|| The Pivotal Pressure Point
The balancing act of life. Always we work to create and sustain that balance in life. Not always can we do this though, as we take into account the many changes that keep adding and minusing to its scale. What remains consistent somehow, is what we hold at the very core of the self; the repeated and consistent patterns of behavior, that most times, we remain unaware of; the factor in our life that binds one's elements together, such that we move forward in life; in much the same way, acting as the nucleus that keeps all parts moving as they should.
There comes a prominent point though, when literally, everything changes; life and all that it means to you. As changes build on one, it forces him to begin to look within, as he begins to realize that he too is changing.
Sometimes, the very environment in which we live changes us. Though we think ourselves unchanged, yet still we change. But it is to say that in two ways can one grow. It is for the one to actively decide whether his environment changes one for the better or for the worse. This is the pivotal point in one’s life. He then exercises the act of will; that silent yet forceful power inside of the one, to release all that he truly desires and wants for his life.
Though life not be tilted in his favour, still, he chooses to see all that may help him to endure life’s very trials. As he decides, he is changing his internal scales, modifying it with the checks and balances, causing him to think and act in new ways, as never seen before. For he is, indeed, becoming a new creation.
08.12.22
The balancing act of life. Always we work to create and sustain that balance in life. Not always can we do this though, as we take into account the many changes that keep adding and minusing to its scale. What remains consistent somehow, is what we hold at the very core of the self; the repeated and consistent patterns of behavior, that most times, we remain unaware of; the factor in our life that binds one's elements together, such that we move forward in life; in much the same way, acting as the nucleus that keeps all parts moving as they should.
There comes a prominent point though, when literally, everything changes; life and all that it means to you. As changes build on one, it forces him to begin to look within, as he begins to realize that he too is changing.
Sometimes, the very environment in which we live changes us. Though we think ourselves unchanged, yet still we change. But it is to say that in two ways can one grow. It is for the one to actively decide whether his environment changes one for the better or for the worse. This is the pivotal point in one’s life. He then exercises the act of will; that silent yet forceful power inside of the one, to release all that he truly desires and wants for his life.
Though life not be tilted in his favour, still, he chooses to see all that may help him to endure life’s very trials. As he decides, he is changing his internal scales, modifying it with the checks and balances, causing him to think and act in new ways, as never seen before. For he is, indeed, becoming a new creation.
08.12.22
Okay! So, now I stay with the case study of Adam and Eve. I stay with the case of Man’s genesis.
I bring back the words taken from the book of Genesis Chapter three.
I read from the book of Genesis Chapter three.
6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.
7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.
8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden.
9 But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?”
10 He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.”
11 And he said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”
12 The man said, “The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
13 Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
I also bring back the list of words that I previously pulled out from the passage. I recall.
Saw
Heard
Hid
Called
Heard
Was afraid
From the list, I have already gone about describing what I was able to see through the action words. But there is still one more word phrase from the list that I never went about describing. I have forgotten the coupled words ‘was afraid’. Was this deliberately done? I do not know. Though I have previously mentioned to highlight such words because they caught my attention, these words are different. For they speaks less to action and more to state.
I connected very readily with the words ‘was afraid’ because essentially, this was my motto. I always lived my life in constant fear. I was always afraid to truly express how I felt, what I thought about, even afraid to express my true decisions. I was always very afraid. So, it is interesting for me to meet up with these words, having found these words in the beginning of man’s making. Fear!
So, not only did shame become one of man’s biggest burdens throughout his life, but fear crowns it all off.
I want to go over the line that Adam spoke when he suggested his expression of fear. I re-read verse ten.
10 He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.”
Wow! Imagine the fear that Adam was grasped by. He had to have been incredibly afraid. Why do I say this? Because most likely, fear would have been an emotion that he experienced for the very first time. I do wonder though, was this the first time that he truly experienced fear? All I do know is that this is the first documented experience of fear by man in the Scripture.
