Within the Divine Pattern of Marriage lies the secrets
to overcoming man's own divided nature -- i.e., both the
division within himself with respect to his soul and
spiritual natures, and ultimately man's division with
God. Jesus taught that the Kingdom will never come upon
the earth so as to be seen, because it is within you
(Luke 17:20-21). Thus, the problem and great dilemma!
In order to enter this inner Kingdom, man must re-merge
his own divided masculine and feminine natures as
portrayed in the biblical account of Adam and Eve --
re-enter Eden through the purification of the body/mind
and eat the fruit of the Tree of Life -- and then use
this Sacred Knowledge to open the inner door to the
Kingdom as depicted in the words of Jesus when he said:
"Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and
broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there
are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate
and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there
are few who find it" (Matt 7:13-14 NKJ). This inner
gate to the Kingdom can only be entered by the most
faithful disciples of the Light -- i.e., those who
desire Truth over manmade doctrines and traditions --
and the secrets to overcoming our divided nature is
learned when husband and wife immerses themselves in the
Pattern of Divine Marriage where the two become "One
Flesh". In a world where men rarely listen to women
except when they desire sex -- or perceive the innate
wisdom of the feminine mind -- and women seek
independence, this commandment to enter the "narrow
gate" has become impossible -- to the detriment of all
mankind.

This
question was posed to me with respect to the teachings
of The Way as outlined throughout this website where a
woman wrote: I have a problem with this whole
"traditional marriage" idea. Sounds like the old setup
where the woman is treated as a second-class citizen, a
slave. The wife becomes a mere piece of property owned
by the husband. "Man is head of the household".
Translation: The woman is not supposed to think for
herself. Why must a wife take only what her husband
provides. What is wrong with her having her own
independence??
The
question being asked is not easily answered. Why?
Because the relationship of male, female, marriage and
sex possesses a depth that few men and women are able to
even contemplate in their natural (physical) state of
mind. The problem is that in the paradox of Creation
there exists multiple realities that are equally true,
even though they oppose and conflict with what seems to
be other truths. What this means is that men and women
are a paradox unto themselves -- i.e., they live in two
different world -- they perceive life from a totally
different perspective -- each can dominate in their own
way, because their strengths are in the area of the
others weaknesses -- they think from opposite spheres of
the mind -- though they use a common language, they
often derive opposite meaning -- and though they are
often irresistibility drawn to each other, so long as
they continue to dwell in different worlds, they can
never know themselves or the secrets to life that they
possess within them.
Subjection is both necessary and relative -- i.e., men
must also be in subjection to a woman in those areas
where she is polarized positive and the dominant moving
force! Once properly understood, male and female
(positive and negatively charged) is dependent upon
which area of the body/mind we are speaking of. In a
very important area the male is actually female in
relation to his wife who is dominant, and if he is not
in subjection to her in this very crucial region of
mind/body, then there cannot be anything which would
even resemble a genuine Marriage in the Spiritual
meaning of the word.
In
her younger days the radical feminist icon Gloria
Steinem led the women’s liberation with the phrase: "A
woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle". The
image on the right of a fish riding a bicycle became a
popular symbol that women put on their T-shirts, flags
and other clothing. While Gloria herself has recently
married, what few feminists today will admit is the fact
that the true role of women is even more of an enigma
today, than it was prior to the burn your bra days when
feminists everywhere demanded liberation and equality.
One
of the greatest lessons the people of our modern culture
must learn is that equal does not mean the same. Perhaps
this is best expressed in the introduction of the long
ignored book Brain Sex, by Anne Moir and David Jessel,
where they wrote: "Men are different from women. They
are equal only in their common membership of the same
species, humankind. To maintain that they are the same
in aptitude, skill or behaviour is to build a society
based on a biological and scientific lie".
The
key to the dilemma that confronts us today is further
seen in the words of the authors with respect to their
opposition to the ideas we teach our children in our
modern-day politically correct culture: "What you will
read in this book about the differences between men and
women may make both sexes angry or smug. Both reactions
are wrong. If women have reason to rage, it is not
because science has set at naught their hard-won
struggle towards equality; their wrath should rather be
directed at those who have sought to misdirect and deny
them their very essence". The book then goes on to
embrace the very real statement that "Women should
contribute their specific female gifts rather than waste
their energies in the pursuit of a sort of surrogate
masculinity. A woman’s greater imagination can solve
intractable problems - be they professional or domestic
- at one apparently intuitive stroke."
More
recently another (female) researcher named Dr Luan
Brizendine has authored a book named The Female Mind.
Dr. Brizendine, whose book is based on her own clinical
work and analyses of more than 1,000 scientific studies,
added: "There is no unisex brain. Girls arrive already
wired as girls, and boys arrive already wired as boys.
Their brains are different by the time they're born, and
their brains are what drive their impulses, values and
their very reality. I know it is not politically
correct to say this but I've been torn for years between
my politics and what science is telling us. I believe
women actually perceive the world differently from men.
If women attend to those differences they can make
better decisions about how to manage their lives."
These more informed decisions are basically impossible
for most women in today's culture because of the
biological lie that is being promoted due to political
correctness.
The
problem is that because we dwell in a world that is
generally defined by a male linear perspective, the true
nature and depth of the feminine mind is largely an
unexplored realm of vast substance and opportunity. In
fact, once this far reaching reality is truly realized,
one must begin to acknowledge that even men are severely
anchored and inhibited by their own and societies
ignorance with respect to the higher purpose and
untapped potential of the female mind. In this respect,
woman is the missing element in (male) man's search for
God and the meaning of life -- and vise versa.
One
of the paramount problems is that men do not comprehend
the potential of the feminine psyche. In a recent
reply from one of the leading misogynist web sites on
the web as to the potential of women, I was told that:
"As to whether women have any potential for a higher
mental life . . . that's something that is impossible to
conclude". On his website he quotes Otto Weininger,
who writes that: "Women have no existence and no
essence; they are not, they are nothing. Mankind occurs
as male or female, as something or nothing. Woman has no
share in ontological reality, no relation to the
thing-in-itself, which, in the deepest interpretation,
is the absolute, is God." While it is true that
radical feminism and misogynistic thought is not the
prevailing view among the greater majority of men and
women in our society today, it is also truth that these
very biased and ill informed positions have strongly
influenced our cultures throughout the history of man.
