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Post by wayseer on Feb 8, 2008 21:49:22 GMT
1 There is one God, the Eternal, the Only Being; none else exists save He.
2 There is one Master, the Guiding Spirit of all souls, who constantly leads his followers towards the light.
3 There is one Holy Book, the sacred manuscript of nature, the only scripture which can enlighten the reader.
4 There is one Religion, the unswerving progress in the right direction towards the ideal, which fulfills the life's purpose of every soul.
5 There is one Law, the Law of Reciprocity, which can be observed by a selfless conscience together with a sense of awakened justice.
6 There is one Brotherhood, the human brotherhood, which unites the children of earth indiscriminately in the fatherhood of God.
7 There is one Moral Principle, the love which springs forth from self-denial, and blooms in deeds of beneficence.
8 There is one Object of Praise, the beauty which uplifts the heart of its worshipper through all aspects from the seen to the Unseen.
9 There is one Truth, the true knowledge of our being within and without, which is the essence of all wisdom.
10 There is one Path, the annihilation of the false ego in the real, which raises the mortal to immortality and in which resides all perfection.
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Post by Antonius on Feb 8, 2008 22:16:36 GMT
my 2 cts:
1: nope 2: nope 3: nope 4: nope 5: nope 6: yes 7: nope 8: nope 9: yes 10: nope
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Post by hollandr on Feb 9, 2008 2:19:00 GMT
John
They are good sentiments but if true then I cannot see how competing religions and ideologies exist.
JC tells us that a man (or woman presumably) cannot serve 2 masters. So how many masters are there to choose from?
St Paul tells us that there are many lords and many gods both in heaven and on earth.
And the charming divinity of the OT was jealous of other gods - not to mention rather vengeful.
So while the sense of ultimate unity is correct, there is a fair amount of competition at the planetary level of consciousness
Cheers
Russell
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Post by wayseer on Feb 9, 2008 9:25:53 GMT
Such is the age of Men.
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Post by Antonius on Feb 9, 2008 13:42:36 GMT
first mistake it to call your god a 'he'.
every society that does that displays a drasticly higher ratio of violence and crime then any other society. and even within our society we see more crime and immoral behaviour amoungst worhsippers of the male god then with any1 else.
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Post by willied77 on Feb 11, 2008 20:39:08 GMT
Mmmmm,
To remain on the True Path of Enlightenment, One must be able to tell the difference between the False God and The One True God.
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Post by maat on Feb 12, 2008 2:57:07 GMT
Fear not, Jiminy Cricket is on everybody's shoulder to show us the Way....
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Post by leonardo on Feb 12, 2008 8:11:20 GMT
It is one thing to have an appreciation and a respect for another's belief but it doesn't mean you have to also accept it.
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Post by Antonius on Feb 12, 2008 9:48:15 GMT
To remain on the True Path of Enlightenment, One must be able to tell the difference between the False God and The One True God. but we can never realy know god, until death or upon eating the forbidden fruit. so it seems imperative that we contineusly contemplate that matter. perhaps then it is better to avoid antrapamorphisms alltogether and call god an 'it', so as to leave a measure of ambiguity and create the need for individuals to ask themselves these questions.
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Post by willied77 on Feb 21, 2008 15:10:04 GMT
I don't believe that we met God at the End. I firmly believe from my own experiences and of other close 'occultists', that God resides in us all. We are bond together by God, to each other, the planet and everything living thing here too. We are infact just a small link in the whole picture.
Or if you prefer, Microcosom and Macrocosom.
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Post by maximus on Feb 21, 2008 15:19:26 GMT
All life is interconnected, like a spiders web. We are the weavers, and the dreamers of dreams. We create our own reality, moment to moment. Every action we take has consequence to all others on multiple levels.
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Post by willied77 on Feb 21, 2008 15:21:41 GMT
Mmmm sounds very similar to the Force....
Ooo thats right G.L was a Brother....
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Post by maximus on Feb 21, 2008 15:25:33 GMT
If one were to learn and abide by the underlying principles in Star Wars, one would not be on the wrong path...
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Post by willied77 on Feb 21, 2008 19:06:34 GMT
Good point Maximus, I suggest we set up our own Mason Jedi Offshoot. Once a month we can go 'paintballing', but use mock lightsabers instead! I bags bunking up with Princess Leia...
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Post by maximus on Feb 21, 2008 19:25:35 GMT
I've got dibbs on Padme...
