Bible quotes

"listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future." "Cease to hear instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge." "Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed." "An evil doer listens to wicked lips, and a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue." "Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished." "A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding, than a hundred blows into a fool." "The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good."" "There is a severe discipline for him who forsakes the way; whoever hates reproof will die." 'All the says of the afflicted are evil, but the cheerful of heart has a continual feast." "It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the spoil with the proud." "Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure and trouble with it."

The guru principle

We all need a guru if we want to be successful. A guru is one who imparts knowledge and leads one from darkness to light. What is darkness, and what is light though? Each but the most enlightened have darkness in their minds. What is the nature of this darkness? It is a lack of spiritual light, ie. insight. Obviously you can't see in the dark so you need light, and this light enables us to have insight. A guru is one who gives us insight. This is most important. In psychiatry they claim that certain individuals lack insight because their behavior is different from the norm or the average person. But is the average person really so insightful? Pablo Picasso for example was a very insightful man yet he was different from the norm, and so was da Vinci and Einstein and all the other great thinkers of both the modern era and ancient times. Mahatma Ghandi said, "Truth in a minority of one is still truth." and that is the way it is. Insight is not the possession of the majority but the minority. Obviously I am not talking about a racial minority but a minority that is even smaller than that, but which may actually be in only one person. Jesus said, "Narrow is the way that leads to salvation, and broad is the way that leads to destruction and many travel thereby." So only a very small number find salvation. And what is salvation? It is reaching God, finding true happiness. Who can reach salvation? Only by having a true guru can you attain salvation. Now many people believe that behavior is carved in stone and we have no choice about our behaviors and that everyone is destined to behave in a certain way under all circumstances. A little observation will reveal that to be untrue. Our behaviors are not carved in stone and different behaviors are not signs of mental abnormalities. Indeed to the Enlightened mind the majority of people exhibit mental abnormalities, and the people that the majority call mentally ill are healthy to the Enlightened mind. People with something to say will find a way to say it, and those who have the most to say will be our teachers. A guru is a teacher. Not a teacher like you see in classrooms and lecture halls etc. but someone qualified to teach by their own inner realization, their own insight. A true teacher will be an Enlightened guru and there is no one truly qualified to teach ANYTHING but and Enlightened guru. They are the only ones qualified. It is not merely a theory or an experience to them but a definite KNOWING. They know for sure. Part of this knowing that Enlightened ones have is omniscience, that is a complete awareness of everything, literally everything. With that comes omnipresence and omnipotence. That is just what happens. This is why you should consider the guru as God, because he indeed does have God-like powers, awareness and presence. Now, some people don't believe in God. They will have a lot of trouble in their lives and accepting a guru or even the need for a teacher is out of the question. They blindly accept the so called truth of the scientist because there is supposed to be proof of these theories. They obviously don't trust themselves or God. This is where a guru comes in. He will teach you the true love of God and that will bring trust in yourself. A guru is one that will not support your ego in any way because the ego is the enemy to your true happiness and salvation and insight. This is what leads people to think that people who behave different are mentally ill because the different behavior means they have smaller egos. The smaller the ego the more insight and healthier and more loving and kind they will be, the more intelligent they will be and the happier they will be. This is quite a profound insight is it not? Enlightenment means that the person has no ego and has achieved perfect insight into all things. They are a perfected being, a siddha. They have worked out their own salvation and are qualified to help people work out their true salvation. Mere belief is not enough. Beliefs don't get you very far and indeed are your own greatest enemy, will prevent you from achieving salvation. How does a guru teach? He will give you private instruction like a tutor and will work one on one with you, free of charge. He might even help YOU out financially. Why because the guru is only interested in your salvation not personal benefit. The guru gets spiritual benefit from helping people that is the spiritual path - you benefit by you helping others. You get the most benefit from helping your guru, even though he doesn't need your help. You serve the guru to benefit yourself, not for the guru. This may be a little hard for you to get your head around but your true nature wants to serve and by serving you become that which you are - your spiritual Self or soul. It is the path of personal and spiritual growth, the path of service - especially to the guru. Service is the path to true happiness and unification with God. This is the path of Yoga which means 'union', union with God and your true Self. I have already explained that by having less ego you will be healthier. It is Soul and Spirit that heal and this is the path of true healing - Union with Soul and Spirit. Of course you have always been connected with God and your Soul but you do not know it because of the mud on the diamond as they say, which means your samskaras or misconceptions about reality. In other words the mud on the diamond is your delusions. By clearing up your delusions you will get healthier - physically, because the body is the barometer of the Soul. The more you give the better it will be for you so the idea is the serve and keep serving and give and never stop giving. The more you put in the more you will get out of it, so give with happiness knowing that you will get great benefit out of it but also with no thought of reward. Indeed service is the only way to gain any benefit. Keep this in mind. Peace and Love to you. Peace. Om Shanti, Om Shanti.

The dual nature of life and how to be happy

Duality is a fact in nature. There is no getting around it. The duality I am talking about will set you free from the delusion of materiality and therefore suffering. The Buddha was wrong when he said that "desire is the cause of all suffering". Not having desires is the cause of all suffering. The satisfaction of desires produces health and happiness and well being. What will make you truly happy? Isn't happiness what we are all seeking? Why not seek happiness directly? The duality that I am talking about is in the realm of spirit and ego. The ultimate positive-negative light-dark struggle. The struggle between happiness and unhappiness. The light must always win, the dark negative will always lose. Doesn't it make sense to go with the light and not be a loser? God is the ultimate good guy, in fact the word ego means 'Edge God Out', so by edging God out, you are being bad and therefore a loser, you are edging happiness out, edging health out and true joy that comes when you are the side of good. I should mention the things that are good/positive and bad/negative so you get a grip on what they are. Health is good, feeling good is good, so sickness is bad and feeling bad is bad. Nobody like to be sick and feel bad so it makes sense not to do those things that make you feel sick and bad and to do those things that enhance health and make you feel good. Any thing that feels good is making you healthier and anything that makes you feel bad is making you sicker. That is just how life works. There is nothing random or chaotic about life, it all follows the Perfect Laws of God; everything is in order. If your life is chaotic it is because YOU are chaotic, you have 'edged God out'. It is not by chance that ego spells 'Edge God Out', that was also designed by God as everything is. Chaos is bad, order is good. Chaos is of the ego, order is of God, it is good. We have perfect order in the whole of Life, nothing happens by chance. You are the controller of your destiny no one else is. So let us recap; Spirit/God is good and ego/evil is bad. They don't call it the negative ego for nothing. There is NO positive ego. Ego is bad full stop. If you are in ego you will feel bad. Spirit feels good. Spirit is healthy and ego is unhealthy. Religion is good and healthy and materialism is unhealthy and bad. This is all the dualistic nature of life, there is no judgment. Judgment is bad, discernment is good. Truth is good, lies are bad. This is not judgment, it is Truth. Allowing is good/healthy, manipulation is bad/sick. Personal/spiritual growth is good, stagnation and going backwards is bad. You must cooperate with evolution if you are to feel good. Life is positive and healthy, if you are really living it. If you are sick it is because you did something that wasn't in line with evolution. That is just how it works. If you are healthy it is because you did something good and in line with the purposes of life. We could sum up the purpose of life is to be happy, which means to be good and to be healthy and to be truly spiritual. Obviously if you are truly spiritual you will be healthy and feel good as well as do good for the betterment of all life. How do you do this? Only God can, so you must do as God wishes not as your ego dictates; you must become a pure channel through which God can work. You must become an empty vessel, you must cooperate with God/Life, which is the same thing. You need to work very hard at being healthy/good/spiritual but at the same time it is the easiest thing you can do. IT is challenging but rewarding. Think what it would feel like to be a truly good person, think what it feels like to be truly healthy, to truly cooperate with life and help your fellow man. If you help others you will feel good and be healthy; if you hurt others you will feel bad and be unhealthy, ie. sick. You cooperate with life when you try to be healthy, but you will feel bad if you step off the path. Your true feelings come from the Soul/Spirit... ego has an agenda all of its own and does not think of others. Spirit/Soul is truly impersonal, but it does not neglect any one part of life or any individual, it considers the needs of all. When you feel good you are considering the needs of all, this is how it works. You need to be constantly looking with in to find you true self/your Soul. Ego is everything that causes unhappiness in self or other. Can people be truly unhappy? You tell me... are you happy? when was the last time you felt truly happy? are you healthy? are you a good person? do you listen to Spirit or ego? Each moment you have a choice between Spirit or ego, happiness or unhappiness, health or sickness, good or evil. Remember, your feelings tell you if you are doing good or bad. IF you do not know what a feeling is, you need to take a good hard look at yourself. You are happy when you are healthy, sad when you are sick, happy when you tell the truth, sad when you lie, happy when you are positive, sad when you are negative, happy when you help someone, sad when you hurt someone. Doesn't it make sense to do that which makes you happy? You can't do that which makes you happy some of the time and sometimes do that which makes you sad at other times. You are either all good and healthy or all bad and sick. There is no other way. People's psychology needs to really change if we are to see a better life for all on earth and modern psychology just doesn't do it. It doesn't teach the things that I am now teaching and therefore is inadequate. Does modern psychology make people sad or happy? If it makes you sad it is no good, it is just making you sicker and more; a worse person. If you can be truly honest you will see that it makes you sad and therefore is ineffective and dangerous. Anything that makes you sad is dangerous, that is the epitome of danger. If it makes you happy it is safe. Let's talk about sex because that is a tiny microcosm of life. Just say you feel bad about a certain body part on a person, or you feel bad about a particular sex act with a particular person. If you go ahead and perform a sex act on that body part, or do the sex act that made you feel bad, you have done something dangerous to yourself, in other words it has caused you harm, ie. caused you injury. If you do this it will make you sad, not just momentarily but potentially forever. So you can see why it is not good to do, because you want to be happy, everyone does. I am not saying "if you want to be happy, you are not", but you want to be happy, forever, whether or not you are happy now. You can certainly want to STAY happy, but that is not the right way to think. Happiness comes when you get what you want and must be continuous in each moment, or you will not be happy. I think I've said enough. Peace.

