The Enemies of Truth

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In considering what it means to be pro Truth vs. pro a variation on Truth, or a half-Truth, we must consider the words attributed to Jesus of Nazareth, spoken during His Crucifixion experience. The plea on the sake of an ignorant Humanity runs thus:
"Forgive them, Father, for they know not what they do." -- Luke 23:34
Why did Jesus speak these words, and what did he mean by them?

Strangely, and sadly, it is often the Christian devotee, and even the otherwise-disciple of amazing intellectual prowess, who ought to know better ... who turns out to be the subject of this earnest prayer of Christ Jesus. And this will come as a great shock to many, when it does finally dawn.

In the one case, the reason for the blindness is essentially the emotional nature, which remains unchecked by an intellectual or Intuitive perception. And the result? The well-intentioned man or woman, seeking only to follow in the footsteps of the Saviour, ends up crucifying the very Christ within ... which s/he ought to be expressing. This also becomes all too easily externalized, and before long, s/he perceives an enemy at every step ... so that instead of acknowledging or seeking to recognize the Christ within the Heart of one's neighbor, one perceives through a lens of fear, suspicion and doubt. No wonder there is so much talk about war against Satan!

This kind of thing occurs in the majority of cases where the spirit of fervor and devotion motivates the aspirant toward service, yet where this service cannot be fulfilled due to the blindness already mentioned. The karma in these situations is, fortunately, minimal, because the motivation is right and sound ... while it is only a case of narrowness of interpretation, and of perception, that results in error.

In the case of the man of great intellect, however, there is a deeper karmic penalty, because the emotional nature has been somewhat balanced by the mental, and thus, to put it bluntly, he ought to know better. Often the person in this category is s/he who still follows the dead-letter of the religion of birth or upbringing, either because it is simpy most comfortable to the personality nature ... or because s/he is actually bound to the repetitive motions of ritual & ceremony, just as to any other action repeated habitually.

And yet, here again, the karma is not nearly so considerable as when we encounter the disciple treading the DUAL-path of light and dark magic simultaneously. This category includes a great many of the more intellectually developed men & women in the world today. However, it is THIS group which can become a powerful ALLY of the Hierarchy and an expression of the Christ Energy, when motivated by Goodwill ... while they can just as easily aid in the resistance to the Plan of Love & Light, simply by falling back into the well-worn grooves of the religions, thought-forms, and ideologies WHICH ARE PASSING OUT (of manifestation).

An esotericist, or an earnest student who bothers to pursue the study of God's Plan, will find that Christianity, as well as other Great world religions, will not disappear from the face of the Earth ... even as the New World Religion slowly begins to emerge over the course of the next several centuries. Instead, s/he will find that the Plan affords for, and requires, an increasing Unity among and between all of the Great religions of the past & present ... such that the BEST that is within each one will definitely survive. The original intent of the Founders, which is always in cooperation with the Plan of Love & Light, will be more & more focused upon, so that it will gradually become clear that Religion has been given to Man in order to guide him back to God, and not to provide yet another source of endless controversy, bloodshed or bickering.

Meanwhile, even as Christ's own closest Disciples aid Him, and as esotericists & men of Goodwill labor worldwide for the above mentioned Unity between and Unification of Faiths ... we will continue to see a diminishing, though outspoken minority of resistors, who will THWART Christ's own plans ... often in the very name of the God, Teachers & prophets whom they so fervently desire to follow & serve.

This is grievous, as anyone will be able to understand who can possibly imagine the Christ as a living, breathing individual, and as something OTHER than a legalistic, token sacrifice offered up by the angry, tribal god of yesteryear ... in exchange for Humanity's endless & unforgivable sins.

Only in taking this proverbial theological bull by its bloody, well-sharpened horns ... can we begin to see just what ERRORS Christ had in mind, when he spoke those oft-quoted words from upon the Cross at Golgotha.

The man in the 2nd and 3rd categories mentioned loves to make excuses. He is more or less adept, well experienced and quite content at turning the tables on every effort to assist him, or to demonstrate that he is only fighting a war within himself ...

