BOOK OF GLEANINGS.
CHAPTER TWO: ELOMA.
(1) It came about that the sons of The Children of Yah mated with the daughters of The Children of Men, who knew well the ways of men and were not reserved. The covenant had been broken and strange women were taken into the households, some even as wives, but though the daughters were lesser women, the sons were wonderfully big and mighty fighting men.
(2) These new people came out of the wastelands and crossed to Kithermis, which they divided in three parts between them, and there were rivers on the boundaries. This was when the years of man's life were lessened because he became fully Earth-sustained, but he remained full of vigour though filled with hostility, particularly towards those who loved.
(3) To the East was the land of Ubal which was mountainous and the Ubalites were herdsmen. Westward was the land of Chaisen and it joined Ubak on the North. Southward were the land of Utoh and the land of Kayman, whose peoples dwelt on the plains and tilled the soil. Some from the households of The Children of Yah went into the land of Chaisen and gave the people laws and taught them to build with brick. Netar and Baletsheramam, the sons of Enanari, taught them writing and set their letters on a pillar in Herak. Enkilgal, son of Nenduka, built Keridor which stands between two rivers.
(4) Then came the lengthening of the years, when the time of sowing was confused and seed died in the ground. In those days, Enos came up out of Chaisen and spoke for the god of The Children of Men. In those days, there were many having the blood of The Children of Yah who inclined their ears towards his words, for they thought Yah the Great of their fathers had abandoned them. Therefore, the enlightening word of Yah came to Eloma. Eloma, daughter of Kahema, heard the voice of Yah and was carried into the wilderness unto a place where there was a cave and clear running waters, and she dwelt there for seven years. Eloma had three sons and they all heard the voice of Yah and walked with Him. Her firstborn son was Haryanah and he carried the word of
Yah to the Children of Yah who dwelt in the Northlands, for they had forgotten His Ways. He married Didi, daughter of a great king and became an even greater king; he had many sons who all became kings among men of renown. Yahama, her second born son, carried the word of Yah to those who dwelt towards the sunrising, and Manum, her third born son, carried it to those towards sunsetting.
(5) When the ear of the Spirit was opened in Eloma, she returned to her people and became The Interpreter of Yah. In the days when some men left to dwell among The Children of Men, others came to Eloma and said, "Behold, men leave and we become weak, while The Children of Men become strong. Can this be the will of our Father?" Then Eloma called upon Yah and He heard her cry and said unto her, "Let your spirit be at peace, for things happen as they will; it is the grain being winnowed from the chaff. It is always easier for men to follow the ways
of the flesh than the ways of the Spirit, yet the deeper man descends into the vale of earthly things, the harder the climb out to the heights of Glory. A generation to go down, ten generations to rise again. Man must struggle or degenerate, but the path of pleasure is pleasant, while the path of progress is beset with pain and strife." Yah said to Eloma, His servant, "Behold, I have been good to My children, they have been given everything that is pleasant, everything has come easily to their hand. The lot of The Children of Men is more harsh and yet they prosper. Childish things are expected from a child, but when it grows up more is anticipated. Yet still My children come to Me as children."
(6) Yah then said, "Go, return to the place from whence you came and remain there for seven years" and she did so. The seven years passed and Eloma returned to the people and, behold, the fertile fields were unsown, the water channels were dry and there was desolation in the midst of the waters. Eloma sought among the fields and when she came upon the habitations her heart was rent apart. For she saw the daughters of The Children of Yah consorted with the sons of The Children of Men and were become unlike true women. Then Eloma said to them, "Wherefore has this thing come about?" And they answered, "Behold, men came from out of the wilderness and our men were like sheep before wolves; see, even now they labour within a pen of servitude.” Eloma then went unto the men and said, "Wherefore has this thing come about?" and they answered her, "Behold, the god of the Children of Men is, unlike ours, a god of battles and we were delivered into their hands.” Then Eloma was heavy of heart and called upon Yah, saying, "Behold the plight of Your children" and Yah heard her and answered, "I am not indifferent, for their sufferings are My sufferings. They are not under the whips of men but under the flail of Yah, the grain is being separated from the chaff. They toil not under the blows of men but under the hammer of Yah, they are not imprisoned but are upon an anvil. I am not the Yah of battles, not the Yah of nations, not even the Yah of men. I am the Yah of Souls, The Keeper of the Treasures of Eternity. I have not turned away from My children. My children have turned away from Me, disobeying My laws. This cry will echo down through the generations of man: "Yah, why have You deserted me?" And it will come from those who have deserted Yah.”
