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Reply #90 - Dec 9th, 2005 at 2:50pm
 
One of Bruce's greatest contributions is his exploration of "hollow heavens."   I like to remind people that St. Paul identifies Paradise (= Focus 27) as the preferred point of access to the heavenly journey.  But Paul locates Paradise in the third heaven (2 Corinthians 12), and this implies two "lower" heavens that are less desirable.   I have researched these two lower heavens in early  Jewish thought and have concluded that they correspond to Focus 25-26 in the Moen-Monroe scheme.  I regard this as impressive independent corroboration of an important afterlife insight.   

A related important insight is Bruce's discovery of how one can get "stuck" in a belief system territory.   In the case of Christianity, one reason for this trap is the mistaken belief that when we die, we suddenly become omniscient and spiritually perfect.   This non-biblical notion trivializes the various levels of spiritual progress achieved during earthly existence.   More importantly, it ignores the bibical teaching of postmortem soul progression and its corollory that, after death, we will continually need to upgrade our overview as we explore deeper levels of consciousness. 

In my view, we must not become permanent fence sitters in our spiritual quest.  We must embrace our belief systems passionately but provisionally--passionately because otherwise our beliefs will not nurture our spiritual progress and provisionally because we must never allow ourselves to close our minds to new spiritual insights from God.   It is useful to remind ourselves that God cares little about how we would fill in a postmortem multiple choice quizz on theological doctrine.  God cares more about how our beliefs shape the quality of our consciousness and facilitate our progress towards union with "Him."   

Over the years, I have critiqued some of the Moen-Monroe claims.  But this critique does not nullify the whole enterprise.  Ultimately, the only decisive test is to devote time to a full exploration of Monroe's Hemi-Sync technology or to take Bruce's course or, at least, to explore the methods taught in his latest book. 

By the same token, the only proper way to explore Christianity is to focus on the mystical experiences taught by its principles of faith and prayer--in other words to initially focus on the life-changing experiences that Christianity potentially offers.  A restricted focus on Christian doctrine will give you just enough spirituality to inoculate you against the real thing.   

So when posters here asks me to recommend a church, I advise them to initially ignore the question of which church seems the most doctrinally astute.   Instead, i advise them to explore which church best creates an atmosphere and programs that facilitate direct experience of God's grace and love and demonstrable experiences of the power of prayer.

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Reply #91 - Dec 9th, 2005 at 3:49pm
 
From my perspective, who and what we are is based on our individual beliefs.  Our experiences create these beliefs within each of us.  Each person is free to believe as they so choose.  This has to do with their own consciousness and in this respect their beliefs are neither right, nor wrong… they simply exist. 

From a moral evolutionary standpoint the creation of right and wrong, good and evil was necessary or we would not be able to become individualized consciousness.

Thank you for your very informative post Don.  I also appreciate the change in subject matter.

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Reply #92 - Dec 9th, 2005 at 4:03pm
 
Warm greetings to DocM, Gerald, and all,


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The holocaust was wrong.  Apartheid in South Africa was wrong.  Ethnic cleansings and killings are wrong.  They do not stem from differences in religious beliefs but they do arise from sick and twisted minds filled with hate.


To be precise :

The holocaust was anti-cosmoethical.  Apartheid in South Africa was anti-cosmoethical.  Ethnic cleansings and killings are anti-cosmoethical.

(for a deeper look at cosmoethics, see here).

As such, they can be viewed as 'wrong', 'incorrect' or inappropriate (ie. not accordance to will) for individuals who choose to align themselves with cosmoethics, with positive evolution, assistantiality, compassion, guides & helpers, light and love.

But they are not 'wrong', 'incorrect' or inappropriate for individuals who choose 'darkness', difficulty, or to create negative karma for themselves, for whatever reason that might be perceived from a higher viewpoint as 'misguideness' (not 'wrong').

Thusly, from a more enlightened perspective, there is no objective or static 'right' or 'wrong', but only (what can be understood as) 'appropriate' or 'inapporpriate', 'helpful' or 'unhelpful', 'cosmoethical' or 'anti-cosmoethical'. But these again, can and does vary, from individual/perspective to individual/perspective, and correctly so.

