ALL THE WORLDS A STAGE

ALL THE WORLDS A STAGE

There are over 38,000 known denominations of Christianity in the world operating today. Only one can be true ... if even that. All the denominations believe, within these collective church systems, that they have the "correct” doctrine. And all the other doctrines were false, or at the very least, they have less than the full Truth. And so, Christian logic applied, only those with this correct doctrine and dogmas, rituals, and practices, were considered to be “real Christians.”

Seven billion humans on the planet, and only a select few get to experience what they believe to be the actual Truth? The true Christianity that accurately represents from beginning, middle, and up to the Second Coming ... the Absolute Truth and nothing but the Truth. And among “fundamental Christianity” whose job they believe is to convert people over to Christianity, each denomination and non-denomination believes that THEY ALONE possess this correct doctrine and could save people from the eternal hell fire of punishment and damnation. Setting aside obvious cognitive dissonance, logic alone would tell you this is silly. But in belief systems, logic in not found in the deck of cards. 

Imagine if this was a lottery or raffle. What are the odds? And how few winners there would be. All this, from a God of Love, Forgiveness, and Grace ... never keeping track of wrongs, etc. 

But when you look deeper into the Ancient Mysteries that long pre-dated today's example of Christianity, and other religions, you find the Truth. You will discover something on a deeper level that says this can't make sense. This can't be right. It is simply illogical. And we are reasoning human beings. I'm not a person to sign-up for “blind faith.” For me, blind faith is simply believing in something that may or may not be true. I need to KNOW. Just like the ancient Gnostics (meaning knowing) ... I have to experience something and KNOW it to be real.

This goes against everything the church systems teach. Society and culture are all set up with inherent religious systems woven into the fabric of everything. For example, were it not for Christmas, the retail sales industry would plummet into a financial abyss. Yet, Christmas, was a pagan celestial celebration long before the advent of Christianity. It was the Winter Solstice, and a rebirth of the Sun to begin it's annual journey to bring about another warm season and a harvest ... therefore, the Sun of God was the sustainer of life.

After many years of questions, research; and study of deeper and more sophisticated ancient philosophies about reality and Life from civilizations that hid the Truth - protecting it from misuse - I finally began to be able to put together the massive puzzle. It was now starting to make clear and perfect logical and spiritual sense.

After years of study, inner reflection, meditation, contemplative prayer, and tons of research and analysis, I have come to the understanding that this universe that we live IN/WITHIN is not made up of individual things, but of ONE thing. And we are all an integral elemental essence of that One thing. As a fish becomes one with the water, we are one with ALL things - connected by the seen, and the unseen. What we can sense, and what we cannot. If you fill a glass half way with water, the decision as to whether it is half full or half empty is moot. The glass is always full. There is water yes, but there is also air, hydrogen, molecules, cells, energy, consciousness, oxygen, light, etc. Therefore, the glass is ALWAYS full. We just have no “sensual” perception of it since we are limited to travel within this vehicle called our body of matter. 

The truth is, on this Earth, we are not just one human being out of seven billion. We are Source/God/Life/Absolute itself, and this “God” is singular. The entire physical universe is taking place within the Divine Mind of this thing we call God, taking on countless forms, perceiving the world through each of those forms – each one focused on the perception of that one particular form, and blocking out all other perceptions. Its like watching 7 billion cable TV channels all at the same time and being able to perceive then all individually. We are the aperture from which the Universe experiences itself. 

Everything has consciousness. Even rocks under a microscope will show they are mitochondria based energy cells moving in circular motion constantly. Though they too, have consciousness, it is on a level limited to their being-ness. All the Universe is Life, One Life, one point of origin containing a spark of that origin throughout all things (thinks).

Mankind is just one particular type of form that God/Source/Awareness/Consciousness is using to experience the world. You, and I, are not just one human out of seven billion. We are ALL of them. I am you, and you are me. There is no “other.” Or rather, we are the collective Source/God that has taken on the mask of each human character. We are playing a role. In fact, the actual word “person” is derived from the Latin and literally means “the mask of an actor.”

The world is a stage and we write the story, play the parts, read the reviews, and even though it can be difficult at times, the show must go on. And now you know. 

Just a thought ... 

Justin Taylor, ORDM. 

