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APOLLONIUS OF TYANA
It is said in Isis Unveiled that the greatest teachers of divinity agree that nearly all ancient books were written symbolically and in a language intelligible only to the Initiated.The biographical sketch of Apollonius of Tyana affords an example. As every Kabalist knows, it embraces the whole of the Hermetic Philosophy, being a counterpart in many respects of the traditions left us of King Solomon. It reads like a fairy story, but, as in the case of the latter, sometimes facts and historical events are presented to the world under the colours of fiction. The journey to India represents in its every stage, though of course allegorically, the trials of a Neophyte, giving at the same time a geographical and topographical idea of a certain country as it is even now, if one knows where to look for it. The long discourses of Apollonius with the Brahmans, their sage advice, and the dialogues with the Corinthian Menippus would, if interpreted, give the Esoteric Catechism. His visit to the empire of the wise men, his interview with their king Iarchas, the oracle of Amphiaraus, explain symbolically many of the secret dogmas of Hermes––in the generic sense of the name––and of Occultism. Wonderful is this to relate, and were not the statement supported by numerous calculations already made, and the secret already half-revealed, the writer would never have dared to say it. The
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travels of the great Magus are correctly, though allegorically described––that is to say, all that is related by Damis had actually taken place––but the narrative is based upon the Zodiacal signs. As transliterated by Damis under the guidance of Apollonius and translated by Philostratus, it is a marvel indeed. At the conclusion of what may now be related of the wonderful Adept of Tyana our meaning will become clearer. Suffice it to say for the present that the dialogues spoken of would disclose, if correctly understood, some of the most important secrets of Nature. Éliphas Lévi points out the great resemblance which exists between King Iarchus and the fabulous Hiram, from whom Solomon procured the cedars of Lebanon and the gold of Ophir. But he keeps silent as to another resemblance of which, as a learned Kabalist, he could not be ignorant. Moreover, according to his invariable custom, he mystifies the reader more than he teaches him, divulging nothing and leading him off the right track. Like most of the historical heroes of hoary antiquity, whose lives and works strongly differ from those of commonplace humanity, Apollonius is to this day a riddle, which has, so far, found no Oedipus. His existence is surrounded with such a veil of mystery that he is often mistaken for a myth. But according to every law of logic and reason, it is quite clear that Apollonius should never be regarded in such a light. If the Tyanean Theurgist may be put down as a fabulous character, then history has no right to her Caesars and Alexanders. It is quite true that this Sage, who stands unrivalled in his thaumaturgical powers to this day––on evidence historically attested––came into the arena of public life no one seems to know whence, and disappeared from it, no one seems to know whither. But the reasons for this are evident. Every means was used––especially during the fourth and fifth centuries of our era––to sweep from people’s minds the remembrance of this great and holy man. The circulation of his biographies, which were many and enthusiastic, was prevented by the Christians, and for a very good reason, as we shall see. The diary of Damis survived most miraculously, and remained alone to tell the tale. But it must not be forgotten that Justin Martyr often speaks of Apollonius, and the character and truthfulness of this good man are unimpeachable, the more in that he had
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good reasons to feel bewildered. Nor can it be denied that there is hardly a Church Father of the first six centuries that left Apollonius unnoticed. Only, according to invariable Christian customs of charity, their pens were dipped as usual in the blackest ink of odium theologicum, intolerance and onesidedness. St. Jerome (Hieronymus) gives at length the story of St. John’s alleged contest with the Sage of Tyana––a competition of “miracles”––in which, of course, the truthful saint* describes in glowing colours the defeat of Apollonius, and seeks corroboration in St. John’s Apocrypha proclaimed doubtful even by the Church.†Therefore it is that nobody can say where or when Apollonius was born, and everyone is equally ignorant of the date at which, and of the place where he died. Some think he was eighty or ninety years old at the time of his death, others that he was one hundred or even one hundred and seventeen. But, whether he ended his days at Ephesus in the year 96 A.D., as some say, or whether the event took place at Lindus in the temple of Pallas-Athene, or whether again he disappeared from the temple of Dictynna, or whether, as others maintain, he did not die at all, but when a hundred years old renewed his life by Magic, and went on working for the benefit of humanity, no one can
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* See Preface to St. Matthew’s Gospel, Baronius, Vol. I, p. 752, quoted in de Mirville, VI, 63. Jerome is the Father who having found the authentic and original Evangel (the Hebrew text), by Matthew the Apostle-publican, in the library of Caesarea, “written by the hand of Matthew” Jerome, (De Viris illustr. cap. iii)––as he himself admits––set it down as heretical, and substituted for it his own Greek text. [See B.C.W., Vol. IV, pp. 238-42.] And it is also he who perverted the text in the Book of Job to enforce belief in the resurrection in flesh (see Isis Unveiled, Vol. II, pp. 181 et seq.), quoting in support the most learned authorities. † De Mirville gives the following thrilling account of the “contest.”“John, pressed, as St. Jerome tells us, by all the churches of Asia to proclaim more solemnly [in the face of the miracles of Apollonius] the divinity of Jesus Christ, after a long prayer with his disciples on the Mount of Patmos and being in ecstasy by the divine Spirit, made heard amid thunder and lightning his famous In Principio erat Verbum. When that sublime extasis, that caused him to be named the ‘Son of Thunder,’ had passed, Apollonius was compelled to retire and to disappear. Such was his defeat, less bloody but as hard as that of Simon, the Magician.” (Des Esprits, Vol. VI, p. 63.) For our part we have never heard of extasis producing thunder and lightning and we are at a loss to understand the meaning.––––––––––
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tell. The Secret Records alone have noted his birth and subsequent career. But then–– “Who hath believed in that report?”All that history knows is that Apollonius was the enthusiastic founder of a new school of contemplation. Perhaps less metaphorical and more practical than Jesus, he nevertheless inculcated the same quintessence of spirituality, the same high moral truths. He is accused of having confined them to the higher classes of society instead of doing what Buddha and Jesus did, instead of preaching them to the poor and the afflicted. Of his reasons for acting in such an exclusive way it is impossible to judge at so late a date. But Karmic law seems to be mixed up with it. Born, as we are told, among the aristocracy, it is very likely that he desired to finish the work undone in this particular direction by his predecessor, and sought to offer “peace on earth and good will” to all men, and not alone to the outcast and the criminal. Therefore he associated with the kings and mighty ones of the age. Nevertheless, the three “miracle- workers” exhibited striking similarity of purpose. Like Jesus and like Buddha, Apollonius was the uncompromising enemy of all outward show of piety, all display of useless religious ceremonies, bigotry and hypocrisy. That his “miracles” were more wonderful, more varied, and far better attested in History than any others, is also true. Materialism denies, but evidence, and the affirmations of even the Church herself, however much he is branded by her, show this to be the fact.*
The calumnies set afloat against Apollonius were as numerous as they were false. So late as eighteen centuries after his death he was defamed by Bishop Douglas in his work against miracles. In this the Right Reverend bishop crushed himself against historical facts. [For it is not in the miracles, but in the identity of ideas and doctrines preached that we have to look for a similarity between Buddha, Jesus and Apollonius.] If we study the question with a dispassionate mind, we will soon perceive that the ethics of Gautama Buddha, Plato, Apollonius, Jesus, Ammonius Saccas, and his disciples, were all based on the same mystic philosophy. That all worshipped one [divine Ideal], whether they considered [it] as
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* This is the old, old story. Who of us, Theosophists, but knows by bitter personal experience what clerical hatred, malice and persecution can do in this direction; to what an extent of falsehood, calumny and cruelty these feelings can go, even in our modern day, and what exemplars of Christ-like charity His alleged and self-constituted servants have shown themselves to be!––––––––––
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the “Father” of humanity, who lives in man as man lives in Him, or as the Incomprehensible Creative Principle; all led God-like lives. Ammonius, speaking of his philosophy, taught that their school dated from the days of Hermes, who brought his wisdom from India. It was the same mystical contemplation throughout, as that of the Yogin: the communion of the Brahman with his own luminous Self––the Attan.”*
The groundwork of the Eclectic School is thus shown to be identical with the doctrines of the Yogis––the Hindu Mystics; it is proved that it had a common origin, from the same source as the earlier Buddhism of Gautama and of his Arhats.
