"Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh."
Seen symbolically, this is the rhythm of consciousness itself. Leaving represents stepping away from old habits, inherited beliefs, or fixed states of mind. Cleaving represents uniting with a new awareness — the mind integrating itself.
Scripture and the Gospels are this process made visible as dialogue. They are not separate histories; they are the mind conversing with itself, each corner of consciousness speaking its own truth so that the whole may be realised.
Four Conversations, One Mind
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Matthew: The mind recognising structure, lineage, and order. Anchoring in the past to navigate the present (Matthew 1:1–17 shows the lineage of Jesus — the mind acknowledging its foundation).
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Mark: The mind in direct action, confronting experience head-on. Mark 1:17: “Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men” — the voice of consciousness stepping actively into life.
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Luke: The mind reflecting, observing, weaving detail, and exploring relationships. Luke 2:19: “But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart” — reflective inner conversation, observing experience.
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John: The mind returning to its source, speaking in poetic discourse, moving in and out of the Father. John 6:56: “He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him”; John 14:20: “At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you”. These passages illustrate the cyclical dialogue of leaving and returning, of separation and unity.
Each Gospel is a corner of the mind speaking, and together they form the complete inner conversation — the mind discovering, leaving, and reuniting with itself.
John: The Inner Dialogue of Return
John’s repeated themes of “going away and coming again” (John 14:18: “I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you”) show this process most clearly. They are not merely narratives about external events; they are conversations within consciousness, teaching the mind how to navigate its own exploration and reintegration. Being “in the Father and out of the Father” is the pulse of imagination: the mind expanding, contracting, leaving and returning. John 15:4: “Abide in me, and I in you” reinforces this cyclical union, showing the dynamic relationship of self and source.
Weaving Consciousness
When you read the Gospels as internal dialogue, everything clicks: each story, each discourse, each teaching is a strand in the mind’s own weaving. The four Gospels are four corners of this weave, showing the full pattern of how consciousness establishes itself, explores, and integrates.
Genesis 2:24 is the blueprint. The mind leaves its old states and cleaves to the new, uniting its fragmented voices into one living, breathing conversation: the mind fully awake, fully conscious, fully itself.
These discourses are example conversations that you will ultimately be having with yourself as you fuse with the law of Assumption