Thursday, January 23, 2025

Blog 43: Chapter 19_THE CHILDREN OF THE LAW OF ONE BASIC META-PHYSICS OF SCIENCE-MAGIC [CLO & Lost Teachings of Atlantis by J. Peniel]

Chapter 19: The Children of the Law of One
Basic Meta-Physics of Science Magic
VIDEO: entire chapter (words & audio)
Warning:  this chapter may be more intellectual than others; other than the part on crystals, unless you are a huge metaphysics fan, you may want to skip it

True metaphysics should just expand on the true laws of physics.  But there are certain immutable true laws of physics.  They are the ones that are aspects of Universal Law, and as such, will always remain the same.

Ancient Texts:

All is Vibration
All Vibration Follows Universal Law
All Gives All Receives
All Loves

All Vibration
Seeks its own Level
To find any Level
Set forth the Vibration
By Law you Will Go there
By Law it Will come.
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Yod He Vau He
Pronounce it Right
To Open The Gates of Heaven
And Live in the Light
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Vibration Does Flow
In Body and Soul.
High and Low, In All Flesh is Written
Tune may you to the Right Vibrations
Colors and Sounds, That Change What We Know
Use Them May You
To Heal, Sow, and Grow
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Senses Five
Does Man Perceive.
The Focus on Self
Restricts All That Is.
Limited in Scope
The Ocean not Seen.
A Drop of Rain
He Believes Is His World.
So as He Believes
So He Shall Be.
So Let it Be Written
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Everything Orbits Something
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All Matter Is As The Universe,
Stars, Planets, Time and Space.

In Search of Real Metaphysics
Jon was so happy that the Children/CLO had teachings that actually gave him the physics involved with the sciences, and facts that made sense.  With this information, I was able to discover many things like the REAL colors associated with REAL musical notes.  He could demonstrate it mathematically & prove it, and he could make a device that combined the 2.  This was real metaphysics at last.

Crystals
Crystals are amazing energy transmutators - they can take electricity & change it to physical vibration.  They can also do the opposite - take vibration, and change it to electricity.

Example:  TV/Radio Waves - they travel through the air to wherever we are, and then crystals change them back to electricity.  Each receiving crystal is "tuned" to a specific frequency of vibration, which matches a transmitting crystal.  By changing your receiving crystal, you "change channels".

Example:  Cigarette Lighters - push down on a button or plunger, when you hear the click, you are hearing the sound of the crystal being struck by plastic/metal piece snapping down on it.  When the crystal is struck, this creates a vibration pressure on the crystal, causing it to give off a spark of electricity, igniting the butane ("piezo-electric").

Example:  Watch/Clock - use electricity (a battery) to make the crystal vibrate; the constant vibration of the quartz is the basis for measuring off the seconds, minutes & hours.

In Atlantis, the Sons of Belial used lasers & geothermal type approaches to create energy to feed their power hungry energy demands.  Their power plants were instrumental in the terrible destructive Earth changes that destroyed Atlantis.  But the Children/CLO were more power conservative.  The last of the CLO's greatest power plants was the "Great Pyramid" in Egypt (also used for initiation; discussed in later chapter).

A monk at the Monastery named VISHNU taught Jon a lot -
He taught Jon about the "Ark of the Covenant", which was a giant electric "capacitator".  A capacitator is a device, usually found in an electric circuit, that stores up electricity to a certain level, then releases it in a burst.  This is why the Ark had the reputation of zapping people (thought to be a lightning bolt from God).  The Ark held a charge big enough to make a bolt that would easily kill anyone who got near it... David was the only one known to be able to touch it without being killed because of his advanced spiritual development.  For him, the power was transformed & channeled in such a way that it only made for a Kundalini experience, a communing with God, and instead of being killed, he came out of it wiser & more powerful.

The Ark of the Covenant was originally a power device in the Great Pyramid.  During the exodus, it was taken (along with other Egyptian treasures) hence the Pharaoh chasing after Moses & the freed Jews.  Over time knowledge of the Ark's original purpose was lost.  It was last located in a church in Ethiopia (in the late 1990's).  

The Great Pyramid had a layered capstone of copper & custom created quartz crystal from Atlantis.  The pyramid would collect energy from the Earth's bio-field, and focus it in the Ark.  All the Children's buildings & vehicles had receiver crystals tuned to the pyramid, and would pick up & change the energy back into usable power.  They even used this same technology in the monastery in Tibet while Jon was there {blogger's note:  who knows if it is still there or functionable since the raid & massacre in the 1990's; see chapter/blog on CLO's history}.

Healing with Crystals & Vibration
All things vibrate, and have different vibratory characteristics (body parts, cells, organs, etc.).  There are "healthy" vibrational signatures & diseased vibrational signatures.  The amount of knowledge & experimentation involved in cataloging all the different vibrational & electrical parameters of every detailed part of a human body is immense - it staggers the imagination.  The technology needed to properly use such knowledge is also incredibly advanced.  But it was done in Atlantis, and later brought to Egypt/Kemet, and then later some of it was brought to Tibet.

Atlanteans used very sophisticated crystal technology to heal.  They did not just pick up a crystal at the local bookstore & try to start healing with it.  Their technology gave them access to many different specifically designed crystals, each designed to specific parameters according to their scientific knowledge of making each one a specific tool for a specific vibratory function.  There were thousands of specifically tuned crystals available for healing alone.

