As I wrote: Mary is feeling-nature purified into surrender to intuition. As the story goes, Mary receives a visitation from an angel, a communication from the Infinite, that she is to bear a child. From the human perspective she must reflect on the fact that she is unmarried and has not been with a man, this pregnancy will destroy her reputation, ruin her betrothal with Joseph, leave her with an uncertain and difficult future—she will be publicly shamed, with a high probability that she will be stoned to death. Even with all of this, she replies, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. (Luke 1:38) Such perfect surrender to a life changing and difficult task from God.
Joseph goes through his own trial when he hears from Mary the disappointing news of her pregnancy. He makes a decision that he will not publicly humiliate her, and thus avoid a stoning of Mary, and he will somehow privately annul their engagement and put her away. While he is taking the time to think this through, he has a dream. Joseph is told that the child is a product of a Divine act, and that he should take Mary to be his wife. He is a thoughtful man, he turns it over in his mind and in the end—he surrenders.
Mary represents feeling-nature, even as Eve from the Garden of Eden. Eve succumbs to temptation, and then Adam follows. Adam represents reason. We all know Adam and Eve from our own inner struggles. Eve is feeling, which is both feeling-nature of the senses and emotions—both closely tied together. The senses and emotions get triggered by someone or something tempting us. Even though we know it is wrong, the feeling nature is so strong that reason will work itself around the temptation to where it thinks wrong is right; or perhaps it tells itself, “I don’t care what the consequences are, this is what I want!” Eventually we do care about the consequences, especially after the magnetic draw of allurement wears off.
Thus, in their surrender Mary redeems Eve, even as Joseph saves Adam. These acts of submission to God paves the way for the birth of the Christ-child—the only begotten Son of God born in man—not just in one man, but in anyone who completely surrenders heart and mind to God may become a Son of God. In talking about this with Chad after Service, he added something that came to him from God. Adam and Eve have two children: Able and Cain. Able is the good son, Cain is the bad seed. Able and Cain represent duality, so when Adam and Eve (reason and feeling) go against the will of God, the dual forces of good and bad are born. This part I had been shown by God before, and I have related in my talks. However, Chad then pointed out that Mary and Joseph had only one child, a Christ-child. Christ-consciousness is the one that rises above duality, and is in union with God. In Christ-consciousness there continues to be a dual nature—in the sense that there is the Father and there is the Son. However, this is not the same as the positive and negative poles of Able and Cain, as is further represented by the two thieves on either side of the Christ during the crucifixion. Christ is not a negative pole to God, but is one with the Father—in this case duality is the thin veil separates the two. Christ-consciousness resurrects union with God beyond the duality of good and evil.
Going against God’s will brings about duality, which separates us from God. The negative pole of Cain murders what is good inside, Able. However, good cannot be completely destroyed even in the most evil person. For God says to Cain, What has thou done? The voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground. (Genesis 4:10) Goodness cannot be completely eradicated, for its blood, its essence, cries out from the ground, or the sub-conscious mind. No matter how bad someone is, his opposite of good remains buried, perhaps deeply buried, but it continues to cry out.
Total surrender to God’s will brings about the birth of the Savior, that One that lifts you above good and evil, where the lion and the lamb lie together in peaceful harmony. This is a tremendous message, worthy of salutations from all mankind—a message that is truly a universal proclamation for the ultimate destiny of all.