When mere objects, locations and people gain religioussignificance, they also gain an added value – that of holiness.Attachment to symbolic holiness leads to conflicts betweenindividuals, wars of religions and war between nations.The real essence of life – the physicality, unity of everything – isinseparable from the whole. No single aspect of it can be altered inany way. The value we attach to anything that has ever been created- from objects to selected individuals, dead or alive – is
A short introduction to Buddhism and Buddhist thinking. This is the first article of a series.
Karma of groups and individuals. The violet flame of the Holy Spirit. The Divine Light. Man’s Divinity.
Buddha predicted that in future after 1500 years of his passing away, in the land of the north of the red face barbarian, Je Tsongkhapa will revitalise the teachings of the Buddha when it has become declined, perverted and polluted
In the material world, all that we ‘need’ is provided for us to use, move and let go – not to hoard. The more we use ‘things’, the more comfortable and plentiful they will be next time, because all things need to be kept in a state of constant flow. The minute we try to grab and control people and things, by making them our exclusive property, we render them static and then things are no longer flowing and pleasant.
Paul Brunton states that, “Thoughts tend to be creative and sooner or later it produces karmic fruit in our general environment. It is not necessary for your thoughts to translate themselves into deeds before they can become karmically effective. If they have sufficient intensity and if they are prolonged over a sufficient period they will eventually bring [appropriate] results even in external circumstances.
Of course, the ego will ask: what would happen if … but in reality there are no ifs. Ifs are never real. They are only fears we create in our mind. Some people get a clearer message from animals and insects than from people, so that’s their fate to be bitten until they realize the symbolism of that and act on it.“Look how symbolic it is that the flies and mosquitoes cause maladies like malaria and Ross River fever in your country. People fall into a state of deep sleep and hallucinations.
There are many beliefs on the issue of death and reincarnation. Sometimes I think there is just one life and your spiritual advancement continues after it is over. Since I struggle with the two aspects of one life and many lives, I tend to believe you have a choice to keep returning as many times as you want.
We can get our nutrients and proteins and whatever our body needs from all other sources and we don't need to harm any animals.
Everything is impermanent by nature. There's no choice – nothing lasts. What is the definition of impermanence? Any phenomenon – any item, object, thought, place, person, situation, whatever – that is dependent on other causes or phenomena for its existence, is impermanent.
if we look carefully at what we are focused on in our lives, we will see that our minds are not on big, important things. Instead, we spend a lot of time explaining ourselves and focusing on very small things. We cannot do bigger things because we do not focus and we do not push ourselves
Karma does not dump us or push us into cold water so that we swallow a lot of salty water and suffocate. No, no! From Soul with Love, karma only sends us what we each need to grow and thrive – what we need to evolve – not necessarily what we want, or think we need, which is why our ego-persona, like a child used to getting her way, is not very fond of Master Karma – the absolute arbiter.
House Energy Correction is the concept of controlling the 8 Directional Energies; 7 Chakras and 7 Energy Bodies of the People; Boosting and Balancing the 5 Elements of the Lands & Buildings. Last part of the 3 part series.
2010 – Where are we headed? Just what are we marching to? Who are we associating with? With all the seeming chaos in our world there is always divine order. The world’s theme is "harmonizing chaos." Boy, do we need it now! A conscious person will endeavor to create harmony wherever they are and in whatever situation they find themselves.
The doctrines of reincarnation and karma in Esoteric Christianity. The basic three types of karma.
