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An Esoteric Understanding of Judaism!
By Dr Joshua David Stone

The religion of Judaism cannot be separated from the history of its people. The founder was the first great Jewish prophet, Abraham (the Ascended Master, El Morya). Abraham’s teacher was the great spiritual master, Melchizadek (the Master Jesus in a previous incarnation). We see in this regard, that Judaism, Christianity, the Order of Melchizadek are all inseparable.

Adding to this was the fact that Edgar Cayce, in his channelings of the Universal Mind, said that the Essenes, which was a Jewish sect, had it’s true inception at the time of Melchizadek.

The Virgin Mary, her husband, Joseph, John the Baptist (Elijah in a past life) were all Essenes. The same souls who started Judaism started Christianity. It was through Abraham, in his training from Melchizadek, that the first true understanding of monotheism began. Previous to this time, except for maybe Hinduism, all other forms of religion were polytheistic. This was a major break through in historical transformation of this planet.

Jesus’ connection to Judaism continued after Melchizadek, when he came back in future incarnations as told in the story of Joseph of the coat of many colors, and dream interpreter for the Pharoah. He later incarnated as Joshua, who led the Jewish people to the promised land after Moses died.

Any competition between the two religions is ludicrous for it is the same souls involved with both religions. The two greatest prophets of the Jewish religion, in all its history, were Abraham and Moses. What stands out as a key principle in understanding Judaism is the issue of the Jewish people’s "covenant" with God.

This covenant was first established by Abraham and later re-established with Moses. At the time of Abraham the name of God was pronounced "El-Shaddai". Later in Jewish history with the coming of Moses, God spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai and told him His name was "I Am That I Am" or just "I Am".

In Hebrew this is pronounced "Eayeh Asher Eayeh", or "YHWH". Translators in the Bible later changed this to Jehovah, which is not really an accurate translation. In Hebrew this would be Yod Hay Wah Hay, or Yod Hay Vav Hay.

The other name for God that was used over 2500 times in the Old Testament was "Elohim". This is very interesting given the fact that the Elohim are the Creator Gods, who helped God create the infinite universe. God was seen as having such a sacred name that Jewish teachings held that it could not be spoken. Given this fact, they often used the name "Adonai" to refer to God.

The Kaballah, which is the aspect of Judaism which deals with Jewish "mysticism", and the book, "The Keys of Enoch" both refer to God with all these names, however "YHWH" is the most common. (See chapters on the Kaballah and on the Keys of Enoch).

Abraham’s covenant with God can be seen in the book of Genesis when God said, "And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing." He was not afraid, for he had the promise of his God’ "And I will bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee will I curse; and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.:

When Abraham was ninety years old and nine, this covenant was reaffirmed when God said; "I am God Almighty; Walk before me, and be thou wholehearted . . . And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly … as for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be the father of a multitude of nations … and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a god unto thee and to thy seed after thee. And I will give unto thee and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God … and as for thee, thou shalt keep my covenant, thou, and thy seed after thee throughout their generations."

This is quite a powerful passage in the old testament and God has truly kept His word to this day. It is from this covenant that Judaism, Christianity, the Order of Melchizadek, the Essenes, and the Islamic religion were all born.

The Islamic religion is part of this story according to Mohammed, their prophet. He totally believed that Islam had its antecedents in the succession of prophets of Abraham, Moses, and Jesus. These prophets are all believed in by Moslems, however, they also believe that Mohammed was the greatest, or revealed the greatest revelation of God. Another part of the connection is that Islam had its roots from Abraham’s son, Ishmael, according to Islamic teaching.

Judaism had its roots from Abraham’s son’s Isaac and Jacob. This covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob was reinforced five hundred years later with the coming of Moses, who is considered the greatest of the Jewish prophets.

Everyone knows his story of Moses so there is no need to go into it except for one part. The most significant moment in Moses life was his climbing of Mount Sinai when he spoke to God as symbolized by the burning bush.