FESTERING ON THE PAST

FESTERING ON THE PAST

Have you met people or know people in your Life who fester about things, over and over again? They just can't let it go. Day in and day out, the same issues come up. Days go by, months, years, decades, and yet they still fester on things of the past. They sometimes speak in third party references. Blaming “they” even if “they” are standing in the room with them at that time.

For some reason, they believe they can go back and change things, rather than moving forward with change. Most of the time, they also blame others for things they should be taking responsibility for instead. It always seems to be somebody else's fault. They always look for someone else to pin the guilt on. In some ways, this is a form of “Projection.” This term is used in psychology to describe someone who blames somebody else for something they are already doing. Thus, avoiding responsibility for the process and outcome. 

The Truth of the matter is, we must all be responsible for our own decisions. We must be responsible for the effect of what we allow the cause to be. We cannot make someone else do something they don't want to do. We cannot effect change upon someone else. we can't inflict our own personal desires upon someone else. Change occurs within. Within ourself only. We have a massive power within us to change everything ... with US. Our world. Not someone else's. 

When you attend a concert, it's up to each individual musician to tune their instrument before the performance. If everyone does their part, harmony and beautiful orchestration will ensue. If one performer is out of tune, the whole orchestra loses it's harmony. But the violinist cannot tune the tympani, and the xylophonist cannot tune the classical guitar. These are personal responsibilities that cannot be accomplished by "other."

Now keep the orchestra example in mind. The performer who festers, will continue to gripe and complain about the violinist having been out of tune. They will fester and complain during the concert, after the concert, a month later, a year later ... and perhaps for the rest of their life. They'll look back in the ego-mind records and say “I'm not the one who played out of tune way back in 1984. If you hadn't done that, we may have had a better review.”

The reviews 20 or 30 years ago are dead. The reviews yesterday are dead. They cannot be unwritten or changed. They are what they are. So the average person forgives the incident, and says how do we keep this from happening again. The one who festers keep beating the dead horse expecting it to get up and run. They can't let it go. They become septic and toxic. The baggage load is immense. But it is the one who festers, that has to put it down. It is their decision. And if they don't do it, friends and family will begin to separate from them, and they will wonder why. 

No one wants to keep hearing the same story over and over again about how so and so screwed me. Or about my miserable childhood, or about Bob and Mary's dinner party where the food made everyone sick. All of these things are part of Life's experiences, and the more Life we bring to them, the more they keep living. Things that we resist, will continue to persist. The harder I push someone, the harder they push back. This is “friction” and it is immutable Law. 

Stop festering. Let it go. It cannot be changed backwards, it can only be changed forwards. The past has passed, the future doesn't exist yet, and all we have is NOW. Put down the weapons, put down the guilt, put down the fear, put down the negative thinking and actions. Festering like this is unforgiveness. And it is no different than drinking poison, and expecting the other person to die. 

Just a thought ... 

~Justin Taylor, ORDM., OCP., DM.

WE THE PEOPLE

WE THE PEOPLE

When the Media report stories of one religious group killing another, or one race killing another, simply know that what it really is ... is PEOPLE killing and attacking other PEOPLE. The word people is from the Latin word “populus” and means “a nation, body of citizens, a multitude or crowd.” It also means “humans.” Animals, are not PEOPLE. Humans are PEOPLE. 

In every single instance of the foundation of every world religion, it's first founders and followers taught LOVE, PEACE, and JOY. It is the egocentric dark agenda of PEOPLE in POWER who have added layer upon layer of self-imposed entitlement and turned a desire to achieve Oneness with Divinity and Spirit as One PEOPLE (humans) ... into separation and individualism ... divide and conquer. I call it MPG - Money, Power, and Greed. 

No one is better than anyone else. No one. All are chosen. All have the right to an undisturbed life. And if someone needs help, ALL are inherently defaulted to help and assist. In this entire Universe of Mind, we are all inseparable. What we do to other, we are doing to ourself. Are we not one human race?

If you believe in God/Source - Do you really think that this Life giving force would desire ALL of creation to be continuously at war with themselves? Would you want that for YOUR creation? If you were a parent, would you want that for your children? 

Fixing the stuff that was already here when we got here is OUR responsibility, simply because WE BROKE IT. We have MADE nothing. All we did was rearrange stuff that was already here. Some of it for good, and some of it for not-so-good. We are the Caretakers ... NOT the Landlords. We leave the same way we came in ... empty handed. Nothing was ever OURS. We are just borrowing it. Like the game Monopoly ... at the end, all the money, the property, the houses ... they all go back in the box. 