The Ineffable Name in the search for which so many Kabalists––unacquainted with any Oriental or even European Adept––vainly consume their knowledge and lives, dwells latent in the heart of every man. This mirific name which, according to the most ancient oracles, “rushes into the infinite worlds, ”† can be obtainedin a two-fold way: by regular initiation, and through the “small voice” which Elijah heard in the cave of Horeb, the mount of God. And “when Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him . . .”‡When Apollonius of Tyana desired to hear the “small voice,” he used to wrap himself up entirely in a mantle of fine wool, on which he placed both his feet, after having performed certain magnetic passes, and pronounced not the “name” but an invocation well known to every adept. Then he drew the mantle over his head and face, and his translucid or astral spirit was free. On ordinary occasions he wore wool no more than the priests of the temples. The possession of the secret combination of the “name” gave the Hierophant supreme power over every being, human or otherwise, inferior to himself in soul-strength.§
To whatever school he belonged, this fact is certain, that Apollonius of Tyana left an imperishable name behind him. Hundreds of works were written upon this wonderful man; historians have seriously discussed him; pretentious fools, unable to come to any conclusion about the Sage, have tried to deny his very existence. As to the Church, although she execrates his memory, she has ever tried to present him in the light of a historical character. Her policy now seems to be to
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* Isis Unveiled, Vol. II, p. 342.† [Proclus, On the Cratylus of Plato.] ‡ [1 Kings xix, 13.]§ Isis Unveiled, Vol. II, pp. 343-44.––––––––––
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direct the impression left by him into another channel––a well-known and a very old stratagem. The Jesuits, for instance, while admitting his “miracles,” have set going a double current of thought, and they have succeeded, as they succeed in all they undertake. Apollonius is represented by one party as an obedient “medium of Satan,” surrounding his theurgical powers by a most wonderful and dazzling light; while the other party professes to regard the whole matter as a clever romance, written with a predetermined object in view.In his voluminous Memoirs of Satan, the Marquis de Mirville, in the course of his pleading for the recognition of the enemy of God as the producer of spiritual phenomena, devotes a whole chapter to this great Adept. The following translation of passages in his book unveils the whole plot. The reader is asked to bear in mind that the Marquis wrote every one of his works under the auspices and authorisation of the Holy See of Rome.
It would be to leave the first century incomplete and to offer an insult to the memory of St. John, to pass over in silence the name of one who had the honour of being his special antagonist, as Simon was that of St. Peter, Elymas that of Paul, etc. In the first years of the Christian era, . . . there appeared at Tyana in Cappadocia one of those extraordinary men of whom the Pythagorean School was so very lavish. As great a traveller as was his master, initiated in all the secret doctrines of India, Egypt and Chaldaea, endowed, therefore, with all the theurgic powers of the ancient Magi, he bewildered, each in its turn, all the countries which he visited and which all––we are obliged to admit––seem to have blessed his memory. We could not doubt this fact without repudiating real historical records. The details of his life are transmitted to us by a historian of the fourth century [Philostratus], himself the translator of a diary that recorded day by day the life of the philosopher, written by Damis, his disciple and intimate friend.*
De Mirville admits the possibility of some exaggerations in both recorder and translator; but he “does not believe they hold a very wide space in the narrative.” Therefore, he regrets to find the Abbé Freppel “in his eloquent Essays,†
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* Des Esprit . . . Vol. VI, p. 62. [Full title of Vol. VI is: Des Esprit de L’Esprit-Saint et Du Miracle Dans les six premiers et les six derniers siècles de notre ère, spécialement Des Resurrections de Morts Des Exorcisms, Apparitions, Transports, etc.]
† Les Apologistes Chrétiens au Deuxiéme Siècle, p. 106 [Paris, A. Bray, 1860.]––––––––––
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calling the diary of Damis a romance . “Why?
[Because] the orator bases his opinion on the perfect similitude, calculated as he imagines, of that legend with the life of the Saviour. But in studying the subject more profoundly, he [Abbé Freppel] can convince himself that neither Apollonius, nor Damis, nor again Philostratus ever claimed a greater honour than a likeness to St. John. This programme was in itself sufficiently fascinating, and the travesty as sufficiently scandalous; for owing to magic arts Apollonius had succeeded in counterbalancing, in appearance, several of the miracles at Ephesus [produced by St. John], etc.*
The anguis in herba has shown its head. It is the perfect, the wonderful similitude of the life of Apollonius with that of the Saviour that places the Church between Scylla and Charybdis. To deny the life and the “miracles” of the former, would amount to denying the trustworthiness of the same Apostles and patristic writers on whose evidence is built the life of Jesus himself. To father the Adept’s beneficent deeds, his raisings of the dead, acts of charity, healing powers, etc., on the “old enemy” would be rather dangerous at this time. Hence the stratagem to confuse the ideas of those who rely upon authorities and criticisms. The Church is far more clear-sighted than any of our great historians. The Church knows that to deny the existence of that Adept would lead her to denying the Emperor Vespasian and his Historians, the Emperors Alexander Severus and Aurelianus and their Historians, and finally to deny Jesus and every evidence about Him, thus preparing the way to her flock for finally denying herself. It becomes interesting to learn what she says in this emergency, through her chosen speaker, de Mirville. It is as follows:What is there so new and so impossible in the narrative of Damis concerning their voyages to the countries of the Chaldees and the Gymnosophists?––he asks. Try to recall, before denying, what were in those days those countries of marvels par excellence, as also the testimony of such men as Pythagoras, Empedocles and Democritus, who ought to be allowed to have known what they were writing about. With what have we finally to reproach Apollonius? Is it for having made, as the Oracles did, a series of prophecies and predictions wonderfully verified?