Today there are a couple of amazing devices that are similar to the old Atlantean technology.  They are called the Electro-Acuscope & Electro-Myopulse, manufactured by a company called Electro-Medical (Fountain Valley, CA).  They use the same principles involved with Atlantean crystal healing - neutralizing disease frequency vibrations & transmuting healthy frequency vibrations; although using a different method (vibrational synthesis).  The CLO studied & tested these devices for 10 years.  It is their opinion that if every doctor used them, hospitals would have about 90% less patients.  

If you are interested, the company can give you a referral to a doctor, physical therapist, or chiropractor who has one (or you could buy one if you have the money).

https://intellbio.com/about/   

The Vibratory Nature of the Universe
Our 5 biological sensors, we commonly use, only pick up a very, very small part of the infinite vibrational frequency spectrum.  Humans have built machines that pick up some of the vibrations we cannot.  For example: X-Ray Machines.  There are many other things we  do not normally perceive.  But are available for us to perceive when we transcend the limits of our separate self.  

Illusions
Vishnu, the monk, taught Jon about sensory perception illusion -
In part, because of the limitations of our senses, much of what we perceive is an illusion.  

Example: Television - The pictures we see are not pictures at all but lines of parts of the picture, flashing at us one at a time.  These lines appear faster than our human perception can process.  Movies flash as many as 30+ still pictures per second.  Certain animals with better perceptions just see the lines on a TV, or the still pictures flashing during a movie.

That is one of many examples.  But there are even more far reaching illusions about life & the world around us.

The True Reality Beyond Our Perceptions
Even the most "solid" physical objects are but atoms.  What we think all these THINGS are, is the result of the warped assumptions our brain makes - the assumption being based on the very limited data we get from our senses, about a certain arrangement & frequency of vibrations of atoms.  And atoms are just a building block of the same One thing - the "stuff" of the Universe.  Thus, everything we think we see, is really just an illusion - not its true form - just a "conceptual form" created by our brain.

We process info through the "filters" of our emotions & pre-conceptions.  This all leaves us with a very inaccurate illusion of reality.

As vibrational frequency increases, a more etheric quality develops.  Something may even seem to vanish (like steam) but NOTHING is ever lost in the Universe, it just changes form.  But regardless of how they are arranged, or how they appear, the true reality of it all is that it's always the same One energy vibrating at different frequencies.

Orbital Life - The Relationship Pattern of the Universe
Looking to outer space you find countless stars, "Suns" like the tar of this solar system, with planets of their own in orbit.  Constantly moving, vibrating, they follow the same Universal Laws of All, as does the atom, the micro-cosmic solar system.

ANYWHERE we look in life, be it outer space, or inner space, EVERYTHING is either atoms or solar systems.  They are like octaves of the same thing: micro/macro cosms.

It is their orbital pattern, their orbital relationship.  It is the one primary pattern that exists in the Universe.  It pervades everything, and all else is built upon it.  It is what our human male/female relationships are based on.

What are atoms?   Microscopic "stars" being orbited by planets, but very tiny, and very, very rapidly - they are an octave of the stars & our own solar system.

Consider:  what if everything is orbiting something else?  What if it goes on forever like a never ending spiral?  It must.  It is the pattern of creation, of the Universal Spirit.

The "pattern" of an atom or solar system is, in a sense, THE ONLY REALITY.  It is the primary form of life in the Universe.  This amazing, all pervasive pattern consists of "individual" parts functioning as One.  The Oneness is achieved by virtue of the nature of the polarities of the individual parts - plus/minus, male/female {north/south poles}.  The  polarized parts flow together in a particular "way" that is dictated by Universal Law.  The pattern is orbital because of the nature of polarized relationships in space.  There is always a center, a central sphere that gives, that flows out energy, and "attracts" - and that central object is surrounded by objects that are attracted to, and attach themselves to, the center object.

What if this form, this pattern, represents the relationship of beings?  What if each atom represents a conscious being composed of soulmate beings?

Truly understanding the meaning of this pattern, and applying it to human life, can provide the deepest understanding of the nature of men & women, and male/female relationships.  It is the perfect pattern of the harmonious interaction, of polar opposites.  It can show us the way to have perfect relationships, helping us achieve perfectly harmonious interaction with our own soulmates, and other beings.  

Beyond the 5 Senses
A person who is Universally Conscious, has transcended the separate self & perceives things with more than the 5 senses, and experiences them directly, without the "filters".  But you don't have to achieve Universal Consciousness to perceive more - anyone can achieve greater perception if they work on it.

When we expand our consciousness, we can access other means to perceive spectrums of vibration, normally beyond human reach...activating of an evolutionary spiritual energy phenomenon called the "kundalini".  When it becomes active, it traverses the spine, energizing nerve centers (called plexus) and endocrine glands that are normally dormant, or just performing on a lower level.  Kundalini activation causes the subsequent activation, or "awakening" of 7 centers along the spine, called "chakras" in some spiritual traditions.  Each of the chakras allows receiving & transmitting on different planes of vibration.  For instance, the most famous chakra, the pituitary/"3rd eye"; when opened it gives one what has been called "2nd sight".  The new perceptional capability will vary depending on the degree of opening (medium opening = ability to see energy fields/auras).  

