By Day of Greenleaf, the Founding Yaiyr
Because the key word Ahimsa is so very associated with the ‘Bible of Yoga’ called The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, it is purrrfectly appropriate to begin this section with Yahshua giving his version of the Niyamas and Yamas of yoga (one of which is Ahimsa). Yahshua makes clear that his teachings on Essene Yoga are based on those of his teacher, Beten-Jahlah. Although I won’t go into the details here, there is good reason to believe that the Nasarean Priestess Beten-Jahlah, who was in charge of a Nasarean encampment in Benares, India, where she was the yoga teacher of both Miriam and Yahshua when they were young adults, WAS THE ORIGINAL ‘PATANJALI’.
Chapter Sixty-One of the Holy Godspell (‘Godspell’ is the ‘New Testament’ portion of The Holy Megillah: Nasarean Bible of the Essene Way) is extremely important in that it is by far the most detailed teaching on Essene Yoga. While I encourage you to read that entire chapter, below is the section that I believe is most pertinent to our topic at hand: Ahimsa and its link to SPIRITUALLY-BASED VEGETARIANISM.
Yahshua’s Teaching on Ahimsa
In his Sermon on Essene Yoga, Yahshua gave the following teaching on Ahimsa.
206. “Restraint from violence in thoughts, words, and deeds; in Sanskrit: Ahimsa.
207. For example, when you restrain yourself from eating animals, you are practicing Ahimsa – nonviolence – toward animals.208. “Ahimsa is a progressive process in nonviolent living and results in progressive ascension in heavenly consciousness.
209. Think of it as climbing the spiral ladder of nonviolence since absolute harmlessness is not achieved in human incarnation.
210. Even so, we can challenge ourselves, as yogis and yoginis, to immediately restrain ourselves from grosser acts of violence such as killing and eating animals, warfare, slavery, and, over time, make steady progress on the less obvious ones.211. “Less obvious than throwing a punch or hitting a person with a club are your violent words and thoughts.
212. So, not only does a Nasarean Yogi practice restraint from violence by abstaining from the obvious things like killing animals for food or pleasure and participation in the military, but also the less obvious things.”
Readers that are unfamiliar with The Holy Megillah: Nasarean Bible of the Essene Way might be surprised to see Yahshua (‘Jesus’) using a Sanskrit word. Yahshua himself explained why he intentionally sprinkled some key Sanskrit terms into the sermons he preached in Israel after seven years of residing in India. We read:
151. Yahshua said, “Several of you have been to India.
152. I recently returned from India after seven years of study and service at the Nasarean encampment near Benares.
153. Miriam and Yohanan also studied at that encampment, as did a few of the elders amongst this assembly.
154. Since returning from India, I have purposely peppered My sermons to Nasareans with Sanskrit words.
155. When I use a Sanskrit word or term, I do so because I want My disciples to learn the meaning of the word.156. “Original Nasarean Yoga spread in India moreso than anywhere else that it was introduced in this world.
157. The Hebrew letters – when rendered as Fire Letters as recorded by Gilgalah the Wizardess – are an excellent alphabet for spiritual symbolism and also preserve certain heavenly sounds of the Cherubim.
158. Even so, with the exception of Nasarean scriptures, Sanskrit has become the alphabet of the most spiritually advanced literature in this world.
159. For, with the spread of Nasarean teachings on yoga in India, vegetarianism spread amongst the population.
160. Now, in India, there is a larger population of vegetarians than anywhere else in this world.
161. Because of that, the population of India has become generally more spiritual than the populations of other lands, and many of their Sanskrit scriptures thus reflect that higher level of spirituality.162. “Wherefore, I use a sprinkling of Sanskrit words when speaking to Nasareans, and will introduce many in this sermon.
163. “Yea, become intimately familiar with the meaning of the Sanskrit words that I am about to introduce.
164. But do not speak them to most Aaronites [Day: mainstream Jews] unless you want to experience the same fate as the man that threw sweet apples to a lion.
165. The lion was angered by the apples and ate the man!
166. Blessed is the apple that feeds a man!
167. Foolish is the man that provokes a lion!
168. Be prudent in sharing Sanskrit!”
In the following excerpt from the same Sermon on Essene Yoga, Yahshua again makes reference to both vegetarianism and ahimsa. We read:
181. “A Sanskrit word that relates to vegetarian dietary practices is Ahimsa.
Ahimsa means Non-Violence, literally: Non-Harming.