The
problem is that both the feminists, as well as the
misogynic and patriarchal elements they oppose, have
each succeeded in chaining and limiting both men and
women by the philosophies they espouse. Thus, by virtue
of the prevailing religious, social, and politically
correct ignorance that consumes our present-day culture
and society, very few women even understand their unique
gifts which our Creator has endowed upon the feminine
gender. Moreover, because women perceive, think and
speak from a diametrically opposite spectrum of mind,
few men can either make sense of the native female
reality, and even fewer are able to perceive the
importance of the feminine reality in the greater vision
of Life. They therefore to their own demise simply
dismiss what they do now possess the wherewithal to
comprehend.
Equal does not mean the same: No matter what they do,
women will never possess the physical strength -- the
linear thought pattern -- the sense of direction -- the
dynamic focus and perception -- and many of the other
powers of mind that is natural to the male sex -- but
neither are then meant to -- and if women desire to live
and think in the manner of men, then they will have
squandered away their greatest strengths and abilities
in what the authors of Brain Sex called "…a sort of
surrogate masculinity"! In recognition of the
foolishness of the equal means the same politically
correct flawed philosophy of many in the feminist
movement, such feminists as Camille Paglia has herself
in opposition stated: "Kill the imagination, lobotomize
the brain, castrate and operate: then the sexes will be
the same" (Sexual Personae, p23).
If
this were not enough, what few women today are even
aware of is the fact that the feminist struggle has
produced still another conflict which pits equity
feminist against the emerging group of what is commonly
referred to as gender feminists. Going still further,
we have what is now being referred to as second wave and
third wave feminists. Of these last two groups one
activist on the internet states: "We find ourselves
frustrated with the Women's Centers on University
campuses for not addressing the real issues we face
every day. We find ourselves nonplussed after 'women's
group' meetings, wondering why they feel vaguely like a
waste of time."
One
of the proponents of this third wave movement perhaps
hit the nail directly on the head when she made the
statement on her web site: "Ignorance is the
woman-killer. Ignorance is the little-death that brings
total obliteration." While many well meaning men and
women have continually contributed their ideas on how to
overcome the obstacles that women face, the above words
are the most profoundly true with respect to ignorance
-- i.e., ignorance about our true nature -- ignorance
about sex, marriage and the meaning of life -- ignorance
about even the very purpose of life itself.
Thus, we have traditional women; traditional equality
feminists; gender feminists; second and third wave
feminists; and every other sort of variation imaginable
among the masses of women today -- and in many
instances, each group touts a different political agenda
and position regarding the place of women in society.
If, therefore, the complaint of many men is true with
respect to their inability to understand what women
want, or what women expect of them (men ) -- finding it
difficult to approach women because of their confusing
equality politics in the past -- the idea of whole new
strains of feminism with totally different sets of rules
and foundational concepts, will possibly drive them to
abandon all accepted ideas of male/female social
protocol.
The
problem is that while this may seem acceptable to some
women, this state of confusion gives credence to still
another element to the equation that few feminists want
to admit -- i.e., the age old notion that women like to
hear themselves talk and complain, and don't really know
what they want! Isn't one of the foundational
principles of the popular book Men are from Mars and
Women are from Venus, that women don't really want to
hear men's solutions -- but rather, for men to just
listen to them? Which, from a male perspective is
interpreted that women just want to talk and complain,
and they have no real objective or goal as a man would
interpret a problem from his linear perspective.
Rightfully,
many modern-day feminists even view religion and God as
the nemesis that seeks to define women in a what they
consider a subservient role. They point to the religion
of Islam where women are often required to wear a burka
-- they cannot be employed -- and cannot even leave
their home without being escorted by a male family
member. In Hindu cultures women must often walk behind
men because they are viewed as being inferior. While it
is true that Judaism, and especially Hebrew Mysticism,
promoted equality among the sexes (though males and
females were cast into differing roles), much of the
history of the Christian Church could easily be
considered anti-woman. In this respect, one of the most
ignorant and profoundly anti-female statements ever
published was that made by Martin Luther, the Father of
the Protestant Reformation, who made the statement: “God
created Adam master and lord of living creatures”,
Luther writes, “but Eve spoilt all, when she persuaded
him to set himself above God's will. Tis you women, with
your tricks and artifices, that lead men into error”
(Quoted in: The Great Thoughts; compiled by George
Seldes). Thus, by relegating women to a lesser level of
importance, what Martin Luther unknowingly did was lay
the foundation for the spiritual darkness that would
consume the Christian Church -- a spiritual darkness and
alienation from the essence of Gospel thought that
continues for the most part even in our present day.
The problem is that without a more enlightened spiritual
understanding of the symbolism of Adam and Eve and the
fall of man, there can be no hope of eating the fruit of
the Tree of Life and entering into the Heavenly Kingdom
that Jesus proclaimed. Because of the limited
understanding of men such as Luther who rightfully
opposed the corruption in the Roman Church, but had
little understanding of the Divine Pattern of Creation,
the breakaway Churches that enlisted under the banner of
Protestant have for the most part failed in their higher
purpose to reveal God to mankind.
Why?
If it is true that man was created male and female by
virtue of being made in the image and likeness of God,
then it is reasonable to at least be open to the
possibility that God possesses these same gender
elements within Himself. In view of the fact that the
original language root of the Holy Spirit, which is the
third triad of the Trinity, is feminine, it would also
be reasonable to at least consider the possibility that
an anti-female bias might possibly erect a mental and
spiritual wall between the Christian believer and the
Comforter (Holy Spirit), which the New Testament
Scriptures states is the Divine Revealer which will
teach the believer the Revelation of the Mysteries and
True Word of God! Further, this possibility becomes a
viable reality when it is realized that many of the core
documents derived from the now accepted Essene
foundation of New Covenant thought, speak openly about
Mother/Father God.
What
is the solution? We must begin to recognize that men
and women not only are physically opposite, they also
perceive and comprehend the world from opposite
polarities of the spectrum. Therefore, the solution to
the problem is not only complex, but is further
complicated by a twofold enigma that few of us are able
to overcome. The male vision of life which tends to be
expressed in a linear-mathematical perception, is
complimented by the cyclic, magnetic and intuitive
perception of the female. What this means is the
foundation of both our scholarly and scientific pursuits
-- which are predominately from a male perception -- are
all in error.
