I JOHN 4:17 - AS HE IS - SO ARE WE

1 John 4:17

"By this, love is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment;

… because AS HE IS, SO ALSO ARE WE IN THIS WORLD." (KJV)
“… because we live like Jesus here in this world. (NLT)

You won't hear this verse being preached from the pulpits. Simply because if "as Jesus is, so are we in this world" ... then as Christianity believes Jesus to be God, then we are also God. There is no way to dispute this verse. If you are a believer that the Bible is the infallible Word of God, then you must believe this to be as true statement.

Herein lies the problem of modern day Roman inspired Christianity. They take the Bible to be a literal and historical record of true events, rather than the intention of the writers who delivered the message with allegory, parables, and metaphors. They masked the hidden lessons or Truths, within a story, myth, or fable. They didn't have DVD's, movies, Internet, and recorders. They used a passion, a play, a drama, to speak the story mouth to ear until eventually they began to write it down. It had to be entertaining to the masses. It had to draw their attention and help them to remember the hidden Wisdom behind the myth by remembering the story itself.

The Bible, although a magnificent literary and spiritual artifact, is a composite of multiple myths from multiple civilizations and belief systems gathered, collected, and personalized by the Hebrews in the Old Testament, and Hebrews, Greeks, Egyptians, Persians, and Romans, etc. in the New Testament. The stories have existed since before historical records had begun. But the names, places, people, and geography have been changed to fit the Hebrew people of the time. Then, Roman Empirical powers formed the New Testament myths by combining, editing, changing, adding to, revising, and essentially taking creative license to create a new unified or "universal religion" to bring the empire back together under one system of belief. Keep in mind that the Greek word for universal is "catholic." At the Council of Nicea in 325CE, Emperor Constantine and his council created what would become known as Christianity.

Now, back to the original verse from 1 John 4:17. We have to go beyond the letter of the law, and into the Spirit. We also have to go back in time to pre-Roman Christianity. We have to find the "pearl of great price" hidden in the the text. We also have to look at "Jesus" (not Christ yet) as an archetype, or a reflection of of each of us. His story, is our story. The story of mankind, becoming awakened to the Divine within. "Jesus" became the Christ. All of us have within us the Divine Spark of God and "AS JESUS IS, SO ALSO ARE WE IN THIS WORLD."

We have to awaken or resurrect this Divine within us (our boat/ark) ... which resides in the same way as the pearl lies deep within the oyster. Just as the Apostles went inside the boat to awaken Jesus during the storms and tempest they were experiencing ... so we go within our boat/body and awaken the Christ to carry us through our storms. This is the deeper teaching. It is the Divine within us that helps us to calm the rough seas and high winds we experience here in Earth School.

The "INRI" found above many crosses and crucifixes of Jesus stands for the sacred fire. In Exodus 3, God reveals himself to Moses through the sign of a burning bush, which miraculously is not consumed by the flames. We also find in the OT Book of Deuteronomy 4:24 "For the LORD your God is a consuming fire ..." In Latin, that fire of the Lord is symbolized by the mantra written at the top of the cross, I.N.R.I., Ignis Natura Renovatur Integra, meaning “fire renews nature incessantly”. That fire is a solar fire; it is the cosmic Krestos, that in order to work, to manifest its power, it does it through the cross.

Thus, this is something that we must analyze and comprehend, because the cross is formed by two beams, one vertical and the other horizontal. The vertical beam represents the masculine, positive, solar force that emerges from the abstract absolute space, and penetrates the universe when impregnating the matter, which is that other substance which in Sanskrit is called Akash. In other words, what in Sanskrit is called Prana is Christ, the positive energy, and Akash, the passive energy, from the same source.

The union of the two originates the universe. So from this point of view, we have to understand that the cosmic Christ is universal and the origin of everything that exists, in any galaxy of matter or antimatter. The cross is the intersection of Spirit and Matter ... positive and negative ... masculine and feminine. So from the crossing or union of these two forces appears that which we call the universe. Now, the objective for that energy to appear in the universe is to make Consciousness of its own entity in its different aspects.

