Thesis: In this essay, we will be examining the differences of Pauline and Mystic
Christians, and the point of this essay is to give a better understanding of
what we may know or believe as human beings.
Introduction:
For some of you that have taken a look at this, and are wondering just what the is a
Pauline, or Mystic Christian—i have prepared definitions for you. Pauline Christianity is a term
used to refer to a branch of Early Christianity associated with the beliefs and doctrines by
Paul the Apostle through his writings. Most of orthodox Christianity relies heavily on these
teachings and considers them to be amplifications and explanations of the teachings of Jesus.
Mystic Christianity is the pursuit of communion with, identity with, or conscious awareness
of the Christian God through direct experience, Intuition, instinct or insight.
The Mystics of Christianity tend to read the bible in more of an esoteric way, or if you like-a spiritual way. It is said that truth is for everyone, but not for everyone, because truth often seems more science-fiction than science fiction. For someone to understand the bible in a deeper sense, a esoteric/spiritual sense takes an elevated consciousness than most. The bible is not always meant to be taken literally, but in a more spiritual way—directing the stories that are written as concepts, meaning the battles, victories of the internal Self materialized...so to the mystic Christians it is beneficial to read the Holy Bible as such.
The tradition of Christian Mysticism is as old as Christianity itself. At least three texts from the New Testament set up themes that recur throughout the recorded thought of the Christian mystics. The first, Galatians 2:20, says that: I am Crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me, and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. (KJV)
Another important scriptural text for Christian mysticism is l John 3:2: Beloved, now we are the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
Pauline Christians read the bible as is, in a literal sense for the most part...as it is taught in the churches. The Holy Bible has a lot of lessons in it, but the way that the lessons are taught gives a lot of credit to external forces such as the devil. Some biblical passages are clearly written as poetry, and Jesus made extensive use of parables; the people and incidents that he described may or may not have been fictional. Some other biblical verses must be interpreted figuratively. For example, when Jesus is reported to have said in John 15:1 "I am the vine, ye are the branches..." Jesus is obviously not a vine, and his followers are obviously not branches. He was speaking metaphorically; However, they believe that most biblical passages, from Genesis to Revelation, should be interpreted literally. The default is a literal interpretation, unless some other method is clearly intended. Thus, as the first part of Genesis explains: God did create the first humans, the other species of life, the earth itself and the rest of the universe in six days. However, there is some wiggle room on the meaning of the word translated as "days." The flood destroyed all of the human race except for 8 individuals: Noah and his family. Noah's descendent's repopulated the earth after the flood, and the very first rainbow really was seen by Noah and his family. God confused the speech of the people at the Tower of Babel and thereby established the major linguistic groups in the world, and so on. It all happened
exactly as the Bible describes.
Opposed to the external force “The Devil,” Christian mystics feel that the reason we get into a bad situation is because of our ego's/devils/negative emotions = 7 Capital Sins, which are: Anger, Pride, Greed, Lust, Jealousy, Envy & Gluttony. Some may have mis-informed you if they have told you that these beings are healthy emotions, which is only a reason to keep feeding them—health does not hurt.
Pauline Christians believe that the devil is an external force that can tempt us to do things that we may or may not want to do. The devil is an angel that fell from heaven once upon a time, because he thought he was more powerful than God, so he was kicked out of heaven, along with a 3rd of the angels.
Mystic Christians embrace all religions as forms of truth, because the mystics can see the books for what they really are, which are stepping stones. We do not curse a baby, a baby has to learn for themselves, be guided by their functions through the help of a exterior force, and when the baby gets older...they tend to go astray to find their own way if not properly raised/risen, but the good thing about The Supreme, or the ALL allows everyone to choose their own way, but eventually everyone makes it back to The Supreme, and Heaven and Hell are only states of Mind.
Pauline Christians do not accept any doctrines as truth other than their own, because their book is the word of God. Some of these type of Christians may wish the other religions well, but very strongly doubt that they will make it to heaven.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Spirit
Spiritual = Of, relating to, consisting of, or having the nature of spirit; not tangible or material.
Many people have given the word spirit many different meanings, but the real fact is that the word spirit comes from the Latin word Spirare, which means breath, breathe, or breathe life into, and the root of the word is inspiration. Each and everything that has life is spiritual—simply because it has to breathe.
People who meditate, practices conscious breathing at the same time while meditating because being in-tuned to the breath works wonders. Mystics teach being in the moment, and practicing conscious breathing at the same time leads to a high state of being. Breath is what binds all of us together, but yet we separate ourselves from each other.
On the one hand, "spirit" is understood as something to be feared, as belonging to the realm of ghosts and demons. Superstitions and myths have thus been built around this particular interpretation. Thus many now shy away whenever the word "spirit" is mentioned, for it conjures in their minds visions of hauntings and often the most fantastic ideas, which have only been promoted by horror films.
This has engendered a great amount of fear in many people. Fear is unnatural according to the Laws of Creation. It can develop only when a human being has no real grip on life, when his knowledge of God and His Laws is lacking. Consequently, a great deal of karma is brought about through fostering such a fearful concept.
In short: spirit is the living animating core within each of us, the driving force behind all that we think, say and do.
Every action, whether impulsive or premeditated, is first and foremost willed by the spirit before it is channeled through the various connections that allow it to manifest in this physical world (or World of Matter). Our thoughts, words and deeds originate from this spiritual core. There is not a single thing we do that is excluded from this. We are first and foremost spiritual beings, incarnated on earth for the purpose of learning, maturing and perfecting ourselves.
The spirit within us is our real self! And yet when asked this question "what is ‘spirit’?", hardly anyone will answer: "it is me, myself, my true being"! However, just this right interpretation of "spirit" will provide the necessary answers to all questions in due course. To know that the spirit is one’s own real innermost self is the first stage of spiritual enlightenment.
