Meditations of the Children of Light E-Book

Jörg Berchem

• Herausgeber: Books on Demand
• Kategorie: Ratgeber
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2024

Seitenzahl: 108

Beschreibung

In this book, seven morning and seven evening meditations are introduced, which are based in content on the writings of the Essenes, as found in the Essene Gospel of Peace. The author also provides insight into the world-view of the Essenes, their teachings, and spiritual practices. The meditations establish connections with inner and outer forces, to approach them with greater mindfulness. The practice of these contemplative meditations can lead to healing and inner peace.

Leseprobe

Dedicated to my dear Mother, who not only gave me Life, but also Fundamental Trust and Love.

CONTENT

Preface

Introduction

Part I The Teachings of the Essenes

1. (Hu)man and Cosmos

2. The Essene Image of God

3. The Essene Image of Humanity

4. The Community

5. The Sacred Law

6. The Tree of Life

7. The Number Seven

8. The Angels

8.1. The Seven Angels of Mother Earth

8.1.1. The Angel of Mother Earth

8.1.2. The Angel of Water

8.1.3. The Angel of Soil/Earth

8.1.4. The Angel of Joy

8.1.5. The Angel of Air

8.1.6. The Angel of the Sun

8.1.7. The Angel of Life

8.2. The Seven Angels of the Heavenly Father

8.2.1. The Angel of the Heavenly Father

8.2.2. The Angel of Eternal Life

8.2.3. The Angel of Creative Work

8.2.4. The Angel of Strength/Energy

8.2.5. The Angel of Love

8.2.6. The Angel of Peace

8.2.7. The Angel of Wisdom

Part II The Meditations in Detail

9. The Communions

10. Implementation

11. Days of the Week and Temporal Allocation

12. The Meditation Process

12.1. The Ringing In

12.2. The Communion Intro

12.3. The Planetary Tone

12.4. The Invocation

12.5. The Communion

12.6. The Praise

12.7. The Communion Exit

12.8. The Mantra

13. The Morning Meditations with the Angels of Mother Earth

13.1. Sunday Morning Meditation Angel of Mother Earth

13.2. Monday Morning Meditation Angel of Water

13.3. Tuesday Morning Meditation Angel of Soil/Earth

13.4. Wednesday Morning Meditation Angel of Joy

13.5. Thursday Morning Meditation Angel of Air

13.6. Friday Morning Meditation Angel of the Sun

13.7. Saturday Morning Meditation Angel of Life

14. The Evening Meditations with the Angels of the Heavenly Father

14.1. Sunday Evening Meditation Angel of Eternal Life

14.2. Monday Evening Meditation Angel of Creative Work

14.3. Tuesday Evening Meditation Angel of Strength

14.4. Wednesday Evening Meditation Angel of Love

14.5. Thursday Evening Meditation Angel of Peace

14.6. Friday Evening Meditation Angel of Wisdom

14.7. Saturday Evening Meditation Angel of the Heavenly Father

Part III Appendix

Prayers of the Son of Man

Grace before Meals

Blessing

Credo of the International Biogenic Society

Bibliography

The Joyful-Life Community

Further Reading

The law was planted in the garden of community, to illuminate The thearts of people and show them the paths of true righteousness, a humble spirit, a balanced mind, a free compassionate nature, and eternal kindness, understanding, insight, and mighty wisdom that believes in God's works and confident trust in his manifold blessings, and a spirit of knowledge about all things of the great order, loyalty to the children of truth, a radiant purity that repels all impure, and discretion over all the hidden things of truth and the secrets of the inner order.

from the "Manual of Discipline" quoted in the "Gospel of Love and Peace"

PREFACE

Right from the start and foremost, it should be said that this book is not a scientific treatise on apocrypha, Christianity, or any other religion. Instead, the author's aim is to use texts and sources he considers very valuable to derive interpretations, understanding, and practical applications that could provide the reader with a possibly new or deeper understanding of their own spiritual and religious views and experiences, and above all, to offer guidance towards achieving inner balance and personal development.

Today, people are confronted daily with a variety of different value systems, worldviews, and all their critical considerations and rejections.

Even though many may still believe that science will render religion obsolete and reveal verifiable, clear truths, we must recognize, after the first few decades of modern science, that so-called scientific knowledge is not only subject to a process of changing understanding, but is also strongly dependent on the beliefs, experiences, and diverse influences of the observer and the scientist themselves.

We apparently have reason to assume that there is something like a truth out there, and yet we can approach it in one way or another, but always without ever fully grasping it. What is celebrated today as a discovery of truth through science, is often deemed by the same science tomorrow as "outdated," "false," or a "misdirection." Certainly, there are natural laws, gravity, and a solar system, but what does all this have to do with us? Does this knowledge help us understand ourselves?

Every science fails to provide satisfying answers to two complex questions, and these are the most fundamental questions that every person has asked since ancient times:

Firstly, questions about existence:

"Who am I and why am I here?"

"Am I just a 'coincidence' or a 'result of causal events'?"

"Is this really all there is?"

"Is there an origin of the world; what was there before, and what plan or purpose does it all follow?"

Secondly, ethical questions:

"Why is it right to do or not do certain things?"

"What can and should I do to be happy, and what should I not do?"

"Is there right and wrong?"

Why does human strive for knowledge at all? Why do they create images and explanations? Ultimately, behind everything is the intention to "find one's way," to be "healthy," to be "whole" in a universal sense. Medicine may often keep the body and even the mind "running," but there is still much more. Let's quote the alternative physician Rüdiger Dahlke at this point:

"Healing is the goal of all therapeutic measures and is a term that is heavily used today. Whatever conventional medicine does, may be well-intended, but it has more to do with repair than healing. Healing aims at becoming whole and thus has the holy in view. For modern medicine, it is almost impossible to penetrate this area, and for a more sensitive holistic medicine, it is still hard enough. To effect healing, medicine would have to find out what is missing for people's wholeness and then be able to give it to them."