Tao Te Ching Chapter 20

When we renounce learning we have no troubles.
The (ready) 'yes,' and (flattering) 'yea;'--
Small is the difference they display.
But mark their issues, good and ill;--
What space the gulf between shall fill?

What all men fear is indeed to be feared; but how wide and without end is the range of questions (asking to be discussed)!

The multitude of men look satisfied and pleased; as if enjoying a full banquet, as if mounted on a tower in spring. I alone seem listless and still, my desires having as yet given no indication of their presence. I am like an infant which has not yet smiled. I look dejected and forlorn, as if I had no home to go to. The multitude of
men all have enough and to spare. I alone seem to have lost everything. My mind is that of a stupid man; I am in a state of chaos.

Ordinary men look bright and intelligent, while I alone seem to be benighted. They look full of discrimination, while I alone am dull and confused. I seem to be carried about as on the sea, drifting as if I had nowhere to rest. All men have their spheres of action, while I alone seem dull and incapable, like a rude borderer. (Thus) I alone am different from other men, but I value the nursing-mother (the Tao).

A Revolutionary way to think about Spirituality

This is a new Teaching about what spirituality is all about, the why, the how, and the what do do. To start with I will explain what religion and spirituality is all about - they are about Truth and Love. Truth and Love is YOUR nature and God's nature, so it makes sense that if you want to be spiritual you have to have Truth and Love. The more Truth and Love you have the more spiritual you will be. Beauty and Health are included as they are Divine qualities and these are the natural state of someone truly spiritual and so is intelligence. If you increase these qualities you increase your spirituality, they take you toward your True Nature which is Love, Truth, Health, Beauty, Intelligence and more like understanding. I really expect this Teaching to revolutionise spirituality and everything, and by the way you can not separate spirituality from everything else, as all life is spiritual, everything is One. And as everything is One, you are also One with God and He has all these qualities, so you will become more like God and your True Self, your Soul, as you develop these qualities. All Souls are One and One with God, you just need to realise it, by increasing these Divine qualities. I have learnt these things by hard won effort and because I have practised these things, thought/reflected on this and have discovered this New Teaching. There is no real limit to how much of these qualities you can have because God is unlimited, so if you work on these qualities you will become more spiritual. These are the qualities of the Real You so that is why you are working on them.
So increasing your Health and Intelligence is a way to be more spiritual, though we have to get away from the commonplace usages of those words. You do have to be rounded out for true results though. You may not figure this out unless I tell you. Increasing the health and intelligence of others and the whole planet is a way of being spiritual and this is where it is all leading and what spirituality is all about. Working on yourself can only take you so far. After some work on yourself, you will need to extend your effort to helping others, after all this is what Love is all about (Service is Love in action) and helping others is the surest way to increase these Divine qualities (as we serve we also learn). You can't really do it unless this is your motive. Now that's it... I'll see you in Heaven (not a place you go when you die, but can be achieved in the here and now - the Kingdom of Heaven is within after all). By the way, increasing your intelligence, IS helping others.

William Blake quotes

Here are some Willian Blake quotes to get you in the "mood".


“Both read the Bible day and night, but thou read black where I read white.” William Blake

“Every harlot was a virgin once.” William Blake

“Can I see another's woe, and not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, and not seek for kind relief?” William Blake

“Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you.” William Blake

“A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.” William Blake

“He who binds to himself a joy Does the winged life destroy; But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in eternity's sun rise.” William Blake

“He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.” William Blake

“He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: general Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, and flatterer, for Art and Science cannot exist but in minutely organized Particulars.” William Blake

“He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.” William Blake

“If a thing loves, it is infinite.” William Blake

“If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.” William Blake

“If the Sun and Moon should ever doubt, they'd immediately go out.” William Blake

“It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels, but because they do not expect holiness from one another, but from God only.” William Blake

“Love seeketh not itself to please, nor for itself hath any care, but for another gives its ease, and builds a Heaven in Hell's despair.” William Blake

“Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or flourish in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or flourish.” William Blake

“The eye altering, alters all.” William Blake

“The hours of folly are measured by the clock; but of wisdom, no clock can measure.” William Blake

“The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.” William Blake

“The man who never in his mind and thoughts travel'd to heaven is no artist.” William Blake

“The soul of sweet delight, can never be defiled.” William Blake

“To see the world in a grain of sand, and to see heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hands, and eternity in an hour.” William Blake

“To generalize is to be an idiot.” William Blake

“Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.” William Blake


“What is grand is necessarily obscure to weak men. That which can be made explicit to the idiot is not worth my care.” William Blake

“What is now proved was once only imagined.” William Blake

“What is the price of experience? Do men buy it for a song? Or wisdom for a dance in the street? No, it is bought with the price of all the man hath, his house, his wife, his children.” William Blake

Seeking the Truth

"Seek and ye shall find," as our old friend said, has been heard by many an ear, but as yet little has been done about it. We need to know HOW to find the Truth and as most people do knot know how to do it I will explain. The seeking that is being explained is of the spiritual sort, but can be applied to virtually any aspect of out lives. "Seek and ye shall find." It bares repeating, for it can never be said too many times. As far as seeking spiritual Truth, it never ends. So where to seek? The easy answer is everywhere. You need to look in books, in groups around the place, in the place where you live and with everyone you come into contact with. You need to seek out teachers and people who can aid you in your quest. The very act of seeking, sets forces in motion, which will greet and aid the seeker in his quest. Be prepared, you may be in for a shock. Once again be prepared. Seeking will develop the intuition and also purify your consciousness, so it is a vital step on the Path. It will never end. Even in popular culture, it is said, "If we didn't seek, we wouldn't find." So seeking is vital. Seeking almost always begins in the external world, you obviously haven't got the answers within you yet, though all you questions are ultimately answered from within. People need to learn to listen more to their inner guidance - which thought to think, which book to read, which person to see, what thing to say, etc. etc. in every aspect of their lives. Once this guidance is listened to there will be no mistakes. So seeking within is vital. No one comes to the Fathers Kingdom unless he seeks it out, this is guaranteed. So seek on my friends, and never stop. And don't forget to look within and without for the answers.

Principles

Principles. Principles are facts on which to base our extended knowledge on in order to have a basis for Wisdom. We can not escape the fact that we need principles in order to grow and develop, scientifically, spiritually, physically etc. Without these principles there would be no growth, there would be no evolution. That is not to say that evolution would not happen without them, but these principles that we must know and use are the principles of Love, Truth. In some respect Evolution itself happens out of these principles, though what is really happening is these principles are part of the evolutionary process. These principles are used to EVOLVE, us and the universe. There is no escaping it. So in order to Evolve, we must use principles. Principles that God Himself uses, we must also use. Then we can unite with God, who is Love, and all that is. So in order to unite with God, we must Love - and service is Love in action. Service will ultimately unite us with Love, with God, and we will ultimately become gods ourselves. We must speak in principles and use principles in out thinking, in order to unite with God, that Great Principle. There are many, many principles on the Path, all to unite us with Love, with God. We need to know them and understand them and be 100% accurate in their usage. There is no getting around this.
It may be obvious to you that using principles will increase mental polarisation and aid in contact with the Soul, the real you, so it is invaluable. This is definitely a step forward from the emotional and physical polarisation, which is demonstrated by many, or most today. Principles will also help in mental clarity and everyone needs this clarity - you can not do with out it. The development of the mind is a vital necessity. So fill your mind with principles, and use them for the rest of your days, and all will be well.

