sure that the tale contains a profound allegory
veiling a deeply mysterious truth; and the greater the absurdity of the letter,
the deeper the wisdom of the spirit”.
The objective of Judaism
is to become transformed into Spiritual Israel. In the exact same manner as
the enlightened Jewish Rabbi's, the early Christian Church Father Origen writes:
“It is sufficient however,
to represent in the style of a historic
narrative what is intended to convey a secret meaning in the garb of history,
that those who have the capacity may work out for themselves all that relates to
the subject.”
And with regard to what
would otherwise be historical symbols and events that would appear to us as the
knowledge of superficial episodes of the past, Origen writes:
“I believe that every man must hold
these things for images, under which the hidden sense lies concealed”
(Origen - Huet., Prigeniana,
167 Franck, p. 142).
Students of Hebrew Mysticism will
perceive that what the third-century Christian Church Father Origen wrote was no
different than what is contained in the Zohar, where it states:
“The narratives of the doctrine are
its cloak. The simple look only on the garment, that is upon the narrative of
the doctrine; more they know not. The instructed, however, see not merely the
cloak, but what the cloak covers”.
The Jewish mystic who
spends his life seeking the inner meaning of the written word that the natural
mind of man is incapable of seeing, has warned: "Thus
the tales related in the Torah are simply her outer garments, and woe to the man
who regards that outer garb as the Torah itself, for such a man will be deprived
of portion in the next world..." (the
Zohar quoted in No Jew Has Read The
Torah). Peter said what appears to be historical never happened. Paul
called the literal text an allegory.
These same truths are again conveyed
to us in the words of the Church Historian Eusebius:
“Many were led astray by
reading the allegorical contents of the scriptures literally in the method of
the Pharisees and Sadducees.”.
What these symbols truly mean
is perhaps best expressed by G.R.S. Mead in his celebrated work, Fragments of
a Faith Forgotten, where he explained that, once properly understood, the
true meaning of what is
“…projected onto the screen…”
of the scriptures,
“…was in reality a picture of their
[man’s] own minds”.
The Church Father Origen
went one step further and reasoned that "...What man is
found such an idiot as" to believe these forms and symbols literally,
and not to understand "...that every man must hold
these things for images, under which the hidden sense lies concealed”?
(see Mystery).
While the modern Church which, like the Pharisees before them who attempts to
interpret the scriptures historically/literally as blind guides who has thrown
away the Key of Knowledge -- even adopting the folly of the Augustinian doctrine
of Original Sin and the tenets of Pagan Roman redemption and sacrifice -- that
the modern reader remains totally blind to the true meaning of the scriptures
which Paul warns is an allegory, the Church Father Origen further explains:
“Since, then, it was the intention of the Holy Spirit
to enlighten with respect to these and similar subjects, those holy souls who
had devoted themselves to the service of the truth, this object was kept in
view, in the second place, for the sake of those who either could not or would
not give themselves to this labor and toil by which they might deserve to be
instructed in or to recognize things of such value and importance, to wrap up
and conceal, as we said before, in ordinary language, under the covering of some
history and narrative of visible things, hidden mysteries. There is therefore
introduced into the narrative of the visible creation, and the creation and
formation of the first man; then the offspring which followed from him in
succession, and some of the actions which were done by the good among his
posterity, are related, and occasionally certain crimes also, which are stated
to have been committed by them as being human; and afterwards certain unchaste
or wicked deeds also are narrated as being the acts of the wicked. The
description of battles, moreover, is given in a wonderful manner, and the
alternations of victors and vanquished, by which certain ineffable mysteries are
made known to those who know how to investigate statements of that kind. By an
admirable discipline of wisdom, too, the law of truth, even of the prophets, is
implanted in the Scriptures of the law, each of which is woven by a divine art
of wisdom, as a kind of covering and veil of spiritual truths; and this is what
we have called the 'body' of Scripture, so that also, in this way, what we have
called the covering of the letter, woven by the art of wisdom, might be capable
of edifying and profiting many, when others would derive no benefit”.
Thus, the body of the
scriptures which are not necessarily historically accurate, are
“capable of edifying and profiting many” by
the reading of the literal word. Yet, as the believer matures, he
begins to realize that the endless expose of wars, genealogies, and stories of
carnal strife against Divine Providence, are absolutely meaningless in the life
of the disciple. As he begins to spiritually develop, and starts to
experience a shift in perception, he begins to realize that these wars,
genealogies and strife in the flesh have great meaning within his own mind and
being, as he travails to overcome his carnal nature in his quest to enter the
Spiritual Kingdom of his soul. What, therefore, the carnal believer
blindly sees as history, the disciple sees as great spiritual truths that are
imparted to him in his pursuit of spiritual perfection and manifestation.
What remains totally
ignored by both the modern believer and biblical critic is presented in the
words of Origen where he writes that the scriptures contain many places where
what is written literally could not have happened. In examination of
this statement we ask why? Why not create a written word that was
totally factual? The answer that Origen provides to this question is
once again very simple: “But as if, in all the
instances of this covering (i.e., of this history), the logical connection and
order of the law had been preserved, we would not certainly believe, when thus
possessing the meaning of Scripture in a continuous series, that anything else
was contained in it save what was indicated on the surface; so for that reason
divine wisdom took care that certain stumbling-blocks, or interruptions, to the
historical meaning should take place, by the introduction into the midst (of the
narrative) of certain impossibilities and incongruities; that in this way the
very interruption of the narrative might, as by the interposition of a bolt,
present an obstacle to the reader, whereby he might refuse to acknowledge the
way which conducts to the ordinary meaning; and being thus excluded and debarred
from it, we might be recalled to the beginning of another way, in order that, by
entering upon a narrow path, and passing to a loftier and more sublime road, he
might lay open the immense breadth of divine wisdom”.
In the same way that when a
beast becomes conditioned to its environment, when the mind of man is ruled over
by his lower animal nature, he will believe virtually anything -- i.e., Pagan
sacrifices, virgin sacrifices, belief in a warring and conquering god, belief in
a vengeful god that is even more evil than the most vile of mankind.
As stated above, the Apostle Peter
warns that the enigmas of the scriptures which he portrays as the
"mystery of the books with the power to deceive"
(see
Power To
Deceive), were intentionally
inserted into the body of the text as a test to the reader. Peter portrays the
Gentiles as being easily deceived, because they are accustomed to believing bad
things about God. Thus, the god of the Old Testament has been insightfully
portrayed as resembling the Wizard of OZ -- i.e., a magical nut case behind the
curtain who liked physical circumcision, genocide of non-Jews including killing
every woman & child -- a god who made man, then repented he even made man and
killed everyone on earth but Noah and his immediate family -- a god who kills a
man for trying to steady the ARK, a voodoo god who loves animal sacrifice and
blood sprinkling, a god who sacrifices his son. The scriptures are very clear,
it’s all allegorical about the Kingdom within. The reader is warned in John
6:63, that reading the scriptures literally has no profit at all (“the
flesh profiteth nothing”) and leaves the reader spiritually bankrupt
: "It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh
profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they
are life".
What Moses Maimonedes is
stating in the above, then, is that there exists many parts of the scriptures
that are literally and historically not true -- going so far as to even portray
portions of the written texts as being
"...repugnant to both reason and
common sense".
And if this is true, how can any intelligent reader of the scriptures, whether
believer or critic, make the claim that they know what it being stated, when the
scriptures were intentionally written so that only an initiate could perceive
the true meaning? Why was unhistorical events that were
"...repugnant to both reason and
common sense"
even inserted into the scriptures in the first place? Because much of what was
presented was exactly as Paul portrayed it -- i.e.,
"Jewish fables"
(Titus 1:14). The question must therefore be asked: Why did the authors of the
scriptures weave their truths within and around
"Jewish fables"?
Because if their writings did not conform to the very heathen and superstitious
beliefs of the nomadic tribe who called themselves Jews, the writings themselves
would be rejected and destroyed (see
An Inconvenient Truth).
And because the Mystics who
authored the scriptures comprehended the journey of the soul, they understood
that they, or the future images generated by their own soul -- would need the
wisdom and knowledge contained within the scriptures in the future.
Isn't Paul stating this exact same truth when he writes to
the Galatians who are attempting to embrace Jewish ritualistic ways, and states:
“Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do
ye not hear the law?” And then Paul goes on to
explain to those who want to attempt to read the written word literally, in an
historical context as Christians do today: “For
it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a
freewoman. But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of
the freewoman was by promise. Which things are an allegory”
(Gal 4:21-24 KJV). That the Jew who remained of a natural
carnal mindset could not see beyond the symbols of the allegory, and their eyes
and hearts were hardened so they could not comprehend the true meaning of the
scriptures, is readily understood where Paul states that
“their minds were blinded”
by God, “for until this
day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament…
even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart”
(2 Cor 3:14-15 KJV). Yet, because the Christians have
adopted the ways of the carnal Jews and have themselves thrown away the Key of
Knowledge, the same vail that blinded the Jews, is upon their own hearts and
minds.
What Does It Mean That The Scriptures Are
Allegorical? The Gospels are designed to be read by all seekers at
every level of spiritual attainment and
evolution.
