Nicodemus And The Law Of Birth:  Whose birth was Jesus making reference to when he stated to Nicodemus that "...Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God" (John 3:3)?  The Answer: Jesus was making reference to your own subsequent stages of birth -- as well as every other person who has ever walked the face of the earth.  When Jesus said these words, he was not at all making reference to a dogmatic religious belief that in modern times is being promoted by many Christians who fail to understand the Laws of Birth -- i.e., "say this prayer and you are born again".  When Jesus said those words he was making reference to the Natural Laws of Birth that must be fulfilled by each person.  And when we understand that the physical is a shadow of the spiritual-source -- and what is true on the physical, is also true with respect to the subsequent stages of birth.  What this means is that the original Gospel teachings in the first century which were documented in the words of the early Church writer Hippolytus are correct -- i.e., Jesus taught his followers that he "...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."  And after acknowledging that Jesus accomplished all that he did by fulfilling the Law, Hippotytus then wrote and acknowledged the witness of the original followers of Jesus and his teachings when he wrote:  "Had any one else fulfilled the commandments of the Law, he would have been the Christ" (see Hippolytus, Refut. Omn. Haer. vii. 34).  Therefore, the same Laws that the man Jesus fulfilled, is the same Laws that all men and women must fulfill, in order to achieve the subsequent stages of birth.  And this is why Hippolytus further wrote of the original teachings of Jesus that "when Ebionites [or any person] thus fulfill the law, they are able to become Christs, for they assert that our Lord Himself was a man in like sense with all humanity."  (Hippolytus, Refut. Omn. Haer. vii. 34).  And this necessary fulfillment of the Law was acknowledged by Jesus in the words: "Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.  For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven" (Matt 5:17-20).  What this means is that there are Natural Laws controlling the process of birth -- not only in the physical, but also that of Mind and Spirit.  And unless you fulfill the Laws, you cannot achieve the subsequent stages of birth. 

 

If we pose the question as to when Jesus became the Anointed/Messiah/Christ?  The original Gospel account revealed that Jesus became the Anointed/Christed for the first time at his baptism in the Jordan where the original Gospel stated prior to being corrupted by the fourth century Church of Rome: "Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee" (see http://BrotherOfJesus.org#CorruptionOfGodsWords ).  Which means that the man Jesus achieved the subsequent stages of non-physical (virgin-purity) birth, and became the Adopted Son of God for the first time on that day.  Therefore, in the statement to Nicodemus with respect to achieving the subsequent stages of birth, Jesus was making reference to the Natural Laws that are the foundation and reality of Human Nature and the very purpose of the life we are presently living, as seen in the words:  "...For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it  ...For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now" (Romans 8:20-22).  Which means that what is allegorically presented as Original Sin, that is often portrayed as the Fall of Man, along with all the sufferings of life, are all an integral part of the "pangs of birth", which were orchestrated within the Divine Design where  "...creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it".   What this means is that all the trials and tribulations of each person in the life they are presently living, are an example of "...the whole creation groaning and laboring with birth pangs", which are necessary for the purpose of achieving the subsequent stages of birth as Jesus taught. 

In the same way that birth can only take place when a sperm and ovum join, evolve into a fetus into the level of achieving birth, what is true in the physical, is also true on the mental level of birth, and also the spiritual level of birth -- i.e., birth can only be brought about through the interaction of Male and Female at that Level.  Therefore, in the allegorical Genesis account, Eve/Woman was not created separately but was instead drawn from and separated from Adam/Man as personified the the allegorical account, so the Male and Female polarities of Mind which are manifest in Man and Woman could interact, evolve and achieve birth.  Why was Eve/Woman drawn from AdamEve, instead of created separately?  So the two polarities of Mind could interact, evolve, and bring about the necessary subsequent stages of birth by achieving Mental and Spiritual Wholeness.  As stated by Jesus: "If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand" (Mark 3:25).  Wholeness enables each soul to be restored to the Edenic Kingdom and reunited to the Divine Mind as was the case of Jesus.  And this Fact with respect to the Purpose of Life and Birth is further presented in the Amplified Bible Translation which better captures the meaning in the words: "Jesus answered him, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, unless a person is born again [reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, sanctified], he cannot [ever] see and experience the kingdom of God.”  Which provokes a number of questions: How is a person "born from above"?  How is a person "spiritually transformed"? Jesus taught that the Kingdom will never come outwardly as the Jews and modern Christians look for it, because the Kingdom is within you as stated by Jesus in the words: "nor will they say, ‘See here!’ or ‘See there!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you” (Luke 17:20-21).  Which means that the kingdom must come when the sincere seeker of Truth achieves the necessary Wholeness of Mind and Being that enables the seeker to achieve the subsequent stages of birth.  Jesus Taught his followers how to fulfill the Law Spiritually, and achieve the Anointing/Christing of their Mind (see Jesus Taught To Become The Christ http://TheLawOfTheGospels.com#BecomeTheChrist ) -- as Jesus himself predicted when he stated: "Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever believes in Me will also do the works that I am doing. He will do even greater things than these" (John 14:12).  Those who experience the transformative "birth from above" that brings about the process of mental-development and spiritual-deepening that is brought about by fulfilling the Laws of God and living in accord with the spiritually-holistic lifestyle that Jesus taught (see The Spiritual Holistic Lifestyle http://BrotherOfJesus.org#TheSpiritualHolisticLifestyle ).  Which means that those in the manner of the scribes and Pharisees observe the Law outwardly in ritual and tradition -- as well as the modern Christians who reject the Law as Jesus originally taught, fail to bring about the subsequent stages of birth, and cause their own failure when they physically die and experience what can be portrayed as a Spiritual Miscarriage (see below http://DivineMarriage.org#FailureOfBirth ).  The Fact of Life is that you must achieve the subsequent stages of birth while you are still in the physical body -- as stated in the suppressed teaching of the Gospel of Philip where it states: "Those who say that first they shall die and (then) they shall arise are confused. If they do not first receive the resurrection (while) they live, they will not receive anything (when) they die".  If you physically die prior to achieving the subsequent stages of birth through the symbolism of the Resurrection, then you cannot be resurrected in your afterlife.  And while this Fact of Life is understood in the pre-Nicene teachings on the pre-existent soul that evolves to Wholeness and Perfection over the course of many lives (see Pre-Nicene Church Taught Reincarnation http://ChristianReincarnation.org#PreNiceneChurch ), the dogmatic teaching of Original Sin inhibits the necessary development of mind that enables the seeker to advance and bring about the subsequent stages of birth (see Original Sin Rejects Gospel Teachings http://TheLawOfTheGospels.com#OriginalSinRejectsGospel ).  And this is why Jesus warned the body of complacent believers who fail to fulfill the Laws of Birth: "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!'" (Matt 7:21-23).  When Jesus made note of the "lawless", it was to bring attention to the Fact that only those who fulfill the Spiritual Law that he revealed to his original followers, could achieve the subsequent stages of birth and the Resurrection from the Death of this World -- i.e., "Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead” (Matt 8:21-22). 

The Facts and Purpose of the Life we are presently living are embodied in the statement that "...the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it  ...For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs" -- and if all of creation "...groans and labors with birth pangs" , then every person who has ever walked the face of the earth is in the process of achieving the subsequent stages of birth.   Which indicates that the very purpose of the life that each person is presently living, is to bring about the subsequent stages of spiritual "birth from above".  And that it is within each person's ability to fulfill the Natural Laws of God, is further established when Jesus taught that the subsequent stages of birth are brought about by those who seek Wholeness -- as confirmed in the words: "They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance" (Mark 2:17).  Before this verse can be understood we must first understand what it means to be Whole.   Which provokes the question: How is Wholeness achieved?   The answer is by fulfilling the Law within one's own mind and being as Jesus affirmed.  And what this means is that, contrary to the dogma of the modern Church, if Jesus is the savior who every person needs for salvation, then Jesus himself said the Church was wrong, and those who are Whole do not need him.  And as a physician, Jesus did not come for the salvation of those who are Whole, but only for those who are sick and in need of a physician. 

When Nicodemus further questioned Jesus about the need to achieve the subsequent stages of birth, Jesus replies: "...Most assuredly, I say to you, We speak what We know and testify what We have seen, and you do not receive Our witness" (John 3:11).  Thus, by virtue of his words, Jesus is not speaking only of himself -- i.e., in the singular -- but rather, he is speaking in the plural with respect to the higher reality that ALL who evolve to Wholeness by fulfilling the Law, and achieve the subsequent stages of birth, can witness to the Kingdom coming within their own Mind and Being.   And when Nicodemus still did not understand what Jesus was stating with respect to the need to bring about the subsequent stages of birth from above, Jesus stated that Nicodemus was yet too carnal and immature to comprehend -- i.e., "...If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?"    And this higher reality remains as true today, as when Jesus stated these words to Nicodemus: Organic man who does not understand the need to bring about the subsequent stages of Soul and Spiritual Births, are incapable of understanding the  "...heavenly things" -- and even fail to understand the esoteric reality of what Jesus portrayed as "...earthly things". 