The Two Kingdoms

"My Kingdom is not of this world," is what Jesus said, but oh-so-few have really understood it's meaning. Jesus did not mean some far away place, in some some distant land, that we go to when we die or anything like that. Jesus also said, "The Kingdom of Heaven is within." So the Kingdom of Heaven is within, yet not of this world. The Kingdom of Heaven is the Divine Kingdom, which is WITHIN us and everywhere at the same time. In the Gospel of Thomas, Jesus said, "... look under a rock and it is there." So IT, the Divine Kingdom is there and everywhere. The Divine Kingdom, or the Kingdom not of this world, is God's Kingdom, it is spiritual, it is Divine and it is everywhere. It actually IS God, because as it says in the Bible God is "...that in which we live and move and have our being." So we live in God - yet who is really aware of this? It seems we should be, and this unity with God is actually the Goal of life, as stated in many of my other articles. In order to find this Divine Kingdom which Jesus spoke about, we need to look within. This is what so many, saints, sages and Gurus have told us, yet how many have actually looked within? This other KIngdom is is the world of Love and meaning, and I hope we all want Love and meaning. If we enter this kingdom, it is actually possible to see it with out eyes - yet it is not physical - it is the Light of Love Divine, the Spirit. You can actually SEE the Light in the external world, which shows that God, the Spirit is everywhere and everything, though there is always More. The Beauty of this experience is profound, though EXPERIENCE, should not be the goal, though what good is all our knowledge of God, if we don't experience Him in His fullness.
The OTHER kingdom, the "Fallen" kingdom, the world that many people experience, is that which PERCEIVES it's separation from God, the All That Is. It is only perception because God is everywhere. We shouldn't focus on this kingdom as we do not want suffering and separation, which is the lot of all those separate from God. God is Love, after all, Love Divine.
So there are two Kingdoms, the Divine Kingdom, or the Kingdom of God and the "Fallen" kingdom - that which is "separate" from God, and the Goal of unity with God, is the Goal of Life. Hopefully this article will introduce you to the Divine Kingdom.

Right Speech

Rarely do we see/hear anyone use right speech - yet The Buddha spoke of it in his 8 Right ways of living. It is actually one of the most vital ways of coming to greater understanding, helping others and the world and of course ourselves, which (the latter) should not really be the goal of any endeavor, for, "We most truly help ourselves, when we help others." If we want to help ourselves we must help others and this is what will happen if we use right speech. We MUST use right MOTIVE, however. A study of motive is crucial in everything we do. To arrive at pure motive is to arrive at pure Love. We must always do our best in everything, and this includes speaking rightly. Right speech is invaluable to our own development and we need to have right speech if we are to usher in the New World. In order to have right speech, we must speak the Truth - this means all the time, obviously. It also requires honesty. There is a close relation between honesty and being (true to) yourself. If more people were honest, we would have more people being true to themselves. This is of course vital. The Truth is within, and you will obviously need to look within to discover the Truth. Honesty is invaluable in this, so we must speak honestly and speak the Truth. This is what right speech is all about. True Knowledge is part of speaking the Truth, because it is the this True Knowledge, that is the Truth, although the Truth is not simply knowledge, though you WILL have to look within to find it. If you look within, you will find the Truth, but you may have to look in the external world as a result of this. Looking within will reveal this to you. Speaking factually will effect your consciousness profoundly in a positive way, so it obviously makes sense to do it. Sharing the Truth with others, will flow from knowing the the Truth and knowing the Truth will come from sharing the Truth with others as it is stated in my article, 'The Path'. Honesty and Truth are vital if we are to enter the New World.

The Path

"The initiate knows because he works." This sums up the Path pretty much. By working we gain understanding, not before. This is also backed up in the statement, "Service is the great healer and TEACHER." In serving and working we learn and, "Service is Love in action." By CONSCIOUSLY Loving we learn. The Path is actually many things, but few have actually walked it, except for those Great Souls, who perhaps shall remain nameless, as incarnations of God, but the Path is for ALL. The Path is all about coming into Love - Loving all and unifying with all. To walk the path is to follow the calling of the Purpose of Life.
Three major keys to walking the Path are; SEEKING, SERVICE and MEDITATION. These will never stop, and are inherent to life on the Path and after you reach your Goal - Realisation of your Oneness with God. Other keys are; obey the inward impulses of the Soul and pay no attention to worldly science and sagacity. To walk the Path we need to overcome the ego, the lower self and follow the dictates of our higher self, our Soul. We need to recreate and change our selves, and control and overcome our lower selves. This is a major thing for most people to do and may be for eons - it's all worth it, for the joy, Love and Peace of the Spirit.
In order to walk the Path it will not only be necessary to battle our selves, but the outside world as well, as people will most likely confront and challenge you as you walk the Path. For this you must be prepared. If it was easy, we wouldn't make it, though in a way there is NOTHING easier than walking the Path. Don't get your hopes up though - it WILL challenge you.
As it says in 'The Matrix', "It is not enough to know the Path, you have to walk it." And this article should tell you what you need to do enough to follow it, if you are not already. One more thing. The Path that people walk is defined in two ways; The Right Hand Path, the Path of service to others, the ALL, and to God and the left hand path; the path of service to self. All Black Magicians walk this path. It should be clear that the path of service to self, the left hand path should not be followed. Love is the Law of Life and should be followed by all those desirous of success. Everyone will ultimately take this Path, although some or many, may take the long road Home. This is certainly not the way people should go. There is only one way to REALLY know the path and that is to walk it. So walk on, and "Seek and ye shall find."

Love

This is a subject that is, and should be dear to all people. It may be apparent though, that some people are not concerned about it. Why? Ignorance. And remember, ignorance is synonamous with evil. It seems that many, (or even most) people do not know what Love is, how to do it, or even what it feels like. I should start by saying that LOVE IS ALL THERE IS. That isn't to say evil doesn't exist - it does. At the same time it doesn't - there is no such thing. Yet evil is sometimes everywhere. What is the solution? Love is the solution. Or is it Truth? Love and Truth go hand in hand. Truth and Love should be shared simultaneously with everyone we meet, and everyone around us. We actually "meet" WHO EVER WE SEE, it does not necessarily have to be a real 'meet and greet' situation.
Love is impersonal and God is Love. AND as it says in the Bible, "God is no respecter of personalities." There are many things we could say about Love and so far we are only scratching the surface. To truly Love others should be a major goal of everyone, which brings us to a definition of what Love is. "Love is the fixed determination to do what is best for the greater good." It is not a feeling - that is a distortion of true Love, but the feeling will almost certainly be there. Love is not making the object of Love feel comfortable, superficially. Sharing the Truth with someone may not seem Loving at the time, but it is the most Loving thing you can do. Buddha and Jesus both shared the Truth with others, AND they were both persecuted because of it. Once again ALL Love is IMpersonal. Personal Love, is no Love at all. We all have experienced Love in one or other of it's forms, yet, how many people know and demonstrate it in their lives? Everyone should do this without question. True divine Love is much misunderstood by others, but will be understood completely in the coming Age. We should make PURE Love our goal, a Love which requires nothing back. God is Love and God and Love is all there is. So in order to unify with All There Is (which is actually the Goal of life) we need to Love. We need to increase our capacity to Love. When we Love one person we Love all. So much could be said on the subject that it is almost impossible to cover it, but it is worth making a study of what Love is, though not intellectually. The EXPERIENCE of Love will explain, what Love really is, though, most definitely you will need TRUE knowledge. Finally I will say, "The care of the whole, does not involve the neglect of any part." Similarly, the care of the part, does not involve the neglect of the whole. BE TRUE TO YOURSELF, this can be the truest Love of all - EXCEPT... you have to know what that self is. Perhaps this last statement sums it up - we know our true self is Love, just as God is Love - we were made in His image. So, forever Love! Love will take you closer to that true self than anything.

