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"[I find] your writing well-done . . . [giving] fair and mindful
consideration to the subjects discussed . . . Bless you for reaching out to
others."- JW
Excellent Lore from Bible and Other Quarters - Try to Stick To It the Day You Can
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| Welcome to soundness-helping teachings. |
And if great teachings over-ride Bible lore, stick to the best of them as soon as you can, or else you do not stick to the pearl of great price that came your way. It should be all right to surpasss Jesus too, for at least two reasons: He asks you to [John 14;12]; he says his follower is a sick sheep, in need of a doctor, and that healthy ones don't need him. So try and get well. Get on and up to stuff in some local here and now.
So: Confronted with what appears to be greater teachings, count the cost. Maybe a hallmark of greater teachings is that they make many men laugh and others gruff - who knows? It seems to be one of the hallmarks of great ways (Taos), in the ancient Chinese philosopher Lao Zi's opinion.
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Be brave enough
Be brave enough to greet well - One should be brave enough to excel in the art of living
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God-Contact - Watch Out
There are two links: One is to "I Am" inside. Another is through proxy. The latter suggests you do not have your inside rooting intact well enough - or otherwise, why is there a need for the doctor?Jesus said sound ones did not have any need of him. Find it in somewhere in Mark. Do the best you can, then.
Jesus is either a fisher, a shepherd, a teacher, or a doctor of healing, a helping hand, a friend, or all of these things. Others may see him differently still, and that may be okay too.
- He never suggests that the fisher loves fish to throw it into the sea again, after a careful look. To the contrary - fish is food for others. Maybe gasping like fish ashore is a mark of belonging to this catch. Or maybe clever gasping is the likeable help following the principle through - you may not be able to tell unless you have good eye-sight or better -
- The shepherd he likes, leaves ninety-nine sheep in overt danger for the sake of one lost sheep - it is foolish to emulate that. As one of the conform sheep, you may feel lightly stultified, but let us hope you are taken care of.
- As a teacher he says: "Only me for teaching - but God the Holy Spirit is to guide you." Jesus also said to good Samaritans that his ministry was only for Jews. He later dropped that idea - or he changed plans. He might have made other changes of plans too. Maybe they are reflected in New Testament letters. Look up.
- As a doctor his works are mysterious. Mud in blind eyes does not look like much - it is not even recommended by medical doctors. Beware of that, and adjust firmly to what helps life. Jesus also says he is life. You are allowed testing and judicious, fair discernment.
- The disciples rise into being his friends, others he lend a helping hand.
Now, can you tell what sort of "Jesus catch" you belong to? Is it one sort, more than one - all five or six of them, for example?
What is highlighted above, could be seen by anyone. His no to other teachers, no to other masters, is substantiated in New Testament Letters. It appears that "guru Yogananda" from Faroffistan forgot that. How marring the teachings get on top of that -
Watch Out for Unexpected Knock-Outs If You Can
Medley or Fictitious?
YOU COULD say guru Yogananda spread confusion by not too judicious medley doctrine, but was he the only one?The Bible says you are heartily encouraged to do better than Jesus, because it is possible in the proper Spirit and faith. What a teaching to get alarmed over unless you reckon well [cf. John 14:12].
Jesus said he is life - so the art of living is a lot to look into. And Jesus is spoken of as God - one of Him-them, for the lack of a better, sweet and short term.
Now, to do better works that God seem out of hand till you understand there were lots of things God did not do or did not do well. Marrying Jesus to a perfect bride was one of them, to say the least with a steady look into what mattered to God after he had designed man and Eden and man felt that God-contact was not enough, odd as it might appear to novices in cloisters, but perhaps not in harems.
Learn to consider matters very carefully, and remain excellently guarded anyway, despite what anyone decrees to the contrary, for there is a chance of being subjected to a bluffer if not. And merely to gamble a lot in confusion is not the best thing. Even Cupid knocking at the door of a human heart can later tear the breast. So what can wolves in sheep's clothing do to a Christian if they fake for a following?
