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IN THE WORDS OF JESUS–Part 540

Love is the Fulfilling of the Law

ON LOVE; PART CXXIX

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In the last essay we discussed the role of ORDER in the Universe and we could safely say that ALL is ORDER. ORDER is, from our perspective the NON arbitrary and NON haphazard function of ALL things great and small. We could say also that ALL things operate according to the law that governs it and while this may seem like it is saying nothing, it is saying much; it is saying that there is no thing outside of the law and therefore no thing outside of the ORDERED PLAN. We did enter here an exception that is based upon the free willed, free wheeling, nature of man in form and while this IS True, there IS yet order in the consequences of his actions. Today we will introduce the idea that within this ORDER operates the divine and natural law of cause and effect and we should try to understand that in these things we way, we are talking only about those realms of existence that we can touch and somewhat understand. It is in considering these things that we KNOW that we can understand a bit about those things that we can not ‘touch‘ in our current state of consciousness; it IS our premise and our understanding that whatsoever happens in these realms that we can be familiar with, can happen in those unknown realms as well albeit perhaps in a different way as their very substance is of a different sort.

Much like the correspondence that we draw between God and man, the True man that is, there are correspondences in most ALL things and while we would be at at loss to understand the inner workings of any, we should, at a minimum, concede the possibility that these things are so. A simple look at the varying opinions regarding the similarity between an solar system and an atom will show that we really do not yet KNOW; we have theories and these theories are ever-changing and ever multiplying. From our perspective we are not trying to equate the physical as we may see it here in the Earth with the more subtle realms of existence and we could view both of our examples, the solar system and the atom, as existing across more than one of these realms. This purely physical is composed of the dense matter, liquid matter and gaseous matter and each of the more subtle can permeate the the denser. Beyond this we have what we call the etheric ‘levels’and while in today’s science there may be but one ether, what is there in reality, in the infinity that not only spans distance but depth as well? We could say that in matter we have the appearance, the energy behind that appearance and the source of that energy as a sort of Trinity of aspects and when we consider this as the make up of the atom it is then also the makeup of the molecule and then the makeup of the structure that we see as well and we could say that these different forms exist in different ‘levels‘ or realms of matter which, from our perspective would all be considered as physical.

We have touched upon these things before and our purpose in doing so is twofold. First to show that there are correspondences between ALL things and the esoteric saying that as above, so below, is a workable postulate for the greater understanding of ALL things. In this regard, with the same enthusiasm with which we proclaim that man is not this body, we claim as well that those things that we see are but the outer cloak of the great mysteries that they cover. In this way also we can see that the man, being NOT the body but the Soul, must exist somewhere and that place is what we humbly call the Kingdom of God and, from our perspective, this is likely the most of God that we can appreciate. Where then is this kingdom? it is not in the physical nor the etheric which is but the finer ‘levels’ of the physical. Occult science would put the Kingdom in what they call the Mental realm and in this we understand that mind is substance and that a thought is a thing albeit not a physical thing. Can we see this Mental realm as the Mind of God? in which exists the Souls, manifest in that mind as the energy from their source, the Spirit, and appearing in yet denser mental substance of a kind that can ‘touch‘ and permeate the working mind of humanity.

The second purpose is to show that regardless of how fanciful we may consider these ideas, that they are no more fanciful than the theories of science, the ever-changing theories of science where today in the study of the atom and the related subatomic particles we have a multiplicity of theories and perhaps the best way to show our meaning of fanciful is to give this abridged excerpt from Wikipedia on the Higgs boson particle:

The Higgs boson or Higgs particle is an elementary particle in the Standard Model of physics. All other particles in the Standard Model have been seen in experiments, but the Higgs boson, first predicted to exist in the 1960s, is difficult to create and detect. It may have finally been discovered in July 2012, but it will take further testing to know for sure. Its discovery, or confirmation of its non-existence, would be monumental because it would finally prove the existence of the Higgs field…..Its discovery would also affect human understanding of the universe, confirm how fundamental particles acquire mass, validate the final unconfirmed part of the Standard Model, guide other theories and discoveries in particle physics, and open up “new” physics beyond current theories……This unanswered question in fundamental physics is of such importance that it led to a decades-long search for the Higgs boson and finally the construction of one of the most expensive and complex experimental facilities to date, the Large Hadron Collider able to create and study Higgs bosons (if they exist) and related questions……In mainstream media the Higgs boson is often referred to as the “God particle,” after the title of Leon Lederman’s book on the topic (1993). The sobriquet is strongly disliked by many physicists, who regard it as both inappropriate and misleading sensationalism**.