Just imagine, though, experiencing fear for the very first time in the adult stage when the faculty of the mind has been matured enough to process and experience the emotion in all its fullness. The emotion of fear is quite the unpleasant sensation. It truly is.
But I raise an important point. Interestingly, just as shame, fear was also a factor that entered man through sin. Who wants to be constantly in a fearful state? Not me. I have enough already on my plate to chew on. I don’t even want to make offerings for someone else. But what I truly want to say is that fear is one of man’s elemental states.
Fear is also quite the influential and potent tool that if used cunningly, it can keep a person in that constant state.
I go on further. You know what is interesting about fear? It shares many characteristics with shame. Now, there can also be a fear of shame. But fear and shame have many things in common. For one may also grow fearful just off of sight. Fear and shame do not operate on faith. But it takes faith to utilize both to create something tremendous.
I continue to study Adam’s fearful statement. Let’s listen one more time.
I heard AND was afraid BECAUSE I was naked SO I hid.
Interesting line. Hmm… I sit in silence for the moment.
Adam was responding to God through logic.
All that the Father asked was “Where are you?” And Adam gave a three-point logically deducted answer. Adam did not respond with one word.
But wait! Hold up! Did you see that? Does one see what the Father just did?
Why does the Father ask, "where are you?" The Father already knew where Adam was placed. He knows everything all of the time.
Am I a God only when I am near- it is Yahweh who speaks- and not when I am far off? If someone hides in secret places do I not see him?- Do I not fill the heavens and the earth? (Jeremiah 23: 23, 24)
He must have asked this in response to first witnessing Adam's act of hiding. The Wisdom found in the Father's question served to express or reveal Adam's guilt. For guilt was found in Adam's response.
I go on...
Adam chose the route of explaining to the Father through several words, not to mention some of these being CONDITIONED words.
The rest of Man is not very far from Adam. For in the fearful state, man goes about trying to supposedly cover himself with fanciful words hoping that they be enough to cover the guilt found within him. The flesh loves to talk. The Spirit, on the other hand, loves to speak few and far between unless it be warranted.
The Spirit is more interested to hear what another has to say and less excited about outward ramblings. It is why I keep saying, don’t speak, unless moved by the Spirit to speak up. One may think he is indeed speaking, for he witnesses his lips are moving and sound is coming out from him. But if he allows the Spirit to speak, much more can be transferred through his very lips, if only he waits for the Spirit to speak up on his behalf.
But I am still curious. I want to study Adam’s logic.
First, I pull out his conditional words.
I spot AND, BECAUSE and SO.
AND, BECAUSE, SO
Now, I choose to work his logic backwards.
SO, BECAUSE, AND
Adam hid as a consequence of being naked.
Adam was afraid as a consequence of being naked
Could it also be then that Adam hid as a consequence of being afraid?
Why exactly did Adam hide? Was it because he was naked? Or was it because he was afraid?
Is nakedness paralleled with fear?
I think for myself for the while. Long pause. I agree.
When I think about my own experience of fear, I do know for certainty that it is usually accompanied by a lack of cover. I do not feel secure. So, I fear. I absolutely hate uncertainty, yet I have lived the life of uncertainty over and above. Throughout my entire life, I felt quite uncertain about practically everything, which brought on much fear. It is quite the unpleasant experience. I NOW UNDERSTAND. I now understand where I got my reasoning for a constant wish to go into hiding. Wow! This has now been revealed to me. I am not far from Adam. Of course I am not. When one fears, he lives much of his life in constant hiding, living in constant shame.
Now, I strike one more thought from what Adam confessed. Adam’s true fear was not really because he was naked, though he logically explained this bit to the Father. This is not his true fear. Not one bit. There is something more that Adam did not outwardly express though inwardly he felt. Adam was not afraid because he was naked. No. There was a fear when the Lord drew nearer to him. This is the first point of evidence when Adam demonstrated a grueling fear of the Lord Himself. Adam feared the Lord.