The spirit dons the body like a garment at birth (incarnation) and lays it aside at death. The spirit works through the physical body during this lifetime, which it needs in order to mature and develop to perfection. Once the spirit has attained to this goal, it can then return to its high luminous origins where it can continue to work in peace and harmony with others who have done the same.
This spirit is of a substance totally alien to anything material. The spirit cannot be found in matter, because their nature and consistency are completely different from each other. Spirit originates from the high realms of the beyond, it is pure and immortal in its primeval form.
However, spirit has the capacity to form and shape its environment by exerting a pressure on it. It is able to direct the process of movement in its surroundings, and in this way it animates the physical body that it dwells in.
Thus while it may seem like our physical bodies perform all the actions as directed by the brain, everything really originates from within the spirit! The spirit makes the decisions - it is the source of the much-praised "free will". Everything that is willed by the spirit is channeled to the brain before the latter converts it to deed through the physical body. The brain is merely a tool, an "interpreter" of commands that really have their origin in the spirit.
The preceding words mention the "free will" of man. Human beings have always wondered what really is the free will, when it appears that so many are victims of fate. Those who are familiar with the ancient Indian philosophy are more fortunate, in this regard, because they accept the Law of Karma.
The ability to make decisions is given to us in the free will. It is part of this very spiritual core that we bear within ourselves. We can make decisions that influence and direct ourselves as well as our environment. This can be either upbuilding or damaging. But whatever we do in Creation, we do solely for ourselves, that is to say, everything that we do returns to us so that we may fully experience whether what we did was upbuilding or destructive. Through this we learn and mature spiritually so that in the future we will do only that which is upbuilding.
It is only through this process of learning that the formless spirit-core of man becomes a living and active spirit in Creation! Hence, it needs the free will in order to develop towards this goal, where it performs only those kinds of deeds that are of benefit to all Creation. When it has reached this degree of personal recognition and consciousness, it has achieved the goal of its existence.
The free will is therefore an integral quality of the spirit. The ability to make personal choices that influence and direct Creation is what constitutes a spiritual being. The animal lacks this ability, because its level of influence is just the immediate ecosystem. The animal lives on the impulse, in its struggle to survive. The human being lives through his personal decisions, of which there are many he makes every hour.
Those who strive towards spiritual enlightenment will easily understand what is stated here, because these are simple and most logical concepts. As they awaken in the ensuing enlightenment, they will also recognize another attribute that goes hand in hand as a balancing force for this ability to make decisions. This balancing force is the "intuitive perception", which ensures that the spirit is helped to make the right kind of decisions so that it does not burden itself karmatically through wrong decisions.
The intuitive perception, like the free will, is part and parcel of the human spirit! Through the intuition, man can correctly choose his path in Creation, so long as he listens to it. It is therefore important that his ability to make decisions is guided by his intuition… and not by his intellect, which latter is meant only to transform into physical deed that which was already decided by the spirit!
Many people have given the word spirit many different meanings, but the real fact is that the word spirit comes from the Latin word Spirare, which means breath, breathe, or breathe life into, and the root of the word is inspiration. Each and everything that has life is spiritual—simply because it has to breathe.
People who meditate, practices conscious breathing at the same time while meditating because being in-tuned to the breath works wonders. Mystics teach being in the moment, and practicing conscious breathing at the same time leads to a high state of being. Breath is what binds all of us together, but yet we separate ourselves from each other.
On the one hand, "spirit" is understood as something to be feared, as belonging to the realm of ghosts and demons. Superstitions and myths have thus been built around this particular interpretation. Thus many now shy away whenever the word "spirit" is mentioned, for it conjures in their minds visions of hauntings and often the most fantastic ideas, which have only been promoted by horror films.
This has engendered a great amount of fear in many people. Fear is unnatural according to the Laws of Creation. It can develop only when a human being has no real grip on life, when his knowledge of God and His Laws is lacking. Consequently, a great deal of karma is brought about through fostering such a fearful concept.
In short: spirit is the living animating core within each of us, the driving force behind all that we think, say and do.
Every action, whether impulsive or premeditated, is first and foremost willed by the spirit before it is channeled through the various connections that allow it to manifest in this physical world (or World of Matter). Our thoughts, words and deeds originate from this spiritual core. There is not a single thing we do that is excluded from this. We are first and foremost spiritual beings, incarnated on earth for the purpose of learning, maturing and perfecting ourselves.
The spirit within us is our real self! And yet when asked this question "what is ‘spirit’?", hardly anyone will answer: "it is me, myself, my true being"! However, just this right interpretation of "spirit" will provide the necessary answers to all questions in due course. To know that the spirit is one’s own real innermost self is the first stage of spiritual enlightenment.
The spirit dons the body like a garment at birth (incarnation) and lays it aside at death. The spirit works through the physical body during this lifetime, which it needs in order to mature and develop to perfection. Once the spirit has attained to this goal, it can then return to its high luminous origins where it can continue to work in peace and harmony with others who have done the same.
This spirit is of a substance totally alien to anything material. The spirit cannot be found in matter, because their nature and consistency are completely different from each other. Spirit originates from the high realms of the beyond, it is pure and immortal in its primeval form.
However, spirit has the capacity to form and shape its environment by exerting a pressure on it. It is able to direct the process of movement in its surroundings, and in this way it animates the physical body that it dwells in.
Thus while it may seem like our physical bodies perform all the actions as directed by the brain, everything really originates from within the spirit! The spirit makes the decisions - it is the source of the much-praised "free will". Everything that is willed by the spirit is channeled to the brain before the latter converts it to deed through the physical body. The brain is merely a tool, an "interpreter" of commands that really have their origin in the spirit.