(7)"Arise, go seek among the people and you will find a maiden who is pure at heart, but she is mocked and degraded by being made a swine attendant. Take her with you and go to Shinara, guard her well, for she is the daughter of a new dawning." Eloma sought among the people and found Nanua, Maid of the Morning, and they went into Shinara.
(8) The Voice of God came to Eloma in Shinara, saying, "This is the way things shall be with those who aspire to Yah-hood. They must follow only the paths which I have shown through the words of My interpreters. The unfolding spirit residing in those who have the blood of The Children of Yah and the greatness that dwells in men shall be magnified in the blood of their children. Their wisdom shall be greatly multiplied, if the tie of blood be strong. As good wine become bad if diluted over much, so is greatness in the blood of man. There is a virtue in the blood of those whose forbears were The Children of Yah, and if two people having this blood marry, then this virtue is increased in their children, so it is greater than either parent. There is a law of inheritance from which no man is exempt, for man is governed by the laws of earthly creatures as well as by
greater laws. Is not the best ram chosen to sire the new flock? So let women choose the best among men that they can and let men choose the best among women, and they who heed My words will know which is the best. Let the truly great ones rule."
(9) Yah said, "The creative words remain on this side of the veil, but their echoes resound on your side. The real remains here, but its reflection is there; creation is My mirror, though it is not without distortions. I have created in spirit and in matter. My thoughts have ranged from the unseeable smallest to the incomprehensible largest. My greatest thoughts formed substance for the spirits of the sons and daughters of Earth."
(10) "Truth and justice, perfection of beauty and goodness remain with Me, and these you can know on Earth only by their reflection. In the universe of Truth all things are free from illusion and are seen in reality, but on Earth even the reflection is distorted. I have created light and called it substance; it is illuminated within by the light of an ever present love potential."
(11) "Men call on many gods, though above all there is but One; yet whatever they call Me I will hear them, for I Am Yah Above Names, The Yah Embracing All Names. Whatever men believe, if it serves Good it serves Yah. But gold necklaces are not for sheep and outward forms of worship must suffice for the spiritually undeveloped. The rituals of men may often be empty ceremonials, but they may also guard the Great Mysteries behind them."
(12) "If a man seeks to enter My Presence by prayer and says, "Yah grant me this or give me that," the thing will be neither granted nor given, unless it be for his spiritual good or benefit another. I am no huxter bargaining blessings in exchange for worship, nothing man can give can add to what I have. Also do Me little honour when they fail to recognise that I Am above concern for mere bodies which decay and fall apart when the enlivening spirit leaves them. Yet man is but man, know that I Am Yah of understanding and compassion. If man cries out to Me, in genuine stress and suffering, he will not go unrelieved and uncomforted. Yet understand that suffering and sorrow are the lot of man, that he may become Man god. There is also the Great Law to which man must conform; there are intricacies of enidvadew to be unwoven and the challenging paths of destiny and
fate to be followed. Too often the price paid for things done or not done is pain and suffering, sorrow and distress, but where would be the benefit to the debtor were I to wipe out such debts? Yet will I see that never, be even a single grain, will they exceed that which is absolutely necessary and just. On earth, joy and gladness will always outweigh pain and sorrow."
(13) "Earth is Earth, take it as you find it, do not expect to find heavenly things there. It is a place of tuition and the purpose of life is learning. All things of Earth are limited and mortal, immortality will not be found there. When the things of Earth have fulfilled their hidden purposes, each passes away, returning to the dust from whence it came."
(14) "Behold, in the days to come Truth shall be unfolded to all peoples, revealed in a degree and manner which will accord with their needs and capabilities. It will be passed on from generation to generation and from man to man. The purity of its flame will accord with the quality of the oil of spirituality with which it is fed and replenished; hence there will be many differing degrees of purity and revelation. The food which one man enjoys may sit heavily on the stomach of another, yet it would be foolish to say that the food enjoyed by one should become the food of all. So it is with the spiritual things which men believe."