Therefore, the Gospels are intentionally composed to
convey important teachings literally -- while still enabling the seeker to be
able to turn the scriptures within their own mind and being -- thereby enabling
the seeker to tap into the more advanced spiritual meaning and inner reality of
being. The allegorical account of Jesus in the Gospels, is a portrayal of the
True Prophet/Logos/Son of God that dwells within the mind of all people (see
http://TheThreeLies.com#TrueProphet ). The twelve disciples are not
historical persons -- but rather, the twelve spheres of mind that are portrayed
in the pattern of the Tree of Life at the right. The miracles are
the opening of the carnal mind to the inner spiritual realities. The
literal teachings in the Sermon on the Mount and other such Gospel concepts, are
all valid teachings that the True Prophet would convey to the seeker.
According to AskMoses.com, the animals presented in the scriptures are
representative of the lower base consciousness that rules over the lives of
organic man (see Final
Temple). The leaders of the Jews are representative of the thinking of
organic man that attempts to express and celebrate the Law of God outwardly in
ritual and tradition. The people of the Nations are those aspects of man's
consciousness that are ruled over by the powers of this world.
While it is true that the historical man Jesus was able to bring himself into
Oneness with the Indwelling Logos/Son of God/True Prophet, it is also true that
the teachings of Jesus which are presented in the Gospels, are valid teachings
and concepts set forth by the Indwelling Logos/Son of God/True Prophet.
Which means that they are representative of literal truths. If we
pose the question: Is the portrayal of Jesus an accurate historical
presentation? Not really. In this respect, Origen was correct in his
teaching that: “Where the word found that things done
according to the history could be adapted to these mystical senses, he made use
of them concealing from the multitude the deeper meaning; but where in the
narrative of the development of super-sensual things, there did not follow the
performance of those certain events which were already indicated by the mystical
meaning, the scripture interwove in the history the account of some event that
did not take place, sometimes what could not have happened; sometimes what could
but did not.” I have absolutely no problem in embracing
the reality that what is presented in the historical narrative of the
scriptures, may not be actual historical events that actually transpired.
And that what is being presented as historical, is in reality a portrayal of
conditions of mind and being that must be embraced and made manifest within the
mind of the disciple/seeker.
I often quote from the Homilies of Clement which present the teachings of the
actual Apostle Peter. Was there an historical disciple Peter?
Yes, but the Peter that is presented in the scriptures is not an actual
historical account -- but rather, an allegorical portrayal of an aspect of the
seekers own mind. And as Origen states in the above:
“Where the word found that things done according to the history could be
adapted to these mystical senses, he made use of them concealing from the
multitude the deeper meaning..." -- meaning, that while there was an
actual historical man named Peter who was an actual disciple, the Peter that is
portrayed in the Gospels is an allegorical representation of the seekers own
sphere of mind that is being presented in the allegorical symbol of Peter.
That the historical man Peter taught and conveyed Gospel teachings that are
presented in the Homilies of his disciple Clement, is also true. That when
Peter in the Homilies makes reference to the True Prophet/Logos/Son of God that
dwells within each of us, he is conveying a literal reality that exists within
the mind and being of every man and woman -- and it is this Inner True Prophet
that we must seek out as our only True Teacher and revealer of the Mysteries of
the Kingdom. That the Gospels present a blueprint of mind which we often
portray as the Cosmology of Mind and Being, is also a Spiritual Truth that is
not in any manner negated by the historical garb that is necessary in order to
present these inner realities of mind to the reader.
To the seeker, what is presented as literal teachings in the Gospel, is exactly
what I as a shepherd and guide of TheWay, would convey to the seeker as an
actual teaching of the True Prophet/Logos/Son of God. What is presented in
the literal text of the Gospels, is a series of Universal Truths that must be
put into practice by all of mankind. That the historical narrative holds a
deeper spiritual meaning than what is apparent, in no manner detracts from the
purpose and objective of the teachings themselves. Our Mind and
Consciousness can be portrayed as a House -- with the objective being to enter
within our own consciousness -- and enter In The House with the Lord (see
In The House).
And this spiritual process of entering within one's own mind and being, is
explained at the foregoing link in the words:
Not to understand the meaning of the term "In The House",
and to have thrown away the Key of Knowledge, is to remain totally ignorant of
the spiritual meaning of the Gospels and the teachings of TheWay. In fact,
the reality of the term being In The House was and
is so important, that the Gospel of the
Nazirenes (chapter
19:10) states:
"There is a house made without hands, seek that you may
dwell therein." If the believer is truly faithful to the
Living Word -- lives in accordance with the Commandments of the Royal Law of the
Most High -- seeks to acquire Genuine Knowledge directly from the Son of God --
and sincerely walks in The Way -- then they will pass through the
"narrow way" and the
"straight gate" into the Kingdom will open to them.
When the disciples who dwelled In The House, asked Jesus why he taught the
multitude of people in the enigma of parables -- wherein, each person's
interpretation and understanding was in accord with their own mindset and
thinking -- Jesus replied to his disciples: "Unto you
is given the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all
things are done in parables: that seeing they may see, and not perceive; and
hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest haply they should turn again,
and it should be forgiven them" (Mark 4:11-12 ASV) -- and the term,
"...lest haply they should turn again", is stated in reference to the
Kingdom that can only be found within, and the presence of the
One Teacher
therein.
What Jesus do you see? This question is answered in the following subheading
which is appropriately titled
What Jesus Do
You See?
What is clear is that the disciples who were portrayed as being
In The House, were taught entirely different than
the common people who were portrayed as being "outside".
In the Gospel of John the question was posed to Jesus as to why he would not
show himself to the people who were portrayed as being
"outside" -- i.e., the people whose mind and thinking is controlled
by the power/god of this world: "Then Judas (not Judas
Iscariot) said, But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to
the world?" (John 14:22 NIV). While this rather profound
statement was part of a much larger message prior to being edited and removed by
the later Gentile Church (see
BibleCorruption.com ), even the statement should provoke the question:
How could this be said? Didn't everyone see Jesus? And what this
means is exactly what is presented in the Gospel of Philip in the statement that
people can only perceive the Jesus that is in accord with their own Condition.
The reality that has been preserved in the Gospel of Philip reads:
"Jesus took them all by stealth, for he did not appear
as he was, but in the manner in which they would be able to see him. He appeared
to them all. He appeared to the great as great. He appeared to the small as
small. He appeared to the angels as an angel, and to men as a man. Because of
this, his word hid itself from everyone. Some indeed saw him, thinking that they
were seeing themselves, but when he appeared to his disciples in glory on the
mount, he was not small. He became great, but he made the disciples great, that
they might be able to see him in his greatness."
What Judas (not Iscariot) was stating is that the Jesus which the disciples saw
and heard, was an entirely different Jesus than what the multitudes who are
portrayed as being "without", saw and heard.
And we can observe this same reality in the Fundamentalists who promote their
dogma that the scriptures are historical accounts -- when in fact they are
spiritual accounts that utilize a quasi-historical cloak to reveal
"by stealth", the Laws, Forces and the
Cosmology of Mind and Being that the sincere seeker needs to possess the
knowledge of to bring about and initiate their own spiritual regeneration and
birth. In the same way that the Gospel states that
"...he made the disciples great, that they might be able to see him in his
greatness."
The question then becomes: What Jesus do you see? While the Gospels are
largely allegorical, it remains true that the teachings are Universal Truths
conveyed to the reader by the True Prophet/Logos/Son of God. And it also
remains true that if the seeker observes and puts these important teachings into
daily practice -- seeking to fulfill the Gospel objective of entering In The
House with the Lord -- that the True Prophet will personally teach the seeker
all the Mysteries of the Kingdom of God.
In view of the fact that mankind as the lost prodigal sons, have been alienated
from their own inner spiritual reality by the carnal lives they are living, the
only means to help them is to set forth the Universal Teachings in a manner that
can be presented to them. And this is the primary objective of the literal
Gospel teachings. That there are important esoteric teachings that man in his
organic condition of mind cannot comprehend while being ruled over by his lower
carnal nature, does not in any manner negate the necessity to embrace and
observe the literal teachings of the Gospel. That there is a deeper spiritual
meaning that is not apparent to the spiritually immature reader, is not at all
important -- nor does it in any manner negate the purpose and objective of the
scriptures. The spiritually immature cannot in any manner relate to the esoteric
pattern of mind that is presented in the allegorical narrative of the
scriptures. This knowledge of the esoteric pattern of mind does not make much
rational sense, until they are prepared to understand and put into use the
Cosmology of Mind and Being. Therefore, the question must be asked: Does it
matter that Jesus had 12 disciples, 14 or 18 disciples? How does the number of
disciples effect the person reading the scriptures? It does not. It is the
substance of the teachings that are important to put into daily practice in the
life of the seeker/disciple. That the number of disciples has a deeper meaning
-- that their names portray attributes of the sphere of mind they represent --
is not important to the spiritually immature believer. Yet, this knowledge is of
great importancer to the more mature seeker who is striving to prevail over
their own inner division and diversity of mind and being.
