On the Tzfat Yahoo! List Someone Asked Me:
"Doreen,
Could you be more specific?
Who is THEY? And what are the Falsehoods you keep referring to?
What is an example of mind control?
If you do not want to answer here, I would appreciate to my email.
I feel that I am reading something in code. You make accusations, and inferences.
Perhaps you are right, or wrong. Just would like to know what you are referring to."
I answered:
I have been very specific. I have named names of rabbis I consider having taken Judaism off course. A thorough list would be impossible because the most prominent of those rabbis set the tone that generations followed after them. Many unwittingly confused the Jewish People because they did not know that their teacher was dishonest. I have named books that are damaging. I have told how they are damaging.
Please reread my posts.
I understand that your consciousness won't get what I'm saying the first time you read it.
A lot of blood, money and ink has been, and is being, spilt taking Jews off course and making them as impervious as they are to the truth as they are.
I don't expect to counter thousands of years of corruption of our Tradition alone.
If you read the Prophets you will see that they warned against most of the forms of avodah zara that are practiced today and they taught the right way to set the heart in order to understand Torah.
Each of the Prophets lives eternally in their words and the Source of their words is HaShem. If you turn to those Books with an open mind and a pure heart, the words will be made clear to you in the way best designed for your psyche.
Use the common sense that HaShem gave you. Is it common-sensical, not to mention is it moral, for money to be poured into the renovation of graves, when the living are not sufficiently housed?
Have you read about anyone in TaNa"KH who cut their fingernails in a certain order?
Who in Torah had images of their Teachers all over their houses, schools, places of prayer, in their Sukkot, in restaurants, in their places of business....?
Is there a teaching anywhere in Torah that advises one to read without comprehending?
Is there one figure in Torah who sent his pregnant wife to beg in the streets and let his children go undernourished so that he could go to a festival in a graveyard in an anti-Semitic country for Rosh HaShanah?
Is there one figure in Torah that gave out dollar bills (or the cultural equivalent) as a momento of having been in his presence?
Do the Prophets give out little flasks of vodka (or the cultural equivalent) after they meet? Do their students then pour one drop at a time into whole bottles of vodka and convince themselves that they aren't doing it to get drunk, but to be in their Teacher's presence? Is there one figure in Torah who would have tolerated such goings on?
Is there one figure in Torah who would have preferred to live in Brooklyn rather than in the Holy Land?
Is Prozbul prescribed in Torah?
Heter mekhirah?
Heter ribit?
Does Torah talk about evil spirits under the bed?
Is there a Prophet that consults astrological configurations?
Is there a Prophet who advises women to place a ruby BaMakom?
D2
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Gam Zu L'Tova
Two days ago, I came across the following video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnnOOo6tRs8&feature=related
Yesterday, as I was walking home; I saw that around the kever of Nachum Gam Zu a beautiful new stained glass enclosure has been built. There is a beautiful high-quality wood roof over it, and an expensive sign announcing to the world that this beautiful home has been built for the Tanna, Rabbi Nachum Ish Gam Zu.
One Chassid was up on a ladder putting on the following touches of paint. Another stood back watching the work.
I approached them and said: Do you think you are making Gam Zu happy building a luxurious home for him while most people can't afford a house anywhere near this luxurious and some have no homes at all? If you want to do a mitzvah, build a house for the living.
The man painting didn't so much as acknowledge my presence. About Jews like that the Prophet Yeshayhu was instructed by HaShem to say in the 65th Chapter of his Book:
"5 That say: 'Stand by thyself, come not near to me, for I am holier than thou'; these are a smoke in My nose, a fire that burneth all the day. "
The other one was on a bit of a higher level. He rolled his eyes and shrugged his shoulders as if to say: "You're right, but what can one do?" That's already a madreiga in our generation.
Wouldn't it be nice if I'd just shut up and go away so that you can peacefully go about the business of turning a blind eye to the living homeless and renovate graves all the while thinking that what you're doing has something to do with Judaism?
Nothing doing.
Doreen <>
Two days ago, I came across the following video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnnOOo6tRs8&feature=related
Yesterday, as I was walking home; I saw that around the kever of Nachum Gam Zu a beautiful new stained glass enclosure has been built. There is a beautiful high-quality wood roof over it, and an expensive sign announcing to the world that this beautiful home has been built for the Tanna, Rabbi Nachum Ish Gam Zu.
One Chassid was up on a ladder putting on the following touches of paint. Another stood back watching the work.
I approached them and said: Do you think you are making Gam Zu happy building a luxurious home for him while most people can't afford a house anywhere near this luxurious and some have no homes at all? If you want to do a mitzvah, build a house for the living.
The man painting didn't so much as acknowledge my presence. About Jews like that the Prophet Yeshayhu was instructed by HaShem to say in the 65th Chapter of his Book:
"5 That say: 'Stand by thyself, come not near to me, for I am holier than thou'; these are a smoke in My nose, a fire that burneth all the day. "
The other one was on a bit of a higher level. He rolled his eyes and shrugged his shoulders as if to say: "You're right, but what can one do?" That's already a madreiga in our generation.
Wouldn't it be nice if I'd just shut up and go away so that you can peacefully go about the business of turning a blind eye to the living homeless and renovate graves all the while thinking that what you're doing has something to do with Judaism?
Nothing doing.
Doreen <>
Friday, April 25, 2008
Monday, April 21, 2008
Lessons From God, Allegories From the Field
The only credentials I can offer, the only authorization I can claim for writing this is that I asked. I asked with a broken heart and a shattered mind. I was lost. I was afraid. One of my blood pressure readings showed a systolic pressure of 198. I was desperate. I cried real tears when I prayed to God for an answer and offered a plea to save this beautiful world. That is the only credential or authorization one can claim when one is so bold as to say: This is what God told me.
The day after I cried and prayed until I collapsed from exhaustion, this is what God told me in response to my questions.
Ah, I guess I should relate what my questions were. I hesitate to do so because the answer is what I really want to tell you. But the questions will put the answers into perspective and so I'll tell you what I dared to ask God.
I asked: WHERE ARE YOU? Why can't I find You anymore? Why can't I feel You anymore? Were You a delusion? How can it be that evil people have taken over this planet? How could You allow the things that are happening to occur? Why don't you intervene? Why don't You stop this? Can it be that I love this world more than You? That's absurd! Where would that love come from? Can it be that there is evil that derives from tapping into a source of evil, but there is no good? That too is absurd.
And then I said: Despite all the horrors my eyes have seen and all of the things that I have heard, I will not abandon You. I will not cease to place my hope in You. I will not deny the teaching that: "Anything that can be broken can be fixed." I love You. I love this world and will not give up hope for it.
The next day the answers came. They came in the form of a flood of gematriot, which I will not explain. I'll only relate the message.
God reminded me that the expressions which mean the 'coming of the Messiah' in Hebrew are in the form of present continuous.
God then explained to me that what is occurring now is not only the ongoing coming of the Messiah, a continuous process, which heretofore came to individuals who were able to pass the knowledge on to their families, and then to a People, but now has come to all of Humanity, and directly, not by way of any messenger, but directly.
Both the intensity of God approaching our consciousness and the scale of the approach are unprecedented.
God then explained that this necessarily causes confusion on the level of the mind and that this confusion is generalized.
Not only is the Soul of every Human being being touched in a way never before experienced, but all of the memories and histories that our bodies represent, are the product and distillation of, are now being purified as well.
The hopes, prayers and inner intentions of Every Generation are now being revealed and fulfilled.
The promises that God made to our ancestors are now being realized.
Every deed, every occurrence in human history, every word, every thought that is and ever was on this planet are now being rectified, purified. The inner purity of all that, which was hidden, is now being revealed and the outer truth is being brought into line with the inner truth – not only for us, but for all of our history and the rectification will be permanent, though ongoing.
None of the generations on Earth have seen what we are seeing and will yet see. All of the generations on Earth are having their deepest hopes and prayers fulfilled in us. Understand our merit and rejoice.
We will attain Godconsciousness on the conscious level of our minds, but that is not the end of the process. It marks a new stage, which will go on progressively, only to take us to the stage after that.
I was told by God that our consciousness is like a pipe. God's approach is from the "end" that is "close" to God, the Soul, and proceeds to the "end" that is furthest away from conscious recognition and experience of God – our state of awareness on the surface.
As this process proceeds, the impurities along the way are pushed to the surface and mass confusion, fear, darkness, the worst imaginings of the mind, the most terrible chapters from the past return and the most terrible acts are committed because this is the impurities that reside within us and they are being "pushed out". We see this every day. We are surrounded by symbols and teachings from ancient cultures, confused symbols and teachings. That is all being rectified and clarified. It is no coincidence or accident that a war is raging in what was Bavel (Babylon). The very name Bavel in Hebrew means 'confusion' and 'misunderstanding of speech'. But, it also means 'awakening and quickening of the heart'.
It was shown to me with gematriot that thoughts and worlds are one and the same and to purify consciousness to the point of our being able to perceive God with our conscious minds, individually and collectively, which is an ongoing process but now is proceeding with great speed, intensity and range, is one and the same as the correction of worlds and greater by far than the splitting of the sea, which God did for my People when they exited from Egypt, which is called Mitzrayim in Hebrew, meaning doubled and redoubled straits. The straits that we are now emerging from, all of us, are greater by far than the emerging from Mitzrayim and the miracle that God is now accomplishing for us is immeasurably greater.
God explained that it will look as though evil has overrun the world. Fear and uncertainty will be ever present. There will be nary a clear thought or a coherent sentence to be heard. Even thoughts and sentiments genuinely intended and expressed will be terribly confused.
But it will end.
And when it does end we will, all of us, be living in a world in which the revealed and the concealed will be in line, will be one. We will know God with our minds and we know God with our Souls and we will be keen and able to act on that awareness.
