The Key to Eden

By Aankh Benu

Within this book is a key to unlock the spiritual and psychological chains, and opens the way to a greater understanding of the scriptures, ourselves, and our direct connection with the Ultimate Reality we call God. In The Key to Eden, Aankh Benu takes the interpretation of the scriptures and life to higher dimensions, while revealing a depth of meaning. This book, the first of two volumes, is a guide to personalizing our spirituality, while eradicating the need of an intermediary. Designed to eliminate the vicarious religious mindset, this book provides a personalized path of spiritual attunement. Through following the instructions given in the book, the reader will be guided through a step by step process of initiation, that will lead to the realization our innate potential, and a life of greater joy and fulfillment. This book is a gift of wisdom, healing, and power meant to be shared with the world.

Quotes From The Key to Eden:

When you are really living, you are dancing. Sometimes the dance is slow, sometimes it is fast, and sometimes it is moderate. Life is full of different types of situations, and our biggest challenge is to learn how to harmonize with them. Sometimes life calls for aggression, sometimes it calls receptivity. Sometimes life will ask you to lead, other times it will ask you to follow. We must learn to hear the rhythm and see the steps so we can walk in joy. When we accomplish this we will step out joyfully to meet life, our beautiful dance partner. ~ The Key to Eden~ Aankh Benu

Understand that every situation in life provides a key for you to unlock the Divine Mysteries hidden within. Also every situation is like a song played in a specific key. Imagine trying to unlock a door with a key that does not fit, or singing off key, or dancing off beat. This is what life is like when we are not able to harmonize joyfully with its rhythm. When we are off beat in life we begin to clash with it, we begin to compete with it; we enter into survivor mode. This automatically locks us out of creative thinking and reason, depletes our vitality, and like a ship going against the flow of the sea, sooner or later we will wreck ~ The Key to Eden~ Aankh Benu

Who made it a law that we need an intermediary to get to the Creator? This is an absolute fallacy. There is no one closer to the Divine than we are right now. In fact, we are so close that we are almost inseparable from God. If we could get any closer we would become totally absorbed in Divinity, and the only thing preventing this from occurring is our own ideas of separateness. ~The Key to Eden~ Aankh Benu

Negative memories are the real ghosts and demons that haunt, and destroy lives. These demons don’t require any super powers or hocus pocus to cause destruction, our attention is enough. ~The Key to Eden~ Aankh Benu

• Language: English
• Publisher: Aankh Benu
• Release date: Jul 9, 2011
• ISBN: 9781465757654

Aankh Benu

Aankh Benu was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. After high school Aankh Benu would attend Southwestern Christian College, and the University of Louisville on full track scholarships. However, it was the information that he would become exposed to in regards to spirituality that would totally transform his life, and ultimately lead him to Self-Realization. Today he is an author, teacher, and lecturer on Afrikan spirituality, metaphysics, the occult, divination, and community development. He has also worked as a professional spiritual reader, and helps others to develop their own temples and spiritual paths. He specializes in Kemetic Spirituality, which is the revival of Ancient Egyptian Spirituality. He is the Chief Priest of the Henensu Family and Community, and Hosts Khu Khem Radio. In his words he finds "joy in teaching people how to save, and liberate, the God within themselves."

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The Key to Eden

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Aankh Benu

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The Key to Eden

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Contents

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1- Bible Study 101

Chapter 2 -The Tree of Life

Chapter 3 -In the Beginning Was the Word

Chapter 4 -Whence Come the Devil

Chapter 5 -The Law of God

Chapter 6 -Seeking Success in Life

Chapter 7 -Programming the Spirit

Chapter 8 -The Fruits of the Tree of Life

Chapter 9 -Eating From the Tree of Life

Conclusion

Appendix A -.Fundamentals of Meditation

Appendix B. - Lifestyle and Health

Select Bibliography

About the Author

So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the Tree of Life.

-~ Genesis 3:24 ~

Preface

When I first got the Idea for this book it seemed at first, off the wall, and even a little dangerous. Let me explain. As a student, teacher, and priest of Ausarian Spirituality (Ancient Egyptian), it seemed out of the blue, off the wall, and even dangerous for me to write a book for the average, rank and file church going Christian. So where did this thought come from? As I thought over it, I became aware of a deep subconscious longing to see people free. It was strange for I, like many others, had left the church to pursue other spiritual knowledge and insight. Through my travels I came across many different spiritual systems and could say that I was very fascinated, to say the least, by what I uncovered. I learned and experienced so much in my years away from the church that I can honestly say that I had no intention on turning back. In fact, after stepping away I began to see the church in a negative-light. It was that light that kindled a fire within my spirit.

Growing up the son of a well known pastor, I was able to see from an early age some of the issues in the church, some of which I will deal with later. To be frank, the politics sickened me. Also my mother, being a female pastor, endured some of the deepest hatred and hypocrisy one could fathom, even to the point of having her life (and our family's) threatened on multiple occasions. However, being a strong woman, she never let it deter her from her path. I myself grew up a musician in the church, and would find my place there playing for different conferences and conventions etc. Honestly speaking, whatever another's reason for being there was, mine was music.

As I matured, I began to see problems in the religion as taught by the majority of self proclaimed ministers of Christian doctrine. I was always one to read the Bible for myself, and would notice things that contradicted what was being taught. Understand, my issue was not with the Bible, but with the way it was taught. I saw hatred when love was being preached. I saw an institution that was more concerned with finances and politics rather than the spiritual upliftment, fulfillment, and empowerment of its followers. And I saw a system carefully crafted to use fear mechanisms to keep the people’s hearts, minds, and pocket books on lock down. I understood why the book says Jesus chased them out of the temple. Interesting enough I became aware of more parallels between myself and the enigma called Jesus. Before you run off and throw the book away (smile), let me explain what I mean.

