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The Immutable
Universal Laws
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Universal Laws
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There are 12
Universal Laws, and 21 sub-laws, that
describe ways in which cause and effect
are related. The Universal Laws can also
be viewed as guidelines for behaviors
that will enhance our physical, mental,
emotional and spiritual growth. Dr.
Jones works with his clients to help
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The Universal Laws
are all inter-related and are founded on
the understanding that everything in the
universe is energy, including us, and
that energy moves in a circular fashion.
At the microscopic level, we are a
whirling mass of electrons and energy
atoms spinning rapidly. In fact,
everything in the world is comprised of
energy and we are intimately connected
with this sea of energy, this sea of
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Our thoughts,
feelings, words, and actions are all
forms of energy. What we think, feel,
say, and do in each moment comes back to
us to create our realities. Energy moves
in a circle, so what goes around comes
around. The combined thoughts, feelings,
words and actions of everyone on the
planet creates our collective
consciousness, it creates the world we
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The exciting news is,
because our thoughts, feelings, words
and actions create the world around us,
we have the power to create a world of
peace, harmony and abundance. In order
to do this, it is essential that we
learn to control our thoughts and
emotions. Understanding the Universals
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The Law of
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The Law of Divine
Oneness helps us to understand that we
live in a world where everything is
connected to everything else. Everything
we do, say, think and believe affects
others and the universe around us. |
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The Law of
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This Universal Law
states that everything in the Universe
moves, vibrates, and travels in circular
patterns. The same principles of
vibration in the physical world apply to
our thoughts, feelings, desires, and
wills in the etheric world. Each sound,
thing, and even thought has its own
vibrational frequency, unique unto
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The Law of
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The Law of Action
must be applied in order for us to
manifest things on earth. Therefore, we
must engage in actions that support our
thoughts, dreams, emotions and words. |
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The Law of
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This Universal Law
states that the principles or laws of
physics that explain the physical world
– energy, Light, vibration, and motion –
have their corresponding principles in
the etheric or universe. “As above, so
below.” |
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The Law of
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This Universal Law
states that nothing happens by chance or
outside the Universal Laws. Every action
has a reaction or consequence and we
“reap what we have sown.” |
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The Law of
Compensation: |
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This Universal Law is
the Law of Cause and Effect applied to
blessings and abundance that are
provided for us. The visible effects of
our deeds are given to us in gifts,
money, inheritances, friendships, and
blessings. |
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The Law of
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This Universal Law
demonstrates how we create the things,
events, and people that come into our
lives. Our thoughts, feelings, words,
and actions produce energies which, in
turn, attract like energies. Negative
energies attract negative energies and
positive energies attract positive
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The Law of
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This Universal Law
states that all persons have within them
the power to change the conditions in
their lives. Higher vibrations consume
and transform lower ones; thus, each of
us can change the energies in our lives
by understanding the Universal Laws and
applying the principles in such a way as
to effect change. |
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The Law of
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This Universal Law
states that each person will receive a
series of problems (Tests of Initiation)
for the purpose of strengthening the
Light within. We must consider each of
these tests to be a challenge and remain
connected to our hearts when proceeding
to solve the problems. This law also
teaches us to compare our problems to
others’ problems and put everything into
its proper perspective. No matter how
bad we perceive our situation to be,
there is always someone who is in a
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The Law of
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This Universal Law
states that everything is on a continuum
and has an opposite. We can suppress and
transform undesirable thoughts by
concentrating on the opposite pole. It
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The Law of
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This Universal Law
states that everything vibrates and
moves to certain rhythms. These rhythms
establish seasons, cycles, stages of
development, and patterns. Each cycle
reflects the regularity of God’s
universe. Masters know how to rise above
negative parts of a cycle by never
getting too excited or allowing negative
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The Law of
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This Universal Law
states that everything has its masculine