God told me not to try to understand what is happening using any paradigm or example. God said that what is happening is unprecedented on this planet and no experiences had up 'til this point will suffice in the least to describe or explain what is already well under way. We are in the thick of this emergence. Now.
It is not the case that we are, as many think, on the verge of the coming of Mashiach. We are experiencing it NOW. We always do, in fact, but never before on this level.
I will repeat what I wrote above and say it most explicitly so that there will be no doubt. This time there will be no messenger, no interceding. We are receiving Mashiach directly, each of us as individuals and all of us collectively.
When this process is completed, we will all be greater as individuals than any Prophet that has come to this world. God indwelling will be on a higher level in us than anyone has ever experienced heretofore. That is what they wanted for us, what they prayed for, what they lived and died for and that is what is coming now to be. We are God's fulfillment of the promises It made to the saints and sages. Collectively, what we will be and accomplish together cannot be described or imagined at all.
I was told by God that the disorientation of the mind and the emotions that we are all experiencing are a healthy sign of what we would understand as "detoxification" and should not be feared. I was also told by God not to put any stock in any thought or system of explanation now being offered at all. All is now far too confused and insufficient on the level of the mind. There simply is no understanding for us now. We will understand when the process is completed.
I shared this with my husband, knowing that I was relating it in far too abstract a manner.
But he understood immediately and said: "When I used to work in the field we used aluminum pipes for irrigation. We had to leave them on the ground and they would gradually fill with dirt and gravel, leaves and other debris. To clean them, we would introduce water from a hose. As the water under pressure displaced the dirt inside the pipes, we would hear the gravel being stirred up in the pipes. Before the dirt inside began to emerge it would become more dense within the pipe as the dirt behind it at every level was pushed along. More water pressure was necessary along the way as the debris in the pipe accumulated. Finally, the dirt would begin to emerge. Lastly, pure water would come through the pipe, water that could be used for irrigation and to give life."
The impurities of our history and our own selves are now emerging. Expect it not to look very pretty for awhile. Expect to fear. Expect for feel unsettled. Expect to experience a sense of foreboding. But know that the process is ongoing, under perfect control, and for our ultimate good, a good we cannot begin to imagine, but will experience very, very soon.
Doreen Ellen Bell-Dotan, Tzfat, Israel
DoreenDotan@gmail.com
The only credentials I can offer, the only authorization I can claim for writing this is that I asked. I asked with a broken heart and a shattered mind. I was lost. I was afraid. One of my blood pressure readings showed a systolic pressure of 198. I was desperate. I cried real tears when I prayed to God for an answer and offered a plea to save this beautiful world. That is the only credential or authorization one can claim when one is so bold as to say: This is what God told me.
The day after I cried and prayed until I collapsed from exhaustion, this is what God told me in response to my questions.
Ah, I guess I should relate what my questions were. I hesitate to do so because the answer is what I really want to tell you. But the questions will put the answers into perspective and so I'll tell you what I dared to ask God.
I asked: WHERE ARE YOU? Why can't I find You anymore? Why can't I feel You anymore? Were You a delusion? How can it be that evil people have taken over this planet? How could You allow the things that are happening to occur? Why don't you intervene? Why don't You stop this? Can it be that I love this world more than You? That's absurd! Where would that love come from? Can it be that there is evil that derives from tapping into a source of evil, but there is no good? That too is absurd.
And then I said: Despite all the horrors my eyes have seen and all of the things that I have heard, I will not abandon You. I will not cease to place my hope in You. I will not deny the teaching that: "Anything that can be broken can be fixed." I love You. I love this world and will not give up hope for it.
The next day the answers came. They came in the form of a flood of gematriot, which I will not explain. I'll only relate the message.
God reminded me that the expressions which mean the 'coming of the Messiah' in Hebrew are in the form of present continuous.
God then explained to me that what is occurring now is not only the ongoing coming of the Messiah, a continuous process, which heretofore came to individuals who were able to pass the knowledge on to their families, and then to a People, but now has come to all of Humanity, and directly, not by way of any messenger, but directly.
Both the intensity of God approaching our consciousness and the scale of the approach are unprecedented.
God then explained that this necessarily causes confusion on the level of the mind and that this confusion is generalized.
Not only is the Soul of every Human being being touched in a way never before experienced, but all of the memories and histories that our bodies represent, are the product and distillation of, are now being purified as well.
The hopes, prayers and inner intentions of Every Generation are now being revealed and fulfilled.
The promises that God made to our ancestors are now being realized.
Every deed, every occurrence in human history, every word, every thought that is and ever was on this planet are now being rectified, purified. The inner purity of all that, which was hidden, is now being revealed and the outer truth is being brought into line with the inner truth – not only for us, but for all of our history and the rectification will be permanent, though ongoing.
None of the generations on Earth have seen what we are seeing and will yet see. All of the generations on Earth are having their deepest hopes and prayers fulfilled in us. Understand our merit and rejoice.
We will attain Godconsciousness on the conscious level of our minds, but that is not the end of the process. It marks a new stage, which will go on progressively, only to take us to the stage after that.
I was told by God that our consciousness is like a pipe. God's approach is from the "end" that is "close" to God, the Soul, and proceeds to the "end" that is furthest away from conscious recognition and experience of God – our state of awareness on the surface.
As this process proceeds, the impurities along the way are pushed to the surface and mass confusion, fear, darkness, the worst imaginings of the mind, the most terrible chapters from the past return and the most terrible acts are committed because this is the impurities that reside within us and they are being "pushed out". We see this every day. We are surrounded by symbols and teachings from ancient cultures, confused symbols and teachings. That is all being rectified and clarified. It is no coincidence or accident that a war is raging in what was Bavel (Babylon). The very name Bavel in Hebrew means 'confusion' and 'misunderstanding of speech'. But, it also means 'awakening and quickening of the heart'.
It was shown to me with gematriot that thoughts and worlds are one and the same and to purify consciousness to the point of our being able to perceive God with our conscious minds, individually and collectively, which is an ongoing process but now is proceeding with great speed, intensity and range, is one and the same as the correction of worlds and greater by far than the splitting of the sea, which God did for my People when they exited from Egypt, which is called Mitzrayim in Hebrew, meaning doubled and redoubled straits. The straits that we are now emerging from, all of us, are greater by far than the emerging from Mitzrayim and the miracle that God is now accomplishing for us is immeasurably greater.
God explained that it will look as though evil has overrun the world. Fear and uncertainty will be ever present. There will be nary a clear thought or a coherent sentence to be heard. Even thoughts and sentiments genuinely intended and expressed will be terribly confused.
But it will end.
And when it does end we will, all of us, be living in a world in which the revealed and the concealed will be in line, will be one. We will know God with our minds and we know God with our Souls and we will be keen and able to act on that awareness.
God told me not to try to understand what is happening using any paradigm or example. God said that what is happening is unprecedented on this planet and no experiences had up 'til this point will suffice in the least to describe or explain what is already well under way. We are in the thick of this emergence. Now.
It is not the case that we are, as many think, on the verge of the coming of Mashiach. We are experiencing it NOW. We always do, in fact, but never before on this level.
I will repeat what I wrote above and say it most explicitly so that there will be no doubt. This time there will be no messenger, no interceding. We are receiving Mashiach directly, each of us as individuals and all of us collectively.
When this process is completed, we will all be greater as individuals than any Prophet that has come to this world. God indwelling will be on a higher level in us than anyone has ever experienced heretofore. That is what they wanted for us, what they prayed for, what they lived and died for and that is what is coming now to be. We are God's fulfillment of the promises It made to the saints and sages. Collectively, what we will be and accomplish together cannot be described or imagined at all.
I was told by God that the disorientation of the mind and the emotions that we are all experiencing are a healthy sign of what we would understand as "detoxification" and should not be feared. I was also told by God not to put any stock in any thought or system of explanation now being offered at all. All is now far too confused and insufficient on the level of the mind. There simply is no understanding for us now. We will understand when the process is completed.
I shared this with my husband, knowing that I was relating it in far too abstract a manner.
But he understood immediately and said: "When I used to work in the field we used aluminum pipes for irrigation. We had to leave them on the ground and they would gradually fill with dirt and gravel, leaves and other debris. To clean them, we would introduce water from a hose. As the water under pressure displaced the dirt inside the pipes, we would hear the gravel being stirred up in the pipes. Before the dirt inside began to emerge it would become more dense within the pipe as the dirt behind it at every level was pushed along. More water pressure was necessary along the way as the debris in the pipe accumulated. Finally, the dirt would begin to emerge. Lastly, pure water would come through the pipe, water that could be used for irrigation and to give life."
The impurities of our history and our own selves are now emerging. Expect it not to look very pretty for awhile. Expect to fear. Expect for feel unsettled. Expect to experience a sense of foreboding. But know that the process is ongoing, under perfect control, and for our ultimate good, a good we cannot begin to imagine, but will experience very, very soon.
Doreen Ellen Bell-Dotan, Tzfat, Israel
DoreenDotan@gmail.com
Thursday, April 10, 2008
LURIA, LOYOLA, THE POPE AND THE CONNECTION AMONG THEM
The Jesuit Oath of Induction is also recorded in the Congressional Record of the U.S.A. (House Bill 1523, Contested election case of Eugene C. Bonniwell, against Thos. S. Butler, Feb. 15, 1913, pp. 3215-3216) It can also be found in the book entitled, "Subterranean Rome" by Charles Didier translated from the French and published in New York in 1843.
The article below was taken from the book Subterranean Rome by Charles Didier, translated from the French and published in New York in 1843. Dr. Alberto Rivera escaped from the Jesuit Order in 1967, and he describes his Jesuit oath in exactly the same way as it appears in this book. After reading this, ask yourself the question: Is this REALLY the church of Jesus Christ???