(15) "I will not send prophets, nor will I appoint spokesmen, but such will arise through their own efforts and enter into conscious union with Me. They will point the way, which will be followed by the spiritually sturdy, but others less strong in Spirit must take a slower path, and many will advance only by faith and service, by justice and kindliness towards others."
(16) "The spark of divinity in man generates inspiring dreams which will ever lure him onward and upward, yet the road is long, the journey wearing and often unpleasant. Man has unnecessarily encumbered himself, he has enshrouded his spirit under a winding sheet of earthly passions. With his Great Eye blinded by indulgence in vice and his spirit corroded by corruption, his fallible senses only are left to him, and these deceive him into believing the mortal vehicle is his total being. Affliction and decay are now the lot of man and he has passed into
a long, dark night of ignorance. Now only by journeying the long and painful road of earthly experience can his soul be cleansed and awakened to the realisation of the Glory within him."
(17) "Man may conceive Me as he will and it will be well. I am not Yah of pettishness. As I brought forth the Creation, so shall he bring forth the revelation of his Yah. Unto you, Eloma, My child, I grant the keys of Communion and Union."
(18) Then Eloma went out among the people and taught them about their Creator in this manner, "I bring you the soul-whispered words of Yah, The Eternal Tower of Strength, The Fathomless Ocean of Compassion. He has hung the Earth in the void, surrounding it with nothingness, yet by His power it remains in its appointed place. He veils His Glory behind the shield of illusion, lest it overpower the spirits of men. He is obscured by the dark cloud of mortal ignorance. He is the inspirational spirit ever entering the hearts of man, striving to arouse them to reach out towards greatness and achievement."
(19) "He has moulded the sky above us and bedecked it with splendour and awesome beauty. He taught the stars their song of joy and the winds their wondrous music. All the widespread Earth proclaim His creativity, while the high vaults reveal His skill and handiwork. His messages go out to men, not in the speech of men but in wordless whispers to their hearts. His finger prescribes a course for the fertilising waters which nourish the desolate sands, making tender buds burst forth from the dead soil. The soft waters caress the ground and pastures arise to become the habitations of great flocks and herds."
(20) "The rose unfolds its beauty to honour Him and the woodbine delights Him with perfume delivered upon the wind. The cornfields bow in humility, then the wheat stalks raise upwards in praise. The trees spread wide their worshipping branches and the barley heads whisper together of His sun-given bounty. He is the Fountainhead of All Life, the Overseer of the Fertilising Waters and the Captain of the Stars."
(21) "Men stand beneath the great dome of the night skies and are overawed by the work of their architect and by the bright mysteries displayed in such a pattern of beauty. They become dismayed at their own smallness, but are reassured by His words which have come down to them from ancient times."
(22) "Yah has crowned man with Life and set the sceptre of intellect in his hand. He has given him the flail of mastery over all other living creatures and set him on the Throne of Creation. He disciplines us when young and stretches out a welcoming hand when we near the end of life's journey. He accompanies men on their pilgrimage along the road of Life, mitigating their misfortunes and rejoicing with them in its pleasant surprises. He balances the lives of all men, so they continually encounter conditions and situations meat for them."
(23) "The widespread, mysterious Heavens are His Throne and bountiful earth His footstool; no structure man could build would contain Him. Did He need a residence, no place built by the hands of man could compare with that
which His hands could erect. There is nothing on Earth that man can give Yah which could add to Yah's Glory or increase what He has. The only acceptable sacrifice man can offer is service to the will of Yah, and Yah's will is that man should spiritualise himself and improve the earth. To offer goods or money as a sacrifice is an insult to Yah, it is shirking the needful effort, evading the necessary duty and obligation; it is the easy way and not acceptable."
(24) "Yah is the refuge of the poor and the comforter of the needy. His compassion encompasses men when troubles weigh heavily upon them. Yet tribulation and adversity, sorrow and suffering are not to be thought of as needless burdens imposed upon the difficulties inseparable from earthly life. They are things of value which open the eyes to Truth, tempering the spirit, as iron is tempered in the flame."
(25) Eloma taught many things and she forbade any man to fornicate with unwedded matrons whose silver tongue beguiled and whose winsome ways led men astray. She also decreed that men should not fornicate with any maid or another's wife, for none so doing could call himself an honourable man, and such deeds canker the spirit.
