This FAQ has become necessary because I receive lots of letters from readers, and many of them raise very interesting questions with regard to the subjects discussed in my Homepage on Spirituality. Some of the letters express ideas that force me to expand on many of the concepts that are discussed and are therefore very constructive.
Such an exchange of ideas is very healthy in itself, and I could not but share with you the many thoughts that came through.
Ledash
1.- Reply to Lahrasahman: meinharh@cadvision.com (Lahrasahman)
In answer to your questions, I must say I am not an expert on all religions, and I certainly do not pose as such. However, I do see things from a cosmic perspective that allows me to address many issues, because, in a final analysis, all religions of the world have the same esoteric roots, and all aim at the same goal, Heaven or Nirvana.
Your questions:
-In the Talmud, Jmmanuel does not state the name of his god. Do you know it? I assume it to be Yahweh.
REPLY:
The name of his God is the Unknown God, the God Within. It has been named as such because mankind is looking everywhere for a God who resides within the form He created. Therefore, all religions have erred immensely when they invented the rites and forms to honor and worship a God Creator, when they are themselves the Creator. This is why it has been said that man should not worship idols of any form, unless he worships all forms. An idol is someone special you look up to, when, in the eyes of God, all are equal.
Question:
If Jmmanuel's god is the creator of 3 of our races, then who created the rest?
REPLY:
As you may know, your Hebrew theology is divided in three parts, namely, the Law, the Soul of the Law and the Soul of the Soul of the Law. It is the latter, or the Qabbalah, that gives us an idea of the hierarchical gradation of the higher spheres. It is quite an elaborate system of worlds, but suffice it to say that Gabriel, representing the MAN-GOD, is the one that relates to the world or the Universe we live in, and he is the one who,through a kind of osmosis, gave birth to the Jmanuel, or the one called Jesus in the Christian theology.
Now, Gabriel is the one most closely related to this world, not three worlds, but rather a world with three aspects: the physical, the mental and the spiritual. He is on the Seventh Progression and is most specifically linked to this esoteric vibration (the Higher Aspect of God in motion) that is invading the earth at the present time. This vibration does not discriminate as to whether one is Jew, Christian, Muslim or Buddhist. It pervades mankind and will herald the birth of a new community of earth people.
If I were to give you a concrete example of how it works in the spiritual realms, I would say that Gabriel relates to this world as YOU relate to your own body, or the cells of your body, of which you are the guardian and over which you have dominion.
Question:
-I always assumed that the Archangels were messengers from Prime Creator, but Jmmanuel said that Archangel Gabriel was his father and part of his god's (court). Can you enlighten me on this point?
In my previous answer, I mentioned that Jesus was born through osmosis, which means that, even though Joseph was an old and impotent old man at the time, he was able, through the help of Gabriel, to inseminate Mary, who thus gave birth to Jesus. So the birth of Jesus was not an immaculate (physical) birth, because it was done through the act of procreation, the mating of a man and a woman who gave birth to a child in the same manner as all other births.
However the Christian theology does not mention that fact that your Imanuel spoke about, and they cling to this distorted story of an immaculate physical birth. I must add, for their benefit, that it was, however, an immaculate spiritual birth, because Jesus incarnated without any karmic entanglements, this meaning he did not have to go through any of the social constraints that we have at the present time, marriage, divorce, business etc.. This is why he chose to follow in his father's footsteps and became a carpenter, and later on, he left to roam the world and sit at the feet of Masters of which he, unknowingly, was the greatest.
I hope this answers your questions.
FROM: Newsgroups: religion.talk.religion.misc,talk.religion.newage
Is the Christian God All-Powerful?
Here is my reply:
To my knowledge, there is no Christian God, and neither is there a Buddhist, Jewish or Protestant GOD!
There is, however, one Universal Energy, or Source, and that Source permeates all matter, whether it of the mineral, vegetal or animal kingdom. This is why God is called the All in All.
Now, as there is only one Energy or God, when you speak of the God of Christians, you are, in a sense, depriving 80% of God's creatures from their birthright. If there is a God of Christians, there cannot be a God of Hindus, even if they call that God, Vishnu. There cannot be a God for Jews, a God for Muslims and a God for Buddhists.
