The Causal Factors Of Life
What is a Causal Factor? It means that every event in your life is
caused by a previous action -- including the very life you are presently living.
It means that there is a higher reason and purpose to the life you are living --
and for you to fulfill the adage to Know Thyself, you must understand the
Causal-Factors in the Life that you are presently living. Which provokes the
questions: Why were you born into this life? Why were you born into the
conditions of the life you are presently living? What is the purpose of the life
you are presently living? If life has a higher purpose, then what would
constitute a successful life? What constitutes a successful life? The vast
majority of people believe that their lives are the result of chance, or the
result of any other unknown factors that they know little to nothing about. And
while they possess absolutely no understanding of the reality of Causal-Factors
of the events and experiences of their lives, they remain unaware that every one
of these questions can be answered by those who acquire self-knowledge. Further,
it will remain impossible for you to even begin to answer these questions, until
you are able to understand the Causal-Factors of the life you are presently
living.
Jesus taught that the Kingdom of God is within you (Luke 17:20-21) -- but what
does that mean? It means that if you were to move beyond the superficial human
level of organic consciousness, that God dwells within you in the Kingdom where
all the hierarchy of angels and heavenly hosts dwell. And what this also means
is that beneath our organic earthly consciousness, lies deeper levels of
consciousness that is beyond organic man's level of comprehension. Which also
means that the Self portrayed in the adage to Know Thyself, exists beneath your
organic level of human consciousness -- existing at deeper levels of Self that
carnal man knows nothing about. And what this fact ultimately means is that each
person has a pre-existent Soul or Soul-Self that is eternal and is our
True-Self. We hear the terms ego-self, earthly-self, false-self, carnal-self and
lower-self used in conjunction with the mind of man -- and if this is true, then
what is our True-Self? It is the Self that is portrayed in the adage to Know
Thyself.
Are There Religious Exemptions From The Royal Law: What is stopping
each of us from entering the Kingdom that Jesus taught was within us? The
answer: We must develop those areas of Mind that enable us to enter through the
Inner Gate and gain entrance into the inner Kingdom that exists at the core of
our consciousness. BUT, like the prodigal son, we can't do this, so long as we
remain undeveloped and carnal in our thinking. Where the plight of man is
portrayed in the statement: "Therefore the LORD God
banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been
taken" (Gen 3:23), the Force and Barrier that causes man to wander in
this, the "Outer Darkness" of what is
portrayed as the Far Country in the parable of the prodigal son, inhibits
mankind from returning to his True Home and Source of Being in the Edenic
Kingdom of their Heavenly Father -- placing a barrier between this world and the
Kingdom as declared in the statement: "So He drove out
the man and stationed cherubim to the east of the Garden of Eden, with a
whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life" (Gen
3:24). BUT, when the Gospels are used as the Key of Knowledge as designed by the
Ebionite authors, the mind of mankind as the lost prodigal sons and daughters
begins to develop the inward-looking aspects of mind, and can safely pass
through the inner "narrow strait gate" that
enables the seeker safe passage by the Laws that are allegorically portrayed as
the "cherubim" who guard the Tree of Life
with their "whirling sword of flame", -- and
with Wholeness of spiritually mature mind, the Laws then -- and only then --
allow entrance to the Edenic Kingdom within. Jesus declared to his followers:
"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate
and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But
small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find
it" (Matt 7:13-14 NIV).
There are no exemptions -- no prayers to your god that exempts you from having
to fulfill the process of growth and development -- no shortcuts. Christians
today promote the man-made dogma that if you say a prayer accepting Jesus as
your personal lord and savior, that you will automatically be exempt from
fulfilling the same Royal Law that Jesus himself fulfilled to become the
Anointed (Messiah/Christ). Yet, in the Gospels Jesus himself disputes this
Church doctrine that has misled generations of faith-based believers (see
Fulfilling And Overcoming The Natural Law
http://CausalFactor.Nazirene.org#FulfillingTheLaw ).
