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Tablet Twelve
"Therefore shall a man leave his father and his
mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one
flesh." (Genesis 2:24)
<1>When a man or woman finds their other part
(soulmate) they become perfect and complete.
<2>The greatest achievement in spiritual life
is forgetting the self for others. <3>Marriage is a great
instrument for fulfilling this great step. <4>Originally
male and
female were in one
body. Because of the necessity for the
evolution of the human, they were separated. The man and woman
were created.
<5>In a marriage between a man and a woman,
therefore, the attraction between them should be spiritual, not
physical or intellectual. When these two spiritually attracted
people join with each other, they can become a perfect being -- in
the image of God,
male (The Divine Logic)
and
female (The Divine
Grace), <6>the
dual nature of
God Himself.
<7>With this ideal of a spiritual marriage,
the
false egos of each
individual will be dissolved in the process and together both of
them will become complete. <8>They then can manifest the
qualities and love of
God
through themselves.
<9>With creating children and a family
environment, these spiritual parents will be able to feel toward
their children exactly the way
God feels about
humanity.
<10>This again will help parents to understand the very heart
of
God and realize Him
easier.
<11>Only then can they also love others and the universe as
His creation.
<12>Therefore, as we can see, marriage is a
spiritual union to help a man and woman grow physically, mentally,
and spiritually. <13>Marriage also helps them to radiate
God's Love by merging to become One in spirit. <14>Also
this will help couples to realize
God and how He feels
about His universe,
<15>the same way as they feel about their family and
children. <16>So a person can reach
Pure Consciousness in the middle of a family by understanding
that marriage is a beautiful set-up by the Lord
God to make humans
dissolve their
false egos,
progress spiritually, and realize Him.
<17>Furthermore, marriage has social, mental,
physical, and psychological significance.
<18>Each married couple and their
children
make up the blocks which build the foundation of society. If the
blocks of a building are strong and well-placed, the building will
be sturdy and strong. This is also true about societies. If the
family structure is strong, society can withstand any shock and go
through the tests of time. It will be crushed to nothingness if the
family ties are loose and weak, no matter how powerful that society
looks.
<19>Also only in a
strong family structure with love and devotion between the members
can healthy, strong, and well-balanced children develop to be
responsible members of society.
<20>The children today are the men and women of tomorrow. So
with weak family ties, men and women with weak characters will be
created, and this will affect the whole society. For the mental
well-being of all,
sacrifice by
couples to create strong families is necessary.
<21>It is through the purity of the bodies of
the couple and the restriction of physical relationships only through
marriage that the spread of venereal diseases can be checked and
brought to a minimum. <22>Otherwise these
diseases will become widespread and will affect the happiness of the
lives of many. <23>So we can see that even diseases have a purpose to
fulfill -- in this case, to make men and women realize that physical
love-making should only be performed through marriage between two
pure beings (male and female) if they do not want to be infected by
some incurable disease.
<24>In fact, promiscuity was one of the main causes of the
fall of man. It destroyed the purity of the relationship in the
family, which is the cause of all
evils. Purity in
marriage is the essence of family strength.
<25>Also through marriage, the two partners
become karmically sealed to each other and will be a companion,
friend, lover, and comforter for each other.
<26>So a great and deep relationship develops between them,
and this will help to fulfill the psychological needs of the
individuals.
<27>The meaning of the verse above,
"Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother,..." is that
the couple should separate themselves as a new unit in society and
become independent, if economically possible.
<28>However, its deeper meaning is that they should become
adults and grow as responsible members of society by cutting off
their attachments from childhood and the past. <29>Although
they become independent and have to make their own decisions, they
should respect their parents even if they might decide to follow a
different way of life.
<30>He whose other part has either not been
incarnated or is both male
and
female in one body
(spiritually) and wishes to devote his life to
God, can easily become a renunciate (sannyasin). <31>In
this case he also should detach himself from any unnecessary
attachments, <32>which in the verse above symbolically is
stated as "leave his father and his mother." <33>So he can
fulfill his duties as a renounced person, serve the universal
family, be released from his lower nature to his
higher self, and become complete, in the image of
God
(
).
"And they were both naked, the man and his wife,
and were not ashamed." (Genesis 2:25)
<34>Man and woman would be created innocent,
"And they were both naked, ... and were not ashamed." For this
matter, the whole universe is created innocent!
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