The preceding words mention the "free will" of man. Human beings have always wondered what really is the free will, when it appears that so many are victims of fate. Those who are familiar with the ancient Indian philosophy are more fortunate, in this regard, because they accept the Law of Karma.
The ability to make decisions is given to us in the free will. It is part of this very spiritual core that we bear within ourselves. We can make decisions that influence and direct ourselves as well as our environment. This can be either upbuilding or damaging. But whatever we do in Creation, we do solely for ourselves, that is to say, everything that we do returns to us so that we may fully experience whether what we did was upbuilding or destructive. Through this we learn and mature spiritually so that in the future we will do only that which is upbuilding.
It is only through this process of learning that the formless spirit-core of man becomes a living and active spirit in Creation! Hence, it needs the free will in order to develop towards this goal, where it performs only those kinds of deeds that are of benefit to all Creation. When it has reached this degree of personal recognition and consciousness, it has achieved the goal of its existence.
The free will is therefore an integral quality of the spirit. The ability to make personal choices that influence and direct Creation is what constitutes a spiritual being. The animal lacks this ability, because its level of influence is just the immediate ecosystem. The animal lives on the impulse, in its struggle to survive. The human being lives through his personal decisions, of which there are many he makes every hour.
Those who strive towards spiritual enlightenment will easily understand what is stated here, because these are simple and most logical concepts. As they awaken in the ensuing enlightenment, they will also recognize another attribute that goes hand in hand as a balancing force for this ability to make decisions. This balancing force is the "intuitive perception", which ensures that the spirit is helped to make the right kind of decisions so that it does not burden itself karmatically through wrong decisions.
The intuitive perception, like the free will, is part and parcel of the human spirit! Through the intuition, man can correctly choose his path in Creation, so long as he listens to it. It is therefore important that his ability to make decisions is guided by his intuition… and not by his intellect, which latter is meant only to transform into physical deed that which was already decided by the spirit!
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
The Cypher
Considering that the bible has been written by mystics--hidden messages in the stories etcetera...most of the stories are not meant to be taken literally. I want to see how you respond to this below: We see Jesus as being the example representing the old man. The old man died on the cross to bring about the new man (The word man comes from the sanscrit word Manas, meaning Mind) or the new Mind. Dying for the sins of humanity represents the Great Work that we all must do--sacrificing the ego to raise the frequency of LOVE, Real LOVE. The ego is: Anger, Envy, Lust, Jealousy, Pride, Greed & Sloth...us as Mystics Christians have to silence the ego in order to annihilate it to bring about the superior emotions that the new man has, and from there we will personally know GOD, or whatever name on may want to call it.
Speaking of church; I haven't been in so long because that is not the route for me, because I have different beliefs as well as knowing's. Much of the bible is taught literally, and from being taught it literally entertains the ego instead of energizing the spirit. The word spirit comes from the Latin word "Spirare" meaning "Breath." This is why when we meditate, we practice conscious breathing in order to get in tuned.
The bible has been re-written so many times, that it may become harder to get the real translation. The original bible was written in Greek and Hebrew, and in that bible there are no J's, so this is where we get the name Yashua, or Yeshua from, which is the real name of Jesus...I absolutely don't know where they got the name Jesus from, perhaps JA being a God of the Jews, and Zeus, which is a God of the Greeks. JAZEUS, or Jesus.
I hope none of this upsets you, but this research has taken many years for me to obtain, and to give you another extention of myself. Back in Egyptian mythology we have found the cross to mean Spirit over Matter. Spirit, up and down, and matter from right to left. Right to left is shorter as you know. As we speak, humanity is on the cross...spirit sacrificed to bring about the desire of matter, and due to that we sacrifice our time to material objects.Ancient Egyptian God Osiris, and Isis represented GOD--Masculine and Feminine, and together they created Horus, which was known as the Son God. In the Catholic Religion, Mary is praised more, sacredly representing the Feminine God. In Christianity we praise Jesus more, representing the son God.
Emporer Constantine existed in the 3rd Century--had a vision of Jesus, However, as he was traveling to battle his most powerful rival in Italy, Maxentius, at the Tiber River in A.D. 312, he had a vision. In that vision, he reported seeing the cross of Christ superimposed on the sun with the words, in hoc signo vinces - "in this sign you shall conquer." After winning the battle, he became a strong champion of Christianity. Although he didn't completely leave his pagan roots and wasn't baptized until A.D. 337 on this deathbed, he did much to further the growth of the church. Either as a means to unify his empire, or to make converting to Christianity easier, Constantine sought to blend Christian and pagan traditions.
At that time, two prominent pagan winter festivals were celebrated. The first, starting on December 17 and lasting seven days, honored Saturn, the Roman god of agriculture. The second, starting on December 25 and lasting through January 1, commemorated the birth of Mithras, the Persian god of light. Constantine merged many of the traditions from these festivals with the Nativity story in the Bible and Christmas was born. From its beginning, Christmas was a holiday (or holy day), gifts were exchanged, families and friends gathered to feast, and a birth was celebrated; just like in the Roman and Persian festivities. The first mention of December 25 as the date of Jesus' birth is found in an early Roman calendar from A.D. 336.
