2. A New Eden
If this earth is the world to which you belong, my dear reader, then you know how the story unfolds. But I must tell it (or a version of it, since I am but a created being, as well) to provide the foundation for what follows.
How many temptations and in what forms they may have occurred, I do not know. Their presence or absence was not revealed. Perhaps what follows was the one and only attempt by unheavenly forces to breach the Garden’s borders, or perhaps there had been a sustained assault using the hammer of a repetitive appeal to pride.
The first man had been charged with serving and protecting the Garden. Only if both of these were accomplished did any reason exist to enlarge its borders.
The law of giving and taking, yielding and accepting, applied to the humans as well as to every other aspect of Creation, from rock and mineral to plant and animal. The law of love reigned within the Garden, and the humans’ purpose was to expand this law’s domain.
There was a competing law outside the Garden. Or perhaps lawlessness better describes the counter culture. Law and lawlessness were mirror images of one another, as the left looks like the right in a mirror.
The Fallen Ones outside of both Paradise in the dimensions above and Paradise in the dimensions below are characterized by two statements:
If there is one thing that causes sin, it is fear.
If there is one sin, it is loss of faith in the Creator’s character.
The created beings who have no faith in their Creator believe themselves vulnerable, existing only at the mercy of time and chance.
Ironically, the rejection of the Law of Love is what condemns them, places them in the dominion of time and chance for eternity rather than eternal security in the heavenly domain.
The borders of Eden were wide open to those in the spiritual dimensions, permitting their entry and exit, but the borders and all they contained were invisible to those who existed only in the earthly physical dimensions of the outside world. Thus, the wild beasts bypassed what they could not see, or walked through it while oblivious to this alternate reality.
The danger to Eden was from the fallen angels, those who once had inhabited a yet higher reality, two realms above that of earth. But they had fallen below the realm of the faithful angels to the level between mankind and angels. The higher angelic dimension now was no longer available to them, and was as hidden from them as Eden had been hidden from me and the rest of the population in Atlantis.
When Satan had been cast from heaven, he had existed in the dimensions between those of heaven and earth. This “in-between” had become the home of him and his followers.
In Atlantis, I had access only to the lower dimensions, which are the 3-1/2 dimensions of earth: height, width, depth, and the forward motion of time. Now, with access to the two next higher dimensions, I could see in three sets of dimensions: the physical, as well as the spiritual levels of demons and angels. Future time remained sealed, however, and I had only the present reality and the memory of the reality that had passed.
As I had discovered in that last day of Atlantis, these higher levels of existence were available to me. I could be in the lower physical dimensions of Atlantis without being a part of it. Invisible in the world of Atlantis, I could exist in the higher dimension and be a spectator in the lower world, but no more than a spectator in this invisible state.
And I had found that I could choose to exist in the lower dimensions of Atlantis, choose to be a part of that world, to be seen and heard there. The cost was to temporarily forfeit my place in the higher dimensions, and to become subject to the laws of the physical world. Gravity, hunger, and all the trappings of mortality came with such a decision.
This mystery of overlapping existences is a difficult one. Perhaps a picture would help.
Imagine a normal 3 dimensional ball, a sphere very like our earth.
Now imagine that ball is within a larger ball, much as our earth resides in a solar system. Those on the earthly ball are limited to this existence, and are unable to see beyond it. Those inhabiting the larger ball of the solar system may pass freely throughout both balls, be on earth, or be in the solar system.
This is the existence of the fallen angels, inhabiting the two lowest sets of dimensions. Indeed, the dimensions comprising earth had been established as their physical domain, and the second set of dimensions as their inclusive spiritual realm.
And then there is yet a larger ball, like the universe that contains the ball of the solar system that contains the ball of earth. The angels of God who inhabit the universe may travel both within the smaller balls of the solar system and of earth.
And then there is an all-encompassing reality beyond this third ball, beyond the universe. This is God’s realm, which none other may enter, yet He is ever present within all realms.
This picture is not to be taken literally, but is only an idea that may be helpful. Words cannot express that for which words have not been made.
This concept of spheres within spheres had been part of my own education as I had watched the transformation of the old world containing Atlantis become a new world. Perhaps the scenes playing before me were not that different from seeing the original creation, the first birth of this lowest dimension of existence.
There was no time from where I watched, so I experienced no concept such as aging. Existence was an eternal present disturbed only by the occasional change of the note being sung, the energetic frequency that empowered the existence that had been destroyed and then had been recreated below.
