The teachings of Yeshua are very different than any other belief system known to man, not just because it is the only real truth, but also because it teaches us to walk the central path. There are three spiritual paths, the left hand path, the right hand path and then there is the central path. The left hand path is the path of the material world. It is the selfish path that the spiritually blind walk each day in order to feed their own egos. This is the path of the material world, giving zero thought into any higher spiritual reality. The right hand path is the path of spiritual enlightenment and of altruism. As much as we must consistently strive to walk the Right Hand Path everyday, we can only obtain Spiritual Perfection on the Central Path; this fine line is the perfection and this is what Yeshua taught us.
"For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few." - Matthew 7:14
I often allude to some deeper truths that can be learned from Jewish Metaphysics, or Kabbalah, although I tend to shy away from going too deep in Kabbalistic teachings in my posts. This is intentional as Kabbalah (In Hebrew - קבלה - which literally means "To Receive") is the highest level of Metaphysical Wisdom that one can study and is extremely powerful in nature; thus it's extremely technical and very confusing. It should only be studied for the sole purpose of spiritual correction and self improvement, in order to obtain a closer relationship with Our Creator. I reject any so called "Hermetic" Kabbalistic writings or teachings that do not reflect the purity of HaShem. As a general rule, I reject anything that is not written by a Jewish Rabbi, and I take it all with a huge grain of salt. Beware of so-called "sages" or anyone who claims to be a master of kabbalah. There are lots of people out there these days who twist the teachings and pervert the purity of Kabbalah and those people should be avoided like the plague. Yeshua warned us of these people and he gives us a simple test to put them to, regarding the fruit they produce.
"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles?
Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.
A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.
Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Therefore by their fruits you will know them." - Matthew 7:15-20
In Jewish Metaphysics, the Left Hand Path is the path of Gevurah (Strength/Judgment), the Right Hand Path is the path of Chesed (Loving Kindness/Mercy) and The Central Path is Tifereth (Beauty). When looking at the Tree of Life, you can literally see that the only path that leads all the way from Malcuth at the bottom (which represents our physical realm) to Kether (or Crown) at the very top is the Central Path. Not only that, when the 10 sefirot are properly numbered from Right to Left, starting with 1 being Kether (as shown below); the numbers of the Central Path (1+6+9+10) equal 26. This Numeric Value of Yud-Hei-Vav-Hei ( יהוה ), which of course, is the Sacred Four Letter Name of Our LORD, who Yeshua called "Abba" or "Father". This is just another visual indication showing the perfection of the Central Path and how it is ultimately the ONLY path that leads to Our Father.
Of course, Yeshua wasn't the only source for this Central Path Wisdom as it can be observed throughout scripture...but unfortunately, it's often overlooked and misunderstood; rightly so, this is difficult stuff.
So you shall observe to do just as the Lord your God has commanded you; you shall not turn aside to the right or to the left. - Deuteronomy 5:32
Only be strong and very courageous; be careful to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may have success wherever you go. - Joshua 1:7
Be very firm, then, to keep and do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, so that you may not turn aside from it to the right hand or to the left, - Joshua 23:6
Do not turn to the right nor to the left;
Turn your foot from evil. - Proverbs 4:27
He did right in the sight of the Lord and walked in all the way of his father David, nor did he turn aside to the right or to the left. - 2 Kings 22:2
Needless to say, it can be extremely difficult to understand the hidden truths contained within Yeshua's parables. His teachings take much study and understanding and with close examination, we can see this Central Path concept is evident in much of what he was saying. He absolutely knew these teachings and taught them to His disciples. Remember, these hidden truths are Jewish Rabbinic Teachings and Yeshua was a Jewish Rabbi. He told us that the whole of The Law (The Torah) would be fulfilled if we truly keep the following two main commandments.
“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?”
And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.
This is the great and first commandment.
