"But if you will not know yourselves,

you dwell in poverty and it is you who are that poverty... 

Whoever finds himself is superior to the world".

The Gospel Of Thomas

 

“…if anyone thinks that he knows anything,

he knows nothing yet as he ought to know”

(1 Cor 8:2 NKJ)  

 

 

Search For Self In TheWay

Being Of Light

http://SoulSelf.org

Known By God?

 

The third saying of the recently discovered Gospel of Thomas states:  "When you come to know yourselves, then you will become known, and you will realize that it is you who are the sons of the living father. But if you will not know yourselves, you dwell in poverty and it is you who are that poverty."    What is the meaning of the words: "...then you will become known"???   Regardless of the religion you are affiliated with, the fact that you do not understand the underlying reality that is portrayed in these words, is an indication that you are spiritually flat-lined, and can make little to no progress beyond your present point.  

 

Most religions, including Christianity which is the source of these words, will immediately dismiss what is being portrayed, and this they will do to their own spiritual demise.   Thus, these words are as true today, as when they were originally spoken: "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" (Hosea 4:6 NKJ).   If it is indeed true that Jesus warned his disciples and followers that only "when you come to know yourselves, then you will become known..." , then it is also true that "...Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it." (Matt 7:13-14 NKJ).    And if we dismiss the source as being drawn from a writing that is not approved by the Church, and being Gnostic, then to our own dilemma we can see the same exact thought in an Epistle of Paul where he warns: "But now after you have known God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you turn again to the weak and beggarly elements, to which you desire again to be in bondage?" (Gal 4:9 NKJ).   HOW CAN WE NOT BE KNOWN BY GOD???   Having demonstrated the relevance between the same exact reality presented in both the Gospel of Thomas, and Paul's Epistle to the Galatians, it is important to be cognizant of the very opening statement in Thomas: "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."    What most people who read these words fail to understand is the fact that, what is presented in the opening statement of Thomas is not secret teachings of words that one must learn in order to enter into the Life that Jesus revealed to mankind -- but rather, the true meaning of not only the Gospel of Thomas, but of all Gospels and scriptures, cannot be known, perceived, understood and comprehended, without Personally Experiencing the Inner Kingdom (Lk 17:20-21) by walking in TheWay (see http://GateOfEden.com ).    To find the true meaning of the sayings of Thomas, the seeker must through their own spiritual experiences, begin to draw near to the Inner Kingdom.  

These words are again repeated in Jesus' own warning to those who call themselves believers: "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord!' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the person who does what my Father in heaven wants. Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy in your name? Didn't we force out demons and do many miracles by the power and authority of your name?' Then I will tell them publicly, 'I've never known you. Get away from me, you evil people.'  (Mat: 7:21-23).    Even if you are a believer who in the name of Jesus has performed miracles, cast out demons, and prophesied in the name of Christ, the Bible warns that Jesus has never known you, for many of the same reasons why you are not known by God.   

A long ignored writing is the Epistle of Peter And James -- and it is ignored largely, because it makes a number of profound statements that all but the very few people who enter in at the "narrow way", will immediately dismiss -- once again, to their own demise.   Speaking of the more spiritual scriptures that were never given into the hands of either the Jews or Gentiles, Peter states to James: "Hear me, brethren and fellow-servants. If we should give the books to all indiscriminately, and they should be corrupted by any daring men, or be perverted by interpretations, as you have heard that some have already done, it will remain even for those who really seek the truth, always to wander in error.   Wherefore it is better that they should be with us, and that we should  communicate them with all the fore-mentioned care to those who wish to live piously, and to save others."

How can this possibly be?   How can it be stated that if these more spiritual scriptures that were never given into the hands of the converts, were lost or corrupted, that  "...it will remain even for those who really seek the truth, always to wander in error.???"   And the answer to the dilemma which is all but ignored by not only the modern Church, but the sincere seekers of all the world's religions, is found in the words of Paul that the people of this world are not even "...known by God."   And why without the works and the knowledge that Jesus is making reference to, that it can be said that "...'I've never known you".   And while many will reject and attempt to ignore this profound warning, it all goes back to Paul's statement that “…if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know” (1 Cor 8:2 NKJ).   And since most Christians believe that they need not know anything more than the historical Jesus, then they prove the words true even in our own time: "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge"!!!

Who am I, that I can make the profound statement that regardless of your religious affiliation, that not only are you not "...known by God" -- but that it is in all likelihood that you will spiritually flat-line, and fail to enter into Life?   The answer is that my name in that life almost two thousand years ago, appears along with Peter's in the Epistle of Peter And James (see http://BrotherOfJesus.org ).   And I was sent back into the world at this time, in order for you to understand why it was stated that regardless of your affiliation, if you don't  "know...  as [you] ought to know”, that  "...it will remain even for those who really seek the truth, always to wander in error."     

 

Why Is Truth

Perpetually Beyond Man's Reach?

 Statements Of Fact

All Religions Become Corrupt Within 100 Years of Their Founding

All Religions Possess Fragments Of Truth That They Champion As The Whole Truth

Religious Teachers Do More To Alienate People From Truth, Than Help Them

Priests, Clergy, Yogis, Gurus And All Religious Authorities Are A Detriment To True Spiritual Growth

Your Own Inner Soul-Self Knows Infinitely More Than Your Teacher - Secular & Sectarian

Intellectuals Are No Smarter Than People Of Faith

There Is No Such Thing As A Non-Sectarian Public School

All Teachers Destroy Your Ability To Learn And Mentally/Spiritually Mature

You Have The Ability To Prove The Truth Within Yourself

Know Thyself

  

 

 

How Can The Self Be UnKnown?

  

 

 

The Shackles Of

Elementary Religion

Why Can't The Truth Of The Gospel Be Stated And Written Literally? 

What does the scriptures state?   That it is impossible to convey to the common believer of the Simple Faith the higher reality of the soul of man, and the Kingdom of God that the Disciples of Jesus experienced first hand.   Speaking of the Disciples and what they experienced, Paul writes that they were "caught up into Paradise and heard inexpressible words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter" (2 Cor 12:4-5 NKJ).   Every sincere Christian must ask the questions: Why can't the experience of being brought up into Paradise be expressed in words?   And perhaps even more important is the question as to why "...it is not lawful for a man to utter" what a Disciple who enters the Kingdom experiences?   These are serious questions, that can only be addressed by very serious seekers who truly seek to Know both the Answers to the dilemma of life, and the Lord.    And if, like the common believer, you are unwilling to confront these statements, then there is no purpose in your reading beyond this point -- you are neither a seeker, or one who is fit to be a disciple.   And if you have been seduced into believing that you can't know the Truth while in this world -- and man can only learn the Truth when he passes from this life -- then heed the warning in the Gospel of Philip which was long suppressed by the Church, where it states: "Those who say that first they shall die and (then) they shall arise are confused. If they do not first receive the resurrection (while) they live, they will not receive anything (when) they die."      

