2004-7-19 04:14:00
Ruth W. writes:
From what you've said, all these college graduates should be democrats. Frankly, I'm tired of all the politicking going on. It doesn't matter who is President so long as they act in a Godly fashion. Where can we find that today? NOWHERE. So lets get back to the Keys of the Kingdom.
JJ:
Actually, the younger generation usually rebels against the older and then later becomes the new professors. The teachers of today are the hippies of yesterday who rebelled against the conservatives of that time.
I haven't talked much about politics over the past five years because it is such a divisive subject. People are so polarized in their views that, if they think yours are different from their own, they will either see you as an enemy or one who is retarded. This does not produce a very receptive atmosphere for teaching.
Even so, this subject is as important as any other in laying the foundation for the new age, perhaps more so for there are political problems that must be solved before Christ can come again and many that will be solved when he is here.
Do we think that the Master will ignore the political realm when he comes and merely teach meditation and high end metaphysics?
If he is to guide humankind toward peace on earth and goodwill he will have to involve himself politically and teach true political principles. Politics and religion divide humankind and politics and religion must be used to unite them.
Imagine that if we were set in our views and too attached to one party or the other. It is possible that we would be very learned and advanced in a number of areas yet still reject the Master when he comes because we think he is astray or teaching in the wrong direction.
Jesus told Peter "upon this rock I will build my church." It is interesting that the word "church" comes from the Greek EKKLESIA which literally in the Greek means "those who are called or gathered out." But even more interesting is that the word had political implications in the ancient world. The ancient Greeks used the word to identify an assembly of Greek citizens from the Polis (city-state) who were called together to make political and judicial decisions.
Even so it is obvious from the scriptures that the word had spiritual implications in New Testament times. Because the early Christians chose a political word to name their gatherings indicates that building the church was a political as well as a religious goal.
The interesting thing about politics and government is that both sides of the equation have very similar goals.
Both sides want stability in the kingdom. Both sides want prosperity for the inhabitants. Both sides want maximum benefits for the citizens.
The basic difference between the two is not so much the end goal, but the means to accomplishing those goals.
Those on one side want to accomplish the goal through individual and group responsibility accompanied with maximum freedom with a minimum of laws and restrictions. They believe in educating the individual in doing the right thing is more effective and desirable than the force of law or authority. The emphasis is on free will - trusting the decisions and the goodness of the individual.
Those on the other side desire to achieve the goal by placing the main responsibility on the state and authority accompanied by the creation of many laws and restrictions. They believe in forcing citizens by law and other means to do what is right. The emphasis is on the will of the state with a distrust of the will of the individual.
None of the political parties of the world are purely on one side or the other, but when you take the two main parties of a country one will generally gravitate to one side and the other to the second side.
Now the interesting point is this. The differences of these two sides is carried out to higher levels than human and also differentiates the Brotherhood of Light from the Dark Brotherhood.
When Christ comes as a representative of the Brotherhood of Light he will bring with him the emphasis on freedom and right choice that the brotherhood represents.
The problem the average person has in glomming on to the right political party is that a party that gravitates to the freedom of the individual in one generation may switch to emphasizing the supremacy of the state in the next. We cannot therefore identify one political party as the permanent obstruction, because great changes occur in each new generation.
The situation is further complicated because the state must have enough power to maintain order and the individual must be restricted from doing certain harmful things. It takes the Second Key of judgment to understand the principle of maximum freedom and to realize when too much power is given to the state.
Because right use of freedom and power fluctuates between political parties (and sometimes non existent in both) the disciple will not attach himself too strongly to either of them. Instead he will follow the example of the initiate Winston Churchill and be willing to switch parties as the point of truth shifts.
The true teacher will, when led by the soul, identify the parties that follow true principles, and those who do not, in the hope that students will chose the path of light in this area of prime importance. If the light is not seen in this area of life it will be obscured in other areas and a fullness of soul infusion will not be achieved.
Interesting fact: On the average, children laugh 400 times a day, but adults only do so 15 times.
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