"When a Jesuit of the minor rank is to be elevated to command, he is conducted into the Chapel of the Convent of the Order, where there are only three others present, the principal or Superior standing in front of the altar. On either side stands a monk, one of whom holds a banner of yellow and white, which are the Papal colors, and the other a black banner with a dagger and red cross above a skull and crossbones, with the word INRI, and below them the words IUSTUM, NECAR, REGES, IMPIOUS. The meaning of which is: It is just to exterminate or annihilate impious or heretical Kings, Governments, or Rulers. Upon the floor is a red cross at which the postulant or candidate kneels. The Superior hands him a small black crucifix, which he takes in his left hand and presses to his heart, and the Superior at the same time presents to him a dagger, which he grasps by the blade and holds the point against his heart, the Superior still holding it by the hilt, and thus addresses the postulant:"
Superior speaks:
My son, heretofore you have been taught to act the dissembler: among Roman Catholics to be a Roman Catholic, and to be a spy even among your own brethren; to believe no man, to trust no man. Among the Reformers, to be a reformer; among the Huguenots, to be a Huguenot; among the Calvinists, to be a Calvinist; among other Protestants, generally to be a Protestant, and obtaining their confidence, to seek even to preach from their pulpits, and to denounce with all the vehemence in your nature our Holy Religion and the Pope; and even to descend so low as to become a Jew among Jews, that you might be enabled to gather together all information for the benefit of your Order as a faithful soldier of the Pope.
You have been taught to insidiously plant the seeds of jealousy and hatred between communities, provinces, states that were at peace, and incite them to deeds of blood, involving them in war with each other, and to create revolutions and civil wars in countries that were independent and prosperous, cultivating the arts and the sciences and enjoying the blessings of peace. To take sides with the combatants and to act secretly with your brother Jesuit, who might be engaged on the other side, but openly opposed to that with which you might be connected, only that the Church might be the gainer in the end, in the conditions fixed in the treaties for peace and that the end justifies the means.
You have been taught your duty as a spy, to gather all statistics, facts and information in your power from every source; to ingratiate yourself into the confidence of the family circle of Protestants and heretics of every class and character, as well as that of the merchant, the banker, the lawyer, among the schools and universities, in parliaments and legislatures, and the judiciaries and councils of state, and to be all things to all men, for the Pope's sake, whose servants we are unto death.
You have received all your instructions heretofore as a novice, a neophyte, and have served as co-adjurer, confessor and priest, but you have not yet been invested with all that is necessary to command in the Army of Loyola in the service of the Pope. You must serve the proper time as the instrument and executioner as directed by your superiors; for none can command here who has not consecrated his labors with the blood of the heretic; for "without the shedding of blood no man can be saved." Therefore, to fit yourself for your work and make your own salvation sure, you will, in addition to your former oath of obedience to your order and allegiance to the Pope, repeat after me---
The Extreme Oath of the Jesuits:
"1, _ now, in the presence of Almighty God, the Blessed Virgin Mary, the blessed Michael the Archangel, the blessed St. John the Baptist, the holy Apostles St. Peter and St. Paul and all the saints and sacred hosts of heaven, and to you, my ghostly father, the Superior General of the Society of Jesus, founded by St. Ignatius Loyola in the Pontificate of Paul the Third, and continued to the present, do by the womb of the virgin, the matrix of God, and the rod of Jesus Christ, declare and swear, that his holiness the Pope is Christ's Vice-regent and is the true and only head of the Catholic or Universal Church throughout the earth; and that by virtue of the keys of binding and loosing, given to his Holiness by my Savior, Jesus Christ, he hath power to depose heretical kings, princes, states, commonwealths and governments, all being illegal without his sacred confirmation and that they may safely be destroyed. Therefore, to the utmost of my power I shall and will defend this doctrine of his Holiness' right and custom against all usurpers of the heretical or Protestant authority whatever, especially the Lutheran of Germany, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and the now pretended authority and churches of England and Scotland, and branches of the same now established in Ireland and on the Continent of America and elsewhere; and all adherents in regard that they be usurped and heretical, opposing the sacred Mother Church of Rome. I do now renounce and disown any allegiance as due to any heretical king, prince or state named Protestants or Liberals, or obedience to any of the laws, magistrates or officers.
I do further declare that the doctrine of the churches of England and Scotland, of the Calvinists, Huguenots and others of the name Protestants or Liberals to be damnable and they themselves damned who will not forsake the same.
I do further declare, that I will help, assist, and advise all or any of his Holiness' agents in any place wherever I shall be, in Switzerland, Germany, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, England, Ireland or America, or in any other Kingdom or territory I shall come to, and do my uttermost to extirpate the heretical Protestants or Liberals' doctrines and to destroy all their pretended powers, regal or otherwise.
I do further promise and declare, that notwithstanding I am dispensed with, to assume my religion heretical, for the propaganda of the Mother Church's interest, to keep secret and private all her agents' counsels from time to time, as they may entrust me and not to divulge, directly or indirectly, by word, writing or circumstance whatever; but to execute all that shall be proposed, given in charge or discovered unto me, by you, my ghostly father, or any of this sacred covenant.
I do further promise and declare, that I will have no opinion or will of my own, or any mental reservation whatever, even as a corpse or cadaver (perinde ac cadaver), but will unhesitatingly obey each and every command that I may receive from my superiors in the Militia of the Pope and of Jesus Christ.
That I may go to any part of the world withersoever I may be sent, to the frozen regions of the North, the burning sands of the desert of Africa, or the jungles of India, to the centers of civilization of Europe, or to the wild haunts of the barbarous savages of America, without murmuring or repining, and will be submissive in all things whatsoever communicated to me.I furthermore promise and declare that I will, when opportunity present, make and wage relentless war, secretly or openly, against all heretics, Protestants and Liberals, as I am directed to do, to extirpate and exterminate them from the face of the whole earth; and that I will spare neither age, sex or condition; and that I will hang, waste, boil, flay, strangle and bury alive these infamous heretics, rip up the stomachs and wombs of their women and crush their infants' heads against the walls, in order to annihilate forever their execrable race. That when the same cannot be done openly, I will secretly use the poisoned cup, the strangulating cord, the steel of the poniard or the leaden bullet, regardless of the honor, rank, dignity, or authority of the person or persons, whatever may be their condition in life, either public or private, as I at any time may be directed so to do by any agent of the Pope or Superior of the Brotherhood of the Holy Faith, of the Society of Jesus.
In confirmation of which, I hereby dedicate my life, my soul and all my corporal powers, and with this dagger which I now receive, I will subscribe my name written in my own blood, in testimony thereof; and should I prove false or weaken in my determination, may my brethren and fellow soldiers of the Militia of the Pope cut off my hands and my feet, and my throat from ear to ear, my belly opened and sulphur burned therein, with all the punishment that can be inflicted upon me on earth and my soul be tortured by demons in an eternal hell forever!
All of which, I, _, do swear by the Blessed Trinity and blessed Sacraments, which I am now to receive, to perform and on my part to keep inviolable; and do call all the heavenly and glorious host of heaven to witness the blessed Sacrament of the Eucharist, and witness the same further with my name written and with the point of this dagger dipped in my own blood and sealed in the face of this holy covenant."
(He receives the wafer from the Superior and writes his name with the point of his dagger dipped in his own blood taken from over his heart.)
Superior speaks:
"You will now rise to your feet and I will instruct you in the Catechism necessary to make yourself known to any member of the Society of Jesus belonging to this rank.
In the first place, you, as a Brother Jesuit, will with another mutually make the ordinary sign of the cross as any ordinary Roman Catholic would; then one cross his wrists, the palms of his hands open, and the other in answer crosses his feet, one above the other; the first points with forefinger of the right hand to the center of the palm of the left, the other with the forefinger of the left hand points to the center of the palm of the right; the first then with his right hand makes a circle around his head, touching it; the other then with the forefinger of his left hand touches the left side of his body just below his heart; the first then with his right hand draws it across the throat of the other, and the latter then with a dagger down the stomach and abdomen of the first. The first then says Iustum; and the other answers Necar; the first Reges. The other answers Impious." (The meaning of which has already been explained.) "The first will then present a small piece of paper folded in a peculiar manner, four times, which the other will cut longitudinally and on opening the name Jesu will be found written upon the head and arms of a cross three times. You will then give and receive with him the following questions and answers:
Question —From whither do you come? Answer — The Holy faith.
Q. —Whom do you serve?
A. —The Holy Father at Rome, the Pope, and the Roman Catholic Church Universal throughout the world.
Q. —Who commands you?
A. —The Successor of St. Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus or the Soldiers of Jesus Christ.
Q. —Who received you? A. —A venerable man in white hair.
Q. —How?
A. —With a naked dagger, I kneeling upon the cross beneath the banners of the Pope and of our sacred order.
Q. —Did you take an oath?
A. —I did, to destroy heretics and their governments and rulers, and to spare neither age, sex nor condition. To be as a corpse without any opinion or will of my own, but to implicitly obey my Superiors in all things without hesitation of murmuring.
Q. —Will you do that? A. —I will.
Q. —How do you travel? A. —In the bark of Peter the fisherman.
Q. —Whither do you travel? A. —To the four quarters of the globe.
Q. —For what purpose?
A. —To obey the orders of my general and Superiors and execute the will of the Pope and faithfully fulfill the conditions of my oaths.
Q. —Go ye, then, into all the world and take possession of all lands in the name of the Pope. He who will not accept him as the Vicar of Jesus and his Vice-regent on earth, let him be accursed and exterminated."