However, as we move up the evolutionary ladder, in terms of intelligence, wisdom, widening of perspective, light and love,  it is recognized that the more advanced beings, guides & helpers, and all beings of higher vibration, begin to come to a general consensus (due to contribution and inter-networking of perspectives amongst them) as to what is cosmoethical, what is helpful, and so on.

An analogy might be a dozen 10 yr old kids that arrive at 10 different answers to a complex engineering problem. But a dozen learned professors, would mostly agree on the same way as to interpret, approach and solve the problem, and hence come closer to a general consensus for a similar solution.

Such a solution, might be argued to be the 'right' solution, and the 10 yr old kids' ideas to be 'wrong'; but compared to a thousand years into the future, the solution offered by today's professors, would likely pale in comparison to the (more 'correct'?) solutions offered by the professors of the future.

This is why, from the perspective of the guides & helpers, there is no 'right' or 'wrong', only actions/intentions/thosenses/karma, that is perceived, understood or recognized (general consensus of the guides & helpers) as being helpful or unhelpful, cosmoethical or anti-cosmoethical.

Of course, even such, is not absolute or objective, naturally. The individual guides & helpers of any level, will naturally ('rightly!') unique perspectives amongst themselves (the beauty of God's exploration of Itself via free will of infinite consciousnesses), and of course, evolution is endless and infinite.

As we go up the evolutionary ladder (the guides & helpers of the guides & helpers of the guides & helpers, ad infinitum), what is cosmoethical or helpful, will tend to get clearer. But cosmoethics is never objective, absolute, static or inflexible. Nor should it be.

One then, might say it's a matter of playing with words, but it is important that words like 'right' and 'wrong', which usually convey limiting, dogmatic ideas similar to 'sin' and religious notions of judgement, be recognized as limiting and unhelpful, especially when they fuel fear and judgement.

Thus, one can only judge what is right or correct, for himself and himself only. One cannot judge another to say, "What he did was wrong". By the Law of Reflection and the Clarification process, you can only (correctly) say, "What he did (as I understand it), would be wrong for *me* to do, because it is not in accordance to my will to be of positive service to others (as I understand it)".


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As much as anyone on this board says that love is all there is, so should they say hate is wrong.  When you start with those initial definitions, you can extrapolate from there.


Hate is not wrong. Hate is based on fear, which is the absence of Love. Love is correct, but only for those who choose Love. You decide what you choose.

What you choose for yourself, determines what is 'right' or 'wrong', 'correct' or 'incorrect' for you, but only for you, yourself (and never for others).

This is self-responsibility and clarity, which is much more helpful (for one's personal evolution) than attempting to project judgement upon others (which is not 'incorrect', but ultimately your judgement is only relevant to yourself).


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We can agree to disagree on the board about this, Gerald.  I still say in a world with no right or wrong, there is no accountability for action, there is chaos, and no spiritual advancement.


Everyone is always accountable for himself. Not accountable to others for himself, but accountable to himself for himself. No one is accountable to you, and you are not accountable to anyone else.

This is from the perspectives of the guides, helpers, teachers and evolutionary orientors. They do not pass judgement upon you, even during the Life Review which occurs after death. During discussions with the soul, including the Life Review in the intermissive period, they, acting out of empathy, compassion and with intention to assist (the best that they at their various levels understand how), will guide the individual soul by gently sharing their insights (eg. by asking relevant, impactful questions targetting various contexts of the life just lived), sharing of their suggestions and their perspectives, from their greater evolutionary experience and wisdom.

And yes, we can (and correctly so) agree to disagree, have unique perspectives or varying ways of seeing issues, taking stands, and so on. This is only correct, because if every consciousness, every individual, every soul group, every Disc/Disk, every race, every lifestream, every world, every universe, etc, has come into existence to explore a somewhat unique perspective. Which is the very reason for free will.

Finally, we stand by our very words, no double standards here. If you should disagree with what we have just posted here, then it is certainly 'wrong' or 'incorrect' for you, very simply because you disagree with it. But it's not 'wrong' or 'incorrect' for those who agree, quite obviously.

