Much here to be contemplated.. GOD has a barrier between himself and humanity. it is a communication barrier and it is caused by man's choice. Thus the Fall From Eden. My own interpretation is that mankind chose this road in order to accelerate our ultimate progression.
Recall little changed from 200 000 BP through 45,000 BP. Then we rose and went into space in 30,000 years or so, chose to cause the Pleistocene Nonconformity or at least concurred with it, and are now rapidly terraforming the Earth and reenteirng space itself. We have been rather busy.
Concurrently we are now reconnecting our communication channels with GOD. Thus we will now enter Heaven on Earth. It has already been imagined and openly discussed through this blog. This will entail a massive increase in the human lifespan, the restoration of health and a human population exceeding one hundred billion governed through the rule of twelve.
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CHAPTER TEN
THE DEATH OF HURMANETAR
In the days when the Elshumban were gathered in
war hosts, Hurmanetar departed with his household and the household of Ancheti
to dwell in the land between the Great River of Sweet Waters and the Bitter
Waters of the West, and they built an encampment there. They were in a land
where some men spoke as Hurmanetar spoke and though there were men of blood
with them the people of the land let Hurmanetar and those with him dwell in
peace among them, because in those days men were inflicted with Inahana.
When the task set upon him was nigh finished,
Hurmanetar knew that his days in the land of the living were not to be many
more, therefore he betook himself into a place of solitude. There he fasted for
many days casting his spirit that it might commune with the Father of the Gods,
but the voice of God remained silent. Then he left that place, going into a
cave where he dwelt in the half light for many days; but again there was no
response from the Father of the Gods. So Hurmanetar departed from the cave and
returned to his people where he was heard to say,
"Woe, for truly my God has forsaken me and
remains dumb against my pleadings. Yet I have done all the things told me
beforetimes and written in the great Book, wherefore have I failed?
Then he went apart from the people and slept
alone, for his heart was heavy. But behold, in the night he had a dream. In it
he saw the Sacred Symbols spread out upon a cloth of white linen and each was
displayed according to its form. As he gazed upon them and numbered them, each
by its own number, an ass came and ate up the Sacred Symbols, and lo, the ass
became a falcon.
Then as he looked the falcon became a cow and
between its horns was a crown of silver and a crown of gold, and the cow spoke
to Hurmanetar, saying, "Drink of my milk and anoint your eyes with it,
thus they will be opened and you will see". Hurmanetar drank the milk and
anointed his eyes, and then he awoke. Remembering the dream and being wise he
needed no other to interpret it for him. So then he straightway did the things
which had to be done, about which those with understanding will know, and
departed fi"om the people.
Hurmanetar went out towards a place of solitude,
about one day's journey distant. Having gone about half the way he became weary
under the noonday sun and so sat down beneath a tree to rest in its shade.
Then, as he drowsed, behold, a great flash of light came down from out of
Heaven and it smote the ground before him. He heard a great noise like a mighty
whip crack, and he was blinded. Then he heard a voice saying, "Behold I am
here, the God of Gods and the God of Men in the beginning". Hearing this,
Hurmanetar fell upon his face and cried, "O Great One, I am Your
servant".
Then God said, "Wherefore would you open a
door unto me? Because the race of man has been defiled and men are no longer
with Me, am I not the withdrawn One, the Hidden One?"
Hurmanetar, still on the ground, answered,
"O Father of the Gods, I Your servant would know Your will. I have a task
nigh finished and seek to know whether it is well in your sight, or whether it
is a thing done without your blessing".
God answered Hurmanetar, saying, "Is this
not a Sacred Thing, a heritage saved and handed down from the days when men
walked with Me? Therefore, it is a good thing, though care must be taken to
ensure it is not disclosed to the eyes of profane men. The concoctions which,
when properly compounded, will enable men to span the spheres can also, used
otherwise, give men near unlimited potency and extreme pleasure with womankind.
Therefore, such things must be carefiiUy
safeguarded, for in the hands of lesser men they will certainly be abused. But
let it all be as it is written, do with it as you have been instructed".
"You call upon Me as the Father of the
Gods, nor do you err in this. Yet I am the Hidden God, the God of Secret
Manifestation, the Wronged God, the Betrayed God, the Disappointed God. I am
the God who sought to give love Divine to men by making them My heirs, making
them partakers of divinity, co-creators with Me. But men spurn their
birthright, not through wickedness alone but through their weakness and love of
pleasure. Therefore, the love once offered cannot now be displayed in all its glory;
it cannot be revealed in its beauty, it must now be leavened with severity and
chastisement. This, so that those who are the inheritors of divinity may return
to it with undiminshed powers, but purged of their weaknesses and love of
unprofitable pleasure. This you should know, that men may know: Divinity of
itself is not a created thing and cannot be bestowed as a gift. It comes as the
crown of achievement. I, the Almighty God who, by taking thought can create ten
thousand worlds, say this".
