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Agreed. But the concept of divine is rather limited - being derived from a word meaning shining. That means there were eye witnesses to the divine entity "god, divinity, good spirit" in Hindu religion, 1819, from Sanskrit deva "a god" (as opposed to asuras "wicked spirits"), etymologically "a shining one," from *div- "to shine," thus cognate with Greek dios "divine" and Zeus, and Latin deus "god" (Old Latin deivos), from PIE root *dyeu- "to shine," in derivatives "sky, heaven, god." Fem. form devi is used for "goddess," also (with capital D-) for the mother god

No wonder the courts are full of petty criminals

If you say so

So the human is expected to control its physical and emotional impulses but not its mental energies? Are philosophers included? What about heart energies? Are they to be controlled? Or is the heart to be still?

We were told that the house was five sided - thus containing a pentagram that might be construed as female. At the time the community was building a five sided hall, the construction of which induced five leylines to move and converge at the center of the hall

Defining is a tricky process. Often the mind will trick us when it fits/mangles reality into the localized mind space It is better to consider principles as alive. For example, put a scenario or proposed action next to the energy field of the principle and see if the principle is happy with the action/scenario At an abstract level my principles in ascending importance are: - right energy - right relationship - right intent. Testing is done in the cosmos in which I wish to act

Quite right. Holding judgement against people has a direct effect on relationships generally and reduces beneficial flows including financial. It is much better to see what needs to be out-grown and to support the out-growing.

I follow the customs of the local society only to the extent that they are compatible with my principles. Accordingly I am careful with whom I associate

Perhaps "principled behavior" is a better concept

It seems that "moral" comes from the Latin "mores" mores(n.) "customs," 1907 (W.G. Sumner, "Folkways"), from Latin mores "customs, manners, morals" (see moral (adj.)). Thus to be moral is to conform to the customs of the local society

To be a bit more precise I had two mantra extensions before the Siddhi program was established. I can't recall the details of the process for extension but the original mantra was given during a ritual that involved invoking each of the line of Masters. At one stage, as a meditation checker, I dealt with several people that had been initiated into TM by a group of teachers in London that had left the TM organization. The people came to me because their meditation was not working properly. I suspected that, their teachers having left the organization, the line of Masters no longer energized their initiations

As you see, motivation is a filter

I suspect the Ark held genetic material only. Saves having to stop the various species eating the other species to stay alive

Is it big enough to hold all the animals?

Years ago when I took the head off a Honda Civic, the nature spirit left. When the head went back on the same nature spirit came back. It seemed that the firing of the cylinders was the primary anchor. Long ago as I carried home a boombox, I noticed it had a curled up nature spirit inside. After I played some music I could see the nature spirit uncurling