"Sometimes others accuse us of making ourselves equal with Jesus. That is because they do not understand what is meant by joint heirship. I am quite certain there is not one among us that would say he was on the same plane of enlightenment as the great Master, with his great white purity. This joint heirship means to have the possibility of the same power, the same strength, the same degree of understanding. And yet there is not one among us that does not realize the full truth of the promise of Jesus to all of God's children, to every true disciple, that they may be full participants in all the qualities of the Godhead as fully as he is. We fully recognize his meaning when he said, `Be ye perfect even as your Father in heaven is perfect.' We know full well that that great soul never for
a moment asked of his disciples a mental or moral impossibility. When he saw and asked perfection of man, he knew that he asked only that which man can live up to. A great many have taken false comfort in the belief that they never can be as perfect as the Master is perfect. They argue that he was Divine and that, because of his divinity, he did marvelous works which no other member of humanity could possibly do and that, therefore, it is absolutely useless to try. They say they are here with nothing better or more skillful or scientific with which to carve out life's destiny than mere human will power. The great Master made it clear that, while it did take some human will power to start, THE MERE HUMAN WILL IS NOT A GREAT FACTOR IN THE CASE, THE GREAT FACTOR BEING DIVINE UNDERSTANDING. How many times did he say, `You shall know the Truth and the Truth shall make you free.'
From vol. 2, Master Of The Far East
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Truth
What is truth? Is it something that we can grasp with our hands? Is truth a belief in something, an idea? Is it something that can be repeated over and over again by anybody? Would repeatability make one persons truth better than another's?
Humanity is bombarded by sound of all kinds from the time we're born until we take our last breath. Certain sounds formed in the human mouth and expelled by human breath made up words that when put together in a certain order has meaning for us. It is the combination of the multitude of sounds in the form of words that becomes our truth. Words are used to describe something that we can see with our eyes, touch, smell, hear and even see microscopically or telescopically.
One person's truth is no better or worst than anybody else's. In fact our truth is made up of years of knowledge and experience that is unique to ourselves. Coleridge says "The truth depends on, or is only arrived at by, a legitimate deduction from all the facts which are truly material". Webster's Dictionary say truth is "The quality of being true". Webster also says true is "Conformable to fact; in accordance with the actual state of things; correct; not false, erroneous, inaccurate.
So often our truth is based on something we've read or heard from another person that makes sense to us at the time, but what we read or have heard are only the speculative idea or ideas of another. Ideas are formed in our minds and expressed in written form or verbally as facts. In order for a fact to be a fact, it must be scientifically repeatable through experimentation, otherwise it's only a theory. Webster says a theory is "A doctrine, or scheme of things, which terminates in speculation or contemplation, without a view to practice; hypothesis; speculation". Without experimental repeatable data to prove something is true, it cannot become a fact and must remain a theory. An idea cannot become part of our truth without facts to base it on.
It is up to us as individuals as to what we will accept and believe that becomes our truth. We will even fight another person verbally or even physically just to prove our truth. Does fighting really change anything?
We cannot force our truth on another person. They have to decide for themselves as to what they well accept or reject as truth.
Humanity is bombarded by sound of all kinds from the time we're born until we take our last breath. Certain sounds formed in the human mouth and expelled by human breath made up words that when put together in a certain order has meaning for us. It is the combination of the multitude of sounds in the form of words that becomes our truth. Words are used to describe something that we can see with our eyes, touch, smell, hear and even see microscopically or telescopically.
One person's truth is no better or worst than anybody else's. In fact our truth is made up of years of knowledge and experience that is unique to ourselves. Coleridge says "The truth depends on, or is only arrived at by, a legitimate deduction from all the facts which are truly material". Webster's Dictionary say truth is "The quality of being true". Webster also says true is "Conformable to fact; in accordance with the actual state of things; correct; not false, erroneous, inaccurate.
So often our truth is based on something we've read or heard from another person that makes sense to us at the time, but what we read or have heard are only the speculative idea or ideas of another. Ideas are formed in our minds and expressed in written form or verbally as facts. In order for a fact to be a fact, it must be scientifically repeatable through experimentation, otherwise it's only a theory. Webster says a theory is "A doctrine, or scheme of things, which terminates in speculation or contemplation, without a view to practice; hypothesis; speculation". Without experimental repeatable data to prove something is true, it cannot become a fact and must remain a theory. An idea cannot become part of our truth without facts to base it on.
It is up to us as individuals as to what we will accept and believe that becomes our truth. We will even fight another person verbally or even physically just to prove our truth. Does fighting really change anything?
We cannot force our truth on another person. They have to decide for themselves as to what they well accept or reject as truth.
Monday, May 12, 2014
The Right Attitude
When a person tells another that they are not of the same religion the recipient then makes a decision as to whether they will enter into a discussion or not. However, by keeping an open mind, we can have a really good discussion and maybe learn something. This of course doesn't mean that you will accept the other persons religion or even consider attending their church. You are a person with total free will and you are to maintain total control over your thoughts and actions and not allow another person to persuade you to accept their religion if you really don't want to.