The International Academy of Consciousness, and beings of higher vibration such as Hilarion, recognize that there is only what can be termed as "relative leading edge truths", and this refers to, for instance, what the guides & helpers largely agree on, as cosmoethical, as valid, as helpful, etc; as well as the knowledge, teachings, concepts, laws, understanding or wisdom. But they're always open to evolution, of ideas and of self.


So, what *is* right for you? *You* are.


Therefore, choose well.
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Reply #93 - Dec 9th, 2005 at 8:27pm
 
I will leave this as my last post on the subject of right and wrong, good and evil as I don't think the debate will be solved.  I agree with Kathy that morality probably evolved as a tool for consciousness over time, however, I think we must separate life in this C1/physical plane from the higher planes of existence when discussing these concepts.  In terms of God and the universe, good and evil, right and wrong are yin and yang, both part of the whole, and as such, may be seen from a greater distance as part of a unity of the all that is. 

We, living here must be cognizant of divine law and right and wrong in order to exist in society and nurture each other.  Perhaps one day we will transcend these concepts.  However, if one is witness to an evil act or atrocity, and stands by and does nothing thinking in terms "this anti-cosmoethical act truly isn't wrong, but the poor butcher perpertrating it will have a slow spiritual progress," then one is truly crazy.

In the larger overall picture, advanced souls, those who are close to God may see the big picture, and may not have need for concepts of right and wrong.  They are very useful concepts/truths here in our physical plane of existence.  They have been spoken of in every major religious text for eons. The wishy-washy response of those who deny their existence, is difficult for me. 

Thanks for listening.

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Reply #94 - Dec 9th, 2005 at 8:58pm
 
Matthew,

I have to say I'm with you on this. If I'm in someone's stew pot and they are cooking me for dinner tonight then that is definitely wrong in my book.  

And if you're in there too, well, that is just doubly wrong.

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Reply #95 - Dec 9th, 2005 at 9:03pm
 
Matthew, in general I agree with you, but want to add this unique illustration of the issues.   In my view, the best and most powerful movie of all time is "Schindler's List," the true story of a Nazi who saved 1,500-2,000 Jews from extermination.   It can be obscene both in its language and in its protrayal of Nazi atrocities, but I still deemed it appropriate to show and discuss with my youthful confirmation class.   The kids found it deeply moving and instructive.

During the Nazi occupation of Poland, Oscar Schindler was a womanizer and a selfish  materialist--an unlikely candidate to be the most helpful person to Jews during WW2 (next to Raul Wallenberg).  After the war, his marriage and business ventures all failed.  Yet in the mid-1960s, he was brought to Israel with a tumultuous rock star's welcome.   A wife of one of Schindler's Jews complained that such honor should not be paid to such a morally flawed man.  Her husband poignantly replied, "I would not wish too hard that he was different than the way he was. If he was a more moral man, he would not have done what he did."  From a micro-perspective, one could unearth innumerable sins and flaws in Schindler's life.   From a macro-perspective his shortcomings were precisely the means by which he clandestinely achieved his courageous acts of deliverance.   Had he been a conventional saint, his Nazi cohorts would never have trusted him and he would never have rescued all those Jews.   

I showed this movie to my young confirmands because I consider it the best example I've ever seen of a neglected biblical principle--that God delights in perfecting and displaying "His" strength through our weaknesses (2 Corinthian 12:8).

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Reply #96 - Dec 9th, 2005 at 11:53pm
 
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A clash of opinions,  is only people fighting to convince that their beliefs are better than those of the others.  NO ONE IS RIGHT NO ONE IS WRONG.


Yea, thats why you believe what channeled stuff says, 

So.  Why are you even expressing your opinion if you dont think that this statement:

"NO ONE IS RIGHT NO ONE IS WRONG."

is right, or true, or ABSOLUTE?

Are you going to save us all from judgement by telling us there is no such thing when its part of the reason that you even tell us there is no right and wrong?
YOU ARE STILL MAKING A JUDGEMENT ABOUT JUDGEMENT.  you just see the surface illusion you want to see, but in actuality you judge that there is judgement and think its right that there shouldnt be any judgement.

lol
thats NOT ACCEPTANCE of judgement.