The Dark Brothers

This is a subject that may not be very familiar with all of you, but has been taught for thousands of years. What do these dark brothers do? Why do we need to know about them? If you doubt their existance maybe you are a very doubting person, OR (and this may come as a shock to you) you are under the influence of them and they have gotten to you. The dark forces are in the Bible and also Buddhist texts as well as a lot of New Age literature. Maybe you should really ponder their existence.
What constitutes one of these dark brothers? This is one of the things that constitute a dark brother - "The dark brother recognises on unity with his species, only seeing them as people to be exploited for the furtherance of his own ends. They respect no person, they regard all men as fair prey, they use everyone to get their own way enforced, and by fair means or foul, they seek to break down all opposition and, for the personal self aquire that which they desire.
The dark brother considers not what suffering he may cause; he cares not what agony of mind he brings upon an opponent; he persists in his intentions and desists not from the hurt of any man, woman or child, provided that his own ends are furthered."
It goes on to say, "Expect absolutely no mercy from those opposing the Forces of Light."
The forces of darkness opperate on the physical and emotional planes where they exert force over others. The Forces of Light do not exert their force over these planes, choosing to work with evolution on the mental plane.

The 'Matrix Trilogy' symbology in real life

To start with the Matrix movies are symbolic of real events and real people. For example Neo is a real person - the Messiah or coming Christ and Buddha - the Maitreya. The events in the movies are happening today or have happened in the recent past. The movies are actually Teachings for the real Neo - the Messiah, alive today but awaiting a revealing. In the first movie we saw Neo seek out Morpheus who was to teach him all that He needed to know. This happened in real life with the real Morpheus. The machines are also symbolic of real life beings - the hungry Ghosts of the Buddhist terminology, who try to feed on our energy. There is other symbology that is too esoteric and should be left unsaid. The relationship between Neo and Trinity in real life is Similar but Trinity is the one who needs all the help, not Neo. He Knows what He is doing. Trinity does not recognise the unique and special nature of their relationship however.
More symbology. The end of the first movie is significant in many ways, with part of the other movies included. The Hallway end where Neo dies is symbolic of Neo having to DIE to his self/ego, completely, only to be risen again in a greater form. He also SEES the world as energy as he saw the Agents in the Hallway. Neo "can feel you now" and is looking to save you and all of Zion. He is looking to 'free more minds', like they Freed them in the movies. There are very few people living in 'The Real World'. This is coming.
Back to Trinity, because that's where we're at. No one understands the profound bond that Neo and Trinity have. It has been forged by Time, Love and Test and Trial and is the stuff of legends, it can not fail, but Neo can and has gone on without her. Morpheus and Trinity actually betrayed Him and hooked up with Bane.
Now we come to the characters and their place in the scheme of things. Some characters have more that one role in real life from the movies. Neo is actually, Neo, The Oracle, The Architect and Seraph - Extremely powerful, in fact it may be apparent that Neo is God. Morpheus is actually, Smith as well as Cypher and one of the Twins and the Keymaker - a vital role, but one he does not really appreciate. Trinity is also one of the Twins. In real life Trinity and Morpheus have a child together and she is Sati. Apoch and Switch have small roles.
This is the 5th version of the Matrix and the original WAS designed to be a perfect world but it did not take. There have been other Messiahs but this one is clearly the greatest.
I should say that Neo and Trinity are Adam and Eve from the Bible.
Neo continues to battle Agents to this day, but this will soon End. Heaven on Earth is coming, and this is what is seen at the end of the final movie with the New City.
There are other movies with symbology like this, like 'The Lord of the Rings' and 'The Fifth Element'. In 'The Lord of the Rings', The Messiah is symbolised as King, saint and wizard by Aragorn, Frodo and Gandalf respectively. In 'The Fifth Element' the Saviour is Corbin Dallas, Leelu - the Supreme Being and Ruby Rod (He's so sexy) all rolled into one.

Reincarnation

Reincarnation is something we all need to 'believe' in and understand. It is surprising how many educated people do not believe in reincarnation. Reincarnation is not that hard - you die, you come back, you die, you come back, though how it works is something little understood. Many people used to be insects, spiders or even inanimate objects, so there's no call for pride. Many things happen in the spiritual worlds between incarnations that make reincarnation possible. Animals are frequent past lives, even fish and sharks, though Angels are not uncommon. Once you have attained a human incarnation it is rare that you go back to another life form, though, you should see it more frequently in the future. Human incarnation is much sort after, though many people would do better as insects. Humans are the highest form of life apart from Heavenly Beings, though some people are fighting out of their weight range so to speak, to be big. God is almost always on Earth in 'human' form, though, not to say that you should think you are God, your not. There is only one God and He knows who He is. Although reincarnation is real and valid, in the future, human incarnation will be limited to the most advanced souls. Many will go to hell realms to suffer what they have sowed. Lowly evolved souls in poor vehicles are the result of the reincarnation process, having warranted a lesser more animalistic body during their previous incarnation. The limited incarnation into human bodies is due to the advanced state that humanity has reached or rather by decree of God due to this fact and the advent of the Golden Age - Heaven on Earth. Lifetimes/ages will be much extended now, with souls capable of living 'till the end of time as we know it, 65 trillion years into the future. Some of you should get ready for a much longer life. Don't believe that wallop that you have to die by the time you are 100. It is possible to live millions of years and longer. Many people will do so.
I should mention that everything has a Soul, and all Souls are One, and is the Soul that reincarnates not the personality, though the personality sheath is taken with it. Each fresh incarnation, the personality is made up of matter of the same type as the previous incarnation. There is more on this subject but it can't be written down as you have to see/experience it (without dying) for your self.

Sex

Sex is a taboo subject for most people, but everyone (yes everyone) is interested in it. From the youngest person, up to the oldest. Don't think for a second that the young aren't interested in sex. I was young once and I know I was interested in it then. We will not get into the physical side of sex much in this article, but I will explain some of the more unknown things about sex and things we need to know. To start with, GOD was the one that invented sex. He did a pretty good job of it too. We all like it, and everybody seems to be doing it. Sex is very natural and God created it that way. We all enjoy it, otherwise we wouldn't do it. One thing many people lack, is the discrimination of whom to do it with. Most of the time (well all of the time) we find a suitable partner because God's Law is Absolute and like attracts like. One of the things about the sex act, is that that it is an expression of Love, in all but the most extreme cases. The common preoccupation with sex will have to change, if we are to see ourselves live up to opportunity and the New Age - the Golden Age. I am sure we can do it. Sex is a choice, even in the most extreme cases. As I said before, we must choose who we have sex with much more carefully than we have heretofore. When we have sex with someone, we are linked to them forever. Perhaps you should think about that before you do it with someone. Now we get into energy or matter transference. It is not fluid transference, that is something basic and obvious. I am talking about exchanging energies, whether good or bad, with the person you are doing it with. This can be wonderful and very life enhancing or hazardous and dangerous to your life expression and your life in general. We need to get a more Holy expression of love through sex. In the future we will not see the same expression of sex frequency. There will be a much more general love expression of sex.
Factors going into whether you should have sex with someone are many and varied, but one should consider how PURE they are, and the amount of sexual partners they have had. There is a lot more I can say on this subject, but it is unsavory. I'm sure you get the picture.

Purity

Purity is a subject most people have no idea about. Some people think it's about sex, but that's not really it. Purity is something rarely seen in people who have reached their teen years and over, though it is sometimes seen later. The purity that I am describing is something to do with thought, consciousness and energy and a whole lot more, including the physical body. Beauty is a byproduct of purity, beauty that I hope we all can appreciate.
A quote that comes to mind is, "You have to become a child to enter the Kingdom of God." Jesus was refering to Purity and Love, which he also stated. Children are wonderful, amazing creatures, and we all adore them (I hope).
Much of the spiritual path is gaining purity. Lack of purity is an obstacle to realisations of Love, Truth, Joy and bliss, and the realisations that go along with them. If we want to be pure, we have to pray, meditate, Love and Serve, be wise and discriminate (discernment). We can't expect to be pure if we go to a pub/bar all the time and drink alcohol and be uncouth. We need to live in a pure environment and watch our thoughts and actions. A person that's never had a spiritual experience, can't imagine the joy and More of what these experiences give you.
Friendliness is one of the first steps to purity. You can't be pure unless you are friendly. You know you can't be friendly with some people if they of the undesirable type. You should know your friends by the way they treat you and the experience they give you within your being. You should KNOW who your friends are.
In order to stay pure, (and friendly) you need to watch your thoughts (and actions) and don't do anything that might hurt anyone. I hope you are intelligent enough to know what that means.
Love is where the action is, so the more you Love the more pure you will be (incorporated with everything else). Love will purify your heart and make you pure. You may think it's a sacrifice to be pure - it's not - it's a joy. You may have realised you are sacrificing your own best interests, when you are not pure. It's not a dogmatic thing but an energetic thing. It starts with a pure heart and mind. If you care enough about these things, the rest will follow. Purity of the physical body is also essential. This involves a pure diet. This involves vegetables, fruits, wholemeal bread, nuts, and meat if desired. Milk products should be used sparingly. A vegetarian diet is probably only required for the most advanced individuals.
Once there rules are applied, Real Purity will eventually come, though the coming Lord will force everyone into purity eventually (everyone will really like it). Be ready. There is a whole lot more on this subject, but you will have to find out for your self.

