But he that received seed into the good ground is he that
heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth,
some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. (Matthew 13:23)
The sower soweth the word. (Mark 4:14)
And these
are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and
bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.
(Mark 4:20)
But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest
and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
(Luke 8:15)
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God. (John 1:1)
And the Word was made flesh, and
dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the
Father,) full of grace and truth. (John 1:14)
And he answered and said
unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do
it. (Lukas 8:21)
For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of
God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. (John 3:34)
If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture
cannot be broken; (John 10:35)
Just like humans living off food and
water every day. A wise man lives off The Word of God, written down in all the world's
religious writings and through the good ideas and thoughts he receives each day.
How should one evaluate religious texts and extracting the good out them?
Baird T. Spalding said an important
principle, when it comes to religious scriptures: "Truth is the same regardless
of the book that presents it or the teacher who proclaims it."
It applies
very much his own book series where
spiritual thruths and
lies placed in the mouth
of known and unknown masters like Jesus and Buddha.
The editor of the journal,
The Seeker,
Sven Magnusson 1930-2008 said: "Ignorance is natural. We are not born with
knowledge. But you can enter a wise journey of seeking, listening to knowledgeable
and critical persons, reading good literature and not naively accepting everything.
Choosing a wise journey of seeking is to increase your knowledge, sharpening your
reasoning ability and after in depth study leave the views who are not grounded in
experience and reason. The critical mind is the number one instrument for the seeker."
I myself do George Adamski's aliens feeling body exercise every morning and evening,
where I relax mentally and feel my body and let my thoughts wander and not judge my
thoughts:
George Adamski
was told by his space friends that: Man is a divine spirit who currently lives
in a body. His life's task is to know his true self, which is equal to the
'feeling body'. "You must try to make the people on earth understand that
self-knowledge is the first step in their development. And the first questions are:
Who am I? Along what paths can I develop in order to return to the unity I once left?
Point out to them that man has nothing to add. He only needs to express what he
already is. But he must learn to understand what he is and give expression to this in
his life. For it is life, the application, that is important."
During the
day I try to be loving because Jesus said that the two most important commandments
are love:
And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is,
Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one (not three) Lord: And thou shalt love the
Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and
with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely
this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment
greater than these. (Mark 12:29-31)
Beloved, let us love one
another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth
God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. (1 John 4:7-8)
And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he
that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. (1 John 4:16)
"The ideal image of the flower in minutest detail is within the
seed and must expand, multiply, unfold, and be wrought into the perfect flower by
hourly preparation. When this inner image is complete in minutest detail, the flower
comes forth beautiful. Just so God holds the ideal image of every child in mind, the
perfect image through which He wishes to express.
We can get more out of this
ideal way of expression than the flower does if we will but let God express through
us in the ideal way He has conceived for us. It is only when we take things into our
own hands that the problems and difficulties begin. This is not for one, or a few,
this is for all. It has been shown us that we are not different from you. It is a
difference in understanding, that is all.
"All the different isms, cults, and
creeds, all the different angles of all beliefs, are all good for they will eventually
lead their followers to the realization that underneath all there is a deep factor of
actuality that has been missed, a deep something that has not been contacted or they
have failed to contact that which rightly belongs to them, which they can and should
rightfully possess.
We see it is this very thing that will eventually drive man
to possess all. The very fact that man knows there is something to possess, which can
be possessed and which he has not, will goad him on until he has it. It is in this way
every step in advance is made in all things.
The (good) idea is first pressed
out from God’s into man’s consciousness and he sees there is something ahead if he will
but go on. Here man usually blunders and fails to recognize the source from which the
(good) idea came; but thinks that it came wholly from within himself.
He gets
away from God and, instead of letting God express through him the perfection God sees
for him, he goes on and expresses in his own way and brings forth imperfectly the thing
which should be perfectly wrought or manifest.
If he should but realize that
every (good) idea is a direct, perfect expression from God and, as soon as this (good)
idea comes to him, he would immediately make it his ideal to be expressed from God,
then take his mortal hands off and let God express through him the perfect way, this
ideal would come forth perfect.
Here we must realize that God is above the
mortal and the mortal cannot help in any way. In this way man would learn in a short
time to express perfection. The one great thing man must learn is to get forever
through and out of the psychic or mind forces and express directly from God, for all
psychic forces are created wholly by man and they are likely to mislead."
Life and Teaching of the Masters of the Far East Volume 1 page 89-90 by
Baird T. Spalding
I am a
follower of Jesus but at the same time I recognize that there is wisdom in other
religions as well. On my
love page you will find words of wisdom from many wisdom teachers.
Is it God Speaking...or Just Your Own Thoughts? by Dr. Jamie Morgan
~ Hermes Atar Trismegistus, a love grain.
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