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Is Lacerating Unrighteousness Righteous Now?
For your own good, pay no lip service to brutishness called righteousness.
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| Santa did not come in the clouds. The apostles had different expectations in the Holy Spirit. Alas. [See all] |
The Bible Tells: Fear the Dangerous God!
Great seal is a kind of fire; the hotter it is the more you could lose unawares.The guru Yogananda set up Krishna, Jesus, and four Indian yogis as the gurus of his church fellowship, and his teachings are that a secretive sadhu called Babaji is in constant communion with Jesus. Hence, "Run for your life!" For there are some things about Jesus we do not like, and those who say they are in league with and commune with him, are not above suspicion. That must include Yogananda too, who writes:
The guru was a confidence man. In his witnessing in the passages above he shows off as being in league with Jesus. If so, you have two good reasons to run away. (1) How can you trust a Hindu monk to come in the name of Jesus against Bible warnings of just such things? (2) Besides, Jesus is someone who cannot have a clean conscience if the Bible tells truth about him. Brr, ow-oo.One night while I was engaged in silent prayer, my sitting room in the Encinitas hermitage became filled with an opal blue light. I beheld the radiant form of the blessed Lord Jesus . . .
His eyes were . . . were infinitely changing. With each divine transition in their expression, I intuitively understood the wisdom conveyed. In his glorious gaze I felt the power that upholds the myriad worlds. A Holy Grail appeared at his mouth; it came down to my lips and then returned to Jesus. After a few moments he uttered beautiful words, so personal in their nature that I keep them in my heart. [Ha 469, emphasis added]
Great bible evidence is gathered on this page. See if you can gainsay it.
Now here is a warning that in part derives from statements by the Austrian-born spiritual lecturer Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925): If you have a body, mind, and spirit (soul), and are largely unaware of the innermost, "deep" parts of yourself, how well are you equipped against false guides? One thing is what they teach and indoctrinate about things. Another thing is what some such false helpers may do to your subtle, inner sides. Let us draw a worst case scenario right here: "You trust in a Leader who manages to take away your social standing and goes on to make an ill wreck or wimp of you, not robust at all. Maybe he is devouring your inner fibre right now, or stealing it - that heart-essence. That could well be what he lives on! And unaware followers might hail him as he eats them thus. You know nothing about it, because you are unconscious on that level. Well? You may be reminded of the song "Joan of Arc" by the Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen (1934 -).
It was deep into his fiery heartShe was burnt alive. To be used and abused after falling for tricks is a danger. How can you say you are safe against it? How well founded is it? Faith is not bad, but blind faith can be dangerous, especially if it is wrong and serves to disable you. There can be many sides of that, as you were shown above.
he took the dust of Joan of Arc,
and then she clearly understood
if he was fire, oh then she must be wood.
. . . I saw her cry,
I saw the glory in her eye.
Rudolf Steiner talks for Spiritual Science Too
Yogananda also teaches that
Especially the early Yogananda taught his yoga methods were scientific throughout. He also said, "Meditation is that special form of concentration in which the attention has been liberated, by scientific yoga techniques, from the restlessness of the body-conscious state . . ." [Ak 6] "Yoga is a system of scientific methods for reuniting the soul with the Spirit. [Ak 13]
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| Dr Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925), founder of Anthroposophy. Pen drawing by TK |
Steiner was very much aware that in the experience of oneself as an ego, one is in the world of the spirit. He also built up a complete science of the spirit, Anthroposophy ('wisdom of man' (from Greek: anthropos, man + sophia, wisdom). He maintains there is a spiritual world that can be comprehended in thought but only fully accessed by the soul above-inside most of our common thoughts. Steiner teaches subtle perceptions may arise in an enhanced consciousness. Steiner stresses that inside perception of spirit things (phenomena) is independent of nature, that is, independent of the senses as they normally "go about". His Spiritual Science (Anthroposophy) is claimed to complement the Natural Sciences, even though there are conflicts on some issues. In essence it is "a quite modern religious system growing out of theosophy and centring on human development" [Merriam-Webster].