Beliefs and Opinion

Beliefs and Opinions. What are they and how do you get them? Well to be honest it's all delusion. That's right, all opinions and beliefs are delusions. A Buddhist teacher once said, we do not have the right to believe what we want to believe. This is 100% True. We do not. Beliefs infringe upon the rights of others and beliefs and opionions are all delusion. People believe they can violate the rights of others because they do not act and behave the way they expect them to. There is only one Person who knows how people should behave, and that is God. Saints and Buddhas allow people to behave the way they wish. They do not try to control them. They allow people to behave as they wish and let God adjust their behaviour IF necessary. Remember God works in mysterious ways.
When we allow, and stop believing we will see our opinions as just that, opinions, and not facts at all. If we are to live according to our True Selves, Our Greater Self, we must stick with the facts. We must all learn to be increasingly factual in our speech. If we speak our beliefs and opinions, then we are not speaking the facts. The Facts are not beliefs and opinions. They are True.
Delusion is delusion, it is a wrong belief. There are less than a dozen people on this planet who are not deluded, this is changing, but we must stay alert and watch our own minds. This may come as a shock to you, or perhaps it goes right over your head. The only way to get rid of delusion is to contact the Divine and how many people do you know who have Divine Consciousness? Divinity gets rid of delusion - it annihilates it.
Facts are necessary to have a basis for Truth. Facts like reincarnation, karma, Truth and Love and the complete story regarding them.
All beliefs create problems, mostly for others, we may believe we have the right to do what we want to other people but we do not. A belief is dangerous. Do not endanger others with your beliefs. Stick to the facts. You may need to Seek in order to Find the Facts. So Seek on, my friends!

Creation and Evolution

This is the Final Word on the Creation/Evolution story. There is a bit to this story, but put simply - a little too simply - both Creation and Evolution are True.
This Universe began 65 trillion years ago. Earth and other planets were Created not long after that, in terms no mortal can understand, though time did not exist in terms people can understand. Humanity has been around longer than this Universe, approx. 650 trillion years. Adam and Eve are also a True Story, though God was trying to get it right for some time before He Created this present better-than-Perfect Universe, even though God's Perfection knows no bounds. So Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden have turned several turns of the spiral. The Big Bang was more a Creational, whirlpool/explosion/magic trick.
So now we come to Evolution. Evolution is a Force created by God - everything is created by God - to further His own Ends, which is Love. It is Love that is the Force behind Evolution, the Love that is All There Is. There are no Missing Links, these were Created by God and Extra-Terrestrials on different occasions. It may not be easy to grasp, but it is the Truth.
One thing people have difficulty grasping, is, if Creation is true, then how did Dinosaurs etc. live on Earth. The simple answer is - they didn't. It is all a trick by God, to give us something to believe. God gives us many lessons and now it's time to discard those lessons, as one big hoax. God Loves, that is why he did it. God is Love remember. God planted the fossils, with the help of other Beings to get us to think they existed. This was done for many reasons, can you understand the Infinite Mind of God?
There have been many civilisations in History, (the Trillions of Years, History) but this is the Greatest. God is Evolving to Greater Perfection all the time. God Evolves - so maybe you should think about Evolving too, through Love - then you will really cooperate with God's plan. Remember, Service is Love in Action, so Service is the Greatest way to Evolve. Godspeed!

Auras

When many people think of auras, they think of colours that people can see or perhaps not see. Most people can not see outside their own auras, they are so self absorbed. This is definitely not colours as you may have guessed. Another term for aura is human energy field or H.E.F. The Buddha's aura was reportedly 2km wide, but I suspect that it was much larger than that. Perhaps it expanded to contain the Universe or beyond. More likely, when we know what we do about the Buddha.
From our original statement, auras are NOT the colours - THIS IS JUST YOUR MINDS (a step in the right direction, though not really necessary on most occasions) - although Kirlian photography can be pretty accurate. Auras are more the energy contained in one's aura. It can be dark, evil and crazy or it can be kind, benevolent and loving or many variations of these and more.
When we look out, do we see the world as it is, or do we see our own auras? Most people see their own auras, they are so wrapped up in themselves and do not see people or the world as it is. In order to see the world as it is, we need to use our minds. The mind is the organ of perception, not thought. The Real Man, the Soul does the thinking. It just uses the mental body for expression. In order to gain right perception, we need to equip our lower vehicles, physical, astral/emotional and mental. The emotional body must be still and calm, the physical body, pure and the mental body must contain facts on which the Ageless Wisdom can take hold and understand and express in the world. These points are very important. If we think we can see the world correctly when we have problems with our physical, astral, and mental bodies, we are crazy and deluded. We need to seriously look at ourselves/auras if we are to see the world properly. Most people are so deluded they think they see the world as it is, but they do not. Understand this. Namaste.

The One World Religion

This is what it's all about. The coming together of all the religions of the world to form one unified whole. This includes the newer teachings as well. All Great Beings use the combined wisdom of the period to gain their own wisdom and source their own teachings. Anyone who has learnt anything has followed more than one religion - this is - as I said, how the Great Beings do it.
Theosophy is one of the newer teachings we need to look at (- it has come about around 100 years ago). One of the sayings of Theosophy, is that, "There is no religion higher than Truth". This is what we need to look at when studying religion, the Truth. As Jesus said, "...the Truth shall set you free". This is what you'll find when studying the world's religions, the Truth, and it shall set you free. No stone should be left unturned. This is what Jesus meant when he said, "Seek and ye shall find". If we are not serious about looking in ALL the religions and Truth speakers, then we will never find. This should be obvious to all of you. If we believe, 'The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ', then we know that Jesus went to India, Greece, Egypt and Persia, to discover the Truth, and studied many religions to gain wisdom and power. I recommend, you make a study of that book.
SOME of the things you need to study are, Taoism, Hinduism, Buddhism (well, duh!), Christianity, New Age teachings including Theosophy (Yoga is part of Hinduism) and some sayings of William Blake, Henry David Thoreau, and others. Don't get too caught up on the lesser lights, study Ancient Wisdom. There are also quite a few New Age teachers to read. Teachings from Extra-Terrestrials can be quite useful for beginning your study.
Finally, I would say, trust your intuition, kill out suspicion, and don't use your head too much until you get more advanced.
As it is said, "When the student is ready the Master will appear". Peace out!

The Power of One

"A simple godly life may win ten thousand Souls to purity and Love." - Jesus, from 'The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ.' This statement, completely understood by me, is the basis for this article.
With the power of one person, many more may be converted to Truth and Love. It is a simple statement, which has many repercussions. A simple godly life, will transform those around you, and radiate into the world around you also. However, there are inner and outer obstacles to this life. These must be overcome. A holy life must be found despite of obstacles. Then many may follow. You are already seeing this, in all types of New Age groups and people, yet what can YOU do More? Can you live a truly Godly life.
This looks like a good place to explain 'self', 'Self', and 'SELF'. These are vital concepts, which need to be understood, if proper concepts of spirituality are to be gained. 'self' is the lower, personal self, 'Self' is the Soul or Real Man, and 'SELF' is the Spirit or Greater Self in all which is pure Love. These things have to be grasped from within or rather using your intuition. 'self', 'Self', and 'SELF' are borrowed from a buddhist teacher, Christmas Humphries and explains the Truth perfectly, though there is always More. (The Truth of God Himself is More, but has to be experienced.)
With many people living Godly lives, there is no question, the Golden Age will be ushered in, and soon. (You are being called from your relative slumber, NOW).
Purity is the next point, with regards our initial quote, and relates to the matter aspect in your bodies - physical, astral, mental and higher. These bodies need to have matter from the higher planes. This is done through listening to your Soul and responding to that. Purity of life is required and can only be discovered by inquiry into it.

