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29 oktober 2016

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.

23 oktober 2016

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

14 oktober 2016

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.

08 oktober 2016

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

28 september 2016

A meaning of the Adam and Eve story and more

Abdul Baha says this is one of the meanings of the biblical story of Adam

Adam is the spirit of Adam, and Eve is His soul; the tree of good and evil signifies the human world, and the serpent is that attachment to this world which constitutes sin, and which has infected the descendants of Adam. This attachment of the spirit to the human world led the soul and spirit of Adam from the world of freedom to the world of bondage and caused Him to turn from the Kingdom of Unity to the human world. When the soul and spirit of Adam entered the human world, He came out from the paradise of freedom and fell into the world of bondage. From the height of purity and absolute goodness, He entered into the world of good and evil.

The tree of life is the highest degree of the world of existence: the position of the Word of God, and the supreme Manifestation. When the sanctified breezes of Christ and the holy light of the Greatest Luminary (Bahá'u'lláh)] were spread abroad, the human realities (those who turned toward the Word of God and received the profusion of His bounties) were saved from this attachment and sin, obtained everlasting life, were delivered from the chains of bondage, and attained to the world of liberty. They were freed from the vices of the human world, and were blessed by the virtues of the Kingdom. This is the meaning of the words of Christ, "I gave My blood for the life of the world" [Cf. John 6:51.]--that is to say, I have chosen all these troubles, these sufferings, calamities, and even the greatest martyrdom, to attain this object, the remission of sins (that is, the detachment of spirits from the human world, and their attraction to the divine world) in order that souls may arise who will be the very essence of the guidance of mankind, and the manifestations of the perfections of the Supreme Kingdom.http://bahai-library.com/writings/abdulbaha/saq/30.html

Regarding thy question as to the beginning of Creation: Know thou that the Truth (GOD) has eternally ever been, and so also have His creatures, for there is no beginning either for the Truth (God) or for the creatures. According to the bodies in the contingent world, the "beginning" mentioned in the Holy Scriptures means the beginning of the Manifestation, and "creation" signifies the Second Spiritual Birth: as Christ says, "You must be born again." There is no doubt that the beginning of this Spiritual creation was the Manifestation Himself, for each Manifestation of the Divine Manifestations is the Adam (of His time,) and His first believer is Eve, while all the souls who are born of the Second Birth are His children and descendents.
http://bahai-library.com/personal_brett_zamir#adameve

Ezekiel 18:14-20 explicitly rejects inheritance of sin:https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekiel+18:14-20

Abdul Baha says that women in the holy scriptures means the soul of man and the man means the spirit. No wonder it says men should rule over women.