Sunday 13 May 2012

John 12:34 Christ abideth for ever

                          Spiritual Being: the Realm of the Higher Self or Soul


34 The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever... -John 12:34 Bible, King James Version

The Christ or our Higher Self is Eternal. By becoming one with our Higher Self we become Eternal. Jesus became one with His Higher Self therefore He received the Title 'The Christ.'

Our Higher Self, Overself or Soul resides above us rather than within us as our individual spirit does. This Individualized Presence of God gives us Life via a stream of Light which flows down into our Crown Chakra at the top of our head. When this Holy Spirit descends into our physical body like a dove we become a  Godman or Master because we are now one with God.

The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ by Levi H. Dowling

CHAPTER 8.

Elihu’s lessons to Jesus' mother in Egypt

1Again Elihu met his pupils in the sacred grove and said,
5There are two selfs; the higher and the lower self.
6The higher self is human spirit clothed with soul, made in the form of God.
7The lower self, the carnal self, the body of desires, is a reflexion of the higher self, distorted by the murky ethers of the flesh.
8The lower self is an illusion, and will pass away; the higher self is God in man, and will not pass away.
9The higher self is the embodi­ment of truth; the lower self is truth reversed, and so is falsehood manifest.
10The higher self is justice, mercy, love and right; the lower self is what the higher self is not.
11The lower self breeds hatred, slander, lewdness, murders, theft, and everything that harms; the higher self is mother of the virtues and the harmonies of life.
12The lower self is rich in prom­ises, but poor in blessedness and peace; it offers pleasure, joy and sat­isfying gains; but gives unrest and misery and death.
13It gives men apples that are lovely to the eye and pleasant to the smell; their cores are full of bit­terness and gall.
14If you would ask me what to study I would say, yourselfs; and when you well had studied them, and then would ask me what to study next, I would reply, your­selfs.
15He who knows well his lower self, knows the illusions of the world, knows of the things that pass away; and he who knows his higher self, knows God; knows well the things that cannot pass away.
16Thrice blessed is the man who has made purity and love his very own; he has been ransomed from the perils of the lower self and is himself his higher self.

John 12:32 Jesus will draw all men unto Him

                                                 Jesus' Ascension

32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. -John 12:32 Bible, King James Version

Jesus teaches us what He meant by these words: When I said: "If I be lifted up, I will draw all men unto Me," I meant, if that which were Greater than Myself, would reach Its Flame down and connect with My Life Flame, and raise My Life to Its Higher Power, I too would reach down to the rest of mankind; and draw the energy of their Life up into My Perfection; and I have been doing just That thru the centuries! (The Voice of the I AM, 1948 March p8) The Essence of God and Heaven is Divine Love which is represented by Fire or Flame.
                                               

Saturday 12 May 2012

John 12:31 The prince of this world

31 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. -John 12:31King James Version (KJV)

True Christian Religion #116:3 By Emanuel Swedenborg

"The world," "the prince of this world," "satan," and "the devil," mean hell.



The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ by Levi H. Dowling


CHAPTER 8.




Elihu’s lessons to Jesus' mother Mary, Joseph and Elizabeth in Egypt:

1Again Elihu met his pupils in the sacred grove and said... 17Men seek salvation from an evil that they deem a living mon­ster of the nether world; and they have gods that are but demons in disguise; all powerful, yet full of jealousy and hate and lust; 18Whose favors must be bought with costly sacrifice of fruits, and of the lives of birds, and animals, and human kind. 19And yet these gods possess... no power to save. 20This evil is a myth... 21The only devil from which men must be redeemed is self, the lower self. If man would find his devil he must look within; his name is self. 22If man would find his savior he must look within; and when the demon self has been dethroned the savior, Love, will be exalted to the throne of power.


Heaven and its Wonders and Hell From Things Heard and Seen by Emanuel Swedenborg.


311. XXXV. HEAVEN AND HELL ARE FROM THE HUMAN RACE.
In the Christian world it is wholly unknown that heaven and hell are from the human race, for it is believed that in the beginning angels were created and heaven was thus formed; also that the devil or Satan was an angel of light, but having rebelled he was cast down with his crew, and thus hell was formed. The angels never cease to wonder at such a belief in the Christian world, and still more that nothing is really known about heaven, when in fact that is the primary principle of all doctrine in the church. But since such ignorance prevails they rejoice in heart that it has pleased the Lord to reveal to mankind at this time many things about heaven and about hell, thereby dispelling as far as possible the darkness that has been daily increasing... They wish for this reason that I should declare from their lips that in the entire heaven there is not a single angel who was created such from the beginning, nor in hell any devil who was created an angel of light and cast down; but that all, both in heaven and in hell, are from the human race; in heaven those who lived in the world in heavenly love and belief, in hell those who lived in infernal love and belief, also that it is hell taken as a whole that is called the Devil and Satan... The angels said that the Christian world had gathered such a belief about those in heaven and those in hell from some passages in the Word understood according to the mere sense of the letter not illustrated and explained by genuine doctrine from the Word; although the sense of the letter of the Word until illuminated by genuine doctrine, draws the mind in different directions, and this begets ignorance, heresies, and errors.


John 12:28 Father, glorify thy Name

28 Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again. -John 12:28 Bible, King James Version

           Exodus 3: Moses and the Burning Bush

                         
'Now Moses... came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush... and the bush was not consumed.'

The Angels of the LORD dwell in a world of Flaming Fire which represents Divine Love.

'God called unto him out of the midst of the bush... And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you... And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel... this is my name forever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.'