This story was always of great interest and meaning to me, personally, and I was always curious as to whom Moses was speaking. Was he speaking to his Higher Self, his Monad, an Angel, an Ascended Master? I asked Djwhal Khul about this and He told me that He was actually speaking to "God".

This powerful revelation and reaffirmation of the covenant with the Jewish was seen in the Old Testament, in the book of Exodus; "And the angel of the Lord appeared unto Moses in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush; and he looked, and behold the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed … God called unto him out of the midst of the bush and said, "Moses, Moses." and he said; "Here Am I." and he said, "Draw not nigh hither; Put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground… I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob…"

Later Moses asked what was God’s name. the answer came, "I Am That I Am. Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel. "I Am" hath sent me unto you. (See chapter on the Mighty I Am Presence.) The highlight of this revelation came later when YHWH gave Moses the Ten Commandments, "I Am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

"Thou shalt have no other Gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any manner of likeness, of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; Thou shalt not bow down unto them, nor serve them; Thou shalt not bow down unto them, nor serve them; For I, the Lord thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquities of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; and showing mercy unto the thousandth generation of them that love Me and keep my commandments.

"Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; For the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh His name in vain.

"Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath unto the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt not do any manner of work, thou nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy mad-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested on the seventh day; Where for the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.

"Honor thy Father and thy Mother, that thy day may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

"Thou shalt not murder.

"Thou shalt not commit adultery.

"Thou shalt not steal.

"Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

"Thou shalt not covet thy neighbors house; Thou shalt not covet thy neighbors wife, nor his man servant, nor his maid servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbors."

It must be understood that at the time that the Jewish people lived, in terms of the period of history I am writing about, civilization and consciousness was not very advanced. It was the purpose of Melchizadek, Abraham, and Moses, to establish this covenant between the Jewish people and God, and to lay down the laws by which they would live.

Part of the Jewish teaching was the looking forward to the coming of the "Messiah". Melchizadek, Abraham, and Moses were the great spiritual teachers and masters of the astrological age of Aires, in planetary astrology. Melchizadek and Abraham began this dispensation in approximately 2000 BC. Planetary astrology dictates the coming of an Avatar or Great Spiritual teacher every 2000 years.

Jesus Christ was born into a Jewish family, who were members of the Jewish community known as the Essenes. (See chapter on Essenes). Many people forget that Jesus was a Jewish rabbi. Jesus was the Messiah that the Jewish people were looking for. The problem was that the Sanhedrin and Jewish authorities were holding on top too tightly to the "Law" as set down by Moses and the Jewish prophets, to see that Jesus was bringing the next dispensation of the Jewish religion.

Jesus was bringing the understanding, that love was even greater than the law. Some Jewish people recognized Him as the Messiah, however, most of those in control didn’t. This is no judgment, just a simple statement of fact. This created the schism between Judaism and Christianity which, in truth, was and still is the same religion at it’s core.

The Jews didn’t, to a large degree, recognize Jesus as the son of God, the Christ. The problem came later in that Christians distorted Jesus Christ’s teachings, saying He was "the only son of God". The truth being, of course, that we are all the "Christ".

The Jewish people didn’t allow their religion to continue to evolve. In truth this can be said about almost all the major religions. Most of the major religions were created 2,000 to 3,000 years before. Many of the understandings are outdated and were brought forth only for that time period.

People must understand that religion and consciousness is an evolving thing. Djwhal Khul said about the Alice Bailey books, that some of the material would be outdated in twenty or thirty years. Each initiation we go through, we have to die to a certain level of understanding and be reborn to a new one. This is true of races of people as a whole.

Each root race bring through a new level of understanding and attunement. Too many religions are trying to hold on too tightly to the past instead of building upon it. Jesus was not trying to create a new religion, He was trying to build upon the wonderful foundation Abraham and Moses, and other prophets had laid down.