Although the accounts of Jesus' birth (Matthew 1:18-2:23, Luke 1:26-38, 2:1-20) give us no hints about the date, they do provide a wealth of information about its significance. The Baby born in Bethlehem is the Son of God (Matthew 1:20; Luke 1:32, 35), the Savior (Matthew 1:21; Luke 2:11), God with us (Matthew 1:23), and the King who is worthy of worship (Matthew 2:2; Luke 1:33). We speak of the Pagans having many Gods, and most call them Devilized or what not, but what we did not know is that our religions are mixed with paganism...why do you think different religions worship different Gods? Most have never heard of Emporer Constantine, but the fact of the matter is that he ordered books to be taken out of the original bible, words changed etc only to match his own personnel beliefs, and if you fought against the new order you pagans and christians...YOU WILL BE KILLED!!! So, guess what...we have Emporer Constantine's Belief still till this day if we take everything literal in our text books.
Now we come to Mary Magdalene, the one that the founding fathers of Christianity said was a whore, or prostitute as you will. Finding out later that Mary Magdalene was not a prostitute, but the fact of the matter is that there were alot of Mary's that existed in that time, but I do not believe that story--I believe it was intentional, due to the woman being inferior to man at that time, and still looked at like that in some areas still till this day. Notice in the painting by leonardo Da Vinci of the last supper...the V shape in the middle of Jesus and Mary Magdalene. The shape represents the Chalice which is a feminine shape, and a cup (glass perhaps.) and if you flipped it--it would be masculine, the shape of pyramids. As we seen in the movie: The Da Vinci Code, You move Jesus over to the middle of the V, and do the same with Mary Magdalene and you will notice all of a sudden that Mary Magdalene is laying on Jesus's shoulder. Amazing huh? Haha
As our eyes move across the painting, shifting from one apostle's reaction to the next, one thing which may become evident is how human the depiction of each figure is. There are no halos or any other marker of holiness - not even any symbols of divinity around Jesus himself. Every person is a human being, reacting in a human way. It is thus the human aspect of the moment which Leonardo Da Vinci was trying to capture and express, not the sacred or divine aspects usually focused on in Christian liturgy. The Gospel of Philip has caused quite a stir for several reasons. It says Jesus' companion (also translated as "consort") was Mary Magdalen, and that he "loved Mary more than the rest of us because he used to kiss her on the ____ [hole in the text]." Philip also speaks of a "stainless physical union" which has great power.
Early scholars translated the 'union' phrase as "undefiled intercourse," which would mean that the text advises, "Understand/seek the undefiled intercourse, for it has great power." However, in recent years orthodox scholars have tended to translate the phrase as "pure embrace" or "marriage." Attridge claims that it is a reference to an early Christian practice of offering one's fellow worshipers a kiss, known in some circles as "passing the peace." I wonder.
Like French scholar Jean-Yves Leloup, I believe there is strong evidence that the Gospel of Philip is speaking of actual intercourse, and not the ritual kiss that "passes the peace." In one age after another her image was reinvented, from prostitute to sibyl to mystic to celibate nun to passive helpmeet to feminist icon to the matriarch of divinity’s secret dynasty. how revolutions are co-opted; how fallibility is reckoned with, and how sweet devotion can be made to serve violent domination—all these cultural questions helped shape the story of the woman who befriended Jesus of Nazareth. Who was she? Who was she? From the New Testament, one can conclude that Mary of Magdala (her hometown, a village on the shore of the Sea of Galilee) was a leading figure among those attracted to Jesus.
When the men in that company abandoned him at the hour of mortal danger, Mary of Magdala was one of the women who stayed with him, even to the Crucifixion. She was present at the tomb, the first person to whom Jesus appeared after his resurrection and the first to preach the “Good News” of that miracle. These are among the few specific assertions made about Mary Magdalene in the Gospels. From other texts of the early Christian era, it seems that her status as an “apostle,” in the years after Jesus’ death, rivaledeven that of Peter.
This prominence derived from the intimacy of her relationship with Jesus, which, according to some accounts, had a physical aspect that included kissing. Beginning with the threads of these few statements in the earliest Christian records, datingto the first through third centuries, an elaborate tapestry was woven, leading to a portrait of St. Mary Magdalene in which the most consequential note—that she was a repentantprostitute—is almost certainly untrue. On that false note hangs the dual use to which her legend has been put ever since: discrediting sexuality in general and disempowering women in particular.
I have so much more to bring to you, but I will stop here, because I don't want to overload you with more reading.
Speaking of church; I haven't been in so long because that is not the route for me, because I have different beliefs as well as knowing's. Much of the bible is taught literally, and from being taught it literally entertains the ego instead of energizing the spirit. The word spirit comes from the Latin word "Spirare" meaning "Breath." This is why when we meditate, we practice conscious breathing in order to get in tuned.
The bible has been re-written so many times, that it may become harder to get the real translation. The original bible was written in Greek and Hebrew, and in that bible there are no J's, so this is where we get the name Yashua, or Yeshua from, which is the real name of Jesus...I absolutely don't know where they got the name Jesus from, perhaps JA being a God of the Jews, and Zeus, which is a God of the Greeks. JAZEUS, or Jesus.
I hope none of this upsets you, but this research has taken many years for me to obtain, and to give you another extention of myself. Back in Egyptian mythology we have found the cross to mean Spirit over Matter. Spirit, up and down, and matter from right to left. Right to left is shorter as you know. As we speak, humanity is on the cross...spirit sacrificed to bring about the desire of matter, and due to that we sacrifice our time to material objects.Ancient Egyptian God Osiris, and Isis represented GOD--Masculine and Feminine, and together they created Horus, which was known as the Son God. In the Catholic Religion, Mary is praised more, sacredly representing the Feminine God. In Christianity we praise Jesus more, representing the son God.
