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The Will of The Soul

2012-05-28T09:19:21Z

“The soul has by nature two capacities. The one is intelligence... The Second capacity is Will. This is a nobler one, and its essential characteristic is to plunge into the unknown which is God. There the Will lays hold of God in a mysterious manner, and the unknown God imparts his impress to the Will.” ~Meister Eckhart

Don't confuse the Will of the Soul that Eckhart is speaking about with the the thing we usually mean when we talk about willpower: the will of the ego.

The will of the ego is only interested in doing what it can to satisfy the desires of the ego. It cares little, if any, for the good of the soul and the spirit because it simply has no knowledge of those things and so it's desires may make the body, mind and ego happy but often by harming the eternal spirit and preventing the awakening of the soul that is essential for enlightenment.

The Will of the soul (note how Eckhart capitalized it to indicate not only that it is different, but much more important than the will of the ego) is,in a sense, very narrow-minded. It wants only to know God, to follow God's plan, and to help you and others return us and our planet into the realm of God, the realm of spirit. This is the will that was fully active in people like Jesus and Buddha. It has been said that sometimes the Will of the soul to return to God is so strong that the enlightened person finds it difficult to remain in his physical body, but he does because of his love for his fellow man and his desire to help others become enlightened.

Of course, all of this is rather meaningless if you can't awaken your soul and become enlightened. That is what real spiritual schools and spiritual teachers are for: to teach the techniques that fill the soul and spirit with God's Light and allow God to awaken the soul (it can't be done with His help) so that true enlightenment can occur. And now that the so-called End Times are here, God has sent the Sun of Righteousness to make that process easier.

Random Thoughts 5-27-2012

2012-05-27T09:26:27Z

The anti-gay diatribe or Rev. Worley doesn't surprise me all that much. While the details were unusually horrid, we all know that such people exist, have such views, and often express them from a pulpit. What really saddens and disgusts me is the hundreds of people in the audience cheering him on in apparent total agreement! In addition, you would expect the leaders of the denomination to denounce him, but they have been silent as far as I know. As an ordained Christian minister myself, I am sick of bigots trying to blame Christ and the Bible for their bigotry. If you truly believe in the Bible and in enforcing it and interpreting it literally, than you must do so with all of it, not just a few select passages. I thing the way to combat these bigots is to follow their example. We should start picketing grocery stores that sell ham, shrimp, and lobster with signs quoting the passages in the Bible that condemn those things. We should picket the stores selling makeup and colorful clothes which are also condemned in the Bible. And we should attend Ann Colter events carrying signs that quote St. Paul about how women should keep their opinions to themselves. There are many others, but you get the picture.

I have written previously about the need for the big corporations to change the way they do business. If they are to survive into the new spiritual age that is coming soon, they must stop functioning from greed and work instead for the common good. Now a business expert writing on the Huffington Post says that is happening, or at least some experts are starting to recognize the need for altruistic business. I am glad to here it.

Have you ever heard of The Old Catholic Church? It's really a misnomer because this church isn't much over 100 years old. It is an offshoot of the Roman Catholic church that was started by some German and Dutch bishops. It teaches much that the Roman Catholic Church teaches, and has similar masses and other sacraments, but is in other ways very different. It allows priest, nuns and bishops to marry, including the gay ones. It opposes abortion, but thinks it should be left up to the individual rather than written into laws. This church is still rather small, but growing now in America. Perhaps because it finds itself able to change with the times

“Consider our soul to be like a castle made entirely out of a diamond or of very clear crysta, in which there are many rooms.” ~St. Teresa of Avila

Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:1-4

2012-05-27T09:26:08Z

Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.

In other words, the good soldier is that one who fights the enemies of God and follows God and Christ rather than the desires of men. Happy Memorial Day!

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How to Deal With Rude, Crazy and Violent People.

