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The Cornerstone of Esoteric Christianity
by Rev. Carol E. Parrish-Harra, PhD, Dec 13, 1998
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The Christian community needs to ask, "What happened to the biblical reference to the Christ within, the hope of glory?" In the ancient mystical teachings we learn that the "second coming" will be a perfected consciousness of love-wisdom such as the Christ possessed. This vision for humanity is the cornerstone of esoteric Christianity.

Esoteric Christianity, with its transformational techniques, is little known to many. Some of its principles are often discovered through metaphysics, new thought, or mystical, agnostic, or other approaches. However, they are in danger of being distorted or glamorized, even over-simplified when taken out of context.

Historical creeds of all religions have some aspect deeply preserved until the aspirant is prepared or experiencing little-understood spiritual phenomena. At that point, the adage, "When the student is ready, the teacher appears, truly seems to work." Someone will reach out and, if only for a brief time, guide the one in need across troubled waters to safety.

To begin to explain Esoteric Christianity requires boldness, audacity, and tenacity. It can be endless in definition because it transforms the experiencer and the experience redefines the faith. However, as contemporary Christians find themselves needing a greater personal sense of intimacy (not dogma or doctrine) with their spiritual Source, this recognizable route to God gradually emerges, expanding our spiritual experiences.

A major challenge for many is whether esoteric, or mystical, Christianity, as some call it, involves God or Jesus. Esoteric Christians believe Master Jesus, the Christ, pointed followers to the Father, as he affirmed he "and the Father are one." The symbology of Oneness is important to esotericists as they lift their thinking to identify with Soul, rather than personality. I am the Soul affirms this new identity.

A major adjustment is to learn to live "as a soul having a human experience," rather than to relate so strongly with personality stuff. This ability to shift identity is a major effort of transformation: "Know Thyself." The concept of the mystical body of Christ focuses our soul identity to Oneness and aligns Esoteric Christianity to the kabalistic concept of Adam Kadmon, the heavenly human.

Another consideration is that each of us is one brain cell in the mind of the planetary being or in the life we share. We recognize thoughts as things and that each of us either blesses or pollutes our setting. Mindfulness is an attribute we seek to build, as we strive toward higher consciousness in the midst of daily living, believing we are to be the hearts, hands, and minds of God as we integrate with the Christ, teacher of angels and of humanity.

"New Age," having become a catch-all phrase, originally carried the meaning of seeing an expanded vision of the higher Plan. Jesus brought in the then-new Age of Pisces, perceiving his work and sharing a new perspective with his disciples, which, indeed, called them out of their old system. He challenged them to know God, the Father, in innovative ways, to move from just fulfilling the letter of the law to living by the spirit of the law.

Without negating the commandments of the Old Testament, he laid upon them the great commandment to love God and to love the neighbor as the self. Here the consciousness of the disciples had to shift to realize that mere obedience was not enough. Their master stretched them to loving hearts, loving hands.

The great commandment expands all of us beyond comfortable personality boundaries and into the energy of the soul--Lots Of Vital Energy. Then we bring our attunement Earthward from the higher dimensions into the world around us, acting upon it to bring transformative influences to daily life.

We expand the Christian vision by fulfilling it on a one-to-one basis. Spiritual laws and the love of Christ form the foundation upon which we carry out our part of the Christ mission. Consider Mother Teresa and those left behind in her order when death came, those upon whom the mission now falls. They took it upon themselves to align with her vision and continue to fulfill it. As contemporary Christians, we are to keep the vision alive, expanding our love-wisdom until the true fruit of this world religion blossoms.

Only enlightened ones can point direction to the holy; we admire, appreciate, and listen to the saints and sages, the teachers and masters who have found the way. Their wisdom may be just what we need to advance on our own path. In the esoteric tradition is a saying, "Only a lighted flame can pass on the light." Oral traditions used to pass teachings from a wise one to a devotee, who then lived accordingly; in due time, s/he would become responsible for passing the teachings on to others.

