Israel and the
Journey of the Jews

 

Leoni Hodgson – September 2009

PMAFA, DMNZAS, MSE (Psych), PhD Esotericism

                    

The situation in the Middle East – the conflict surrounding the creation of Israel, its squabbles with its neighbours, the situation of the Palestinian people who live in the region – all this has created a wound in the fabric of humanity which has been festering for over fifty years, and shows no signs of abating. Poison emanating from this point on the globe is breeding intense hatred amongst the people most directly involved, who try to destroy each other. This poison is spreading out, feeding evil thoughts and actions, and from it for example, the terrorist organisation Al Qaida has arisen, with its idealism rooted in an extreme view of the Muslim faith. It has become global, and wages war through and upon the innocent, in order to try to score points for its cause. In the midst of the conflict itself there are many organisations and individuals who do their best to foster understanding between the two main protagonists – the Jews and the displaced Palestinian people. But these efforts have been unable to make any appreciable difference to the direction in which this conflict seems headed – to disaster for Israel and for humanity as a whole.

In this article I take a brief esoteric look at the situation – primarily at the Jewish people, their esoteric history, and what drives them, and to consider the situation of the Jews in the context of the Plan of God for humanity as a whole.

 God, Brahma, Universal Mind or Spirit – these are different names for the stupendous Life
which is currently working its Plan out through the universe, and through all lives which reside in
the universe. All souls have been created by this Life, they live out their cycles, and then return
to the Source – all are sacred children of God, and are equal in the eyes of God.

The plan for humanity at this time is to raise human consciousness from the level of the personality, with its selfish and materialistic focus, to that of the Soul, whose nature is inclusive and distinguished by love and wisdom. [1] When this is achieved, then ‘peace and goodwill will reign upon earth.’

1.    Esoteric History of the Jewish Race

They are not of this world

We are told in ancient writings, that the Jews are not of this world. They originate from a completely different time and space – from a previous solar system to be exact. In that ‘green’ system the focus was different than it is on our world. Man was being trained in stewardship over the physical world, and was directed to use the third divine aspect of intelligent mind to acquire tangible ‘things’ and work in the material world. [2]

The remnants of that first system were the first human beings to arrive in our system and upon our world, making the Jewish Race the oldest upon earth, and most races have their roots stemming from this ancient line. As a consequence of the previous development, and the actual extended period in which they have been evolving through the process of reincarnation, the Jewish people have made some of the most outstanding contributions to human life – to the world of art, science and music, and have been amongst the world's great philanthropists.

In this ‘blue’ solar system however, the goal is very different to that of the previous one. Man’s task now is to develop and express the love and wisdom of God; he must detach from earthly things and aspire to spiritual treasures and life instead. This is the goal for all human beings. The larger stream of humanity is gradually evolving towards this goal – to Soul awareness through the process of reincarnation. Yes, materialism is rife, and so is aggression and war. But this will all be ironed out in time through reincarnation – all is proceeding according to plan.

But within humanity, a stubborn stream is moving in the opposite direction, Jews who are still motivated by the laws and principles of that ancient time. Most members of the race have made the needed change in orientation to comply with the Law of Love which underlies human life today. But this stream has not and this is at the root of the problem today in the Middle East, and the alienation of a core group of Jewish souls from the rest of their brother – sister souls in humanity.

The Jewish race forms the solar plexus chakra of the planet

1. This schism between the two streams – of humanity and these intractable Jews, is so pronounced, that the Master Djwhal Khul (DK) said that they have formed different chakras (etheric centres) in the etheric body of the planet.

Humanity represents the planetary throat centre which expresses divine intelligence,
while the Jewish race represents the solar plexus centre – the seat of world emotion. [3]

This does not mean that a Jewish intelligentsia does not exist – history has been witness to Jewish intellectual brilliance and creativity. Nor does it take away from the fact that most of humanity are emotionally and materially focused – and therefore have more in common with this opposing and rebellious stream, and would be more strongly linked to the planet solar plexus centre, than with the centre of planetary intelligence. But this is temporary, and quite normal and natural at this stage of their evolutionary journey. They are still moving towards Soul consciousness, which is not the case for this group of Jews. 

