Northern route up to summit of Mt. Athabasca, Canada

Some Christian and Jewish Passover/Easter Prayers for 2007

What follows below is a translation of some passages in the Jewish prayer service containing requests and intentions that Christians who practice Judaism can pray. It includes a 10-Fold list of Biblical Words of Creation of Jesus Christ in the Holy Spirit in US…along with (in the next Lag B’Omer posting and the one after that) a new transliteration and translation of some parts of the Hallel and some Torah teachings on how to understand The Ten Commandments These teachings benefit from an understanding of truth which involves both mindfulness and faith. Finally, there is included the reading of a full Kaddish written for Christians who practice Judaism and study the Torah.




Y'Shetabach ( a prayer of ascents… using fifteen expressions to God of song and praise…to be said while standing)


Y'Shetabach sheem'ach laad mal'kay..nu, ha ayl hameh..lech hagadol v'hakadosh,
basham..aym vba…retz.

May your name be praised forever, our King, high God,
our great and Holy King, in the heavens and on the earth.

L'ach…naeh Adonai E'lohaynu vAylohay a'botaynu,
For thanks befit thee, Adonay our God and God of our fathers,

Shayr vchabachah, halayl v'zeem'rah,
song and praise, uplifted praise and melody,

az vmehm'shalah neht…zach g'eduhlah vg'borah, t'heelah v'teeph'…ehreet,
strength and power, eternity, greatness and might, worship and beauty,

k'duhchah vmeel'chot, b'rachot, v'hodot maytah v'od olam.
holiness and dominion, blessings and praise, forever are in you.

Barch atah Adonah, ayl meh..lech gadol bateesh'bahot, ayl hahodaot,
Blessed are you Lord, high God, greatly lauded King, God of thankfulness,

Adon haneeph'laot, habochayr b'sheeray zeem'rah, meeh..lech ayl chay holamaym.
Lord of wonders, Our God, our God of eternal life, who chooses melodious songs.





Blessed is the One*


The joy that is in this song proceeds from my mouth to thank, to praise, to glorify my creator.

Haray…nay m'zamen et pay l'hodot ul'halayl ul'shabe..ach et bor'ee.

Baruch shamar v'hayah holam. Baruch Hu.

Blessed is the One by whose speech the world came to be. Blessed is he.

Baruch oseh b'raysheet.

Blessed is the One who creates everything.


Baruch omayr v'oseh.

Blessed is the One who creates by speaking.


Baruch gozayr vm'kayaym.

Blessed is the One who sustains by decreeing.


Baruch m'rachaym al ha…retz.

Blessed is the One who has mercy on the earth.


Baruch m'racharm al hb'rayyot.
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Blessed is the One who has mercy on all creatures


Baruch m'shalaym shachar tov leerayav

Blessed is the One who rewards those who fear him.


Baruch chay lad v'kyam l'ne…tzach.

Blessed is the One who lives forever and endures for all eternity.


Baruch phodeh vmatzeel. Baruch sh'mu.

Blessed is the One who saves by redeeming. Blessed is his name.

* here are some thoughts and comments on this wondelful prayer, gained after many years of praying it: Among many of the purposes and benefits of this prayer
it helps us better understand how our faith is "The light of the One increasing".
The One God in this prayer is undivided, but he is also an individual inside
of multiplicity. He speaks as well as acts. That is he does what he says, acting by speaking (decreeing). He has created all of us...and, he is compassionate to us all as different types of beings. Thus, when we dedicate
the merits of our own actions to the glorification and sanctification of his name, we are at the same time dedicating them for the benefit of "all sentient beings." We have preserved in him the name of a responsible person that we can dedicate the merit of our work to... not just an absolute consciousness inside of us all. Our God is both the "Totum Bonum" (total good) and the "Summum Bonum" (highest good). This prayer affirms that, for us, he cannot have one of these titles and purposes without the other; and not the other without this one.
He or she who has God's love in their heart and knows the total good that God has placed in our souls and spirits...they are themselves a source and blessing of his or her hope and this Good unto others.
He or she who has God's love in their heart and knows the highest good that God has placed in our souls and spirits...they are themselves a source and blessing of his or her faith and this Good unto others.


SOME PRAYERS THAT COME FROM BEFORE THE HOLY COMMUNION*

“Let this holy communion be to me, O God, a beginning of better things, as if only now I began to know Thee. Let me now and henceforth forsake that which has tempted me. Let me now and henceforth do those things that I have perceived to be of Thy will for me; by the grace of the Holy Spirit, and the intercession of Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen”
“Take away from us, we beseech Thee, O Lord, all our iniquities, and the spirit of pride and arrogance, which Thou resisteth, and fill us with the spirit of fear, and give us a contrite and humble heart, which Thou dost not despise; that we may be enabled with pure minds to enter into the Holy of Holies: through Jesus Christ, our Lord, Amen”

INVOCATION
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be world without end. Amen

PRAYER FOR PURITY

Almighty God, unto whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid, cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love Thee, and worthily magnify thy holy Name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen



THE INVITATION

Ye that do truly and earnestly repent of your sins, and are in love and charity with your neighbors, and intend to lead a new life, following the commandments of God, and walking henceforth in his Holy ways, draw near with faith, and take this Holy Sacrament to your comfort (standing while you are forgiven by the Almighty God ).

THE GENERAL CONFESSION

We believe in One God, maker of all things seen and unseen, and in his only Son Jesus Christ…eternal light and life to and from eternal light and life...loving and true God to and from a loving and true God...born of the Virgin Mary and Our Father in Heaven, Son of Humankind, suffered under Pontius Pilate, crucified dead and buried. On the third day he rose from the dead and ascended into heaven where he sits at the right hand of the throne of God. We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord the giver of life, the communion of Saints, the forgiveness of sins, and the resurrection of the body. Almighty God, we acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness, which from time to time we have most grievously committed, by thought, word, by deed and by omission of act against thy Divine majesty in heaven and that of you inside of our brothers and sisters, your creations, here on this earth. We do earnestly repent and are heartily sorry for these our misdoings. Have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us most merciful Father; for thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ’s in us sake, forgive us all that is past; and grant that we may hereafter serve and please Thee in newness of life, to the honor and glory of thy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

* From a Pocket Prayer Book, Complied by Bishop Ralph Spaulding Cushman and published by the General Board of Evangelism, United Methodist Church, The Upper Room, Nashville, TN, 1941. Note there are some slight changes in the text of the general confession.


The 15 steps of the Passover Seder
(forming a Jacob’s ladder from heaven to earth)
First three
1)hakadesh
Santification

3)karpas 2) urachatz
(vegetables, wash hands)

Second three

6)rachtzah 5)maggid 4) yachatz
(wash hands,tell story, break middle matzoh)

Third three
8)maror 9) matzah 7)motzyaa matzah
(bitter herb, bread of life, grace before meal)

Fourth three
12)tzaphun 11)shulchan arayrech 10)koraych
(eat middle matzah, eat meal, bitter herb sandwich)

Fifth three
14)hallayl 15) nirtzah 13) baraych
(praise to God, prayer for acceptance, grace after meal)





A 10-Fold list of Biblical Words of Creation of Jesus Christ in the Holy Spirit in US

1) YHWH Shammah (Ezekiel 48:35) The Lord is present
2) Elohim Yireh (Genesis 22 8-14) The Lord will provide for us
3) YHWH Rohi (Psalm 23) The Lord will guide us
4) YHWH Raphael (Exodus 15:26) The Lord God heals
5) YHWH Nissi (Exodus 17:15) The Lord is our banner
6) YHWH Mekadishkem (Exodus 33:13;22, 34:6-9, Leviticus 20:8;21:8;22:9,16) The Lord our Sanctifier
7) YHWH Tzidkeenu (Jeremiah 23:6,33:16) The Lord is our righteousness
Seven of these names of God manifest themselves as God inside of different spiritual places in our individual spiritual bodies…They are very similar to the seven I am meditations that Jesus Christ speaks about himself in the Gospel of John.
The other three invoke God, as being greater than each of us, but, inside of all of us..
We can meditate on the first seven, then the last three...then the first seven as the last, the first three after that and then the first three twice as the first again (which makes a total of 26 the numerical value of the Hebrew letters in God's name the Tetragrammaton. This name is the most sacred name of our creator, the father of Jesus Christ, the Word or concept, of God. His only Son or concept of himself inside of us being the most sacred person or the most sacred lifting up him upon us. He is an image and likeness, the face of our God in us that is with us in the present moment now and which we can worship as God among us on this earth today...If we have faith we can, with his help, do this in order for our souls to go forwards and backwards in time

8) Yah YHWH Saboath (1 Samuel 1:3) The Lord God of Hosts
9) Yah YHWH Elohim (Genesis 2:4-25) God as the Lord God
10) Yah YHWH Shalom El Chai (Judges 6:24) The Lord God of Peace and Eternal Life

Also, it is possible to translate the first five of these Hebrew Juhuda prayers into some thanksgiving, affirmative, petitionary words of Greek, European, English, and American Christianity:

1) YHWH Shammah iff God and their/our Son Jesus Christ are present in us.

2) YHWH Yireh iff God and Christ Jesus are our providence.

3) YHWH Rohi iff God and Jesus Christ enlighten us and are the head of us (our leaders).

4) YHWH Nissi iff God and his/her/our Son Christ Jesus hold the whole world in their hands.

5) YHWH Rapha iff God and our Son Jesus Christ are our healers.


Some remembrances and praise to the teacher of Saint Andrew (Jesus Christ, the greatest and most exalted man on earth) from his apostle

Jesus Christ, you are the door to Heaven for us…
This becomes true once we remember you are our light and the knowledge of that which nourishes and sustains us eternally.
Jesus Christ, you are the way the truth and the life for us…
Once we go through the doors you open for us on this earth
You are the joy and jubilation for us…
This becomes true once we remember that you are our resurrection and our life.



