The Rosy Path Has Many Thorns

Just the other day I watched this series of video clips on the internet about the message for 2012 from the Maya Indians.
Great emphasis is put on the fact that this date does not mark the end of the world, but rather it pinpoints a 7-8 year timeframe surrounding that period, marking a transition into a new phase of mankind.

The similarity between the Mayan 7 or 8 year span and the 7 year period of ‘Jacob’s trouble', as prophesied by the prophet Daniel, is quite remarkable.

The presentation in this series of clips is given by Drunvalo Melchizedek.
The narrator makes it clear that the Mayan concept of progression through time cycles involves the combination of the knowledge of the past with the present so that we can determine the proper course for the future.
There’s truth to that idea, after all, isn’t there a saying that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it?

The narrator illustrates this point by means of the Fibonacci numbers.
Fibonacci numbers are: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, and so on.
The idea is to take a number and add the number preceding it in order to arrive at the next number.
So, if you take 1, and you add the preceding number, 0, at you get the next number, 1.
If you take that 1 and you add the number preceding it, also 1, you get the next number, 2.
If you take 2 and you add the number preceding that, 1, you get 3. And so forth.

The interesting thing is that when you take a number and you divide it by the preceding number, the outcome approaches the number of the golden ratio closer as you progress up the Fibonacci sequence of numbers.
So, if you take 2, and you divide it by the number preceding it, 1, you get 2.

If you take 3 and you divide it by the number preceding it, 2, you get 1.5.
If you take the next number in de sequence, 5, and you divide it by the preceding number in the sequence, 3, you get 1.666.
If you take the next number in the sequence, 8, and you divide it by the preceding number in the sequence, 5, you get 1.6.
If you continue to do this you will see that you will get closer and closer to the number of the golden ratio, which is 1.6180339887..., a number which reaches into infinity.

The point is that in order to arrive at the golden ratio (the mathematical equivalent of the golden era in the history of mankind) you have to combine a number in the Fibonacci sequence with the number preceding it (combining the present with the past in order to be able to move forward into the future), and that this golden era comes closer as mankind progresses through the various time cycles just as the golden ratio comes closer as you use numbers higher in the Fibonacci sequence.

So far it’s interesting, but now we arrive at the dark side of the Mayan religion, and the ease and reverence with which the narrator spoke about it made me feel very uneasy.

It lacked a distinguishing consciousness of good and evil.

But then again, this does not come as a surprise since thinking in terms of good and evil is regarded by New Age as 'duality-thinking', which is a hindrance to coming to the requirement of the new age mankind is about to enter, which is ‘unity-thinking’.
This observation of the narrator felt a bit like watching someone speak in awe of Jim Jones, and it underlines how the rosy path of New Age can lend itself so very well as an expression of evil’s nature on this planet.

In his presentation the narrator relates to us the Mayan rituals involved in combining the knowledge of the past with the present in order to be able to move forward into the next phase of mankind.
The means to convey this knowledge is nothing other that a very deadly form of occultism, idolatry, combined with murder by consent.

The narrator spoke with the highest reverence and understanding about the Mayan ritual to preserve their collective knowledge spanning 1000 year periods in crystal skulls.
Apparently an individual (or individuals) from the Maya tribe are chosen to absorb in their lifetime as much knowledge as possible, and at a certain point when the time is right, those ‘chosen ones’ are to eat a deadly potion of herbs, including mushrooms, so that when their spirit leaves their body it cannot move on to other dimensions, but must remain here and is able to merge itself into the crystal skull.
Then, when a 13,000 year period comes to a close and a transformation takes place from one era into the next, the Mayas will open their souls to the powers of the skulls in order to receive the knowledge gathered into the skulls, and use it to enter the new era.

This ritual is nothing other than pre-meditated murder carried out within the context of a psychotic cult, consisting of individuals who at a certain point in time indulge in an occult ritual to allow their souls to be possessed by the power of the skulls.

It should come as no surprise that this practise is outlawed by YHWH, and with good reason (murder, idolatry, demonism, soul possession).
It was very strange to see the narrator speaking about this phenomenon with awe and without the slightest qualms about these highly dubious, morally reprehensible rituals.

In these Mayan rituals we can see how evil assumes the guise of good, it takes positive-sounding concepts such as a transformation of mankind through union with the Creator, and alters the content of the parameters of the concept in order to establish its own will on earth and accomplish the opposite of what people are led to believe.

This is THE most distinguishing characteristic of evil, a strategy we can track throughout the entire history of mankind.
It disguises itself as ‘good’, infiltrates what is opposing its will, and destroys it from the inside.

This takes us to the New Age credo of the narrator.
Unfortunately, as interesting as parts of the video clips are, they also are drenched in promotion for New Age philosophy, including idolatry of the worst kind: communion with the dead.