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No; because, better studied now, we know what they are* The Oracles have now become to us, what they were to everyone during the past century, from Van Dale to Fontenelle. Is it for having been endowed with second sight, and having had visions at a distance?† No; for such phenomena are at the present day endemical in half Europe. Is it for having boasted of his knowledge of every existing language under the sun, without having ever learned one of them? But who can be ignorant of the fact that this is the best criterion‡ of the presence and assistance of a spirit of whatever nature it may be? Or is it for having believed in transmigration (reincarnation)? It is still believed in (by millions) in our day. No one has any idea of the number of the men of Science who long for the re-establishment of the Druidical Religion and of the Mysteries of Pythagoras. Or is it for having exorcised the demons and the plague? The Egyptians, the Etruscans and all the Roman Pontiffs had done so long before.§ For having conversed with the dead? We do the same today, or believe we do so––which is all the same. For having believed in the Empuses? Where is the Demonologist that does not know that the Empuse is the “south demon” referred to in David’s Psalms, and dreaded then as it is feared even now in all Northern Europe? For having made himself invisible at will? It is one of the achievements of mesmerism. For having appeared after his (supposed) death to the Emperor Aurelian above the city walls of Tyana, and for having compelled him thereby to raise the siege of that town? Such was the mission of every hero beyond the tomb, and the reason
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* Many are they who do not know; hence, they do not believe in them.† Just so. Apollonius, during a lecture he was delivering at Ephesus before an audience of many thousands, perceived the murder of the Emperor Domitian in Rome and notified it at the very moment it was taking place, to the whole town; and Swedenborg, in the same manner, saw from Gothenburg the great fire at Stockholm and told it to his friends, no telegraph being in use in those days.‡ No criterion at all. The Hindu Sadhus and Adepts acquire the gift by the holiness of their lives. The Yoga-Vidya teaches it, and no “spirits” are required.§ As to the Pontiffs, the matter is rather doubtful But this alone is no reason why people should believe in this class of spirits. There are better authorities for such belief.––––––––––
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of the worship vowed to the Manes.* For having descended into the famous den of Trophonius, and taken from it an old book preserved for years after by the Emperior Adrian in his Antium library? The trustworthy and sober Pausanias had descended into the same den before Apollonius, and came back no less a believer. For having disappeared at his death? Yes, like Romulus, like Votan, like Lycurgus, like Pythagoras,† always under the most mysterious circumstances, ever attended by apparitions, revelations, etc. Let us stop here and repeat once more: had the life of Apollonius been simple romance, he would never have attained such a celebrity during his lifetime or created such a numerous sect, one so enthusiastic after his death. And, to add to this, had all this been a romance, never would a Caracalla have raised a herôon to his memory‡ or Alexander Severus have placed his bust between those of two Demi-Gods and of the true God,§ (or an Empress have corresponded with him.) Hardly rested from the hardships of the siege at Jerusalem, Titus would not have hastened to write to Apollonius a letter, asking to meet him at Argos and adding that his father and himself (Titus) owed all to him, the great Apollonius, and that, therefore, his first thought was for their benefactor. Nor would the Emperor Aurelian have built a temple and a shrine to that great Sage, to thank him for his apparition and communication at Tyana. That posthumous conversation, as all knew, saved the city, inasmuch as Aurelian had in consequence raised the siege. Furthermore, had it been a romance, History would not have had Vopiscus, one of the most trustworthy
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* De Mirville’s aim is to show that all such apparitions of the Manes or disembodied Spirits are the work of the Devil, “Satan’s simulacra.”† He might have added: like the great Samkaracharya, Tsong-Kha-Pa, and so many other real Adepts––even his own Master, Jesus; for this is indeed a criterion of true Adeptship, though “to disappear” one need not fly up in the clouds.‡ See Dion Cassius, Roman History, LXXVIII, xviii, 2.§ Lampridius, Alexander Severus, XXIX. The passage runs as follows: “Aurelian had determined to destroy Tyana, and the town owed its salvation only to a miracle of Apollonius; this man so famous and so wise, this great friend of the Gods, long dead since, appeared suddenly before the Emperor, as he was returning to his––––––––––
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Pagan Historians, to certify to it. Finally, Apollonius would not have been the object of the admiration of such a noble character as Epictetus, and even of several of the Fathers of the Church; Jerome for instance, in his better moments, writing thus of Apollonius:
This travelling philosopher found something to learn wherever he went; and profiting everywhere thus improved with every day.*
As to his prodigies, without wishing to fathom them, Jerome most undeniably admits them as such; which he would assuredly never have done, had he not been compelled to do so by facts. To end the subject, had Apollonius been a simple hero of a romance, dramatized in the fourth century, the Ephesians would not, in their enthusiastic gratitude, have raised to him a golden statue for all the benefits he had conferred upon them.†
––––––––––tent, in his own figure and form, and said to him in the Pannonian language: ‘Aurelian, if thou wouldst conquer, abandon these evil designs against my fellow-citizens; if thou wouldst command, abstain from shedding innocent blood; and if thou wouldst live, abstain from injustice.’ Aurelian, familiar with the face of Apollonius, whose portraits he had seen in many temples, struck with wonder, immediately vowed to him [Apollonius] statue, portrait and temple, and returned completely to ideas of mercy.” And then Vopiscus adds: “If I have believed more and more in the virtues of the majestic Apollonius, it is because, after gathering my information from the most serious men, I have found all these facts corroborated in the Books of the Ulpian Library.” (See Flavius Vopiscus, Divas Aurelianus, XXIV in Scriptores Historiae Augustae). Vopiscus wrote in 250 and consequently preceded Philostratus by a century. [Cf. de Mirville, Des Esprits . . . Vol. VI, p. 68 fn.] * Ep. ad Paulinam.† The above is mostly summarized from de Mirville, Op. cit., pp. 66-69.––––––––––
donderdag 7 oktober 2010
Kabinet Gerrit Schotte.Op het kabinet. Hoezee, hoezee, hoezee..
Kabinet Schotte eerste regering land Curaçao 7 Okt, 2010, 14:09 (GMT -04:00)
MFK leider en formateur Gerrit Schotte liep vanochtend naar de Kabinet van de Gouverneur om verslag te doen van de formatie opdracht dat hij van gouverneur Frits Goedgedrag heeft gekregen. Schotte zal de eerste kabinet van land Curacao leiden.
WILLEMSTAD — Formateur Gerrit Schotte heeft vanochtend, conform de opdracht die hij van gouverneur Frits Goedgedrag heeft gekregen, verslag uitgebracht. Daarbij heeft hij de gouverneur meegedeeld dat hij een nieuw kabinet voor het land Curaçao kan vormen dat op een meerderheid in de Staten steunt.Hiermee is het een feit dat Kabinet Schotte de eerste regering wordt van het land Curaçao. Ook heeft Schotte de samenstelling van zijn ministersploeg aan de gouverneur kenbaar gemaakt. Hierbij waren er geen verrassingen. De MFK levert vier ministers: Gerrit Schotte (Algemene Zaken), Jacinta Constancia (Volksgezondheid, Milieu en Natuur), Jorge Jamaloodin (Financiën) en Nasser el Hakim (Economische Ontwikkeling). Pueblo Soberano levert drie ministers: Elmer ‘Kadè’ Wilsoe (Justitie), René Rosalia (Onderwijs, Wetenschap, Cultuur en Sport) en Norman Girigorie (Bestuur, Planning en Dienstverlening). De MAN levert twee twee ministers: Charles Cooper (Verkeer, Vervoer en Ruimtelijke Planning) en Hensley Koeiman (Sociale Ontwikkeling en Welzijn).Kandidaat-voorzitter van de Staten van de Nederlandse Antillen is Ivar Asjes van Pueblo Soberano. Amerigo Thodé wordt genoemd als plaatsvervangend voorzitter. Sheldry Osepa, momenteel nog gedeputeerde belast met Staatkundige Structuur wordt Gevolmachtigde minister voor Curaçao in Nederland.Schotte heeft, ook conform zijn formatieopdracht, in hoofdlijnen aangegeven wat de prioriteiten van zijn kabinet zullen zijn. Wanneer het regeerakkoord, dat een uitwerking van deze prioriteiten zal bevatten, af is en aangeboden wordt aan de Staten van Curaçao is het aan de ministeries om het beleid van de overheid samen met de beschikbare begroting verder in de praktijk uit te werken, aldus Schotte.In de nacht van zaterdag op zondag, na middernacht, zal Schotte ook een toespraak houden op het Brionplein, waar de festiviteiten plaatsvinden in het kader van de ontmanteling van de Nederlandse Antillen en de geboorte van het land Curaçao. Zondag staat de eerste vergadering van de Staten van Curaçao op het programma. Dit is een plechtige vergadering, waarbij Goedgedrag zijn ambt als gouverneur van het land Curaçao aanvaardt.De Statenleden van land Curaçao hoeven trouwens geen eed af te leggen bij de gouverneur om in ambt te treden. Het is dusdanig geregeld dat de huidige raadsleden van eilandgebied Curaçao op 10 oktober automatisch Statenleden voor land Curaçao worden.Tijdens de eerste vergadering van de Raad van Ministers zal Schotte gekozen worden tot minister-president van het land Curaçao. Schotte belooft dat zijn regering een andere aanpak zal hebben, waarbij de overheid dichter bij de mensen zal staan.