When Paul warns the baptized and committed Christians at Corinth that they were yet too carnal in their understanding to comprehend the spiritual meaning of the Gospel -- which is often referred to as the Mysteries of the Kingdom of God -- he conveyed to them the reality that few believers today have even begun to consider the ramifications of.   What Paul warned was that because they were limited to the organic consciousness of the physical body, that they would judge and even condemn the higher reality of the Soul and the Spirit as absolute "foolishness" -- i.e., “But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned” (1 Cor 2:14 NKJ).    Thus, it is imperative to ask the question: What is the "natural man"?     The condition of mankind that Paul is making reference to, would just as well be portrayed as "organic" -- or, of the physical body.   The "natural man" , is the "organic" human being -- and it makes no difference if you are a scholar, an authority in the Church, one who is considered an expert, or just a common man or woman, unless you have brought about the necessary alchemical spiritual transformation of the organic body and mind about, then you do not even possess the necessary mental and intellectual tools to perceive and understand your own true higher reality of soul and spirit.  

It is said that human consciousness is like the tip of an iceberg -- and in the same way that only a very small tip which is supported by an immense foundation of ice protrudes above the water where it can be seen -- organic man who Paul portrays as of a natural mind, can only utilize a very small portion of his potential of mind.   And this is complicated by the fact that only a very small portion of the mind even corresponds to this physical earth reality -- and therefore there is little in this world that can even stimulate growth beyond what Paul portrays as the natural mind of man in his organic condition of being.   And when Paul states that the wisdom of this world will come to naught (1 Cor 2:6-8), it is because of these organic limitations that inhibit all of mankind who are of a "natural mind", from understanding anything beyond the forms of this physical world -- and as I demonstrate on Unity of Mind ( http://UnityOfMind.org ), even the most brilliant of secular minds do not in any manner possess any real understanding of even the forms they see, as they look out into the world in which they presently dwell.    In fact, you could enroll in all the most esteemed colleges and universities that man has created -- you could endlessly study the volumes of books composed and written by men throughout the ages -- and your wisdom and knowledge would pale in comparison to the Disciples of Jesus and the earliest of Spiritual Christians who were sincere Disciples of TheWay.  

The average modern believer who reads these words would probably reply: If this is true, then the Disciples of Jesus were set apart from the rest of mankind, and we cannot expect to know what they knew.   Yet, nothing could be further from the truth!   The first century elder Ignatius personally knew both Paul and the other Disciples.   And in his Epistle to the Trallaus he speaks of the Mysteries of the Gospel and the Kingdom, and writes: “Might I not write to you things more full of mystery?  But I fear to do so, lest I should inflict injury on you who are babes.  Pardon me in this respect, lest, as not being able to receive their weighty import, ye should be strangled by them”.  The only way that Ignatius could have written these words, was if he, himself, understood what was beyond the comprehension of the organic mind of the believers of the simple faith.   And while he states that he understood what was incomprehensible to the organic mind of man, he also confesses that though he is aware of the mysteries, he is not yet “by any means perfect, nor am I such a disciple as Paul or Peter”.   

What preacher of the Gospel today would stand before his congregation and state to the people in their pews, that if he was to reveal the true teachings of the New Covenant -- the Mysteries of the Gospel of God -- he would “inflict injury on you who are babes” in Christ?   What teaching of the Lord could a present-day preacher of the gospel reveal that the congregation of believers are not “able to receive their weighty import”?   If Ignatius or the other early Church Fathers who knew the Mysteries of the Kingdom of God were with us today, what profound mystery could they speak regarding the true teachings of Jesus that believers today would be “strangled by them”?    To the degree that Paul proclaimed to the Christians at Corinth: “And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to men of flesh, as to babes in Christ” (1 Cor 3:1 NAS).   Thus, these believers could only be taught the doctrine of Jesus Christ and him crucified (1 Cor 2:2), because they were not yet spiritual men -- but rather, they were men of flesh and still very much “babes in Christ”.   Paul then explains that: “I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are not yet able” (1 Cor 3:2 NAS).   What should be troubling to the modern believer is that Paul openly admits that the baptized and confirmed Christians at Corinth -- people who had accepted Jesus as their Lord and Savior and received the gifts of the laying on of hands and speaking in tongues -- people who were not taught by preachers and priests, but the Apostle himself -- were not yet able to understand and comprehend what Paul referred to as the Mysteries of the Gospel of God. 

If what both Paul and Ignatius states is true, and the Christian believers of the simple faith will look upon the Mysteries of God as "foolishness" -- rejecting the revelation as something that could not possibly be true -- then every sincere Christian must ask themselves the question: If a Disciple came to speak to me, how could he possibly convey to me what would be inconceivable for me to understand?   Again, the Christian should ask: What truths describing a higher reality would be so profound, that a mature Disciple of TheWay would not be able to convey to me what they knew, because it would “inflict injury on” me, to the degree that I would be spiritually “strangled by" the revelation?    And while the vast majority of Christians would take the complacent package deal which they believe the Gospel represents -- i.e., since I am saved, what is the difference if I don't understand the higher realities of the soul and the Mysteries of the Kingdom of God?   This mindset which is typical among believers of the simple faith, is synonymous with saying: I got a passing grade in elementary school, so why should I go on to middle and high school, and perhaps seek a higher education?   And in the same way that an elementary school education would place a great hardship on a person who then attempts to enter the market place in pursuit of employment and supporting a family, because of institutionalized Church endorsed complacency, few modern Christians even begin to understand the full dimensions of the warning: “That servant who knows his master's will and does not get ready or does not do what his master wants will be beaten with many blows. But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked” (Luke 12:47-48 NIV).   What this means is that the Christian, who has been given greater opportunity than other peoples of the world, will have the greater requirements placed upon him.   While those who have not received the greater opportunity, will not be judged with the same requirements.   And this fact is further demonstrated in the article, The Complacent Christian.    While the institutionalized Church -- often for their own monetary and political gain -- has in many instances promoted the complacent mindset, if the warning is true where it is written: "And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?" (Luke 6:46 KJV) -- many who are under the belief that they are Christians in good standing, will experience a rude awakening in the future.   Thus, the warning that the vast majority of complacent lukewarm Christians are not in the least prepared to deal with: "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.  Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?'  And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!" (Matt 7:21-23 NKJ).

While in the original religious teachings of Yeshua and his Disciples, these verses were of great importance, they are virtually meaningless in the religious teachings and theology of Martin Luther and the framers of the Reformation (see The Christian Diaspora ).   Moreover, the leaders of the modern Church have absolutely no idea either how these warnings apply to the fate of the body of believers, or why Yeshua taught that the Christian will be held to a higher level of accountability, than the unbeliever.   Further, the modern clergy and leaders of the Church are absolutely clueless as to why Paul warned that the committed and baptized believers at Corinth were incapable of understanding the true spiritual meaning of the Gospel, and the Mysteries of the Kingdom of God, because they were yet of a natural organic mind -- and in their carnal mindset, they would judge and condemn these higher revelations as "foolishness"!!!

Regardless of the number of times that believers of the simple faith are warned that God is a Spirit, and can only be sought through man's indwelling spiritual nature (Jn 4:24) -- and that to receive this spiritual revelation that the organic mind of the believer will judge and condemn as utter "foolishness" -- the great mass of Christians perpetually reject the spirit, and and turn to the written word of the scriptures in pursuit of what Paul the "letter that killeth" (2 Cor 3:6) (see http://Ebionite.com/defeat.htm ).   Paul commands the believers of the simple faith to "Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature" (Col 3:5 NIV). To the degree that Paul warned: “For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live” (Rom 8:13 KJV).   Yet, believers will perpetually turn to the flesh of the written word that Paul portrayed as the "letter that killeth" (2 Cor 3:6), and ignore the commandment to move on to maturity and embrace the spirit that the baptized Christians of the simple faith will view as utter "foolishness" -- and even heresy from the perspective of their very limited organic understanding.  