Steiner's work Theosophy: An Introduction to the Supersensible Knowledge of the World and the Destination of Man (written 1904; GA 9) takes off from introducing three aspects of man linked to nature:
- the body, or sense-world;
- the soul, or inner world;
- the spirit, or universal world of cosmic archetypes.
"Starting with our capacity for thinking, anthroposophy leads to an experience of the spirit in each human soul who would follow the path," says Steiner, who means to foster the life of the soul and looks on life as a means for working towards higher development, and in so doing getting much better karma too.
What we would love to draw attention to here, is his point that the Church fell from spirit aspects of man in the course of time, even though it talks of it, and the soul. To most people, the church is a ceremony-ridden crib only. Ritual-fostering to some who are fond of candles too. But it largely ignores the spirit, that god inside that Jesus refers to from the scriptures of Jews:
If you tell your minister today "I am god", he may not like the phraseology, and insist on his own rote-learned ways of telling things: "You are a child of God, a son or daughter of God." It may count as largely the same. The gospel contains these options too.Jews picked up stones to stone him. "We are stoning you for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God."
Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your Law, "I have said you are gods"? - and the Scripture cannot be broken - Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, "I am God's Son"?"
He escaped their grasp. [John 10:31-39, passim]
Steiner speaks of 'Christ' in "an enhanced way" which in some respects may remind of Yogananda's 'Christ Consciousness'. Steiner also teaches that Jesus was a twin, but there is no Bible evidence of it. He seems to put a lot into the Bible in addition, and into Atlantis and spiritual things. His teachings on how the earth and moon came into being, do not coincide with those of modern science.
Those who believe in Anthroposophy may teach in Steiner schools (Waldolf schools), and you are free to ask, "Why would I send my child to a Waldorf school or Waldorf kindergarten?" The fit answer would of course not be "Because there are over 600 Waldorf schools in over 32 countries, the class teacher becomes like an additional family member, and there is one such kindergarten in the neighbourhood."
Waldorf Education is for developing consciousness of self and the surrounding world, well adapted to inborn stages in humans. While anthroposophy forms the theoretical basis to the teaching methods used in Waldorf schools, it is not taught to the students.
Those who have the opportunity to learn about the self-schooling, nurturing, educative, curative, and retirement sides of Anthroposophy and its bioorganic gardening methods, could welcome such an opportunity. There is much good in Anthroposophy. Many of the writings and talks of Rudolf Steiner are on-line at the Rudolf Steiner Archive, and we recommend a good look into it.
Good News of Dr Steiner
In her foreword to Rudolf Steiner's Earthly and Cosmic Man Marie Steiner in December 1932 speaks of the wealth of ideas and spiritual treasure bestowed on people by Rudolf Steiner. Parts of his lectures are difficult to arrange under one category and heading, however. His vistas and key themes are much like "concentrated foci of energy from which sparks shoot out in every direction" and stand in bold relief. Various hidden forces burst on one another as he tried to formulate great help of deliverance, reaching down into the field of concrete, practical living.Rudolf Steiner created a science of knowledge that was to embrace creative impulses into the manifold branches of science and art, philosophy and religious activity. To live his central teachings became a significant upliftment. Out of a quickened consciousness thought may encompass higher and higher spheres of existence, and treasures of the Spirit of glorious brilliance may be bequeathed to us. That Inner Light, the Clear (Bright) Light of Buddhism and Tantra, Rudolf Steiner calls the Christ Impulse. A good and decent Way enables truths to flash into the consciousness, but there are many obstructions brought by the age of rationalism. Many of them hinder and thwart the full development of the forces of the personality too. Steiner, like Buddha before him, established teachings of Reincarnation and Karma. The goal of Steiner and Splendid Buddhism is far more than narrow liberation. And Steiner too sought to present the purest oriental wisdom to listeners.
