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Gratefulness
I am an Essene Christian ( read as Esoteric rather then Exoteric) referencing the teachings of Dr Stylianos Atteshlis (aka Daskalos)
How have I focused on the good in others today?
Well, now that the “today” is almost over…….”how I have focused on the good in other”…..was achieved by…..consciously not applying ANY judgement(s) on the “others”. ( and lets be clear here “focusing on the good of others IS a form of “judgement:)
Instead, my intent was to allow for the fact that the “others” are as they ARE… just as I am what I am ….a Spirit-Soul- Being….living and gainin...
Instead, my intent was to allow for the fact that the “others” are as they ARE… just as I am what I am ….a Spirit-Soul- Being….living and gaining experience on this earthly plane of existence.
Doing this with the guidance and very helpful wisdom of Joshua Emmanuel the Christ and by allowing enough space for my own self awareness and self-forgiveness to flow so that I do not fall into ego’s little trick of self-criticism, which is its way of preventing me from not being able to truthfully “focus on the life as it is” and not what egoism wants it to be.
How can I teach someone, by my actions, how to be a grateful person?
Key word here is “Action” and True gratitude ( another name for love ) is emanated from the heart by both sincerity and silently, together, as one action. There are so many vibrational level of consciousness we humans are capable of hearing / feeling / knowing in which silent sincerity is the only true, genuine way of sharing it.
How to be a grateful person?….live in the knowing that “Silence is the lan...
How to be a grateful person?….live in the knowing that “Silence is the language of God”…..and there is enormous power and grace in silent action.
It is a habit of New age “spirituality” to think that grateful-ness and Love can be taught. Both are natural and original conditions in every Human being and they have to be lived spontaneously not because a “my teacher told me I had to” conditioning. As Brother David indicate in the day’s quote below, grateful-ness and Love have a built-in, cause and effect, growth nature of their own. Love given spontaneously [aka “Unconditionally”] immediately grows in both giver / receiver. Sufi call this “Accumulative Effect”.
As I express my gratitude, I become more deeply aware of it. And the greater my awareness, the greater my need to express it. BR. DAVID STEINDL-RAST
And as the Christian mystic Daskalos explains ….”But now again what is love?”….he is reminding that what most modern cultures call “love” really isn’t very loving at all. It is more like a social survival technique ……..quoting this point in detail….
“If I could just make You can just understand how difficult it is to understand what is love! . Because you really make dirty love by giving it names of any language. When I say the word “Libra” “Agape” and so many words for love which should have just one meaning…. in any language… [this habit of naming just] it makes it dirty. So often then [the words for] love comes out of the mouth they’re, just words, in languages flying away! End Quote
So what is life, what is love then?
It is …..The soundless coming-out of the heart. The highest meaning expressed in action and not by words.
So should we not believe people telling us they love us? Of course! But not absolutely1 because they may deceive themselves that they think they love and they shouldn’t offend people. Why should we? There is so much they can understand what is love.
“How can I help to preserve what is sacred to me?”
Very strange question!
If there are things imagined to be “preserved” about me …that would imply they are vulnerable therefore they were created and valued by the egoic mind.
There are two things “sacred” in this existence, they are Spirit and Soul and they are perfect and unchangeable. No “preserving” required.
What life-lessons have I learned lately?
The one I “re-learn” again and again every day, gratefully and with added certainty and conviction during this Canadian -Thanksgiving – long Weekend.
As it was expressed by the Christian Mystic. Daskalos
” the duty of every one, every human being is to understand that he/she is everyone else in the Oneness of the Logos. And if a man is transgressing, all of us are transgressing. We should never criticize, ...
” the duty of every one, every human being is to understand that he/she is everyone else in the Oneness of the Logos. And if a man is transgressing, all of us are transgressing. We should never criticize, but love, only love can just heal the world from transgressions. Don’t see the fellow men around you [as] transgressing, [instead] feel, if they are transgressing, you are transgressing [also] because they are human beings as you are!
This is what Joshua Emmanuel the Christ was teaching all the time. He said, “love those who are considering themselves your enemies because they are you, you are a human being, they are human beings, all of you are in my oneness just [even when] expressing a petty personality self.” Your are in my Selfhood [always] .”
Word to live by and towards a higher understanding of them.