This is probably the Greatest Secret Key hidden in the Bible. There is great Divine Power in the Holy Name of God, "I AM." The Mighty Ascended Master, the Great Divine Director who is Authority over all Life Streams on this earth until they have Ascended, teaches; "The Great Creative Word "I AM" [is] the Most Powerful Word in the Universe." As Jesus demonstrated thru the use of I AM Decrees the Holy Name of God "I AM" can be placed at the beginning of a constructive affirmation to accomplish our goals in life and after death. For example, perhaps the most powerful I AM Decree Jesus used was "I AM the Resurrection and the Life" (St John 11:25) When we return to our Father in Heaven and stand before Him it is said we will exclaim; "I am That, I AM." In other words, as we stand before our Higher Self, or Mighty I AM Presence, we will realize that this Individualization of God is in fact our own Higher Self the Mighty I AM Presence of God. Jesus of course knew this, which is evident when He said to the Jews such things as; "Before Abraham was, I AM" meaning in fact that before Abraham was born Jesus and all of us existed as an I AM Presence. The reason this Grand Master Key was not taught openly by Jesus was that the people weren't ready for it or especially another Grand Master Key which must be taught with it. This Sacred Fire Key was not permitted to be revealed until the 1930s by one of Beloved Jesus' fellow Ascended Masters Saint Germain. This Secret Key involves using the Violet Consuming Flame, by visualizing or decreeing it, to cleanse ourselves of all our past mistakes or negative karma which we have accumulated over many lifetimes on this earth. If the Holy Fire is the Bridge for the Angels and Gods to our world then it must also be the Bridge for us to enter into their Heavens. Saint Germain represents Freedom to this earth for the next 10,000 years. With regards to Saint Germain Beloved Jesus declares: "I say to the orthodox world...those who cannot accept Saint Germain and the Ascended Masters, will not have My Radiation...In former ages, it was not possible to bring forth the clearness of this understanding which Saint Germain has brought forth today! The Law of the Cosmic Light did not permit it! I brought forth to the world more of the "I AM," than any individual up to the time, when Saint Germain brought this Instruction forth." ('The Voice of the I AM' 1943 December p7-8)


After Jesus' Resurrection from the dead He appears physically to the Magian priests in Persia and He reveals to them the Holy Name of God:

The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ by Levi H. Dowling

CHAPTER 176.

22The magian priests were in the silence in Persepolis, and Kas­par, and the magian masters who were first to greet the child of prom­ise in the shepherd’s home in Beth­lehem, were with the priests.
23And Jesus came and sat with them; a crown of light was on his head.
24And when the silence ended Kaspar said, A master from the royal council of the Silent Brother­hood is here; let us give praise.
25And all the priests and mas­ters stood and said, All hail! What message from the royal council do you bring?
26And Jesus said, My brothers of the Silent Brotherhood, peace, peace on earth; good will to men!
27The problem of the ages has been solved; a son of man has risen from the dead; has shown that hu­man flesh can be transmuted into flesh divine.
28Before the eyes of men this flesh in which I come to you was changed with speed of light from human flesh. And so I am the message that I bring to you.
29To you I come, the first of all the race to be transmuted to the image of the AM.
30What I have done, all men will do; and what I am, all men will be.
31But Jesus said no more. In one short breath he told the story of his mission to the sons of men, and then he disappeared.

John 12:25 Eternal Life

He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. -John 12:25 Bible, King James Version
                                           Artwork by Amoraea Dreamseed

 
We all basically have a Higher Self and a lower self. Our Higher Self is eternal therefore It already enjoys Eternal Life. On the other hand our lower self is not eternal therefore it continues to re-embody over and over again until it literally becomes one with our Higher Self.

The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ by Levi H. Dowling

CHAPTER 8.

Elihu’s lessons to Jesus' mother in Egypt

1Again Elihu met his pupils in the sacred grove and said,
5There are two selfs; the higher and the lower self.
6The higher self is human spirit clothed with soul, made in the form of God.
7The lower self, the carnal self, the body of desires, is a reflexion of the higher self, distorted by the murky ethers of the flesh.
8The lower self is an illusion, and will pass away; the higher self is God in man, and will not pass away.
9The higher self is the embodi­ment of truth; the lower self is truth reversed, and so is falsehood manifest.
10The higher self is justice, mercy, love and right; the lower self is what the higher self is not.
11The lower self breeds hatred, slander, lewdness, murders, theft, and everything that harms; the higher self is mother of the virtues and the harmonies of life.
12The lower self is rich in prom­ises, but poor in blessedness and peace; it offers pleasure, joy and sat­isfying gains; but gives unrest and misery and death.
13It gives men apples that are lovely to the eye and pleasant to the smell; their cores are full of bit­terness and gall.
14If you would ask me what to study I would say, yourselfs; and when you well had studied them, and then would ask me what to study next, I would reply, your­selfs.
15He who knows well his lower self, knows the illusions of the world, knows of the things that pass away; and he who knows his higher self, knows God; knows well the things that cannot pass away.
16Thrice blessed is the man who has made purity and love his very own; he has been ransomed from the perils of the lower self and is himself his higher self.

John 11:11-14 Lazarus sleepeth

                              
11 These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
12 Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.
13 Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.
14 Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
-John 11:11-14 King James Version (KJV)
 
In the Bible it often refers to death as sleep. Here Jesus points out that when He symbolically claims Lazarus sleepeth He actually means Lazarus is dead. There are many Christians today who believe that when we die we sleep until the Resurrection. In the Spirit World we have a spirit body in which we can think and feel enabling us to continue our lives on a higher Plane which is as real to our spirit body as this Physical Plane is to our physical body.