Steiner taught how to make a link with the store of spiritual knowledge already existing in order to preserve its life and lead it forward. For a while he headed the German branch of the Anglo-Indian Theosophical Society, but had to break with it in time. He went on to spread his own teachings, Anthroposophy, and spoke repeatedly against succumbing to the failings into which occult societies so easily lapse. Steiner's teachings demand strict truthfulness instead of drifting into vanity and ambition. There are very many cleansing exhortations and warnings in his teachings.
It was on 20 October 1902, in Berlin, that Rudolf Steiner gave his first lecture on Anthroposophy, says Mrs. Steiner. [Link]
Bad News of Jesus
He is for sick people only
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| "Get out of a flock of ill guys encircling the braying one". [See all] |
Accordingly, get out of the Midas-conform flock fast to get better if you can, if you prefer sanity to winnowing. (In Greek and Roman legend, Midas is a king known for his foolishness and greed). There might be some thousand millions that are biblically ill in the world. Further, many of the rich ones are not recognised as ill full well. [Matthew 9:12-13; 19:24]
Son of a bully and one with him
Jesus laid claims on being his Father-God's son and one with that one. The son of a tyrant and one with him, doing what the Old Man said - hence a future massa to many, through willingly sacrificing himself a few days. The Jews were to pay. [MORE]His lies of secrets
He seems to have resorted to double-talk: When very pressed in the supreme Jewish legislative and judicial court in Jerusalem under Roman rule, he said, "I always taught in synagogues or at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret. [John 18:20]. However, to his disciples he had said earlier: "The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. [Matthew 13:11]You cannot have it both ways here either.
"I have spoken openly to the world," Jesus said. [John 18:20]. Well, not about everything, Matthew says.
He deceives
He calls a scapegoating, slavery-instituting God righteous. That is no fair definition, and breeds no good understanding of righteousness either. [Cf. John 17:25].He also calls for a righteousness that surpasses that of scribes. "Unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven [Matthew 5:20; cf. 19:24]."
What righteousness should mean: [MORE]
Stinker genealogy
He is called the son of God by an angel or something, and Son of David through Joseph who was not his carnal father. Accept you cannot have it both ways. Jesus the Son of God or Angel, or Jesus Messiah the son of David though a non-existent bloodline, what will it be? It is son of Miriam (Mary) at any rate. [Matthew 1:1-20]For Jesus to have any chance to be considered a Messiah, he should be of the house of David. That is what Hebrews thought. Accordingly, his line of ancestry goes back to David through someone who did not beget him. Strange breeding takes many forms.
A tomfooling guide
"Truly" as used by Jesus, is a translation from "Amen" in the way he uses it. He masses "Amen, Amen" in front of sayings.
Truly, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, [blah-blah]. " [Matthew 17:21]
"Truly, if you have faith and do not doubt . . . say to this mountain, "Go, throw yourself into the sea," and it will be done. [Matthew 21:21]
If you believe, you will receive whatever [yak-yak]." [Matthew 21:22]
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| Norwegian mountain, still standing. |
Now, he says "truly" and "truly, truly", as if it amounts to anything! But no one has witnessed any mountain-throwing yet, to our knowledge. And you know what it means. Many of his hard "truly-assertions" have been put to test and found failing - not only wanting, but failing.
Some of his words cannot be counted on to do good - besides they are more than "yes-yes" and "no-no". "Let your "Yes" be "Yes," and your "No," "No' [Matthew 5:37]." And do you know that that means for ministers? [1 Thess 5:22]. You may not have seen or heard of mountain-throwers at the Norwegian Dovre Mountain either? It is so slack that those "young rebels" that signed the much democratic Norwegian constitution of Norway at Eidsvoll in 1814, agreed to agree and be true "till Dovre Mountain falls". They did not envisage believing "mountain throwers" would do much mountain harm. Dovre Mountain is there still.
Dr Paul Yonggi Cho tells in one of his books about some Christian women who were on their way to a Bible camp in the country. A flood had taken the bridge over the river they wanted to cross. And do you know what? When they clasped the hands of each other and went into the water in faith that they could walk over on the water, they were drowned. The bodies were found later, further down the river. This tragedy of Biblical faith made many Koreans falter in their faith, the pastor writes.