Jesus becoming the Christ (karest, christos, krishna, krestus) is an archetype of you and I also becoming one with Christ Consciousness ... the Divine. Jesus said to his followers "you will do greater things than I." How is this possible if Jesus is God as Christianity believes? In the NT Book of John 17:21 Jesus is quoted as praying to the Father/Source and says "I pray that they may all be ONE, even as Thou art in me, O Father, and I am in Thee; that they also may be in us ..." One a deeper esoteric level, and through modern Quantum Physics, we now know that this statement was nothing other than Truth. We are all one. We are tied together through universal unconsciousness. The fiber of the Matrix of the entire universe. There are no "things" ... there is only IT. And we are all an individualized integral element and substance of the entire universal organism.

The Beatles wrote and recorded a song called "I Am The Walrus." The song's opening line, "I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together" which pretty much sums up the concept of Oneness with Source/God. The very word "Jesus" is the Greek (Ieasus) and Latin (Iesus) version of the Hebrew word Joshua (Yehoshua). They are all the same. And from the original Hebrew, the meaning of the word itself in it's entirety (YHSVH) means "God is Saviour." Just as Yahweh, and Jehovah are transliterations of YHVH ... meaning I am that I am, or I exist. Not the name of God ... but actually being God.

God is not a name, it is a title. Just as Jesus Christ is a title. The title would be something along the lines of "I AM the anointed Saviour, or king." So, God/Source IS the Saviour is what Yehoshua Messiah (Christ) means. That force within us all that saves us from our base nature ignorant and self-centered ego driven animal being, to the Divine and righteous knowing and illuminated Higher-Self that can connect to, and become part of ... God/Good/Source. Because ALL things have come from ONE SOURCE, all things contain the elements of that Source. This is simple logic. Just as anything made from water, contains water.

So in closing, Jesus The Christ represents ALL of us. Because just as 1 John 4:17 clearly states ... "because AS JESUS IS, SO ALSO ARE WE IN THIS WORLD." The NT Bible is not just about a man who walked the hills of Galilee, it is OUR story presented in myth in the same way thousands of years of previous civilizations related celestial astrotheology to mankind. Our story, is written in the stars ... and we are made of star stuff.

Just a thought ...

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

ALL IS ONE AND ONE IS GOD

All Is One And One Is God

Today, we reach again into the deeper esoteric substance of what has been wrongly taken as literal and historical rather than allegorical within Biblical scripture. The NT confirms to the believer that there is nothing existent other than God. This is a difficult pill to swallow, unless you know and understand the deeper Truths and Inner Mysteries.

"Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word (Logos) of God, so that things which are seen are not made of things which do appear."
Hebrews 11:3

Now let's break this down. God/Absolute/Source does not appear. He is immaterial, unseen, invisible. No man has ever seen God. So, this verse is telling us that everything is made out of God.

"For originating out of Him (being made out of Him), and existing through Him, and returning back into Him are ALL things."
Romans 11:6 (Literal correct translation)

This verse is telling us that everything came out of God, is made out of God, everything is maintained in existence by God, and all things go back to God.

"As He is, so are we in this world."
1 John 4:17

In the above verse, the correct language translation would be the word "as" meaning "just as, or exactly as." This scripture is literally telling the reader that we are just exactly as God in this world. This is because, everything in the universe including mankind is made out of God/Absolute/Source. God is simply playing every role, and man is simply God wearing a mask. The word "personality" as we call ourselves, comes from the Latin word "persona" which literally means "mask of an Actor."

We are as rays of the sun, beaming individualized light rays originating at the source of the sun itself. A ray of sunlight cannot exist without the sun. Each ray is an integral part of and an essence of the sun itself. If it were to come from the pulpits of our churches that WE are God collectively in human form, that God is in you as you, experiencing life with you, there would be no need for the multi-billion dollar religion industry. The Bible evens says "you are the temple of God" and "we are the body of Christ."

