Ben Masada
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When Jacob fled home in Beersheva, heading towards Padam Aram in Syria, to Laban, his ancle, he was running from his brother Esau, who, in his wrath, intended to kill him for having cheated him out of his birthright; I mean, in Esau's opinion.
As Jacob got to Bethel, it was late in the evening, and he was tired. So, he managed himself a place to sleep under the stars. It took him some time to fall asleep, because of his thoughts and anxieties about the future, since he knew nothing about the place and the outcome of his expectations.
And Jacob had a dream. A gigantic ladder would connect earth with the skies, from right the spot where he had laid his head all the way up to Heaven. Then, angels would go up and then down the ladder. Bear in mind that the angels would first climb up and then down.
According to popular beliefs, angels minister to God in Heaven. Why then they would first go up and then down? Those angels were the thoughts, preoccupations, and anxieties of Jacob. They would climb up and down with some sort of feedback in terms of assurances not to lose hope that everything would be all right.
That's what angels are: The facsimile of messengers, which are what feelings are. Emanations, so to speak, which in dreams are unconscious, but conscious in the awaken or semi-awaken state.
Angels or emanations are the medium used by God to communicate with His Prophets. (Numb. 12:6) They sometimes speak from God and many times as if God were doing the talk Himself, especially in visions and lucid dreams, when it is possible even to see God in some kind of form and still live.
Emanations therefore, are any sort of external medium that influence the mind into behaving differently or even only to cause an impression on us. Emanations are angels; and angels are messengers. It's well-known that in real life, a messenger is an angel, and he or she ceases to be one as the message is delivered. This means that the angel is not the messenger per se but the message or emanation.
As a classical example, we have one in the Burning Bush. The emanation was not in the bush neither in the voice coming from the bush. But in the mind of Moses, who could not conciliate so many emanations loading his mind. Then, the strongest one prevailed, as his auditory sense was employed. He followed his heart as one who obeys a direct order from God, which ended up with the Exodus of Israel from Egypt.
Ben
As Jacob got to Bethel, it was late in the evening, and he was tired. So, he managed himself a place to sleep under the stars. It took him some time to fall asleep, because of his thoughts and anxieties about the future, since he knew nothing about the place and the outcome of his expectations.
And Jacob had a dream. A gigantic ladder would connect earth with the skies, from right the spot where he had laid his head all the way up to Heaven. Then, angels would go up and then down the ladder. Bear in mind that the angels would first climb up and then down.
According to popular beliefs, angels minister to God in Heaven. Why then they would first go up and then down? Those angels were the thoughts, preoccupations, and anxieties of Jacob. They would climb up and down with some sort of feedback in terms of assurances not to lose hope that everything would be all right.
That's what angels are: The facsimile of messengers, which are what feelings are. Emanations, so to speak, which in dreams are unconscious, but conscious in the awaken or semi-awaken state.
Angels or emanations are the medium used by God to communicate with His Prophets. (Numb. 12:6) They sometimes speak from God and many times as if God were doing the talk Himself, especially in visions and lucid dreams, when it is possible even to see God in some kind of form and still live.
Emanations therefore, are any sort of external medium that influence the mind into behaving differently or even only to cause an impression on us. Emanations are angels; and angels are messengers. It's well-known that in real life, a messenger is an angel, and he or she ceases to be one as the message is delivered. This means that the angel is not the messenger per se but the message or emanation.
As a classical example, we have one in the Burning Bush. The emanation was not in the bush neither in the voice coming from the bush. But in the mind of Moses, who could not conciliate so many emanations loading his mind. Then, the strongest one prevailed, as his auditory sense was employed. He followed his heart as one who obeys a direct order from God, which ended up with the Exodus of Israel from Egypt.
Ben
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