Emporer Constantine existed in the 3rd Century--had a vision of Jesus, However, as he was traveling to battle his most powerful rival in Italy, Maxentius, at the Tiber River in A.D. 312, he had a vision. In that vision, he reported seeing the cross of Christ superimposed on the sun with the words, in hoc signo vinces - "in this sign you shall conquer." After winning the battle, he became a strong champion of Christianity. Although he didn't completely leave his pagan roots and wasn't baptized until A.D. 337 on this deathbed, he did much to further the growth of the church. Either as a means to unify his empire, or to make converting to Christianity easier, Constantine sought to blend Christian and pagan traditions.
At that time, two prominent pagan winter festivals were celebrated. The first, starting on December 17 and lasting seven days, honored Saturn, the Roman god of agriculture. The second, starting on December 25 and lasting through January 1, commemorated the birth of Mithras, the Persian god of light. Constantine merged many of the traditions from these festivals with the Nativity story in the Bible and Christmas was born. From its beginning, Christmas was a holiday (or holy day), gifts were exchanged, families and friends gathered to feast, and a birth was celebrated; just like in the Roman and Persian festivities. The first mention of December 25 as the date of Jesus' birth is found in an early Roman calendar from A.D. 336.
Although the accounts of Jesus' birth (Matthew 1:18-2:23, Luke 1:26-38, 2:1-20) give us no hints about the date, they do provide a wealth of information about its significance. The Baby born in Bethlehem is the Son of God (Matthew 1:20; Luke 1:32, 35), the Savior (Matthew 1:21; Luke 2:11), God with us (Matthew 1:23), and the King who is worthy of worship (Matthew 2:2; Luke 1:33). We speak of the Pagans having many Gods, and most call them Devilized or what not, but what we did not know is that our religions are mixed with paganism...why do you think different religions worship different Gods? Most have never heard of Emporer Constantine, but the fact of the matter is that he ordered books to be taken out of the original bible, words changed etc only to match his own personnel beliefs, and if you fought against the new order you pagans and christians...YOU WILL BE KILLED!!! So, guess what...we have Emporer Constantine's Belief still till this day if we take everything literal in our text books.
Now we come to Mary Magdalene, the one that the founding fathers of Christianity said was a whore, or prostitute as you will. Finding out later that Mary Magdalene was not a prostitute, but the fact of the matter is that there were alot of Mary's that existed in that time, but I do not believe that story--I believe it was intentional, due to the woman being inferior to man at that time, and still looked at like that in some areas still till this day. Notice in the painting by leonardo Da Vinci of the last supper...the V shape in the middle of Jesus and Mary Magdalene. The shape represents the Chalice which is a feminine shape, and a cup (glass perhaps.) and if you flipped it--it would be masculine, the shape of pyramids. As we seen in the movie: The Da Vinci Code, You move Jesus over to the middle of the V, and do the same with Mary Magdalene and you will notice all of a sudden that Mary Magdalene is laying on Jesus's shoulder. Amazing huh? Haha
As our eyes move across the painting, shifting from one apostle's reaction to the next, one thing which may become evident is how human the depiction of each figure is. There are no halos or any other marker of holiness - not even any symbols of divinity around Jesus himself. Every person is a human being, reacting in a human way. It is thus the human aspect of the moment which Leonardo Da Vinci was trying to capture and express, not the sacred or divine aspects usually focused on in Christian liturgy. The Gospel of Philip has caused quite a stir for several reasons. It says Jesus' companion (also translated as "consort") was Mary Magdalen, and that he "loved Mary more than the rest of us because he used to kiss her on the ____ [hole in the text]." Philip also speaks of a "stainless physical union" which has great power.
Early scholars translated the 'union' phrase as "undefiled intercourse," which would mean that the text advises, "Understand/seek the undefiled intercourse, for it has great power." However, in recent years orthodox scholars have tended to translate the phrase as "pure embrace" or "marriage." Attridge claims that it is a reference to an early Christian practice of offering one's fellow worshipers a kiss, known in some circles as "passing the peace." I wonder.
Like French scholar Jean-Yves Leloup, I believe there is strong evidence that the Gospel of Philip is speaking of actual intercourse, and not the ritual kiss that "passes the peace." In one age after another her image was reinvented, from prostitute to sibyl to mystic to celibate nun to passive helpmeet to feminist icon to the matriarch of divinity’s secret dynasty. how revolutions are co-opted; how fallibility is reckoned with, and how sweet devotion can be made to serve violent domination—all these cultural questions helped shape the story of the woman who befriended Jesus of Nazareth. Who was she? Who was she? From the New Testament, one can conclude that Mary of Magdala (her hometown, a village on the shore of the Sea of Galilee) was a leading figure among those attracted to Jesus.
When the men in that company abandoned him at the hour of mortal danger, Mary of Magdala was one of the women who stayed with him, even to the Crucifixion. She was present at the tomb, the first person to whom Jesus appeared after his resurrection and the first to preach the “Good News” of that miracle. These are among the few specific assertions made about Mary Magdalene in the Gospels. From other texts of the early Christian era, it seems that her status as an “apostle,” in the years after Jesus’ death, rivaledeven that of Peter.
This prominence derived from the intimacy of her relationship with Jesus, which, according to some accounts, had a physical aspect that included kissing. Beginning with the threads of these few statements in the earliest Christian records, datingto the first through third centuries, an elaborate tapestry was woven, leading to a portrait of St. Mary Magdalene in which the most consequential note—that she was a repentantprostitute—is almost certainly untrue. On that false note hangs the dual use to which her legend has been put ever since: discrediting sexuality in general and disempowering women in particular.
I have so much more to bring to you, but I will stop here, because I don't want to overload you with more reading.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Peace To Michael Jackson & Farrah Fawcet
"Peace to the souls of Michael Jackson & Farrah Fawcet"
Personally, I grew up with Michael Jackson's music back in my earlier days as a kid. I remember there was this movie musical that Michael had put together. I have seen that movie so many times that I almost know it by heart.
