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Christ, once seated at the right of the Father leaned over the sleeping John
to reveal what we think of as the future. I repeat; the Bible is partly historical, partly allegorical.
The introduction says: ARevelation of Jesus Christ: God gave it to show his servants what will happen soon; He sent His angel to make it known to His servant John, who bears witness to the Word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ, all his visions. Happy is he, the reader or the listener of these prophetic words, if he remembers its content for the time is near@. (1: 1-3)
Because of the phrase AWhat will happen soon@, men of the cloth and other interpreters of the Bible believe the Revelation was the relation between future times and what must happen to men on Earth; that is not so, but not according to popular thinking. We ignore the fact that everything in the Bible is allegorical: images, symbols.
Letters to the Asian Churches. According to Edgar Cayce AAsia@ is synonymous of the human body. The Seven Churches represent the seven glands (Endocrine system) or chakras.
What did Consciousness do when It created? It used Its Free Will. It expressed Itself and chose to show the power of thought over matter. Then It created us to allow us to use our will. We have used it mainly to get away from Consciousness, to live our own life and to forget our origin and our duty; if we want to return to Aheaven@, we must pair up our will and our free will to become One with the Creative Forces. We will thus fulfil our goal on the Earth. When Jesus gave His will to supreme Will in His body, He became mother Earth giving birth to a son. By accepting to Adie unto Himself@, He resurrected to His Spirit. He gave Himself birth. He became Son of Man.
When He said: ALet him who has ears hear@, He was urging us to listen to the small inner voice, the voice of Consciousness. Those words also mean to listen to the message contained in what happens to us.
The first four glands (churches) are the four beasts of Revelation. We must conquer these if we are to spirituals them.
The Ephesus Church: (II: 1-7): The Bull represents all that we adore, the images we create. These are ideas we have accepted as ways of answering or reacting to others. Terrestrial forces control our desires and make up the images and vibrations that we must then endure. To change our environment, we must change our ideas. What we create (the images of our desires) always comes back as karma. Let us understand that >to repent= means to >re-think our thoughts and actions=.
The Smyrna Church: (II: 8-il): Man, our choices, and temptations. We are poor because we give life to the images we create. Our choices are poor and we show our poverty of thought when we grant negative thoughts too much power, the power to control us. At the level of the Church we find Satan who can influence man to do evil: (II: 10): The devil is ready to throw one of yours in prison to tempt you. The desire to do evil is only in man.
ABe faithful unto death and I will give you the crown of life,@ said Jesus (II: 10). These words mean the death of our being when we are away from the First Cause. The crown of life is the reward we get after vanquishing the forces of temptation (satanic forces). The winner has nothing to fear from the second death (11:10). This is a promise to us of becoming the Children of Consciousness.
The Pergamus Church (II: 12-17) [at the level of the solar plexus, which is the level of memory. Here, we witness the battle of memory facing new challenges] reminds us that if we hold on to our fixed ideas, there cannot be a new Consciousness. Our fixed ideas manipulate us and our instincts. The Lion, the king of beasts, symbolizes our attachment to these ideas.
Jesus speaks about fornication: He says that it is a devious way to accept adultery. Those actions, the one becoming man must hate them.
ASoon I will return, to fightY with the sword of my mouth@. (II: 16) means that the Spirit will fight our negative (satanic) thoughts. To hear what the Spirit has to say one has to listen and consciously understand the Creative Forces.
To vanquish is to accept and be responsible.
ATo the winner I will give mannaYa white stoneY carved with a new name@.
(II: 17) We will vanquish and receive our food (knowledge) and understanding.
The Church of Thyatira: (II: 18-29): Thymus (heart); Eagle; Venus; Evolution.
AJezebel, that woman@ (II: 20). We cease to live a life of freedom when we become slaves to our memory (Jezebel); we become idolatrous in our (ideas) mind. That woman also represents our adulterous ideas: We are that woman when we prostitute ideas of divine love and when we choose fornication as a way of life instead of living and expressing the Love God has given us in order to express our own desires; we then become Aadulterous@ when we defile (prostitute) pure energy with our desires.
AEyes are like a flame@: Refers to the zeal and to Jesus= sense of Justice for His mission. II: 18
AFeet as of stone@: Purified comprehension.
AShe will be thrown on a bed of pain@ indicates an unexpected and sudden karma. II: 22
AThose children I will hit them with death@: Cleanse ourselves of our instinctual memories, those we have got to get rid of. II: 23
ASatan=s secrets@: Those are the depths to which we sink to satisfy our interests. II: 24
AI will give him dominion over nations@: Those nations are the cells of our body, our memories that must be spiritualism. That process transforms us into Sons of Man. Only at that price will we be able to conquer and master our memories and impulses. II: 26
The Church of Sardis: (III: 1-6): Prayer: Will; Planet: Uranus; Color: Blue.
Uranus represents the psychic nature of man. Ideals join up with Will. Satan can only influence us through our Will.
AI shall come as a thief@: When we align our will to that of God, marvellous things happen, things we did not expect. When things happen, let us thank the Lord. Other things will happen unexpectedly. III: 3
AA few amongst yours@: Means thoughts, habits, ideas such as memories and their positive actions. When our thoughts reach attunment with those of Christic Consciousness, then we will walk with Jesus. III: 4
AThe victorious will be dressed in white@: The aura will be white. III: 5
The Church of Philadelphia: (III: 7-13): Pineal gland (epiphysis). Prayer: Name; Planet: Mercury (thought); Color: Indigo (space).
The angel of the Church of Philadelphia is the spirit of Mercury=s planetary force that represents the activity of thought.
AI opened a door in front of you@: It is the door to memory, the door to the past. III: 8
AI will force those of Satan=s synagogue@: Are the ideas, the impulses III: 9
AThey usurp the quality of the Jews@: They are memories and reactions coming to thought and claiming their right to express self.
AI will force them to come and prostate@: We meet our Self; we harvest what we have sown. We must look ourselves in the eye and accept the responsibility for the lies we have told the Self.
The Church of Laodicea: (III: 14-22): Lord=s Father; Planet: Jupiter; Color:
Violet (patience). Responsibility. Patience is the third dimension of consciousness.
AI know thy works that thou art neither cold nor hot. I would thou be cold or hot. So because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of my mouth@: This is a warning on two levels of consciousness: one for the conscious mind (left brain) and one for the unconscious (right brain). The left is seemingly active (hot) and the right is not active (cold). The lament of this spirit (church-gland) is that it would neither be hot or cold. It is not fired with zeal of Afor others@ as the Christ is. Christ would have all become companions with Him. To become hot is to work in God=s will for us as well as for others. In the Son of Man, all the memories of self are cleansed and only the pure spirit of life, understanding, reaches the mind.
Consciousness and unconsciousness become one: III: 15. If we anoint our AI=s@ (eyes) with the salve (our reactions and habit patterns of response are the AI=S@ we have to be identified with) so as to become them, then we may see clearly, then we will turn on the Light within us. III: 18
This is a brief resume to what Cayce said about Revelation=s Churches. Here and there, I have added my own contributions. In the next chapter I will continue with the analysis of certain passages of this fascinating Book: The Apocalypse.
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