ZOHAR & UPANISHADS INCLUDED FOR CROSS REFERENCE
And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran. And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep. And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it. And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of. And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not. And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
- Genesis 28:10-17
Soncino Zohar, Bereshith, Section 1, Page 150b
Jacob then said: THIS IS NONE OTHER THAN THE HOUSE OF GOD , implying: This is not to remain idle; its covenant is not meant to exist in isolation. It is in sooth a godly abode, to be used for the promotion of fecundity and for receiving blessing from all the bodily organs. For indeed this is THE GATE OF HEAVEN , or, in other words, the gate of the Body, the gate assuredly through which pass the blessings downwards, so that it is attached both on high and below: on high, as being the gate of heaven, and below, as being none other than the house of God."
1 Corinthians 6:19 KJV:
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
“Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.” - Luke 17:21
Shvetoshvatara Upanishad 1:9
Conscious spirit and unconscious matter both have existed since the dawn of time with Maya appearing to connect them, misrepresenting joy as outside us. When all these three are seen as one, the Self reveals His universal form and serves as an instrument of divine will.
Chandogya Upanishad 1:1-3 1 Let us meditate on OM the imperishable, the beginning of prayer 2 For as the earth comes from the waters, plants from earth, and man from plants, so man is speech and speech is OM. Of all speech the essence is the Rig Veda; but Sama is the essence of Rig, and of Sama the essence is OM, the Udgitha. 3 This is the essense of essences, the highest and eighth rung, venerated above all that human beings hold holy. OM is the self of all.
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The vision of Jacob's ladder is a look within. The LORD is within us all and so God's Kingdom comes from within. As the visible - matter comes out of the invisible - spirit being the consciousness; with an inner world and an outer world. The Veda's go on to explain, God - full of eternity, knowledge and bliss - corresponds to three main features of the Supreme: residing everywhere, residing within, residing outside, beyond.
With four stages from water to man four essences from speech to OM there being four heavenly realms, then the scripture suggests one must become aligned and in-tuned with the Holy of Holies. Please note: Veda (Knowledge), Rig (Verse), Sama (Song).).
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