How is this process of growth and development implemented and carried out? When
the prodigal son traveled into the Far Country, he is portrayed as having
squandered away his inheritance on "riotous living"
-- having then fallen under the control of what is personified as the Citizen of
the Far Country. The "inheritance" is the
Vital Life-Force and bio-energy upon which our Consciousness exists. As the
prodigal sons, we need this bio-energy to build and develop our consciousness
into a mature and enlightened condition. When we squander this bio-energy away
on the meaningless things of this world, we remain carnal and spiritually
undeveloped in our consciousness -- thereby being controlled by the
consciousness of this world. When we utilize this bio-energy wisely, then we are
able to advance to a condition of Wholeness that enables us to be restored to
the Higher Consciousness of the Edenic Kingdom that is our True-Source of Mind
and Being. And if we ask how this development of mind and being is monitored and
brought about? The answer: Through what mystics and those with higher spiritual
vision have portrayed as the Law of Octaves -- whereby every thought and action
is evolved and tested -- and if the thought or action lacks the necessary
Wholeness to pass through the "narrow strait gate"
within us, it must return to it's earthly source (see The Application Of The Law
Of Octaves And The Trinity
http://TreeOfLife.Nazirene.org#LawOfOctaves ). In common English Language,
this process of growth and development can be portrayed in the words, what goes
around, comes around -- as you sow, so shall you reap -- or, in the words of
Jesus, as you do unto others, the same will be done unto you. What this means is
that if you do good to others, then the Laws will return back to you the good
that you did. And if you persecute and do evil unto others, then this same evil
and persecution will be returned back to you. This is the Law that develops each
and every Soul to their full potential of mind and being, by returning back to
each Soul the fruit of that Soul's own words, thoughts, desires and deeds.
In relation to our True-Self that in the parable of the two sons is portrayed as
the elder son who remains in the Kingdom of the Father, we hear the terms
ego-self, earthly-self, false-self, carnal-self and lower-self used in
conjunction with the mind of man. As we begin to deepen our consciousness
through the transformational process of mental-expansion and
spiritual-deepening, we are able to tap into our twelve-dimensional Eternal-Self
that is a Being of Light -- which we are an expression of that has been
projected into this three-dimensional realm. But the process of deepening our
mind requires a great amount of work on self -- i.e.,
"We must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God" (Acts
14:22). In the Epistle to the Corinthians Paul commands to
"…take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ" (2 Cor
10:5) -- but how can such a reality be achieved? To affirm this requirement as
genuine, the Gospel account of Jesus warns: "But I say
unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account
thereof in the day of judgment" (Matt 12:36 - see Judgment Day -
Evolving To Maturity Of Mind And Being
http://OuterDarkness.Nazirene.org#EvolvingToMaturity
). Idle words can be defined as those thoughts or impressions which are not, and
cannot, achieve the necessary Wholeness to manifest in the Center of the Tree of
Life, and be returned of our Source of Mind and Being. The Law of Octaves
monitors our every thought, and is portrayed in the words:
"I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you
according to your deeds" (Rev 2:23). If the thoughts are balanced and
whole, then these thoughts can be channeled through the
"narrow strait gate" within us, where the bio-energy can be
positively used to bring about mental-development and spiritual-maturity. Which
is why Paul tells the people to "Pray without ceasing"
(1 Thes 5:17). Perpetual prayer can be defined as positive thoughts of a higher
expression that is able to be drawn up through the
"strait gate" -- invoking the process of expansion and deepening of
our Mind.
What this means is that every day is Judgment Day -- and our every thought is
Judged -- with thoughts of a balanced Wholeness, passing through the
"narrrow strait gate" of the Center column
of the mind as patterned in the Tree of Life -- and those thoughts and
impressions that lack the necessary Balanced Wholeness, being diverted into the
outer columns of the Tree of Duality and lost into Nature. Therefore, it is
important to understand that when the bio-energy and Generative Power which is
the "inheritance" of the prodigal son that
he squanders away on "riotous living", what
is being allegorically portrayed is the loss of man's inheritance that has the
capacity to enable him to enter into Higher Consciousness and Life. The working
of the Natural Laws to test each thought and impression by virtue of what is
portrayed as the Law of Octaves, is explored and presented in the subheading
entitled The Octave Test Through The Narrow Gate
http://TreeOfLife.Nazirene.org#OctaveTestNarrowGate . But to understand the
Law of Octaves, the beginning of the relevant subheadings is at The Application
Of The Law Of Octaves And The Trinity
http://TreeOfLife.Nazirene.org#LawOfOctaves ).
The Natural Laws that exist as the framework of Consciousness and Life, force
the prodigal sons along the road that brings about his eventual perfection and
return to the Edenic Kingdom. As it is written: "For My
thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways," says the LORD. For
as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways,
and My thoughts than your thoughts. For as the rain comes down, and the snow
from heaven, and do not return there, but water the earth, and make it bring
forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater, So
shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; it shall not return to Me void,
but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for
which I sent it" (Isa 55:8-11). The ultimate Destiny of all the
prodigal sons and daughters is portrayed in the words that
"I have sworn by Myself, the Word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness,
and shall not return, that to Me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall take
an oath" (Isa 45:23) -- and this Ultimate Destiny has been guaranteed
from the beginning of Time and Creation, by the Laws which were instituted and
put in effect. When a man deviates from the path that brings about this Ultimate
Destiny in the perfection and return of each and every prodigal son back to the
Edenic Kingdom of their Father, then the Laws correct the path, by returning
back to that person the fruit of his own words, thoughts, desires and deeds. And
through the process of self perpetually confronting self, the soul is slowly
evolved to perfection. How many times will you do unto others what they would
not want to be done -- and so, the Natural Laws return back to you the fruit of
your own actions -- until which time you learn your lessons of life and you do
unto others what you would want done unto you?
