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Do you want to live in the best of all possible worlds?

Here is a New Years greeting from Lazit, Tamara and Hera. Happy New Year everybody!

Ask yourself, "what would I do, right now, in this situation, if I was living in the best of all possible worlds?"

Your action will be an action of a person living in the best of all possible worlds, and as the echo of your action reverberates it will spread the quality of a best possible world around you.

Now think about how you usually act. What world do you usually believe yourself to be in? Are you surprised you are not living in the best of all possible worlds?

Can you agree that if everybody was acting as if they were living in the best of all possible worlds, then we would be living in that world? Can you also understand that if no one ever acts towards the goal of a best possible world we will not even be close?

Is it not then in your best interest to at least act as if the world were just a little bit better than you believed it to be? to give just a little more than your instincts tell you to? and to believe others to be just a little bit better than you believe them to be?

Yes, you may be fooled. They may take advantage of you. The risk exists.

But as you consider this also consider the risk you are taking by believing you live in a world worse than it really is, or giving less than your instincts tell you, or believing people to be just a little worser than they really are.

It is a cumulative development, and you are the one deciding if it should be cumulatively worse or cumulatively better. Trust me when I tell you this. In the end it adds up. It adds up tremendously. In fact, your life and your happiness depends on you making the right decision here.

This is not something you can save for later, or do once a Sunday now and then, this is something you have to do right now right here, because if you do not do it now, in this moment, why would you do it any later "moment?"

/LTH

Metatron, who is he?

Metatron, the Devil?!

by E.

It started with me reading on a web page, Angel Hierarcy [1], that "According to Enoch, there were only 4 Seraphim, which corresponded to the four winds or directions. Later commentators interpreted this as there were 4 major princes who ruled over the Seraphim. They include either Metatron or Satan, Kemuel, Nathanael, and Gabriel [--] Metatron is sometimes identified as Satan, Prince of Darkness, or 'old dragon.' He is said to possess 36 wings and countless eyes."

Having watched the movie Dogma by Kevin Smith were Metatron was described as the voice of God I had to wonder if Dogma really had the facts so mixed up, so I continued searching and found another text by Arbel [2] that suggested that was not at all the case, and the confusion of [1] became even worse when at Arbel says:

"The myths of Metatron are extremely complicated, and at least two separate versions exist. The first version states he came into being when God created the world, and immediately assumed his many responsibilities. The second claims that he was first a human named Enoch [--]"

So who is Enoch?

Crystalinks [3] supports [2]: "Metatron is an Archangel and a Seraphim who sits beside God." but also supports the theory that "He supposedly was the Prophet Enoch before God turned him into an archangel" as described in [2] above.

However TheFreeDictionary.com [7] states that "According to one school of thought, Enoch was taken by God and transformed into Metatron. However, this viewpoint is not shared by many Talmudic authorities."

This would support Arbel's [2] claim that "The myths of Metatron are extremely complicated."

What about Metatron, the name?

Considering Metatron's name we can in Normative Jewish Thought [5] read a quote from Talmud, Avodah Zarah 3b that says: "Metatron: Name of an angel, who is also called ohbpv ra Metatron is probably derived from Metator, meaning guide, precursor, he being regarded as the angel who went before the Israelites in the wilderness."

However Arbel [2] states about his name that "There are even two versions of the name Metatron, one spelled with seven letters, the other with six, lacking the Hebrew letter 'yod.' The Kabbalists explained that the six-letter name represents the Enoch-related Metatron, while the seven-letter name refers to the primordial Metatron. Despite the elaborate debate, the origin of Metatron's name is not clear."

And regarding the name Arbel further states that "Many attempts have been made to explain it, but none of them is satisfactory, since the word has no real meaning or root in any language. Some authors think it may be derived from private meditations and visions [--]"

Steliart [6c] has a whole page where 76 names of Metatron are listed.

Is Metatron God?

HEAVEN [4] claims that: "[--] Metatron is considered by some to be superior to most of the angels, including Michael, Gabriel, and Uriel."

Arbel [2] supports this and goes even further and says that there is a "[--] problem of Metatron's immense power, which may have caused some people to confuse him with God. In later literature he was even mentioned as the 'lesser Yahweh' [--]"

Arbel also tells about "Elisha ben Avuyah, who saw Metatron sitting by God's side, occupying the same type of throne. This made Elisha suspect that two equal powers operated in the universe -- God and Metatron." He continues to explain Metatron's unique status with that "God permitted Metatron to sit because, as God's scribe, he recorded the good deeds of the Nation of Israel."

Is Metatron the Devil?

Finally Steliart [6b] may be able to produce an explanation as to the misconception of Metatron being the devil in [1] above as it says: "He is the supreme angel of death to whom God gives daily orders as to the souls to be taken."

Sarah's Archangels [8] and AngelicArtistry.com [9] are two of several sources to support the statement that Metatron is the Angel of Death. Further at Steliart [6b] we can read that "To Eisenmenger the supreme angel of death is Metatron, whose subordinates are Gabriel and Sammael."

And with this last quote we can close the circle because according to [6b] "In Rabbinic writings there, are at least a dozen of [angels of] death [--] Sammael (Satan) [--]." The alternative spelling "Samael" is explained in [10] to be "A name for Satan. Samael appears in the Book of Enoch and is a prominent character in the Zohar and other kabalistic literature."

So, that makes Metatron the boss of Satan. I'm still not sure if that's a calming or upsetting fact though...

Links:

[1] "Angel Hierarchy," angel_hierarchy.htm

[2] Encyclopedia Mythica; "Metatron," Ilil Arbel, Ph.D., metatron.html

[3] "Crystalinks," metatron.html

[4] "HEAVEN," m.htm

[5] "Normative Jewish Thought," Metatron.html

[6] "Steliart" [6a] angel_names_M.html; [6b] angelic_properties_D.html; [6c] names_metatron.html

[7] "TheFreeDictionary.com," Metatron

[8] "Sarah's Archangels," metatron.html

[9] "AngelicArtistry.com," metatron.htm

[10] Encyclopedia Mythica; "Samael," Micha F. Lindemans, samael.html

Welcome (LTH)

by Lazit, Tamara and Hera

This blog is channeled by E. We, his three guides, will take turns talking. We hope this will be a journey that both he and you, dear reader, will enjoy.

First off we'd like to present ourselves. We are Lazit, Tamara and Hera. It was a long time since any one of us actually did live, and it's not easy describing ourselves through terms used by humans, even though both Lazit and Tamara has once been living lifes on earth.

We are guides. Some people likes to refer to us as angels, some say we're just the voice of inspiration, some say people that can hear us are crazy! We will be what you wish us to be. Everybody has guides, even you, and we are here to protect and guide. Sometimes we speak, sometimes as clear as if there had been someone in the room with you, some times just by giving you hunches or inspiration.

We don't like to control, or take over. That is why you very seldom hear from us. We don't come unless invited, and when we are invited we only talk about what you allow us to talk about.

Our purpose in doing this is to strengthen our voice with our channel but also to spread what we know and let other people gain from it.

We hope you will enjoy this reading as much as we will enjoy the writing, and once more, Welcome!

Greetings,

/Lazit, Tamara & Hera