(26) It was Eloma who taught men the wisdom of the stars which journeyed according to their destinies. She taught them to interpret the pattern of each man's life, which is woven from the threads of fate and destiny and interwoven with the many coloured strands of enidvadew. These things were learned and written down by Ishkiga.
COMMENTARY.
Yahuah (Father) had withdrawn from Mankind in the first Book of Creation yet he somehow knew there was a Presence with him. From the first chapter of the Book of Gleanings we saw how man and woman were learning how to use each other.
We’re coming now in this chapter to some of the important phrases concerning the state of Mankind. What will we learn?
So they mated. The covenant had been broken and eventually the Children of Yah had been exposed. The result was the daughters being lesser woman but the men being powerful fighters.
So they crossed the wastelands to Kithermis breaking into three distinct groups. Where is Kithermis? A search of the internet produced nothing but with the use of wastelands before and rivers circling it shouldn’t be too difficult to work out if anyone wants to apply their hand to it! My guess is somewhere around India. As an aside, it looks a bit like kith of Hermes. Hmmm. The people referring to this are the Egyptians many centuries later. Did they have a connection with Hermes - otherwise known as a fallen angel or Nephilim. What was it called when the people first went there? So these people, who were at least part of the second defilement start to show a connection/mating with ‘giants’ (the Nephilim or Naphidim from Book of Jasher chapter 27), fallen angels or alien hybrids shown through the reference to mighty fighting men. (Much later again, from Biblical times, many of the giants confronted by Joshua and the Israelites crossing into the Promised Land made boats departing on the ocean currents to other places which is why, such as Stonehenge in Britain, appeared around the same time.) Much later also Abram/Abraham/Avram came forward from the cradle of civilisation in Mesopotamia who in turn came from (I’ve heard) India. (Where did they go to India from previously?) Also, is our human race shorter lived than these others? Might this mean our lives are filled with relatively more vigour leading to daily portions of food (poison?) to contain our expanding energy levels. If we could give up food entirely maybe we’d become Demi-gods as long as we eliminate other self- indulgences. All food for thought. Thus we became Earth-sustained, full of vigour but hostile particularly to those who loved.
Ubal was to the east in mountainous territory. (The Ubalites were herdsmen.) To the West was Chaisen joining Ubak to the north. Southward was Utoh and Kayman whose people tilled the soil. Some of the Children of Yah went into Chaisen, gave them laws and taught how to build bricks. The sons of Enanari taught writing. Enkilgal built Keridor which stands between two rivers. I couldn’t find any of these countries on the internet but there was a reference to a mountainous area between rivers called Mesopotamia. Here we are then (likely ) in the cradle of civilisation.
As more and more years went by the Children of Yah were inclined to listen to Enos (is this Enosh son of Seth) because they thought Yah had abandoned them. So He spoke to Eloma who could hear His voice. She went into the wilderness at His instruction living in a cave where clear running waters flowed also. She had three sons who could also hear His voice who went off to do His will.
As time went by seven years passed. She heard His voice again and returned to her people becoming the Interpreter of Yah. This shows the Ways of Yah. They’d abandoned him before she left. Instead of providing an answer then He preferred to train Eloma for seven years knowing they’d still be in the same way when she returned. Indeed, in a worse way. "Behold, men leave and we become weak, while The Children of Men become strong. Can this be the will of our Father?" Yes, it can. Her sons who listen are heading towards being a great king and taking His Word towards the places the sun rises (East) and sets (West). Then He spoke to her. (Listen to these three separate messages.) “Be at peace; things happen as they will. The grain is being winnowed from the chaff. It’s always easier to follow the flesh than the Spirit. The deeper man descends into the vale the harder the climb out to Glory. A generation to fall, ten to rise out again. To struggle or degenerate is the Way, pleasure is pleasant but progress is filled with pain and strife.” Yah spoke again. “I have been good to My Children. Everything pleasant has come to their hand. The way of the Children of Men is harsher yet they prosper. A child does childish things. Yet when they grow up more is expected. Yet still My children come to Me as children." On the other hand, Eloma had lived in a cave! There’s no suggestion that she lacked anything. Obeyed His voice. This probably happened actually to protect her.