So, where does that lead us? It leads us to a place where each must forget about the materialistic approach to spirituality, the concept of a personal God, the need of a Savior and all those useless rites, and turn within for answers, as it is the only place where you can find unadulterated truth, that cannot be found within organized religions and cults.
We are all, equally, sons and daughters of the same Energy, God, just as the cells are all, equally, part of the body we wear to experience life on the tridimensional plane.
Not only are we part of, but again, we are intrinsically ONE with that Energy we call God. Therefore, each of us can say, as Jesus did, 'I am the son of God, I am the Daughter of God' and that is the ultimate truth, because that truth is found within, in one's own book of life.
As long as there remains that parochial idea of a personal God, there will be fights, wars and quarrels throughout the world. There will be famine, floods and earthquakes. It is this idea of a personal God that gave rise to missionary zeal and the evangelization of 'uncivilized tribes of underdeveloped countries. Their God was not good enough, and therefore, they brouth them their own, the one true God. Some tribes even had missionaries of different faiths, and could choose the 'only true God' they wanted.
From: Newsgroups: religion.talk.religion.misc,talk.religion.newage -Someone asks: If God is all-loving, why is He causing pain?
As free-will agents and an intrinsic part of the Source, we are the cause and the effect of all that happens in our life. What you call God cannot feel love, pain or remorse, but through the forms He created. That is why he created the Universe: to fill the void with His creations and EXPRESS Himself through these creations. Therefore, no one can blame others for what happens in their life. Either in the present life, or a past or future life, we are the cause of all those diseases or misfortunes we ascribe to God.
The idea of a benevolent, all-knowing and all-powerful God, all that is semantic and the truth of the matter is that the more we are benevolent, the more God is. The more all-knowing and all-powerful we become, the more all-knowing and all powerful God is. As God's universe expands, God expands. Does that give you an idea of who and what God is? And why do you think Jesus said to the scribes: ' The Father and I are ONE'and 'I am in the Father as the Father is in me'. Christians read their Bible and yet, they cannot comprehend Jesus words. They have created a God in their image and they cannot but fit the words of Jesus to that image, an image tainted with all the materialistic apparatus of their churches and devoid of true spiritual perception.
However, I do say these words in love, for we have all been through these same beliefs, and through the many lives we lived on this plane and other worlds, we have been Christians, Muslims, Catholics, and we have experiences the biases and misconceptions of other worlds and other civilizations.
So, this Christian belief that God punishes and rewards is a misconception of the nature of God. If you feel pain, God feels pain. If you are happy, God is happy, for that God resides within the body you wear.
If you can see God in the eyes of your neighbour, you know who God is.
Fernand
4. -Subject: Re: The Significance of a "Master"
Newsgroups: religion.talk.religion.misc,talk.religion.newage
The subject raised had to do with mastership and the relationship between student and master as it is understood in the Western countries.
Here again, we can see what a materialistic interpretation can do. A Master is someone who has overcome the limitations he placed upon himself. It is someone who has attained that state of mind where he sees all things from a cosmic perspective, thus seeing not only the present life, but all the other lives he lived, and can therefore have a better perspective of the physical versus the spiritual world from which he came.
There is no Master versus student. There is only Master versus another Master who has not yet expressed his God-given powers and needs a little push along the way. The Master who sits on his throne and receives the praises of his subject, or the guru who dresses in special garbs to impress others, are in their own kindergarten, playing with other kids, and, sooner or later, they will come to their own realization of who they really are.
When the pupil is ready, the Master will come.
Fernand
Does God care about His children? FROM: allan@pepe.online.ee
Allan replied to some of my writings. He says: You wrote: "God, the Supreme Intelligence, is not interested in our mortal life, nor what we do with it". This cannot be truth! If Your spiritual life does not influence your mortal life - it's not spiritual life.
REPLY:
My dear Allan,
I f you read again, you will see that it's not what I said. I didn't say 'God does not influence', but rather, 'God is not interested in our mortal life (I should have said 'physical life'), nor what we do with it'.