"Since ancient times, rituals have been used to effect healing and overcome essential hurdles on the journey of Life. Even though we may have little understanding of them today, we cannot deny that rituals are effective and help to manage crises that would otherwise leave us quite powerless. in archaic cultures, which we often and wrongly label as 'primitive,' there is usually an understanding of rituals that we can only dream of. But even in our society, rituals still hold an impressive power that goes far beyond what we commonly perceive."

In this book and on the accompanying meditation CD of the same name, we will present a modern version of ancient rituals, meditations that offer a possible perspective on the indescribable truth, and may help us to find our way and become "whole".

Dr. Jörg Berchem between Heaven and Earth February 2016

INTRODUCTION

At the beginning of the twentieth century, a young scholar from the Carpathians named Edmond Bordeaux Székely had the unique opportunity to study ancient texts in the later war-destroyed Monte Cassino Monastery and in the libraries of the Vatican and the Habsburgs. These texts contained writings from early Christian and pre-Christian times.

These texts originated from faith and Life communities in Egypt and the Kingdom of Judah. The communities living there around the time of Christ are generally known as the "Essenes". The frequent spelling "Essener" in German is incorrect according to the rules of German pronunciation and causes confusion among the uninformed with the inhabitants of a German city in the Ruhr area.

The term "Essenes" is somewhat misleading, as it is used for very different groups.

The Greek θεραπευτής [therapeutes] originally meant "Worshippers of God" and would indeed be a good choice in our case. The term is used by Philo of Alexandria in the first half of the first century in his work "de vita contemplativa" ("on the contemplative Life") to name the esoteric groups in Judaea and Egypt.

However, due to the transformation of its meaning, the use of the term "Therapeutes" might be misleading.

Therefore, I have decided to use the expression that repeatedly appears in the ancient texts themselves for the members of the communities, that is, the followers of the teachings: "Children of Light."

Much has been written about the Essenes in recent decades, especially after the discovery of ancient scrolls at Qumran near the Dead Sea. However, as already mentioned, the texts translated by Edmond Bordeaux Székely mainly refer to other communities.

His writings have been mainly ignored by religious scholars and popular science authors. Where Székely's writings are discussed, their authenticity is often questioned.

In fact, today we are unable to verify his translations and rely primarily on his autobiography "Search for the Ageless," in which he describes how and where he came across these texts.

The profound wisdom revealed in the texts remains unaffected by the somewhat lukewarm discussion regarding their authenticity. For his readers and students, this question is irrelevant, as they are interested in the content, not the historical facts.

The discovery of these scriptures profoundly influenced the Life of Edmond Bordeaux Székely, who translated them and published his Life story and these translations in numerous books in English and Spanish.

The complete writings, to which this present work refers, and all other books by Edmond Bordeaux Székely are available at the Joyful-Life Community, the successor of the International Biogenic Society once founded by Székely himself: www.community.Joyful-Life.org. The most important texts are available in the book “The Gospel of Peace and Love”, that you may find in or order from any book store.

Largely ignored by religious scholars, these texts attracted more interest from those in search of Christian mysticism and a spiritual Life. Together with Nobel Laureate and pacifist Romain Rolland, Székely founded the International Biogenic Society, also as a statement against the war threats in Europe.

Székely eventually left Europe and taught the contents of the writings and his derived Life philosophy in Costa Rica, Mexico, and finally Canada. The texts provide a unique insight into early Christian mysticism and ethics before clerical offices constrained them into the well-known structures and significantly limited them in key aspects.

The divine maternal, fertile, nurturing principle, symbolized by Mother Earth, the femininity in divinity, which is somewhat lost in Catholicism, is still clearly present in the Essene texts. Thus, alongside the Heavenly Father, there is also mention of Mother Earth.

In this form of early Christianity, a spiritual world-view emerges, similar to that known in most early, scriptureless religions of the world. Humanity is understood as the child of man between heaven and earth, his divine parents, with heaven being seen as the paternal, spiritual principle and earth as the maternal, feminine, material principle.

This does not make a statement about men and women, as it is an esoteric view of things. Esoteric originally means "inward-looking," as opposed to exoteric, which is "outward-looking." Being "inward-looking" implies observing the inner essence beyond the merely material.

The term "Son of Man," also found in the biblical Gospels and used by Jesus to refer to himself, gains a very understandable and deeply philosophical-religious meaning. It does not serve, as might be misunderstood through the biblical Gospels, to distinguish Jesus as the Son of Man in the sense of the only Son of God, the God made man in His son. On the contrary, it is a designation for all humans. Thus, Jesus simply referred to himself as a human being and chose a term that generally describes the position of humans in the world: as the son of a God who is manifest in heaven and on earth.

This conveys a deep wisdom recognizing the physical and spiritual-mental nature of humans, without weighing or judging them against each other. This concept also clearly assigns humans their place in the world: between heaven and earth, turning towards the spiritual, but living from the earth. Naturally, this results in a deeply felt Love and reverence for Mother Earth and thus for the feminine and the physical.

The use of "Son of Man" instead of "Daughter of Man" or both is related to the culture and language of the time. The term "man," as the descendant of Adam (patrilineally), and still used in English today, is a generic term in the grammatical masculine gender, but it is not intended to be patriarchal or to exclude or demean the feminine.

The Nazarenes, who lived as Essenes on Mount Carmel, referred to themselves as "Sons of God."