When we awaken to the realization that we and God are one in the same, as all things are, then we come to the realization that the Divinity of God is not only alive in all things, but IS all things. "I am the vine and you are the branch" says the Bible. The branch and the vine are ONE. The branch is a manifestation of the vine. So, man, is a MANifestation of God. We are not born INTO this world, we are born OUT of it ... as a leave from a tree.

Jesus said "I and the Father are one." Imagine rain falling from a cloud. Clouds are water vapour. So clouds and rain are water. It is the same as when the Source/God fragmented and manifested all things. The reason and purpose for us to come here, is to realize and awaken to the reality that we are collectively God, and that we should think, act, and create as a Creator God would ... and to evolve and involve as One ... ever growing. The "Kingdom" is the Matrix fiber of all collective consciousness. The awakening has begun ... worldwide. Soon, we will all re-member who and what we are and we can spread the word of Divine power among mankind as was the original intent of so many wise sages, shamans, Hierophants, avatars, and wise men and women of great inner Wisdom and Knowledge. All things that proceed from a single Source, can be made of nothing other than the same thing as the Source. All is One, and One is God/Source Energy/Absolute.

Just a thought ...

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

WISHING WELL

WISHING WELL

How many times have you tossed a coin into a Wishing Well or a fountain and cast your wish to the unseen powers? We all have desires we wish to come true. We even make a wish when blowing our the candles on our Birthday Cake. But what is it that we wish for? It's usually something of great importance. Something that bypasses our ego and comes from the Spirit/heart. Love, health, happiness, peace ... All part of the hearts desire.

Rarely is someone going to wish for a new lawn mower, custom paint for the Harley, rims for the car, or even a big-screen TV for the family room. It is always something of VALUE that goes beyond material things. Notice how we toss in a coin (something of value) in exchange for something else of value? We are willing to trade MONEY, for SPIRIT-FILLED wishes. My friend Adam added while we were discussing this ... That never do we use a slug, or counterfeit coin ... It MUST be real, in order to exchange it for something REAL.

Note also that once we make the wish, and toss the coin, we are finished. "IT IS FINISHED." We turn it over to the unseen powers of the Universe, and we detach ... Releasing it forever out of our hands. We simply KNOW that there is a force within and without ALL things that will bring forth thoughts, words, and deeds. We do not return to the Well to check on progress or wish again, we just detach and let be what will be. We don't worry about it, obsess about it, or become anxious about it. How awesome it would be if we were to do this with EVERYTHING.

We are co-creators of this Universe. Every thought, word, and action originates in mind. Yours, mine, and everyone else's. Before ANYTHING can manifest, or become material/matter, it first begins with thought energy. Then spoken word ... Desire and affirmation, THEN - when enough thought and word energy comes together it will congeal. It will begin to form matter as we know it. Matter is energy manifest in form. "In the beginning, the Earth (matter) was formless (unseen-Spirit) and void (unlimited potentiality)." All that ever was, and ever will be is already here and NOW. The time is always NOW. Past, present, and future exist in the here and NOW. Once you understand this principle, you can use the power of the unseen for great things.

Now back to the Well for a moment. Notice how we don't go back(wards) to the fountain and "take-back" our coin, or our wish? Except for Mouth (Goonies) ... We leave it there and let it bring forth what it may. Notice also how INTENSE we were at the time of the wish? We close our eyes, we concentrate, we center, we come to NOW, we take our time ... Really affirm what it is that is our hearts desire ... And then ... When the time is right - we toss it to the waters of Life and walk away in knowingness that there really is nothing else to do. We have turned it over to that which brings breath, Life, and consciousness to all the living.

Learn from this inherent system of desire. Do not say "I want ..." For this will only bring forth more WANT. Say: "I choose to manifest _." Use the great "I AM" whenever possible. Keep your tense in the present. Keep your focus in the here and now. Keep your heart in charge ... Bypassing the ego and carnal mind. The Power within you KNOWS what is best for you and for all living things. Trust it. Listen to hear that still small voice that will guide you through all of your experiences. Remain thankful and grateful for ALL things ... Good and un-good. For even in The darkness, light and Love will finds its way. Be mindful and thoughtful as you create. Tend your garden of Mind as a Gardener would tend the fields. Plant the seed and KNOW there will be a harvest ... When nature is ready. Be sure it will be beneficial to all, and harm no-one.