(yang) and feminine (yin) principles,
and that these are the basis for all
creation. The spiritual Initiate must
balance the masculine and feminine
energies within herself or himself to
become a Master and a true co-creator
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In addition to the 12
Universal Laws, Drs. Milanovich and
McCune (1998) state there are 21
sub-laws of the Universe that are
governed by the Higher Self. Using
Milanovich and McCune’s stellar work,
Dr. Bailey works with her clients to
understand and apply these laws to their
lives by first differentiating between
the voice of the ego and that of the
Higher Self, and then by practicing
techniques designed to align one’s self
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The 21 sub-laws are
actually human characteristics that
relate to the Universal Laws. These
characteristics are: Aspiration to A
Higher Power, Charity, Compassion,
Courage, Dedication, Faith, Forgiveness,
Generosity, Grace, Honesty, Hope, Joy,
Kindness, Leadership, Noninterference,
Patience, Praise, Responsibility,
Self-Love, Thankfulness, and
Unconditional Love. |
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By Paul E
Jones [GraceWatcher]
GraceWatcher Outreach ©
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Contents:
Page One
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three Pages)
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The Pillars of
Stability
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The Seven
Principles of Hermes
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Polarity
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Correspondence
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Gender
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Rhythm
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Vibration
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Cause and Effect
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Mentalism
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Page Two
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three Pages)
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The Three
Universal Laws of Creation
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The
Law of Allowing
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The
Law of Thought
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The
Law of Intentional Creation
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Page Three
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What is a
Context, Why Are They Important and
How do I Create One?
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Symbolic
Versus Literal
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The Pillars of Stability
You've probably heard the
saying, "Change is the only thing that stays the
same." Well, perhaps that's not completely correct.
There are certain physical laws that seem the same today as
they were thousands of years ago. One example of this is
the law of gravity.
If laws, such as the law of
gravity, do change, they change so slowly that, for our
lives here on Earth at the present time, we can, for all
practical purposes, consider them constant and without
change. Understanding the law of gravity and understanding
how to apply it your life gives you two things: a powerful
tool to use in making your life easier, and a warning
regarding the consequences of ignoring/violating the law.
The Seven Principles of
Hermes and The Three Universal Laws
also fall into the category of the immutable and the
unchangable. They, too, are powerful tools you can use to
make your life easier, and like the law of gravity, they
have serious consequences for those who ignore them.
The following discussion is
for those who use knowledge to create wisdom.
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The Seven
Principles of Hermes --
Wisdom of
the ancient philosopher, Hermes Trismegistus.
Understanding these seven laws
offers you opportunities to see, hear, and to experience
aspects of reality that would otherwise remain in the
unnoticed shadows of your life.
1)
Mentalism --
"Everything is mental; the Universe is
a mental creation of the All."
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Correspondence --
"As above so below;
as below so above; as within so without;
as without so within."
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Vibration --
"Nothing rests; everything moves;
everything vibrates."
4)
Polarity --
"Everything is dual; everything has poles;
everything has its pair of opposites; opposites are
identical in nature, but different in degree;
extremes
meet; all truths are but half truths."
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Rhythm --
"Everything flows out and in;
everything has its tides; all things rise and
fall;
the pendulum-swing manifests in everything;
the measure of the swing to the right is the measure
of the swing to the left; rhythm compensates."
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Cause and Effect --
"Every Cause has its Effect;
every Effect has its Cause; everything happens
according to the law; chance is but the name for
a law not recognized; there are many planes of
causation, but nothing escapes the law."
7)
Gender -- "Gender
is in everything; everything has its
Masculine and Feminine Principles; Gender manifests
on all planes."
The above
principles are quoted from a book describing the ancient
wisdom taught by Hermes Trismegistus. The modern-day book
is titled, "The Kybalion:
Hermetic Philosophy."
To access the
complete text of this book on the web, see
The Suggested Readings
page on
this web site.
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Let's look for a moment at the
fourth principle, polarity, to see some examples of what it
might tell us.
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Polarity --
"Everything is dual; everything has
poles; everything has its pair of opposites;
opposites are identical in nature, but different in
degree; extremes meet; all truths are but half truths."