Perhaps the most profound example of the inability of the natural carnal mind to even begin to grasp man's own higher soul and spiritual reality is provided in the words of Paul who said of the baptized, totally committed believers as Corinth: “I always thank God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. For in him you have been enriched in every way -- in all your speaking and in all your knowledge -- because our testimony about Christ was confirmed in you. Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed” (1 Cor 1:4-7 NIV).    Yet, in the second chapter of the very same Epistle Paul warns these believers who have been given all knowledge and testimony of Christ: “But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned” (1 Cor 2:14 NKJ).    Paul then goes on and warns these believers of a natural mind who were baptized and dedicated to Christ: “And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to men of flesh, as to babes in Christ” (1 Cor 3:1 NAS).   Thus, these believers could only be taught the doctrine of Jesus Christ and him crucified (1 Cor 2:2), because they were not yet spiritual men -- but rather, they were men of flesh and still very much “babes in Christ”.   Paul then explains that: “I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are not yet able” (1 Cor 3:2 NAS). 

The shackles which inhibit the modern Christian today, is seen in the fact that the Church not only institutionalized what Paul calls the "milk" of the Gospel intended for “babes in Christ” -- but then the Church of Rome threw away the Key of Knowledge ( http://KeyOfKnowledge.org ), and totally lost the ability to understand the Spiritual Gospel that Sustains and Completes the true Disciple of Yeshua who picks up their own cross and imitates the pattern.    The modern believer will respond that those who have gazed upon what Paul states is "...not lawful... to utter" (2 Cor 12:4-5 NKJ) and reveal to the minds of the believers of the simple faith, should merely tell them what they have seen and experienced.   And yet, because peddling Christ has become a lucrative business with political benefits, the "milk... intended for babes in Christ" has become so institutionalized, that those to whom the higher reality of the soul and the Mysteries of the Kingdom has been revealed, are condemned as heretics by the flock of believers.     Thus, if we replace the word synagogue with the modern portrayal of a church, we can begin to see the dilemma of the modern Christian who no longer possess the Key of Knowledge, and has absolutely no idea how to receive the revelation of the Mysteries of the Kingdom of God: "These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me" (John 16:1-3 KJV).   And while they claim to know Christ with their lips, their hearts and minds are far removed, because they no longer possess the means to move onto maturity -- “Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead to death, and of faith in God, instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment” (Heb 6:1-2 NIV).

While it is true that Paul taught the necessity of faith -- faith in the Gospel-process that if adhered to, would bring about the transformation of the believer -- an integral part of this process was the need to transform the carnal nature after embracing the elementary teachings of Christ, and going on to maturity.    But because the Church of Rome threw away the Key of Knowledge, and the non-Roman Church conceived out of the Reformation had been totally alienated from the preparatory knowledge and lifestyle necessary to even begin to understand the higher reality of the soul and the Mysteries of the Kingdom -- i.e., that intermediate wisdom and knowledge that prepares the Disciple to begin to comprehend what believers of the simple faith view as utter "foolishness" -- the Church itself became lost in the quagmire of what Paul portrays as the elementary doctrines, literally drowning in the "milk... intended for babes in Christ".    

To even begin to understand the spiritual void that exists today, we must closely examine the Church prior to it being adopted by Pagan Rome as the official religion of the Empire.   And one of the important documents that we can turn to in our search for the Truth and TheWay, is a document known as The True Word.   In the approximate year of 178 of our Common Era, Celsus, the Epicurean Philosopher and opponent of Christianity, published a rather embarrassing work in opposition to Christianity known as The True Word or Discourse.    It is said that this work was widely published and used by the Pagan world as an attack on the Church, that seventy years after its publication The True Word was still so widely circulated, that the Church Father Origen was commissioned by St. Ambrosius to refute this attack by Celsus.   In this polemic against the Church, Celsus attacked the Church as being a secret system -- teaching the body of believers a very different doctrine, than what was taught and embraced by the inner core of the elect.

In view of the fact that neither Origen or any authority in the Church refuted what Celsus stated, it is of the utmost importance to first understand why the outer body of believers embraced very different doctrines of belief than the inner core of the elect.    When Paul warned the believers at Corinth that it was not only impossible -- but not even lawful -- to reveal to them the true spiritual meaning of the Gospel with respect to the higher reality of the soul and the Mysteries of the Kingdom that they, in their natural organic (untransformed) mind would condemn as "foolishness" -- then what he created was not only two opposite polarities within the body of the Church -- but a great diversity and variance in understanding between those who were migrating from the doctrines of the simple faith, and those who Paul portrayed as having gone on to maturity.   

The entry-level believers of the simple faith who were blinded by their carnal mindset and understanding, came to call themselves Orthodox.    Why?   Men who were absolutely clueless as to the spiritual meaning of the Gospel and the Mysteries of the Kingdom, called themselves priests and teachers, and they were under the grave misconception that they understood what is impossible for the organic mind of man to comprehend.   In making reference to these teachers and priests who called themselves Orthodox, we can see the very same elementary beliefs which are embraced by Christians today, as well as their reading only the literal written words of the scriptures in the manner of the Pharisees when Eusebius writes of their doctrines -- doctrines conceived by the early Christians Papias and Irenaeus, and still held throughout the modern Christian world today: “Papias reproduces other stories communicated to him by word of mouth, together with some otherwise unknown parables and teachings of the Saviour, and other things of a more allegorical character.   He says that 'after the resurrection of the dead there will be a period of a thousand years when Christ's kingdom will be set up on this earth in material form'.  I suppose he got these notions by misinterpreting the apostolic accounts and failing to grasp what they said in mystic and symbolic language.  For he seems to have been a man of very small intelligence, to judge from his books.  But it is partly due to him that the great majority of churchmen after him took the same view, relying on his early date; e.g. Irenaeus and several others, who clearly held the same opinion” (Eusebius, Hist Eccl., Book III, 39.11).   What is a man of very small intelligence?   Is it not organic man whose untransformed mind is as the tip of the iceberg?   And when they begin as believers, these are the people of the simple faith who would condemn the higher reality of the soul and the Mysteries of the Kingdom as "foolishness".    On the other hand, the Spiritual Christians who picked up their own cross and lived the Consecrated life prescribed by Yeshua -- making their body into a Living Temple ( http://TheThreeLies.com ) -- came to be called Gnostic.   But what is Gnosis?    It is the Experiential Knowledge that after being brought up into the Kingdom, Paul warned was "...not lawful... to utter" (2 Cor 12:4-5 NKJ) even to the baptized believers of the simple faith.    So the truly Spiritual Christians who having themselves overcome to each person's ability, was able to move beyond the elementary precepts of the Gospel, and were able to then receive the Knowledge of the Kingdom in the same manner as did the Disciples -- and in the same manner that every potential Disciple has today to Know the Truth by entering into the House with the True Prophet (see http://DivineManna.org#TrueProphet ).  

