Sacredstar
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I mentioned the Jesus Sutra's (by Author, Martin Palmer) on another thread. For those that do not know about this book here is a sample.
Karma
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The core notion of ending Karma is introduced in 'The Third Liturgical Sutra: The Sutra of 'Returning to your Orignal Nature'.
The Messiah says all must "clear their minds, and set aside all wanting and doing."
(e.g. become a human BEING)
Desire and action generates Karma, its causes and effects. For you pay and reap the rewards later. By practicing wu wei, the Taoist term meaning actionless action, you do not create bad Karma.
and the Messiah says "it is this which will enable you to transcend rebirth'.
He goes on to say to the disciple Simon "From goodness in past lives, people come to this religion and through faith they find Happiness.....Simon, know this: You ask me about the Triumphant Law. What your ancestors have done bears fruit in you, their Karma finds its outcome in you". (3:18, 20-21).
The Messiah talks more to Simon and the other disciples
"The truth is like looking at the white of the moon in water.
If the water is cloudy, you can't see it clearly.
Its burning straw in a fire -
If the straw is wet, the fire can't burn brightly.
Spiritual life can be hidden and dampened like this.
So Simon, if anyone wants to follow the Way of Triumph
They must clear their minds, and set aside all wanting and doing.
To be pure and still means to be open to purity and stillness-
as a result you can intuit the truth.
People struggle to figure it all out.
This struggle creates the desire to do something.
Doing creates movement which results in anxiety;
Then it is impossible to find Rest and Contentment.
This is why I teach no wanting and doing without doing
It stops thinking about things that disturb you
Then you can enter into the source of pure empty being.
Detach yourself from what disturbs and distracts you
And be as pure as one who breathes in purity and emptiness
This state is the gateway to enlightenment
It is the Way to Peace and Happiness."
I study this myself - and yet there's no way to prove it.
Why is it like this? Because it cannot be proved
How can you define what is beyond definition?
This is why I say: no wanting, no doing, no piousness, no truth.
These are the four essential laws.
They cannot teach you in themselves
But follow them and you will be free.
The above quotes are from
'The Third Liturgical Sutra: The Sutra of returning to your orignal nature'. (Jesus Sutra's by Martin Palmer)
"Animals practice true faith and live by these laws
So they are already there, in that realm,
and so you will come to be in a place
Where nothing else exists or is needed."
And everyone said YES to this, Amen.
Then he spoke to the assembled crowd and said:
This Sutra is profound and unimaginable.
All the GODs and gurus agree on this, and acknowledge
This Way that is the essence of connection and return
To move you need light to see by - this teaching provides it
Just as the sun slants out, so you can see what is in front of you.
This sutra offers understanding, and by its light
You can know the way to the peace and happiness in your heart.
All the holy ones know that this teaching
Is at the root of all that is true.
enJOY
Love beyond measure
Sacredstar
Karma
------------------------------------------------------------------------
The core notion of ending Karma is introduced in 'The Third Liturgical Sutra: The Sutra of 'Returning to your Orignal Nature'.
The Messiah says all must "clear their minds, and set aside all wanting and doing."
(e.g. become a human BEING)
Desire and action generates Karma, its causes and effects. For you pay and reap the rewards later. By practicing wu wei, the Taoist term meaning actionless action, you do not create bad Karma.
and the Messiah says "it is this which will enable you to transcend rebirth'.
He goes on to say to the disciple Simon "From goodness in past lives, people come to this religion and through faith they find Happiness.....Simon, know this: You ask me about the Triumphant Law. What your ancestors have done bears fruit in you, their Karma finds its outcome in you". (3:18, 20-21).
The Messiah talks more to Simon and the other disciples
"The truth is like looking at the white of the moon in water.
If the water is cloudy, you can't see it clearly.
Its burning straw in a fire -
If the straw is wet, the fire can't burn brightly.
Spiritual life can be hidden and dampened like this.
So Simon, if anyone wants to follow the Way of Triumph
They must clear their minds, and set aside all wanting and doing.
To be pure and still means to be open to purity and stillness-
as a result you can intuit the truth.
People struggle to figure it all out.
This struggle creates the desire to do something.
Doing creates movement which results in anxiety;
Then it is impossible to find Rest and Contentment.
This is why I teach no wanting and doing without doing
It stops thinking about things that disturb you
Then you can enter into the source of pure empty being.
Detach yourself from what disturbs and distracts you
And be as pure as one who breathes in purity and emptiness
This state is the gateway to enlightenment
It is the Way to Peace and Happiness."
I study this myself - and yet there's no way to prove it.
Why is it like this? Because it cannot be proved
How can you define what is beyond definition?
This is why I say: no wanting, no doing, no piousness, no truth.
These are the four essential laws.
They cannot teach you in themselves
But follow them and you will be free.
The above quotes are from
'The Third Liturgical Sutra: The Sutra of returning to your orignal nature'. (Jesus Sutra's by Martin Palmer)
"Animals practice true faith and live by these laws
So they are already there, in that realm,
and so you will come to be in a place
Where nothing else exists or is needed."
And everyone said YES to this, Amen.
Then he spoke to the assembled crowd and said:
This Sutra is profound and unimaginable.
All the GODs and gurus agree on this, and acknowledge
This Way that is the essence of connection and return
To move you need light to see by - this teaching provides it
Just as the sun slants out, so you can see what is in front of you.
This sutra offers understanding, and by its light
You can know the way to the peace and happiness in your heart.
All the holy ones know that this teaching
Is at the root of all that is true.
enJOY
Love beyond measure
Sacredstar