WE THE PEOPLE are responsible. We can change it. We create "prophesy" each and every moment. The future does not exist. We create it ... collectively, entirely, and completely. Change the way you see things, and the things you see will change. 

Just a thought ... 

Justin Taylor, ORDM. 

TOMB OF LAZARUS (EL-AZAR-US)

RAISING OF LAZARUS (El-Azar-us)

Before we fully enter this topic, its important to first understand the true meaning of the word “myth.” In the Greek, the etymology of “mythos” leads to: “speech, thought, word, discourse, conversation; story, saga, tale, anything delivered by word of mouth.” The word does not specifically mean that something didn't happen, rather that there is something deeper within the story that can be gleaned. Joseph Campbell said it best when he described a myth as “something that never was, yet always is.” 

In ancient Egyptian Myth, Horus the god of the sky and light, son of Osiris, god of the productive force in nature, travels to Bethanu to raise from the dead his murdered father. In this myth, there was also presented two sisters named Meri and Merti, as well as their brother El-Azar-us. The Egyptian name Bethanu means, “house of Anu,” and in its Sumerian origin Anu was the “first among the gods” and was recognized and honored as a god in Egypt.  This tale was well known throughout the ancient near-east world. It is from this ancient Egyptian story that the story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead originated and was placed among scripture.

In the Christian Gospel myth, the story goes that Jesus traveled to Bethany - a place that did not exist in Palestine in that time period of history - but it is a name that was obviously altered from the Egyptian location of Bethanu. But in John 11:1 (remember, John was not written until c.105-106) it is proclaimed “in the village of Mary and  Martha” (the Meri and Merti of the Egyptian tale) “a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany.” Obviously, there was no great attempt to alter the Egyptian name El-Azar-us, probably from the assumption that few but Royalty - and men of power and wealth within the Roman Empire - would even know of this Egyptian story/myth.

According to the Gospels, Jesus did not go directly to Bethany upon hearing that Lazarus was sick. Instead, he responded by saying “This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God.”  Now it seems a bit callus to shrug off a person’s pain if it actually referred to some living person’s suffering. Remaining divinely indifferent, “he (Jesus) abode two days still in the same place where he was.” (John 11:6) Only then did Jesus say to his disciples that he would attend to Lazarus’ “sleep,” and that “I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.” (John 11:11) At face value, we have to conclude that the sickness had been “unto death” after all, for in verse 17, it says that Lazarus had “lain in the grave four days already.”

There is much ancient occult meaning behind all these claims that would take too much space to cover in one article, but suffice it to say that it all had to do with pre-physical energies moving into matter manifestation. This was NOT a literal story that was meant the be taken as historical. The “sleep” from which Lazarus was to be “awakened” concerned the four pre-physical states of development into form/matter/Life. This meaning is confirmed in verse 16 where it relates, “Then said Thomas, which is called Didymos (in Greek: the twin/Gemini), unto his fellow disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.” So obviously, THIS part has been averted from most church sermons on Sunday mornings.

Now ask yourself, why the curious use of the word “which” in reference to Thomas instead of the word who? And the suggestion of doubting Thomas Didymus saying they should go that they “might die with him” is comprehensible only when one knows the ancient teachings on the energies of Creation - the original intent of the story (esoterically/metaphysically). A hint of the answer is the fact that the word Didymus refers to the Zodiac sign Gemini, the twins, and represented the ancient lessons of mental matter. Therefore the “grave” in which Lazarus had allegedly lain “four days already” is occult terminology for the energy planes out of which form/matter/Life is risen.  

Further clarification is provided in stating that the “grave” of Lazarus “was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.” (John 11:38) In ancient teachings on Creation, the pre-matter energy planes - the void out of which Creation takes place - were always allegorized as a cave. The stone that is said to lay upon it simply symbolizes this dimension of Creation activity that we experience as physical Life. Jesus was born in a cave, Jesus was placed in a tomb/cave ... and Jesus resurrected (was born again) from this cave. It is all symbolism. All of it. 