HaEl

O God, in the omnipotence of your strength, great in the glory of your Name, mighty eternally
and awesome through your awesomeness, O King enthroned upon a high and uplifted throne.


Hael b'tatzoomot oozeh…ach, hagadol beech'vod sh'meh…ach, hagabod laneh…tzach
v'hanora b'nor'oteh…yach, hameh…lech hyoshev al Keesay ram v'neesha.

(on Sabbath morning, start with

Shoken Ad

He who abides forever, exalted and Holy is his name. And, it is written: Sing joyfully, O
righteous, before the Lord;
for the upright, praise is fitting.
By the mouth of the upright shall you be lauded;
By the words of the righteous, shall you be blessed;
By the tongue of the devout, shall you be exalted;
and amid the Holy shall you be sanctified.


Shoken Ad,marom v'kadosh sh'mu. V'katov ran'nu tzadekem bayay, lay'sharem navah t'heelah. B'pe y'sharem teet'halal,uv'deb'rey tzadekem teet'barach,
uveel'shon chasedem teet'romah, ub'kehrehb k'doshem teet'kadash.

Et Shem

The name of God , the great, mighty, and awesome King; holy is He. (congregation)

Et Shem hael hameh.lech hagadol hgeebod v'hanora kadosh hu.

Then they all accept upon themselves the yoke of heavenly sovereighty from one another, and
grant permission to one another to sanctify the One who formed them, with tranquility, with clear
articulation, and with sweetness. All of them as one proclaim His holiness and say with awe: (cantor)


V'kulam m'kav'lem aleyhem al mal'cot shama…yeem zeh meezeh, v'not'nem r'shot zeh lzeh,
l'hak'desh l'yotz'ram, b'na…chat r'oach b'shaphach b'rorah uveeen'emah. K'doooshah coolam
c'echad onem v'om'rem b'yeer'ah.

Holy, holy, holy is the Lord, the Lord God of Hosts. The whole World is filled with Your glory (congregation)
Kodesh, kodesh, kodesh, YHWH Saboath, m'la kal haretz k'vodu.



Prayers from the Amidah** (normally said while standing)

Blessed art Thou, Adonai, Our God, shield of Abraham.

Blessed art Thou, Adonai, Our God, Our King who helps, saves, and protects.

Blessed art Thou, Adonai, Our God, who resurrects the dead.

You are forever mighty, Adonai: giving life to the dead. You are a mighty Savior.

Blessed art Thou, Adonai, Our God, the Holy god.

Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of Hosts, the whole earth is full of his glory.
Early in the morning, our song shall rise to thee;
Merciful and mighty;
God in three Persons,
The whole earth is full of Your glory

From across a distant way
(ie across the ocean or from other mountain tops)
we offer blessing and adorations to the trinity of your presence
The glory of Adonai is blessed from his place.

Blessed art Thou, Adonai, Our God, who graces us with knowledge.

…who favors those who repent.

…who is gracious and forgives abundantly.

…who redeems Israel.

…who brings complete healing to all our wounds.

…who blesses our years.

…who ingathers the scattered from among his people Israel.

…who loves righteousness and just lawfulness.

…who destroys his enemies and humbles the arrogant.

…who is the staff and support (trust) of the righteous.

…who rebuilds Jerusalem.

…who hears our prayers.

…who causes the light of your Son, the Christ, to blossom in us.

…who blesses in Peace the people who have struggled with him and won.

Blessed are You, Adonai, who hears and answers our prayers.

We gratefully acknowledge, by rendering you praises (for our lives, which are in your hands, and for our souls, which are entrusted to You, and for your miracles that are with us each day, and for the wonders and goodness at every time) that You are Our God and Our ancestors God
Forever. You are the rock of our lives and the shield of our salvation from generation to generation. You are good, for your good never ceases. You are merciful, for your kindness never ends. You have always been our hope

Blessed are You, Adonai, who redeems Israel,
Whose Spirit heals both our bodies and our souls,
Whose Words encourages both our souls and our spirits,
Whose Light reveals that Truth inside of us which is eternal.

Blessed be Our Holy and Compassionate God
Who abundantly blesses in Peace those who have struggled with him and won.
Merciful and Mighty…
High and lifted up…yet nearer than a brother or sister or mother or father..
Always there to run the race along with us…
Yet never having to be himself or herself the winner..
May we repay your service to us by serving those who serve you.
Trusting and believing in those who trust and believe in you…
honoring and praising those who honor and praise you.

** These prayers are especially effective said at the conclusion of the eight days of Passover at evening prayer service which closes the Holiday.

May the words and expressions of my mouth,
the thoughts and meditations of my heart,
be acceptable to your ears and find favor in thy sight.
Before you, the Lord Adonai, my rock and my strength
my salvation and my redeemer. (Psalm 19:14)



May Shehbayrach (traditional Jewish prayer for health, normally said while facing the Torah and with a minyan of 10 Jews)

He who blessed our forefathers Abraham, Issac and Jacob—may he bless this entire holy congregation along with all the holy congregations; them, their wives, sons, and daughters and all that is theirs; May the Holy One, blessed is He, pay their reward and remove from them every affliction, heal their entire body and forgive their every iniquity, and send blessing and success to all their handiwork, along with all Israel, their brethren. And, let us say Amen.


May shebayrech aboteynu, Abraham, Issac, v'Yaqov, Hu y'barech et kal hakahal hakadosh hazeh, eem kal q'heelot hak'odesh. Haym, un'shayhem, ub'nayhem, ub'notayhem, v'kal asher lahem. Hakodosh baruch Hu y'shalaym sh'charam, v'yasayr mayhaym kal mach'lah, v'yeer'pha lchal gofam, v'yees'lach lachal onam, v'yeesh'lach baruch b'hatz'lachah b'chal mashaych y'dayhehm, eem kal Israel achayhehm b'namar amen.

Some thoughts, this year, for a day of Holy Transfiguration inside of Christ Jesus
(February 18,2007)
And the Jewish Festival of Purim
(March 4,2007)
"The weak and the soft defeat the strong and the hard."
Lao Tzu



photos of some morning waves with good energy in them
from internet Google image search
credits and thanks for the use of the photos
to www.summercloud.com and surfdiva.blogspot.com

Introductory prayer psalm: The Battle Hymn of the Republic

“Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord…
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored...
In the beauty of the lilies* Christ was born across the sea,
With a beauty in his bosom that transfigures you and me…
He is coming like the glory of the morning on the wave,
He is wisdom to the mighty,
He is honor to the brave.
Glory...Glory...Hallelujah...
His Truth is marching on.”

*according to some esoteric teachings in Christian mysticism the center of the lilies are pathways in these flowers that the souls of those killed on the battlefied ascend up to heaven as there spirits transmigrate to a higher etheral plane and are saved by Christ. Indeed, as our teacher Jesus Christ's parable says the growth and evolution of a human soul can be compared to a slow development of a seed fallen to the ground and planted in the earth, nourished by the energy in a self existent Sun and through faith as God sends us carefully directed and measured waters from above so that we may have along with him a healthy fully grown spiritual body in his Kingdom of heaven among us on earth. May he who places salvation and peace and joy in the high heavens on earth in this way place salvationa and peace and joy in us.

Nowadays this psalm brings to mind to me a group of contemplative
Christian, Jewish, Buddhist Yogis practicing Qi Gong and Tai Chi outdoors (in a wave like manner)or a group of Jews with Tefillim on and wrapped in lovingly woven garments of light (prayer shawls with Tzitzits*** on their four corners) rocking to a prayer rhythm as they say the Shema (Shema Israel Adonai Eloheynu... Adonai Ehad... Baruch Shem K'vod Malkutu L'Olam Vaehd...Baruch atah Adonai Eloheynu...Adonai Adonai...The Lord is the Lord, a God most high...Living and Enduring, Awesome, Exalted and Holy...Compassionate, Gracious, slow to anger, full of Loving Kindness, and Truth, who preserves Kindness for thousands, forgiving bad intentions, willful trespasses, and mistakes, but not all...cleansing us of them. ) rather than the US civil war images of long ago (when it was written). Then, waves of attacking infantry soldiers grouped to march across bloodly fields of battle and launch frontals assaults against delibrately prepared defenses. Now, we just pray...again and again until God hears and answers us...according to his will.
*** blue and white woven threads that have knots in them woven and arranged according to some of the numerical values which can be inferred from the higher dimensional divine ordering of the Hebrew letters in God's name

"Rock my soul in the bosom of Abraham,
rock my soul in the bosom of Abraham,
rock my soul in the bosom of Abraham,
Oh rock my soul.

So high I can't get over it,
so low I can't get under it,
so wide I can't get around it,
Oh, rock my soul"

Oh Lord, you hold the whole wide World in your hands,
you hold the little bitty babies in your hands,
you hold you and me baby in your hands,
you hold you and me baby in your hands,
you hold you and me brother in your hands,
you hold you and me sister in your hands...
Oh, Lord, rock uh our soul in the bosom of Abraham,
Oh Lord, rock uh our soul in the bosom of Abraham,
rock uh our soul.
Amen

Traditional song with lyrics by Peter, Paul, and Mary
with some additional verses added by Andrew

Some more of my favorite songs (which are also written by Peter Paul and Mary)
and one of the Christian hymns of my greatgrandfather Adoniram Gordon's
and Rev. Pierson's Baptist coronation hymnal.