Like Jesus I saw the problems with the teachers of the Law (Doctrine). Like Jesus I saw the temple as a Den of Thieves. Like Mary with the baby Jesus I fled into Egypt. While in Egypt, I became learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians; and now like Jesus, I am back, not to break the law (destroy the church, religion) but to fulfill it (restore and renew it).

My spiritual travels would ultimately lead me to the Tree of Life. When I learned that the tree was mentioned in both the book of Genesis and Revelations, I began to look back into my bible with a stronger hunger to find truth in it; not for myself, but for those in the church following that same old, empty routine. (Come, listen to the hype, pay your tithes, and be blessed). It is this routine that I watched suck the life energy out of my family. So to help facilitate healing for my family and others whom have been drained by life in general, I am here to share my insights.

Today I am renewed, and the pain of the past is no more. I have come to realize that the purpose of life is to be enjoyed. The Bible I have come to find is a magical book, and if properly utilized, can be used to free, instead of enslave. I can say that I am no longer angry with the church for there is no one to be angry with. All is a manifestation of the Divine and therefore all is one. All I feel is love, and this book is an extension, and expression of that love.

Within this book is a key to unlock the spiritual and psychological chains, and open the way to a greater understanding of the scripture, ourselves as man (male and female), and our direct connection, oneness in fact, with the Ultimate Reality we call GOD. This book, the first of two volumes, can be considered The Purification, whereas the second volume is The Creation. I am well aware that this work will not be received well by the majority, but those of you who are ripe, longing, and knowing there has to be more to this life than what meets the eye, than what we’ve been taught; you will find an answer to that subconscious question Is this all? Is that it? Also, though the book was thought of with Christians in mind, the principles taught in this book are universal. So if you look through these pages with an open mind you will realize that what is in your hands right now is not just a book. You are holding The Key to Eden.

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Introduction

Searching for the Garden

Eden. How can we get back to Eden? Where is Eden? There have been many theories presented as to where Eden was geographically. India, Iraq, Ethiopia, and Tanzania are just a few of the locations that have been proposed as a probable Eden, yet speculation still runs rampant. Be that as it may, we want to settle this issue, and solve this mystery once and for all. In spite of all the theories the question must be asked What do we actually know about Eden? to answer this question we must turn to the Bible.

It is written in the Bible that Eden is the place where the Supreme Being created man. That’s pretty good. What else do we know? Well according to the etymology of the word, Eden is derived from the Hebrew Edhen meaning Delight. Now that is interesting. Delight means, according to most sources, enjoyment, pleasure, happiness, joy etc. Now that’s even more interesting. Taking this in to account one could replace the word Eden and say that God made man in delight, in pleasure, in joy, happiness, peace. Some people even refer to Eden as Paradise.

We were created to exist in paradise. Then something happened. We got kicked out, and cut off. I know most are familiar with the story but I’ll run through it briefly. The Supreme Being, created this World and everything in it. One of the creatures of which he took special interest in, was man. He made man in His Image and after His Likeness, and gave them dominion over creation. But there was one stipulation--don’t touch that tree!

There were many trees in Eden of which man was allowed to eat the fruit from but two trees in particular were of special mention. The first tree is the Tree of Life, and the other is the Forbidden Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. To make a long story short there was a serpent that tempted man to eat of the forbidden tree, God punished them, and kicked them out of Eden. That’s how we got here, and we are well, .we’re somewhere alright, but it is surely not Eden… or is it?

Many will answer that question with an emphatic no. However, after close examination of the story, its origins, the Hebrew language, and knowing that there’s always more than what meets the eye, I must beg to differ. The very ground on which you are standing right now is Eden. If you’re thinking I’m crazy, please hear me out. "How could this be paradise? How could this be delight? Look at the world outside; full of violence, decadence, greed, terror, fear, insecurity, poverty. There is no way in hell that this is the place where God made man. I hear you. You are right, if what is outside is all of the aforementioned, then it is not the Eden. It is not the place where God created us. I give you that.

However remember this one thing: the world outside is a reflection of the world within. Let me say it another way. It is your insperience that creates your experience. How could there be violence in the world outside, if there were no violence in our minds, in our hearts? Well most ministers will answer this by saying it is the nature of man. They will say Man is sinful by nature. However I peacefully disagree, and argue that it is this teaching that is used as an excuse for our folly. Excuses such as I'm only Human; I’m not perfect I’m just a man are just a few of the unacceptable cop outs that we use to indulge in our misery. I’m just a man", Yea, well who is man? What kind of being is man? Let us look at Genesis for the answer to those questions.

Genesis states that God (Elohim, Eloheim), made man from the soil of Eden. It says He (God) made man in His image and after his likeness. Male and female created He them. (Why refer to God as He?) Okay so we have a foundation to build our answer upon. Man is the Image and Likeness of God. So what is the Image of God? Well look around at this marvelous creation; Galaxies upon galaxies, worlds within worlds. If you look in the earth, you find a world in the earth. If you gaze into the water, you find a world within the water. If you peep into a microscope you find a world under the microscope. What kind of being could create something as extraordinary and complex as this? Well first of all in order to make something you have to have the know-how. You have to be extremely intelligent. You also need to have the ability to do, the power to show forth your intelligence and make it manifest. Lastly, in order to make a universe which we have yet to find the ends of, you have to be able to be everywhere. So through logical deduction we can ascertain that: God is Omnipresent, Omniscient, and Omnipotent; All knowing, All powerful, and Ever present, everywhere. So if God