Brother of Yeshua

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Segmentation Of Mind: Segmentation means that there are divisions within a structure -- partitions that permit compartmentalization -- and within each of these segments, different functions can be carried out and maintained. Man's physical body is the perfect example of what can be portrayed as harmonic segregation. And just as important is to recognize that the whole of self with it many segmented and segregated systems and part, are all directly drawn from the One Source which was the Primary Cell that formed the original embryo that was produced by the uniting of the divided mother's ovum, and the divided father's sperm. Every cell that began to form the body of what would come to be a fetus, was the result of the primary cell splitting and dividing -- segmented into different organs and systems that are necessary to support the high functioning of the whole. Both man and an amoeba can be portrayed as being individualized and one -- and the differences are so vast, that the two cannot even be compared with each other. When Jesus declared that the Kingdom would never come upon the earth in the manner that carnal men look for it (Luke 17:20-21 - http://GateOfEden.com ) -- what he was saying was that the mind of man was in fact segmented, in order to serve a higher purpose that was beyond his organic perception and comprehension.

There is a higher purpose why kindergarten is segmented from the rest of the elementary school environment -- why middle school is segmented and separate from elementary and high school -- and why high school is segmented and separate from colleges and universities. A one room school house is dysfunctional. In like manner, the vast majority of elementary students have never themselves entered through the doors of a university -- and yet, their teachers often speak of universities as the higher goal of elementary school developmental learning. The same is true of government -- i.e., congress is segmented into the House of Representatives and the Senate. The executive branch of government is segmented from both the congress and judiciary.

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When the Deists who formed our Constitutional framework of government made reference to the Laws of Nature and Nature's God, they were very much portraying the Laws that bring about the natural segmentation of mind and being that immerses all of Creation within its domain. Further, that once the human condition of a natural segmentation of mind and being is understood as the result of the Laws that Jesus made note of when he taught that the Kingdom is within each individual -- and which the Deists often referred to as encompassing all of Creation -- it is man's own disenfranchised condition of mind brought about by his ignorance of these Laws that not only alienates him from the Source of Truth -- but maintains the great barrier to his perception of Truth and Reason which the biblical author's warned was beyond man's organic mindset (see Mystery). When Jesus portrayed the Pharisees as blind guides, it was because they were blind to the reality of the inner Kingdom that they believed would come upon the earth. When the natural segmentation of mind and being is understood, this would perhaps be compared to the brain moving into the stomach -- the kidneys moving into the liver -- the lungs moving into the rectum -- etc. and etc.. In the same way that the organs and systems of the body are segmented in order to create a harmonic segregated environment for the mind to function at a higher level -- with the amoeba being the opposite of man -- it is important to understand that the very complex human body and mind were all drawn from the One Primary Cell -- and that within the One exists the genetic structure that manifested the complex organism known as man.

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In like manner, when the Deists who understood the Laws stated that this world was functioning on a type of auto-pilot which was controlled by the Laws (of God) to bring about a certain and necessary reality in the life and development of individual man, it was similar to saying that an elementary school is not only segmented and segregated from the rest of the system of education -- but has its own rules and guidelines (Laws) which are intended to maintain the objectives of the elementary school and serve the purpose of that lower aspect of education -- a level of instruction and education that is absolutely necessary in order to advance into the next levels of instruction. Which means that the leaders of the Jews who opposed Jesus and predicted that the Kingdom would come upon the earth, can be see in the manner of elementary school students who proclaim that the need for segmented and segregated educational centers would be done away with. Their reasoning could be portrayed in the thinking that the government was going to simply issue a university degree to every student regardless of their level of knowledge-based achievement and advancement. From their perspective, there was no reason for acquiring knowledge and advancing one's self. Their idea was that God was a King -- that once His thrown was set up upon the earth, that all the needs of man would be taken care of -- and that as subjects, man would sit around all day with harps perpetually playing -- singing song of praise to the King. Thus, from the very limited understanding of the Orthodox Church, only faith in the King mattered -- and even the idea of acquiring spiritual knowledge and advancing one's self, was condemned and rejected as heresy.

