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JOHN 10:10
"The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to
kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that
they might have it more abundantly."
In biblical psychology, this verse describes two forces within the
soul itself:
- the thief — the desire‑nature and lower mind,
which drain the soul of its higher vitality
- the Christ‑principle — the inner Life‑giver,
whose presence awakens consciousness on the higher planes
This is not a cosmic battle between external beings, but the inner
conflict between the Higher (Christ Consciousness) and the Lower
(Carnal) mind.
“The thief cometh… to steal, kill, and destroy”
The “thief” is the lower carnal desire‑mind (kama‑manas):
- it steals the soul’s attention
- it kills the higher impulses by smothering them in sensation and
distraction
- it destroys the harmony of the inner world by scattering the
higher qualities
This is the same “robber” of John 10:8 — the impulses that precede
the birth of the Christ‑consciousness and rob the soul of its
primordial wealth.
The thief is not evil in a moral sense; it is simply ignorant,
acting from the natural order of the lower planes.
“I am come that they might have life”
The “I AM” here is the Higher Self manifesting through the
Christ‑principle.
“Life” is not physical vitality but consciousness on the higher
planes:
- buddhi‑manas awakened
- the qualities aligned with the Atman
- the soul remembering its origin
This is the restoration of the Archetypal Man after the scattering
of the limbs.
“And that they might have it more abundantly”
Abundance is expansion of consciousness, not material prosperity.
It is:
- the overflowing vitality of the Higher
- the illumination that spreads through the qualities
- the reintegration of the soul after its long exile in the lower
nature
This abundance is the opposite of the thief’s depletion.
Where the thief scatters, the Christ gathers.
Where the thief drains, the Christ fills.
Where the thief destroys, the Christ restores.
The Esoteric Message.....
John 10:10 reveals the contrast between the desire‑nature that
drains the soul and the Christ‑principle that restores it to higher
consciousness. The “abundant life” is the awakened state of the soul
when its qualities are gathered, illumined, and aligned with the I
AM.
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