If I had a Bell
"If I had a bell...
If I had a bell...? I'd ring it in the morn..nn..ing
I'd ring it in the morn...nn..ing all over this land.
If I had a hammer...? I'd hammer in the morning...
I'd hammer in the morning all over this land.
If I had a song...?I'd sing it in the morning.
I'd sing it in the morning...all over this land.

Well I have a bell...
Its the bell of freedom.
And, I have a hammer...
its the hammer of justice.
And, I have a song...
Its the song about the love between my brothers and my sisters...
all over this land.

My Jesus I Love Thee

My Jesus I love thee...
I know thou are mine.
For thee all the follies of sin I resign.
My gracious Redeemer my Saviour art Thou.
I love thee because thou first loved me
and purchased my pardon on Calvary's tree.
I love thee for wearing the thorns on thy head.
I love thee for bearing the cross as you walked on that day.
Yes, my Jesus, I love thee for what happened then,
but, my Jesus...if ever I loved thee tis now.

Victory in Jesus
I heard an old old story...
about a Savior come in glory..
how he gave his life on Calvary
to save a wretch like me.
I heard about his groaning,
his precious blood atoning...
then I repented and won the victory.

Oh victory in Jesus,
my Savior forever.
He sought me and bought me
with his redeeming blood,
He loved me before I knew him
and all my love is due him.
He plunged me to victory,
beneath the cleansing flood.

I heard about a mansion he has
built for me in glory,
and I heard about the streets of gold
beyond the crystal sea.
about the angels singing
the old redemption story.
And, some sweet day I'll sing
up there a song of victory.

Oh victory in Jesus,
my savior forever.
He sought me and bought me
with his redeeming love.
He loved me before I knew him
and all my love is due him.
He plunged me to victory
beneath the cleansing flood.


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teaching

Abraham's name sounds similiar in Hebrew to the words Ab rachem...
father of compassion.
According to the oral Jewish teaching his soul and spirit are also
a source of loving kindness. So, certainly, his heart is a good place
for our souls to find an anchor. However, it is clear to anyone who contemplates
it that for someone to be a father of compassion he must be compassionate to
all and compassionate at all times. When Abraham left his Son, Ismael by Hagar, in the desert; it was an act much more cruel than what anyone would condone today. And, it cannot be considered, in any sense compassionate. Compassion without integrity or a good conscience doesn't do anyone any good. Therefore we must look to a higher human standard to find a perfect example of divine compassion inside of us.
Jesus Christ, God's 1st Son#, has said
..."Before Abraham, I am"... Gospel of John
By studying the Gospel of Thomas as translated below,we can learn that...
like ocean waves in the morning gently rocking across time against land...
if our souls keep asking the God who has placed compassion and kindness
in the bosom of Abraham for help... eventually he will supply it to us in abundance.


# Jesus Christ and Christ Jesus exist both
inside and outside of time and because of this are also co-created with God in Heaven and co-equal...co-existent with him.
The divine order of all of this are, at its core,
an unreachable mystery.


Gospel of Thomas, verse 2

“Jesus said, the seeker should not stop until he finds.
When he does find, he will be disturbed.
After having been disturbed, he will be astonished.
Then he will rule over everything.”

Stevan Davies, Shambala Publications 2002

Note: It may be too late to correct this, but Saint Thomas should have added
At this point, Then, with the help of God’s rule having been established, conveyed, realized in us all, the seeker will find what he is looking for.
If you preach this Gospel to some protestant ministers they will tell you that , "You do not find God." .."God finds you." This may be true at the start of the salvation process when the Holy Spirit only "is" inside of us. But, later on as it grows like a tree of eternal life in us it begins to be a correspondence between what is and what is...that is spiritual truth inside of a human being. It is clear from the above teachings that Jesus Christ, God himself, also prayed to and worshipped God His Father as Someone divine also inside of himself.
There are many of us on this earth today who believe in God inside of us in the same way Jesus did... as God from God and God to God...light from and to light...love from and to love... Truth from and to Truth.

Listen closely, comtemplate and meditate on what God has called me to teach you... pray and ask God the Holy Spirit to help you understand it.. and you will gain this precious knowledge as an eternal part of your soul and spirit and resurrected body.

Gospel of Luke 11:4
“Ask and it will be given to you;
Seek and you will find;
Knock and it will be opened to you…
Rest assured,
Everyone who asks receives,
And everyone who seeks finds,
And for the one who knocks, it is opened.”




Daily Mindfulness Teaching for the One Human Holy Spirit who is God’s Son, Christ Jesus
(a poem written to tie us all in love and trust, for as long as we are true to God and he to us)

Awareness and faithfulness~ are reflections of two truths*.
Truth is a heart that listens** and is faithful and aware,
Along with a mind that believes what is right for all of us.

Goodness~~ is a heart that loves and gives
Beauty is a reflection of what is good
And a mind that is open***.

~ God is a mind that is and knows no limits (is faithful toward our hopes and prayers) yet still is what he or she or it is (aware) until that knowledge blossoms (becomes true) in us.
~~ Jesus Christ is he or she who is the Prince of Peace, heals and saves us all (being what we need him to be in order to do this) and sanctifies the name of God. God has no Son or Daughter but him or her.
* or alternatively, toward two truths. “Jesus said, One person cannot ride two horses at once, nor stretch two bows, nor can a man serve two masters, as he will respect one and despise the other. “ The Gospel of Thomas, verse 47 op. cit. Also he said,
“Do not let your left hand know what your right is doing.” Op. cit. verse 62. So, this said, if we are aware of our own shortfalls in this area and ask God for help. it is possible for the Holy Spirit and thus God in all of us to do all of this for all of our benefit. “Jesus said, If two make peace with each other in a single house, they will say to the mountain, ‘Move from here!’ and it will move.” Gospel of Thomas, verse 48, op cit.


** the Holy Spirit is a heart that listens, eyes and ears that see and hear what is good, a mouth that speaks what is true, and strong arms and legs that lift up the fallen, walks with them and leads them in the right direction.
*** To say that it is a reflection means it does not have an independently existing self. Two reflections can be an image (perceptive reflection) and a likeness (conceptual reflection)making up the soul and the spirit of a human being. So, a reflection may or may not be a part of an independently existing object or person. For instance, the heavens and the skies are beautiful. But, so can be a person, a woman for example.As Dr. Immanual Kant has said in his section distinguishing the transcendental logic into a transcendental analytic and a transcendental dialectic... ,"the conceptions of pure reason are not obtained by reflection...but by inference and conclusion." The Critique of Pure Reason, Great Books # 42 edited by Dr. Mortimer Adler page 112. Another definition of beauty is needed in this case.(added to copy 11/14/07) Another definition of beauty is needed in this case. Consider, “Beauty is controlled grace” a definition due to Leonardo da Vinci. This builds on the term grace which is sometimes defined as “Love that gives”. Also, I believe beauty may be due to an essential symmetry or a basic economy of expression in a humanly constructed definition containing a creative seed of truth or knowledge that can expand on itself growing into a material, psychological entity or living being (yet start over from the beginning or some midpoint along its path and reproduce itself if necessary). Mathematical proofs, a set of physical concepts and axioms or a well written and designed computer program can fall in this category. These three or four examples and definitions of beauty seem to me to fit well together into a shared human linguistic environment and belong to a common semantics or context that I commend unto you as part of a larger set of metaphysical definitions of heavenly terms. See previous blog for more on this.

Tu B'Shvat..15th of Shvat (festival of the different types of trees)
February 3


View from a Cessna 172 (5416E), climbing to 5500 ft.in the warm summer air, beginning a flight from San Antonio Texas to Waco to Dallas... The pilot followed a fast moving line of thunderstorms until he was forced to land at Rusten LA, then the next day the flight continued from Monroe LA back to Jackson, MS...picture taken August 1986


One in God…One in Christ…We are One family.

“And He (Jesus Christ) said, ‘The Kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed upon the ground. And then continues sleeping and rising night and day while the seed sprouts and grows and increases—he knows not how. The earth produces [acting] by itself---first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. But, when the grain is ripe and permits, immediately he sends forth [the reapers] and puts in the sickle, because the harvest stands ready.”

The Gospel of Mark, chapter 4. Amplified Bible

“A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside and the birds came and ate them up. Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they had not much soil; and at once they sprang up, because they had no depth of soil.
But when the sun rose, they were scorched, and because they had no root, they dried up and withered away.

Other seeds fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them out. Other seeds fell on the good soil, and yielded grain—some a hundred times as much as was sown, some sixty times as much, and some thirty. He who has ears [to hear] let him be listening and let him consider and perceive and comprehend by hearing.” The Gospel of Matthew, chapter 13, Amplified Bible


A Poem
For Tu B’Shvat
By Andrew W. Harrell

I am Two Human Trees
(that flourish amid
God's Eternal Life)



One is a human evergreen, proud and lonely
(perhaps a 3266 year old Sequoia which only grows on the
west side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains)
Or a live oak, outreaching and friendly.
as it spreads it branches upward and outward
So it roots may lay deep below a watery, clayey,
mostly firm... but sometimes shaky, rocky earth.
The Sequoia has 33 inches of bark to protect it
from forest fires. They just cause its cones to pop
out seeds that help it propogate itself.
And, in its bark is tannin so it can resist insects and diseases*
He and I can live forever if water from the melting snows don't
wash its roots away and I accept the faith God gives us**.
Throughout the winter these two trees stand unchanged
with leaves and needles
peaceful, functional, joyful, and human.
I am an ancient Walnut, that bears much food...
hard on the outside, soft and nutritious on the inside...
not every year the harvest falls...
but when it does there is plenty for all.
And then, perhaps we are a maple,
that quickly grows to fill its space...
in symmetry and health,
once it has been planted well,
by a mindful group of us.
Then...under the hot summer sun it will be there to give shade
and help... (like this poem)
offering an invitation for someone walking by, who quiet down their
lives beside it...a little time of pleasant, happy rest.