Such a man, be he Christian, Jew, or hardline scientist, an atheistic skeptic & materialist, will ever insist that HIS OWN interpretation is the correct one. He will scapegoat those who have labored hard to reveal the Truth, especially (and understandably) where his own ideology or beliefs have been challenged. Yet never, not by any means in such a way that others might become aware, will he admit his error ... or even begin to question that in fact, he might be wrong about his assumptions - and his lifelong conclusions.

You see, this kind of man walks among us, and he makes his influence felt ... and it is a powerful influence, unfortunately. He does not have one name, because in fact, this man lives to a degree within us all, even within those of us who would sit in solitude, or in the quiet of the forest, in a mountain retreat, or by the rolling waves of the ocean. There is nowhere we can go where we will escape this influence, and thus we cannot blame the man who only knows how to externalize ... and to scapegoat, in an effort to exorcize himself of the darkness.

But, My Friend, it is a human darkness, it is the karmic creation of All of Humanity ... and thus in a sense it IS the Anti-Christ, while to the Hierarchy it is already known as a Spirit (or an entity, a false-entity) whose days are numbered.

The sadness one encounters, however, is sometimes spurred on by the continuous, unrelenting assault against all that is held Sacred and Dear ... because KNOWN to be True - though as yet unfelt, unsensed, NOT understood, and certainly NOT appreciated by one's Brother upon the Path who has as yet encountered another aspect ... of this same Truth!


Sadness, when it cuts deep, turns to anger, and it is nothing less which leads to violence and bloodshed, and this has everything to do - with war. `The Holy Land' is now far from holy ... and just remember: I am not the messenger, maybe not even a messenger. Yet I have become aware of a portion of - The Message. And so have you.
There are certain areas of evil in the world today through which these forces of darkness can reach humanity. What they are and where they are I do not intend to say. I would point out, however, that Palestine should no longer be called the Holy Land; its sacred places are only the passing relics of three dead and gone religions. The spirit has gone out of the old faiths and the true spiritual light is transferring itself into a new form which will manifest on earth eventually as the new world religion. To this form all that is true and right and good in the old forms will contribute, for the forces of right will withdraw that good, and incorporate it in the new form. The "Holy Land" is no longer holy, but is desecrated by selfish interests, and by a basically separative and conquering nation. -- Rays and the Initiations, by Alice Bailey
Early on, those who seek to tread the Path of Service (and of Sacrifice) are encouraged: Learn Detachment. Yet without having learned anything of detachment, and without understanding in the least the true perspective of the Soul (which is Ageless), we pretend that we are qualified to interpret the Sacrifice of Christ Jesus, Who gave far, far more than His physical body ... for the sake of His fellow man.


And while we make ourselves out to be learned lecturers, and esteemed esotericists, we demonstrate that in fact, we are the only real pseudo-occultists preaching a false gospel ... when we show how ignorant we are of the lessons of Humanity's Greatest Teacher to emerge from the East:
THREE ARHATS
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HREE Arhats persistently besought Buddha to permit them to test the power of miracle. Buddha assigned each of them to a dark room and locked them in.
After a considerable time the Blessed One called them out and asked them what they had seen. Each related his different visions.
But Buddha said, “Now one must agree that miracles are useless because the supreme miracle you have not perceived. Because you could have sensed existence beyond the visible. And this sensation could have brought you beyond the limits of earth. But you continued to realize yourselves as seated on earth and your thought attracted waves of the elements to earth. The inflation of the elemental images evoked cataclysms in various lands. You shattered rocks and destroyed ships in the gale.
“You, for instance, have seen a red beast with a flaming crest. But the fire evoked by you from the abyss demolished the houses of the defenseless ones. Go and help!
“You saw the lizard with the face of a maiden. You impelled the waves to wash away the boats of the fishermen. Hurry to bring help!
“And you have seen the eagles in flight and the whirlwind has destroyed the harvest of the toilers. Go and repay them!
“Then where, Arhats, is your usefulness? The owl in the hollow of the tree has spent its time to greater use. Either you labor on earth with the perspiration of your brow or at the moment of seclusion exalt yourself above the earth. But let not senseless invocation of the elements be the occupation of a sage!”
Verily, the feather which falls from the wing of a tiny bird creates thunder in the far-off worlds. -- On Eastern Crossroads, by Helena Roerich

If I were an arhat, in the above context, I daresay many worlds would already have met their destruction. If one of my adversaries here, were an arhat in the above context ... yet again, the rained-down destruction would be as nothing any of us can imagine. And he knows this well.