2012-05-26T09:08:19Z

“Doing wrong to someone is like throwing a rubber ball against a wall—it comes back with equal force. There is no telling where it will return to, so we have to keep a constant vigil not to be caught off guard. It is easier to wish someone well. It doesn't mean we are weak or defenseless but that if we kick at the mud we get it on us.” ~Joyce Sequichie Hifler

When we see people doing things that are wrong or saying things that are wrong, that are promoting violence and deviciveness, it is only human nature to get angry and want to be violent back at them. But that is our animalistic nature talking. We need to get beyond that type of response or we are no better than that other person or group promoting violence and hatred.

When some fundamentalist preacher says that everyone who is not a member of his church and doesn't worship the Bible, is a false Christian, we want to attack him. When another similar preacher says that gays should be locked up behind an electric fence, we want to have him fired, we want his church shut down. But if we succeed in those things, we are behaving much as they are, no better. Whats more is we often give their radical and totally false beliefs publicity which they don't deserve.

The way to deal with such people is to remain calm and try to speak to them in a reasonable way just as Jesus did with Satan when Satan tried to tempt Him. Now that may not work with some of these people, but it will with some and will probably work better than a confrontational approach. And it certainly doesn't have to be limited to religious examples. The same applies to the person who cuts you off in traffic or runs a red light. And when you can't talk to these people, or they simply wont listen, just pray for them. Pray that they awaken to truth and wisdom and renounce their evil behavior of the past. That is always better than attacking them. And when they can't be reformed, leave it to God to get them out of the picture.

Why Self-improvement Isn't Always a Good Thing

2012-05-25T09:21:41Z

Our society, like many others, is often telling us to improve ourselves, to get better educated, to get better jobs, to follow our dreams, etc. On the surface, this seems like good advice but, in practice, what it is really doing is encouraging us to strengthen our ego, to let them run rampant, and to, inevitable, destroy the world through the ego's desire to satisfy it's wants, it's desires at all cost, no matter what harm it does to others or to the planet.

You might argue that your form of self-improvement is not egotistical because your aim is to help others, to feed the hungry, care for the sick, etc. While those are worthy goals, they can still be egotistical goals. Some, though not all people in this group, see helping others as a way to tell themselves and others what a wonderful person they are, how worthy they are, how they are better than those who don't do these things. That is still egotism. We see this in the fact that has surfaced in the past decade or so that charities that do a good job of publicizing who makes big donations to them will get a lot more donation than one that does similar work, but doesn't publicize donors, or send them plaques to hang on their office walls.

So what is the solution? Simple. Obey God's will instead of your own. Follow God's law instead of your egotistical desires. Work for the completion of God's Plan for us all rather than your personal plans which, no matter how benevolent they may seem to be, often conflict in some subtle way with the Plan of God. Of course, in order to do that, you must follow the necessary spiritual technigues to awaken your sleeping soul so that it can communicate with God and find out what part you are to play in that plan. This doesn't mean that you can't be an individual and have your own plans, just that God's Plan must always come first.

Dream Interpreting - A Brief History of it and What it Could Do For You

2012-05-24T09:22:24Z

Another post from a guest author that I likes and decided to share.

Dream Interpreting - A Brief History of it and What it Could Do For You

By: Dianne Norman

For several thousands of years, human beings are already stepping into their unconscious mind through the use of dream interpretation, which is the procedure for obtaining a greater interpretation behind your dreams and figuring out exactly how they can be connected to your way of life. Dream interpretation has been utilized for several thousands of years by many different types of civilizations and historical nationalities, dating as far back as ancient Greece and ancient Egypt, when dreams were considered to be messages through the gods, whose connotations could only be determined by interpreters claiming to possess particular capabilities. Even to this very day numerous dream interpreters can be found throughout the world, and several of them provide their solutions on the internet.

Today online dream interpreting has developed into a quite convenient means for individuals who wish to have their dreams interpreted still are not situated close to the interpreter. Many people are oft left perplexed by their dreams, then when interpreted appropriately can provide us a very important and effective insight into our unconscious mind together with quite a few challenges all of us encounter in day to day existence, which will permit us to successfully clear up these problems.