Fears around mystical moments, hard-to-grasp experiences, or phenomena often caused the wise one, the shaman, or the astrologer to be suspect. Persecution kept those with access to such wisdom quiet, guarding what they knew. The Inquisition murdered thousands of women who were the healers and visionaries of their people. Call it magic or folk wisdom, it cost them their lives.

Because we often fear that which we do not fully comprehend and because religious fanaticism runs high, people with broader ideas often limit what they share. This self-protection keeps concepts from being distorted by those who do not realize deeper meanings which may come through meditation and inner contact.

Yet at troublesome or pain-filled moments, all of us call out to the heavens: "Why?" "Is this all there is?" We invoke divine help, and doors often open at such power-filled moments.

Ten Points of Importance

Ten points of importance come to mind as I attempt to define an infrastructure of thought that fits most esoteric Christians:

l. Life has a reason and a purpose. Esoteric teachings offer an overview of this Great Life and its purpose. This set of teachings is called cosmology.

2. All life is sacred, especially human life: Remember ye are gods. The cosmos is seeking to expand us into divine beings--a major difference to many other approaches. Self-actualization, self-worth, self-unfolding of potential--all are part of the message. It does not mean we do not err but that we are in essence divine and are to embrace the struggle of transformation.

3. Humanity is never left without dialogue with the higher worlds. From the most ancient prophets to modern, inspired ones, the will of the Creator is broadcast (my term) through the ethers to those who would hear. Perceived by listening ones, all world religions have developed out of the necessity to respond to the message and the knowledge derived from it. Each world religion donned an outer form, a manner in which it could be presented. This explanation became the cloak of its revelations.

4. Spiritual law consists of many definitive messages from the higher world to assist us to conform to our vision of the higher will of the Father-Mother, the Divine, the Source--whatever vocabulary fits the perception. The Ten Commandments, the Four Noble Truths and the Eight-fold Path, the Koran, the Popol Vuh, even the Beatitudes fit this idea, if we accept that Master Jesus as the Christ was instructing his disciples in his yoga, or yoke. These words share a common root word, yug, which means "union." Indeed, Jesus's prayer was that we would come to be one with him.

5. Each denomination, holy order, or religion develops its vocabulary, and these concepts and terms may be confusing to others. Each system abounds in mystical realities, and this veil has to be penetrated to reveal and grasp the subtler inner teachings. Esoteric symbols teem with great meaning, with profound truths awaiting discovery and insight. Great teachings contain the story of the soul and the universe, and as teaching myths and parables preserve truths uncovered by preceding teachers or wise ones, they await our readiness for their revelation.

6. Master Jesus is accepted as the historical Christ. The long-awaited Great One created such a state of alignment to the heavenly world, his vehicles--body, emotional nature, and mental equipment--were of such holiness that the Great Lord Christ, who had never incarnated, could descend into the body of Jesus to live through his prepared nature. From the baptism on, Jesus is the Christ, the Wayshower, the Elder Brother, Son of God and Son of Man, or fully human and fully divine, which is our transformational goal. We are to realize the Christ consciousness as well.

7. The message of the Christ was preparation and how-to's. Disciples were to dedicate themselves to living by guidelines appropriate to their understanding of his instructions. By doing that, he explained to the disciples, they would be visited by the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete, advocate of the Lord. They would find themselves visited by certain phenomena and gifts that would stretch them, lifting them into another level of relationship to the Holy. These gifts, like fruit on the vine, are to be harvested and revered for the bounty they bring.

8. The emphasis of the message of the Christ is to live as the Wayshower Jesus did--loving and caring, open to the mystical reality wherein we become one with the Father-Mother Creator, Giver of Life. In this mystical relationship we give birth to the Christ-Within, the hope of glory. We discover the central truth of all religions that focus on the inner nature as the fulfillment of life. The Christ-Within is the goal. We are to be obedient children as we begin our quest to come into alignment with the path of life, but we are to grow into spiritual maturity wherein the inner nature can be one with the Christ, the Higher, the Holy. The goal for the Esoteric Christian is to become Christed--whether called "enlightenment" or "salvation."