Perhaps a practical example of the interaction of the
two modes of thought can be observed in the workings of
an electrical generator. The magnetic force field which
is fixed, can be compared to the male manner of thinking
-- i.e., linear, orderly, and predictable. The female
would be represented in the cyclic interruption of the
spinning armature that breaks the force field in
rhythmic sequences, which movement within the field in
turn causes a flow of current to move through the wires
where it can be utilized to power our electrical
appliances. Thus, neither the magnetic force field or
the cyclic spinning armature alone can create out of the
elemental nature of either of the two, what can only be
accomplished together.
The
problem is that the traditional male dominant view and
perception of the world is severely limited in its scope
and clarity of vision, because it lacks the dimension
that is more easily perceived and detected by the female
mind. When scientist David Foster described "an
intelligent universe" whose apparent concreteness is
generated by cosmic data from an unknowable, organized
source (see
science ), he was making reference to the
holographic theory which concludes that "our brains
mathematically construct hard reality by interpreting
frequencies from a dimension transcending time and
space. The brain is a hologram, interpreting a
holographic universe." When we add to this the statement
by brain scientist Karl Pribram when he said: "It isn’t
that the world of appearances is wrong; it isn’t that
there aren’t objects out there, at one level of reality.
It’s that if you penetrate through and look at the
universe with a holographic system, you arrive at a
different reality, one that can explain things that have
hitherto remained scientifically inexplicable:
paranormal phenomena… synchronicities, the apparently
meaningful coincidence of events" (quoted in the
February 1979 issue of Psychology Today).
What
this means is that the predominate male perception of
the world which we are customarily taught in our
schools, is at best only a very partial vision of life
-- a vision that interprets a multidimensional
holographic universe in a linear, mathematical
perception. Why is it partial? One of the essential
elements that it is missing is the female cyclic
perception that is non-linear and intuitive, rather than
mathematical -- and like our above example of the
electrical generator, when the two are brought together
in harmonious accord, suddenly an invisible force enters
the picture -- and in the manner of the flow of
electrical power, the vision and perception that is born
within the two can be the means of great mental and
spiritual enlightenment. Thus, the problem: Because this
female perception does little to connect the dots
together in a linear fashion that men can easily
comprehend, the male mind cannot make sense of what his
female counterpart attempts to convey to him, so he
tends to ignore and disregard it.
What
it boils down to is that because men cannot make sense
of the female intuitive perception -- i.e., her ability
to know certain things without the use of books or
traditional resources -- her ability to sense other
realities that are parallel to this realm -- realms that
make little sense to the average male perception of the
world -- her dependency upon a reasoning state of mind
that often defies male logic -- her ability to sense the
cause of certain events that is not apparent to her male
counterpart. The result is that men define what is
important from a linear perspective, and the male
dominated society then takes young girls and teaches
them to see things from a male linear perspective.
While this permits her to seemingly function in a male
dominated world, anything to do with the young girls
natural intuitive abilities is quickly suppressed.
Thus, while women are not as fish riding a bicycle, they
are very much as fish who have been forced into a role
out of their natural environment.
It
isn't that the female perception of reality is more
genuine than that of the male -- women do not see a
greater or higher truth than her male counterpart. But
she does have the ability to see and perceive what men
generally do not -- and each sex is equally parochial
and partial in what it sees and understands.
The
ancient Hebrew holy men of spiritual vision speak of the
need to perceive reality through the mind’s eye -- and
like a child, this higher vision must be conceived
through a harmonization of the two, consciously
nurtured, and then developed and matured in order to
perceive a deeper level of reality. Admittedly, this is
extremely difficult, because very little in our modern
society provides the necessary environment and support
for this necessary soul and spiritual level of union and
marriage to even exist.
The
result is that many women are unable to even express
what they intuitively sense to be a higher reality and
truth. They rightly feel they are restrained and even
chained to a male dominated world -- and in many
respects, their feelings are valid. Women of the past
often complained that men viewed them as little more
that sex objects! While is is true that men tolerate
women, and view them as sexual partners -- i.e., "Women
are nothing but machines for producing children"
Napoleon Bonaparte -- the traditional male/female
marriage relationships often possess a great void that
many women sense as a lack a true depth that they cannot
even put into words and describe to their male
counterparts.
They
are unhappy -- and yet, they don't know why! Many
women feel that they are not living up to their
potential -- and yet, they haven't the slightest idea
just what that potential is. All the solutions that
men -- and even feminists -- conjure, just leave them
with a great void somewhere deep within the essence of
their being. When they are stay at home moms, many of
then long for a career. When they have a career, they
feel an even greater emptiness within them. When they
are working moms -- and even super-moms who attempt to
have it all -- they eventually feel like slaves. And
while the feminist liberation movement has brought them
a feeling of independence from what they perceive to be
traditionally defined female roles, it has done little
to fulfill their innate desire for depth and greater
substance -- a fact that is attested to by many of the
anti-feminist female voices that are being raised today.
This
male dominated linear reality brings to light one of our
most paramount problems. In ancient societies -- and
especially that of the Hebrews -- young girls were never
taught with males, and neither were they taught in the
same manner as boys. When the authors of Brain Sex
wrote that "Women should contribute their specific
female gifts rather than waste their energies in the
pursuit of a sort of surrogate masculinity. A woman’s
greater imagination can solve intractable problems - be
they professional or domestic - at one apparently
intuitive stroke", paramount to this becoming a reality
we must stop treating young women as surrogate men, and
instead develop their potential as women.
One
of the more serious problems in our society today is
seen in the fact that many of the leaders among men's
and women's groups do not want either change, truth, or
a solution to the problem, because that would undermine
their political position -- resulting in a loss of
political power. As an example: When I applied to be a
member of the Feminist Web Ring (see web rings below), I
was turned down because what I am writing is perceived
as being contrary to the politics of Feminist leaders --
thus, I was told: "The website you submitted contradicts
feminist theory. This webring is for FEMINIST sites, and
is not a place to debate the merits of feminism or the
need for it's existence." Yet, this is a contradiction
that is everyday depriving the greater majority of both
men and women of the knowledge of both themselves and
the meaning of life itself. If what I am saying is
true, then this knowledge is the very birth right of not
only every woman, but should be the very cornerstone of
genuine Feminist philosophy.