The low level of consciousness of the period of history we are speaking of caused the Jewish people and the Christians in the last 2000 years to misinterpret what the great prophets were really saying. Because of their wrong relationship to self, and lack of control of their own negative ego, they projected onto God human qualities. This has occurred in Judaism, Christianity, the Islamic faith, Buddhism, and really, in all religions.

In Judaism this is seen as the angry and jealous Old Testament God. In Christianity, as the Fundamentalist Christian understanding of God. Buddhism went so far as to not even believe in God. In Islamic teachings, the vengeful God was portrayed. This is not judgment upon these religions, but rather, the natural process of man’s wrong relationship to himself and the corresponding projection that, hence, has to take place.

The issue of the Messiah has, again comes to the forefront in our world today. 2000 more years have gone by and we are at the end of another age, the Piscean Age and the beginning of the Aquarian Age in planetary astrology. Again it is time for the Spiritual Avatar to return.

The Jews are again prophesying the coming of the Messiah. The Christians are prophesying the coming of Jesus. The Moslems are prophesying the coming of the Imanmadhi. The Buddhists are prophesying the coming of Buddha Maitreya. We are in the exact same position we were 2000 years ago.

The Messiah is here and His name is Lord Maitreya, the head of the Great White Brotherhood. Will the Jews recognize Him? With no judgment intended, I doubt it. Will the fundamentalist Christians recognize him? He is not Jesus, so I doubt it. Will the Buddhists and Moslems recognize him? It is unlikely the Moslems will, and the Buddhists remain to be seen.

This is part of the reason Lord Maitreya has not declared Himself. Those people who are involved with "traditional religion" are still too stuck in their separative traditions to see that the Spiritual Avatar and World Teacher they seek is right before them, but they don’t have the eyes to see or the ears to hear. This is part of the reason why the new age movement is so important.

One other very important issue I want to tackle here is the issue of the "chosen people", and the reason that the Jews have suffered and been persecuted so greatly throughout history. These two points are two different subjects, in reality. However, they may have some partial correlation.

First it must be understood that the Jewish people are not chosen people. As "The Course in Miracles" says, "all are chosen, but few choose to listen". The Jewish people chose God, and to follow His commandments. This statement has been misinterpreted at times by both Jews and Christians to be some kind of "egotistical, superior" statement.

If the Jewish people used it in this way, then, as the Bible says, "After pride cometh the fall." There are some Jewish people who have used this statement in this way and this can cause nothing but a karmic backlash from others. In other’s situations non-Jews may have interpreted this statement to mean pride, which caused them to fight back out of their own false pride.

Other reasons for the Jewish people’s suffering and persecution was the strict set of laws they were required to live by which made them different from other people. It is the nature of the negative ego to not like people who are different.

Another reason may be the issue of what I spoke of earlier as their holding on to the law and tradition so tightly and not being willing to evolve their religion and understanding. This could create a kind of separateness.

Another reason is a clannishness that gets reinforced one thousand times over each time they would be persecuted. I was raised Jewish and I sense a certain need of the Jewish people to keep themselves separate on some level. This can only create a backlash. This may be changing somewhat in modern times with most of the Jewish population living in America.

By no means do I mean to be critical of the Jewish people or religion in making some of these points. These same points can be easily applied to certain aspects of Christianity (fundamentalist movement). I could make these points with Hinduism with their caste system. I could make the same points with the Islamic teachings and their fundamentalist movements.

There is no judgment or blame in any of this. We are attempting here, to use the sword of spiritual discernment and discrimination to separate out where "glamour, maya, illusion, and ego" may have infiltrated and misinterpreted the true teachings of all the great originators of these religions.

In the future it will be essential for all the world religions to come into a more universalistic understanding of religion, and let go of the "ego" that says theirs is the only true way to go. The ego has infiltrated all the world’s religions and this is a fact. This is why so many people have left religion and have sought what I would call "spirituality" instead.

This book and chapter is an attempt to bridge this gap by understanding the antecedent causes of this schism, so religion can take its true and proper place in the world. Religion is a wonderful thing as long as the negative ego isn’t its guide and organizer.

