Religion/Gnostics

Bible Quotes (Revised Standard Version)

– Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For every one who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. Matt Ch 7v7-8

– Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you receive it, and you will. Mark Ch 11v24

– And this is the confidence which we have in him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have obtained the requests made of him. 1 John Ch 5v14-15

Gospel of Thomas (discovered in 1945 near Nag Hammadi, ancient codices from AD390)

– suggests that God's Kingdom is inside you

Gospel of Mary Magdalene (discovered in 1896 in a 5th Century papyrus codex)

– Jesus says that the Kingdom is within a person Secret Book of John (a 2nd Century AD Sethian Gnostic Christian text)

– has in mind to show we have a latent capacity within us, in our hearts and minds, which links us to the divine. This divine capacity for thought is what enables people to encounter the wisdom and knowledge of Jesus in an insightful and creative manner

Buddhism

– "What you think, you become"

– Buddhists have a saying, "If you are facing in the right direction, all you have to do is keep walking", in other words, if your intent is clear about what you want, you'll get there.

The Bible Code (a book by Michael Drosnin)

– Drosnin describes an alleged 'Bible Code', in which messages are encoded in Hebrew Bible

– at the end of his book, there is a Bible Code that asks along the lines of "Will you change?"

+ To this I believe, will Mankind change its way of thinking? In other words, think and believe what you want, not what you don't want (Law of Attraction?)

– apparently, there is a Bible Code 111 book by M Drosnin. In it, it is mentioned that in the Bible Codes, Obama would be President!

Martial Arts

Jim Pritchard

– wrote a book called 'The Warrior Mind'

– in it, he suggests that attentive curiosity, is based on your own life and not on the love of another person and the conviction you have within yourself. To act in your own best interests, for your own well-being and to be awake and be aware to the circumstances that most empower you. Also, to let emotions come and go, not to resist, although not to let hold.

– warrior mind always in the present

+ Abraham teaches to live in the NOW, where everything is attracted to (see Chapter 6. Channelling)

+ Bashar says live in the present, in excitement, where everything is connected (see Chapter 6. Channelling)

+ N Haramein lectures that the 'NIL' place, (in other words present, or now) where everything evolves

+ Ninja warriors speak of 'Void', the nothing from which all things take their form

– Ninja were people who were aware of magnificent powers within themselves

The Spiritual Practices of the Ninja

– These practices have been written about by Ross Heaven, about ordinary people who developed certain skills in order to survive in difficult times

– he suggests skill of stealth

– know what you want

– know yourself

+ "know yourself" is mentioned in the Gnostic material and was inscribed in the forecourt of the Temple of Appollo at Delphi

– do whatever is necessary

– you can have everything

– the point is doing them

– a soul warrior touches the 'void' or 'the 'nothing' from which all things take form

– VOID described as a god-like state

– we must act alone

– if things do not go exactly according to plan, don't fall into the trap of believing you made a mistake, to take it as an inspiration in itself, or an opportunity for further learning and growth, not as failure, but to think what needs to change?

+ reminds me of what Jim Pritchard says in his book 'The Warrior Mind', "The word 'crisis' means 'a situation of extreme danger or difficulty, but also means "a turning point"

+ also reminds me about how the Chinese break down their interpretation of the word 'crisis', which is 'Wei' meaning danger and 'ji' meaning 'opportunity'. This is mentioned in a book called 'Chinese Cinderella' by Adeline Yen Mah

+ also reminds me of Neale Donald Walsch's book, 'When Everything Changes Change Everything', that is, to see crisis as opportunity for change for the better!

+ interesting, again, from the book, 'Chinese Cinderella', it is mentioned that the word for 'intention' in Chinese, is 'hi', meaning 'sound from your heart'.

New Thought

Guy Ballard, (who used the pen name, Godfre Ray King) meets St Germaine, an Ascended Master, whilst hiking in Northern California and was an American mining engineer who became, with his Wife, founder of the "I AM Activity".

– St Germaine assisted Guy Ballard, in understanding the Ascended Master Law of the 'I AM'

+ St Germaine tells him "Nothing will bless the individual to so great a degree as the conscious understanding of this 'Creative Word'." (From his book, 'The I AM Disclosures'), website, 'bahaistudies.net'

+ reminds me that in the Bible, Moses asks God, who should he say sent him? To which God says "I AM', which apparently means 'causes to become'.

+ also, in the book 'The Moses Code', by James F Twyman, he suggests that 'I AM' is "The Most Powerful Manifestation Tool in the History of the World".

+ Mary Baker Eddy, discoverer and founder of Christian Science, suggests that "I AM, therefore I know" (from her book, 'The Spiritual Writings of Mary Baker Eddy).

Prentice Mulford, was a noted literary humorist, author, early founder of New Thought movement, who coined the term, Law of Attraction

+ he advises that when trying to live to suit others, we shall never suit them, the more we try, the more unreasonable and exacting they become! He suggests the government of your life is a matter which lies entirely with God and yourself and that when your life is swayed and influenced from any other source, you are on the wrong path. The highest and purest love comes to him or her who is most in communion and oneness with the Infinite Mind, who is ever demanding the Infinite Mind more and more of its wisdom (and are wisely economical of their sympathy for others) and put a great deal of this higher love into themselves, in order to make the most of themselves. The Infinite, as we demand, will give us wisdom and light to know what we owe ourselves

+ he concluded that looking out for yourself as directed by the Infinite is really looking after the other and is the only way to benefit yourself

+ he goes on to say that if we...