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The plight of the common believer of all of man's religions basically the same -- i.e., they are all imbued with a peasant and subject mentality that requires only faithfulness and obedience on their part. They imagine that whatever their need is, that their God will grant it unto them. If they were in need of knowledge, then their God would provide it. When the Christians came to power through their fourth century covenant with the Roman Emperor Constantine, they burnt all the libraries -- destroyed and outlawed all sources of knowledge except that which was taught by the priests ordained by pagan Rome -- and all that was permissible to believe, was sanctified by the Church. All teachings that did not conform to the narrow very pagan dogma of the Church, was declared heresy.

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In many respects, their very beliefs about God, self and the purpose of life, has totally inhibited any degree of spiritual advancement.

And one of the major differences between the educational systems of mankind and the system of educational development that serves the higher purpose of this world, is seen in the fact that there are no social-advancements between grade levels. In this world, the Laws are very much the testing agents that serve a higher purpose -- and if you fail the testing of the Laws, then there can be no advancement beyond the levels of segmentation. Moreover, there are no exemptions -- i.e., when Carolyn Kennedy attempted to run for the office of senator of New York, she did so on the basis that her father had been president, her uncle was a senator, and she came from a very political family. Yet, while political alliances may often be the means to advance in the cultures of man, in the reality of the Laws of Nature and Nature's God, being rich and politically influential in this world is in fact a detriment to real advancement. What was portrayed as the Laws of Nature and Nature's God, requires what Jesus stated was Wholeness and Completeness -- and without the necessary Wholeness, little to no advancement can be achieved -- i.e., "And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance" (Luke 5:31-32 KJV). While the Christian world is in denial with respect to the meaning of these words, what they state is that those who are able to achieve what Jesus portrayed as "wholeness" , were not in need of Jesus the physician -- because having fulfilled the Laws within themselves, they had already achieved the necessary "righteousness" that is required. And from a practical perspective, what this means is that in order for a seeker/disciple to advance to the higher levels of God's University, that soul would have had to attained the required level of spirituality, mental development and "righteousness" that is required. And since what Jesus portrayed as the Kigndom is within each of us, our own level of awareness and knowledge is greatly dependent upon the degree that we have been able to overcome the Laws within ourselves, that produced the segmentation that made us the complex being that we are.

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Seekers in our modern day have been deprived of truly understanding the purpose and objectives of the Gospel, because of the politics of the Church leaders and the intervention of government secular authorities as to what Christians were permitted to believe. In the original Gospels it is easily proven that the historical man Jesus became the Anointed (Messiah/Christ) by fulfilling the Law which enabled his advancement -- i.e., the original words spoken at his baptism in the Jordan was (see The Ten Words). And the original explanation for how Jesus achieved this state of spiritual enlightenment and Anointing of Mind, was presented in the words that Jesus "...was justified by fulfilling the Law. He was the Christ of God, since not one of the rest of mankind had observed the Law completely. Had any one else fulfilled the commandments of the Law, he would have been the Christ, for they assert that our Lord Himself was a man in like sense with all humanity" (see Hippolytus, Refut. Omn. Haer. vii. 34). And it is these same Laws that segment the mind of man -- thereby, limiting his perception and understanding to the elementary realities of this world -- inducing a blindness to anything beyond these organic limitations of the physical.

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^ Tree Of Life - Star Of David: In the same way that the physical embryo that is One (one cell), brings forth a body that supports twelve organs and seven glands enclosed within a Single Unit of the body, when man and woman are born into this world and in the Divine Consecrated Marriage restore physical Oneness, what evolves from this Divine Marriage is the twelve spheres of Mind of the Tree of Life, and the Seven Spiritual Centers which is the Source of vital life-force. So, within the One is the twelve and the seven, and when these centers are brought to Wholeness, the next stage of birth in the Kingdom is achieved. Allegorically, this condition of Wholeness is presented in the name Yeshua -- i.e., AKA Joshua and Jesus.