So the scriptures are written and composed in the manner that they presently are, because it is impossible to reveal to the organic mind of man what he is not only carnally incapable of understanding -- but as the scriptures warn, he is blind to this higher reality -- and as Paul warns, it is not even lawful to reveal the Mysteries of the Kingdom to the believers of the simple faith.   Yet, to those who Live in accord with the Commandments and the Royal Law -- and sincerely strive to overcome -- they are given the Key of Knowledge which when properly applied, has the ability to reveal all things to the Disciple who picks up his on cross and travails in TheWay -- seeking the Kingdom as Yeshua commanded.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

While men perpetually argue and contend with one another -- and even kill in the name of their God -- each one fails to understand that all the religious concepts and doctrines of belief they embrace, are all elementary at best.   In one of the writings attributed to the man known as the Apostle Paul, it is portrayed as a sin to contend with another man over tenets of religious beliefs (see No Sects) drawn from the scriptures.   Why?   Because even today, all of man's religious concepts are so elementary, that they often alienate him from the Reality of the Soul, the Truth, the Kingdom, and God.    In fact, mankind has been bound and shackled by the very religious beliefs that he proclaims.    And it isn't that the Spiritual Sources of men such as Jesus are wrong -- but rather, than few believers have either prepared themselves, or opened their minds sufficiently, to perceive and understand what these Spiritual Sources have attempted to teach mankind.   The fact of the matter is, that the mind of natural organic man is simply incapable of perceiving or comprehending his own higher reality of Self and Soul -- and he is therefore incapable of understanding any religious teachings with any genuine depth of true comprehension.    When Paul warned that “…if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know” (1 Cor 8:2 NKJ) -- he recognized that organic man does not have the capacity to perceive and comprehend his own higher soul and spiritual reality -- and because he thinks he knows, regardless of the fact that he lacks even the mental capacity and ability to truly perceive and understand his own higher reality of soul and the Kingdom of God, he will always be bound by the error of his own thinking -- always groping -- never finding -- always seeking in the wrong direction.   Why?   For the very same reasons why it was written in the Epistle of Peter and James: "Hear me, brethren and fellow-servants. If we should give the books to all indiscriminately, and they should be corrupted by any daring men, or be perverted by interpretations, as you have heard that some have already done, it will remain even for those who really seek the truth, always to wander in error.   Wherefore it is better that they should be with us, and that we should  communicate them with all the fore-mentioned care to those who wish to live piously, and to save others.".   It is well documented that the more sacred writings of the Disciples of Jesus were never given into the hands of the Gentiles or those outside of the Ebionites.   And to simply dismiss the above words, without understanding why they were said, merely constitutes one's own spiritual demise.    These words attributed to James, the Brother of Jesus, were said for a reason -- and to simply dismiss them and conclude that James was in error in his understanding`-- is spiritual death.   If all that was necessary was to read the scriptures and believe, then it is to our own detriment that we simply dismiss these words without knowing the reality that they portray.   And while Paul warns that those who think they know, know nothing -- and James warns that if certain essential knowledge is lost, that man will be bound to "...always to wander in error" -- then to simply ignore this warning by the pillars of what is now the Christian faith, is the abandonment of the very gift of reason that sets man apart from the brute beasts of the wilderness and jungles of this world.

The Gospel of Thomas opens with the profound statement that is fundamentally rejected by the worlds religions: "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."      Those who read this article to the end, will understand why these rejected and misunderstood words were stated in the manner that they were.

 

 

 

 

 

 

It is an almost useless endeavor to seek to Know God,

Without first knowing self

 

If your idea of self is the reflected image that looks back at you in the mirror, then you are hopelessly lost, confused and dwell in the prevailing dark ignorance which permeates the thinking of the organic people of this world.   For a reason of paramount importance the Gospel of Thomas declares: "But if you will not know yourselves, you dwell in poverty and it is you who are that poverty... Whoever finds himself is superior to the world" (see Divine Manna).   The objective of life is to Know Thyself -- but who are we?   The scriptures state that we were Created in the Image and Likeness of God -- and we are called His Offspring.   Yet, in the same way that our own offspring must evolve through all the stages of development that brings maturity, our own souls must evolve through all the levels and stages of maturity in order to become Complete and inherit our Destiny.   This process of growth is portrayed in the parable of the prodigal son -- and once understood, is seen in the analogy of Plato's Cave.   Because we are the Offspring of God, we are Commanded to be Perfect, as our Heavenly Father is Perfect (Mt. 5:48) -- but because they know not themselves, most people fear to even contemplate this Commandment.    Yet, it is a Destiny that none of us can escape -- it is organic to the very DNA of Creation -- and is in fact the very reason and purpose of Creation.  

While a countless number of believers have proclaimed it's infallible truth, few men understand the Bible with any depth -- and even fewer yet possess what Jesus called the Key of Knowledge which not only unlocks the true meaning of the scriptures, but all of life itself.   And to man's own undoing, many biblical statements are ignored.   And if we pose the question: Why don't the leaders of our Churches understand the Bible with any depth beyond the written word which Paul called the "letter that killeth"?   Because they totally lack an understanding of even themselves.   In the same way that they are unable to see past the image of the body that looks back at them in the mirror, they in like manner can't see beyond the outer garb of the written text of the scriptures which Peter called the Books with the Power to Deceive.   Where man doctrinally portrays the Genesis allegory of the Fall of Man in the negative -- this Fall was not only brought about by the Laws and was necessary -- but the realities of the development of mind and spirit that are portrayed, are necessary to bring about man's ultimate Triumph and Completion.   Thus, it is written: "For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God.  For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now" (Rom 8:19-22 NKJ).   The sons of God are a plural, because all of us are equally the prodigal sons.   Notice the words: "For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it..." -- which means that it was the Laws (of God) that were brought into being prior to what is allegorically portrayed as the Fall of Man, that has brought all the futility upon the souls of men in their plight in what Jesus portrayed as the parable of the prodigal son.   So, everything from the first Creation account onward in the Torah, is a portrayal of the Laws working upon your own mind and being -- forcing your soul to evolve from the Alpha of unknowing, to your Destiny as portrayed in the life of Jesus who succeed in bringing about the fourth and final stage of birth in the Kingdom.   Notice the words: "...For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now" -- and this is true.   There is nothing but the process of birth being brought about in every soul throughout all of Creation.   And if you understand the system of numbers in the genealogy of Jesus in Matthew, it conveys the fact that he had succeeded in bringing about the first three stages of birth prior to even entering that life, and the final birth is portrayed in the allegory of the Resurrection.   And to accomplish this, each of us must be born of the virgin -- and since Joseph represents the Generative Force of the Kingdom, the birth from Joseph and Mary will eventually be part of our own Destiny. 

