Divider

Once, while Yeshu’a an Nasiri Ihidaya (Aramaic, meaning ‘Jesus The Nazarene, One Who Is Awake) was in the marketplace with some of his disciples, an ill-tempered, disgruntled man recognized him and approached him.

"Teacher, i have a problem.

My father recently died, and my brothers will not divide the inheritance with me.

Come with me and tell my brothers to divide my father’s possessions with me."

Yeshu’a did not reply right away, rather he simply held the man’s gaze for, what seemed to the man to be an eternity.

After some time, who knows how long, Yeshu’a smiled a little, and replied playfully…

"Friend, who made me a divider?

Do I look like a divider?

Then Yeshu’a turned to his followers,

"Brothers and sisters, what do you think?

Surely I am not a divider, am I?

Listen deeply to what i am saying…

Not

two."

mac’s field notes:

For the modern Western mind, the pith of this short story may not be so easy to fathom, as the subtleties and nuance of the language, culture and spiritual truth are somewhat lost in time and translation.

In actuality the story is both a play on words, and a bit of a cosmic joke —

one that Yeshu’a’s followers would have likely (at least in part) comprehended.

So a bit of background…

In the philosophical and spiritual schools of the ancient West and Middle East, Life was recognized and averred

as

One

Whole

Integral

Undivided

Totality

One of epithets for the Source of All Life in both the Western and Eastern esoteric spiritual schools is,

‘The Harmonious Unicity.’

The earliest followers of Yeshu’a attributed a version of this epithet to Yeshu’a as well, calling him

“One Who Unifies”

or simply,

“Unifier.”

In contrast, all that which destroys or divides —

which generates destruction and division,

separation,

strife,

conflict,

confusion

and

chaos,

was known as ‘That Which Divides,’

or simply,

‘Divider.’

In fact, the etymological root of the word ‘devil’ can be traced back to the concept of ‘that which divides,’

or simply

‘a divider.’

Thus ‘The Devil’ was also known as ‘One Who Divides,’

or simply

‘The Divider.’

With that in mind, try reading the story again,

and see if perhaps you might begin to sound (fathom) the profound universal truth —

the perennial wisdom —

that is encoded in its humour.

Perhaps you might begin to even laugh a little yourself…

as

the

great

cosmic

joke

begins to,

once again…

dawn

within

you.

May your every breath be Infinite, Ineffable Light, Love and Wisdom.

Not two.

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