 

In the allegorical Genesis account, the symbology of the eating of the apple and the opening of the eyes to see the duality of good and evil, was all necessary and brought about so that the Mind as manifest in the divided Adam/Man and Eve/Woman could evolve and develop -- thereby enabling the process of Higher Spiritual Birth to be brought about -- the purpose of which was to enable "...the man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live forever”. (Gen 3:22).  And it is this objective for all of mankind to achieve, which is the Whole purpose of the Gospel teachings.  Which means that the whole paradigm of Original Sin  which was imported into the man-made dogma of the Church, is a man-made doctrine that is a hoax that has left the Christian world spiritually disenfranchised.  And when the Gospel teachings are understood, that each and every soul will eventually achieve the subsequent stages of birth, is why the original Gospels taught the pre-existent soul that evolves to Wholeness and Perfection over the course of many lives (see Pre-Nicene Church Taught Reincarnation http://ChristianReincarnation.org#PreNiceneChurch ).  But the fourth century Church of Constantine rejected a religion where the objective was to embody the Anointing/Christing in each person's life.  So the Mithraic doctrine of Original Sin was imported and adopted by the fourth century Church of Constantine (see Original Sin Rejects Gospel Teachings http://TheLawOfTheGospels.com#OriginalSinRejectsGospel ) -- the Gospel texts were ravished and the core teachings about soul-evolution and birth were suppressed and removed (see Bible Corruption http://BibleCorruption.com ) -- and those who rejected the religion of the emperor were hunted down as heretics -- as confirmed by the historical record: ”Constantine easily believed that the heretics, who presumed to dispute his opinions or to oppose his commands, were guilty of the most absurd and criminal obstinancy... Not a moment was lost in excluding the ministers and teachers of the separated congregations from any share of the rewards and immunities which the emperor had so liberally bestowed on the orthodox clergy. But as the sectaries might still exist under the cloud of royal disgrace, the conquest of the East was immediately followed by an edict which announced their total destruction”. 

If Jesus walked among us today he would speak in much the same way to the leaders of the Christian Church as he did to Nicodemus, a leader among the Pharisees.  He would say: "You must be born again from above to enter the Kingdom of God".  And to this the modern Church leaders would reply: "We diligently called upon your name and said our prayer declaring our re-birth in Christ"!  And to them Jesus would reply: "A man cannot be re-born by the words that he speaks with his lips!  Neither can a person be born from "above", without the spiritual transformation of self into a Living Consecrated Temple.  Then Jesus would ask the Church leaders:  Who told you such a thing that by virue of repeating of words would initiate the process of spiritual birth?  Then Jesus would explain: Unless a man is born a second time by the cleansing and the total immersion of the flesh, which brings about the Anointing (Messiah/Christ) of the Spirit, and the subsequent stages of birth, then there is no life in him!  Which is why Jesus portrayed the people of this world as being in a form of death -- i.e., "Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead” (Matt 8:21-22).   And then Jesus would say to the Church leaders: "Hasn't my disciples witnessed to you when they said: We must through many tribulations enter the Kingdom of God!" (Acts 14:22).  And then he would add: "Does their witness sound as if a man is born again by virtue of the words he speaks?"  

Like Nicodemus who attempted to interpret spiritual truths in a carnal and earthly manner, the leaders of the modern Church would reply: "But didn't Paul say that believers are saved by faith and not works?" And Jesus would reply: "Yes, Paul was correct when he said that man cannot achieve the subsequent stages of birth by a ritual observance of the Mosaic Law in the manner of the Jews!  But faith in Messiah/Christ indicates that you are willing to pick up your own cross and follow in my footsteps by travailing in TheWay! Then Jesus would ask: Wasn't it the same Paul who wrote to you: 'Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry...'” (Col 3:5-10).  Then Jesus would add: "Does this sound as if Paul meant you to call upon the Lord with your lips, and continue to live in the manner of those who walk the broad-way to self-destruction?"  Then Jesus would say to them: "Didn't my brother warn you: 'But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works/actions is dead? (James 2:20).  Then Jesus would ask our Church leaders: "Do you think that he didn't know the Truth!  And did he say anything different than Paul who commanded you to put to death your earthly nature?"  Then Jesus would add: "With respect to works, it is easy to perform the ritual observance of the Jews, while it takes true spiritual works to fulfill the words of Paul when he told you to put off your old self in order for the new spiritual self to manifest".  Further stating: For I tell you that: "...unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven" (Matt 5:20).   Yet, in total rejection of the Gospel teaching the modern Church has taught that they are no longer accountable to fulfilling the Law -- i.e., "“Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven" (Matt 5: 17-20).  And therein lies the problem as seen in the fact that you can't believe in Original Sin and the evolution of the Soul over the course of many lives (see Original Sin Rejects Gospel Teachings http://TheLawOfTheGospels.com#OriginalSinRejectsGospel ), while striving to fulfill the Law as the Gospel account of Jesus teaches.  

 

Nicodemus did not appear to understand the reality of the Natural Laws of birth which can be portrayed in the words: What is true on the physical level, is true on the Mental level, and is also true on the Spiritual levels of Being -- and only by achieving the subsequent stages of birth can we bring about our own necessary Wholeness that Jesus made reference to in the words: "They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance" (Mark 2:17).   The fact that Nicodemus did not seem to understand that the very purpose of the life that each of us are presently living, is to bring about the subsequent stages of birth.  And this is why Jesus portrayed himself as a "physician" who came to heal those who were "sick".  Sin, then, can be defined as a sickness that inhibits a person's development within the Natural Laws of God.  When it was stated, "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" (Hosea 4:6), reference was not made pertaining to knowledge that a person learns and is taught by others -- but rather,  the self-knowledge that one must understand to make the inner Journey in TheWay where the believer can be nourished by the fruit of the Tree of Life.  In fact, this Spiritual Nourishment that cannot be received in the outer world -- is the meaning of the words: "Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and that they may enter the city by the gates" (Rev 22:14).  So, by "washing and purifying our physical self and detaching ourselves from the thinking and lifestyle of this world", we begin to be nourished by the fruit of the Tree of Life.   "To him who overcomes will I give to eat of the hidden manna" (Rev 2:8-17), this "hidden manna" is the the Sacred Knowledge or the Divine Manna that can only be imparted to the seeker directly from the Indwelling Logos and True Prophet (see The One Teacher http://BrotherOfJesus.org#TheOneTeacher ) -- who is the ONLY TEACHER that Jesus commanded to seek out and learn from.  The fact that those who understand and fulfill the Natural Laws are able to achieve the subsequent stages of birth, is the reason why he portrayed these people as "righteous".  What Jesus stated was that those people who understand and fulfill the Natural Laws and how these Laws are fulfilled, do not need a physician such as Jesus. 

Jesus taught the Laws that bring about Wholeness -- which enables the person to bring about the subsequent stages of birth through the Natural Fulfillment of the Laws of God.   The Second Epistle of Clement was written to a first century congregations of Christians.  And in this Epistle was an ultra-important teaching on the subsequent stages of birth where Oneness and Wholeness is achieved that was removed from the Gospels about the coming of the Kingdom: “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’”. When a follower of Jesus achieves Oneness and Wholeness by bringing about the subsequent stages of birth, only then can the Kingdom come within the person as Jesus taught.   But what is important to recognize is that when Clement wrote the foregoing in his Epistle to a congregation of first century Christians, he did so in the expectation that the people to whom he was writing would understand the great truths he was presenting to them.   And when he wrote, "...For the Lord Himself, being asked by one when His kingdom would come, [Jesus'] replied" -- he was making reference to the words of Jesus that were found in their own Gospels.  Teachings which they could research and understand the process -- i.e., that the Kingdom or End Times would and could only come when "...two shall be one, that which is without as that which is within, and the male with the female, neither male nor female’”.  And this coming of the Kingdom within each individual, is a reality which those who look for the kingdom to come outwardly in the manner of the Jews, can't comprehend.   And the fact that this statement that is in the Gospel of Thomas and was contained in a first century Epistle from an elder to a congregation of believers in that time-frame, could not be contained and understood in a letter or epistle to a congregation today, is merely one example of the fact that the dogma and thinking of the modern Church has virtually nothing in common with the original teachings of Jesus known as TheWay (see The Original Teachings Have Nothing In Common With Church Dogma http://TheCall.Nazirene.org#OriginalTeachings ).   Which provokes the question: Has the requirements to enter the Kingdom changed in order to accommodate the dogmatic corruption of the Church?   Has Truth and Higher Spiritual Reality been discarded and thrown away, because the Church threw this body of essential Knowledge pertaining to the Coming of the Kingdom away?   Or, with the removal and suppression of these crucial teachings, does the modern Christians dwell in a self-imposed Diaspora of abject Spiritual Ignorance which was brought about by the massive corruption of the scriptures (see http://BibleCorruption.com ), and the suppression of the body of essential knowledge that is necessary to restore the lost prodigal son to his rightly place in the Edenic Kingdom of Origination.

 

In the allegorical account of Genesis, when Eve was drawn from the side of Adam, what is being personified is the division of the polarities of Mind that enables mankind to directly interact, grow and evolve, so the subsequent stages of birth can be brought about.  Before a man whose chromosomes are genetically "XY" (Female/Male) can parent a child, his sperm must split into one "X-Female" half, and one "Y-Male" half -- which determines the gender of the offspring when the woman's Ovum/Egg is fertilized by either the "X" or "Y" half of the man's sperm.   And when Jesus stated to Nicodemus that he must be "born again", Jesus was making reference to the subsequent Mental and Spiritual stages of birth that each person is born into this life to bring about.  Which means that when we emerged out of our mother's womb, our birth into this life was a transitional stage of the birth process -- and we were born into this life as either an  "X" or a "Y" Mental-Sperm that needed to be brought together and merged into a Mental-Embryo, in order to work on and bring about the next subsequent stage of Mental-Birth.  Which means that if we fail to bring about the next subsequent stage of birth, we will experience what can rightly be portrayed as a Mental-Miscarriage or Mental-Spontaneous Abortion because of our lack of Wholeness in our development.  When Jesus stated: "They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance" (Mark 2:17) -- he was in fact stating that he, as a physician, was not needed by those who understood the Natural Laws, and acknowledged that these people had succeeded on their own to bring about the subsequent stages of birth -- adding the statement with respect to himself as a physician that these righteous people who "...are whole have no need of the physician".  As a physician, Jesus could help you to understand the birth process.  But Jesus himself stated that if you understand the Universal Threefold Natural Laws of Birth, that you don't need a Physician.  And if we pose the question: What about those who failed to fulfill the Natural Laws?  Quoting the Wikipedia: "Miscarriage, also known in medical terms as a spontaneous abortion, is the death and expulsion of an embryo or fetus before it is able to survive independently." Which means that those who fail to fulfill the Law of Birth and bring about Wholeness, suffer a Spiritual-Miscarriage when they physically die.    

