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If you're capable of structuring your own learning, you can always work through their curriculum yourself. There's obviously degrees of information you won't receive or have access to, but it can give you a chance to familiarize yourself with everything they teach before you pay them to teach you the "next level" of those subjects, if that's something they're able to do. Maybe halfway through self-study, you realize you're not interested in this path as a means of spiritual development. Or maybe you realize it's everything you want to pursue, and you'll feel more confident in your choice to take the classes. The first four years lead to an exam and the joining of their order, with monthly membership meetings and other trainings, retreats, and projects. That means you'll be joining a community and forming deep bonds, possibly sharing intimate things about yourself and placing yourself in a vulnerable position at the mercy of your teachers and community (and paying a lot of money to do so!). So it's important to consider if you want to join their order, if you trust the leaders, if you want camaraderie and growth with the sorts of people who take the courses and eventually join the order, etc. If you enmesh yourself for the sake of information at the expense of relationships, you may eventually face backlash from those who have formed attachments (be those attachments "negative" or "positive"). You mentioned undergoing therapy. Starting school or a new job is difficult enough, and doing so while in therapy is even more challenging. Add magic mysteries and unknown motives, and the weight of activity could be debilitating. It's important to know what you can handle at each level. I'm of the mindset that you will find what you seek, so as others have pointed out, make sure you know what it is that you're seeking. Colloquially, be careful what you wish for. Year 1 - First Step MT101 - Meditation - Essentials to control one's mind EW101 - Energy Cultivation - Core exercises to raise one's energy levels TE101 - Visualization - Introductory training opening of the Third Eye EW102 - Fireball - Creating and manipulating energy objects Year 2 - Developing Core EW103 - Lower Dantian - Accumulation and storage of raw power EW105 - Self-Regulation - Chakra maintenance work that improves energy flow and well-being OW108 - Astral Travel - Awareness of subtle bodies and OBE training AM101 - Magic - Introduction to the Magic system through Arcana System Year 3 - Awakening OW109 - Dreamworld - Exploration of dream worlds, you'll learn skills of remembering dreams, mapping and navigation TE102 - Magus Hall - Continuation of TE101 that activates the Third Eye MT102 - Ego Shedding - Focus on freeing the mind from impediments, negative constructs, and shackles AM122 - The Fool - A module focused on the first of the Major Arcana Year 4 - Becoming Adept AM121 - The Success - Studying the energy of 21 Arcanum - The World AM119 - The Sun - Studying energy of 19 Arcanum - The Sun AM118 - The Moon - Studying energy of 18 Arcanum - The Moon PM106 - Elemental Magic - Exploring the Magic of Fire, Air, Water, and Earth - Parametrization of object scanning

Rūta Krau (Rūta Kraujutytė) is a Lithuanian artist whose painting series 'Vision' I really enjoy. My favorites are Visions 2, 6, and 5. On her website, she has this to say about her concept and process for the series: Vision No. 1, 2022 Vision No. 2, 2022 Vision No. 3, 2022 Vision No. 4, 2022 Vision No. 5, 2022 Vision No. 6, 2023 Vision No. 7, 2023

I don't have the answer you're looking for. But to add context to this "commandment," Saul of Tarsus (or possibly one of his followers) did write this to the church at Ephesus, and perhaps for some reason the congregation needed to be addressed in the context of martial relationships. But Yeshua's perspective was much broader. In Matthew 22:35-39 (and similarly in passages in Mark and Luke), he says: It seems strange for Saul, if he in fact wrote the Epistle to the Ephesians, to have focused on loving a singular person as yourself and emphasizing marital relations, when "Saul's teacher" spoke of loving all persons as yourself and emphasized communal relations, as did his apostles when they established various communities after Yeshua's death. My point is that from the Christological perspective, a husband or wife should be loved and respected not by virtue of being a spouse, but by virtue of being a creation and a child of God. In Luke 6:27-33, Yeshua is quoted as saying: If one has a spouse, they should absolutely love and respect said spouse, and we cannot love others if we don't have love and respect for ourselves, for we too are children of the Creator. But what spiritual good does it do to "love" a spouse while hating others? Love of a spouse should be an outpouring of "brotherly" love (itself an outpouring of the love of God), not a gift bestowed upon a person who is seen as a singular extension of the self, either in spirit or as "property," and certainly not as a means of providing salvation to the other. There's also a bit preceding the excerpt you included that says: How interesting that Yeshua is never recorded to have said this.