When the Journey of the Soul is understood, the only element of growth set forth
in the previous quotation is the fact that we, as the prodigal sons and
daughters, can only return to our Source in the Edenic Kingdom of our Heavenly
Father, when we choose to return. In the parable the prodigal son it states:
"Finally he came to his senses"! Which means
that each person must of their own volition, seek to return to their Higher
Source. It doesn't happen because you squandered away your present life on the
"riotous living" and on things of no
substance and real value in the manner of the lost prodigal son. Your failure to
return to your Source is not resolved because you physically died -- as stated
in the Gospel of Philip: "Those who say that first they shall die and (then)
they shall arise are confused. If they do not first receive the resurrection
(while) they live, they will not receive anything (when) they die". Which is
confirmed in the words of Jesus: Jesus answered him,
“Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom
of God” (John 3:3).
It can be said that life itself -- and every aspect of life -- as well as every
primary events in each person's life, has a preordained Causal-Factor with
respect to what each of us experiences, as well as the objectives of life
itself. And thus, the problem is seen in the fact that it will remain impossible
to understand both your True-Self and the purpose of the life you are presently
living, without understanding the Causal Factors of Life. But since few people
understand that in this life we are immersed in what can be rightly portrayed as
a Labyrinth of Natural Laws -- i.e., and this Labyrinth of the Laws can be
portrayed as a Living Bio-Feedback Organism that responds to our thoughts and
actions in this world -- because they remain ignorant of the Laws and the
Causal-Factors of life, most people perpetually get caught up in the circular
loops within the Labyrinth of the Laws, making little to no progress in their
lives. The loops within a Labyrinth is when the choices we make perpetually
cause us to confront the same issues, without our choosing a path or solution
that will release us from the loop.
When the pre-Nicene Church Father Origen stated that
“Every soul... comes into this world strengthened by the victories or weakened
by the defeats of its previous life” (Origen, De Principiis), what
this means is that our life is the result of the Causal-Factors initiated by the
"...victories or... defeats of [our Soul's] previous
lives” that have orchestrated the experiences and encounters of the
life we are presently living. This confrontation of self can also be expressed
in the words: “Do not be deceived: God cannot be
mocked. A man reaps what he sows” (Gal 6:7). Therefore, in not
understanding the Causal-Factors, the question that confronts countless people
is this: How many lives will it take to break out of the loops within the
Labyrinth of the Laws (see The Purpose Of The Natural Laws And The Prison
http://CausalFactor.Nazirene.org#ThePrison ). Every experience of life has
been orchestrated and initiated by the Natural Laws based upon feedback drawn
from our Soul's own previous actions -- and our every thought, action and choice
we make, will invoke these Natural Laws in ways that few people are even
prepared to understand. Which means that it can rightly be said that so long as
we remain ignorant of the Natural Laws and the Causal Factors of the Life we are
presently living, then it will remain virtually impossible to fulfill the
purpose and objectives of life.
The reality that our every action invokes the Natural Laws of Creation that act
as a Living Bio-Feedback Organism (see The Labyrinth Of The Laws And The Outer
Darkness Of Mind And Being
http://OuterDarkness.Nazirene.org#Labyrinth ) -- and that our interaction
within the Natural Laws creates a functioning syllabus that provides for each
person in accord with their personal needs to progress and develop -- monitoring
our every word, thought, desire and action in our process of development (see
The Law Of Octaves And The Narrow Gate:
http://TreeOfLife.Nazirene.org#OctavesAndTheNarrowGate ) -- then each person
is living a life that is tailor made to bring about their own development and
eventual success.
When you physically die, you will have to present an accounting-review of the
life that you have lived. It will not be a matter of judgment -- of heaven, hell
or some sort of punishment -- but rather, what you have personally accomplished
with the opportunity of life that has been bestowed upon you. Which means that
so long as you do not understand the reason and purpose of the life, little to
no progress will be made with respect to accomplishing the primary objectives of
the life that you are presently living. And since only a mere handful of people
in any given time-frame are motivated to understand either the Natural Laws or
the Causal Factors of life, few people are prepared to even present an
accounting of the life that they have lived.
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