It is a common statement in the Nazirene Disciple forum that once the name of an
historical person is presented in the scriptures, that the reference is no
longer to an actual historical person -- but rather, what is represented in the
meaning of the name. It is therefore significant that the twelfth teaching of
the Gospel of Thomas instructs the reader to seek out Jacob -- i.e., (12) The
disciples said to Jesus, "We know that you will depart
from us. Who is to be our leader?" Jesus said to them, "Wherever you are, you
are to go to James the righteous, for whose sake heaven and earth came into
being." The name Jacob portrays the conscious development of
the twelve spheres of mind that transforms the seeker into Spiritual Israel --
which can rightly be portrayed as the primary reason why
"...heaven and earth came into being." On a secondary note,
it is also true that the soul of Jacob/James has continually dwelled in the
earth, and has guided seekers in TheWay. But when the meaning of the name
Jacob is turned within one's own mind and being, the statement remains true with
respect to understanding the whole of the Gospel of Thomas. In order to enter
Into The House, and come into the Presence of the Son of God/Logos/True Prophet,
the seeker must permit the twelve spheres of mind to develop and reach a state
of maturity. And thus, the name Jacob portrays a necessary Condition of Mind
that the seeker must bring about within themselves. But this is also true with
respect to the whole of the Gospels. The portrayal of Jerusalem, is not the
portrayal of a geographical place that man calls Jerusalem -- but rather, that
Condition of Mind that is portrayed in the reality of Jerusalem -- the Gates of
which through the seeker must pass, are portrayed in the ending of the Book of
Revelation in the words: "Blessed are those who do His
commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter
through the gates into the city. But outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually
immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie"
(Rev 22:14-15 NKJ). Where reference is made to those who are outside the
House -- i.e., "...dogs and sorcerers and sexually
immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie"
-- the reference is being made to a carnal condition of consciousness that
inhibits the return of the lost prodigal son to his Inner Source of Being. But
it is impossible to enter In The House without observing the literal teachings
of the Gospel -- manifesting within one's own self the twelve spheres of mind as
personified in the name Jacob/James, and evolved into the fullness of Spiritual
Israel -- wherein, the seeker is then able to enter the presence of the Son of
God/Logos/True Prophet -- and be taught the higher reality of the soul and the
Mysteries of the Kingdom.
The Spiritual Diaspora - Rejection of Human
Opinion: When Paul portrayed
the literal written text of the scriptures as
"...Jewish fables", he then added not to heed the
"...commandments of men who turn away from the truth"
(Titus 1:14). With respect to not heeding the
"...commandments of men", the Church has never understood why Paul
condemned and rejected all opinions with respect to the interpretation of the
scriptures -- as seen in his statement: "But avoid
stupid controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels over the law, for
they are unprofitable and futile. As for a man who is factious, after
admonishing him once or twice, have nothing more to do with him, knowing that
such a person is perverted and sinful; he is self-condemned" (Titus
3:9-11 RSV). Why? Because as Paul states (see above), it is impossible to
ascertain the true meaning of the Spiritual Gospel through the study of the
letter of the written text which Paul portrays as
"letter that killeth [and] Jewish folktales" (see 2 Cor 3:6;
Titus 1:14). It is important to understand that the foregoing word that is
translated "factious", appears no where else
in the New Testament. And because the Church disregarded this statement of
warning, and permitted itself to become embroiled in divisions, sects and
factions based upon "human opinion" and
man-made "factions", -- thereby rejecting
the ONE TEACHER (see
The True Prophet)
Jesus commanded his followers to exclusively learn from -- the Church exiled itself into a Spiritual Diaspora from which it has
yet to emerge. And when properly understood, this word that appears no where
else in the Bible, must be properly interpreted "human
opinion"!!!
Unless the Christian
believers begin to openly acknowledge the warning of Paul that doctrines of
belief based upon
"human
opinion"
and a human perception of the scriptures have the effect of shackling the
believers to a condition of abject spiritual ignorance, then as the prodigal
sons and daughters they will remain spiritually disenfranchised and lost --
unable to receive and inherit the promise of the Gospel. Quoting
from What
Difference Does It Make:
"He who has an
ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to
him I will give of the hidden manna"
(Rev 2:17) -- and Spiritual Manna which is Spiritual Knowledge, can only be
imparted to man directly by God -- and can only be received by those who
"overcome", and are prepared to receive
it. The Greek word for this secret spiritual knowledge that can only be
imparted directly from God to those who are prepared to receive it, is called
"Gnosis" -- aka Spiritual Manna. Paul
correctly stated that the faith-based Christians who are totally versed in what
he called the (historical) "traditions of Jesus and him
crucified", were too carnal to receive the Spiritual Manna or
Gnosis. Paul portrayed the baptized and committed Christians as still being of
an "animal-soul" level of consciousness who
were incapable of receiving the Divine Manna or Gnosis. And this reality is
expressed in the meaning of the Greek text of Paul's First Epistle to the
Corinthians (2:14) where Paul states that the "natural"
organic man cannot comprehend the higher reality of the Soul and the Mysteries
of the Kingdom. Which profound statement provokes the question: What is meant
by the term that Paul used when he described the very people who he had himself
taught who were incapable of comprehending the higher reality of the soul and
the Mysteries of the Kingdom when he portrayed them as being of a
"natural" organic level of mind and
consciousness? The Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary writes with respect
to the meaning of the word in the original Greek language:
"natural man—literally, 'a man of animal soul'." Further, the
Treasury Of Scriptural Knowledge states of this ignored and profound statement
at 1 Cor 2:14 which reads (quoting Paul): "But the
natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are
foolishness to him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually
discerned" -- wherein the proper interpretative-meaning of Paul's
words with respect to the reality of what is portrayed by Paul as the natural
man is then presented: [Psuchikos,] the animal man, one
who lives in a natural state, and under the influence of his animal passions;
for [psuche] means the inferior and sensual part of man, in opposition to the
[nous] understanding, or [pneuma,] the spirit. And this is not only
true -- but is is a fact of life that all mystics and enlightened souls must
deal with when interacting with organic man. Which is exactly why Paul
profoundly stated to the very people who he had personally taught the Gospel
message: "And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to
spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ. I fed you with milk
and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even
now you are still not able; for you are still carnal" (1 Cor 3:1-3
NKJ). Stating to the body of confirmed and baptized believers who he stated
had received all truth and knowledge pertaining to the elementary
"traditions" 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).
The Law is that no one
can receive or possess any greater level of Truth than they are willing to live
and manifest in their lives in word, thought, desire and deed. Did
Jesus not say to those who call themselves believers and followers:
"Not everyone who says to
Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of
My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not
prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in
Your name?' And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me,
you who practice lawlessness!'" (Matt 7:21-23 NKJ).
If, as Paul warns,
(1) the true spiritual
meaning of the Gospel is inconceivable to the "natural"
mind of man; (2)
that (see above) if the baptized and committed believers were to be exposed to
even the concepts of the spiritual meaning of the Gospel, they would reject
these higher concepts as "foolishness";
(3)
and that it is even "unlawful" to reveal to
those who Paul portrays as "babes in Christ"
these spiritual teachings and concepts that the faith-based Christians will
reject; (4)
then it must be recognized that this body of inconceivable and un-utterable
spiritual truths are not written literally in the text of the scriptures where
they could be read by these same immature "babes in
Christ" and rejected as "foolishness";
(5)
which is why Paul condemns anyone who even promotes a
"human opinion" of the meaning of the scriptures;
(6)
because as the Disciple Peter taught, the scriptures are designed to speak to
each man's condition of mind and being, and because of the Laws and the effect
of what is allegorically portrayed as the Tower of Babel Syndrome, each person
reading the scriptures is supposed to see a different doctrine (see
The Books
With The Power To Deceive);
(7) and the original
objective and purpose of the Gospel message was to enable the seeker/disciple to
open the inner "narrow strait gate" and gain
entrance to the Kingdom, and learn directly from the
Indwelling
Logos/Son of God/True Prophet.
That divisions and factions from a Gospel
perspective is denounced as a "sin of the flesh"
is further seen at Gal 5:19-21 where it is written:
"The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and
debauchery; 20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage,
selfish ambition,
dissensions, factions
and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that
those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God".
That modern Christianity has lost this vision and severed themselves from the
direct communication which is given to the disciple of Truth, is easily seen in
the schismatic nature of the present day church. If the Apostle Paul were with
us today he would condemn the modern Christian for the exact same reasons that
he condemned the believers at Corinth: “I appeal to
you”, writes the Apostle, “…that there may
be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and
thought” (1 Cor 1:10NIV).
What we fail to realize today
is the fact that there can be no divisions and sects in a Spiritually Living
Religion -- where there is One Leader and One Teacher that all genuine disciples
have access to. By Divine Decree, the followers of Jesus were to have no
divisions, sects, or independent opinions among the believers because the Lord
promised that each “…shall hear my voice; and there
shall be one fold, and one shepherd” (John 10:16 KJV). Paul was so
adamantly opposed to manmade schisms and carnal (human) opinions that he
chastised the believers at Corinth that they were not men of the spirit -- as
was evidenced that they had divisions among them. He explained that the
carnal, or “natural man receiveth not the things of the
Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them,
because they are spiritually discerned” (1 Cor 2:14 KJV); and informs
them that they are too “carnal, and walk as men”
(1 Cor 3:3 KJV) to open the inner door of the mind and learn directly from the
Lord via the spirit. From his perspective, the very existence of these
divisions was proof the believers at Corinth were too carnal to experience
direct communication with the Lord -- which opening of the inner door to the
spirit was the whole essence of New Covenant theology.
Writing about schisms and
divisions, the Church Father Turtillian writes: “On
this point, however, we dwell no longer, since it is the same Paul who, in his
Epistle to the Galatians, counts 'heresies' among 'the sins of the flesh,' who
also intimates to Titus, that 'a man who is a heretic' must be 'rejected after
the first admonition,' on the ground that 'he that is such is perverted, and
committeth sin, as a self-condemned man.' Indeed, in almost every epistle, when
enjoining on us (the duty) of avoiding false doctrines, he sharply condemns
heresies. Of these the practical effects are false doctrines, called in Greek
heresies, a word used in the sense of that choice which a man makes when he
either teaches them (to others) or takes up with them (for himself). For this
reason it is that he calls the heretic self-condemned, because he has himself
chosen that for which he is condemned”.
