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MATTHEW 5:20
"For I say unto you, That
except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the
scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of
heaven."
This verse describes the transition from outer conformity to inner
transformation.
It is the movement from the lower mind’s moralism to the higher
mind’s spiritual integrity.
“The scribes and Pharisees” symbolize the
literalist consciousness, the part of the soul that clings to rules,
appearances, and external correctness.
They represent the personality trying to be “good” by imitation,
discipline, or fear, rather than by inner change.
This level of righteousness is horizontal as it manages behavior but
does not transform the being itself.
“Except your righteousness shall exceed…” means the
soul must rise above the plane of external religion and enter the
vertical dimension of spiritual life.
This is the righteousness of the Higher Self, the inner
Christ‑principle, which expresses truth from within rather than
conforming from without.
In mysticism, this “exceeding” is the moment when:
- the heart becomes aligned with the Divine
- the soul acts from love rather than obligation
- the inner law replaces the outer code
- the personality yields to the Higher Life
“Ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.”
The “kingdom” is not a place but a state of consciousness. It is
the awakened and illumined condition in which the soul perceives and
participates in the Divine Life.
Entry into this state is impossible while the soul remains bound to
the lower mind’s religious literalism.
The kingdom opens only when the inner nature is transformed, when
righteousness becomes organic, arising from the soul’s union with
Spirit.
Thus the verse teaches that:
- external morality cannot regenerate the soul
- spiritual life begins only when the Divine law is written within
- the kingdom is entered through inner transmutation, not outer
compliance
The Esoteric Message…..
The kingdom opens when righteousness becomes an inner state, not an
external performance; the soul must rise above the letter (literal)
and into the Living Spirit.
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