Can we see our point here regarding fanciful; not from the perspective of unreal but from the perspective of the ultimate reality that we may be seeing. Man is continually looking and he believes that he is studying the physical realms of existence but can we see that there is but ONE existence and while we may speak of concepts like the Kingdom of God as places, our better comprehension can come in our understanding that they are ALL here and now and perhaps even beyond the realm of the Higgs field. And perhaps for us the basic understanding of these realities can be seen in the release of the energy of the atom, the sheer force of which is seen in the atomic bomb, and here we can see that place of crossing the line between the purely physical matter and its energy and the realization that they are the same; that one is but the expression of the other.

We may be wondering what in this essay is relating these ideas to ORDER and the answer here is simple; none of what we say here is possible with out it, without ORDER none of the predictability of the workings of these ideas exists and in this we should be able to clearly see some element of cause and effect. If we can see the possibilities of our premise regarding the relationships and the correspondences we can better understand the realities of Life for ALL these things of which we speak ARE LIFE although not Life as we would normally understand it. The idea that the True Life of the man is the unseen Soul should give us enough understanding to be able to at least concede the possibilities that ALL is Life in some way that is also unseen. And if by correspondence we can see both the physical and the ‘spiritual’ realms in their constant and basic similarity, we can understand better the premise that God IS within and without ALL things, Transcendent and Immanent in His Awesome Creation. The cause or the Spirit, the manifestation of that cause as the energy or the Soul and the appearance of that energy as its activity can be seen as a Truth through ALL existence and in this we must remember that we are limited by language and by comprehension in both stating and understanding these things.

This is man in form in the world; as the Soul he has ALL KNOWLEDGE but we should understand that this KNOWING likely does not even consider these things physical with which we occupy our consciousness and time in this world. The Apostle John tells us this in that saying that we generally use to express our ability to KNOW things spiritual and which we use here to show the reality of KNOWING ALL things.

But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him” (1 John 2:27).

We must try to understand that the discoverers and the scientists, the Newtons and the Einsteins and many others, did not stumble across their discoveries but that these men are as inspired by the anointing, by their own Souls, as those men who bring us spiritual revelation. This we see because there IS but ONE Truth, ONE reality and ALL things are intimately related and, the next great spiritual revelation may very well come from the realms of science. Science is ever moving the race of men forward in this physical realm and into the realms of the subatomic and their energies and perhaps the next discoveries will be proving the afterlife or the existence of the Soul and the Kingdom of God as these are but different variations of the same matter or activity of energy as anything else we can imagine.

In understanding this ORDER we can better understand the realities of the origin of man in form, that this being in form that we call man is the creature that is created by the Soul taking to himself a form in the Truer story of Adam and Eve; Truer that is than the common understandings given by the doctrines and the traditions of the churches as based upon ideas that are long past their usefulness. The doctrines and the traditions are steeped in ideas of an arbitrary God, an angry God and even a jealous God and vengeful God but these are merely ideas based upon the reporting of and for men who understood the role of God in Judaism no better than the Greek or the Egyptian who, in their own time and way, created a multitude of Gods as to cover their lack of understanding of the things that existed and that happened around them. Alexander Maclaren tells us of the story of Genesis that: We are not to look to Genesis for a scientific cosmogony, and are not to be disturbed by physicists’ criticisms on it as such. Its purpose is quite another, and far more important; namely, to imprint deep and ineffaceable the conviction that the one God created all things 12. In this we should understand that reality of the writing from the perspective of the inspired writer but at the same time we should see in the writings the reality of their purpose, to teach and cultivate this understanding in a superstitious and barbarous people. In the end the literal understanding of the writings in the Old Testament only serve to disguise the Truth of God and while this view may be important for some yet in the world today, there must be an alternative for the millions who have outgrown these ideas and are searching for the Truths that are hidden in the words.