Arcana Coelestia, by Emanuel Swedenborg, [1749-56], tr. by John F. Potts [1905-10], at sacred-texts.com

9439.
As, with most in the church at this day, there is no faith in the life after death, and scarcely any in heaven, or in the Lord as being the God of heaven and earth; therefore the interiors of my spirit have been opened by the Lord, so that I may, while in the body, be at the same time with the angels in heaven, and not only speak with them, but also see there amazing things, and describe the same; lest perchance hereafter people may say, Who has come to us from heaven, and told us that it exists, and what there is there? But I know that those who have previously at heart denied a heaven and a hell, and the life after death, will still harden themselves against them, and will deny them; for it is easier to make a raven white, than to cause those to believe who have once at heart rejected faith. But let the things which have thus far been shown concerning heaven and hell and the life after death, be for those few who are in faith. That the rest, however, may be brought to something of acknowledgment, it has been granted that I should relate such things as delight and attract the man who is desirous of having knowledge...
 
Spiritual Diary, by Emanuel Swedenborg, [1758], tr. by Bush, Smithson and Buss [1883-9] at sacred-texts.com
 
3618. CONCERNING IMPURE AND FILTHY WATER. A certain spirit, in the life of the body, had contracted the persuasion, that after death, he should have a sweet sleep - even to the day of judgment. Hence, also, in the other life, from that persuasion he had contracted an external genius of such a nature, that he could induce upon any body a sweet sleep, - for a persuasion contracted in the life of the body has this peculiarity, - that a man can act from his persuasion, and the means of so doing are immediately present with him, although he is not aware whence the means come. He then so dexterously induced a sleep upon the spirits, who were about me, that they fell, one after another, into sleep; he also tried the same thing with me, from which I could perceive whence the soporiferous power came. He said that he had done no evil, because, as he stated, he only wished to induce upon others a sweet sleep; but, because it was from artifice, he was told, that it was not permitted. Nevertheless he continued to do so, for he perceived a kind of self-glory, hence arising, because he was enabled to act in this manner to other spirits. Although he said, that he did nothing but good to them, but because he did it for the sake of his own glory, and thus appeared to have dominion over other spirits, and as he afterwards exercised the same artifice from habit, there appeared to me filthy water, to which such a state of self-glory, and hence, of dominion over others, is compared [or corresponds].
 
Spiritual Experiences by Emanuel Swedenborg (Translated by Buss)
 

792. THAT SPIRITS WHO HAVE NOT BELIEVED IN A LIFE AFTER DEATH ARE AMAZED WHEN IT IS SHOWN THEM
A certain spirit known to me had not during the life of the body believed in a life after death, although I suppose he had been persuaded by the priest in his last moments. When it was shown him by various means that he was in the other life, he was so amazed and wonder-struck that he could scarcely be convinced, saying that he had thus lived without reflection, when, nevertheless, he had been for so long a time in the company of similar spirits. But he was among the infernals [or spirits in the hells.] 1748, Feb. 15. There was just now present a similar spirit who had persuaded himself that there was no life after death. He spoke with others about the life after death, and upheld his belief, not reflecting that he was in the other life. He is among the infernals of the dark chamber [in hell.] 1748, Sept. 8.*
* This last paragraph was interpolated later when Swedenborg was making the Index. See n. 3102
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Heaven and Its Wonders and Hell From Things Heard and Seen by Emanuel Swedenborg (Latin Edition Printed in 1758)

445. XLVI.

When the body is no longer able to perform the bodily functions in the natural world that correspond to the spirit's thoughts and affections, which the spirit has from the spiritual world, man is said to die. This takes place when the respiration of the lungs and the beatings of the heart cease. But the man does not die; he is merely separated from the bodily part that was of use to him in the world, while the man himself continues to live. It is said that the man himself continues to live since man is not a man because of his body but because of his spirit, for it is the spirit that thinks in man, and thought with affection is what constitutes man. Evidently, then, the death of man is merely his passing from one world into another...
 
446. ...the body being then deprived of the life of its spirit grows cold and begins to decay...

452. I have talked with some on the third day after their decease... especially with three whom I had known in the world, to whom I mentioned that arrangements were now being made for burying their bodies; I said, for burying them; on hearing which they were smitten with a kind of surprise, saying that they were alive, and that the thing that had served them in the world was what was being buried. Afterwards they wondered greatly that they had not believed in such a life after death while they lived in the body, and especially that scarcely any within the church so believed. Those that have not believed in the world in any life of the soul after the life of the body are greatly ashamed when they find themselves to be alive. But those that have confirmed themselves in that disbelief seek affiliation with their like, and are separated from those that have had faith. Such are for the most part attached to some infernal society, because they have also denied the divine and have despised the truths of the church; for so far as any one confirms himself against the eternal life of his soul he confirms himself
also against whatever pertains to heaven and the church.

453. XLVII. MAN AFTER DEATH IS IN A COMPLETE HUMAN FORM
 
It has already been shown in several previous chapters that the form of the spirit of man is the human form, that is, that the spirit is a man even in form, especially where it is shown that every angel has a complete human form that in respect to his interiors every man is a spirit; and that the angels in heaven are from the human race. This can be seen still more clearly from the fact that it is by virtue of his spirit, and not by virtue of his body that man is a man, and that the bodily form is added to the spirit in accordance with the spirit's form, and not the reverse, for it is in accordance with its own form that the spirit is clothed with a body. Consequently... if... the spirit is not active in it, it does not live...