And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”
Matthew 22:36-40
We must really break this down and think deeply about this. If you can really wrap your mind around what he is saying, you will see that in order to truly do both of these things, one has to walk in the middle. How can one love HaShem with all of their heart, soul and mind and truly love their neighbor as they do themselves? If we love G*d with everything we have, we would devote 100% our time in study and prayer...but then that leaves no time to love others. It can be extremely difficult to love our neighbors as we look around the world today and we see our neighbors living sinful lives and putting themselves above others. It is extremely difficult not to judge and resent them for what they do. To extend unconditional love to those who persecute us for our beliefs seems totally impossible at times, but this what He said and is exactly what He meant.
We have to Truly Love Our Neighbors and except them with all of their flaws and love them like we love ourselves and ultimately to love them as we love G*d. To put this into action takes an extreme amount of daily work, radical work. You have to start small and build on it daily. Let the other guy win the argument, walk away, bite your tongue and keep anything negative to yourself. You must completely alter your perception and ultimately the way you see everything. In no way do I have this mastered, but I work diligently at it each day and looking back on it, I'm astounded at how far HaShem has brought me along. Pray about this every single day, ask for HaShem to bless you with the ability to control your negative reactions; not for the sake of you, but for the sake of everyone around you. These are the prayers that He wants to hear and these are the ones that He ALWAYS answers. You can't just ask for it and expect it to just fall into your lap, He expects us to put in work for it; and believe me, He will test you. It's key that you understand that the tests will come and when you overcome little by little, He begins to make this easy for you and it becomes second nature. Follow His commandments, and ask for this correction in Yeshua's Name ("B'Shem Yeshua" or "In Jesus' Name"). This is literally what He has told us to do and Our LORD is Faithful and ALWAYS keeps His Promises.
"And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever" - John 14:13-16
Here are a couple more examples of Yeshua teaching this Central Path Perfection, without actually saying it...the beautiful way He done it. The understanding that he was giving people was unlike anything they ever heard before. He most definitely wasn't giving a New Torah, if anything, He was perfecting it, thus making it more restrictive in the process. This is why He was always saying things like, "You've heard it said...but I say..."
“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’
But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also."
Matthew 5:38-39
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’
But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.”
Matthew 5:43-45
This joining of The Left and The Right to Obtain The Central Path, gives us a whole new level of the understanding of Male and Female becoming "One Flesh". The Left Hand Column is Feminine and The Right Hand Column is Masculine. This is the Kabbalistic Secret of "Bone of My Bones and Flesh of My Flesh". Jewish Metaphysics teach that The Left Column (the side of Gevurah - which is RED) is Flesh and produces Red in Yesod (The Foundation) and The Right Column (the is the side of Chesed - which is WHITE) is Bone and produces White in Yesod. I surely don't have to explain how this production of Red and White can be observed physically in the Female and Male bodies. The Feminine Side was removed from Man to Produce Woman. This is a deeper explanation of why a Man is not complete without His Wife. Just as these two opposites must unify physically to create life, the two paths must also unify spiritually.
"And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh." - Genesis 2:23-24
"But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’
‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife,
and the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two but one flesh.
What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.” - Mark 10:6-9
"He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female,
and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?
So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.” - Matthew 19:4-6
This Unity of The Male and Female is also written in The Gospel of Thomas. Discovered in The Dead Sea Scrolls, The Gospel of Thomas is historically one of the earliest manuscripts attributed to Yeshua. Understand that Yeshua is not speaking in the physical sense, but this unification is a spiritual truth. It is the merging of the Left Hand (Feminine) and The Right Hand (Masculine), to become perfected in the Center. A man has to learn to become in touch with and embrace his emotions, as well as his logic; just as a woman has to learn to control her emotions and act on logic, as opposed to reacting emotionally. Needless to say, this is challenging for both men and women, but that's what it takes. This is NOT about "gender neutrality" or "gender fluidity", or any of that other nonsensical garbage that is spewed about politically these days. Men are Male and Women are Female, Two Genders Only - Period.