God, being an intrinsic part of the form you wear, definitely influences your physical life in the form of thoughts, dreams and past life memories, but He is not interested in the way you run that life. He is only interested in the results, or what you gain from it, because in the final analysis, these are what really counts. There is quite a different set of values in the spiritual realms, and what you consider horrendous may be seen as benign, whereas a quite innocent act will be seen as very damageable to the spirit.
Therefore, God does not pity you because you carry a heavy load. He does not cry because you suffer, because He knows that all this is a necessity and part of your experience. He doesn't care whether you are poor and needy or rich and powerful, but he certainly cares about what you will gain from that poverty or those riches. The spiritual 'gains' of your physical life are what God cares about, not your physical life.
The proof of that is that, when you are born, you come into life naked, and when you make the transition, and join the astral world, you bring only the body you came with, PLUS all the gains of your experiences in the physical, what you learned from it and the help you gave to others. All the rest remains in the physical world and eventually return to ashes where it first belonged.
I hope this answers your question.
Fernand
6. - FROM : Andrew van Dyk
Greetings Fernand,
Since our last connection, a few weeks ago, I have downloaded quite a few of your articles. Among others: the man Jesus, homo- sexuality, the Bible, prophecy. I have not had time to read them all but I am very impressed! For many years I have thought about these things and finally I come accross someone who has not only the same ideas and has come to the same conclusions, but someone who als has the ability to put those thoughts into words. I have, just for my own satisfaction, written some essays on time, the prodigal son, Genesis etc. Just to see if a few years from now, (if I'm still around) I still have the same ideas.
Please tell me what the word 'ledash' stands for. Is it a name?Anyway, all this to let you know how thrilled I am.
Thank you, Andrew>
REPLY:
Dear Andrew,
I am pleased that you like what I wrote. If you have written yourself about these things. As for the writings, it began in 1984, and, up to 1993, I made many corrections, not because they were false, but rather because I saw them from a broader perspective, and could then elaborate on many aspects of the subjects discussed.
Therefore, it is a good idea to write down your feelings and ideas regarding life. It expands your mind and gives food to your spirit. However, it is quite sure that, 5 years from now, you too may see things from a different perspective. After all, isn't it what life is all about?
As for your question, LEDASH is the name of an entity who says he is the twin of my atom of life, (the message came through one of your greatest clairvoyant, a man named Elwood Babbitt, who now lives in Maine.) which means that, in the beginning of creation billions of years ago we were one, and then we split to take each our different way. I decided to experience the physical planes, and he decided to remain in the higher spheres, this meaning he never experienced a physical life. In a kind of psychic or spiritual osmosis, he has now reunited with me in order to help mankind in the changes ahead of us, and this is why I call the Homepage: LEDASH. You can read about Elwood Babbitt in the appendix of my book at: http://www.infobahnos.com/~ledash/teachings.htm)
Fernand
7 - A letter from Kara
Greetings Fernand!
I read your web page on homosexuality......and I was rather taken back at the content of it, considering what you had to say on other topics seemed love and life-affirming, akin to my spiritual belief system.
Homosexuality is rather a black-and-white term. One can define "homosexuality" in many different subjective terms, and individuals usually define it according to their perceptions and experiences. I think this term is rather narrow. Usually the term is used rather disparingly ,selectively for gay men, yet it is not inclusive of those who are lesbian or bisexual. I would chance to say that there are more bisexuals walking around than there are "homosexuals." Sexuality is not a black-and-white polarized issue, nor is it static. Aside from all of the labels in claiming people are either heterosexual or homosexual, I choose to affirm that there is a large gray section which falls under the (ick-p.c. term!!!) of bisexual. I identify myself as a lesbian-identified bisexual (for having to use a label in this case!)
I guess I'm rather confused on your stance. I belief our sexualities are divine gifts, irrespective of gender or gender-preferences. I don't believe the act of heterosexual procreation is the ultimate meant-for-us union either. No matter what form or how we choose to express our love via orgasm----no matter if it is masturbation, hetero- or homo- sexual----it is perfect!
