"The Tzaddik is the Righteous soul who has centered itself in the middle pillar on the Tree of Life. Righteousness here does not mean to be right or just in the relative and human-moral sense of the word, but to be in the middle pillar in-between the extremes of right and left. The staff or the letter Vav is the center-line and the flame or Yod on top is the spark of consciousness. The Tzaddik walks the path of righteousness, order and peace. Ideally, this is done in all the worlds within the Tree of Life, but it takes training and skill to occupy that position and to stay and remain there when you do." - Mike Bais
Tzadik (Hebrew: צַדִּיק ṣaddīq [tsaˈdik], "righteous [one]"; also zadik or sadiq; pl. tzadikim [tsadiˈkim] צדיקים ṣadīqīm) is a title in Judaism given to people considered righteous, such as biblical figures and later spiritual masters. The root of the word ṣadiq, is ṣ-d-q (צדק tsedek), which means "justice" or "righteousness”
Right Mindedness
Righteousness
The Teacher of Righteousness
The Teacher of Righteousness (in Hebrew: מורה הצדק Moreh ha-Tzedek) is a mysterious figure found in some of the Dead Sea Scrolls at Qumran, most prominently in the Damascus Document.[1] This document speaks briefly of the origins of the sect, probably Essenes, 390 years after the reign of Nebuchadnezzar captured Jerusalem (586 BC). after another 20 years of looking blindly for the way; "God... raised for them a Teacher of Righteousness to guide them in the way of His heart"
The Teacher is extolled as having proper understanding of the Torah, qualified in its accurate instruction,[3] and being the one through whom God would reveal to the community "the hidden things in which Israel had gone astray".[4] Although the exact identity of the Teacher is unknown, based on the text of the Community Rule scroll, the teachers of the sect are identified as Kohanim (priests) of patrilineal progeny of Zadok[5] (the first high priest to serve in Solomon's Temple), leading scholars to conclude the Teacher as a priest of Zadokite lineage.
Alvar Ellegård follows this line and argues that the Teacher of Righteousness was not only the leader of the Essenes at Qumran, but was also considered something of a precursor to Jesus Christ about 150 years before the time of the Gospels.[8] In 1965 the Dead Sea Scrolls document known as Melchizedek dated to around 100 BC reveals the Essenes were waiting for this Melchizedek ( King of Righteousness ) High Priest and King Messiah. The Essenes also write in this document that they knew the time of his appearing due to the prophecies written in Daniel.
John the Baptist[edit] Barbara Thiering questions the dating of the Dead Sea Scrolls and suggests that the Teacher of Righteousness preached coming fiery judgment, said "the axe is laid to the roots of the tree", called people "vipers", practiced baptism and lived in the wilderness of Judea. Due to these reasons, she believes there is a strong possibility that the Teacher of Righteousness was John the Baptist.[16] Her belief is based on the idea that the Dead Sea Scrolls were written in code.
“There is no living thing that does not share the universal Will that it be whole, and that you do not leave it comfortless. And you abandon it when you see sin in it. Instead, bless it as witness to its wholeness, and be healed along with it. Miracles occur naturally as expressions of love. The real miracle is the love that inspires them. In this sense everything that comes from love is a miracle. Righteousness is truth. Righteousness is God’s justice. Justice is truth, and only truth is justice.” — A Course in Miracles, Text, Chapter 1, Section VI
“GOOD: that which is morally right; righteousness.” — A Glossary to A Course in Miracles
“In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.” — A Course in Miracles, Manual for Teachers, Section 18
“Truly, unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of Heaven.” — Christ Sutras, 15.29
“How will the Judgment of righteousness take place for the sinners and the righteous? When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, he shall sit upon the throne of his glory. And before him shall be gathered all souls. And he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, and the goats he shall set on his left.” — Christ Sutras, 34.12-13
“And behold another place—a great pit filled with those who have denied righteousness. Angels of punishment visit them, and here do kindle upon them the fire of their punishment.” — Christ Sutras, 35.14
“It is through you that the simple and natural righteousness of God’s ‘laws’ can be demonstrated.” — Way of the Servant, Book Four