And when the tempter came to him [the Bodhisattva], he [through his sensual mind] said, If thou be [Tiphereth] the Son of God [the Human Soul], command that [by means of tantra] these [male and female] stones [of Yesod] be made bread [Manna].
But he [the Bodhisattva] answered and said, It is written, [the Causal] Man shall not live by bread [Manna] alone, but by every word that proceeds out of [Daath] the mouth of God [the Innermost].
And satan [through his sensual mind] said unto him, If thou [Human Consciousness] be the Son of God [the Bodhisattva], cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone [of Yesod].
Jesus [the Bodhisattva] said unto him [his sensual mind], It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God [thy Innermost].
Again, the devil [through the sexual mind] taketh him [the Bodhisattva] up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; And saith unto him [the Bodhisattva], All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me [the sensual mind].
Then saith Jesus [the Bodhisattva] unto him [the intellectual mind], Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou [the human mind] shalt worship the Lord thy God [the Innermost], and him only shalt thou serve. - Matthew 4: 6-10
Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah,
the Root of David, has prevailed to open the book,
and to loose the seven seals thereof. - Revelation 5: 5
And when the tempter came to him [the Bodhisattva], he [through his sensual mind] said, If thou be [Tiphereth] the Son of God [the Human Soul], command that [by means of tantra] these [male and female] stones [of Yesod] be made bread [Manna].
But he [the Bodhisattva] answered and said, It is written, [the Causal] Man shall not live by bread [Manna] alone, but by every word that proceeds out of [Daath] the mouth of God [the Innermost].
And satan [through his sensual mind] said unto him, If thou [Human Consciousness] be the Son of God [the Bodhisattva], cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone [of Yesod].
Jesus [the Bodhisattva] said unto him [his sensual mind], It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God [thy Innermost].
Again, the devil [through the sexual mind] taketh him [the Bodhisattva] up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; And saith unto him [the Bodhisattva], All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me [the sensual mind].
Then saith Jesus [the Bodhisattva] unto him [the intellectual mind], Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou [the human mind] shalt worship the Lord thy God [the Innermost], and him only shalt thou serve. - Matthew 4: 6-10
Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah,
the Root of David, has prevailed to open the book,
and to loose the seven seals thereof. - Revelation 5: 5
For thirty years I sought God. But when I looked carefully I found that in reality God was the seeker and I the sought. -Bayazid al-Bastami