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Once the inner meaning and higher reality of the scriptures are truly understood, it is readily seen that the Fundamentalist believer, and the Atheist skeptic or critic, are actually in the same boat -- and are merely opposite polarities of the same mindset and limited perception and carnal thinking. In the Genesis account of Creation we are told that mankind in the symbolism of Adam and Eve, were banished from the Garden of Eden because of the spiritual death they brought upon themselves when they ate the forbidden fruit of the Tree of Duality. Throughout the above it is demonstrated that this condition of death is the result of the division of male and female. But what is the solution to this condition of death that duality brought upon all of mankind? Thus, it is written: "Then the LORD God said, 'Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever' -- therefore the LORD God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken. So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life" (Gen 3:22-24 NKJ). The objective, then, is to overcome the Laws that are portrayed in the symbolism of the cherubim, and to eat the fruit of the Tree of Life and become eternal. While some would like to imagine that this is all accomplished with one's belief in the Jesus preached by the Church, the Gospels state that if one is not willing to pick up their own cross and follow in TheWay, that they are not worthy to be called his disciple. Therefore, each who picks up their own cross and travails (birth pangs) in TheWay, becomes the embodiment of what is portrayed in the very name of Jesus.

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With regard to reading the narrative as actual events in history in the manner of the Fundamentalist, or to ignore the meaning of the symbolism in the manner of the skeptics and critics, the Church Father Origen wrote: What man of sense will agree with the statement that the first, second and third days in which the evening is named and the morning, were without sun, moon and stars, and the first day without a heaven. What man is found such an idiot as to suppose that God planted trees in paradise in Eden, like a husbandman, and planted therein the tree of life, perceptible to the eyes and senses, which gave life to the eater thereof; and another tree which gave to the eater thereof a knowledge of good and evil? I believe that every man must hold these things for images, under which the hidden sense lies concealed (Origen - Huet., Prigeniana, 167 Franck, p. 142).

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When the disciple of the Apostle Peter asked him about the true meaning of the scriptures (see Clementine Homilies), Peter confirmed the above statement of Origen and said: Truly I rejoice, and I give thanks to God, who in all things doeth well. However, he knows that I shall be able to think nothing other than that all things are for God. Wherefore do not suppose that I ask questions, as doubting the words concerning God, or those that are to be spoken, but rather that I may learn, and so be able myself to instruct another who is ingenuously willing to learn. Wherefore tell me what are the falsehoods added to the Scriptures, and how it comes that they are really false. Then Peter answered: Even although you had not asked me, I should have gone on in order, and afforded you the exposition of these matters, as I promised. Learn, then, how the Scriptures misrepresent Him in many respects, that you may know when you happen upon them .

In his Ecclestical History Eusebius writes that: Many were led astray by reading the allegorical contents of the scriptures literally in the method of the Pharisees and Sadducees . In these words we are provided great insight into the true heresy of the Pharisees and Sadducees, and why Jesus condemned them as being blind guides. When it is realized that Jesus was born among the Essenes, who were Gnostic, and a people who comprehended the inner meaning of the Law, we begin to understand that the true focus of the conflict in scripture was the spiritual Israelites vs the carnal Jews. On the side of the spiritual Israelites was Jesus and the Essenes -- who perceived the true meaning of the scriptures as the guide that assists the disciple in opening the doors to the true Temple of God within them -- as demonstrated in the Final Temple. The Pharisees and Sadducees, on the other hand, read the scriptures literally -- and were under the erroneous belief that God dwells in temples made with man's hands -- and employed a body of priests -- and approved a series of sacrifices, rituals and observances.

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What was it that Jesus accused the Pharisees of doing? Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge; you did not enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in you hindered (Luke 11:52 NAS). Yet, modern Christians and their critics today do not believe this statement by Jesus. The Christians do not believe that the lawyers possessed the keys of knowledge prior to the advent of Christ. And the Christians, therefore, fail to understand that the Keys of Knowledge is the understanding of the true threefold nature of the scriptures, and man's inherent ability to learn directly from the Messiah/Christ within. Because modern students of the scriptures read them in the manner of the Pharisees, they have themselves become the modern-day Jews in opposition to the Kingdom of God. Thus, the scriptural confrontation continues right down to this present day -- the spiritual vs. the carnal believers. In the words of Origen: Many, not understanding the Scriptures in a spiritual sense, but incorrectly, have fallen into heresies . Anyone who attempts to read the scriptures, seeing the body only, while ignoring the mind and spirit, are doomed to fall into these heresies.