Allegorical Example:  You have 7 TV's, each with a different "show" that is a different version of the same show about your life & the world around you, playing on them.  But rather rather than just watching, they allow you to become part of the show, and live in, and interact with the show.  And the kundalini is the power supply that initially turns these TV's on.

Caution:  if the  kundalini rises & opens chakras without proper preparation, guidance or control, it is something like being a radio that has no tuner, or in some cases causes insanity or possession. 

Spiritual Stimulation of the 5 Senses
MONK VISHNU:
Some physical vibrations have "harmonics" (parallel vibrations of a higher frequency) & forms that correspond with higher "spiritual" vibrations.  Using sound as an example: it would be like hearing beautiful music that takes you to levels of pure elation, rapture, giving you feelings of peace, and Unity with the Universe.  When this happens, an array of vibrations within a certain frequency band is being received by you (hearing the music).

Because the vibrational form, movement, & harmonics resound within you, and allow you to tune-in to the "source" of which they correspond. 

Ways harmonious Universal vibrations manifest:
To Vision - a mandala; spiritually elating dance movements; elating colors & art; the beauty of nature - like a sunset.
To Touch - the feeling of the Universal life energy/prana/chi/ki, flowing through your body; a loving touch.
To Hearing - spiritually elating music or sounds; the sounds of nature.
To Smell - the fragrance of a flower or pure incense.  Frankincense, myrrh, lavender, and others (in pure state) are excellent for meditation & creating a spiritual vibration in the environment.  The effect of odors on a physical body is unequaled; very powerful.  They can even stimulate past life memories.  Sense of smell is the only sense directly connected to the brain, and the outside physical world.  Smells actually directly activate emotion centers in the brain, and thus, those emotions can trigger childhood memories, or even past life memories.  The combo of Frankincense & myrrh, or Lavender buds & Orris root powder, are the most powerful for stimulating past life emotions, and thus memories - because they were used in CLO's ancient temples & healing centers.

Music
Music is a powerful force, it can be harmonious, healing, spiritually stimulating, or inharmonious, degenerating, stimulating the self, integrating self-indulgence.  Music has no language barriers, and is as close to a language of the Universal Spirit that you will find.

All styles of music have the polarities of positive & negative, it's up to you to choose.

Spontaneous composition or playing can be done as a meditation.  In letting go & letting the Universal Spirit flow through you, everything becomes a meditation.

The Name of God that is the Formula for Creation
There are many different names for the "One God", even within the same religion.  For instance: Elohim, Jehova, the God of Abraham, etc.

The most ancient name for the Universal Spirit:
Yod He Vau He (pronounced Yohd-Hay-Vah-Hay)

It is from before our time of human manifestation on Earth.  It is the physical word equivalent of a vibrational, or thought form.  The name itself, is the key to creation, and the representation of the Universal Law of polarities, and the replication/reproduction of all vibration; formula for creation; manifestation of all life within the One; single most significant metaphysical concept there is.

"The name" is represented by 4 letters of Hebrew alphabet, which have numerical, as well as symbolic, meanings. Yod-He-Vau-He (YHVH)

Over time the name was changed, due to time, translation, misinterpretation, etc.  Consider the similarities:  Yahweh, Ya-Ho-Wah-Ho (YHWH), Yah-Ho-Wa, and Je-Ho-Vah, to name a few.  YHVH is also sometimes referred to as "the telegrammaton" in magic & metaphysic circles.  The 1st part, YOD, was the positive polarity or "father" part of the name of God.

The ancient teachings say that "He who can pronounce this name properly opens the gates of heaven".  In some major religions it is forbidden to even attempt to pronounce YHVH...because priests in the early days of religion, who wanted more power, didn't want the common people to know this great key.  They wanted people to need to go to priests & turn to religion for their understanding of God & spiritual matters.  This gave the priests & religious leaders great power & control, so they hid the name, changed it or made it forbidden to say.

You can chant it during meditation to help create major changes in your consciousness, as Jon did.

Yod - represents the positive (+), Sun, light, the Father principles
1st He represents the negative (-) polarity, the receptive, the Mother principles
Vau - represents the meeting of Yod & He; the place of interplay, intercourse, and combining of the 1st 2 principles
2nd He - represents the offspring of Yod & He, the result of their interaction, their subsequent creation

YHVH makes a spiral (similar to DNA double helix), each Yod in the same place on a circle of the spiral, but just above, or just below - on its own circle.  Consider the vibrational realm of sound, and facts relating to music.  A common frequency of the musical note "A" that is used to tune instruments, is 440 cycles per second (440 hertz/hz).  The next octave above is double (880 hz) and the octave below is half  (220 hz).
A x 2 = A x 2 = A x 2 = A x 2 = A (etc., continuing infinitely)
55hz   110hz   220hz   440hz   880hz (etc., continuing infinitely)
octave, octave, octave, octave, octave (etc., continuing infinitely)
The "A" represents YOD; the multiplication by 2 represents the HE, and its intercourse (VAU) with the YOD; the next octave is the 2nd HE, which is the offspring or creation of the YOD & HE's intercourse (VAU)
YOD + HE  =  HE/YOD + HE  =  HE/YOD + HE  =  HE/YOD
                     110 + 110  =       220      + 220  =      440      + 440  =     880
Einstein said we never need to count more than 4 to understand all things.  He understood YHVH.  Here are the One, Two, Three. Four.  
Such as
The Infinite ONE;  
TWO:  the dichotomy, polarities positive & negative, yin & yang;
THREE:  the 3-fold nature of spiritual, mental & physical; the Christian Trinity;
FOUR:  the rebirth, offspring, cross, crucifixion & transition to a new plane.

