MARK 12:27
"He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err."
In biblical psychology, this verse is not about biological life or death.
It is about states of consciousness.
“The dead” = qualities cut off from the Higher Self
Anything in the soul that has lost contact with the atma‑buddhic current is “dead”:
- rigid beliefs
- mechanical traditions
- unillumined emotions
- egoic patterns
- the lower mind operating without light
These are “dead” because they do not participate in the living flow of Spirit.
God is not “God of the dead” because the Divine cannot be known through states that are spiritually inert.
“The living” = qualities in active union with the Higher Self
The “living” are the inner states where the Higher Self is actually functioning:
- love
- wisdom
- aspiration
- truthfulness
- insight
- the awakened mind
These are alive because the buddhic vibration circulates through them.
God is “God of the living” because the Divine is only experienced where consciousness is awake, receptive, and aligned.
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob = eternal principles, not dead men
- Abraham = faith as a spiritual principle
- Isaac = joy or inner realization
- Jacob = the evolving soul
These are living archetypes in the higher nature.
Jesus’ argument is that God relates to the eternal principles within the soul, not to the perishable forms of the lower nature.
The Sadducees’ error = mistaking the physical plane for the real one
“You do greatly err” means:
- They interpret life as physical existence.
- They interpret death as physical cessation.
- They deny the continuity of consciousness.
- They cannot see the inner planes.
In spiritual terms, they are confined to the lower mind, unable to perceive the living activity of the soul above the physical.
The esoteric message
The verse teaches:
- God is only known in the living present of spiritual consciousness.
- Anything in you that is spiritually inert cannot reveal God.
- Anything in you that is spiritually alive is already in contact with the Divine.
- Resurrection is not a future event but a state of awakened consciousness.
The soul must rise from its “dead” states into its “living” ones.
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