The imagery and symbolism in the sermon is almost beyond compare, but the secret to understanding anything in the bible is to continually remind your self that is ALL INNER, so one has to continually look for these inner meanings.
It's quite amazing that the ancients that wrote this stuff had such and in depth understanding of the human mind, probably more so than modern psychiatry and psychology of today.
It boggles the mind as to how they knew so much, and how they came up with all the symbolism, it is nothing short pure genius.
It's an amazing to reach the final conclusion of the entire bible, and that is that the adversary to god is the EGO, that's the whole of the bible story from cover to cover.
How to put the physical second place to the spiritual, just as Cain has to take second place to Abel, and Esau second place to Jacob etc...
Every single individual story in the bible is just a snippet of mythology about the EGO and god killing it, every story without exception.
That's the devil, satan, baal, gehenna, valley of vin hinnom, hell, sheol, the underworld, tarturus, the bottomless pit, the dragon, to name a few, it is this beast called the divine indwelling EGO, it is not the ego until it takes up residence in the physical body, at that very moment when the electron of the pineal gland negotiates with a particle wave (divine spark from out there) that it loses site of it's original cosmic origins, that's being born into sin, the divine spark nesting in the flesh, which is also Jesus.
In the book of revelations god said the following " I call forth my son out of EGYPT"
That's where jesus was crucified "in a place spiritually called sodom and egypt", it means the lower abdomen below the diaphragm, the machine plant of the body, that's Egypt in biblical symbology. That's actually where the conscious and subconscious mind (the indwelling spark) is actually located.
That's the proof that the ego and Jesus are one and the same.
"he has come in the flesh, yet few are they that see it"
Jesus must become christ, abram became abraham, saul became paul, sarai became sarah, jacob became Israel etc...every time someone gets a name change in the bible it means that they received it, they had the renewal of the mind, the "son of man"
It is our job to realize these mysteries and do something about it. Unfortunately religion has come along and through literal dogmatism destroyed the original meaning of these timeless pearls of wisdom, this happened because of the lopsided left brain minds of those in power, they edited out the feminine, so there is no wholeness, only the left, and we always say don't make left turns in life, yet that's what the whole world has been doing since the bottom of the hour, making LEFT turns.
As Krishnamurti said "the whole of this world was built from the lower minds of those in power" he was right all along.
Jesus sits at the right hand of the father.
It is the RIGHT hemisphere of the brain that brings enlightenment, the electromagnetism actually impacts at something called the right asngular gyrus of the brain. And guess what, when you look up the word "right angular gyrus", do you what the dictionary says? AMAZINGLY! It says also see "guru"
That brings a whole new understanding of what and where the guru really is!! It is already within our own brains, yet we keep seeking these outer guru's instead. Just like Christians are focused on the false and corrupt outer literal Jesus, instead of the true indwelling spiritual ego that is Jesus.
When we understand the true spiritual inner meanings of these things it lifts a huge burden off one's mind, we are no longer able to be controlled by religious dogma and fanaticism, we are free from such superstition and ignorance. We are no longer afraid of a literal hell fire, we will leave that to those without understanding. We (those that have understanding) can move forward without fear, without guilt, without any shackles whatsoever.
We will be Jonathan, he knew all along, but we didn't learn, it's obvious that Richard Bach was well read in the gnostic tradition, as well as Buddhas teachings. And he must also understand the higher meaning of the bible.
To those who are ready to receive the knowledge and make the mind-Father connection, this knowledge is worth more than land, more than all earthly treasures, more than bread, more than power, more than all the kingdoms of this world and the glory of such ownership, more than anything.
Reading Jesus' words in John 3:13, "And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven." and reading John 3:31, "He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth." The Chrism is manufactured in the grey matter of the brain, it descends down the spine and during enlightenment, it rises back up the spine.
And reading John 8:47, "He that is of God hearth God's word: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God, but of your father the devil." That is why reading you see not, and listening you hear not, neither can you understand: least at any time you perceive and turn from your father the devil (the soul)."
The soul's burning desire is the flaming sword which turns every which way, leading away our thinking, to keep us from turning upwards to the Father, the Tree of Life.
One connection, the soul-mind connection, is a life of bondage and death; the other connection, the mind-Father (higher consciousness) connection, is an adoption into the Freedom of Life Eternal. We have been placed here for correction. This world is the schoolroom; the soul our taskmaster. If you want to graduate, turn to the higher. If you, or someone else are not ready, then they or you are not ready.
However, as you seek inside yourself, you will hear many voices coming up from the soul. Therefore, take heed to Jesus' words in 1John 4:1 and 5, reading, "Beloved, believe not every voice, but try the voices whether they are of God (the higher MIND) or of The Power of Satan (the lower mind)."
AND THIS IS how you shall know the voice of truth from the voices of Error: the voices not from the higher MIND, they are of this World and therefore speak of things concerning this World. The voice of truth is only concerned with breaking the soul-mind connection, to help you stop sinning (operating from the lower emotional thinking), and in taking you back home to Other Earth (lower mind).
Yes, "Go Within" echoes down through the corridors of time but few there be who have found the way. We must take that first brave step and go beyond those religious boundaries; step outside the container (ships) that our souls are holding us in. Reading Psalms 46:10, "Be still and know that I am God." Yes learn the way to make contact with your HIGHER self/Father.
To find the Truth of what we say, you must have a strong yearning to want to find the Truth. You must persistently search for the Truth. You must continually work at being able to detach yourself from the soul-mind connection.
You must be able to quiet your mind; to stop soul from dragging it off in various directions and flipping it from one thought to another. You must control your emotions, especially when you begin connecting with the Father or the emotion will break the connection. Remember, you cannot serve God and mammon at the same time.
We must get rid of those childhood ideas of God which have been instilled in us from birth by Church, State, family and friends. We must learn to look directly at life with a clear mind and not with the predilections and preconceptions of our religious upbringing. Let us not become "puffed-up" that we have found the Truth.
In the beginning was the Knowledge, and the Knowledge was with the MIND, and the Knowledge was the MIND.
And ALL things were made by the Knowledge: and without the Knowledge was not anything made that was made.
Now in the Knowledge was Life eternal; and the Life was the Knowledge of men. The true Knowledge which teacheth every man that cometh into the World.
And this is the condemnation; that Knowledge is come into the world, but men love Ignorance rather than Knowledge.
But we are all Children of Knowledge. So let us cast off the works of Ignorance, and let us put on the armour of Knowledge.
Let us show forth the praises of him who hath called us out of Ignorance into his marvelous Knowledge.
Let us be a guide to the blind who sit in Ignorance and in the shadow of death: to guide their feet into the way of Peace.
This then is the message; that God is MIND, and in him is no Ignorance at all.
And as many as are ready to receive the Knowledge to them, the Father gives the Knowledge of how to become the sons of MIND.
Ascended Master - a being who has become Self-Realized and serves humanity; a being who has raised his/her vibration to a sustained frequency of light. He/she can come and go at will from the earth plane without the Birth//Death cycle.
Self-Realization - the awareness of our complete and indivisible union with God, which we are. This also means that the ego-self has come to know itself so clearly, so lovingly, so wisely that it is no longer run by the Shadow.
When one is in the Illumined State or Self-Realized, there ceases to be any more inner or outer drama. The personal ego-self has surrendered fully and willingly into the loving embrace of the Soul
If they only understood the true nature of what myth is, then they would have a chance to understand it all.
Myths are stories about the mind in the field of consciousness, or the collective unconscious.
Why are we here cannot be answered without knowing the purpose of life.
And the purpose of life cannot be known until you know who you are. And I don't mean your ego-personality. We are not here to increase our charm and popularity or see how much hedonism we can accomplish.
We are here to experience and evolve so as to recollect who we are. This happens beginning with a person turning inward (finding true self). This is yogic awakening. Then comes the quest for Self Realization (SR) which can only happen through concentration. All else is humorous distraction at best.
If you are a hedonist or atheist it just means you have a lot to learn from experience/a lot more births to go through and experience all the worlds play toys. We all arrive in the same place in the end.
Recollection of past lives is suppressed by nature for good reasons. We do recognize things we do in past lives but it is another dream. The conscious mind makes such a ruckus only in dreams is recollection normally possible.
However mantras and hypnosis can bring it back. Its not a particularly good thing recalling. Trauma from death(s), birth, language differences and the falsely perpetuated idea that death is the end and bodies are it - nearly inevitably leads to 'forgetfulness'. (Search on Lethe and the 'Waters of forgetfulness.' Regression therapists can bring you back but I don't recommend it unless there is a good reason for it.
Guilt from past lives can destroy the present life, for example. When a girl is raped by her father it is suppressed for 30 years, then one day she recalls it. She repressed the memory as a means to cope with pain. It brings a tremendous release of energy in the form of emotion from this block. That can be good but it can also be bad if she is not ready. Similarly with recollection of past lives. Past life memories are stored in the unconscious as opposed to the subconscious which stores memories of this life.
Nature drives all embodied creatures toward evolution. Consciousness seeking to express itself in greater and greater abundance - the metaphor is the universe is the Dance of Lord Shiva. Dances to the tune of Lord Krishna.
BUT if you believe in reincarnation, you have a thought in your head that keeps you in check. "Last time, I could have been like that guy. Next time, I could be like her." At this moment in time, that might not be comforting to you in your current state of mind, but as a backdrop of human consciousness, this thought could alleviate racial, strident, virulent, fighting fury. At least, as a night time nugget of contemplation, it might calm your soul a bit and give you a different kind of look from a 30,000 foot view of the kingdom that is your conscious and subconscious mind.
The True Meaning of not only the Gospel of Thomas, but also of all genuine scriptures, can only be revealed to those who gain the experiential knowledge through direct revelation of the One Teacher within. Thus, the words: "These are the secret sayings which the living Jesus spoke and which Didymos Judas Thomas wrote down. And he said, Whoever finds the interpretation of these sayings will not experience death. Jesus said, Let him who seeks continue seeking until he finds. When he finds, he will become troubled. When he becomes troubled, he will be astonished, and he will rule over the All."
The Pre-Existent Soul of Mankind: Jesus taught the reality of the pre-existent soul that evolves to perfection over the course of many lifetimes. The Church adheres to the doctrine and theology of a Circus Prostitute and a Roman Emperor who maintained absolute control over what Christians were permitted to believe!
Christians continue to cling to the theology of this Circus Prostitute today - rejecting the teachings of Jesus, while adhering to the doctrines of Pagan Rome.
The mass confusion of an uncountable number of sects today, is the direct result of the void which was brought about when this foundational concept was removed from both the Bible, as well as Christian doctrine.
The doctrinal quagmire which was brought about with the removal of this foundational teaching, obstructs Christians growth and maturity beyond the entry-level simple faith. Because they adhere to the corrupted doctrines of men, modern Christians can't inherit the Biblical Promise of entering the Kingdom and Life.
With great wisdom Jesus is quoted in The Books of the Savior, also known as Pistis Sophia (Faith-Wisdom): "Do not cease seeking day or night, and do not let yourselves relax until you have found all the Mysteries of the Kingdom of Light, which will purify you and make you into Pure Light and lead you into the Kingdom of Light."
Well, we have found the out the MYSTERY, now all we have to do is manifest it by seeking within.
What does Peter say to us in these words? That the True Prophet “is within the mind of every one of us”. This concept is Spiritual and is the foundation of the Living Church that the Lord inaugurated. Jesus warned his followers not to go to a teacher or religious authority in this world- even when that teacher or authority says that he knows the Christ. What is very clear in these words which are parallel and in harmony with the Bible, is the followers of Jesus were not to learn from men who themselves do not know and in true Spiritual-Gnostic fashion, they were only to go to the Source of all Knowledge, the True Prophet.
prophet is a symbol of the dawning of the higher consciousness, and recognition of the higher reality, an intuition within the mind which foresees coming out pourings of truth and therefore acts as judge and recognizes the lower nature as the adversary to the higher spiritual truth.
The Apostle Paul wrote that the baptized believers at Corinith did not know the Gospel of God, and could not be taught the Mysteries and true Christian teachings because they were too carnal to receive them. This great dilemma that Paul wrote about and has been continually ignored by the majority of Christians throughout history was explained by Peter when his disciple Clement wrote his warning to believers: "and if you do not find Him, expect not that you shall learn anything from any other”.
From a first century Christian perspective, there is only one way that you can learn and know the truth, and that is through your own dormant spiritual nature. “Expect not that you shall learn anything”, says Peter, if you attempt to learn from the doctrines of men even when these men are the leaders of your church, synagogue, mosque, or temple. Why?
