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Gethsemane comes from two words in the Hebrew language. GATH, “a press,” also “bitterness,” & SHEMAN, “oil,” (understanding and wisdom). Wisdom is always born of pain, that is, until the disciple has attained the high consciousness where pain has no power over him. The “diamond body” of the Adept is impermeable to pain and suffering and it is indestructible. Nothing can come in the way of the “diamond body.” Christ Jesus inhabited such a body when he went to Gethsemane and the Way of the Cross. This was for the sole purpose of showing to mankind the Way of Wisdom. Gethsemane is a place of personal sorrow, but becomes a place of sorrowing for the grief of the world. In the Garden of Gethsemane, its plants are watered by Christ’s tears that are