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Tablet Twenty-Four

Chapter 13

"And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy." (Rev. 13:1)

<1>This beast is different than the beasts in Daniel, chapter 7. Those arose from the "great sea" (collective consciousness). But this beast arises from "the sea" (the consciousness of one human).

<2>This beast is the symbol of the desires for the things Maya (illusion of the external world) offers. The dragon is the Maya itself. <3>But the beast is that desire which arises in the consciousness (sea) and brings attachment to humanity. Maya is attraction to the external world, and desire is the wanting of the fruits of this attractive world.

<4>The seven heads are the seven attractions to the seven powers of Maya (survival, food, power, beauty, false attraction to the sexual world, wealth, and blind intellect). <5>The ten horns are the devils which result from this attraction (greed, fear, anger, envy, false prestige, etc.). With these desires to the attraction of the external world (Maya), blasphemy will come to humanity. They will forget God. <6>Desires arise from the consciousness of the human ("the sea"). By purifying the consciousness, desires also become purified and the dragon becomes a dove. Then the desires will be(come) Divine.

"And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority." (Rev. 13:2)

<7>It is really desires that make people slaves of Maya. As long as there is no desire for the attractions of Maya, it (Maya) has no power over the Soul. But the moment desire is stimulated, man becomes its slave. So the dragon gives the powers to this beast to bring people to his feet. <8>However, only excess or mundane desires are bad. Desires which are according to Daharma, for spiritual progress, and to be(come) Divine, are good.

"And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast." (Rev. 13:3)

<9>"One of his heads as it were wounded" means that by the coming of Prophets and great spiritual teachers, people will lose their excess attachments for survival, because other attractions really come when a person feels he is only his body. This brings great fear and attachment to the external world and results in awakening the other attractions of Maya (illusions). <10>So the head, which is attraction for survival, was wounded many times. But later on, people again will become attached to life and that head of the beast will be healed.

<11>All the people wondered how this beast could make them go astray and not find the answers. This occurred because they were bound by the desires of their lower natures and could not understand.

"And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?" (Rev. 13:4)

<12>People worship the devil (Maya) through their desires (the beast). Because they are in their lower natures, they think life consists of the attraction to the external world and that there is no other reality. <13>They spend their lives desiring and chasing it, "Who is like unto the beast?" They never believe that the beast can be destroyed. But by practice, knowledge, and faith, with His Grace, false desires will fade away.

"And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months." (Rev. 13:5)

<14>Desires (the beast) chatter continually and tempt all to do evil and follow their lower natures. The beast is the one who brings temptations and is responsible for the fall of man. He tempted the woman (lower nature) to eat of the tree of knowledge (forbidden actions) and then gave it to man (symbol of the higher nature). Because of these actions, they were thrown out of Eden (higher consciousness).

<15>So it is desire which blasphemies, tries to defile the Laws of God, and attempts to make man follow what is good in his eyes but not in His.

<16>"And power was given unto him to continue forty and two months." Forty-two months again is 1,260 days, or 3,500 years. So the false ego has been left alone to make humanity fall for 3,500 years, exactly the same amount of time that has been given to the Prophets and the woman!

"And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven." (Rev. 13:6)

<17>The dragon, these desires of the false ego of the human, will continue to deceive humanity, blaspheme against the truth (His Name), and try to destroy it. <18>Also, those who are in their lower natures cause trouble for those who are in their higher selves, "and them that dwell in heaven."

"And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations." (Rev. 13:7)

<19>"To make war with the saints," means that the real spirituality will be lost because of the power of these desires in humans. All the nations and kindreds will be deceived because of this.

"And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world." (Rev. 13:8)

<20>"That dwell upon the earth" means those who are in their lower natures.  "Whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb" refers to those who have not reached higher consciousness or those who do not try to be(come) Divine.  <21>The Lamb is he who overcame his lower nature ("slain") before the creation of the manifested world ("from the foundation of the world.")