All Life is Spiritual

"All that is, exists for the sake of the soul" - Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. This is a very good statement, but does not cover the full picture - 'all life is spiritual' is a better statement, though the first quote is also true. A popular quote that was going around for a while, was, "You are a spiritual being having a human experience." But this is not true - all life is spiritual.
Another quote from The Bible says that God is that, 'in which we live and move and have our being'. So if God is everywhere and interpenetrates everything, how can life be other than spiritual? It is only because of ignorance that humanity and other beings do not realise the spiritual nature of life. (There are numerous other beings besides human).
When we think about the nature of life and it's lessons, because that's what life is for most of us - one big lesson, we could realise, life is trying to get through to us. God is everywhere and is trying to get through to you His nature, which is Love and Liberation. He wants you to be Free and Happy. God works to give you these things but you fight against it, with your whole being in some cases. See Life as it is! Life is ever new and Joyful for those that embrace it, understand it and are wise.
One lesson that a lot of people need to learn is that anger is EVIL. This is one of the many lessons that life is trying to get you to understand. There are many lessons, that you need to learn, until you learn them all and achieve the purpose of life - union with God and Liberation. Those who do not know, all life is spiritual, have certainly not understood the purpose of life - to find God.
Life is ABSOLUTELY Intelligent and everything in it is guided by intelligence. This should be obvious to everyone. God's Laws are working in absolutely everything. So wake up!

Impersonality

Impersonality is the first step to spiritual Love ans so much More - More being things like Truth and Reality. Impersonality will lead you to Reality and Love and you need to be impersonal to find the Truth, including the Truth about yourself. The Truth is impersonal - it embraces all alike, and treats all people equally. None are favoured or disfavoured. These things are brought about by your own actions. God favours the wise, and disfavour is brought about through ignorance. It is not a personal matter. A beautiful person is beautiful. This is an impersonal Truth. Beauty is impersonal. Truth is impersonal. Opinion does not change the Truth. Opinion is NOT Truth. If we want to know the Truth we will have to give up our opinion and become impersonal. Impersonality will lead to seeing things the way they are - we need to look at our selves impersonally as well.
Impersonality is not cold heartedness but warmth. All the greatest Souls have been impersonal and seen things the way they are. Impersonality is also required for ego death and lead to seeing things in the clear cold light. This will lead to being centered in the mental body, and the Soul is accessed through the mind. If you can live centered in the mind you will see things a lot clearer. You do have a heart though. Head and Heart is the way to go. Ego death is one of the major goals of the spiritual path and the personality is the ego. Impersonality will lead to death of the ego. You can see how this works, because impersonality allows the personality - the ego - to die, so the requirement is impersonality. Impersonality - and this is important - is rejected by the world of egos, but should be embraced by the spiritual man. Detachment is closely related to impersonality and should be sought after also. We all need True Spiritual Teachings to lead us out of darkness. This is what I give you.

My Ideas For A Better World

This may come as a shock to you, but I don't spend my time thinking about these teachings. I have many Ideas. I churned these Teachings out in a couple of days - spontaneously.
Here are my ideas; I have included a new idea which will revolutionize education.

New Idea.

Many or most people have recognised the need to reform our education system and I have the answer. One of the things we need is a standardised education system so everyone learns the same thing and get the same opportunities which education affords. The idea that I am proposing is to have DVD's to teach the students, with only adults to supervise if necessary and in many cases that won't be necessary. These DVD's will need to be the Perfect lessons so every one learns right, but after that, there will be no problem until humanity advances beyond the lessons included. There won't be the need for large class sizes and students can be gathered from the immediate area, ie. extremely close, think within a building complex. (I predict that living arrangements in the future, will be like university accommodation, rather than our current housing situation.) I think you get the idea. There will be more intimate classes and there so many problems will be avoided. We also don't need a huge amounts of lessons, though there should be lots of science and poetry lessons, later on, with introductions at an early stage. Lessons should be interspersed with cartoons and other TV to teach the students about our culture and other Truth they will miss not being around when they were first shown, perhaps we could do this on regular TV or cable too. Kids and everyone need the full range of experience and need to get a complete picture. They need to know, EVERYTHING. Reading and maths may need to be taught by the parents, but this shouldn't be a problem and the parents will get enjoyment and benefit out of it also. Perhaps you can see this vision. We are entering a better world and this will be part of it. Even martial arts and other things could be taught by this method for adults. I have learnt alot from TV, so others will most definitely too.


No. 1 - The Money Solution
When you think about it, money these days is just a number on a computer screen. That's all it is until you take it out the bank. So the simple solution to getting more money, is to add some zeros to you bank account. The government would really have to do this, for obvious reasons. Imagine the possibilities. We could get out of debt and be much happier, with say $100 000 - $250 000 or more. It's that easy. We could erase poverty and help poorer countries. There would be practically no crime - people would be much happier and money is a big reason for crime. There are many possibilities. I also predict that money won't be as necessary in the future and people will get by on smaller amounts having more simple needs and less of them. The Golden Age is almost upon us.
No. 2 Prison Inconvenience
When we look at the prison system it is appalling. It is an awful place and nobody really gets reformed - they come out worse. I have an Idea that will reform prisoners, reduce crime and save money and time. REDUCE prison sentencing. Prison is a way of life for these people and they do not value their lives and seemingly the lives of those they do the crime against. If they were to value their life more, they would value others' lives as well. A shorter sentence would take them away from their lifestyle and make them value their own lives and they would not want to take time from their IMPORTANT lives to go to jail. This is what shorter sentencing would do, I'm talking, I'm talking drastically reducing sentences. They would hate prison and be less likely offend or re offend. Prison is not that much a deterrent, but with shorter sentencing it would be. It would also not be an unpleasant place. For example, 10 years for murder, two years for rape. I'm not saying jail is the solution, because it ain't. The solution would come in my first suggestion and this will help.
No. 3 - Easier Space Travel.
Here is a simple solution that will revolutionize space travel. So Simple! Instead of rockets blasting off, have aeroplane type spacecraft, which can take off like aeroplanes, then have booster rockets to get out of the atmosphere. There is no need for rocket powered take offs. Some planes already travel in space to a limited degree so this would definitely work.

The Truth about Initiation

I recommend 'Serving Humanity' by Alice Bailey/Djwhal Khul for all those wondering about initiation. It explains in detail, what is needed on the path of initiation. Don't prematurely consider yourself ready for initiation.
Initiation is basically a permanent expansion of consciousness and a stabilization of what has gone before.

The first nine initiations of many, you should be concerned with are;

1. The Birth
2. The Baptism
3. The Transfiguration
4. The Renunciation
5. The Revelation
6. Decision
7. Resurrection
8. Transition
9. Refusal

These are the first nine initiations and should almost be forgotten, but we do need to know about them. Some people just think they are just teaching tools but this is not the case. We need to know about them.
For those who need to know about the first few initiations I will describe them. There is much more in 'Serving Humanity' as mentioned.
First initiation - Birth
The first initiation is the mystical experience and deals largely with the astral plane.
Second Initiation - Baptism
The second initiation marks the control of the astral or emotional body and shows the aspirant is coming to control his lower self.
Third Initiation - Transfiguration.
This is the control of the mental vehicle. It is not longer an individual matter. It is the first of the major initiations.
Forth Initiation - Crucifixion
This takes great sacrifice and suffering but reaps rich Reward. It is the control of the buddhic vehicle.

Prayer

Prayer brings union with God, the Absolute. You need to pray if you are to success on your Quest to find union with God and the Absolute. A prayer is a deed of the Soul. No personality can pray. You must pray from your Soul. In fact your Soul will do the Prayer, if you put in a little effort.
All prayers are answered, so you should have no fear there. God knows your need, he is not blind or uncaring.
A prayer is joyful and should not come from personal need or want. The Soul does the praying and praying should be joyful. The Soul is Joy.
Pray as often as you feel necessary, all throughout the day if necessary - this is what makes Saints and brings favour in the sight of God. More than this you will be a changed person. You just have to give up your old (evil) ways. Prayer will purge you of your evil, if however, you are prepared to give that up. Why would you want to hold on to misery, because that's what evil is. Either give it up or burn in hell.
As the Guru Pitka said, (in 'The Love Guru') "If your happy and you know it, think again."
If you want to be Truly Happy, you will need to pray. Praying will bring you happiness. Not of the lower self but of the Soul. The Soul is the real you. You must learn to identify with the Soul in ALL.
"And that's then end of that one!"

Ego

It seems such a basic philosophy - ego death, or to die to ego/self but how rare is it to find someone who understands this and applies it. It is basic philosophy in religion, yet so unheard of, yet it is the battleground and almost the beginning and end of all spirituality. Scientology doesn't count - they're a little tricky. No point in getting into that now. They believe in developing the personality, which is important in spirituality, which is important in spirituality, but can only take you so far. Tom Cruise seems to have taken it far. Haha! Impersonality is one of the important steps in getting rid of the ego. Love is impersonal and we need to look at things in clear cold light in order to rid ourselves of the evil of self.
Now is a good time to mention how ego shows itself and what really is the ego when you are looking at it. Some of the things that ego is, are; emotions, moods, delusion, anxiety, boredom, pride and suffering. Lust is another one, though you need to make a study yourself as to what ego is.
Nirvana and samadhi cannot come when there is ego and the death of all personality attachments lead to progressive liberation from delusion and greater Light and Love.
Samadhi is just Absorption in the Absolute and should not be confounded with ego death.
Recapping, ego death is just about the major goal of religion, but you can not do it WITH you ego, which brings us to our next topic - Prayer.

