Hypocrite

One day, as Yeshu’a an Nasiri Ihidaya (Aramaic for Jesus the Nazarene, One Who Is Awake) and some of his inner gate disciples walked together through the city agora, Yeshu’a admonished…

Listen deeply, beloved brothers and sisters…

As you journey along the Way,

on this sacred pilgrimage

we

call

“life”

cultivate discernment —

hone your senses —

remain ever alert, watchful and vigilant —

for there are many charming, charismatic actors about —

posing as leaders —

sporting grandiose titles

such as,

“lord”

“master,”

“doctor,”

“lawyer,”

“expert,”

“scholar,”

“teacher,”

“reverend,”

“sage,”

“guru,”

“priest,”

“prophet,”

“professor,”

“provost”

and

“patrician”

—

many who are little more

than charlatans, tricksters, and hypocrites —

predatory wolves

in clever costumes

seeking whom they may devour —

ravenous —

rapacious —

for power, prestige, position,

privilege, wealth and control.

So be wary of any one

or any thing —

any system, structure, organization, institution, government, group or religion

claiming and peddling

special privileges,

exclusive rights

or secret knowledge.

For such hypocrites and charlatans —

such wolves in sheep’s clothing —

such

tricksters —

abound on every street corner —

prostituting distorted, corrupted parodies of “the truth” —

hawking cheap superficial imitations

of the deep mysteries of the Kingdom —

in exchange for your own

personal

power,

sovereignty,

wealth,

and

freedom.

My brothers and sisters…

look closely at the Pharisees —

those wealthy businessmen,

philosophers,

professors,

priests,

politicians

and

patricians

who claim exclusive right

as guardians and gatekeepers —

of the keys of knowledge —

the Keys of the Kingdom —

hoarding and hiding them away

from their own brothers and sisters

in order to maintain their false, fictitious veneer

of power, prestige, position, wealth and control —

while ironically,

remaining locked

out side

the very gate

they claim to guard and keep.

Blind and ignorant —

they deceive them selves —

and all who follow them —

a tragic comedy indeed!

The

blind

leading

the

blind.

They neither have the keys —

nor do they have any clue

where to find them.

Then suddenly, Yeshu’a stepped out

from amongst his disciples

into the very centre of the bazaar—

stretched his arms out wide

and raised his voice loudly in invocation,

so that it echoed and reverberated

throughout the market place

shocking, startling, surprising

and seizing the attention

of all those around him…

Wake up you Pharisees —

you hypocrites —

you paper tigers

posing as leaders!

You pretentiously masquerade

as the sole arbitrators of Truth —

sitting in the judgement seat —

preaching the Law of Men —

while violating that very same law —

betraying, manipulating and abusing

the Children of the Living Soil —

who unwittingly put their trust in you –

while you —

gleefully —

zealously —

saddle your own brothers and sisters

with unbearable back-breaking burdens —

treating them worse than cattle.

Wake up Pharisees —

you hypocrites —

you paper tigers

posing as leaders!

For you religiously guard the Way

to the Kingdom of the Life Giver —

contemptuously and scornfully

denying passage

to all who seek

True Freedom

and

Abundant

Life.

You neither know the Way of Nature

nor do you know the Nature of the Way.

Blind!

Ignorant!

Arrogant!

You travel thousands of miles —

to the utmost ends of foreign lands —

to initiate a single acolyte —

and after a mere seven years of apprenticeship —

that poor, unfortunate proselyte

becomes twice the son of Hinnon —

twice the son of malice —

twice the son of perdition —

twice the devil —

as

you

your

self.

Wake up you sleepers!

Wake up and shake off the dreamspell.

For only when you

truly sober up —

truly re-awaken —

truly re-member —

will you truly re-alize

The Way of Nature —

The Nature of the Way —

The

Way

of

Pure

Love.

Indeed, only when you have come to fully re-member —

your

True

Self

will you fully realize

(re-actualize and em-body)

your

Pure

Potentiality

as a beloved child of the Life Giver.

If however, you continue to persist

in your drunkness —

in your state of intoxication —

to

stumble

along

in your soporific somnambulation —

in the laxity of your fugue —

oblivious of who you truly are,

your experience of Life

will remain as but a mere shadow —

a mere caricature —

a mere façade —

a mere effigy —

of

your

True

Self —

and you will continue

to

needlessly

suffer.

Awaken and remember!

Not

two.

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— a literary adaptation based on teachings of Yeshu’a an Nasiri Ihidaya (Aramaic for Jesus the Nazarene, One Who Is Awake) as recorded by Yehu’da Ta’oma (Judas Thomas) in ‘The Teachings of The Great Mystery (more commonly known as ‘The Gospel of Thomas’)’ and The Gospel According To Ma’ta (Matthew)