Guest guest Posted May 5, 2001 Report Share Posted May 5, 2001 Namaste All, Someone mentioned to me something about serving. Without getting into it I believe in selfless service or Seva and do perform it. Now with regard to the Essenes, it is said in the Dead Sea Scrolls that the Essenses removed themselves from Jerusalim due to the impurity of life there. The strongest connection today with the Essenes is probably the Carmelite Order, whose constitution traces itself directly back to Mt Carmel, Elias and Elisha. If you wish to cross reference read Cayce' book on the Essenes, and perhaps have a look at the Nag Hammadi texts and the gospel of St Thomas to see the connection between Christianity and the Essenes. As I said before the last supper was a regular weekly ritual meal, the Agape, taken by the Essenes. It was the Essenic connection with Asoka and various schools in India that sent Jesus there. I am not saying Jesus was an Essene per se but that he was raised in that somewhat Buddhistic Tradition. Well actually Egyptian. At that time in Palestine there were Sadducess, Pharisees, Essenes and other groups. Also one must remember that Asok's missionaries had settled in Alexandria as well. That should tie up the loose ends. Om Namah Sivaya....Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 5, 2001 Report Share Posted May 5, 2001 Hi Tony, >snip< >there. I am not saying Jesus was an Essene per se but that he was >raised in that somewhat Buddhistic Tradition. Well actually Egyptian. >At that time in Palestine there were Sadducess, Pharisees, Essenes and >other groups. >Also one must remember that Asok's missionaries had settled in >Alexandria as well. in Jesus' day the cities of the Hellenistic world around the Mediterranean had many temples where one could be initiated into the Mysteries. The names of the god or goddess varied by locale, but it was generally recognized - at least among initiates - that they were all one, that the Ancient Wisdom was one. The "Hermetic" books that came from that milieu were known as a whole as the _Poemandres_ ("Shepherd of Men"), from one book with that title. The Jews were, at least to some extent, part of that world... they were part of the Roman Empire. Meade, who produced three volumes of translations of the Corpus Hermeticum... with a preliminary first section of earlier Egyptian ritual/writing... says in an appendix that it is clear from his language that Jesus was an initiate of one or more of these Mysteries. He used very specific terminology from the Mysteries, and so did St. Paul. It seems that in using this language, Jesus was saying something very clearly about himself, perhaps directed at those initiates among his audiences, i.e., "I am the Good Shepherd." If you can find Meade's volumes in the library (G.S. Meade, maybe), I think you'd be fascinated. Love, Dharma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 5, 2001 Report Share Posted May 5, 2001 , Dharma <deva@L...> wrote: > Hi Tony, > > >snip< > >there. I am not saying Jesus was an Essene per se but that he was > >raised in that somewhat Buddhistic Tradition. Well actually Egyptian. > >At that time in Palestine there were Sadducess, Pharisees, Essenes and > >other groups. > >Also one must remember that Asok's missionaries had settled in > >Alexandria as well. > > in Jesus' day the cities of the Hellenistic world around the Mediterranean > had many temples where one could be initiated into the Mysteries. The > names of the god or goddess varied by locale, but it was generally > recognized - at least among initiates - that they were all one, that the > Ancient Wisdom was one. The "Hermetic" books that came from that milieu > were known as a whole as the _Poemandres_ ("Shepherd of Men"), from one > book with that title. > > The Jews were, at least to some extent, part of that world... they were > part of the Roman Empire. Meade, who produced three volumes of > translations of the Corpus Hermeticum... with a preliminary first section > of earlier Egyptian ritual/writing... says in an appendix that it is clear > from his language that Jesus was an initiate of one or more of these > Mysteries. He used very specific terminology from the Mysteries, and so > did St. Paul. It seems that in using this language, Jesus was saying > something very clearly about himself, perhaps directed at those initiates > among his audiences, i.e., "I am the Good Shepherd." > > If you can find Meade's volumes in the library (G.S. Meade, maybe), I think > you'd be fascinated. > > Love, > Dharma Namaste Dharma, Yes Jesua and John the Baptist, were initiated in the great pyramid in Gizeh. They were also connected to the intitiates in Heliopolic, and Karnak...Cayce. I have found that most other stuff points in the same direction as Cayce writes. I always try and line up Cayce with other sources. Another interesting point is that the opening of the Gospel of St John could have been taken literally from the Rig Veda. Om Namah Sivaya.......Tony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 5, 2001 Report Share Posted May 5, 2001 Hi Tony, >Yes Jesua and John the Baptist, were initiated in the great pyramid in >Gizeh. They were also connected to the intitiates in Heliopolic, and >Karnak...Cayce. > I have found that most other stuff points in the same direction as >Cayce writes. I always try and line up Cayce with other sources. > >Another interesting point is that the opening of the Gospel of St John > could have been taken literally from the Rig Veda. _En arche hen ho logos_ (In the beginning was the word)... Yes, or the Hermetic literature of the Mysteries, which used the word and concept _logos_. Love, Dharma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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