While searching for web based interpreters you will more than likely find a number of claiming to be authentic, but just before you send your hard earned money to these providers, it can be vitally important to establish their qualifications. Prior to selecting a good interpreter you will have to set aside a bit time to go through testimonials determined by different websites and forums, and once you've established a great interpreter, you have to get ready for your session, which you can accomplish by writing your dreams down in the journal the moment you wake up in the morning, to be able to be clear regarding the particulars you might overlook over the course of your entire day.

Typically, your unconscious mind makes use of your dreams to be able to communicate some sort of unfinished business you might have lost a record of, or possibly a long-lost memory you might have overlooked somewhere down the road. Whenever getting into an interpreting session it is very important to keep a balanced view through the timeframe, as well as to very carefully pay attention to your dream interpreter. Should you be suspicious or have any uncertainties make sure that you clear them in your thoughts, or perhaps simplify your reasons for them prior to deciding to finish your appointment.

If you are considering having your dreams interpreted and have never gone through the procedure in the past, there are a variety of cost-free online dream interpreting websites. You could read over through the various free services and try them out individually, evaluating the degree of effectiveness every individual interpreter possesses, and determine how effective the procedure is all together. Should you be completely satisfied with the process, then you could start working on different websites which charge for their expert services, and they are a lot more well qualified.

Always remember, though, that your interpreter is not a psychologist, and will not assist you to decide on the course of action to take right after interpreting your dream, which duty is left completely at your discretion.

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Dealing With Doubts

2012-05-23T09:11:24Z

When you are in a long dark tunnel and can't see the light ahead, it is common to start having doubts. This is only human. You start to thing the tunnel is endless and you will never get out. You start to think that there is no light at the end of the tunnel so even when you do reach the end, there will be no reward, you will still be in the dark.

That is normal and is the result of the forces of darkness working against you and against any of us becoming enlightened. They love to feed us doubts to get us to turn away from the goal. We must not give in to those doubts and to the forces of darkness.

If it is ourselves we are doubting, we have to keep reminding ourselves that if we were unworthy of making the journey or incapable of achieving enlightenment, we would never have been chosen to take the journey. (You may think you were the one who chose to develop your spiritual side, but you were guided in that decision by the Beings of Light.) If it is the teacher or the school we are doubting, than consider the others who have studied under that teacher or school and the results they have had and how firmly they believe in the teachings. And don't be afraid to talk to your teacher if you are having doubts or fears. He or she can help you overcome those doubts and is the person best situated to understand where you currently are on your spiritual path and what you need to continue on.

Also remember that no great thing, spiritual or material, is achieved without some difficulties.

We Need to Know Ourselves

2012-05-22T09:41:19Z

“Self-knowledge is the beginning of wisdom. Self-knowledge is not according to some psychologist, book, or philosopher but is to know oneself as one if from moment to moment. Do you understand? To know oneself is to observe what one thinks, how one feels, not just superficially, but to be deeply aware of what is without condemnation, without judgment, without evaluation or comparison.” ~J. Krishnamurti

Most of us think that we know ourselves, but we don't, at least not in the detail necessary to grow and change for the better. We know ourselves superficially. We know when we were born, where we grew up, who our parents were (in most cases), and similar facts about our external life, but we typically know virtually nothing about ourselves internally.

What motivates us to do good things? What angers us? What makes us jealous, envious? What makes us sad? What makes us happy? Most of us can't answer most of those questions, or can only answer them superficially. We might say that people who abuse animals make us very angry, but why? Is it because we empathize with the animals, is it because we recognize animals as living beings with a spirit that deserves respect just as much as we do, or is it because we are ashamed that we abused animals when we were young and now we want to make up for it or simply hide the fact, mostly from ourselves.