Adam tested the Law by consuming the fruit, but now the Law was approaching Adam and fear grew upon him. Now, why do I say this? Because Adam demonstrated no such fear prior to consuming the fruit. Adam was well into fellowship with the Law. What did he have to fear? Fear grew on him when he decided to stand on the wrong side of the Law. The act of disobedience triggered fear, especially when the Law was approaching him.
Adam was Man’s first testing piece of the Law. It must mean then, that if one stands on the right side of Life’s ways, what really should he be afraid of? True fear happens when one stands and keeps standing on the wrong side of the Law, that is, standing on the wrong side of Life’s ways.
It may not have been apparent to Adam at that time, but inherently, there was something built into his body to experience an anxiety with standing on the wrong side of the Law, that is, by not following or obeying the laws of the Land. It seemed to be connected to the fruit from which both he and Eve ate.
It is the flesh that carries the sin of man; the original sin that had been injected into man’s spirit. Fear, anxieties, shames etc. are the fleshly or physical manifestations to what has been born in man's spirit through the injection of sin. The body falls prisoner and victim to the above. The body carries enough intelligence to pick up on and experience these types of sensitivities. This is the wisdom of the flesh.
So, how exactly does man regurgitate all that has been injected into him? The answer lies in the Law. The key is to stay under the cover of the Law. This is the original Law when God gave the command to not eat of that tree. The Father has always, from since the beginning of time given man the option to live according to life or to live according to death’s ways. Whichever way man grows, he will later bear the fruits from that tree which he consumes.
Adam opened up this option, that is, to choose between life and death, for all man, when he chose the path of death. Adam’s choice served to complete the works of the Father, for death was also part of life’s probability. Though the Father set the condition of time to let this possibility run its course. That is, the Father allowed sin to mature and burn itself out through life’s timeline. At the end of time, sin is no more, for it has run its course in life’s probability.
For these will be the days of its punishment and all that was fulfilled. How hard will it be for pregnant women and for mothers with babies at the breast! For a great calamity will come upon the land, and divine justice upon this people. They will be put to death by the sword or taken as slaves to other nations; and Jerusalem will be trampled upon by the pagans until the time of the pagans is fulfilled. (Luke 21: 24)
Let the heavens and the earth listen, that they may be witnesses against you. I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore, choose life that you and your descendants may live. (Deuteronomy 30: 19)
It is for man then, to choose the outcome he wants to live out through life’s many possibilities.
It is the Law Himself, who carries in Him, the instructional material of Life’s ways that brings divine justice. It is not a person, per se. It is the Law of the Land, that will put back the ways of true Life on the earth. It is for man to decide which way he wants to go. Though, in truth, it is the Spirit who carries man towards Life’s true ways. It is only the Spirit who can do this, for flesh alone is quite weak.
So, now, herein lies the point. Just as the earth as one knows it, leans in a direction towards the point of extinction, for it bears the weight of sin upon it, so too, humans, as one knows it, leans in a direction towards the point of extinction. Now, I highlight the key word, HUMAN. I play with this word for a short minute.
Human
(Hu) man
(Humus) man
(Humus) Man
Man is being transformed from his [flesh state] + man
to his [Spirit state] + man
For this present earth, the flesh intermingles with the spirit man.
It is only through the fullness of time, man begins to enter into his maturing state.
The new man; God’s final product of making man, this man fully carries God’s Spirit within himself. Man FINALLY becomes one, as he becomes one with the Father in the Son.
Christ’s body is complete with the Father as the Head, the Spirit as man’s covering in the man that the Father has created for the earth.
Man first had to be developed quite humbly, to be as the soil upon the earth, to bring out God’s greatest glory. God’s glory is shown through man in His Spirit.
He put his own eye in their hearts so they would understand the greatness of his works. They will praise his Holy Name and relate the magnificence of his creation. (Sirach 17: 8-10)
Established before man, is his everlasting Communion and Covenant with the Father. There is a marriage taking place, an everlasting one. For man now communes quite freely and readily with the Father, without fear or contradiction.