All About Evil

Phew!! Evil. What a subject! I think it's time to discuss it. Evil is the disharmonious force in this thing we call Life. With out it there would be no illness, unHappiness and death, so you can see why it's eradication is important. Evil is ignorant, blind and stupid, compared to what is Good and True, like God Himself.
Buddha said "There is no evil except that which flows from the assertion of self". Self is just about the only cause of evil in the world. There is also cosmic evil, in cosmic regions. This cosmic evil effects us as well. Cosmic evil flows from the 'selfs' of cosmic beings, so it is all self.
Self is the lower self, the personality, which is debased, carnal, and of course evil. Evil tries to bend things it's way for the personal self, not knowing that the higher self or Universal Self is looking out for it. Even evil is cared for by Love. "Love thy enemies," as Jesus said. Evil beings are confused and they take pleasure in hurting another. It will even turn on itself. You can never trust an evil being, unless God is working. And God is always working. As Jesus said in 'Jesus Christ Superstar', "Any power you have comes to you from far beyond, everything is fixed and you can't change it." God knows everything. He knows all that has gone and all that is to come.
Evil is nothing to fear. As most of you are probably evil, I would be fearing what you could do to yourselves. Hahaha!
Evil is also when something holds the attention too long. So if your soup holds your attention too long, you become evil (or more evil).
Evil likes to express itself physically and emotionally, but has little effect on the mental planes and higher where Love and Spirit express from. Remember, evil sucks!

True Healing

Healing. What can I say about healing? Many people talk about Healing, some even try to do it. We'll get to the so called professionals later, but for now we'll look at True Spiritual Healing. True Spiritual Healing comes from God. Even in the case of drugs, God still does the healing. There are many things that God has supplied for this Healing and drugs are not necessary and are generally harmful. Don't completely discount them though - you never know, although the current preoccupation with drugs being the cure all is completely wrong.
Continuing on, it is always Love that does the Healing and God is Love, so you can see how that works.
If you want more Love in you life and therefore Healing you need to Serve, because Service is Love in action and SERVICE IS THE GREAT HEALER AND TEACHER. We also need to allow others to serve as they think is best, knowing that the Truth will come to them as they serve and make Soul contact. It is up to them to come to the right understanding themselves - IF in fact they ARE making a 'mistake' (as seen from your eyes). Perhaps they aren't making a 'mistake' at all. Not to say we don't help them but we need to learn, "Better a man's own dharma, than the dharma of another". Know your own dharma, and do that and leave others to shoulder their own.
Now we come to 'Healers'. Healing comes from within the hidden realms and if a Healer can do this, then all well and good, and some Healers are very effective in aligning Spirit with Soul and personality, which is what healing is all about. This last bit is very important because within it lies the Heart of Healing. Aligning Soul and personality with Spirit. This will heal anything, and this lack of alignment is the cause of every illness known to man. When the Golden Age is in full swing we will see no illness of any kind.

2012, The Golden Age and End Times Prophecies

Most people have heard something about the date 2012, but don't really know what happens after that date. I predict that there will be a King - a King of Earth, who will crowned and will lead humanity into the Golden Age.
Many people have predicted cataclysmic and siesmic events will upheave the Earth and society will be no more. This may have happened, but a Great Sage prevented it from happening. It was close to happening and even now as this is being written certain beings look to effect this event. All should be well. Rest Easy.
I should mention, the Golden Age was predicted by the ancient Mayans and 2012 is the end of their calender. The Mayans lived in Central America and were very advanced technologically. Much of their civilization has been lost. This is all you need to know about the Mayans.
More on End Times prophecies. We have already passed what is called 'The End Times' as prophesized in The Bible and the apocalypse is over. The four horsemen of the apocalypse are alive (as far as I know - they are known to me personally) but are missing in action, so to speak. Judgement Day was a bit of myth, although God has judged 'The Quick and the Dead' - the Quick being those with high vibratory rates (due to Love) and the 'Dead' are those spiritually 'dead'. The 'dead' were given a lot of chances by God but they refused to listen. God gives us all chances, though as it has been stated, "Real opportunity knocks only once". We must take our opportunities and grab life by the - you know what. Other prophecies include, the Maitreya, The Christ, and the Imam Madhi. This is the MahaAvatar, who I have mentioned before. Krishna said he would return and this same being is all of the above mentioned beings/Saviours. He is also yet to reveal Himself to the world. So Christ's return, the new Buddha, the Imam Madhi and Krishna returning are all the same being. They were always the same being. Jesus, Buddha, Krishna were all the same being and they will return (- yet to be revealed). A lot to take in, right? Don't worry.

Know Thyself

Know thyself. Many people have heard this statement, (infact it was in the movie 'The Matrix') but few have taken the time to really understand it. What does it mean? 'Know Thyself' was written above the Delphic oracle in ancient Greece and has been talked about in many a philosophy. Just an interesting sidenote, 'philosophy' comes from two words 'philo' and 'sophia' meaning 'Love' and 'Wisdom' respectively in Greek. Love and Wisdom is needed to know thyself, infact they are vital. They give 'intimacy', or as the Guru Pitka said in the movie 'The Love Guru', 'into-me-I-see'. This is what self knowledge is all about - 'into-me-I-see'. When we have self knowledge we will know ourselves better than we ever thought possible. We will know ourselves as a being of Love. We will know the unwholesome parts of ourselves, as well. This is important. If we are an a--hole, we need to know we are an a--hole. We can't keep going around and treating others mean and with disrespect. As Ben Lee said 'We are all in this together'. We are a human Family. We should carefully look at the way we treat other people. This will reveal self knowledge also, and we must always treat others with respect. Respect comes from the Heart and Soul - you feel happy when you respect others (-this is important for self knowledge). Continuing on from our previous comment, Happiness is a side 'benefit' from self knowledge. The more self knowledge you have, the Happier you will be. This brings us to another point - your Soul will send you signals by making you unhappy or depressed until you find out what your Soul wants you to do or find out.
Know Thyself is not just about knowing what's inside you, it's also energetic (meaning energy) - everyone has felt energy at some point. This is an important step in becoming psychic, which is an important step in more 'Self' knowledge - the Greater Self, this time. (You can only EXPERIENCE the Greater Self) This awareness of energy is vital in your progress.
Jesus had this awareness when He felt healing virtues come from Him when a lady touched His robes with Faith (Faith means 'Knowing') and he knew what had passed from Him.
Know Thyself - this will also reveal your delusion and craziness.
It has been said - "Once you've finished studying yourself - study yourself!" I hope this gives you food for thought.

Karma

Most people have heard of Karma but have little understanding of what that means. So what does it mean? As I am sure a lot of you know Karma means 'action'. That is the literal translation of the word. For every action there is another action. This is the Law of Cause and Effect that Karma is all about and is what we mean when we say the word karma most of the time. Karma is pretty much the Law of Cause and Effect. Every action or thought we do or have has an effect. This is inescapable. The Law of Cause and Effect is Absolute and is working in just about everything we do. In fact everything that we have happen to us is a result of our Karma. We either have Good karma or bad karma. What would you rather happen to you? Good or bad. All sane people only want Good to happen to them. We live in an intelligent Creation. God's Law is Absolute. He knows just exactly what you are doing and why. So you can't cheat. In case your wondering karma is also in the Bible. It states "As you sow, so must you reap." This is stating the Law of Karma. If you do bad things they will come back to haunt you, but there is a way of nullifying or avoiding the 'negative' effects of karma. This is through Love. Love is the ruling Law of All Life, so when you align yourself with this Law, life will cooperate. Karma also effects a persons state of consciousness and their thought Source. A person's karma of this sort needs to be taken into account when Counselling them (An inner Qualification is required in order to Counsel someone, not a piece of paper).
Karma also explains why bad things happen to 'good' people. They are not really good at all and are just reaping what they have sowed in this or previous lifetimes.

Service, what is it?

