Getting closer to GOD
Luke 10:27
King James Version (KJV)
27And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
Deuteronomy 6:5
King James Version (KJV)
5And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
1. Yourself/inner higher spirit/inner being |
3. External spirit/neighbour/balance |
2. Higher Spirit/God/Head/Crown |
Six Afflictions Preventing Man to come closer to GOD
1. IGNORANCE – hatred/Anger/gluttony.
2. HOSTILITY – Anger/eversion.
3. ATTACHMENT – Lack of comprehension – raving/lust.
4. PRIDE – Pride is a chief obstacle to spiritual development.
5. DOUBT – This applies to having doubt about our being, about the higher spirit - God.
6. WRONG VIEW – this include the wide variety of concepts, theories and behaviour related to religion, cultural norms and practices and societal values and expectations.
The Path(Starter pack) to self-realization and the realization of the Higher Spirit – MODIMO
The most effective way to understand and contemplate this path is to start or read from 10 to 1(bottom-up), first try and understand yourself and then you will realize your position in relation to God.
No. | Exodus 20:2-17 | Deuteronomy 5:6-21 |
14 | 2 I am the LORD your God, which have brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 You shall have no other gods before me. | 6 I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. 7 You shall have none other gods before me. |
2 | 4 You shall not make unto you any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 5 You shall not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: | 8 You shall not make you any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth: 9 You shall not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them |
3 | 7 You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. | 11 You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. |
4 | 8 Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days shall you labour, and do all your work: | 12 Keep the Sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD your God has commanded you. 13 Six days you shall labour, and do all your work: |
5 | 12 Honour your father and your mother: | 16 Honour your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you; |
6 | 13 You shall not kill. | 17 You shall not kill. |
7 | 14 You shall not commit adultery. | 18 Neither shall you commit adultery. |
8 | 15 You shall not steal. | 19 Neither shall you steal. |
9 | 16 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour. | 20 Neither shall you bear false witness against your neighbour. |
10 | 17 You shall not covet your neighbour's house; you shall not covet your neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is your neighbour's. | 21 Neither shall you desire your neighbour's wife, neither shall you covet your neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or anything that is your neighbour's. |
· To ignorance (consciously/willingly) is the result of lack of knowledge.
· Knowledge cannot be taught it has to experience willingly and consciously.
· Ignorance is the state of not knowing or facing the truth about you.
· Ignorance lead to suffering/unpleasant experiences.
Hostility
· Anger and eversion, irritation.
· Result of having wrong views or impressions about the self.
· Contradiction of the sense of self.
· Hostility is rooted in the fundamental ignorance of our true nature.
· We become angry and hostile when our true nature is contradicted.
· Antidote – regulated pressure ( pressure and time)
· Serenity Prayer – helps to distinguish between the avoidable and the unavoidable.
Attachment
· Lack of comprehension (craving and lust)
· Attachment is secondary, it is coming with.
· We craving so much to get something or to be in a situation and then suffer for it.
· We ignore the laws of nature and life circles.
· What we have to fear is suffering which we create every day by our own actions and thought processes.
· Attachment to money, social status, fame and materialism…for what?
Antidote – Acceptance: to realize the nature of truth which is impermanent, transform the way you view the object of attachment.
Pride
· Pride is the chief obstacle to spiritual development.
· Pride is to have an inflated view or false view about self.
· Two sistres: Greed – hoarding or wasting resources. Laziness – defect of consciousness to self, someone who does not pay attension to themselves.
· Pride keeps us busy nourishing our egos (the I) and ignoring our spiritual nature.
· When a person feels proud because of his social status/Position such pride exist within him has its basis in ignorance – mental matter. This impression of money and status are nothing but external impression of the mind.
Doubt
· This applies to having doubt about our being or God.
· We might have enough spiritual longing to solve riddle in our – who or what is God.
· Doubt is in our action while we proclaim faith to GOD.
· Doubt is not dispelled by proclaiming faith.
· Meditate upon the path – Love God with all your heart…
Wrong View
· This includes a wide variety of concepts, theories and behaviours related to religion.
· The right view is the full embodiment until we get it.
· Wrong view include the views about this affliction.
· If I just follow the religion I will be saved.
1. Parenthood is a day to day, moment to moment nurturing of children. It is a physical, practical and spiritual exercise of influencing the development and protecting the wellbeing of children.
2. A King that does not dwell amongst the people and not have a relationship with the people he does not deserve to called king.
3. God is not closer to us; God is in us, with us and for us. All we need to do is to realise that, embrace it and leave it moment to moment.
Trust not your eyes cause they see man made wonders, trust not your ears cause the man has learned the language of the gods, trust not your taste cause it is with spices that man has controlled the world and trust not your nostrils cause the fumes of sweet perfumes has contaminated our lungs…
Strive to connect with the higher Spirit, know thyself and respect the self in your neighbour…
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