Den gamle verdenen

Jeg hadde en minidrøm i våken tilstand der en smart gutt jeg kjenner på ti år sa: "det er den gamle verdenen som kommer til å falle sammen." Jeg trengte å høre det fordi jeg har vært oppbragt over den fortsatt eksisterende gamle verden. Jeg tenker da på de gammeldagse holdningene som for det meste er erstattet i samfunnet forøvrig, men som fortsatt lever i rettssystemet, barnevernet, helsevesenet, ja i alle deler av samfunnet hvor makt kan misbrukes. Holdninger som er preget av materialisme, fordommer og ignoranse og menneskeverd blir for mye å bry seg om. Å bli oppbragt over mitt møte med disse holdninger i rettsvesenet og barnevernet er meningsløst. Det er fortiden jeg ser. Disse systemene er skjøre og vil omsider falle sammen i møte med grasrotas holdninger. Dessuten blir det å kjempe mot ondskap som å fekte i nattelufta.

Om bare alle mennesker hadde utviklet en sunn skepsis og lært seg å tenke selv ville ikke disse systemene vært slik de fortsatt er i dag. Det er noe man bør lære allerede i barndommen, at man ikke må tro på alt man hører fra andre, barn som voksen, og at å være skeptisk er nyttig. Barn bør oppfordres til å tenke selv i stedet for at voksne bare mater dem med informasjon som om de var tomme innvendig.

Jesus wants us to be vegetarians, not vegan according to the gospel of peace.

But he who kills the beast without a cause, though the beast attack him not, through lust for slaughter, or for its flesh, or for its hide, or yet for its tusks, evil is the deed which he does, for he is turned into a wild beast himself.

Eat only when the sun is highest in the heavens, and again when it is set.

"From the coming of the month of Ijar, eat barley; from the month of Sivan, eat wheat, the most perfect among all seed-bearing herbs. And let your daily bread be made of wheat, that the Lord may take care of your bodies. From Tammuz, eat the sour grape, that your body may diminish and Satan may depart from it. in the month of Elul, gather the grape that the juice may serve you as drink. In the month of Marchesvan, gather the sweet grape, dried and sweetened by the angel of sun, that your bodies may increase, for the angels of the Lord dwell in them. You should eat figs rich in juice in the months of Ab and Shebat, and what remain, let the angel of sun keep them for you; eat them with the meat of almonds in all the months when the trees bear no fruits. And the herbs which come after rain, these eat in the month of Thebet, that your blood may be cleansed of all your sins. And in the same month begin to eat also the milk of your beasts, because for this did the Lord give the herbs of the fields to all the beasts which render milk, that they might with their milk feed man. For I tell you truly, happy are they that eat only at the table of God, and eschew all the abominations of Satan. Eat not unclean foods brought from far countries, but eat always that which your trees bear. For your God knows well what is needful for you, and where and when. And he gives to all peoples of all kingdoms for food that which is best for each. Eat not as the heathen do, who stuff themselves in haste, defiling their bodies with all manner of abominations.

http://www.essene.com/GospelOfPeace/peace1.html

Justice

Justice isn't about removing or preventing pain. ("Karma is a bitch" says only those unwilling to learn from their mistakes.) Justice is something different from compassion. It is the right act. The right act is not always to remove or prevent pain.

So if something unfair happens to you, don't blame God. God isn't able to be unfair. Only humans are, and we still have a lot to learn.

Rettferdighet handler ikke i hovedsak om å fjerne eller forhindre smerte. ("Karma is a bitch" sier kun de som ikke vil lære av sine mistak.) Rettferdighet er noe annet enn medfølelse. Det er rett handling, og rett handling er ikke alltid å først og fremst fjerne smerte.

Så hvis noe urettferdig skjer med deg, ikke skyld på Gud. Gud er ikke i stand til å være urettferdig. Bare mennesker er det, og vi har fortsatt mye å lære.

What angels are according to the Bahai faith

" By "angels" is meant those who, reinforced by the power of the spirit, have consumed, with the fire of the love of God, all human traits and limitations, and have clothed themselves with the attributes of the most exalted Beings and of the Cherubim... And now, inasmuch as these holy beings have sanctified themselves from every human limitation, have become endowed with the attributes of the spiritual, and have been adorned with the noble traits of the blessed, they therefore have been designated as "angels."

(Baha'u'llah, The Kitab-i-Iqan, p. 78)

The meaning of 'angels' is the confirmations of God and His celestial powers. Likewise angels are blessed beings who have severed all ties with this nether world, have been released from the chains of self and the desires of the flesh, and anchored their hearts to the heavenly realms of the Lord.These are of the Kingdom, heavenly; these are of God, spiritual; these are revealers of God's abounding grace; these are dawning-points of His spiritual bestowals.
(Abdu'l-Baha, Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha, p. 80)

By 'angel' is meant the power of the confirmations of God -- that the candle of God's confirming power shineth out from the lamp-niche of those souls -- meaning that every one of those beings will be granted the most vehement confirming support.

When praiseworthy qualities and high morals emanate from man, he becometh a heavenly being, an angel of the Kingdom, a divine reality and a celestial effulgence.
(Abdu'l-Baha, Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha, p. 286)

http://bahaimosaic.blogspot.no/2012/11/the-meaning-of-angels.html