Hollywood. I seen pictures of Michael Jackson earlier starting from his childhood to his adult life, and he has made big changes as you already know. I seen his biography, and because of a white spot growing into white spots was the reason for him to have his skin bleached. Then he started to have straight hair later...wtf. He looked white and had straight hair. Hollywood made him start to hate himself, but no matter what--you could tell that he was black because of his face structure etc--although his parents were black.
I watched a clip of Michael Jackson on stage and his voice was deep...I was like whaaaaaaaaaaaaatttttttt!!!!!!!! I wonder how his voice got soft like that????? I am not dogging Michael, I am just simply sharing my feeling with you of where I am at and where was I at with Michael. I still love him because of the unity in alot of his music, and everyone loved Michael all over the globe...including the fish in the water. No joke though, as you know--everyone loved Michael. I have a friend in Greece, Phillipines and Puerto Rico...I asked them have you heard about Michael Jackson and the answer was yes. The whole world found out about it all at the same time...very sad. Everyone's playing his music around here in my neighboorhood. I think i'm going to play some after this post.
We have to remember that this body is not permanent--although we know this already, but we still weap when the shell dies, and not weap for the new born baby. We drive a car to get us from place to place, we drive the body...same concept. Why don't we start having funerals for cars that no longer run anymore. I can see myself now crying at the funeral for my old ford taurus.
Sorry if I may sound cold--I hope not though, but things have to change more...including myself. We have been through death of loved ones before, and we know that the body dies eventually, but we still cry because of that attachment, or are we crying because of that misery the world is feeling. Michael Jackson was that character in a play: his lines were scripted, his character was scripted, movements, years, but the only thing that was not scripted was his LOVE for people. Peace
Personally, I grew up with Michael Jackson's music back in my earlier days as a kid. I remember there was this movie musical that Michael had put together. I have seen that movie so many times that I almost know it by heart.
Hollywood. I seen pictures of Michael Jackson earlier starting from his childhood to his adult life, and he has made big changes as you already know. I seen his biography, and because of a white spot growing into white spots was the reason for him to have his skin bleached. Then he started to have straight hair later...wtf. He looked white and had straight hair. Hollywood made him start to hate himself, but no matter what--you could tell that he was black because of his face structure etc--although his parents were black.
I watched a clip of Michael Jackson on stage and his voice was deep...I was like whaaaaaaaaaaaaatttttttt!!!!!!!! I wonder how his voice got soft like that????? I am not dogging Michael, I am just simply sharing my feeling with you of where I am at and where was I at with Michael. I still love him because of the unity in alot of his music, and everyone loved Michael all over the globe...including the fish in the water. No joke though, as you know--everyone loved Michael. I have a friend in Greece, Phillipines and Puerto Rico...I asked them have you heard about Michael Jackson and the answer was yes. The whole world found out about it all at the same time...very sad. Everyone's playing his music around here in my neighboorhood. I think i'm going to play some after this post.
We have to remember that this body is not permanent--although we know this already, but we still weap when the shell dies, and not weap for the new born baby. We drive a car to get us from place to place, we drive the body...same concept. Why don't we start having funerals for cars that no longer run anymore. I can see myself now crying at the funeral for my old ford taurus.
Sorry if I may sound cold--I hope not though, but things have to change more...including myself. We have been through death of loved ones before, and we know that the body dies eventually, but we still cry because of that attachment, or are we crying because of that misery the world is feeling. Michael Jackson was that character in a play: his lines were scripted, his character was scripted, movements, years, but the only thing that was not scripted was his LOVE for people. Peace
Thursday, February 19, 2009
The World On Disability
The World On Disability (Cultivate Peace)
"I, myself, was always recognized . . . as the "slow one" in the family. It was quite true, and I knew it and accepted it. Writing and spelling were always terribly difficult for me. My letters were without originality. I was . . . an extraordinarily bad speller and have remained so until this day." -- Agatha Christie
What is it to be disabled? To be disabled is to be the world; the world which has detached itself from it’s True Source. We see a blind person; the world is blind…we see a deaf person; the world is deaf…we see truth everyday in front of us, but we do not understand it see it and we hear things of truth, but we do not understand that neither and so on. We do not understand disability because we ignore the important stuff; perhaps reincarnation which teaches us that we are responsible for the things we have done in our past life and we come back to pay the price for those mistakes.
Let me take myself for example. I am one with disabilities; when I read something…I am not able to grasp everything because of this disability; perhaps this may be a sign from the past that I was a very intellectual person in my past life. I spent too much time on deep thoughts, didn’t apply these thoughts much; been an intellectual person mainly all the time instead of balancing it with emotions nor exercising etc. Let’s use the term…the 3 brains which gnosis uses: The Intellectual Bain, The Emotional Brain and The Motor, Instinctive, Sexual Brain. Of course these brains are in the one brain, but different parts of it. We have to keep these at a balance; when we do not, then we suffer the consequences.
Are you fully intellectual, emotional, sexual, or use your body a lot? If you are; then we will have consequences for using up those energies on unnecessary things. Perhaps; someone that always uses their body…let’s take a boxer, the next life they may come back with early Alzheimer’s. We do not get away with anything in this world…NOTHING, not even a rain drop, cell, atom of activity. Everyone in the world are disabled due to the fact that we have detached ourselves from our True Being. There are people with bad attitudes, ignorance, calling that a tree, cat, dog, grass, sky, etc. These are only labels…condemnations; we do this because we are disabled and do not know the real meaning of these things.