If one truly understands YHVH, one understands the Law governing all vibration, and all creation.

Misery Loves Company - but so Does God
Raises in consciousness, sometimes happen in  what seems to be giant leaps.  One of Jon's leaps came when he was lying down outside, looking up into space.  It was during a meditation exercise, called the "planetary polarity attunement" technique (outlined in part 2 of book).  It all just came together...a combo of finally "realizing" that primary "orbital pattern of the Universe" concept, and YHVH, which is essentially the same thing.  The Sun was a Yod (and a He to something else).  I was a Yod (and a He to something else).  It was incredible!  The difference between intellectually understanding it, and realizing it, was like night & day.  It was 1 of Jon's major changes, his major "little enlightenments" towards total enlightenment. 

Friday, January 17, 2025

Blog 42: Gospel of Mary Magdalen

 

VIDEO:


http://www.gnosis.org/library/marygosp.htm 

The Gospel According to Mary Magdalene
(The Gospel of Mary) 

Chapter 4

(Pages 1 to 6 of the manuscript, containing chapters 1 - 3, are lost.  The extant text starts on page 7...)

. . . Will matter then be destroyed or not?

22) The Savior said, All nature, all formations, all creatures exist in and with one another, and they will be resolved again into their own roots.

23) For the nature of matter is resolved into the roots of its own nature alone.

24) He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

25) Peter said to him, Since you have explained everything to us, tell us this also: What is the sin of the world?

26) The Savior said There is no sin, but it is you who make sin when you do the things that are like the nature of adultery, which is called sin.

27) That is why the Good came into your midst, to the essence of every nature in order to restore it to its root.

28) Then He continued and said, That is why you become sick and die, for you are deprived of the one who can heal you.

29) He who has a mind to understand, let him understand.

30) Matter gave birth to a passion that has no equal, which proceeded from something contrary to nature. Then there arises a disturbance in its whole body.

31) That is why I said to you, Be of good courage, and if you are discouraged be encouraged in the presence of the different forms of nature.

32) He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

33) When the Blessed One had said this, He greeted them all, saying, Peace be with you. Receive my peace unto yourselves.

34) Beware that no one lead you astray saying Lo here or lo there! For the Son of Man is within you.

35) Follow after Him!

36) Those who seek Him will find Him.

37) Go then and preach the gospel of the Kingdom.

38) Do not lay down any rules beyond what I appointed you, and do not give a law like the lawgiver lest you be constrained by it.

39) When He said this He departed.


Chapter 5

1) But they were grieved. They wept greatly, saying, How shall we go to the Gentiles and preach the gospel of the Kingdom of the Son of Man? If they did not spare Him, how will they spare us?

2) Then Mary stood up, greeted them all, and said to her brethren, Do not weep and do not grieve nor be irresolute, for His grace will be entirely with you and will protect you.

3) But rather, let us praise His greatness, for He has prepared us and made us into Men.

4) When Mary said this, she turned their hearts to the Good, and they began to discuss the words of the Savior.

5) Peter said to Mary, Sister we know that the Savior loved you more than the rest of woman.

6) Tell us the words of the Savior which you remember which you know, but we do not, nor have we heard them.

7) Mary answered and said, What is hidden from you I will proclaim to you.

8) And she began to speak to them these words: I, she said, I saw the Lord in a vision and I said to Him, Lord I saw you today in a vision. He answered and said to me,

9) Blessed are you that you did not waver at the sight of Me. For where the mind is there is the treasure.

10) I said to Him, Lord, how does he who sees the vision see it, through the soul or through the spirit?

11) The Savior answered and said, He does not see through the soul nor through the spirit, but the mind that is between the two that is what sees the vision and it is [...]

(pages 11 - 14 are missing from the manuscript)


Chapter 8:

. . . it.

10) And desire said, I did not see you descending, but now I see you ascending. Why do you lie since you belong to me?

11) The soul answered and said, I saw you. You did not see me nor recognize me. I served you as a garment and you did not know me.

12) When it said this, it (the soul) went away rejoicing greatly.

13) Again it came to the third power, which is called ignorance.

14) The power questioned the soul, saying, Where are you going? In wickedness are you bound. But you are bound; do not judge!

15) And the soul said, Why do you judge me, although I have not judged?

16) I was bound, though I have not bound.

17) I was not recognized. But I have recognized that the All is being dissolved, both the earthly things and the heavenly.

18) When the soul had overcome the third power, it went upwards and saw the fourth power, which took seven forms.

19) The first form is darkness, the second desire, the third ignorance, the fourth is the excitement of death, the fifth is the kingdom of the flesh, the sixth is the foolish wisdom of flesh, the seventh is the wrathful wisdom. These are the seven powers of wrath.

