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Gethsemane as the Garden of Creation
The story of Gethsemane is a mystical romance, not an agony, symbolizing the 'Garden of Creation' in consciousness. It's where one goes to realize defined…
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A most wonderful mystical romance is told in the story of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, but man has failed to see the light of its symbology and has mistakenly interpreted this mystical union as an agonizing experience in which Jesus pleaded in vain with His Father to change His destiny. Gethsemane is to the mystic the Garden of Creation- the place in consciousness where man goes to 'realize his defined objectives. Gethsemane is a compound word meaning to press out an oily substance: Geth, to press out, and Shemen, an oily substance. The story of Gethsemane reveal'S to the !fiYstic in dramatic symbology the act of creation. Just as man contains within himself an oily substance which, in the act of creation, is pressed out into a likeness of himself, so he has within himself a divine principle (his consciousness) which conditions itself as a state of consciousness and . without assistance presses out or objectifies itself. A garden is a cultivated piece of ground, a specially prepared field, where seeds of the gardener's own choice are planted and cultivated. Gethsemane is such a garden, the place in consciousness where the mystic goes with his properly defined objectives.
The story of Gethsemane is a mystical romance, not an agony, symbolizing the 'Garden of Creation' in consciousness. It's where one goes to realize defined objectives. The word 'Gethsemane' (Geth: to press out, Shemen: oily substance) reveals the act of creation: pressing out a divine principle (consciousness) into a desired state, much like planting seeds in cultivated ground (a joyful, thankful attitude).