It is good that we cannot advance upon the Path until we have learned self-discipline, and earnest self-Sacrifice for the Good of All. The consequences of our folly are already - shameful, unimaginable, cause for greatest sorrow ...
There is but one road to the Path; at its very end alone the "Voice of the Silence" can be heard. The ladder by which the candidate ascends is formed of rungs of suffering and pain; these can be silenced only by the voice of virtue. Woe, then, to thee, Disciple, if there is one single vice thou hast not left behind. For then the ladder will give way and overthrow thee; its foot rests in the deep mire of thy sins and failings, and ere thou canst attempt to cross this wide abyss of matter thou hast to lave thy feet in Waters of Renunciation. Beware lest thou should'st set a foot still soiled upon the ladder's lowest rung. Woe unto him who dares pollute one rung with miry feet. The foul and viscous mud will dry, become tenacious, then glue his feet unto the spot, and like a bird caught in the wily fowler's lime, he will be stayed from further progress. His vices will take shape and drag him down. His sins will raise their voices like as the jackal's laugh and sob after the sun goes down; his thoughts become an army, and bear him off a captive slave. -- The Voice of the Silence, taken down by H. P. Blavatsky

The enemy of Truth, it turns out, lives within each & every one of us. And yet, in each astrological sign, we can affirm and meditate upon the keynote of the disciple, and then labor throughout that sign to embody that keynote ... as that of Scorpio (the Disciple's Sign), for example: "Warrior am I and from the battle I emerge triumphant." This is a far cry from the affirmation of the form, the path of least resistance, which says in Scorpio, "Let maya flourish and deception rule."

The esotericist knows that these two opposing energies are completely natural. S/he knows that the SOUL is the Consciousness Nature - it is the Christ within, in a childlike state (to which Christ made definite reference). As the Soul matures, the man naturally becomes a disciple, an Initiate, then finally a Master ... and eventually a Christ. Yet he must first overcome, along the way, the equally natural lower nature, the pull of the form, which asserts itself in every astrological sign slightly differently.

And thus, in this month of Virgo, I affirm: "I am the mother and the child. I, God, I, matter am."

Clearly, I can only do this by seeking to act AS A SOUL. I seek to ACT AS IF - and this is what we each do, as we aspire to embody the example provided for us by Christ, and by other Teachers.

The Christian Church has its own special Wisdom concerning the Holy Trinity, and while the Divine Feminine has as yet been eclipsed by an over-emphasis upon the Divine (and also the not-so-divine) Masculine ... we may rest assured that this error will correct itself, soon enough.

Let the Wise among us show that he is not a fool, by recognizing that his own portion of the Truth is at best adequate, but not unlimited, and that he can always stand to learn a thing or two about himself, and even his God, from his Brother Soul. His alternative, the worship of his own EGO, definitely has its own set of rewards & advantages. But that man who wittingly embraces such self-deceit and such vanity, plunges headlong into great peril and spiritual danger ... and courts the very Devil he would otherwise overcome.

Namaskar,

~andrew
 
Namaste Andrew... I am in great agreement with your above post. The greatest single problem facing humankind today and in the future is its inability to face up to the truth of what it continually does to itself through its controlled processes of acceptance and commercialization of false images as true things.

Here's a couple of snippets I gleaned along these lines of thought from the trufax.org website. Interesting place, even though it is mostly a web outlet to sell Valdemar Valerian's writings and compilations. It seems to be turning into a place where consciousness is given a chance.