In
like manner, this site was not accepted into The
Christian Web Ring because, according to the Pastor who
operates the ring, it was rejected because of a "Lack of
Biblical base for sites teachings." Yet, if what I am
stating is true, then what is being presented is perhaps
the most important element in biblical thought, because
it defines the Key of Knowledge that Jesus accused the
counterfeit religious leaders of throwing away, and
enables the believer to open the inner door to the
Kingdom that Jesus declared (Luke 17:20-21). Yet,
modern religious authority will reject what is presented
here for much the same reason as both the Feminist and
other such groups -- i.e., the Truth undermines both
their monetary and political power base and structure.
Woman is more than she physically appears: The wise
among the ancients knew that the developed female mind
could easily access realms that were all but forbidden
to most men. These feminine adepts were known as
prophetesses -- with perhaps the most famous being that
of the Sibyl -- which role as prophetess could only be
fulfilled by a female. Accordingly, the second century
Church Father Clement of Alexandria writes that in the
Epistles of the Apostle Paul there at one time existed a
statement which was evidently removed at a later time
which affirmed that the coming of Christ was predicted
by the Sibyl. Quoting Clement who himself quotes Paul:
"Take also the Hellenic books, read the Sibyl, how it is
shown that God is one, and how the future is indicated.
And taking Hystaspes, read, and you will find much more
luminously and distinctly the Son of God described, and
how many kings shall draw up their forces against
Christ, hating Him and those that bear His name, and His
faithful ones, and His patience, and His coming."
What, then, is the solution to this rather bazaar
dilemma that plagues us today? In order embrace the
fullness of her femininity, and take her place as a
viable marriage partner and a source of intuitive
perception, wisdom and understanding, it is necessary
for a young girl's mind to be developed along feminine
lines of thought and mental ability. She is a woman --
she is very different than her male counterparts -- and
she must first be permitted to grow and discover what it
is to be feminine. She must understand the power and
uniqueness of her mind with respect to its opposite
reality to that of her male counterparts, and especially
her future husband. The problem is that she cannot do
this when her mind has been programmed to think and
respond in the manner of a male -- imitate a male --
aspire to male oriented goals -- and live in a unisex
environment. Ultimately, the more young girls adopt
the traditional male linear perspective and manner of
thinking that they are being taught today, the more they
become alienated from their own feminine perception and
gifts of mind.
For
the most part, men have no concept of the fact that they
only perceive and function within a narrow spectrum of
mind and reality. What they see and think appears very
clear to them, and they have no idea that parallel
realms exist that women are able to easily perceive and
access. These parallel realms are of the utmost
importance, because without the intermingling of both
male and female perceptions and thought, the two will
remain hopelessly lost in their quest to understand
themselves and the life they are presently living.
The
great truth that the majority of men and women are
unable to realize and come to terms with, is the reality
that both male and females -- and their sexual
relationship -- is in and of itself multidimensional.
What this means is that the propagation of the species
is not the only aspect of the reality of sex between men
and women -- and is in fact a symbol of a higher
dimension of being that few people today are able to
perceive and comprehend. In fact, while those who are
able to harness the power of the mind in the control of
the body can inhibit procreation on a physical level,
the other eleven functions of the sex center continue to
function. More than propagation, sex is an integral
element in the Divine Pattern of Creation, and it has
far reaching ramifications that the majority of people
are simply not prepared to comprehend.
All
of life, as well as all genuine religions, have a common
goal -- i.e., to overcome man’s divided state and be
At-One with our Source of Being which is God. The
problem is that there are many levels of Creation that
separate our world from that where it could be said that
God dwells! To this end, in addition to overcoming our
own division of personalities in our physical self, we
must also overcome the division between our pre-existent
soul -- the division between our soul-self and our
spiritual nature -- and the division between our
physical-soul-spiritual self, and ultimately God. How
this is accomplished is the source of much confusion and
contention between the various religions, theological
opinions, and philosophies the world over.
The
main focus of most Eastern religions, as well as
traditional Christian Gnosticism, was to retract from
the world -- embrace meditation, chanting, and other
disciplines intended to bring about a state of
enlightenment and euphoria. In focusing on the glandular
system of the physical body -- which glands are the
points where man's spiritual nature touches the physical
-- they are able to achieve ecstatic visions and
perceptions of parallel spiritual realms -- a condition
which they call enlightenment. They do this by
attempting to negate both the physical and mental/soul
natures, and only focusing on man's spiritual self to
the exclusion of all other human expression. The
practitioners of these religions live on a simple diet
-- they normally abstain from sex -- and do not engage
in the normal aspects of life
Perhaps the exception to these traditional Eastern
religions that embrace denial as a means of
enlightenment, would be the practice of Tantra (the
practice of Eastern sacred sex). This would also be
true of many of the indigenous religions as seen in the
original understanding of the Easter (goddess of spring)
celebration -- and the way of the ancient Egyptians
where they utilized the services of Temple Prostitutes
in their form of worship and enlightenment. The
adherents of these sexual religious participants,
though, possessed a knowledge and control of the body
and its vital energies that placed them in a totally
different category that is simply beyond the reach of
the majority of people.
You
have heard the saying: What you don’t use, you loose --
and while the Eastern focus on meditation and sensual
denial brings about results over the course of time, it
is a very slow and gradual path to the enlightenment
they pursue. While many of the Easterners do succeed in
overcoming the lower nature and opening their upper
spiritual centers to ecstatic visions of man's innate
higher reality, by not using the lower centers, the
vital life-force becomes a trickle of energy in
comparison to someone who leads an active sex life. With
respect to Tantra and the way of the Egyptians, most
people neither possess the knowledge necessary, and
neither do they dwell within the necessary religious
environment for this type of life to even begin to
work. Thus, those people in our modern world who claim
to champion the path of sacred sex are often not
motivated by a desire to embrace true spiritual
enlightenment, but to indulge and explore the depths of
extreme physical sensuality.
The
Hebrews, on the other hand, understood the Divine
Pattern of Creation and Life, and were able to embrace
this as a foundational element in their religious system
(see
http://www.nazirene.org/unfaithful6.htm#feminine-trinity
). One of the essential concepts of the religion of the
Hebrews -- which
evolved into the teachings of The Way with the advent of
the Essenes and the historical Jesus -- is portrayed in
this saying that is found in all the early Christian
writings that were not sanitized by the Church of Rome
with respect to finding the Kingdom of God: "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; and when you fashion eyes in the
place of an eye, and a hand in place of a hand, and a
foot in place of a foot, and a likeness in place of a
likeness; then will you enter the kingdom."