The Great White Brotherhood and Spiritual Hierarchy, in its infinite compassion understands most clearly these problems and that is why it is sending the Jewish people within the next ten years (the end of this century) its own personal Messiah besides the Lord Maitreya.

This will basically be true of all the world’s religions. Specific Masters working under the Lord Maitreya, will be sent to reform these religions in the directions I have mentioned. Jesus will be reforming Christianity from the inner plane. Two Buddhist Masters will be reforming Buddhism. A new world religion is coming that will incorporate all religions as valid paths back to the creator.

The Old Testament and Noah’s Ark
The story of Noah’s ark in the Old Testament, is making reference to the destruction of Atlantis. The prophets of Atlantis knew the earth changes and destruction was coming so they guided those that served the Law of One to leave.

Noah’s ark is a literal and symbolic depiction of this story. A friend recently told me about an hour long documentary on PBS that actually told of and showed the finding of the Noah’s ark. If I am not mistaken they found it on top of Mount Ariat in Turkey. It is frozen in the snow on the top of the mountain, and can clearly be seen in the summer when the snow melts. The ark has split in half, but the compartments inside and the overall shape of it can clearly be seen.

Moses and the Story of the Parting of the Red Sea
I have always been curious as to the truth of this story in the Bible about Moses parting the Red Sea to escape the Pharaoh’s army. I proceeded to ask Djwhal Khul about this and what He told me was that it was a true story. It didn’t exactly happen as the movie portrayed, however, the Red Sea did part for Moses to allow the Jewish people to escape.

I asked Djwhal how Moses did this and He said that it was "an act of God". Moses prayed for help and God responded with what we would call a miracle.

While I was on the subject, I also asked Djwhal Khul about the ten plagues that Moses called forth to convince the Pharoah to let the Jewish people go. He told me that these did happen in reality and that it was the power of God that Moses called forth that caused them. This is not just a Biblical story, it did actually happen!!!

The Story of Adam and Eve in the Old Testament
According to the Universal Mind, as channeled through Edgar Cayce, Adam and Eve were true Biblical figures. As I told, in the chapter on the Story of Creation, Adam was an incarnation of Jesus. His fall was both an actual personal story, and a symbolic one for all mankind.

The Teachings of Judaism
Judaism is a strongly earthly focused religion. It is more focused on this life than an after life. Much like Confucianism, its main focus is that of ethics and the doing of God’s will. The heart of the Jewish religion is set down in the Torah.

The Torah stands for the five books of Moses. Judaism, however, does rely on other scripture, which is sometimes loosely described as the Torah (Law and Teaching). The Torah sets down hundreds and hundreds of laws by which the Jewish people are to live. Some of them are quite practical and deal with all areas of Jewish life on spiritual, mental, emotional, and practical earthly levels.

A central concept of Judaism is the ideal of "Mitvah" or doing good deeds. Ancient Rabbis listed 613 mitsvahs, ranging from visiting the sick, to studying the Torah. Judaism sees man as having free will, and being constantly faced with the choice between good and evil.

The Jewish path is one of loving God, and trying to be like Him, which means loving one’s fellow man. Traditional Judaism does not believe in reincarnation, however, there is some vague belief in an after life. It is interesting, however, that in the Kabbalistic aspect of Judaism, which is Jewish mysticism. reincarnation is believed in. The problem is that the Kabbalistic teachings, which are kind of like the secret Jewish teachings, are not presented to the general public. The Kabbalistic teachings are like what the Jewish sect who were called the Essenes, were involved with.

Kabbalistic teachings are so exciting and filled with the true spirit of God that I have included a chapter in my book on the Kabbalah and "the Keys of Enoch" to share this tremendous teaching with you. I was so very happy to find the Jewish religion is tremendously rich in this regard if one delves a little deeper into the secret teachings. Even though I am raised Jewish, I see myself as a universalist who believes in all religions and all spiritual paths. How can one choose between Abraham, Melchizadek, Moses, Jesus, Krishna, Buddha, Rama, Sai Baba, Lord Maitreya, Mohammed, Confucius, Lao Tse, Zoroaster. They are all so incredibly beautiful it is impossible to choose just one. I have reconciled this by choosing Them all.