In closing, may you have all that you wish. This is the Law of the Youniverse. Namaste.

Just a thought,

Justin Taylor, ORDM.

THE MYSTICAL NUMBER 7

THE MYSTICAL NUMBER 7

Number 7 is the number of perfection, security, safety and rest. Seven contains the number three of the heavens and soul with the number four of the earth and body. The seven colors of the rainbow. There are seven days in a week. There are seven notes to the diatonic scale. There are seven letters in the Roman numeral system.

There are 7 days in a week, 7 days in the Judeo/Christian creation myth, and 7 Enuma Elish tablets describing Babylonian creation. There is 7Up, Seagrams 7, The 7 spheres, 7th heaven, 7 hathors, 7 chakras, the 7 seals, and 7 daughters of Atlas who guard the golden apples of immortality.

The divine legacy of ‘7’ is also found in the otherwise unexplained origin of the seven days of the week. Most of us take the 7-day week for granted and assume it is a natural cycle. In actual fact, it is not a fixed cycle at all, and scientists have struggled for years to explain why this tradition should have originated. Theologians would claim that the answer lies in the Biblical seven days of creation, but the origin of the Biblical ‘days’ is almost certainly the seven tablets on which the Enuma Elish was written.
 
The numbers 7 and 40 are also code numbers in the Bible and the mysteries. So in the Bible, there are seven spirits of God, the seven churches of Asia, seven golden candlesticks, seven stars, seven lamps of fire, seven seals, seven trumpets, seven angels, seven thunders and the red dragon in Revelation with seven heads and seven crowns. The story of Jericho has Joshua marching his army around the city for seven days, accompanied by seven priests carrying seven trumpets.
 
On the seventh day they circled Jericho seven times and the walls came tumbling down. In the story of Noah, seven pairs of each animal go into the ark and seven pairs of each type of bird. There are seven days between the prediction of the deluge and the rain and seven days between the sending of the doves. The ark comes to rest on the 17th day of the seventh month, Noah leaves the ark on the 27th day, and after the flood he begins his seventh century. The entire Book of Revelation is structured around the number 7.

Sanskrit's most ancient holy book, the Rig Vega, describes seven stars, seven concentric continents, and seven streams of soma, the drink of the gods. The Egyptians mapped seven paths to heaven, Allah created a seven-layered Islamic heaven and earth, and the newborn Buddha took seven strides. For numerologists, seven signifies creation, because it is the sum of the spiritual three and the material four; for alchemists, there are clear parallels between the seven steps leading up to King Solomon's temple and the seven successive stages of chemical and spiritual purification. Iranian cats have seven lives, seven deities bring good luck in Japan, and a traditional Jewish cure for fever entailed taking seven prickles from seven palm trees and seven nails from seven doors.

In Freemasonry, the mystical ladder, which in Masonry is referred to 'the theological ladder, which Jacob in his vision saw, reaching from earth to heaven,' was widely dispersed among the religions of antiquity, where it was always supposed to consist of seven rounds or steps. For instance, in the Mysteries of Mithras, in Persia, where there were seven stages or degrees of initiation, there was erected in the temples, or rather caves, for it was in them that the initiation was conducted,a high ladder, of seven steps or gates.

In the Mysteries of Brahma we find the same reference to the ladder of seven steps; but here the names were different. The seven steps were emblematical of the seven worlds which constituted the Indian universe. The lowest was the Earth; the second, the World of Re-existence; the third, Heaven; the fourth, the Middle World, or intermediate region between the lower and upper worlds; the fifth, the World of Births, in which souls are again born; the sixth, the Mansion of the Blessed; and the seventh, or topmost round, the Sphere of Truth, the abode of Brahma, he himself being but a symbol of the sun.”

The Greek Pythagoreans believed that the number seven pointed symbolically to the union of the Deity with the universe. This association was picked up by the Christian church, especially during the Middle Ages. Seven was regarded as having sacred power, as in the seven cardinal virtues, seven deadly sins, seven sacraments, etc. Thus it was held that there must logically be exactly seven planets.”