Because Jesus himself commanded: “But you, do not be called 'Rabbi'; for One is your Teacher, the Christ, and you are all brethren” (Matt 23:8 NKJ). Therefore, whoever will teach you except by example and the manifestation of the Light in their own lives from the perspective of the New Covenant, is a disciple of the anti-christ.
Peter embodies the very essence of the genuine teachings of The Way in the words: “But He is soon found by those who diligently seek Him through love of the truth, and whose souls are not taken possession of by wickedness. For He is present with those who desire Him in the innocence of their spirits, who bear patiently, and draw sighs from the bottom of their hearts through love of the truth”.
In this statement you will find the dividing line between the genuine Christian and the Christian of the flesh i.e., the genuine Christians are those who are willing to embrace the Light, and learn only from the True Prophet which they manifest in their lives by only doing what is of the Light whereas, the Christians of the flesh calls upon the name of the Lord, but they adhere to the teachings of men, and live in accordance with the culture of this world. Once these words of Peter are realized in the life of the believer, only then is it comprehended that it is the desire for the Truth and the Truth alone that will turn you in the direction of The Way.
It is this desire that must rule your hearts and minds in such an all encompassing manner, that the believer rejoices in the labors of clearing the rubble of this world out of our lives, and strives to make themselves the good ground that is the only consecrated environment which the Lord will recognize as being genuine. In this respect, the True Prophet can only be found by those who cultivate and prepare themselves physically, mentally and spiritually, for the coming of the Lord within.
At Hebrews 6:19-20, Jesus is presented to the reader as a forerunner a forerunner who became perfected, and this perfection has permitted him to enter behind the curtain of the inner shrine which inner shrine is the Kingdom within us that Jesus declared we can only enter with a total change of mind.
“We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner shrine behind the curtain, where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest for ever after the order of Melchiz'edek” (Heb 2:10-12 RSV).
Origen writes; Is there not hidden there also an inner, namely a divine sense, which is revealed by that grace alone which he had received who said, ‘But we have the mind of Christ, that we might know the things freely given to us by God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teaches, but which the Spirit teacheth?’
And if one now were to read the revelations which were made to John, how amazed would he not be that there should be contained within them so great an amount of hidden, ineffable mysteries, in which it is clearly understood, even by those who cannot comprehend what is concealed, that something certainly is concealed.
And yet are not the Epistles of the Apostles, which seem to some to be plainer, filled with meanings so profound, that by means of them, as by some small receptacle, the clearness of incalculable light appears to be poured into those who are capable of understanding the meaning of divine wisdom?
And therefore, because this is the case, and because there are many who go wrong in this life, I do not consider that it is easy to pronounce, without danger, that any one knows or understands those things, which, in order to be opened up, need the key of knowledge; which key, the Savior declared, lay with those who were skilled in the law”.
“[Except there come a falling away first] We have the original word apostasia in our word apostasy; and by this term we understand a dereliction of the essential principles of religious truth, either a total abandonment of Christianity itself, or such a corruption of its doctrines as renders the whole system completely inefficient to salvation.
But what this apostasy means in the true spiritual sense is the falling away of the apostate church within each one of us, it is the church of ephesus, the first chakra of the body, this is the devil, the lower mind, Except there come a falling away first from this lower state, jesus himself cannot raise up his new church within in the latter days of the dissolution of the ego control. The apostate church IS the lower mind.
"The apostate mind is the furious elephant which wandereth distracted in the forest, of worldly love. impelled by death, it rusheth here and there, while the pious search and find god within themselves in meditation" The Sikh religion
Christianity and religion is truly the anti-christ because they have gone out into the world and have chained and shackled the minds of those innocent folks that thought that they were doing the right thing by following them, they were deceived by the devil
himself.
They corrupted the minds of millions of people, with phony smiles and gentle pressure, injecting the absolute opposite teaching of the very bible they carry in their rucksacks.
They have actually convinced people that jesus is sitting on a couch with god in heaven, on his right side, watching reruns of teenage mutant ninja turtles and all in the family.
That's because they have an apostate mind.
They are prisoners of their own device and don't know it.
I truly feel sorry for all those lost souls that believe in the nonsense that religion has impaled upon them, when I here Jehovah witnesses proclaiming that the entire universe is only 6 or 7 thousand years old, and that kind of stuff makes me want to call Scotty and ask for a coordinate, because I want to beam up, and right now!!
With the exception of true Buddhism, just about every other religion on the face of the Earth is totally and absolutely anti spirit
Religious people are totally left brained, ego centered wolves in sheep's clothing.
Jesus warned us about them in the Pharisee woes, but we didn't get it!
He also said "you pastors have corrupted my sheep, and you pastors have left my land infertile"
Right from the bible itself!!!
10. "Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness".
The pleasant portion is the Garden of Eden. It is the East side the right side. It is desolate because religious people to not direct followers to meditation, to seek the higher mind, to separate from thought.
Thus people do not go there , do not meditate and that portion is thus desolate. And the responsibility for that desolation falls on the pastors!
KJV Jeremiah 22:22
20. The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.
Here is an excellent prophecy. The wind is a metaphysical symbol of the spirit. In other words the changes that will eventually come will cause people to move away from religious leaders.
They will be discredited in the eyes of people. Those who still follow and love them will be held captive by them as they are now. People are held captive to religious rules and doctrines and church laws and surely so many are ashamed and totally showed by the wickedness that has evolved out of church and religion.
KJV Jeremiah 23:1
1. Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the Lord.
Notice, my pasture. That grazing place of green, the right side. Where angles of light or angels of light enter. When they enter do they find you there or do they report back that the pasture , the garden is desolate, because of them!
KJV Jeremiah 23:2
2. Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the Lord.
You pastors have scattered my flock. How true. Not only scattered from one another but hating and bombing and killing one another. You have driven them away. Away from what. Away from the Garden of Eden.
The right hemisphere of the brain mind that is Gods and according to the pastors, off limits to the flock. I will visit upon you the evil of your doings , and that certainly has begun.
Now you might initially think that references to pastors impacts negatively on our theory that all of the Bible references things inside of you. Not so.
In this case the word pastor means your beliefs. The things inside of you that have come from the outside. It is your beliefs that have been nurtured by pastors in organized religion that have separated you from God.
EVERYTHING, INCLUDING PASTORS, IS INSIDE OF YOU
In other words pastors are inside of you because their teachings, their thoughts, their beliefs, their traditions are inside of you. Those beliefs and teachings and traditions have separated you from God.
The right hemisphere of the brain is the Garden of Eden. It is Gods pleasant portion within where all people should be going, but very few go there because pastors have warned them about meditation that separates from thought.
Why have they warned about meditation that separates us from thought, because separating from thought separates you from them.
But Gods pleasant portion , the Garden of Eden which is the right hemisphere of the brain has become a wasteland because pastors have kept people away.
IT'S ALL IN YOUR MIND
Using the bible and science we are arriving at very significant documentation that those things described in the Bible and experienced in life as sacred are actually things inside the human brain mind.
The Garden of Eden, The tree of life, the Red Sea, the Exodus, the virgin birth, the crucifixion, God, Jesus , everything referred to by the Bible is actually an energy inside of each of us and available to each of us.
But first, you must abandon THEM! Then, Then, maybe then you can start to see clearly, you can start to get back to nature (God), you can then laugh at their BEARDS!
Ephesians 4:17. Walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, 23. Be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
It Is Not A Sin To Be Deceived By The god Of This World, It Is Only A Sin When God Provides You The Means To Seek The Knowledge And Divine Manna (truth) Of The Kingdom Within, And we Continue To Cling To The Doctrines Of Men, And The Ways of This World
The Prisoner's Prayer
I cried unto the Lord (the higher consciousness) with my voice (inner cry); with my voice unto the Lord did I make my supplication. I poured out my complaint before him (that this lower mind is killing me and everyone around me); I shewed before him my trouble. When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
I looked on my Left hand (left brain), and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul. Then I looked at my right hand (right hemisphere of the brain, east) and lo, there was an angel (angle of light from above), he reached out and beckoned me me to come hither, and I did. The tomb was opened like the sky after a heavy rain then the sun had came out.
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The Sermon on the MOUNT
In his book The Sermon on the Mount: The Key to Success in Life, the minister Emmet Fox wrote: "The first thing we have to realize is a fact of fundamental importance, because it means breaking away from all the ordinary prepossessions of orthodoxy. The plain fact is that Jesus taught no theology whatsoever. His teaching is entirely spiritual or metaphysical
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A highly esoteric account of the human soul/ego and it's upward ascension to the mountain top (god conscious state).
Keep in mind that this ALL INNER stuff and NOT outer, this is the secret to understanding the entire bible. This sermon is about the INNER divine soul in evolution to it's higher nature from the lower aspect.
This is sermon is also a mini version of the book of revelations, whereby the soul is transformed.
This is also another version of the prodigal son story, as the soul in it's present lower material state seeking the pleasures and desires of the sense nature, growing weary of this outer life, returns back to the father, the higher conscious state.
Jesus as the higher Christ consciousness of the Cosmos is lecturing to the indwelling divine ego that we all are.
This is also a person, you or I in meditation, all of these bible stories are referring to someone who is in meditation trying to overcome the ego, by taking no thought. it's very clever writing.
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Matthew 5
5:1 And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him
The multitudes are all of the thoughts from the non-stop chattering mind.
The disciples are the twelve cranial nerves of the brain, these fully energized nerves once the kundalini fire is in full power in the brain, they, these 12 nerves, which are actually logic circuits or gates in the brain communicate with the fully awakened higher consciousness to all of the nations within, this the time of healing the DNA and the mind.
Disciple is also symbol of the disciplined qualities freed from reliance upon sense objects and directed to the real life within the body (the soul/photon).
5:2 And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, Communicating to that which is within.
5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Poor is a symbol of the undisciplined lower qualities, poor in development, deficient in goodness and truth. These lower qualities (Canaanites) etc.. will be transformed to the higher state and (the kingdom of heaven) The right hemisphere of the brain.
"Look not lo here nor lo there, for the kingdom of god/heaven is within you"
5:4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Mourn is a symbol of the obscuration of the higher nature from the lower, and the suffering and sorrow, pain and anguish , through the experience of which the higher self reveals itself to the lower. The soul in it's lower quality cries out to the higher for comfort and rest in it's higher aspect.
5:5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
The earth is always a symbol of the physical body in the bible, it also includes the brain.
Meek is a symbol of the lower mind/soul in it's sufferings, in it's unawakened state, yet after receiving instruction from the higher, begins to transform itself in conjunction with that which is good. The ego in decay.
5:6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Hunger is a symbol of the higher aspect, of a longing for truth and goodness as "the bread of heaven" the souls sustenance; and in the lower aspect of a desire for external material things which it cannot satisfy
Thirsty is a symbol of the phenomenal and illusory existence of the ego on the lower planes, in which truth is sought within the soul and self realization gained.
5:7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Merciful is a symbol of the higher self in assisting the the ego in recognizing it's error, by gentle corrections and meditation, liberation (mercy) will follow.
5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
The state of the ego in it's regression from the external material life. Shall see god/the higher light in meditation.
5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God
The peacemakers are a symbol of the blissful union of the higher and lower selves, the integration of both the left and right hemispheres of the brain. This will bring liberation from the strife from all of the lower plane mental activity, just like Buddha and Krishna said. This will establish equilibrium in the soul in it's undivided state of UNITY.
5:10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
This is implying that the lower aspect although persecuted by the higher consciousness for righteousness sake, (meaning it's transforming to the higher, for the greater good of all), see heaven, the higher state. The lower transformed to the higher.
5:11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Men are a symbol of the higher emotions, one of your two witnesses, that alert the soul that the lower mind has caused so much trouble, it is reviled and persecuted by the self, it hates what it has done to self and the outer world, but these claims are false, because these qualities are not evil unto themselves, they are part of your nature, they are in a stage of evolution, but they must be overcome, for they will be, for god's sake/ the higher state of consciousness.
5:12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
In the bible a prophet is a symbol of the dawning of the higher consciousness, and recognition of the higher reality, an intuition within the mind which foresees coming out pourings of truth and therefore acts as judge and recognizes the lower nature as the adversary to the higher spiritual truth.
Yet these lower aspects of the soul will be transmuted to their higher state (reward in heaven)
5:13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
Salt is a symbol of truth regarded as the means by permeation of raising the lower quality to the higher.
But if the salt/truth lose it's savor/thirst for the higher consciousness, who will salt it? the lower, it can't, so it's good for nothing, it will be cast into outer darkness, for turning it's back on seeking higher ground, under foot, means that the soul stays at the first three chakras.