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Post by maat on Feb 21, 2008 23:46:17 GMT
Saw an hour long interview with George Lucas once - absolutely fabulous! I bags George..
Maat
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Post by xiii on Feb 22, 2008 10:52:49 GMT
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Post by corab on Feb 22, 2008 12:22:50 GMT
Brn:.,
I do believe some of us are taking Bro:. John's words somewhat too literally.
I may be wrong, but I perceive transcendence in his words. And words, as we all know, are limited in their ability to convey the infinite.
I am reminded of the Five Stages in the ceremony of passing as I know it:-
"Philosophy sees the One amid the many and leads man to the unity which lies behind diversity."
and also:-
"...he that is greatest is he that serveth best. When mutual service becomes the recognised law of human life, each man will be a steward, not an owner, and will hold all his possessions -- spiritual, intellectual, moral, physical, as the common wealth, which he joyfully administers for the common good. Only when this is reached will the One Will be done below as is done above, by those who know that perfect freedom is only found in perfect service."
Mindful of that, I find myself in full agreement with Bro:. John, and thank him for posting his thoughts.
S&F,
Cora
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Post by wayseer on Feb 23, 2008 1:43:38 GMT
I have been rather naughty. I left these thoughts as part of a bit of an experiment - I wanted to find out what depth there was in the many postings that are placed on the forum. I then said 'Good bye' thinking perhaps I was the underlying scource of the problem.
I have the distinct impression that many are not seeking Light, or Truth, or what we might call GOD - but 'amazement'. This particular thread has not generated much interested - I anticipated as much. It seems that the more 'amazing' the contents of the post the greater the responses - why? There nothing of 'amazement' in this thread - it's sage type advice. In fact it is not mine at all but was composed by Hazrat Inayat Khan, a Sufi master. The rather obvious thing that struck me when reading these words was their similarity with the objects, symbols and ritual of Freemasonry. Apparently I am alone in this.
My concern is that much of what passes on this forum is what I term titilating - of some interest perhaps but not of any real concern - it has an 'amazement' value - not one of substance. I accept that may sound patronising - I don't mean to be. Yet when something which is 'Freemasonry' is posted without any reference source it is not identified as have a common heritage to FM. I am left wondering as to the depth of qualities some on this forum profess.
Rudyard Kipling wrote something along these lines -
When I was a King and a Mason, a Master proven and skilled, I cleared me grounds for a palace, such as a King should build. I cleared and dug down to my levels, presently under the silt, I came on the wreck of a palace such as a King had built.
There was no worth in its fashion, there was no wit in its plan. Hither and thither aimless the ruined footings ran. Masonry, brute, mishandled, but carevn on every stone, After me cometh a builder; Tell him too, I have known.
Swift to my use in my trenches, as my well-planned groundworks grew, I tumbled his quoins and ashlers and cut and rest them anew. Lime I milled of his marble; Burned it, slaked it and spread, Taking an leaving at pleasure the gifts of the humble dead.
Yet, I despised not nor envied. Yet as we wrenched them apart, I read in the razed foundations the heart of that builder's heart, And as he had risen and proven so did I understand, In the form of the dream he had followed, in the face of the thing he had planned.
When I was a King and a Mason, in the noonday of my pride, They sent me word from the darkness, they wispered and took me aside. They said, "The end if forbidden', they said, 'Thy purposed fulfilled. Thy palace shall stand as that others, the spoil of a King who shall build'.
I called the men from my trenches, my quarries, my wharves, my shears, And all I wrought I abandoned to the faith of the faithless years. Only I cut on the timber; only I carved on the stone, After me cometh a builder; Tell him too, I have known.
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Post by maximus on Feb 23, 2008 2:08:40 GMT
So, you misled in order to... do what?
To show us that we are shallow? Only seeking diversion instead of enlightenment?
Does not enlightenment come from within?
Is it truely a problem that we seek the company of others of like mind, sometimes to ponder deep questions, at others to seek amusement or simple friendship?
Is he who seeks required to eshew the simple pleasures that life offers, forsaking amusement, comfort, and pleasure in order to mortify the flesh, presenting the appearence of purity of purpose? To whose benifit? His? Or the preception of his audience?
Can Light be obtained through the seemingly frivolous? Can insight be gained through the simple warmth of conversation between friends?
Is this reality, or a siulacrum thereof? Is this the Matrix? Will you take the blue pill, or the red?
What is the sound of one hand clapping?
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