{"id":6571,"date":"2013-04-28T21:09:25","date_gmt":"2013-04-29T01:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newagedevelopments.org\/blog\/?p=6571"},"modified":"2013-04-28T21:11:01","modified_gmt":"2013-04-29T01:11:01","slug":"in-the-words-of-jesus-part-658","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newagedevelopments.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/28\/in-the-words-of-jesus-part-658\/","title":{"rendered":"IN THE WORDS OF JESUS\u2013Part 658"},"content":{"rendered":"

Love is the Fulfilling of the Law<\/span><\/h2>\n

ON LOVE; PART CCXLVII<\/span><\/h2>\n
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GoodWill\u00a0IS Love in Action<\/h2>\n

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There was a point in my own Life where I thought that I could be a disciple of the Master while still conducting my Life in this world according to the ways of the world but I did come to realize the folly<\/strong><\/em> of my premise, to use the term from our discussion on the Buddha. Of course I am not alone in this folly<\/em><\/strong> as there are many who do believe that this IS possible and there are teachings that promote this\u00a0rather\u00a0impossible possibility. The correction of my own understanding comes from rightly\u00a0discerning\u00a0the words of the Master as His instructions on this aspect of Life are clear and concise and we have been meaning to address these again for quite some time, ever since we premised that the ideas that the Master puts forth need not be accomplished from the perspective and living an\u00a0ascetic\u00a0Life but by living in such a way that we prudently take what we need for living in a “take no thought<\/em>” (Luke 12:22) way. We should understand here that this is just a part, albeit a necessary part of True discipleship, and that there is still the reality of keeping His words<\/em> in their entirety of which this idea of “take no thought<\/em>” is but one aspect.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is however a most important aspect for those who Truly expect to be accounted worthy<\/em> in any\u00a0particular\u00a0Lifetime and we should understand the following in this respect:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  • Not ALL men are ready at this time, in this particular Lifetime, to accomplish this goal as they are not attentive at all to the promptings of the Soul but are working out whatsoever must be worked out in the Life in form in which they are involved. This premise is far beyond our own understanding of Life but from the reality of the range of different ‘styles’ of Life that we see today in the world, we can see that this IS a valid theory. We should\u00a0understand\u00a0at the same time that this CAN BE accomplished in short time by any who CAN so take that control of their Life, <\/span>strive<\/em> as the Master tells us, in the world that they can overcome the <\/span>illusion<\/strong> and the <\/span>glamour<\/strong>\u00a0but we should understand that in the complexity of Life there are many who have not yet gained that\u00a0ability\u00a0to put mind before emotion and for these this IS likely a more difficult endeavor than it is for those who CAN and DO think<\/strong> along the more spiritual lines. Here we remember that the Master tells us of this\u00a0difficulty\u00a0saying:\u00a0“<\/span>Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and\u00a0few there be that find it<\/strong><\/em>” (Matthew 7:13-14). We use this saying often to help us to understand the\u00a0difficulty\u00a0and here we use it to emphasize that should one <\/span>strive,<\/em> ALL things ARE possible. However, for the unthinking man whose Life is governed by emotion there is little likelihood that this will be accomplished except in that rather unknown arena of devotion, devotion<\/em><\/strong> strong enough by the suited person that he CAN and DOES overcome the world through keeping His words<\/em> and this likely is the method taken and used by many in the past. We should note here that the criteria DOES NOT \u00a0change….one MUST still keep His words<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • There are many who are more ready to enter into the right relationship with their own Souls as the ‘reward’ for past accomplishment, past spiritual collateral, which brings a man to a more ready\u00a0position\u00a0to hear and to heed his own Soul. For the most part this is done blindly at first and can start at an early age and in this select category of men there is still the need to heed the call; and heeding the call IS NOT the end all, it is a beginning. There is still the matter of Repentance<\/strong><\/em> and then\u00a0Transformation<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0which can occur in fits and starts\u00a0throughout\u00a0one’s Life and never amount to any real advancement but, at the same time can add to that spiritual collateral that one may have. Heeding the call of the Soul and KNOWING the direction that one must travel is much different than doing so as the man is yet in this world and the\u00a0difficulty\u00a0that the Master tells us of is still in play….and, there is still the need to strive.<\/em>\u00a0There is the need as well that the man recognize the illusion<\/strong> and the glamour<\/strong> of the world and in this recognition, put himself into a\u00a0position\u00a0to understand the duality that ensues and, in the effort to continually make the right choices and right\u00a0decisions, we can see the reality of striving.\u00a0<\/em>There need not be any understanding this illusion<\/strong> and glamour<\/strong> by name but just the general reality that one’s thoughts and feelings that are of and for the self, ARE of the world.\u00a0We should note here that it IS NOT the place of any man to KNOW the state of his brother nor to judge others based upon one’s view of what and where another might be.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • There are yet others who have been able to take the ideas in the previous point to Repentance,<\/strong><\/em> others who ARE Transforming<\/em><\/strong> and who understand that reality of what they are doing as they strive<\/em> to keep His words <\/em>and it is in this group that we find ourselves as aspirants. This is also NOT and end, it IS a means to one’s continued advancement toward the strait gate<\/em> that opens into the Kingdom and here there is yet much to do before one can say with the Master that “I have overcome the world<\/em>” (John 16:33). And, one can fall from ‘grace’ while in this conditional state of the aspirant, one can fall back into the ways of the world,\u00a0attracted\u00a0by the illusions<\/strong> and the glamours<\/strong>\u00a0which so obnubilate his reality, and there is much on this in the words of the Buddha that we have been studying over the last several posts. This is a difficult position as when one does go back to focus upon the self and the world, he can be entombed for the remainder of his Lifetime or until another round of Repentance<\/strong><\/em> becomes possible and in this we can see our idea of fits and starts. The Master tells us something about the man who goes back saying: “No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God<\/em>” and we should see in these words the\u00a0difficulty\u00a0that one may face having lost for a time all that he may have previously gained. In this same series of sayings from the Master we find as well this one which tells us of the necessity to be singular in one’s focus<\/em> upon the Kingdom; Jesus tells us: “Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God<\/em>” in\u00a0response\u00a0to the aspirants request that asks “Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father<\/em>” (Luke 9:62, 59-60). We should see in these words the\u00a0totality of\u00a0one’s\u00a0commitment\u00a0as it rises above the worldly attachments, even above family as we have read in His requirement for discipleship.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Another group exists who are disciples of the Master, disciples of the Christ Within, which IS to say that they ARE keeping His words<\/em> and this even if they never heard<\/em> of Him nor have heard<\/em> His word, as this impetus to the Good, the Beautiful and the True stems from one’s own Soul. The reality of hearing the words of the Master is NOT the Way but a means to the Way and they bring the attention of the man in the world away from the self in the world and toward the God of whom the Master speaks. This of course can be said about most any Truly spiritual teaching, from most any True religious leader who himself is keeping the words<\/em> of the master within. and from the teachings of every Avatar that has ever served to help free us from the vanity<\/em> of this world. There are disciples ALL over this Earth and, as the Master tells us, “by their fruits ye shall know them<\/em>” (Matthew 7:20) and this should be understood in this context as well as in the negative context in which it is offered. Repeating some ideas from a previous post here should serve to further clarify our understanding and we should remember here that this is but our understanding of the meaning of these words, that the True disciple IS that High Calling that begins in keeping His words<\/em> and ends in the rare and unique ability to, in the Master’s words: “say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you<\/em>” (Matthew 17:20). These words from previous essays are from the works of our Tibetan brother who tells us those words that are italicized; the balance are our thoughts:<\/span>\n