If we reject another persons religion 'out right' we are expressing our personal prejudice and are unwillingness to listen to them. We may feel justified in our action or reaction, but is it really the correct one?
We may have been given an opportunity to learn a lesson and be able to help yourself and the other person become more than what you/they seem to be. It is through verbal communication that we are able to express ourselves and learn from each other.
Not everyone believes what we believe and may even have a different opinion on a particular subject. It is up to us to be a good listener and express our opinion in a way that doesn't up set the other person. Up-setting others happens way too often through us expressing our selves too forcibly and this should be avoided. The right attitude at the beginning can keep a friend or other wise loose one.
If we reject another persons religion 'out right' we are expressing our personal prejudice and are unwillingness to listen to them. We may feel justified in our action or reaction, but is it really the correct one?
We may have been given an opportunity to learn a lesson and be able to help yourself and the other person become more than what you/they seem to be. It is through verbal communication that we are able to express ourselves and learn from each other.
Not everyone believes what we believe and may even have a different opinion on a particular subject. It is up to us to be a good listener and express our opinion in a way that doesn't up set the other person. Up-setting others happens way too often through us expressing our selves too forcibly and this should be avoided. The right attitude at the beginning can keep a friend or other wise loose one.
Saturday, May 10, 2014
I Cannot Be Denied
For the past few weeks I have been in conflict over the teachings of the Christian church and the truth that I know as fact. In fact it has been the stupidity of Christians who claim to believe that the Bible is without fault and is the inspired word of God that has been the source of my conflict. Those same Christians have the audacity to claim that no one can be ordained unless they had graduated from a Theological school or seminary.
Christians and scientists alike fall into "two classes of doubters [rejectors] in regard to [who can and who cannot be ordained and even deny] psychical phenomena as fact to whom we wish to refer. First, there are those persons who refuse to make any inquiry or to receive any information on the subject, on the grounds that as the alleged phenomena cannot possibly be true, all testimony concerning them must of necessity be either a deliberate falsehood or the outcome of hallucination. Thousands of Christians take this line. Apparently unconscious of the illogical position they assume, they will assure one that they accept without a shadow of doubt all the statements of the Bible as to appearances after death and other spiritual phenomena, and in the next breath will label an ever-accumulating mass of testimony in regard to similar present-day phenomena as fraud or delusion".
Those same Christians have the audacity to refuse to accept the fact that a person ordained by a denominational church or legal religious association such as the NSAC or the SCC, that are chartered in there countries state, providence and federal capital is as legal as there own denominational minister's ordination. In 1893, The National Spiritualist Association of the United States of America was incorporated in Washington D. C. as a religion. Even though the NSA has had a couple of name changes over the years, it remained an incorporated nationally incorporated religion. Through out the world other Spiritualist associations were incorporated in there national capitals as a religion. Spiritualist churches and associations don't have any dogmas or creeds that their ministers and congregations are required to accept and practice. However, Spiritualism does have suggested seven principles (that if a member so desires) that are recommended for one to practice.
The narrow mindedness and the god complex of certain people through out the centuries have been the cause of wars and the killing of millions of innocent people.
In 328 C.E., the Catholic Church was established under the directorship of Emperor Constantent. Constantine gave the first pope of the church power that was next to his. This fact has given the church the power to determine the life and death of millions of people throughout the world. In Mexico, under the blessing of the church Cortex massacred millions of natives just because they refused to accept Catholicism. Those millions were considered to be heathens and had to be disposed of. The Protestant church did the same thing to millions of native Americans. It is a know fact that "absolute power corrupts absolutely".
History has proven that man, with his free will, can be extremely brutal and thoughtless of others. When a person wants to serve his God in a church, regardless of whether it is Spiritualist or a Christian church should be allowed to do so as long as they are not trying to introduce a different theology than the church they wish to serve. If a person meets the churches requirements, then all should be well.
I am a fully ordained Spiritualist minister with the Spiritualist Church of Canada (SCC), the SCC was originally chartered as The Spiritualists' National Union of Canada. "The Spiritualists' National Union (SNU) was incorporated by the Province of Ontario on 27 April 1929, and the Spiritualists' National Union of Canada, headquartered at Toronto, was incorporated by the Government of Canada on the same date. The SNU of Canada was originally affiliated with the SNU of Great Britain. In 1974, the SNU of Canada amalgamated with the remaining churches of the National Spiritualist Association of Canada, Inc., which had been incorporated by the Government of Canada on 5 July 1928. In 1978, the SNU of Canada changed its name to Spiritualist Church of Canada (SCC)".
Can anyone deny that an ordained minister of a legally chartered church/ denomination be denied there status under federal law as being anything but legal and without question? Can the legally ordained ministers of that association be denied their ordination by some other denominational pastor, minister, priest or pastor? NO. Under federal law, a legally incorporated denomination religion and church's ministers have the same status as any other denomination's ministers that was established centuries ago.
