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Hidden Symbols and Patterns in the Bible: Part One

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Sacred SymbolsIn a comment on one of Joshua’s posts, Brian wrote something that gave me sudden insight into what is probably the most important symbol used in the Bible. It is a symbol that is hidden in plain sight: the Hebrew alphabet itself. He wrote:

“As a form of symbolic cipher, language can be amazingly efficient. In English, 26 letters combined into a few thousand words plus a few grammatical rules allow us to share a virtual infinity of ideas and subjective experiences. Unfortunately, the coding/decoding algorithms in language are yet to become as precise as in mathematics.” [Read more…] about Hidden Symbols and Patterns in the Bible: Part One

The Bible’s Divine Instruction: Watering your Mind, Body, and Soul in Meditation

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Meditation ParadiseGod told Moses (ethical man/woman): “take up thy Rod”: (raise spiritual vibration, activate the chakra system).

As a meditator for over thirty-five years, I believe meditation succeeds in this Divine instruction.

Scripture says “know (experience) ye the truth (transcendence) and this truth shall set ye free [Read more…] about The Bible’s Divine Instruction: Watering your Mind, Body, and Soul in Meditation

The Importance of the Words not Written in the Bible

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Serpent temps manWhen I was writing one of my previous articles on the relation between the serpent and the two olive trees, my attention was drawn to the fact that there is not only a hidden meaning in the words that make up the Bible stories, but also in what is NOT mentioned there.

Let us zoom in on the nachasj (the serpent) again.

Both Man (first Adam/Eve and later Adam and Eve) [Read more…] about The Importance of the Words not Written in the Bible

What does the Garden of Eden Represent?

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Eden paradiseMany Christians have wondered where the Garden of Eden is located, but we should be asking a more important question: what does Eden represent? It certainly shouldn’t be confused as a literal garden. To do so strips it of all its esoteric (inner) meaning and knowledge.

Just as Jesus made it clear that the kingdom of God was within you (a conscious experience), and not something that we can see (Luke 17:20), [Read more…] about What does the Garden of Eden Represent?

Transmuting Sexual Energy: Can this Teaching be found in the Bible?

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transmuting sexual energyWhen I began looking into the esoteric teachings of other religions, I found many of them taught it was possible to transmute sexual energy into something that could bring healing and even longer life. It’s was an intriguing idea that made a lot of sense once I understood the basics, so my next question quickly became, is the same teaching in the Bible?

Absolutely. [Read more…] about Transmuting Sexual Energy: Can this Teaching be found in the Bible?

The Seven Sacraments: How They Relate to our Chakras and Higher Consciousness

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4488210375_8b0c425f21_oIn our last post we learned that Jesus taught God is spirit, and it is through spirit, or consciousness, that we truly worship and draw near to God. Worshipping God through the human spirit means conscious choice and action. As we choose to live consciously, consciousness will be elevated, and an elevation in consciousness is direct evidence of worshiping God.

In today’s post we will address Caroline Myss’s belief that there is a correlation, symbolically, between the meaning of the seven sacraments of the church and our seven chakras. [Read more…] about The Seven Sacraments: How They Relate to our Chakras and Higher Consciousness

Worshiping God in Spirit

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Touch_the_sky_by_theflickereesAs promised, I am going to address Caroline Myss’s discussion on the seven chakras and the seven sacraments of the church. But first I want to provide some Biblical material on spirit, or what Myss also refers to as Divine energy and consciousness. Doing so will add much more depth to Myss’s work from a Biblical perspective, perhaps even bridging some gaps between esoteric and exoteric understanding. I have decided to address the material in a two-part series. In part one we’ll discuss the Biblical term “spirit,” how it relates to God and man, and the necessity of learning to see Biblical teachings through their greater esoteric interpretation. [Read more…] about Worshiping God in Spirit

Does God exist? Is there consciousness outside of the body, or life after death?

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Stonehenge sunriseThe questions in the title of this post have always been asked by humanity. Spirituality and religion say yes to most of these questions, whereas science mostly denies it. For a long time matter was all that was real to science, although there are scientists who somehow manage to combine religion and science.

Science and spirituality are like mind and soul, [Read more…] about Does God exist? Is there consciousness outside of the body, or life after death?

Could God Really be Outside of his Creation?

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quantum entanglementIs it possible for God to really be an independent, outside observer of our universe, as some Theologians have long maintained? In religion, this view is known as transcendence. An opposing view is the idea of emmanence, which states that God is manifested in the material world. Personally I believe the philosophical concept of immanence is more correct, but I still think this religious idea falls short of helping us [Read more…] about Could God Really be Outside of his Creation?

The Inner Beauty of the Bible Stories: The Soul’s Journey Beneath the Literal Interpretation

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The Bible is not a book about history, even though there is history in the Bible. Archaeological excavations are made on the basis of information found in the Bible, and ruins are discovered that confirm the expectations. The Bible makes use of this history, however, as a means to explain the process of Man’s involution/descent into the material world, his stay there, and his evolution and ascension out of it again.The same story is told over and over [Read more…] about The Inner Beauty of the Bible Stories: The Soul’s Journey Beneath the Literal Interpretation

Jesus and the Teaching of the Seven Unclean Spirits

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Jesus cast out demonHave you ever wondered what Jesus meant when he states that the unclean spirit who leaves a man comes back with seven others more wicked than the first? The early church and Hollywood have given us wrong impressions about unclean spirits. Also known as demons, these entities aren’t the intelligent, self-conscious beings that go around looking for people to possess. Let’s review verses 24-26 in the eleventh chapter of Luke’s gospel and then we’ll dig into the nature of unclean spirits and find out what Jesus was really talking about.

“When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out [Read more…] about Jesus and the Teaching of the Seven Unclean Spirits

A Deeper Revelation of the Serpent and the Messiah

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Jesus and SatanEditor’s Note: Below is another article from Anny for all you numerology buffs out there. Anny packs a lot of information in a short amount of space so I suggest reading it slowly. Once I got to the end of her article I had a deeper appreciation for how rich and divinely inspired the Hebrew characters really are.

There is so much latent information in the deeper meaning of the serpent and the messiah. I was prompted to retrace the pattern of both after I started studying part 2 of Joshua’s article about the eleventh chapter of Revelations, which again featured the First Two Witnesses, the olive trees. I wondered if there could be a relationship between these two olive trees on the one side and the serpent/messiah on the other. Are they one and the same? [Read more…] about A Deeper Revelation of the Serpent and the Messiah

Involution and Evolution as it Relates to Love and Wisdom, and the Two Olive Trees and Candlesticks

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Involution and EvolutionEditor’s Note: I know I stated that my next post would resume part two of the series on God’s two witnesses, but Anny submitted this to me today and I thought it was a good addition to some of the concepts we learned about in the last post. I decided to publish this before part two of my series since it’s on topic and definitely gives some additional insight into God’s two witnesses! Her article is below.

Recently, Joshua posted an article about the identity of God’s Two Witnesses as mentioned in the Bible verses [Read more…] about Involution and Evolution as it Relates to Love and Wisdom, and the Two Olive Trees and Candlesticks