In our true form when we are not present in the body of flesh, we are a Being Of Light -- Pure Intellectual Vital Life-Force -- and we are Divine, because our Heavenly Father is Divine.   "Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, 'I said, You are gods '?" (John 10:34 NKJ).   But because we are yet immature, and know not self, we are the prodigal sons and daughters who continually become entrapped in the darkness of this world, and unknowingly reject the Divine Light of our Soul.    And we can't know either Creator-God, or our true self, until we can look out at the world and all of Creation with the vision of Higher Spiritual Reality.   Countless lifetimes we suffer and perish, because we shackle ourselves to the ignorance of this world.   Thus, many important spiritual teachings and concepts were removed from the Bible by the Church which attempted to suppress its Spiritual and Gnostic foundation (see Bible Corruption) -- and an important teaching is preserved in the Gospel of the Nazirenes which is an integral part of the encounter between Jesus and Nicodemus: "...As it is written in the book of Job, 'I am a wanderer, changing place after place and house after house, until I come into the city and mansion which is eternal'"  (see Teachings On Soul Evolution).   And thus, the prodigal sons and daughters have not only been forced into what is portrayed as the "far country" and "...subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it... For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now" -- and what we are in fact enduring throughout our struggles in life, is the process of birth that will eventually bring about our Destiny.    And that this cannot be accomplished in one lifetime, here, in what is portrayed as God's School House (see Divine Strategery), is very much in accord with the quote from the Book of Job: '"I am a wanderer, changing place after place and house after house, until I come into the city and mansion which is eternal.'"   In Jewish Mysticism, this journey of the soul is portrayed in the words of the Zohar: “All souls are subject to the trials of transmigration; and men do not know the designs of the Most High with regard to them… The souls must re-enter the absolute substance whence they have emerged.  But to accomplish this end they must develop all the perfections, the germ of which is planted in them; and if they have not fulfilled this condition during one life, they must commence another, a third, and so forth, until they have acquired the condition which fits them for reunion with God” -- and there is absolutely no difference in the concepts presented in these words, and what is portrayed in the parable of the prodigal son.  

 

Natural Man Is UnTeachable

 

In the same way that what you can teach an infant is limited, and must be age appropriate, what each person is capable of understanding is directly related to the level of soul-evolution that has been accomplished in the previous lives their soul has lived.   The spiritually immature whose thinking is ruled over by the flesh and organic consciousness of the body-vessel, cannot even begin to understand the concepts of man's own higher reality of soul and spirit.   And to his own detriment, the believers of the simple faith perpetually ignore the very warnings which are clearly presented by the authors of the scriptures and epistles.   Without evolving through the Alchemical process of Spiritual Transformation, Paul warns that man in his natural organic state will look upon the Higher Mysteries of God as foolishness -- i.e., “But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned” (1 Cor 2:14 NKJ).  Paul then goes on and warns these believers of a natural organic mind who were baptized and dedicated to Christ: “And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to men of flesh, as to babes in Christ” (1 Cor 3:1 NAS). Thus, these believers could only be taught the doctrine of Jesus Christ and him crucified (1 Cor 2:2), because they were not yet spiritual men -- but rather, they were men of flesh and still very much “babes in Christ”.  Paul then explains that: “I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are not yet able” (1 Cor 3:2 NAS).    And it is this same "milk of the Gospel" that is of an "elementary" nature, that is intended for entry-level Christians, that is still preached in our Churches today.   

When Paul warned that he could only speak to the believers at Corinth as "...men of flesh, as to babes in Christ” (1 Cor 3:1 NAS), what he was warning was that “Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil” (Heb 5:13-14 NIV).   Speaking of the milk of the Gospel which is intended for the entry-level believers of the simple faith, the Church Father Origen explained that it was  “preached in the Churches... for the simpleminded and for the ears of the common crowd who are led on to live better lives by their belief”.  

What the natural carnally minded believers had trouble in comprehending -- a reality that continues to plague Jewish, Christian, Muslim, the New Age, as well as Atheists, and the people of all religious faiths today -- is the reality that the religion preached by Paul was one of Spiritual Transformation.   Paul warned those he preached to about the "letter that killeth", that their religious ideas and doctrines were merely elementary.   And Paul could no more convey to the Christians of the simple faith the deeper realities of the soul and the Inner Kingdom, than he could feed a new born infant a steak dinner.   And in the same way that the infant is physically not prepared to chew and digest solid food, neither is the organic mind of man -- or the (Christian) believers of the simple faith -- even remotely prepared to comprehend the higher reality of the soul and the Kingdom of God.  

Paul attempted to convey this higher reality to believers who were unable to comprehend the Mysteries of God, because he was a man who was not only enlightened about the Kingdom within (see Gate Of Eden), but had himself been permitted entrance into the Kingdom -- as seen in his words that every Christian who beseeches the Lord today to enlighten their understanding, is in fact asking to see and hear “…things so astounding that they are beyond a man's power to describe or put in words…” -- and after they gaze upon these mysteries, what they have witnessed will be of such a profound nature that they will “…not [be] allowed to tell them to others” (2 Cor 12:4 TLB).  Why would Paul not be permitted to tell the Christians of the simple faith about the profound realities that he witnessed?   For the very same reason why I write above that man in his natural organic state of mind is UnTeachable!

In the Martyrdom of Ignatius (first Century Overseer of Antioch), Ignatius speaks of himself as a disciple of John. In his Epistle to the Ephesians he writes that he has been “initiated into the mysteries of the Gospel with Paul, the holy, the martyred”. In his Epistle to the Trallaus he speaks of the mysteries and writes: “Might I not write to you things more full of mystery? But I fear to do so, lest I should inflict injury on you who are babes. Pardon me in this respect, lest, as not being able to receive their weighty import, ye should be strangled by them”.  Ignatius also writes that though he is aware of the mysteries, he is not yet “by any means perfect, nor am I such a disciple as Paul or Peter”.  What preacher of the gospel today warns his congregation that if he was to reveal the true teachings of the New Covenant -- the Gospel of God -- he would “inflict injury on you who are babes” in Christ? What teaching of the Lord could a present-day preacher of the gospel reveal that the congregation of believers are not “able to receive their weighty import”? If Ignatius or the other early Church Fathers who knew the Mysteries of the Kingdom of God were with us today, what profound mystery could they speak regarding the true teachings of Jesus that believers today would be “strangled by them”? 

Those who believe they know the Truth, are as disenfranchised from their own higher soul and spiritual realities, as most other people.   In the words of Paul who warned that “And if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know” (1 Cor 8:2 NKJ). For if man could simply open the scriptures and be able to discern the Truth, Jesus would not have said of his disciples: “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). Why did Jesus say these words? 

The Dogmatic Folly Of Man's Religions

 

Contrary to popular cultural thinking, you not only do not have to physically die to enter the Kingdom of God -- but if you wait until you pass from this life, then you have failed in life's primary objectives.   And this is seen in the Gospel of Philip which reads: "Those who say that first they shall die and (then) they shall arise are confused. If they do not first receive the resurrection (while) they live,¹ they will not receive anything (when) they die" (see http://DivineManna.org ).    And while this does not mean that they will cease to exist -- or be tortured forever in some hell -- but it does mean that because of the prevailing religious and cultural ignorance, they will have accomplished very little, and squandered away their opportunity of life.

On this web site our true soul-nature is presented as the Being of Light that some people encounter in the Near Death Experience -- but there is no reason to physically die, to communicate or enter the presence of the Being of Light -- and becoming One with the Being of Light, is one of life's primary objectives.   The true disciples of Jesus and the teachings of TheWay, do not embrace doctrines of belief which they blindly hold as truth as promoted by the Churches today -- but rather, the true disciples of Jesus become a Manifestation of Truth by virtue of overcoming their own divided natures -- becoming One with first their soul-self -- and ultimately One with the Logos of God which is at the core of our being.  

To become a true disciple and follower of Jesus, you must cease to blindly believe -- move beyond faith in the unknown -- and live the necessary Life that brings Completion and Oneness with first your soul-self -- and ultimately with the Logos of God.   And this Oneness is not only within your ability if you become a true Disciple of TheWay -- but is your Ultimate Destiny as the prodigal son and daughter of our Heavenly Father.  

