Bible Discourse 36 What is Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost
Discourse 36
What is Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost
And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and
village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the
twelve were with him, and certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits
and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, and of whom went seven devils, and
Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others, which
ministered into him of their substance.
Luke
8:1—3
Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb:
and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw. And all the people were amazed, and said, “Is
not this the son of David?” But when the
Pharisees heard it, they said, “This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by
Beelzebub the prince of the devils.”
And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, “Every kingdom
divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house
divided against itself shall not stand:
And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself: how shall then his
kingdom stand? And if I by Beelzebeub
cast out devils, by do your children cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges. But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of
God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.
“Or else how can one enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his
goods, except he first bind the strong man? And then he will spoil his house. He that is not with me is against me; and he
that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.
“Wherefore I say unto you, all manner of sin and blasphemy shall be
forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be
forgiven unto men. And whosoever
speaketh a word against Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever
speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this
world, neither in the world to come.
“Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree
corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. O generation of vipers, how can ye, being
evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth
speaketh. A good man out of the good
treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and the evil man out of evil
treasure bringeth forth evil things. But
I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give
account thereof in the day of judgment.
For by thy words thou shall be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be
condemned.”
Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying,
‘Master, we would see a sign from thee.”
But he answered and said unto them, “An evil and adulterous generation
seeketh after a sign; and there shall be no sign be given to it, , but the sign
of the prophet Jonah: For as Jonah was
three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be
three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment
with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the
preaching of Jonah; and, behold, a greater than Jonah is here.
“The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this
generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the
earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is
here.
“When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry
places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
Then he saith, ‘I will return into my house from whence I came out’; and
when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven
other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and
the state of that man is worse than the first.
Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.”
While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren
stood without, desiring tospeak with him.
then one said unto him, “Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand
without, desiring to speak with thee.”
But he answered and said unto him that told him, “Who is my mother? And
who are my brethren?” and he stretched
forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, “Behold my mother and my
brethren! For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the
same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Matthew 12:22—50
(Parallel references in Luke 11:14—32)
And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and
village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the
twelve were with him, and certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits
and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, and of whom went seven devils, and
Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others, which
ministered into him of their substance. Luke 8:1—3
The holy company that accompanied Jesus in his spiritual preaching journey
included the twelve apostles and some of the devout women who were healed by
him. They include Mary Magdalene who was
relieved of seven devils.
Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb:
and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw. And all the people were amazed, and said, “Is
not this the son of David?” But when the
Pharisees heard it, they said, “This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by
Beelzebub the prince of the devils.” Matthew 12:22—24
Parallel reference”
And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, “He hath Beelzebub,
and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils? Mark 3:22
Jesus healed the possessed persons. People were amazed and said, “Is
this the son of David? One with the powers to perform such divine works can be
no ordinary man, belonging to an ordinary human family.”
Supported by scripture, they conjectured whether indeed this was the one
prophesied to come out of the house king David, born of his seed, or
lineage.” Notwithstanding the
reputation, Jesus’ adversaries, (Pharisees and scribes), accused him of casting
out devils, evil spirits, not by divine fiat but by the power of Beelzebub, the
prince of the devils.
“And when thy
days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy
seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish
his kingdom.” God speaking to David Samuel 7:12
“And there
shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse (father of David), and a branch
shall grow out of his roots. And the
spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the
Lord.”
Isaiah 11:1--2
“Behold, the
days come,” saith the Lord, “that I will rise unto David a righteous branch,
and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in
the earth. In his days Judah shall be
saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be
called, The Lord Our Righteousness.”
Jeremiah 23:5—6
“The
hierarchy of demons in Christianity is based on various sources: Jewish,
Zoroastrian, Gnostic (a syncretistic religious dualistic-belief system in which
matter is viewed as evil, the spirit good, and salvation as being attainable
through esoteric knowledge, or gnosis), and the indigenous religions that
succumbed to Christian missionizing. In
the New Testament, Jesus speaks of Beelzebub as the chief of demons and equates
him with Satan.
“The Islamic
hierarchy of demons is headed by Iblis (the devil), whoalso is called Shaytan (Satan)
or ‘aduw Allah (Enemy of God. Based to a
great extent on Jewish and Christian demonology, Iblis became the leader of
host of jinn, spiritual beings that generally bode evil.
