Only Use Authentic Texts to Successfully Make the Case For the Vegetarianism of the Essenes, Jesus Movement, and Gnostics, by James Bean

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Jul 10, 2017 · 2 min read

Being a collector of other scriptures, apocrypha, gnostic gospels, etc…, and advocating the vegetarian diet of the Jesus movement, I only use ancient texts that are deemed credible by scholars, ancient, and are backed up with manuscript evidence, to make my case. So I never make use of the Gospel of Issa, Essene Gospel of Peace volumes, Essene Humane Gospel, Aquarian Gospel, Urantia book or other forged or channeled writings, as those are pure poison if the goal is to accurately and successfully make the case for the vegetarianism of the Jesus movement, Essenes, and Gnostics of history. I do discuss my views of the Essene Gospel of Peace volumes in the ‘Who Were the Essenes and What About Those Essene Gospels of Peace?’ section of this article: https://medium.com/sant-mat-meditation-and-spirituality/uncovering-a-vegetarian-jesus-at-the-beginning-of-christianity-9279741be7c4

An Excerpt: The Essene Gospel of Peace, authored by Edmond Bordeaux Szekely, and the Essene Humane Gospel, though well-intended attempts to reinvent vegetarian Ebionite Christianity, are not ancient texts. They were published only a few decades ago. There’s no Aramaic, Greek, or Hebrew versions of the Essene Gospel of Peace. The Essene Gospel of Peace is not an ancient text or secret Vatican library document, but represented Szekely’s own attempt to “resurrect” the lost Gospel of the Hebrews or Ebionites, the views of that original group that was vegetarian and seemed much closer to the Essenes than any other branch of Judaism. I have enjoyed reading the Essene Gospel of Peace volumes. They have some profound things to say, and probably Szekely was an initiate of the same Indian-based spiritual path I follow, but except for some older passages that were quoted in those, they otherwise are not ancient books. Volume Four of Szekely’s Gospel of Peace is my favorite, as it features Szekely’s poetry about the Inner Light and Sound meditation. But for ancient texts proving that vegetarianism was part of early Christianity one must cite the Clementine Ebionite gospel literature, not the Essene Gospel of Peace.

Sant Mat Meditation and Spirituality

This Living School of Spirituality called Sant Mat is also known as: The Way of the Saints and Poet-Mystics, Radhasoami, and, The Path of the Masters. The meditation practice is Surat Shabd Yoga: "Union (Yoga) of the Soul (Surat) with the Inner Light and Sound of God (Shabd).”

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This Living School of Spirituality called Sant Mat is also known as: The Path of the Masters, Surat Shabd Yoga: Meditation on the Inner Light & Sound of God.

Sant Mat Meditation and Spirituality

This Living School of Spirituality called Sant Mat is also known as: The Way of the Saints and Poet-Mystics, Radhasoami, and, The Path of the Masters. The meditation practice is Surat Shabd Yoga: "Union (Yoga) of the Soul (Surat) with the Inner Light and Sound of God (Shabd).”

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