I fail to see the reasoning of claiming that those who are homosexual have psychological/psychosomatic disorders! There is no empowerment in these words. As being a woman I do not find myself fantasizing about being a man nor do I project myself into some role based on my last past-life experience. I do belief in past lives, for I've>encountered some of these residual memories myself in my work. However, I fail to see how I could have incarnated "too quickly" and thereby choosing the wrong body ended up as a "mistake" or wrongly engendered. I love and approve of myself! God/dess doesn't make mistakes!!!!
In our present cultural context gays, lesbian, and bisexuals are very misunderstood. We, unlike some other cultures (such as some Native American groups and other so-called "primitive" cultures{mostly leaning towards a matriarchy}) have culturally-defined, empowered roles for these anawim, or God's little ones. Throughout the centuries we have been esteemed as shamans and healers, playing an important role in communities so as to "bridge the other side." I think the gay-rights movement is moving towards this reclamation......and the negative, fearful projections the "community" has had about themselves is being chucked out the door in lieu of claiming their own divine birthrights. I think the other-engendered community is awakening to the fact that the only way we can change the negative perceptions people have of us is to start with ourselves. (Which by the way, not all homosexuals are promiscious, nor am I---the only reason ANYBODY is promiscious stems from the FEAR OR INTIMACY!!!!!!!!) We have to create it.....we can't stand around talking about it, we can't blame others (society), or cast out more stones.....we have to act from the within (with unconditional love) and reach out!!!!!!
I truly believe those who are the most homophobic, those who fear us the most are those who have the most to hide and usually have repressed sexual feelings that they project out onto us. There are many who would not give themselves permission to freely explore their sexualities with the gentleness, love, and honesty that Christ would have for us. Our sexualities are fluid, are dynamic, and diverse and do not belong to a 2-dimensional model of either heterosexual or homosexual. Let us celebrate our differences together.
Namaste, Kara
REPLY to KARA
It would seem that we both have the same reasoning concerning homosexuality or lesbianism, which, in my viewpoint, is the same expression of life seen from a different perspective. It may be that, these views being expressed from a cosmic perspective of life, the physical impact may have been overshadowed by the spiritual considerations, which, in my viewpoint, has been the Achilles' heel of many spiritual teachers.
I am not saying that I refute what I said, but rather that the words chosen may not express the exact meaning of what I want to represent. Being of French culture, I still have difficulties with certain expressions, but I do feel it is much more a question of perspective than one of language.
You are quite correct when you say that heterosexuality is not the ultimate sexual expression. One can have an orgasm even while masturbating and it will be a valid expression of life, and one that God, the God within you, will definitely not condemn. Even though the sensual pleasure is felt within the body, it is, first and foremost, a mind's game and one can have a very fulfilling orgasm during sleep even though there is no physical contact of any kind.
I have pondered very much on this aspect of homosexuality as a physical expression, and I sincerely tried to see it from the point of view of the homosexual. However, I cannot say that I speak from experience, and I am a little like the Catholic priest who never sexually knew a woman and still try to solve marital problems.
If I understand correctly, it is my definition of homosexuality with regards to natural laws that you seem to have problems with, and I must humbly admit that I have had the same problems. Now, how could I express myself in a way that you can understand, from your perspective, the cosmic implications of the game we are all presently playing.
When I say that homosexuality is a psychosomatic problem, it is for lack of a better word to express the fact that it is not a deviation as some believe, but rather a soul expression that does not fit into the mold of social behavior as we know it now. Here, psychosomatic is not pejorative as defined in the dictionary. It means considerations that have to do with the soul. But I still maintain the word 'problem', because, even if it isn't a problem from the spiritual viewpoint, it is, nevertheless, a psychosomatic disturbance with regard to the physical expression of sexuality. If it weren't a problem, you would not fight for your rights as you are presently doing.