In the gospel preached by
Paul, heresy is considered a “sin of the flesh”,
because schisms and divisions are the result of natural man clinging to ideas of
a carnal nature. Why are these baptized and committed Christians plagued by
schisms and divisions? Because they only call upon the Lord with their lips,
while failing to do as the Apostle states by following in The Way and
“Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your
earthly nature” (Col 3:5 NIV).
We must therefore turn from
the understanding of the flesh -- i.e., "human opinion"
-- or in the words of the Apostle: “For to be carnally
minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace” (Rom
8:6 KJV). The religion of Christ was one of the spirit -- and Paul taught the
Gentile believers not to look to the historical man Jesus, but rather the
indwelling Spiritual Living Messiah/Christ as their savior and revealer of
truth: “Therefore from now on we recognize no man
according to the flesh; even though we have known Christ according o the flesh,
yet now we know Him thus no longer” (2 Cor 5:16 NAS). This
Spiritual Messiah/Christ, over the historical Messiah/Christ in the flesh, was
what biblical scholar Rudolf Bultmann was speaking of when he concluded that the
“…Christian faith is, and should be, comparatively
uninterested in the historical Jesus and centered instead on the transcendent
Christ” (Encyclopedia Britannica, 1998 electronic edition).
In the eyes of Paul, the
Apostle to the Gentiles, the church of our present day has been turned out of
The Way. In a spiritual religion there can be no schisms and divisions, which
are “sins of the flesh” -- but rather, spiritual unity must prevail
because the true disciple of Jesus has opened the door to the indwelling
Kingdom, and is the student of “the true light which...
enlightens every man” (John 1:9 NAS). In this respect, the
perspective of the Apostle Paul is very clear -- i.e., one cannot cling to the
historical man Jesus -- i.e., the “Christ according to
the flesh” -- and be in harmony with the Living Christ that calls to
us from beyond the inner door -- the transcendent Messiah/Christ -- who calls
out to the genuine disciple from the other side of the inner strait gate that
leads to the Kingdom.
Again we are confronted with
the revelation of a great truth that we fail to recognize today. In
acknowledgement of these words of the Apostle, the concerned Jew/Christian
should immediately ask: What is it that Paul is talking about that the carnal
or natural man cannot comprehend? Why can't the Apostle just tell us in plain
language what he is referring to? Throughout his epistles Paul constantly
refers to the true Jewish/Christian doctrine as concealed mysteries that can
only be learned via the spirit. Of these hidden mysteries Paul says:
“Let me tell about the visions I've had, and
revelations from the Lord. Fourteen years ago I was taken up to heaven for a
visit. Don't ask me whether my body was there or just my spirit, for I don't
know; only God can answer that. But anyway, there I was in paradise, and heard
things so astounding that they are beyond a man's power to describe or put in
words (and anyway I am not allowed to tell them to others)” (2 Cor
12:1-4 TLB).
What great mysteries can the
spirit impart to the believer that are “so astounding
that they are beyond a man's power to describe or put in words”?
And more importantly, why would Paul say that he was
“not allowed to tell them to others”? In light of these rather
profound statements, every believer today must ask what the relationship of
these secret mysteries is to the Gospel? The Apostle warned the believers at
Corinth that “I gave you milk, not solid food, for you
were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready” (1 Cor
3:2 NIV). This means that the religion which was preached to the masses --
the doctrine that Paul refers to as milk -- is merely the elementary principles
of the gospel which are a form and pattern, and the True Gospel of the
Messiah/Christ was those mysteries that he was “not
allowed to tell to others”. We must then understand that the whole
focus of New Testament theology is to prepare the disciple to receive the
revelation of the great spiritual truths that can only be revealed through the
opening of the spiritual door within us.
Show me a Jew, Messianic
believer, or Christian today who says that he believes a certain thing because
it was written by Paul, and I will show you a babe in Messiah/Christ who is
nourished by the milk. Do you not see what the Apostle warns:
“I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet
ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready” (1 Cor 3:2 NIV).
This means that there was another -- more superior Gospel -- a Gospel that was
not written in the manner of the Old Covenant -- and when writing to believers
who are still of this world and have yet to become spiritual, Paul can only
allude to this more perfect Gospel in his letters. In view of these biblical
facts, this means that no man can find the Truth of the Gospel in what Paul
wrote in his epistles -- but rather, this truth is only revealed by the Living
Spiritual Messiah/Christ that Paul wrote is unveiled only to those who were able
to put off their carnal nature, and receive the mysteries directly from God.
This is the essence of New Covenant thought!
What
many believers today fail to realize is that the answer to the dilemma is found
implanted on their own lips as they gather together for prayer and worship.
Further, the answer is again found in the words of the Apostle Peter, as
contained in an obscure writing of his disciple Clement -- a writing rejected by
the fourth century Roman Church -- where he said that the genuine Jew/Christian
must learn only from the True Prophet as to the correct meaning of the
scriptures and the revelation of the Word. “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”.
These
words -- i.e., that you not only can, but you MUST learn the things of God from
Him alone, or from one of his genuine disciples -- are as true today as when
Peter originally spoke them to Clement in the first century. They are based
upon the New Covenant teaching that Yeshau/Jesus came to teach the Truth, and
this Truth cannot be altered or defiled by either an impostor church, or the
doctrines of men. Therefore, built into the essence of the Word is a means by
which the truly faithful disciple throughout any and every age in the history of
man is able to learn the Truth directly from the Lord Himself. What this
further means is that even during that timeframe when the church was plundered
into the very depths of darkness and despair, the truly faithful followers of
the Light were taught the truth directly from the One Source of all Truth.
The
problem is that the modern believer has become so accustomed to listening to the
preaching and doctrines of other men, that they have permitted themselves to
become totally alienated from the very essence of New Covenant teachings. We
have therefore been so estranged from the Word that Yeshua/Jesus taught, that
few Jews or Christians today can even envision the core teaching of the New
Testament scriptures -- i.e., that only what has been revealed to you by the
Lord Himself via your own spiritual nature is a valid Truth that you are to
embrace.
When the Spiritual Christians who were portrayed as
Gnostic heretics said that there existed a body of esoteric knowledge that could
not be received by those who remained immature and carnal in their thinking and
understanding -- immature faith-based believers who portrayed themselves as
Orthodox Christians -- the Spiritual Christians were merely confirming the above
words of Paul. And that fallen segment of the Church which called itself
Orthodox -- a body of believers who were bound and shackled by manmade dogma
that spiritually disenfranchised them from gaining entrance into the Inner
Kingdom and learning directly from the
One Teacher
that Jesus said to seek out -- were in fact the sectarian heretics who Paul
commanded to reject as being turned out of TheWay. And in the Middle Ages
when the Church promoted every conceivable brand of evil and superstition, those
who rejected the abandonment of reason and intellect on the part of the Church
during the Age of Enlightenment, called themselves Deists. When Martin Luther
could not support his dogma of irrationality, he condemned and rejected the
God-Given Gift of Reason that sets man apart from the beasts of the earth --
i.e., “Reason”, writes Luther,
“is the greatest enemy that faith has; it never comes to
the aid of spiritual things, but - more frequently than not - struggles against
the divine Word, treating with contempt all that emanates from God”
(Quoted in: The Great Thoughts; compiled by George Seldes). Yet, those who
rejected the superstition and the dogmatic folly of the Church, came to
understand the Laws that separated and alienated carnal man from God -- and it
is this Source and
One Teacher
that the Gospel taught to seek out, that revealed to the Enlightened Deists
the Great Truths that Paul portrayed as inconceivable to the minds of the
faith-based Christians.
The above Spiritual Reality that the Orthodox
Congregation of Christians could never come to terms with, is in every way
embodied in the statement of the Apostle Peter as quoted in the Homilies of his
disciple Clement where he warns about manmade dogmatic interpretations of the
written letter of the scriptures:
"...therefore great care is to be taken, that when the law of God is read, it be
not read according to the understanding of our own mind. For there are many
sayings in the divine Scriptures which can be drawn to that sense which every
one has preconceived for himself; and this ought not to be done. For you ought
not to seek a foreign and extraneous sense, which you have brought from
without". (see
The Spiritual Disenfranchisement Of The Mind). And in the same way that
present-day Christianity is a religion of innumerable teachers and almost
countless sects and factions, the reality of these words are totally
incomprehensible to the modern Church. Yet, these words are not only
representative of the very core foundation of the Gospel teachings, but they are
representative of the original objectives of the New Covenant.
In making reference to The True
Prophet who Jesus portrayed as the One Teacher, Peter warns that:
"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”. If we
ask the question: What is being said to the believer who desires to be faithful
to the Gospel Teachings? In the same way that the believer is commanded to
seek out and learn ONLY from the
One Teacher,
and the commandment that
"...when the law of God (scriptures) is read, it be not read according to the
understanding of our own mind" -- it is being stated that there
is only One Source of Truth -- and that the organic thinking, understanding and
wisdom of man will misguide the seeker. By design, human reasoning is
embryonic, fragmented and greatly limited -- and is therefore incapable of
understanding the true meaning of the scriptures -- i.e.,
"...therefore great care is to be
taken, that when the law of God is read, it be not read according to the
understanding of our own mind." And neither should you listen
to other men's gravely flawed interpretations of the scriptures -- i.e.,
"...For you ought not to seek a
foreign and extraneous sense, which you have brought from without".
