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Tablet Thirteen
Chapter 3
"Now the
serpent
was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord
God had made. And he
said unto the
woman, Yea, hath
God said, Ye shall not
eat of every tree of the garden?" (Genesis 3:1)
<1>Besides consciousness, there are
three gunas
which exist in the universe. <2>Satva
guna is neither male
nor
female. It is passive
and positive.
<3>Raja guna
(life-force) is
the
female principle. It
is active and neutral. It activates and brings all into life. <4>Tama
guna is also neither
male nor
female. It is passive
and negative.
<5>Consciousness is passive and neutral.
<6>Raja
guna
(energy) is the only
active force in the universe. When it is in the passive state the
universe will be un-manifested. Universe (God)
will be in the state of
"Be"-ness,
which is Formless, Nameless, Invisible, Eternal, neither
male
nor female. <7>This
is the seventh state of consciousness.
<8>When the same consciousness becomes
activated, but still is in pure form (Pure
Consciousness), it will become engaged in planning and guiding
the universe. In this state it becomes pure Divine Logic (Father). Logic is male
energy or principle. This is the sixth state of consciousness.
<9>Raja
guna
in the active state, however, receives the polarity of positivity
when directed toward higher things (satva), will be neutral when
pure raja, and will be negative when directed toward mundanity
(tama).
<10>When
satva guna is
activated (by raja
guna -
female principle,
Grace) and dominates
the consciousness (Logic or
male principle), in this state
God is
Male
(Father)
Female (Mother)
God. This is the fifth
state of consciousness.
<11>It is in this state that The
Holy Ghost
(Bliss) is experienced which is full of
Grace
(female principle)
and knowledge (male
principle).
<12>Raja
guna is Grace,
when it dominates the consciousness and is directed to higher
things. Because it has no polarity, it becomes the unconditional
Love (Mother, no
polarity or condition) or The Divine
Grace (Divine
Mother). This is experienced in the fourth level of
consciousness (chakra).
<13>Tama
guna is bondage. When it is activated by
energy
(raja guna) and
dominates active
satva guna and
the consciousness, then the Logic becomes earthly. It is then that a
person becomes man (earthly). This is the third state of
consciousness.
<14>In the state where
tama guna
dominates the active raja and consciousness, then The
Grace (female)
becomes passion and temptation. A person then will become
woman. This state is what is referred to as
woman here in the
Bible. This is the second state of consciousness.
<15>In the first level of consciousness,
tama guna
dominates with complete force. The consciousness (kundalini, the
serpent) is dormant. By meditating and creating greater
prana
(raja guna) in the
body, the grip of the
tama guna will be
loosened and the consciousness will be brought to higher levels. This is called the awakening of the spiritual forces (kundalini).
<16>As long as the consciousness is latent in
the first level (chakra)
a person will be bound by his physiological and safety needs. His
energy
will be used toward maintenance of his physical body and worldly
activities. He also will receive most of his
energy by consuming food. In this state man is a rational animal
and has no Divine consciousness. He identifies himself as only being
the body.
<17>Although the physical body of the human
as
male and
female has some
relationship with manifestation of Logic or
Grace, it is not absolute. Each of these qualities can be
developed by practice in either sex and also there are exceptions.
<18>Whoever opens his heart
chakra (fourth
chakra) will manifest
unconditional Love or
Grace (Divine
Mother) and he who reaches the sixth level is one with the
Father (pure Logic controlling the emotions -- first five
levels).
<19>In the explanation above, the most
important thing is the dual nature of
raja guna (female
principle, activating
energy). It can
either be directed to positivity as Divine
Grace or
Holy Mother, or
toward negativity as
lower nature
of man. These two sides of the same phenomenon (energy)
have been mythically symbolized in Hindu religions as the two
consorts of their
gods, such as Krishna and Shiva. Usually one of them is the
symbol of the
energy of
transmutation and destruction, such as Kali and Durga, and the other
as one full of
Grace, Shakti and
Radah. <20>These two consorts actually are the two sides of
each person or the mythical
gods themselves.
<21>This part of
female
energy is symbolized
as the
woman in the Bible,
the same meaning implied by the goddess Kali, who is shown as an old
dark-skinned woman who has a necklace of skulls around her neck and
is dreadful.
<22>The same phenomenon (raja
guna), when directed toward higher things, becomes The Divine
Grace or The
Holy Mother.
<23>The
serpent
(kundalini) in this verse is related to this
energy
(raja guna) of
temptation in the second level of consciousness, that makes humans
heedlessly pursue the attraction to
Maya (or power of the
tama guna over the
consciousness in the second
chakra). But when the same
energy has been
channeled to higher
chakras, it becomes
the wisdom of understanding (compassion). That is why
Christ
said, "Be ye therefore wise as
serpents" (Matthew 10:16).
<24>The first sign of temptation begins when
the human starts reasoning (rationalizing) and tries to make his
actions seem good to himself (doubting). <25>Therefore, the
woman
(symbolizing the lower nature of the human) receives the first sign
of temptation as "Yea, hath
God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?" The
doubt comes in her
mind about forbidden
actions. She becomes tempted to do those actions which were
forbidden by
God. She starts
questioning the Laws of
God.
"And the
woman said unto the
serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:"
(Genesis 3:2)
<26>Now the
woman
(person) starts to fight with this temptation. She says, "We can
perform many other actions which are in accord with
God's Laws, and there are so many things to enjoy." These
enjoyments are symbolized by "the fruit of the trees" that they were
permitted to eat.
"But of the fruit of the tree which is in the
midst of the garden,
God hath said, Ye shall
not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die." (Genesis
3:3)
<27>Here again the weakness of the mind of
the human is presented by using the word "but." She says, "I can
have all permitted actions and I have all these things to enjoy,
'but' I cannot do that (those) forbidden action (actions)." This
"but" (doubt) is a desire of the human to experience something which
is not in keeping with the Laws of the universe and is one of the
greatest problems for man in overcoming the temptation and power of
Maya.
"And the
serpent
said unto the woman,
Ye shall not surely die:" (Genesis 3:4)
<28>Again temptation steps in and says,
"Well, maybe it is not as bad as I think to do that forbidden
action." Therefore, she rationalizes that, "I surely will not die."
"For God
doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be
opened, and ye shall be as
gods, knowing good and
evil." (Genesis 3:5)
<29>Man desires to be a
God himself and forms
his life by his own reasoning power.
"And when the
woman
saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the
eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the
fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her;
and he did eat." (Genesis 3:6)
<30>Now reasoning changes its direction to
the favor of doing the action. Therefore, the action seems good, as
symbolized by "the
woman saw that the
tree was good for food." She forgets all about
God's commands or Laws which were set up to keep her from doing
the action, because now it seems so good to do it.
<31>The words "that it was pleasant to the
eyes" indicate that she lost her deeper understanding and now she
follows her sight or what seems right.
<32>The words "and a tree to be desired to
make one wise" come from the result of the previous temptation,
which now seems to her as a truth. With all these and through the
power of temptation and attraction of
Maya, she does those
forbidden actions and becomes attached to the external world.
<33>Not only does she herself become lost in
Maya but she will tempt
others to become corrupt by attempting to show the man that her
reasoning is true. Therefore, others follow her. Or it can be said
that the lower nature (woman)
causes the higher nature to fall.
"And the eyes of them both were opened, and they
knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and
made themselves aprons." (Genesis 3:7)
<34>By their eyes being opened here it means
that they lost their innocence. So things started to look ugly, and
because they became sinners, shame, or a feeling of guilt, crept in
and they became ashamed of themselves. So they started to hide
themselves from each other and the barrier started in their
relationship.
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