Do we get jealous when we see someone else having more success with her endeavors than we are having with ours? If so, why? Does this happen even when the success is in something that doesn't actually interest us? If so, then it may be that success itself is what makes us jealous and would indicate that deep down we see ourselves as losers, as unsuccessful.

Those examples may not apply to you, but they should give you an idea of what needs to be done. We all need to question ourselves. We need to look at ourselves objectively as if we are a psychiatrist analyzing a patient who we don't even know personally. We need to understand our inner working so we can change them. Sometimes, as with programs like the Applied Kinesiology program Psych-K, we can change our behaviour for the better without knowing the root cause of the problem. In other cases, we need to dig down deep and free those demons that hold us back. A good time to do this is when we go to bed at night. Just before going to sleep, thing over everything that happened that day, both positive and negative, how you reacted to it, and try to understand why you reacted the way you did. This is a good time to do because in those cases where you are unable to bring an answer to the surface, the answer may come to you later in a dream. Also, while you are doing this, if you did or said something harmful to another person that day, ask God and the person offended to forgive you.

The Contributions of Esoteric Schools

2012-05-21T09:18:06Z

“That which was taught to the initiates of Egypt is taught to the school-children of England. Reading, writing and arithmetic were once occult arts. So are the profounder aspects of hypnosis, though some of its minor aspects have been rediscovered by esoteric scientists. As evolution advances, the average man becomes capable of that which was once only possible to the exceptional man.” ~Dion Fortune

Not only reading, writing and arithmetic, but astronomy, medicine, biology, botany, music and many other sciences and arts began in the occult, mystical or spiritual schools of the past. This should leave a sensible person to think about what those schools are teaching now that is currently theirs exclusively but may one day be found in many public schools. So before you materialists and skeptics dismiss these schools and there teachings, you need to consider what they have brought to us. In short, civilization was created by such schools, their teachers and their teachings. And many of the great scientific “discoveries” and theories of recent times can be found written in more spiritual language in the writings of these schools that are much older, so who really discovered them?

Such schools taught that the physical universe was illusion, not what it appeared to be and not permanent for many centuries before the very modern science of Quantum Mechanics came to the same conclusion by saying that the physical universe is a hologram and it's appearance is not what it really is.

But, before you decide, “I will just wait until the public schools teach it then.”, there is another aspect to consider. While it is true that many subjects that were once taught only in esoteric schools are now taught in public schools, the portion that is taught in public schools is very incomplete. It is incomplete because it doesn't acknowledge the source of the physical in the spiritual. It doesn't acknowledge that the material cannot exist without its spiritual counterpart. And it doesn't recognize that, since everything exists in spirit before it exists in the material universe (probably with a different form), a person who develops his spiritual facilities may be able to predict with some accuracy some future trends and activities by being able to observe what is taking shape just across the boundary into the spiritual world.

Even without considering the ability to see into the future to a limited degree, not having knowledge of the spiritual side of the things that are in the physical world is a lot like seeing only the tip of the iceberg that is above the water line. Remember that the Titanic, and probably most other ships sank by an iceberg, were hit by the unseen part of the berg that is underwater and makes up something like seventy or eighty percent of the total iceberg. It's bad enough to not be able to see most of the iceberg, but if you decide to pretend that it just doesn't exist because you can't see it, I certainly hope you are never captaining a ship.

Random Thoughts 5-20-2012

2012-05-20T10:06:00Z

I find that I just don't have much sympathy for a minister who had his luxury SUV carjacked and his $5000 Rolex watch stolen. I don't think my conscience would allow me to walk past a homeless family living on a park bench whe I am wearing a $5000 watch that tells time almost as well as a $100 watch.