We have a Immediate Family and a Extended Family; The Extended Family is all of us, but we manifest that family. The Immediate Family is the Immediate bloodline which we stay in when we come back to being again. I hope you don’t think I am talking down to you; I am talking directly…up to you. Since we have disconnected ourselves from our True Being; we have developed something called The Ego/Negative Emotions according to Gnosis and myself because I have experienced this; which are Lust, Anger, Envy, Jealousy, Gluttony, Sloth & Pride. This is also another part of disability because these are created by sub-conscious Fear of disconnection from our True Being. Most people will call them healthy emotions, but what kind of healthy emotions causes suffering anytime you use them? These are Negative Emotions and we may not recognize them as that because we are disabled.
We may have a belief, but if we have not Directly Experienced it; or applied it to ourselves then we are disabled. You can believe all you want, but we are here to experience and to eventually create a soul of experience; having a tremendous amount of information through knowledge through our experiences. Just because we are disabled, it is not necessary a bad thing because we created this suffering, and from this suffering we learn and this builds Direct Experience.
Our actions affects nature, our actions affects each other and our actions affects the lower kingdoms according to gnosis. Gnosis means Direct Knowledge in Greek. The world is in the shape that it is in due to our belief’s and we kill over those belief’s and separate ourselves from other through our beliefs because of disability.
We act according to what we believe. We look at ourselves in the mirror and we don’t like what we see, (Symbolically and Literally Speaking) but our belief has us covered; well at least we may think so. We must change ourselves in order to change the world just that much. For the ones that are labeled disabled; well…there is a spark of your true vocation within you, find what you are good at and do it for the world.
A.D. Upchurch
"I, myself, was always recognized . . . as the "slow one" in the family. It was quite true, and I knew it and accepted it. Writing and spelling were always terribly difficult for me. My letters were without originality. I was . . . an extraordinarily bad speller and have remained so until this day." -- Agatha Christie
What is it to be disabled? To be disabled is to be the world; the world which has detached itself from it’s True Source. We see a blind person; the world is blind…we see a deaf person; the world is deaf…we see truth everyday in front of us, but we do not understand it see it and we hear things of truth, but we do not understand that neither and so on. We do not understand disability because we ignore the important stuff; perhaps reincarnation which teaches us that we are responsible for the things we have done in our past life and we come back to pay the price for those mistakes.
Let me take myself for example. I am one with disabilities; when I read something…I am not able to grasp everything because of this disability; perhaps this may be a sign from the past that I was a very intellectual person in my past life. I spent too much time on deep thoughts, didn’t apply these thoughts much; been an intellectual person mainly all the time instead of balancing it with emotions nor exercising etc. Let’s use the term…the 3 brains which gnosis uses: The Intellectual Bain, The Emotional Brain and The Motor, Instinctive, Sexual Brain. Of course these brains are in the one brain, but different parts of it. We have to keep these at a balance; when we do not, then we suffer the consequences.
Are you fully intellectual, emotional, sexual, or use your body a lot? If you are; then we will have consequences for using up those energies on unnecessary things. Perhaps; someone that always uses their body…let’s take a boxer, the next life they may come back with early Alzheimer’s. We do not get away with anything in this world…NOTHING, not even a rain drop, cell, atom of activity. Everyone in the world are disabled due to the fact that we have detached ourselves from our True Being. There are people with bad attitudes, ignorance, calling that a tree, cat, dog, grass, sky, etc. These are only labels…condemnations; we do this because we are disabled and do not know the real meaning of these things.
We have a Immediate Family and a Extended Family; The Extended Family is all of us, but we manifest that family. The Immediate Family is the Immediate bloodline which we stay in when we come back to being again. I hope you don’t think I am talking down to you; I am talking directly…up to you. Since we have disconnected ourselves from our True Being; we have developed something called The Ego/Negative Emotions according to Gnosis and myself because I have experienced this; which are Lust, Anger, Envy, Jealousy, Gluttony, Sloth & Pride. This is also another part of disability because these are created by sub-conscious Fear of disconnection from our True Being. Most people will call them healthy emotions, but what kind of healthy emotions causes suffering anytime you use them? These are Negative Emotions and we may not recognize them as that because we are disabled.
We may have a belief, but if we have not Directly Experienced it; or applied it to ourselves then we are disabled. You can believe all you want, but we are here to experience and to eventually create a soul of experience; having a tremendous amount of information through knowledge through our experiences. Just because we are disabled, it is not necessary a bad thing because we created this suffering, and from this suffering we learn and this builds Direct Experience.
Our actions affects nature, our actions affects each other and our actions affects the lower kingdoms according to gnosis. Gnosis means Direct Knowledge in Greek. The world is in the shape that it is in due to our belief’s and we kill over those belief’s and separate ourselves from other through our beliefs because of disability.
We act according to what we believe. We look at ourselves in the mirror and we don’t like what we see, (Symbolically and Literally Speaking) but our belief has us covered; well at least we may think so. We must change ourselves in order to change the world just that much. For the ones that are labeled disabled; well…there is a spark of your true vocation within you, find what you are good at and do it for the world.
A.D. Upchurch
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
A Cypher For You
Since we were created by God; we were saved even before there were such a word "saved" (haha). The thing is to find that spark within us that God left there for us to get back to it (God). I do not like the name God for the simple fact is that if you spell it backwards; it gives a different meaning and why would such a great power have such a name. See; this is why I say, we are Gods; when we are not Gods...we are animals, like a dog--we eat fast, we see a beautiful woman and we may want to have sex with her etc. "Be patient for that you will possess your soul" meaning the task is to create
a human soul; this is the reason for many lifetimes, learning, experiencing, etc. The little bit of soul that we do have is just a small spark a very small identity in which we have to build into something great, and the spirit is what's perfect...it allows us to learn these new things, direct experience builds the soul, not belief. The thing about Christ is that...it is very metaphorical; meaning the word Christic was before the word Christ and Christic simply meant "The Annointed One" The Christic Force is in us all and when Christ died; all of us did. All of us were there when Christ died
for that we are Christ as ONE. The word sin comes from roman times when the guys played darts and bullseye. When they missed the bullseye; they called it sin;
which means missing the mark. When you miss the mark, simply try again; No big deal, but we must be aware of the karma we create for missing such a mark. The word sin is just a scare tactic.