MFK leider en formateur Gerrit Schotte liep vanochtend naar de Kabinet van de Gouverneur om verslag te doen van de formatie opdracht dat hij van gouverneur Frits Goedgedrag heeft gekregen. Schotte zal de eerste kabinet van land Curacao leiden.
WILLEMSTAD — Formateur Gerrit Schotte heeft vanochtend, conform de opdracht die hij van gouverneur Frits Goedgedrag heeft gekregen, verslag uitgebracht. Daarbij heeft hij de gouverneur meegedeeld dat hij een nieuw kabinet voor het land Curaçao kan vormen dat op een meerderheid in de Staten steunt.Hiermee is het een feit dat Kabinet Schotte de eerste regering wordt van het land Curaçao. Ook heeft Schotte de samenstelling van zijn ministersploeg aan de gouverneur kenbaar gemaakt. Hierbij waren er geen verrassingen. De MFK levert vier ministers: Gerrit Schotte (Algemene Zaken), Jacinta Constancia (Volksgezondheid, Milieu en Natuur), Jorge Jamaloodin (Financiën) en Nasser el Hakim (Economische Ontwikkeling). Pueblo Soberano levert drie ministers: Elmer ‘Kadè’ Wilsoe (Justitie), René Rosalia (Onderwijs, Wetenschap, Cultuur en Sport) en Norman Girigorie (Bestuur, Planning en Dienstverlening). De MAN levert twee twee ministers: Charles Cooper (Verkeer, Vervoer en Ruimtelijke Planning) en Hensley Koeiman (Sociale Ontwikkeling en Welzijn).Kandidaat-voorzitter van de Staten van de Nederlandse Antillen is Ivar Asjes van Pueblo Soberano. Amerigo Thodé wordt genoemd als plaatsvervangend voorzitter. Sheldry Osepa, momenteel nog gedeputeerde belast met Staatkundige Structuur wordt Gevolmachtigde minister voor Curaçao in Nederland.Schotte heeft, ook conform zijn formatieopdracht, in hoofdlijnen aangegeven wat de prioriteiten van zijn kabinet zullen zijn. Wanneer het regeerakkoord, dat een uitwerking van deze prioriteiten zal bevatten, af is en aangeboden wordt aan de Staten van Curaçao is het aan de ministeries om het beleid van de overheid samen met de beschikbare begroting verder in de praktijk uit te werken, aldus Schotte.In de nacht van zaterdag op zondag, na middernacht, zal Schotte ook een toespraak houden op het Brionplein, waar de festiviteiten plaatsvinden in het kader van de ontmanteling van de Nederlandse Antillen en de geboorte van het land Curaçao. Zondag staat de eerste vergadering van de Staten van Curaçao op het programma. Dit is een plechtige vergadering, waarbij Goedgedrag zijn ambt als gouverneur van het land Curaçao aanvaardt.De Statenleden van land Curaçao hoeven trouwens geen eed af te leggen bij de gouverneur om in ambt te treden. Het is dusdanig geregeld dat de huidige raadsleden van eilandgebied Curaçao op 10 oktober automatisch Statenleden voor land Curaçao worden.Tijdens de eerste vergadering van de Raad van Ministers zal Schotte gekozen worden tot minister-president van het land Curaçao. Schotte belooft dat zijn regering een andere aanpak zal hebben, waarbij de overheid dichter bij de mensen zal staan.
woensdag 6 oktober 2010
WHO ARE THE ILLUMINATI?
Illuminati
Illuminati (Latin) The enlightened, adepts; a title assumed in Europe by different bodies of mystics at different times, claiming to have attained the faculty of direct vision of divine truth, and also applied popularly to later bodies, such as Swedenborgians and Rosicrucians.
The term Illuminati is used by two kinds of groups:
1. Those who belong to the path of the Great White Brotherhood (the path towards perfection)
2. Those who belong to the Path of the Great Dark Brotherhood (the path towards imperfection).
Those Brotherhoods are not on the physical plane, but more on the supra mental planes of consciousness
Ad 1 If you are saying that the Illuminati have to do with those who are striving or have attained
Christ Consciousness, then you are talking about the Great White Brotherhood.
Rosicrucianism and the Illuminati In one of the degrees of the Rosicrucian Order AMORC you will be said that you are now a member of the Inner Circle, the section of the Illuminati. You are recommended to raise your thoughts to the Celestial Sanctum and be in communion with all those who have ascended to this stage in the studies.
Ad 2 If you are saying that the Illuminati has to do with Hitler, the great materialistic based political
leaders of our plane and conspiracy theories of a secret world order, you are talking about those
who are on the Path of the Great Dark Brotherhood. Sometimes –remember that I said
sometimes- those groups are grouped in lodges with different black magical rituals.
Internet and the Illuminati You will get a lot of stuff on Internet about Illuminati. Sometimes they are talking about version 1 and sometimes about version 2 (see above).
Illuminati and Freemasons If you have a right understanding about Freemasonry, thus if you are not a fanatical religionist, then you are conscious that they pertain to the first version. You are receptive for this axiom: Freemasonry as a organization pertains to the ideals of those who are on the Path of Light and Truth, striving to have the perfection of the Great Architect of the Universe, God.
Note: But this not exclude the possibility that among the brethren of a Masonic lodge there may be a brother who loves the darkness of the personality more then the light of the Higher Self and of the Great Architect of the Universe.
Illuminati (Latin) The enlightened, adepts; a title assumed in Europe by different bodies of mystics at different times, claiming to have attained the faculty of direct vision of divine truth, and also applied popularly to later bodies, such as Swedenborgians and Rosicrucians.
The term Illuminati is used by two kinds of groups:
1. Those who belong to the path of the Great White Brotherhood (the path towards perfection)
2. Those who belong to the Path of the Great Dark Brotherhood (the path towards imperfection).
Those Brotherhoods are not on the physical plane, but more on the supra mental planes of consciousness
Ad 1 If you are saying that the Illuminati have to do with those who are striving or have attained
Christ Consciousness, then you are talking about the Great White Brotherhood.
Rosicrucianism and the Illuminati In one of the degrees of the Rosicrucian Order AMORC you will be said that you are now a member of the Inner Circle, the section of the Illuminati. You are recommended to raise your thoughts to the Celestial Sanctum and be in communion with all those who have ascended to this stage in the studies.
Ad 2 If you are saying that the Illuminati has to do with Hitler, the great materialistic based political
leaders of our plane and conspiracy theories of a secret world order, you are talking about those
who are on the Path of the Great Dark Brotherhood. Sometimes –remember that I said
sometimes- those groups are grouped in lodges with different black magical rituals.
Internet and the Illuminati You will get a lot of stuff on Internet about Illuminati. Sometimes they are talking about version 1 and sometimes about version 2 (see above).
Illuminati and Freemasons If you have a right understanding about Freemasonry, thus if you are not a fanatical religionist, then you are conscious that they pertain to the first version. You are receptive for this axiom: Freemasonry as a organization pertains to the ideals of those who are on the Path of Light and Truth, striving to have the perfection of the Great Architect of the Universe, God.