I heard a CNN reporter talking about the increase in minorities in this country say that projected growth of the immigrant population for the next five years may not mean much because it assumes not much will change, even though there are signs that it already is changing, such as the much lower birthrate in Mexico. The same can be said to those financial planners telling people in their twenties and thirties how much they need to save for retirement to live comfortably when they retire in forty years or so. Neither they, nor anyone else knows what the world is going to be like in forth years and assuming there is going to be almost no changes is ridiculous. The Occupy movement is just one indication that the financial world is going to be in for some dramatic changes. The problems in Greece and other European countries is another. I'm not saying don't save for retirement, just don't get carried away preparing for a future that is probably a complete fantasy.

The dates for the annual Cosolargy Convocation have been set as well as the schedule for this year's Spiritual State of the World seminar. See the video for more details and a list of speakers.

Those who think that studying under an occult, mystical, or spiritual school is a waste of time should remember that at one time those were the only schools that taught medicine, mathematics, astronomy, and other sciences. So what are they teaching now that will be the public sciences of the future? (I will cover this in greater detail tomorrow)

“Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting;
The soul that rises with us, our life's star,
Hath had elsewhere its setting,
And cometh from afar;
Not in entire forgetfulness,
And not in utter nakedness,
But trailing clouds of glory do we come
From God, who is our home...” ~William Wordsworth

Scripture: The Bhagavad Gita 17:27

2012-05-20T09:28:50Z

To be steadfast in self-sacrifice, self-discipline and giving is sat. To act in accordance with these three is sat also.

Sat here means that which is good. Self-discipline is good, self-sacrifice is good and giving is good. Greed is not listed as good. Taking, taking and more taking so that others have to go without because there is only so much to go around is not good. I really can't comprehend why people find it so hard to understand that the world, Nature, provides enough for all of us provided we each take a reasonable share, but when you are greedy and take ten, fifty, or 500 times your share, you are inevitably causing others to do without. People who do that are not my heroes and I do wish others would stop treating them as such.

Change Remembered

2012-05-19T09:24:31Z

Can you remember exactly when you ceased being a child and became an adult? Not just what arbitrary day the law says you became an adult, but the day you really became an adult? Of course you can't because it doesn't exist. This change is a gradual one, not something that suddenly happens one day. The same is true of many other changes in your life.

Do you remember when you were so anxious to be an adult that you tried to behave like one by doing dumb things like smoking a cigarette or drinking a beer or using your mother's makeup? Then, when you get to age forty or so, you start wishing you were a kid again, or at least wishing that you hadn't tried so hard to be an adult, and instead enjoyed childhood while it lasted. Do you remember what day your attitude changed from wanting to be an adult to wishing you were a kid again? Not likely because it didn't happen instantly, it was a process that took time.

Spiritual growth and enlightenment is a lot like that. There are no obvious goals along the path, no mile markers to be noted. You can say you completed your first half marathon on a specific day and will soon be ready to run a full marathon, but you can't say you are half enlightened and will soon be fully enlightened--it just doesn't work that way.

There are some things though that can help you to recognize if you are making progress on your spiritual journey:

If you notice that your attitudes towards others are improving so that you are more tolerant of those who are different in some way (religion, race, etc.) you are making progress
If you are more energetic, not weak and run down, you are making progress
If you are as concerned about the rights and welfare of other as you are of yourself, you are making spiritual progress
If you are having visions or prophetic, lucid dreams more than before, you are advancing spiritually
If an analysis of your energy centers and your aura show that your energy field is getting stonger and more balanced, you are growing spiritually.

None of those things tell you exactly where you are, but that isn't that important anyway. What is important is that you are moving in the right direction. The thing to remember is that change is rarely something that happens instantly, it's a process that happens gradually over a period of time.

Some Inspirational Books

2012-05-18T09:18:07Z

I haven't wrote a book review for a while and I'm not going to do one today, not exactly anyway. But in recent months, I often quote various people in my articles. Even when my posts don't include a quote, they are often inspired by something I read in a book (it's not easy to keep coming up with ideas after more than four years). I have a number of books that I look in for ideas or quotes and I want to list some of the ones I use the most with a short description rather that a review. I have a few of these in actual printed form, but most are ebooks.