Jesus taught that there is only one Source of Truth, and the disciple/seeker
must learn directly from that
One Teacher.
And thus, these words which are representative of the core Gospel teachings, are
inconceivable to the modern faith-based believer who is divided and
disenfranchised from the very essence and objectives of the Gospel teachings --
overwhelmed and anchored to a carnal mindset that Jesus portrayed as dwelling in
the "outer darkness" of mind and being (see
Outer Darkness) --
spiritually disenfranchised by innumerable manmade opinions, factions and sects
which totally alienate the believer from the Truth and the Kingdom.
Inconsistencies Purposely Written Into The
Scriptures: In addition to the foregoing where the fact is explored
wherein it is demonstrated that the scriptures are not historically/literally
true and accurate, an important point that believers ignore and critics of the
scriptures fail to acknowledge to their own demise, is the words of Origen that
inconsistencies were purposely written in to the text of the scriptures to
inhibit them from being read literally. While this fact is explored
more thoroughly in Part
III of the Secret Doctrine of Christianity, simple examples can easily be
presented.
In order to force the
reader to stop, and contemplate the inner spiritual message, a conflicting
account is purposely entered into the scriptures: Acts 9:7 reads:
“And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless,
hearing a voice, but seeing no man”. Yet, in Acts 22:9
the narrative reads: “And they that were with me saw
indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that
spake to me”. It means absolutely nothing for the modern
reader to believe that Saul was converted on the road to Damascus -- there is no
spiritual edification or uplifting when we relate this knowledge to an
historical event at the beginning of our Common Era. But what is
conveyed spiritually is of great value to the disciple in search of the Light --
and must bring about a change of mind in his quest to open the door to the
Kingdom. Thus the disciple begins to see his own transformation from the
death of Stephen as spirit became clothed with flesh, to Saul -- from a Jew to
Paul -- from Paul the little one, whose blindness was healed by Ananias -- the
gift from God.
The many points at
which the scriptures conflict in order to force the reader to look for the inner
meaning is so numerous, that an entire book could be written in their
compilation. Acts 7:14 has 75 persons coming with Jacob into Egypt
-- Gen 46:27; Ex 1:5; Deut 10:22 state there were 70. Acts 7:16-17 has Jacob
buried in Shechem -- Gen 49:28-30; 50:13 buried in Mamre which is Hebron
according to Gen 23:19. If the Holy Spirit wrote both sets of scriptures, there
should have been uniformity between them. Moreover, if the New
Testament authors were attempting to convince others that they knew what they
were speaking about from a literal sense, they would have been very careful to
get the facts correct.
Perhaps one of the
finest examples of the organic mind's attempt to explain away from a purely
physical/carnal perspective what it should be investigating, is demonstrated in
the genealogies of Jesus. The fact that the genealogy presented in Luke is not
the same as that in Matthew, has long been the source of many dogmatic theories.
But the fact that the genealogy in Matthew contains four women, and three
foreigners, should immediately send up a red flag warning that these genealogies
cannot -- and never were intended -- to be read literally.
Two of the women were
strangers to the commonwealth of Israel, Rachab a Canaanitess, and a harlot
besides, and Ruth the Moabitess. In the pedigree of the kings of Judah,
between Joram and Ozias (v. 8), there are three left out, namely, Ahaziah, Joash,
and Amaziah -- and therefore Joram could not have begat Ozias. When
it is said (v. 12) that Jechonias begat Salathiel, that Jechonias was the son of
that Jehoiakim who was carried into Babylon, the scriptures tell us that
Jechonias was childless (Jer. 22:30), and in direct contradiction to what is
written in Matthew, it is written that “No man of his
seed shall prosper”.
In order to insure
that the genealogies cannot be read literally, it is further stated in Matthew:
“Thus there were fourteen generations in all from
Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from
the exile to the Christ” (Matt 1:17 NIV). With regard to
the many problems presented in the genealogies, the Adam Clark Commentary
writes:
[Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away
to Babylon:] There are three considerable difficulties in this verse.
1. Josias was not the father of Jechonias; he was only
the grandfather of that prince: (1 Chr. 3:14-16)
2. Jechonias had no brethren; at least, none are on
record.
3. Josias died 20 years before the Babylonian captivity
took place, and therefore Jechonias and his brethren could not have been
begotten about the time they were carried away to Babylon.
To this may be added a fourth difficulty, namely, there are only thirteen in
this 2nd class of generations; or forty-one, instead of forty-two, in the whole
When we closely examine the literal word of the Bible, all of the scriptures
could be deciphered in this same manner to demonstrate the inconsistencies from
an historical perspective. Moreover, the problem would be even more
serious than it is at present if the Bible had not been severely corrupted (see
Bible Corruption) and the
text had been left in its original condition. In many instances,
where these many places that appear to be contradictions were detected, they
were fixed by later scribes who copied the scriptures. Why?
In their ignorance of the very manner that scripture is composed, every time
they fixed a contradiction or offending verse, they defiled and obstructed the
very purpose of the Word of God. In the case of the difference
between the genealogies of Matthew and Luke, there are Greek texts that exist
where the genealogy of Luke was replaced by the one in Matthew in the endeavor
to conceal this easily detected flaw in the written word.
Where the carnal believer sees a genealogy that would be impossible to be read
literally, it never dawns on the readers that what we have is the pedigree of
the three minds of man -- physical, mental, and spiritual -- and that in the
formation of the series of numbers in the pattern of fourteen, fourteen and
fourteen, what is being indicated has great spiritual significance.
Moreover, the fact that there is forty-one, instead of forty-two, is also
important in our quest to understanding the spiritual meaning of what is being
conveyed with regard to what Jesus had yet to accomplish in his endeavor to
become the first Son re-born into the Kingdom.
Does all these things mean that the scriptures are untrue? In the
words of Paul: God forbid! It is us who is not real and untrue; not the
scriptures. In understanding why the Bible is written in this manner, we must
not allow ourselves to be burdened by carnal thinking, and lose sight of what
sets scriptures apart from any other writings known to man.
“The chief object of the Holy Spirit”, writes Origen,
“is to preserve the coherence of the spiritual meaning, either in those things
which ought to be done or which have been already performed, if He anywhere
finds that those events which, according to the history, took place, can be
adapted to a spiritual meaning, He composed a texture of both kinds in one style
of narration, always concealing the hidden meaning more deeply; but where the
historical narrative could not be made appropriate to the spiritual coherence of
the occurrences, He inserted sometimes certain things which either did not take
place or could not take place; sometimes also what might happen, but what did
not: and He does this at one time in a few words, which, taken in their 'bodily'
meaning, seem incapable of containing truth, and at another by the insertion of
many. And this we find frequently to be the case in the legislative portions,
where there are many things manifestly useful among the 'bodily' precepts, but a
very great number also in which no principle of utility is at all discernible,
and sometimes even things which are judged to be impossibilities. Now all this,
as we have remarked, was done by the Holy Spirit in order that, seeing those
events which lie on the surface can be neither true nor useful, we may be led to
the investigation of that truth which is more deeply concealed, and to the
ascertaining of a meaning worthy of God in those Scriptures which we believe to
be inspired by Him”.
Origen writes that we must come to the realization that
“those events which lie on the surface can be neither true nor useful”.
In opposition to this statement we ask: Isn't the belief in the historical Jesus
useful? The answer is yes, but only to the degree that the historical
narrative assists the disciple in manifesting the Living Christ in their life at
the present time. What does the name Jesus mean? What
must we do in order to bring about that state of mind which is portrayed in the
scriptures in the life of the historical Jesus, into our present life?
What is important is that we “be led to the
investigation of that truth which is more deeply concealed”.
Since we know that everything we can learn from others in this world is of a
preparatory nature, and the one true doctrine that will nourish us, can only be
revealed from within, and only to those who are in “the
house” (see
In The House -
Taught In Parables), and are deserving to be taught privately the Mysteries
of the Kingdom, we must therefore seek to enter into the house with our Lord and
Savior -- i.e., The
True
Prophet. It is
important that we perceive that whatever is written literally in the historical
narrative is the exoteric doctrine -- or good news -- that serves as merely the
invitation to the masses to enter the mystical house of the Lord where the
Secrets of Creation can be revealed to us.
Religious And Intellectual Folly: Because
they have thrown away the Key of Knowledge, modern believers, supposed experts
and authorities, as well as the whole host of critics, remain absolutely
clueless as to the true meaning and purpose of the scriptures that they either
blindly embrace, or blindly reject and condemn. And if we ask: It
this important? If you believe Jesus, he portrayed the use of
the Key of Knowledge as being ultra-important in order to fulfill the higher
objectives of Life. Further, while the Pharisees were portrayed as
having the possession of the Key of Knowledge in the embodiment of the
scriptures and the Law, Jesus portrayed them as heretics and blind guides
because they threw the Key of Knowledge away in their carnal interpretations and
ritual observance of the Law -- a Law which Jesus stated will remain in effect.
What this means is that anyone who attempts to tell you that
(1)
the scriptures portray an historical account of events in man's past -- or, any
pseudo-intellectual who attempts to tell you that the scriptures are
(2)
little more than myths and superstition that are irrelevant in our modern more
enlightened culture -- or, anyone who attempts to
(3) base their (blind)
faith, beliefs and/or philosophy on the written text of the scriptures which
Paul portrayed as the "letter that killeth"
(2 Cor 3:6) and
"Jewish fables" (Tit 1:14) -- dwells under the power of
illusion, delusion and very limited vision -- and their immature thinking is
controlled by what is portrayed as the consciousness (god) of this world.