Note: But this not exclude the possibility that among the brethren of a Masonic lodge there may be a brother who loves the darkness of the personality more then the light of the Higher Self and of the Great Architect of the Universe.
zondag 3 oktober 2010
One of the so many meditation-techniques of Unity
In Unity -a christian religious movement- we talk of the 12 divine powers in man, powers which are to be activated consciously by meditation/ scientific prayer. In Unity we consider that the 12 apostles represent these 12 powers.
Here beneath is one of the meditation-exercises for beginners in meditation.
Begin your meditation by sitting quietly and focusing on your breath. Allow yourself to become more relaxed with each breath.
Then focus your attention on the crown of the head (which represents the Christ center, in Yoga this light is the Light of the silver cord, the sutratma) and think a thought similar to this: The Christ consciousness is quickened in me! FEEL IT!
Next, move your center of attention to your forehead (in yoga this is the ayna chacra), which represents the conscious level of mind. Realize that you are consciously aware of the Christ consciousness being quickened in you. Say or think:I AM aware that the Christ consciousness is quickened in me. FEEL IT!!
Now move your center of attention to the solar plexus, to our upper abdomen, your center (in yoga this is the manipura chacra). This represents the subsconscious level of mind. Know that the Christ consciousness is being quickened in you at the deepest level of your being by affirming:I AM grateful that the Christ consciousness is being quickened in me. FEEL IT!
Now let your center of attention travel up to the middle of the head, the FAITH center, directly behind your third eye and affirm :The Christ in me calls forth Peter, my disciple-faculty of Faith.According to my FAITH be it done unto me.According to my FAITH be it done unto me. According to my FAITH be it done unto me. FEEL IT!!
Conclude your meditation by feeling energy of gratitude radiates out of your body-temple and before opening your eyes say::I AM Grateful! men.
Open your eyes gently and slowly.
Here beneath is one of the meditation-exercises for beginners in meditation.
Begin your meditation by sitting quietly and focusing on your breath. Allow yourself to become more relaxed with each breath.
Then focus your attention on the crown of the head (which represents the Christ center, in Yoga this light is the Light of the silver cord, the sutratma) and think a thought similar to this: The Christ consciousness is quickened in me! FEEL IT!
Next, move your center of attention to your forehead (in yoga this is the ayna chacra), which represents the conscious level of mind. Realize that you are consciously aware of the Christ consciousness being quickened in you. Say or think:I AM aware that the Christ consciousness is quickened in me. FEEL IT!!
Now move your center of attention to the solar plexus, to our upper abdomen, your center (in yoga this is the manipura chacra). This represents the subsconscious level of mind. Know that the Christ consciousness is being quickened in you at the deepest level of your being by affirming:I AM grateful that the Christ consciousness is being quickened in me. FEEL IT!
Now let your center of attention travel up to the middle of the head, the FAITH center, directly behind your third eye and affirm :The Christ in me calls forth Peter, my disciple-faculty of Faith.According to my FAITH be it done unto me.According to my FAITH be it done unto me. According to my FAITH be it done unto me. FEEL IT!!
Conclude your meditation by feeling energy of gratitude radiates out of your body-temple and before opening your eyes say::I AM Grateful! men.
Open your eyes gently and slowly.
maandag 13 september 2010
THE LORD WILL FIGHT FOR YOU
An explanation of the Unity minister Ed. Townley
PASSAGE: "But Moses said to the people, 'Do not be afraid, stand firm, and see the deliverance that the Lord will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians whom you see today you shall never see again. The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to keep still.' Then the Lord said to Moses, 'Why do you cry out to me? Tell the Israelites to go forward. But you lift up your staff, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it" (Exodus 14:13-16).
COMMENT:
I think there are two important metaphysical lessons crammed into this brief, decisive moment in the history of the Hebrew people. The first comes from Moses, the second from the Lord. "Stand firm ... the Egyptians whom you see today you shall never see again." Whatever the “Egyptians” may represent in our own consciousness—fears, resentments, thoughts of lack and limitation—we could well spend our whole lives running from them, trying to escape them, constantly looking over our shoulders to see it they're gaining on us. We will be constantly exhausted, and totally unable to pause long enough to appreciate the blessings that would be available if we just stopped running.
But we don't have to do that. If we choose instead not to run, to stand our ground, then the Lord of our being—the Christ Presence that is our true identity—can dissolve those thoughts—those Egyptians—so that we can move forward free of their negative energy. But simply standing firm isn't enough, as the Lord immediately reminds Moses. It's brave to stand and trust that God will save the day. But, as Unity minister Eric Butterworth wrote, God can only do for us what God can do through us. So here, once Moses has assured the people that God will provide, the Lord—his own inner guidance, his connectedness to Divine Mind—says, "Why do you cry out to me? ... Lift up your staff!" We always have the means at hand to solve any challenge; the Power of God is not withholding anything from us. The Power of God will part the Red Sea, but Moses has to 'lift up his staff' to allow it to happen.
The same is true for us. When facing a challenge, our first thought should be “the Power of God in me can easily dissolve this challenge.” And our second thought should be, How can I lift my staff to allow God to work through me? Blessings!Rev. Ed
PASSAGE: "But Moses said to the people, 'Do not be afraid, stand firm, and see the deliverance that the Lord will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians whom you see today you shall never see again. The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to keep still.' Then the Lord said to Moses, 'Why do you cry out to me? Tell the Israelites to go forward. But you lift up your staff, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it" (Exodus 14:13-16).
COMMENT:
I think there are two important metaphysical lessons crammed into this brief, decisive moment in the history of the Hebrew people. The first comes from Moses, the second from the Lord. "Stand firm ... the Egyptians whom you see today you shall never see again." Whatever the “Egyptians” may represent in our own consciousness—fears, resentments, thoughts of lack and limitation—we could well spend our whole lives running from them, trying to escape them, constantly looking over our shoulders to see it they're gaining on us. We will be constantly exhausted, and totally unable to pause long enough to appreciate the blessings that would be available if we just stopped running.
But we don't have to do that. If we choose instead not to run, to stand our ground, then the Lord of our being—the Christ Presence that is our true identity—can dissolve those thoughts—those Egyptians—so that we can move forward free of their negative energy. But simply standing firm isn't enough, as the Lord immediately reminds Moses. It's brave to stand and trust that God will save the day. But, as Unity minister Eric Butterworth wrote, God can only do for us what God can do through us. So here, once Moses has assured the people that God will provide, the Lord—his own inner guidance, his connectedness to Divine Mind—says, "Why do you cry out to me? ... Lift up your staff!" We always have the means at hand to solve any challenge; the Power of God is not withholding anything from us. The Power of God will part the Red Sea, but Moses has to 'lift up his staff' to allow it to happen.
The same is true for us. When facing a challenge, our first thought should be “the Power of God in me can easily dissolve this challenge.” And our second thought should be, How can I lift my staff to allow God to work through me? Blessings!Rev. Ed
zondag 12 september 2010
Unity Church and the Serpent of Eden
Here beneath I share part of the wisdom of ¨Mysteries of Genesis¨written by Charles Fillmore
There are two ways of living open to man. One is Satan's way: through experience of evil man gains by contrast a concept of good. The other is God's way: through consciousness of good, man sees that evil is unreal and unnecessary. Every man and woman in the world is following one or the other of these two courses in the development of his individuality. Good and evil seem to be pitted against each other in the world, but it is not necessary for man to eat of the tree of good and evil; he need not have a knowledge of evil in order to realize the allness of good. If he follows God's way, which is to know the good first, last, and always, his mind will become so charged with good that evil will be to him totally unreal.