The “7” has always been serious business when it comes to esoteric meaning. More later …

Justin Taylor, ORDM.

 

CHRIST FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE

CHRIST FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE

The Christ

We live in a great being – a body, a mind, a soul – an infinite intelligence that is sentient and creative. The spectrum of its existence, extends farther and deeper than we can imagine. 

The range of its experience exceeds our ability to fathom, going into places that are so remote that speculating about their nature would serve no practical purpose. 

In fact, such speculation can only be a distraction and lead us away from any meaningful understanding of God’s nature. So, it is most practical for us to start at the center of our experience and work outward from there, and the center of our experience ... the SUN.

In our scientific age, we tend to reduce everything to its material substance. The science community seems to have a love affair with material existence. Most scientists even regard consciousness as the product of the brain, having no existence except within the cranium of the individual. 

When someone mystically inclined, claims to experience consciousness in nature, science calls it “projection” - merely the imagination seeking evidence of a greater life, but in its zeal seeing only its own reflection. This is the conditioning of the scientific age in which we live. But in reality, nothing could be further from the Truth. For Truth, we must wander back in time ... thousands of years in fact.

The Sun is the center of our life. Within its gravity well, exist all of the patterns we know, all of the intelligence, all of the moving force and animating energies of every living thing. 

The planetary bodies surrounding the Sun in space, are the organs of its body, a body that extends out to the farthest reaches of the heliosphere. 

The space within its skin is filled with complex dynamics, both visible and invisible, and every one of these is reflected within the boundaries of our body, each of our organs corresponding to the planets. Microcosm and Macrocosm. As above, so below. One of the most ancient mantras. 

Where the scientist sees only rocks, ice, and gasses, the mystic sees intelligence, life, and consciousness. It is one thing to admit that all matter is vibrating energy; and it is quite another to acknowledge that the vibrations are the effect of a higher Source energy, one that is polar to its manifested form. 

This higher energy is deep and unknowable, beyond words, beyond concepts, and yet more powerful than all the rest combined. It is a negative power, one that pulls everything into being out of its own potential ... by the sheer force of its knowing. It is the Void. The unlimited potential of all things. 

Science admits that there is “something else,” ... something it cannot see. But in its insistence in making all new data fit into its limited model of materialism, it is blind to this underlying substance. 

Mystics have known it since the beginning of human awareness. They could discern the movements of its power by the nature of the energies induced within their own psyche. 

Their minds and bodies were their “scientific instruments" ... instruments far more sophisticated than the tools we use today, tools that only attempt to replicate the powers of detection we carry around with us right here inside our skin.

It is crucial that we understand the system within which we live within. If we do, we will know everything else by extension. “Man, know thyself.” The physical body of the Sun is but the first manifestation of the Whole of creation, the organizing principle, the Seat of Power. All things proceed out from the Center, and to the Center return. This is the secret of alchemy, the heart of Gnosis, the Philosopher’s Stone. We are all but rays of the Sun. Emanating from, and being dependent on. 

And God said, “Let there be Light!” This was the light of consciousness. The Christ consciousness. The Begotten of God/Source ... And this Source is within all.

Just a thought ... 

~Justin Taylor, ORDM., OCP., DM. 

 

CHOSEN ONES OF GOD

CHOSEN ONES OF GOD

The Chosen Ones of God And Why

With all the fuss about the elections, the new administration, and it's ties to Israel, I felt it important, particularly for Fundamental Christians, to realize what is meant when a "JEW" is called a "Chosen One of God." There is more to this than you are aware of, and I promise to keep this post short.

A JEW, or IAO, IEW, or JEW (with the invention of the "J" in the 1500's) is an esoteric title given to initiates into the great ancient mystery schools of old through several processes. Upon completion of the curriculum, they had learned and accepted - through personal experiential evidence - that the Divine Spark of what we call God/Source was to be found within each and every human being on Earth. In other words, this is where the term "The JEWS are The Chosen People of God" originated. 

