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The 15 articles of faith provides a powerful viewpoint and perspective on the Essene gnostic faith. This intrapersonal path to purification requires much effort of those who truly seek the benefits of living an enlightened life. Here, we observe each of the 15 articles and provide a more common english translation in order to assist in both clarification and performance of the duties which the articles convey.
Naziruthian
Gnosis
An
Introduction to Nazorean Beliefs
With Commentary In Simpler
English
There is a Perfect, Ever-existent and Primordial
Oneness which we call Amin-, meaning Hidden God, and Hiya, meaning Living
God.
Nazoreans have many different names for God that
come from many different languages. Two of the most important are from
the ancient Aramaic (Hebrew) language spoken at the time of Christ. These
names are Aumen and Hiya. The meaning of the Aramaic word
Aumen,
or Amin, is "hidden". The meaning of Hiya is "life" or "Living
Ones". These names describe two of the many different sides of God. God
is also perfect, God has always been around, and God is the one who created
everything good.
Amin-Hiya are both male and female, and give
continual birth to male and female spirits in Their aspect of Heavenly
Parents.
Nazoreans believe that it is wrong to see God
as being an older white male sitting on a throne somewhere out in space.
Nazoreans see God as both a God and Goddess, in fact, Nazoreans see God
as a pair of Loving Heavenly Parents. They are our Parents because they
gave birth to our spirits a long time ago in their perfect heavenly world.
They are still giving birth to heavenly children. These heavenly children
will one day come down to an earth like ours so that they can experience
what it is like to live in a world like this.
Amin--Hiya neither created, nor maintain, this
fallen universe in which we live, but live in Their own perfect reality
outside the bounds of our time and space and beyond the control of the
lower gods and goddesses who reign here.
Jews, Christians and Muslims believe God created
everything, both the good and the evil. They believe God made this earth
and created the beings who rebelled and became evil (like Satan). Nazoreans
have always taught that God did not create everything, only everything
good. Everything evil was created by evil beings. These evil beings are
not eternal, but they are made up of stuff that is eternal and opposite
to the pure light of the good God. This material universe belongs to the
dark ones, not God. That is why there is so much suffering and evil in
the world.
Amin--Hiya, also called the Great Life and the
Living Ones, allow Their imperfect offspring to leave Their World and descend
to other realities inferior to the primordial worlds of Light as a means
of evolving them toward perfect godhood.
Nazoreans teach that we are the children of God
and that we can grow up to be just like our Parents. Yes, Nazoreans teach
that we can become gods because we are the children of God! The process
of becoming a God is very complicated and takes a very long time. Before
we can qualify to become a god we must prove ourselves here in this world.
We must develop character, courage, virtue, love and wisdom. One of the
reasons the good God allows this world to exist is because it is a good
school for Their children. We learn things in this world which would be
impossible to learn in a more perfect place. Through experience here we
become more wise and patient.
We eventually forget our heavenly origins and
loose ourselves in the pollutions of these lower worlds of darkness, incarnating
again and again until we hear the "Call of Life" which beckons us to remember
and return Homeward to our Heavenly Parents who await us there.
Nazoreans believe in reincarnation. We believe
that we have been being reborn here in this universe for a long long time.
So long in fact that we have forgotten where we originally came from. God
is always trying to make us remember. God always whispers to our soul,
not in words, but with a feeling that we don't belong here and are a long
way from our true home. When a person feels this, then they have heard
the "Call of Life". The call of life is simply a memory or a longing to
go back to where we came from and escape from this dark world and universe.
We are assisted in our return Heavenward by the
Naziruthian Gnosis, a system of enlightenment and purification brought
to our world by Yeshu and Miriam and Their fellow workers.
Nazoreans believe that once we feel that we belong
to another universe, we must start living a kind of life that will help
us be able to return there. Nazoreans have a special name for this lifestyle
and program - they call it Nazirutha. This is an old Aramaic word
which means a program created by Yeshua and Miriam which has all the teachings
and practices that we need in order to make us better people.
The saving system of Nazirutha includes purifying
rituals, sacred scrolls, special diets, service to others, and an inward
journey of self discovery, renewal and reconnectedness with the Great Life.
Nazoreans believe that their religion was given
them by Yeshu and Miryai. It keeps getting messed up so they keep sending
more prophets and teachers to get it going again. This religious program
has certain ceremonies which are very important, like baptism. It also
has its own books and writings (called sacred Scrolls). This program says
it is not okay to eat meat, fish, eggs or milk. It says a person has to
be nice to others and help them. It also says that you become good by going
deep down inside and finding that part of you that is most like your Heavenly
Parents above. There is a deep spirit or soul way down inside of us that
must be found and awakened. Finding this soul is the key to becoming perfect.
The mainstream
view of Buddha, and the form of Buddhism based on Shakyamuni, are not in
harmony with the true teachings, sutras, and practices of the original
and more ancient Buddha Shenrab and the system of Dzogchen Enlightenment
once taught by Him and His female counterparts on Mt. Kailash.
