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"And I heard a loud voice saying in
heaven, Now is come
salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our
God, and the power of his
Christ: for the accuser
of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our
God day and night." (Rev. 12:10)
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<1>The
First Begotten Son of
God
(Christ)
reached
Pure
Consciousness, "Now is come salvation, and strength, and the
kingdom of our
God, and the power of his
Christ." That is because
the power of the
tama guna has been
overcome, so
the First
Begotten Son of
God has reached
Pure
Consciousness.
<2>The
dragon
(Maya, the power of the
tama guna over the
Soul, the lower nature)
first was in
heaven (eternity). With
His
Grace, His First Son
overcame it and cast the
dragon (evil)
out of
heaven. <3>So the
rest of the consciousnesses in the universe, "our brethren," are
released from the power of the
tama guna in eternity or the spiritual world. It was "cast down"
to the earth.
<4>Maya
is and is not. It is as long as you are its slave. It will cease to
be after you know its illusions.
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"And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb,
and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives
unto the death." (Rev. 12:11)
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<5>"By the blood of the Lamb" means self-sacrifice.
They have to
sacrifice in order to
overcome the
evil, or "that old
serpent" (false
ego).
<6>After overcoming the lower nature (crucifying the
false ego), they will have the testimony and the words of truth.
They will not love their lives until the death of their lower
natures and overcoming the power of the
tama guna in the
universe.
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"Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell
in them. Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and of the sea! for the
devil is come down unto
you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short
time." (Rev. 12:12)
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<7>This means, woe to those who stay in their
lower natures, because it is where the
devil
dwelleth. These people will be drowned in the ocean of
Maya. "Of the sea" means
those confused consciousnesses (sea) lost in
Maya.
<8>However, the process of reaching
Pure Consciousness is much faster in the manifested universe,
"because he knoweth that he hath but a short time."
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"And when the
dragon
saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which
brought forth the man child." (Rev. 12:13)
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<9>The
dragon
(power of the
tama guna)
was very wrathful to that woman and works hard to crudify the
minds of the
unit consciousnesses toward the illusion of the separation from
God, "persecuted the woman." <10>All the unit "I
am's" are under the mercy of this
dragon.
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"And to the woman were given two wings of a great
eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where
she is nourished for a time and times, and half a time, from the
face of the
serpent." (Rev. 12:14)
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<11>However, each
unit
consciousness is able to fly from the
dragon and overcome it, even in the middle of confusion
(wilderness). They go to
God
"into her place." But this truth will be
clouded for some period
of time, "for a time [one thousand years], and times [two thousand
years], and half a time [five hundred years]."
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"And the
serpent cast out of his
mouth water as a flood
after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the
flood." (Rev. 12:15)
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<12>The flood is the mind or the power of the
tama guna over the
consciousness. The flood is that negative thoughtfulness of mind
that comes in and makes us completely lost in our thoughts, fears,
attachments, and desires. <13>The
serpent (the
devil,
tama guna) attempts
to make those who try to go to
God
confused and drowned in
Maya.
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"And the earth helped the woman, the earth opened
her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the
dragon
cast out of his mouth." (Rev.12:16)
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<14>By understanding the illusion of excess
attachment to this external world (the earth), she was saved from
the flood (confusion) which was sent by the
dragon. When this understanding is awakened in a person, then
satan (devil) becomes
Lucifer ("shining star") and this world becomes a guide in the
path of the seeker to the truth. Then the person will overcome its
illusion. <15>So "the earth" or manifested world becomes a
light in the path and swallows up the flood or confusion of this
external world, "which the
dragon cast out
of his mouth."
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"And the
dragon
was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of
her seed, which keep the Commandments of
God, and have the testimony of  ."
(Rev. 12:17)
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<16>The
devil
could not overcome the consciousness of those who direct all their
lives toward
God. <17>Those who
have overcome their lower natures, the woman as depicted in
Genesis
chapter 3 (not the woman above, who is The Holy Mother) symbolize
those who keep the Commandments of
God and the testimony of
Christ.
<18>So the
serpent
will go to mislead those who are in their lower natures. But those
who follow the truth, "testimony of
,"
should have no fear.
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