After reading these blood curdling oaths. Read Pope Benedict XVI's (Ratzinger) comments about these evil men (Jesuits)
ZENIT - The World Seen From Rome
ZENIT Code: ZE06050529Date: 2006-05-05
Pontiff's Address to Jesuits"A Precious Spiritual Legacy That Must Not Be Lost"
VATICAN CITY, MAY 5, 2006 (Zenit.org).- Here is a Vatican translation of the address Benedict XVI delivered April 22 in St. Peter's Basilica to the Jesuits on pilgrimage to the tomb of St. Peter. * * * Dear Fathers and Brothers of the Society of Jesus, I meet you with great joy in this historical Basilica of St. Peter's after the holy Mass celebrated for you by Cardinal Angelo Sodano, my secretary of state, on the occasion of combined jubilees of the Ignatian Family. I address my cordial greeting to you all. I greet in the first place the superior general, Father Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, and thank him for his courteous words expressing your common sentiments to me. I greet the cardinals with the bishops and priests and all those who have desired to participate in this event. Together with the Fathers and Brothers, I also greet the friends of the Society of Jesus present here, and among them, the many men and women religious, members of the Communities of Christian Life and of the Apostolate of Prayer, the students and alumnae with their families from Rome, from Italy and from Stonyhurst in England, the teachers and students of the academic institutions and the many collaborators. Your visit today gives me the opportunity to thank the Lord with you for having granted your Society the gift of men of extraordinary holiness and exceptional apostolic zeal, such as St. Ignatius of Loyola, St. Francis Xavier and Blessed Peter Faber. For you they are the fathers and founders: It is therefore appropriate that in this centenary year you commemorate them with gratitude and look to them as enlightened and reliable guides on your spiritual journey and in your apostolic activities. St. Ignatius of Loyola was first and foremost a man of God who in his life put God, his greatest glory and his greatest service, first. He was a profoundly prayerful man for whom the daily celebration of the Eucharist was the heart and crowning point of his day. Thus, he left his followers a precious spiritual legacy that must not be lost or forgotten. Precisely because he was a man of God, St. Ignatius was a faithful servant of the Church, in which he saw and venerated the Bride of the Lord and the Mother of Christians. And the special vow of obedience to the Pope, which he himself describes as "our first and principal foundation" (MI, Series III, I., p. 162), was born from his desire to serve the Church in the most beneficial way possible. This ecclesial characteristic, so specific to the Society of Jesus, lives on in you and in your apostolic activities, dear Jesuits, so that you may faithfully meet the urgent needs of the Church today. Among these, it is important in my opinion to point out your cultural commitment in the areas of theology and philosophy in which the Society of Jesus has traditionally been present, as well as the dialogue with modern culture, which, if it boasts on the one hand of the marvelous progress in the scientific field, remains heavily marked by positivist and materialist scientism. Naturally, the effort to promote a culture inspired by Gospel values in cordial collaboration with the other ecclesial realities demands an intense spiritual and cultural training. For this very reason, St. Ignatius wanted young Jesuits to be formed for many years in spiritual life and in study. It is good that this tradition be maintained and reinforced, also given the growing complexity and vastness of modern culture. Another of his great concerns was the Christian education and cultural formation of young people: hence, the impetus he gave to the foundation of "colleges," which after his death spread in Europe and throughout the world. Continue, dear Jesuits, this important apostolate, keeping the spirit of your founder unchanged. In speaking of St. Ignatius, I cannot overlook the fact that the fifth centenary of St. Francis Xavier's birth was celebrated last April 7. Not only is their history interwoven through long years in Paris and Rome, but a single aspiration -- one might say, a single passion -- stirred and sustained them, even in their different human situations: the passion for working for the ever greater glory of God-the-Trinity and for the proclamation of the Gospel of Christ to the peoples who did not know him. St. Francis Xavier, whom my Predecessor Pius XI, of venerable memory, proclaimed the "Patron of Catholic Missions," saw as his own mission "opening new ways of access" to the Gospel "in the immense continent of Asia." His apostolate in the Orient lasted barely 10 years, but in the four and half centuries that the Society of Jesus has existed it has proven wonderfully fruitful, for his example inspired a multitude of missionary vocations among young Jesuits and he remains a reference point for the continuation of missionary activity in the great countries of the Asian continent. If St. Francis Xavier worked in the countries of the Orient, his confrere and friend since the years in Paris, Blessed Peter Faber, a Savoiard who was born on April 13, 1506, worked in the European countries where the Christian faithful aspired to a true reform of the Church. He was a modest, sensitive man with a profound inner life. He was endowed with the gift of making friends with people from every walk of life and consequently attracted many young men to the Society. Blessed Faber spent his short life in various European countries, especially Germany, where, at the order of Paul III, he took part in the Diets of Worms, Ratisbon and Speyer and in conversations with the leaders of the Reformation. He consequently had an exceptional opportunity to practice the special vow of obedience to the Pope "regarding the missions" and became a model to follow for all future Jesuits. Dear Fathers and Brothers of the Society, today you look with special devotion at the Blessed Virgin Mary, remembering that on April 22, 1541, St. Ignatius and his first companions made their solemn vows before the image of Mary in the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls. May Mary continue to watch over the Society of Jesus so that every member may carry in his person the "image" of the crucified Christ, in order to share in his resurrection. I assure you of my remembrance in prayer for this, as I willingly impart my blessing to each of you present here and to your entire spiritual family, which I also extend to all the other religious and consecrated persons who are present at this audience. © Copyright 2006 -- Libreria Editrice Vaticana [adapted]
Source: http://www.remnantofgod.org/jes-oth.htm
Also see this: http://www.jesuit.org/NewsAnnouncements/News/593.aspx
Now I'll show you how this is connected to the school of Jewish mysticism, known as the Lurianic school, which has always given me the creeps.
In order to understand the intentions of Luria in coming to Israel, I am presenting the following.
First a bit about Luria you may not know:
"In 1569 Arizal moved to the Land of Israel; and after a short sojourn in Jerusalem, where his new kabalistic system seems to have met with little success, he settled in Safed. There he formed a circle of kabbalists to whom he imparted the doctrines by means of which he hoped to establish a new basis for the moral system of the world. To this circle belonged Rabbi Moses ben Jacob Cordovero, Rabbi Shlomo Alkabetz, Rabbi Joseph Caro, Rabbi Moses Alshech, Rabbi Eliyahu de Vidas, Rabbi Joseph Hagiz, Rabbi Elisha Galadoa, and Rabbi Moses Bassola. They met every Friday, and each confessed to another his sins. Soon Arizal had two classes of disciples: (1) novices, to whom he expounded the elementary Kabbalah, and (2) initiates, who became the depositaries of his secret teachings and his formulas of invocation and conjuration...
The Ari used to deliver his lectures extempore and, with the exception of several works and some kabbalistic poems in Aramaic for the Sabbath table did not write much. The real exponent of his kabbalistic system was Chaim Vital.* He collected all the notes of the lectures which Arizal's disciples had made; and from these notes were produced numerous works, the most important of which was the Etz Chayim, ("Tree of Life"), in eight volumes (see below). At first this circulated in manuscript copies; and each of Arizal's disciples had to pledge himself, under pain of excommunication, not to allow a copy to be made for a foreign country; so that for a time all the manuscripts remained in Palestine. At last, however, one was brought to Europe and was published at Zolkiev in 1772 by Isaac Satanow. In this work are expounded both the theoretical and the devotional or meditative Kabbalah based on the Zohar.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Luria
* (Chaim Vital convinced the primitive townspeople of the then tiny Tzfat that he could fly and had other magical powers. The learned and more sophisticated residents of Jerusalem had sent Luria packing. The Ga'on Hai, the Exilarch of Babylonia, said there was no place for that kind of nonsense in Judaism. Unfortunately, Judaism rallied around the lowest common denomitor and fell hook, line and sinker for the Lurianic school.)
Now here's the connection I promised:
"Ignatius of Loyola was born in 1491, from wealthy Marranos parents a year before the expulsion of the Jews from Spain.[5] As a young man he became a member of the Allumbrados (the founders of and incipient Illuminati, my parentheses added), though, as a cover for his activities, he became very active as a Roman Catholic. Loyola moved to Rome where he founded the Order of Jesus, known as Jesuits. which was approved Pope Paul III in 1540. In setting up the Jesuit order, Loyola devised an elaborate spy system, so that no one in the order was safe. If there was any opposition, death was meted out swiftly. The Jesuit order not only became a destructive arm of the Roman Catholic Church, but developed into a secret intelligence service.
Ultimately, the Jesuits would follow the same conspiratorial methods as the Ismailis, to undermine the religion they were purportedly representing, and for indoctrinating dupes into their subversive mission, as the following, taken from the secret oath of the Jesuits, demonstrates:
(I've taken this excerpt out, as the entire text of the oath appears above)
Rabbi Isaac Luria, a faithful follower of Ignatius Loyola, formulated the “New Kabbalah”.[6] Luria’s youth was spent in Egypt, where he became versed in rabbinic studies, engaged in commerce, and eventually concentrated on study of the Zohar, the central work of the Medieval Kabbalah. In 1570, he went to Safed in Galilee, where he studied under Moses ben Jacob Cordovero, the greatest Kabbalist of the time, and developed his own Kabbalistic system. Although he wrote few works, Luria’s doctrines were recorded by his pupil Hayyim Vital, who presented them in a large posthumous collection. Because of this work, Lurianic Kabbalah became the new thought that influenced all Jewish mysticism after him, competing with the Kabbalah of Cordovero.
( Rabbi Moshe Cordevero, a true Kabbalist, died one year after he arrived in Tzfat. His student, Luria, then took over. Luria died when he was in his thirties, also mysteriously. His students Chaim Vital and Yosef Caro then took over and Judaism has never been the same since. My parentheses for explanation.)