5:14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
God/Jesus is telling the indwelling divine ego that it is the light of the body, yet it comprhendeth it not, because all it has ever known is the darkness of the lower parts, yet the higher ministers to the lower and tells that it is the light of the world, and the city is the brain, and cannot be hid, this is just like the revelations story, the candle stick is the spine, and the light is the pineal gland on top etc...
5:15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
The candle stick is the spine and the pineal gland on top is the light, this is the activation of the kundalini, and who after having enlightenment hides his light under a bushel but giveth to all in the house, the house is the body and brain, the fully activated energized body and brain will light the whole world within. Just like the revelations account.
5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Just saying let this newly energized brain be alight unto thy whole self. The good works is all the time in meditation and learning about the true nature of these things.
5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill
law is a symbol of morality derived through experience, and the perception of both superior and inferior action to social well being, this implies the subjugation of karma, The moral law is the forerunner to the higher spiritual law, much like Dharma is to the Buddhists, which is social law, this is not destroyed by Jesus but upheld.
One must move through the world and live in it as a social human being in what ever country or setting they are in, but they can still understand and gain higher experience through this social life.
The law is also a symbol of the mythology of the old testament and the esoteric ten commandments.
A prophet is a symbol of the dawning of the higher consciousness, and recognition of the higher reality, an intuition within the mind which foresees coming out pourings of truth and therefore acts as judge and recognizes the lower nature as the adversary to the higher spiritual truth.
5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
The law, those things written in the old testament are the fundamental basis of scripture, the flood, the exodus, the seven days of creation and the ten commandments, these things will activated within, when one goes through the kundalini enlightenment process, so yes they are valid, yet religion and Christianity pay no attention to the old testament, believing that all they have to do is say "I accept jesus as my savior), this will not do, because they are NOT fulfilling the law, they are not going into meditation to receive it.
5:19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
This is implying that when one breaks a commandment, in order to understand this properly, one has to read the ten commandments spiritually, if any of the commandments are broken, one cannot receive it in meditation, see my esoteric ten commandments, and not teach men.
( Men are a symbol of the higher emotions, one of your two witnesses)
In other words the soul/mind in it's upward evolution falls back to it's lower aspect is called least, and vice versa.
The kingdom of heaven is WITHIN.
5:20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
The scribes and pharisees were the religious ones in the bible that Jesus rebuked, he called them children of hell and slimy vipers, because they put emphasis on outer ceremonies, so he is saying that if you give up and join back up with a religious group you are doomed, because they have no knowledge of the INNER life and meditation. Of course if you follow religion you will never get to heaven, because they don't know that it is a higher state of mind, and not some place in the sky.
You must rise above the ignorance of these blind guides.
5:21 Ye have heard that it was said of them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
Killing in the biblical sense is NOT literal killing, but it is the killing of the spirit and life and light within you, by turning your back on the higher, and staying immersed in lower mind stuff, you have KILLED the inner light. Stay focused on the higher goal and this killing will not take place, this is the same concept as Buddhism, where Buddha says killing the body is nothing, but killing the inner self is murder.
5:22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
Brother, is a symbol of the individuality, the ego in personification.
Raca the Sister, is a symbol of emotions devoid of truth.
Fool is a symbol of the lower activities exercised in the course of the progress of the soul towards it's upward climb.
You, in your thinking towards the lower life are not to judge, you are to be an active witness and observer only, every part of us holy and sanctified, who are we to call out to these lower centers in anger, forgive them for they know not what they do, let the higher consciousness take care of these things.
Judgement is a symbol of the state of progress in relation to the completion and perfection of quality, that is in relation to truth. Justice requires a balanced condition on the planes of nature without and within. Divine truth and divine good upon the indwelling soul.
Hell fire is a symbol of the lower earthly life stuck at the first three chakras of the body, commonly referred to as the fires of passion etc.. it is saying that the soul will be cast down to the next chakra, if you have reached the fourth, it will go back down to hell, at the solar plexus, the abode of the dragon, the lower emotions, the creepy things and the flying things, the swamps etc..
You will be living the lower emotional life again.
5:23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
The altar is the brain, it's the third ventricle of the brain or right hemisphere, the gift is the LIGHT?SOUL that you are, can you bring it forth?
rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
The brother is the higher emotions in this story, the higher is against the lower, yet without it's witnessing the true nature within, the soul/ego cannot recognize it's error.
ought means obligation or duty, "you ought to work harder than that" "you ought to have been there" Simply to obliged to.
Now if we apply the whole meaning it would say that we are to obliged to the brother "higher emotional" nature, for nurturing and giving guidance in the upward path of evolution through the chakras. We ought to give remembrance to this higher faculty for helping to take the blindness of the lower life away. Even though for a time he (the higher) was against the lower.
It's like someone you don't really like, say at work, yet this person showed you something of great importance one day, remembering that this person makes snide remarks and such behind your back, yet when you got a raise or an atta boy, you remembered this person for the good deed they did, although both of you really never liked each other.
5:24 Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
Jesus is saying that you (the light./soul) have to forgive the higher self for rejecting you for your bad behavior, the mind must be brought into non duality, there can be no duality of mind and still come to the Altar (the brain at the upper room). The gift is the light, you yourself risen to the higher state, you cannot offer it up, until amends are made with the whole of one's self.
5:25 Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
Jesus is saying that this duality the adversary, the lower aspect must make amends with the higher self, if one is too keep from being thrown in prison.
prison is a symbol of the soul confined to the lower sense material life.
The officer is a symbol of the striving mental qualities , good or bad, which act under guidance.
Jesus said "when two or more gather in my name I ill be there", we must get the physical and the emotional nature to come together unified, before the soul can move upwards.
Judge is a symbol of the state of progress in relation to the completion and perfection of quality, that is in relation to truth. Justice requires a balanced condition on the planes of nature without and within. Divine truth and divine good upon the indwelling soul.
If amends are not made the soul goes to prison, (below the diaphragm).
5:26 Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
There's no escape for the soul/divine ego, from this lower underworld prison, until it forgives the higher self or higher emotions (brother).
5:27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
7. "Thou shalt not commit adultery."
To understand the deeper meaning of this commandment, we must consider the meaning of the spiritual marriage.
The spiritual marriage which is referred to in several places in the bible, has to do with the marriage of the intellect of conscious mind to the soul or heart consciousness - the union of the conscious (9) with the unconscious.(10)
To commit adultery on this level is to be untrue to the soul that is our source of truth and love.
It is to seek the lower manifestation of one of your other natures, the physical and the emotional, when you are in accord with either of these two other natures, you are committing adultery.
Neat HUH?
It's SPIRITUAL and NEVER literal!!!
5:28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Women are symbols of the lower emotional mind, to look at the lower and lust after the things of the sense desires is committing adultery in the biblical sense. remember these things are NOT literal.
5:29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
According to the bible. "And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee" etc.. mat.5:21
Of course this does mean that we should remove the physical eye, but we should REMOVE THE sensory current from the focus of the mind. That temptation and trials will come your way, and that in itself is not sin.
The SIN/EMOTIONS is committed when we DWELL on them, and continue to focus attention on them, either with or without acting upon them, simply because this stifles the psyche and keeps one from progressing, you should not dwell on anything you've done wrong, just turn away from the thing and don't do it again.
People have been known to physically blind themselves or to put on physical blinders, because of this admonition in the bible, simply because they did not realize that it was the DESIRE and the THOUGHT behind it that had to be plucked out, while retaining the organ of sight.
Destruction of the physical organ adds insult to injury and still does not eradicate the desire or craving. In fact by doing so, the evil is intensified. And one does not become saintly by not having physical sight.
"And if thy right hand hand offend thee cut it off, and cast it from thee". Mat 5:30
Here again the thought is what should be cut off, renounce it and clear it from the mind, giving it no further energy.
This makes excellent advise and good psychology. I only mention this because just recently here in California, a professed reborn christian, and ex con, removed his eye with a knife, it was in the local paper. You see how taking the bible literally can goof your life up. Crippling yourself through physical mutilation solves nothing, as this man will learn, to his sorrow.
It is only the agent through which the mental and emotional currents expressed as sensory motor action, that should be cut off. Lest you remove an eye
One must understand the mystical interpretation of the scripture to find the Jewels.
2 corinthians 3:6 "Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not the letter, but of the spirit; for the LETTER (literal) killeth, but the spirit giveth life (understanding). So there's the bible itself telling us not to take it literal. Galations 4:24 "Which things are an allegory. Remember the definition of myth include the word allegory, telling us its symbolic.
5:30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
The hand is a symbol of action from the mind, if the mind is in it's lower aspect, then....
Here again the thought is what should be cut off, renounce it and clear it from the mind, giving it no further energy.
This makes excellent advise and good psychology. I only mention this because just recently here in California, a professed reborn christian, and ex con, removed his eye with a knife, it was in the local paper. You see how taking the bible literally can goof your life up. Crippling yourself through physical mutilation solves nothing, as this man will learn, to his sorrow.
and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell, again a symbol of the soul being confined to the fiery regions below, for acting in a lower emotional sense.
5:31 It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
Ah! yes, but what if I'm not married, or what if I'm gay and not married to a woman at all, or what if I live in a country where divorce is illegal, or what if I'm a Mormon and I have ten wives, you see why this stuff taken literally is absurd.
Wife is a symbol of the lower emotional nature (woman) in alliance with the intellect (man).
Divorce is a symbol separation from the emotions from the standpoint of reason (man) intellect, which entailed suffering and sorrow.
In writing means to forthright cutoff these lower emotional thoughts and desires as they spring forth in the action of mind.
5:32 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery.
This is saying that once you have cutoff from these lower emotions (wife), saving for the cause of fornication (having sex with, intermingling with these emotions at a later time), cause her (the emotions) to commit adultery.
7. "Thou shalt not commit adultery."
To understand the deeper meaning of this commandment, we must consider the meaning of the spiritual marriage.
The spiritual marriage which is referred to in several places in the bible, has to do with the marriage of the intellect of conscious mind to the soul or heart consciousness - the union of the conscious (9) with the unconscious.(10)
To commit adultery on this level is to be untrue to the soul that is our source of truth and love.
It is to seek the lower manifestation of one of your other natures, the physical and the emotional, when you are in accord with either of these two other natures, you are committing adultery.
5:33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:
forswear means to renounce or forsake, to perjure oneself or swear falsely
Oath is a symbol of the fixed resolution in the set course of action, or a strict adherence to an ideal or thought.
Old time, means when one was still in the infancy and immaturity regarding the lower life, you are now an adult, and soul has matured, so it's not OK to perjure one self, before it is forgiven, but not any more, because you have understanding.
To put it ll together;
The indwelling ego knows it's mistakes and is not to perjure itself by falsely accusing, but shall deal with itself in a truthful awakened manner, knowing well that it has caused much pain. it must perform oaths to the lord, in other words make true account of it's misdeeds.
Oath is a symbol of the fixed resolution in the set course of action, or a strict adherence to an ideal or thought.
In short, don't hide the fact the you have been naughty, deal with this monster swiftly and forthright, face it head on.
5:34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:
swear; to make solemn declaration, to promise or pledge, to swear loyalty, to have great reliance or confidence etc...
Swear doesn't mean cuss words here, it is the swearing coming from the indwelling ego/self
Not to swear means that you are not to mock god with oaths like OK I'll be good next time, or I promise I will not have another emotional outburst like that again, the higher consciousness is not fooled by our false promises and oaths, we are to simply act, and change what we were doing that cause the offense.
God's throne is the higher mind.
5:35 Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
Not by anything under heaven are you to do it. Earth (body) Jerusalem ( the higher mind) the city (the brain) etc....
5:36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
Same as above
5:37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Be honest with SELF, because any other inward oaths and swears are mockery to the higher.
5:38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
Tooth for a tooth, eye for eye, hand for hand, stripe for stripe etc.....
These are spiritual statements, remember "mans enemies are those of his own house"
In other words all of your enemies are within you, you have no other enemy except for the lower carnal mind, within your own nature.
They come from your "own house" they actually come against your very own spirit. your emotional, intellectual and physical natures comes against your higher spiritual potential. these are your enemies, these are the three kings that visited infant jesus when he was born in the mythology.
You punish yourself for your own attack, you feel guilty, you feel remorse, you feel this you feel that, and eventually this leads to depression.Your eye (spiritual eye), has been removed.
All of this comes form these three natures within each human being. If this is true, and it is, then how do you get even with your own lower mind, your lower nature, that nature that caused the hurt of others, then the hurt within your own mind.
your own lower nature has caused this grief within you, it delivered the punches and the kicks that removed your tooth (rightful speech), and your eye (your consciousness), your hand (the loving physical touch).
As in the koran is says, that one is to enact Jihad against the infidel, this is also a metaphysical statement, talking about the infidel, which is the lower carnal mind, the Jihad is the retribution against this lower mind.