When Jesus asked Nicodemus who was a teacher of Israel about achieving the subsequent stages of birth, Jesus was not portraying a belief pertaining to saying these words and you will be born again.  In fact, Jesus was portraying an actual event in the person's life that would parallel the struggle and the equivalent to that of a woman in LABOR giving physical birth.  And this struggle to achieve the subsequent stages of birth, is why Jesus warned: "Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life" (John 12:25).  What does it mean to "hate the ways and life in this world"?  Literally, it means to be in the world but not of it in any manner of their thinking, mindset and lifestyle. And in their rejection of the very limited and carnal thinking of the people of this world, the original followers of Jesus were portrayed as the "poor ones" or Ebionites.  Why?  When rightly understood, Birth is a matter of Natural Law that requires the merging and oneness of the Universal Polarities of Positive/Male and Negative/Female Polarities that after the initial joining, must evolve together and become Whole in their ONENESS.  

When Essenes and Ebionties who understood the Natural Laws prayed to Mother-Father God, they were acknowledging the Divine Pattern of Life that is holographically replicated into every aspect and level of Creation.  All phases and levels of birth are brought about by the joining and interactions of opposite polarities of Mind -- and it is the depth of the joining and interactions that will determine the development and validity of the results -- i.e., "You will know them by their fruit" (Matt 7:16).  And on every level of mind and being, the paradoxical polarities of Male and Female are representative of the very Foundation of Consciousness.  Without the opposite paradoxical polarities, Consciousness cannot exist at an enlightened and all-knowing level of Mind.  Your own birth was a matter of the Natural Laws which many people correctly believe is the result of Divine Design of the Opposites (Man and Woman) coming together.  In the allegorical account of Genesis, when Eve was drawn from the side of Adam, what is being personified is the fact that the mind of mankind became divided across the polarities of male and female when we entered this world.   What this means is that when man meets woman, it is in reality one half of the mind meeting and interacting with the other half -- both of them divided opposite polarities of Mind with greatly differing mental perceptions and abilities -- each with the capacity to fill and complete the mental voids of their spouse.  Therefore, when man meets woman, two halves of the Mind are brought together with the capacity to interact, grow and evolve to Wholeness (see When Man Meets Woman http://TheRealFactsOfLife.Ebionite.com#WhenManMeetsWoman ).  And when Jesus posed the question to Nicodemus, he was in fact asking him if he understood the Natural Laws that enable you and all of mankind to achieve the subsequent stages of birth?   

Jesus taught his followers how to fulfill and overcome the Natural Laws -- see Jesus Fulfilled And Taught The Natural Fulfillment Of The Laws Of God: http://TheLawOfTheGospels.com#JesusFulfilledTheLaw  In the 22nd saying of the Gospel of Thomas and other first century writings, all growth and development is brought about,  "...when you make the male and the female one and the same, so that the male not be male nor the female female... then will you enter the kingdom."

When Nicodemus said to Jesus: “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?”  And Jesus portrayed the need to bring about the subsequent stage of birth, his use of the term birth made reference to a non-physical Mental and Spiritual level of birth that was brought about through the interaction of Male and Female on a higher level of Consciousness.  The original followers of Jesus who spoke with him daily, all of whom witnessed to the fact that Jesus was physically born in the conventional way as the genetic offspring of Mary and Joseph, correctly portrayed the Virgin birth as the interaction of the Higher Male and Female levels of Consciousness and Birth that each person must bring about and experience -- i.e., a Higher Process of Birth that cannot be brought about with words in a prayer.  The original (Ebionite) followers of Jesus witnessed to the fact that  "...Jesus of Nazareth was a mere mortal, the legitimate son of Joseph and Mary: but he was the best and wisest of the human race, selected as the worthy instrument to restore upon earth the worship of the true and supreme Deity. When he was baptized in the Jordan, the Christ, the first of the aeons, the Son of God himself, descended on Jesus in the form of a dove, to inhabit his mind, and direct his actions during the allotted period of his ministry” (Gibbon; The Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire, V.4, P.366).  And this fact was confirmed when God spoke the words at what is personified as the Baptism of Jesus when the Voice of the Father said: "Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee" (see http://BrotherOfJesus.org#CorruptionOfGodsWords ) -- which means that the man Jesus became Anointed/Christed and Adopted as the Son of God for the first time, when Jesus achieved the subsequent stage of birth at his baptism in the Jordan River.   It is important to point out that the mother of Jesus was an Ebionite.    And if the question is posed as to why the original Ebionite followers of Jesus take the position that he was the genetic offspring of Mary and Joseph?  Because he explained to them how to bring about the subsequent stages of birth.  And Jesus also explained to his original followers the meaning of the symbol of the NON-PHYSICAL Virgin birth that must be brought about in order to be restored to the Kingdom.   Like his statement to Nicodemus, Jesus stated that EVERY person must achieve the subsequent NON-PHYSICAL (Virgin) birth -- but the Gentiles who did not understand the Natural Laws, corrupted the Gospels and made the Virgin birth applicable only to the man Jesus.

When Nicodemus did not understand the threefold process of birth that the Soul of each person must evolve through, Jesus then asked how he could be a teacher of Israel, and not know the Law and these natural human realities of birth: "...Nicodemus answered and said to Him, How can these things be?  Jesus answered and said to him, Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not know these things?  What the vast majority of Gospel readers fail to understand is the fact that this statement applies to every person who has ever walked the face of the earth with respect to the non-physical birth-process, and every person who is or has been in the position of a teacher.  You are presently dwelling in a Mental-Womb, and unless you achieve the next subsequent stages of birth, you cannot enter into the future life in what is personified as the Higher Kingdom of God.   Which means that every person who puts themselves forth as a teacher of any kind, should be focused on how to achieve the subsequent stages of birth.  And this is why the Brother of Jesus stated and warned: "Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness" (see James 3:1) ).  Why?  If we are dwelling in a Mental-Womb -- and the purpose of life is to bring about the subsequent stages of birth -- then what teaching of knowledge could possibly be seen as a higher priority than fulfilling the very purpose of the life we are presently living?  And in the same way that a developing fetus cannot see their mother, until we fulfill the subsequent stages of birth, it will remain impossible for us to see God. 

Why did Jesus pose the question pertaining to achieving the subsequent stage of birth?  As a teacher of Israel, Jesus fully expected Nicodemus to understand the Natural Laws and the subsequent stages of non-physical Birth that each person as the prodigal son must evolve through, in order to return or be restored to the Edenic Kingdom.   And in acknowledgement of the Natural Laws, the words of Jesus are true with respect to every person who has ever walked the face of the earth.  And therein lies the problem as seen in the fact that few people understand the purpose and reason they are living their present life.  Fewer yet understand the objectives of life in this realm.  Why?  Because the vast majority of people are the lost prodigal sons whose thinking is controlled by what is personified as the "Citizen" of the Far Country -- i.e., often portrayed as a suppressed level of consciousness that is depicted as from the "outer darkness" of mind and being.  In the analogy of Plato's Cave, this suppressed level of consciousness is portrayed as being a prisoner in the Cave of Illusions.  A suppressed level of consciousness which Jesus portrayed as a condition of death -- i.e., “Another disciple said to him, Lord, first let me go and bury my father. But Jesus told him, Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead” (Matt 8:21-22).  Thus, Jesus portrayed the consciousness of the organic people of this world as dwelling in a state of death.  Which is why Jesus stated that each person must "turn" from the ways and thinking of the cultures and religions of this world -- fulfill the Natural Laws of Birth -- and by achieving the subsequent stages of birth which transforms the person by their evolving into what can be personified as a child of the Kingdom -- i.e.,  "Verily I say unto you, Except ye turn, and become as little children, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven" (Matt 18:3 ERV).  What Jesus was stating was that, unless you turn from the thinking and lifestyle of this world that is consumed with the fulfilling of the appetites of our lower animal/earthly nature, and you seek to fulfill the Natural Laws of subsequent birth, you cannot become a Child who has been restored to the Edenic Kingdom.   And just as important is to understand the verse which the Church removed about the Child (see The Verse Removed From The Gospels http://TheLawOfTheGospels.com#Children ).