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How many opposites can we
think off? Here's a partial list:
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acid/alkaline
alive/dead
altruistic/egocentric
allow/control
attraction/repulsion
awake/asleep
before/after
big/little
birth/death
black/white
bright/dull
capture/release
cause/effect
condemn/forgive
confident/unsure
desire/satisfaction
early/late
equal/unequal
easy/difficult
energy/mater
(spirit/matter)
excited/depressed
fancy/plain
fear/trust
(fear/love)
feel good/feel bad
friendly/hostile
fat/skinny
freedom/slavery
front/back
full/empty
gay/straight
good/bad
(God/Devil) |
hairy/hairless
happy/unhappy
hard/soft
heads/tails
high/low
honor/dishonor
hot/cold
(warm/cool)
important/unimportant
in/out
(inside/outside)
in front/behind
joyous/sad
left/right
(port/starboard)
light/dark
light/heavy
long/short
loose/compact
love/hate
(love/fear)
(like/dislike)
masculine/feminine
mild/severe
move/be still
near/far
night/day
on/off
open/closed
over/under
(overweight/un...
(over eat/un...
pass/fail
past/future |
physical/non-physical
push/pull
pure/corrupt
real/unreal
relaxed/tense
reliable/unreliable
respect/disrespect
rich/poor
right/wrong
safety/danger
self/everything
else
sharp/dull
smart/stupid
smooth/rough
start/finish
straight/crooked
summer/winter
time/space
true/false
truth/a different
truth
valuable/useless
up/down
wealth/poverty
wet/dry
wide/narrow
winner/looser
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colors
shapes
directions
perceptions
planes of being
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Is there anything in life that
has only one side? Can you know know left without right;
hard without soft; or beauty without ugliness?
Think of all those things
that, at first glance, seem to us to be so different. Are
they actually different, or do they, like wet and dry, meet
and blend somewhere in the middle? Where does night end
end and day begin? Is there a dividing line hiding
somewhere between high and low? When hot meets cold, how
does one become the other? Are these things really
different or are they merely opposites poles of the same
thing?
Are all truths actually only
partial truths? Is anything ever complete, or is there
always more to every story? What about all those things you
are so sure about? Are you certain that you know the whole
truth?
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Multiple Points of View:
Let's look at the concept of
perspective (one's point of view) for a moment and see if
truth could have poles -- to see if there could be more than
one version of something that already appears to be the
complete truth. For example, from how many points of view
can can you see something as simple as a dot of light? You
look at the dot and say, "One! I see it plainly right here
in front of me. It's a dot of light and only a dot of
light."
Well is it? There are
usually several different mental points of view (beliefs
about something) that give the same thing (or event) several
different meanings, and there are countless different
physical perspectives (different places from which to look
at a physical object) Lets take a physical ride and see
what differences one's viewing position can have upon the
perception of something that seems to be a simple dot of
light.
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A
Not-So-Simple Train Ride:
Imagine yourself riding in the
caboose (the last car) of a train with two friends. You are
lying on the floor looking up when you notice a dot of light
above you. You point to the dot and say to your friend who
is sitting with his (her) back against the side of the train
car, "What's that?" He looks to where you are pointing and
says it's a vertical line with a dot moving up and down from
one end to the other.
At first you think he's crazy
because you see only a dot, but he sounds so sure of himself
that you roll over to him, sit up beside him, and look at
the dot from his perspective. Sure enough, you see the
line and the dot just as he just described it to you.
Now let's add a second line
and dot to our imaginary journey. Pretend that you and your
friend are now sitting at the side of the railcar looking at
two vertical lines,
each line with a dot in it that is moving up and down along
the line from one end to the other.
Your curiosity inspires you to
move back to the place on the floor where you were lying
when you saw the first dot of light. You look again at the
two lines. The one you first noticed, looks like the dot
you saw before, but the other one looks like a horizontal
line with a dot in it. The dot appears to be moving along
the line, first toward one side of the rail car and then
toward the other in a rhythmic pattern. You wonder, how a
vertical line could became a horizontal line? You move back
the the side of the car and look again. From there, you
see the image as two vertical lines and the two dots.