Nazoreans believe that the original source of
Buddhist teachings came from Shenrab Miwo who was born almost 1400 years
before the more popular "buddha" of India (Shakyamuni or Sidhartha). Lots
of Shenrab's true teachings are mistakenly attributed to this later figure,
and were mixed up with a lot of false teachings like there is no
soul or God, it is okay to eat meat, celibacy is good, and woman are not
as good as men. True Buddhism worships Goddesses and Gods and uses the
union of vegetarian males and females to help achieve enlightenment.
The modern view of Jesus, and the form of Judeo-Christianity
based on the Bible, are not in harmony with the true teachings, scriptures,
and practices of the historical Yeshu (Jesus) the Nazorean and the system
of Naziruthian Enlightenment once taught by Him and His bride Miryai
from Their Temple on Mt Carmel.
Nazoreans say that the Bible was not written by
Jesus or his disciples, but later. Because it was written down later by
people who did not know Jesus, many of its teachings are not true. Most
of the Bible teachings are true and good, but there are enough untrue things
in the Bible to give a person the wrong idea about who Jesus was and what
he taught. Many of the most important teachings of Jesus were lost and
many modern ideas about him are wrong. Nazoreans hope to help make the
original teachings of Jesus available once again.
Nazirutha, as taught by Yeshu and Miryai, insists
that one renounce the world and its ways, and eventually embark on a natural
and spiritual lifestyle that includes a vegan diet, a simple non materialistic
lifestyle, and ever increasing understanding and practice of spiritual
truths.
The true and original teachings of Christ were
a bit different than what modern Christians think they were. Some of the
more original teachings of Christ that have almost been forgotten. One
of these is that we must not kill animals to eat. Another teaching was
that a good person doesn't need a lot of money but does need to spend a
lot of time studying spiritual things. Jews, Christians and Muslims think
it is okay to live a normal life as long as a person is good and does some
religious practices. Nazoreans do not believe this. They do not think it
is okay to spend most of your time making money or having a good time.
A little time is okay, but most of a person's time should be spent doing
spiritual things. If a person is not going to spend most of their time
making money, then they need to live a simple life that can be supported
by part time work.
Nazirutha teaches that the outer body, and its
world, come from inferior creators, but the slumbering inner spirit, and
its world, come from the Hidden Living Ones who strive to awaken it, purify
it, and return it to its Source.
Nazoreans do not think that their Good God made
the world, or Adam and Eve's body in a Garden of Eden. In fact, Nazoreans
believe almost the total opposite of this. They anciently taught that the
first humans had their physical bodies created by evil gods, not good ones.
Because of this Nazoreans think their soul comes from heaven, but their
bodies come from the earth. Bad thoughts and feelings have their origin
in the body, but everything good and loving comes from the deeper soul
inside of us. In this world the power of the body is very strong, that
is why there is so much evil and pain in this world. Nazoreans try to be
good by ignoring things that make the body happy and by thinking a lot
about what makes the soul happy. Nazoreans believe in taking care of the
body, but they do not believe in giving it everything it wants. They think
this makes a person weak and selfish.
The Hidden Living Ones continue to send enlightened
male and female spirits to the earth to restore or perpetuate Their saving
system of Nazirutha, the greatest of which are Yeshu (Essene Jesus) and
Miriam (Mary).
Yeshua and Miriam are the two main representatives
of Heavenly Mother and Father in this world. Most of Their work here is
done without the need for them to be born into bodies on our earth. Sometimes,
however, they do come down and get reborn as little babies and grow up
to be great teachers and prophets on the earth. Once Yeshu was born into
the world as Yeshu (Jesus) and Miriam (Mary). Nazoreans believe
they have been born at other times too. Yeshu and Miriam have others that
help teach their program. These others are the prophets recognized by Nazoreans.
They too are born into bodies on earth from time to time.
We purely serve Yeshua and Miriam when we actively
participate in Their Church and Rituals, keep Their commandments, and strive
continually toward ever greater wisdom and compassion.
Nazoreans worship a Heavenly Father and Mother,
but they think it is okay to also pray to Yeshua and Miryai since these
two represent our Heavenly Parents in this world. By belonging to the Nazorean
Church of Yeshu and Miriam all Nazoreans believe that they can become
much better people, but to do this we must keep all the rules of this religion
and try really hard to become perfect. Just belonging to the right church
doesn't help very much. A person has to become good inside by trying really
hard to think, feel and do good things all of the time.
We will become perfect and ascend on high when
we loose all interest in earthly affairs and fully purify ourselves in
Their saving Gnosis through application of Their saving principles.
Nazoreans believe that a person can become perfect
if they quit trying to get ahead in the world and if they keep all the
rules of the Nazorean religion. If they keep them completely, then they
can go back to heaven after they die.
We purify ourselves by fully walking the thirty-two
fold Nazorean Way that is offered to us by Them in Their restored Order
of Nazorean Essenes.
Nazoreans have a lot of different rules to keep,
so they divide them up into 32 different levels. This helps a person to
learn to be perfect one step at a time. These 32 levels make up the Nazorean
religion which is called the "Order of Nazorean Essenes".
If you have further questions regarding these ideals, or simply wish to learn more about our order, please interact with us in our community forums. We serve all that may seek the truths and gnosis in which we offer with tolerance, balance, and understanding.
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