In
many respects this saying of Jesus is the most important
of all teachings! Yet we must also ask why this saying
was removed from our Bibles by the later Church of Rome?
Because it correctly portrays the Kingdom of God and the
Second Coming of Christ as a purely spiritual experience
in the life of the genuine disciple of The Way. What
this means is that the second coming of Christ is a
personal Armageddon, rather than the predicted end of
the world -- and we cannot enter or find the Kingdom by
waiting for it to come upon the earth (see Luke
17:20-21), because it is within us -- and cannot be
found until we overcome our own divided nature. It is
as the Apostle said with respect to Christ being born
within each of us: "My dear children, for whom I am
again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed
in you" (Gal 4:19 NIV). The problem is that we have
lost connection with the Divine Pattern, and we thus
fail to comprehend that as with all births, the child of
truth can only be conceived and born through the direct
interaction of the male and female forces of Creation.
From a biblical perspective, we must understand the
Divine Pattern that is replicated throughout all of
Creation. "And God said, Let us make man in our image,
after our likeness... So God created man in his own
image, in the image of God created he him; male and
female created he them" (Gen 1:26-27 KJV). If God
(Elohiym), which in the Hebrew original of our
scriptures is written in plural form, made man in His
image, male and female, would it not also be true that
the Eternal God contains the two polarities of Creation
within Himself? That is not to say that the Eternal is
divided -- but rather, within the One is the Two --
Father/Mother God in Total and Complete Harmony.
Moreover, in the same way that Adam was once Adam/Eve
prior to the separation of Eve, these same Divine Male
and Female Powers of God moved out into Creation in
order to conceive, form, and nurture everything that
ever was, is, and ever will be.
What
this means is that all of Creation is the product of the
works of the Eternal -- and as the Two Divine Forces
move out into Creation, the point where these Forces
come together and interact -- this is the offspring or
the Presence of the Son of God -- i.e., the Third Force
of Creation. Moreover, if it is true that within God
dwells the Male and Female polarities of Creation in a
Perfect state of Balance and Divine Harmony, we would
then be able to begin to comprehend why Jesus would warn
that the Kingdom of God cannot come so long as the male
and female remain in a divided state. Perhaps more
importantly is the comprehension that all of Creation is
comprised of the Universal DNA of it's Creator -- i.e.,
male and female paradoxical polarities that must be
harmonized through the offspring of the two that have
become One.
What
this would indicate is that in ignoring the mandate
given by Jesus to his followers at Matthew 5:48 where it
commands that we are required to be Perfect --
i.e., "You, therefore, must be perfect, as your Heavenly
Father is perfect" -- what we are in fact ignoring is
the Key of Knowledge which is the means to overcome our
divided male and female natures, and enter into the
Kingdom via the process of rebirth where all has been
brought into a higher reality of Absolute Oneness.
We
have all probably heard is said: Well, no one really
knows the truth! Yet, if the truth be told we would be
forced to rephrase this statement to say: Everyone
possesses the innate ability to know the Truth, if only
they would begin to live the level of truth they know,
more Truth would be given to them. How can this be? If
man is created in the image of God, then we must open
our minds to the spiritual concept that at any time man
truly desires to know God, he has only to begin by
observing the dynamics of life itself. He does this by
looking past the facade of manmade cultural bias,
political correctness, and manmade religious dogma, and
endeavors to begin to see things as they really are --
i.e., as God sees them -- in order to learn about the
higher order of reality. What this means is that while
we are created in the image of God, ordinary people
unknowingly live out the very essence and foundation of
Creation -- and because they never contemplate the depth
and substance of their daily experiences, they fail to
see that they are immersed in the Divine Pattern of
their Creator. What this means is that while the key to
the discovery of all knowledge and understanding lies
before them, they see it not -- because they look only
on the surface, and fail to contemplate the depths of
what they see.
The
Apostle Paul warns us that the pattern of Creation is so
clear, that not a single one of us will escape being
held accountable for knowing God! In the New Testament
this warning is found in the Epistle of Paul to the
Romans where it is written: "...since what may be known
about God is plain to them, because God has made it
plain to them. For since the creation of the world God's
invisible qualities -- his eternal power and divine
nature -- have been clearly seen, being understood from
what has been made, so that men are without excuse" (Rom
1:19-20 NIV). Thus, we must recognize the great depth of
the Apostle’s words when he states that "men are without
excuse" because God can be revealed and understood
through the contemplation of Creation itself!!! In
recognition of the far-reaching perception of the
Apostle's words, we must then ask what is the highest
order of the Pattern of Creation that can be observed in
this world? From our vision of Creation, the only
possible answer is man and woman. To the degree that God
is revealed in the image and dynamics of man and woman,
can then best be understood in the Apostles words when
he wrote: "since what may be known about God is plain to
them, because God has made it plain to them".
How
is it plain? When it is realized that we dwell in a
world of conflicting opinion and confusion, we must
seriously question these words of Paul. Evidently the
Apostle could not have been on the same page as the rest
of mankind -- or was he privy to a more enlightened
perception that most of us are denied access to? Men
have been looking for the answers to life since the very
dawn of time as we understand it -- and yet, for the
most part, man appears to remain perplexed and
confused. Why? Because man can never comprehend the
meaning of Life or see the Kingdom of God that Jesus
declared, until he first leans to reunite the masculine
and feminine powers of Creation within himself -- i.e.,
re-establish Adam and Eve as Adam/Eve in the Garden --
and nurture the child of Truth that is born from the
union of what was once divided.
From
the Divine Perspective, all things emanate from a higher
order -- and one has only to understand the pattern to
contemplate the whole. If man and woman are made in the
image and likeness of God, then mankind is a pattern of
our Creator. What this means is that man only has to
observe and seek out the essence of his own self, to
begin to comprehend the secrets of the universe and
Creation.
This
great truth was especially seen in the words of the
second century Church Father Clement of Alexandria who
said that it is "…the greatest of all lessons to know
one's self. For if one knows himself, he will know God;
and knowing God, he will be made like God… and that man
becomes God, since God so wills". In his treaties on The
Soul and the Resurrection, St. Gregory writes that: "the
Resurrection is no other thing than 'the re-constitution
of our nature in its original form’", and states that
there will come a time "…when the complete whole of our
race shall have been perfected from the first man to the
last".