20) They asked the soul, Whence do you come slayer of men, or where are you going, conqueror of space?

21) The soul answered and said, What binds me has been slain, and what turns me about has been overcome,

22) and my desire has been ended, and ignorance has died.

23) In a aeon I was released from a world, and in a Type from a type, and from the fetter of oblivion which is transient.

24) From this time on will I attain to the rest of the time, of the season, of the aeon, in silence.


Chapter 9

1) When Mary had said this, she fell silent, since it was to this point that the Savior had spoken with her.

2) But Andrew answered and said to the brethren, Say what you wish to say about what she has said. I at least do not believe that the Savior said this. For certainly these teachings are strange ideas.

3) Peter answered and spoke concerning these same things.

4) He questioned them about the Savior: Did He really speak privately with a woman and not openly to us? Are we to turn about and all listen to her? Did He prefer her to us?

5) Then Mary wept and said to Peter, My brother Peter, what do you think? Do you think that I have thought this up myself in my heart, or that I am lying about the Savior?

6) Levi answered and said to Peter, Peter you have always been hot tempered.

7) Now I see you contending against the woman like the adversaries.

8) But if the Savior made her worthy, who are you indeed to reject her? Surely the Savior knows her very well.

9) That is why He loved her more than us. Rather let us be ashamed and put on the perfect Man, and separate as He commanded us and preach the gospel, not laying down any other rule or other law beyond what the Savior said.

10) And when they heard this they began to go forth to proclaim and to preach.

http://www.gnosis.org/library/marygosp.htm 

Archive Notes:

The Gospel of Mary is found in the Berlin Gnostic Codex (Papyrus Berolinensis 8502). This very important and well-preserved codex was discovered in the late-nineteenth century somewhere near Akhmim in upper Egypt. It was purchased in Cairo in 1896 by a German scholar, Dr. Carl Reinhardt, and then taken to Berlin.

The codex (as these ancient books are called) was probably copied and bound in the late fourth or early fifth century. It contains Coptic translations of three very important early Christian Gnostic texts:  the Gospel of Mary, the Apocryphon of John, and the Sophia of Jesus Christ. The texts themselves date to the second century and were originally authored in Greek.

Despite the importance of the discovery of this ancient collection of Gnostic scriptures, several misfortunes including two world wars delayed its publication until 1955. By then the large Nag Hammadi collection of ancient Gnostic writings had also been recovered. It was found that copies of two of the texts in this codex – the Apocryphon of John, and the Sophia of Jesus Christ – had also been preserved in the Nag Hammadi collection.  These texts from the Berlin Gnostic Codex were used to aid and augment translations of the Apocryphon of John and the Sophia of Jesus Christ as they now are published in Nag Hammadi Library.

But more importantly, the codex preserves the most complete surviving fragment of the Gospel of Mary – and it is clear this named Mary is the person we call Mary of Magdala. Two other small fragments of the Gospel of Mary from separate Greek editions were later unearthed in archaeological excavations at Oxyrhynchus, Egypt.  (Fragments of the Gospel of Thomas were also found at this ancient site; see the Oxyrhynchus and Gospel of Thomas page for more information about Oxyrhynchus.) Finding three fragments of a text of this antiquity is extremely unusual, and it is thus evidenced that the Gospel of Mary was well distributed in early Christian times and existed in both an original Greek and a Coptic language translation.

Unfortunately the surviving manuscript of the Gospel of Mary is missing pages 1 to 6 and pages 11 to 14 – pages that included sections of the text up to chapter 4, and portions of chapter 5 to 8.  The extant text of the Gospel of Mary, as found in the Berlin Gnostic Codex, is presented below. The manuscript text begins on page 7, in the middle of a passage.

Further Introductory Material

We highly recommend Karen King's new translation with extended commentary, The Gospel of Mary of Magdala: Jesus and the First Woman Apostle. The Gospel of Mary is also included, along with a useful introduction, in the International Edition of The Nag Hammadi Scriptures.

Without explanatory and background material, it will be impossible for a reader unfamiliar with ancient Gnostic Christian writings to understand the Gospel of Mary. Dr. King's introduction to her book – which we provide here in preview – gives an excellent overview of the text of the Gospel of Mary and a discussion about the discovery and surviving manuscript fragments. In subsequent chapters, Dr. King provides the contextual information a reader needs to understand the messages of this important text.

Read Dr. King's introductory chapter from The Gospel of Mary of Magdala: Jesus and the First Woman Apostle.

The Discovery Channel did a fine documentary on the tradition of Mary Magdalene, with balanced commentary from several recognized scholars of early Christian and Gnostic tradition. This film is worth watching: The Secrets of Mary Magdalene

We also additionally recommend the first three books listed to the left: Mary Magdalene, First Apostle by Ann Brock; The Resurrection of Mary Magdalene: Legends, Apocrypha, and the Christian Testament by Jane Schaberg; and Mary Magdalen, Myth and Metaphor by Susan Haskin. There are many books now available on Mary of Magdala, some of questionable value. These four books are among the best and together offer an overview of the Magdalen in history and myth from a wide variety of perspectives.

Lectures on the The Gospel of Mary Magdalene are also available in our The Gnosis Archive Web Lectures collection. 