It is easy to see now, that man can be transformed from a creature ever so fearful to one so faithful. It is through God’s Spirit, that man is made whole, not lacking in any fashion or anything. For he is with the Father. And the Father is ONE.
The new Man can now begin to walk not on what he sees, but on what he does not see. He can begin to be that vessel that pulls from what cannot be seen through the traditional human eyes. Man learns to operate in the Spirit, as he learns to trust very readily on His Source. Everything comes from the Source, who is the Father. This new Man never lacks, for he knows where to access his needs. It is Wisdom who gives man access to whatever he so needs. This man lives supernaturally and in true accordance with Life’s ways as the Law of Life sits firmly in his new heart.
Okay! So, now I stay with the case study of Adam and Eve. I stay with the case of Man’s genesis.
I bring back the words taken from the book of Genesis Chapter three.
I read from the book of Genesis Chapter three.
6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.
7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.
8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden.
9 But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?”
10 He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.”
11 And he said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”
12 The man said, “The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
13 Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
I also bring back the list of words that I previously pulled out from the passage. I recall.
Saw
Heard
Hid
Called
Heard
Was afraid
From the list, I have already gone about describing what I was able to see through the action words. But there is still one more word phrase from the list that I never went about describing. I have forgotten the coupled words ‘was afraid’. Was this deliberately done? I do not know. Though I have previously mentioned to highlight such words because they caught my attention, these words are different. For they speaks less to action and more to state.
I connected very readily with the words ‘was afraid’ because essentially, this was my motto. I always lived my life in constant fear. I was always afraid to truly express how I felt, what I thought about, even afraid to express my true decisions. I was always very afraid. So, it is interesting for me to meet up with these words, having found these words in the beginning of man’s making. Fear!
So, not only did shame become one of man’s biggest burdens throughout his life, but fear crowns it all off.
I want to go over the line that Adam spoke when he suggested his expression of fear. I re-read verse ten.
10 He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.”
Wow! Imagine the fear that Adam was grasped by. He had to have been incredibly afraid. Why do I say this? Because most likely, fear would have been an emotion that he experienced for the very first time. I do wonder though, was this the first time that he truly experienced fear? All I do know is that this is the first documented experience of fear by man in the Scripture.
Just imagine, though, experiencing fear for the very first time in the adult stage when the faculty of the mind has been matured enough to process and experience the emotion in all its fullness. The emotion of fear is quite the unpleasant sensation. It truly is.
But I raise an important point. Interestingly, just as shame, fear was also a factor that entered man through sin. Who wants to be constantly in a fearful state? Not me. I have enough already on my plate to chew on. I don’t even want to make offerings for someone else. But what I truly want to say is that fear is one of man’s elemental states.
Fear is also quite the influential and potent tool that if used cunningly, it can keep a person in that constant state.
I go on further. You know what is interesting about fear? It shares many characteristics with shame. Now, there can also be a fear of shame. But fear and shame have many things in common. For one may also grow fearful just off of sight. Fear and shame do not operate on faith. But it takes faith to utilize both to create something tremendous.
I continue to study Adam’s fearful statement. Let’s listen one more time.
I heard AND was afraid BECAUSE I was naked SO I hid.
Interesting line. Hmm… I sit in silence for the moment.
Adam was responding to God through logic.
All that the Father asked was “Where are you?” And Adam gave a three-point logically deducted answer. Adam did not respond with one word.
But wait! Hold up! Did you see that? Does one see what the Father just did?
Why does the Father ask, "where are you?" The Father already knew where Adam was placed. He knows everything all of the time.
Am I a God only when I am near- it is Yahweh who speaks- and not when I am far off? If someone hides in secret places do I not see him?- Do I not fill the heavens and the earth? (Jeremiah 23: 23, 24)
He must have asked this in response to first witnessing Adam's act of hiding. The Wisdom found in the Father's question served to express or reveal Adam's guilt. For guilt was found in Adam's response.