When
God, in the words of St. Nazianzen, no longer is an
"object of wonder", but rather an "object of desire" --
and we, desiring to be purified from the defilements of
this world, make ourselves fit vessels for the Lord to
indwell, the Spirit, according to St. Nazianzen, reveals
to us our true nature, and the revelation of this
manifest Sacred Knowledge makes "us like God; so that
when we have thus become like Himself, God may, to use a
bold expression, hold converse with us as Gods, being
united to us, and that perhaps to the same extent as He
already knows those who are known to Him". St. Nazianzen
then writes that "the Divine Nature then is boundless
and hard to understand" by those who are yet carnal and
think as natural beings of this world.
If
these things are true, then we must pose the question:
Why is the world enveloped in confusion; and why doesn't
all men know the truth? The problem is that the initial
state of division which we must overcome is with our
indwelling pre-existent soul -- and because the soul is
asexual, and not of the substance of this world, few men
or women are capable of either knowing their true
selves, or their Creator God. How can they? Being
either male or female, they not only see themselves as
men and women -- but more importantly, they only possess
one third of the puzzle to life from the perspective of
their own gender based minds. They therefore remain
hopefully lost in a world of spurious philosophy,
counterfeit political correctness, and fraudulent
manmade religious doctrines that continually leads them
down the proverbial dead-end of life in their search for
the answers to the dilemma that they perceive from their
very limited gender based vision and understanding.
Throughout the history of man, most of our philosophies
have been the work of men of great learning in the
wisdom of this world -- and, in the words of the Apostle
Paul: "For it is written: 'I will destroy the wisdom of
the wise, and bring to nothing the understanding of the
prudent.' Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where
is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish
the wisdom of this world?" (1 Cor 1:19-20 NKJ). Yet,
few Christians have ever contemplated why the Apostle
would make such a statement -- i.e., that the wisdom of
this world is always foolishness! Moreover, in not
understanding the foundational concept of why the
Apostle made this statement, modern Christians have
continually bound themselves over to the very worldly
wisdom that Paul himself condemned as ignorance!
How
can I say such a thing, you will ask? Because most
wisdom and philosophy is based upon either the
perception of life and the world from either a male or a
female point of view -- and rarely have either sources
attempted to first overcome their own divided nature,
before they attempted to teach others and create their
philosophical schools of thought.
The
Bible reveals to man in a series of enigmatic symbols
and forms the manner in which man is able to perceive
Truth directly from the vision and understanding of God,
rather than from the limitations of carnal man. But the
Bible is greatly misunderstood and misinterpreted,
because it is perceived by men and women who themselves
remain divided. In order to even begin to comprehend
the true meaning of the Genesis account of Creation, we
must be prepared to seek within the forms the true
meaning of the symbols and numbers which appear in the
narrative of the text. What is important is to begin
to understand that what we perceive as two began as one
-- and the two that we observe is in reality three --
and in the three, there is once again the return to the
One. There is the (male) man who represents the active
moving dynamic polarity, and this polarity exists
throughout all of Creation. There is the female, who
represents the opposite, magnetic reflective or passive
polarity, and this polarity also exists throughout all
of Creation. These two polarities once properly
understood, permeates the very essence of not only this
physical realm, but also that of thought, spirit, and
the foundation of all of Creation. Therefore, from the
working dynamics of these two great Powers of Creation,
everything else comes into being. Moreover, if it is
true that woman is negative to man's positive --
magnetic to man's dynamic -- and reflective to man
active -- then woman is in fact a mirror image of man
through whom he must not only look to see himself, but
also his Creator God. Further, as with all mirror
images, man must become cognizant of the fact that the
image he sees in the reflection, is always a reversal of
his own form.
Now
the active principle is passive in its own way, just as
the passive is active in its own way -- and all of life
is brought into existence through the manifestation of
their being. The secret, therefore, is never in the two,
but in the magical third force that merges the two into
One. It is here -- in the very center of where the two
meet, that you will find the answers which will guide
you in your quest for knowledge and understanding.
Therefore, in any paradox, always search to find the
third power that is not only the force of Creation, but
also the very domain of mind and being. It is in this
third force -- the force that merges the two into one --
that will enable you to uncover the ultimate answer to
man's plight in this and all other worlds. You will
always find this third force at the point where the two
interact with each other.
At
the first light of day, wise men meditate and pray. Why?
Because the power of the light of day and the dark of
night are negated in the harmonization of the dawn.
Thus, in their cosmic balance and harmony, the two have
become one -- neither is dominant -- separation has been
negated -- and the energies of Divine Creation are made
manifest.
What
is perhaps even more important for us to understand is
that from the perspective of God, all the polarities of
life are always in harmony. If we look at two hands,
what we see would appear to be divided. And yet, if we
retract our focus to the point where we can see a man
with two arms and hands working together, we see the two
that are working in harmony with the One.
Where man sees day or night -- which represents either
one polarity of the other -- the vision of God
transcends time and space, and all of Creation exits in
a perpetual balance. Thus, if man is to begin to draw
nearer to the vision of God, then he must look beyond
this world of limited appearances where each of the
polarities are envisioned separately, and perceive the
movement of the forces of Creation from a much broader
perspective. It is impossible, then, for us to walk in
The Way, and draw nearer to God and the Heavenly
Kingdom, until we open our mind and understanding to the
greater vision of reality.
The
man of wisdom is he who understands the power of God as
manifest throughout all of Creation, and embraces these
forces in his quest to consciously make himself part of
God's pattern of life. At dawn, when the feminine force
of night and the masculine force of day are negated
without either being dominated by the other, the subtle
energies within the body itself are more easily brought
into harmony by the mind -- and can then be more readily
used in the pursuit of one's inner spiritual quest. It
is of course good to always be in prayer and meditation
-- but any time that we can make ourselves a willing and
conscious participant in the natural cycles and power of
Creation, and immerse ourselves in its all encompassing
force, we ourselves are nurtured by the Universal Forces
of Creation.
