Although we Westerners have a blockage against reincarnation, Buddhists have always shown the world that it exists and that there really is a ‘science’ to explain it.
Several versions of this Wheel are depicted visually, but until today I had never seen a diagram that explained what the symbols mean.
Obviously, these do not line up exactly between the graphic illustration and the diagram, but it does give you an idea of what was intended. In fact, the cover of the book (above) more closely resembles the drawing.
The wheel is held by Yama, the Lord of Death, who symbolizes impermanence and the inevitability of death. The snake that surrounds the wheel represents the cycle of birth and death, while the moon and sun in the background represent the duality of existence.
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It’s a lot to take in at one sitting, but the hints are there for those with eyes to see and ears to hear.
I know, I know, how is that even possible? Well, if you take the starting point of Jesus’ birth on January 6, 6 BC and work backwards, Mary was supposed to have been about 15 years of age when he was born. The August 5th birthdate is speculative. Even the time of day is random. And a birthplace of Jerusalem is given, since her father had something to do with the Temple priesthood.
There are three inconjuncts. None of them are factually based, but for arguments sake, let’s look at them. One connects the Sun and the Ascendant, and two form a Yod pointing at Uranus. Hmm.
Sun Inconjunct Ascendant
Your relationships with other people can be very intense. While you are young, they may be quite difficult, because you feel that others will accept you only if you deny yourself in some way. Difficulties in your relationships with friends and family are signs of profound internal changes.
Planets in Youth (page 97) by Robert Hand (1977)
Moon Inconjunct Uranus
With this aspect you must learn to control sudden outbursts of emotion that occur at difficult times when you least expect it. Also your present home life may not be a stable situation in which you can grow up emotionally secure and confident. A particular incident when you were very young may have given you the feeling that you can’t count on anything or anyone for support.
Ibid (page 130)
Venus Inconjunct Uranus
You feel mixed up about whether you want to be close to others or be free. When you are really close to a loved one, you feel smothered and want to get away by yourself to do what you want. But when you are alone and free to do what you want, you miss your loved ones and want to be with them.
Ibid (page 201)
There is someone alive in this present age who just might possibly be Mary reincarnated. In fact, her middle name is Mary. Over the years, this person and I have communicated about this possibility. In fact, an acquaintance of hers may have been Joseph in a past life. Obviously, I’m not going to reveal their names here.
(Post Script: I posted about this 13 months ago. This time, I also did her “death” chart.)
It turns out that her Assumption Day happened during a Sun/Moon conjunction in opposition to Neptune. How’s about that, then?!
Now, on its own, this dream reminds me of “Mr. Nobody” and his between-lives memories. The ‘angel of oblivion’ forgot to touch his face before he returned to earth to another existence. I think that happened to me, as well. The other souls on the conveyor belt were just blobs of energy, waiting for their new lives. As we were moving along, I turned around and watched them, oblivious to their fates.
This is the reason that the films “The Matrix” “Tron” and “Mr. Nobody” seem to speak directly to me.
Ellie Dreams Down Under’s YouTube video this morning is in answer to my request from the Universe to show me how to go within and find the way out of this everlasting cycle of learning. Ellie mentioned that the Secret Book of Mary suggests that there are three ‘swords’ to pierce our hearts:
There’s another conundrum we can clear up by referring back to the Gospel of Mary. Because the Beloved Disciple is usually ascribed to John (especially in the Gospel of John), there is an misconception that he sat next to Jesus during the Last Supper. Here’s the passage from the Gospel of Mary which tells us the Truth:
35:7 THE COMPANION, WHOM YESHUA LOVED, WAS AT THE TABLE, LEANING AGAINST YESHUA’S BREAST. SHIMON KEFA THEREFORE BECKONED TO HER AND SAID TO HER, “TELL US WHO IT IS OF WHOM HE SPEAKS.” SHE, LEANING BACK AS SHE WAS, ON YESHUA’S BREAST, ASKED HIM, “RABBOUNI, WHO IS IT?” YESHUA THEREFORE ANSWERED, “IT IS HE TO WHOM I WILL GIVE THIS PIECE OF BREAD WHEN I HAVE DIPPED IT.” SO WHEN HE HAD DIPPED THE PIECE OF BREAD, HE GAVE IT TO JUDA, THE SON OF SHIMON OF KERIOTH. THEN YESHUA SAID TO HIM, “WHAT YOU MUST DO, DO QUICKLY.”