456. That the spirit of man, when it has been loosed from the body, is still a man and in a like form, has been proved to me by the daily experience of many years; for I have seen such and have listened to them a thousand times, and have talked with them about this fact, that men in the world do not believe them to be men, and that those that do believe this are regarded by the learned as simple. Spirits are grieved at heart that such ignorance still continues in the world, and above all within the church. But this belief they said had emanated chiefly from the learned... Consequently, nearly all that go from this world are greatly surprised to find that they are alive, and are as much men as before, that they see, hear, and speak, and that their body enjoys the sense of touch as before, with no difference whatever. And when they cease to be astonished at themselves they are astonished that the church should know nothing about this state of men after death, thus nothing about heaven or hell, when in fact all that have ever lived in the world are in the other life and live as men. And as they wondered also why this had not been disclosed to man by visions, being an essential of the faith of the church, they were told from heaven that although this might have been done, since nothing is easier when it is the Lord's good pleasure, yet those that have confirmed themselves in the opposite falsities would not believe even if they themselves should behold it... And that those that are in falsities would not believe [even if visions were given] is meant by these words: Abraham said to the rich man in hell, They have Moses and the Prophets, let them hear them. But he said, Nay, father Abraham, but if one came to them from the dead they would be converted. But Abraham said to him, If they hear not Moses and the Prophets, neither will they believe though one should rise from the dead. (Luke 16:29−31)...
 
461. XLVIII. AFTER DEATH MAN IS POSSESSED OF EVERY SENSE, AND OF ALL THE MEMORY, THOUGHT, AND AFFECTION, THAT HE HAD IN THE WORLD, LEAVING NOTHING BEHIND EXCEPT HIS EARTHLY BODY.

It has been proved to me by manifold experience that when man passes from the natural world into... the spiritual world or the life after death, he is in a body as he was in the world, with no apparent difference, since he neither sees nor feels any difference. But his body is then spiritual, and thus separated or purified from all that is earthly; and when what is spiritual touches or sees what is spiritual, it is just the same as when what is natural touches or sees what is natural... Moreover, a man's spirit enjoys every sense, both outer and inner, that he enjoyed in the world; he sees as before, he hears and speaks as before, smells and tastes, and when touched, he feels the touch as before; he also longs, desires, craves, thinks, reflects, is stirred, loves, wills, as before; and one who takes delight in studies, reads and writes as before... Furthermore, he carries with him his natural memory, retaining everything that he has heard, seen, read, learned, or thought, in the world from earliest infancy even to the end of life... A sensual man finds it impossible to believe that such is the state of man after death, because he cannot comprehend it; for a sensual man must needs think naturally even about spiritual things; therefore, any thing that does not appeal to his senses, that is, that he does not see with his bodily eyes and touch with his hands (as is said of Thomas, John 20:25, 27, 29) he denies the existence of.
 
462. And yet there is a great difference between man's life in the spiritual world and his life in the natural world, in regard both to his outer senses and their affections and his inner senses and their affections. Those that are in heaven have more exquisite senses, that is, a keener sight and hearing, and also think more wisely than when they were in the world; for they see in the light of heaven, which surpasses by many degrees the light of the world; and they hear by means of a spiritual atmosphere, which likewise surpasses by many degrees the earthly atmosphere. This difference in respect to the outward senses is like the difference between clear sunshine and dark cloudiness in the world, or between noonday light and evening shade. For the light of heaven, since it is Divine truth, enables the eyes of angels to perceive and distinguish most minute things. Moreover, their outer sight corresponds to their inner sight or understanding; for with angels one sight so flows into the other as to act as one with it; and this gives them their great keenness of vision... In like manner, their hearing corresponds to their perception, which pertains both to the understanding and to the will.. But as regards the state of those that are in hell as compared with the state of those in the world there is also a great difference, for as great as is the perfection and excellence of the outer and inner senses of the angels in heaven, with those who are in hell the imperfection is equally great...
 

470. XLIX. MAN AFTER DEATH IS SUCH AS HIS LIFE HAD BEEN IN THE WORLD.

Every Christian knows from the Word that one's own life awaits him after death; for it is there said in many passages that man will be judged and rewarded according to his deeds and works; and no one who thinks from good and from real truth can help seeing that he who lives well goes to heaven and that he who lives wickedly goes to hell. But the evil man is unwilling to believe that his state after death is according to his life in the world; he thinks, especially when he is sick, that heaven is granted to everyone out of pure mercy, whatever his life may have been, and that this is done in accordance with his faith, which he separates from life.


Last Judgment, by Emanuel Swedenborg, [1758], tr. by John Whitehead [1892], at sacred-texts.com