"The Control Paradigm Posing as a "Philosophy" The dumbing down - becoming less than who we are - brings us face to face with one of the control paradigm's most powerful devices for achieving control. The control paradigm presents itself as a "philosophy", as if it's innocently telling us what's what. It even insists that its mechanistic, materialistic, control-measured picture of reality depicts the "real world" and tells us how to be practical in the world of facts and things, dogs eating dogs and sharks eating whatever. The more our reality can be reduced to objects, this "philosophy" tells us, and the less we trouble ourselves with ideas, values and other intangibles, the more we understand the "realities" of the control universe.
Adopting this philosophy as "the most practical way to maximize our personal sphere of control", we don't notice that we're made controllable in the process. To "buy into" the "philosophy" is to become controllable by its "values" of external rewards and suggested into a view of ourselves that is not true to our nature and potential as True Human Beings. But, the control paradigm isn't philosophy. It doesn't encourage free thought or dialogue. It doesn't develop our minds or souls. It doesn't invite inquiry into its core assumptions, strategies, responses and goals. Instead, it functions as a mind-control trance.
The control paradigm comes across as "the one way" to experience reality, and it doesn't make room for alternative perspectives. To do so would go against the control agenda. As a result, the control paradigm in truth has little in common with philosophy and much in common with propaganda and mind control methods - trance inducers."


and:
"Life in a Paradigm Controlled by External Reward Systems
In a paradigm of externals, externals call the shots. Instead of allowing us to be guided from the inside out (a formula for anarchy, the control paradigm claims), the paradigm controls our behavior through rewards and punishments. We come to think and act like Pavlov's dog, salivating over the next bonus, a bigger kennel to call home, a fancier collar to sport, or a top dog position. The paradigm isn't about developing our talents, abilities, or potential; it's about making us controllable by giving or withholding external rewards.
To achieve this control, the paradigm grades each "thing" in a hierarchy of externals. The inner life means nothing compared to the outward characteristics indicated by our species, race, gender, age, status, group affiliation, and income. If dogs possessed the wealth of Bill Gates, for instance, they wouldn't suffer in medical experiments, just as people who have money don't work in sweatshops or sell their children into slavery.
That's the problem with externals: they're fine until they become the means for enslavement, which unfortunately they do almost immediately. When a paradigm puts external values first, consciousness dimensions are dismissed out of hand. Small wonder that the potentials of our minds and hearts-and all the values that go with them, e.g., meaning, compassion, justice, or wisdom-go undeveloped. A control paradigm has neither use nor place for them."


Siriusly indeed....flow....;)
 
I'm with you flow ... and let's see if I can remember some lyrics:
And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they'd made
And the sign flashed out its warning
(in the words that it was forming)
(and the sign said)
"The words of the prophets are written on subway walls
And tenement halls"
And whispered in the sounds of silence ...
Today, it took a local Greek Festival, the first cool breezes of Fall, and the refreshing music of Enya to remind me - that it's okay to slow down, to drive like a sane person, to appreciate that life is not a rat race, and to pretty much just get my bearings overall.

Running into a co-worker from a former job at the Greek Festival also helped, as we were able to catch up a little, and laugh about the absurdities of bureacracy.

My only low point was when I went into the Sanctuary of the Orthodox Church. I will not name it, but it is the only Eastern Orthodox Church in Greenboro, and most folks pretty much know it as the Greek Orthodox Church. I have said before at C-R, that despite my Lutheran upbringing, I would probably choose Eastern Orthodoxy if I ever became serious about being a (conventional) Christian. And I have seriously considered attending the service, regardless.

Well, I esentially waited three hours, enjoying live music, food, and festivities, but anticipating the Church tour which I have attended each year for several years straight. I miss the old priest, but I have never met the new one, and I was interested to see what he might have to say ... and how he would say it.

It never happened. As I stood in the back of the sanctuary, admiring the beautiful stained glass windows, iconography, and the artwork on the ceiling (I don't know what else to call it) ... I did indeed feel humbled, and I thought I would certainly be at peace enough to enjoy the tour. But then I overheard a lady asking one of the staffpeople (a member of the church) about receiving Communion. She put it thus: "I am a Roman Catholic ... I would be able to receive Communion here, right?" And she went on to say something about the agreement between the churches - expressed more by way of an assumption, yet also as a question, naturally.

