9:8 The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.
9:9 But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honor God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
9:10 And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us.
9:11 But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?
9:12 Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.
9:13 And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
9:14 Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.
9:15 And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
Cast: olive: olive, fig tree: fig tree, vine: vine, bramble: bramble. Just joking, it's not a movie. It takes a lot of thinking, rethinking and quiet meditation to get deeper to the meaning of the inspired Authors of the Word of God. Got you! You was calculating how many verse there are from (including) 8 to (including) 15! How come it be take so long? I digress... just joking. Seriously, why do you think these numbers are important? Anyway, next time take the formula n2 - n1 + 1, if you are really interested. You can see it as (n2+1) - n1, in this case 16 - 8, which will speed up the calculating process. There is more even to the simplest problem of basic algebra, only I - [confidential]. People are always asking: why should we learn these unpleasant things like mathematics? They are lazy with respect to thinking - see it in yourself. (They don't mind sitting at parties with faces amply showing their efforts to appear smart - it makes me feel like shouting loudly: hey, it's not an higher algebra seminary! Easy, man! Relax!) Not surprisingly, Work types never ask such questions, they know the answer: because you learn to concentrate in natural way. Because it puts you in higher divisions. Because you can study attention this way, eliminating the need to walk around artificially trying to 'self-remember' (yeah, whatever that means). Because you learn something really useful - and often later put to use - thus harmonizing centers in a way that crossword solvers and game-addicts and other chasers-away of boredom cannot achieve. Because it cultivates thinking rather than mere memorizing. Because there are aesthetic and philosophical layers to it. Because because because ... My favorite is 'cultivates thinking' direction. After all, you need to think to do math, not learn math to think, it's just a good starting crutch to bring it about. Which is why once man gets nearer to the (happy) nature of thinking and gets a knack of it, he will seek to apply it also - to a great deal of situations and problems and questions - to contact and visit and reside in these higher divisions, even if it demands effort and will - it doesn't have anything to do (away) with algebra classes. Conversely, "all life is mathematics" is a Gurdiffian (awkward) sentence where "mathematics" really means thinking and all that, in this context. Do maths because it GRIEVES THE DEVIL if nothing else... Have I told about the devil yet? It has tail... it has two horns... sulphur smell... ah well, we are all one and the same unity... even when we are not... all the same, all average... or the variant: all of us individually different, yet all of us with equal rights... unity in diversity... [it's a long list]. Is this understood? Good! Before the break/meal is over, let us, diversity of assmebled multitude, agree on one point: there be no individuals on this earth capable of real, harmonious development. Because they stand out. And we do not want anybody standing out, do we? Okay? Okay. Obey and you will be made smart - so smart as God in heaven is smart. Eat of this fruit, and great divine knowledge shall be yours. Mock freely everything you don't understand, for we are merry, now these treasures are unlocked for us. But beware, there are enemies to our unity. Look outside yourself! (Never look at yourself.) Who is your neighbour, even? Enemy! And we HATE enemies - this truly unites us. We are looking for the weak points in the enemy's defense and - thank Satan, the great Beelzebul - we also find them. We know ourselves: a set of preset patterns. Nothing capable of development. A sick and aging body. Right? Right, indubitaly true, proven, unshakable like a rock. Armed with this knowledge, and a huge set of ever changing yet same patterns we always win. For as we are so are others, there is no essential difference, because at the bottom we are all the same. And we win when we have pushed the enemy in the mud, right? Right. (We also undermine ourselves in this way, by the way, but this is just life. It sucks. We are part of this, and it has to be accepted. Jesus Christ also suffered, ain't that true, and 100% biblical? Well, we take up the cross and follow him. Plus, all the tough guys, our leaders and examples and honorable members have gone through this disintegration, have accepted it, professed it, made it their religion, their guiding star, and won. Some are wrinkled like dried figs, some are fresh and vigorous like fish straight from refrigerator.)
These devilish doctrines are in truth much more elaborate and much lenghtier. They can contain up to 100% of 'pure' religion, or they can offer 'training' to arm oneself - against life which we love of course. Doesn't the Work speak of inner control? And that it can only be attained through practice? Well, come to us and practice, practice, practice!
Bramble - 'fake' tree: bush, fake fruit - may well symbolize everything that is false. Lack of unity, multiplicity of I's. But it can also symbolize man #4. No matter how high compared to the ordinary level - #4 level's not all that high. Oh, yes, absoultely, ou re welcome to take plac under ma mighte shadoue. We know that kind of behaviour. (Or maybe we don't. YET in that case.) (Really, man #4 is just a phase, for everything esoteric begins with man #5 or even further.) Everything is 'simple' and 'clear' for the first three types. Man #4 is faced with alternative. He has to choose for himself. He is not certain. Technically the outcome depends on the quality of magnetic center and some other things, like (misleading) influences which can proceed from (false) esoteric messengers the man in question is in 'contact' with. It's no longer that simple. There is Law of Cause and Effect to teach him. So you are going to be king by killing? PEOPLE (ever changing 'democracy' of I's) will support you? The question pops up - what happens after a 'wrong' choice? There is also responsibility issue. Ha, shall I give away my fat, sweet, (drunken) life? To take up these 'honors' of yours?! Man #4 is usually different in this respect. He usually tries to accept responsibility in the Work, even if he-she does not know yet how he/she is going to cope. There's also some power connected with man #4. If those who say he is king are not sincere - whatever this is driving at - they will face loss of precious cedars of Lebanon. Maybe they will not literally burn but certainly lose considerable part of their previous 'stateliness'. But most interesting to me is that prophetic element. After all that has taken place, something survives. Somebody who by merely shouting the tale from the top of the mount of Gerazim shapes future events exactly as the tale is told. Or, since we are clearly in the domain in the miraculous, and we better be cautious, let's just say that he puts himself in a state where he can create a tale according to future events that to normal perception are not yet - a prophecy. Well one thing is devilish pattern derived from the past but this is something else. It HAS to be connected to God - knowledge of perhaps unknown Law - to Commandments. It seems to me that after some bloody struggle, man acquires a new Work-'I' that is added to the newly forming group around observing I or magnetic center or second conscious shock or whatever the thing is called. (Yes I'm tired - do you see the symptoms? Hell you would be too after such an adventure. What? I said I have things you don't? Continue to mock me by adopting the way I walk, by the way, and you'll get the whole portion of things i DO have and you don't have YET. At least the ones that make me walk this way. A whole series of things I don't have could be added to the basic package. You are very 'corageous' to insist on talking back to me even? I would stop if I were you. I will tell you what is that 'titillation' in your bones that you try to overcome right now. Your intuition runs before you again: it tells you what I say is all too true, for this time I am not the agent/actor. Hiring manager.)
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