Now, the heart of the matter is the expression of sexuality as it relates to the physical contact between two people, whether it is homosexual, bisexual or heterosexual. It is my viewppoint that both genders were created for specific purposes, and all the organs, including the sexual organs, are there for a specific purpose. They have been created as being the best means of expression to function in the physical planes. It is true that, being heterosexual, I feel, deep within myself that penetration is the greatest orgasmic experience I can have. I cannot imagine myself making love to another man, not because I feel it is dirty, but rather because my mind is totally filled with and focused on this idea of penetration, the mating between man and woman.
You affirm yourself as a lesbian-identified bi-sexual which, in my viewpoint, places you in a akward situation to analyse your own feelings with regards to sexuality. Here you are, having the best of both worlds, and feeling secure in the fact that you can switch from one expression to the other without any repercussions on your mental state, at least that's what I sense from your letter.However, it is my inner feeling that you have not incarnated prematurely, bu have rather chosen this expression of life to experience various aspects of sexuality and widen your own understanding of those that surround you. You feel comfortable in your own sexuality, (which is not the case for many) and it looks as though you are really 'playing the game' with all the implications that word suggests.
Now, think about the homosexual or the lesbian whose mind is totally focused on the partner of the same sex. I do not see how, being endowed with a penis, a man (homosexual) can put aside any thought of penetration which is what it is made for. This does not mean that one cannot have an orgasmic experience otherwise, but simply that, being given the 'choice', I 'assume' a man would prefer a physical organ that would perform the right function. Isn't sodomy, or anal coition, just that, the desire to penetrate in the only place possible in a man.
And, here, I am not talking about deviation, but plain and simple desire to fulfil a natural sexual function. However, this is as I see it from my own perspective and it doen't mean that any other viewpoint is wrong. It would be quite interesting to have the viwpoint of a homosexual or a lesbian on the matter.
As for the spiritual aspect of sex, I do not place any limitations on the manner through which it is accomplished. LOVE, not selfish love, is the only prerequisite and all the rest is a matter of choice. It really does not matter how a man and a woman, or two women or two men find their sexual pleasure. As I said before, a woman can be a prostitute while making love to her own husband, just as another woman can find true love and true spiritual expression in what is called an illicit affair, and one can definitely prostitute himself or herself through homosexuality or bisexuality. This too is in the mind.
Reincarnation is truly the heart of the matter here. You say you believe in past lives and must therefore believe that they do have their purpose in the great scheme of life. When you say that God does not make mistakes, I have to disagree with you. If you believe in a God up there who watches over you, nurtures you and judges you, that is what you get and your life experience goes in that direction. However, if you believe that God is an intrinsic part of the form you wear, if you believe that you are an expression of God, or God expressing Himself as an individuality in the physical, you cannot but admit the fact that God, through you, makes mistakes and is therefore regressing when you regress and expanding when you expand.
The mistake you are talking about, 'incarnating prematurely' is not a mistake, but the simple expression of free choice, whereby a spirit decides to incarnate without the proper counseling as to the body and the environment chosen for that specific life. I did not say that this occurred in all incarnations where homosexuality was the choice of life. I merely said that it was one of the choices made prior to our entrance into the world. And even there, we do not have the total cosmic picture, and we can only speculate and extrapolate from the various sources where the information comes from.
To expand a little more on that question of premature incarnation, I would say that one of its aspects has to do with past lives' experiences and the 'Do unto others...' concept whereby one learns invaluable lessons. We have all been there before, and deep within, we all have reminiscences of what we have been in the past. As I said previously, this is 'one' of the aspects of homosexuality, and a spirit can incarnate with the proper counseling and still have a homosexual experience, because this is what he or she chose to do in that specific life, just as he or she may choose to marry and have children in a future or past experience. And all these experiences are part of the grand scheme of life. None of them has greater value than the other, for they all aim at the same goal: the return to the Source from which we originate.
We are all playing a game, the outcome of which is a greater expansion of the spiritual Forces within. It is a role we have willfully assumed, and whoever (or whomever?) does not recognize the part, be it homosexual, bi-sexual or hetero sexual, that others play in that game, is simply out of focus and does not understand the purpose of earth's incarnations. This is why it is so important not to judge others and to live and let live.
