Genesis 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Before we launch this particular voyage we ask that all participants please remember these scriptures were all written in Hebrew. So then our frequent reference to Hebrew words and letters are the source of our departure; they are as well the alluring intrigue accompanying the search of the revelation. This revelation that rises and separates into the light is derived and approved … upon the arrival of our journey’s return.
With that being stated, the Hebrew word used here denoting the DEEP is תהום. This is transliterated in English as tehôm; metaphorically, it becomes the Sea, or “deep and tumultuous water.” Tehôm is a noun release from the HOLY TONGUE that can connote either male or female association, or grammatical gender, however; it is most often feminine.
Kabbalah (meaning – [teaching] received) teaches that two separate and opposite columns represent male and female, good and evil, light and dark, and so on. Moreover, these sides were not only established when God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness; they are maintained until this day. They have their birth in the Hebrew word for divided or set apart or separated which is בּדל or bâdal.
An honest and careful examination of the Torah (meaning – teaching) of scripture lets us see that the formation of creation as it began in the darkness, or the womb of the feminine DEEP.
Further examination shows us that THE DEEP has a face above it (or as Hebrew teaches – a part that turns). The face was therefore sealed within darkness. Hebrew reveals this darkness in the letters of the word חשׁך or chôshek – hence (literally) darkness; (figuratively) misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness: – dark (-ness), night, obscurity. It also means a secret place … and is strictly a masculine noun. Let’s review. So far we have a union of one male noun and one female noun. These are the makings of the remaining nouns – or – persons, places, and things. Before anything came forth to produce form, it was sealed and obscured in an abyss of noisy tumult having two opposites set on trying to outvie the other concerning the final array.
So then we can safely deduce that all we see and all we do not see in this earthly realm is a compilation of two major opposites. Let’s not try to get into the philosophies’ of the multitudinous sub-categories just yet. The earth itself (which more accurately is defined as “the firm”) is also a duality of opposites. The firm has to be considered No. 1 – as that which was void and without form, and No. 2 – the WATER; both being projected into the same space.
This space has its own separation from the place called HEAVEN. Death cannot enter into that SUPERNAL HOLY ABODE and so THE DEEP does NOT represent heaven. It does however represent the place of complete revelation of all that has to do with man understanding man, as well as his relationship with THE GOD that commissioned THE GODS to bring forth the creation. The narrow minded immediately reference the pantheon of GODS and the reincarnation teachings of the Hindus, Buddhists, Teutons, Celts, Gauls, Druids, Eskimos, Sioux, Zunis, Incas, Sumerians, Babylonians, Akkadians, Egyptians, Hebrews, Greeks, Romans, Gnostics, and Christians, etc. as myth and legend in order to deny “THE GODS” their rightful place in the spiritual scheme.
Our referenced scripture informs us that the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. Too often have certain Hebrew words of divine origin and understanding been lumped together and presented in a single word. This is one of the more blatant misrepresentations concerning the word God which is used to replace any word that comes close to labeling the highest identity of SPIRIT. The word used for the Spirit of God that brooded over the darkness – above the face – that was above THE DEEP was אלהים or ‘ĕlôhı̂ym. It may be more recognizable in the more commonly written letters as ELOHEEM.
There is an undeniable and immutable aspect that always accompanies the word ‘ĕlôhı̂ym; it is plural in its nature, its meaning, its release, and its culmination. The plurality is to be understood in terms of some of those sub-category philosophies’ to mean; gods, goddesses, angels, divine ones, judges, magistrates, rulers, and even forces or powers. It must be kept as a masculine noun which must be joined to the feminine noun in order to activate its nature. Naturally and spiritually speaking it now must take on the active battle to rule. As the child is formed it struggles with itself only, and as the formation nears completion in the world of Yetzirah it begins to struggle with the complete knowledge that it possesses in there. Created in the world of Briyah the child learns to connect the above and the below in the center. Twins are separate entities that struggle under their own set of rules. In there is a similitude that describes the noisy yet very quiet place called THE DEEP.