The Mystic Vision
Compiled by Andrew Harvey and Anne Baring

This book is the source of many inspirational and spiritual quotes that I often include in my Random Thoughts post on Sunday. It is arranged like a calendar with a theme for each month and a specific quote for each day.

Gnosticism
By Stephan A. Hoeller

A good source of General information on Gnosticism and the various Gnostic groups that have existed.

A Cherokee Feast of Days
By Joyce Sequichie Hifler

Another book that is arranged like a calendar with some Native American philosophy for each day of the year, often accompanied by a short quote from a famous Native American. This is a book I quote from often and it inspires many of my posts. Note: When I have quoted from this book, I have listed the author as "Joyce Squish" Leaving off "Hifler". That mistake was due to the name being truncated on my Kindle and I apologize for the error.

Sermons of Meister Eckhart
by Meister Eckhart

This is a recent addition to my ebook collection, yet I have already quoted from it several times and I have quoted Meister Eckhart even before I had this book. Eckhart was a thirteenth century mystic, theologian and philosopher.

As One Is: To Free the Mind from All Conditioning
By J. Krishnamurti

The philosophy and mystic theology of Krishnamurti, a well known mystic. I have quoted from this one several times.

Frequency: The Power of Personal Vibration
By Penney Pierce

All about vibrations and practices to help raise yours. I have quoted from this one quite a lot.

Esoteric Orders and Their Work
By Dion Fortune

One of the newest additions to my library, so far I find this book very interesting. Fortune was a major force in the spiritual movement in the nineteenth century.

Jamil: Child of Light, Messenger of God
By Gene Savoy

I haven't quoted from this one often, but I am a member of the church and other organizations founded by Reverend Savoy and was fortunate enough to attend some of his lectures in person, so it is a favorite. This book is a kind of biography of the child Jamil, but from a very spiritual view, rather than concentrating on material facts that are really not too important.

Emotions and Intuition

2012-05-17T09:22:41Z

People often confuse feelings with intuition or psychic insight. They are not the same, but the confusion is understandable. In many of us, intuition does seem to be a kind of pleasant feeling, a feeling that something is right. But feeling good about something isn't the same thing.

A lot of things that make us feel good are not good for us and are not good sources of guidance. Alcohol or drugs make some people feel good, but that doesn't mean getting drunk or taking drugs is a path to enlightenment or anything else beneficial. Eating sugary foods make many people very happy, but that also isn't really benefiting them in any way, especially when they eat that stuff often.

Almost any activity or emotion can make some people feel good. The news and the comedy shows have recently featured the too tan woman who spends so much time in tanning booths that she looks like turkey jerky. But she keep doing it because it makes her feel good, even though it isn't doing her any good at all. I read in the brilliant book Molecules of Emotion that there are people who love to get into arguments because they are addicted to the feel good chemistry that happens in their brain when they do. They may be destroying friendships, relationships, and even loosing jobs with their argumentativeness, yet they keep doing it because it makes them feel good.

There are even churches that specialize in working people into a frenzied emotional state that makes them feel good and want to continue going to that church and donate money to that church. Does that mean that church is effective is helping people awaken their spirits and save their souls? No, it doesn't. In fact churches that rely on emotionalism are almost always churches that have little, if any, spiritual knowledge to share.

So how do you know the difference between your emotions finding something pleasing and your intuition telling you something is right? That is complicated. Mostly, you simply have to look at your past experiences with complete honesty. When you though you were taking the correct path, but later found out you were wrong, how did you feel when you decided on that path? Conversely, when you made a good choice for your continued spiritual growth, or any other aspect of your life, how did you feel than? Sometimes, it isn't even a feeling, but a thought, or an absence of a feeling. Also, dreams and visions, if you have them, can help.