Ah well, the fella responded that he wasn't too certain about that, because she'd have to ask the priest ... and I could tell that his understanding was that, no, probably not - this woman would not be able to receive Communion there.

I noticed that the young priest was walking quietly toward the front of the church, so I intercepted him. After asking him if he could straighten a large icon that was hanging crookedly, I mentioned the question regarding Roman Catholics receiving Communion. I think I said, "A Roman Catholic would be able to receive Communion here, correct?" I was astonished at how quickly he countered my question. He made it very clearly, diplomatically and politely, but certainly not in the least bit apologetically, that no, this was not the case. And I think he babble something about requiring special permission from some high holy pontiff somewhere ... but that was about it, though I noticed he essentially made the sign of the cross with with his two fingers as he clarified my error.

To hell with it. I was now in earshot of the lady on whose behalf I was asking in the first place. She was attuned to the exchange, and she started to say I was asking the same question, so I told her that I was actually asking it for her. And I said to the priest, "But this will probably change sometime soon ... or we hope, anyway" - or words to that effect. But I noticed he didn't seem to have my optimism, or really my interest in even pursuing the topic much further. I think he did say something like, It could be, but I'm not sure how soon that's going to happen.

I don't fault this young man. He was friendly, especially with the ladies I noticed, but at any rate, he wasn't being difficult. If anything, I was pressing things a bit by wording my question to him carefully, if only to see whether he might be inclined to meet me halfway.

I don't doubt that Jesus is working with the Church. I know He has His helpers. And there are a lot of folks out there, belong to every Christian denomination (I always want to type demonination), who are quite in cooperation. But those who keep alive the old schisms, and who in fact thrive on the differences, rather than expressing a willingness to overcome the obstacles, and press on towards a greater degree of unification ... these are largely those who I truly belief, oppose the Truth. They resist the very Spirit of the Christ they claim to love, and to worship, and to serve.

Unification does not occur overnight, and many centuries worth of disagreement cannot be dissolved without sincere effort on everyone's part. I don't expect a Baptist to get up and go start attending Orthodox services, nor the Eastern Orthodox folks to all play musical chairs and start attending Catholic Mass. But a good place to start might be to try attending a different church, once in awhile ... and maybe even visit something completely unlike what one is accustomed to. Some folks at C-R already do that - and man, I'll tell ya, they are WAY ahead of the game. :)

Anyway, enough editorializing ... I'm not gonna let the foolishness of two of the four main branches of Christianity ruin my Sunday afternoon. To hell with their sanctuary tours. There are plenty of folks who will profit by learning something about the iconography, and how to identify what Orthodox Church you're in, even if you cannot read the Greek sign. I know all that stuff, and I can recognize a good number of the saints, even given the different styles of icons. How deep is this stuff, after all?

Symbolism, and imagery is good, yes, if it takes us deeper ... but when this church over here says it can't administer Communion, because that church over there doesn't slice its proverbial bread the same way ... ahhh, THAT just sounds like external reward, and a control paradign, affecting what is supposed to be a deep, spiritually significant Christian experience - one of the SACRAMENTS. Indeed, objectification, and the focusing on something tangible, to the point of denying folks this supposed Mystery. I got news for the priest of both these high & mighty institutions. Your mystery disappeared ... a long time ago.

But as I go on my afternoon walk, I will SEE it, and I will not need a priest to show it to me, or to introduce me to my God. The Mystery will be there, and as I eat my meal tonight, I will know and remember it, just as I did today, in the company of the unwashed masses, as I enjoyed the delicious food at the Greekfest.

Does the church serve as an outlet, to help God draw closer to Humanity out in the world ... or does it in fact, imprison God, so that we may keep God safely boxed away, until Sunday comes - and we go visit Him.