THATS DENIAL in a fancy disguse.  You deny judgement, you judge judgement itself as wrong, therefore making a state of no judgement RIGHT.
still an underlying judgement. if you look a bit deeper ,... to the core. The bigger image that you reflect is denial.
Though your affirmations seem to you to be benificial and peacefull and  right, your running from the acceptance of judgement itself. 
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Reply #97 - Dec 10th, 2005 at 7:43am
 
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From my perspective, who and what we are is based on our individual beliefs.  Our experiences create these beliefs within each of us.  Each person is free to believe as they so choose.  This has to do with their own consciousness and in this respect their beliefs are neither right, nor wrong… they simply exist.  

From a moral evolutionary standpoint the creation of right and wrong, good and evil was necessary or we would not be able to become individualized consciousness.

Thank you for your very informative post Don.  I also appreciate the change in subject matter.

Kathy


I agree Kathy!
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Reply #98 - Dec 10th, 2005 at 7:47am
 
Very nicely written Kyo Kusanagi.
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Reply #99 - Dec 10th, 2005 at 8:01am
 
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I will leave this as my last post on the subject of right and wrong, good and evil as I don't think the debate will be solved.

It doesn't need to be resolve Matthew. My beliefs aren't better or worse than yours. We all have beliefs.


 I agree with Kathy that morality probably evolved as a tool for consciousness over time, however, I think we must separate life in this C1/physical plane from the higher planes of existence when discussing these concepts.  In terms of God and the universe, good and evil, right and wrong are yin and yang, both part of the whole, and as such, may be seen from a greater distance as part of a unity of the all that is.  

We, living here must be cognizant of divine law and right and wrong in order to exist in society and nurture each other.  Perhaps one day we will transcend these concepts.  However, if one is witness to an evil act or atrocity, and stands by and does nothing thinking in terms "this anti-cosmoethical act truly isn't wrong, but the poor butcher perpertrating it will have a slow spiritual progress," then one is truly crazy.

Our conception of Higher evolved beings, could it be that they have sheed many beliefs ?

In the larger overall picture, advanced souls, those who are close to God may see the big picture, and may not have need for concepts of right and wrong.  They are very useful concepts/truths here in our physical plane of existence.  They have been spoken of in every major religious text for eons. The wishy-washy response of those who deny their existence, is difficult for me.  

Thanks for listening.

Matthew


When you write: They are very useful concepts/truths here in our physical plane of existence.

You are talking about beliefs. They are necessary HERE. Otherwise what would be the point in coming here. What would be learn ? Without beliefs we would be an empty shell. 

"""The wishy-washy response of those who deny their existence, is difficult for me."""

I am not denying their existence, just saying that they are there. They determine what we are, what we think, what we do, how we react...
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Reply #100 - Dec 10th, 2005 at 8:06am
 
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Yea, thats why you believe what channeled stuff says,  

So.  Why are you even expressing your opinion if you dont think that this statement:

"NO ONE IS RIGHT NO ONE IS WRONG."

is right, or true, or ABSOLUTE?

Are you going to save us all from judgement by telling us there is no such thing when its part of the reason that you even tell us there is no right and wrong?
YOU ARE STILL MAKING A JUDGEMENT ABOUT JUDGEMENT.  you just see the surface illusion you want to see, but in actuality you judge that there is judgement and think its right that there shouldnt be any judgement.

lol
thats NOT ACCEPTANCE of judgement.

THATS DENIAL in a fancy disguse.  You deny judgement, you judge judgement itself as wrong, therefore making a state of no judgement RIGHT.
still an underlying judgement. if you look a bit deeper ,... to the core. The bigger image that you reflect is denial.
Though your affirmations seem to you to be benificial and peacefull and  right, your running from the acceptance of judgement itself.  