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Blog 41: Chapter 18_PATIENCE, HUMILITY, FAITH & TRUST [Children of Law of 1 & Lost Teachings of Atlantis by J. Peniel]

Chapter 18: Patience, Humility, Faith & Trust

Video (entire chapter; words & audio):

Ancient Texts:

Believe Not What You Read or Hear.
Have Faith Only When You Know.
*
Experience Oneness With The Universal Spirit.
Only Then Will True Faith be Yours.
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Unselfish Love, Kindness, Harmlessness.
These Things You Can Believe In.
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Trust Only The Universal Spirit.
Know that All things Are
Right For Those Who Do the Will of God.
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Exercise The Qualities
Of Unselfish Love - Patience and Humility,
And The Virtues of Unselfish Love -
Kindness, Harmlessness, and Compassion.

Faith
You should not have faith just because someone tells you that you should believe something, or "programs" your mind to believe something.  The Children promote direct EXPERIENCE, that will RESULT in faith.  Experience Oneness/God first - THEN have faith.  Then you will have true faith, naturally.

When you are out of the physical body, and away from its limitations of consciousness, you can have a greater understanding & knowledge of things than you can when your consciousness is locked into the physical (deep meditation, out-of-body experience).  Once you know yourself that there is a "God", & a saintly hierarchy, a force that flows & interweaves with all things - then you can have true "total faith".  You will be able top have faith that as long as you are surrendered to God, & the Universal Will & Flow, whatever happens will be right.

Until you have such an experience, there is one other thing you can have faith in:  Unselfish Love, and its virtues (caring, kindness, harmlessness, compassion).

Trust
The ancient teachings say that because of the darkness that pervades most everything & everyone here on the Earth plane, you should trust nothing & no one - only the Universal Spirit/God & those with Universal Consciousness.   

Attributes of Unselfish Love
Patience & humility are virtues... attitudes of letting go, surrendering to the Universal flow.

Patience
MICHIEL:  Patience is usually associated  with waiting.  But Patience as a spiritual attitude does not mean a state of standing still or passive waiting, but rather an ACTIVE waiting - waiting to see what will come while you are submitting to the Universal Will.  For submission to the Universal Will brings subsequent manifestation of the Universal Spirit.  Heavenly bodies exemplify this kind of patience.  So does nature.

Bible:  Bes till, and know that I am God.

Patience gives us all time & space to understand things.

Humility
Humility is the way of true Love, being receptive to God, surrendering to the Universal Spirit, the Universal Will, flowing, & being in harmony with the Universe.  BUT IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT QUALITY YOU COULD EVER HAVE AS A STUDENT, OR A TRUE TEACHER SERVING GOD.

A person who is humble, doesn't "personally" or "selfishly" care if they are right or wrong.  The humble person attributes all of their successes, capabilities, and accomplishments, to simple facts of reality, or God working through them, rather than to their own personal abilities.

Jon's old Zen archery teacher's favorite saying, "A cup must be empty, before it can be filled.  A humble person who is not full of their own self-centered thoughts & information, is able to be filled with wisdom from the Universal Spirit."

A person with a humble attitude, learns very quickly, adapts to situations easily & quickly, "flows" with whatever changes are presented to them by life or people, & can communicate & relate to others better than anyone else.

JESUS:  The greatest among you would be the servant to all. 

Humility Goes to the Movies
  • Groundhog Day
  • Kung Fu
  • Lost Horizon
  • Brother Sun, Sister Moon
  • Strange Cargo
  • Meet John Doe
  • Beyond Tomorrow
  • Dr. Strange
  • Circle of Iron
  • Star Wars
  • Brother Orchid
  • You Can't Take it With You
  • Resurrection
  • The Ten Commandments
  • Jesus Christ Superstar
  • Joseph
  • And the Rains Came

Great "Soulmate" movies.
  • Peter Ibitson
  • Portrait  of Jenny
  • Somewhere in Time

Sticks and Stones
Sticks & stones can break your bones, and you should do something about them if possible, but words, words can never hurt the real you.  Someone can only injure your ego, your selfish separate self, not the real you.  When you are Unselfishly Loving, it doesn't matter what someone thinks of you, or says about you.  You see them as an upset child who needs love.  You realize that the reason they are striking out at you, is because they have problems that need healing & transcending - problems that need your love & help.

My {Jon's} Piece of Humble Pie
The bigger the ego, the more powerfully one can manifest the Universal Spirit, once that ego becomes a SERVANT of the Universal Spirit.

Now, do you want to have  a hard time, & protect your ego so others THINK you're right all the time?  Or do you want to have an easy time, and be humble & BECOME TRULY RIGHT all the time?  Do you want others to THINK you're great, or do you want to BE great?  You're free to choose, and you will live with the consequences of any choice you make.

Saturday, January 11, 2025

Blog 40: Chapter 17_GOALS, IDEAS, SELF-DISCIPLINE,CONSISTENCY/PERSEVERANCE [The Children of the Law of 1 & the Lost Teachings of Atlantis by J. Peniel]

 Chapter 17: Goals, Ideas, Self-discipline, Consistency/Perseverance
VIDEO (entire chapter; words & audio):
Developing Self-Discipline
Those of any path in life, who go through their periods of hardships, and learn self-discipline, usually have their respective "pay-offs", when they finally become "Adepts" in their profession.