This goes to show how very much faith around is not what Jesus said his true, genuine followers would have, and that there never has been any true follower. His old sayings contain vouched-for hallmarks of his own, the genuine believers in great-looking promises by Jesus. Nearly nobody that calls himself a Christian fulfils any of it. Sham and shame takes many forms, remember. To solve the problem you may to what it takes or find someone trustworthy to put faith in, train yourself better in it, or avoid being stupid altogether. There are dear words by Buddha to take into account here. [MORE]
Jesus also demands you sell all you own and give it to the poor, if you want to be his disciple. He also tells you to turn the other cheek, pluck out our eye if it offends you - things like that. If you do not like maiming yourself and rotten teachings, or do not like to call him "Lord, Lord" without doing what he calls for among Jews, look elsewhere, such as Acts 15. There much is waived. It is not the "original Christianity as taught by Jesus Christ"; it is better, far better.
In weighing New Testament words that oppose or contradict one another, count how many times each view is vented there, and try to estimate what weight each view carried then and now. The outlooks of today may be severely corrupted though. Do not let that trouble you when trying to access his teachings, and what are the dominant tones. If you call him Lord without doing what he says, getting affluent and all that, he calls you a hypocrite and want nothing to do with you, he says. "Find another heaven," may work well in that case, at least it looks easier than building one according to John 14:12, that is . . . [Matthew 7:21-23; Luke 6:47-49].
And if you call him your Lord and still eat blood food, you may be taken to task by the Gentile Deal that came later [Acts 15; 21:25].
In weighing the opposing views here, you may conclude that eating blood food looks just as offensive as adultery. Are all who talk rudely down on adultery and eat black pudding, given to rude, unaware clowning? And are they victims of something worse than bias? What could it be? Or who?
He talked at times too loudly of being for Jews only
Many quite confusing sayings were for Jews only – at first. Toward the end he got second thoughts and wanted all men underneath him. But how far were his "for Jews only" sayings to count then? There is difference of opinion in the matter. For example, all the apostles and the Holy Ghost decided to ease the way for Gentile believers and insisted on just four requirements. No to eating blood food (Bratwurst, black pudding, etc) is one of the four items on the fie-list, and no to adultery (biblically understood), is another of the four. From their contexts in Acts 15 and Acts 21:25 they seem to be equal.
Salvation is from the Jews. [John 4:22]
Salvation is found in none else. [Acts 4:12]
However, in the final passages of Matthew, a later addition to the gospel, he calls for the keeping of all is teachings: "Go and make disciples of all nations, . . . and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you [Matthew 28:19-20].
Hissing would not be worse than those confusing messages. Do not ignore that for Non-Jews there is a Gentile Deal, and keep your foreskin intact. That is not verrückt, not all crazy.
Vouching for the Law - not refusing slavery and cruel mistreatment of animals (vicarious sacrifice) as instituted in the Mosaic Law
Jesus says he came to fulfil the Law and the prophets, but overturned important parts of them.And may it be added: Much of that Law is barbarous and cruel to innocents too, and should not be allowed at all in a civilised society. Another thing is that he did not stick to it, and had no way out from there. He made leaders among Jews his enemies, in part by working on the Sabbath and using a whip to drive people of the temple in Jerusalem, where people acted according to the Law of his Father, if that is what the God of the Old Testament was, if not one with his son . . . but disregarding the elementals of changes. To change customs and laws that were made by long, repeated boos for centuries, more than claims of being that God's son was needed.