9. This goal permeates the life of the serious disciple with a dedication which often astonishes many. A life of self-discipline, understanding, discernment, prayer, and meditation is typical. Other practices may include: tithing, dietary disciplines, fasting, healing, dream study, intuition, silence, visualization, and service. Each one seeks to know higher will and to accommodate it within the framework of one's lifestyle.

10. Additional points of information:
* Not all esotericists are Christians, but all are aware of spiritual law.
* Groups vary from quiet and dignified to very flamboyant, but all recognize the importance of group life.
* Some believe in reincarnation, others do not, but all ponder it.
* There is a distinct interest in on-going life, other dimensions and phenomena that are confusing or uncomfortable for some--angels or devas, life-after-death, visions, and friends in spirit all hold interest.

Esoteric Christianity affirms healing of planetary life and all that this might mean. It does not see such wonders as "miracles"--just universal spiritual laws at work which are not yet comprehended. We learn to live in a mystical attunement to the Lord Christ, allowing the Plan to work itself out through us as it will.

REV. CAROL E. PARRISH-HARRA, Ph.D., is the founder of Sancta Sophia Seminary (1978) and Sparrow Hawk Village (1981), a spiritual community in the foothills of the Ozarks, near Tahlequah, Oklahoma. After a near-death experience in 1958, she began an earnest search for a new perception of spirituality. Today, she is a master teacher of teachers, international lecturer, and author of ten books. The latest of these are Adventure in Meditation--Spirituality for the 21st Century, each of three volumes earning the Athena Award for Mentoring, and The New Dictionary of Spiritual Thought, containing 1100 concepts of today's most important Western and Eastern esoteric and spiritual concepts. One review stated, "No other reference book today provides the clarity and depth of insight into the timeless wisdom teachings, going beyond intellectual understanding to touch the innermost heart and soul."

Carol ParrishRev. Carol E. Parrish-Harra, Dean
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In the past editions of the Spirituality segment of the Sovryn Technica Newsletter, we’ve thus far discussed:

What I mean by “spirituality” and how it contrasts with what is conventionally known as “religion”.
The importance of documenting your spirituality and making it (and yourself) “portable” and thus censorship and catastrophe-resistant.
Why spirituality can be useful to you to survive, outlast, and outmaneuver the authoritarian-rich civilization we exist within — regardless of whether you’re a mystic, atheist, or some other type of believing practitioner.
If you haven’t read the Spirituality segment in the past three issues, I highly recommend you do for context. But now I want to discuss the foundation of spirituality; whether it be your own spirituality, a spirituality you’ve adopted, or really any form of spirituality you may encounter.

That foundation — and this is true 99% of the time (I take 1% off for the Discordians) — is axiomatic. Meaning: the foundation is some kind of axiom(s). That one thing that you consider to be completely true and self-evident that exists without question and is the basis of what of your “spiritual” belief. This can be a book, or it could be an experience that you had — you saw a god, or a mystical polar bear (believe me, I’ve heard that story) and it changed your perceptions of the universe. It could even be you; as in, you are your own god and your own axiom. Frankly, it could be a mixture of all of these things, but without some kind of axiomatic foundation, you have no cornerstone to build your mental temple upon that allows you to simultaneously encapsulate and expand your spiritual self. You need something you know to be true that you can test any future knowledge or experience upon, because knowledge, spiritual or otherwise, is merely justified true belief. With spirituality being such a personal experience, you can’t always rely on the correspondence theory of truth, so your axioms take the place of correspondence with others.

Need an example? Alright, I’ll be vulnerable and open with you.

My axiom is a book. Well, more actually, a collection of books that gets called a “book”. And no, despite what I’m sure you’ve figured already are my Jewish proclivities, it’s not the Tanakh. My axiom is the Book of Radiance, more popularly known as the Zohar. While I won’t get into a treatise on the Zohar here (I assure you, I will in the future, but it will be a multi-issue series), I share this with you to let you know where I’m coming from, what I use as the crucible and test of knowledge and experiences that I encounter, and what I build my mental temple upon.