Lots of persons allow their hearts to open in what appears to be a caring, steady company, maybe a sorry New Age community as well. Lots of deep feelings can be let loose - far more than in regular encounters at the supermarket. Maybe 'buying' looks like a deep need that may be aroused there.
"Better look like an old owl up in a tree than hauled in at the supermarket." We should beware of what is glorified by cunning, artificial light and linked strokes. That's a biological orientation for the lack of the lore that suits men ahead. Yes, to look very untidy can be one of the best protections to some against being snatched in some deeply troubling, harassing urban rat race, but not against ageing.
Besides, all the brave and wild animals naturally try to stay away from intoxication, excitement and wild, not very seasonal passion somehow. They are not much for very unexpected events either. They love to have a clue as to what is going on and what is about. So regular, stereotyped and very conventionalised behaviour patterns are highly important for common group living, whereas unexpected events can breed disasters.
Let us reflect on someone that is spoken of as clever at shifting shapes. Norse mythology's Odin could funnel into animal forms and not end up like Donald Duck, and Odin cheated virgins to his own profit. Mating or bonding in good time and not unseemly may be better or work better. Well, Jesus could appear to his apostles on the road to Emmaus without being recognised by them.
Aside from those things, having just the right sort of game ready at hand is top important. The apostles were ordered to cast their nets on Gentiles, after Jews decided on no to Jesus.
Apart from changing plans, no matter what had been said before, Jesus also showed that Samaritans were of the right stuff - they would accept him, whereas his own folks did not, roughly said. Later they were allowd to rot, so to speak, no matter what Jesus prayed on their behalf on the cross. No all prayers are answered prayers. Think of that and do not get perfidious through enlarged faith in a wrong saying. We speak of artistry in the art of living. Therefore say no to the hare race of having no solid possessions. You have that freedom [cf. John 14:12].
Among animals, Jews and neighbours alike, to remain steady normally comes first. To be typified as warm-hearted, very caring and loving and having forgiving nature may not work well, for even though Jesus said he came like a doctor for Jews that were sinners. Yes, we could say many Jews suffered from lack of great judicious in the art of living. [Cf. Mark 2:17].
However, no matter how kind-hearted Gentiles were found to be, Jesus decided to haul in Gentiles of fond hearts all the same, after God's main plan for Jews was broken. Did you think Gentiles were too bad? Shame on you for it - Now we are ready for a lesson or two:
As the Oriental saying has it: "If you are too sweet, they will eat you up - if too sour, you will be spit out".
Look to Jesus. He and God the Father and the Holy Spirit had to make a lot changes, no matter what had been made God's Laws for living, no matter who were the designed "targets of salvation" at first, no matter what paths Jesus had decided on for his offending Jews. Things changed. And God the Holy Spirit and all the apostles decided to let Gentiles get a far less maiming fare than the original "target group". They decided to dispense with such as circumcision and Saturday rest, no matter what Jesus had decreed in Matthew 5:17-20. [Acts 15].
So learn to consider better and get professional. Many elements of life and respect are in the making or reshaping these days. Very many old patterns do not suit urban living, and many handsome forms of disciplines and knowledge parts may not either. You might as well be alerted to it.
Earlier, conditions had to follow suit to what's deep inside the heart of man and animal. Nowadays these things have changed widely, due to weapons in the wrong hands and so on downwards.
Many kind hearts that cannot follow suit in changing conditions these days, cannot live on for long without doing secret damage to themselves deep inside. It has to be expected and not looked forward to.
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Adjoined
Ak: Yogananda, Pa.: Man's Eternal Quest. Los Angeles: Self-Realization Fellowship, 1975.Ap: Mieder, Wolfgang (main editor), Stewart A. Kingsbury, and Kelsie E. Harder: A Dictionary of American Proverbs. (Paperback) New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
Pa: Yogananda, Pa.: Autobiography of a Yogi. 11th ed. Los Angeles: Self-Realization Fellowship, 1971. – ONLINE 1st edition
Say: Yogananda, Pa.: Sayings of Yogananda. Los Angeles: Self-Realization Fellowship, 1958.
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