“In Hinduism,
the asuras are the demons who oppose the devas (the gods). Among the various classes of asuras are nagas
(serpent demons), Ahi (the demon of drought), and Kamsa (an archdemon). Demons that afflict humans include the
raksasas (grotesque beings who haunt cemeteries, impel the performance of
foolish acts, and attack sadhus (saintly men) and pishacas (beings who haunt
places where violent deaths have occurred).
“Buddhist
often view their demons as forces that inhibit the achievement of Nirvana
(bliss, or the extinction of desire); an important example is Mara, an arch
tempter, who, with his daughters, Rati (desire), Raga (Pleasure), and Tanha
(Restlessness), attempted to dissuade Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, from
achieving his enlightenment. As Mahayana
(Greater Vehicle) Buddhism spread to Tibet, China, and Japan, many of the
demons of the folk religions of these areas (ex: Chinese kuei-shen; the
Japanese oni) were incorporated into Buddhist beliefs.”
All things are created by Holy Ghost, the word, OM or Amen, the Cosmic
vibratory Force. The tat, or Christ
Consciousness, reflects in this OM i.e., the Creation. Maya or Satanic force
with its enticements shall be making this infinite force into a finite one.
Animals have no free will. They
are guided by instinct. They accrue no karma. In this animal stage, the soul
burns out some of its evil karma. There are various angelic beings in the
astral world in different echelons in accordance with karma. The degraded
astral beings, evil spirits are assigned different echelons of
hellish-after-death state for a karmically determined span of time.
And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, “Every kingdom
divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house
divided against itself shall not stand:
And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself: how shall then his
kingdom stand? And if I by Beelzebub
cast out devils, by do your children cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges. But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of
God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you. Matthew 12:25—28
Satan works on the evil karma. It
is responsible for bacteria, sickness, and infirmity.
(Rebuking the fever that afflicted Peter’s mother-in-law —Discourse 24)
The evil works of Satan is always in opposition to redeeming works of
Holy Ghost, OM.
OMKARAM
Sit erect in Vajraasan, Padmasan or Sukhasan. Be in
Lingamudra or Gnaana Mudra. Straighten the Spinal cord. Face East or
North. Bit relaxed. Put your Index
finger upside down in between the eye brows, touching the forehead. Slowly
raise the finger looking at it with both the eyes. As you raise the finger go
on looking at the tip of the finger till it disappears. There you fix your
gaze. This is called fixing the gaze in kootastha. Sadhak, the Meditating Yogi,
should always do his meditation or Sadhana fixing his gaze in kootastha. Kootastha is the place between the eye brows
on forehead.
Chanting OM
removes all problems, spiritual, mental, and physical. One needs to chant daily, morning and
evening, so as to have a fulfilling, happy, and healthy life. Chanting OM takes us to the root cause of Creation of Universe and its power. When you chant OM, your Chakras will be
aligned for flow of life force energy without problems in the least. Chanting OM improves blood circulation,
reduces stress, improves focus and concentration, reduces anxiety and depression,
Relaxes muscles, improves nervous function, and hence maintains blood
pressure. Chanting OM generates better
ideas and hence perception and intuition improves. You think and talk more
positive. Work Efficiency improves by
leaps and bounds. You become more
productive. You will become more
balanced, happier, and satisfied in life. your personality becomes more
attractive. Chanting OM forms a positive aura around you which can felt by
others easily. Your decision making power enhances based on conscious thinking,
peace, and joy in life. It removes
insomnia, sleep walking, and improves eye sight. .
Improves
digestion, gives complete sense control.
Chant at least 108 times morning and evening for maximum benefits. Long
duration, slow, steady, concentrated, and intense OM chanting is desirable. After every OM you must take a deep and long
breath. Any time of the day, any number
of times.
It is not God but Satan who bedevils this relativistic
world with every form of evil.
The life of Jesus is the testimony to make choice
between good and evil. That is why Jesus said with compassion: “Father, forgive
them, for they know not what they do.”
Jesus avers: “But if I cast out evil disembodied souls or heal other
afflictions caused by the evil force by awakening the invisible all-flowing power
of the presence of God, then those so healed will feel in their consciousness
not only release from evil, but the presence of the Almighty Cosmic
Consciousness.”
Jesus’ “Every kingdom…..city or house divided against
itself shall not stand” is a great law
that governs this world.
“Or else how
can one enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he first
bind the strong man? And then he will spoil his house. He that is not with me is against me; and he
that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.
“Wherefore I
say unto you, all manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but
the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. Matthew 12:29—31
Jesus further elaborates: “How
else can I enter into the strong organization of Satan in the Cosmos and destroy his evil works in
nature and wicked influence in men except that I bind Satan by my wisdom? Every soul who does not know how to gather
wisdom by contacting Christ in meditation. That is why I declare the truth unto
you that all kinds of errors—physical, mental, and moral—belonging to those who
identify themselves with body consciousness.