It's up to you to overcome the enemy within your own lower mind.
Sometimes it is the intellect, sometimes the emotions, and at other times it's the physical.
The tooth for a tooth, eye for eye, hand for hand, that comes against you, are your own negative thought patterns that arise out of this animal mind thinking, you know the thoughts well.
5:39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
But instead resist not these lower things, turn the other cheek, means to quit giving it any more attention, if the emotions causes harm, just turn away from it. Dwelling in it, just causes depression and sickness, you made a mistake, move on.
5:40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.
If the higher intellect sues (demands) that the lower mind remove it's ego coverings (coats and cloaks), then give them up.
5:41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
If the higher emotions or the intellect is making progress, go the extra mile, put more time into meditation etc...
5:42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
The indwelling ego upon direction from the higher nature is to continue on it's upward path, by continually giving up it's authority over the mind.
5:43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
These neighbors and enemies are WITHIN you.
5:44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despite fully use you, and persecute you;
"Love your enemies" our enemies are those things of the lower stubborn brutish animal nature, our out of control lower emotions, and even our intellect, these three have caused all the trouble in ourselves and everybody else.
"Bless them that curse you" This is the higher mind calling out to the lower parts, not do do harm to the physical self, not to punish ones self for making a mistake, you can't find those emotions, how can you kill them, the lower mind hates the higher, that's just the way it is, it's the duality of mind,"between two bronze mountains" etc...
Pray means meditate in the bible, of course few have ever grasped this great truth.
When you meditate, and still the mind, then god takes over "they stood still, while god slew their enemies" "Be still and god will kill your enemies" etc...
That's the meditation part, that ends this lower agony.
The lower mind persecutes the soul, the indwelling christ, because it hates it, it is after all the king, and will not give up control without an Armageddon. This lower mind used the soul to it's means, knowing that it's wrong, that's why it's spiteful.
The word persecute is a symbol of the lower emotional nature and the sufferings which the ego undergoes in the passage of the lower life.
To sum it up, you are to forgive the lower parts, because they know not what they do, they in the heat of passion and emotions do not know that they are causing great harm, and then when the mind and emotions register what has been done it's too late. To forgive seven times seven is to forgive the self of all the junk heaped upon the self, by the lower self.
Another more occult interpretation of 77 is 7x7 = 49. Many Buddhists believe, as written in the Tibetan Book of the Dead, that the soul takes 49 days between death and rebirth in the reincarnation process. Friends or family are supposed to read the Book of the Dead to the recently deceased for 49 days. Traditional Chinese funerals also last 49 days.
Amazingly, it is also 49 days from conception when an embryo undergoes major changes to become a fetus. the 49th day of gestation the pineal gland is completely formed and active, and sends out a wave offering to a photon, then you enter therein that flesh pot, that's the first death, that's the sin.
At 49 days, two very important things happen: (1) the newly formed pineal gland produces a giant spurt of DMT and (2) the gender of the baby is decided. Could this be the moment of reincarnation? Rene Descartes and many others believed the pineal gland, the eye in the pyramid, to be the seat of the soul, where the immaterial soul interacts with the material body. That's it.
The pineal gland is the only asymmetrical organ in our heads, lying at the perfect geometric center of the brain. Every night our pineal glands produce small amounts of DMT tripping us out into various dream-states Hence getting some Z’s, and American Dreamz, dreams with a Z featuring MM Mandy Moore. The only other times this entheogen is naturally released is at the moment of death and the moment of Tibetan Buddhist rebirth, 49 days later.
Just as a mark is set upon cain "the lower mind" to protect him, because you can't live without a body, you can't live without the intellect, and the emotions, but we must become victor over these things of the lower life. That's the whole bible story in a nut shell.
Notice it says to love your enemies, that's the big tip off, "your enemies are within you, within us all, it's the beast."
We may hate what we've done, but harming the body, or sulking over what it was, and seeking punishment because we think we deserve it, does not serve the higher, only by understanding, then forgiving those nations and tongues within, can we truly make progress.
"if someone strikes you on one cheek, turn the other also. If someone takes your cloak, then offer them also your coat or tunic, give to everyone that asks you, and if anyone takes anything that belongs to you, do not ask for it back, do to others as you would have them do unto you.
Taken literally, it means that e should take a beating if someone actually hits us, or if someone accosts us in a parking lot and asks or demands your car keys, we should also offer them our money and credit cards, even thought they didn't ask for these things.
Again, we are reading INNER statements.
"And whoever understands the INNER sayings of mine, will not taste death" Jesus, gospel of Thomas.
INNER sayings!
Cheeks and face are a symbol of the mental aspect of being. knowledge acquired through the senses, expression of truth within.
If someone, your lower self, the physical or the lower emotional nature causes harm to the intellect, because of dwelling on the harm caused by these two in the form of bodily harm to yourself or others, or emotional outbursts, we are to turn away, as these things are not to come against the higher intellect, they must not have sway over the mind, or else everything collapses, we must keep the mental faculty above these two lower kings, they are truly the biggest make up of the beast within.
Coats and cloaks are symbols of mental or ego coverings of truth, yet in error, principles of action in opinions, prejudices, disguises, masks worn, the ego coverings of the soul. if anyone (the emotional nature) or the intellect is trying to shed this ego, you are to assist them, by giving them your tunic as well.
If any person functioning of mind should prove to thee the truth of something and so take away thy error (coat), let the reasoning also take away the outer profession of error (thy cloak). And if intelligence compels to a course of action, then fully carry it out.
This is but a figurative way to say that the spiritual man must be content with no half measures in the service of truth. if fidelity of the higher ideal costs you the loss of your outer garment of self protection (ego), do not grudge the Scarface of the ego, let the inner go with it, the coat will follow the cloak, if need be.
If your labor for the higher consciousness compels you to go one mile, because of human ignorance and wrong, go two, if two be required to gain your end. Life is such that no impersonal good is ever gained except, at the sacrifice of the personality, the ego. J Campbell.
There is so much suffering in the world and so much of it is because of misunderstanding of one's spiritual books, they should all be banned, because few if any know the greater teachings, the higher meaning of these sayings.
ALL of Jesus' statements are INNER statements or parables about the INNER life of a person, and not once does Jesus tell us to do anything in an OUTER sense, these parables are deeply symbolic of our own inner natures. That's a great secret and burden lifted, there's a freedom in understanding these things.
If someone wrongs you or harms you in anyway, or says things that harm you, it's totally up to you if you want to forgive that person or not, but the secret is Jesus never said it, because they are deep parables, and no one can command you to to do things such as forgive the person that raped and killed your daughter for instance, if you want to, that's up to you/us.
5:45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
Heaven is within, the children are those egoless thoughts that follow the higher ideal within themselves. rain is a symbol of the watering of truth from above. The just and unjust, the higher and lower nature, and the nations within.
5:46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
These are very difficult, but I will try and figure it out!
Publican means the keeper of the house, a collector of taxes or tribute from the public.
The publican is the higher intellect that taxes the lower mind for it's misdeeds, but never gives back for good things, good thoughts, good deeds etc...
For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye?
In other words you are to love openly and not just because you are loved, this is falseness of true spirit, of course this is inner stuff, so it's pointing to an inner ideal.
5:47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
Similar to above, these are extremely hard, but just keep in mind that it's INNER stuff and try and get a better idea of what is being said.
Salute to greet or address with the expression of welcome, to honor and so forth.
Your brethren are the other two ego parts of the nature, the emotions and the physical. You only acknowledge these centers, yet not the others. The cells and organs etc...
5:48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
The perfection is manifesting the higher consciousness, the truth from above, if we can receive it, manifesting throughout all the cells and organs of the body and brain.
Matthew 6
6:1 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
Keep in mind that this is jesus speaking, and in a parable spake he not unto them, everything jesus said is a parable, we would normally think this means not to pray in public, this is true, except that is the public WITHIN, that is not to hear.
These are heavy duty INNER statements (parables)
Alms is a symbol of the element of universal love, which always must be in the active truth/goodness, which nourishes the soul.
Similar to prayer, is a symbol of aspiration, the supplication of the lower self for spiritual advancement.
Men is a symbol of mind in two aspects, higher and lower. it signifies intellect, reason, intelligence, or mental faculties and qualities. it is mind in dualism.
If the intellect is offended by higher ideals, it is stubborn, proud and unfit to make an effort to progress and inherit the things of the eternal goodness. The intellect is formative factor, and tends therefore to contract and limit it's own activity, by way of the ego.
Therefore the effort of the spirit (father) from above is needed to assist it. But the nature of the intellect, it argues and discusses.
"The man who was formed of earth means the MIND" The rational principle, the mind is the medium between the higher and lower, it must mediate with the help of the higher thinking.
do not your alms before men
In order to bypass the dualism of the intellect in sending good harmonious thoughts and aspirations to the lower we must not do it in front of them. there is only one way to get this done, and that is in the silence of meditation, where we try and stop the thinking, in this way, the higher can assist the intellect to come in harmony with it, without letting the ego know about it.
AGAIN
If the intellect is offended by higher ideals, it is stubborn, proud and unfit to make an effort to progress and inherit the things of the eternal goodness. The intellect is formative factor, and tends therefore to contract and limit it's own activity, by way of the ego.
6:2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Again, do not minister to the lower, so that the ego knows, because the intellect in it's lower aspect will shut it down, it's tricky feat that requires stillness of mind.
6:3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: 6:4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
let not thy left hand (left hemisphere of the brain) know what thy right hand doeth (right hemisphere of the brain): Or it will interfere with upward progress.
That thine alms may be in secret
In secret means in the stillness of meditation, this is the only way to keep the left from knowing what the right is doing, you have to fool the ego, by shutting down the thinking process.
6:5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
6:6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Pray (meditate)
So there's your final answer to all of the above statements "go into thy closet", that means meditation, closet is an eastern term for going into one's self in meditation.
There the true meaning is given to these highly esoteric statements.
This bypasses the ego, the ego cannot function in the inactive mind.
6:7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking
Internal chatter, as in literal praying instead of the silent state of meditation is useless.
6:8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
In the silence of meditation, the higher communes with our subconscious mind, it already knows all things, no internal words are necessary.
6:9 After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
6:10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
6:11 Give us this day our daily bread.
6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
6:13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
6:14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
6:15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Matthew 6:9-13
(Therefore, this is how you shall pray:)
Our father which art in heaven
(the seventh chakra or crown chakra, also associated with the third ventricle of the brain at the right hemisphere, remember that the bible says that kingdom of god is WITHIN you, that's also where heaven is, heaven is the opening of the crown chakra)
hallowed be thy name
( the pituitary and pineal gland, located behind the forehead, the third eye center, associated with the sixth chakra, this is where the name is written, the pineal gland which is the philosophers stone, the white stone or mana)
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
( the thyroid gland located in the throat, the 5th chakra, remember that the word earth in mythology is always the physical body. it is asking that earth and heaven be united, this is also describing the integration of both the left hemisphere of the brain to the right hemisphere, or the electrical energy of the lower three chakras to rise to the highest seventh. The words that come out of the mouth are creative and must be guarded.)
Give us this day our daily bread.
( the groin are associated with the first chakra, the is the tan tien or house of bread, where the storehouse of electrical energy is stored in the body.)
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors
( the adrenal center located at the solar plexus, the third chakra, this is the place of the lower emotional mind that wreaks havoc upon the world, it is the animal nature, it is the place of debts, because of it's outbursts to the outer world.)
And lead us not into temptation
( the lower abdominal, the 2nd chakra, this is the place of the senses, these are where desires are born, it is the place of temptation to adhere to the world of sense.)
but deliver us from evil:
( from the lower three chakras, this is the place of evil in the world, and in order to be free from evil, we must raise the energy to the 4th heart chakra, the thymus center)
For thine is the kingdom
( returns the shakti back to the pineal center, it's called turning about of the shakti, the kingdom is WITHIN you.)
and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
( fully opening the crown chakra, the brain is fully energized with the cosmic energy from above, the right hemisphere of the brain is fully open.)
Now you know the true meaning of this prayer.
Neat huh?
“For I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it” (Matt 13:17 NIV).
6:16 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 6:17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
They have their reward. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head (that's the stimulation of the pineal gland), and wash thy face (face is a symbol of truth, mental aspects or qualities); That thou appear not unto men (lower mind) to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret:
And thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly." Matthew 6:16-18.
Notice that it says in secret, it means just that.
Do you see this anoint thy head is making reference to the Pineal gland, this is not fasting in the literal sense, read it again, it is a spiritual fast, and it means to shutdown the thoughts of the mind. fasting from this world (meditation), not to make the face skinny (disfigure), that's what a literal fast does.