The
sun is a constant force, and yet the heavenly bodies
that exist in this realm are constantly moving in a
rhythmic manner within the Laws of Creation. They are in
a state of perpetual cyclic motion -- i.e., day and
night, winter, spring, summer and fall. The ancients
understood that men and women who are imbued with these
same patterns, grow and develop when the dynamic linear
perception and thinking of the male (the sun) is
interacting with the magnetic cyclic perception and
thinking of the female (lunar). Moreover, the higher
truth is not a mere balance or combination of the two --
but rather, in the manner of a physical child is
conceived, born, nourished and developed in a separate
area of mind that is totally inaccessible to men and
women in their natural (carnal) state.
In
the same way that the light of day moves from a position
of lesser strength, to fullness, and then is subdued by
the coming of night and darkness, all the polarities of
Creation exist in this state of constant flux and
movement. During those times when the cycles are negated
when each of the opposite polarities are harmonized --
as at dawn -- natural man is able to use this balance to
bring about change in his own life. Moreover, it is for
this reason that the Hebrew Calendar is feminine (lunar)
based, rather than solar. The spiritual man who has
overcome the forces of this world through the merging of
his own inner opposites, is not as dependent upon the
forces of nature to assist him, because he has reached a
stage in his development where he has transcended the
elemental powers of this realm.
If
the scriptures are correct in the assertion that man is
created in the image of God, what does that mean? By
nature, the male is bestowed with the active power of
Creation from God -- it is physically manifest in his
seed and throughout the totality of his being. We see
the initial stages of this Divine Force at work every
time a child is conceived and born. Yet, there is a
greater dimension to this sexual reality that few people
contemplate in their search for spiritual truth. In the
same way that from a physical perspective the woman
takes this creative force from the man -- grows and
nurtures it within herself until the child is born -- so
too is the pattern of all of Creation. On a cosmic
scale, we dwell in the very womb of Mother-God, and it
is this world that matures the child until he is reborn
into a full-grown spiritual child of God.
Does
this sound outlandish? In the writings of Clement, the
first century disciple of the Apostle Peter, there is
still contained one of the foundational principles that
portray the divisions of heaven and earth where it is
written: “But the world that now is, is temporary; that
which shall be, is eternal. First is ignorance, then
knowledge. So also has He arranged the leaders of
prophecy. For, since the present world is female, as a
mother bringing forth the souls of her children, but the
world to come is male, as a father receiving his
children from their mother, therefore in this world
there come a succession of prophets, as being sons of
the world to come, and having knowledge of men”. Thus,
Peter, through the writings of his disciple Clement,
states that this world is female in relation to the
dimension that we call spirit. And in this we can
begin to perceive both the dynamics of Creation, as well
as one of the great concepts that set the religion of
the Hebrews apart from the rest of the world’s
religions.
In
our modern culture we have every variety of marriages
conceivable. But if we pose the question: What is a
wife? From a spiritual perspective the answer becomes
very complex. Just because a woman lives with a man,
and even bears his children, that does not make her his
wife in the genuine spiritual meaning of the term where
the two become One Flesh -- which term One Flesh
indicates a condition where the body of the woman and
that of the man are one and the same. Thus, while any
man/woman combination can usually bring forth a child as
the result of their sexual union, very few are able to
conceive and grow the child of Truth within them -- and
even fewer yet can bring forth the Eternal Child of the
Spirit as a result of their union.
The
sacred power that has been entrusted to the male is all
encompassing throughout Creation, and is evident and
visible in every aspect of our lives. That we can
observe it in the Creation of a new life in the form of
a child, does not limit its universal scope and
presence. The Power of Creation is a constant force in
mankind, but few men are able to comprehend the full
spectrum of its manifestation in their lives.
The
sacrament of sex in a Divine Marriage can provide access
through the bridge into the inner Kingdom of God. In
the same way that the man, who by nature, is bestowed
with the Divine Creative Force of the Father-God, man
can use this gift to bring forth life in the world in
the form of a child, and he can also use this same power
to bring
forth life within himself. The problem is that few men,
of their own, are able to utilize the power of Creation
within themselves. As man truly comes to understand this
fact of reality, he begins to understand the very higher
purpose of this world in which we presently dwell -- but
the question will remain as to whether he will be able
to apply this great truth to every aspect of his life.
In the manner of physically bearing a child, it is the
woman who has the power to take the creative force from
the man within herself, and return it back to him -- not
only refined and at a higher vibration, but also more
focused, in order to assist him in his quest to open the
inner door of the Kingdom. Though in the Genesis account
of Creation the woman was made from man, she is a Divine
Creation of God who is charged with a Divine Purpose in
the higher destiny of all mankind.
Every experience in life conveys the great truth that
this energy that Originated with God and is extended and
expressed within the man, was not only raised up within
the woman, but was merged with her own very subtle
essences in the process -- nurtured and developed -- and
like the child that is physically born into this world,
the spiritual child born within the two who are truly
married, raise each up to new spiritual heights.
A
man creates, and a woman grows what he creates. Woman
then gives birth to the product of the union, and the
two interact and mold their offspring to raise it up to
maturity. If we therefore internalize this process we
can say that the final product of the union is a
combination of the two. Thus, the two become one flesh
-- not because their bodies become physically one and
the same -- but rather, because their very subtle
energies of mind and spirit have not only merged, but
have been raised up and born anew -- and it is these
spiritualized energies that totally immerse the flesh
that bring them together in oneness. Thus, we see the
higher vision of Creation when the two worlds are
brought into a state of harmony and oneness.
This
is the true meaning of the oral traditions of Israel
where a man is not to say the name of Him who is
referred to by the Prophet Daniel as the Ancient of
Days. A man and a woman in their separation remain
incomplete and lost. It is only when the man and the
woman have been recreated by the intermingling and
raising up of their vital energies -- when the two have
been reborn in the spirit anew -- that together in total
unison can they say, or even know the true name of God.
And
if we pose the question as to why any woman wouldn’t be
the man's wife? In a way she is. And in another way she
isn't. A woman can very well be a wife in this world --
in accordance with worldly customs, and from a purely
physical/traditional perspective -- because this world
looks only upon what is external and superficial. The
authorities of this world ordain a union regardless of
the essence and substance of that union -- i.e., open,
adulterous, and unions of unfaithfulness -- unions where
the two are husband and wife by virtue of their dwelling
under the same common roof -- and unions where the two
do not even share a common name. Thus, some person of
worldly authority speaks words, and the two say "I do",
and this supposedly makes the two "One Flesh"! But
does it?