And what freedom to know that a conscious thought was all that was required to move from one existence to the other! There was, however, one caution: any act that triggered the physical body into the processes of living in the physical world would also trigger the processes of dying in the physical world.
To eat a piece of fruit, for example, might be sufficient to provide the energy for my physical being. To eat more than required for immediate usage would be enough to trigger elimination and energy storage. This change would put me under the rule of time, would set in motion the journey from an energetic and immortal being to a mortal physical being. My body would begin decaying until it returned to pure lifeless energy, the basic building block of matter.
To commit an act of sexual union also would trigger the transition to a mortal physical subject to physical laws rather than energetic spiritual laws. This act of oneness with a physical being demanded complete conformity to the same physical existence.
The eastern edge of Eden was the border between the higher and the lower dimensions, the gateway, if you will. The outer physical world was visible from within Eden, but the entrance into Eden was invisible to those who inhabited the lower physical dimension only. A hungry lion, his prey, or a scavenger bird would not see this ideal garden.
There was one river in Eden, flowing through its center toward the east. As this river came to the boundary between Eden and the physical earth, the river broke into pieces. The source of this one river existed unseen in a higher dimension. All that was visible was a cascade of water pouring over a high precipice, down the rocks to water a valley below.
But the river did not look like any in the world of Atlantis. This river gleamed as if reflecting the divine light in every droplet, each drop a miniature powerhouse of its own.
And so it was that this river of life, this flow of energy, charged its realm with life from the power of the Creator.
From the pool beneath the falls, the lower part of the river flowed within Eden to its border. This charged stream divided at the eastern gate, flowing back along Eden’s border and eventually dividing to give a clear definition to mankind’s realm. Four rivers in total outlined paradise in the same sense as the four compass corners set the boundary of the earth.
Unlike the waters of Atlantis, these rivers appeared to be readily manageable, allowing for their diversion to incorporate new land into Eden. Of course, they also could be diverted to reduce Eden’s realm.
How much time passed I cannot say since Eden seemed free of the burden of time. Yes, a source of light was evident, but this sun never set as did the sun in the sky outside of Eden. This was the divine light, infusing life with its energy and guiding it with the eternal song of being. And this light was diffused through the firmament encircling the globe.
There were no seasons here, no sense of time. Every moment was the present, with the past out of sight behind and the future beyond the horizon ahead. There was the assurance of continuity that was peace itself.
Simply put, all was perfect within the Garden: an abundance of light; a heavy dew each morning that was always sufficient to water the plants; and a peace that was almost palpable and fragrant, like a flower in bloom. What need was there to rest from such perfection?
The man and the woman never had to leave the Garden to expand it. The border of light and life moved to encompass additional territory, establishing an island. The first couple waded across and trained the new citizens, both animal and vegetable, in the ways of their new home. They modeled peace and harmony.
As servant king and queen, they enlarged their realm, and the rivers shifted to encompass the new territory.
As regents, they ruled without rules just as they spoke without words. Their thoughts passed into the weighty creak of the oak and into the soft whisper of the crocus, transformed into the tweet of the songbird and the chatter of the squirrel, and became as the deep rumblings of the lion and the tentative bleat of the sheep.
The natural order was harmony. There was no need to do violence to another part of nature to obtain food, for the gentle divine light, a thousand times richer than sunlight, provided all that was needed.
There was no lack, so there was no want.
If I had ever thought of such an ideal state, such words as “dull, uninteresting, and impossible” no doubt came to mind, as well. And yet as I saw the interactions, there was only love and joy.
These expressions manifested themselves in different ways, but as the note that sang through the universe spoke to me, I realized what I had known all along: the unity of all things was centered on the Creator. Each piece of existence expressed itself uniquely, and all of this was more exciting than any striving or other selfish emotion.
Ever since the events that had brought the destruction of Atlantis, I had been alone. But I had been alone only in the sense of not having another physical being near to me that another observer could see. I was actually linked in community with all of Creation through that divine note, whatever that note might be at a given moment.
And so I imagined that the first couple also was in harmony with every aspect of Creation, and that every other created being, plant or animal or mineral, also was connected to every other created being. There was a grand chorale, and they – as well as myself – were a part of the vast intricacies of the single note sounding in every moment with an infinite number of subtle vibrations riding on each note.
Now that we have seen and come to a beginning of an understanding of Eden, we will better understand its loss and, perhaps, the way back.
A change occurred. I saw events unfolding in Eden that were different from what I had observed.