Christianity is a conglomerate of hidden ancient Truths, Celestial Zodiacal cycles made godly ... Astrotheology, Cosmogony, myth, and metaphor. Read ... research. Don't rely on me or anyone else for your spiritual lessons and evolution. The Truth always lay hidden in the sands. Dig, and you will uncover much symbolism meant for esoteric revelation. 

Just a thought ... 

Justin Taylor, ORDM.

OTHER IS YOU

OTHER IS YOU

Have you given much thought to when it is said “someone other than me?” What exactly does it mean when we say the word - other? Is there really an-other? These are some very important questions to ponder and you may be surprised to find that there really is no other.

Before we go deeper into this statement, let's consider a different example. Imagine in your hand a bottle of water. Now ask yourself “where did this water come from?” If you trace it back from your hand, to it's point of origin, it might go something like this. Hand, fridge, pantry, package, grocery store, delivery truck, bottling plant, supply lines, water utilities, reservoir or well, lake, rivers and streams, rain-showers, clouds, etc... all the way back to the beginning of the cycle again. You see, we don't MAKE water. And it is supplied in a constant cycle. There is only "one" water ... and it has one source and one point of origin.

Now keep this in Mind and consider the Source of all human Life. Not only are we connected by the air that we breathe, the ground we walk on, and the energy that we are ... but we all originated at the same Source. If you take the birth of every human being that was ever born out of this world (yes OUT not IN ... like a leaf comes OUT of a tree) and trace it back in reverse, you will arrive at ONE point of origin. And if everyone began as one, from one point of origin, then it would be logical to say that we are all one in the same. We are an individualized essence of the entirety of humanity. One people ... one complete puzzle with interlocking pieces completing the total inseparable and indivisible image. 

This means that race, creed, geography, religion, physical traits, language, and everything else that we use to separate ourselves ... is all an illusion. Many years ago The Beatles gave us a song titled “I Am The Walrus.” The lyrics begin this way: “I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together.” In the New Testament Bible (John 17:21), Jesus is quoted as having said “I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one - as you are in me, Father, and I am in you. And may they be in us ...” This ancient concept was known long before Jesus, and has been handed down not only to him, but to every wise sage ever to understand the spiritual metaphors that place the pearl of great price within us. Just as the pearl is hidden deep within the oyster, the Divine spark of creation is also hidden within each and every one of us. It awaits to be revealed ... a Revelation ... an apocalypse. The very word apocalypse literally means “to unveil that which is hidden.”

This spark - or light of the Absolute - is at the core of our being. We are Spirit, having a physical experience. We do not have a spirit, we ARE Spirit. We do not have a life, we ARE Life. The Universe, God, Allah, Brahman, Absolute, I AM, Source, Almighty, whatever you choose to label this Source of all Life ... is experiencing Life through us, with us, and AS US. The universal matrix of consciousness (The Field) ties us all together as ONE Spirit ... one elemental fiber in the same way as billions of rays are emitted from the one sun. They are all part of the sun itself. They can have no existence without the source of their light. It is the Sun of God ... the giver of Life. Each of us is but a ray of light emitting from within the unseen, and projecting as form into the world of the observable material world of matter. What we do to "other" ... we are doing to our Self. This, is Truth.

Just a thought ... 

Justin Taylor, ORDM.

MYSTICAL AND METAPHYSICAL BIBLE INTERPRETATION

MYSTICAL AND METAPHYSICAL BIBLE INTERPRETATION

The Mystical and Metaphysical ways of interpreting ancient sacred Scripture demonstrates that there was purposefully concealed and hidden within the allegories and metaphors, a secret doctrine, a secret doctrine which came from the Ancient Masters under exacting conditions. By using allegory and metaphor, these ancient celestial myths kept the traditions alive through symbolism and buried literary treasure for those seeking higher enlightenment and deeper Truths. As St. Paul said, "the difference between milk and strong meat." There were the ordinary people who accepted scripture at face value, in a literal sense (the exoteric), and then there were those initiates who wanted to understand the esoteric Truths beneath the surface. The deeper messages contained within the stories. 

These deeper esoteric Truths were highly protected and reserved for approved candidates and initiates into the secret Mysteries Religions. The secret path, to the Kingdom of Heaven. At the very center, the heart of these mysteries, was the descent of the Logos and Divine Mind into all physical matter. Into humanity, as a spark of the Divine Source of all. Using the celestial methods of teaching, through myth and allegory, what was revealed was the metaphysical teachings of the descent and incarnation of the Soul into all of mankind and the Spiritual Evolution and Involution ... the awakening of the dead within the flesh of man during THIS lifetime ... within EVERY child of God/Source. 