This is a spiritual fast, meditation.
6:18 That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. Same as already covered
. 6:19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Treasures on earth means desires of the lower sense nature, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: A symbol of things not lasting. nothing is lasting and eternal from the lower aspect.
6:20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
remain steadfast of the things of the higher nature, the higher consciousness, these things are not corruptible by the elements of the lower mind, rust, moths etc...
6:21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
This is saying that where the mind is, is where you are mentally, in the world and your attitude towards the world.
6:22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
The activation of the pineal gland of the brain, the third eye or single eye. "god is light" Your whole body will fill with god "light"
6:23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness.
The opposite of the verse above, if we do not activate the pineal, we will stay in darkness, we will never be fully awake.
6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
You cannot serve both left and right brain thinking, higher and lower, the mind in duality is extremely fickle and ever changing.
6:25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
Take no thought, means to stop the thinking in meditation, the life is the spirit, not the physical.
eat means to consume in a spiritual sense, either lower or higher.
drink is a symbol of spiritual nourishment
body is a symbol of desire, which the self is encased
meat is a symbol of knowledge if higher emotion which conduce to the growth of the soul
raiment is a symbol signifying the without as the within, the nature made perfect exteriorly as interiorly.
This happens automatically when we TAKE NO THOUGHT!
6:26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
Fowls of the air are symbols of the thoughts that arise out of the lower or higher mind mind.
sowing and reaping are symbols of karmic law, cause and effect, in the process of spiritual evolution, according to the kinds of action, so are the fruits of action.
From my abode in the body I sow and reap that which the lower self appears to do and undergo, plowing signifies the forming of the bodies and conditions in which the lower self acts. "what a man soweth, must he also reap" Gal 6:7
barn is a symbol of the soul in it's lower aspect, similar to tent.
The conclusion is that fowls of the air (thoughts) neither sow nor reap unto themselves, nor gather ( gravitate to the lower mind), because the father (higher consciousness intervenes and feedeth them with the higher quality, before they can land.
Are ye (the indwelling soul/light) not much better than they, you are above the karma of thought when you are in meditation.
6:27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
Thinking cannot change things for the better, we must take no thought. a cubit is 18 inches, 8+1 equals nine, the writer is saying which of you by always thinking, always busy with the mind can add one cubit, cubit is a symbol of consciousness, the continual chatterbox cannot add one cubit to his stature ( mind ).
6:28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
raiment is a symbol signifying the without as the within, the nature made perfect exteriorly as interiorly.
The lilies of the field follow the natural order of progress, they simply act out their true nature as the sun activates the chlorophyll in the plant, it then blossoms and fulfills it's true nature.
6:29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Solomon a type of man god's right hand man, yet this man/mind has ego, the mind that is influenced by the systems of the world, the lily has no ego it simply becomes what it supposed to become, we cannot do that because of ego, out progress to blossom is much more difficult, we have to move through ego constructs first, the plants of the earth do not.
6:30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
To clothe with the SPIRIT.
6:31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
Don't fret over these things.
6:32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
The gentiles are the thoughts in the outer realms of consciousness, or lower mind thinking.
6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
"The kingdom of god is WITHIN you" it is telling you to seek WITHIN, and the only way to do that is the age old act going into one;s self in mediation, then all things SPIRITUAL will be added unto you, thoughts are spiritual things as well, you can manifest your reality with thinking.
All knowledge, all memory of who we are and where we came from, these are the promises.
"And I will show you things that is unlawful to utter "
The Gentiles were the as yet undivinized "sons of men," as distinct from the "Sons of God," or Israelites, and it was their unpurified natures that dragged down the gods who incarnated in their bodies and dimmed their glory.
The Gentile is the man "from beneath"; the Israelite is "from above," as Jesus affirmed.
"The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second is the Lord from heaven," says St. Paul. The immersion of the latter in the bodies of the former reduced their originally vivid intelligence to such a point of stultification that they sank by degrees under the dominance of the sensual disposition.
And here is found the conversion of the evolutionary "descent" into the theological "fall."
The two terms Gentiles and Israelites can not be attached to any historical nationals. Their employment by several nations was at first only an allegorical flourish.
The Greek use of the term "barbarians" and our own recent literary use of the word "Philistines" somewhat parallel this treatment of the word "Gentiles."
The Gentiles (the lower animal thinking) were the party of the first part in evolution, who drew down the gods and changed their glory into the semblance of grinning hyenas, chattering apes, braying asses and rapacious wolves, in spite of "broad oaths fast sealed" and a covenant with deity.
6:34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Morrow is a symbol of a subsequent period and stage or progress in the development of the soul.
for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself ( the development of the soul will not happen if we TAKE THOUGHT, thinking in meditation). Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. It means those that think in mediation, the day will be evil, the lower mind stays active.
These statements are extremely difficult, but we can't lose site of the fact that they are parables and not literal.
They are all INNER meditative statements to be sure, but still they are hard nuts to crack.
If my interpretation is off, one has to remember that they are internal and deep symbols, and that will suffice to get an idea anyway.
Only the one's that wrote these things, know their exact meaning, and their long dead, so we cannot ask them for advice.
Matthew 7
7:1 Judge not, that ye be not judged
Judge is symbolic of the qualities transmuted and raised so that they become leaders of those below them.
Those below are the emotional and physical nature, who are we (this mind) to judge the lower qualities, we are to simply be observers, and watch, as jesus, buddha and krishna said, watch, be the observer of the hings inside, it is not up to us (the mind) to judge.
7:2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
The duality of mind will meet out karma upon the self, by the other parts of our own nature, if we are not careful
7:3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
Brother, is a symbol of the individuality, the ego in personification.
Eye is a symbol of mental perception, discernment of ideas and feelings as externalties of consciousness.
beam is a symbol of obstruction of the things of the higher spiritual.
If we are to think that "brother" means out literal brother, or just any man or woman we meet in the world, we are missing the point entirely, remember this is the sermon on the mount, the higher ministering to the lower mind. And it's all parables.
The rational mind blames the ego for errors made, emotional outbursts, things said that harm self and others, yet the ego says to this mind "who are you to criticize me, aren't I your servant" first remove your own mental blockages, then you can criticize me.
7:4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
Same as above.
7:5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
Already covered, first the rational mind must materialize the higher consciousness, then it can see clearly, but until then it cannot really blame, once it receives higher inspiration, then it can help the ego remove it's own beam.
7:6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you Dog is a symbol of will in it's various aspects, also the mind in it's lower emotional aspect.
Swine is a symbol of the lower desires, instincts and forces, signifying an evil state, depraved and unclean, the mind in it's lowest aspect "swine" "Don't eat pork"Consume the things of the lower mind.
When Christ is born in the soul of the purified lower nature, shall irradiate and shall raise the purified qualities (people).
He will be victorious over the lower from the higher and will put an end to the evil desires "swine"
pearls are a symbol of the higher truths and higher emotions.
"the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a merchant seeking goodly pearls, and having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it" mat 13:45
The man is the mind or ego. the pearl is the higher self. The possessions with which the ego parted are the sense nature and the things of the lower mind, in exchange for which he may inherit all things, the real in substitute for the apparent and illusory. the ego surrenders the lower in order to secure the higher.
neither cast ye your pearls before swine,
We must take pearls as virtues, with which the soul is adorned as precious pearls, and not to cast them before swine, as meaning that we are not to cast these virtues, such as chastity, temperance,
righteousness, and truth, to impure pleasures (swine), lest they, fleeing from the virtues, cause the soul to live a swinish and a vicious life. Methodious
As bible readers we often think that casting pearls means not to give higher knowledge to others unless they are worthy, although this is true, the verse here is an INNER statement referring to the swine in us, we are not to cast these things to it, because it does not yet have knowledge, maturation and inspiration of the higher and will not accept it, as it is yet still a swine (the lower ego in sense and desire) in all of it's adornment.
The higher emotional mind cannot give the pearls to the lower ego, it is not yet ready, and will step on them, one has to wait for meditation to take effect, and until the ego is reduced, the wisdom will not penetrate the hardness of this lower mind "swine"
7:7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
Knock is a symbol of sending up vibrations from the lower nature to the higher.
This is seeking within one's self in meditation, the knocking (vibrations) will open the gates for the higher to come in and mediate the lower nature.
7:8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
The inner spiritual development as defined by meditation.
7:9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
7:10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
MAN is the rational mind, the higher emotions, the mind still in duality
This is saying that when we ask for things of the spirit, we will receive the things of the spirit, there would never be any upward climb for the soul if one asked for a fish (higher spiritual things/consciousness) and then have the universe send us a stone or serpent, this is not the way of the higher light.
7:11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
Being evil is the mind in it's lower aspect, yet it still is able to bringforth good thoughts (children), if this is so, then the higher also acts in same and kind regarding the soul and mind in it's yearning for the higher ideal. it will be given.
7:12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Is this tooth for tooth and eye for an eye?
A prophet is a symbol of the dawning of the higher consciousness, and recognition of the higher reality, an intuition within the mind which foresees coming out pourings of truth and therefore acts as judge and recognizes the lower nature as the adversary to the higher spiritual truth.
ye would that men should do to you
MEN/MAN is the rational mind, the higher emotions, the mind still in duality, it go lower or higher, because it's still in duality.
Equilibrium must be reached within the soul/mind, lopsidedness in the mind will cause all manner of diseases, negative emotions, and many other negative traits.
do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
A prophet is a symbol of the dawning of the higher consciousness, and recognition of the higher reality.
In this case the MEN are the higher qualities of the mind, so the verse is saying that since the mind is meeting out, churning out the good things of the higher, then also shall you (the ego) in it's highest possible aspect, do the same, or there can be no spiritual growth."and god could not remove the chariots of iron in their valleys" lower levels of consciousness, only you can do that.
If your are smelting iron, you will NEVER enter into meditation, you must make the first step on the journey.
7:13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
The straight gate, the narrow gate refers to the spine, at the top of the spine at the 33rd vertebrae, where Jesus dies at age 33 is a very narrow space where the spine is joined at the base of the skull "the atlas" this small opening is where the serpent energy from the solar plexus enters into the brain.
and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
These are the one's that never enter into meditation, that leads to destruction, for it is broad.
7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
A prophet is a symbol of the dawning of the higher consciousness, and recognition of the higher reality.
A false prophet is a symbol of the states of mind which regard outer events and personalities of time past or to come, as sources of soul growth and salvation.
False prophets, those minds which points others to particular persons, who deceive and mislead many.
As soon as religious indoctrination ( looking outward) creeps into the soul, then the love of the higher principle is lost.
Any search and teachings from religious authorities are as wolves to the spirit.
7:16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
grapes signify truth
Thorns and thistles are symbolic of evil, sufferings and sorrows within the soul.
men, higher or lower aspect of the mind.
figs are symbols of the spirit, for they blossom on the inside.
This sweet fruit is enjoyed on the higher plane of existence which the consciousness rises after the lower nature (thorns) is transcended.
Is someone getting their truth (grapes) from the things of the lying lower (thorns) or are they getting it from the figs ( spirit) of thistles ( from the sorrows, and things gained from this sorrow, reaching for the higher aspect (figs)?
7:17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil
The tree is the spine, the tree of life, this tree will stay corrupt as long as the kundalini stays dormant at the base of the spine, it will yield only corrupt fruit (results in action, good or bad in the souls progress)
The good tree is the spine that has given birth to the kundalini that has risen up the spine, and turning the corrupt tree into a good tree, now the results will be good fruit, the things of the higher consciousness.
fruit. 7:18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
See last verse
7:19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
As the land rose and fell, quivered and shook, the fires of the underneath burst forth, piercing the clouds in roaring flames three miles in diameter. There they were met by lightning shafts which filled the heavens. A thick black pall of smoke overshadowed the land. (the kundalini has risen to the brain, and the corrupt tree is burned up)
We read in Dt4:24 that God is a CONSUMING FIRE, and in Isa54:5
That is exactly how God works in the lives of each of us. We must be heated in the fire until we can accept a new shape.
7:20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
Already discussed (it's in the mind).
7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
The will of the father is "when ye pray go into thy closet and pray (meditate) to thy father which is in secret"
The will is that the higher consciousness will kill out man's born animal nature, and rise to the godhead himself.
7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
prophet is a symbol of the dawning of the higher consciousness, and recognition of the higher reality, an intuition within the mind which foresees coming out pourings of truth and therefore acts as judge and recognizes the lower nature as the adversary to the higher spiritual truth.
Casting out devils is what the higher consciousness does, the devils are the negative emotions that arise out of the lower mind thinking.
7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
In the above verse 7:22 they ( the aspects of the higher quality thoughts) have we not prophesied in thy name? And cast out devils (lower mind stuff).