How can this be? You may ask? While it may be difficult to
even imagine a fetus having thought, it can be envisioned that whatever thoughts
a fetus does have, is totally controlled by the environment of the womb of the
fetus' mother. In many ways it is just as difficult to imagine the
reality of birth being the passing from a physical womb to that of a mental womb
-- and in many ways, when man and woman are born into this world, on a mental
level they are very much what can be portrayed as a
Cosmic
Ovum And Sperm. And this is why Jesus spoke of the
necessity of bringing about the next stage of birth. But just as
important is the fact that your presence in this womb-like world is
representative of an environment that totally controls your thinking.
And that you are presently dwelling in a mental-womb at the level of an immature
mind that needs to be evolved and matured, is why the objectives of the Original
teachings of Jesus which were known as TheWay, have very little in common with
the (blind) faith-based religion known today as Christianity.
An important insight
into the very essence, purpose and higher spiritual objectives of the original
teachings of TheWay 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”. What
is expressed in these words is of the utmost importance. Why? Because the
original teachings of Jesus was not the blind faith and belief in a prophet or
god-man -- but rather, the means to transform all Christian disciples of TheWay
into prophets and mystics as demonstrated in the words:
"...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”.
But, we must then pose the question: Just what is a
"...religion of the spirit"?
Like an astronaut who travels beyond the limits of
the earth's atmosphere into outer space, a spiritual religion prepares the
seeker/disciple to transcend the barrier of this physical world, and enter into
what the biblical authors portrayed as the Kingdom of God which Jesus taught was
within us. But to accomplish this spiritual transcendence, you had to first
prepare the physical body to make it an environment that would permit
"...the heightening and enlargement of human
consciousness” to be brought about -- and this requires
a great amount of effort and preparation. And in the same way that
charlatans peddle get-rich schemes which rob the people of their wealth and
prosperity, wolves in sheep's attire peddled short-cut schemes -- and it was
these counterfeit shepherds who seduced the naive into handing over their money
and support so they could live lucratively off the collection plate. The
spiritual Christians who followed in TheWay and prepared themselves to transcend
the natural physical limitations of the body, possessed the Divine Knowledge of
the Kingdom which they had succeeded in entering. And the Spiritual Christians
were opposed by those who portrayed themselves as Orthodox -- who more often
than not were charlatans who for the sake of mammon and the political power of
this world, ardently opposed the Spiritual Christians because they represented a
direct threat to their base of money and political power.
The original purpose of the
scriptures was to prepare the thinking of the seeker/disciple to begin to
understand the very Forces and Laws that are functioning and controlling his own
mind and being, and then to apply this knowledge to bring about the necessary
"...heightening and
enlargement of human consciousness”
that would enable them to prevail, and bring about their next stage of birth in
the Kingdom. Holographically, from the perspective of
this world being a mental-womb that is designed to evolve the seeker/disciple to
the next level of development, it is these same Forces and Laws that are
functioning and controlling the outer world of nature which have been imbued
with thoughts and aspects of mind impressed into the allegorical forms and
symbols that man observes -- and it is therefore impossible to know ANYTHING,
without first coming to understand the true meaning of the Forces and Laws that
are presented in an organized fashion to the mind of man in the scriptures.
What this means is that ANYONE who is put forth as a teacher or enlightened wise
man either by themselves, an institution, organization, religion or government,
and does not know that the true meaning of the scriptures as an esoteric
portrayal of the the Forces and Laws that are dynamically working and
functioning within your own mind and being, is a fraud and pseudo-teacher.
Further, there is absolutely nothing that is taught by the wisest professors in
our universities -- or contained in the greatest of libraries known to man -- or
revealed by man's most enlightened religious sages or doctors of philosophy --
that can in any measure replace the esoteric knowledge of the Cosmology of Mind
and the Forces and Laws working therein -- that can in any manner superseded the
foundation of esoteric knowledge that lies preserved and concealed within the
allegorical text of the scriptures. To the degree that our wisest of
university professors and teachers would be shocked, if they could see and
experience the higher reality of mind that is attainable, by embracing the
esoteric knowledge lying hidden just beneath the surface of the scriptures.
But more importantly is the fact that the same CODE that was used in the
composition of the scriptures, is the same CODE which was used by the God of
Nature which has been painted on the canvass of the universe in the outer world
-- and the deciphering of this CODE was portrayed by Jesus as the proper
application of the Key of Knowledge which unlocks the meaning of both the
scriptures, and the higher reality and meaning of life itself -- and even more
importantly, it is this CODE that unlocks the Cosmology of one's own mind and
being that enables them to prevail over the Forces and Laws which enables and
animates the very person they are in this world. And the
scriptures utilize what can best be portrayed as Universal Symbols which when
used in the proper mental-environment, have the ability to act as a catalyst
which connects the outer mind with the inner reality of self that is not
manifest in this world.
Therefore, the modern
Christian world has been spiritually disenfranchised by their own Churches --
and they would better understand where and how to apply the Key of Knowledge if
the statement on the coming of the Kingdom (Second Coming) which is preserved in
the Epistle of Clement (disciple of Peter) where it states with respect to how
and when Jesus taught the Kingdom would come -- which preserved quotation is
explored in the subheading entitled
The Tree Of Life
- Star Of David -- where it reads:
“Let us expect, therefore, hour by hour, the kingdom of
God in love and righteousness, since we know not the day of the appearing of
God. For the Lord Himself, being asked by one when His kingdom would come,
replied, 'When two shall be one, that which is without as that which is within,
and the male with the female, neither male nor female’”.
But even more revealing is the version of this teaching that is preserved in the
Gospel Of The Nazirenes where it
reads: And one
of the disciples asked him, "How shall a man enter into the Kingdom?" And he
answered and said, "If you don't make below as the above, and the left as the
right, and the behind as the before, entering into the center and passing into
the spirit, you will not enter into the kingdom of God."
Thus, if the Gospels had not been severely corrupted in the attempt by those who
called themselves Orthodox to spiritually castrate the scriptures, then the
modern congregation of believers would be better able to discern where the Key
of Knowledge must be used.
Is The Gospel Copied From Another Religious
Source? It has been noted and pointed out by Atheists and critics of the
Bible that on the surface -- and because of the similarities -- it would appear
that the authors of the scriptures copied the Gospel accounts from other
religions. Quoting one such source: "The
Jesus of the Gospels bears a striking resemblance to other ancient heroes and
the figureheads of pagan savior cults" (see
The God Who
Wasn't There). The web site the
Pagan Origins of the
Christ Myth, this question is posed: Did
Christianity borrow ideas from other religions? And the
answer provided to the reader: Our Christianity doesn't
come from Jesus and a big bang. It comes from the accumulation of legends and
theologies by people who believed in Jesus. The origin of those ideas wasn't
Jesus. The origin was the myths, legends, philosophies, prejudices, literature,
superstitions, and primitive cosmology of ancient western culture. Christianity
was a product of its time and place.
In the CNN Blog article
named
The Jesus Debate: Man Vs Myth, we can observe the above ignorance with
respect to the true nature and reality of the scriptures taken to new heights.
(quoting)
Timothy Freke was flipping through an old academic book when he came across a
religious image that some would call obscene. It was a drawing of a
third-century amulet depicting a naked man nailed to a cross. The man was born
of a virgin, preached about being “born again” and had risen from the dead after
crucifixion, Freke says. But the name on the amulet wasn’t Jesus. It was a
pseudonym for Osiris-Dionysus, a pagan god in ancient Mediterranean culture.
Freke says the amulet was evidence of something that sounds like sacrilege – and
some would say it is: that Jesus never existed. He was a myth created by
first-century Jews who modeled him after other dying and resurrected pagan gods,
says Freke, author of "The Jesus Mysteries: Was the ‘Original Jesus’ a Pagan
God?" In the first place neither Timothy
Freke, the scholars in support of the New Testament, as well as the scholars and
critics against the validity of the Gospel accounts, comprehend the difference
between Myth and Allegory!!! And if any of these authors -- i.e.,
believer, pseudo-gnostic philosopher, scholar or critic, possessed any higher perception and understanding
of his own Cosmology of Mind that was referenced by the ancients in the words:
Know Thyself -- then each of them would immediately reject their own words as utter
ignorance.
What the Atheists and critics have
never considered is this: The fact that what is presented is in the
scriptures is not at all an historical account (see
An Inconvenient Truth)
-- but rather, what is presented is a series of Universal
Allegorical Symbols of Laws, Natural Forces and Higher Consciousness that is totally
relevant to every person who has ever walked upon the face of the earth.
What this means is that such allegorical symbols as the
Virgin Birth,
the
Twelve Disciples, the symbol of
Joseph
that is not at all understood, the crucifixion, and even the name Jesus, all
portray realities and conditions of mind that are as universal to the Ebionite
Nazirene authors of the Gospels, as these universal allegorical symbols are to
all the people's of the earth -- even those who live on a remote island.