It was not geographical, racial, tribal, or blood related. It was the crowning achievement of having become an "Illumined One" ... enlightened and having graduated after decades from the stringent teachings of the mystery schools that began in ancient Egypt/Kemet, Greece, Persia, and in many other civilizations such as the Druids. So, much like Kabbalah, Gnosticism, and the like, it was of little importance whether you were Greek, Egyptian, Hebrew, Judaean, Israelite or Persian. A JEW (Illumined One), is one "who is one inwardly" as the scriptures have been written, and for so long interpreted incorrectly.

The IAO for example in the Latin, represents the rejoining of man to God/Source. The "I" was "as above so below", the "A" was man and God meeting at the top and joined by the center line as one, and the "O" is the symbol of eternity ... never ending. Look at the very name IS-RA-EL. This is an esoteric symbol meaning ISis (Mother God) Amen-RA (Father God) and EL ... the power of both and many. Jesus called it the Alpha and Omega. 

What unfolds today in the modern "State of Israel," has nothing to do with Biblical Prophecy. It also has nothing to do with the Biblical "Nation of Israel." The nation and most of it's tribes and people were destroyed in 70CE, never to be heard from again on a worldwide scale. Prophecy is a scientific impossibility simply because WE have not created the future yet. The future unfolds with each and every nanosecond based on the thought and actions of the world's 7 billion+ inhabitants. A "Prophecy" in Biblical times, was a wise word spoken from someone usually considered to be not-so-wise. Therefore, they believed the words to be Divinely inspired. A prohetic word, or "prophecy," was not a look into the crystal ball and foretelling future events ... It was as if God itself had spoken it through man. 

Just a thought ... 

~Justin Taylor, ORDM., OCP., DM. 

 

HUMAN BEING

HUMAN BEING

The Term Human Being

Look at a painting of the Creation of Adam by Michelangelo. In the famous painting from the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel painted around 1512, Michelangelo illustrates the creation of Adam. Adam (Adamah) is the Hebrew word for “man”. This word is ultimately derived from the word “ground, or red clay earth” and according to Genesis in the Old Testament, Adam was created from the earth. Father in Heaven (spirit/invisible/un-manifest) and Mother Earth (physical/visible/manifest).

This leads us to the etymology of the word “human”, and it is a very interesting study. Here is a different look at what may have been overlooked. Much of the ancient wisdom handed down to us was meant to be symbolic, and allegorical, rather than taken only at face or literal value.

First, let’s look at mankind. In the ancient Sanskrit, the name Manu appropriately came to mean “man” or “mankind”, and “mind”. The English word “man” is thus also related to the Sanskrit manu. The name Anu appears in Sumerian as the god of the firmament, and the rainbow was called “the great bow of Anu”.

Now let’s break it down. Starting with Hu. The Egyptian God named Hu is the power of the spoken word. He personifies the authority of utterance … the personification of Divine Utterance, the voice of authority. In biblical terms, this equates to “The Logos”, or “The Word” ... The Archetype of All.

Now, let’s do a little blending. When we take the “Hu (God)” and the “Manu (man/mind)” we conclude that a HU-MAN BE-ING would be none other than ... base Natured man, through rising above lower animal and ego thought. He must actually work to BECOME a human being. It really isn’t a given.

So, knowing this … we can understand a bit more clearly how all the killing and evil committed worldwide by mankind, can be stopped when man comes to the understanding that progress towards achieivng a worldwide kingdom of peace, and love; can be accomplished … but only when man realizes the power within to actually become Human, or GODman ... Endowed with the Mind of God/Divine Source.

Looking back at Old Testament scripture, Psalm 82:6 states: “Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most high.” The most high is the God in YOU, in me, and in everything in this universe. We are really all ONE. One Source, One origin, One living interconnected organism … both physically, and consciously. You cannot cut the universe into bits of information. It is a whole (holy) living organism forever connected through the fiber of our universal matrix. An inseparable, but individualized essence of all that is. In Truth, there is no-thing that is OTHER. All is One. 

Just a thought ... 

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