JETHRO TULL LYRICS - My God
 
Hi Andrew:

No doubt, some of our brothers and sisters will alway remain "Thick as a Brick" :D

Had a good friend once when I lived in a University town who was a St. Thomas Christian, which is under the administration of the Syrian Orthodox Church. He was very devout, as are all St. Thomas people, but there was no Syrian Church available. He split his attendance between the Greek Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church without any communion problems. Of course university communities are known for their ecumenical tendencies. Maybe you just ran into a "tow the traditional line" rockhead on your tour. Sounds like you had a nice day however.

flow....;)
 
Hi Andrew:

No doubt, some of our brothers and sisters will alway remain "Thick as a Brick" :D

Had a good friend once when I lived in a University town who was a St. Thomas Christian, which is under the administration of the Syrian Orthodox Church. He was very devout, as are all St. Thomas people, but there was no Syrian Church available. He split his attendance between the Greek Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church without any communion problems. Of course university communities are known for their ecumenical tendencies. Maybe you just ran into a "tow the traditional line" rockhead on your tour. Sounds like you had a nice day however.

flow....;)
I think you are probably right, on both counts, flow. Thank you very much for sharing that. It's encouraging. :)
 
flowperson said:
No doubt, some of our brothers and sisters will alway remain "Thick as a Brick"
You have some rather sick standards... modern bricks in the USA are about 8 x 4 x 2.25 inches... 203 x 102 x 57 mm for Europeans.
 
You have some rather sick standards... modern bricks in the USA are about 8 x 4 x 2.25 inches... 203 x 102 x 57 mm for Europeans.
bricks are always measured width x height x length otherwise a if you want a 4x8x16 and say it wrong you may get a 8x4x16, we remember it as Women Have Legs.

Communion fiasco....it is just a shame that one can't celebrate each others beliefs and welcome them in celebrating their own...

Divine Feminine - I've come to understand that if she is a lot like the woman who sits back and lets her husband think he controls the finances, whatever, let him think that...if those humans think a male is in charge of creation, manifestation, reproduction...she really doesn't care, she knows that if too many made a fuss it would just be a mess, no need for an Equal Rights Amendment for the DF... like those that do for doing, that be for being, not for credit or recognition....more power in the back seat, and no worries about any blame...whats not to like?
 
bricks are always measured width x height x length otherwise a if you want a 4x8x16 and say it wrong you may get a 8x4x16, we remember it as Women Have Legs.
Surely you are a Masonist... How would you measure the thickness of that Woman Having Legs?

Communion fiasco....it is just a shame that one can't celebrate each others beliefs and welcome them in celebrating their own...
Have you celebrated the beliefs of any rapists?

Divine Feminine...
Is the Divine Feminine thinner or thicker than a brick?
 
...Have you celebrated the beliefs of any rapists?...
I'm sure I have. I don't celebrate rape if that is what you are implying. Is there a religion that doesn't have any? I didn't know that sinners of that or any ilk prescribed to one religion or another. It seems to me that those that stray and those that use religion for other motives are spread fairly evenly. I haven't seen a study that indicates otherwise.

I'd suppose those that are inside prison walls, are similar in religious demographics to those on the outside...

The old ye without sin cast the first stone comes to mind...and that troublesome log thing...and that darn statement about forgiveness...you know if you can't forgive than forget the rest...and loving your neighbor/enemy...but who is counting...

you were saying...I know there was a point there someplace...
 
I'm sure I have. I don't celebrate rape if that is what you are implying. Is there a religion that doesn't have any? I didn't know that sinners of that or any ilk prescribed to one religion or another. It seems to me that those that stray and those that use religion for other motives are spread fairly evenly. I haven't seen a study that indicates otherwise.

I'd suppose those that are inside prison walls, are similar in religious demographics to those on the outside...

The old ye without sin cast the first stone comes to mind...and that troublesome log thing...and that darn statement about forgiveness...you know if you can't forgive than forget the rest...and loving your neighbor/enemy...but who is counting...

you were saying...I know there was a point there someplace...
Did Jesus celebrate the beliefs of others? The Pharisees? Herod? Hypocrites? Merchants in the temple?
 
I would say if you take the ideals of this jesus messiah... He is obviously Mr freaking fan dabby freaking dosey! So no one christian, jew, muslim, satanist, pagan, buddhist.... Even the IRISH! Could live up to his level.. So yeah... Forgive them all cause they all freaking lie lol.....
 
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