Meanwhile, your other friend,
has been standing looking out back of the train watching
the scenery. You call to him, and as he turns, you point
to the two lines you ask, "What do you see?" He says, "I
see a circle with a dot moving around the circle. Beneath
the circle there's a straight, virtical line with a dot
moving up and down along the line.
"How can that be?" you say.
"We see only two vertical lines." After a moment, you both
get up and go the the back of the car and from there you see
exactly what you friend described.
At this point, you hear the
sound of the engineer's whistle and feel the train slowing
down. All three of you look out the window wondering what
caused the change of speed. The circle, the line and the
two moving dots are temporarily out of mind, as you focus on
what's outside the train.
Although you don't see
anything out there worth blowing a whistle for, you soon
begin to notice that, as the railcar moves, what you see
inside the car stays pretty much the same, but the view
outside is a dynamic, ever-changing picture. You also
notice that the rate at which the exterior scene changes is
directly proportional to the speed of the train. Try as
you may to grab and hold onto a pleasing scene, it's
unreachable, intangible, un-grabable, and almost unreal as
it fades into the distance only to be replaced by still
another scene. The scene outside appears to you as an ever
flowing cycle which seems to have neither a beginning nor
an end. At least, there's no beginning or end anywhere in
sight. The scenery you've past is gone and no longer
visible. You wonder if it's still there. That which lies
ahead is equally as un-seeable.
The saying of a famous
philosopher pops into your mind. You don't remember her
name, but you do remember her words: "When I finally got
there, I realized there was no there there."
You know that she was talking
about a state of being and not something physical, but just
for a moment, you wonder if what lies ahead of you will be
there when you get there. And since it, too, is
continually moving and changing, you know that when you do
get there it will be different from what it is right now.
At the moment, the only
outside-the-train-scene that is visible to you is the scene
that's right-here right-now, and that too, is continually
changing.
As the train rolls along the
tracks, you look out and see a field in which a boy, sitting
on a haystack, is waving at the train. You wave back and
then wonder what the circle, the line, and two moving dots
might look like from the perspective of someone watching the
train go by. To the boy, the outside-scene is not moving
past him. It's more static, like the scene you are seeing
inside the train. From the boy's perspective, the train,
the dot, the line and the circle would all appear to be
moving.
To an observer watching the
train go by, the vertical line is not a line at all. It's
as if the dot were riding a wave. Those who know
mathematics would say it's making a perfect sine curve as it
moves along above the tracks. And the circle is not a
circle either. It appears to be a spiral, like the coils of
a stretched spring. One could even take the analogy
further by viewing the two dots from off the Earth, but we
won't go there, because I'm sure you've already gotten the
message.
After you've gotten off the
train and are walking away, you notice that your perspective
of the scene around you is still changing. The change is
occurring much more slowly, but nonetheless, it's still
changing. Then it occurs to you that it's always been
like that, it's that way now, and in all likelihood, it
will always continue to be that way. You realize that
everything in the entire physical world can be seen from
dozens, perhaps hundreds or even thousands of different
points of view.
And what about one's mental
perspective? Could that too, have multiple points of
view? Perhaps the Law of Correspondence could assist us in
looking onto our minds, both personally and collectively.
There are multitudes of
colors, shapes, and directions. Perhaps in our mental
universe, too, there are multiple perceptions and countless
planes of being, for it has been said:
"In my fathers house, there
are many mansions" (Jesus)
"Everything is mental; the
Universe is a mental creation of the All." (Hermes)
If these quotations are true,
then each perception, each plane, each mansion may very well
have its own unique interpretation and application of The
Seven Principles of Hermes.
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Applying
the Law:
From this broader view of
life, the inevitable question arises:
Who can say with anything but
ignorance or arrogance, "I'm right. You're wrong. My
way is the one and only way."
The next time someone tells
you the he/she know better than you what's right for you, or
that he/she know what God wants you to do, you can smile
and say, "No thank you. I walk my own path. I walk in the
light of the truth which bows to no authority other than
itself."
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Correspondence --
"As above so below; as below so
above; as within so without; as without so within."