Was God stupid, and not just harsh and unfair with his innocent scapegoats - butchered animals and a claimant son? Learn to weigh and judge for yourself. But first and foremost, let these things be
Cheating openly - Saying he came to fulfil the prophets while disregarding most prophet sayings wholesale
Alas, he sinned against truthfulness and others who were made to believe in him, by telling he came to fulfil the Law and prophets, without really doing it. Big words! He disregarded the commandment of keeping the Sabbath holy in the way his said Father had instituted by Moses. He even dropped his "chosen people" liaison when he cast his net over Gentiles.And what happened as soon as he disappeared, is that his backup of the Law and prophets in Matthew 13 etc was as good as totally dropped for Gentile believers by all the apostles and the Ghost in Acts 15, and Acts 21:25. [MORE]
Obvious mismatch between what he promised and what actually followed
The promised spirit of Truth did not tell the apostles what it took to write truthfully. That stands out. Judas Iscariot did not die in the two very different ways that are described in John and Acts 1. These people could not even get straight the records about how Judas died. There are two different versions about that. In Matthew 27:5 he hanged himself. In Acts 1:18 "Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong, his body burst open and all his intestines spilled out." [MORE]Lots of passages with words of Jesus apparently got lost. Apostles did not even record central happenings of the gospels alike; there are widely differing versions. Not everything in the New Testament is true. As for foresight, the evidence of the New Testament is also that the apostles and Jesus expected Doomsday to come soon, and long before AD 400, and mind that it did not come true.
I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counsellor to be with you forever - [John 14:16]
When he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. [John 16:13] He will bring glory to me by taking from what is mine and making it known to you. [John 16:14]
Not fit prophesies so far
The end of the world did not come when it was foretold. It stands out in letters.Telling of things to come that did not come when apostles expected it to happen, shows that someone has got it wrong, after being given the Spirit of truth that "will guide you into all truth" and "will tell you what is yet to come." - Another great miss. That is embarrassing. [MORE]
Deceptive followers are not sound sheep
Most of his followers do not make themselves poor, do not turn the other cheek when things get difficult, and do not show the signs of discipleship. They do not mutilate themselves either (thank God for that). They bluntly live out the deception of calling him Lord, Lord, and do not do much of what he says. In some respects that could be good for them, since self-mutilation is not good. However, those who deceive people into ways of living that serve to break their spirits, are hateful. A whole book should be written about the subject of "deceptive followers are marring Christians" alone.The Jehovah-given king is bad news
The recurrent, rude play on "king" by followers is distasteful in the light of 1 Samuel 8. In the Bible's tradition kings are bad, no matter how well they are hailed. In other traditions some kings were regarded as god-men, and that is different. [MORE]Did not know what he was doing, or was not up to snuff
Jesus sought to give the impression: "I know what I am doing". But did he? First he said he came for the Jews only, and "fretted" so much that he appeared as a fusser and was refused and executed. Right before that gruesome happening he said it was his Father's will to misuse him so badly, to slaughter him for the sins of others. As if a bunch of goats could not do the trick too? [Lev 16:21-22; 29-34] [MORE]Those he turned to in order to be king for, refused him and had him killed off. And then he turned to Gentiles, as a sort of "last resort" it seems: there is that impression.
Before that he had said he came for Jews only - that did not come to happen. He used the authority of the Law and prophets to be accepted as the claimant he was, but in the final analysis he used demagoguery there, in so far as he said the Law was to be valid, but dropped Sabbath rest - and very few prophet words are about someone like him, it has to be said. Further, Amos and Hosea tell God had destroyed Israel utterly, and that's it. Hence, if those words of God in the Old Testament are true, there should be no God's people left to chew at the time of Jesus. [MORE]
Contradicting oneself about factual events is not telling the truth. Contradicting oneself greatly, largely, has nothing to do with holiness. Let us hope so.
Do not give a fig for his exclusiveness claims on top of all that tomfoolery
Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. None comes to the Father except through me. [John 14:6]" Say bah to twisted, wrong impressions when you meet them, or they may pester your life and livelihood later.- Life existed independently of Jesus both before he was born, all around him, in plants, animals and Sanhedrin, and after he was crucified. Try and recognise impudence.
- The way Jesus claimed he was - there are better and smarter ways to follow.
- He was not true in all respects either, and was no great gardener.