While Jon's training, and learning self-discipline was hard, he never regretted it.  It came in very handy on many occasions & continued  to serve him.

Self-discipline is directly related to concentration.  They are very much the same thing, only each affects a different "time span".  Concentration involves using your will to hold your mind in a certain direction for a longer period, and thus achieving a specific result.  

Concentration
Most people don't realize just how bad their concentration is until they start doing a meditation that involves concentration.  They are shocked at how out of control their own mind is, how much mental garbage there is in there, and how much jabber is constantly going on.  If you simply stay consistent, and persevere in your meditations, you will develop concentration, you will achieve your goals.  Don't let the separate self use the frustration trick to throw you off. 

Strength of Will
Consistency & perseverance are aspects of strength of will ("will power"), or self-discipline.  Developing & strengthening these aspects of will, are something like safely developing a body.  Relax, be kind & gentle with yourself, and just be consistent.  If you let the self know it will not win, it will just give up in time, and you will gain control of your own mind.

Be Moderate in All Things
The Children teach that moderation, coupled with consistency & perseverance are the best way to insure that you will achieve your goals.  Put simply, don't bite off more than you can chew.  Every time you moderately apply self-discipline, your strength of will gets more powerful.  Fasting, which is used for both purification, and self-discipline, is like this.  If you are using it for the development of self-discipline, you don't start with a 30-40 day fast, you start with a short fast - 1 day or 3 days.  You succeed in that, then the next time, your will is stronger.  Then you can go 4 days, or 7; then 10.

Ancient Texts:

Build Strength of Will Slowly
One Stone At A Time
If One Attempts to Lift A Stone Larger
Than One's Strength
It Can Crush You Under Its Weight
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The Drop of Water, Can Carve the Rock
The Glacier Can Carve The Mountain
Thusly do Consistency and Perseverance
Overcome All Obstacles
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In All things, be Moderate.
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When The Two Minds Oppose Each Other
Neither's Goal is Achieved.
Want What You Want
And Tend to Both Branches and Roots.
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The Jellyfish that Drifts With the Tide
Is Wiser Than a Man With No Ideal.

The Big Picture - Setting Your Ideal
An ideal is the encapsulation of the end result of all your goals, of everything you ultimately want to be, and most importantly, a way of being, all wrapped up in 1 symbolic concept.  When you establish an ideal (i.e. Jesus, Buddha, Black Elk...), and keep it in your conscious mind, it can have a powerful effect on your life.  But this effect is only as strong as your application of the ideal in your life.  Once you determine your ideal, then close your eyes, meditate on it, contemplate it.  Feel, and completely visualize being like your ideal, as if it were indeed real.  This is one way to set your ideal.

Getting the Conscious& Subconscious in Sync
The conscious & subconscious minds must work together.  Since so much of what we think & do comes from the subconscious, this can totally nullify your conscious desires.  Properly setting your ideal will have an effect on both the conscious & subconscious realms of your being.

Programming Your Ideal
To get your ideal programmed into the sub-conscious, use the tools of affirmation, complete visualization, meditation, and if available, the Atlantean vibrational sounds (website:  atlantis.to ).  Once an ideal is fully programmed into the subconscious, the sub-conscious will work towards achieving it.  You must still consciously apply your ideal in all situations.  When you have set your ideal, check up on yourself by keeping a list of your daily activities, and reviewing them daily to see how you are doing with living up to your ideal. 

Summary
Only an ideal that is in harmony with the eternal Universal flow brings lasting peace & fulfillment.  Whatever your ideal is, self-discipline, consistency, & perseverance are determining factors in whether the manifestation  of your ideal is great, has little effect, or fails to manifest altogether.

Quote from the I Ching:  Perseverance furthers.

What better reason could you have to exercise strict self discipline & consistency, than for the goal of being a channel for the manifestation of the Universal Spirit?

Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Blog 39: Chapter 16_Visualization & Affirmations [Children of Law of One & Lost Teachings of Atlantis by J. Peniel]

Chapter 16: Visualization & Affirmations
VIDEO (entire chapter; words & audio):

The mind should be used as a tool for the manifestation of the Universal Forces in the physical plane.  If you realize the importance of this, and decide to take control of your programming & thoughts, there are specific tools that can help you do so.  Jon was told by Zain to read the following & they would speak more of it afterwards:

Ancient Texts:

Make It "Real" In Your Mind
And Your Mind Will Make it So
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Re-live Actions In the Realms of The Mind
Making It Right to Repeat it Not.
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Always Speak to Your Mind
In a Manner that Shows it
What You Desire to Achieve
As the Positive Outcome.

In Speaking to Your Mind
Never Fight the  Negative
With Itself.

In a Direct Struggle
Good Will Lose to Evil.
Make Strong in the Good
And Evil Will Begone.
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Be Ever Vigilant,
In Tending to Your Mind
Turn from Your Negative Thoughts,
Use Your Free Will
Dwell Only on Positive Thoughts.
And Success is Assured.
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Use Not Powers of Mind
But For Developing Virtue
And  To Serve Universal Will

Affirmations
Affirmations are positive statements or directions you make to yourself in order to bring about changes in sub-conscious behavior patterns to whatever you will them to be.  