"If any man have an ear, let him hear." "He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints." (Rev. 13:9-10)

<22>Whoever pursues animality will go to destruction and animality. That is the Law of the universe.  He who kills by the sword for selfish pursuance eventually will be killed also by the sword because of the Law of Karma. That is what makes Saints believe and have patience, because the Laws of the universe never fail. The reaction of the action will stop if the lesson is learned. <23>However, action by knowledge for bringing harmony and peace, creates no karma (samskaras).  As we saw, power was given to the fourth horseman to kill by sword (Rev. 6:8), but he will not be killed by sword because he was doing it to fulfill His Will.

"And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon." (Rev. 13:11)

<24>This beast symbolizes the attachment which develops when a person becomes attracted to Maya. So Maya gives his authority to the desires in man, and fulfillment of desires bring attachment. His two horns are wealth and power, which enable a man to fulfill his desires. <25>He comes from the earth, which is attachment to the external world or carnal self.

"And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed." (Rev. 13:12)

<26>Again, this is the power of attachment which is symbolized by the beast. It causes humans to become greedy. Greed brings more attraction, attraction brings desire, fulfillment of desire brings more attachment, and attachment brings more greed. That is how this beast makes people worship the one before him, "causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast."

"And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on earth in the sight of men," (Rev. 13:13)

<27>He brings so much attraction to humanity that they become completely drawn to whatever is in the external world. They become amazed with the fire play (the illuminated world of Maya), the parties, and everything that is bright, shiny, and makes the eyes feel it is beautiful, and they follow these things. He brings many wonders to them, and they become more attached to these wonders. They become more and more bound to their egoistical desires.

"And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth, by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live." (Rev. 13:14)

<28>"Make an image to the beast" means that desires come as an image in the conscious mind.  Then the image becomes a desire.  Fulfillment of desires increases their desires for the external world, which was the first beast. They will have more desires, which will bring more attachment. More attachment will increase the attraction, and attraction will increase the desires in this cycle that goes on and on.

<29>That is the reason why people in this age have more desires, because of the images that stimulate them in all walks of life, from street advertisements, T.V. and radio images, and other Mayaistical images available everywhere. <30>More false desires create more dissatisfaction.

"And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed." (Rev. 13:15)

<31>The attachment has the power to awaken the desires in a person and bind him to the external world, "to give life unto the image of the beast." Fulfillment of these awakened images brings more attachment, and so on.

<32>"And cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed." Those who do not follow the crowd and do not stay lost in Maya will be cast out or shunned ("should be killed") by the lost crowd.

"And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:" (Rev. 13:16)

<33>These people who follow their desires and are attached to the external world will be recognized so easily as they will have a mark on themselves. A person with understanding (a person whose eyes are opened) will recognize them with the first sight. <34>The mark is the "GREED" of these people for more and more, never being satisfied.

"And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, of the name of the beast, or the number of his name." (Rev. 13:17)

<35>The mark of the beast is greed, especially for money and external possessions. And you cannot buy or sell anything without money. This is what people are attracted to. The people (in this lost world) who have this mark strive to gain more and more external things in life. They try to buy and sell as much as they can. <36>In this age, the prestige, beauty, and height of each person is related to the possessions that he has in the external world, but not his spiritual knowledge. These possessions, which are the mark of the beast that bring more attachment, desires, and excess attraction to the external world, are Maya (illusion).

"Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred three score and six." (Rev. 13:18)

<37>The number 666 would be treated as 6 + 6 + 6 = 18. The number 1 is for leadership and 8 is for prosperity or material longing. Therefore it represents those who lead a life in Maya. The number 18 also can be shown as 1 + 8 = 9. The number 9 represents the ultimate, the completion. The number 6 represents beauty or attraction of the external world. So the number 666 is the number of those who have reached the ultimate depth of Maya.  They are greatly attracted to the external world, so their desire for what it offers is great (beast with seven horns). They are very attached to it and are extremely greedy.  The name of such a person is 666 and is in the camp of the devil.

<38>The number 144,000 also is equal with 9 (1 + 4 + 4 = 9). As explained above, the number 1 is the number of leadership, but the number 4 is of strength, manifestation (of the Divine) and forebearing. That is why it is the number of the Chosen Ones.  They are leaders (1) who, with great forbearing (4) manifest (4) Divine attributes (God).

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