As a mystic begins to comprehend the reality of what is portrayed as the
Illusions of Plato's Cave --
and he begins to discover that what is portrayed as illusions, are in fact
allusions -- and all the forms of nature are imbued with aspects of mind
impressed into the forms that man sees and interacts with on a physical level --
only then can such a mystic begin to evolve to the degree that they fulfill the
statement in the Gospel of
Thomas: (5) Jesus
said, "Recognize what is in your sight, and that which is hidden from you will
become plain to you . For there is nothing hidden which will not become
manifest." The
fact that this world is very much a mental-womb (see
The Womb
Of Mother-Earth) -- and what man observes in the outer world are aspects of
mind projected into the forms of nature that when rightly understood, have the
power to nourish him in the Gospel objective of bringing about the
Heightening And Expansion Of Mind -- culminating in the initiation of the
next stage of soul-birth where the person you are in this world as an
Embryonic Image
Of Your Higher Soul-Self (see also
The
Reality Of The Soul), is then able to be nourished by the higher impressions
of the soul which act as food for the mind, in conjunction with the Universal
Laws and Forces of Consciousness acting within the Cosmology of Mind which has
been preserved in the esoteric base of knowledge concealed within the
allegorical scriptures (see
An Inconvenient Truth)
-- as the seeker/disciple brings about that condition of mind portrayed in the
name Jesus (Yeshua/Joshua), as the prodigal son/daughter is reborn in the Edenic
Kingdom of Origination (see
http://GateOfEden.com ).
What believers, critics and
pseudo-intellectuals all fail to understand is the reality that man does not
make up the allegorical symbols that are used in the scriptures -- but rather,
he interprets from a higher state of mind what already exists. In
the analogy of Plato's Cave,
the forms and images that are danced upon the wall of the Cave that those
imprisoned erroneously believe is real, are created by objects of a higher
reality that are real. And this is why the
Gospel of Thomas declares
the necessity to
"Recognize what is in your sight, and that which is hidden from you will become
plain to you..." The
fact that EVERYTHING that you observe in Nature is aspects of mind allegorically
impressed into the forms that organic man observes with his very limited
physical senses -- and the meaning of these allegorical symbols are the
expression of Divine Providence -- the authors of the scriptures merely used
what is called the "language of the soul" to compose the scriptures in a
language that already exists and is Universally Comprehended by the higher
soul-self of each person that is not manifest in the physical body (see
Man As An
Embryonic Image Of Your Higher Soul-Self ). That the symbolism
themselves in their original scriptural native environment has the power to act
as a catalyst that connects the seeker/disciples mind with what these symbols
represent within the Mind of the Soul-Self -- and that as a catalyst, the
allegorical scriptures composed in the language of the soul has the potential to
bring about the
Heightening And Expansion Of Mind -- is a reality that those who reject the
scriptures as mere myth, do not at all understand.
In retrospect, would we suggest that European medical science has copied
American medical science because they have concluded that man has two kidneys,
two lungs, two sides of a heart, brain, etc.? Or would we say
that each is a witness to truths that are self-evident? And while
the community of believers remain in denial -- even suggesting that the Devil
moved these other religions to imitate what would come to be called Christianity
in order to discredit the Church -- both the believers and the critics remain
ignorant of the essence of the truth and facts to the matter -- i.e., that
because the Laws have imbued Nature with these Universal Symbols that are
themselves allegorical forms of mind impressed into matter, what the believer is
in denial of, and the Atheist and critic construes as copying, is merely the
common interpretation that is an integral part of these Universal Symbols.
And once again in the manner of anatomy and the movement of the heavenly bodies,
this higher reality that believer and critic alike remains under that cloud of
self-imposed ignorance, is very much in fact self-evident to the spiritually
mature mind of the seeker/disciple.
On the
Religious Tolerance web site the following is stated with respect to the
Parallels Between
Jesus and Krishna:
Krishna is the second person of the Hindu Trinity.
He is considered to be one of the incarnations of the God Vishnu. Some Hindus
believe that he lived on Earth during perhaps the 2nd or
3rd century BCE.
However, "Traditional belief based on scriptural details and astrological
calculations gives Krishna's birth" year as 3228 BCE. 12
Yeshua of Nazareth is generally regarded as having been born in Palestine circa
4 to 7 BCE.
Thus, if there
are many points of similarities between these two individuals, most skeptics and
some religious liberals would accept that elements of Krishna's life were
incorporated into the legends associated with Jesus rather than vice-versa.
Other reasons for the similarities between Jesus
and Krishna's life stories on Earth have been suggested which are more
acceptable to conservative Christians who believe in the inerrancy
of the Bible, in the inspiration
of the Bible's authors by God, and in the belief that Jesus is God's only
son and the world's only savior:
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Legends of Krishna's life are lies which Satan created to discredit
Christianity in advance of Jesus' birth. |
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The similarities in the two lives are simple coincidences. |
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Krishna's life was a type of prophecy foretelling the arrival of the
Christian Messiah. |
The author's gravest mistakes which when properly
understood reveal his ignorance is his portrayal of these accounts as myths and
legends -- suggesting from one perspective that they were copied from one
religious source into the other -- and on the opposite side of the paradox of
ignorance, the perspective that what is presented in the Gospels is an
historical account. But even more revealing on the same web site is
the parallels between Horus and Jesus where it is written:
Overview:
Some skeptics have suggested that there was, in ancient times, a shared supply
of religious myths spread throughout much of the Mediterranean area, the Middle
East and beyond. They suggest that ancient and modern religions have adopted
material from this common source of stories about heroes, saviors and god-men.
One of the more controversial theories -- sometimes called the "copycat thesis"
-- suggests that many of the miracles, other life events, and beliefs about the
supernatural status of Horus, an ancient Egyptian God, were incorporated into
stories about Jesus as recorded in Gospels and other books in the Christian
Scriptures (New Testament).
The copycat thesis is strongly rejected by the vast majority of Christians but
accepted by many skeptics.
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Most conservative Christians look upon the
Bible as a "top-down" document: one revealed by God to humans. Since
fraud, deceit, and lying are not attributes normally associated with
God, they believe that the Bible -- as God's Word -- is truthful
and accurate.
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Many skeptics view the Bible as a
"bottom-up" document: one written by human authors to promote their
religious and spiritual beliefs. Such authors are quite capable of
adopting religious concepts of other cultures and incorporating them
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On this topic, we are faced with a stalemate. Skeptical commentators claim that
there are many parallels between the lives of Horus and Jesus; Christian
commentators tend to deny the existence of most or all of them.
Some skeptics may lose objectivity because they are motivated by a desire to
weaken the claims of Christianity; Christians may lose objectivity because they
don't want to admit that there such parallels could exist and throw doubt on the
accuracy of the Bible. We have not yet found an objective, reliable source.
Once again we can observe the prevailing ignorance of
both sides of the paradoxical error. When you enter what I portray
as the Realm of Souls where we exist in our true reality as a Being of Light
(see SoulSelf.org),
there is no language -- and all language is through universal thought
transference that is impressed into the mind of the hearer. And since the
scriptures deal exclusively with the allegorical patterns of mind of both the
self, and the common language with which all of nature is written in by its
Author, there exists a commonality across the spectrum of all of man's languages
which represent the Divine Pattern of Mind and Being. From the perspective
of the scriptures, there was no man named either Krishna or Jesus -- and what
these names are referencing is Conditions of Mind. Of course Krishna had
twelve disciples -- as well as all the other similarities that exist between the
accounts -- because these accounts are representative of the blueprint of the
seekers own Mind and Being -- allegorically portraying the Forces and Laws of
Consciousness that every soul that has ever walked the face of the earth must
prevail over and overcome.
The Miracles: The question becomes: How do
you begin to enable those who the Apostle Paul portrayed as being of a
"natural" organic condition of mind who are
yet carnal and incapable of comprehending the higher reality of the soul and
man's spiritual nature, to begin to comprehend what is inconceivable to their
thinking? In our own time-frame this has been somewhat alleviated
through a steady diet of Science Fiction, Near Death and Out of Body Accounts,
reincarnational age regression, medium and the investigation into the paranormal
that has served to open the minds to realities beyond physical three-dimensional
limitations. Paul himself makes reference to a journey out of
the body and into the non-physical heavenly realms of which he states:
"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).
Which account of Paul parallels those of the Near Death Experiences (see
NDE) --
or the indisputable account of neurosurgeon, Dr. Eben
Alexander III, in his book
Proof Of Heaven.
If
the witness of the biblical authors is true with respect to their assertion that
man's higher soul and spiritual reality is incomprehensible to his
"natural" organic condition of mind?
If the witness of mystics and spiritual visionaries is true that there exists a
higher reality beyond the limits of his physical senses that he cannot perceive
with his normal vision? The reality which he cannot comprehend with
his organic human consciousness? Then we must pose the question:
What is the solution to his dilemma? If he is to begin to gain
access into this higher soul and spiritual reality, and to overcome the limits
imposed upon him by the body-vessel, it will become necessary to confront the
seeker to somehow begin to make him open his mind to think outside the
proverbial box. In the analogy of
Plato's Cave mankind is
portrayed as prisoners who are dwelling in a world of illusions -- with those
who escape the Cave and return, being portrayed as madmen when they attempt to
convey to others the world of higher reality that exists beyond the borders
outside the Cave.
If the foregoing is true with respect to the true
meaning of the scriptures -- which is to preserve and protect the esoteric
knowledge of the Laws, the Forces, and the Cosmology of Mind that must be
understood and utilized in the seeker/disciple's struggle to bring about the
next stage of soul-birth? Then what is the purpose and application
of the miracles? With the proper application of the Key of Knowledge
and the turning of the scriptures within one's own mind and being, the miracles
would take on a totally different applicational perspective than what is
generally understood. In fact, what would be portrayed, must
be understood as inner transformational healings that are an integral part of
the process that brings about Wholeness within one's mind and being.
