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The consciousness we have today has not been brought forth easily, though. The price has literally been blood, sweat and tears. Thousands of years ago our consciousness were diffuse, hazy and unstructured. It was in the childhood of mankind where we merged with the wholeness, and then shortly after had a feeling of individuality, only to remerge with the wholeness again in a dreamlike condition. Our consciousness wobbled back and forth from individuality to unity with the wholeness. |
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It can be compared to the consciousness we have today after consuming a large quantity of alcohol or euphoriant drugs: If one ignores the bodily reaction to the poisoning, these drugs gives a regression to earlier stages of consciousness.
This early consciousness fulfils the criteria of an awareness of what-is-not, what it does not fulfil is the purpose of a tool to plan the new state of being which God wishes to become. The early consciousness were unstructured and characterized by anarchy and to use it to plan anything, corresponds to feeding a kindergarten with candy and soda, wait 15 minutes for the effect to kick in, and then try to teach them the small ABC. It simply isn’t possible.
To be able to use the consciousness something very necessary was needed: Structure and disciplin. |
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How did God get the young humanity to listen to his commandments? According to the Kabbalists he did it by isolating a group of people and then treat them as slaves until they became willing to negotiate. The “selected” group were the Jews and the slavery occurred in Egypt from about 1483 to 1447 B.C.. After 36 years of oppression they were willing to follow just about anyone who could liberate them. For this purpose God used Moses, who were what the Kabbalists calls a Tzaddik. A Tzaddik is “a Righteous Man”; a man who has cleansed himself and has made his own being so much in tune with Gods being that he can act as a messenger for God. The message that Moses passed on were the first five books in the Bible, also known as the Torah. |
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The task for the Torah was to create the necessary tension in order for the soap bubble to let go if its source. Or in other words the purpose was to make a diffuse and unstructured consciousness, firm disciplined and structered. It succeeded beyond any expectations – we see the results reflected in our society today. |
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Our society may be barren and without any visions, but thats just on the surface. What children (with few exceptions) are brought up to see is just the shell or ‘husk’ created by the Torah.
Concerning child education the Torah writes:
Deuteronomy 21:18If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and will not listen to them when they discipline him, his father and mother shall take hold of him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his town. They shall say to the elders, "This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey us. He is a profligate and a drunkard." Then all the men of his town shall stone him to death. You must purge the evil from among you. All Israel will hear of it and be afraid.
The Torah created the structure by means of tight reins and a fierce whip. One does not need to read many pages in the holy scripture before the orgy of violence starts. “You must purge the evil from among you”, are repeated seven times in the book of Deuteronomy.
But it was necessary. If the reins were loosened even the slightest, the attention of the Jews would slip back into the accustomed ego-less track. The fiercefully held rules forced them to keep a constant inner attention (do not steal nice bread, do not covet your neighbours wife, etc.). |
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