2. The seriousness of the situation is elaborated upon in ancient writings called the Old Commentary. It tells how the materialistic nature of these Jews got them into serious trouble with the Masters who guide the race. Due to their development in the previous system, the Jews were the first to reach the Path of Discipleship[4]. The goal at this stage is to detach from material things, and this results in enlightenment, the flooding of consciousness with Soul illumination (the Christ spirit).

"Again the Word went forth: Drop on the ground all that you hold, and enter free.."But three revolted from that stern command. The three remained without the gates, holding their treasure firm..They turned their faces towards the gates of earth.. The Masters met in conclave and decided what should be the fate of those who, having reached the Gates of Light, loved the possessions of the world more than they loved the service of the light.  Again the Word went forth to the revolting three, who waited still without the gates: ‘Hold what you have and gather more, but know no peace Garner the fruits of mind, and seek your power in wide possessions, but have no sure abiding place.. you shall have no share in peace .. nor power to hold your gains.” [5]

The three went forth in sorrow and revolt, laden with their treasures, and thus the history of the wandering Jew began. These three are the founders of the modern Jewish race, and this refusal to let go of ‘material treasure’ remains at the root of the trouble for the Jews today.DK said that Jesus of Nazareth was a direct descendant of the eldest of the three, but he completed what the others did not. He had no possessions, and went through those “gates” unladen. Until the Jews follow his example, their karma remains potently in effect. [6]

This explains why this group of Jews represent the planetary solar plexus centre – because this centre is controlled by the four ethers of the physical plane, which is the most material of planes.

They are barred from progressing to the higher centres of the Throat, Heart, Ajna and Crown, because these centres give access to the higher planes and levels of consciousness. No, these materialistic Jews are blocked at the solar plexus stage – and there, no matter how intelligent, they remain. But such an intelligence is not accompanied with Soul wisdom, because access to the soul level has not been constructed in consciousness. Only when an aspiration for something higher and finer dawns in the heart of the individual, is that Soul given permission to pass the gates and move onwards. At that point, it is hypothesised that he or she is absorbed into the melting pot of humanity itself – even if still in a Jewish body.

3. The fact that the Jewish race constitutes the racial solar plexus centre, means that humanity’s stuff as a whole, is released through that centre – both high and low. As long as the rest of the world is separative and materialistic, this will strengthen these traits in these Jews, and indirectly play out upon the stage in the Middle East.  But as man becomes more inclusive and loving, and his political leaders begin to approach world problems in more inclusive ways, the Jewish problem will be solved.

DK said that the solving of the Jewish problem in a humanitarian manner will be evidence that the

“… the energy of the planetary solar plexus centre will have been raised to the heart and a great transmutation will have taken place.” [7]

2. The Jewish religion is founded upon principles from the first solar system

Religions which set themselves apart are essentially separative, and this runs counter to the Plan of God. This sense of being special because one is “chosen by God” has been found in most fundamentalist religions down the ages, both in the east and west. Such believers are unconscious of the fact, that humanity is one centre in the life of God, and that it is humanity which is the chosen people and not one small fraction of the race. [8] The Jewish religion fits into this category. It demands purity and isolation, and this militates against Jews being assimilated into the nation in which they live.

But while other religions disappear, and their followers dissolve back into the melting pot of humanity along with their separative ideals – the Jewish faith has persisted for thousands of years, and the Jew has walked an exclusive path down the corridors of history, and continues to do so today. He does not wish to be assimilated into the nation of his birth and with the masses, because he believes that this is demanded by his God, and it is all he knows. The following remark made by Zionist Jacob Klatzkin in 1921, is an example of this separative attitude.

“We Jews are aliens… a foreign people in your midst and we… wish to stay that way. A Jew can never be a loyal German; whoever calls the foreign land his Fatherland is a traitor to the Jewish people“. [9]

This is the primary cause of Jewish alienation from the rest of humanity. This separation has become so crystallised over the ages, it is like a dividing wall in consciousness. The Jew has separated himself to such degree, that in a sense, he does not feel connected to other races, nor they to him. The Jew is rejected by mankind, because he rejects mankind. The danger is that, this self-imposed separativeness and isolation has made of the Jews an easy target. When evil people want power, they ‘divide and conquer’ – they turn the majority against the minority, and in so many sad cases, it has been our Jewish brethren who have been picked on. They have been amongst the most persecuted of people.