If so why is jesus saying depart from me? if they did good deeds why is jesus angry?
The answer lies in deep psychology and the ego, the ego is trying to trick the higher consciousness by saying haven't we cast out devils?
But jesus (the higher consciousness) is fully aware that this is the ego trying look good, it has done a few good things, yet it has never fully followed the path of the higher, this is internal dialogue by people that are lukewarm on the path to truth, they do a few good deeds and say, see what I did, as if that means anything, because the other 90 percent of the time they are operating from their lower mind, so it means nothing, it is false, it is the ego trying to fool the higher self, but it cannot be fooled so easily.
You can't brag to god, you simply have show by action that you are climbing the mount of attainment in sincere meditation.
7:24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
What did jesus say? he said "if thine eye be single, thy whole body will fill with light" That's a big IF!! Because if you do not stimulate the pineal gland in meditation, then it won't.
He's also referring the above verses about plucking out the eye etc...
The rock is a symbol of Peter or spirit, which is the stone, or the pineal gland. The house is the brain/mind.
7:25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
If one is in meditation, taking no thought, the winds, rain etc.. the storms that arise out of the subconscious mind are subdued, and the house ( brain/mind, field of higher consciousness) in the stillness of meditation will not fall, revert back to thinking and being in this world.
7:26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
Just saying, no spiritual progress made, one will stay operating from the lower mind.
7:27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
The person was interrupted during the silence of meditation and started mental ramblings, the house fell.
7:28 And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine:
Heck yeah, these statements are extremely hard, they astonished the heck out of me.
This translation of the sermon on the mount has taxed my brain even more than the interpretation of the book of revelations, it's extremely deep.
7:29 For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
Scribes are a symbol of the state of mind that produces LITERALISM and DOGMATISM.
The higher (jesus) taught you as having authority over what you are to understand, do not listen to them, those in religion, on the outside (scribes), this is false.
Matthew 8
8:1 When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.
The mountain is a symbol of the highest god conscious state, the multitudes are all of the thoughts that have been converted from the lower mind to the higher, the Canaanites are overcome, and now the promised land is yours.
8:2 And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
Leper is a symbol of the lower mind troubled with conflicting desires, emotions and confused ideas. leprosy is the soul in sickness of sin (lower emotions). Of course Christ, the higher consciousness cleanses this lower mind.
Worship is a symbol of aspiring to the higher ideal in meditation.
8:3 And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
A symbol of the christ mind, higher state of being reaching out the the afflicted lower mind and healing it.
8:4 And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
man is a symbol of the rational mind, yet still in and ego state, tell no man, do not reveal to the ego, that a transformation is being made, the ego stands by to squelch all such higher movements within the soul.
The priest is your own inner higher self as related to intuition.
Moses is the intellect, we symbolically offer a gift of thanks to the higher intellect for bringing us to a higher understanding of the things spiritual, so that may partake of them.
Testimony means to give an account of your conscious state, by your two witnesses, the mind and the higher emotions.
In short, you yourself bears witness to your spiritual evolution thought the chakras or seals.
8:5 And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,
Capernaum is/was a village with a fertile spring, NORTHWEST if the sea of Galilee.
Centurion is a symbol of the leading mental faculty which directs other mental faculties and qualities of the soul and mind. Mystically it is every one who rules over his members. What are the members? "The nations twain lie in your members" sense and faculties, so they as it were "soldiers" who may fight for and serve the higher.
beseeching is to address and earnest and urgent request.
The furtile spring is a symbol of the higher consciousness, northwest is a symbol of both the intellect and the subconscious mind, here jesus, the higher is urging that these faculties cease to operate within the mind, so that he (jesus) may get through to the lower mind.
The sea of Galilee is a symbol is an advance in the environment of the ego, implying progress. Sea represents the collective unconscious at the second stage of meditation, where progress can be made to keep out the fetters of the thinking mind.
8:6 And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.
Servant is a symbol of the incarnate self or christ soul awakening within. Subjected to the sufferings of the lower nature.
Sick with palsy is a symbol of the mind in a condition of the loss of power to the feet (control over itself), and the condition of a fit and strong emotion, helpless as with fear.
grievous, causing pain or anguish.
tormented, torture inflicted on prisoners.
Put it all together and what is being said is that the soul is crying out to the higher state, that is imprisoned in these flesh pots, as long as it stays submerged there is torturous for the soul, please bring me forth from this lower condition. It is helpless and in fear in the lower abdomen, the sea of reeds, the swampy lower mind.
It is a plea from the indwelling light/soul for help and escape from the lower conditions of hell.
8:7 And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.
And the savior is coming. To heal him (the indwelling divine ego/light/soul
8:8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
Centurion is a symbol of the leading mental faculty which directs other mental faculties and qualities of the soul and mind. Mystically it is every one who rules over his members. What are the members? "The nations twain lie in your members" sense and faculties, so they as it were "soldiers" who may fight for and serve the higher.
The intellect says it is not worthy, it hasn't the power alone, it falls short of the glory of god every day, it can't do much on it's own accept direct the mind towards the goal, yet the soul in it's lower condition must play along with the plea, lets get together and do this.
Under my roof, under the dome of the skull where the brain sits.
But speaks words only to the Servant, which is a symbol of the incarnate self or christ soul awakening within. Subjected to the sufferings of the lower nature.
The intellect is pleading with the higher, it believes that words are not enough to bringforth itself from below.
8:9 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
man under authority, having soldiers under me
"soldiers" who may fight for and serve the higher. leading mental faculty which directs other mental faculties and qualities of the soul and mind
man, symbol of the rational mind in it's upward understanding, yet still ego.
The intellect is saying that when it gives orders to the body and thoughts that they follow, yet this is not enough for the gain of things higher. it has control over the physical only.
8:10 When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
Israel is the highest state of mind in the bible story, yet Jesus is saying to the intellect, what resolve you have, even greater than those that have already received it. Jesus marvels at the honest and sincere plea from the intellect, to help and obtain the higher state, as the soul is crying out to the mind for help.
8:11 And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
The east is the spiritual side of the brain, west is the intellect.
Abraham is the higher state of consciousness in the OT, he's a type of God.
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Gal 3:16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
Do you see that Galatians refers to Jesus as the seed of Abraham?
Because Abraham is actually GOD in the story.
Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
Isaac, also a type of god, as Abrahams son, and his son Jacob, the smooth man that inherited the first born birthright from his hairy brother esau in a trade for something to eat. See "esau and jacob elsewhere"
The kingdom is WITHIN.
3:18 For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise. The brain on god consciousness.
8:12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth
Matthew 13:49-50 says, "This is how it will be at the end of the age (means the end of Pisces, an astrological age). The angels (light/electromagnetism from above), will come and separate the wicked (the lower ego left brain, from the higher spiritual right brain) from the righteous and throw them into the fiery furnace (a symbol of the death of the lower self), where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." karmic debt to be paid, ( gnashing of teeth is a symbol of negative past deeds, which bring suffering for a time, but afterwards fall away and disappear).
Teeth are a symbol of power of the things, spoken by the mouth, teeth grind as a result of the things said from emotional outbursts, Gnashing of teeth also happens when they are in fits of rage, and are reaping their negative karma in the future.
Outer darkness That is HELL. OUTSIDE of the higher realms of light
"And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing". 2 cor.4:3
8:13 And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.
Centurion is a symbol of the leading mental faculty which directs other mental faculties and qualities of the soul and mind. Mystically it is every one who rules over his members. What are the members? "The nations twain lie in your members" sense and faculties, so they as it were "soldiers" who may fight for and serve the higher.
Servant is a symbol of the incarnate self or christ soul awakening within. Subjected to the sufferings of the lower nature.
The intellect go thy way, get back to you normal affairs at running the body, directing the higher etc...The intellect did it's job in directing the soul/higher self, to help with it's upward Ascension process.
Hour is ONE, the symbol of unity consciousness, where the lower mind has been overcome in meditation "healed"
8:14 And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever.
Peter is a symbol of the lower mind, the "natural man", with sense of separateness.
Wife is a symbol of the emotional nature in alliance with the mind (man).
Mother is a symbol of the receptive aspect of the spirit/soul, which brings from latent the soul from it's lower state.
fever is a symbol of the soul in a decaying state, as the gravity of the lower mind wears heavily upon it.
8:15 And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.
Hand is a symbol of directing principle of activity, the positive action of divine action in the soul.
Jesus, the higher consciousness, directed an action within the lower self, and she (the mother) , aspect of the spirit/soul, which brings from latent the soul from it's lower state.
In other words the power of the higher mind, jesus healed the soul from it's lower infliction.
She, the newly resurrected soul now becomes a minister, just like when Jonah came forth out of the big fishes mouth and he too became a minister.
minister is a symbol of the cosmic truth within the soul, that now carries out it's task of ministering to the nations, "in your limbs lie the nations twain"
The new mind brings order to the entire physical being as the lower mind/ego has taken second place to the higher spiritual self.
The kundalini to the brain etc....
8:16 When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:
The even means the undivided mind of the person, one who has received Christ consciousness, this new mind continues to heal the nations within, there are still pockets of sickness in the body and consciousness, that may take time to fully heal.
8:17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
Esaias sometimes spelled Isaiah a Prophet.
prophet is a symbol of the dawning of the higher consciousness, and recognition of the higher reality, an intuition within the mind which foresees coming out pourings of truth and therefore acts as judge and recognizes the lower nature as the adversary to the higher spiritual truth.
Isaiah 52:13 Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.
The prophet within, Isaiah the intuitive mind, recognizes that the healing of the mind came from him (above) jesus, the higher consciousness.
infirmities; disability or defeat in the soul to the lower mind.
Isaiah, the mind in the state of renewal (intuition within ), prophesied that indeed the higher would come, and it did.
8:18 Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side.
multitudes are a symbol of the healing of the nations within, the thoughts, cells and organs of the body, also a symbol of the purifying qualities of the soul in general, because without the purifying of the multitudes within the body and mind, the soul will stay in a state of confusion.
To depart to the other side, means that the lower mind, the left hemisphere of the brain and the thoughts that arise from the physical must now take their place at the other side, or take second place to the spiritual, it's the sane as the cain and abel, esau and jacob story.
8:19 And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
Scribe is a symbol of the mind that didn't believe before, the mind in it's literalness of scriptures and things of the higher, this mind now realizes who the real kings is, it is the power within one's self, the master is within, the higher state of consciousness.
8:20 And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
Foxes are symbols of the crafty ego in all of it's going about up and down and through the earth (the entire body), birds are a symbol of the thoughts that arise of the lower mind, the son of man, is the "renewed mind", yet this son has no place to lay his head, because the ego is still busy within the workings of the mind.
8:21 And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
Disciple is a symbol of the disciplined qualities freed from reliance upon sense objects and directed to the real life within the body (the soul/photon).
Father in it's lower symbolism here, is a symbol of the prior and inferior condition of soul which begets a superior quality, once the begetting is done, like the female spider who has mated with the male, she kills it, in this statement, the higher mind has no use for the lower father inferior mind any more, it has served it's purpose in bringingforth the good son, the renewed mind, so jesus says, let the dead ( all of the qualities of the lower mind), bury the dead (the rest of the dead, all of the dead aspects that run counter to the higher mind) Cancel each other out.
Burying the dead is a symbol of the painful ridding of the old dead self by the ego. The first born animal personality put asunder.
"Why seek ye the living among the dead" like 24
The earthly bodies are the mental and physical bodies of the lower nature (earth). Why do ye seek after these? they are dead in christ.
death in the bible is never LITERAL, it is always talking about the death of the lower self in a symbolic fashion.
And Christians think that all of this is literal, how can real literal dead people bury other dead people, of course that's impossible, but since they don't read things, such as all things are done in the spirit, and "don't be a minister of the LETTER, because that's the LITERAL that KILLETH the understanding. They will never get the true meaning of these wonderful pearls of wisdom. They are dead in spirit and dead in Christ, let the dead bury the dead.
8:22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.
See above
"god is the god of the living, not the god of the dead"
"let the dead bury the dead, the dead animal personalities, the lower mind stuff that are dead in spirit.
8:23 And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.
disciples; Disciple is a symbol of the disciplined qualities freed from reliance upon sense objects and directed to the real life within the body (the soul/photon). Also the fully energized 12 cranial nerves of the brain.
Ship is a symbol of the physical body that carries the soul, and describes meditation. A symbol of the lower mental activities of the soul, that must be calmed by the tempests (storms within the mind/thinking) that lie ahead..
8:24 And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
The unmanifested indwelling soul/light/Jesus is asleep (unawakened condition of the soul), yet awake and alive in the world of sense and desire, being swayed by the forces of this world waves of emotion swashing over the ship (body and mind).