A warm breeze blows, from through their branches, across our blessed land
and through the sunny clouds
That breathe our heavenly father (Gods’) energy
into its(our) many green oak leaves, pine needles, brown cones, and acorns.

Small warbling, happy birds enjoy the possibilities to nest
That our branches offer.

* information learned on the Sunrise Earth HDTV cable TV series
** Here I mean the faith God the Holy Spirit gives us. Since Our Father in Heaven
and Jesus Christ his Son are both part of the Holy Spirit of God inside of us I don't believe this conflicts with standard Christian theology. If you reflect on this you will see that taking this point of view of God's Tree of Life in us means the root of our faith exists hidden inside us. For all this to be true there must be at least three levels of God's soul and spirit inside and outside of our minds and bodies. What a deep and hidden mystery this is to think about and contemplate for those who want to understand how God's name dwells in us!

Some Definitions Which Depend on Themselves

Angels---Individual, self-existing beings who do God's will and are messengers for God to humankind of his goodness and faith in all of us.
Authoritative Sovereignty---Something which exists very infrequently in heaven.
Beauty---Controlled grace.
Being---What do we mean when we say an object of thought has being?
An object of thought may have being without having reality. And, this may or may not depend on the circumstances it finds itself in. The concept of reality (or true being)includes that, in some sense, of embodiment. Faith contains its own substance of the reality of what it hopes for but knowledge based on sense impressions does not. Being can be in the state of possibility (not having reality) or actuality (having reality). A concept has possible being...whether or not the experiences (sense perceptions or the realized truth of intuitive faithful knowledge) required to make it actual realized knowledge are accompanying the concept.
Belief—Faith.
Change---Something which exists very frequently on earth and very infrequently in heaven.
Compassion---Love that participates with us in our lives. It co-creates with us what is good.
Contingent---What does not exist by itself.
Earth---A fundamental realm of the realization of creation where things are as they are in heaven.
God has hidden wisdom and spiritual understanding inside of his heavenly earth in us. Both the beginning and the end of it he has placed as a basis of his truth in us. He placed it as the certain circumstances of a precious cornerstone of truth inside of the way his eternal (the past and the future) present moment dwells in us.
Eternal Life--- Light, love, truth, and goodness which is independently existing, non-contingent and non-temporal.
Eternal Light---Wisdom, Spiritual Understanding.
Faith---The light of the one increasing. A mental sustaining power created by God and each of us for our mutual benefit. Faith comes from God, but the base of its location is not in the part of him that is in the World. For faith to exist inside of us, God must first place the seed of its truth deep inside of us. For it to grow we must mentally acknowledge and accept it and know it (or understand it) as something that is good and helpful in us.
Forgiveness---Compassion in the face of what is not good.
Freedom—The state of existing independently and non-contingently and for our mutual well-being.
God the Father—A part of oneself and ourselves which is non-contingent and good. He created the Universe by himself, with his Son, and also with our help. He sustains and nourishes the creation of all things in the Universe.
God the Son--- A part of oneself and ourselves that reveals oneself and ourself to us. He is both contingent and non-contingent and he is himself good. He existed in the beginning with the Father and all things were created in him, with his help, and through him and God and us.
God the Holy Spirit---The Lord the giver of life. He (It) is a part of oneself and ourselves that is the expression of God the Father and God the Son in us. He enters the Spirits and Souls of those who call upon him.
God's Name--- That part of God's being which defines that which God is. It tells us that the three parts of the Trinity are co-existent but different and different but co-existent.
Goodness---What is desirable for its own sake. Love exists for another, but goodness exists because of itself. When goodness in us is guided by the Love in us, then divine order is established in us. Reality both exists for its own sake and also for other’s sake (for it is always an objective truth). Therefore reality is something more than just goodness…it is consciousness, love, good will, action, knowledge existing subjectively as well as objectively.
Grace---Love that gives.
Happiness---Knowledge of goodness. The co-existence in us and among us of peace along with goodness.
Heaven---A primary realm of creation where God exists and lives.
Hope---to desire or seek.
Humankind—The collective living and intelligent image of God which exists in heaven and on earth.
Joy---Spiritual understanding of what its good.
Knowledge---Assured belief: wisdom, spiritual understanding, and truth.
Obedience--- Submission of our individual and collective will and purposes to those of God.
Patience---Peaceful dependence on the Eternal Life in God for meaning and Truth in our lives.
Peace---Satisfied stillness along with joy and the expectation of future transcendent quietness and happiness in our lives.
Life—A continuous co-expression with God of one's being.
Love---A Correspondence between God ourselves and an other that most of the time exists for the sake of another. But, thankfully to God, sometimes it exists for its own sake between two beings that exist for their own sake.
Meaning---Independently existing spiritual understanding
Nothing---How we explain or define what the nothing we are talking is depends on how we are trying to know things. If we are looking at things from a materialistic, scientific viewpoint... then something is experienced as a "nothing" if it has no sense impressions associated with it. But, for a religious person this is not necessarily the case. A practicing Buddhist, for instance, is able to talk meaninfully about experiencing "nothingness" from a standpoint of having real knowledge of it. Understanding and knowing how to experience this "nothingness" in the present moment can be a source of healing, peacefulness, and liberation.
Reality--- Reality is not something which as the philosopher George Berkeley has said,does not exist when a tree falls in a distant forest where "no- body" is there to hear it. It is something which exists because there is a "no- body" (God and us) inside of us all. Wherever we are it "is", and it has the potential to be us, wherever it "is." When God created the reality in the World and the reality in you and I there was nothingness (spiritual emptiness) inside of nothingness (the wise knowing of this spiritual emptiness). For there was nothingness inside of him (his or her spirit) and nothingness (spirit) inside of you and I. For, then, at that time, in those days, in that place, two or three of us were gathered togethered in his name. And, he created it and us in him and out there and in us.God created the World out of nothingness, but he created you and I out of something (himself or herself).
Spiritual Understanding---Reflection of truth in one's being.
Strength---A non-mental sustaining power created by God in us and him to help us in our human lives.
Truth---Correspondence between what is and what is. What is may be contingent or non-contingent. The correspondence may be meaningful or not. When a self exists for a real non-self (not an illusory non-self), then it can create its own existence. The self which exists for itself is true (being a true self) only when it can be and has been known by itself and by that which it is not. Thus, in order to speak the truth, we should be ready for and not surprised by being known as we know others.
Wisdom---A patience, obedience (or fear) of the importance of and understanding and respect for the well being of God's name in us in order that one's own well-being be benefited.
note: some of the wording and some of the ideas for the definitions of some of these terms came from the book "A Metaphysical Dictionary" by Charles Fillmore
published by our long time prayer friends in the Unity School of Christianity and Unity Press, Unity Village MO 64065

Day of the Holy Name of Jesus
December 31, 2006
Psalm 8
photo taken 5/2004 kayaking near the mouth of the Columbia River (where it empties into the Pacific Ocean)

Partners in God, partners in Christ, we are one family.

Yearly Prayer Calendar:

Holy Days 5767-5768/2007 Confession of St. Peter (Jan 18 Psalm 23), Conversion day of St. Paul (Jan. 25 Psalm 67), Tu B’Shvat (Festival of the Trees) Feb. 3, Ash Wednesday (February 21), Saint Benedict’s day (March 2), Purim (March 4), Saint Gregory’s day (March 12), Saint George’s day (March 23), Passover (April 3-10), Easter (April 8), Lag B’Omer (May 6), Pentecost (May 27), Ascension Day (May 31), St. Peter and St. Paul’s day (June 29 Psalms 66, 87,97,138), Independence Day U.S.A.,St. Mary Magalene (July 21 Psalms 30,42,116,149), St. James day (July 25, Psalms 7, 33,34), Saint Bernard’s day (August 20), Saint Barthomew’s (Nathaniel’s ) day (August 24 Psalms 15,67,86, 91), Rosh Hashanah (September 12), World Peace day (September 21), Gabriel, Michael, Ariel, Raphael and All Angels day (Sept. 29),Shemini Atzeret October 4, Saint Francis of Assisi’s day Oct. 4 , , Saint James of Jerusalem day (Oct 23 Psalm 1), All Souls/All Saints Day (Psalms 111,112,148,149,150), Veteran’s Day, Saint Margaret’s day (Nov. 16), Thanksgiving day, Saint Andrew’s day (Psalms 19,24,96,100), Channukah (December 5), St. Thomas’s day (Dec. 21 Psalms 23,27,121,126), Christmas,St. John’s day (Dec. 27 Psalm 92,97,98,145), Holy Innocent’s day (Dec. 28, Psalms 2,26,19,126), Day of the Holy Name of Jesus (Dec. 31, Psalm 8).

[For Bible readings and Psalms that go with these Holy Days see the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer (both the two year daily office and the two year lectionary readings) or the three year revised common lectionary at http:\\divinity.library.vanderbilt.edu/lectionary . The revised common lectionary was created for the occasions of common prayer and worship services among Protestants, Catholics and Jews. It has more readings from the Old Testament than the ordinary episcopal or catholic lectionary. Using these two or three year daily offices is an excellent way to keep track of an intention for reading most of the Bible in two years. The best translation of the Bible I have found is “The Amplified Bible” published by Zondervan. It has cross-references in the text to related passages and prophecies which make this translation even more of a “Tree of Life” than others.]


