The 5 Letters: E, N, WThoughts are like fish in the great sea of the mind, and it is important
what fish we feed on or what thoughts we choose to make part of our
being. The Initiate chooses to attain the Christ-consciousness and remain
on that level.
Joshua, the son of Nun, was an Initiate of the Old Testament whom
God appointed to take Moses’ place in leading the people. He promised
He would be with him as He was with Moses. Later, those who chose to
become disciples of Jesus were known as fishermen. There are always
only a handful of individuals who seek the true wisdom, and out of the
multitudes only 12 became disciples. In the Bible, bread and fish were
related to spiritual teachings. The number 7, referring to the loaves, tells
us that the teachings were of a spiritual nature. This bread, or teachings,
filled the multitudes, while the few fishes were all that were needed to fill
the 12 disciples, who sought something deeper. Jesus explained this point
to them himself. He had told them to beware of the leavening of the Phari-
sees. The disciples thought it was because they had not brought bread
with them, but Jesus was referring to the teachings of the Pharisees as
leaven. Leaven is the yeast that changes the characteristics of the dough
and causes the bread to rise. Teachings are like leaven in that they can
change a person’s attitudes and beliefs.
How is it that you did not understand that I was not talk-
ing to you about the bread, but to beware of the leaven of
the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
Then they understood, that he did not say that they should
beware of the leaven of the bread, but of the teaching of
the Pharisees and of the Sadducees (Matthew 16: 11, 12).The bread that Jesus gave was the bread of Heaven.
This is the bread which came down from Heaven; it is not
like the manna which your forefathers ate and died; he
who eats of this bread shall live forever. (John 6:58)It is Jesus’ teachings that are the “bread of Heaven.” Whenever he
says, “I am” or “I give you,” the correct translation is: “My teachings
are,” because the direct translation has no “am” (See Max Freedom Long’s
book, What Jesus Taught in Secret, pages 7-8.) The correct text of John
6:51 is:
My teachings are the living bread [not “I am the living
bread”] because I came down from Heaven; if any man
eats of this bread [meaning, “takes in knowledge of”] he
shall live forever; and the bread which I will give is my
body [the outer teachings for all but his disciples] which I
am giving for the sake of the life of the world.Max Freedom Long tells us that the code meaning for “No man cometh
to the Father but by me” is really, “No man cometh to the Father but