Luria initiated a new interpretation of the role of the Kabbalah in preparation for the arrival of the messiah. All being is said to have been in exile, that is, separated from God, since the very beginning of creation, and the task of restoring everything to its proper order is the specific role of the Jewish people. The final redemption, however, cannot be achieved merely through the advent of the Messiah, but must be brought about historically, through a long chain of actions that prepare the way. Essentially, the Kabbalists must not await the coming of the Messiah, but must actively bring about his appearance, first by manipulating the course of fate through the use of magic, and finally, by preparing the necessary political and moral circumstances to receive his coming.
Source:
http://www.terrorism-illuminati.com/book/rosicrucians_masons.html
Something about the town of Tzfat gave me the creeps from the moment I arrived here.
Like most Jews, I believed this was the town of "the Kabbalah". But when I moved here I felt something ominous and the more I learned the teachings of the Ari, the more I understood that something was very, very wrong.
D2
The Jesuit Oath of Induction is also recorded in the Congressional Record of the U.S.A. (House Bill 1523, Contested election case of Eugene C. Bonniwell, against Thos. S. Butler, Feb. 15, 1913, pp. 3215-3216) It can also be found in the book entitled, "Subterranean Rome" by Charles Didier translated from the French and published in New York in 1843.
The article below was taken from the book Subterranean Rome by Charles Didier, translated from the French and published in New York in 1843. Dr. Alberto Rivera escaped from the Jesuit Order in 1967, and he describes his Jesuit oath in exactly the same way as it appears in this book. After reading this, ask yourself the question: Is this REALLY the church of Jesus Christ???
"When a Jesuit of the minor rank is to be elevated to command, he is conducted into the Chapel of the Convent of the Order, where there are only three others present, the principal or Superior standing in front of the altar. On either side stands a monk, one of whom holds a banner of yellow and white, which are the Papal colors, and the other a black banner with a dagger and red cross above a skull and crossbones, with the word INRI, and below them the words IUSTUM, NECAR, REGES, IMPIOUS. The meaning of which is: It is just to exterminate or annihilate impious or heretical Kings, Governments, or Rulers. Upon the floor is a red cross at which the postulant or candidate kneels. The Superior hands him a small black crucifix, which he takes in his left hand and presses to his heart, and the Superior at the same time presents to him a dagger, which he grasps by the blade and holds the point against his heart, the Superior still holding it by the hilt, and thus addresses the postulant:"
Superior speaks:
My son, heretofore you have been taught to act the dissembler: among Roman Catholics to be a Roman Catholic, and to be a spy even among your own brethren; to believe no man, to trust no man. Among the Reformers, to be a reformer; among the Huguenots, to be a Huguenot; among the Calvinists, to be a Calvinist; among other Protestants, generally to be a Protestant, and obtaining their confidence, to seek even to preach from their pulpits, and to denounce with all the vehemence in your nature our Holy Religion and the Pope; and even to descend so low as to become a Jew among Jews, that you might be enabled to gather together all information for the benefit of your Order as a faithful soldier of the Pope.
You have been taught to insidiously plant the seeds of jealousy and hatred between communities, provinces, states that were at peace, and incite them to deeds of blood, involving them in war with each other, and to create revolutions and civil wars in countries that were independent and prosperous, cultivating the arts and the sciences and enjoying the blessings of peace. To take sides with the combatants and to act secretly with your brother Jesuit, who might be engaged on the other side, but openly opposed to that with which you might be connected, only that the Church might be the gainer in the end, in the conditions fixed in the treaties for peace and that the end justifies the means.
You have been taught your duty as a spy, to gather all statistics, facts and information in your power from every source; to ingratiate yourself into the confidence of the family circle of Protestants and heretics of every class and character, as well as that of the merchant, the banker, the lawyer, among the schools and universities, in parliaments and legislatures, and the judiciaries and councils of state, and to be all things to all men, for the Pope's sake, whose servants we are unto death.
You have received all your instructions heretofore as a novice, a neophyte, and have served as co-adjurer, confessor and priest, but you have not yet been invested with all that is necessary to command in the Army of Loyola in the service of the Pope. You must serve the proper time as the instrument and executioner as directed by your superiors; for none can command here who has not consecrated his labors with the blood of the heretic; for "without the shedding of blood no man can be saved." Therefore, to fit yourself for your work and make your own salvation sure, you will, in addition to your former oath of obedience to your order and allegiance to the Pope, repeat after me---
The Extreme Oath of the Jesuits:
"1, _ now, in the presence of Almighty God, the Blessed Virgin Mary, the blessed Michael the Archangel, the blessed St. John the Baptist, the holy Apostles St. Peter and St. Paul and all the saints and sacred hosts of heaven, and to you, my ghostly father, the Superior General of the Society of Jesus, founded by St. Ignatius Loyola in the Pontificate of Paul the Third, and continued to the present, do by the womb of the virgin, the matrix of God, and the rod of Jesus Christ, declare and swear, that his holiness the Pope is Christ's Vice-regent and is the true and only head of the Catholic or Universal Church throughout the earth; and that by virtue of the keys of binding and loosing, given to his Holiness by my Savior, Jesus Christ, he hath power to depose heretical kings, princes, states, commonwealths and governments, all being illegal without his sacred confirmation and that they may safely be destroyed. Therefore, to the utmost of my power I shall and will defend this doctrine of his Holiness' right and custom against all usurpers of the heretical or Protestant authority whatever, especially the Lutheran of Germany, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and the now pretended authority and churches of England and Scotland, and branches of the same now established in Ireland and on the Continent of America and elsewhere; and all adherents in regard that they be usurped and heretical, opposing the sacred Mother Church of Rome. I do now renounce and disown any allegiance as due to any heretical king, prince or state named Protestants or Liberals, or obedience to any of the laws, magistrates or officers.
I do further declare that the doctrine of the churches of England and Scotland, of the Calvinists, Huguenots and others of the name Protestants or Liberals to be damnable and they themselves damned who will not forsake the same.
I do further declare, that I will help, assist, and advise all or any of his Holiness' agents in any place wherever I shall be, in Switzerland, Germany, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, England, Ireland or America, or in any other Kingdom or territory I shall come to, and do my uttermost to extirpate the heretical Protestants or Liberals' doctrines and to destroy all their pretended powers, regal or otherwise.
I do further promise and declare, that notwithstanding I am dispensed with, to assume my religion heretical, for the propaganda of the Mother Church's interest, to keep secret and private all her agents' counsels from time to time, as they may entrust me and not to divulge, directly or indirectly, by word, writing or circumstance whatever; but to execute all that shall be proposed, given in charge or discovered unto me, by you, my ghostly father, or any of this sacred covenant.
I do further promise and declare, that I will have no opinion or will of my own, or any mental reservation whatever, even as a corpse or cadaver (perinde ac cadaver), but will unhesitatingly obey each and every command that I may receive from my superiors in the Militia of the Pope and of Jesus Christ.
That I may go to any part of the world withersoever I may be sent, to the frozen regions of the North, the burning sands of the desert of Africa, or the jungles of India, to the centers of civilization of Europe, or to the wild haunts of the barbarous savages of America, without murmuring or repining, and will be submissive in all things whatsoever communicated to me.I furthermore promise and declare that I will, when opportunity present, make and wage relentless war, secretly or openly, against all heretics, Protestants and Liberals, as I am directed to do, to extirpate and exterminate them from the face of the whole earth; and that I will spare neither age, sex or condition; and that I will hang, waste, boil, flay, strangle and bury alive these infamous heretics, rip up the stomachs and wombs of their women and crush their infants' heads against the walls, in order to annihilate forever their execrable race. That when the same cannot be done openly, I will secretly use the poisoned cup, the strangulating cord, the steel of the poniard or the leaden bullet, regardless of the honor, rank, dignity, or authority of the person or persons, whatever may be their condition in life, either public or private, as I at any time may be directed so to do by any agent of the Pope or Superior of the Brotherhood of the Holy Faith, of the Society of Jesus.
In confirmation of which, I hereby dedicate my life, my soul and all my corporal powers, and with this dagger which I now receive, I will subscribe my name written in my own blood, in testimony thereof; and should I prove false or weaken in my determination, may my brethren and fellow soldiers of the Militia of the Pope cut off my hands and my feet, and my throat from ear to ear, my belly opened and sulphur burned therein, with all the punishment that can be inflicted upon me on earth and my soul be tortured by demons in an eternal hell forever!
All of which, I, _, do swear by the Blessed Trinity and blessed Sacraments, which I am now to receive, to perform and on my part to keep inviolable; and do call all the heavenly and glorious host of heaven to witness the blessed Sacrament of the Eucharist, and witness the same further with my name written and with the point of this dagger dipped in my own blood and sealed in the face of this holy covenant."
(He receives the wafer from the Superior and writes his name with the point of his dagger dipped in his own blood taken from over his heart.)
Superior speaks:
"You will now rise to your feet and I will instruct you in the Catechism necessary to make yourself known to any member of the Society of Jesus belonging to this rank.
In the first place, you, as a Brother Jesuit, will with another mutually make the ordinary sign of the cross as any ordinary Roman Catholic would; then one cross his wrists, the palms of his hands open, and the other in answer crosses his feet, one above the other; the first points with forefinger of the right hand to the center of the palm of the left, the other with the forefinger of the left hand points to the center of the palm of the right; the first then with his right hand makes a circle around his head, touching it; the other then with the forefinger of his left hand touches the left side of his body just below his heart; the first then with his right hand draws it across the throat of the other, and the latter then with a dagger down the stomach and abdomen of the first. The first then says Iustum; and the other answers Necar; the first Reges. The other answers Impious." (The meaning of which has already been explained.) "The first will then present a small piece of paper folded in a peculiar manner, four times, which the other will cut longitudinally and on opening the name Jesu will be found written upon the head and arms of a cross three times. You will then give and receive with him the following questions and answers:
Question —From whither do you come? Answer — The Holy faith.