I go on...
Adam chose the route of explaining to the Father through several words, not to mention some of these being CONDITIONED words.
The rest of Man is not very far from Adam. For in the fearful state, man goes about trying to supposedly cover himself with fanciful words hoping that they be enough to cover the guilt found within him. The flesh loves to talk. The Spirit, on the other hand, loves to speak few and far between unless it be warranted.
The Spirit is more interested to hear what another has to say and less excited about outward ramblings. It is why I keep saying, don’t speak, unless moved by the Spirit to speak up. One may think he is indeed speaking, for he witnesses his lips are moving and sound is coming out from him. But if he allows the Spirit to speak, much more can be transferred through his very lips, if only he waits for the Spirit to speak up on his behalf.
But I am still curious. I want to study Adam’s logic.
First, I pull out his conditional words.
I spot AND, BECAUSE and SO.
AND, BECAUSE, SO
Now, I choose to work his logic backwards.
SO, BECAUSE, AND
Adam hid as a consequence of being naked.
Adam was afraid as a consequence of being naked
Could it also be then that Adam hid as a consequence of being afraid?
Why exactly did Adam hide? Was it because he was naked? Or was it because he was afraid?
Is nakedness paralleled with fear?
I think for myself for the while. Long pause. I agree.
When I think about my own experience of fear, I do know for certainty that it is usually accompanied by a lack of cover. I do not feel secure. So, I fear. I absolutely hate uncertainty, yet I have lived the life of uncertainty over and above. Throughout my entire life, I felt quite uncertain about practically everything, which brought on much fear. It is quite the unpleasant experience. I NOW UNDERSTAND. I now understand where I got my reasoning for a constant wish to go into hiding. Wow! This has now been revealed to me. I am not far from Adam. Of course I am not. When one fears, he lives much of his life in constant hiding, living in constant shame.
Now, I strike one more thought from what Adam confessed. Adam’s true fear was not really because he was naked, though he logically explained this bit to the Father. This is not his true fear. Not one bit. There is something more that Adam did not outwardly express though inwardly he felt. Adam was not afraid because he was naked. No. There was a fear when the Lord drew nearer to him. This is the first point of evidence when Adam demonstrated a grueling fear of the Lord Himself. Adam feared the Lord.
Adam tested the Law by consuming the fruit, but now the Law was approaching Adam and fear grew upon him. Now, why do I say this? Because Adam demonstrated no such fear prior to consuming the fruit. Adam was well into fellowship with the Law. What did he have to fear? Fear grew on him when he decided to stand on the wrong side of the Law. The act of disobedience triggered fear, especially when the Law was approaching him.
Adam was Man’s first testing piece of the Law. It must mean then, that if one stands on the right side of Life’s ways, what really should he be afraid of? True fear happens when one stands and keeps standing on the wrong side of the Law, that is, standing on the wrong side of Life’s ways.
It may not have been apparent to Adam at that time, but inherently, there was something built into his body to experience an anxiety with standing on the wrong side of the Law, that is, by not following or obeying the laws of the Land. It seemed to be connected to the fruit from which both he and Eve ate.
It is the flesh that carries the sin of man; the original sin that had been injected into man’s spirit. Fear, anxieties, shames etc. are the fleshly or physical manifestations to what has been born in man's spirit through the injection of sin. The body falls prisoner and victim to the above. The body carries enough intelligence to pick up on and experience these types of sensitivities. This is the wisdom of the flesh.
So, how exactly does man regurgitate all that has been injected into him? The answer lies in the Law. The key is to stay under the cover of the Law. This is the original Law when God gave the command to not eat of that tree. The Father has always, from since the beginning of time given man the option to live according to life or to live according to death’s ways. Whichever way man grows, he will later bear the fruits from that tree which he consumes.