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Going one step further, Origen states that in the same way that the Torah and books of the Old Testament are an allegorical presentations of symbols which contain a deeper meaning than what is represented in the literal word, he states that the same is true of the Gospels -- i.e., No one, I think, can doubt that the statement that God walked in the afternoon in paradise, and that Adam lay hid under a tree, is related figuratively in Scripture, that some mystical meaning may be indicated by it. The departure of Cain from the presence of the Lord will manifestly cause a careful reader to inquire what is the presence of God, and how any one can go out from it. But not to extend the task which we have before us beyond its due limits, it is very easy for any one who pleases to gather out of holy Scripture what is recorded indeed as having been done, but what nevertheless cannot be believed as having reasonably and appropriately occurred according to the historical account. The same style of Scriptural narrative occurs abundantly in the Gospels, as when the devil is said to have placed Jesus on a lofty mountain, that he might show Him from thence all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them. How could it literally come to pass, either that Jesus should be led up by the devil into a high mountain, or that the latter should show him all the kingdoms of the world (as if they were lying beneath his bodily eyes, and adjacent to one mountain), i.e., the kingdoms of the Persians, and Scythians, and Indians? or how could he show in what manner the kings of these kingdoms are glorified by men? And many other instances similar to this will be found in the Gospels by any one who will read them with attention, and will observe that in those narratives which appear to be literally recorded, there are inserted and interwoven things which cannot be admitted historically, but which may be accepted in a spiritual signification .

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That the inconsistencies which were purposely inserted into the literal text which the critics point out, are so numerous and unbelievable to a rational minded person, is pointed out by Origen when he portrayed the literal text as virtually worthless -- i.e., Scripture contains an unhistorical element in-woven with the history, in order that the worthlessness of the latter may drive us to seek the spiritual meaning (Origen quoted under Origen Adamntius; The Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics). Further explaining in De Principiis that: Where the word found that things done according to the history could be adapted to these mystical senses, he made use of them concealing from the multitude the deeper meaning; but where in the narrative of the development of super-sensual things, there did not follow the performance of those certain events which were already indicated by the mystical meaning, the scripture interwove in the history the account of some event that did not take place, sometimes what could not have happened; sometimes what could but did not. And that the carnal mind of both the blind believer, as well as the skeptic critic, both attempt to ignore the inconsistencies, and attempt to read the scriptures as an historical account -- failing to perceive the important inner meaning of the allegorical symbols -- is why Paul portrayed the written account of the scriptures as the "letter that killeth " (see http://Ebionite.com/defeat.htm )

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The Tree of Life is drawn with the twelve spheres of mind in a pattern of the threefold self. The Tree of Duality is represented in the left and right outer columns which are male and female in relation to each other. Further, the division of the upper heavenly, and the lower earthly, are also male and female in relation to each other. And the higher reality of the eating of the fruit of the Tree of Life on a mental and spiritual level, is demonstrated in Jesus' reply as to when the Kingdom would come. In what is known as The Second Epistle of Clement, one of the biblical teachings that were removed from the Gospels by the later Church has been preserved where it is taught when the Kingdom would come: Let us expect, therefore, hour by hour, the kingdom of God in love and righteousness, since we know not the day of the appearing of God. For the Lord Himself, being asked by one when His kingdom would come, replied, 'When two shall be one, that which is without as that which is within, and the male with the female, neither male nor female. What this portrays is that the Kingdom will never come in the outer world -- but only within the seeker/disciple as presented at http://GateOfEden.com . But what does it mean with respect to the requirement that "...and the male with the female, neither male nor female? In the same way that the first stage of birth was brought about through the merger of the ovum and sperm on a physical level, the Kingdom can only come in the mental and spiritual merger of male and female at that level of being. And this is further demonstrated in the version of the above that was preserved in The Gospel of the Nazirenes where it is taught: And one of the disciples asked him, "How shall a man enter into the Kingdom?" And he answered and said, "If you don't make below as the above, and the left as the right, and the behind as the before, entering into the center and passing into the spirit, you will not enter into the kingdom of God." And in this we see that once the Wholistic Balance is achieved, the entrance is through the Center.