Even spiritual phenomena that has been investigated and proven by numerous scientists, university professors, non-Spiritualist ministers, a Supreme Court judge and millions of Spiritualists investigators leaves no doubt in the minds of those individuals that spiritual phenomena is real and that life does continue after the change called death.
So, with all the proof presented by millions of people that world over for thousands of years by non-Spiritualist and Spiritualist alike, still don't believe in spiritual phenomena, why? Why is believing so bad? I believe the source of the problem is the fear that the large denominational church has instilled in their congregations over several thousand years. The Bible is full of spiritual phenomena. The difference between Spiritualist phenomena and Biblical phenomena is the credited source of the phenomena.
The God of the Bible used prophesy, hand writing on the wall, dreams and other phenomena to instill in the heart and minds of the Israeli people of old that if they continue to do certain things, they would suffer the consequences. The consequences were due to the breaking of Spiritual Law, not from a God of wrath.
Jesus came into this world to prove to man that God is a God of love. It was never God's intent that His children should suffer for wrong thinking and acts. The Spiritual Laws govern the universe, in the seen and unseen worlds, and all the laws have pros and cons associated with them. This fact is all that the God of the Bible was trying to instill in His people.
Spiritual phenomena, ordained ministers are all governed by spiritual and physical laws. Laws that were established hundreds and even millions of years ago for the benefit of the universe and all there in. Who can deny the proof presented by history and the testimony of millions? Only the ignorant and hard headed blind people of this world.
Thursday, May 1, 2014
The Spiritualist Minister and The Bible
One may ask if a Spiritualist Minister can preach from the Bible as denominational ministers or priests. The answer is a definite Yes! But, a Spiritualist misters normally gives what are called spontaneous spiritual talks instead of preaching a sermon.
A spiritual talk is designed to give the congregation something inspirational to think about after they leave the service, without preaching. Preaching is defined as: "Delivering a sermon or religious address to an assembled group of people, typically in church". A sermon is: "A talk on religious or moral subject given during a church service based on a Bible passage".
A person who attends a Christian seminary will take a course designed to teach him/her how to prepare and preach a sermon. The student will decide on a subject based on the Bible, research the subject by consulting several translations of the Bible, and/or a Bible concordance and often research what other ministers have written on the subject and then write out their sermon. It is the goal of a sermon to teach Biblical truths as the minister understands it and try to present his/her truth to the best of his/her knowledge.
A Spiritualist minister will often go into a church service vaguely knowing what he/she will talk about relying on spirit to give them the subject and inspiration to deliver the talk. However, some Spiritualist ministers will prepare a spiritual talk using the Bible or another sacred text like the Koran, the Vedas or even a Buddhist text. So, a Spiritualist Minister will use the Bible on occasion to give a spiritual talk. However, they will not give a long drawn out sermon.
A sermon can last from 30 to 45 minutes to over an hour while a Spiritualist's spiritual talk is not to last more than 20 minutes. Spiritualist believe that all that needs to be said can be said in 20 minutes instead of a much longer discourse.
Long drawn out sermons are often a blockage for many people and most people don't want to be preached at, but to be given something from the Bible to think about in a short period of time.
It seems that people today just don't have the time, or want to take the time, to sit and listen to a long drawn out sermon. People want the minister to get to the point and say what they have to say and then close the service.
Can a Spiritualist minister preach from the Bible, yes, it is only one book that a Spiritualist uses to teach a lesson that is for the highest good of the listener.
A spiritual talk is designed to give the congregation something inspirational to think about after they leave the service, without preaching. Preaching is defined as: "Delivering a sermon or religious address to an assembled group of people, typically in church". A sermon is: "A talk on religious or moral subject given during a church service based on a Bible passage".
A person who attends a Christian seminary will take a course designed to teach him/her how to prepare and preach a sermon. The student will decide on a subject based on the Bible, research the subject by consulting several translations of the Bible, and/or a Bible concordance and often research what other ministers have written on the subject and then write out their sermon. It is the goal of a sermon to teach Biblical truths as the minister understands it and try to present his/her truth to the best of his/her knowledge.
A Spiritualist minister will often go into a church service vaguely knowing what he/she will talk about relying on spirit to give them the subject and inspiration to deliver the talk. However, some Spiritualist ministers will prepare a spiritual talk using the Bible or another sacred text like the Koran, the Vedas or even a Buddhist text. So, a Spiritualist Minister will use the Bible on occasion to give a spiritual talk. However, they will not give a long drawn out sermon.
A sermon can last from 30 to 45 minutes to over an hour while a Spiritualist's spiritual talk is not to last more than 20 minutes. Spiritualist believe that all that needs to be said can be said in 20 minutes instead of a much longer discourse.
Long drawn out sermons are often a blockage for many people and most people don't want to be preached at, but to be given something from the Bible to think about in a short period of time.
It seems that people today just don't have the time, or want to take the time, to sit and listen to a long drawn out sermon. People want the minister to get to the point and say what they have to say and then close the service.
Can a Spiritualist minister preach from the Bible, yes, it is only one book that a Spiritualist uses to teach a lesson that is for the highest good of the listener.
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