Now, before you start saying that the Zohar is this or that, let me assure you, anything you go and read on Wikipedia or on some Christian website does not express the reality of information or nature of the existence of this true “book of books”. As someone who has read everything from The Urantia Book (fascinating stuff, by the way) to the Tao Te Ching (excrement), I have never read anything like the Zohar that is essentially an entire universe within itself (though some sci-fi — such as by Olaf Stapledon — certainly gives its best effort). And it covers much more than spirituality: ahead-of-its-time scientific knowledge, health, history, sex, advanced technology, and more. Again, I’ll tell you more about it in the future, but suffice it for now to tell you that it’s the book I hang my spiritual “hat” on.

NOTE: Though I consider the Zohar to be “axiomatic”, I’m not inferring that what you consider axiomatic is somehow wrong if it happens to be something else. I’m not even saying the Discordians are wrong for essentially being “anti-axiom” (an oversimplification, certainly). I don’t have to disprove what you consider to be axiomatic. The very nature of an axiom is that it is self-evident, which means that a false axiom will disprove itself. Just keep your mind open to your axiom falling apart before your eyes. I always do.

You don’t have to “hang your hat” on the Zohar, but the fact remains that in your spiritual exploration and growth, you will need something (again, even if its just belief in yourself and the feedback your six senses — yes six, at least — give you). Without an axiom you may think that your beliefs are just more adaptable, but the truth is actually the opposite: even the most adaptable creature needs a wall at its back, or a firm footing, or just a parachute to successfully engage the greatest threats and challenges presented by the objective universe at any given moment. That’s just Survival 101.

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The Cornerstone, the last brick of the Prophets ﷺ
Narrated Abu Huraira:

Allah's Apostle said, "My similitude in comparison with the other prophets before me, is that of a man who has built a house nicely and beautifully, except for a place of one brick in a corner. The people go about it and wonder at its beauty, but say: 'Would that this brick be put in its place!' So I am that brick, and I am the last of the Prophets." Qaala Rasul Allah (saw)

Matthew 21:42-45 EASY:-

“Jesus said to them, ‘I am sure that you have read this in the Bible: “The builders refused to use a certain stone. They thought that it had no value. But now that stone has become the most important stone at the corner of the building. The Lord God did this. And we can see that he did something great.” I tell you this. Because you do not believe in me, God will take his kingdom away from you. He will give it to people who show that they obey him. When a person falls on to that stone, it will break his body into pieces. When that stone falls on top of someone, it will destroy him completely.’ The leaders of the priests and the Pharisees heard what Jesus said in his stories. They knew that he was speaking against them.”

Psalms 118:25-26 EASY:-

“Lord, save us now! Lord, make us do very well! The man that comes in the name of the Lord will be blessed. We bless you from the house of the Lord.”

Luke 13:35 EASY:-

“So listen! Your great house will now become like a wilderness with nobody in it. I tell you this. You will not see me [Jesus Christ] again until the day when you say, “Great is the man who comes with the authority of the Lord God.” ’”

Quran 1:1:-

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِیمِ

In the name of God, the Lord of Mercy, the Giver of Mercy!

Quran 2:89:-

وَلَمَّا جَاۤءَهُمۡ كِتَـٰبࣱ مِّنۡ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ مُصَدِّقࣱ لِّمَا مَعَهُمۡ وَكَانُوا۟ مِن قَبۡلُ یَسۡتَفۡتِحُونَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ فَلَمَّا جَاۤءَهُم مَّا عَرَفُوا۟ كَفَرُوا۟ بِهِۦۚ فَلَعۡنَةُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَى ٱلۡكَـٰفِرِینَ

And when there came to them (the Jews), a Book (this Quran) from Allah confirming what is with them [the Taurat (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel)], although aforetime they had invoked Allah (for coming of Muhammad Peace be upon him) in order to gain victory over those who disbelieved, then when there came to them that which they had recognised, they disbelieved in it. So let the Curse of Allah be on the disbelievers

