Okay now.... (If you have not properly done your "homework"*, then do so now. *Read, ponder and study Matthew 5, 6, and 7--from my former post of "The Walk")
Resuming where we began yesterday, with Chapter 5 of Matthew, verse 1:
1) And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain to teach unto them the things which the Father had commanded of him; and when he was set in the place where he would teach the people, he called forth his disciples and they came unto him that they might hear more clearly the things that he would command the people, so that they could teach these same things unto the people as they had been given authority to do.
(We will explore sight/ seeing/ Overseeing/ vision/ the "third eye"/ understanding/ wisdom/ charity... continually through this "Fullness of the Gospel of Christ". For now, let what I shared yesterday suffice.) "Jesus" truly "saw" the multitudes. He had consistently and intently observed those around him... ALL those around him... with interest, intrigue, and an open-minded, open-hearted willingness to comprehend them, their lives, the way they thought, the feelings in their hearts and that which compelled them to action. He did truly "see the multitudes". All people he understood.
Next: he... by himself, relying upon no man, no outside influence, no church, school, state indoctrination, "went up into a mountain". Hidden allegorically in all accepted "scripture", when a person ascends a mountain--or the top of the highest mountain--that signifies that they overcame the emotions, beliefs, accepted mores of their culture at that time.
Although "Jesus" understood his people--all of them--he did not identify himself with their temporal and, to him, "fallen" natures. Though clothed in a body of flesh himself, he KNEW who he was outside of and beyond it. His sights were not set upon the things of This world. He had raised his vision. He walked among men, as a man, but not "of" men. Yet, going up the emotional, vibrational mountain, he still entered "into" it. He utilized food, clothing, shelter, the "THINGS" of this world in his daily life.
Mountains symbolize matter, the material world that we are inhabiting, exploring, and utilizing here as collective humanity. "Jesus" knew and used this matter, yet he respected it and did not allow those things of this world to have a hold upon his concerns, thoughts, or desires. He "had dominion over it". He understood it and utilized it with profound respect and oneness.
"Jesus" understood the people, realized the needs of the body, mind, emotion, relationships, yet ascended through his experiences, ponderings and honed actions to the elevated place "up" AND "into" that mountain.
Why? "To teach unto them...."
To "teach" is vastly different than saying, instructing, demonstrating something. "Jesus'" role and burning desire was to "teach". It had been necessary for him to first overcome all "things" so that he could, then, utilize instruction in such a way that those who chose to come unto him for that instruction could properly and fully "learn". And to "learn" goes way beyond knowing. To learn also implies understanding. As we shall see as the storyline unfolds, "Jesus" was not content, never would be content, to just simply prove his greater insight and capabilities. That was far from enough. No, he would not, could not stop until he had completed his task of "teaching" all that he knew. He would mentor, assist, explain, extrapolate, exhort, chastise, rebuke, and not stop the process (so long as the "student" willingly continued his part of the equation) until a complete understanding had also been realized. And, though he would focus on the "one" mind, always the "weakest" among them, he would not be finished until the entire multitude(S), EACH of "them", had learned that which he had come to teach.
Our next lesson(s) will pick up the story line.
Until then... Keep smiling and Living the life, YOUR life, to the very best of your current ability.
With love,
Kimberly :-)
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