This was the voice of Yah speaking. When she had returned the fertile fields were unsown, the water channels dry and desolation in the midst. When she came upon the habitations she was distraught because the daughters were with the Children of Men and become lesser women. "Wherefore has this thing come about(?)" she asked the men and the women. Men came out of the wilderness and were stronger than us they said in so many words. This is the event seen in chapter 1 paragraph 34. So she had been taken away by Yah for her protection. She was heavy in heart and asked Him for His Word. He came to her again. “I Am not indifferent to My people. Their sufferings are My sufferings. This isn’t the whips of men but My flail. Grain is being separated from chaff. Not the blows of men but the hammer of Yah. Not imprisoned but upon an anvil. I Am not the Yah of battles, nations or even men but of Souls and The Keeper of the Treasures of Eternity. I haven’t turned away but My Children have turned away from Me. Therefore, this cry will echo: Yah, why have You deserted me? And it will come from those who have deserted Yah.” Isn’t this part of the famous Psalm 22, verse 1 actually, ascribed to David? Yet here it is mentioned many centuries even before Noah was on the scene. No doubt the Vatican is responsible for alterations to the Bible now. We need to read such books as The Kolbrin and others cut out to gain an understanding. Maybe David rewrote it again knowing about it. So the same is true for us in the end of times. We have abandoned Yah. We’re under His pressure rather than those of men to return as wheat being separated (from the chaff). It’s also eerily similar in Eloma’s time to how things are now with a reset of the world’s order coming to us just like her - yet she still listened to His voice. We’ll find also in chapter 4 that the story of Hanok, otherwise known as Noah, has been changed too.
Yah spoke again. “Find a maiden who is pure in heart and degraded being a swine attendant. Go with her to Shinara and guard her well. She is daughter of a new dawning. So Eloma found Nanua, Maid of the Morning doing as she was told.
In Shinara, Yah spoke saying: “This is the Way it shall be for those seeking Yah-hood. Follow only through the words of My interpreters. The unfolding Spirit of those with blood of the Children of Yah shall be magnified in the blood of their children. Wisdom shall be greatly magnified if the tie of blood is strong. There is virtue if the blood of their forbears was of the Children of Yah. If two who have this blood marry then it’s magnified in their children, greater than either parent. No one is exempt from law of inheritance governed by earthly animals and greater laws. Doesn’t the best ram sire the new flock? Let women those the best men and with men likewise. They who heed My words will know the best. Let the best ones rule.”
“The creative words are mine but the echo resounds on your side. The real is here and the reflection there. Creation is Mine but not without distortions. Creation in spirit and matter. My thoughts from the unseeable smallest to incomprehensible largest. Greatest thoughts forming substance for the spirits of Mine on Earth.
“Truth & justice, perfection of beauty and goodness are mine and the reflection only shows on Earth. All things are free from illusion seen in reality in the universe of Truth but here even the reflection is distorted. I created light and called it substance. Illuminated by the light of an ever present love potential.”
“I Am the Yah Embracing all Names. Wow! Did you take that in. He is also Yah Above Names. Whatever we believe if it’s good it serves Yah. This is My Name and Way. Man calls on many gods but there is only One. For the spiritually undeveloped outward forms of worship must suffice. Rituals of men are empty ceremonials. However, they guard the Great Mysteries behind them.”
“Enter Me by prayer but don’t expect Me to grant this and that if it isn’t for your spiritual good or help another. You shall not bargain blessings for worship. Nothing man can give will add to Me. Also learn I Am above concern for mere bodies which decay when the spirit leaves them. You are but men. I Am Yah of understanding and compassion. If in genuine stress, however, you will be relieved and comforted. Yet understand these are your lot that you become Man god. Man must also conform to Great Law. Intricacies of enidvadew need to be worked out as well as the paths of destiny and fate followed. To often the price paid for doing or not doing is pain and sorrow but where would the benefit be if I removed the debts. Yet will I never see they exceed what is necessary and just. Joy and gladness will always outweigh pain and sorrow."
This is Earth. Don’t expect to find Heavenly things here. Tuition is the purpose of Life and learning. It is limitations and mortality not immortality to be found here. When hidden purposes are fulfilled we pass away returning to the dust.