All Religious Paths Are Corrupted

 

 

 

While every religion will deny the facts, it is true that every religion becomes severely corrupted within 100 years of its founding.    Using Christianity as just one example, it is easily proven that every one of the primary doctrines of the Church have been compromised by carnal man's inability to comprehend his own higher soul and spiritual reality -- and that every belief that Christians embrace, is elementary at best.    that Jesus was a man, just like everyone else, and became the Messiah/Christ at his Baptism, but the scriptures were altered in order to make him a god (see The Ten Words ).   It is easily proven that all of the scriptures and early writings that Christians use today have been severely corrupted in order to make them support the doctrines of the Church (see The Orthodox Corruption Of The Scriptures).   And it is easily demonstrated that the genuine disciples of Jesus were murdered, in order to silence them (see The Death Of The Religion Of Jesus).    And while the clergy of the churches will attempt to convince you otherwise -- and even that it is sacrilegious to question church doctrine -- it is sacrilegious to embrace church doctrine and not seek the Truth.   And more important is the fact that what I have presented in these links with respect to Christianity, is true of all religions today.    Human nature attempts to define higher reality and the meaning of life in accord with man's understanding -- and this is natural to his being.   But, because man fails to see and understand the inherent flaws in his vision and ability to comprehend, all teachings of a Higher Order very quickly become corrupted when they are interpreted from the carnal and very limited perception of organic man.   

 

Know ThySelf

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Who Are We?

What Are We?

From Where Did We Come?

What Is Our Ultimate Destiny?

While from the perspective of our soul/higher self who is the Being of Light in a Near Death Experience, it is one thing to know the true Being that we are, it is quite another thing to seek out and become the true Being that we are.   

 

The Objective Of Life Is Oneness

With Our Soul/Higher Self

And Ultimately Our Heavenly Father God

 

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Many Christian authorities take the position that the Being of Light (BofL) in a Near Death Experience (NDE) is the Antichrist, or a counterfeit Messiah/Christ, because the BofL does not confirm the manmade doctrines of the 4th century Church of Constantine.  If Christians are in error, they have squandered away their opportunity of Life.

 

Failed Messiah Prophesies: In each generation that man has dwelled upon the face of the earth, there has arisen a class of pseudo-prophets who have been able to effectively employ this almost universal innate belief in the end of the world -- speak to the imagination of the people so as to stir their emotions to adhere to blind acceptance of counterfeit manmade doctrines -- and convey this false vision of imminent doom to the collective belief of the masses of people in a manner that serves the false prophet’s own personal monetary and political goals. As just one example: Pope Gregory I, who was supposed to be infallible, convinced the landowners throughout Europe that the end of times was so close, that if they did not at once hand over all their land to the church, they would be forever cast into the fires of hell when the great day arrived. The result was that the Papacy became the richest landowner in Europe.

In the time of Jesus the Sadducees and Pharisees predicted the coming of the Messiah -- and when Jesus did not commence to inaugurate the expected Kingdom, they condemned him as a false Messiah. Why? Because being carnal and of this world, they falsely believed the Messiah would come and kill all the opponents of the Jews -- and then rule the world with them as the chosen people. And with respect to this false vision of the Messiah, Jesus' words are just as true today as when he spoke them to his disciples when he physically walked the earth: "And when His disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, do You want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, just as Elijah did? But He turned and rebuked them, and said, You do not know what manner of spirit you are of. For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men's lives but to save them" (Luke 9:54-56 NKJ). Thus, both the Jews and the Christians who look for a Messiah to come upon the earth and destroy the wicked, are merely a people who "...do not know what manner of spirit you are of." 

Perhaps just as phenomenal is the fact that in continually ignoring the lessons of the past, the masses of people have subsequently fallen into the same trap in each and every succeeding age since the dawn of time itself. Generation upon generation of dooms-day prophets have successfully been able to induce the people to ignore the fact that each and every prediction that has been continually made by each and every subsequent generation of dooms-day prophets, has failed to come to pass.

 

There is web page you can consult on why the Messiah will never come in the manner that the Jews and Christians predict at
http://messianic.nazirene.org/messiah.htm . Basically, while only Jews who study Mysticism understand the Messiah, Christians and most Jews are basically lost in their doctrines. The Messiah is not a person -- it is a Power that Illumines the mind and reveals all things. And there are degrees of this Power of Enlightenment that is received by seekers. The word Messiah/Christ means the Anointed -- i.e., the Anointing of the Mind. 

In addition to the above web page, two important verses can be used to understand these Messianic prophesies, which are out of what is known as the Original Matthew which is known as the Gospel of the Hebrews/Ebionites -- fragments can be found at this link
http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/gospelhebrews-mrjames.html . The first demonstrates degrees of Anointing in the following words: "If thy brother (saith he) have sinned by a word and made thee amends, seven times in a day receive thou him. Simon his disciple said unto him: Seven times in a day? The Lord answered and said unto him: Yea, I say unto thee, unto seventy times seven times. For in the prophets also, after they were anointed by the Holy Spirit, the word of sin was found." So, while those who would be considered true prophets were in fact Anointed (Messiah/Christ), they were not yet perfect and had yet to Completely fulfill the Law within themselves. Whereas, the historical Yeshua had attained this Perfected state where those before him had failed, as seen in the baptism sequence where it states: "And it came to pass when the Lord was come up out of the water, the whole fount of the Holy Spirit descended and rested upon him, and said unto him: My son, in all the prophets was I waiting for thee that thou shouldst come, and I might rest in thee. For thou art my rest, and thou art my first begotten son, that reignest for ever."

While all the previous prophets and holy men had received the Anointing to the degree they were able, only Yeshua totally fulfilled the Law within himself -- as seen in the quotations on the Ebionite web page (see http://Ebionite.com ) where it reads that they believed Yeshua "was justified by fulfilling the Law. He was the Christ of God, since not one of the rest of mankind had observed the Law completely. Had any one else fulfilled the commandments of the Law, he would have been the Christ." Hence we "...thus fulfill the law, [we] are able to become Christs" (Hippolytus, Refut. Omn. Haer. vii. 34). Which is the objective of the teachings of Yeshua and TheWay -- to guide all the prodigal sons/daughters of the Most High back in their journey in TheWay as they return to the Edenic Kingdom of Origination which they originally emanated from in the beginning. And while most Christians ignore the implications of the parable of the prodigal son -- i.e., that each of us was originally with the Father in the Kingdom prior to journeying into this, the "far country" -- Jewish Mysticism presents a clear understanding in the journey of the soul. In The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia, under the heading of Souls, Transmigration of: “The doctrine of transmigration of souls, which was especially accepted by the Karaites… is generally attacked by Jewish philosophers, but is defended by Isaac Abravanel and Manasseh ben Israel. It appears often in Cabala; it is found in organized form in the Zohar, it is further developed in the teachings of Isaac Luria (1534-1572), and in Hasidism it becomes a universal belief. According to these teachings, all human souls have a common origin in the spiritual unity of the primordial man, sparks of which form the individual souls... The sin of Adam brought higher and lower souls into confusion; as a result, every soul has to pass through a series of incarnations... The soul itself has no sex, which is determined by the body and may vary from incarnation to incarnation”. 