When properly understood, the miracles are important
and they serve a number of purposes -- i.e.,
(1) they convey the
process of healing and wholeness that must be brought about in the mind of the
seeker; (2)
because they portray the supernatural, the carnal religious leaders usually
leave them uncorrupted, thereby safeguarding the esoteric knowledge lying
beneath the text of the written allegorical account;
(3) they stimulate the
thinking of the reader to open the mind to concepts of reality beyond the
physical limitations;
(4) they induce the body
of entry-level believers to embrace the spiritual message of the teachings.
If the warning of the biblical authors is true --
that man's higher soul and spiritual reality is incomprehensible to what Paul
portrays as man in his "natural" organic
condition of mind -- then one of the primary objectives of the scriptures as a
text-book to bring about the seekers "expansion
and heightening of mind and consciousness", is to open the mind of the
seeker to begin the process of embracing what the literal mind of man would
portray as the supernatural. In the words of Albert Einstein:
"I believe in intuition and inspiration. …At times I
feel certain I am right while not knowing the reason. When the eclipse of 1919
confirmed my intuition, I was not in the least surprised. In fact I would have
been astonished had it turned out otherwise.
Imagination is more important than knowledge. For
knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating
progress, giving birth to evolution. It is, strictly speaking, a real factor in
scientific research" (Cosmic Religion : With Other Opinions and
Aphorisms (1931) by Albert Einstein [see
Quotations]).
If we pose the question why? Why is
"...Imagination is more important than knowledge?"
Why is it impossible for the immature mind of organic
"natural" man to comprehend his own higher soul-reality? Once
understood, the answer is very simple -- i.e., the physical body only supports a
three-dimensional reality of mind and being -- and therefore, the Natural Laws
of this world only support those aspects of self that correspond to the needs
and requirements of the earth vibrational frequencies. In contradistinction,
the soul or higher soul-self of man that does not incarnate into the
body-vessel, dwells in a realm of a great many dimensions and realities that do
not correspond to the three-dimensional and frequency limitations of the body --
thereby, inhibiting the soul or true self from fully incarnating into the
body-vessel unless a conscious effort is made on the part of the person to bring
about a state of higher maturity -- by expanding the mind beyond organic human
limitations which Paul portrays in the above as the
"natural man". In the same (above) writing Einstein
reasons: "I see a clock, but I cannot envision the
clockmaker. The human mind is unable to conceive of the four dimensions, so how
can it conceive of a God, before whom a thousand years and a thousand dimensions
are as one?" (Cosmic Religion : With Other Opinions and Aphorisms
(1931) by Albert Einstein [see
Quotations]).
And once again Einstein is correct in his assertion that man's higher soul and
spiritual reality simply can't manifest in the very limited three-dimensions of
the physical body and "natural" mind.
Which means that to even commence the process of
"...stimulating progress, giving birth to [mental and spiritual] evolution",
the process must begin by causing the seeker to think our of the proverbial box
that severely limits the vast majority of carnal men.
When the pre-Nicene Church was presented with the
fact that while they taught the more advanced spiritual core of Christians what
was portrayed as the "minor mysteries" which
included the teachings on the pre-existent soul that evolves to perfection over
the course of many lifetimes (see
The Secret System)
-- while teaching the congregation of faith-based believers the physical
resurrection of the body -- the official reply and explanation of the Church was
that the belief in the physical resurrection was
“preached in the Churches… for the simpleminded and for the ears of the common
crowd who are led on to live better lives by their belief”.
Moreover -- and of equal importance -- is the fact that the belief in the
miracle of the resurrection caused the faith-based believer to think out of the
proverbial box, and to begin to embrace the reality of the supernatural
expression of the soul which exists in a multitude of dimensions beyond the
limitations of this three-dimensional world. And while the linear
spheres of mind are virtually blind to these other dimensions of mind and being
that are not supported by the physical body, the intuitive spheres when sparked
by imagination, is able to begin to embrace this higher reality that the Apostle
Paul portrays as inconceivable to the mind of "natural"
organic man.
One of the most theologically debated events
portrayed in the Gospels is the healing of the man who was
"blind from birth". Quoting from
The
Biblical Foundational Mindset:
"Now as Jesus passed by, He saw a
man who was blind from birth. And His disciples asked Him, saying, 'Rabbi, who
sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?'" (John
9:1-2 NKJ). Thus, we must
first ask: What Christian today would pose the forgoing question? Not a single
one would. Why? Because modern Christians have been totally alienated from
the biblical foundational mindset, by the very doctrines adopted while the
Church was ruled over by Pagan Rome. Thus, we must pose the question: What
prompted the disciples of Jesus to even ask such a question? Turning to the
historian, this ultra important element to the equation of life is made
reference to by Edward Gibbon in the footnote regarding the question of the
disciples at John 9:2: "The
disciples of Jesus were persuaded that a man might have sinned before he was
born, (John, ix. 2,) and the Pharisees held the transmigration [reincarnation]
of virtuous souls, (Joseph. de Bell. Judaico, l. ii. c. 7;) and a modern Rabbi
is modestly assured, that Hermes, Pythagoras, Plato, etc., derived their
metaphysics from his illustrious countrymen"
(Gibbon; Decline & Fall) -- metaphysics that embraced the concept of the
pre-existence and transmigration of the soul.
Again, let me pose the question as to
what this statement means to us from a modern-day perspective? It means that
the mindset and doctrinal thinking of the modern believer is so alienated from
the original biblical foundational mindset and thinking, that the modern
believer has been rendered spiritually sterile. The original mindset and
thinking with respect to the events of life from the perception of the disciples
is explored in the Wycliffe Commentary where it is written:
"The question of the disciples (v. 2)
was grounded in the belief that bodily infirmity or suffering was due to sin,
whether of parents (Exo 20:5) or of the man himself, presumably on the basis of
the soul’s pre-existence, which some Jews held".
Thus we must ask: Is this some
Jewish fable that the disciples of Christ conjured up themselves? Or is this
belief a foundational element of the Gospel that Jesus taught to them? Once
properly understood the position of the disciples is founded upon the construct
of Jesus' statement to the person he healed and made whole:
"...sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee"
(John 5:14 KJV). And what this means is that those who sin -- especially
after coming to the knowledge of the Gospel message -- inherit a fate even worse
than before they were healed from their sin. To the degree that Paul warned
the congregation of believers: ,
“Do not be deceived: God
cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows” (Gal 6:7 NIV).
The reality that few Christians can even begin to
come to terms with is the fact that all three possibilities are correct -- i.e.,
(1)
that blindness can result from the sin of previous lives;
(2) the sin of the
parents; (3)
and when the reality of the limiting factor of the three-dimensions of this
world is understood, from a higher soul and spiritual perspective, all of
mankind can be portrayed as being born blind. And it is this last
reality that the Gospel of Thomas proclaims:
(5) Jesus said, "Recognize what is
in your sight, and that which is hidden from you will become plain to you...".
Because the great magnitude of man's higher soul-reality can't manifest in the
three-dimensions of this physical body without the necessary
"expansion and heightening of mind and
consciousness", only those who sincerely
embrace and bring about the next stage of soul-birth by taking upon themselves
the yoke of Christ, are able to overcome the blindness that immerses all of
mankind in what Jesus portrayed as the "outer darkness"
of mind and being (see Outer
Darkness) -- which parallels the analogy of the illusions of
Plato's Cave.
Again, when Jesus taught the people who were
portrayed as being "without" or
"outside" by speaking to them ONLY in
parables -- i.e., "Unto you
is given the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all
things are done in parables: that seeing they may see, and not perceive; and
hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest haply they should turn again,
and it should be forgiven them" (Mark 4:11-12 ASV) -- and the term,
"...lest haply they should turn again", is
stated in reference to the Kingdom that can only be found within, and the
presence of the
One Teacher
therein (see In
The House - Taught In Parables) -- only those who embraced the process that
is able to bring about the next stage of birth which initiates the
necessary "expansion and heightening of mind
and consciousness", are able to escape the three-dimensional box of
"natural" organic human consciousness.
Throughout the history of the Church there have
always been those who have been offended by what has been portrayed as a secret
or esoteric knowledge that the vast majority of faith-based Christians were not
privy to.
Paul warned the baptized believers at Corinth who
he personally taught, that until they undergo the necessary process of spiritual
transformation, that their natural organic mind will be incapable of
understanding the true meaning of the Gospel (see
Mystery), and they will look upon
the Mysteries of God as "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). And he warned these baptized and confirmed Christians of
whom it was said that they had received all the gifts and testimony of the
Gospel of Christ, that their untransformed mind was yet too carnal to comprehend
and begin to grasp the necessary higher realities of soul and spirit -- i.e.,
“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).
Further explaining that what is known as the testimony of Jesus Christ and him
crucified is the "milk" of the Gospel --
meant for entry-level believers who have only begun their journey in TheWay --
i.e., Paul warns: “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). Or, in the words of Origen with
respect to the allegory of the resurrection which was
“preached in the Churches… for the simpleminded and for
the ears of the common crowd who are led on to live better lives by their
belief”.
All the ancient religious systems utilized the belief
in miracles and supernatural events as a means to bring about the necessary
"expansion and heightening of mind and
consciousness" -- without which, it will remain impossible to begin to
break out of the three-dimensions box of carnal limitations.
Moreover, all of the accounts of miracles are fundamentally true from the
perspective of the healing and opening of the mind.
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