15. ...It has been granted me to have fellowship with angels, and also to speak with those who are in hell, and this now for many years, sometimes continuously from morning even to evening, and thus to be informed concerning heaven and hell; to the end that the man of the church may no longer remain in his erroneous belief, about a resurrection at the day of judgment, about a state of the soul in the interval, as well as about angels, and about the Devil; which belief, since it is a belief in falsity, induces darkness; and with those who think of such things from their own intelligence, brings on doubt, and at length denial; for they say in heart, how can so vast a heaven, and so many stars, with sun and moon, be destroyed and dissipated? and how can the stars fall from heaven upon the earth, which yet are larger than the earth? and how can bodies, eaten up by worms, consumed by putrefaction, and scattered to all the winds, be collected again for its own soul? in the meantime, where is the soul, and what is it without the senses which it had in the body? with such like sayings on matters, which being incomprehensible, fall not within belief, and destroy in many the faith in man's eternal life, in heaven and hell, and with them, in all the remaining things of the faith of the church. That faith has thus been destroyed is evident from those who say, Who ever came from heaven and told us that it exists? What is hell? Is it anything at all? What is the meaning of man's being tormented with fire to eternity? What is the day of judgment? Has it not been expected for ages in vain? and many more questions which involve a denial of all things. Lest therefore, they who think thus (as do many who, from their knowledge in worldly matters are reputed skilful and learned), should any longer disturb and seduce the simple in faith and heart, and induce infernal darkness concerning God, heaven, eternal life, and other subjects dependent upon these, the interiors of my spirit have been opened by the Lord, and thus it has been granted [me] to speak with all those of the deceased whom I ever knew in the life of the body, with some for days, with some for months, and with some for a year, and also with so many others, that I should come short if I reckoned them at an hundred thousand, of whom many were in the heavens, and many in the hells. I have also spoken with some two days after their decease, and told them that solemn preparations were then making for their funerals; to which they said, that it was well to reject that which had served them for a body and its functions in the world: and they desired me to say that they are not dead, but alive and equally men as before, and that they had only passed out of one world into another; and they did not know that they had lost anything, since they are in a body and its senses as before, and in intellect and will as before, and have like thoughts and affections, like sensations, pleasures, and desires, as in the world. Most of those newly deceased, when they saw that they were living men as before, and in a similar state (for after death the state of every one's life is at first similar to what it was in the world, but is successively changed with him either into heaven or into hell), were affected with new joy at being alive, and said that they had not believed this. But they greatly wondered that they had been in such ignorance and blindness concerning the state of their own lives after death; and more especially, that the man of the church is in such a state, when yet he of all in the world can be in light concerning them. Then for the first time they saw the cause of this blindness and ignorance, which is, that external things, which are worldly and corporeal, had occupied and filled their minds to such an extent, that they could not be elevated into the light of heaven and behold the things of the church, which are beyond its doctrinals... The soul, which lives after death, is man's spirit, which is the real man in the man, and which also in the other life is in a perfect human form (n. 322, 1880, 1881, 3633, 4622, 4735, 5883, 6054, 6605, 6626, 7021, 10597). The same from experience (n. 4527, 5006, 8939) And from the word (n. 10597). What in meant by the dead being seen in the holy city (Matt. xxvii. 53) is explained (n. 9229)... Of his state after resuscitation (n. 317-319, 2119, 5070, 10596)...

16. Very many of the learned from the Christian world are amazed when they see themselves after death in a body, in garments, and in houses as they were in the world; and when they recall to memory what they had thought of the life after death, of the soul, of spirits, of heaven and of hell, they are affected with shame, declare that they have thought foolishly, and that the simple in faith are much wiser than they... 
 
17. That the spirit of man, after its release from the body, is a man, and in a similar form, has been attested to me by the daily experience of many years; for I have seen, heard, and spoken with spirits a thousand times; and even on this very subject; that men in the world do not believe them to be such, that they who do believe it, are accounted as simple by the learned. The spirits were grieved in heart, that such ignorance should still prevail in the world, and most of all in the church; but this, they said, proceeded principally from the learned, who thought of the soul... like some volatile form of pure ether, which is necessarily dispersed when the body dies. But since the church from the Word believes in the immortality of the soul, they were obliged to ascribe it to some vital quality, such as belongs to thought, though not the sensation which man has, till it is again conjoined to its body... Add to this, that scarcely any one at this day knows what the spiritual is, and still less that they who are spiritual, as all spirits and angels are, have any human form. Hence it is, that almost all who come from the world are greatly amazed that they are alive, and are equally men as before, with no difference whatever. But when they cease to be amazed at themselves, they then wonder that the church knows nothing of this state of men after death, when yet all who have ever lived in the world, are in the other life, and live as men. And because they have also wondered why this was not manifested to man by visions, it was told them from heaven, that this could be done, for nothing is easier, when the Lord pleases, but that still they who had confirmed themselves in falsities against it, would not believe, even though they themselves were to see it; and moreover that it is perilous to manifest anything from heaven to those who are in worldly and corporeal things, for in this case they would first believe and afterwards deny, and thus profane the very truth itself; for to believe and afterwards to deny, is to profane; and they who profane, are thrust down into the lowest and most grievous of all the hells. It is this danger which is meant by these words of the Lord: He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their hearts, lest they should see with the eyes and understand with the heart; and convert themselves, and I should heal them (John 12:40). Also that they who are in worldly and corporeal loves, still would not believe, is meant by these words: Abraham said to the rich man in hell, They have Moses and the prophets, let them hear them; but he said, Nay, father Abraham, but if one from the dead come to them, they will be converted; but Abraham said to him, if they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they believe even if one rose from the dead (Luke 16:29-31).
 

 

John 11:9-10 There is no light in him

Form ist Leere (Form is a wonderful illusion) by h.koppdelaney

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Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.
10 But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him. -John 11:9-10 King James Version (KJV)
 
In the afterlife, or Spirit World, we dwell in a place of spiritual Light or darkness according to the Light or lack of Light within us. Heaven is a place of spiritual Light therefore we must be filled with this Light of Divine Love to reside there. On the other hand, hell is a place of spiritual darkness therefore those spirits who are filled with darkness dwell there.