Next chapter
If this earth is the world to which you belong, my dear reader, then you know how the story unfolds. But I must tell it (or a version of it, since I am but a created being, as well) to provide the foundation for what follows.
How many temptations and in what forms they may have occurred, I do not know. Their presence or absence was not revealed. Perhaps what follows was the one and only attempt by unheavenly forces to breach the Garden’s borders, or perhaps there had been a sustained assault using the hammer of a repetitive appeal to pride.
The first man had been charged with serving and protecting the Garden. Only if both of these were accomplished did any reason exist to enlarge its borders.
The law of giving and taking, yielding and accepting, applied to the humans as well as to every other aspect of Creation, from rock and mineral to plant and animal. The law of love reigned within the Garden, and the humans’ purpose was to expand this law’s domain.
There was a competing law outside the Garden. Or perhaps lawlessness better describes the counter culture. Law and lawlessness were mirror images of one another, as the left looks like the right in a mirror.
The Fallen Ones outside of both Paradise in the dimensions above and Paradise in the dimensions below are characterized by two statements:
If there is one thing that causes sin, it is fear.
If there is one sin, it is loss of faith in the Creator’s character.
The created beings who have no faith in their Creator believe themselves vulnerable, existing only at the mercy of time and chance.
Ironically, the rejection of the Law of Love is what condemns them, places them in the dominion of time and chance for eternity rather than eternal security in the heavenly domain.
The borders of Eden were wide open to those in the spiritual dimensions, permitting their entry and exit, but the borders and all they contained were invisible to those who existed only in the earthly physical dimensions of the outside world. Thus, the wild beasts bypassed what they could not see, or walked through it while oblivious to this alternate reality.
The danger to Eden was from the fallen angels, those who once had inhabited a yet higher reality, two realms above that of earth. But they had fallen below the realm of the faithful angels to the level between mankind and angels. The higher angelic dimension now was no longer available to them, and was as hidden from them as Eden had been hidden from me and the rest of the population in Atlantis.
When Satan had been cast from heaven, he had existed in the dimensions between those of heaven and earth. This “in-between” had become the home of him and his followers.
In Atlantis, I had access only to the lower dimensions, which are the 3-1/2 dimensions of earth: height, width, depth, and the forward motion of time. Now, with access to the two next higher dimensions, I could see in three sets of dimensions: the physical, as well as the spiritual levels of demons and angels. Future time remained sealed, however, and I had only the present reality and the memory of the reality that had passed.
As I had discovered in that last day of Atlantis, these higher levels of existence were available to me. I could be in the lower physical dimensions of Atlantis without being a part of it. Invisible in the world of Atlantis, I could exist in the higher dimension and be a spectator in the lower world, but no more than a spectator in this invisible state.
And I had found that I could choose to exist in the lower dimensions of Atlantis, choose to be a part of that world, to be seen and heard there. The cost was to temporarily forfeit my place in the higher dimensions, and to become subject to the laws of the physical world. Gravity, hunger, and all the trappings of mortality came with such a decision.
This mystery of overlapping existences is a difficult one. Perhaps a picture would help.
Imagine a normal 3 dimensional ball, a sphere very like our earth.
Now imagine that ball is within a larger ball, much as our earth resides in a solar system. Those on the earthly ball are limited to this existence, and are unable to see beyond it. Those inhabiting the larger ball of the solar system may pass freely throughout both balls, be on earth, or be in the solar system.
This is the existence of the fallen angels, inhabiting the two lowest sets of dimensions. Indeed, the dimensions comprising earth had been established as their physical domain, and the second set of dimensions as their inclusive spiritual realm.
And then there is yet a larger ball, like the universe that contains the ball of the solar system that contains the ball of earth. The angels of God who inhabit the universe may travel both within the smaller balls of the solar system and of earth.
And then there is an all-encompassing reality beyond this third ball, beyond the universe. This is God’s realm, which none other may enter, yet He is ever present within all realms.
This picture is not to be taken literally, but is only an idea that may be helpful. Words cannot express that for which words have not been made.
This concept of spheres within spheres had been part of my own education as I had watched the transformation of the old world containing Atlantis become a new world. Perhaps the scenes playing before me were not that different from seeing the original creation, the first birth of this lowest dimension of existence.
There was no time from where I watched, so I experienced no concept such as aging. Existence was an eternal present disturbed only by the occasional change of the note being sung, the energetic frequency that empowered the existence that had been destroyed and then had been recreated below.
