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Tablet Twenty-Three
FAR
EAST PHILOSOPHIES
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MYSTICAL PATHS
"And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and
took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered
burnt offerings on the altar." (Genesis 8:20)
<1>The new generation started to build altars
and offer burnt offerings to the Lord. This new generation lost its
direct contact with
God. However, Noah still
had this direct relationship with
God, so he set a symbolic example for the other humans of
sacrificing.
<2>These teachings of
Noah to the new generation and his example became the base for the
religion of the new human. <3>Later on the essence of these teachings was
preserved as the base of the religion of humanity and spread all
throughout the earth. This is the base of most of the
Mystical Paths
existing. Eventually some of these teachings were written down as
the
Vedas. In their
refined form they became the
Vedantas.
<4>In the Far East, from this knowledge
combined with many other discoveries and absorption of many parts
from other religions, a body of knowledge was formed to which all
religions of the Far East and the
Mystical Paths
in other religions are related. (For a deeper meaning of the phrases
used here as "Mystical
Paths" or "Far
East Philosophies," see The Glossary.)
"And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the
Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more
for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is
evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more
every thing living, as I have done." (Genesis 8:21)
<5>God
was very pleased with this new man, because He had complete control
over him and He did not have to struggle with him. He thought that
now man, with his
intellect, will
understand the purpose of his life, which is to be(come)
Divine, and will try to become
Pure Consciousness. <6>Also he does not have spiritual
powers which the previous generations had. Therefore, he cannot
disturb the forces in nature. So
God decided not to curse
the ground, destroy him by flood, or smite him again but gradually
bring him to an understanding of the truth.
<7>However, if this weakened man does not
understand the realities behind this universe (the Laws), he will
suffer until he understands the creation and history, the goal of
life, and the Plan of creation.
"While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest,
and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall
not cease." (Genesis 8:22)
<8>No further evolutionary process is
necessary from the point of view of the climate of the earth for the
existence of humans.
Chapter 9
"And God
blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and
multiply, and replenish the earth." (Genesis 9:1)
<9>God
was pleased with this new generation. He blessed them, and
they started living on the earth.
"And the fear of you and the dread of you shall
be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air,
upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the
sea; into your hand are they delivered." (Genesis 9:2)
<10>Still human is the superior creature.
"Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for
you; even as the green herb have I given you all things." (Genesis
9:3)
<11>Humans fell so far that they became meat
and vegetable eaters. The new generation with the new body can eat
meat also, it is nutritious for flesh, but it is not good for their
consciousnesses. <12>So the emphasis should be on vegetables,
grains, herbs, nuts, and fruit in our diets.
"But flesh with the life thereof, which is
the blood thereof, shall ye not eat." (Genesis 9:4)
<13>Blood should all be taken out of the body
of the animal before being eaten.
"And surely your blood of your lives will I
require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the
hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the
life of man." (Genesis 9:5)
"Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his
blood be shed: for in the image of
God made he man." (Genesis 9:6)
<14>The new generation was built and new Laws
were necessary to govern them, but still this new generation can
reach
Pure
Consciousness, to the state of a
son of God (His likeness).
<15>However, this generation also is not in His image as it
says, "in the image of
God made he man." It
does not say, "in the image of
God is man." The word "made" is in the past tense. Man still can reach that state by perfecting himself. <16>Also
whoever murders, "shall his blood be shed."
"And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring
forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein." (Genesis 9:7)
"And God
spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying," (Genesis 9:8)
"And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you,
and with your seed after you;" (Genesis 9:9)
<17>Now
God
has complete control over humans. Therefore, He made a covenant with
Noah and made promises, because He is sure that He will be able to
fulfill them.
"And with every living creature that is with you,
of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with
you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth."
(Genesis 9:10)
<18>Not only has He complete control over
humans but also over all animals that He has made with this new
generation.
"And I will establish my covenant with you;
neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the
waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to
destroy the earth." (Genesis 9:11)
<19>Therefore all flesh will not be "cut off
any more by the waters
of a flood," but a flood might destroy some flesh, and there might
be other kinds of destruction (such as fire). <20>No destruction comes from
God but from man himself by his own actions. Only they can stop
the destruction and
tribulation by
understanding the Laws and The Plan of the
Father, and by following them.
"And God
said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and
you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual
generations:" (Genesis 9:12)
"I do set my bow in the
cloud, and it shall be
for a token of a covenant between me and the earth." (Genesis 9:13)
<21>Rainbow is that bow.
"And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud
over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:" (Genesis
9:14)
"And I will remember my covenant, which is
between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the
waters shall no more
become a flood to destroy all flesh." (Genesis 9:15)
"And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will
look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between
God
and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth."
(Genesis 9:16)
"And God
said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have
established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth."
(Genesis 9:17)
<22>All these verses show that
God does not have to
destroy man again. He has complete control over the earth. Only man
can destroy himself, if he does not follow the Laws given by
God. Therefore it is not
God who will destroy the
earth but it is the choice of the human to either understand the
Laws and work according to the
Daharmas of
the universe and become
Pure
Consciousness, or to go against them and destroy himself.
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