The Christ

A deeper understanding

Here are the nine ways in which mankind is divided

1.    You have divided motives in religious acts

2.    You pray in two directions one for god to hear, one for others

3.    You fast with divided purpose for god, and so men can see how you are

4.    You lay treasure in two directions, the earth and heaven

5.    You see in two directions

6.    Loyal in two directions, god and mammon

7.    Anxious in two directions, what you eat and drink and how you are clothed

8.    You criticize in two directions in two directions, heavy for others, lightly for self

9.    Giving yourself in two directions, yourself to god, your personality to appetite and desire

These are the causes of our failure.

Everything in heaven and earth is open to the man who himself is open

We become as little children frank, open, simple

As children before society wears us down or try’s too

We amaze at life’s beauties at natures wonders, and then school begins. But and a big but is if we can hold those feelings of wonder and amazement into old age, then the doors of heaven and nature would be open to us.

We could say:

Sow a thought          you reap an act

Sow an act                you reap a habit

Sow a habit               you reap a character

Sow a character       you reap a destiny

I think to have a deeper understanding of the Christ; one has to understand the Sermon on the Mount. It lays down guide lines for the betterment of the self.

To follow these guide lines are a mighty task, but then to become enlightened is surely a mighty task. To become enlightened one has to have complete control of the self-ego and all. As one follows the path, the ancient memory encoded in us is stirred. This brings us to a deeper understanding of the ancient past of man.

The many lives we have lived, from spiritual beings to forgetfulness. All have their purpose, as we slowly move out of forgetfulness our ancient past will be revealed to us. Have you noticed how many books, DVDs, s on ancient knowledge, Atlantis for example, have suddenly born fruit. They are a reminder for all of us as we approach the end of one cycle. We have at our fingertips so much available knowledge or have we? What of the homeless, or our children in schools or p.o.w.camps as they now are becoming.

To enlighten ourselves is one thing, but our children? Schools teach what to think and not how to think, so are they true to us? Is the connection between father sun and mother earth taught to our children?

Modern youth at the age of seven saw through their parents and characterized them in a phrase.

• At fourteen they saw through education, and dodged it.
• At eighteen they saw through morality and stepped over it.
• At twenty they lost respect for their home towns.
• At twenty one they discovered that our social system is ridiculous.

So what are we going to do about this, ignore it and hope it goes away? Is not that what we have been doing the last eighty years? No reverence for our mother the earth leads us down these blind alleys. A new awakening is upon us how will we rise to the challenge?

Thoughts to ponder…..

Sermon on the Mount teachings

Explore the thought who is Christ?

To you? To me?

What are we to make of his teachings?

Why do the teachings of Christ appear to be diametrically opposite the teachings of the church?

Rudolph Steiner’s view