"Jesus saw infants being suckled. He said to his disciples, "These infants being suckled are like those who enter the kingdom." They said to him, "Shall we then, as children, enter the kingdom?" Jesus said to them, "When you make the two one, and when you make the inside like the outside and the outside like the inside, and the above like the below, and when you make the male and the female one and the same, so that the male not be male nor the female; and when you fashion eyes in the place of an eye, and a hand in place of a hand, and a foot in place of a foot, and a likeness in place of a likeness; then will you enter the kingdom." - Thomas 22
"Simon Peter said to him, "Let Mary leave us, for women are not worthy of life." Jesus said, "I myself shall lead her in order to make her male, so that she too may become a living spirit resembling you males. For every woman who will make herself male will enter the kingdom of heaven." - Thomas 114
This is the understanding that gives us freedom, freedom from the petty day to day suffering of this world. Turn off the news, study scripture as much as you possibly can, pray several times a day and pray before each and every meal. Bless HaShem every chance you get, put Him before you at all times, disconnect from this physical realm as much as you possibly can. We are swimming in a sea of light, but we are simply unable perceive it. Due to Adam's Sin and The Fall of Man, we are all preconditioned this way and have not earned the spiritual perception in order to do so. Put these practices in play much as possible every day. When you do it all with everything you have, you will start to see the light in everything, instead of the darkness. The mundane problems of this world will just roll off you like water off of a duck's back. This is true freedom and I pray for the world to obtain it as I have.
"I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved." - Psalms 16:8
This is the highest truth and this is what Yeshua meant when He told us that "The Kingdom is at Hand". He wasn't saying that time was running out, He was telling us that the time is NOW and that we can obtain His Kingdom today, in THIS LIFE.
"Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." - Matthew 3:2
"From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." - Matthew 4:17
"And proclaim as you go, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’" - Matthew 10:7
There is only ONE WAY!
"Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." - John 14:6
אמת = Truth
חי = Life
דרך = Way
When we take the first letters of each of the Hebrew words for Truth, Life and Way and put them together, via Notarikon, we get the following:
אחד = ONE
“Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is ONE!" - Deuteronomy 6:4
This style of teaching and understanding is very unique compared to other belief systems, that teach only two paths; or a black and white outlook (for example, the Yin and Yang). It seems that most spiritual disciplines out there give credit to Yeshua and teach that He was a Prophet of Great Teacher, so if they all say that then what does Yeshua say? He says that He is The Only Way, Period. When we look at everything as having a purely dual nature, we can never see the gray area, where the truth often lies. We don't have to look far to see just what this narrow minded outlook of the world costs us. There is no compromise anymore, there is only Left and Right, Liberal and Conservative...and both sides have abandoned the ability to achieve to compromise of the Center, which is typically where the true and best solutions are found. I think of how these pious men, who enter monasteries and devote their lives to obtaining spiritual achieve perfection. As admirable as that seems, in the end, they would had been better off if they never went there to start with. Whose life are they improving by living this secluded lifestyle? Who is benefitting from their sacrifice, other than themselves? They are putting their light in the closet, instead of shining bright for the world to see. If it doesn't benefit others, it's not the way Yeshua intended it.
“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.
Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house." - Matthew 5:14-15
So this is the true "secret" of it all, and it seems so simple yet is so difficult to implement. Live your life by the example of The Most Perfect Man who ever walked this earth, The WORD Made Flesh, our LORD and Savior Yeshua HaMashiach (Jesus Christ). I grew up knowing him as Jesus and that's the name I called on, who saved me as a child. I began referring to Him as Yeshua after I started to learn Hebrew and have been able to comprehend the power of His Pure Language. If you want the most intimate relationship with The LORD as you possibly can, as I surely do, call on Him in His Pure Language. There is a reason why Christians to this day have unknowingly preserved some Hebrew terms. Those Hebrew words truly convey mystical power. Like how we say “Hallelujah” ( הללו יה ) instead of "Praise YAH" or "Praise The LORD" and “Amen” ( אמן ) instead of “Truly” or “So Let It Be”. There is Divine Power in the Hebrew Language. Of course, Jesus Christ in any language is The Key. To think that that Hebrew is the only language that we can use to access G*d is narrow minded and simply ridiculous. I see people claiming this and it makes me sick...to think that Our LORD and Savior, who created all things, doesn't understand all languages is simply absurd.