John 10:32-36 Ye are gods


                      Ye Are gods! « Walking in the Shadows

32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? 33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God. 34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? 35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; 36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God? -John 10:32-36 Bible, King James Version

Jesus claimed to be a Son of God which the Jews knew meant He was claiming to be a god. They objected to such a claim so Jesus pointed out that their own scriptures teach we are all gods. The Christ or Higher Selves of all mankind are gods.  

John 10:30 I and my Father are one

                                           Higher Self

30 I and my Father are one. -John 10:30 Bible, King James Version

When Jesus referred to His Father in Heaven He was referring to His Higher Self. By becoming one with His Higher Self on the inner He became Christ Conscious which is a higher state of consciousness than what mankind normally enjoys. While Mary, the mother of Jesus, and Elizabeth are in Zoan, Egypt with their young boys the Master Elihu teaches them about the two selves:

The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ
by Levi H. Dowling

(Transcribed From the Book of God’s Remembrances, Known as the Akashic Records)

CHAPTER 8.

5There are two selfs; the higher and the lower self.
6The higher self is human spirit clothed with soul, made in the form of God.
7The lower self, the carnal self, the body of desires, is a reflexion of the higher self, distorted by the murky ethers of the flesh.
8The lower self is an illusion, and will pass away; the higher self is God in man, and will not pass away...
14If you would ask me what to study I would say, yourselfs; and when you well had studied them, and then would ask me what to study next, I would reply, your­selfs.
15He who knows well his lower self, knows the illusions of the world, knows of the things that pass away; and he who knows his higher self, knows God; knows well the things that cannot pass away...
21The only devil from which men must be redeemed is self, the lower self. If man would find his devil he must look within; his name is self.
22If man would find his savior he must look within; and when the demon self has been dethroned the savior, Love, will be exalted to the throne of power.

                                                                             

Saturday 5 May 2012

John 10:28 Eternal Life

And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. -John 10:28 Bible, King James Version
 
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We all basically have a Higher Self and a lower self. Our Higher Self is eternal therefore It already enjoys Eternal Life. On the other hand our lower self is not eternal therefore it continues to re-embody over and over again until it literally becomes one with our Higher Self.

The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ by Levi H. Dowling

CHAPTER 8.

Elihu’s lessons to Jesus' mother in Egypt

1Again Elihu met his pupils in the sacred grove and said,
5There are two selfs; the higher and the lower self.
6The higher self is human spirit clothed with soul, made in the form of God.
7The lower self, the carnal self, the body of desires, is a reflexion of the higher self, distorted by the murky ethers of the flesh.
8The lower self is an illusion, and will pass away; the higher self is God in man, and will not pass away.
9The higher self is the embodi­ment of truth; the lower self is truth reversed, and so is falsehood manifest.
10The higher self is justice, mercy, love and right; the lower self is what the higher self is not.
11The lower self breeds hatred, slander, lewdness, murders, theft, and everything that harms; the higher self is mother of the virtues and the harmonies of life.
12The lower self is rich in prom­ises, but poor in blessedness and peace; it offers pleasure, joy and sat­isfying gains; but gives unrest and misery and death.
13It gives men apples that are lovely to the eye and pleasant to the smell; their cores are full of bit­terness and gall.
14If you would ask me what to study I would say, yourselfs; and when you well had studied them, and then would ask me what to study next, I would reply, your­selfs.
15He who knows well his lower self, knows the illusions of the world, knows of the things that pass away; and he who knows his higher self, knows God; knows well the things that cannot pass away.
16Thrice blessed is the man who has made purity and love his very own; he has been ransomed from the perils of the lower self and is himself his higher self.

John 10:25 My Father's Name

25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me. -John 10:25 Bible, King James Version

 
Exodus 3: Moses and the Burning Bush
                         


'Now Moses... came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush... and the bush was not consumed.'

The Angels of the LORD dwell in a world of Flaming Fire which represents Divine Love.

'God called unto him out of the midst of the bush... And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you... And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel... this is my name forever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.'

This is probably the Greatest Secret Key hidden in the Bible. There is great Divine Power in the Holy Name of God, "I AM." The Mighty Ascended Master, the Great Divine Director who is Authority over all Life Streams on this earth until they have Ascended, teaches; "The Great Creative Word "I AM" [is] the Most Powerful Word in the Universe." As Jesus demonstrated thru the use of I AM Decrees the Holy Name of God "I AM" can be placed at the beginning of a constructive affirmation to accomplish our goals in life and after death. For example, perhaps the most powerful I AM Decree Jesus used was "I AM the Resurrection and the Life" (St John 11:25) When we return to our Father in Heaven and stand before Him it is said we will exclaim; "I am That, I AM." In other words, as we stand before our Higher Self, or Mighty I AM Presence, we will realize that this Individualization of God is in fact our own Higher Self the Mighty I AM Presence of God. Jesus of course knew this, which is evident when He said to the Jews such things as; "Before Abraham was, I AM" meaning in fact that before Abraham was born Jesus and all of us existed as an I AM Presence. The reason this Grand Master Key was not taught openly by Jesus was that the people weren't ready for it or especially another Grand Master Key which must be taught with it. This Sacred Fire Key was not permitted to be revealed until the 1930s by one of Beloved Jesus' fellow Ascended Masters Saint Germain. This Secret Key involves using the Violet Consuming Flame, by visualizing or decreeing it, to cleanse ourselves of all our past mistakes or negative karma which we have accumulated over many lifetimes on this earth. If the Holy Fire is the Bridge for the Angels and Gods to our world then it must also be the Bridge for us to enter into their Heavens. Saint Germain represents Freedom to this earth for the next 10,000 years. With regards to Saint Germain Beloved Jesus declares: "I say to the orthodox world... those who cannot accept Saint Germain and the Ascended Masters, will not have My Radiation... In former ages, it was not possible to bring forth the clearness of this understanding which Saint Germain has brought forth today! The Law of the Cosmic Light did not permit it! I brought forth to the world more of the "I AM," than any individual up to the time, when Saint Germain brought this Instruction forth." ('The Voice of the I AM' 1943 December p7-8)

After Jesus' Resurrection from the dead He appears physically to the Magian priests in Persia and He reveals to them the Holy Name of God:

The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ by Levi H. Dowling

CHAPTER 176.