Tempets are a symbol of the turbulent emotional mind, the mind that is in the world, the collective unconscious as carl jung said. He (the soul) is asleep, asleep means not awakened, it is the soul that is dead to the higher spiritual, it is the soul and mind operating at the animal level of it's existence, being thrown to and fro by forces from the OUTSIDE, this is the soul in latency to the higher, this is the natural man, like paul and peter, your average coworker, friends family members, you know the one's, those that constantly watch football and reality TV shows etc....
They are both in and of the world, just the opposite of what Buddh, Jesus, Jonathan and Krishna taught.
"you are to be in the world, yet NOT of the world"
When we are both IN and OF the world there's nothing but hard ache, strife, discontent and unhappiness.
I am not soiled by the world: Buddha
8:25 And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.
Disciple is a symbol of the disciplined qualities freed from reliance upon sense objects and directed to the real life within the body (the soul/photon/jesus etc...).
The higher disciplined mind cries out to the sleeping soul, saying we've had enough, the mind in it's lower sense nature allows the collective unconscious to effect it greatly, and the person is swayed to and fro, there's no rest, the mind is tired, it says wake, help us all, our ship is sinking fast.
We watch negative news on TV, we encounter people in our every day life that try our resolve and patients, we argue with our spouses and co-workers, we have a temperamental boss, that can get on our nerves, and we let these things effect us negatively, because we are both in and of the world.
8:26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
The sleeping soul rose up it had awakened, this is the second stage of meditation, which is water in Greek, this is the Biblical baptism, in this state of mind the emotions are quelled, in the no mind state of meditation, the winds are a symbol of negative thoughts that come against us, the sea is a symbol of the emotions, so here the awakened soul has the ability to overcome these forces from the out side world.
8:27 But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!
Men are a symbol of the higher emotions, one of your two witnesses, that alert the soul that the lower mind has caused so much trouble, and the higher emotions (men) are marvelled at this blissful state of calm in the meditative state, it is of course a difficult stage to reach.
8:28 And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
Gergesenes; before jesus arrived at Gergesenes, he had to cross the sea of Galilee
The sea of Galilee is a symbol is an advance in the environment of the ego, implying progress. Sea represents the collective unconscious at the second stage of meditation, where progress can be made to keep out the fetters of the thinking mind.
Notice he came into the OTHER side of the country, the country is the physical brain, and since Gergesenes is east, it means that the ego/jesus crossed over from the left lower mind to the higher right mind, the east side.
Two is still the mind in duality, it is not yet in singularity, these two minds are still possessed with devils "lower desires and passions, appetites, and instincts, which so far they still oppose the upper evolution of the soul, the evil lower impulses of the lower human nature, these qualities are still active in mind, although the soul has made a crossing over, this is not the end, the battle rages on.
Tombs are a symbol of the lower nature in which the personality (dead corpse) is interred. A mode of functioning on the lower planes. The tomb is to say the present world, the soul in this present world is a tomb for it, it is death to the indwelling light/soul.
Man is a symbol of the lower mind united with the desires and affections of the lower sense nature. "the natural man receiveth NOT the things of the lord" For they are foolishness unto him, and he CANNOT know them. cor 1:3
two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce ( both hemispheres of the brain in action, dualistic thinking, this lower mind can be extremely fierce as we see in the conditions of the world, coming out of tombs, means that the soul is awakening yet it is still in a confused state, it rebels against this higher action, coming out of the tomb as it were, the lower nature in rebellion), so that no man might pass by that way.
This lower state of mind will not give in to the higher, so it lets no MAN (it's own desires and senses) to pass by to the higher right side, it shuts the right hemisphere of the brain off, it will have no part in it, it will mean the death of itself as it knows it has been since it first saw the world through the eyes of the machine that it is inhabiting.
8:29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
And, behold, they cried out (The the mind in duality, still in desire and sense, and lower emotions, cries out for help), saying, What have we to do with thee ( the higher emotions and higher mind is saying what he we done to thee (the soul in it's upward evolution, we (the two minds in duality are at fault) , Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
(The lower mind is concerned with the being punished by the higher, punishment is a symbol of the bondage of the soul/light in matter, implying limitation and suppression of the spiritual energy or divine higher life.
Have you come to remove our (the thoughts and desires of the lower mind) before the time?
As is saying hold on wait, it's not yet time, the ego says it is not yet ready, so it is asking the higher give us a Little more time, after all, this is the only life we know.
But "the spirit acts swiftly as the diving the soul from the spirit with a double edge sword"
And "if god can find you he will cut you down dash your children to pieces and rape your wife before your eyes".
So watch out ego.
God kills and rapes a woman, this is a symbolic statement of course, if God is spirit (electromagnetic energy) how can this energy rape a woman, well it cant of course, so look for the metaphysical meaning.
It could mean that since god killed out the negative thought, the mothers baby, the mother being the whore, or lower mind state, then god rapes her, in other words, the raping signifies the interference to the lower from God, God intervenes and overcomes the lower mind, The entire bible is to be read like this. The wife is the mind. God impregnates it's higher consciousness within the soul/wife.
8:30 And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.
A Swine are symbols of the thoughts that arise from the lower ego thinking, lower desires and forces, evil state of mental activity, depraved and unclean.
When Christ born in the soul of the purified lower nature, shall irradiate and raise the purified qualities (people), he will be victorious crossing over from the lower mind to the higher. Swine are connected to the underground world of the dead in other mythologies. Christ will put and end to the evil condition and desires (swine). Swine feeding is a symbol of the lower mind in it's mental activity, scheming, desire, envy, hatred, lower emotions etc...
8:31 So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
Him is the soul immersed in this lower swine mental activity. the lower ego, devils (the lower impure qualities of the soul, appetites and instincts, desire mind which oppose the upward evolution constitutes the devil.
Christ drives out a legion of indwelling vices, by his invoking presence and power.
Certain emotional states had been purified of the lower desires and errors, the higher quality of the soul says cast me out, the rest of my lower emotions and desires and send them with the rest of those evil things (swine). a purging of one's complete lower self.
8:32 And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.
This saying that Jesus, the higher consciousness commanded the complete purging of all of the lower desire attachments of the indwelling ego, to purify it, so that it may begin it's further development on the upward spiritual path, one cannot make progress on the path to the higher, while holding on to the lower desire and sense nature and all the thoughts that proceed from this type of mind, it must be killed out.
The swine (entire lower nature) was sent into the sea and persihed in the waters.
The sea is a symbol of the perception of the lower mental plane, with it's passions and desires that must be controlled, and outgrown or the ego cannot reach the higher state of consciousness.
Water is a symbol of the second stage of meditation, where this swine mind is overcome and purified in the soul, water is also a symbol of truth and reality and the source of manifestation, water suggests UNITY absence of parts, cohesiveness, purity, disappearance in evaporation below.
And an outpouring such as rain to purify the earth (mans mind).
8:33 And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils.
The city is the brain, and they (the higher mind qualities) kept them fled, (kept the lower mind of reach), the higher emotions is communicating with the mind (told everything) all of the nations within you, what had taken place, we know that the two witnesses in revelations is the MIND and the EMOTIONS, it is these two parts of our nature that register any changes within our own consciousness.
8:34 And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts.
The whole city is a symbol of all of the higher thoughts and emotions that have registered the annihilation of the ego within the soul and mind, they (these higher ideals came out to meet jesus (communicate with the higher consciousness), besought means to make an urgent inquiry and assessment.
Coasts means outer realms of consciousness, sometimes referred to as tackling on a ship, the higher consciousness still has much work to do in getting rid of all the stragglers, so he departed their coasts, to finish the job sort of speak.
It's a never ending battle to keep the ego in check, that's why it's called an Armageddon.
All of this fanciful symbolic wording in the sermon just to say, that the higher is coming to do battle with the lower, but that's how these ancient master of dark sayings wrote these things.
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I have worked with some brilliant people who were poor leaders because of their ego. Their opinion of themselves was beyond reach. You could tell they were never listening, but rather preparing their next brilliant statement. There was usually only one way to do things; their way. All their successes were because of their brilliance and all their failures were the result of incompetent others (below, above or along side). These are not the kind of people we like to be around. But as Pogo said, "We have met the enemy …and he is us."
Shopenhauer
Spiritual disciplinesliberate us from sarx (flesh) refers to the orientation of life focused on one's own self or ego with concurrent lack of concern for others. The apostle Paul sees a war between the spiritual ego and fleshly body, the physical nature.
Gal 5 16-23 Live by the spirit (pneuma), I say and do not gratify the desires of the flesh (sarx).
"for what the flesh desires is opposed to the spirit, and what the spirit desires is opposed to the flesh;for these are opposed to each other, to prevent you from doing what you want. But if you are led by the spirit, you are not subject to the law. God is not subject to the carnal nature, neither can he be.
"Now the works of the flesh are obvious, fornication, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, factions, envy, drunkenness, carousing and things like these. I am warning you, as I warned you before; those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
To live by the flesh (physical) shuts out everyone else. it is narcissistic. Greek mythology, Narcissus was a young man (ego), who fell in love with his own reflection.
What I have described as saerx is called the ego by transpersonal psychology, the ego has a deeply ingrained need to remain seperate and superior to others. Jesus encourages us to transcend the ego (false self) and become united to god (the true higher self).
Mark 8:35 For those who want to save life (false self/ego) will lose it (trueself/image of god) and those who lose their life (false self) for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it (the true higher self).
The spirit is the ego-less self. it is you in the power of the spirit with the mind of the christed one.
1 cor 2;15 Those who are spiritual discern all things, and they are themselves subject to no one Else's scrutiny "for who has known the mind of the lord so as to instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
The point of meditation and contemplation on Buddhas words enables a person to overcome the false-self, the transcending ego, to realize the true self.
“And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.” (John 1:14)
And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him. And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.” (Luke 2:40, 52)
The spirit wants to subdue the flesh, but the ego....
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Betty’s experience tells what I’ve always known, that I’m a spirit son of God, wearing a robe of flesh and blood. I know by my own hard experience that as my spirit has intelligence and will, so too has the body. It’s called ego. Spirit and ego don’t get along well. The spirit wants to subdue the flesh, but the ego doesn’t sit still for that. And so ensues the battle between two dueling roommates stuck in a single space and under contract with The Landlord that not “until death do us part!”
Life is the Perfect Struggle. But I am coming to know more deeply the One Who Struggled Perfectly. He beckons me to follow him, and unless my pride demands it, he will never leave me behind to wrestle alone in weakness, blind to the truth of what holds me back. If a man comes sincerely and trustingly and asks, He will show him his weakness. Men are given weakness to make them humble. But His grace is sufficient, and to all men who humble themselves and have faith in him, he promises to make weak things become strong unto them.
“But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!” (Matt. 8: 27)
Master of flesh and ego and earthly element. He conquered even death. And yet he calls me Brother. “For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren.” (Hebrews 2:11) And when I read his words, I hear his voice. He is not a man apart, but is with me. Mentor in my efforts. Captain in my cause. Faultless and faithful Friend who tells me the words every man struggling to right himself needs to hear: “I believe in you.”
He loved and healed even the leper he made the lame whole, he made the blind to see, the deaf to hear. He has his hands outstretched and waiting for us to repent and be forgiven we have to ask and then put into action goodness and righteousness be responsible for our mistakes, to learn from them and grow and improve on a daily basis. meditation brings me to that goal.
By Des Walter.
There is a commonly held belief among spiritual aspirants that once a person wakes up suddenly all of the distortion of the ego is burned up, but this isn’t necessarily the case. In fact, in my experience, it’s rarely the case. Either before an awakening occurs or after, there is usually work that has to be done, and this is where a lot of people get tripped up. In America today we want “quick fixes”. We want to do a seminar or go to a workshop and have everything suddenly be great. But this is usually not going to happen, and it is why inner work is necessary.
Our responsibility in the process is to become conscious of who we have become at the level of mind and to bring consciousness to all of those parts of ourselves that we have tried to ignore, run away from, or ultimately have accepted as “me”, and to work in concert with God to resolve these distortions. As I’ve said previously, these egoic patterns are not who we are. They are who we believe we are perhaps, but they are only a series of neural pathways and synaptic connections in the brain, and related chemical responses.
So the process of Awakening becomes a Divine dance between our “Self”, or that which provided the Impulse to Awaken in the first place, and God, as we become conscious of our patterns and distortions and dissolve them. Once we become aware of an egoic pattern or behavior, watching it when it arises will weaken it, and often it will dissipate completely by simple observation. This isn’t always the case, as there are sometimes deeper distortions which run unconsciously that usually stem from childhood wounding. These can take time to root out and to heal, but they can be healed.