And what freedom to know that a conscious thought was all that was required to move from one existence to the other! There was, however, one caution: any act that triggered the physical body into the processes of living in the physical world would also trigger the processes of dying in the physical world.
To eat a piece of fruit, for example, might be sufficient to provide the energy for my physical being. To eat more than required for immediate usage would be enough to trigger elimination and energy storage. This change would put me under the rule of time, would set in motion the journey from an energetic and immortal being to a mortal physical being. My body would begin decaying until it returned to pure lifeless energy, the basic building block of matter.
To commit an act of sexual union also would trigger the transition to a mortal physical subject to physical laws rather than energetic spiritual laws. This act of oneness with a physical being demanded complete conformity to the same physical existence.
The eastern edge of Eden was the border between the higher and the lower dimensions, the gateway, if you will. The outer physical world was visible from within Eden, but the entrance into Eden was invisible to those who inhabited the lower physical dimension only. A hungry lion, his prey, or a scavenger bird would not see this ideal garden.
There was one river in Eden, flowing through its center toward the east. As this river came to the boundary between Eden and the physical earth, the river broke into pieces. The source of this one river existed unseen in a higher dimension. All that was visible was a cascade of water pouring over a high precipice, down the rocks to water a valley below.
But the river did not look like any in the world of Atlantis. This river gleamed as if reflecting the divine light in every droplet, each drop a miniature powerhouse of its own.
And so it was that this river of life, this flow of energy, charged its realm with life from the power of the Creator.
From the pool beneath the falls, the lower part of the river flowed within Eden to its border. This charged stream divided at the eastern gate, flowing back along Eden’s border and eventually dividing to give a clear definition to mankind’s realm. Four rivers in total outlined paradise in the same sense as the four compass corners set the boundary of the earth.
Unlike the waters of Atlantis, these rivers appeared to be readily manageable, allowing for their diversion to incorporate new land into Eden. Of course, they also could be diverted to reduce Eden’s realm.
How much time passed I cannot say since Eden seemed free of the burden of time. Yes, a source of light was evident, but this sun never set as did the sun in the sky outside of Eden. This was the divine light, infusing life with its energy and guiding it with the eternal song of being. And this light was diffused through the firmament encircling the globe.
There were no seasons here, no sense of time. Every moment was the present, with the past out of sight behind and the future beyond the horizon ahead. There was the assurance of continuity that was peace itself.
Simply put, all was perfect within the Garden: an abundance of light; a heavy dew each morning that was always sufficient to water the plants; and a peace that was almost palpable and fragrant, like a flower in bloom. What need was there to rest from such perfection?
The man and the woman never had to leave the Garden to expand it. The border of light and life moved to encompass additional territory, establishing an island. The first couple waded across and trained the new citizens, both animal and vegetable, in the ways of their new home. They modeled peace and harmony.
As servant king and queen, they enlarged their realm, and the rivers shifted to encompass the new territory.
As regents, they ruled without rules just as they spoke without words. Their thoughts passed into the weighty creak of the oak and into the soft whisper of the crocus, transformed into the tweet of the songbird and the chatter of the squirrel, and became as the deep rumblings of the lion and the tentative bleat of the sheep.
The natural order was harmony. There was no need to do violence to another part of nature to obtain food, for the gentle divine light, a thousand times richer than sunlight, provided all that was needed.
There was no lack, so there was no want.
If I had ever thought of such an ideal state, such words as “dull, uninteresting, and impossible” no doubt came to mind, as well. And yet as I saw the interactions, there was only love and joy.
These expressions manifested themselves in different ways, but as the note that sang through the universe spoke to me, I realized what I had known all along: the unity of all things was centered on the Creator. Each piece of existence expressed itself uniquely, and all of this was more exciting than any striving or other selfish emotion.
Ever since the events that had brought the destruction of Atlantis, I had been alone. But I had been alone only in the sense of not having another physical being near to me that another observer could see. I was actually linked in community with all of Creation through that divine note, whatever that note might be at a given moment.
And so I imagined that the first couple also was in harmony with every aspect of Creation, and that every other created being, plant or animal or mineral, also was connected to every other created being. There was a grand chorale, and they – as well as myself – were a part of the vast intricacies of the single note sounding in every moment with an infinite number of subtle vibrations riding on each note.
Now that we have seen and come to a beginning of an understanding of Eden, we will better understand its loss and, perhaps, the way back.
A change occurred. I saw events unfolding in Eden that were different from what I had observed.
Next chapter