Reverent contact with Holy Ghost frees one from delusion and suffering.
Those who wantonly reject that joy, he “blasphemes against the Holy
Ghost”. By ignoring the intuitional
guidance of Cosmic sound in meditation—“the Comforter, which is the Holy
Ghost…shallo teach you all things”---he sentences himself to inner
restlessness.
Unwillingness to meditate is blasphemous against the inner magnetic pull
of Holy Ghost.
And whosoever speaketh a word against Son of man, it shall be forgiven
him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven
him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come. Matthew
12:32
Whosover uses bad mouth against the ‘son of man’ is tolerable. After contacting Holy Ghost in meditation,
one should enjoy that inner peace and joy. Contrary to this one must avoid.
“Either make
the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit
corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? For
out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. A good man out of the good treasure of the
heart bringeth forth good things: and the evil man out of evil treasure
bringeth forth evil things.
Matthew 12:33—35
Pharisees insinuated the good works of Jesus. Jesus countered: If you admit that my healing results are
good, then you must concede my power of goodness. O ye human vipers filled with
the poison of ignorance and self-created evil karma, how can you rightly
declare what is true? According to the
contents of your heart your mouth speaks.
But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they
shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shall be justified, and
by thy words thou shalt be condemned.” Matthew
12:36—37
A spoken word is three fold: 1) Vibrations, 2)life force, and 3)thought.
1) Every utterance leaves good or evil vibrationary traces in his
physical body and brain; 2) in his astral body of life energy, which mediates
between flesh and consciousness, and 3)in his mind, his consciousness, as
tabloid tendencies.
The sum total of all mental tendencies from thoughts, good or evil,
determines good or bad birth.
Then certain
of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, ‘Master, we would see a
sign from thee.”
But he
answered and said unto them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a
sign; and there shall be no sign be given to it, , but the sign of the prophet
Jonah: For as Jonah was three days and
three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and
three nights in the heart of the earth. Matthew 12:38—40
The Pharisees sought Jesus a sign in his divine authority. Jesus retorted: O ye generation who are
addicted to the evils of ignorance and sensual habits, no sign except which was
already given by the prophet Jonah. Jonah showed that he had attained
God-consciousness and thereby his life, saturated with immortal life, could
remain a state of suspended animation in the belly of a whale.
(Recounted in the Old Testament book of Jonah, chapters 1 and 2)
Trailiga swamy of India used to remain beneath the waters of Ganges
periodically.
Sadhu Haridas, 18th century , used to place his body in
suspended animation and was buried for several weeks.
The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and
shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and, behold,
a greater than Jonah is here.
“The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this
generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the
earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is
here. Matthew 12:41—42
Jesus Christ fully manifested all the qualities of soul and Spirit. The spiritual consciousness of Solomon and
Jonah had yet to attain that perfection.
“When the
unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking
rest, and findeth none. Then he saith,
‘I will return into my house from whence I came out’; and when he is come, he
findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.
Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked
than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the state of that man is
worse than the first. Even so shall it
be also unto this wicked generation.”
Matthew 12:43—45
Jesus referred to arrogance of false superiority. He had seen that some souls acquired some
spiritual development. But because of their attitude towards Jesus in not
recognizing Christ in him, they have become more devilish.
Jesus admonished them saying: “O
ye people of this generation, because of
your ill conceived ignorance, you will suffer even greater ignorance from its
possessing devils than you had before. “
While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren
stood without, desiring tospeak with him.
then one said unto him, “Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand
without, desiring to speak with thee.”
But he answered and said unto him that told him, “Who is my mother? And
who are my brethren?” and he stretched
forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, “Behold my mother and my
brethren! For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the
same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Matthew 12:22—50
Parallel reference:
Then came to
him his mother and his brethren, and could not come at him for the press. And it was told him by certain which said,
“Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.” And he answered and said unto them, “My
mother and my brethren are these which here the word of God, and
do it.” Luke 8:19--21
Jesus said: All
women with God-consciousness are my mothers and sisters, and all men with
God-consciousness are my brethren. Jesus did not mean disrespect to parents;
elsewhere (Matthew 15:4) he cited the divine commandment “Honor thy father and
mother.”
We should not disrespect our parents. But we should
not forget that God is our perpetual parent in the past, present, and future.
God only was our Relative.
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