I like what Sai Baba says in this regard. "Whatever religion you are involved in, keep it, for I am in all of them." Whatever form you call on, He will respond. I enjoy shifting from one to another at different phases of my life, for they each bring forth a different flavor and feeling that is unique to each form.

In Jewish law, a Jew does not cease being a Jew simply because he or she lapses from observance. Raising a family is a sacred duty to most Jewish families. It is through this family loyalty that they express loyalty to Judaism. Jewish families are very much into celebrating the rich Jewish heritage and tradition that comes forth in the celebration of the different Jewish holidays.

There are three branches of Judaism, Orthodox, Conservative, and reform. The three branches agree on most matters of Theology, but not on how Judaism is practiced. There are also many Jewish people who look at Judaism as more of a culture heritage rather than a religion. This is not discussed a lot, but in my observation is quite widespread.

The acknowledged foundation of Judaism are the "Principles of Faith", "the Ten Commandments", the "Golden Rule", and the "Laws of Holiness". Few religions can boast of such a close knit family as the tradition of Judaism. In Judaism, the physical world is seen as good and it is meant to be enjoyed.

Sabbath services are held in the Synagogue on Friday evenings and Saturday mornings. There are no pictures or images of God in the temple or synagogues because of the commandment not to have graven images.

The chief officer in the synagogue is the Rabbi (teacher). The Jewish state is called Israel (means Jacob, son of Abraham). The children of Israel were first of all, his twelve sons which made up the twelve tribes. The prophets are the exponents of the highest elements in the Hebrew religion.

Some of the major prophets were Issiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Samuel (Saint Germain), Joshua (Jesus), Elijah (John the Baptist), Amos, Hosea, and Micah. The "Talmud" is the later Jewish interpretation of the Bible. The Talmud also developed a belief in life after death. Ancient Judaism was very weak on this point. The Biblical command, "Love thy neighbor as thyself" also runs through this teachings.

Moses Maimonides, a Jewish philosopher in the twelfth century AD set out thirteen principles which have been accepted as a summary of the Jewish creed and are incorporated in the authorized daily prayer book. These thirteen articles of faith are:

Faith in God, the Creator

His Unity

His Incorporeality

His Eternity

To Him, alone, Worship is due

Belief in the words of the Prophets

Moses, as the Greatest Jewish Prophet

The Revelation of the Laws of Moses,

The Law as Unchanging

Belief in God’s All-Knowledge

His rewards and Punishments

The Coming of the Messiah

The Resurrection of the Dead
The most famous book of the Kabbalah was the Zohar, Book of Splendor, attributed to Moses of Granada, who died in 1305. It is also from the Kabbalistic teachings came the understanding of the tree of life which I will share with you in that chapter later on in this book.

There are approximately 12 million Jews in the modern world today, with over half of them in the United States. This is despite over 6 million being massacred by the Nazis in World War II. From that carnage one creative event in history did occur which was the establishment of the Jewish State of Isreal in 1948. This was the fulfillment of God’s covenant with Abraham over 4000 years ago.

Judaism
Judaism is a wonderful religion with a very rich tradition. I have much appreciation for all I have gained from this experience of being incarnated into a Jewish family. The glamours and illusions of Judaism are quite interesting.

First off, Djwhal Khul has said that the Jewish race actually came from the previous solar system. There are apparently seven different progressing solar systems when one studies in-depth occult knowledge. The Jewish race was the most advanced of the past solar system. The major glamour has been not allowing themselves to assimilate, and hence have created separation.

The Jewish people performed a great service from the time of Abraham and the greatest Jewish prophet, Moses. The Jewish race carried forth God’s law. The only problem was that when the new dispensation of the Piscean Age arrived, they stayed stuck in the Law and didn’t allow the next progressive revelation to be acknowledged.

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