In a degree and manner in accord with needs and capabilities in these days will the Truth be unfolded to the peoples. From generation and on to man from man. The purity of its flame depends on the quality of the oil of spirituality that feeds and replenishes so different degrees will manifest in its result and manner. One man’s food will weigh heavy on another. The food enjoyed by one should become the food of all is foolish. Likewise is the case with spiritual things that men believe.”
“I don’t send prophets otherwise wouldn’t all who hear His voice be this? Such will arise in themselves entering into conscious union with Me. Ever pointing the Way for the spiritually sturdy. Those less strong take a slower road. By faith and service, justice and kindliness they progress.”
So what’s left for our spirit and soul? ‘Onwards and upwards we move by inspiring dreams. The road, however, is long, the journey wearing and periodically unpleasant. His spirit subdued by a vortex of earthly passions. His Great Eye blinded by vice and corruption with fallible senses only left to him which deceive into thinking he is only mortal. So he enters into a dark night of ignorance. Through the road of earthly experience will he be cleansed and awakened to that which is Glory within?’
“He can conceive Me as he will. It will be well for him. I am not Yah of impetuosity. As I brought forth Creation so he brings revelation of His Yah. My child, who listens to Me I grant the keys of Communion and Union."
So Eloma taught about their Creator. Listen to the soul-whispered words He brings. He is the Eternal Tower of Strength, the Fathomless Ocean of Compassion. Earth is hung in the void surrounded by nothingness and by His power remains still. Through the shield of illusion His Glory is veiled lest it overpowers man. Mortal ignorance clouds Him. Thus the inspirational Spirit enters trying to arouse us to greatness and achievement.
Eloma continued to talk about Him. “The sky is filled with splendour and beauty. The stars their song of joy; winds their wondrous music. Earth proclaims His creativity. His messages not as man’s but wordless whispers in the heart. He secures a way for the fertilising waters to nourish the sands; tender buds from the dead soil. Great flocks and herds inhabit the pastures.” Learn from this His ways. He is not without skill or understanding.
“All Creation speaks of Him. The rose through its beauty. Woodbine through a scent on the winds. Cornfields bow in humility. Wheat stalks arise in praise. Trees spread their worshipping branches. Fountainhead of All Life; Overseer of the Fertilising Waters and Captain of the Stars."
“Men look at the great dome of the night skies. Overawed by the work of their architect. They realise their smallness. Reassured, however, by His words from ancient times.”
“Man is crowned with Life; intellect in his hand. The flail of mastery over all living creatures. Set on Throne of Creation. Disciplines us when young. Stretches out a hand of welcome when old. Accompanies on pilgrimage along road of Life, mitigating misfortunes and rejoicing with pleasant surprises. He balances our lives to give conditions and situations right for us.”
What shall we say about Him then? “The Heavens are His Throne. Earth His footstool. No structure can contain Him. Does He need a residence? Compare the hands of men to what His could erect. Nothing here could add to His Glory or what He has. Service to the will of Yah is only worthwhile sacrifice. Yah’s will is for man to spiritualise himself and improve the Earth. Offering goods or money is an insult. It’s shirking needful effort. Complete your necessary duty O man. The easy way isn’t acceptable.”
“He is refuge of the poor and comforter of needy. His compassion covers those heavily weighed down. Yet these things aren’t to be considered worthless difficulties placed upon the conditions of earthly life. They open the way to Truth, securing the spirit as iron in the flame.”
So Eloma taught many things. She forbade men to take out their lust on unmarried matrons whose subtle ways and silver tongue led them astray. She forbade it also with another’s wife too. Such activities show a man to be unhonourable. These deeds destroy the spirit.
Eloma taught the wisdom of the stars which moved according to their destinies. With men’s lives to interpret the patterns woven from fate and destiny by the colourful threads of enidvadew. Ishkiga learned and wrote these down.
For the purposes of these writings it needs to be written what Eloma means. The description I found stated: ‘has made you strong willed and self-sufficient. You do not depend on others for encouragement, but you respond to appreciation and enjoy being the centre of attention.’ Is this better than Maya or Lila? According to the description it is. Is it a reflection of the person we are reading about? I would think so. The description definitely, though, shows the purpose with which she does Yah’s will. It also shows she is following His general will to spiritualise her life and improve the Earth. There’s a reset coming to our Earth soon for the better. May we be like Eloma now as we prepare and then when a new destiny arrives.