Q. —Whom do you serve?
A. —The Holy Father at Rome, the Pope, and the Roman Catholic Church Universal throughout the world.
Q. —Who commands you?
A. —The Successor of St. Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus or the Soldiers of Jesus Christ.
Q. —Who received you? A. —A venerable man in white hair.
Q. —How?
A. —With a naked dagger, I kneeling upon the cross beneath the banners of the Pope and of our sacred order.
Q. —Did you take an oath?
A. —I did, to destroy heretics and their governments and rulers, and to spare neither age, sex nor condition. To be as a corpse without any opinion or will of my own, but to implicitly obey my Superiors in all things without hesitation of murmuring.
Q. —Will you do that? A. —I will.
Q. —How do you travel? A. —In the bark of Peter the fisherman.
Q. —Whither do you travel? A. —To the four quarters of the globe.
Q. —For what purpose?
A. —To obey the orders of my general and Superiors and execute the will of the Pope and faithfully fulfill the conditions of my oaths.
Q. —Go ye, then, into all the world and take possession of all lands in the name of the Pope. He who will not accept him as the Vicar of Jesus and his Vice-regent on earth, let him be accursed and exterminated."
After reading these blood curdling oaths. Read Pope Benedict XVI's (Ratzinger) comments about these evil men (Jesuits)
ZENIT - The World Seen From Rome
ZENIT Code: ZE06050529Date: 2006-05-05
Pontiff's Address to Jesuits"A Precious Spiritual Legacy That Must Not Be Lost"
VATICAN CITY, MAY 5, 2006 (Zenit.org).- Here is a Vatican translation of the address Benedict XVI delivered April 22 in St. Peter's Basilica to the Jesuits on pilgrimage to the tomb of St. Peter. * * * Dear Fathers and Brothers of the Society of Jesus, I meet you with great joy in this historical Basilica of St. Peter's after the holy Mass celebrated for you by Cardinal Angelo Sodano, my secretary of state, on the occasion of combined jubilees of the Ignatian Family. I address my cordial greeting to you all. I greet in the first place the superior general, Father Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, and thank him for his courteous words expressing your common sentiments to me. I greet the cardinals with the bishops and priests and all those who have desired to participate in this event. Together with the Fathers and Brothers, I also greet the friends of the Society of Jesus present here, and among them, the many men and women religious, members of the Communities of Christian Life and of the Apostolate of Prayer, the students and alumnae with their families from Rome, from Italy and from Stonyhurst in England, the teachers and students of the academic institutions and the many collaborators. Your visit today gives me the opportunity to thank the Lord with you for having granted your Society the gift of men of extraordinary holiness and exceptional apostolic zeal, such as St. Ignatius of Loyola, St. Francis Xavier and Blessed Peter Faber. For you they are the fathers and founders: It is therefore appropriate that in this centenary year you commemorate them with gratitude and look to them as enlightened and reliable guides on your spiritual journey and in your apostolic activities. St. Ignatius of Loyola was first and foremost a man of God who in his life put God, his greatest glory and his greatest service, first. He was a profoundly prayerful man for whom the daily celebration of the Eucharist was the heart and crowning point of his day. Thus, he left his followers a precious spiritual legacy that must not be lost or forgotten. Precisely because he was a man of God, St. Ignatius was a faithful servant of the Church, in which he saw and venerated the Bride of the Lord and the Mother of Christians. And the special vow of obedience to the Pope, which he himself describes as "our first and principal foundation" (MI, Series III, I., p. 162), was born from his desire to serve the Church in the most beneficial way possible. This ecclesial characteristic, so specific to the Society of Jesus, lives on in you and in your apostolic activities, dear Jesuits, so that you may faithfully meet the urgent needs of the Church today. Among these, it is important in my opinion to point out your cultural commitment in the areas of theology and philosophy in which the Society of Jesus has traditionally been present, as well as the dialogue with modern culture, which, if it boasts on the one hand of the marvelous progress in the scientific field, remains heavily marked by positivist and materialist scientism. Naturally, the effort to promote a culture inspired by Gospel values in cordial collaboration with the other ecclesial realities demands an intense spiritual and cultural training. For this very reason, St. Ignatius wanted young Jesuits to be formed for many years in spiritual life and in study. It is good that this tradition be maintained and reinforced, also given the growing complexity and vastness of modern culture. Another of his great concerns was the Christian education and cultural formation of young people: hence, the impetus he gave to the foundation of "colleges," which after his death spread in Europe and throughout the world. Continue, dear Jesuits, this important apostolate, keeping the spirit of your founder unchanged. In speaking of St. Ignatius, I cannot overlook the fact that the fifth centenary of St. Francis Xavier's birth was celebrated last April 7. Not only is their history interwoven through long years in Paris and Rome, but a single aspiration -- one might say, a single passion -- stirred and sustained them, even in their different human situations: the passion for working for the ever greater glory of God-the-Trinity and for the proclamation of the Gospel of Christ to the peoples who did not know him. St. Francis Xavier, whom my Predecessor Pius XI, of venerable memory, proclaimed the "Patron of Catholic Missions," saw as his own mission "opening new ways of access" to the Gospel "in the immense continent of Asia." His apostolate in the Orient lasted barely 10 years, but in the four and half centuries that the Society of Jesus has existed it has proven wonderfully fruitful, for his example inspired a multitude of missionary vocations among young Jesuits and he remains a reference point for the continuation of missionary activity in the great countries of the Asian continent. If St. Francis Xavier worked in the countries of the Orient, his confrere and friend since the years in Paris, Blessed Peter Faber, a Savoiard who was born on April 13, 1506, worked in the European countries where the Christian faithful aspired to a true reform of the Church. He was a modest, sensitive man with a profound inner life. He was endowed with the gift of making friends with people from every walk of life and consequently attracted many young men to the Society. Blessed Faber spent his short life in various European countries, especially Germany, where, at the order of Paul III, he took part in the Diets of Worms, Ratisbon and Speyer and in conversations with the leaders of the Reformation. He consequently had an exceptional opportunity to practice the special vow of obedience to the Pope "regarding the missions" and became a model to follow for all future Jesuits. Dear Fathers and Brothers of the Society, today you look with special devotion at the Blessed Virgin Mary, remembering that on April 22, 1541, St. Ignatius and his first companions made their solemn vows before the image of Mary in the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls. May Mary continue to watch over the Society of Jesus so that every member may carry in his person the "image" of the crucified Christ, in order to share in his resurrection. I assure you of my remembrance in prayer for this, as I willingly impart my blessing to each of you present here and to your entire spiritual family, which I also extend to all the other religious and consecrated persons who are present at this audience. © Copyright 2006 -- Libreria Editrice Vaticana [adapted]
Source: http://www.remnantofgod.org/jes-oth.htm
Also see this: http://www.jesuit.org/NewsAnnouncements/News/593.aspx
Now I'll show you how this is connected to the school of Jewish mysticism, known as the Lurianic school, which has always given me the creeps.
In order to understand the intentions of Luria in coming to Israel, I am presenting the following.
First a bit about Luria you may not know:
"In 1569 Arizal moved to the Land of Israel; and after a short sojourn in Jerusalem, where his new kabalistic system seems to have met with little success, he settled in Safed. There he formed a circle of kabbalists to whom he imparted the doctrines by means of which he hoped to establish a new basis for the moral system of the world. To this circle belonged Rabbi Moses ben Jacob Cordovero, Rabbi Shlomo Alkabetz, Rabbi Joseph Caro, Rabbi Moses Alshech, Rabbi Eliyahu de Vidas, Rabbi Joseph Hagiz, Rabbi Elisha Galadoa, and Rabbi Moses Bassola. They met every Friday, and each confessed to another his sins. Soon Arizal had two classes of disciples: (1) novices, to whom he expounded the elementary Kabbalah, and (2) initiates, who became the depositaries of his secret teachings and his formulas of invocation and conjuration...
The Ari used to deliver his lectures extempore and, with the exception of several works and some kabbalistic poems in Aramaic for the Sabbath table did not write much. The real exponent of his kabbalistic system was Chaim Vital.* He collected all the notes of the lectures which Arizal's disciples had made; and from these notes were produced numerous works, the most important of which was the Etz Chayim, ("Tree of Life"), in eight volumes (see below). At first this circulated in manuscript copies; and each of Arizal's disciples had to pledge himself, under pain of excommunication, not to allow a copy to be made for a foreign country; so that for a time all the manuscripts remained in Palestine. At last, however, one was brought to Europe and was published at Zolkiev in 1772 by Isaac Satanow. In this work are expounded both the theoretical and the devotional or meditative Kabbalah based on the Zohar.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Luria
* (Chaim Vital convinced the primitive townspeople of the then tiny Tzfat that he could fly and had other magical powers. The learned and more sophisticated residents of Jerusalem had sent Luria packing. The Ga'on Hai, the Exilarch of Babylonia, said there was no place for that kind of nonsense in Judaism. Unfortunately, Judaism rallied around the lowest common denomitor and fell hook, line and sinker for the Lurianic school.)
Now here's the connection I promised:
"Ignatius of Loyola was born in 1491, from wealthy Marranos parents a year before the expulsion of the Jews from Spain.[5] As a young man he became a member of the Allumbrados (the founders of and incipient Illuminati, my parentheses added), though, as a cover for his activities, he became very active as a Roman Catholic. Loyola moved to Rome where he founded the Order of Jesus, known as Jesuits. which was approved Pope Paul III in 1540. In setting up the Jesuit order, Loyola devised an elaborate spy system, so that no one in the order was safe. If there was any opposition, death was meted out swiftly. The Jesuit order not only became a destructive arm of the Roman Catholic Church, but developed into a secret intelligence service.