Mystery Schools and Students

2012-05-16T09:17:41Z

“The training given in occult schools is designed to produce the adept, a human being who, by intensive training, has raised himself or herself beyond the average development of humanity, and is dedicated to the service of God. Certain work in connection with evolution and the spiritual development and safeguarding of the nations is undertaken by highly-trained men and women, through though their work is never seen and the place of their training is never known...
Not much can be told concerning this training, and not many are suitable for it, but enough has been said to give food for thought.” ~Dion Fortune

If you change the word “occult” in the first line to mystery, mystic, or gnostic, what is says still applies and I prefer one of those terms to occult because many people think of occult as things like speaking with ghosts and black magic. The quoted statement contains a number of important points.

Point number one, which needs to be emphasized for the members of conventional churches, especially Evangelical Christian churches, is that the students in these schools are working for God. Not just a little, not just on Sunday, they serve God always, twenty-four-seven as is popularly said these days. And serving God doesn't mean doing what you want to do and blaming God or Jesus for your behavior, it means listening to God and doing what He wants, even when you don't like doing it, even when it embarrasses you or places you in danger.

The second point is that these spiritual students are highly-trained. They don't become born again simply by joining the church or school and dumping their wallet into the collection plate. They receive extensive lessons which they practice again and again until they get results, then move on to the next phase of training.

Third, these people are safeguarding their nations. The politicians may not know it. The general population doesn't know it. Yet, it is true. Through their efforts, many wars and other kinds of disasters have been prevented. This is done by changing certain conditions on the spiritual and psychic levels of the world that make it possible for such things to happen. Obviously, they are not always successful, yet they have done a lot, and without receiving medals or parades because they are not doing it for glory, but because God needs it done.

And forth is the fact that much of this training cannot be shared with the general public. I know there are some spiritual teachers these days who say otherwise, but they are teachers who generally don't even know that much themselves. Men like Hitler and Nero have cost many lives by the misuse of this esoteric knowledge and power and other have been driven made simply by having such knowledge. The real spiritual schools are becoming somewhat more open due to this being the End Times, yet they still don't and won't share all of the knowledge with those who are not prepared for it.

Listen To Your Teacher

2012-05-15T09:33:02Z

“If you choose to feel alone and seperate, you'll assume you must do everything under your own steam by controlling yourself and the world, as I did for many years. If you choose to feel connected to life, you'll need very little of the old type of willpower. You'll discover that concepts like flow and syncronicity take the place of willpower.” ~Penney Peirce

While it is not a good idea to blindly accept every guru or spiritual teacher who claims to be able to guide you to enlightenment, It is also not wise to question everything a spiritual teacher does and says. Once you have accepted, hopefully through reliance on your inner senses, your intuition, that a particular teacher or spiritual school is teaching true spiritual growth, you must then go along with what the teacher tells you and not question or analyze every move or every statement made by the teacher.

Often, things that are very effective spiritual techniques will seem harmful, senseless, or backwards to the logical mind. If you question everything, you will probably never get anything done and your growth will be limited. Also, when you start questioning what the instructor tells you do do, you are likely to start innovating, doing things your way, and those changes you make that your will and ego are very happy with may seem very logical, but they are preventing the spiritual technique from working properly.

One of the main reasons the great mystic and mystery schools of the ancients usually required new members to be accepted on a trail basis only, usually for a period of two or three years, was to see if they would do what the teacher told them without innovating or ignoring the lesson. Sometimes, these new students were asked to do things that were really pointless only to see if they would follow instructions. Those who couldn't follow instructions would not be given the true teachings and would be encouraged to leave the school.

Of course, it is possible for a teacher to go bad and start teaching falsehood, so watch how the advanced students react to what he says or does. If they continue to follow, and your intuition is still telling you to listen, then listen and follow the teacher.