This law tells us that things
which appear to be very different have attributes that are
actually quite similar. It also tells us that by studying
one thing we can learn about something else. That, for
example, is exactly what statistical samples are all
about. By examining a small portion of a population, a
determination can be made as to what those same attributes
are for the entire population.
How many times have you heard
these lines? --- "By their fruits, you shall know them."
--- "As you sew, so shall you reap." --- "Birds of a
feather flock together." --- "He lied about this, so he's
probably lying about that."
APPLYING THE LAW: Here's a way you can
intentionally use the Law of Correspondence to
understand other people. Carefully watch those people with
whom you are planning to create a relationship. Regardless
of the nature of the relationship, be it business, friend,
or lover: Whatever you see them
doing elsewhere,
whatever you see them doing
to someone else,
sooner or later, given the means, the motive, the
opportunity, and sufficient incentive, they'll be doing the
same thing to you.
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7)
Gender --
"Gender is in everything; everything has its Masculine and
Feminine Principles; Gender manifests on all planes."
As you are about to see,
The Seven Principles of Hermes are infinitely
intertwined. Gender is one place where that interaction is
obvious. The constant masculine/feminine interplay,
which we take so much for granted, can easily be seen as
both polarity and gender.
What is gender? The most
obvious answer is sexual attraction. Sex is gender in
action, but is there more to gender than the hunger for
sexual union?
Perhaps we could look at
gender as the inevitable attraction that everything has to
everything else. In that light, gravity could be viewed as
an aspect of gender. And what about love? Love is far
more than sexual attraction. And then, there's the desire
to feel good that pulls at us in every waking moment?
What about our constant
striving for balance -- the pull to center that we feel
whenever we are near either end of one of the polarities
such as hot/cold, or tense/relaxed?
Gender can be thought of as
the draw of union, the urge to merge, the striving for
balance. In that sense, electricity and magnetism are
gender in motion -- motion seeking a point of union -- a
point of stillness.
Masculine is drawn toward
feminine. Feminine is drawn toward masculine. Heat is
compelled to move toward cold. When wet and dry meet,
there is an inevitable struggle to balance -- the wet moves
toward dry and the dry moves toward wet. It's another
universal law in motion. And all things function
according to these laws.
Perhaps gender is the core of
all creation. Gender certainly is a central player in the
act of creation, for when opposite poles meet, a creation
occurs which transforms both poles and produces something
that neither could ever become by itself.
APPLYING THE LAW: How can you apply this
principle to your life?
First, by
remembering that gender is present within you and is present
in everything you come in contact with. Second by
conducting a self examination to determine where when and
how the compulsion called gender controls your life.
Third, by remembering that everyone you meet has a
motivation, an incentive, something within them that is
pushing or pulling them into action. You may not know what
that motivation is, but you can be certain that it's
there. By seeking and finding their motivation, you can
short-circuit those whose intentions are malevolent, and you
can move into harmony with others and co-create genuine
win-win interactions.
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5)
Rhythm
--
"Everything flows out and in; everything has its tides;
all things rise and fall; the pendulum-swing manifests in
everything; the measure of the swing to the right is the
measure of the swing to the left; rhythm compensates."
Night bows out, and day takes
over only to relinquish its position to night again. The
rhythmic change goes on in seemingly never-ending cycles?
Winter and summer follow the same pattern as does everything
else in physical reality. As the song says, "For
everything there is a season; a time to laugh; a time to
cry; a time to be born; a time to die. There is a time for
every purpose under heaven."
Yesterday's tomorrow has
cycled into today, and, oh so quickly, will move on to
become today's yesterday, only to move again, day by day,
slowly but surely becoming an indistinguishable nothing
among countless used-to-be's, all of which become totally
forgotten, even those days temporarily referenced by a
single line in a dusty history book somewhere. Ashes to
ashes. Dust to dust. Like it or not, this is the nature
of physical reality. This is the nature of life on
Earth.
A master teacher said
something similar to this: Gather up
your treasures in heaven where rust cannot rot, where
thieves cannot steal, and where con men cannot manipulate.