In
the Kingdom of our Heavenly Father, worldly customs that
possess no spiritual essence means nothing -- and what
men bind together on their own accord, without the power
of God, is not complete and genuine. The key phrase that
we are missing is seen in the words: "Therefore what God
has joined together, let not man separate" (Matt 19:6
NKJ). It is the Kingdom of the Father that is eternal,
and only what is genuine from a spiritual perspective is
real! The problem with the union of male and female that
is ordained in this world is that they are brought about
by the lower laws of nature and carnal desire -- and
they are not conceived and born out of the Eternal
Creator.
In
the majority of unions between a man and a woman, the
man imparts the creative force to the woman -- not out
of the sacredness of the union -- but because his
biological inclinations which are driven by the laws of
this world give him no other options. In today's society
this is popularly known as raging hormones. The same is
true with the woman. She receives this power to attract
the man because of customs and traditions, and to
fulfill her own inclinations of the flesh. Men and
women need each other -- i.e., physically and
emotionally -- and so they are drawn together. But so
too does the animals and all of nature. Though there
is nothing wrong with the marriages among men and women
of this world -- especially when they are based upon
genuine love and caring -- but unless the unions are
nurtured in the Light of God in Truth and Faithfulness,
most remain very much the marriages of this world.
Being herself carnal and unspiritual, the majority of
women cannot make themselves a part of the man in the
biblical/spiritual sense of the term marriage. Thus, she
is unable to return the vital life-force back to him in
a spiritually refined manner in order merge the energies
of mind and spirit -- that the two who are One will be
able to open the doors to the Kingdom together. They
may love each other -- they may share their lives
together and raise a family -- but like life itself,
marriage was Ordained by God to serve a higher
purpose! Unless the two walk the spiritual path that
merges their divided natures into a new creation where
the forces of male and female are negated through
perfect harmony and Oneness, they have yet to reach the
true and ultimate depth of the Divine Marriage.
These vital sexual energies with which men and women are
bestowed by virtue of being the offspring of God, are
sacred -- but few men and women perceive the sacredness
of their union. When religious people eat and partake
of food, they often pray first and give thanks? Most
religious observant people do as a matter of custom and
tradition. And yet, even greater spiritual nourishment
can be received through the intermingling of the vital
energies of husband and wife when they come together --
but how many possess the same Godly vision of sex as
their Creator? How many pray? How many give thanks?
How many beseech God to move within them during sex and
truly make them One in His Light?
Man
has the power to rise above the level of the beasts and
the beings of the lower world. He has the power to lift
himself up to the heavens. But to accomplish this, he
must first understand that the power to create in the
image of God does not originate in the flesh -- but
rather, in the spirit.
Being themselves of a mind associated with the flesh and
consciousness of the physical body, few men are able to
even comprehend that they are truly a divine being -- a
god -- and a Child of the One God. While this concept
may sound sacrilegious to the modern Christian, it is
well represented in both the Old and New Testaments: "I
said, 'You are gods, and all of you are children of the
Most High'" (Ps 82:6 NKJ); "Jesus answered them, Is it
not written in your law, I said, You are gods?" (John
10:34 NKJ). If, then, men are gods, and all are
offspring of the Most High, then the power and gift of
sex is Divine. In most instances, though, neither men
nor women understand the sacredness of the sexual
relationship. Man does not give of himself to the woman
as an act of worship in the sacredness of spiritual
creation. In like manner, the majority of women do not
even comprehend the sacredness of the union of man and
woman -- and so, being molded by the customs and
thinking of this realm, she expels this energy out of
herself and into the world where it is squandered away
and lost. This man, then, who is of a natural mind and
of this world, is not a husband; and neither is the
woman a wife in the genuine spiritual meaning of the
word -- but rather, they make themselves vessels or
roads through which the power of this world bleeds off
the Sacred Power of Creation to use in an elemental way.
In
more traditional societies women and young girls are
taught to dress modestly, live conservatively, and
maintain a subjective role as wife to her husband.
Why? Are such societies simply old fashion? The
problem is that our present-day culture is so out of
tune with man's higher mental and spiritual reality,
that it can be said that our culture itself is a
detriment to the development of mankind.
In
order for the woman to raise up the vital (sexual)
life-force that is imparted into her by the man, she
must not only possess the spiritual mindset to utilize
these energies in a higher (than carnal) manner, but she
must also be bonded to her husband and be able to return
these energies back to him in a more refined and higher
vibratory frequency of the spiritual spectrum. If she
therefore dresses in a provocative manner which is
stimulating to males other than her husband, this vital
life-force is bled off. If she is consumed with her
manner of dress, jewelry, or things of a material
nature, then this vital life-force is again bled off.
If a woman works, and is employed outside the home --
especially around men other than her husband -- then
this energy is again bled off. Only if she is bonded to
her husband -- and her own energies are used in the
raising of their children and the building up of the
home -- and her mind and spiritual natures are consumed
in the pursuit of higher Truth, is she able to raise up
these vital energies that cause the child of Truth to be
born in the Marriage. In like manner, her husband must
be totally faithful to his wife -- bonded to his wife --
and himself be consumed in the pursuit of higher
Truth.
The
Secret of Creation is found within the pattern of the
marriage -- where the two become one and the same flesh
-- the divisions are overcome, and something new is born
from the union. Thus, the marriage is the Divine Pattern
of all of Creation -- and has been given to man to be
used for Divine purposes in his life. The two are made
one -- not by words, customs, or the intermingling of
physical bodies -- but rather, they are made one flesh
when they are of one mind and spirit. In a Genuine
Marriage the husband and wife not only live for each
other and the Higher Truth of the Sacred Union, but also
in total harmony with God's vital energies and
life-force of Creation that constantly moves within
their being. Regardless of how physically distant they
are from each other, they have become a part of each
other, and continue to vibrate together in a perpetual
state of Oneness.
The
same forces which are at work within the pattern of the
marriage, are at work in the world both without us, as
well as the Kingdom within us. Within man lies the
kingdoms of many powers that, though are all from the
One, in the generation of Creation, have taken on an
individuality of their own. It does not matter, then,
whether you look out into the world, or whether you
search the scriptures, or whether you search within your
own house, man is immersed in the pattern of Creation,
and he partakes of it in everything he does.
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