Sharing Ideas

2012-05-14T09:16:37Z

“Ideas are like eggs in an incubator. They must be kept warm and protected until they have grown enough to hatch...There is a time to speak and a time to keep silent, but it takes wisdom to know the time.” ~Joyce Sequichie

Many people say that when you have an idea you should share it with your friends, coworkers and others. Get others to come on board with you and support your idea. That all sounds good, but here is the problem with it: many of those friends, relatives and coworkers won't support it. Instead, they will point out all the things that can go wrong and all the reasons why it shouldn't be done.

Before you share your idea you need to do two things: (1) make sure you can respond to and counter any negative comments and (2) make sure the person or persons you are sharing your idea with is the type who is likely to offer support and encouragement rather than be jealous or fearful and tear down your idea.

This doesn't just mean ideas for new inventions or new businesses. It also included sharing spiritual ideas and spiritual knowledge. There were and are very good reasons why ancient and modern mystical, gnostic, or mystery schools keep much of their teaching secret. It was not a monopolistic thing like a modern corporation keeping business secrets. It was to protect both the students and those who were not students. It protects students by not giving others easy opportunities to express doubts or laugh at the teachings which can result in causing the student to have doubts. Many promising students have left schools teaching real spiritual development and enlightenment because friend and relatives laughed at the teachings and labeled the school a cult or worse (In nearly all cases, the people saying these things don't even know to any great degree what is being taught in these schools). The other reason is that some of these teaching can be dangerous in the hands of those who have not been trained in how to use them wisely. Some of the worse despots the world has seen have been aided by spiritual knowledge they gained improperly and used improperly, Hitler being a prominent member of that club.

So keep your ideas to yourself until they are fully developed and defensible and then share them only with those who are worthy.

Happy Mother's Day 2012

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Random Thoughts 5-13-2012

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Its interesting how the scientists who insisted that the Mayan calendar was meaningless so we should simply ignore the December 21, 2012 end date are all now jumping on the band wagon and saying the Mayans had it right since the discovery of a Mayan calendar that supposedly has dates up to seven thousand years in the future. Actually, the Mayan calender and Mayan writings never said this year would be the end of the world, just the end of a major cycle: an age or “sun”. Mayan writings indicate that the end of one age and start of another are always periods of great conflict and destruction as the world is forced to change. Nothing in the newly found calender contradicts that.

If some blacks decide not to vote again for Obama because of his stance on gay marriage, then they never really voted for Obama the last election. They voted for the black guy simply because he was black which is just as prejudice as me voting for a candidate just because he is white.

I heard on the news that the mailmen somwhere here in Virginia were complaining that they didn't like doing the door-to-door deliveries in a nudest camp because they didn't like what they saw there (nudists rarely look like professional models). One thing they should consider though: in a state where it is very easy to get a concealed gun license, they don't have to worry. Few nudists carry concealed weapons.

If your mother has passed on, you can still honor her on mothers day by planting a tree in her memory or making a charitable donation in her name.

“What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves?” ~Thomas Merton

A CVS supervisor in Maryland was arrested as the inside man after two robberies of the store. They didn't suspect him after the first one, but surveillance cameras showed that during the second robbery, one of the other robbers started to leave the store without the money and the supervisor who was pretending to be robbed, picked up the bundle of cash and ran it out to him.

When a young man in Montana discovered that a homeowner kept extra change in buckets in the house, he broke in and stole the bucket full of quarters and half-dollars worth about $3,000. He wasn't satisfied though and returned a few days later and took the bucket with nickels and dimes worth $700. Still not satisfied, he returned again for the bucket full of pennies, but the owner now had a surveillance camera installed and he was filmed taking the bucket and arrested.

A woman in Texas decide to end her marriage like some guys in India have done recently. She started by giving her husband a massage, but she used gasoline as a massage oil. She then used one of those romantic candles nearby to set him on fire. He survived, but their home burned down.

Scripture: John 16:21

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A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born is born into the world.

Pregnancy is not a pleasant experience. Thank God many women still choose it for the great joy of bringing children into the world. Happy Mother's Day!