  

  

Marriage And Reuniting With the Divine Mind of God: A Spiritual Marriage is very different than the customary marriages associated with the religions and cultures of this world.  In the same way that the Mind of man as portrayed in AdamEve was divided into Adam and Eve so that Mankind could mentally and spiritually advance, all advancement of Mind and Spirit is accomplished and brought about through the interaction of male and female opposites which initiate the Birth Process.  And this is why Jesus stated to Nicodemus that "...Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God" (John 3:3).  And therein lies the solution to the problem that was the very foundation of the Gospel teachings that few people today understand.  When Jesus taught the parable of the Marriage Feast, he was confirming the fact that each person must adorn themselves with the Wedding Garment of Purity, and come to TheCall (see TheCall To The Wedding Banquette http://TheCall.Nazirene.org ).  In the parable, what is portrayed as the required "wedding garment" is in fact the sacrament of baptism.   But the original teachings on baptism was totally abandoned by the segment of the early Gentile Church which portrayed itself as Orthodox.  And it is this man-made dogma that has caused the original teachings on baptism to be very different than what is practiced today.  In total rejection of the modern dogma of the Church, it is written that "...For if we sin deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful prospect of judgment, and a fury of fire which will consume the adversaries." (Heb 6:4-6;10:26-27 RSV).   Peter confirms the foregoing in the words: "It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them."  Paul again warns that those who sin after coming to the Lord "eateth and drinketh damnation to himself".   And while Christians have blindly chosen to ignore these warnings, they are confirmed in the Homilies of Clement who was the first century disciple of the Apostle Peter where he is quoted as stating with respect to the sacrament of Baptism: "He has commanded us to go forth to preach, and to invite you to the supper of the heavenly King, which the Father hath prepared for the marriage of His Son, and that we should give you wedding garments, that is, the grace of baptism; which whosoever obtains, as a spotless robe with which he is to enter to the supper of the King, ought to beware that it be not in any part of it stained with sin, and so he be rejected as unworthy and reprobate."   Contrary to the modern usage of the sacrament of baptism, according to Peter, once the "wedding garment" is received, if the person then willfully sins, then the wedding garment is stained, and there can be no further repentance -- i.e., you "...ought to beware that it be not in any part of it stained with sin, and so he be rejected as unworthy and reprobate."  Yet modern believers preach salvation by Grace where the person is not required to be sinless and live in strict accord with the Gospel teachings and spiritual lifestyle. 

 

The Prodigal Son must be transformed into the Light, and evolve through the subsequent stages of birth in the Womb of the Far Country, in order to be reunited to his heavenly Father in the Kingdom.  Each person must escape the "outer darkness" of mind and being, by fulfilling the Law of God that brings about the necessary Wholeness of Mind and Being.  Every person possesses the inherent ability to bring about the subsequent process of birth in their life.  How?  By evolving their mind and consciousness -- thereby fulfilling the Natural Laws by achieving the subsequent stage of birth as found in many of the first century teachings which were suppressed by the Church of Rome.   Perhaps the best example is presented in the Gospel of Thomas where Jesus was asked about becoming a child of the Kingdom: "Shall we then, as children, enter the kingdom?"  Jesus said to them, "When you make the two one, and when you make the inside like the outside and the outside like the inside, and the above like the below, and when you make the male and the female one and the same, so that the male not be male nor the female female... then will you enter the kingdom."  The requirement set forth is to evolve the Male and Female to the level where "...the male not be male nor the female female" -- which has virtually nothing in common with the marriages of this world.  In the same way that when a sperm and ovum join, rapid and intense development takes place as the sperm develops the ovum and the ovum develops the sperm in the growth and development of the fetus, this same rapid and intense development of Mind and Spirit must be brought about until Wholeness is achieve in a Spiritual Marriage.  Therefore, what Jesus is portraying is the next stage of birth when the person brings the Male/Positive and Female/Negative polarities of Mind together within them in Oneness and Wholeness.  What this means is that when you bring these conditions about in your body, mind and spirit, you will fulfill the Natural Laws and experience the subsequent stages of birth -- a non-physical level of birth which the ancients portrayed as a virgin birth.  Why was it portrayed as a virgin birth?  Because the physical body/flesh and mind had to be virginally pure and undefiled, sanctified and and transformed, to be totally united and immersed in the spiritual energy of the Divine, to bring about the subsequent stages of birth and become a child of the Kingdom -- i.e., "Do you not know that you are a temple of God, and that God's Spirit lives in you?" (1 Cor 3:16).  And this is why it is stated in the Epistle of James: "In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead" -- meaning, faith and belief without the purification and transformation of the physical mind and body, cannot bring about the subsequent stage of (virgin-pure) birth. 

As a man who has achieved Enlightenment and Anointing/Christing in achieving the subsequent stages of birth, Jesus came to teach sincere seekers how to fulfill the Natural Laws that enable the person to achieve Wholeness.  Virtually every religion has virgin born saviors which personify achieving the subsequent non-physical stages of mental and spiritual birth -- thereby receiving the Kingdom as a child.   And this was predicted by Jesus when it is warned: "I tell you, many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth” (Matt 8:11-12).  Jesus further taught that there were alternate or other paths into the Kingdom.  Modern Christians cannot explain the Gospel statement: "From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subject to violence, and the violent lay claim to it" (Matt 11:12).  How are they violent?  And how does the violent "lay claim" to the Kingdom?  It appears that Jesus is stating that there are alternative paths into the Kingdom as stated in the words: “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber" (John 10:1 -- see The Natural Path Vs Taking The Kingdom By Force http://TheLawOfTheGospels.com#NaturalPathToWholeness ). 

In the allegorical account of Genesis mankind is portrayed as being created in the image of God -- which means that everything you see in the outer world, exists also in the inner world -- and is in reality a reflection or mirror-image of your own mind or inner consciousness. 

 

  

Breaking The Shackles Of Plato's Cave Of Illusions

 

The Undeveloped And Spiritually Grounded Woman: The vast majority of women remain undeveloped and a mere shadow of their true higher reality and potential, because they have been imprisoned and grounded by the male mindset and thinking.  While each woman exists with great potential, she is inhibited from attaining her true potential by virtue of the limitations and control imposed upon her by the men in her life.  In the allegorical account of Genesis, when Eve was drawn from the side of Adam, what is being personified is the fact that the mind of mankind became divided across the polarities of Male/Positive and Female/Negative when we entered this world.   What this means is that when man meets woman, it is in reality one half or polarity of the mind meeting and interacting with the other half -- both of them divided opposites with greatly differing mental perceptions and abilities -- each with the capacity to fill the mental void of their spouse -- and when brought together in Balanced Wholeness, Pure Intellectual and Spiritual Enlightened Genus is the result.  In the Genesis account, woman is portrayed as mans "help-meet".  Therefore, when man meets woman, two halves of the Mind are brought together with the capacity to interact, grow and evolve to Wholeness and Completion.   Quoting from Woman As Man's Help-Meet And Savior http://SoulSelf.org#HelpMeet :  In Hebrew the two words that "help-meet" are derived from are the words "ezer" and the word 'k’enegdo".   Ezer which is commonly translated as "help" is really a rich word with a much deeper meaning. In her book Eve and the Choice Made in Eden, Beverly Campbell explains, “According to biblical scholar David Freedman, the Hebrew word translated thee into English as “help” is ezer. This word is a combination of two roots, one meaning “to rescue”, “to save,” and the other meaning “to be strong.” Just as the roots merged into one word, so did their meanings. At first ezer meant either “to save” or “to be strong,” but in time, said Freedman, ezer “ was always interpreted as ‘to help’ a mixture of both nuances.”  Diana Webb in her book Forgotten Women of God also clarifies this word by explaining, "The noun ezer occurs 21 times in the Hebrew Bible. In eight of these instances the word means “savior”. These examples are easy to identify because they are associated with other expressions of deliverance or saving. Elsewhere in the Bible, the root ezer means “strength.... the word is most frequently used to describe how God is an ezer to man. "

Why is woman portrayed as the help-meet or savior of man?  Because it is woman who possesses the transformative power and ability to release man from the shackles of Plato's Cave of Illusions.  Yet, in man's blind ignorance, he fails to develop the transformative power of woman, and remains shackled to the shadow-image illusions of this world.  What is a shadow-image that is associated with the illusions of Plato's Cave?  It is an incomplete image that we see with our physical eyes, that lacks the Wholeness of the higher reality that is projecting the image that we cannot see because the Source is beyond our perceptive-vision. 

 

 

 

In the following we will demonstrate that in the allegorical account of Genius when woman was draw from the side of man, creating in their separation what can be portrayed as a Mental-Ovum and Mental-Sperm at a level where the "Two that are Joined as One" are designed to evolve the mind to a state of Absolute Enlightenment and Consciousness.  When Jesus made reference to achieving the subsequent stages of birth, if the Natural Laws are understood and embraced, Eve/Woman who is an opposite polarity of mind, holds all the mental-attributes to supply the Adam/Man all that he needs to develop to his higher level of Mind -- and while the Man holds all the mental-attributes to supply the Woman all that she needs to develop to her higher level of Mind -- few people even possess any understanding of the purpose and depth of the Consecrated Marriage Union that is necessary to bring about and experience this growth through the process of mental-expansion and spiritual-deepening. 

 

  

 

You are unknowingly a prisoner in Plato's Cave of Illusions that are Allusions.  In order to escape Plato's Cave, or follow Jesus out of the Far Country into LIFE in the Edenic Kingdom, you must understand the reality that can rightly be portrayed as The Death of Consciousness.  In the parable of the prodigal son, if Normal Consciousness is when you are dwelling in the higher reality of the Kingdom, then your journey into this -- what Jesus portrayed as the Far Country -- is representative of a condition of death or a state of lesser or reduced consciousness. 