Ultimately, the Jesuits would follow the same conspiratorial methods as the Ismailis, to undermine the religion they were purportedly representing, and for indoctrinating dupes into their subversive mission, as the following, taken from the secret oath of the Jesuits, demonstrates:
(I've taken this excerpt out, as the entire text of the oath appears above)
Rabbi Isaac Luria, a faithful follower of Ignatius Loyola, formulated the “New Kabbalah”.[6] Luria’s youth was spent in Egypt, where he became versed in rabbinic studies, engaged in commerce, and eventually concentrated on study of the Zohar, the central work of the Medieval Kabbalah. In 1570, he went to Safed in Galilee, where he studied under Moses ben Jacob Cordovero, the greatest Kabbalist of the time, and developed his own Kabbalistic system. Although he wrote few works, Luria’s doctrines were recorded by his pupil Hayyim Vital, who presented them in a large posthumous collection. Because of this work, Lurianic Kabbalah became the new thought that influenced all Jewish mysticism after him, competing with the Kabbalah of Cordovero.
( Rabbi Moshe Cordevero, a true Kabbalist, died one year after he arrived in Tzfat. His student, Luria, then took over. Luria died when he was in his thirties, also mysteriously. His students Chaim Vital and Yosef Caro then took over and Judaism has never been the same since. My parentheses for explanation.)
Luria initiated a new interpretation of the role of the Kabbalah in preparation for the arrival of the messiah. All being is said to have been in exile, that is, separated from God, since the very beginning of creation, and the task of restoring everything to its proper order is the specific role of the Jewish people. The final redemption, however, cannot be achieved merely through the advent of the Messiah, but must be brought about historically, through a long chain of actions that prepare the way. Essentially, the Kabbalists must not await the coming of the Messiah, but must actively bring about his appearance, first by manipulating the course of fate through the use of magic, and finally, by preparing the necessary political and moral circumstances to receive his coming.
Source:
http://www.terrorism-illuminati.com/book/rosicrucians_masons.html
Something about the town of Tzfat gave me the creeps from the moment I arrived here.
Like most Jews, I believed this was the town of "the Kabbalah". But when I moved here I felt something ominous and the more I learned the teachings of the Ari, the more I understood that something was very, very wrong.
D2
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
The Very Difficult Truth About Lurianic (Pseudo)Kabbalah
Please read this:
http://www.terrorism-illuminati.com/book/rosicrucians_masons.html
Like every historical account, it cannot be considered absolutely accurate. But neither does it seem totally skewed. Bearing in mind that Luria is said to have been close to Loyola, now watch this video:
The Jesuit Oath of Induction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_7Az5WAIRQ&eurl=http://wikicompany.org/wiki/911:Masonic_ladder
Time wrote an article about this vow: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912814,00.html
It's real.
See what Luria was?
I don't expect in the space of a few posts to be able to undo the painstaking work the Vatican did to lead Jews astray. To make Jews understand that Luria was a spy sent by Loyola to the purpose of undermining Jewry in accordance with the oath of loyalty to the infiltrated Lucifarians in the Catholic Church, including the Pope, is really more than I can expect most Jews to begin to accept.
But, for God's sake, don't the results of his "Kabbalah" speak for themselves?
Doreen Ellen Bell-Dotan, Tzfat, Israel
DoreenDotan@gmail.com
Please read this:
http://www.terrorism-illuminati.com/book/rosicrucians_masons.html
Like every historical account, it cannot be considered absolutely accurate. But neither does it seem totally skewed. Bearing in mind that Luria is said to have been close to Loyola, now watch this video:
The Jesuit Oath of Induction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_7Az5WAIRQ&eurl=http://wikicompany.org/wiki/911:Masonic_ladder
Time wrote an article about this vow: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912814,00.html
It's real.
See what Luria was?
I don't expect in the space of a few posts to be able to undo the painstaking work the Vatican did to lead Jews astray. To make Jews understand that Luria was a spy sent by Loyola to the purpose of undermining Jewry in accordance with the oath of loyalty to the infiltrated Lucifarians in the Catholic Church, including the Pope, is really more than I can expect most Jews to begin to accept.
But, for God's sake, don't the results of his "Kabbalah" speak for themselves?
Doreen Ellen Bell-Dotan, Tzfat, Israel
DoreenDotan@gmail.com
Thursday, April 03, 2008
A great deal of effort and money has been invested into getting people to forget this age-old wisdom. And so it seems fitting to review it. Some things just never go out of style.
Notice please that the emphasis is not on the knowing, but on the doing.
THE PATH OF THE JUST
The practices described below are age-old. They are very simple, but very, very powerful and effective.
These are some of the practices that those who would lead you in the ways that lead nowhere hide from you when they tell you that organized religion is bad. There are many things that are bad about organized religion, particularly since they have all been infiltrated by people with a nefarious agenda.
But organized religions remain the storehouses of the practices that will move you in the direction of Godconsciousness. These practices are tried and they prove themselves true to anyone who persists in them.
One of the most important practices is to regularly visit the sick and infirm. I found that I learned most from crippled, sick and retarded children. Those Souls that take on a deformed or sick body in this world are on a very high level and they can teach you much. But if you prefer to work with adults who have become ill because your life path has taken you that way, there is no less value in this. For instance, there is a woman who owns a beads store here in Tzfat. Once a week she goes to a hospital and makes jewellry with adult cancer patients. She doesn't work with children because her own son died of cancer as a child and the pain of that is too much for her. She works with the adults. Working with the elderly and the poor will soften your heart as well and they will teach you a great deal. Your emphasis should be on helping them, more than you learning. You will learn, but do it for the sake of serving *them*, not for you.
The second method is giving 10-20% of your income to charity. Do this regularly. It is better to give 10-20% regularly than to give a large sum on an erratic basis. Be consistent in all these practices.
The third method is the way of fasting. It is not necessary to practice mortifying fasting. Once, when people were much stronger than we, they would fast for days on end. This is no longer practicable for most people. There are now many toxins in our systems and prolonged fasting will cause rapid detoxification. It is effective to fast one or two days a week for a 24-hour period. Do it regularly. Do it on the same day or days of the week. Do it consistently. It is well to give the money that you save on food that day to charity. It should be clear that I mean that no drinking or smoking or ingesting of any substance is included here (except prescribed medicine of course).
The way of silence. What I am about to describe is a very powerful tool, but I realize that in the modern world it is difficult to find the opportunity to do this. I am fortunate to have found a town in which the Kabbalah has been practiced for millenia live there. It's not unusual for people to be on what we call a speech fast and to go out and about with a little note that says to people: Forgive me for not answering, I am doing a speech fast today. Everyone understands here. In large Western cities people will not understand as readily :0). Try, if you can, to do this once per week for a 24-hour period. If not, then do it a few times a week for a period that adds up to 24 hours in segments, like eight hours when you are not working or in school. Sleeping time does not count unless you are doing this for a 24-hour period. This should be done when you are awake. Let those around you know in advance that you will be being silent for awhile and ask for their understanding and support. My experience is that this is most effective when you are also fasting from water and food. Nothing goes into your mouth and nothing comes out (except prescription medicine, of course). The practice itself will show you why this is a powerful tool for the heart.
The following is an age old practice that is most important today in modern society when so much emphasis is placed on outward appearance. Go out and about as simply dressed and unadorned as possible. Remove all jewelry. But inexpensive clothes. Buy second hand clothes. This is a double-dipper, as many second hand places are also charities. You needn't humiliate yourself by going about in tatters or in clothes with stains and the like, but wear clothes that make you feel somewhat embarrassed because they are old and out of style. Wear colors and hairstyles that do not attract attention. You will be an object of mild derision in the eyes of many people. That is precisely the goal. This practice will humble you.
Flee honor always.
Flee positions of authority always.
Do not lie.
Limit the use of the words "I" and 'me' in writing and in speech.
When someone insults you, bless them in your heart for the opportunity for allowing you the opportunity to learn humility. Allow yourself to feel the sting to your ego. Do not tell yourself that you don't care what they say. If your ego stings, admit it to yourself. Eventually, it will sting less and you will attain more and more equanimity.
Do not harm others with your words.
Do not engage others in one-upsmanship.
Respect everyone and everything. This should be to the point where when a tube of toothpaste is used up, or there is no more ink in a pen, thank it for serving you before putting it gently into a trashcan. Thank the walls of your house for protecting you. Thank your coat for keeping you warm and your shoes for protecting your feet. Eventually, you will come to see that even "inanimiate" objects possess consciousness. How much the more so should you protect the feelings of sentient beings and most of all other people.
Pray to God for everything that you need. Everything. If you need dental floss, ask God for it.
Take every opportunity to champion the cause of those who cannot defend themselves: the poor, the infirm, the weak, those jailed most particularly those jailed unjust.
Fight every injustice you can without as well as within.
Enter into a direct relationship with God. Whatever puzzles or vexes or hurts you, discuss it with God as you would with a trusted, wiser friend. When you are happy and satisfied direct thanks to God. Whatever exists in any religion that troubles you ask God about. The seemingly irrational and outwardly harsh teachings in religion were not placed there for you to do them unquestioningly. They were put there for you to ask God why. They were put there to get you to say to God: I do not see the justice in this. If you want me to do this, then please explain why. More often than not you will discover that you are not reading what God wants, but your own interpretration of it, which is not on a very high level of inward understanding. God will show you a higher way to understand these things if you ask. This is excellent preparation for understanding the irrational and the harsh that you encounter as you walk through life. In fact, that is the reason why they exist in Holy Writ. They are there as exercises for you to put into practice when reality assails you.
Become God's playmate. Learn to romp and frolic with God.
Keep your sense of humor intact. There are many jokes and puns in Holy Writ. If you have a sense of humor, you will see them. God's humor is so great that, having understood one of God's jokes, you will laugh so hard that your Soul will emerge.