The Jewish religion promises an earthly reward

There is a distinct difference in orientation between the holy books of the Jews (Kabbalah, Talmud, Old Testament), and those of the East such as the Bhagavad-Gita, and the New Testament. [10] The Messiah in the latter (Jesus, Krishna), teach that life in this world is but a preparation for ‘eternal’ life found in the spiritual world; men are encouraged to let go of material wealth in order to reap the benefits of heaven. The Messiah or Moshiach of the Jewish holy books promises an earthly reward, and in this we have a definite connection back to the materialistic mind-sets of the Jews in the ancient writings. In the Old Testament we find:

The moshiach will bring about the political and spiritual redemption of the Jewish people by bringing us back to Israel and restoring Jerusalem (Isaiah 11:11-12; Jeremiah 23:8; 30:3; Hosea 3:4-5). He will establish a government in Israel that will be the center of all world government, both for Jews and gentiles (Isaiah 2:2-4; 11:10; 42:1).He will rebuild the Temple and re-establish its worship (Jeremiah 33:18). He will restore the religious court system of Israel and establish Jewish law as the law of the land (Jeremiah 33:15).

In these verses, we have the essence of that which motivates many Jews today.
Reward comes in the physical world – a return to the land of ancient Israel, reclaiming
Jerusalem which will become the seat of a world government, with Jewish law and religion
established throughout the land. These are the high spiritual goals of his scriptures. From
these verses, we can draw a direct line to the events unfolding in Israel today.

Consequently, the Jews believe that the messiah is yet to come, and will be a ‘material’ man

The Jews do not believe that Jesus was the Messiah of the scriptures. This is because he did not achieve the things that the Old Testament said the messiah would do. In fact the word messiah is no longer used by some, because of its association with Jesus. ‘Moshiach’ is used instead, and believers say that when the Moshiach comes he will be a human being, not a god or demigod. He will be a military leader of the line of David, who will restore the Jews to Palestine, and deliver earthly power and wealth into their hands. Only the man who can achieve this will be anointed as the Moshiach.

 “Another Jew born about a century later came far closer to fulfilling the messianic ideal than Jesus did. His name was Shimeon ben Kosiba.. and he was a charismatic, brilliant, but brutal warlord.” [11]

The Moshiach mantle seems like a prize which is waiting to be taken by the man who is able to conquer and take the land which is currently occupied by non-Jews. It fosters military aggression and explains a lot about Israel’s character when dealing with its neighbours. For a while, war hero and Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion (see picture) must have been a promising candidate for Moshiach.

3. Belief in the ‘Promised Land” holds Jews slave to the past.

The desire to return to the ‘promised’ land has been cultivated for
thousands of years, and consequently has resulted in a crystallised thoughtform
or belief of such power, that it holds Jews slave to the past.

It is a nostalgic wish which I believe, is based upon a deeply buried yearning for the life and glories experienced in the previous solar system. The Jew wants to go home, back to a time when he had power and status. For aeons he has been denied this goal, and abused and humiliated in the process. So he turns to the comfort of his religion which promises that one day the Messiah will come, and restore his good fortune. Of this he has dreamed down the ages, and consequently, a powerful thoughtform encapsulating this vision, has been created, being fed by Jews since the dawn of time. It controls him, and he and his kin are slaves to its enduring power. This is why it is so hard for those who are thus imprisoned, to change their point of view about Jerusalem, or to see what is really happening on a humanitarian level, in Palestine. They literally are unable to widen their vision to the broader aspects of the situation because they are controlled by this “Promised Land” thoughtform.

The Zionist goal is to actually deliver the Promised Land

The Zionist movement was founded by Austrian Theodor Herzl in 1897, incorporating the ideas of early thinkers as well as the organization built by Hovevei Tziyon (“lovers of Zion {Jerusalem}”). Its goal was to restore Palestine to its “rightful owners – the Jews”. They rationalised that since the land of Israel was given to the ancient Israelites by God, the right of the Jews to that land is permanent and inalienable. [12] The drive to establish the State of Israel by the Zionists, is simply their effort to manifest the hopes and wishes of millions of Jews down the ages.

But not all Jews identify with Zionism or support its aims. Originally, at least in the minds of secular Zionists, the goal was just to get a piece of land somewhere upon which to found a nation. But religious zealots, believing that the moment of God’s prophecy was upon them, took up the Zionist banner, and insisted that the literal ‘word of God’ must be adhered to. Their will has prevailed, and so the ‘Greater Israel’ dream was revived.