Quillan, Jehanne de. The Gospel of the Beloved Companion: The Complete Gospel of Mary Magdalene (pp. 63-64). Éditions Athara. Kindle Edition.
Da Vinci’s painting captures this precise moment when Simon Peter asks Mary to find out to whom Jesus was referring when he said that one of them would betray him. Judas Iscariot is the one siting to the left (facing) of Peter in the painting. He is also placed slightly lower than the rest of the disciples.
As was noted in “The Da Vinci Code” the shape that surrounds the figures of Mary and Jesus forms a capital “M”. Can there be any mistaking who the Beloved Disciple is now?
Detail of the “beloved disciple” to Jesus’s right, identified by art historians as the apostle John, but speculated in the 2003 book The Da Vinci Code and similar works to be Mary Magdalene
Are Mary Magdalene and Mary of Bethany the Same Person?
According to the Roman Catholic Church, the answer is “no”.
By introducing a sister, Martha, and a brother, Lazarus, the waters become a little muddied. But, as I have explored before, Jesus’ relationship with this family in Bethany becomes more like family.
After Jesus brought Lazarus back from the dead, he had him prepare himself for a spiritual baptism by meditating with the angels of the Heavenly Father and Earthly Mother for 6 days in the manner of the ESSENES. Then on the seventh evening, Jesus took Lazarus to a cave with a stream running through it and initiated him with a secret ceremony.
Well, now that I’m reading the Gospel of Mary, I came across this passage which answers the question:
22:9 EVERYONE WENT TO HIS OWN HOUSE, BUT YESHUA WENT BACK TO BETHANY TO THE HOUSE OF THE BELOVED COMPANION NEAR THE MOUNT OF OLIVES.
Quillan, Jehanne de. The Gospel of the Beloved Companion: The Complete Gospel of Mary Magdalene (p. 42). Éditions Athara. Kindle Edition.
There it is in Gnostic black and white: although many women are named Mary in the New Testament, only one fits the bill as his Beloved Companion. Any more questions?
As with the previous post, one word makes total sense when viewed from pervious understanding.
13:9 AND YESHUA SAID TO THEM, “ONLY FROM THE TRUTH I TELL YOU, THE SON CAN DO NOTHING OF HIMSELF BUT WHAT HE SEES THE SPIRIT DOING. FOR WHATEVER THINGS THE SPIRIT DOES, THESE THE SON DOES LIKEWISE, FOR THE SON IS ONE WITH THE SPIRIT IN THE KINGDOM. SHE WILL SHOW HIM GREATER WORKS THAN THESE, THAT YOU MAY MARVEL. FOR AS THE SPIRIT GIVES THEM LIFE, SO TOO THE SON ALSO GIVES LIFE TO THOSE WHO CAN HEAR HIM. FOR THE SPIRIT JUDGES NO ONE, AND ONLY FROM THE TRUTH I TELL YOU, WHOSOEVER HEARS MY WORDS AND BELIEVES HAS ETERNAL LIFE AND HAS PASSED OUT OF DEATH INTO LIFE. ONLY FROM THE TRUTH I TELL YOU, THE HOUR COMES, AND NOW IS, WHEN THE DEAD WILL HEAR THE VOICE OF THE SON; AND THOSE WHO HEAR WILL LIVE. I CAN OF MYSELF DO NOTHING. IF I TESTIFY ABOUT MYSELF, MY WITNESS IS NOT VALID. IT IS ANOTHER WHO TESTIFIES ABOUT ME. I KNOW THAT THE TESTIMONY THAT IS GIVEN ABOUT ME IS TRUE.
Quillan, Jehanne de. The Gospel of the Beloved Companion: The Complete Gospel of Mary Magdalene (p. 29). Éditions Athara. Kindle Edition.
It’s very subtle, but John’s Gospel as now written in the New Testament always refers back to the Father. Here Jesus is saying that he is one with the Spirit in the Kingdom, and “she will show him greater works that these.” Can that be any clearer?