 

What this means is that all you see and physically interact with in this world, is what can be portrayed as Functioning Shadow-Images of this Netherworld that can be portrayed as the Far Country in the parable of the Prodigal Son.   Why do I portray both Plato's Cave and the plight of the prodigal son as a venture into what can biblically be portrayed as the Netherworld?  When the prodigal son journeyed into the Far Country, he entered what can be portrayed as a realm of Diminished Consciousness.  Like the plight of the prisoners of Plato's Cave, what mankind does not see in his earthly cycle of diminished consciousness that can rightly be portrayed as a condition of death, is the Source of his True-Reality which modern cutting edge science portrays as an image that is being projected from an unseen source (see Is Heaven A Myth https://brotherofyeshua.blogspot.com/2024/01/is-heaven-myth-one-of-our-resident.html ).  Which is why, when the prodigal son eventually  returned to the Kingdom from the Far Country, Father-God said: "For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found" (Luke 15:24).  If you research the meaning of the word Netherworld In The Bible, you get: "Definitions of netherworld. (religion) the world of the dead. synonyms: Hades, Hell, Scheol, infernal region, underworld. type of: fictitious place, imaginary place, mythical place".  If you look up the meaning of Nether-life, you get: "the world after death; the underworld".  Which means that in the thinking of the majority of people, they have the reality of life and death reversed -- which is why Jesus stated: "Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead” (Matt 8:21-22).    All of which means that you are presently living under the: Delusion of being alive, or under what can be portrayed as the illusion of Life -- when you are presently dwelling in what can be rightly personified as the Realm of Hell --  under the illusion that you came into existence at birth, and remain ignorant of the reality that what you think of as physical death is really the restoration of the cycle of birth.

The scriptures were authored by enlightened people who understand that those who read their writings will be dwelling under the delusion that they are alive  -- i.e., people who are cognizant of the fact that if they told the people about their true reality, that what they wrote would be rejected as insanity.  In their recognition that what they authored would be read by those in death who dwell under the illusion of life, they wrote their scriptures employing allegorical symbols that acted as a catalyst to connect their thinking with their awakened self within them -- i.e., the limited consciousness of the prodigal son with his higher living self portrayed as the Elder Brother who the Father portrays in the words: "My son, the father said, you are always with me, and everything I have is yours" -- which when rightly understood, is parallel to the witness of the modern visionary and author Philip K. Dick as stated with respect to The Ten Principles Of The Gnostic Revelation where he portrays the realty of the person you are in this world with your higher soul-self where he wrote: "Each of us has a divine counterpart unfallen who can reach a hand down to us to awaken us. This other personality is the authentic waking self; the one we have now is asleep and minor. We are in fact asleep".  Philip Dick then describes what is portrayed in the parable of the prodigal son as the Citizen of the Far Country in the words:  "We are in fact asleep, and in the hands of a dangerous magician disguised as a good god, the deranged creator deity. The bleakness, the evil and pain in this world, the fact that it is a deterministic prison controlled by the demented creator causes us willingly to split with the reality principle early in life, and so to speak willingly fall asleep in delusion."    

Why do I use the words of Philip K. Dick?  Because like myself, he is a witness because he developed the ability to recall his own Soul's previous life as a follower of the man Jesus.  Like my own recall of my Soul's previous life as Jacob who they call James, the Brother of Yeshua who they call Jesus (see http://BrotherOfJesus.org ), Philip K. Dick possessed degrees of past life Soul-Memory.   Quoting Philip Dick's account:  "When a delivery person from the pharmacy brought his pain medication, he noticed the ichthys necklace she wore and asked her what it meant. She responded that it was a symbol used by the early Christians, and in that moment Dick's religious experiences began".   Why?  Because the symbol of the Ichthys in her necklace connected with Philip Dick's inner Soul-Self and his previous life as an original follower of Jesus in the first century.  And this is an example of why all scriptures are composed in allegorical symbols that when used as the Key of Knowledge and turned within your own mind, are able to connect the person-in-death who you are in this life, with your inner "...authentic waking self"  that is your "...authentic waking self" who is portrayed in the words by Father-God: "My son, the father said, you are always with me, and everything I have is yours". 

The people whose consciousness is ruled over by the "dangerous magician disguised as a good god"  and are convinced that their condition of mental-death is really life, have yet to be awakened, and in their death they read the sacred writings (scriptures) as if they are historical accounts -- when in reality, they are allegorical accounts that must be brought about as experienced events of the mind of the follower.   And when Jesus warned of the elect who would deceive the people, he was making reference to preachers and Gospel authorities who he portrayed as  "...false christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect" (Matt 24:14), who dwell read and teach the scriptures as actual historical events.  And they can easily deceive the people because they are the Prisoners of Plato's Cave and the lost prodigal sons who believe their condition of death is really that of life -- i.e., "For this son of mine was dead".  And most importantly, Jesus warned his followers: "But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brothers" (Matt 23:8) -- because if you are taught by others, you will remain in an sleeping condition of mind.  The only way to escape being a prisoner of Plato's Cave or as the prodigal son return to your Heavenly Father, is for you to be awakened to your own Higher Soul or Authentic-Self (see http://SoulSelf.org ) -- which is the purpose of both the allegorical symbols of the scriptures; and the reasos why you have been exposed to what can be portrayed as the Functioning Shadow-Images of this Netherworld  -- a.k.a. the Far Country and Plato's Cave of Illusions that are Allusions. 

In the writings of his disciple Clement, the Apostle Peter is quoted when he attempted to convey to those who portrayed themselves as the followers of Jesus about reading the scriptures as historical accounts instead of symbols that portrayed events of the mind when he stated: "...therefore great care is to be taken, that when the law of God is read, it be not read according to the understanding of our own mind. For there are many sayings in the divine Scriptures which can be drawn to that sense which every one has preconceived for himself; and this ought not to be done. For you ought not to seek a foreign and extraneous sense, which you have brought from without".  If we ask the question: What is being said to the believer who desires to be faithful to the Gospel Teachings?  When the scriptures are read by those whose fail to understand that their consciousness is in a state of death, and they are very much prisoners in the Far Country/Plato's Cave, they will read the scriptures as if they are historical events.  And because they dwell in a condition of death, they will not understand why what they perceive to be God's Word is composed in allegorical symbolism.  And because they don't understand that the whole of their lives is immersed in what can be portrayed as Functioning Shadow-Images of this Netherworld, they will vehemently reject what you say with respect to their true reality that you are attempting to convey to them.  And this rejection of their own true reality, is why Jesus warned: “Then you will be arrested, persecuted, and killed. You will be hated all over the world because you are my followers" (Matt 24:9) -- AND: "If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you" (John 15:19) -- AND "Be on your guard; you will be handed over to the local councils and be flogged in the synagogues" (Matt 10:17).  Why will those who become cognizant of man's true reality as a prisoner of Plato's Cave or the Far Country be deemed heretics as was the original Ebionite followers of Jesus were declared to be heretics by the Church (see Censorship Of The Truth And The Facts http://TheLawOfTheGospels.com#Censorship )?  Because they lack the necessary higher consciousness to understand that they are the epitome of the walking dead -- i.e., "Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead” (Matt 8:21-22).  Thus, when the Apostle Peter warns that: "when the law of God (scriptures) is read, it be not read according to the understanding of our own mind"?  Why?  Because it is composed in a symbolic language that can only be interpreted and understood by those people who are no longer controlled by the images of death in the outer world, and have begun to develop their inward-looking attributes of mind that has begun to be aware that this realm is the Netherworld of the walking dead whose lack of higher consciousness has totally alienated them from their own True-Self that exists at the Core of their Consciousness.  The outward-looking walking dead mind of the people attempts to interpret all things literally and historically -- which is why Peter warns that "...For there are many sayings in the divine Scriptures which can be drawn to that sense which every one has preconceived for himself".   And in not understanding that they are dwelling in a Netherworld of allegorical symbols that are projected into this world as Functioning Shadow-Images of man's higher spiritual reality, they are unable to understand why the scriptures are composed in symbols that when correctly applied within their own consciousness, has the ability to connect with their inner Self and awaken them.  Which is why the Apostle Peter warns that "...For you ought not to seek a foreign and extraneous sense, which you have brought from without".  Which means that if you attempt to interpret the scriptures in accord with your own organic thinking, a Biblical Commentary , or in accord with the teachings of a Church or from a human thought-perspective, that you will not only fail to understand the meaning of the scriptures, but you will alienate and disenfranchise your mind from the true spiritual meaning of both the scriptures and life itself.  Why?  Because the scriptures are composed in the language of the Soul that employs allegorical catalysts that are used to develop the inward-looking attributes of mind.  

To begin to awaken, you must understand what the meaning is when what we see and interact with in the outer world is portrayed as Functioning Shadow-Images. 

In the allegorical account of Genesis, when Eve was drawn from the side of Adam, what is being personified is the fact that the mind of mankind became divided across the polarities of male and female when we entered this world.   What this means is that when man meets woman, it is in reality one half of the mind meeting and interacting with the other half -- both of them divided opposites with greatly differing mental perceptions and abilities -- each with the capacity to fill the mental void of their spouse.  Therefore, when man meets woman, two halves of the Mind are brought together with the capacity to interact, grow and evolve to Wholeness.   From the perspective of Plato's Cave, physical birth is a symbol of the process of mental birth that is possible when Man and Woman come together in a Spiritual Marriage (see The Divine Marriage http://DivineMarriage.org ). What is a Divine Marriage?  It is when Adam/Man and Even are reunited in Wholeness and Evolved to their Absolute Fullness Together as One.  And from the perspective of man and woman, as the man assists in the development of those unique Intuitive abilities possessed by his wife that are suppressed and often absent in him, his own Intuitive spheres of mind begin to develop.  And as the woman channels, transforms, raises up and returns the generative energy of her husband back to her husband, both begin to evolve beyond organic male and female levels of mind and consciousness.