Be Well Be Present
EdS
What can I commit to not taking for granted, from this moment forward?I AM I, therefore, ( I am committed, consciously and unconsciously to ) I AM.
Here is an Axiom which I learned from the ancient traditions of the Caucus Mountain peoples.
This Sufi Axiom is wonderful way of summarizing the functioning principles within the ‘Seven Promises of a Researcher of Truth’ and is a detailed guide to being able to Truly emanate gratitude, Knowingly and authentically. I say these two words because without “knowingly” being aware of Who You are wrt the Divine Plan one cannot emanate Gratitude to its full potential. ( I ha...
This Sufi Axiom is wonderful way of summarizing the functioning principles within the ‘Seven Promises of a Researcher of Truth’ and is a detailed guide to being able to Truly emanate gratitude, Knowingly and authentically. I say these two words because without “knowingly” being aware of Who You are wrt the Divine Plan one cannot emanate Gratitude to its full potential. ( I have listened these 7 promises below as a separate point. )
The Axiom says …………
“If anything good happens to you, look for the cause without. If anything bad happens to you, look for the cause within.”
Ultimately of course, at the Noetic level, there is no “”Within” / “Without” ” these are only witnessed in the every day world of yet to be awaked unconscious behaviour of humans.
A brief explanation of the Axiom:
The first sentence in this axiom confirms that good services applied “without”, IOW promises 1 thru 5, will always be abundantly returned. Joshua Emanuel said “You can’t give a glass of water away without it being returned.”.
The second sentence in this axiom confirms that achievement of “Self Realization / Self Mastery, Promises 6 and 7, is the key to protection from negative elementals. And if you are being influence by negative elementals then “look within”. IOW enter into introspection to find where the weak defenses are. You will then cut off the loss of lift vitality and be able to emanate it as MORE gratitude to Life and all around you.
Here are The 7 PROMISES of a Researcher of Truth ( with a big Thank You to Dr Stylianos Ateshilis ( aka Daskalos )
1) To serve, at all times and in all places, Absolute Beingness to whom I whole heartedly belong.
2) To be ready, at all times and in all places to serve the Divine Plan.
3) To make good use of the Divine Gifts of thought and word at all times, in all places and under all circumstances.
4) To endure patiently, without complaining, all forms of trials and tribulation which the most wise Divine Law may bestow upon me.
5) To love and serve my fellow human beings sincerely from the depths of my heart and Soul no matter what their behavior may be towards me.
6) To meditate and to contemplate daily Absolute Beingness, with the objective of total coordination of my thoughts, desires, words and actions with Its Divine Will.
7) To investigate and check every night whether all my thoughts, desires, words and actions are in absolute harmony with the Divine Law.
What can I do differently so that I end this day with greater reverence for it?
By living every moment of this day with MORE Reverence for Life then I have every done before.
( the key here, of course, is that the “difference done ” will be in the “MORE then ever done before” )
Post note: Another “of course” here. “Life” is another word for God and “Reverence” is another word for Gratitude.
Look up and around where you are. What three things can bring you a sense of gratitude or wonder?
The three things I have “up and around” and IN me is the image on the left side of this post.
1) the symbol of the circle in a sky blue Universe, the symbol of infinite BE-ing-ness.
2) Inside the circle the column of luminous pure white light, the primary source of all BE-ing-ness, the Holy Spirit, in rising up in the 5 pointed star, the primary symbol of man.<...
2) Inside the circle the column of luminous pure white light, the primary source of all BE-ing-ness, the Holy Spirit, in rising up in the 5 pointed star, the primary symbol of man.
3) The 4 golden points of the 5 pointed star is the Golden Logos, Christos, the completing aspect of the Trinity . (Trinity being Father ( the All) the Son and the Holy Spirit) All three are combined in infinite Unity of the circle. (The circle is analogous to the ring given to the prodigal son, by his father, when he returns “Home”)
I carry this symbol in my Psycho-Noetic body, at the centre point of my Solar Plexus, all day, where ever I go.
What “wrong” can I “right” today?
By not responding to Unconscious behaviour with anger, revenge or any other Unconscious behaviour.
I can “right” by using Rational thinking and not calling anything “wrong”. The truth will ultimately prevail because it is the Divine Plan and I am here to serve it, not judge it.