And although the information was interesting, not everything the narrator said was accurate.
Like when he mentions the occultist Edgar Cayce (referred to as a prophet by him) and how he has been mistaken only once in a very small matter in his predictions.
Well, Cayce has made MANY more predictions which did not come to pass, and not small ones either, you only need to browse the internet.

Furthermore, I know that some view men like Cayce and Nostradamus as prophets, but in fact they are nothing more than crystal ball gazers, soothsayers.
A prophet is NOT just someone who predicts the future, it is someone chosen to deliver a message from YHWH, and if YHWH chooses He will reveal the future as an illustration of the message.

It may be something which will happen when the people refuse to take the message to heart, it may be a snapshot from the future intended to encourage YHWH's people so that they may know that YHWH is in charge of time and knows the end from the beginning.
That is something very different from falling into a trance and channeling statements from the occult dimension about the future events.

And by the way, the name of this blog has NOTHING to do with Edgar Cayce and his ilk, nor does ‘kayce’ refer to a girl (thought it would be good to mention it…).
The meaning of the name of my blog reveals itself through wordplay; can you guess what it stands for?

OK, back to New Age.
When you contemplate New Age philosophy, it’s important to keep two issues in mind.
The reason is that when you keep these two characteristics in mind you will be able to focus very sharply on the methods employed by evil to nest itself in the hearts of people and lure them into its own swampland by leaving a crumb trail of familiar ideas and concepts that people feel comfortable with.

1. Infiltrate and subvert
This is THE major strategy of how evil eliminates opposition and spreads itself.
The most effective way for evil to overcome opposition is NOT by standing in contrast with the opposition, but rather it takes existing concepts, ideas and words that people are familiar with and respond to, and change the contents of those ideas, concepts and words to facilitate acceptance by means of the pre-existing conditioned response to these ideas, concepts and words.

2. Good and Evil are mutually exclusive
Like light and darkness, good and evil are mutually exclusive.
Any attempt to unite the two is an absurdity, an exercise in futility, because either light will overcome and destroy the darkness, or the darkness will seek to put out the light.
They CANNOT mingle in ‘unity’, and as long as both exist, ‘duality’ will exist wherever they collide.

...Infiltrate and subvert

Within Christianity and Judaism we learn that our bodies are temples of YHWH.

Our prayers consist of closing ourselves off from our environment, both the outward environment in the form of our involvement and interaction with outward stimuli, and the inward environment in the form of our pre-occupation with our thoughts.

One is a physical reality outside of us, the other is a virtual reality inside of us.
In both environments can be manifestations of evil. This is why Yahshua pointed out the importance of not just observing Torah instructions on the outside, but, perhaps more importantly, also living according to YHWH’s truth on the inside and submit our thoughts and our feelings to His authority, His Spirit.

Prayer is seeking the presence of our Creator in the silence within our souls.
By standing aloof from our thoughts and submitting them within to YHWH, any force causing thoughts to come into existence will be revealed for what it is.
Thoughts birthed by YHWH will be amplified and confirmed, thoughts of the evil one will dissolve as if they never existed, just light utterly destroys any darkness.

Eastern styled meditations, especially mantra-meditations (mentioned and practiced by the narrator in the clips), outwardly have the same goal and a somewhat similar appearance as the prayer meditation, yet they achieve the very opposite.

The reason why they achieve the opposite is because instead of coming face to face with the unease caused by the light of our Creator, the mantra actually attempts to drown out this source of conflict in the sound of a word or series of words in order to achieve peace of mind.
This mantra, word, acts like a blinder against the Light of YHWH coming in.

A certain kind of peace can indeed be achieved that way, but it is a peace which is the result of ‘out-shouting’ the conflict within, a conflict which stems from the collision of the darkness with the light of our Creator.
Although that kind of peace is a type of 'salvation', it is the polar opposite of the Salvation that the Creator can offer, and it is a deadly poison for the soul.

Remember that, it directly attacks your very soul by deafening it to YHWH's promptings.

So, the mantra-meditation is a prayer-facsimile which actually brings about a phony consciousness which cannot detect evil at work within the soul.

It has the appearance of good, it has the ambition of offering salvation, yet in fact it is a blinder to the awareness which can come about as a result of YHWH’s presence.
Without light we cannot see, but when YHWH brings His light into our souls we become aware of what is wrong with us, and we become aware of issues that we previously did not know existed within us.

This is conflict, and you don't want to disconnect the alarm signal the conflict sends out.

This is the wrong way of 'solving' the conflict. We NEED the conflict.

The only way to solve the conflict is by acknowledging it and asking our Creator to dissolve it.

Mantra meditation is out-shouting the conflict so that you can no longer perceive the source of the conflict. In other words, it dulls the perception of the conflict.

It can lead a man or woman deeper into the realms of the occult dimension.