When rightly understood, the analogy of Plato's Cave is in fact an allegorical portrayal of the process of Birth that leads to the development of Mind that enables the person to consciously emerge out of the Womb of Mother-Earth.  Which provokes the question:  In the analogy of Plato's Cave, what causes organic man to be portrayed as a prisoner who can only perceive partial shadow-images that he falsely believes is Real and Whole?  The answer: Because of his own division of consciousness, he lacks the necessary Wholeness in his vision and understanding.  And with respect to the question: How is Plato's Cave escaped?  In explanation of the allegorical account of Genesis in the Gospel of Philip, man became subject to the cycles of birth and death when Eve was separated from Adam -- i.e., (quoting): “When Eve was still with Adam, death did not exist. When she was separated from him, death came into being. If he enters again and attains his former self, death will be no more”.  With the division of Mind through the separation of Adam/Male and Eve/Female, Wholeness of Mind did not exist.  And when it is understood that in the allegorical account, death portrays a level of consciousness -- i.e., "...let the dead bury their own dead” (Matt 8:21-22) -- the objective of this life is to restore Wholeness through the process of our achieving the subsequent stages of Birth. Therefore, when Jesus said to "follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead”, he was making reference to the condition and level of consciousness noted in the Gospel of Philip which portrayed the undeveloped levels of male and female consciousness of organic (carnal) man as a state of death.  Why?  Contrary to the dogma of the modern Church Jesus stated: "They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance" (Mark 2:17).  Which provokes the question: How is Wholeness of Mind achieved?  With the division of Male and Female in conjunction with an undeveloped mind, the consciousness of organic man is unable to perceive and understand with any degree of Wholeness. 

In the Gospel of Thomas we find the Key to escaping Plato's Cave and what can be portrayed as the Womb of Mother-Earth or the Far Country in which we, as the prodigal sons dwell, when the disciples asked Jesus the question: "Shall we then, as children, enter the kingdom?"   The disciples achieved a subsequent level of achieving birth (non-physical virgin) by fulfilling the Law as Jesus taught them.  And having achieved a level of the birth process, Jesus taught them what they had to accomplish in order to bring about the subsequent stages of birth by achieving the necessary Wholeness: "Jesus said to them, When you make the two one, and when you make the inside like the outside and the outside like the inside, and the above like the below, and when you make the male and the female one and the same, so that the male not be male nor the female, female; ...then will you enter the kingdom."  The answer to both the process of achieving the subsequent stages of birth, and escaping Plato's cave, is right there in the allegorical account of Genesis: "And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever" Genesis 3:22).  In order to escape Plato's Cave and achieve the subsequent stages of birth, you must eat the twelve fruits of the Tree of Life.   But to consume the twelve fruits, you must achieve Wholeness of both Mind and Spirit -- i.e., "In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations" (Rev 22:2).  And therein lies the problem as seen in the fact that if half the polarity of mind remained with Adam/Male, and the opposite polarity of mind remained with Eve/woman, then Adam and Eve had to be reunited as One in Wholeness -- i.e., "...If he enters again and attains his former [undivided] self, death will be no more”.  Because of the separation, sexual intercourse became necessary to connect the minds of male and female so they can interact, mentally and spiritually evolve, and achieve the subsequent stages of birth.  Therefore it must be understood that physical childbirth is a functioning symbol of Plato's Cave of what must be accomplished on a mental-level, in order to achieve our own subsequent stages of birth.  When a man is cognizant of the reality that a women sees and understands what he does not -- and is often blind to the perceptive-understanding of the Feminine-Intuitive Inner reality, then the uniting of man and woman in a Divinely Consecrated Marriage, is representative of the developmental learning experience that is necessary to overcome the death of divided perceptive-understanding associated with the lower levels of organic (carnal) human consciousness that is unable to see God and Understand the Wholeness of the Divine Mind.  In the same way that physical birth is dependent upon the joining and interacting of the sperm and ovum within an embryo in order to begin the process of (physical) development, so too is Mental-Birth dependent upon the joining and interacting of a man and woman within the embryonic Divine Marriage Union, to begin the process of forming the etheric mental-bodies in order to begin the process of development that -- in accord with the choices the man and woman make -- has the capacity to bring about the subsequent stages of birth.  Therefore, from the perspective of Plato's Cave, a Consecrated Marriage Union where husband and wife develop the minds of their respective spouse -- woman receiving and transforming the Impressions from her husband -- and returning the Impressions and Thoughts back to him at an elevated level of mind -- is the means of development that enables them to escape the ignorance of the imprisonment of a divided Consciousness. 

 

Modern science has proven that our perceptive-vision and sight is limited to certain frequencies which our mind perceives as solid matter (see The Scientific Revolution http://TheLawOfOctaves.com#ScientificRevolution ).  And this is portrayed in the analogy of Plato's Cave by the prisoners perception of what can be portrayed as "shadow-images".  Unable to see the source that is projecting the image into the physical frequencies, we remain blind to the Source and see only the projected shadow-images.  Quoting from the Wikipedia article on Plato's Cave: "Like the fire that cast light on the walls of the cave, the human condition is forever bound to the impressions that are received through the senses. Even if these interpretations or intuitions are an absurd misrepresentation of reality, we cannot somehow break free from the bonds of our human condition - we cannot free ourselves from phenomenal state just as the prisoners could not free themselves from their chains. If, however, we were to miraculously escape our bondage, we would find a world that we could not understand - the sun is incomprehensible for someone who has never seen it. In other words, we would encounter another 'realm,' a place incomprehensible because, theoretically, it is the source of a higher reality than the one we have always known; it is the realm of pure Form, pure fact." 

 

A world or realm of "Pure Form and Pure Fact" is "incomprehensible" to the mind of organic man or woman,  because it can only be seen and understood by a mind that has evolved into "Pure Wholeness" -- and Wholeness cannot be achieved by a divided male or female mind that Jesus portrays as existing a form of death.   "Socrates suggests that the shadows are reality for the prisoners because they have never seen anything else; they do not realize that what they see are shadows of objects in front of a fire, much less that these objects are inspired by real things outside the cave which they do not see"  Plato continues to explain when he states if a prisoner somehow escaped from the Cave, the freed prisoner would turn away and run back to what he is accustomed to (that is, the shadows of the carried objects). He writes "... it would hurt his eyes, and he would escape by turning away to the things which he was able to look at, and these he would believe to be clearer than what was being shown to him."

 

 

Quoting from the article: The Human Heart: More Intelligent Than Our Brain? (see https://www.lawofheartcoherence.com/the-human-heart-more-intelligent-than-our-brain/  ):  Ancient philosophers already discussed the power and intelligence of the human heart. Aristotle regarded the heart as the center of reason, thought, and emotion. The Arab philosopher Abu Nasr al-Farabi believed that the brain was subordinate to the heart. Also, the French philosopher Auguste Comte stated in the 19th century that the brain should serve the heart. The soul is the seat of wisdom. But what fascinates us so much about the heart? Have we wholly ignored anything with our modern science? No, because for a few decades, we have known that our heart has a network of about 40,000 neurons that are comparable to our brains. In other words, our heart has its intelligence, the heart’s intelligence.

If it is true that our Heart has the same intellect as our Brain, where does our intellectual thinking take place?  Where are our memories stored? From where does our personality manifest?  If the person we are in this world is our ego-self, where is our True-Self -- i.e., our Soul?  These questions can't be answered today, because our Mind is Metaphysical -- i.e., it is etheric and surrounding our physical body in the manner of an atmosphere, and therefore cannot be seen with our physical eyes -- and our science has maintained a non-metaphysical investigative perspective of Life. Therefore, our Self-Understanding has been totally negated. Why?  Because our Mind is metaphysical and surrounds our physical body, and therefore works through our physical body.  And that our personality is not the direct product of the physical body, is how people (1) can recall memories prior to physical birth; (2) can have Near Death Experiences (NDE); and (3) are able to initiate Out Of Body Experiences (OOBE), and (4) how the human personality survives the death of the physical body.

What Is The Twelve Fruits Of The Tree Of Life?  When the scriptures are used as the Key of Knowledge (see http://KeyOfKnowledge.org ), and turned within your own consciousness, they present an allegorical blueprint of your own mind -- the knowledge of which enables you to make the inward journey to your Source of Consciousness.  Therefore, unless you understand the mind as allegorically portrayed as the twelve spheres of the Tree of Life -- with each sphere of mind perceiving life from a different and often opposite perspectives -- you will never achieve the subsequent stages of birth, and you will never escape Plato's Cave.  Man's superior intellect and ability to know and understand that enables each person to evolve to a condition of Enlightenment in the Knowledge of all Truths, is manifest in THE POTENTIAL of their great diversity of Mind that has the unique ability to perceive all sides of any given equation -- diverse, complex and often conflicting perspectives that can in many instances be portrayed as paradoxical opposites.  What is a paradox? A paradox exists when two opposing truths that are equally true, though often conflicting -- and can only be harmonized by an evolved third-force balance (of mind) that functions on a higher plane than the two opposing opposite truths. A paradox is often portrayed in the symbolic image of the Triangle -- where the two opposing paradoxical truths are represented by the opposite points on the horizontal line -- with the (evolved) third-force balance existing on a higher plane -- with the angles which are representative of the Laws being equal but reversed on the horizontal line, and equal again on the third-force balance on the higher plane -- signifying the fulfillment of the Natural Law. An immature (earthly) understanding would be portrayed with the third-force balance existing on the same horizontal line as the two opposing paradoxical truths. Thus, as the mind matures and the Laws (angles) are prevailed over on the elevated higher plane, only then can the paradoxical opposites be resolved. And from a Trinitarian perspective, this is a reality of the Three being One and Equal.