As it is said “Evil ( or “wrong” ) is just undeveloped good” Daskalos
How do you experience feelings of gratefulness in your body?
Every time I re-charge my physical-etheric double with “the Light”, the light of Etheric Vitality, ( That which is called “Daily Bread” in prayer). “Gratefulness” is in the feelings of warmth and sweetness as the body responds to that “re-charging” I am giving it.
When was the last time you felt this?
About 7 hours ago when I did a “re-charging” while...
About 7 hours ago when I did a “re-charging” while riding a public transit bus heading for home.
“In the natural world,……..”
Again the moderators use a word terminology which…for me anyway….invites
Picking up on Carol’s contribution and quoting a truly powerful Christian mystic Hildegard, saying, “O Holy Spirit, you are the mighty way in which every thing that is in the heavens, on the earth, and under the earth, is penetrated with connectedness,
The truly “Natural world” is for me that state of perhaps 1 hour ...
The truly “Natural world” is for me that state of perhaps 1 hour …1.5 hr of sleep /dream time each night where I get to view what my Pyscho-Neotic “world” is now and would be if I should, as they as “pass-on” from the physical realm before I wake up.
It is a world were time and space take on completely different characteristics …travel, point A to point B occurs in no time, what ever I bring to my mind” immediately occurs …..no problem! Even one their has their own light, emanating for within them…and if they are old in earthly existence ….they are looking young and healthy now. I don’t get the desire for food there …but there is always lots around if I bring “food” subject to mind.
Hildegard’s “the outer reflects the inner,” is very much like and it is so THAT in that world “natural” -ly! It is very much a glimpse of the life “within” me if I open to life …EVERY WHERE ….and drop the barriers which poor teaching / and need for survival / have caused.
What everyday happenings do I most cherish?
The everyday “Happening” (which is the precursor to all other happenings in a day) the moment I re-enter consciousness, out from of the state of sleep. Immediately I Give Thanks and show Gratitude to the Intelligences which have been doing their works, repairing and re-vitalizing my 3- bodies with the Etheric Vitality needed to sustain good physical, psychical and Noetical heath.
The words recited in prayer, “Give us this day our...
The words recited in prayer, “Give us this day our daily bread” are to often thought of as the kind of “bread” bought at a bakery! No, Please don’t think that!
“Etheric Vitality / Daily bread” is the subject of the “more given” referred to in Matt; 13:12. “those who have, more will be given”. It is saying …if I respect the 3- bodies on loan to you, resting properly, avoiding stress/ anger/ guilt etc and wasteful mind thinking…..so that I have left-over Etheric Vitality……then I WILL be given more to do Loving / Creative / Self-awareness / living.
This point occurs also in Matt: 25 14-30. If I have done well with the “talents” (Etheric Vitality) allotted daily … the “Master” will rewarded” me with more.
And beyond that initial conscious “Thanks and Gratitude” giving I have learned and use directed breathing techniques which allow me to take in Etheric Vitality ( this vitality is not constrained by physical boundaries within the physical body) and direct it to where ever I wish, Feet, Hands, Lungs, Liver, etc, etc, to provided additional health benefits to those areas.
All in all, Being a Human Being is a truly amazing “Happening”! And you bet I “Cherish” it!!
Very wise response so gratitude to you for pointing out that, “indeed there are situations were they are not aware of their suffering”.
There is the possibility is that they are going through a very important life lesson , sometimes called “whip of destiny” iow, divesting themselves of negative karma due to past transgressions. It is a burning off process, not pretty, but very effective and it must be respected. Far to often those with good intentions don’t realize that t...
There is the possibility is that they are going through a very important life lesson , sometimes called “whip of destiny” iow, divesting themselves of negative karma due to past transgressions. It is a burning off process, not pretty, but very effective and it must be respected. Far to often those with good intentions don’t realize that they are not receiving that suffering person with their intension to help, they are actually passing some of their negative karma on to them….Hence the English expression, “The road to Hell is paved with good intensions”.
And, by the bye, you are allowed to emanate the Pink light of healing-heart without asking for their permission. Simply engulf them / or the whole planet for that matter / in the pink light of the etheric heart. That will be received and not interfere with the lesson(s) they are (sorrow related) learning. No amount of sorrow or suffering is capable of resisting that light. The entire Universe is sustained by that light and every Human has access to it….they just don’t do it enough.