What is service? Service may be defined as the spontaneous effect of Soul contact. It is really God which does the service. Service is Love in action and God is Love so God really does the service. More than this, you need to realise that you are just a speck - nothing at all really. As it says in the Bhagavad Gita "It is the habit of fools to say this is done by me." Meaning you are not the doer of those actions but rather God does them. Love is the Law of Life and to align your will, with God who is Love you must Love and Serve. Service is Love in action. "True service is the spontaneous outflow of a loving heart and an intelligent mind. It is the result of being in the right place and staying there; it is produced by the inevitable inflow of spiritual force and not by strenuous physical plane activity; it is the effect of a man being what he truly is, a Divine Son of God and not by the studied effect of his words or deeds." - Djwhal Khul
It must be remembered that Service is Love in action, so active familiarity with the Ego or Real Man will reveal what True Service is. It is more important to live a life in line with your Soul because this is what True Service is. Don't forget to follow your true Soul calling - you might already know what that is. If this article speaks to you, you might want to read 'Serving Humanity' by Djwhal Khul/Alice Bailey.

What Is Sacrfice?

Sacrifice is something rarely seen in this day and age. You might think that people make sacrifices for their children for example or at work, but this is not the case. They are not making INNER sacrifices.
It might be of value to look at just what IS sacrifice. Sacrifice is the giving up of one thing in order to have something better. It is not a selfish thing, but a selfless thing. Selflessness is something rarely seen also. If we look at selflessness and what it is we have to look at motive. What motivates someone to act? Is it in a pure loving disinterested spirit or is it motivated by something else, like because we feel uncomfortable or we want something out of it. This is not downplaying the value of giving, if we are giving, because as the old saying goes, 'it is better to give than receive' - although just ask someone who is really in need what the value of a gift really is and they may tell you that it was life saving.
Sacrifice really is the giving up of one thing in order to attain something better. It is a Law of Life. When people understand this Law we will see a better world. Can you really do this though? In order to make this sacrifice we need to look within. Hopefully I have given you some of the tools to do this in my previous teachings. This world would not be any thing like it is today if not for the sacrifice of others. What can you give in order to make this world a better place? Unless you look within, you won't be improving it much at all, if at all. Look within that is the secret. I will explain more about sacrifice in my next article on Service. These two really do tie in together. Back to our first paragraph describing sacrifices for our children or at work in this example. When we are really sacrificing, we are sacrificing something to achieve something greater. This is the key to success. If it is not for something greater you are sacrificing your true Self and not getting something better out of it. Most sacrifices do not involve your true self and are leading you to greater Light and Love and Happiness. This is what it is all about.

What is an Avatar?

An avatar is an incarnation of God. This is the meaning of the word Avatar -'incarnation of God'.
Who were the Avatars? Jesus, Buddha and Krishna are the most well known Avatars but there are some others like Hermes Trismegistus, the Egyptian Avatar and Quetzecoatl the South American Inca God. Lao Tzu was also an Avatar - the founder of Taoism and author of the Tao Te Ching. Unfortunately we can not go into all of the Avatars because they had differing purposes and it would not be right for this knowledge to get out into the general population just yet. These Avatars came into incarnation for the specific purpose of Enlightening humanity. Obviously they did this effectively because their words live on today. Religions were started because of these Avatars and people continue to get inspiration and Light from their Teachings. However very few have applied these Teachings in their lives, because - and this is very important - it awaits another MahaAvatar to apply and GIVE these teachings to everyone so that hopefully we all can understand them. In one revealed teaching He is described as 'The One About Whom Naught Can Be Said' and 'The Silent Avatar', though how long he remains Silent remains to be seen.
The Avatars do One Thing - reveal Light to humanity and The One For Whom All Men Wait will do the same. It may be unexpected, so be ready. I know many people are now.

Integration

Integration is a very deep topic and one might ask what is integration? Integration is integrating one's knowledge and personality with the Soul to form one unified Whole. That means our knowledge can not remain theoretical but will become part of us so that it IS us and is part of our being. For true integration we need True Knowledge. What is True Knowledge? True Knowledge is Knowledge that is True. The Truth is required. Where does True Knowledge come from? Who has this True Knowledge? True Knowledge is revealed to the Seeker after Truth. Jesus and Buddha had this True Knowledge and so did Lao Tzu and Krishna and others. There are many sources of this Truth, and for the Truth to become part of out beings we need to get it from many sources. We are lucky that we are living in a time When the Truth is abundant from many sources. Do not leave a stone unturned in your search for the Truth. Finding the Truth is not enough. We must apply it in our lives. This is integration. Once we have fully integrated it in our lives, we BECOME the Truth. This may take lifetimes, but it is the purpose of our lives. There is no other Reality to live or die for. This is our Soul purpose. Some people are living their lives in preparation for aligning their will with this will - God's purpose. This is what integration is all about. I hope we know God created man in his image and God created ALL. Your purpose is in aligning your will with God's. "Thy will be done". This is done through Love, and don't we all want Love. Remember Truth is the Gateway to Love. "Thy will be done" is the key to integrating your will with His, but you need True Knowledge first. I hope that's enough of that. It may sound daunting to align your will with God's, but remember, "God is Love".

What is Truth?

Truth. What is Truth? Truth is all around us. It is everywhere. To be Enlightened is to know the Truth. There must be a Truth. Truth is to say I am standing here and you are standing there. That is a Truth. So there must be a Truth. Truth is the Facts. To Know the Facts is to Know the Truth. Such and such is Happy, you are not Happy, that is a Truth. Most Truth will come as a shock to you. Most people are crazy and live in a crazy delusion. This is a Truth. If you are reading this you have taken the first steps to leaving that delusion behind, to leaving crazy behind. Sanity is the opposite of crazy. Sanity and insanity can not live side by side. This is another Truth. How many Truths are there? There is one, and the Truths contained in it are infinite. So you want to find the Truth? You have made a good start. Reading this will take you closer to the Truth than you ever thought possible.
One Truth we all need to know in reaching this Truth, is the Law of attraction. Like attracts like. This is a Universal Law. We attract situations, circumstances and people into our lives due to what we have in us. This is immutable - absolute, definite. There is no getting around this Law. We create everything in our lives from the smallest to the greatest thing. If we want more Love in our lives we need to be more Loving. This is an immutable and obvious fact. The Love of God is required for this as "God is Love" as Jesus said. Truth is the Gateway to Love, that is why I am telling you this now, so you find the Truth of Love. God is Love, remember that, and there is no Truth with out Love.

The Truth About Meditation

This is an enormous subject. Many books could be written on the subject and many have been, though one of the best is "Letters on Occult Meditation" by Alice Bailey/Djwhal Khul - The Tibetan.
Meditation is not just about sitting still for hours on end. Meditation is the simplest thing you can do and is also the best thing you can do. Many adherents of meditation in ancient times (mostly in India) penetrated into the mysteries of life and the human mind. This is what meditation is all about. With meditation you will eventually become a god and more. Forget about becoming THE God, that job is already taken.
As I said the mysteries of the human mind (as well as the Universal Mind) can be revealed through meditation. These mysteries will also reveal GOD to you as well. As said by many spiritual teachers before the goal of meditation is God-consciousness. The creative imagination will be needed for discovering what I am talking about - creative imagination being one of the things needed for and gained through developing God-consciousness. (Many of us do not use our creative imaginations.)
This brings us to the subject of Nirvana. Nirvana is the state of consciousness where all spiritual and worldly problems disappear and you merge with the Absolute. This should be the goal of everyone, whether monk or yogi, beginner or 'experienced'. None of us want problems and we ALL want the Absolute. This is what meditation will bring although there are other Keys needed to reach this Goal.

The Truth About Yoga

What is yoga? Practically everyone has heard of yoga, but what is it? Hatha yoga is the physical postures that most people have heard of, though what IS yoga, is given far broader range. Hopefully the reader is educated at least so far. This article is not for beginners though beginners would get benefit from it also.
Yoga means 'union'. Yoga is the method whereby one is enabled to gain union with God or the Divine. Yoga is also the hindu word for religion, so yes yoga is a religion. Most people don't realise this when they practise yoga. All religion is a method for gaining union with God. This is what religion and life is all about. The purpose of life is to find God. Yoga and religion fulfills that purpose. I trust that your misgivings about religion have been abated. Let's hope you have this in mind when practising yoga, for as it says in 'The Hatha Yoga Pradipika', "Yoga succeeds by these six: enthusiasm, openness, courage, KNOWLEDGE OF TRUTH, determination and solitude."
Knowledge of truth is perhaps more important than the other five, because with it the other five will follow, and so much more. We will deal with Truth in a later article.
More on the foundations of yoga. Yoga is a method for EVOLVING you. It is a spiritual discipline. It seems many people neglect this spiritual discipline in their yoga practise. It is not a physical discipline. You should not consider it purely physical. You will get nowhere with yoga if you neglect this point. So remember it is a SPIRITUAL discipline.