This is of course our purpose in writing this blog and again we must say that we take no authoritative position on what we say; it is up to each individual to find the Truth that is in these words if it does exist and, if it brings any to a point where they open their hearts and minds to the ever present realities that surround us and the inclusiveness of the teachings of the Master, then we have served our purpose. While we did not directly address our point that we carried over from yesterday, most all of this IS in reference to our thoughts on it. This idea of the trees and the fruit is among those things that make us to say that doctrine serves to disguise the Truth as in these words about the trees is the Grand Story of mankind and a story that is amplified and clarified by the right discernment of the words of the Apostle Paul that we have repeated so often. This reality is that it is the ORDERED Plan of God that put the Souls, the True men into contact with this world by way of using the bodies of the human animal as a point of expression and, although we do not KNOW the purpose of this, we are helped in our understanding of it by Paul’s words regarding the redemption of the body which is for us individually our own body in any incarnation and for the race as a corporate entity it is the whole of the world. We close for today repeating again our point so that we can carry it forward into the next post as well as the pertinent words of the apostle the we reference above.

Our point and additional verses from the last post with which we will continue in the next post followed by our final point which we have yet to discuss:

  • Last we have the trees; “the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil“.

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die  And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened , and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons” (Genesis 31-7).

  • This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.  And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth: And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters: And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died” (Genesis 5:1-5) .

And, finally, Paul’s words again:

For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body” (Romans 8:20-23)

Aspect of God

Potency

Expressed as Fire

Aspect of Man

In Relation to the Christ

GOD, The Father

Will or Power

Electric Fire

Spirit or Life

Life

Son, The Christ

Love and Wisdom

Solar Fire

Soul or Christ Within

Truth

Holy Spirit

Light or Activity

Fire by Friction

Life Within the Form

Way

 

Note on the Quote of the Day

This daily blog also has a Quote of the Day which may not be in any way related to the essay. Many of these will be from the Bible and some just prayers or meditations that may have an influence on you and are in line with the subject matter of this blog. As the quote will change daily and will not store with the post, it is repeated in this section with the book reference and comment:

Our Quote of the Day for today is germane to our message above regarding God and shows from a different perspective the reality that God IS and it is in this reality that we can see the ORDER of it ALL.

To the God Who is in the Fire and Who is in the waters;

To the God Who has suffused Himself through all the world;

To the God Who is in summer plants and in the lords of the forest;

To that God be adoration, adoration.

Sh’vet Upanishad, II.17.

Repeating our comments from another time when we used these words:

Today’s Quote of the Day is from ancient Hindu scripture. This book, the Sh’vet Upanishad, is from a group of books on the Philosophy of God that date back to more that five hundred years before Christ. Like many religious texts, and religions for that matter, there is a great variety of interpretations; Hindu scriptures are no exception. Our selection of this as our Quote of the Day is because it fits well into our discussions in this series called ON GOD and although we take most of our information from the Judaeo-Christian tradition, we do believe that all sources of spiritual revelation should be considered. The common Christian understanding regarding God as being outside of His creation is rather opposite of this saying and is opposite much of the reality of Christian Scripture as well. In this saying God is immanent in His creation as He is immanent in man, as the Spirit within the form. In today’s text is some commentary on worship and the lack of understanding that we have regarding the intention of the Christ in our saying from the Gospel of John. Here the word adoration is used; ponder on this.

  • 4 Word Studies in the New Testament; Marvin R Vincent D.D. 2nd edition, 1888
  • ** Wikipedia contributors, ‘Higgs boson’, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 29 December 2012
  • 12 Expositions of Holy Scripture–Project Gutenberg’s Expositions of Holy Scripture, by Alexander Maclaren–(1826-1910)

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