We are all familiar with Jesus’ first miracle of turning water into wine at this wedding. For years, there has been speculation that this was actually when Jesus married Mary Magdalene. A straight reading from John’s Gospel doesn’t suggest it, but the hint seems to be buried there in the context.
6:1 ON THE THIRD DAY OF THE WEEK, THERE WAS THE MARRIAGE FEAST IN THE HOUSE OF SHIMON NEAR HYRCANA IN THE LAND OF YEHUDA.
6:2 AT THE FEAST WERE MIRYAM THE MOTHER OF YESHUA, AND HIS BROTHERS YA’AKOV AND YOSEF, AND HIS SISTER MIRYAM SALOME.
6:3 ALSO IN THAT PLACE WERE MARTHA OF BETHANY, THE SISTER OF MIRYAM CALLED THE BELOVED COMPANION, AND ELEAZAR HER BROTHER, WHOM YESHUA WOULD RESTORE TO LIFE. LEVI WHOM SOME HAVE CALLED MATTITHYAHU WAS ALSO THERE, ALONG WITH TOMA CALLED THE TWIN, WHO WAS A FRIEND TO THE COMPANION. ALL OF THE OTHER DISCIPLES HAD ALSO BEEN INVITED.
6:4 WHEN THE WINE WOULD SOON GIVE OUT, HIS MOTHER CAME TO HIM AND SAID, “SOON THERE WILL BE NO MORE WINE.” YESHUA SAID TO HER, “LADY, WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ME? MY HOUR HAS NOT YET COME.” HIS MOTHER SAID TO THE SERVANTS, “WHATEVER HE SAYS TO YOU, DO IT.”
6:5 NOW THERE WERE SIX WATER POTS OF STONE SET THERE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PURIFICATION. YESHUA SAID TO THEM, “FILL THE WATER POTS WITH WHAT LITTLE WINE YOU HAVE, TO EACH ONE A MEASURE.” SO THEY DID AS HE TOLD THEM, THEN YESHUA STOOD AND RAISED HIS RIGHT HAND AND BLESSED THE POTS.
6:6 AND THEREFORE HE SAID TO THEM, “NOW DRAW WHAT YOU NEED, THAT ALL THE GUESTS MAY DRINK THEIR FILL.” HE TOLD THEM ALSO TO TAKE SOME OF THE WINE THEY HAD DRAWN TO THE STEWARD OF THE FEAST.
6:7 SO THEY TOOK THE WINE AND GAVE IT TO THE GUESTS AND ALL THAT WERE THERE DRANK THEIR FILL AND WERE SATISFIED. WHEN THE STEWARD OF THE FEAST TASTED THE WINE, AND NOT KNOWING WHERE IT CAME FROM, HE CAME TO THE BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM AND SAID TO YESHUA, “EVERYONE SERVES THE GOOD WINE FIRST, AND WHEN THE GUESTS HAVE DRUNK FREELY, THEN THAT WHICH IS WORSE. YOU HAVE KEPT THE GOOD WINE UNTIL NOW!”
6:8 THE DISCIPLES WONDERED AT WHAT HE HAD DONE, BUT HE SAID TO THEM, “WHY DO YOU MARVEL THUS? HAVE I NOT TOLD YOU THAT I AM IN THE SPIRIT AS THE SPIRIT IS IN ME? IT IS MAN WHO SEES ONLY POVERTY, FOR HE SEES WITH THE EYES OF THE MASTER OF THE WORLD. BUT WHERE MAN SEES POVERTY, THE SPIRIT SEES ONLY ABUNDANCE. WHAT THE SPIRIT SEES I SEE, AND WHAT I SEE THE SPIRIT SEES. AND WHAT THE SPIRIT SEES IS.”
6:9 THIS BEGINNING OF HIS SIGNS YESHUA DID AT HIS WEDDING FEAST AT A PLACE NEAR HYRCANA IN THE LAND OF YEHUDA, AND REVEALED HIS GLORY; AND HIS DISCIPLES BELIEVED IN HIM.
Quillan, Jehanne de. The Gospel of the Beloved Companion: The Complete Gospel of Mary Magdalene (pp. 17-19). Éditions Athara. Kindle Edition.