You will find men on every side meeting temptation in God's way, by knowing the good, affirming the good, and living it according to their faith in God. I know men who have never taken a drink of whiskey. They have not found it necessary to become intoxicated in order to experience the feeling of sobriety. They have better dominion over their appetites than those who have given up to Satan's way of experience. There are men in the world who are living a pure life. They know the joy of purity in the sex dominion. They have proved that dominion over sex, under the guidance of Spirit, is a necessary part of the regeneration taught by Jesus. "For there are eunuchs, that were so born from their mother's womb: and there are eunuchs, that were made eunuchs by men: and there are eunuchs, that made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake."
Gen. 3:1-5.
"Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which Jehovah God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent, Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat: but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil."
The serpent is sense consciousness. It may also be called desire, sensation, or the activity of life in external manifestation apart from the divine source of life. "Woman" represents love or feeling in the individual consciousness and symbolizes the soul. Desire for sensation or activity in the external first tempts the soul, the center of feeling and emotion. The temptation of sense is at first very subtle, entering the consciousness to stir up doubt and slyly asking the question "Why not?" From the center of one's being the life-giving, ever-bearing tree of the Spirit of God spreads its branches into every department of mind and body. Its fruits are intelligence to the mind, substance to the body, and life to the entire being. The warning given by Jehovah
God was that man should not eat of (appropriate) the fruit of this tree. In spiritual revelation we discern that man's cardinal mistake is to appropriate the pure essence of God in order to experience selfish sensuous pleasure.
The serpent is slyly suggesting to the soul that it indulge in the pleasures of sense and that the experience will result in a deeper understanding of God and His laws. The individual can always find arguments that to his own mind justify indulgence. This tendency may be described as sensation beguiling man from his Garden of Eden consciousness.
Gen. 3:6-7.
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat; and she gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat. And the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
Woman, the intuitive or feeling side of man's nature, discerns that activity in ideas begets knowledge, but the knowledge gained is not necessarily of a divine nature. Love or feeling (woman) acting independently of wisdom (man) is not reliable. The "eyes" are the perceptive faculty of mind, and unless the perception is established in Truth one sees or perceives duality. When one delights in knowledge that is less than Truth, one's capacity to receive inspiration direct from Divine Mind is lessened or lost. Both love (woman) and wisdom (man) become involved in a counterfeit knowledge through "eating" ideas inappropriate to the divine nature.
In the Scriptures figs are representative of the "seed" of man. This seed is in its original essence mind energy, and when ideas are kept in contact with Divine Mind, the seed of man is the life stream in its original purity. Man's sin is the misappropriation of ideas, which leads to sensation. When man and woman are joined--that is, one in sin--they are unclothed of the garment of Truth or "naked."
When wisdom and love, man and woman, are joined in the consciousness that God inspires all their thoughts and acts, the gross sensations of the flesh will be "lifted up," that is, glorified. "I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto myself." This is the "holy marriage."
Gen. 3:8-12.
And they heard the voice of Jehovah God walking in the garden in the cool of the day; and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Jehovah God amongst the trees of the garden. And Jehovah God called unto the man, and said unto him, Where art thou? And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
The "cool of the day" represents the relaxation or emptiness that follows sense expression. After the high tide of sensation has subsided, the voice of Jehovah God, commonly called conscience, is heard. Man is convinced that he has acted out of harmony with divine law. After experiencing sensation the picture visualized by the conscious mind is impressed on the life stream and sets up a subconscious tendency. Consciousness would hide from facing this situation, taking refuge amongst the "trees of the garden" (other sensations), but this is not the way to redemption. Every idea is to be dealt with. All error is forgiven when Truth is brought to bear on it, and if this method is pursued, only constructive thought habits will be put into activity in the subconscious realm of mind.
Jehovah God walks continually in the garden (the body) calling unto Adam (life), and when man raises his thoughts and feelings Godward, he contacts the inspiration of Being and builds again the immortal consciousness.
The soul or "woman" is the feminine aspect of man. It is through the affections (love) that man becomes involved in sensation. When a desire of the soul (woman) presses for attention, man often gives way to his feelings instead of raising them, through wisdom, to conform to higher principles.
In Truth feeling must be disciplined and refined and desire for sense pleasure eliminated. When consciousness is purified through the knowledge of Truth and thought force is established in harmonious relation to divine ideas, the woman (feeling) will be joined with man (wisdom) and the holy marriage (generation of divine ideas) will again be consummated. "Therefore shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh," writes the author of Genesis, and Jesus verifies it in Matthew 19:5: "For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh." Indescribable joy is the heritage of those who submit their sex relations to God in prayer.
Gen. 3:13-14.
And Jehovah God said unto the woman, What is this thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. And Jehovah God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, cursed art thou above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.
Man, ever seeking an excuse for sin, puts the blame on God for endowing him with sensation. Sensation is itself a divine creation, and all God's creation was pronounced "good." This brings us to the root cause of the appetite that craves stimulants and goes to excess in seeking satisfaction. Through listening to the serpent of sense, man goes beyond the limit set by natural or divine law and becomes a glutton and drunkard of sensation. The remedy is for him to take up the problem from a spiritual standpoint in the knowledge that sensation is a mental quality that can be satisfied only by his cultivating the spiritual side of his nature.
When the desire for sensation leads man to dissipate the precious fruit of the tree of life in his earthly garden, the whole nervous system is depleted and loses its capacity to contact the higher life current and supermind wisdom. Then man feels a lack of something; he is "naked." Sensation is no longer a heavenly ecstasy but a fleshly vibration, and crawls on its "belly," eating "dust" all the days of its life.
We often wonder why God cursed the serpent since He created him for the very purpose of enabling man to have sensation. The author of Genesis discerned that certain principles were in operation; that when the creative life which Jehovah God breathed into man's nostrils was taken away, there would be a fall from divine union and man would have to suffer certain conditions that would follow. So the curse was not imposed directly by Jehovah but as a result of man's breaking certain laws.
Gen. 3:15-19.
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy conception; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
The seed of the woman is from God; it is the spiritual life that comes from the fountainhead. The seed of the serpent is fallen sense consciousness, and there is enmity between the two. The effect, as set forth in the text describing the suffering common to most women, needs no metaphysical interpretation. The interpretation usually given is that the "seed" that bruised the head of the serpent was Jesus. But these verses were written long before the time of Jesus, so they must refer to certain principles. The heel represents the activity of the will in the body. When one is willful the tendency is to force the heel into the ground. When you do that you are determined.
When you make up your mind that you are not going to be governed by your sensations, you plunge the whole man into spiritual consciousness, through which you are protected from sense. All through the account of the fall of man are found these promises of redemption, implications that man has within him a saving consciousness.
The story of Eve symbolizes the truth that instead of bringing forth ideas in the realm of supersubstance, the feminine is compelled to clothe its ideas with flesh and bring them forth in the earthly consciousness.
Having lost consciousness of God as its guiding light, the soul turns to its highest concept of wisdom, the intellect (husband). The intellect, having lost contact with its inner light, is no longer possessed of the ability to ideate direct from God, and man is forced to cultivate the ground and toil physically.
Jesus demonstrated man's spiritual ability when, direct from the ether as a substance base, He produced the fishes and loaves to feed more than five thousand persons.
Here beneath I share part of the wisdom of ¨Mysteries of Genesis¨written by Charles Fillmore
There are two ways of living open to man. One is Satan's way: through experience of evil man gains by contrast a concept of good. The other is God's way: through consciousness of good, man sees that evil is unreal and unnecessary. Every man and woman in the world is following one or the other of these two courses in the development of his individuality. Good and evil seem to be pitted against each other in the world, but it is not necessary for man to eat of the tree of good and evil; he need not have a knowledge of evil in order to realize the allness of good. If he follows God's way, which is to know the good first, last, and always, his mind will become so charged with good that evil will be to him totally unreal.