In the Zohar, a doctrine of Jewish Mysticism, it is written that: “All souls are subject to the trials of transmigration; and men do not know the designs of the Most High with regard to them… The souls must re-enter the absolute substance whence they have emerged. But to accomplish this end they must develop all the perfections, the germ of which is planted in them; and if they have not fulfilled this condition during one life, they must commence another, a third, and so forth, until they have acquired the condition which fits them for reunion with God”. This reunion with God is the rebirth that was spoken of by Jesus to the Pharisee Nicodemus, “a ruler of the Jews”. 

The problem that even fewer people understand is the fact that there is four stages of birth that must be accomplished in order for the prodigal son to do as Yeshua accomplished, and achieve reunion with God in the Kingdom. The first is the physical birth which all of us here have accomplished by virtue of our entrance into this world. There is a web page which provides many biblical quotations with respect to the next stages of the threefold birth at
http://mystic.nazirene.org/fetus.htm . The next stage of birth is to achieve Completion in the physical by perfecting the Laws we were born under in order to achieve the next level of soul-birth. When we accomplish this, we overcome our divided natures, and we are able to manifest our true soul-self in the physical body. Our true self is the Being of Light that people encounter in the Near Death Experience
(see http://BeingOfLight.com ). And as described in the article on The Journey Into The Light
(see http://beingoflight.brotherofyeshua.com/journey.htm ), those very few who have achieved this level of birth or have entered what I call the Realm of Souls will observe that the souls of each person is greatly varying in size and often shape -- as well as the intensity of the Light they are able to manifest. True spiritual growth cannot even realistically be brought about, so long as division exists between us and our soul-self which has existed since the dawn of time. In view of the fact that I have already written extensively on the relationship between us and our soul-self as understood from the perspective of the teachings at Gospel of Thomas 84, I will provide you the link where you can research this at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NazireneLibrary/message/459 . 

In each birth we are only required to overcome the Laws we were born under. Some important teachings are preserved in the Pistis Sophia in the words: “But if he shall have sinned once, twice, or thrice, they shall reject that soul, sending it back again into the world according to the form of the sins that it may have committed; the form whereof I will declare unto you hereafter. But verily, verily I say unto you, that even the righteous man that hath committed no sin at all cannot be brought into the Kingdom of Light, forasmuch the seal of the mysteries of that kingdom is not found upon him. Once for all, I say unto you, a soul cannot be brought into the kingdom, if it be without the mysteries of the Kingdom of the Light” Living a good life is not enough -- we must walk in TheWay and bring about the next stages of birth. And this is further presented in the 69th chapter of the Gospel of the Nazirenes in the word
http://messianic.nazirene.org/gospel_seven.htm#chapter69 


1.As Yeshua sat by the west of the temple with his disciples, behold there passed some carrying one that was dead, to burial, and a certain one said to Him, "Master, if a man die, shall he live again?" 

2.He answered and said, "I am the resurrection and the life, I am the good, the beautiful, the true; if a man believe in me he shall not die, but live eternally. As in Adam all are bound to cycles of rebirth, so in the Messiah shall all be made alive. Blessed are the dead who die in me, and are made perfect in my image and likeness, for they rest from their labors and their works do follow them. They have overcome evil, and are made pillars in the temple of my God, and they go out no more, for they rest in the eternal." 

3."For them that persist in evil there is no rest, but they go out and in, and suffer correction for ages, till they are made perfect. But for them that have done good and attained to perfection, there is endless rest and they go into life everlasting. They rest in the eternal." 

4."Over them the repeated death and birth have no power, for them the wheel of the eternal revolves no more, for they have attained to the center, where is eternal rest, and the center of all things is God."

The people of spiritual vision knew that a Great Soul was going to be born into the world at the time of Yeshua, because they could interpret the Laws as revealed esoteric astrology. The Elders in the Ebionites were born as teachers, because they knew the level of each soul by virtue of the Laws they were born under. And the size, brightness and intensity of the Light of each person's soul-self who is the Being of Light (see http://BeingOfLight.com ) in the NDE, is predicated on the union/marriage between the physical and spiritual natures. All the ancient teachings on Duality and the Trinity have to do with the duality that encompasses every aspect of our being on every level. In the parable of the prodigal son, the two sons represent our physical nature which is our own essence of being, and our indwelling spiritual nature which is represented in the elder son who remains with the Father in the Kingdom while we venture into the "far country". All truth and reality is always found in the Third Force of balance between the duality of opposites and much of this is presented in the article on The Divine Marriage
(see http://nazirene.org/spiritual_meaning_of_marriage.htm ). And this is essence of the all-pervading doctrine of the Trinity and the threefold reality of every aspect of Creation. As an example: There are levels of marriage between a man and woman -- and you can't see the essence of a Marriage with your physical eyes and senses. The mind of man is in his etheric field that surrounds the physical body -- as demonstrated in Science Proves Religion
(see http://messianic.nazirene.org/science_proves.htm ). And it is both the degree of oneness -- as well as the level of mind/spirit evolution of the union -- that makes the man and woman "one flesh". So what we call marriage is for the most part elementary level marriage -- and what is presented as a Divine Union is a marriage that has evolved to the degree where the two minds work in absolute harmony and this is what makes the two ONE. And since we dwell in a holographic reality where the Divine Pattern of Creator God is replicated at every level of Creation, this threefold nature is manifest at every level of our being. So when the ancients speak of Dualism -- i.e., as in the Yin and Yang -- what they are really making reference to is the threefold self -- and this threefold reality permeates every aspect of Creation. And this is why it is said that the Logos (Mind of God) which is the Balance between Mother-Father God, brought forth all of Creation. But more importantly from our immediate perspective, is the reality that the two sons in the parable of the prodigal son represents our indwelling spiritual nature -- we are the physical nature -- and our soul/higher self is the reality of this union as we perceive our true form and nature in the Being of Light. 

RELIGIOUS FAILURE: Within the body there are three spiritual centers in the head (heavenly), and the three spiritual centers in the lower body which represents our lower nature, and the balance in the fourth center. The Star of David demonstrates the six heavenly and earthly spiritual centers brought into Oneness -- with the seventh spiritual center represented in the perfect balance between the three heavenly and three earthly. When we add in the inner intersections, we get the twelve spheres of (mind) of the Tree of Life. A soul such as the historical Yeshua was born under the Laws that would permit this evolved level of consciousness to manifest on all three levels (physical, soul and spirit) of his being, and this is represented in the allegorical sequences of 14, 14, 14 in the genealogy presented in Matthew. The vast majority of people are still working on the first fourteen as presented in bringing the physical into oneness and permitting the next level of soul-birth. To achieve this, we only have to overcome the Laws we were born under. The observation of Gurdjieff that the vast majority of religious paths all are doomed to failure is correct, because the people fail to comprehend the reality of the threefold self and the necessity to embrace and overcome each level in sequential order as in climbing the rungs of Jacob's Ladder. Most religious philosophies deal with us and God -- and yet, there are three kingdoms within and below that of man (mineral, vegetable and animal) -- all of which must be harmonized with the three heavenly kingdom above us -- even before we can begin to bring about the final birth as presented in the allegory of the crucifixion which brings Oneness with God as achieved by Yeshua. In the Library this is many posts on the futility of attempting to lose one's ego as the Eastern and New Age religions teach
(see http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NazireneLibrary/message/422 ) -- and this reality is presented in the quotation of Gurdjieff in the book, In Search Of The Miraculous, by P.D. Ouspensky: "The third way is the way of the yogi. This is the way of knowledge, the way of mind. The way of the yogi consists in working on the third room and in striving to enter the fourth room by means of knowledge. The yogi reaches the fourth room by developing his mind, but his body and emotions remain undeveloped and, like the fakir and the monk, he is unable to make use of the results of his attainment. He knows everything but can do nothing. In order to begin to do he must gain the mastery over his body and emotions, that is, over the first and second rooms. To do this he must again set to work and again obtain results by means of prolonged efforts." 