In staying with the spiritual reality of many Gods or ELOHEEM that influence our connection to all else, let’s continue. This is why there is a special term that describes The LORD of Lords who is over the soldiers or armies under HIS command. It is Adon Adonai Tseva’ot meaning THE LORD GOD OF HOSTS.
These hosts are the gods or rulers over things here below that carry out Yahweh’s decrees. They rule over all things on lower levels – nations, cities, houses, and every individual constantly. Without their keeping none would exist; because all here below came into existence through the veil of their disclosure and control.
Our origin, existence, and sustainment came from the decrees of the lower death laws of THE DEEP … through the veil of God’s intent … in order to be joined to the Spirit above the GODS … that are above the FACE (or the place of continual turning). This means the FACE looks one way and then it looks the other way, and this is concerning each and every one of us 24/7 from breath to death.
Now the focus has narrowed on man specifically; both collectively and individually. No wonder the teaching urges in Philippians 2:12 … work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. Just when do we individually and collectively experience this fear and trembling?
Just examine what we all know and understand. When the soul takes up its encased abode in one of many lower vessels, its conception is finalized and its journey decreed. The soul, in a sense, is further encased in the brain which is further encased in the body. The body is also uniquely combined as having two separate parts as well. It is flesh and it is spirit.
Nephesh is the lowest level in which the soul resides; it can be understood as the animal soul that all animals possess. It is FLESH. Remember without it no animal including us would be activated with the ability to move about and assume; we provide our own food and clothing by discoveries. The soul encased in the brain is called Ruach and is there to serve the breath of GOD. It is SPIRIT. With its higher affiliation with the SPIRIT, and with its direction from the brain, the possessor is allowed to distinguish between right and wrong and therefrom make choice. Ancient Sages teach “the whole body exists entirely for the sake of the brain.”
The body carries out all the desire impulses issued from the soul in the brain, which by way of extension dwells in the heart, and therefore in the flesh and finally in the body. This is the soul of voluntary thought as well as involuntary thought. The life of the flesh is sustained by all of our major and minor systems; skeletal, muscular, nervous, respiratory, digestive, cardiovascular, etc. Each is part of the whole just as Elohiym is a part of Yahweh.
Without exception, and because of Supernal Laws of the universe, each has a tendency to look one way and then the other. Just what do we mean by this illation? Just this – any and all molecular formation within us (system seen or unseen) is subject to healthy or diseased sessions depending on which way the four living creatures are looking.
We will have to take this subject up in another discourse.
Herein is the real reason for mood change and personality disorders demonic or otherwise. From each one of us the latent spirit or demonic lure to love or hate, to desire peace or war, forgiveness or vengeance, has its own unique place of hiding.
What is it that calls these powers front and center in order to assume the freedom of acting out? Simple Dear Hearts – it is CHOICE! One must understand that when God created heaven and earth He also created all souls. That is why scripture informs us in Ecclesiastes 12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit (or RUACH) shall return unto God who gave it.
Returning in the discourse to the initial exposure to fear and trembling, we will understand it to be when we exit the birth canal.
When the embryo was in THE DEEP it was just “THE SELF”; and possessed the knowledge of the consciousness of “THE ONE-NESS” in relationship to the intent of BEING. All of a sudden that knowledge of the consciousness of “THE ONE-NESS” is shattered and it is NOW IN THE FIRM of the earth and out of the WATER OF THE DEEP. It is now us, we, and them, whether we like it or not; and we must rub shoulders with clean and unclean alike. Our choices to tolerate and champion certain behaviors’ and disciplines’ that we made at the time of conception will now be sent into the world of action called Asiyah.