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^ The Way Of The Monk: The way of the monk and yogi when properly understood, are paths which attempt to circumvent the Laws -- in contradistinction to initiating the subsequent stages of birth which bring about the expansion of mind and consciousness in the endeavor to bring about Wholeness, Completion, and man's ultimate Perfection. Most monastic paths attempt to withdraw from the world, rather than engaging it in a conscious and higher perspective. And, while many Eastern, Monastic and New Age paths attempt to bring this God-realization about when they strive to focus on the spiritual centers in the head to achieve enlightenment and what they portray as self-realization, those who seek to walk instead the path of Completeness and the higher knowledge of self and the Gnosis of the Kingdom, do not walk in the way of the monk. It must therefore be pointed out that for good reason, the word meditation does not even appear in the Gospels. Meditation is a path where the lower centers are negated -- and in effect, the monk attempts to circumvent the Laws. Whereas, the teachings of TheWay represent a path where the lower centers are developed and transformed into what is allegorically portrayed as the Final Temple, and the seeker/disciple strives to initiate the next stages of birth which brings about the necessary Wholeness.

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Focusing on the upper spiritual centers in the head at the expense of the spiritual centers in the lower body, creates an inherent state of incompleteness -- and this lack of wholeness only enables the monk to gaze at the Light of the higher soul-self, while inhibiting them from bringing about the next stage of birth and becoming One with their higher soul-self who is the Being of Light in the Near Death Experience (see http://BeingOfLight.com ). In gazing at the Light coming through the upper spiritual centers of the body, they imagine that they see God -- when they are yet far removed from the Source of the Light. Their path that they are walking is said to be a safe path, because it avoids becoming entangled in man's the lower (carnal) nature. The problem is that it is a very long path, and encompasses eons of lifetimes in a monastic environment. In contradistinction, Jesus taught The Way -- TheWay to circumvent eons of lifetimes. And it wasn't through blind belief -- but rather, by embracing a process and a higher reality that completes the Laws, and reveals all realities and dimensions of both self and God, to the mind of the seeker/disciple.

The problem is seen in the fact that Wholeness, requires all of the self to be evolved to Completion and Fullness -- and this cannot be accomplished through the negation of the lower centers -- or in the words of the yogi and many in the New Age, to get above the mind. In contradistinction, the teachings of TheWay that was embraced by the Ebionite Nazirene disciples of Jesus, make no attempt to "get above the mind" -- and quite the opposite, strive instead to evolve and perfect the mind to bring about Wholeness -- and this is why meditation which is the center of the Eastern religions, is not even mentioned in the Gospel accounts. And while the negation of the lower centers and the focus of the upper centers may appear to give results in what the New Age portrays as Christ-Consciousness, this development of the upper, at that expense of the lower, cannot bring about the same results as achieved through Wholeness.

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Instead of focusing on the upper spiritual centers of the body and gazing at the Light -- becoming intoxicated by releasing the energy in the head that is opposite in polarity to the lower sex center -- a True Gnostic strives to raise up the lower centers so they not only support the upper -- but become merged with the upper -- seeking Wholeness. And it is this Wholeness that is not at all understood by the monk, that enables the balanced spiritual seeker/disciple to move into the higher reality of the soul that the monk knows nothing about. Holographically, the pattern of the Whole -- i.e., the Macrocosm -- must be expressed in each of the parts -- i.e., the microcosm. And because we are created in the image and likeness of God, each of us has the attributes of the threefold self represented in the physical body -- which, as demonstrated in the above chapters, is an allegorical imprint of the mind.

In the parable of the prodigal son we have two sons -- the elder remaining with the Father -- and the younger traveling into what Jesus portrayed as the Far Country. If we properly apply the Key of Knowledge, then we must understand that the two sons represent an integral part of our own greater mind and being. And herein lies one of the almost insurmountable obstacles that inhibits the organic mind of man from comprehending his own higher reality. The spiritual nature as portrayed in the elder son, does not incarnate into the physical body -- but remains in what is allegorically portrayed as the Kingdom of the Father -- just as presented in the parable. Thus, we have the paradox seen in the higher reality that while the two sons are an integral part of the same self, it is also true that there exists a wall of division which maintains a separateness between the two. Further, in understanding the pattern that all duality is in reality a trinity where the balance of the duality is in the third-force -- and that this third-force balance of mind is what we call the soul of man -- then we can begin to grasp the threefold reality of man.