22The magian priests were in the silence in Persepolis, and Kas­par, and the magian masters who were first to greet the child of prom­ise in the shepherd’s home in Beth­lehem, were with the priests.
23And Jesus came and sat with them; a crown of light was on his head.
24And when the silence ended Kaspar said, A master from the royal council of the Silent Brother­hood is here; let us give praise.
25And all the priests and mas­ters stood and said, All hail! What message from the royal council do you bring?
26And Jesus said, My brothers of the Silent Brotherhood, peace, peace on earth; good will to men!
27The problem of the ages has been solved; a son of man has risen from the dead; has shown that hu­man flesh can be transmuted into flesh divine.
28Before the eyes of men this flesh in which I come to you was changed with speed of light from human flesh. And so I am the message that I bring to you.
29To you I come, the first of all the race to be transmuted to the image of the AM.
30What I have done, all men will do; and what I am, all men will be.
31But Jesus said no more. In one short breath he told the story of his mission to the sons of men, and then he disappeared.

John 10:20 Many thought Jesus was mad

20 And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him? -John 10:20 Bible, King James Version

Just as many of the Jews thought Jesus was mad because of His teachings in that day and age so too will many today in this day and age think the Ascended Masters including Jesus are mad because Their Teachings contradict what they believe or have been taught by their priests.

John 10:16 Jesus visited other countries

16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. -John 10:16 Bible, King James Version

The Bible gives us an historical account of Jesus’ life and teachings in Jerusalem during his three year mission from about the age of thirty to thirty-three. It also includes a few brief references indicating that Jesus spent part of His early life in Egypt and that He was teaching in the Temple of Jerusalem at age twelve. (Luke 2:42 & Matthew 2:13-15) Apart from this there is no account of Jesus’ life and teachings between the ages of twelve and thirty. There is only a veiled reference to his disciples in other lands when He teaches the Jews: Other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: [in Jerusalem] them also I must bring, and they shall here my voice. (John 10:16)  To find out about this period in Jesus’ life we must look beyond the Bible.

                                                          NICOLAS NOTOVITCH

Frank J. Muccie, Jr. points out that; Jesus’ visits and stays in foreign lands is an absolute certainty, as many ancient Essene. documents verify this. One account was discovered in Tibet by Nicolas Notovitch. He had two manuscripts read to him by the lama of the Hemis Convent which were translated from scrolls belonging to the Lhasa Library. The Hemis monastery is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery located in Hemis, Ladakh within the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. These were placed in a Convent standing on Mount Marbour, near Lhasa. This version of Jesus’ life and teachings was originally recorded within three or four years after the death of Jesus Who it refers to as Issa. Isa means Lord over everything. Jesus is also referred to as Isa in the Qur’an, or Koran, the Muslim’s Holy Book. From this account we learn that when Issa had attained the age of thirteen, when an Israelite should take a wife, it was then that Issa secretly left his father’s house, went out of Jerusalem, and in the company of some merchants, travelled toward Sindh. Sindhi is one of the provinces of Pakistan. In the course of His fourteenth year, young Issa visited Juggernaut where He received a joyous welcome from the white priests of Brahma. He spent six years in Juggernaut, [which is in the Puri town, Orissa state, India. The life of the town centers around the cult of Juggernaut, a form of the Krishna incarnation of Vishnu.]  Rajagriha, [Rajgar, ancient Rajagriha, is a city in Nalanda district in the Indian state of Bihar] Benares, [in India] and other holy cities. The white priests and the warriors becoming aware of the discourse addressed by Issa to the Soudras, the lowest division in the Hindu caste system, resolved upon His death and sent their servants for this purpose. But Issa, warned of this danger by the Soudras, fled in the night from Juggernaut, gained the mountains, and took refuge in the Gothamide Country. The Gothamide Country is apparently the birthplace of the Great Buddha Cakya-Mouni which is the Tibetan name for Siddharta Buddha the founder of Buddhism who was born in Lumbini which was originally in Northern India but is now in Nepal. Six years later Issa left Nepal and the Himalaya Mountains and went westward. The Divine Issa taught the people. When He reached Persia the priests were terrified and forbade the inhabitants to listen to him. Issa was twenty-nine years of age when He arrived in the land of Israel. (See The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ by Nicolas Notovitch.


There have been others who have visited the Hemis monastery confirming the existence of the Issa manuscript. In his book Journey into Kashmir and Tibet, Swami Abhedananda of the Ramakrishna Society travelled to Hemis after he had read Nicolas Notovitch’s book to see the manuscript for himself. He was shown a manuscript which was a translation into Tibetan of the original manuscript which was in a monastery at Marbour near Lhasa. He made a translation himself which apparently closely matched that of Nicolas Notovitch’s version.

