Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Bloodline stain? Morals?
The Golden Rule is, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" or, in more modern English, "Treat people the way that you would want them to treat you". For most of us who believe in total equality amongst people, this rule seems obvious, though we should aim (as Buddhists and others teach) to extend it to all living things, which is more difficult to do if we believe that we are superior to, or more privileged than, other creatures. Certainly, in historical times where the "cl division" existed, and where it still exists today in certain religious and non-religious hierarchies, believers in such separation ideas found / find following the Golden Rule towards even fellow human beings difficult, and often contrary to their own desires. Take, for example, higher cast Hindus approach to "Untouchables"; Communist Party members' approach to the mes; right-wing believers of all races views towards people of other races; certain societies' negative views towards women, etc. Actually, Jesus' teaching on the Golden Rule has much more to it than just common sense. The Truth is that all living things are an equal creation of God, not in terms of bodies but Spirit, bodies being an illusion used by the unconscious Mind to shift internal guilt and sorrow onto 'someone else'. To treat another living thing without love / compion actually demonstrates the error of your own thinking about yourself. If you show love and compion to any living thing, you are demonstrating that you feel love and compion towards yourself because all living things are the same and One with God and each other in reality. To harm or show any other form of hatred towards another living thing is a reflection of the negativity you have towards yourself. If you have such thoughts (which almost all do to one degree or another), ask the Holy Spirit to correct that error everytime it happens. Whilst there is no direct connection to bloodlines and pro-creation, it is probably fair to say that if you treat people badly, you are likely to push most people away from you, including those of the opposite .
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