Adam opened up this option, that is, to choose between life and death, for all man, when he chose the path of death. Adam’s choice served to complete the works of the Father, for death was also part of life’s probability. Though the Father set the condition of time to let this possibility run its course. That is, the Father allowed sin to mature and burn itself out through life’s timeline. At the end of time, sin is no more, for it has run its course in life’s probability.
For these will be the days of its punishment and all that was fulfilled. How hard will it be for pregnant women and for mothers with babies at the breast! For a great calamity will come upon the land, and divine justice upon this people. They will be put to death by the sword or taken as slaves to other nations; and Jerusalem will be trampled upon by the pagans until the time of the pagans is fulfilled. (Luke 21: 24)
Let the heavens and the earth listen, that they may be witnesses against you. I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore, choose life that you and your descendants may live. (Deuteronomy 30: 19)
It is for man then, to choose the outcome he wants to live out through life’s many possibilities.
It is the Law Himself, who carries in Him, the instructional material of Life’s ways that brings divine justice. It is not a person, per se. It is the Law of the Land, that will put back the ways of true Life on the earth. It is for man to decide which way he wants to go. Though, in truth, it is the Spirit who carries man towards Life’s true ways. It is only the Spirit who can do this, for flesh alone is quite weak.
So, now, herein lies the point. Just as the earth as one knows it, leans in a direction towards the point of extinction, for it bears the weight of sin upon it, so too, humans, as one knows it, leans in a direction towards the point of extinction. Now, I highlight the key word, HUMAN. I play with this word for a short minute.
Human
(Hu) man
(Humus) man
(Humus) Man
Man is being transformed from his [flesh state] + man
to his [Spirit state] + man
For this present earth, the flesh intermingles with the spirit man.
It is only through the fullness of time, man begins to enter into his maturing state.
The new man; God’s final product of making man, this man fully carries God’s Spirit within himself. Man FINALLY becomes one, as he becomes one with the Father in the Son.
Christ’s body is complete with the Father as the Head, the Spirit as man’s covering in the man that the Father has created for the earth.
Man first had to be developed quite humbly, to be as the soil upon the earth, to bring out God’s greatest glory. God’s glory is shown through man in His Spirit.
He put his own eye in their hearts so they would understand the greatness of his works. They will praise his Holy Name and relate the magnificence of his creation. (Sirach 17: 8-10)
Established before man, is his everlasting Communion and Covenant with the Father. There is a marriage taking place, an everlasting one. For man now communes quite freely and readily with the Father, without fear or contradiction.
It is easy to see now, that man can be transformed from a creature ever so fearful to one so faithful. It is through God’s Spirit, that man is made whole, not lacking in any fashion or anything. For he is with the Father. And the Father is ONE.
The new Man can now begin to walk not on what he sees, but on what he does not see. He can begin to be that vessel that pulls from what cannot be seen through the traditional human eyes. Man learns to operate in the Spirit, as he learns to trust very readily on His Source. Everything comes from the Source, who is the Father. This new Man never lacks, for he knows where to access his needs. It is Wisdom who gives man access to whatever he so needs. This man lives supernaturally and in true accordance with Life’s ways as the Law of Life sits firmly in his new heart.
Oneness with the Father through His Spirit.
The Spirit completes the spirit man. Spirit = Faith. Spirit takes over. Faith takes over. Spirit overrides fear. Faith overrides fear. Spirit overwrites fear. Faith overwrites fear. Man is not yet complete until he walks with God’s Spirit. God’s Spirit makes man whole. Man works to recognize God’s Spirit in him and then the two are made one. Man becomes in union with God’s laws. It is the same as his laws are written in man’s heart. Man becomes in union with God’s thoughts and ways = Man becoming in one mind with the Father. This was always part of God’s designs and plan; that is that man be made in his image and to his likeness. God is not done with making man. He waits on man to first recognize his Spirit, but He includes man in his design and considers him as man is still being formed in the womb. It is His hope that man desires to be in true companionship with Him for all time, that man draws near to Him always and that man desires His presence always. But He gives man this choice.
21.11.23
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