Patjos….I took the “Word for the Day”,
“Do not pray for gourds and pumpkins from God, when you should be asking for pure love and pure knowledge to dawn within every heart.” SRI RAMAKRISHNA PARAMAHAMSA
And applied it to DASKALOS’ ….put less effort and attention into egoism’s “small mindedness” and more into your TRUE Self which is “pure love and pure knowledge” IOW, a god in your own right and MORE th...
And applied it to DASKALOS’ ….put less effort and attention into egoism’s “small mindedness” and more into your TRUE Self which is “pure love and pure knowledge” IOW, a god in your own right and MORE then what one can ever image MORE to be!
Be More Well Be More Present
Yes indeed! “Less IS more” when practicing the art of Patience.
Patience…. means to unfold in our personal ego-self what Is call “Super Consciousness” –which is – entering in the Fifth Heaven. And then? What is more? This also means being able to expand yourself, to be TRULY “Self-conscious”, and have a fuller ability to concentrate in order to Truly see and know. Not by learning now, but by At-one-ment with what you are, THERE.
DASKALOS
Thanks of this. It comes as a fresh breeze in this afternoon break.
I too was “Holy Ghosted” in my days of catechism training. And even when the “Good Pope John” initiated a change of attitude wrt Holy Spirit in the late 60-ises …it didn’t take away the bad taste I had. Nor did it effect change in the knowledge / awareness / where it is most important. The general public. ( Ref to the ridiculous behaviour of world leader he have to put up with here ...
I too was “Holy Ghosted” in my days of catechism training. And even when the “Good Pope John” initiated a change of attitude wrt Holy Spirit in the late 60-ises …it didn’t take away the bad taste I had. Nor did it effect change in the knowledge / awareness / where it is most important. The general public. ( Ref to the ridiculous behaviour of world leader he have to put up with here ) How few there are that respect the, as Plotinus expressed it,…. “The Divine Fount of Being who’s stream flows within them.”
And no better an example of lack of understanding is in the incredible Explosion of self proclaimed “Healers” of all types. If they have any understanding of that healing is …..other then the moving of Etheric vitality around with their hands ( which is only a type of psychic effect and NOT true healing ) and that True healing only cures through the Holy Spirit, they wouldn’t be making such claims!
Even when Christ performed miraculous healings he never took credit he… would say, “it was God the father that did the work.” The only claim a human can make is that he/she because a fit conduits for the Holy Spirit to work through.
And that is the second allergy I had wrt early “Christian” training ….that “Christ” was some exclusivity! Even though the worlds read out out their Holy book said explicitly ..”.It is within you. ”
Thankfully I came into contact with the original teachings of the one name Joshua Emanuel the Essene ….and there is no mystery to the Holy Trinity as far as I am concerned.
Rumi says….
“Doe wat je liefde bent, wat je doet. Er zijn veel manieren om te knielen en de grond te kussen.” 🙂
Susan
I wouldn’t say that these “Intelligences” are beyond ourselves …ultimately we are….. BUT..As a person-day-personality, in our current conditions, yes it is true we are not up to their potential…..
But that present-day-personality is but a ray emanating out from our Spirit-Soul-Self…a place with all the same powers that those “Intelligences” are using now.
So yes,” being aware” as you say it...
So yes,” being aware” as you say it…aware of the “Presence” in us… IS… and can become, the “Peace that Surpasses ALL Understanding”. And we are that potential, in power of Creativity, even now too..
Deb
I will agree …but will add….it is the “quality” of “our participation”. This is the key to balanced existence with our bodies and earth. This is the power we have always had in us.
There are those who want us to leave earth….but no human can leave the Psycho-Noetic body of earth any more then leave our own P-N body. And retreating into caves won’t work either. It is the Quality of our thoughts and desires ( and don’t wor...
There are those who want us to leave earth….but no human can leave the Psycho-Noetic body of earth any more then leave our own P-N body. And retreating into caves won’t work either. It is the Quality of our thoughts and desires ( and don’t worry if the quality is present then the Holy Spirit will UP the Quantity ) which will, in-turn , assist the Archangels of the Elements to maintain Environmental balance. And they will be very Happy we are working with them! This, among other, is a very good visualization we can all do, anytime, anywhere.
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