Finally, I do agree with you that gays, lesbian and bi-sexuals are misunderstood, and you are correct when you say that those who fear you the most may have strong reminiscences of some of their past lives, and inwardly fear the emergence of psychosomatic disturbances, for lack of a better word. When one has been raised within the confines of a strict orthodoxy, as many of us have, it is easy to feel threatened by anything that does not fit the mold of all the brainwashing he has been subjected to.
All in all, it is a question of unconditional love for one another. It is a question of understanding that we are all one, that we are in this together for a greater purpose, the repossession of our own identity as sons and daughters of God.
It is always a pleasure to chat with you.
Fernand
Subject: ARE HUMAN BEINGS POWERLESS?
From: al037@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Dave Polewki - Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA) - Newsgroups: talk.religion.newage
REPLY:
One good reason is that you are the key to achieving world peace. You see, the whole world is fed from the collective unconscious of all earth people. Now, if we wait for our leaders to achieve world peace, we will have to wait a very, very long time. The only way for us to achieve that peace is to fill that collective unconscious with the positive thoughts of each and everyone of us. (It sdtarts at the bottom, not at the top. Each positive thought will remove a negative thought from that unconscious pool, in the same manner that each cell of the body that dies is replaced by a new cell, thus keeping the body in a healty form.
Do you really believe that all those talks that go on with Israel, Bosnia and other countries will bring lasting results. The answer is a definite no. First we have to make peace with those that surround us, then with the environment we chose for this earth experience, and it will grow and grow and become that society we long for, a society where the leaders will work towards peace, not towards war.
A comment by : tony
Tony's Comment
Hi! Fernand
A very fascinating analysis. The dead coming out of the graves is
definitely an allusion to The Resurrection and the Final Judgment.
In Revelations, there are two events. The end time, which we believe to
be end of this century, and the Final Judgment leading to the New Heaven
and New Earth. Many Christians say that Jesus is supposed to come and
personally transform this earth into a sort of paradise and rule it
personally for the next 1000 years. I think that is an incorrect reading
of Revelations.
Fernand's Reply:
I just want to add a few thoughts, even though they do not belong in this newsgroup.
I would not count too much on Jesus coming back in our times, because he did say that he would send a Comforter, but this Conforter is in reality the iner knowledge that we are all Christs of God as Jesus was. Therefore, his attaining Christ status, was in itself a Comforter, because, in this way he had shown us that we could all become Christs as he did. Thus, the Second Coming is the recognition of Christhood within the self.
Tony's Comment
I have difficulty figuring out the time frame of the Final Judgment. I
were to summarize that part of Revealtions, I think this is what it says:
If you die as a martyr during the great tribulation you are going to RULE
with Christ for one thousand years. That means you go to Heaven. The
rest will not LIVE for a thousand years while Satan is bound in the
bottomless pit. After these thousand years have passed, Satan will be
released to do his dirty work again, deceiving the new people of Gog and
Magog and then another battle, a final one will occur, in which Satan,
this time, will be cast into the lake of fire which burns forever and
ever. Those not found in the Book of Life will also be cast into the
fire. Only then will the Last Judgment take place and a New Earth and
New Heaven be opened up for entry for the general public whose
reservations are found in the Book of Life.
So it means if you die as a martyr, you go straight to Heaven. If you're so so, your soul is put on hold until the next round is over, and then
you're resurrected and judged. If you're bad, (those who wore the mark
of the beast) you get a chance to live again on this earth, after 1000
years (recuperation period) and then be judged. At Final Judgemnt,
everyone is resurrected - good and bad. If you're bad, you will have a
second death, which will be a final one. If you're good, you'll finally
made it. The time frame between the end of this century and Final
Judgment is what Nostradamus is telling us.
Does anyone have another explantion?