Once born … fear and trembling grip the soul and we all begin to cry for reasons only we then know. Here is a part of that personal revelation with “THE ONE-NESS” that we quickly loose in the next few months after birth, and gradually loose over the years. It is the reality of incarnation and re-incarnation. Eventually we have no recall ability because the generation that engendered the babe had retained no ancient and secret knowledge in order to guide or raise up the child in the way it should go. So then many reject the knowledge of the secret place, and instead spend life time after life time trusting in the present conventional wisdom of organized religious traditions, or ignoring them entirely that they might eat, drink, and be merry.
We are mandated above all to get wisdom and understanding … this is why we are set to voyage. Knowledge of the Holy of Holies or the secret place is revealed through proper protocol. Line upon line – precept upon precept – here a little and there a little; and no man takes this honor to himself. It is therefore given at conception before we come face to face with fear. Fear is the beginning of wisdom and it is the beginning of understanding. From that point we must prove to our creator that in us – being a part of HIM – is no lie; because He took us at the word of our promise, we can do the same with HIM.
Some may have noticed the statement of spending life time after life time. Yes this is a direct reference to re-incarnation. We see the paradigm of this in the word that denotes FACE. This is indeed the place of turning and that particular Hebrew word also means “WHEEL.” The wheel is a sometimes direct and sometimes veiled implement upon which the mortality of carnal life rides in cycles of circles. The Hebrew word for cycle is gilgul; and the cycle is depicted as the completion of the circle. The plural of the word is then גלגולים or Gilgulim which describes the Hebrew Kabbalistic concept of reincarnation. When we leave THE DEEP and come through the place of the face we are given our individual identity in order to play out our intent.
HOWEVER, what shall God do to those that insisted on living a half-hearted intent to acknowledge Him as the Supreme Being or not at all? He shows mercy to a thousand generations. He is not willing that any perish, but that all come to repentance. He gives them space to repent. He is long-suffering, and full of mercy, and will not cast off any with broken hearts and contrite spirits. Beloved there is no end to the fragmentation that was implemented for the sake of our understanding, until the last rebellious soul has recognized the mystery of The Christ.
A perfect man would have a hard time understanding it all in one lifetime. That is why the scripture tells us that he does these things with ALL MEN two or three times. If truth seekers would simply seek the truth and not seek a reference or two that bolsters their own plane of selective belief which is a plane that is stuck in the mud, then they could change planes. The profound understanding of “stuck in the mud” is paramount to being “stuck in the moistened clay” or “stuck in the terrestrial vessel” which is to be “stuck in reincarnation.”
The dust had to be moistened in order to form the clay from which the image was created. This is once again the union of male (dust/ above) and female (water/ below) to produce the intended child. Remember the first and foremost commandment to man was “be fruitful and multiply.” It is most unfortunate that males and females insist on joining another’s soul mate and not their own. This simply requires additional cycles of circles until all is as it should be.
So then how is it that coming OUT OF THE DEEP does not work perfectly? Actually it does, but that is fodder for an additional writing. Nonetheless you understand what I meant.
Let all this simmer and boil down to a certain word – any word; my word is CONTENTION. You may insert the word of choice but the answer is the same for them all. You want to understand? One must know the rules of the game before one can play the game, and eventually master and win the game.
CONTENTION has a place in all of us, we either choose to activate it during the course of a lifetime or we don’t, and assume it is non-existent, which isn’t the case at all. Like all other separations, with a face of their own; CONTENTION has a good side and an evil side. It presents itself in subtlety and plays the victim, or it vehemently charges out of the ranks to crush, to kill and to annihilate its opposition … which is also CONTENTION. It can be male CONTENTION in a female body or female CONTENTION in a male body. It can be right and it can be wrong. It is rarely rewarded with satisfaction from any place of engagement unless CONTENTION has an ongoing plan. Inevitably it will find a place of fatigue and disappointment. WHY? Due to the fact that it does not come from a place of rest and satisfaction, it can therefore only reproduce of the seed, from which it grows.
Some CONTENTION is strictly from the evil side of rebellion that is continuously trying to thwart the perfection which we know God intended all things to gravitate to. Other CONTENTION is from the good side of the warrior that cannot tolerate innuendo, deceit, lies, misinformation and the list goes on.