[Muhsin Khan and Taqi-ud-Den Al-Hilali Translation]

Al-Qur'an al-Kareem

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Hebrew translation:

93. וְכָאן כָּתוּב וַיַּרְא יַעֲקֹב, שֶׁעַד עַכְשָׁו לֹא הִתְבַּשֵּׂר. מִנַּיִן הָיָה יוֹדֵעַ? אֶלָּא וַיַּרְא יַעֲקֹב, שֶׁרָאָה אֶת כָּל דַּיָּרֵי הָאָרֶץ שֶׁהוֹלְכִים לְמִצְרַיִם וּמְבִיאִים תְּבוּאָה. זֶהוּ שֶׁכָּתוּב וַיַּרְא יַעֲקֹב.
94. רַבִּי יִצְחָק אָמַר, בֹּא רְאֵה, דָּוִד הַמֶּלֶךְ זָכָה לְהִתְחַבֵּר עִם הָאָבוֹת, וְיָרַשׁ אֶת מְקוֹמוֹ בְתוֹכָם. זֶהוּ שֶׁכָּתוּב אֶבֶן מָאֲסוּ הַבּוֹנִים הָיְתָה לְרֹאשׁ פִּנָּה.
95. רַבִּי יֵיסָא וְרַבִּי חִזְקִיָּה הָיוּ הוֹלְכִים מִקַּפּוֹטְקִיָּא לְלוֹד, וְהָיָה עִמָּהֶם יְהוּדִי אֶחָד שֶׁמַּחֲזִיק נוֹד שֶׁל יַיִן. בְּעוֹדָם הוֹלְכִים, אָמַר רַבִּי יֵיסָא לְרַבִּי חִזְקִיָּה, פְּתַח פִּיךָ וֶאֱמֹר דָּבָר אֶחָד מֵאוֹתָם הַדְּבָרִים הַמְעֻלִּים שֶׁל הַתּוֹרָה שֶׁאַתָּה אוֹמֵר כָּל יוֹם לִפְנֵי הַמָּאוֹר הַקָּדוֹשׁ.
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Zohar Miketz

Genesis 42:1
“וַיַּרְא יַעֲקֹב כִּי יֶשׁ שֶׁבֶר בְּמִצְרָיִם וַיֹּאמֶר יַעֲקֹב לְבָנָיו לָמָּה תִּתְרָאוּ.”
“Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?”

#93
It is written “Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt” and the Zohar asks how did Jacob sees that when he didn’t have the Shechna with him after losing Joseph. The explanation is that Jacob knew that when he saw the other people of the land go to Egypt for food. It wasn’t with the support of the Holy Spirit that he temporarily lost.

#94
Rabbi Yitzchak says that King David had merits to connect to the patriarchs and have a place among them.
Psalms 118:22
“אֶבֶן מָאֲסוּ הַבּוֹנִים הָיְתָה לְרֹאשׁ פִּנָּה.”
“The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone.”

#95
Rabbi Yessa and Rabbi Chizkiya were walking from Kaputkia to Lod and with them a jew carrying a vessel of wine. Rabbi Yessa asked Rabbi Chizkia to share one of the beautiful studies that he had with Rabbi Shimon.

Continued in the next DZ

Lesson;
“The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone.”
The Zohar references ‘The Stone’ as the ‘Drinking Stone’ that the world was founded on. See Daily Zohar # 3209 – Vayetze – The stone of the house of God.

The stone is the aspect of Malchut that doesn’t have a light of its own. It’s also the aspect of David, the humble king of Israel. He connected to the Patriarchs that represent the three-column, Right for Chessed, Left for Gevurah and center for Tiferet. He gave us the tools to connect and draw the Light of the three columns to Malchut. These tools are the Psalms that we include in all our prayers.
In the future, the children of Israel that are ignored and disrespected like a simple stone would be the ‘Chief cornerstone’ for the whole world because the Light would shine from Israel to all directions of the world.

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