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Ik
wist niet
dat het alweer
zo laat was geworden.
Meestal leef ik zo tijdloos
dat ik soms moeite heb om me
te herinneren in welke kamer of zelfs op welke plaats ik ben.
Net als in dromen kunnen tijd, plaats & personen kolossaal door elkaar gaan lopen,
visioenen zijn dan ook blijkbaar van alle tijden & menselijke hersenspinsels:
heilige schriften staan er vol mee. "G d", Yesjoe, heilige geest,
aanwezigheid, liefdevol & teder, eeuwig komende & gaande,
'g d als redder', bevrijder, verlosser, verlichter,
psychedelicatessenbron & wat niet
gedurende die vele duizenden
jaren & eeuwen in allerlei
hoeken & gaten,
diep binnenin
ons
...

Anyway,
what were the core positions
of sects concerning the creation of new ideas
within those strange{r} communities? I felt at home in Israel
from the very first time somewhere in january '67 & ever since even though
they kept kicking me out for some reason. I was lucky to meet Danny Boyarin & Uri Davis, people
from all over the world in ten {or twenty?} kibbutzim like Sdeh Boqer & Ruchama in the Negev, Har El and Cheftsiba near Yeroesjalayiem & the mountains of Gilboah, Moshav Shitufi Yod Fat {Yotapata}, Shamir on the old border with Syria, Matsuva, Chakoek, Parod, Be'eri, Ginossar & all those other places inbetween Tel
Dan & Santa Katerina near Mount Sinai & Mount Hermon, the valleys, wadis, hilltops all over the country &
the shore of the Mediterrannean, Red & Dead Sea, Kinnereth,
books & ruins, stones & broken
pots & cans.

Meeting people in the Middle East can easily carry one away to far away weird times, places and peoples?!

The teachings of the sect
- or at least of some of them - were quite esoteric, and never intended for Israel as a whole.
Indeed, the members of the sect were commanded to "hide the counsel of the Law in the midst
of the men of injustice". Yet, when the same member was afforded religious revelation of some
kind, it was forbidden to keep it to himself, lest the elders of the community be angry with him:
"And every matter hidden from Israel but which has been found out by the Interpreter,
he should not keep it hidden from them from fear
of a spirit straying"
The term "straying"
refers in the Qumrantexts to a betrayal of the sect's covenant.
In the Manual of Discipline, the man is cursed who enters
this covenant, and places the obstacles of his iniquity in front of himself to stray,
may he be cut off from the midst of all the sons of light because of his straying
& the Damascus Document distinguishes between those who "stray and those who "hold fast"! Flavius Josephus also mentioned these two complementary rules: according to his acoount, members of the Essenes would vow
'to conceal nothing from the members of the sect and to report none of their secrets to others'
As for he rule requiring that members make available their discoveries to the broader communoty, it is tied to the sect's historiosophy, to wit, that the entire course of history, from arche to eschaton, has been divinely foreordained:
"Everything has been engraved before you with the stylus of remembrance for all the incessant periods and the cycles of the number of everlasting years in all their predetermined times, and they will not be hidden, and will not be lacking
from before you!"
The history of the world
has been foreordained, divided into a series of "times" or eras,
to the point that it is said of human beings
'You have shared out their tasks in all their generations'.
One wishing to live according to
"G d's will"
must, then adopt a series of changing attitudes, each according to the events of his time, of his generation. He must, then,
'walk with everyone in the measure of the truth
and the regulation of the time'.

This is the reason
for a positive approach toward the religious ferment and practical position of the sect with the changing course of history. The occasional revelations of divine guidance regarding the appropriate position to be adopted vis-a-vis the shifting conditions, and it was the sect member's obligation to act accordingly. It was incumbent upon him
'to be united in the 'holy' counsel of "g d" and walk in perfection in His sight,
complying with all revealed things concerning the regulated times of their stipulations',
while the Qumran sages were enjoined
'to fulfill the will of "G d" in compliance with all revelation for every period; he should acquire all the wisdom that had been gained according to the periods
and the decree
of the period'.

The practical outcome
of the community's positive disposition
toward the revelations occurring in its midst,
was that the individual members supported the evolution of its sectarian doctrine, and even guided it.

Needless to say, the publication
of individual views within the sect entailed a critique of the spiritual innovations of any individual member. Of course, only innovations that did not break with these core beliefs of the sect could be accepted. Josephus recounts that the Essene initiate vowed
'to transmit their rules exactly as he himself received them'
perhaps the oath alluded to before:
'I do not exchange your truth for wealth,
or for a bribe all your judgments,
since, all who know you
do not change
your words!"

NU
kan
OVERAL
een ieder voor zichzelf beoordelen
welke delen vastliggen in genetica en wetgeving,
erfelijke belasting & parlementaire democratie & wat daarna 'openstaat' voor interpretatie, applicatie en
operatie/correctie?!

De vragen uit dat 'land van ooit'
"TOEN & DAAR"
& de uiteenlopende antwoorden van voor bijna 2000 jaar
hebben we dus blijkbaar mede dankzij de droge luchtstromen & de waterstromen die vlak langs al die nederzettingen, rotsspeloken & koele grotten langs de oevers van de Dode Zoutzee zijn blijven vloeien zelf meegekregen op onze lichamelijke, geestelijke &
sociale tochten tussen de Grote Rivieren
van 't Midden Oosten.

Die talen,
verhalen, geschriften, meningen,
openbaringen & ontdekkingen zijn nu & hier
ons aller erfenis geworden dwars door al die tijden & plaatsen heen. Soms liggen onderdelen
van ons leven vast totdat we de verbanden ontdekken die tot dan toe blijkbaar verborgen lagen. Dan kan
ook blijken in hoeverre we trouw zijn aan onszelf & elkaar, en waar we de mist in kunnen gaan. Wat mij betreft dient ook myDi als 'n oor- & oogopener: je schrijft wat je voelt, denkt, leest, doet, laat & zo ook nu
voortaan blijft ontdekken {of juist niet}: er zijn periodes die elkaar afwisselen door onze jaren & eeuwen
heen ~ wat is er mooier dan te blijven ontwaren dankzij al die psychedelische hersenspinsels bij dag & bij
nacht? Je kunt natuurlijk ook niet van torens afspringen of hoge toppen maar
opener worden voor datgene waar het in essentie
eigenlijk [altijd weer?] om blijft gaan
in 't groot & in 't klein, dichterbij
& verder af?

Met 'n
vergootglas bij de hand
& 'n cyberspeciale virtuele lijn naar bijna 'overal elders' hebben we nu onze
eigen versie van vuistbijl, speer- & pijlpunt in handen: onze {r}evolutionaire spelletjes zijn eindeloos als ze blijven werken & 't voorlopige 'doel' kunnen bereiken.
Daarna volgen nieuwe antwoorden
& vragen
...
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