New Moons of Shevet (January 20), Adar (February 18)) , Nissan (March 20), Iyar (April 17), Sivan (May 18) , Tammuz (June 16), Av (July 16), Elul (August 14), Tishrei (September 13) , Rosh Hashanah,Yom Kippur (September 22), Succos (September 27), Hoshana Rabba October 3,. Shimini Atzeres October 4, Simchas Torah October 5,Chesvan (October 23), Kislev (November 22),Tevet (December 22) (months of correct eating, laughter, speaking, thought, movement, seeing, hearing, action, feeling, smell, relaxation, judgement) tribes of Asher (Psalm 100 ), Naphtali (Psalm 98) Judah (Psalm 92),Issachar (Psalm 95), Zebulun (Psalm 96), Reuben (Psalm 90), Simeon, Gad (Psalm 94), Ephraim (Psalm 97), Menashah (Psalm 97) , Benjamin (Psalm 93), Dan (Psalm 99))

[According to Jewish tradition, Moses gave the eleven psalms 90-100 to eleven of the tribes of Israel., the tribe of Simeon was excluded because of the events in Numbers 25-1:15. Psalm 91 was given to the tribe of Levi. Psalms 95 to 99 have been called the “Coronation Psalms” and are used in the Jewish Saturday Morning Kabbala Shabbat service. For some Baptist Christian Hymns related to the Messianic age see “The Coronation Hymnal”, by A.J. Gordon and A.T. Pierson, Revell and Co., N.Y., Boston, Chicago.( which is now out of print, but copies are available in several University
libraries)

Irish Prayer and Blessing
“May the road rise up to meet you, May the wind be always at your back.
May the Sun(Son) shine warm on your face, And the rain fall soft upon your fields.
And May God hold you in palm of his hands.”
(Until we talk and pray together again and he blesses you again through us)

Wherever I am, God is! Whereever I am, I am who I am and God is!
May the Light of Jesus Christ surround you ...
May the Love Jesus Christ give you peace of mind, enfold you and guide you towards his wise plans for you...
The Power (good will) of Jesus Christ protect you give you spiritual understanding and joy.
(through his Holy Spirit, his Word, his good name)
The Presence (knowledge, wisdom, meritorious actions) of Christ Jesus overwatch you.
(go before you, save you and help you... follow you, sanctify and redeem you.)
The Power (renewed good will) of Christ Jesus protect us all and
the Love and Light of Christ Jesus enfold and surround us all.

Jewish and Christian Blessing
“May the eternal light and good energy in the Lord Bless you, protect you, and keep you,
May he lift up his face upon you while being gracious unto you,
May he uphold you and that which you value, and give you peace. ”

Saint Andrew’s Day November 30,2006/Kislev 8 5767
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The three other climbers who summitted Mt. President 8/25/95
Paul from Maine, a friend, and his wife.








4 views in 4 directions from the top of Mt. President
clockwise from the upper left:
1) East
2) North showing the mountain Diny was so inclined on that day to name as Gordon
3) West
4) South
"May he or she who places Peace in high places in us,
place Peace in you." Jewish Prayer/Blessing

"Under certain circumstances, truth can be considered as invariance under change of notation." teaching in philosophy and mathematical logic

Parable about Two
Mountain Climbing Souls
Who previously were Angelic Spirits
Part V

“For the bread of God is he who comes down out of heaven and gives life to the World.”
John 6:33, see also Exodus 3:12,15;4:12, Jeremiah 23:6, Matthew 1:21,23, Isaiah 7:14, Luke 1:68-79

“Blessed (happy and to be envied, spiritually wealthy with eternal life-joy and satisfaction in God’s favor [for they are in a state in which the born again child of God enjoys and finds salvation, regardless of his outward conditions]) are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake (for being and doing right), for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:10,11

Jesus Christ

Jewish thanksgiving prayer after meals during the eight days of Hanukkah

"We give thanks to you,Dear Lord (who is blessed and whom we bless) for the miracles, for the mighty deeds and deliverances, and for the battles you fought for us in those days in this season... You in your great mercy stood up for our fathers in their time of trouble. You fought their battle, judged their case, avenged their cause. You delivered the strong into the hand of the weak, the many into the hand of the few, the unclean into the hand of the pure, the wicked into the hand of the righteous, and the arrogant into the hand of those who keep your Word..." Translation of the Laws of Chanukah from the Shulchan Arukh by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan

Blessed art thou O Master of Creation...may it be during this time of the year in your Kingdom of Heaven on Earth that the few defeat the many, the weak defeat the strong,and the pure the impure.
[for Jesus's teaching about this see the Gospel of John, chapter 18 33-37, for St. Francis' teaching in this regard, he is right now praying with us during Hanukkah/Christmas that love will defeat hate, hope despair,faith distrust,the desire to forgive that to take revenge. Along with them, I commend unto you the Word of God and the Love of Christ for both of our successes (victories in Christ) in this life, see, for example, the complete text of Psalm 103, Amplified Bible]



In a time right now, but also long ago and yet to be, there were two mountain climbing souls who previously were angelic spirits. One was a male soul called Love (who listened patiently to the other) and the other was a female soul called Truth who talked a lot,(for truth was stronger than love , most of the time). And one day God (Wisdom and Understanding inside of humankind) said, There will be times when you neither know who you are or who others are.” “Then, at those times, you will have to be me and I you and they us. Then, you will have to find Righteousness with the help of faith, patience, and joy. So, they agreed to follow this advice. And, so they did! Righteousness kissed faith and said to faith, "You create my righteousness." And, faith kissed righteousness and said to righteousness, "You create my faith." They roped up, put on the climbing spikes (crampons) on their boots and headed up the glacier. Slowly they climbed the rope up the ice wall at the head of the glacier, and then sloshed through the deep snow drifts in order to reach the mountain's top. On the way, they remembered the wise teachings they had been taught by God (you might want to see and read some of theearlier posts on this blog) and “low and behold”, one day, finally Joy showed up, as if from out of nowhere. “Who are You? Where did you come from”, they said. “I belong to all of you. I come from inside of you and all those who patiently and faithfully wait and trust in the Lord, Our God, to be the One that helps them and sees the Christ in them”, she replied. Then, with her help, they pulled themselves up over the bergstrund [a series of dangerous crevices at the place where a mountain glacier reaches its top]. They slushed through the deep snowdrifts up there and finally made it up to a small and narrow ledge on top the mountain of God inside of them (where there was a clear view of those parts of the Earth and the Heavens that God has created for us). There they stayed for a short time and had a beautiful and wide ranging panoramic view of the whole area. From up there everything somehow appeared right after all. And, on the way back down to bring God’s good news to all of humankind two rainbows appeared for them to walk over [the two rainbows appear when the two promises corresponding to both of God’s two truths (one of faith and one of reason, one which is personal and one impersonal) are fulfilled inside each of us and all of us.]


Please note: This story both begins and ends with a blessing for Peace as
all good Jewish prayers should.

Thanksgiving Day
November 23 2006/5767







Four views of the area North of Banff in Alberta, Canada
(Clockwise from the upper left)
1) view from the top of Mt. President,
10,900' 8/28/95
2) view of Lake McArthur and Mt. Biddle
from the top of little Od'aray Mt.
3) view taken while climbing up to the top of Mt. President
facing toward Lake O'Hara from about 10,000'
4) view of Emerald Lake from the cottages not to far from
where the TransCanadian National Highway passes below Mt. President
all photos by Andrew
rock and ice climbing instruction, mountain guiding by Diny


Before Saint Augustine there were the 12 Apostles. Before the 12 Apostles there was Moses, Elijah, and Joshua. Before Moses, Elijah, and Joshua there was Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Before Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob there was Noah. Before Noah there was Adam,Eve the Word, God, and Christ. Before all these souls, in the beginning, with the Word and God and Christ I am.


Parable about Two
Mountain Climbing Souls
Who previously were Angelic Spirits
Part IV



Blessed, (happy, favored by God, spiritually overflowing-with-eternal life-joy and salvation…) are the merciful. For they shall obtain mercy!

Jesus Christ

In a time right now, but also long ago and yet to be, there were two mountain climbing souls who previously were angelic spirits. One was a male soul called Love (who listened patiently to the other) and the other was a female soul called Truth (who talked a lot, for truth was stronger than love , most of the time). One day, halfway up the mountain, while they were trying to figure things out God (Wisdom and Understanding inside of humankind) said, “Love and Truth shall kiss and have two children called Beauty and Goodness”. And, so they did. Beauty was a constant female and Goodness an active male. Then, after that, one day God (Wisdom and Understanding inside of humankind) said, “Love and Truth shall kiss and have a child called Faith”. And, so they did. And then God gave them human spirits and breathed life into them Then, somewhat later, God (Wisdom and Understanding inside of humankind) said, “Love and Truth shall kiss and have a child called Righteousness.” And, so they did. Faith was a gentle young lady, but Righteousness became a Man of War. They started to climb a high mountain together called the mountain of the Holy Cross. Truth led Love up to the mountaintop (for she knew where she was going more often than he did). God said, “Don’t forget to bring along Faith and Righteousness, Beauty and Goodness, You may need them to get to the top.” And, so they did. Truth brought along Faith and Goodness, Love Beauty and Righteousness, two men and two women (three men and three woman altogether). But, sure enough, along the way, one man, Righteousness got out of hand. “Be Strong. Be Strong. Be Strong.” He said. And, Love and Truth, Goodness and Beauty became like him a Man or War. Things got a little difficult, even a real mess, and they were discouraged. They made a decision to rest for a while to find out what to do. Then, after a while, God said, “Be still and know that the Lord God is with you. This world in which you live now and which I created for you a long time ago is far from being perfect in this present moment (in fact it never will be). We all fail each other some time. But, very few of us take the time or have the courage and patience to help each other set things right afterwards. Be still and know that I am God, that I am One. Be still and know that I am (just be still and be).There will be times when you neither know who you are or who others are. But, the perfectness which I put in your hopes and dreams, I put in you and in us and not in the World. So, then, at those times, when things fall apart and fail, you will have to be me and I you, us them and they us."