You will find men on every side meeting temptation in God's way, by knowing the good, affirming the good, and living it according to their faith in God. I know men who have never taken a drink of whiskey. They have not found it necessary to become intoxicated in order to experience the feeling of sobriety. They have better dominion over their appetites than those who have given up to Satan's way of experience. There are men in the world who are living a pure life. They know the joy of purity in the sex dominion. They have proved that dominion over sex, under the guidance of Spirit, is a necessary part of the regeneration taught by Jesus. "For there are eunuchs, that were so born from their mother's womb: and there are eunuchs, that were made eunuchs by men: and there are eunuchs, that made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake."
Gen. 3:1-5.
"Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which Jehovah God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent, Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat: but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil."
The serpent is sense consciousness. It may also be called desire, sensation, or the activity of life in external manifestation apart from the divine source of life. "Woman" represents love or feeling in the individual consciousness and symbolizes the soul. Desire for sensation or activity in the external first tempts the soul, the center of feeling and emotion. The temptation of sense is at first very subtle, entering the consciousness to stir up doubt and slyly asking the question "Why not?" From the center of one's being the life-giving, ever-bearing tree of the Spirit of God spreads its branches into every department of mind and body. Its fruits are intelligence to the mind, substance to the body, and life to the entire being. The warning given by Jehovah
God was that man should not eat of (appropriate) the fruit of this tree. In spiritual revelation we discern that man's cardinal mistake is to appropriate the pure essence of God in order to experience selfish sensuous pleasure.
The serpent is slyly suggesting to the soul that it indulge in the pleasures of sense and that the experience will result in a deeper understanding of God and His laws. The individual can always find arguments that to his own mind justify indulgence. This tendency may be described as sensation beguiling man from his Garden of Eden consciousness.
Gen. 3:6-7.
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat; and she gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat. And the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
Woman, the intuitive or feeling side of man's nature, discerns that activity in ideas begets knowledge, but the knowledge gained is not necessarily of a divine nature. Love or feeling (woman) acting independently of wisdom (man) is not reliable. The "eyes" are the perceptive faculty of mind, and unless the perception is established in Truth one sees or perceives duality. When one delights in knowledge that is less than Truth, one's capacity to receive inspiration direct from Divine Mind is lessened or lost. Both love (woman) and wisdom (man) become involved in a counterfeit knowledge through "eating" ideas inappropriate to the divine nature.
In the Scriptures figs are representative of the "seed" of man. This seed is in its original essence mind energy, and when ideas are kept in contact with Divine Mind, the seed of man is the life stream in its original purity. Man's sin is the misappropriation of ideas, which leads to sensation. When man and woman are joined--that is, one in sin--they are unclothed of the garment of Truth or "naked."
When wisdom and love, man and woman, are joined in the consciousness that God inspires all their thoughts and acts, the gross sensations of the flesh will be "lifted up," that is, glorified. "I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto myself." This is the "holy marriage."
Gen. 3:8-12.
And they heard the voice of Jehovah God walking in the garden in the cool of the day; and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Jehovah God amongst the trees of the garden. And Jehovah God called unto the man, and said unto him, Where art thou? And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
The "cool of the day" represents the relaxation or emptiness that follows sense expression. After the high tide of sensation has subsided, the voice of Jehovah God, commonly called conscience, is heard. Man is convinced that he has acted out of harmony with divine law. After experiencing sensation the picture visualized by the conscious mind is impressed on the life stream and sets up a subconscious tendency. Consciousness would hide from facing this situation, taking refuge amongst the "trees of the garden" (other sensations), but this is not the way to redemption. Every idea is to be dealt with. All error is forgiven when Truth is brought to bear on it, and if this method is pursued, only constructive thought habits will be put into activity in the subconscious realm of mind.
Jehovah God walks continually in the garden (the body) calling unto Adam (life), and when man raises his thoughts and feelings Godward, he contacts the inspiration of Being and builds again the immortal consciousness.
The soul or "woman" is the feminine aspect of man. It is through the affections (love) that man becomes involved in sensation. When a desire of the soul (woman) presses for attention, man often gives way to his feelings instead of raising them, through wisdom, to conform to higher principles.
In Truth feeling must be disciplined and refined and desire for sense pleasure eliminated. When consciousness is purified through the knowledge of Truth and thought force is established in harmonious relation to divine ideas, the woman (feeling) will be joined with man (wisdom) and the holy marriage (generation of divine ideas) will again be consummated. "Therefore shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh," writes the author of Genesis, and Jesus verifies it in Matthew 19:5: "For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh." Indescribable joy is the heritage of those who submit their sex relations to God in prayer.
Gen. 3:13-14.
And Jehovah God said unto the woman, What is this thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. And Jehovah God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, cursed art thou above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.
Man, ever seeking an excuse for sin, puts the blame on God for endowing him with sensation. Sensation is itself a divine creation, and all God's creation was pronounced "good." This brings us to the root cause of the appetite that craves stimulants and goes to excess in seeking satisfaction. Through listening to the serpent of sense, man goes beyond the limit set by natural or divine law and becomes a glutton and drunkard of sensation. The remedy is for him to take up the problem from a spiritual standpoint in the knowledge that sensation is a mental quality that can be satisfied only by his cultivating the spiritual side of his nature.
When the desire for sensation leads man to dissipate the precious fruit of the tree of life in his earthly garden, the whole nervous system is depleted and loses its capacity to contact the higher life current and supermind wisdom. Then man feels a lack of something; he is "naked." Sensation is no longer a heavenly ecstasy but a fleshly vibration, and crawls on its "belly," eating "dust" all the days of its life.
We often wonder why God cursed the serpent since He created him for the very purpose of enabling man to have sensation. The author of Genesis discerned that certain principles were in operation; that when the creative life which Jehovah God breathed into man's nostrils was taken away, there would be a fall from divine union and man would have to suffer certain conditions that would follow. So the curse was not imposed directly by Jehovah but as a result of man's breaking certain laws.
Gen. 3:15-19.
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy conception; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
The seed of the woman is from God; it is the spiritual life that comes from the fountainhead. The seed of the serpent is fallen sense consciousness, and there is enmity between the two. The effect, as set forth in the text describing the suffering common to most women, needs no metaphysical interpretation. The interpretation usually given is that the "seed" that bruised the head of the serpent was Jesus. But these verses were written long before the time of Jesus, so they must refer to certain principles. The heel represents the activity of the will in the body. When one is willful the tendency is to force the heel into the ground. When you do that you are determined.
When you make up your mind that you are not going to be governed by your sensations, you plunge the whole man into spiritual consciousness, through which you are protected from sense. All through the account of the fall of man are found these promises of redemption, implications that man has within him a saving consciousness.
The story of Eve symbolizes the truth that instead of bringing forth ideas in the realm of supersubstance, the feminine is compelled to clothe its ideas with flesh and bring them forth in the earthly consciousness.
Having lost consciousness of God as its guiding light, the soul turns to its highest concept of wisdom, the intellect (husband). The intellect, having lost contact with its inner light, is no longer possessed of the ability to ideate direct from God, and man is forced to cultivate the ground and toil physically.