Now here is another secret secluded in THE DEEP – the CONTENTION from the right side (which is love, mercy and gentleness) employs the tactics of the left (which is hate, judgment, and severity) to overcome that left side CONTENTION which is seeded in the feminine side. The female is beneath the male when it comes to knowing the wisdom of God. Thus scripture teaches – God to be the head of Christ – Christ to be the head of man – and man to be the head of woman. Also, if a woman would learn let her learn from her head. The Greek word used here for husband can either mean husband but more properly renders an individual male or man; and man is the head of the woman.
Many married folks presume the male called husband in the partnership to be the head of the woman in that partnership. This is not necessarily the case for there are exceptions to every rule. Under certain circumstances the woman remains spiritually under the headship of the father. If a lackadaisical male is married, and acts as if he is fourteen years of age his whole life; then he is unfit to be called a learned male. At the end of his incarnation his soul will go back to the ONE who gave it, and ANOTHER vessel of dishonor will be fashioned from the emulsified dust, and he will enter again into a body of clay.
He will be under the rule of the female his entire lifetime – like having to be told everything by his mother. Even though he may marry and look to be mature, he will never possess the male skills to be head of ANY household until he is returned to the rule of the male (or the place of receiving and imparting wisdom). His wife will have her hands full trying to instruct him against his will – like a mother with an adolescent male child. Yes … the wheel keeps turning, and so very few ever follow the trails marked by the dreams that suggest the hint, to investigate the prophesies, that frame the tales, of all that “HE” tells concerning the completion of “HIS WILL.”
Once the conflict of each word with a face has been identified, experienced, and is no longer participated in, we can find rest and understand what this scripture secretly means.
1 Corinthians 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
Denominational religious dogma dares to suggest that the body of carnal flesh is the actual temple of God. To defile the temple of God to them is to eat pork, or smoke cigarettes, or even say curse or use gutter words, etc. Sorry … this may pad denominational self-righteous egos, but at best it can only be set up and guarded as the lowest level of visitation. Furthermore, the visitors that show up will not be the ones that were expected – guaranteed! That is the reason why the encased soul, within the encased soul is not revealed until the shell of the seed falls away. The shell is from the dark side of the feminine influence which takes the light (being the seed) and secures it until it is called forth by the creator. LET THERE BE LIGHT! Remember the light came out of the darkness that held it captive. Darkness was allowed to go first; for the EVENING and the morning were to be considered the day. Therefore the day is made up of two distinct sides.
This dark side in Hebrew is called the sitra achra (meaning the side of impurity or the other side). The word “Kelipah” is synonymous with the sitra achra; in Hebrew it means a shell or a peel. Every good fruit invariably has a bitter shell or peeling around it. The outer shell must be considered impure as the flesh is considered impure, and cannot be allowed to receive the revelation of the hidden inner soul called Neshamah.
This is the third of five levels of the soul’s reunion. It is within the purity of this level of HOLY consciousness that we live spiritual and perfected lives. It is NOW … that we have discovered the temple of God which we should have known about all along. As stated above, this ancient knowledge of secrets was all but lost with the exception to a few.
In this place he that is spiritual judges all things, and to the pure all things are pure. Faith has ended and the salvation of our souls is understood. CONTENTION has no relevance or hiding place in this place, but it continues in the place where others insist on practicing it for its own reward – like all those other words or entities with faces and identities. They all came forth OUT OF THE DEEP; and as long as they remain enslaved by the darkness, the light cannot take them in new directions and light the pathways of the righteous. My guided and directed CONTENTION will engage every misguided CONTENTION until CONTENTION is defeated and subdued in the center of God’s will. As Jacob wrestled with the Angel of his brother until he subdued him … so shall it be. One word OUT OF THE DEEP defeated – what’s next!
How about love … or … amen?
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Essay | Written October 20, 2010
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