182. “But it must be understood that ‘harmlessness’ is relative; as long as we are in physical bodies and eat even vegetarian foods, we are not entirely harmless or without violence.
183. For, gardening upsets ant colonies, and even a fruitarian, with every bite of an apple or other fruit, eats tiny creatures too small to be seen by the human eye.
184. Even a breatharian consumes unseen creatures with every in-breath.
185. We step on such creatures when we walk.
186. At the level called ‘human being’, vegetarians are relatively nonviolent, but not absolutely harmless.”
A quick comment from me and then we will continue the above excerpt. IN HEAVENLY REALMS HIGHER IN SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION THAN OUR PLANET, THE DIETARY DISCIPLINES ARE PROGRESSIVELY MORE NONVIOLENT. We are only held responsible for taking what would be a good step in the right direction for a Being AT OUR RUNG ON THE SPIRAL LADDER OF THE EVOLUTION OF CONSCIOUSNESS. Since about 97% of Americans are not even Lacto-Ovo Vegetarians (dairy and eggs permitted as in commandment seven) and still eat meat, clearly, anyone that is a Lacto-Ovo Vegetarian (the requirement for membership in the Nasarean Essene religion) is in the top 3% of their peers.
In other words, that dietary standard – becoming a basic vegetarian – is clearly a decent step to make in this lifetime – in terms of progressive nonviolence in dietary evolution – because, at that level, one is more highly evolved in dietary nonviolence than 97% of the human population.
The above key principle can be better understood by reading the Nasarean Book of Enoch in The Holy Megillah. It is there, in the discussion on ‘The Seven Heavens’ of our solar system, that we learn that the dietary standards of each heaven are progressively more-and-more nonviolent. We also learn that, as we ascend these progressively higher heavens, our bodies are transformed more-and-more into ethereal, angelic organisms, eventually achieving the state where WE NEED NO FOOD FROM OTHER BODIES TO SUSTAIN OURS.
Yahushua’s comments from his Sermon on Essene Yoga now continue:
187. “In Hindu yoga, eggs are not typically permitted in the diet; in Essene Yoga, they are permitted, though not required.
188. The more lenient Nasarean dietary rules that permit eating eggs enables more people to be included within our Circle of Yoga, including many that have inherited body types that require more of the building-foods than others.
189. Even so, anyone that chooses to abstain from eggs or to otherwise eat a more ascetic diet may freely do so.
190. “If you eat a more ascetic version of the vegetarian diet than required, do not boast, not even within yourself!
191. “Both Indian Yoga and Essene Yoga permit dairy products.
192. Essene Yoga advises that dairy products be fermented when feasible, for better digestion, but that is not a requirement.
193. Some people digest unfermented dairy products better than other persons.”
In the following verses, Yahshua makes clear that vegetarianism is a requirement to become a disciple and study Essene Yoga:
169. “Vegetarianism is The Foundation – Ha Yesod – of a human life based on Compassionate Love.
170. Indian Yoga, as is Essene Yoga, is built on the strong foundation of vegetarianism.
171. In India, authentic yoga teachers will not teach more than entry-level yoga to students that are not yet vegetarians.
172. “Likewise, Nasareans only initiate seekers into our yoga system if they have first become vegetarian and have fallen deeply in love with The Holy Megillah.
173. Seekers that are sincerely interested in taking initiation into Essene Yoga are asked to begin by reading the entire Megillah and, if not yet vegetarian, to become one.174. “Teachers of Essene Yoga are trained to offer introductory Megillah Bible Study Lessons and introductory Essene Yoga Classes for seekers that are not yet vegetarian or Nasarean, as well as to conduct Essene Yoga Fellowship Services for initiates only….
178. “I say to all that become Teachers of Essene Yoga Fellowship, do not neglect to require vegetarianism of those that accept My Yoke.”
In the above verses from Yahshua’s Sermon on Essene Yoga, he made clear that vegetarianism is a requirement to become an Essene Yogi. But in other sections of the Megillah, both he and Magdalene make clear that vegetarianism is also a requirement of becoming a general member of the Nasarean Church of the Essene Way. That will be made clear in subsequent chapters.
As we are about to see, Miriam the Magdalene is equally forthright in her condemnation of the killing and eating of animals. The majority of her sayings on the topic of vegetarianism appear in Chapter 79 of the Godspell (New Testament) section of The Holy Megillah.