The Khandogya Upanishad 6:8:7:
This entire universe has the (Supreme) Deity for its life. That Deity is Truth. He is the Universal Soul. You are Himself.F. Max Muller elaborates on it by:
That which is the subtile essence (the Sat, the root of everything), in it all that exists has its self, or more literally, its self-hood. It is the True ( . . . that which truly and really exists). It is the Self, i.e. the Sat . . . the Self of everything. [READ ON]These are strange sounding and subtle tidings.
There are many ways inward - it may very well be that each individual owns or is his own Way.
Guard against insolvency
Well, Arjuna is long gone. Does it follow that wherever Yogananda is (in a crypt in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, California), there is prosperity? Hardly. Life is a vital part of anybody, and without it one is dead. One is to take into account the degree and intensity of life in mammon (wealth) too. In the Old Testament mammon is good for upright fellows, even a sign of God's blessing for those that stick to certain deals with him.Wherever Arjuna the archer is, are prosperity. [Bhagavad Gita 18:78, abr]
There is also a British proverb "Better a castle of bones than of stones [Dp 227]." [cf. 1 Cor 3:16] Castles and temples can be great tourist attractions, but the sheep grazing beside them, and the little birds that sing nearby, have a higher value. Humans should reach up still more. Do they?
Wealth is fit for thriving. Spending wealth on worthy ones can be good. Moral beings are worthy. Immoral persons are indecent. Some of them are deceivers. Merchant-linked living is called great today, but may lead some astray into superficial vanity and lack of contact inwards. Compare the often obscure-naive Revelation: "Merchants were the world's great men . . . all the nations were led astray [Revel 18:23]."
Great mockery is aimed at making you insolvent. Stick to a decent livelihood, counsels Buddha. Do not necessarily turn the other cheek when you get blatantly or covertly offended and scared or bullied from a decent fare. Meekness and non-violence are difficult issues. In some of their forms they may even contribute to the advance of evildoers and evil doings by letting bad guys hold sway. It happens in many places. Firmness may be good.
Non-violence is a yoga stand. The first step on the "ladder" of Patanjali says those who would aspire to development within by yoga, had better stick to ahimsa (non-harm, hence non-violence) by thought, word, and deed. However, there are nuances and variants of these teachings, so do not be confounded into servility and slavery beneath bosses by mildness and gentleness. On this earth the human hearts have to assert themselves well. Proper assertiveness can be fit. As for what proper assertiveness could be, maybe you find tips in Great Buddhism. Asian Martial Arts owe much to it, for it helps to be able to defend oneself and keep his gear in order.
And do not be so lenient with wrong information. If it does not support you when you base your life on it, and that of your family, you are in for troubles.
Do not think a non-reformed crook has learnt to behave by now
The great dragon was hurled down - that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him. [Revel 12:9]On earth, that is where to find such "big guys", then . . .
Not a few deceivers alive trade a handed-over "mass of something" that is called "faith" for social acceptance in certain groups, for welcomes. There are many sorts of merchants and merchandise, remember.
When you see how little from the teachings of Jesus and Jehovah that is actually practiced today, do not ignore Jesus has promised to be with all his followers. He might use them and service them - a shepherd uses sheep for a living by leading into pastures, slaughtering and shearing as his enterprise continues, and the massive selling-out of the original teachings by faith and agreements among fellows, could back up a suspicion that Old Nick and Lucifer could be into it too, misleading and deceiving almost everyone into merchant ways where money or mammon determines worth, without considering uprightness or moral? Christians may have got misled [Matthew 24:24 etc]. One should be bold enough not to listen to deceivers.
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Ay: Yogananda, Paramahansa. Autobiography of a Yogi. 1st ed. New York: Theosophical, 1946. Online. [oaks.nvg.org/pv6bk12.html]
Ebu: Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica 2006 Ultimate Reference Suite DVD. London: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2006.
Pa: Yogananda, Paramahansa. Autobiography of a Yogi. 11th ed. Los Angeles: Self-Realization Fellowship, 1971.
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