Hymn to Time by Ursula K. Le Guin Time says “Let there be” every moment and instantly there is space and the radiance of each bright galaxy. And eyes beholding radiance. And the gnats’ flickering dance. And the seas’ expanse. And death, and chance. Time makes room for going and coming home and in time’s womb begins all ending. Time is being and being time, it is all one thing, the shining, the seeing, the dark abounding.

This one as well:

Yes, I completely agree. I turn to my Mother in Heaven (and Father) for all things – all worries, all thanks. They are the (my, though I do believe our) source.

My favorite affirmations courtesy of Florence Scovel Shinn: There are no obstacles in divine mind, and there is nothing to obstruct my good. Endless good now comes to me in endless ways. I am in perfect harmony with the working of the law. I stand aside and let infinite intelligence make my way easy and successful. I do not limit God by seeing limitation in myself. With God and myself, all things are possible. Nourished by the spirit within, my body is tireless, timeless, birthless, and deathless. I am harmonious, happy, radiant. I am at peace with myself and the whole world. I love everyone and everyone loves me. I forgive everyone and everyone forgives me. Apparent enemies become my friends, golden links in the chain of my good. There is nothing to oppose my good. In loving the law of non-resistance, I have great peace and nothing can offend me. Goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I shall dwell in the house of abundance forever. God's plan for me is perfect and permanent. I am fully equipped for the divine plan of my life. I let go of everything not divinely designed for me, and the perfect plan of my life now comes to pass. Everything that is by divine right mine, I receive in the perfect way at the perfect time. I always know what to do and quickly follow my intuitive leads. I wait patiently, trusting in the Lord, who forever gives me the desires of my heart. I prepare for the fulfillment of my heart's desire, and show that I believe God's promise will be kept. I spend money under divine inspiration wisely and fearlessly, knowing God is my endless and immediate source. There is no loss in divine mind. Every apparent loss will be restored to me, or I will receive its equivalent. There is no debt in divine mind, therefore, no one owes me anything and I owe no one anything. All obligations are wiped out under grace in a miraculous way. I do not resist any situation. I put it in the hands of infinite love and wisdom. The divine idea now comes to pass. There is nothing to fear, for there is no power to harm. God cannot fail, so I cannot fail. Nothing can defeat God, so nothing can defeat me. I cast every burden on Christ within and I go free. As I have asked, I must receive. Amen.

But is that the language Jesus spoke and through which he shared his message, or written words later attributed to him by an author who spoke a different language? Saying Jesus used the Greek word for Gods is a bit like saying Lao Tzu used the English word for Way, because someone later translated his words into English.

I was under the impression that Jesus spoke primarily in Hebrew and Aramaic.

Not everyone likes to converse via debate, and the users who aren't interested in that style of communication are making that clear when addressed. Personally, I approach conversations here like interviews instead of debates. I'm interested in understanding what a person believes and how they came to believe it, not proving a person to be incorrect. Debating the belief itself gets in the way of the information I'm looking to receive, and is therefore unproductive for my personal goals. Other users here have different perspectives and approaches, and are not wrong for seeking debate. But just as there are guidelines for debate, there are also conversational guidelines for learning instead of teaching, and those who prefer that approach are not wrong for seeking to develop an environment that allows for such.

Interesting thoughts, thank you.

Thank you. I'm unclear on what this means. Can you elaborate? ————— In your estimation, how does this relate to the creation stories of the Annunaki? That we are a genetically engineered slave race, saved only by the divine spark placed into us by our creator mother, Mami? Do you believe Yeshua is Enki (Ea – Yah?), Lord of the Sweet Waters, Knowledge, Crafts, and Creation? (Yeshua – water, fish, age of Aquarius, carpenter, life bearer) What does it mean to come to Christ? Most would say it is to recognize that he is God, but he declares himself to be the Son of God and when he speaks from the perspective of God, it is in the tradition of the prophets. Thoughts?

I would be grateful for the direct quote and citation.

Of Being by Denise Levertov I know this happiness is provisional: the looming presences -- great suffering, great fear -- withdraw only into peripheral vision: but ineluctable this shimmering of wind in the blue leaves: this flood of stillness widening the lake of sky: this need to dance, this need to kneel: this mystery

I understand. My message icon has been missing for a while, so Cobie recommended I make this post.