{"id":6758,"date":"2013-05-15T20:47:50","date_gmt":"2013-05-16T00:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newagedevelopments.org\/blog\/?p=6758"},"modified":"2013-05-15T20:52:03","modified_gmt":"2013-05-16T00:52:03","slug":"in-the-words-of-jesus-part-675","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newagedevelopments.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/15\/in-the-words-of-jesus-part-675\/","title":{"rendered":"IN THE WORDS OF JESUS\u2013Part 675"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

ON LOVE; PART\u00a0CCLXIV<\/span><\/h2>\n
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GoodWill\u00a0IS Love in Action<\/span><\/h2>\n
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“Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love. This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as \u00a0other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart<\/em>” (Ephesians 4:13-18).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Our point in the last post and likely in the few before that has been simple and, of course, this main idea IS as it has always been; Love. As we looked at the Old Testament revelations of the Truth of Love as the origin of the Master’s pronouncement of the same some 1500 years later, we see the single thread of Right Human Relations as the basis of the\u00a0entirety\u00a0of the teachings which considered the\u00a0barbaric\u00a0and\u00a0superstitious\u00a0nature of the man in that day as they presented the laws as they should be followed because they ARE given by God. The consideration of the barbarism and the superstition IS in those days their corporate\u00a0exercise\u00a0of that same free will<\/strong> that we have yet today as it is implemented by the race according to their point of evolution; evolution of mind and the emotional\u00a0response to the world. As we have said, aside from the law as it is presented in the\u00a0Pentateuch, the Five Books of Moses as they are called (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy), the rest of the Old Testament is history and it IS a history of barbarism and superstition for the most part as IS much of the Pentateuch itself. Added to this are the Books of\u00a0Psalms and Proverbs, the so called Books of Poetry which stand on their own as inspired writings that express the innermost thoughts of the authors who are in\u00a0their\u00a0own way and time likely disciples of the Lord. Also added are the words of the prophets which are, like the\u00a0Epistles\u00a0of the New Testament, intended to clarify and to amplify the teachings of the law, but which are for the most part written in rather obscure terms and phrases, some of which are not Truly discernible yet today. Here we can add that there is ever an\u00a0inability\u00a0to rightly discern the writings of the apostles and of the prophets and we generally attribute this to design, to the idea that the Truth is only discerned by those who are awakened<\/strong><\/em> or, as the Master tells His disciples regarding His parables, “Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables<\/em>” (Mark 4:11). We should try to see that ALL Truly inspired writings are inspired by and through a man’s own Soul, his divine self, and that in this idea is the better reasoning for the\u00a0inability\u00a0of the man in the world to rightly discern them; the inspired writer is speaking about heavenly or divine understanding, an understanding that IS NOT \u00a0in the ken of the man focused<\/em> upon the self and the self in the world. So then, from our perspective, there are few that can rightly discern these as there are few who can claim the role of disciple and we should add to this that for the many who may be\u00a0aspirants\u00a0today or yesterday, there may be some partial understanding of the Great Truths which the Master calls the “mystery of the kingdom of God<\/em>“. And, we should add here that in this partial understanding we find interpretation that must per force work through the personality, the mind and the emotions, of the man who IS still partially focused<\/em> in the world and which focus<\/em> will color the interpretation.<\/span><\/p>\n