The Christic Force arrises us to remembering who we are, where we come from and how to get back; the Christic Force is our savior. It washes away our mistakes and makes us whole again. The Christ Force is not a specific person, but in each and everyone of us. We lose the real message once we start letting the church tell us what things mean; the church is of satan
and not of the supreme being. Any church can be destroyed, but the temple within cannot--simple because it is the home for your internal God.We say God is a He and we say that God is a Jealous God. We lose the message once again when we give the supreme Creator
human attributes; for that it is in all things. The Supreme Creator is a Force in all things.
The Cross symbol comes from ancient egypt and the meaning for it was Spirit Over Matter. So Christ died on the cross to bring about it's Spirit dominating this material world. It's all symbology and very rarely meant to take literally. There is a such thing as Universal Salvation, but first we must annihilate ego/character defects/demons within our own psyche.
You see; the bible mentioned the 7 deadly sins which are: Anger, Jealousy, Greed, Pride, Gluttony, Sloth & Envy. They say that the supreme is a jealous God; so why would the supreme have jealousy which is one of the 7 deadly sins. There are many gods and supposebly none of them may be The Supreme Creator. We may have been worshipping the devil all of this time which brought us these 7 deadly sins. People start wars in the name of god. Muslims, Christians, Jews...maybe that god is a devil, and the name god has brought about seperation. People are constantly worshipping something outside of themselves. The exterior world is just a mirror of our internal world...it's the same thing as looking in the mirror.We empower the devil through the 7 deadly sins.
Real faith is knowing and not believing anything because through believing we can easily be manipulated and deceived. Real faith is knowing what's going to happen if we do this or that. And by having real faith destroy's the word blessed because we would
not see things differently anymore once we have real faith and we will not B Lessed. I'm not looking at the word blessed for what it means or where it came from. I'm looking at it for what it means once it is totally disected. Example: Therapist/The Rapist, Disease/Dis-ease, History/His Story etc.
God does not need to save anyone for that all the saving is in you.
How can you trust someone to save you that you never met. The Devil is smart and has been at work before you were even born and it has tampered with your religions and your way of life and who is it's puppets. We must know and stop believing in which I am practicing also. Let's stop being less, but more. Bmore
Cultivate Peace Within
And Then You Will Know.
a human soul; this is the reason for many lifetimes, learning, experiencing, etc. The little bit of soul that we do have is just a small spark a very small identity in which we have to build into something great, and the spirit is what's perfect...it allows us to learn these new things, direct experience builds the soul, not belief. The thing about Christ is that...it is very metaphorical; meaning the word Christic was before the word Christ and Christic simply meant "The Annointed One" The Christic Force is in us all and when Christ died; all of us did. All of us were there when Christ died
for that we are Christ as ONE. The word sin comes from roman times when the guys played darts and bullseye. When they missed the bullseye; they called it sin;
which means missing the mark. When you miss the mark, simply try again; No big deal, but we must be aware of the karma we create for missing such a mark. The word sin is just a scare tactic.
The Christic Force arrises us to remembering who we are, where we come from and how to get back; the Christic Force is our savior. It washes away our mistakes and makes us whole again. The Christ Force is not a specific person, but in each and everyone of us. We lose the real message once we start letting the church tell us what things mean; the church is of satan
and not of the supreme being. Any church can be destroyed, but the temple within cannot--simple because it is the home for your internal God.We say God is a He and we say that God is a Jealous God. We lose the message once again when we give the supreme Creator
human attributes; for that it is in all things. The Supreme Creator is a Force in all things.
The Cross symbol comes from ancient egypt and the meaning for it was Spirit Over Matter. So Christ died on the cross to bring about it's Spirit dominating this material world. It's all symbology and very rarely meant to take literally. There is a such thing as Universal Salvation, but first we must annihilate ego/character defects/demons within our own psyche.
You see; the bible mentioned the 7 deadly sins which are: Anger, Jealousy, Greed, Pride, Gluttony, Sloth & Envy. They say that the supreme is a jealous God; so why would the supreme have jealousy which is one of the 7 deadly sins. There are many gods and supposebly none of them may be The Supreme Creator. We may have been worshipping the devil all of this time which brought us these 7 deadly sins. People start wars in the name of god. Muslims, Christians, Jews...maybe that god is a devil, and the name god has brought about seperation. People are constantly worshipping something outside of themselves. The exterior world is just a mirror of our internal world...it's the same thing as looking in the mirror.We empower the devil through the 7 deadly sins.
Real faith is knowing and not believing anything because through believing we can easily be manipulated and deceived. Real faith is knowing what's going to happen if we do this or that. And by having real faith destroy's the word blessed because we would
not see things differently anymore once we have real faith and we will not B Lessed. I'm not looking at the word blessed for what it means or where it came from. I'm looking at it for what it means once it is totally disected. Example: Therapist/The Rapist, Disease/Dis-ease, History/His Story etc.
God does not need to save anyone for that all the saving is in you.
How can you trust someone to save you that you never met. The Devil is smart and has been at work before you were even born and it has tampered with your religions and your way of life and who is it's puppets. We must know and stop believing in which I am practicing also. Let's stop being less, but more. Bmore
Cultivate Peace Within
And Then You Will Know.
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