Pray, pray and pray for protection from the confusion in these times. It is so prevalent, so heavy, as never before. Pray for clarity for yourself and others.
Perform random acts of love and kindness. This will teach you a great deal about order and apparent randomness. It will also cause you do more kind things for no reason at all. This will eventually take you to levels of understanding above reason.
These practices seem simple, but they are very powerful and you'll find that they are not easy. Do not expect to master them. Expect repeated failure, in fact. Do the best you can each and every minute, day by day. Expect to be working hard on them for many years to come.
Think not in terms of 'spiritual' but in terms of 'moral'. The truly spiritual, healthy spiritual, comes as a kind of side effect of becoming more moral, which is the same thing as acting in wisdom. Those who ask: "Who is to say what is moral? Morality is relative" are far from wisdom. If we set our hearts to being moral the wisdom of acting morally will come as a matter of course. A rule of thumb is: Do not do to anyone what you do not want to be done to you. This is not the same as: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. The latter statement is insensitive, presumptuous and self-centered.
Any attempt to seize the spiritual without it being grounded in acts of morality is, well, you don't want to go there.
Listen to, or better play, gentle music, beautiful music. This is an age-old method of uplifting oneself from sadness to joy.
Take walks in nature and look deeply at the trees. Thank them for all they give you.
Know that everyone and everything is God assuming form in order to interact with you and lead you along your path. When you pick up a piece of paper, sit in a chair, put on clothes, most certainly when you nourish yourself, when you turn on a heater or an air-conditioner playfully say to it in your heart: I know it's You. All your costumes don't fool me at all. I know it's You. :0)
Do not attempt to measure your progress and don't do this for the sake of progress. Do it for the sake of becoming a fitter vessel to receive Godliness.
Know that when you walk this path you are walking on a path that was cleared and kept open for you by those who walked it before you. Each of their steps made it easier for you to walk it and you are clearing it and keeping it open and making it easier to tread for those who come after you. All who walk this path, no matter when or where they live, lived, or will live support one another and lend strength to one another. Goodness is cumulative and made permanent. You can tap into the strength of any and all good done at any time that you need it. This is the Path of the Just. This is the path that leads to God - not to light, not to spirituality, not to arcana - to God Itself.
D2
Notice please that the emphasis is not on the knowing, but on the doing.
THE PATH OF THE JUST
The practices described below are age-old. They are very simple, but very, very powerful and effective.
These are some of the practices that those who would lead you in the ways that lead nowhere hide from you when they tell you that organized religion is bad. There are many things that are bad about organized religion, particularly since they have all been infiltrated by people with a nefarious agenda.
But organized religions remain the storehouses of the practices that will move you in the direction of Godconsciousness. These practices are tried and they prove themselves true to anyone who persists in them.
One of the most important practices is to regularly visit the sick and infirm. I found that I learned most from crippled, sick and retarded children. Those Souls that take on a deformed or sick body in this world are on a very high level and they can teach you much. But if you prefer to work with adults who have become ill because your life path has taken you that way, there is no less value in this. For instance, there is a woman who owns a beads store here in Tzfat. Once a week she goes to a hospital and makes jewellry with adult cancer patients. She doesn't work with children because her own son died of cancer as a child and the pain of that is too much for her. She works with the adults. Working with the elderly and the poor will soften your heart as well and they will teach you a great deal. Your emphasis should be on helping them, more than you learning. You will learn, but do it for the sake of serving *them*, not for you.
The second method is giving 10-20% of your income to charity. Do this regularly. It is better to give 10-20% regularly than to give a large sum on an erratic basis. Be consistent in all these practices.
The third method is the way of fasting. It is not necessary to practice mortifying fasting. Once, when people were much stronger than we, they would fast for days on end. This is no longer practicable for most people. There are now many toxins in our systems and prolonged fasting will cause rapid detoxification. It is effective to fast one or two days a week for a 24-hour period. Do it regularly. Do it on the same day or days of the week. Do it consistently. It is well to give the money that you save on food that day to charity. It should be clear that I mean that no drinking or smoking or ingesting of any substance is included here (except prescribed medicine of course).
The way of silence. What I am about to describe is a very powerful tool, but I realize that in the modern world it is difficult to find the opportunity to do this. I am fortunate to have found a town in which the Kabbalah has been practiced for millenia live there. It's not unusual for people to be on what we call a speech fast and to go out and about with a little note that says to people: Forgive me for not answering, I am doing a speech fast today. Everyone understands here. In large Western cities people will not understand as readily :0). Try, if you can, to do this once per week for a 24-hour period. If not, then do it a few times a week for a period that adds up to 24 hours in segments, like eight hours when you are not working or in school. Sleeping time does not count unless you are doing this for a 24-hour period. This should be done when you are awake. Let those around you know in advance that you will be being silent for awhile and ask for their understanding and support. My experience is that this is most effective when you are also fasting from water and food. Nothing goes into your mouth and nothing comes out (except prescription medicine, of course). The practice itself will show you why this is a powerful tool for the heart.
The following is an age old practice that is most important today in modern society when so much emphasis is placed on outward appearance. Go out and about as simply dressed and unadorned as possible. Remove all jewelry. But inexpensive clothes. Buy second hand clothes. This is a double-dipper, as many second hand places are also charities. You needn't humiliate yourself by going about in tatters or in clothes with stains and the like, but wear clothes that make you feel somewhat embarrassed because they are old and out of style. Wear colors and hairstyles that do not attract attention. You will be an object of mild derision in the eyes of many people. That is precisely the goal. This practice will humble you.
Flee honor always.
Flee positions of authority always.
Do not lie.
Limit the use of the words "I" and 'me' in writing and in speech.
When someone insults you, bless them in your heart for the opportunity for allowing you the opportunity to learn humility. Allow yourself to feel the sting to your ego. Do not tell yourself that you don't care what they say. If your ego stings, admit it to yourself. Eventually, it will sting less and you will attain more and more equanimity.
Do not harm others with your words.
Do not engage others in one-upsmanship.
Respect everyone and everything. This should be to the point where when a tube of toothpaste is used up, or there is no more ink in a pen, thank it for serving you before putting it gently into a trashcan. Thank the walls of your house for protecting you. Thank your coat for keeping you warm and your shoes for protecting your feet. Eventually, you will come to see that even "inanimiate" objects possess consciousness. How much the more so should you protect the feelings of sentient beings and most of all other people.
Pray to God for everything that you need. Everything. If you need dental floss, ask God for it.
Take every opportunity to champion the cause of those who cannot defend themselves: the poor, the infirm, the weak, those jailed most particularly those jailed unjust.
Fight every injustice you can without as well as within.
Enter into a direct relationship with God. Whatever puzzles or vexes or hurts you, discuss it with God as you would with a trusted, wiser friend. When you are happy and satisfied direct thanks to God. Whatever exists in any religion that troubles you ask God about. The seemingly irrational and outwardly harsh teachings in religion were not placed there for you to do them unquestioningly. They were put there for you to ask God why. They were put there to get you to say to God: I do not see the justice in this. If you want me to do this, then please explain why. More often than not you will discover that you are not reading what God wants, but your own interpretration of it, which is not on a very high level of inward understanding. God will show you a higher way to understand these things if you ask. This is excellent preparation for understanding the irrational and the harsh that you encounter as you walk through life. In fact, that is the reason why they exist in Holy Writ. They are there as exercises for you to put into practice when reality assails you.
Become God's playmate. Learn to romp and frolic with God.
Keep your sense of humor intact. There are many jokes and puns in Holy Writ. If you have a sense of humor, you will see them. God's humor is so great that, having understood one of God's jokes, you will laugh so hard that your Soul will emerge.
Pray, pray and pray for protection from the confusion in these times. It is so prevalent, so heavy, as never before. Pray for clarity for yourself and others.
Perform random acts of love and kindness. This will teach you a great deal about order and apparent randomness. It will also cause you do more kind things for no reason at all. This will eventually take you to levels of understanding above reason.
These practices seem simple, but they are very powerful and you'll find that they are not easy. Do not expect to master them. Expect repeated failure, in fact. Do the best you can each and every minute, day by day. Expect to be working hard on them for many years to come.
Think not in terms of 'spiritual' but in terms of 'moral'. The truly spiritual, healthy spiritual, comes as a kind of side effect of becoming more moral, which is the same thing as acting in wisdom. Those who ask: "Who is to say what is moral? Morality is relative" are far from wisdom. If we set our hearts to being moral the wisdom of acting morally will come as a matter of course. A rule of thumb is: Do not do to anyone what you do not want to be done to you. This is not the same as: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. The latter statement is insensitive, presumptuous and self-centered.
Any attempt to seize the spiritual without it being grounded in acts of morality is, well, you don't want to go there.
Listen to, or better play, gentle music, beautiful music. This is an age-old method of uplifting oneself from sadness to joy.
Take walks in nature and look deeply at the trees. Thank them for all they give you.
Know that everyone and everything is God assuming form in order to interact with you and lead you along your path. When you pick up a piece of paper, sit in a chair, put on clothes, most certainly when you nourish yourself, when you turn on a heater or an air-conditioner playfully say to it in your heart: I know it's You. All your costumes don't fool me at all. I know it's You. :0)
Do not attempt to measure your progress and don't do this for the sake of progress. Do it for the sake of becoming a fitter vessel to receive Godliness.
Know that when you walk this path you are walking on a path that was cleared and kept open for you by those who walked it before you. Each of their steps made it easier for you to walk it and you are clearing it and keeping it open and making it easier to tread for those who come after you. All who walk this path, no matter when or where they live, lived, or will live support one another and lend strength to one another. Goodness is cumulative and made permanent. You can tap into the strength of any and all good done at any time that you need it. This is the Path of the Just. This is the path that leads to God - not to light, not to spirituality, not to arcana - to God Itself.
D2
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