What does this say about all those things here on earth that
we think are so very very important?
Whatever is of great
importance in your life, be it agony or ecstasy, joy or
sadness, remember: "This too will pass." And after its
passing, then what? The answer is simple - another cycle
begins. If we've learned/remembered nothing, the same
cycle repeats itself. The external trappings may be
different, but the cycle will be the same.
A Visual
Imagry:
Sit
comfortably, close your eyes, and relax. Take several deep
breaths and become imagine yourself sitting in the middle of
a very unusual pathway. This pathway is unique because, in
addition to the normal front/back left/right directions, it
also has a pathway going up over your head into the sky and
another going down into the Earth below your feet.
Imagine the
front/back direction as a sliding time scale between
the future in front of you and the past behind you.
Imagine the left/right direction as a sliding gender
scale between feminine on your left and masculine on your
right. Imagine the up/down direction as a sliding
dimension scale between the physical world below and the
non physical reality above.
You are now
sitting in a very special position. You are consciously and
intentionally sitting at the intersection where past and
future meet, at the intersection where where masculine and
feminine meet, and at the intersection where spirit and
matter meet, (Although you are usually not aware of it, you
are at this triple intersection, all day long, every day, no
matter where you are, what you are doing, or what you are
thinking about.)
How many other
poles can you think of where you are at a point somewhere in
the middle? For example, where are you on the scale of
hot & cold, or on the scale of desire & satisfaction?
Please also be aware that where you are right now on these
scales is not a fixed position. There is constant rhythmic
movement, first in one direction and then in the other
APPLYING
THE LAW: To apply
any of these laws,
Think of yourself as a ship
with
a captain ( a
goal/purpose)
a rudder (a guidance
system)
a sail or engine (a
means of getting there)
Where do you want to go?
What is my purpose for my
present cycle here on Earth? Since there seems to be no
single, irrefutable answer to that question, I shall take my
power and position as a fellow divine being and simply
declare what my purpose shall be:
1) To experience joy and
ecstasy to the maximum degree;
2) To answer freedom's
call to be, do, have, and experience
anything I choose;
3) To step into the next
grander vision of who I choose to be;
4) To be positive or
neutral if my affect upon my fellow earth
dwellers (be they plant, animal, or human) and upon
Sacred
Mother Earth, Herself.
5) To be a role model for
others; to pause and assist those
requesting assistance; to school the unschooled;
and to give
vision to those who are just learning how to see
beyond
surface appearances.
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This Section is still under
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1)
Mentalism
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"Everything is mental; the Universe is
a mental creation of the All."
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One might get the impression
that these seven principles are separate pieces of a grander
whole. They are and at the same time they are not.
All things are interconnected
and interpenetrate each other on many levels. Think of your
two hands. They are separate, and, at the same time,
intimately tied to and dependent upon each other. Imagine
them declaring war on each other. Sounds a bit ridiculous,
doesn't it.
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Examine, for a moment, the
relationship between guilt and innocence.
Perceived problem: My life is miserable.
Question: Am I responsible of making my life
miserable?
Answer: The typical answer is, I'm innocent,
of course.
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Let's look at this another
way.
Perceived problem: My life is miserable.
Question: Are you responsible for making my
life
miserable?
Answer: I would never intentionally do this to
myself; therefore I didn't cause this, so it must be your
fault You have caused me to be miserable. I'm the
helpless victim.
Those who look outside
themselves for solutions to problem have this attitude: My
intention is to force you to change you so that I can feel
good. In the mean time, I want everyone else to either
help me change you, feel sorry for me while I force my
changes on you, or both of the above.
Since you are the evil one
that the devil sent to torment me, I'm simple going to
destroy you in any way I can. Not only will that solve my
problems, it will also be doing God's work for which I'll be
rewarded in heaven.
revenge
Catholics Jews Guit
surpassed by Palistinians
reversed guilt -- you're
guilty
you're guilty raised guilt to
an art form and it doesn't even look like guilt is involves
at all.
Victim / responsible define
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