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While what I am presenting is an oversimplified portrayal of what is near impossible to understand from a three-dimensional perspective, we can begin to grasp the very basic concept of the Cosmology of Mind. Once again, the holographic Divine Pattern must be understood as existing within every aspect of self. and in this very simplified portrayal, the spiritual nature is seen as a heavenly triad which is representative of the three spiritual centers (or chakras) in the head, while their reflective opposite is representative of the three earthly centers (or chakras) in the lower abdomen. Which means that the fourth spiritual center -- or the fourth kingdom -- is a balance between the heavenly and the earthly. Yet, it is of the utmost importance to keep in mind that these seven spiritual centers are merely a holograpic imprinting of the self in the physical. In a holographic realty, the Pattern of Whole (the Macrocosm) is imprinted into the lesser-self or microcosm. Which means that the spiritual center in the head that the monk meditates and gazes upon, is not the Spiritual Center of the Self -- but rather, the holographic imprinting within the physical nature of man. And this is where both the monk and yogi fail to grasp the higher reality of the soul -- often mistakening the Light of the higher soul-self with God. By negating and neglecting the development of the lower three earthly spiritual centers -- which as a result, fail to develop and evolve -- their monastic mindset and lifestyle actually inhibits Wholeness. In lacking Wholeness, it becomes impossible for them to bring about the next stage of birth -- or what we refer to as soul-birth -- and in their meditation and adoration of the Light pouring in the sixth spiritual center which they then call Christ-Consciousness, they fail to recognize that they are merely initiating what can best be portrayed as head-sex and chakra-gazing at the Light coming through the sixth PHYSICAL spiritual center -- i.e., holographically, the spiritual centers that are of the earth. And this great confusion is seen in the fact that they are unable to open the inner "narrow gate" where they would then encounter their higher soul and spiritual natures that do not incarnate into the physical body.

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Again, what is important is to understand the teaching on when the Kingdom will come that is preserved in the in The Gospel of the Nazirenes where it is taught: And one of the disciples asked him, "How shall a man enter into the Kingdom?" And he answered and said, "If you don't make below as the above, and the left as the right, and the behind as the before, entering into the center and passing into the spirit, you will not enter into the kingdom of God." Thus the question: How does one "...enter into the center and passing into the spirit" with one's total focus on the vital life-force emitted from the spiritual centers in the head -- resulting in a Lack of Wholeness? And with the negation of the lower earthly spiritual centers -- as well as their their attempt to "get above the mind" and become intoxicated by the head-sex and chakra-gazing which floods the body with positive energy -- does not create the necessary Wholeness that enables them to enter through the center into the Inner Kingdom.

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With respect to understanding the mind through the window of the scriptures, one of the problems is seen in the fact that the inherent matrix equation is not this simple. Both the parables and the scriptures possess a variableness that men of an organic mind can't readily come to terms with. And this is especially seen in the case of gender. In the diagram portrayal of the Tree of Life at the right, the two outer columns are male and female in relation to each other -- as is the lower earthly kingdom female in relation to the upper heavenly kingdom. Yet, when represented in the twelve tribes of Israel in the Torah, each of the twelve spheres are comprised of both male and female. And in the Gospel accounts, the twelve spheres which are represented in the analogy of the twelve disciples, are all portrayed as singular -- and all are allegorically portrayed as male. With respect to the Divine Pattern, prior to the separation of Adam and Eve in Hebrew Mysticism, Adam/Eve were portrayed as being One. And in much the same way as in the genetic pattern of man, when the male sperm splits, one half is "Y", while the other half is "X" -- and yet, they are merely half of the same essence (see Cosmic Ovum And Sperm). In the case of the divided sperm, either half can fertilize an embryo, and evolve into a person. And while they may be male and female in relation to each other, on another level they maintain their individuality and separateness. And this is also true with respect to each of the twelve spheres of mind as represented in the pattern of the Tree of Duality and the Tree of Life.