Fernand's reply:
I am always appalled when I read such statements and this one comes right out of the tent of olden days evangelists. If you die a martyr, your spirit goes to the place you have prepared for yourself throughout all your lives. Being a martyr does not necessarily open the door to heaven. The state of mind called heaven is attained through living the life as Jesus did,
Martyrdom is not an end in itself. I would rather live than die for what I believe in. The purpose of life is to gain knowledge and wisdom in order to recognize that we are the sons and daughters of the Universal Energy we call God. This is the important lesson! Whether one becomes a martyr or not, is a chance mishap, not a goal to attain. The key to, and the purpose of, life is expression, and the Resurrection Jesus spoke about, is this attainment to Christhood, or Illumination, or the recognition that each of us is a God by himself.
There is no final judgment. You are yourself the judge and the jury. Each day is Judgment Day, and you are preparing today what you will become tomorrow.
That is the Law.
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 22:23:32 -0500 - From: iacoca@ns.sinfo.net (Ivan y Ruben Acoca) - To: ledash@infobahnos.com (Fernand)
Subject: Re: Thank you.
Rubén Comment:
>Right now I am reading through "A Course in
>Miracles", if you have heard about it you know it is long and requires
>plenty of concentration, well at least to get thorugh the text part of it.
>You can find info on the book by doing a search on infoseek or yahoo, just
>type acim or foundation for inner peace.
Fernand's Reply:
No, I did not read it. I did say, in reply to a letter, that the greatest
miracle is within yourself. By living your life as a loving and caring
human being, you are performing the greatest miracle in the world, because
it means that you are unfolding the Christ within your body, and that's all
you need to fulfill your mission of life. I am not saying that reading that
book is useless, but rather that one does not learn spirituality: he
experiences it through human contact and compassion.
Quite a few years ago, I read many, many books, only to realize, later on,
that everything I need is not without but within. This is when I began to
progress
Rubén's Comment:
>You also got me wondering about your homepage. It sounds like you can make
>an income with the homepage. Is that right and how?
As I just mentioned, everything I write is free. I do believe that one
should not capitalize on spirituality, but then, we live in a materialistic
world, and I cannot blame those who use it to make a reasonable living.
However, I do not understand how people can pour money into the coffers of
TV evangelists and the likes, but that's another story.
So I guess that wraps it up for to night.
From: iacoca@ns.sinfo.net (Ivan y Ruben Acoca)
>Dear Fernand:
>Thank you very much for your responses. I have a couple more questions for you. Do you practice meditation? Why or Why not? Have you heard of Transcendental Meditation (MT) and if you have what do you think about it? I you haven't let me know and I will tell you about it. Do you respond to every question you receive? I ask this because it may seem like you never take a rest from your activities.
>Sincerely,
>Rubén from Panama Republic of Panama
Fernand's Reply:
I do not 'practice' meditation as such. However, I do meditate a lot at any time of the day and when I put myself to sleep. I am not into that TM stuff. Not that it is bad, on the contrary, there may be some people who need that little boost. But one must take care not to use it as crutches or to escape from the circumstances of life. You must understand that spiritual awareness is not something that you practice, it is something that you express in your life with every opportunity that you have to help someone or when you take the time to sympathize with someone in need or in grief. I may be a little harsh, but when someone 'tries' or 'works towards' expanding his awareness through intensive courses like TM, he may have some results, but he will never have the results he would have if he concentrated on living his life to the fullest.
I have been raised with a preestablished set of values where I had to go to mass, say my prayers and not ask to many questions pertaining to religion. It is not until my thirty-third year, when we had Expo 67 here, that I began the search that lead me to where I am now. I never followed courses of any kind, but each is an individuaL spirit, and what is good for me may not necessarily good for someone else. All I can say is follow you inner senses. They are your guides through life just as your spirit is the master of the body you wear. The Master Jesus did not go 40 days into the wilderness to meditate. He went into the wilderness of his own thought forms and there he fought the negativity that prevented him from expressing the Christ in his earthly incarnation.
I do respond to every question I receive, unless they do not make sense. That's my work. However, I do have some help, and when I sit at the typewriter for that purpose, the keyboard starts clicking until I am finished. I do not have to think about what I will say. The thoughts and words are there and I write them. And I love it, because I know I am accomplishing what I came here to do.
The best relax I have is my two months grandson. Since Christmas, I have spent many hours a day with him, and this is one of the best lesssons of life and I enjoy it. This is 'my meditation'.
