Tree of Life and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil
Tree of Life and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil
by Poem on Sat Jun 13, 2009 3:18 am
June 15 1944
Titled: Commentary on the Breath of Life and John 17
Maria says:
"Today, the 15th, I am reading the Holy Hour dictated yesterday, and Jesus says to me:
"For those who always take the liberty of reproaching Me for my words, I say, if they don't understand them, let them study theology. They reflect what theology teaches.
"And, as for the sentence, which will certainly bother them, 'The spirit is an essence poured out by God, let them consider that the soul is 'a breath infused by God.' When deprived of a soul, you are corpes.
"Let them open Genesis. It says, 'The Lord God formed man with the mire of the earth and blew the breath of life upon his face.' Let them not say to Me, 'To give them life.' No, to give life to domestic or wild animals, whether quardrupeds, reptiles, or birds, He had no need to 'blow the breath of life upon their face.' He created them, and that was all. The breath of God is the soul, the soul as life. It is the breath of the Spirit of God that becomes a living spirit in man.
"Let them also open the Gospels. What do you think I restored life with? With my hand? With my voice? No. By infusing my breath, which, since it was God's, was vital-- that is, spiritual. It was a soul. I would bend over the dead and take their hand and command, 'Get up.' Yes. But this was the external, visible form. As I bent, I breathed the spirit upon their faces, the outpouring of my spirit, and life returned.
*there's more in the Notebook.
Titled: Commentary on the Breath of Life and John 17
Maria says:
"Today, the 15th, I am reading the Holy Hour dictated yesterday, and Jesus says to me:
"For those who always take the liberty of reproaching Me for my words, I say, if they don't understand them, let them study theology. They reflect what theology teaches.
"And, as for the sentence, which will certainly bother them, 'The spirit is an essence poured out by God, let them consider that the soul is 'a breath infused by God.' When deprived of a soul, you are corpes.
"Let them open Genesis. It says, 'The Lord God formed man with the mire of the earth and blew the breath of life upon his face.' Let them not say to Me, 'To give them life.' No, to give life to domestic or wild animals, whether quardrupeds, reptiles, or birds, He had no need to 'blow the breath of life upon their face.' He created them, and that was all. The breath of God is the soul, the soul as life. It is the breath of the Spirit of God that becomes a living spirit in man.
"Let them also open the Gospels. What do you think I restored life with? With my hand? With my voice? No. By infusing my breath, which, since it was God's, was vital-- that is, spiritual. It was a soul. I would bend over the dead and take their hand and command, 'Get up.' Yes. But this was the external, visible form. As I bent, I breathed the spirit upon their faces, the outpouring of my spirit, and life returned.
*there's more in the Notebook.
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From Notebook 1944
by Poem on Mon Jul 13, 2009 2:19 am
Page 510 Second paragraph,
Jesus is speaking:
"The tree of Good and Evil rises up before every man, presenting the fruits of Evil with a more appetizing appearance, and among its fronds Temptation hisses with the deceitful voice of a nightingale.
It is up to man, a creature endowed with reason, to be able to discern and choose only the good fruit, even if it is thorny on being picked, bitter to the taste, and base in appearance. The metamorphosis into softness, sweetness, and beauty occurs when the spirit has chosen and nourished itself on this holy bitterness."
Jesus is speaking:
"The tree of Good and Evil rises up before every man, presenting the fruits of Evil with a more appetizing appearance, and among its fronds Temptation hisses with the deceitful voice of a nightingale.
It is up to man, a creature endowed with reason, to be able to discern and choose only the good fruit, even if it is thorny on being picked, bitter to the taste, and base in appearance. The metamorphosis into softness, sweetness, and beauty occurs when the spirit has chosen and nourished itself on this holy bitterness."
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