                                                   Hemis Festival - Hemis Monastery

Nicholas Roerich also visited the Hemis monastery in 1925. He published an account of this in his books Altai-Himalaya-A Travel Diary and Heart of Asia-Memoirs from the Himalayas. This is also supported by Murdo MacDonald Bayne’s book Beyond the Himalayas in which Geshi Tung La points out: The Master Jesus.  We have records of him here. [in Tibet] According to C. W. Leadbeater, in his book The Masters and the Path  we read: In Tibet… a narrow door… leads to a system of vast subterranean halls containing an occult [or secret] museum of which the Master Kuthumi is the Guardian on behalf of the Great White Brotherhood. …Original manuscripts of incredible antiquity… are here to be seen- a manuscript for example… written by the Lord Christ during his birth in Palestine.
                                                                    Levi H. Dowling

Another account of Jesus’ life and teachings in Egypt, India, Persia, Greece, Tibet and Jerusalem is recorded in a book entitled The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ by Levi H. Dowling. Early in life Levi had a vision in which he was told that he was to; build a white city. This vision was repeated three times with years intervening. The building of the white city was The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ. The contents of his book were transcribed from the Akashic Records. These are records in the atmosphere or on a higher Plane in the Spirit World. In this account while Mary, Joseph and Elizabeth with their sons Jesus and John were in Zoan Egypt they were taught for three years by the Masters Elihu and Salome before they returned back home. Jesus spends a year living in the Jerusalem Temple. Some time after the age of twelve He travels with Ravanna, a royal prince of Orissa in India, where He becomes a pupil in the temple Jagannath and here He learned the Vedas. Jesus with his friend Lamaas went through all the regions of Orissa and the valley of the Ganges. In Benares of the Ganges Jesus learnt the Hindu art of healing. For four years Jesus abode in the temple Jagannath. In the cities of Orissa Jesus taught. At Katak, by the river side, He taught and thousands of the people followed him. At Behar, on the sacred river of the Brahms, He taught for many days. The Brahmic priests are enraged because of Jesus’ teachings and so they resolve to drive Him from India. They find a murderer by trade and sent him out by night to slay Jesus so he left Benares and journeyed to the city of Kapivastu in the Himalayas. Jesus spends time in Lhasa, Tibet, then He travels to Lahore with a caravan of merchantmen who were journeying through the Kashmir vale as Jesus passed that way. They had seen His mighty works in Leh. Leh was the capital of the Himalayan Kingdom of Ladakh in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, India. He was twenty-four years of age when He entered Persia. The priests forbade Him from teaching or healing the sick but He regarded not their angry threats. In time He reached Persepolis, the city of the learned Magi, Hor, Lun and Mer, the three wise men. When Jesus’ work in Persia was done He resumed His journey to Chaldea. In Ur He tarried for a time before travelling home to Nazareth. Jesus longed to study with the Masters in the schools of Greece so He left Nazareth, crossed the Carmel hills, and took a ship to the Grecian capital where He teaches the Greek Masters. Next He sails to Egypt and travels to Zoan where His mother was taught twenty-five years before. At age thirty Jesus begins His Mission in Jerusalem. Following His Resurrection Jesus appears in Jerusalem, India, Persia, Greece, near Rome, Egypt and finally He Ascends to Heaven on the Mount of Olives. According to the Mormon Church’s Book of Mormon Jesus also visited the people in ancient America after His resurrection.

                       His Holiness Sri Shankaracharya Bharati Krishna Tirthaji Maharaj

We read in Levi Dowling’s account that Jesus was accepted as a pupil in the temple Jagannath. (See p40 The Aquarian Gospel Jesus the Christ.) In 1959 the Shankaracharya of Puri, India, His Holiness Sri Bharati Krishna Titha was interviewed by Sri Daya Mata who was the President of the Self-Realization Fellowship. She commented that she had been told that Jesus spent some of his life in India in association with her illumined sages. His Holiness replied; That is true. I have studied ancient records in the Puri Jagannath Temple archives confirming those facts. He was known as Isha and during part of his time in India he stayed in the Jagannath Temple. When he returned to his part of the world he expounded the teachings known today as Christianity.
 
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Jagannatha Temple, Puri, Orissa

Godfre and Lotus Ray King from the Saint Germain Foundation in 1940 claimed that Jesus the Christ stood in their home many times in His Visible Tangible Ascended Master Body, held them in His Arms and they kissed His Hands. (See The Voice of the I AM 1940 p39) In 1941 Jesus revealed to them that He visited some places in India before his Ministry in Judea began. With regards to the limited amount of information concerning the life and teachings of Jesus as recorded in the Bible Saint John admits; there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen. (John 21:25)

Regarding the Sacred Books of India and the Teachings of the Saint Germain Foundation, in 1951 the Beloved Archangel Michael pleaded with mankind: "My Dear Ones, I plead with you, value these Dictations, value... your opportunity to stay in this "I AM" Light and the Radiation of We, Who take time from Cosmic Activities, which affect the Planet, to come and stay with you a few moments and give you the Radiation by which you may save yourselves. THE MESSENGER WILL NOT ALWAYS BE WITH YOU! I would plead with you, come into the Light while you have the opportunity! We have given and given and given and not since the Mahabharata was given to India two hundred and fifty thousand years ago, has so much of the Cosmic Law been explained to the people of Earth in such a short time. In twenty years you have had more material than even was given in the Mahabharata. Those were the Sacred Books of India, that are two hundred and fifty thousand years old." (The Voice of the I AM 1973 May p17)