And where this leads to becomes clear when you watch part 1 of the clips, where the narrator tells more about himself.
It’s not my purpose to vilify the man, he comes across as a nice individual (yet disturbing at times in his lack of moral discernment), but I want to take his words to show you how the path of roses leads to the manifestation of evil.

He tells us how one time when he was deeply into the meditation trance, two spheres of light appeared to him informing the narrator that they were him on a different level of existence.
These two spheres (or angels as he called them) led him to various ‘spiritual teachers' over the world, and one spiritual leader of the Taos tribe taught the narrator about how, by means of crystals and fetishes (stones carved into a certain shape), he was able to change and shape external realities.

So, here we have a man who sets out on a journey for ‘spiritual truth’ and the meaning of life, becoming entangled with Eastern meditation, especially mantra-meditation, who at a certain point guided by occult apparitions is lured into carving stones to change reality and gets deeper into various forms of idolatry of the tribes, ending up with the Mayas and their occult religion.

Remember the ten commandments given by YHWH?
“You shall have no other gods before Me, you shall not make for yourself a graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them or serve them”.

And yet, following the rosy path in his quest for spiritual truth the narrator ends up following the illumination caused by the evil one’s deception, violating the commandments given by YHWH.
The reason why YHWH gave these commandments is because He knows exactly how evil operates, and how it establishes and increases its influence in the hearts of people.

This brings us to the second point:

...Good and Evil are Mutually Exclusive

The narrator makes reference to ‘polarity-thinking’ (‘duality-consciousness’) and ‘unity-thinking’, and describes how the transformation of mankind will cause a shift where 'duality-consciousness' will make way for ‘unity-consciousness’.

Now, the idea of unity, peace, establishing itself in the place of polarity, war, is something we also find in the Bible and foretold by the prophets.
But the Biblical concept of ‘unity-thinking’ is –as can be expected-, the polar opposite of the New Age concept of ‘unity-thinking’.

The reason why peace will become manifest and there will be a brotherly unity in the new era is because YHWH will place His 'sword' in this earthly dimension, thus creating a very sharp division between good and evil, and then He will uproot evil and throw it in ‘the bottomless pit’, and put a ‘lid’ on that pit (close off that dimension).
The unity will be the result of YHWH destroying the influence of evil on this planet.

The disappearance of duality-thinking in the New Age religion is something different.
Very much in the same vein as the mantra-meditation mutes the awareness that YHWH can bring us by His presence, the New Age unity is the result of accepting manifestations of evil as part of ourselves and others and thus create unity.

New Agers argue that the classification of ‘good’ and ‘evil’ is the result of clinging to concepts originated from ‘duality-thinking’, and by resisting the classification in favor of 'unity-thinking' (stop classifying and thinking in terms of good and evil) the transition is made to the new age of a unity-consciousness, where there is no division between good and evil.

In other words, make yourself blind to the difference between good and evil, and thus ‘unite evil with good’, which is an absurdity.
By making ourselves blind to the distinction between evil and good we cannot create unity between the two.
There’s always a tension between the energies the two polarities of good and evil, and blinding yourself to the tension by means of escapism will not change that reality. All it does is blind you to that reality.

I think all of us have a longing for a better world, and just as a con artist preys on a desire of people to hook them into his scheme of deception, evil uses New Age to hook people with the longing for a better world.

The greater the longing, the greater the chance of success for the con-artist is.

On the surface the New Age thought looks positive, but when you examine the content you see once again how the rosy veneer covers a dark content using that rosy veneer to establish and augment its influence by means of lies and false concepts.

And so, by being aware of the STRATEGY of evil combined with an awareness of the fact that it is IRRECONCILABLE with good, you have a strong shield of truth against the deception of New Age philosophy.

...and of course it should come as no surprise that the name of the narrator in the video clips is Melchizedek, a familiar name to those who read the Bible.
Entirely in line with the New Age brand of deception the narrator chose Melchizedek as his name, the name of the Biblical king of righteousness, and then brings a misleading message under that name.
Not really surprising anymore, is it?
I hope this Melchizedek will allow the truth of what his namesake stood for into his heart.

New Age will not survive in the new age to come because it has lined up itself on the wrong side of YHWH’s sword.
Unfortunately, New Agers mistake that side for the path leading to illumination while in fact its destiny is found in the bottomless pit, and they regard someone like me as a ‘duality-thinker of the old age’.

Yet my ‘duality-consciousness’ is linked to YHWH’s reality, which points out how this world is divided in two polarities.
This division will vanish only when the cause of the duality, which is the presence of evil in this world, will be removed. Only when that happens true unity can come forth, as opposed to the bogus type of ‘unity-consciousness’ which stems from escapism.

Time will tell.
I hope and pray that those who are taken in by New Age philosophy will find the Source of all happiness and truth, and may that Source carrying the name YHWH in Yahshua set them free.
‘Yahshua’ is the name of the new age to come, and ONLY in Him we find true unity and brotherhood.