MICHIEL: Using an affirmation is like planting a seed in the fertile soil of your sub-conscious mind, and like a seed it needs daily tending or it may die.  For this reason affirmations are tools that are used daily, and frequently, by those who wish to change.

It would be best if you received your individual affirmations from your personal true teacher, for he would best know what you should be working on for your particular situation.

If it is not possible, then you could ask God for guidance (for affirmations) during meditation {prayer}, or just think about negative/selfish traits you have, that you know you need to change, or positive traits you would like to acquire.

Affirmation: "I am always Unselfishly Loving"
For it to help, you need to really FEEL that, and MEAN that, when you say it, not just "mouth" it, or it will not be an effective tool.

Affirmations must always be stated as a positive result.  You give energy to the positive trait that will supercede the negative.  Thus, affirmations should always be stated as an ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED FACT, such as "I am ______."

Some Fundamental Positive Affirmations
There are some general affirmations that the Children have used since Atlantis, and are still taught for everyone.

Morning Affirmation:  While you are holding your ideal in mind, say to yourself, silently, or out loud in private, and with full meaning, FEELING it, not as just repetition of words (repeat it for 5 minutes):
"Your will be done God (whatever name for God you choose), not mine, in me & through me;  show me what I must do this day, and let me be a channel of your blessings to all."

Evening Affirmations:  For the first 2 weeks:
"My concentration is becoming perfect."
After 2 weeks:
"My concentration is perfect."

Pre-sleep Affirmation:  Often the most effective because you repeat it as you are going to sleep; this carries it deeper into the sub-conscious.
"I remember my dreams and I am conscious while dreaming,"

Visualization
Visualization is another means of "talking" to, or making non-verbal affirmations to, the subconscious.  It is an EXTREMELY POWERFUL mental language.  And it programs the sub-conscious, and directs those "building blocks" of our physical reality:  thoughts.

All there really is to it is "seeing" something being done, or already accomplished in our mind's eye.

Complete Visualization
The more detail you can add to your visualization, the more powerful it works (emotion, feeling, other senses).  Any technique involving energy visualization lends itself particularly well to "feeling" the sensations of that energy.  The same methods apply to any aspect of selfishness that you may wish to change.  If you do this EVERY time a situation comes up, OR EVEN A NEGATIVE THOUGHT CREEPS INTO YOUR HEAD, you will change as long as you really want to.  And before log, with consistency & persistence, the negative thoughts won't creep in any more - the separate self's selfishness will have "given up".


Daydreams
Daydreams are an elaborate, and deep, form of imagining or visualizing.  These can be powerfully used to your advantage if you construct an elaborate complete visualization "dream sequence" that encompasses what you want to achieve. 

A Warning
Affirmations & visualizations are very powerful & must be respected as such.  "What you sow you shall reap."  It is better to use them only for development of positive traits, and positively changing your subconscious programming.  And even then it should be done with the inclusion of a "conditional" affirmation like:
"Only if it is within the will of the Universal Spirit"

Example:  You have a pain in your foot.  You decide to do an affirmation to "not feel pain".  Problems with this - 
1.  The pain may be telling you something you need to know about the condition of your foot, that you should attend to before it gets worse.
2.  You could damage your foot because of the lack of sensation.
3.  You may be denying yourself a raise in consciousness from transcending that pain.
4.  You could be missing the gift of getting the source of why you are having the problem in the 1st place.
A person should eliminate the cause before masking the effect.

If you are humble, and have realized the existence of Universal Will, then you will probably just visualize the person/situation surrounded in light, and affirm your concern & desire for the Universal Spirit to do whatever is best; NOT what you think is best.

The practitioner of black magic seeks what they want at any cost, including harming others.  It may be used to deliberately harm others.

White magic practitioners generally draw the line at consciously doing anything that would harm someone else.

Remember, the self will twist the truth to its own advantage.  People who "create their own reality" don't know, or consider, what might occur in order to make that happen.

Example:  Jon was shopping for a vehicle with some other monks, and the salesman talked to him about how he was a metaphysician (practiced visualization to get what he wanted).  Jon argued how that could be very dangerous, with a limited viewpoint & how we should instead allow the hierarchy work through us if it is necessary.  Then the salesman could not get the vehicle to start, nor the next, despite trying to visualize/manifest the vehicle starting.  He eventually tried taking the monks to their hotel in his own vehicle, which broke down & he called his wife to get them.  Jon argued that the hierarchy intervened & God's will would be done, despite the salesman's determination to get them there.  Finally, his wife arrived & as they got close to the hotel, the road was blocked & police explained there was a hazardous chemical spill near the hotel due to an accident & no one was permitted in the area until it was all cleaned up.  People had been evacuated from the area & taken to the hospital.  So they were lucky & blessed that the hierarchy had come to the rescue.  The next day, the salesman had no trouble starting any of the vehicles.

A FEW LAST WORDS
The Sub-conscious is also programmed through strong desires & fears.  Remember, whatever one holds as an ideal affects the programming.  Be very discriminating as to what you allow to enter, and what you allow to remain.  Most importantly, YOU MUST REALLY WANT TO CHANGE.

Blog 65: Chapter 10, Part 2 RETURN TO THE TAPESTRY ROOM {Convoluted Universe by Dolores Cannon)

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