Explanation of God’s concept of Time Everything does not happen, “right now” Everything does not happen, “on time” or “in time”. But everything happens in the “fullness of time” in the fullness of your and my time. The fullness of time is the richness of its expression inside you and me and all of us. Right now is the time for the reward God has promised you...If you have in fact accepted him as your helper, your savior, your redeemer, your sanctifier inside of you he brings his own reward with him. I believe that “right now” if you take some more time to re-evaluate your situation in the God's eternal present moment inside of you inside of us...that you will receive a rich blessing of happiness, peace, love, hope, and faith. Give thanks, you don't need to expect a miracle. You are God's miracle… his and her’s song of their eternal joy and peace inside us all.

Veteran’s Day
November 11, 2006/ Chesvan 21, 5767







Group of Mountain Climbers
Gearing up in Rock and Ice Climbing
Equipment at the Base of the Glacier, 11,500'
on the North Face of Mount Shasta, Late Summer of 2002











“Blessed is the One. Blessed is the One by whose speech the world came to be. Blessed is he who creates, endures, and lives forever. Blessed is the One who speaks as well as acts. Blessed is the One who has mercy and compassion on the earth and on all creatures. Blessed is the One who sustains by decreeing. Blessed is the One who rewards those who fear him, who lives eternally and saves by redeeming. Blessed is he and blessed may be his name forever.” part of the Jewish holiday prayer service



Parable Having to do with
God inside of Humankind
And of Two Angelic Spirits
Who Lived in God’s
Eternal Tree of Life
Part III

And after the two spirits left God’s tree of eternal life their souls went to the Moon. And, from the Moon they went to the Sun. But, before they got there, because of the great flood that had happened, their spirits and part of their mind went into a sea turtle laying its eggs on the beach in the moonlight[see Song of Songs, all of Chapter 2 Amplified Bible with its cross references,especially verses 12-14, where the simile of a turtledove trapped at the sea edge is used to prophesize, foreshadow the blossoming or 2nd coming of the Messiah, see also Luke 2:24, see the whole book of Isaiah especially chapter 32:30, "Happy and fortunate are you who cast your seed upon the waters...when the river overflows, for the seed will sink into the mud and when the waters subside, the plant will spring up and you will find it after many days and reap an abundant harvest."]. And, from the Sun the spirits and the souls went to he who hold the seven stars in his hand [Rev. 1:16] and she who wears the twelve topmost stars in us as a crown of glory on her head [Rev. 12:1]. And a man of God who holds the seven stars in his hand threw a small life preserver and a needle [The needle stands for the Hebrew letter vav (the third letter in God’s name Yod Heh Vav Heh] containing the six attributes of human effort necessary to be successful in God’s Kingdom of Heaven on Earth, which is composed of faith, love, and hope in him and her being here on Earth. These six attributes are: 1) loving kindness, 2) strength, 3) beauty, 4) patience, 5) obedience, 6) righteousness.] into a large ocean and he said, “This sea turtle (or its children) shall swim under the seas for 3000 years until it finds this needle at the bottom of the ocean and comes up from there at the right place (the life preserver) and lays its eggs (which contain the spirits of the two angelic beings )[The two angelic beings are the two cherubims that sit top of the ark of the covenant in God’s dwelling place or holy temple inside of us all. The male cherubim is the archangel Gabriel and Michael (Christ Jesus) and the female the archangel Ariel and Raphael (Jesus Christ). For those Christians who practice Judaism these two beings are represented by the two Sabbath Candles that we light on Friday night. The Sabbath is the last day of the week for which the first was made. For Christians it is also the first day of the week, to which the last belongs. It is a beginning in an end as well as an end in a beginning.][Book of Daniel 7:2,2:37;Ephesians 1:17-20,Romans 11:33,Job 5:9,9:10]. This might seem like an awful lot to ask for the sea turtle to do for them. But he knew that later their spirits and their souls were destined to be born again (with "God Inside of Humankind"'s help) where they would met up again as human souls in a story about Love and Truth. It would be a story about how Righteousness comes to help us all after Faith and Awareness first , Patience and Joy, Beauty and Goodness had joined in to enable us to reach the top of God’s mountain (Wisdom and Understanding) of happiness that had already been placed inside of humankind. When the sea turtle (who according to the Yoga and Taoist teachings conveys the divine gift to the soul of being able to transcend our earthly desires and thirsts) brings the needle to the Messiah (he who holds the seven stars in his hand; see the Book of Job Chapter 28 for an explanation of how God has hidden wisdom and understanding below us deep inside the earth) then he is able to again attract the other divine part of his spirit and soul the Shekeniah. And, he can then use different energy God gives from these austerities (as the Holy Spirit expresses itself through him and as his prayers are spread out over the liturgical prayer year) to sew together the heavenly souls and spirits of the righteous into a garment of light. With each breath he will sow another stitch to connect the souls and spirits of the righteous for the One (who is the Messiah, the Christ Jesus ) to come to wear as a garment of light. Then he will give the garment to the fair lady who works the heavenly shuttles of light (she who wears the twelve stars as a crown of glory on her head) inside the great expanses of God’s heavens. And, with each movement of the shuttles thousands of souls and spirits will be sown together as a garment of light in heaven for the Messiah to wear.(to be continued).

view walking over a rainbow
while going down through
Half Moon Pass, Colorado (12,500')
9/2/1995
after hiking up to 50' below
the Mount of the Holy Cross

All Souls/All Saints Day
November 1 2006/5767


Parable Having to do with
Two Angelic Spirits
Who Lived in God’s
Eternal Tree of Life
Part II

“Blessed (enviably happy, fortunate and spiritually prosperous with the joy of eternal life and satisfaction that comes from God’s favor) are the pure in heart…for they shall see God (Ps 24: 3,4) and those who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they shall be completely satisfied. (Isaiah 55: 1,2)"

Jesus Christ

As mentioned previously, a long time ago there were two angelic spirits who lived a happy life in God’s tree of eternal life, but were frightened by an eagle flying above them.. They thought about flying to the tree next to their’s, God’s tree of his knowledge of good and evil. But, just before this, they heard a rustle in the branches and saw a few leaves floating to the ground from that direction. From their vantage point above the ground they could see that there was a tiger hiding in the tree’s branches who had used the back of an elephant to climb there. Worse still, around the same time, when they looked at the other direction on the ground there was a hunter with a gun who had spotted them and was looking to fire his weapon at them. So, the female said to her mate, “I am frightened, what shall we do.” And, her mate said, “Do nothing, trust in God as we have been told to.” So they froze in fear, while waiting there. And, just as the hunter was aiming to fire his gun, a snake bite him on the foot disturbed his aim, made him miss and hit the eagle. And, on a branch next to the tiger there was a monkey. The monkey was rattled by the sound of the hunter’s shot and shook the tree’s branch. This was enough for the tiger who was hiding there to fall out, hurt himself and run away. So they (the two angelic spirits) were safe, but, shortly after that harrowing experience the female lost her patience and her trust in God’s word. Then wind of the out breath of God (Wisdom and Understanding) caught her up and she flew away. And, God stirred the depths and the heights of the ocean’s waters and brought a great flood on humankind. Both their spirits and souls went away together. For the wind of the out breath of God had taken away their hopes and dreams. This was because; they needed each other for happiness.

“Light is sown for the righteous and faith (strewn along their way). And for those whose heart is upright, irrepressible joy and gladness.” Psalm 97:11

Shemini Atzeres/Simchath Torah October 15 2006/5767
Parable about God inside of humankind
and of two angelic spirits in God’s eternal tree of life.
Part I
A long time ago God inside of humankind was a man called Wisdom and a woman called Understanding. Wisdom had to do with helping God generate the out breaths of humankind and Understanding with the in breaths. And God (Wisdom and Understanding) had two children who lived together as angelic spirits like two birds (one named Love and the other Truth) in God’s eternal tree of life. They sang a song of eternal life so full and free (with truth singing and love listening). Then, one day, the male bird (Love) got tired of listening all day to the female’s (Truth)

Some say Truth is Jacob* and Love Abraham as in the important High Holiday prayer, “Grant Truth to Jacob and Kindness to Abraham”… or ”You will keep faith with Jacob and give loyaltly to Abraham.” See Micah, chapter 7 for the original Hebrew prayer corresponding to both of these translations. But, in this story their spirits are living in the Garden of Eden and the high heavens before this time.

song and decided he wanted to speak. He thought, since I was made by God I will sing a song of God inside of us all (Wisdom and Understanding) and speak prophecy in God’s name. But, Satan was listening and he said to God . Look at this small weak spirit in your tree of life trying to speak for you.

“Who is this that darkens and obscures counsel [by words] without knowledge.” The Book of Job, Chapter 42, verse 2. But also we know, “Not to have any madness at all in your spirit is itself madness. And, to see the world as it is instead of as it should be is the most madness of all.” Miguel Cervantes

He neither knows who he is or who you are. For, if he knew who he is, he would know who you are (his creator). And, if he knew who you are, he would know who he is (a being created by you). I will blow away the hopes and dreams of these two birds. And, since things at that time were occurring on an out breath, God (Wisdom and Understanding) let him. So, just then an eagle soared above them and spotted the female bird singing in God’s tree of life. Circling above them he made ready to swoop down and capture them both with his sharp claws. He was there to take them away from their happiness in God’s eternal tree of life and he was created by God as an illusion and an apparent obstacle to the realization of their hopes and dreams. (to be continued)

* footnote written 7/24/07...From another point of view someone could ( if they thought it would do us good) say that if Jacob was alive with us today and didn't confess the tricks and deceits he previously used in order to inherit the blessing from his family... that, then, he couldn't be a good representative for us and be the truth for us all. One might argue that, in this case, the truth is he who is Jesus Christ, or whoever is rational and consistent in terms of a logic or logos inside of the Word of God.
* footnote added 5/4/2010 by fellow mathematician, amateur theologian, time travellor Stephen Hawking

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All Angels Day September 29, 2006

Andrew W. Harrell ‏@AndrewWHarrell          tweeted out February 6,2016 backward and forward in time to Septejmber 29, 2006   and the future.
                               