This descent or the "fall" of the Soul to Earth, describes metaphorically the descent of God, the Spirit, Divine Mind, Cosmic or Christ Consciousness into the physical matter. This is the temporary home of the Soul during this sojourn on Earth. We come to realize, and recognize this presence of God/Source within all of humanity as the indwelling Christ (KRST among the Egyptians, Christos among the Greeks, Krishna among the Hindus). This spark of God, is within each of us, awaiting the awakening and resurrection from the dead within every human being NOW, in THIS lifetime. This was Paul's original Gnostic Gospel before the Roman Church got ahold of it and changed everything around to suit them and their plans for world domination. Many of Paul's Epistles were later forged and rewritten as anti-Gnostic, and the Roman Church did it's best to destroy the Ancient Wisdom and secret Mystery Schools that taught it was the God within - rather than Jesus only - who became God in the flesh.

Judaism maintained it's Divine Truths about "the Christ" and the "Messiah" through Kabbalah. Paul taught it through Gnosticism and his Christ and the Divine Spark within each and every man. Paul never knew of a human Jesus. Never taught a word of Jesus' teachings ... never even quoted the Sermon on The Mount. Paul's Jesus, and Rome's Jesus, were clearly different concepts of the ancient celestial and Divine Christ. So many Epistles that have been ascribed to have been written by Paul, came from the quill of Church Scribes with alternative plans. Plans not to empower people, but to overpower them, and control them through this life, the afterlife, and the next life. Knock, and the door of Truth shall be opened.

Just a thought ... 

Justin Taylor, ORDM.

MOMENTUM OF THE MIND

MOMENTUM OF THE MIND

Have you ever run out out gas and had to try and push your car out of the way of the line of traffic ... or had to push someone else's car? When you first start out, from a dead stop, it's really hard. But then after a couple of minutes you find yourself running along side of it and it seems as though it's traveling all on it's own. This, is momentum. Its mass and velocity. In Physics, it is the property of a moving object to continue moving. It is the strength or force that something has when it is moving. 

Everything in the universe is in motion, even at a basic cellular level ... there is motion ... forward motion ... and ultimately circular motion. All things moves in cycles. But in these cycles, there is forward motion as the default. Have you ever tried to ride a bicycle backwards, or run backwards. We face forward, because that's where we're supposed to be going. We look back only in reference, then we move forward. Sometimes though, we get stuck. We stall. But everything around us is still on target and we will fall behind if we don't keep up with the natural order of things ... and the speed and rhythm of the universe. 

Every part of nature has it's clock ... circadian rhythms, yet they worry not about when things will come about. They know that the momentum has been set in motion. A Farmer does not dig up his crops to see if they are growing, he just KNOWS there is a harvest coming. The flowers bloom when it's time. When nature says “now.” They don't look around at the other flowers and make any comparison because they just know that their time is coming. It always has, and it always will. But they don't rush. They don't worry that it may not happen. The inner Divine within all things is pre-programmed by default to bring about ongoing change/flux. And the easier we understand momentum, the easier we can just run along beside the car trusting who/what is steering us in the right direction.

Our Inner Divine is our GPS. We can follow the instructions, or we can chose not to. This may end up in getting us to our destination, or it may end up getting us lost if we don't follow within. After a while, we learn the route and become one with the knowledge of our GPS. Our ego, who always acts on our senses and self-desires, will then become a follower, rather than attempting to do the job it was never designed for ... the leader. 

Even within the pages of the New Testament Bible, Jesus is quoted as having said to Peter “get behind thee satan.” This did not mean that Peter was literally the figure we call Satan, as we’ve been taught. The word satan (ha-satan) means the opposer. So the deeper allegory was to let ego-man follow Spirit, rather than Spirit following ego-man. The power/intuition within us ... the Divine Source of all that is ... knows better than we do. After all, it operates our entire physical existence without us being consciously involved at all. And when something works that good, then that's what we should be paying attention to ... and that will keep our momentum going - upper, higher, and deeper within Higher consciousness. 

Just a thought ... 

Justin Taylor, ORDM.