“To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt as far as the great river the Euphrates. The land of the Kenites, Kenizites, Kadmonites; the Hittites, Perizzites, Refaim; the Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Yevusites.” – Genesis 15:18-21

Greater Israel today would comprise, roughly, all of modern-day Israel as well as the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, Jordan, and Lebanon, much of Syria, Iraq, and Kuwait, as well as parts of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Turkey. But Greater Israel does not stop at the borders of the Middle East. The prophecy surrounding the Moshiach, is that he will make Israel the seat of World Government. There are people who believe this will actually happen. The goal of Greater Israel, is at the heart of religious Zionism, which is at the root of the confiscation of land owned by Palestinians – and this the root of all the trouble.

But the winds of change are blowing

It is clear that those who are behind the drive towards Israel’s expansion, driven as it is by the crystallised thoughtform of ‘The Promised Land’ and Greater Israel’, will not be swerved from their course unless political and perhaps economic force is applied.

Such a “force” seems to be rising. The winds of change are blowing. America, Israel’s greatest ally and long term protector – under the helm of President Obama, is changing direction, which may see it eventually cut the umbilical cord. This change will pick up momentum once the need for oil in the region begins to diminish as other sources of power are discovered – the consequence of global warming. Many experts believe that the desire for Middle East oil was and is the reason behind America’s protection of Israel. Generally, the rest of the world is no longer in sympathy with Israel because of its continued appropriation of Palestinian land and abuse of Palestinian rights. Israel may protest that it is just defending its citizens, but this does not carry the weight that it used to. It is clear that the intention is to keep expanding its territory.

If Israel continues to ignore world opinion and continue on its current path, then what is the future likely to hold? It seems clear that it will become an isolated island amidst an ocean of hostile neighbours – neighbours who are likely to have nuclear weapons, and Israel is a tiny target.  This is the opinion of many experts. Israel may think that it has the fire-power to hold its own, perhaps this is so.

However, there is one opponent against whom Israel will not prevail, and that is the Lord of Karma. It has already been punished once for its materialistic ambitions – “you shall have no share in peace, no sure and certain knowledge of success, nor power to hold your gains”, and if it does not reverse its direction, it will be stopped by one means or another. But more of this from the astrology chart.

4. The Astrology of Israel

Click here to open Israel’s chart and an interpretation

5. In the author’s opinion, the best solution will come in two ways:

1. A political solution to establish a State of Palestine alongside Israel, with monitoring of the region to ensure all boundaries, rights, and citizens are protected – driven by the USA in cooperation with the world community.

2. Through goodwill. There are many in the world – Jews, Palestinians and others, who have been steadily working with goodwill, and who have been helping where they can. Obviously, contributions on the physical plane are required. But others can contribute by sending out healing energy through meditation.

The following meditation is taken from ‘Glamour a World Problem.’ DK gave it to heal the problem between the Jew and German. I have simply changed the word German to Palestinian.

“Before you begin your meditation, free yourself – emotions and mind – from any latent antagonisms, from any preconceived ideas of right or wrong. Simply fall back upon the love of your souls, remembering that both Jews and Palestinians are souls as you are and identical in their origin, their goal and their life experience with yours.

Pour out the stream of pure white light  - see it pour through you with purity and clarity as one stream, then see it bisect equally – one stream of living light and love going to the Jews and the other to the Palestinian peoples. The quality of your love will count and not so much the accuracy of your analysis or the perfection of your technique.” [13]

6. In Summary:

The goal is to see the ME situation against the background of the Whole. There is no other reality apart from the One Life which is seeking expression through the universal form. All ructions in the outer fabric of life, are but wrinkles which will be smoothed out in time. On a spiritual level there are no divisions or separations, and a solution for the Middle East will work out in time.

The realisation must be clearly made, that there are no “rights” – religious or not, involving land, property, or anything material, which is more important than the care and welfare of Souls – all souls, whether Jew, Arab, Iranian, etc. All are sacred “children of God”, and all have equal rights before God. From this point of view, it is clear that human rights issues must take precedence over all other claims or rights [14], and that innocent citizens – of whatever race, who are being unfairly attacked by terrorists, should be protected.