HEAD SEX: What the people of the New Age refer to as Christ Consciousness, is in reality head sex. In the same way that when the energy in the genitals is released there is a physical orgasm, when the opposite energy in the head is released, we experience head sex which the New Age calls Christ Consciousness. But without the balance of the earthly and heavenly as presented in the words of Gurdjieff above, we cannot bring about the necessary harmony in the physical that permits the next level of soul-birth that Yeshua spoke of -- and is the primary objective of the scriptures. By attempting to become a divine nothing, the religious adepts do embrace the euphoric reality of head orgasm, but because they lack Oneness between the earthly and heavenly as Gurdjieff notes above, they continue to remain incomplete and fail to manifest their soul-self which is the Being of Light in the NDE (see http://BeingOfLight.com ). 
LAWS BORN UNDER: Because of the disharmony of the lower nature as represented in the earthly triad of the Star of David, only a very small embryonic image of our true self can manifest in the physical body. As the younger son in the parable of the prodigal son, we are the lower consciousness of the heavenly triad -- but because we cannot manifest in the body in fullness, our consciousness of self is spread out across that dimension of mind that we call Time. And this is presented in detail at the above link to the post on the Gospel of Thomas saying 84 at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NazireneLibrary/message/459 . But if we succeed in overcoming the Laws we were born under, we can then overcome our divided natures and manifest our true soul-self in the body -- the soul-self is the Being of Light in the NDE
(see http://BeingOfLight.com ). When we achieve this level of birth -- and overcome our divided natures -- we are then able to work on bringing about the next level of spiritual birth which is Oneness between what is portrayed in the parable of the prodigal son as the two sons -- i.e., physical and spiritual. And as we overcome the division between these two polarities, we grow and evolve the Third Force which is the soul-self -- which in essence means that we grow and evolve our Light. The souls of most people are little flickering lights -- as presented in the above teachings of the Zohar in the words: "...human souls have a common origin in the spiritual unity of the primordial man, sparks of which form the individual souls..." -- and as we spiritually evolve, we actually grow that Light of the Soul -- and in spirit, these evolved souls are seen as Great Lights of depth and intensity. Where the souls of most people are as a flickering candle, the evolved souls are as Great Suns that permeate all with their Spiritual Wholeness. But we can do very little growth without first overcoming the division of our physical self and our soul-self -- and actually manifesting the Being of Light in the body-vessel. The reality of this is much more represented in the words Know Thyself, than the attempt by the Easterners and New Age to suppress the lower nature and attempt to lose the ego. Because they are attempting to become one with God, while they still exist in a divided-self reality, their progress as noted by Gurdjieff above is very slow. In contradistinction, the fulfillment of the Essene/Ebionite teachings of TheWay as presented to us in the life of Yeshua, supercharges our efforts because instead of attempting to suppress aspects of self, we instead spiritualize and evolve the self as a Whole -- permitting the next stage of soul-birth to be brought about. In the geneology of Yeshua we see the sequence of 14, 14 and 14, which designates David (4) in the Kingdom (10), which represents the perfection of the three natures (physical, soul and spiritual) -- with the physical and spiritual represented in the portrayal of the two sons or the duality of self -- and the perfection and evolution of the soul-self which expands the Light and evolves/perfects the self to the degree where we can be born in like manner that the historical Yeshua was born. This perfection of the Laws within us, permits us to embrace the final birth in the Kingdom and Absolute Oneness with God. 

As explained at the above link to why the Messiah can never come in the manner that Jews and Christians predict
(see http://messianic.nazirene.org/messiah.htm ), only when a person fulfills the role of the suffering Messiah outwardly, and in the inner and outer paradox the prophesies of the reigning Messiah become fulfilled inwardly as the Torah and Scriptures are used as the Key of Knowledge that is turned within 
(see http://brotherofyeshua.com/covenant.htm ) in order to open the "narrow gate" to the Kingdom within
(see http://GateOfEden.com ), we will continue to wander in this, the "far country... outer darkness" until we pick up our own cross and travail in TheWay in imitation of Messiah/Christ. 

There is much to read and study in the above -- and I agree with Paul that it is a sin to argue over the "letter that killeth.... Jewish fables"
(see http://messianic.nazirene.org/no_sects.htm ) -- because the scriptures are an allegory that men of a natural mindset cannot comprehend in the slightest degree
(see http://beingoflight.brotherofyeshua.com/defeat.htm ). The teachings of Yeshua and TheWay are purely spiritual
(see http://SpiritualManna.org ), and each of us must fulfill the prophesies of the suffering Messiah outwardly as Yeshua did, as well as the prophesies of the reigning Messiah inwardly in the Kingdom of Light. We begin the journey not by embracing religious rhetoric or the suppression of self -- but rather, through the spiritual growth and development of self that permits the manifestation of our soul-self and the fulfillment of the requirement to Know Thyself. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The below web sites are written in the name of Allan Cronshaw, which is my birth name in this present life.   The manner in which these other web sites are composed is very different than on this one -- wherein, on these other web sites there is an attempt to document and demonstrate every proof and concept of TheWay using a multitude of resources and biblical verses -- while on this web site there is no other authority than Jacob writing to you as the Brother Of Yeshua who was the leader of the Hebrew/Christian movement of TheWay.   In the recently discovered Gospel of Thomas it is written: (12) The disciples said to Jesus, "We know that you will depart from us. Who is to be our leader?" Jesus said to them, "Wherever you are, you are to go to James the righteous, for whose sake heaven and earth came into being."   So to once again restore the teachings of TheWay which is today known as Christianity, the Lord has sent Jacob/James, the Brother of Yeshua/Jesus, back into the world in order to guide the faithful flock into the Truth, the Light, and the Kingdom within (Luke 17:20-21).   It is there that my brother Yeshua/Jesus awaits you.

The above warning with respect to the predicted corruption of Yeshua's teachings is further stated in the first century writings known today as the Clementine Recognitions where it is written: "Our Lord and Prophet, who hath sent us, declared to us that the wicked one, having disputed with Him forty days, and having prevailed nothing against Him, promised that he would send apostles from amongst his subjects, to deceive.  Wherefore, above all, remember to shun apostle or teacher or prophet who does not first accurately compare his preaching with that of James, who was called the brother of my Lord, and to whom was entrusted to administer the church of the Hebrews in Jerusalem, — and that even though he come to you with witnesses: lest the wickedness which disputed forty days with the Lord, and prevailed nothing, should afterwards, like lightning falling from heaven upon the earth, send a preacher to your injury, as now he has sent Simon upon us, preaching, under pretense of the truth, in the name of the Lord, and sowing error. Wherefore He who hath sent us, said, ‘Many shall come to me in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. By their fruits ye shall know them.’"