What would Jesus say if you asked Him "Who is responsible for healing us of our sins?" He would say, He is saying now, "God, and you and I." 

                  

Here is a story, to think about your whole life long, that explains what this fundamental teaching means:

Parable of the Two Runners

Once there were two neighbors who were both amateur runners. Each day of their life, for as long as they could remember they met out on the local track and ran laps. One day one of the two men decided he wanted to improve himself so he hired a professional coach without telling the other. And, he practiced extra hours by himself. Then, each day, he would run more laps than the other. And, so each time they raced in public he would win. And, because he had practiced longer he felt he deserved this. He wondered why his neighbor didn't care that he got the best of him each day. Then, the two men died and they each went to heaven. And, it turned out there was a prize in heaven that went to whoever had been the best runner on earth. These two men were the only two contestants left, because all of the professional runners had not lived as long as they. Nor, had the professionals run as long as these two amateurs. And, the neighbor who always won the races on earth was certain that he would get the prize... a crown of glory. But, the angels deliberated a while and they gave the prize to the other neighbor who always lost. And, the neighbor who won the most on earth asked the heavenly judges why they gave the crown for being the best runner to his neighbor. "Each day I ran more laps than him", he said, "and each time we raced in public I won." And the angels said, "You are right you ran the most laps. But, that is not how we count the score. We count the total number of days each runner showed up to run along side with the other. And, there was one day your neighbor came by and asked you to run with him, but you let him go by himself, without help. You reasoned that he needed the extra practice so he could run as fast as you. But, that is the day that he outscored you." So, all the angels bowed down and gave the crown of eternal glory to the one man [or woman] who was always there to run along side with his [or her] brother. [for, in heaven, it is as Jesus Christ has said in John 18:33-37]And, the most glorious part of this prize that they gave was that his [or her] soul went on running inside of others throughout all of time-- the past, the present, and the future. So, may things always be for us.


Picture of the Laughing Falls,
a place so named (by the Canadian Indians).
It can be found just off the Iceland trail
along the way up to the top of Mt. President.
Which is near where the TransCanadian Highway crosses the area
around Lake O'Hara and Emerald Lake north of Banff, Alberta, Canada

"Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb: and you shall strike the rock, and water shall come out of it, that the people may drink." Exodus 17:6

World Peace Day 2006-2100


Skyladder route up Mount Andromedia...above Columbia Glacier Icefield, hydrographic center of Canada and source of a River of Peaceful Life, that is known as the "Columbia River".


Be Still and Know that Our God is inside of Us. Be Still and know that He and She is One.

It is a deep Yogic mystery that the purpose of life is to help others, but in order to do this you must first loveyourself. How do we do it?

How do we love ourself? We must know the Truth that sets us free..that we love ourself by seeing Jesus Christ, God's only Son in it.

Prayer to the Father:

Our Father who art in Heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name,
Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will be done,
on earth, as it is in Heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.
And, forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us:
And, lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil. Amen

12/8/2017 Pope,Saint Francis has suggested we change the phrasing of this prayer
by taking out the "lead us not into temptation" part.

Some thoughts on that suggestion:

@Pontifex Yes, we are the "Way, the Truth, and the Life" aren't we? So, the way we deliver people from evil is by being "The Resurrection and the Life"...Hopefully and Faithfully and Lovingly. Do you think this is the Right Way to do it, instead to allowing evil to happen first?

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@Pontifex Saint Francis, that's a good change you suggested to the Lord's Prayer. For if God delivers us from evil without helping us to be tempted there will be less damage all around. But, how to do that?

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1. This is not the best of all possible worlds. There are some of us living down here for the time being, with God, in heaven on, in earth, by God's grace, for God. Something to give thanks for every day.

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2. Andrew W. Harrell‏ @AndrewWHarrell Dec 4

   It is not true that everyone is good. However, subconsciously, most evil people want to be caught, unfortunately in terms of consciousness some are smarter than the good trying to catch them. That's why we need to keep working, trusting in us and God, to outlast, outsmart them.

Prayer to the Son:

Dear Lord, help us to make the United States of America an instrument of thy peace.
[make us an instrument of thy peace]
Wherever there is darkness may there be light.
Wherever doubt, faith.
Wherever sadness,joy.
Wherever injury, pardon.
Wherever there is despair, hope.
Wherever there is hatred and anger, forgiveness.
[love]
Lord grant that we may not seek to be forgiven so much as to forgive.
[to be forgiven as we forgive].
To be understood, as to understand.
Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console.
Lord grant that we may not seek to be loved so much as to love...
[to be loved as to love]
For it is in giving that we receive.
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned:
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi

[Some thoughts added 8 years later to this blog.

I have been praying this prayer for about 30 years now. If there were two more versicles that I would add to St. Francis' intentions, that he may have unintentionally left out it would be:

Lord, wherever there is illusion, let it be transformed into what is good in our live's experiences, let there be what is real.
And, wherever there is untruth (in our live's experiences), let there be truth. For it is in this way that we with un-veiled faces allow our Lord's glory to transform His image in us II Corinthians 3;18]]

Prayer to the Holy Spirit:

The Lord is my Shepherd;
I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:
He leaders me in the path of righteousness for His name's sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil; for thou art with me.
Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of my enemies:
You are the first and the last.
You place on my head,
the mountaintop of my soul, a crown of glory,
filled with the oil of gladness.
thou anointest my head with your oil of loving kindness, compassion, joy, equanimity;
my cup runneth over.
Surely, goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:
And, I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

Prayer to God's wife, Mary, wife of God, the Name of God,
YHWH YHWH El Shaddai, Sabaoth

Remember most gracious Virgin Mary that never was it known that
anyone who fled to Thy protection, implored Thy help, and sought
Thy intercession was left unaided.
Inspired with this confidence, I fly unto Thee, O Virgin of virgins, My Mother!
To Thee I come; Before Thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful.
Oh Mother of the Word incarnate!
Despise not my petitions, but, in Thy mercy, hear and answer me. Amen

We do not believe that prayers should be "sacrifices". This implies they will be perfunctorily listened to, then thrown away or burned and forgotten, left for what is said to be for God to fulfill, but actually tossing them away who knows where before you have to keep faith with them.

To improve the performance of us all, with God helping us, in this situation we have created a prayer posting website so we can post prayer intentions together to be keep there until they are answered, and then be able to meditate on them, think about later how time has changed our desires about having them answered, and later if we still believe we need to have them answered, use what we have already understood about them to revisit them with our renewed continued thoughts and requests. A computer database program can help us with this, not as much as God can, but still to some greater extent.

cf. http://www.yhwhschofchrist.org/prayers/index.cgi

Blessed, happy, filled with the riches of Christ are the poor in spirit.
Blessed, happy, joyful are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
Blessed, happy, joyful are the meek, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
Blessed, enviably happy, filled with the riches of Christ with the joy and contentment
of a satisfied eternal life are those who make and maintain God's Peace in Us.
For they shall be called God's Son.

Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ, if your Father in Heaven cares about what happens to the little young sparrows outside His House in the yard, He certainly cares enough about the prayers offered by You and others in Your Name to post them, to reply to them in a semi-public forum and others who are praying with you and Him about them  and keep them in order to allow us all to comment about how they have been answered or not on His website.

                                            GOD’S ETERNAL TREE OF LIFE

 There is a Tree of Life. It is a steadily growing Eternal Vine. Spiritual God is the Vine and we material humans are its branches. The Eternal Life Blood of Jesus Christ flows in and through this Vine. If we remain in it , by studying those of God’s Words which creates it we can live our lives as a part of it, for its benefit and ours. This happens because this tree’s structure is from the top down, vertically from God inward and outward unto us. But, also it works because it is formed from the bottom up, horizontally through its structure in us and the World around us. Because it is formed in both of these ways, the Name of God [as the Concept of a Concept] as it forms us also controls the life that flows through its roots.
 If we cultivate this tree of eternal life and let it grow inside of us, then it will produce the good fruit of our needs and wants expressed as a part of God’s plans. The fruit is good, because God in us is good and because he is what gives the tree its life.
    Because the Lord Jesus Christ is a real person alive today...  He lives in this eternal tree dwelling in us and lives and reigns within the hearts and minds of those who call upon him.
He and His Father along with their Holy Spirit dwelling in us are in it in us.  If we let God’s Son shine Himself in us, through the leaves and branches in us in which he dwell. This nourishes the whole tree and helps it to grow and increase in size in us and around us.
As we mentioned God Himself, as the name of three individual persons in One, is the root of this tree. Its roots are firmly fixed upward and downward into the earth itself. For God is the One who has created the heavens, the air which we breathe and the ground on which we stand. As this grows in us, as when a tree is firmly rooted in the ground and remains fixed in the earth in which it was planted. If we live by God’s laws and meditate on his will and honor his name so it will grow and send leaves and new branches outward and upward.
Those of us and the parts of us which believe in Jesus Christ but live in the World and have their hearts and minds in the World will be born again in him  and recreated in him first from the top down and then from the bottom up . Some of us and some parts of us live in Jesus Christ and get their nourishment and support and guidance from the Word of God and the Love of Christ.  These parts of us are eternal seeds of Truth growing forever and will never die nor pass away until they reach the goal and the good that God has planned for them.
     