Amen!
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Reply #101 - Dec 10th, 2005 at 12:20pm
 
Hi,

"The integrety of any intuitive information dependes upon the INNER INTEGRETY of the person who receives it.
Expansion of consciousness (awareness), therefore, requires honest self-appraisal, an awareness (knowledge) of one's own beliefs and prejudices.
It brings a gift and a RESPONSIBILITY. All who wish to look WITHIN themselves, to find their own answers, to encounter their own "appointment with the universe", should therefore become well acquainted with the intimate workings of their OWN personality".

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Reply #102 - Dec 10th, 2005 at 12:43pm
 
Right on Marta.

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Reply #103 - Dec 10th, 2005 at 3:40pm
 
Using right and wrong as our starting point and extrapolating from there is a flawed idea.

There is Love, and the absence of Love. Hate, which is rooted in fear, doesn't have an objective existence. Neither does evil. Both are the absence of Love. But Love does exist. So we can choose it.

Again, we either choose Love, or not choose it. We cannot choose hate or evil because these things don't really exist. There is only Love and the absence of Love (darkness, separation from God/All There Is/PUL). Since absence of Love is really nothing, then there is only Love. We either choose it or we don't.

The more spiritually evolved we are the more clarity we have and the better our choices.

Terrorists. et el. don't kill anyone. No one can be killed because no one dies. There is no death, there is only emergence and reemergence. Terrorists cause suffering. They fight against Love. They separate themselves from God (All There Is/PUL). They live in spiritual darkeness and so their choices reflect that. They believe they are right because they lack clarity.

There is no right or wrong. There is only Love. Anything else is the absence of Love. We either choose to be in Love or not.

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Reply #104 - Dec 10th, 2005 at 4:06pm
 
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Using right and wrong as our starting point and extrapolating from there is a flawed idea.

There is Love, and the absence of Love. Hate, which is rooted in fear, doesn't have an objective existence. Neither does evil. Both are the absence of Love. But Love does exist. So we can choose it.

Again, we either choose Love, or not choose it. We cannot choose hate or evil because these things don't really exist. There is only Love and the absence of Love (darkness, separation from God/All There Is/PUL). Since absence of Love is really nothing, then there is only Love. We either choose it or we don't.

The more spiritually evolved we are the more clarity we have and the better our choices.

Terrorists. et el. don't kill anyone. No one can be killed because no one dies. There is no death, there is only emergence and reemergence. Terrorists cause suffering. They fight against Love. They separate themselves from God (All There Is/PUL). They live in spiritual darkeness and so their choices reflect that. They believe they are right because they lack clarity.

There is no right or wrong. There is only Love. Anything else is the absence of Love. We either choose to be in Love or not.

Bob



 Wow, pretty darn concise Bob!  Sounds like it came right from your Higher/Total self and the balanced Heart and Mind...

Very, very much resonate with this and would add that in a sense there is right and wrong (or choice of Love or unlove)...for the individual according to their Consciousness, since every individual has its own unique vibratory patterns and its relative relationship to both all other individualized Consciousnesses, and to the Whole.... (meaning ones energies affect and is affected by all others energies in a this great flux and balancing act..)

 Now, when one consciousness can match frequencies to a very high degree with another Consciousness (i lable it merging and only those of or near White Light consciousness/frequency can do this very deeply and well), then it can "see" whats right or wrong for that individual, but there are no ultimate rights or wrongs...but there is Reality and unreality...which always comes back to that whole Love---unlove choice eh....  This is exactly what the Elders of our Council do, being Realized Beings, they can get inside our heads, hearts, and very Consciousness, and they have the deepest compassion for us, yet want to see us grow, and evolve to Source realization too....  Much like Yeshua beckoned those who would listen, to come follow his ways...not for his little self, but rather to be happy, and to lift up the collective a bit...its all about the Collective, and the very Planning Intelligence itself suffers deeply when one of its Children chooses unlove to such a degreee as to destroy its very own gift...  This is not desirable to the P.I., the Elders, the Council, or to me, and when very little i use to think a bit about "Satan"..and first i was mad at him, and then i felt compassion for "him", and i figured "he" must be suffering big time to be so cut off from God...  

Much appreciation for your wisdom and balancedness.
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