From: iacoca@ns.sinfo.net (Ivan y Ruben Acoca)
>Dear Fernand:
>
>I was reading through your chapter on marriage and I am not 100% clear on
>some of the things I read.
>
>One of them being where you mention the prevention of birth. I am not sure
>when does a, lets call it soul, starts to expirience life. So if you say
>to wear a condom or take the pill to prevent pregnancy if you are not ready
>to raise and educate another being, that's great. But after pregnancy at
>what point is it still ok to prevent the birth of the baby? I feel life is
>the option and that it cannot be considered a mistake once it has taken
>place, wether it was planned or not.
Fernand's Reply:
This whole sex question is very complicated nowadays, and it shouldn't be! First of all, if a married couple does not want to have children, it is their divine right to do so. Whether they use condom, the pill or vasectomy, it is only a means to reach a goal, and the goal here is the prevention of childbirth.
God has given mankind the means to procreate, but He never made it a mandatory measure as religions would like us to believe. Procreation is the greatest adventure in mankind's history, but man has been given free-will and, ultimately, each of us is the sole judge of the choices we make, and these choices are conditioned by events and agreements we are not aware of in our present life. This is why one myst rely on his or her inner senses, because this is where the whole drama is really played.
Now, if by any chance, one of these choices happens to be an unwanted pregnancy, who arwe we to judge of the extenuating circumstances that surrounds the mother (and the child to be born) and who gives us the right to judge?
Rubén's Question:
>Another question arises from one of the quotes so I need some help in the
>interpretation. Does physical attraction or arousal from physical contact
>represent a guide as to who one loves? Or does physical attraction come
>after an expresion of Love?
Fernand's Reply:
Attraction is a tool of the law of cause and effect whereby a man is attracted to a woman or vice-versa, and there is that recognition from past lives and from that time prior to birth wheen the entity was in the astral or above, and then decided to spend another life on earth. At that time the entity made certain choices and agreements he would fulfill in his coming earth life, one of these being the woman (or women) he would meet in that life. The karmic law of cause and effect (or karma) insures that these choices will manifest themselves in that life. And how does it do that? Through the law of attraction or that recognition I just talked about. Thus the irresistible attraction one feels towards the other person insures that, if nothing happens to change the agreements, both will meet in the due course of time. Attraction has little to do with beauty. You might say it will help, but the determining factor will always be the eye to eye contact, the window of the soul.
Rubén's Question:
>There is also something about knowing physical contact as a priority to
>understanding that true love transcends all physical expressions, how do
>past life experiences help? Or does it have to be an experience in the
>current life?
Fernand's Reply:
The eye to eye contact is more important and gives more lasting results. Physical contact is the outcome of this eye to eye contact, and not vice-versa. Depending on your pre-incarnation agreements, you may have more than one eye -to-eye contacts (love relationships) in a lifetime, and even though the first love may have been genuine, the next one may be as genuine and fulfilling. Physical contact of any kind is the testing ground of this eye to eye contact whereby one can truly fulfill the agreements or the pledges made to love and care for each other. It can be sexual interplay, but it can also be caring for the person when that person is in need or sick or crippled, and this is where you can find out if your love transcends all physical expressions.
For sure, past life experience helps tremendously, but also subtly, in the sense that the individual you are now is the sum of all these experiences and thereby, you feed on them to make your various choices of life. If you have been a killer in a past life, by feeding (unconsciously) on that precise experience, you learn, or should learn, to become more respectful of the life of others. And the same goes for all other experiences of life.
The law of retribution, or karma, does not say that if one has killed in a past life, he must be killed in a future one. It says that, if one kills, he must learn, through any means, that important lesson 'Thou shall not kill'. Therefore, your past life experiences do not hang over your head as a Damocles sword', but are rather a signpost along the way reminding you that these are the lessons to be learned.
So, to understand that true love transcends all physical expressions as you say, you have to experience it in the present life and see how much you are ready to give up for the sake of the other and how far your love can go in terms of giving and caring. This is the true test of any love relationships.