Yeshua's teachings will absolutely transform you into someone that you never knew that you could be, but you have to put your Faith Above All Reason. You must strive to let go of your love for this physical world, and all of its physical pleasures, in order to reach for the higher spiritual truth. This is a daily challenge, but with much prayer much study and much work it begins to get easier and easier. If you truly desire change and pray for this change, anyone can obtain it. As a general rule, I have found that the more time one spends traveling on the right hand path, the easier it is to obtain that narrow Central Path. Devote as much time serving HaShem and others much as possible and this world will automatically pull you over to left; thus bringing to back to the Center. It takes no effort whatsoever to walk the left hand path. The best teaching that I have ever heard that conveys this says to spend 95% on the Right Hand Path and only 5% to reflect upon it (now that's really getting it...but that's a good goal to strive for, because we can always do better, no matter how much we do). Think about it like this, every single breath that you take is a blessing from The Most High, how can we begin to put a number on the amount of blessings we receive each day? How can we possibly praise HaShem and glorify Him enough? Never stop trying and stay on His Path, no matter how difficult it becomes. Understand that there are others out there who walking it right along side of you.
The Central Path and The Work Along The Three Lines
In one of my earliest posts on here I shared some extremely high level wisdom, given by Rabbi Dr. Michael Laitman. No matter how many times I've recommended this lecture series it's never had a single download (and believe, I do keep track). I understand that sitting around and listening to spiritual lectures about Jewish Metaphysics and radical life changing ideology doesn't seem like much of a good time...but I need to remind you that we are all in the middle of a battleground of spiritual warfare. For that reason, we must take advantage of every single tool that we can get our hands on and these are weapons.
Just as Paul told us in his letter to The Ephesians:
"For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places." - Ephesians 6:12
As I stated earlier, I am extremely careful about sharing most Kabbalistic Wisdom with the general public, but this Fruit right here. Much of this info will seem radical and even impossible upon the first listen, but that's the point, it will help to condition your mind into obtaining spiritual perfection. I've got access to this entire series that stays in my car. Typically, when I'm driving down the road in my car, I'm either listening to this series, or The Holy Bible. As with anything outside of scripture, take it all with a grain of salt. Whether you totally agree with all of it 100% or not, it will not lead you astray, I would never share it with anyone if there was a risk of that. Rabbi Laitman's reputation is impeccable. He has a PhD in Philosophy and Kabbalah, titles conferred by the Moscow Institute of Philosophy at the Russian Academy of Sciences, and has an MSc in Medical Cybernetics, earned at the St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University. He was the head student and personal assistant to Rabbi Baruch Ashlag, son of Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag (commonly known as the Baal Ha-Sulam).
This just one of those things that fell into my lap early in my spiritual journey, a divine gift that I stumbled across online. Ultimately this Kabbalistic Lecture Series has one of the most valuable tools in my arsenal. Among the hundreds, if not thousands of dollars that I have spent on books, this series has helped me in more ways than I can begin to explain. I continue learning from it to this day, as it just keeps illuminating deeper and deeper truths upon multiple listens. It truly is a remarkable gift and I will once again post it here, in hopes that someone else will take advantage of it as well.
As much as I recommend downloading the entire series, there is one particular short lecture entitled "The Work Along The Three Lines", that pertains to this post in particular. Although it's one of the more difficult and technical segments of this lecture series, it may help you obtain a better perspective of this Central Path. Let's face it, this is all kind of a difficult concept to grasp - identifying gray areas in a black and white world is a hard thing to teach.
Here is a link to that short segment of this lecture series:
"The Work Along The Three Lines"
Here is the link to that original post, as well as the link where you download all 42 segments of this Kabbalistic Lecture Series, by Rabbi Dr. Michael Laitman:
חסד ושלום עליכם והרבה אהבה וברכות
Grace and Peace Be Upon You and Much Love and Blessings!
I don't know if this applies to the political sphere as well, since both major wings have philosophies that are found in the scriptures, such as an emphasis on social justice, which caters towards the left-wing (*...mainly found within the New Testament*), yet also opposing homosexuality, which caters towards the right-wing (*...mainly found within the Book of Leviticus*). Many Christians nowadays are very center/centre-right in terms of much matters nowadays thanks to that realization.
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