Did you see that word “HIS” in the final verse of this passage? Hmm.
My sister, Anne, quoted from 6:7 that Jesus was spoken to when the Steward of the feast came to the bride and bridegroom. That’s confirmation of it being Jesus’ wedding.
There is a French quote on the Dedication page that reads:
“Après sept cents ans, la Vigne reverdira une fois de plus.”
Quillan, Jehanne de. The Gospel of the Beloved Companion: The Complete Gospel of Mary Magdalene . Éditions Athara. Kindle Edition.
Translated into English, it says “After seven hundred years, the vine will green up once again.” Hmm.
I have been on this quest for almost 32 years. That is a considerable amount of time. My instinct has been that the Languedoc region in the South of France was where I would find the Truth. And so it seems. Evidently, this Gospel was brought from Alexandria to Languedoc during the early to middle part of the 1st Century.
Originally written in Greek, it was first translated into Occitan1 during the early part of the 12th century. This particular version has remained preserved within our families and spiritual community since that period. In spite of familiarity with the Occitan, to maintain as much accuracy as possible in translating the Gospel into English, the original Greek has been used as the basis for the present work. To maintain its original integrity, the Gospel has been translated word for word, with no concession to preconceived interpretation, comparison, or dogmatic and doctrinal requirement.
Ibid (page 4)
I feel a sense of relief. I now have in my possession a complete translation of her words.
I was sent forth from the Power, and I have come to those who reflect upon me, and am found among those who seek after me. Look upon me, you who reflect upon me, and you who would hear, hear me. You who are waiting for me, take me into yourselves, and do not banish me from your sight. And do not make hatred enter your voice against me, Nor let anger enter your hearing. Do not be unknowing of me, in any place or any time. Be on your guard! Do not be ignorant of me. For I am the first, and the last. I am the honored one and the scorned one. I am the whore and the holy one. I am the wife and the virgin.
Thunder: Perfect Mind (Nag Hammadi Codex)
More to come, later. I just wanted to send out this bulletin notice, for now.
26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
KJV
But that ‘he’ should be a ‘she’.
Yet there is another aspect of Thomas. Through it blows the wind of the Judean desert; the words of a powerful yet primitive, intelligence. The only way to make sense of this apparent contradiction is that it is the work of two different minds. The original sayings would have come from the prophetess Mary. They would have been created over a period of decades and would have circulated independently long before the Gospel of Thomas was assembled. In The Rock and the Tower, I trace the history of Mary, how she started in the wilderness in Judea, before moving to Jerusalem and eventually Rome where she met her martyrdom at the hands of the anti-Christ, Nero. It is this diverse history that explains the disparate nature of Thomas. The second hand at work in the Gospel is easy to identify. Mary appointed two brothers to rule her church. They were known as her “sons” and were probably nephews or other relatives. On the right hand was James who ruled the church from Jerusalem. Most likely the appointment of James was simultaneous with Mary’s relocation to Rome. On the left hand was James’ brother John, who was also called Mark. It was John Mark who, in the second part of her life, was the closest person to Mary. He accompanied her everywhere and acted as her secretary. This means he must have been relatively well educated because only a small minority could write at the time. No less than three of the major works of the New Testament became attributed to him; the Gospel of Mark, the Gospel of John, and the Book of Revelation. Although he wrote none of these, he was regarded as the preeminent authority for written accounts.
Laurie, S.P.. The Thomas Code: Solving the mystery of the Gospel of Thomas (pp. 233-234). Hypostasis Ltd. Kindle Edition.
Often, when I read the Gospel of John, I get an eerie sense that Mary was the true author of that work (although written down by her scribe, John Mark, along the way). How else can you explain why she is documented as the first person to see Jesus in his resurrected body on that Easter Sunday morning?
The Cathars revered her. The Knights Templar discovered the Holy Grail to be her. It all starts to make perfect sense. But the Church Fathers, who wanted to play her role down, decided that she was only a reformed fallen women, and that she was just a follower after Jesus, and nothing more.
They were wrong. She was the third part of the Holy Trinity. (And now I understand why I needed to see “The Matrix Resurrections” on the weekend.)
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