To understand the higher workings of the mind as manifest in the pattern of the Tree of Life, you must understand the relationship of each sphere to its opposite polarity, and the relation of the opposites to the organ that is representative of the Third-Force Balance.  And in understanding this pattern, if the brain and the heart are equal in power, then we must immediately pose the question: Where is the third major center?  When rightly understood, the heart-center is in fact the balance of the opposite centers in the head and the genitals -- which is why our understanding and living of our lives is in most instances totally controlled by that part of the mind that is manifest in our sexual organs.   And from an earthly-physical perspective, both our worldly cultures and our thinking is totally controlled and limited by the lower earthly centers of mind that are manifest and working through our genitals.  That does not mean that our genitals are a sphere of mind -- but rather, our genitals are a functioning-symbol of the sphere of mind that are etherically working through our genitals.  Therefore, many spiritual paths require celibacy, so that the person's thinking is not controlled by the part of the mind that is manifest in the lower sexual centers.  Many monks and yogis have abandoned all sexual discourse, in order to raise their consciousness in their periods of meditation.  Drawing upon the knowledge of his Soul's previous lives, the author and visionary Philip K. Dick stated: "Christ ...taught his followers how to enter the kingdom while still alive, where other mystery religions only bring about anamnesis: knowledge of it at the 'other time' in 'the other realm,' not here. He causes it to come here, and is the living agency to the Sole Good God (i.e. the Logos)."

What Philip Dick portrays is the process that Jesus taught with respect to achieving the subsequent stages of birth that enables the person to enter and manifest the Promised Kingdom while the person is still dwelling in the physical body.  He portrays other paths such as the way of the monk and yogi and mystery religions such as Mithraism as bringing about "...anamnesis: knowledge of it at the 'other time' in 'the other realm,' not here".  Why?  Because Jesus taught the seeker the Natural Laws that when fulfilled, bring about the necessary Wholeness that enabled "...his followers how to enter the kingdom while still alive"  in the physical body-vessel.  But unlike those paths that teach "anamnesis", to achieve the subsequent stages of birth requires Wholeness -- and Wholeness requires the balance of the seven spiritual centers and the twelve spheres of mind.

Modern medical science cannot instruct the person on the Natural Laws that bring about the subsequent stages of birth -- and therefore their comprehension of the mind is limited -- because they lack an understanding of the Triune-Pattern of the the spheres of Consciousness/Mind of the Tree of Life and the Twelve Spheres thereof -- i.e.,  "In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations" (Rev 22:2).  The Division of the Outer Left and Right columns are the Tree of The Duality of Male and Female -- the bottom is the Earthly Polarity that is the opposite polarity from the upper Heavenly Polarity -- see Tree Of Life http://TreeOfLife.Nazirene.org for an in-depth exploration.  And to understand how the four Triune-Patterns or paradoxical opposite polarities are evolved into Wholeness where the twelve spheres of mind functions in balance as ONE, there is an in-depth exploration at The Four Gates Of The Mind at  http://TheLawOfOctaves.com#FourGates . 

How is this Enlightened Wholeness of Mind achieved?  Through the process of understanding the Divine Design of the Natural Laws of Creation -- which is the foundation of the ORIGINAL Gospel teachings of Jesus.  In the allegorical Genesis account when Eve was drawn from, and separated from Adam, this separation enabled the two polarities of mind the ability to interact -- and it is this intimate interaction of Opposites that must be brought about in the process of Mental and Spiritual Evolution.  In this Intimate Interaction of opposites, each half has an important part of the equation that must be balanced and brought into the Center.  Therefore, with the separation, the process is achieved when the two halves of Mind as manifest in Man and Woman working in balanced harmony together, strive to bring their opposite polarity Lower Earthly and Upper Heavenly spheres of mind into the Center through what Jesus portrayed as the "narrow gate" -- which process is explored at the link: Spiritual Osmosis And The Narrow Gate http://TheLawOfOctaves.com#Osmosis .

In this three-dimensional allegorical sub-world that is portrayed in the analogy of Plato's Cave where the prisoners only see shadow-images instead of the Source projecting the image, each sphere of mind is manifest and working through one of the organs of the physical body -- and this is true from the hairs on our head to the the nails on our tippy toes.  What this means is that no part of the body such as the brain IS OUR MIND, because the Mind surrounds the physical, and works through the organs of the body.  That does not mean that each organ IS the sphere of mind.  Only that by understanding the workings of that physical organ, we are able to discern and understand the metaphysical sphere of mind that is working through that bodily-organ.  Which means that the sexual organs are the means that allows the divided halves of mind manifest in man and woman to directly interact -- and pro-creation while real, is also a symbol or shadow-image of our own process of bringing about our own subsequent stages of birth.   How?  As halves of the whole, if the man and woman who have entered into a Consecrated Marriage Union understand that every weakness in the man, is a strength of the woman that must be open-mindedly explored -- and every weakness of the woman, is a strength of the man which the transformative power of the woman has the ability to evolve and raise up to a higher level of consciousness -- and when the husband and wife are intimately joined together in pursuit of exploring and developing the higher attributes of their spouse -- level upon level without either the man or woman dominating their spouse -- they have the potential to arise up the rungs of the proverbial Jacob's Ladder (see The Law Of Jacob's Ladder And Mental Advancement http://TheLawOfTheGospels.com#LawOFJacobsLadder ), to a higher level of mind and consciousness that enables them to bring about the subsequent stages of birth that is the foundation of the Divine Design of the Life we are Living. 

 

As the minds of the husband and wife evolve level upon level, they are then able to advance both mentally and spiritually.   It is important that they keep in mind that growth can only be achieved level upon level -- and advancement cannot be achieved unless they both let go of what was  person means that what each does not understand today, will change tomorrow.  In climbing the proverbial Jacob's Ladder, in order to advance to a higher level, you must let go of the previous run you were

 

connect to their Higher Soul-Self and be taught directly by God (see The One Teacher http://BrotherOfJesus.org#TheOneTeacher ).  And this is why the Sermon on the Mount does not teach beliefs -- but rather, how to treat and interact with other people.   

 

 

 

 

 

There is one version or aspect of the analogy of Plato's Cave where  a group of prisoners succeed in escaping this realm -- i.e., (quoting Wikipedia): "If, however, we were to miraculously escape our bondage, we would find a world that we could not understand—the sun is incomprehensible for someone who has never seen it. In other words, we would encounter another 'realm', a place incomprehensible because, theoretically, it is the source of a higher reality than the one we have always known; it is the realm of pure Form, pure fact".   And unless we are prepared to evolve our mind beyond its present embryonic limitations, we will remain a prisoner in a world of shadow-images and self-ignorance -- unable to deal with "...the realm of pure Form, pure fact".  

In the words of Socrates: “Most people, including ourselves, live in a world of relative ignorance. We are even comfortable with that ignorance, because it is all we know. When we first start facing truth, the process may be frightening, and many people run back to their old lives. But if you continue to seek truth, you will eventually be able to handle it better. In fact, you want more! It's true that many people around you now may think you are weird or even a danger to society, but you don't care. Once you've tasted the truth, you won't ever want to go back to being ignorant.”

 

 

  

When understood in accord with Natural Laws, the Church rejected the Gospel teachings when the Roman Emperor Constantine who was a sun-worshipper who portrayed Jesus as the latest incarnation of Mithra the sun-god, took total control of the Church and imported the doctrine of Original Sin from Mithraism (see The Original Sin Of The Church http://OriginalGospel.Ebionite.com#TheOriginalSinOfTheChurch ).  The doctrine of Original Sin totally rejects the teachings of Jesus.  To the degree that modern Christian Dogma which is based upon the Mithraic doctrine of Original Sin, is a totally different religious path than the Original Gospel Teachings which are based upon the evolution of the Soul over the course of many lives (see Pre-Nicene Church Taught Reincarnation http://ChristianReincarnation.org#PreNiceneChurch  ).  Why was the teaching of the pre-existent soul outlawed by the Church of Roman Emperors (see The Religion Of Roman Emperors http://ChristianReincarnation.org#emperors ). 

Where the modern Christian sees Jesus as God incarnate, the Gospel teachings portray Jesus as our brother who fulfilled the Law within himself -- became of an Anointed Mind/Consciousness -- and entered into a Marriage/Union with the Divine Mind of God (a.k.a. Word, Logos, Son of God).  And this is why Jesus said: "Go instead to my brothers and tell them, 'I am returning to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God'" (John 20:17).  The apostate Church of fourth century pagan Rome even changed and corrupted the very words that God spoke to mankind, in order to recreate Jesus as the latest incarnation of Mithra the sun-god.  In many instances this change required the suppression of certain teachings, and even the corruption of the words that God spoke to mankind when the man Jesus achieved his initial Anointing when the Father said at the baptism of Jesus:   "Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee"  (see The Corruption Of The Words Of God http://BrotherOfJesus.org#CorruptionOfGodsWords ).  What this confirms is the position of those who walked and talked daily with Jesus when they witnessed that on the day that Jesus was baptized in the Jordan, he became the Anointed (Messiah/Christ) for the first time.  

Jesus taught the Natural Path to bring about the subsequent stages of birth that provides entrance into the Kingdom through the process of mental-expansion and spiritual-deepening.  With respect to the concept of Wholeness, Jesus portrayed himself as a physician: "They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance" (Mark 2:17).   Before this verse can be understood we must first understand what it means to be Whole.   Which provokes the question: How is Wholeness achieved?   Contrary to the dogma of the modern Church, if Jesus is the savior who every person needs for salvation, then Jesus himself said the Church was wrong, and those who embraced the Natural Path of Wholeness, do not need him.  And as a physician, Jesus did not come for the salvation of those who are Whole, but only for those who are sick and in need of a physician.   And in total opposition to Church dogma, what this also means is that at the time the historical man Jesus walked the face of the earth, there existed people who he portrayed as "whole [and] righteous" who did not need Jesus the physician.  Jesus openly states that his mission as a spiritual physician is not for them, because they achieved the necessary Wholeness without him.  Further, with the adoption of the Mithraic doctrine of Original Sin, and the corruption of the Gospel teachings, it is the modern Church that is in dire need of the teachings of the physician Jesus and the restoration of the Natural Path of fulfilling the Law. 