         PARABLE OF THE TWO BIRDS IN THE TREE

 There were two song birds who lived in God’s Tree of Life. One was a male and one a female. And,                          
 Inside of this eternal life of life of God’s Holy Spirit as it dwells in us there are two parts in our soul. There are two parts that exist there like two birds in a tree. The female bird’s song expresses her faithful hopes for a better life, the male listen’s to her and acts accordingly to her hopes and faith. Although, sometimes things get out of order, most of the time they have a very happy life.

  One day, as they happened to look upward, an eagle was circling above them and seemed prepared to swoop down. As they looked to the ground a hunter was walking along with his rifle pointed in their direction. The two birds froze in fear.

 However, just as the hunter was getting ready to pull the trigger and shoot them, a snake bit his leg. His arm jerked and the bullet hit the eagle which was coming down to attack them. The hunter then turned and shot the snake. But, it was too late for the hunter for he was killed by the snake’s bit. The two birds stayed there a while. And, then they flew away, as birds do all day long, but this time didn’t come back and made their nest elsewhere. And, their souls became a seed of truth in God’s Kingdom of Heaven. Their souls are a seed that is living but was dead, a seed of goodness that is living but was dead.

 The key to the explanation of this parable is that the female bird is God’s faith in us and us in Him [inasmuch as faith is concerned with form or things seen]. Faith comes from hearing as Saint Paul has explained to us in the 1st chapter of the Book of Romans. And, our hopes are based on beliefs in the certainty of God’s Truth.  The male bird is God’s hope in us and us in Him [inasmuch as we can expect it rationally]. Looking a little closer and deeper we can understand that the two birds represent God twofold presence and power dwelling in us. The male bird is the “dwelling place of God”. He is omnipresent Presence and emptiness inside of Presence as Divine Truth[from which follows His omniscience and also His omnipotence]. These two parts in the male bird are the two parts of God's Name of four primary parts, the other two being Divine Light and Divine Love. The female bird is It and Her expression of His and Her Truth in words and song. *

 One interpretation of this parable in accord with Eastern thought where you hear it told often**, is that if the two birds (us) are the two good, divine parts of our human soul they can just do nothing and things will work out. For whatever happens it is the same in the larger eternal scheme of things. The male bird is the good acquisitive part of us which provides the necessities for the contemplative female part of us. He listens and does something. She listens and does nothing. The hunter who shoots at the birds is the acquisitive human part of our nature. The Eagle is the individual human part of the contemplative side of our nature. The snake is bad part of the unintelligent and random energy our human being. It is only bad in as much as it is purpose-less  and uncontrolled by Divine Intelligence. He is all that remains after the personal parts of our individual identities have been destroyed.

 If we eat on earth of the tree of life, then we become like the hunter, killing what is divine in order to make a living. Then, the snake will bite us (actually this part of our own nature will bite itself; him or her or us). And, we will have to crawl around on the earth in order to earn our living by sweat and toil. This is just what happened to Cain who couldn’t control his anger, hatred and killed his brother Able. Then, afterwards, he was punished for it by God.
*
God’s Son, Jesus Christ, is neither necessarily male or female. He and She, or He and She, is both the Logical Truth [male] in God’s Presence and also its expression in prophetic and factual words in us [female]. These are the two parts of what we call in metaphysical philosophy the “Logos”.

** eg. The Mundaka Upanishad, an Upanishad to help monks and nuns, unmarried people, or older people later in life understand both the female and male creative parts of their souls and spirits.

 When the human part of our soul fires its intentions and its will (its weapon) at the divine part it aims at what it hears,sees,understands. But, often what it hits, if we don't repent enough before trying, is not the divine part, but the Eagle, the human part of our contemplative nature. Then if we are fortunate enough, through God’s grace we repent of our mistakes. It then that we discover that we have inside our self God’s seed of Life, which is in fact this part of our souls.

     There are actually two more ways of looking at this parable.
1) The importance of non-resistance to divine will,

2) The importance of doing our part to resist what is bad in our human wills,

3) How to realize we shouldn’t involve our ego in making a decision about which of the first two ways of dealing with the situation we will choose, only denying that there is anything to be afraid of. The correct way of doing is to depend more on God and less on ourselves.

The second other way of looking at things come from considering what can often happen to either of the two birds if they do nothing:
      Consider what might happen if the two birds had made their nest near a house, where someone lived. One day the door to the house would be open and one of the birds (the female) fly in, out of curiosity, and get trapped inside of the house. The house is a house of prayer, meditation, and Bible study, not the normal place for a young sparrow to live. The owner of the house could try to let the little bird out but she would evade his attempts to help out. How could he help her find her way out? Each time he tries to point out the right direction for her to go she becomes frightened and hides behind a piece of furniture. When she flies from one room to another the next room would be toward the interior of the house and not the outside. Finally, he would figure out the solution. Close all the doors in the room except the series of doors which led to the correct path to the outside. Then take a broom and get behind the bird and rile it.

 This other way of looking at the parable of the two birds also relates to trying to decide what to do in a situation in which the birds could die. But, this time there is another person trying to help (God). And, the problem of what to do gets transferred partly to the other person this time. Are we all only responsible for our own salvation? Does one group of people not need to help another escape the problems they find themselves in? One of the birds got caught in the house. What she had been told before was to do nothing.

  But, the way out of the house was too complicated for a little bird to figure out. Even, if she tried to take this course or even try on her own. Some people wouldn’t take the time to try and figure out how to help a small bird in this situation. But, the owner, believing in God, and the value of all life, did. And, in this case there was a solution if both the owner of the house (God) and the bird worked together.

       A third way that we may choose of dealing with situations deals with a middle way, This way, taking two opposite viewpoints into account, doing nothing and trying to do everything yourself, depends on a higher power for help. After the too quick to shoot hunter in us has been defeated, the question is how do we use this “twofold” approach to catch the snake in the parable****. The snake corresponds to the sense impression energy in the egos of all of us thinking together as humans without God’s help and guidance. Left to ourselves we tend to reason empirically and practically only without reference to respect for or guidance from any final causes. We seek our own highest good as defined only by the total good in each of us or all of us, not both together. But, we all have a higher calling and duty to honor and bless God’s name also first in order to achieve our own individual and collective highest good. Trying to catch and sublimate the energy of the snake by our own will is like trying to catch a snake in a hole by sticking your own hand first in the hole [even not knowing what you will find inside].

**** see "Thundering Silence: Sutra on Knowing the Better Way to Catch a Snake" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Parallax Press for more on this.

      But, if we ask God first through knowledgeable [twofold meditative] prayer and through spending some of our time developing good habits ahead of time, what he wants us to do, before we act, then we are more likely to be successful. Thus the third and best way of dealing with problems often requires a lot of time and patience. It is twofold meditatively, but One-fold in terms for the need for use to honor God and Truth as our help. But, doing it this way, we will often find we have more than one set of options to deal with the problem at hand. Then, like a wise military commander, with several different plans to use in a campaign, depending of what happens along the way… we don’t have to stick our hand unprotected into a hole. We can, depending on our knowledge that God exists and he has our salvation in His hands, hold a forked stick in our hands extending God hands and push it deep into the hole towards the snake without any fear of what the snake can in terms of biting our hands.

       He, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and His Apostles and the angels and archangels that over watch us all and follow along with them are real persons alive eternally as important parts and parcels of our humanity that live  on this earth today… both in a pre-millennial theological sense…and in a post millennial sense.  In a pre-millennial sense He and it are the Eternal Light of the One increasing inside of our eternal souls. In a post millennial sense He and it are the Eternal Light of the One without a second in our souls and spirits. When we study and worship the different details of how God [His Holy Spirit] dwells inside of all of us instead of just one of us we are putting on the full theological armor of God’s own Holy Spirit instead of just wearing part of it. Instead of their just being One Truth to study and follow that sets us free, there is One Truth inside of many Truths to study that can set us free. The female bird is God’s power which is named Christ the Messiah who is the power of salvation we receive from our own individual mind inside of the Mind of God [also called VeH as a part of the name YaHWeH]. The male bird [also called JaH as part of the name YaHWeH] is God’s Presence or place of dwelling in us.

 Our knowledge of God has to be both a Power and a Presence in order to be self-existent eternally and personally. He is a discrete Presence more precisely mathematically and logically as He is the discrete element of form, the number which is number One faith, the set which has no elements in it. And, He is the successor function that defines the number Two in terms of the number One set. He is the Number Three which we define in terms of both a successor function to the next number and a predecessor function referencing the number which comes before it. And, after these discrete logical elements have been defined in our Tree of Life He is the continuous limit their infinite continuation in the material time realm. He is a Unity in a Diversity. He is both a One Presence and One Power, and a One Realized and Manifested or Incarnated Spiritually, Logically, Truthfully, and Physically. He and She have come to us all both in the outward worldly catastrophic sense as foretold in the Book of Revelations and also in a more subtle and easier to miss sense of His Holy Spirit dwelling as a presence inside of your own spirit and soul.

This is my argument and teaching told by means of a parable interpreted three ways that justifies my arguments for the need of being a liberal Protestant. If you haven’t found Jesus Christ yet or already found Him and have missed Him later somewhere along the way ,I believe the best way for you to find Him again [or for the first time] is by us all studying and meditating together and helping each other.  Studying not as a special chosen people, or using one particular book or scripture only, or respecting only one particular special group of priests or teachers, but along with all of us and meditating not only by yourself but along with all of us on his ever-present, ever-self-renewing and self-completing Spoken Truth… His Gospel Words inside of all of us and you together. May God Bless us all eternally through these teachings. Amen … Hal-le-lu Jah Amen.