"Men have said, as they will say throughout
the ages, "Why, if God be almighty, can He not create perfection
immediately? Why does He not create beings having the knowledge of divine love
forthwith? Why have Earth with all its trials and tribulations?" Know
this, what appears to you as ages in time is, to me, but a flash of thought in
a moment of eternity. I breathed in, the hosts of earths and the spheres were
not. I breathed out and the hosts of earths and spheres were. I breathe in and
they are no more. All things exist within the Eternal One and that which men
know as the span of time is the act of creation".
"Mark the flight of an arrow from the hands
of a bowman. It flies from the bent bow, time passes, then it finds its mark.
But to Me the arrow leaves the bow, and strikes the mark together. Distance,
time and change are not with Me. Once 1, your God, was not apart from man, My
offspring. Now 1 am veiled from his sight, not because I have willed it so but
because man has chosen to bring this about. The barrier between us grows ever
more dense, as man wantonly spurns his birthright; henceforth, it may be penetrated
only by long and arduous preparations, and even then those who would do so must
know the key. 1 come to you, not because of your preparations but because your
God is ever ready to incline towards men. Though there is this barrier between
us, it is not impervious to the sincere prayers of a pure heart. This, men
should know. As for you your days are numbered, you are now no more than the
basket holding the seeds which will be strewn and sown by another hand. Many
things of which 1 have spoken are not for the ears of men, for such knowledge,
freely bestowed, would not benefit them. Other things are beyond their present
understanding, let these, therefore, be recorded unto the generations of men
yet unborn. Men are now as children and must learn again as children, being
taught childish tales".
"Therefore, go hence, go to Ancheti and
tell him of these things. Say also that his God, 1 Who Am, chooses him as the
sower of seeds. Let him know that 1 Who Am will guide his steps and will open a
door in the barrier, that he may hear my voice. Let your eyes now see again
and, behold, I Am Who I Am".
Then Hurmanetar left the place where he had seen
the face of the Father of Gods, returning to the encampment of his people which
had been set up in the midst of pastureland. When he drew nigh he saw cattle
lying beside the running waters and men were moving among them. The cattle were
dead and their bellies swollen. Men came up to Hurmanetar and cried,
"Behold, the sustenance of our children is taken from their mouths. The
cattle have eaten a herb that bums as fire in their bellies so they crave
water, drinking until they become overfilled and their bellies burst from
within, therefore they die. Who is this whom you call Father of the Gods?
Perchance the gods do have a father, but where is the god who protects men?
Where is the god who is the Father of Men?
While you leave us to pay homage to the Exalted
One, who may concern Himself with the affairs of the gods but has no concern
for the welfare of men, our cattle die. Because of your words we have neglected
to build an altar to Shemakin or to pay homage to Yahana; truly we are men who
have been deceived and led astray. We are men who have walked with their eyes
turned upward and fallen into a quicksand. Tell us then, O wise one, who are
the gods of men and of cattle?"
This filled the heart of Hurmanetar with ire and
he cried out to the wrathfial people, "Wherefore do you cry out to me and
seek some god to come to your aid? There is but one God and these that you call
gods are but manifestations of His members. Why do you seek to cast blame on
God for your own neglect? Has He not relinquished His hold on all creatures
that serve man and given them into your hands? Behold the beasts of the forest
and wilderness, do they eat of the herb that poisons? Are they not able to know
the herb that is harmful and the herb that nourishes? The herb that heals in
sickness and the herb that brings death? Who taught them this wisdom? There are
creatures under the care of God which know not the slothful care of man,
therefore they are safe fi-om the deadly herb and pass it by. But you, having
taken these poor beasts to benefit fi-om them, are solely responsible for their
wellbeing. They are your responsibility".
"The Father of the Gods made cattle as He
made all creatures, and while He ruled their ways they were protected fi-om the
deadly herbs. Then men took them unto themselves so they might serve them. They
yielded milk and cheese to nourish them and firm meat to sustain them, their
hides covered them warmly as they slept. These things the cattle gave, not unto
God but unto man. Therefore, who should protect and care for them, he who
benefits or He who does not? Do you expect God to herd your cattle? To keep
them from the deadly herb while you slumber in the shade? Is this not a just
reward for your slothfulness? You know that the herb is deadly, but these
cattle, the dumb servants of man, know it not, for they are delivered into your
care. Would you take all they give while denying them the diligence of your
protection? What kind of men are you who cry, "Woe unto us whom God has
forsaken". Who wring their hands, saying, "What god shall we seek to
aid us in our self- wrought calamity? Arise like men, to shoulder the burden of
your own slothfialness and lack of diligence. Never fear that God will fail
man, for if man does the duties of man God will do the duties of God, for it is
man who falls short. It is man who seeks to take more than he gives. Surely
whatever man takes for his benefit, also becomes his responsibility. God
decrees that man may take whatever he will for his own use, but in so doing he
must also assume responsibility for its care and rightful use. Is this
unjust?" The men said no more.
Hurmanetar then made the men draw the cattle up
out of the water and some which had eaten of the deadly herb were saved. He
then divided the pastures and sent men to seek out the places of the deadly
herb and cut it from the soil.
One day, Hurmanetar was going about the
encampment and he came upon a man burying bis newly bom daughter, and
Hurmanetar was wrathfiil at the man for such a deed. It was an abomination
performed by the sand wanderers and the wild men who dwelt in the wilderness.