It has become our\u00a0position\u00a0that the study of the Old Testament by the Christian today does not contribute to his quest for righteousness and Love as the expressions of his Life in the world and that the information can actually distract a man from this goal if he becomes overly focused<\/em> upon it; we say this same thing regarding the study of the bible from an\u00a0eschatological\u00a0perspective or any study of the prophetic nature of any of the words and especially the Book of Revelation. Now since we DO NOT make any claim to our own degree of spirituality but maintain the position of an aspirant, we should add here that we fall into the same criteria that we espouse above, that our words and ideas are filtered through our personality in the world and that our own degree of worldly focus<\/em> colors what we say. It is for this reason that we claim NO authority for the ideas that we put forth but rather offer them from the perspective that we learned from our Tibetan brother who says in regard to his own writings which are much more profound than ours that: They may, or may not, be correct, true and useful. It is for you to ascertain their truth by right practice and by the exercise of the intuition\u2026.If they present truth in such a way that it follows sequentially upon that already offered in the world teachings, if the information given raises the aspiration and the will-to-serve from the plane of the emotions to that of the mind (the plane whereon the Masters can be found) then they will have served their purpose. If the teaching conveyed calls forth a response from the illumined mind of the worker in the world, and brings a flashing forth of his intuition, then let that teaching be accepted. But not otherwise. If the statements meet with eventual corroboration, or are deemed true under the test of the Law of Correspondences, then that is well and good. But should this not be so, let not the student accept what is said.<\/em>\u00a0And we should add here that this should be the view of every man regarding every thing that he may read as commentary, as interpretation and even as the news of the day and in this the Master Himself tells us that these things as recorded in the gospels:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  • “And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. \u00a0For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many<\/em>” (Matthew 24:4-5). The saying is clear but we should note that the Master does not give us any understanding of how we shall KNOW the Truth and this should be seen in the reality that, as a disciple and partially as an aspirant, that one will KNOW the Truth; the caution here is not to allow oneself to rely upon the sayings or the actions of others and further on in these sayings He says: “For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect<\/em>” (Matthew 24:24) and in this we should see the reality that the misleading ideas can come from any source and that ALL should be measured, if you will, as Wisdom from above according the Apostle James formula.<\/li>\n
  • “For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad. If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given<\/em>” (Mark 4:22-24). Here in these words we have the Master’s telling His\u00a0disciples, just after His explanation to them of the Parable of the Sower,\u00a0that ALL things will be KNOWN and will be KNOWN to those who DO hear<\/em> and from this He continues into cautioning them that they must be careful of what they hear.<\/em>\u00a0As we have said in previous essays, this idea of hearing<\/em> should NOT be seen as the physical hearing<\/em> but\u00a0rather\u00a0and the believing<\/em> or even the considering of those things that one may hear<\/em>\u00a0and this from any source and any manner of perception.\u00a0<\/em>And we should see as well that there is a growing of this believing<\/em> as the Master tells us that “unto you that hear shall more be given<\/em>” and while we KNOW the context is in regard to the Good, the Beautiful and the True as the disciple would receive it, we should understand that this can and does cut both ways as when the man in the world is filled with believing<\/em> in<\/em> and on<\/em> the things of the world, this also grows to where he will take yet more from the world. From these words the Master goes directly to the Parable of the Growing Seed and here we can see the relationship, from the perspective of the disciple and the aspirant, of the growing of the Kingdom Within as the seed that he has planted in his True believing<\/em> grows within him and he KNOWS not how but will realize<\/strong><\/em> the more that IS given.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • “And he charged them, saying , Take heed , beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod<\/em>” (Mark 8:15). We should see this as a more timeless lesson rather than one that is\u00a0isolated\u00a0to these times as the ways of the world of men do not change. Here the Pharisee and Herod are, by their\u00a0words\u00a0and actions, setting the example and giving the teachings that men should follow and that many do follow because of the sense of authority that these men project. Here the Master tells us to “beware of the leaven<\/em>“, beware of the example and of the teaching of the man or even the group who claims authority; as whatsoever is the teaching or the example of presumed authority will be believed and followed by many who do not yet see clearly and this has been much of our lesson over the last several posts. In Matthew’s Gospel this is painted a bit differently and we present this as well to\u00a0further\u00a0show the scope of the Master’s intent; we read: “Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees<\/em>“. Here the apostle gives us Jesus response and his own\u00a0understanding\u00a0of the intent of the Master saying “How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees? Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees<\/em>” \u00a0(Matthew 16;6, 11-12).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    We should try to see that as much as it is in the purview of a man’s focus<\/em> that he is able to utter revelation<\/strong><\/em> so it is in the same way, by the degree of focus<\/em> upon the Soul and the things of God, that he will accept what he may believe<\/em> IS revelation.<\/em><\/strong> And so we say that for the man grounded in the world, that he will only KNOW and understand the things of the world and for the man whose focus<\/em> IS IN God, he will see only the things of God and, for those who have come to realize<\/strong><\/em> the duality<\/strong> of Life in the world, we have the sense of believing<\/em> based upon the degree of focus<\/em> toward the one or the other, toward the world or toward God. And here we get the gist of what we have been saying regarding one’s reading of ALL scripture; that the greater the focus<\/em> of the man upon the things of the world, the greater that his interpretation and his understanding will be according to the things of the world and in how the scripture may benefit him in this Life. Conversely the greater the degree of one’s focus that IS upon God and the God and the Christ Within, the greater his understanding and his interpretations will be according the Wisdom from above and in this we find True revelation.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>In this regard\u00a0we should see the example of the Pharisee and the Sadducee as well as the rulers of the land who the Master paints for us as Herod, an example that should be extended through time, though history and up until today. How many of the great religious wars were promoted by those in authority who had their focus<\/em> firmly fixed upon the self and the self in the world instead of the reality of keeping His words<\/em>? And this IS the overriding point, that if a man IS Truly keeping His words<\/em> there IS NO war, there IS NO strife, because in the Power and the Love of the disciple in the world, ALL things are possible…..even Peace.<\/span><\/p>\n

    While this may seem to be just high wishes, there is some Truth here from the perspective of the Master’s words that clearly tell us that we do have that same Power as He does and, as we trace the words that tell us of this SAMENESS, we should be able to \u00a0see the reality of this Power. At the same time we MUST understand the rarity of the man who can accomplish these HIGHEST of expressions of the Love and the Power of the Godhead here in this Earth. Let us look at these ideas again:<\/span><\/p>\n