Jesus demonstrated man's spiritual ability when, direct from the ether as a substance base, He produced the fishes and loaves to feed more than five thousand persons.
zaterdag 11 september 2010
AGUACATE , EL ALIMENTO MAS PERFECTO
AGUACATE ó PALTA
Sabía usted que:. . . el aguacate (palta), ha sido llamado el alimento más perfecto del mundo? Se ha logrado esta distinción porque muchos nutricionistas afirman que no sólo contiene todo lo que una persona necesita para sobrevivir; pero también se ha encontrado que contribuye a la prevención y control de la enfermedad como Alzheimer, cáncer, enfermedades cardíacas, diabetes y otras condiciones de salud. El aguacate (Persea gratissima o P. americana) se originó en Puebla, México y su uso más antiguo se remonta a 10.000 años AC. Desde el año 900, el árbol de aguacate se ha cultivado y cultiva en América Central y del Sur. En el siglo 19, el aguacate hizo su entrada en California, y se ha convertido en un cultivo comercial muy exitoso. Noventa y cinco por ciento (95%) de los aguacates producidos en los EE.UU. crecen en el sur de California.
El aguacate, tiene un alto contenido de fibra, sodio, y libre de colesterol, alimento que proporciona cerca de 20 nutrientes esenciales, incluyendo la fibra. Es rico en grasas saludables monoinsaturadas y poliinsaturadas (como los ácidos grasos omega 3), vitaminas A, C, D, E K, y vitaminas del complejo B (tiamina, riboflavina, niacina, ácido pantoténico, biotina, vitamina B-6, vitamina B-12 y ácido fólico), así como el potasio.
Los alimentos naturalmente ricos en ácidos grasos omega 3, como el aguacate, son ampliamente reconocidos como el secreto para tener un corazón sano, un cerebro brillante y ojos de águila. Dr. Daniel G. Amen, un neurocientífico clínico, psiquiatra, experto en creación de imágenes del cerebro y autor del bestseller del New York Times, "Cambia tu Cerebro, Cambia tu Vida" incluye al aguacate como uno de los alimentos más importantes que puede ayudar a prevenir la enfermedad de Alzheimer. Eso no sólo a causa del contenido en ácidos grasos omega-3 del aguacate, sino también su ... ==>Contenido de vitamina E - Revista internacional llamada Alzheimer 's de Enfermedades y Trastornos Asociados , presentó sus conclusiones de años de ensayos clínicos - las dosis elevadas de vitamina E pueden neutralizar los radicales libres y la acumulación de proteínas para revertir la pérdida de memoria en los pacientes de Alzhéimer; contrarrestar los síntomas del Alzheimer en las etapas temprana y retrasar la progresión de la enfermedad; ==>
Contenido de folato - ayuda a prevenir la formación de las fibras nerviosas enredadas asociados con la enfermedad de Alzheimer.Las virtudes del aguacate son demasiado numerosas para mencionarlas, pero aquí señalamos algunos cuantos beneficios para la salud que su perfil nutricional proporciona: * Las grasas monoinsaturadas - Estos tipos de grasas ayudan a controlar los triglicéridos en la sangre, disminuir el colesterol en la sangre y controlar la diabetes. ·
El folato - Esta vitamina B soluble en agua-promueve el desarrollo saludable de las células y tejidos. Según el "Instituto Nacional de la Oficina de Salud de los Suplementos Dietéticos", "Esto es especialmente importante durante los períodos de rápida división celular y el crecimiento como en la infancia y el embarazo. El folato es también esencial para el metabolismo de la homocisteína y ayuda a mantener niveles normales de este aminoácido. "* Luteína - Este es un carotinoide (pigmento natural) que protege contra las cataratas y ciertos tipos de cáncer, y reduce el riesgo de degeneración macular, la principal causa de ceguera en adultos de 65 años de edad y mayores.
Los aguacates contienen tres veces o más luteína que en otras verduras y frutas comunes. • Ácido oleico y Potasio - Ambos nutrientes también ayudan a reducir el colesterol y reducir el riesgo de presión arterial alta.
Sabía usted que:. . . el aguacate (palta), ha sido llamado el alimento más perfecto del mundo? Se ha logrado esta distinción porque muchos nutricionistas afirman que no sólo contiene todo lo que una persona necesita para sobrevivir; pero también se ha encontrado que contribuye a la prevención y control de la enfermedad como Alzheimer, cáncer, enfermedades cardíacas, diabetes y otras condiciones de salud. El aguacate (Persea gratissima o P. americana) se originó en Puebla, México y su uso más antiguo se remonta a 10.000 años AC. Desde el año 900, el árbol de aguacate se ha cultivado y cultiva en América Central y del Sur. En el siglo 19, el aguacate hizo su entrada en California, y se ha convertido en un cultivo comercial muy exitoso. Noventa y cinco por ciento (95%) de los aguacates producidos en los EE.UU. crecen en el sur de California.
El aguacate, tiene un alto contenido de fibra, sodio, y libre de colesterol, alimento que proporciona cerca de 20 nutrientes esenciales, incluyendo la fibra. Es rico en grasas saludables monoinsaturadas y poliinsaturadas (como los ácidos grasos omega 3), vitaminas A, C, D, E K, y vitaminas del complejo B (tiamina, riboflavina, niacina, ácido pantoténico, biotina, vitamina B-6, vitamina B-12 y ácido fólico), así como el potasio.
Los alimentos naturalmente ricos en ácidos grasos omega 3, como el aguacate, son ampliamente reconocidos como el secreto para tener un corazón sano, un cerebro brillante y ojos de águila. Dr. Daniel G. Amen, un neurocientífico clínico, psiquiatra, experto en creación de imágenes del cerebro y autor del bestseller del New York Times, "Cambia tu Cerebro, Cambia tu Vida" incluye al aguacate como uno de los alimentos más importantes que puede ayudar a prevenir la enfermedad de Alzheimer. Eso no sólo a causa del contenido en ácidos grasos omega-3 del aguacate, sino también su ... ==>Contenido de vitamina E - Revista internacional llamada Alzheimer 's de Enfermedades y Trastornos Asociados , presentó sus conclusiones de años de ensayos clínicos - las dosis elevadas de vitamina E pueden neutralizar los radicales libres y la acumulación de proteínas para revertir la pérdida de memoria en los pacientes de Alzhéimer; contrarrestar los síntomas del Alzheimer en las etapas temprana y retrasar la progresión de la enfermedad; ==>
Contenido de folato - ayuda a prevenir la formación de las fibras nerviosas enredadas asociados con la enfermedad de Alzheimer.Las virtudes del aguacate son demasiado numerosas para mencionarlas, pero aquí señalamos algunos cuantos beneficios para la salud que su perfil nutricional proporciona: * Las grasas monoinsaturadas - Estos tipos de grasas ayudan a controlar los triglicéridos en la sangre, disminuir el colesterol en la sangre y controlar la diabetes. ·
El folato - Esta vitamina B soluble en agua-promueve el desarrollo saludable de las células y tejidos. Según el "Instituto Nacional de la Oficina de Salud de los Suplementos Dietéticos", "Esto es especialmente importante durante los períodos de rápida división celular y el crecimiento como en la infancia y el embarazo. El folato es también esencial para el metabolismo de la homocisteína y ayuda a mantener niveles normales de este aminoácido. "* Luteína - Este es un carotinoide (pigmento natural) que protege contra las cataratas y ciertos tipos de cáncer, y reduce el riesgo de degeneración macular, la principal causa de ceguera en adultos de 65 años de edad y mayores.
Los aguacates contienen tres veces o más luteína que en otras verduras y frutas comunes. • Ácido oleico y Potasio - Ambos nutrientes también ayudan a reducir el colesterol y reducir el riesgo de presión arterial alta.
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