Taking the child, Hurmanetar brought it to the wife of Ancheti who saved it so
it lived. It was named Mahat, meaning pure of heart, but because of the sand
which had filled her eyes she was blind.
The strangers about the encampment became
enraged against Hurmanetar because of what he had done. Also, because he had
struck the father of the child so he bled they demanded that the blood be
requited. They said, "This is an unjust deed, for he who buries a daughter
because he lacks sustenance for her does no wrong in our eyes. Is it not better
that she be buried in the ground out of sight than kept with disgrace? Is it
not for the father to decide whether a daughter should live? Has a woman a soul
of her own? Is she not no more than the maker of the body, while the soul is
given into her keeping by man?"
The strangers about the encampment were not so
many, while those with Hurmanetar were many and strong, but he dealt justly
with those claiming payment for the blood. They were given a piece of silver
and a calf that was ready for the slaughter. Thus Mahat came into the household
of Ancheti.
Hurmanetar was sitting with Ancheti and said to
him, "I have spoken to you of the happening while I sat beneath a tree in
a place of solitude, and of matters which you should know in order to be wise.
Into your keeping have been given the treasures 1 have wrought by my own hands,
and you are well instructed in the Sacred Things and the Mysteries. You have a
destiny upon you which may not be fulfilled in this place, while the sustenance
obtainable here declines day by day. Therefore, let us depart and go along
journey by way of the bitter waters, for should we go by way of the forest or
through the great wilderness, we may not live. Our flocks and herds can be
driven before us, for the road is wide and well watered. Let us not delay in
this place, for already there is a restlessness among the people here".
So they departed from that place, journeying
towards the bitter waters and when they came there they turned southward,
continuing until they came to Basor. There they encamped, for the death
sickness had come upon Hurmanetar. As he lay upon a couch of sheepskins he
called for Ancheti, but he did not come, for he had gone before them to spy out
the land. However, Ancheti did come before Hurmanetar passed from Earth, and Hurmanetar
knew he was there and called him to his side. Then Hurmanetar said, "My
hour is at hand, but I am without fear, knowing I go not to a place where men
eat dust, where all is darkness and gloom. The fears of my youth are but
shadows having no substance, they flee before the pure light of Truth."
"Upon you there is a great destiny, may you
reach out and grasp that which your heart desires, and having attained it use
it to deliver all men from the darkness of ignorance. Go forth like the sun who
throws his rays down like a net over the land to enlighten it. Go to a land
where the honest man will be made rich and the dishonest man impoverished, for
the balances must be adjusted so that riches cease to be the reward of
dishonesty and deceit. Go to a land where those holding places of power and
position will stand forth as examples of goodness and honesty; where none but
the worthy occupy high positions; where those who have possessions and estate
use these to succour the needy and resist the sfrength of those who oppress the
weak and unprotected".
Ancheti said, "But where is this land and
how shall I find it? " Hurmanetar answered, "Were there such a place,
what good purpose would you serve by going there? What you will have to do
would have been done already by another".
Hurmanetar died and was buried deep within the
ground and none knows his tomb. May he live forever and dwell with the Father
of the Gods whom he served!
These things concerning Hurmanetar have been
rewritten many times, but the copies have always been true.
That which follows has been added on, but when
made and by whom it is impossible to discover.
Hurmanetar is buried in the land of Philistia.
Is this Okichia?
The father of Hurmanetar was Nimrod of the Twin
Bows. This, I doubt, and it is not stated.
The stone of Makilim is at Bethgal even now. The
words on the tomb of Yadol are: 'He died because he was not as other men'. I,
Frastonis, have seen it.
Could this be when eighty generations have
passed?
Men of this race are unsound witnesses. The
Samarites say Yadol was not mortal man.
This we know in truth: the deeds of Hurmanetar
and Yadol are more fully told in The Tales of the Hithites.
The shield of Ancheti was called the Big Shaker,
and painted upon it was a likeness of the mudhopping bird. It was this bird
that taught men writing, for it left mud marks which men first read as omens,
later forming them into signs which could be read. They are not as ours, though
men among us can read them.
Ancheti taught the mystery of metals in Okichia,
a land of beer, bread and milk. He was renowned in the Twinlands of light.
Mahat, the blind one who remained virgin, guided
Ancheti to this land while yet a child. She was filled with the inner light of
wisdom and saw with the spirit. When he knew not which way to go her father sat
her on the ground and held a breast feather before her, upon which she blew. He
went whichever way it inclined and was never led astray. Later she used this
method when settling disputes and giving judgements. She was greatly honoured,
for in the whole land there was no wiser woman.
We who make these writings indestructible have
abandoned the Book of Ancheti, for it has nought of value to those who follow
us, and this is a work of much labour. It contains laws for a people living in
a land called Okichia who must have been less than barbarians, for he forbade
such things as the eating of children newly bom, the mixing and drying of their
blood for eating in uniting brothers and the hanging up of women in travail.
Also the cutting of a woman's private parts and
the deballing of men.
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