So it is with man who only has to disobey the inner voice of God by establishing his own authority, to throw his whole being into chaos.
This new unauthorised knowledge of GOOD AND EVIL, became the arbiter of all truth silencing the voice of God that had guided and directed them up to this time. A strange unrest broke the peace and tranquility of the Garden throwing everything into confusion. Adam became conscious that he was naked (ego stripped of it's illusion) and an overwhelming desire came over him to run and hide from God, who came as usual to share with them, just as he had always done. Without any divine direction he hid behind the trees of the garden fearing the one who had been his constant companion and guide.
The face of God that had been so clearly reflected in his inner being, now appeared to be his enemy.
His voice was still heard within calling to him, but only reluctantly did he respond saying that he was hiding because he was naked. The response from God directed Adam to the very seat of his problem when he asked, “WHO TOLD YOU?
Another VOICE had been birthed within the MAN which now occupied the position once held by God. It did not take long for the tranquility of the garden to disappear and be replaced by a form of organised chaos. The garden within man’s heart became a desolate and unfriendly wilderness and the animal forces of his emotions which once lived in perfect harmony within that garden, now expressed a new character more in keeping with the need to survive in this hostile environment.
This helps us to understand why so many are afflicted by depression, headaches, stress, ulcers, etc, and all the professional medical help in the world can only provide temporary relief to what is a SPIRITUAL PROBLEM. Thus was born this “thing” called EGO, referred to in the dictionary as the “I” or SELF, the PERSONAL IDENTITY. EGOISM is systematic selfishness, a theory that bases morality on self interest.
EGO is the controlling force developed in this SELF, having the power to govern because we perceive ourselves to be a separate entity from God. In the beginning Man’s direction came from God who dwelt within, showing the way and declaring truth as he spoke. All decisions made by man were made in unison with God for the two functioned as one.
Thus the peace and tranquility of the garden was assured. BUT now, the voice of God is not consulted, for another voice had been raised up within man with the appearance of having all the knowledge required to direct his own path, so making God superfluous!
It was the Prophet Jeremiah who said, “O Lord I know that the way of man is not in himself, IT IS NOT IN MAN THAT WALKETH TO DIRECT HIS STEPS.” As the ego in man develops he becomes convinced he is master of his own destiny. Job said of the Lord, “He causeth the people to wander in a wilderness where there is no way, they grope in the dark without light, and he makes them to stagger like a drunken man.”
The NATURAL MAN is governed by FIVE SENSES, sight, hearing, taste, touch and smell, none of which are capable of reaching God. Therefore man cannot know God until the Holy Spirit brings light and understanding.
“Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun, because though a man labor to seek it out, YET HE SHALL NOT FIND IT.” God can only be found in a land that is beyond human imagination or understanding, where the SPIRIT is sovereign. Therefore it becomes a battle against the unbelief generated by the EGO to cross its border. The promise is, “When the Holy Spirit is come he will GUIDE YOU INTO ALL TRUTH.”
“Where does wisdom come from, and where is the place of understanding? It is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air. Destruction and death say, we have heard the fame thereof with our ears, but God understandeth the way thereof. And unto man he says, BEHOLD THE FEAR OF THE LORD, THAT IS WISDOM.” What does it really mean to FEAR THE LORD?
It means to stand in awe of, to reverence, honour and respect him. Adam lost his “FEAR” of the Lord when he began to take direction from the SELF or EGO he birthed within himself, and disobeyed the voice of God. Here is the cause of all man’s problems even to this present time. Israel was told “If you will OBEY MY VOICE, you will be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people.” But to deny the voice of God and bow down to the voice of “self” will cause us to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
This principle is fully expressed in Jesus Christ who stated, “I only DO what I see my Father DO, and I only SAY what I hear my Father SAY. Herein lies the simplicity of the Christ life. Not studying the Bible or praying, or attending meetings, however helpful these things may be, but SAYING WHAT FATHER IS SAYING, which will result in DOING WHAT FATHER IS DOING.
Remember the power of LIFE and DEATH are in the tongue, so what we say can produce LIFE or DEATH in us. Jesus said, “MY WORDS they are SPIRIT AND LIFE.” However the words that come from the carnal mind ARE DEATH.
Since that time when man left the peace and harmony of the Garden of Eden, he has sought to discover where wisdom can be found, and where is the place of understanding? However, man does not know where to look or what is the cost to find it. Paul said, “For we know that the Law is spiritual, but I AM CARNAL, sold under sin.”
Carnality is the condition Man finds himself in when he is subject to the ego. The word “Carnal” is the translation of the Greek word SARKIKOS and means FLESHLY or having the nature of flesh, being under the control of the “animal” appetites and governed by mere human nature instead of the Spirit of God.
It is obvious from the creation account in Genesis, that man was to be the pinnacle of the whole creation process because in him, God purposed to manifest his likeness and image. Not some cardboard cut-out or close replica of God, but a true manifestation that was preserved and finally revealed in Jesus Christ. The WORD that became FLESH has provided us with a true manifestation of our real identity and origin in Jesus Christ who is the man of Genesis 1.
The EGO is the great stumbling block preventing man from achieving the will and purpose of God. This alien force has assumed the place of God within man, boasting of its wisdom and ability to discern between Good and Evil, and so being able to achieve the image and likeness of God.
So much in Christianity today carried the title of CHRISTIAN but is simply a masquerade on the part of the ego. Man can dress up and go to Church on Sunday and sing the hymns and hear the sermon, then return home to a war zone that is camouflaged as a family. Man can declare in song that JESUS IS LORD, yet be driven by an out of control Ego to cheat and defraud. He may serve as a deacon or an elder but never hear the voice of God within. The great zeal of many Pastors to captivate their congregation and win souls for the Lord, so often is but the function of a disguised ego.
The ego creates its own agenda, but never reveals it to anyone until it is dressed up in some “spiritual disguise.” The heart of man is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked and who can know it. It was said of the serpent (the carnal mind) in the garden, that is was “more subtle than all the beasts of the field.”
The ego is a “chameleon” able to adjust itself to blend into the most acceptable surroundings. The Laodecian Church boasted itself that it was rich and increased in goods, and had need of nothing, and did not know that in truth it was “wretched, and miserable, poor, blind and naked.” The EGO is able to create an illusion of reality out of nothing.
The strategy of the EGO is to bring God down to man making him to be even as one of us, so we can meet the standard, rather than lift man up to God. But in all the darkness and despair of the soul of man, God is today calling out a people unto his Name. For if you live after the flesh you will die, but if you through the Spirit do put to death the deeds of the body, YOU WILL LIVE. We must return like the prodigal son to FATHER and HOME, and forsake the illusion of SELF that has led us down the pathway of independence from God.
Man studies the Bible with the help of a leader and books on theology, while the Holy Spirit who knows the deep things of God is ignored. The EGO has blinded man’s eyes to truth substituting the doctrines of man for the voice of God. The words of the prophet have come to pass, “Behold ye despisers and wonder, and perish; for I work a work in your day, a work that you will not believe, though a man declare it unto you.”
Acts 13:41. It is because of this blindness that the greatest secrets of God are still largely unknown even though they have been made open for us to see. Jesus said, “In that day many will say unto me, Lord Lord, have we not prophesied in thy Name, and in thy Name have cast out devils, and done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I NEVER KNEW YOU!!”
“I urge you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, wholly acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect” (Romans 2:1–2; NASB).
That's JONATHAN!!!
The very nature of the ego/mind can be summed up in one word... DRAMA. And what is drama? It's the absence of Peace (of mind).
What we think and believe in our minds determines all of our actions, and so, the state of the world, and it's problems, are a perfect reflection of the thought processes of the people that inhabit it. The world's problems cannot be solved by trying to fix the outcomes and EFFECTS of our thought processes. It's the THOUGHT PROCESSES that must be changed a renewing of our minds
In other words, every individual has to change oneself in order to change the world. Rather than thinking that others need to change themselves to suit your opinions, you must change yourself, and those opinions. World peace cannot be forced upon anyone because force creates more conflict. People don't like being told what to do, how to live or what to be. World peace can only possibly happen when every individual is at peace within their own mind.
Conflict in the mind creates conflict in the world. Peace of mind creates peace in the world, and it all starts with you. If you're not at complete peace in this very moment, and every other moment, it's because of the thought processes, ideas, perceptions, views, concepts, emotions and attitudes that are standing in the way, in this very moment, and every other moment.
If you want complete peace for yourself, or for the rest of the world, simply let go of those thoughts, concepts and emotions, in this very moment and every other moment. It's no more complicated than that, even if the ego/mind thinks otherwise.
The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior, that "The design of the human mind renders it intrinsically incapable of being able to tell truth from falsehood." This is a guide not only to the spiritual truths that solve ALL of our problems (if we let it and allow it to), but also a guide to Enlightenment, for those who are interested. It was said by Eckhart Tolle in The Power of Now that "furthermore, any teaching that puts the spotlight of attention on the workings of the ego will necessarily provoke egoic reaction, resistance and attack", so this guide won't be for everyone.
King James Bible
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.
King James Bible
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things [are] honest, whatsoever things [are] just, whatsoever things [are] pure, whatsoever things [are] lovely, whatsoever things [are] of good report; if [there be] any virtue, and if [there be] any praise, think on these things.
ZEN
Realize that Enlightenment happens by ITSELF when the little self is left to fall away like a disrobed piece of clothing.
Realize that there is absolutely NOTHING to be gotten, grasped, gained, obtained or attained because The Absolute/Self/Buddha/God already Is.
Realize that Awareness, Consciousness and knowing don't require words, concepts, thoughts or thinking.
Realize that EVERYTHING is an irrelevant concept. All thought and thinking is essentially worthless because Silent Awareness is all-knowing.
A 'key' is: The Christ that "died for your sins" is your indwelling Christ (divine spark). The uncomfortable result that is produced by this conundrum (ego masking the divine spark) is to put one into a temporal 'box' (space and time) in the underworld of inversion that is ruled by the fear of the eventual extinguishment of your life. This conundrum exists until action is taken to turn the inversion around.
Jesus said . "Yet, he who thinks he can be killed is mistaken".
The soul cannot be killed, the body can be killed, but the soul is eternal.
Many stand outside at the door, but it is only the solitaries who will enter into the bridal chamber - (Jesus Christ's words as recorded in the Gospel of Thomas)
Jacob wrestling with a man is you and me wrestling with ourselves. You know the inner struggles we have. When Jacobs thigh is put out it means desire to control the issue is gone. The thigh is a symbol of desire (for obvious reasons). Now we submit to divine mind.
As soon as Jacob no longer is in control, divine mind rules. His name is changed from Jacob to Israel. What is Israel ? No it's not a country.
IS is Isis. The feminine principle. Spirit
RA is Ra. The light, masculine, Mind
EL is God. The supreme universal light.
Thus by allowing his own desires to be broken. Jacob is now Israel. Is-Spirit and Ra-Mind come together and produce El. God within.
And you know the great part of this? In Genesis 32.30 Jacob says. " I have seen God face to face and I shall call this place Peniel". The Pineal Gland of the brain. The single eye. The receptor of light. The fire of meditation. The true pathway to IS RA EL.
So both Jacob and Heli are actually Josephs father, because they both mean exactly the same thing, they both represent the higher nature or god consciousness.
These kinds of things send the literal reader into a tailspin, claiming innerancay and contradiction, that's because they refuse to understand the mythological nature of the text.
Who was Joseph?
A type of Christ-soul, the self struggling upward from the swampy regions below.
"joseph in an Egyptian prison is Christ come into the world, where he can meet the two peoples, that is the jew ( one who seeks inward) and the gentile ( the one outer darkness). After long suffering (dark night of the soul), first, from the ungoverned violence of activities, which spring from true devotion, then through the temptations from the affections of the natural man/mind. Then through the bondage and pain, the spirit is freed from the attachments of the lower ego, and is glorified. "All Egypt" bows to Joseph.
Egypt is the lower mind quality in biblical mythology.
Joseph is the type of the suffering Christ, the idea seems to have been so, to group the sons of jacob around Joseph that he should be the object of hatred of them all in their manifold sins (lower emotions), and yet whilst apparently perishing at their hands, be their deliverer"
Egypt always signifies the mental plane, said "Egyptians" the mental faculties, mind becomes subject to spirit, from a lower sense to a higher one.
Rev. "And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of that great city, which our lord was crucified, in a place SPIRITUALLY called SODOM and EGYPT."
You see it's a spiritual place, not literal.
"Man is conditioned right from the beginning of his life that the world he lives in has an absolute material reality." Not women, though. 'Cause they live in the kitchen.
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