How does a person gain entrance into the Kingdom?  There is the Natural Process that brings about Wholeness and Completion, and there are the artificial religions of mankind.   Jesus taught his followers and disciples how to fulfill the Natural Laws that opens the mind, and connects us to our Godly Source of Consciousness.   And the reality that Jesus, the holy man who fulfilled the Law, became the Anointed or Christed by the Power of God, and having achieved the subsequent stages of (virgin) birth became At-One with the Indwelling Logos/Son of God, is especially demonstrated in the words of Edward Gibbon with respect to the original position of the Ebionite Nazirene disciples of Jesus that he was in “...supernatural union of a man and God... In their eyes, Jesus of Nazareth was a mere mortal, the legitimate son of Joseph and Mary: but he was the best and wisest of the human race, selected as the worthy instrument to restore upon earth the worship of the true and supreme Deity. When he was baptized in the Jordan, the Christ, the first of the aeons, the Son of God himself, descended on Jesus in the form of a dove, to inhabit his mind, and direct his actions during the allotted period of his ministry” (Gibbon; The Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire, V.4, P.366).  

What did Jesus teach his original followers?  That he (Jesus) "...was justified by fulfilling the Law. He was the Christ (Anointed) 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).   That the historical man Jesus was a pattern for all of mankind because of his success in overcoming and fulfilling the Laws within himself, is demonstrated in the words: "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..." (see Hippolytus, Refut. Omn. Haer. vii. 34).  And this confirms this statement with respect to the true potential of all of mankind that Jesus taught, as demonstrated in the words of Hippolytus when he wrote that this body of original core followers and disciple believed that when anyone "...thus fulfill the law, they are able to become Christs" (Hippolytus, Refut. Omn. Haer. vii. 34 - see http://Ebionite.com ).   Which means that what Jesus accomplished, is in fact the eventual destiny of all of mankind who are portrayed as the lost prodigal sons and daughters of their Heavenly Father.   And this is why Jesus taught that he was our brother -- i.e., "Go instead to my brothers and tell them, 'I am returning to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God'" (John 20:17).     That the historical Jesus was a true holy man who became the Anointed (Messiah/Christ) by fulfilling the Royal Law within himself, is attested to at Acts 2:22 where Jesus is portrayed as "a man, attested to you by God" -- and this was demonstrated by God performing "mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through him in your midst".   If Jesus was himself God incarnate as believed by the later Romans, then these words portraying Jesus as a man approved by God through the works and wonders that God did through him, never would have been presented in this manner.  

 

Ignorance Of The Birth Process: As a teacher, why didn't Nicodemus understand the subsequent stages of birth?  For much the same reason why modern academia and their great multitude of teachers fail understand the subsequent stages of birth?   Lastly, why doesn't modern Christians who claim to be the followers of Jesus understand the process of birth?  The Answer: Because the subsequent stages of birth is that of Mind and Spirit -- and in the same way that the physical body must mature to support the development of the fetus and birth, so too must the Mind and Spirit develop by evolving to Wholeness, in order to support the subsequent stages of  birth.  Which means that what we can portray as our mental-bodies which surround our physical body, must develop in accord with the exercise of each person's  freewill and the choices they make.  What this means is that Life offers to each person a great number of paths -- and our mental and spiritual advancement is brought about by the choices that we make over the course of many unique Soul Incarnations (see   ).  In the same way that our physical birth is brought about through the fulfillment of certain Natural Laws, so too is the subsequent stages of birth.  Therefore, Nicodemus did not understand the process of initiating the subsequent stages of birth.     

Jesus Rejected Religion: Jesus taught his original followers that they must each become "poor" to the ways and thinking of this world by living the necessary transformational lifestyle that enables them to  fulfill the Natural Laws to achieve the subsequent stages of birth, become Anointed/Christed by the Power of God, and achieve At-Oneness with the Divine Mind as he himself did (see Jesus Fulfilled And Taught The Natural Fulfillment Of The Laws Of God:  http://TheLawOfTheGospels.com#JesusFulfilledTheLaw ).  The original Essene and Jewish followers and disciples of Jesus were called Ebionites -- meaning, the "poor ones".  The Ebionites Were Not A Sect Or Religion. When Jesus said to his followers: Looking at his disciples, he said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God" (Luke 6:20), he was making reference to those who rejected the thinking and philosophies of this world, and began living a mindset and lifestyle that initiated the process of mental-expansion and spiritual-deepening that enabled them to begin to fulfill the Natural Laws of Creation.  The term Ebionite portrays a condition of mind and the spiritually holistic lifestyle that must be lived to achieve the subsequent stage of birth.  Those who believed Jesus and were his followers, themselves sought to fulfill the Law as Jesus taught.   Those who walked and talked with Jesus daily, were portrayed as Ebionites ("poor ones") who were "poor" to the ways and thinking of this world. 

Jesus The Lawyer: Jesus did not teach and begin a religion.  And when rightly understood, Jesus can correctly be portrayed as the Ultimate Deist who taught the workings of the Natural Laws of Creation that must be fulfilled (see The Deism Of Jesus http://Deism.DivineStrategery.com#DeismOfJesus ).  Jesus taught the necessary mindset and lifestyle that enabled mankind to evolve their comprehension beyond the consciousness of organic (carnal) mankind.  With respect to the original Gospel teachings in relation to modern Church doctrines of belief, Prof. John Allegro was quoted as saying that what has been revealed in the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls is a great amount of overwhelming evidence that “...may upset a great many basic teachings of the Christian Church.   This in turn would greatly upset many Christian Theologians and believers.   The heart of the matter is, in fact, the source and originality of Christian doctrine.”  Yet, today, these same original followers and disciples of Jesus who authored the original scriptures, are portrayed by the modern Church as heretics.  Why?  Because both the Original Gospel teachings and their witness has virtually nothing in common with doctrines that modern Christians believe and promote.  Why are the Ebionites portrayed as heretics?  Because they maintained the need to observe and fulfill the Law of God -- exactly as Jesus taught them.  If we pose the question: Were the Ebionites truly heretics as the Church promotes?  A footnote in the Biblehub article (see https://biblehub.com/library/pamphilius/church_history/chapter_xxvii_the_heresy_of_the.htm ) entitled The Heresy of the Ebionites states: "The Ebionites were not originally heretics. Their characteristic was the more or less strict insistence upon the observance of the Jewish law...".   If the Ebionites were not originally considered heretics in their insistence on the need to observe and fulfill the Law as Jesus taught, then what happed?   This is the most crucial question for the modern believer to ask as to why:  If the Ebionites were not heretics in the first century, they were condemned as heretics as more Gentiles embraced a Romanized form of the Gospel teachings?  Why?  Because like the Jews, the gentiles were too carnal in their thinking, and therefore did not understand the spiritual meaning of the Law -- confusing it with the allegorical tenets of the Law of Moses.  It is noted that the Ebionites did not observe the Law in the manner of the Jews.  The early Church writer Epiphanius wrote that the Ebionites "do not accept Moses' Pentateuch in its entirety; certain sayings they reject... stating Christ has revealed this to me, and will blaspheme most of the legislation" (Panarion 30.18.7-9).   For them to be accused of "blaspheming most of the legislation",  means that they did not at all observe the Torah outwardly in accordance with the letter of the written word in the manner of the Jews.  For the Ebionites to reject the allegorical symbolism of the Law of Moses -- stating that "...Christ has revealed ...to me"   the spiritual meaning of the Law, is the same as stating that because they had begun to fulfill the Law within their own mind and being, that "Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures" (Luke 24:45).  The Jews could not understand the spiritual meaning of the allegorical scriptures, because they threw away the Key of Knowledge (see http://KeyOfKnowledge.org .

In the same way that Nicodemus, who was a leader of the Jews, failed to understand the spiritual meaning of the Law of God with respect the process of birth and fulfilling Law, so too did the Romanized Gentiles, as well as the modern Christians who believe the Law (of Birth) was somehow canceled out by the fact that the man Jesus achieved what every other person must also achieve.  Even when Jesus taught that you must turn from the ways of this world, fulfill the Law and become a child by achieving the next stage of birth.  Did Jesus cancel the Laws of God as Christians proclaim? “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one letter, not one stroke of a letter, will pass from the law until all is accomplished. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I say unto you, that except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven"  (Matt 5:17-20).   What neither the carnal Jews or the Romanized Christians could understand, is that the Law must be fulfilled, in order to bring about and initiate the subsequent stages of birth.  And in making reference to fulfilling the Law and entering the Kingdom (within), Jesus stated with respect to throwing away the Key of Knowledge: "How terrible it will be for you experts in religious law! For you hide the key to knowledge from the people. You don't enter the Kingdom yourselves, and you prevent others from entering" (Luke 11:52).  The Jews did not understand the words of Jesus, because they observed the Law outwardly in ritual and tradition, instead of turning the scriptures within their own mind -- thereby throwing away the Key of Knowledge -- i.e., "Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word."  As to why the Jews could not understand the spiritual teachings and concepts, Jesus explained: "You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies" (John 8:43-44).   That the Romanized Christians not only threw away the proper use of the scriptures and use them as the Key of Knowledge when turned within your own mind, is eclipsed when they threw away the Law of God because Jesus was the first to fulfill it.