Christian Mysticism

The words of Christian Saints and Mystics on the importance of devotion to God and union with him. The Brotherhood of the Sacred Word promotes male moral self-control, celibacy, meditation, and understanding of the guru principle.

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[DivineFellowship]

The Vedas define God as bliss. If you have experienced bliss then you have experienced God.

[DivineFellowship]

The rule was made for a reason: The sexual discharge disturbs the inner ojas (inner ground), then manifesting as disturbance to one's outer world conditions. It was not based on nothing, but on metaphysical reality applying to man.

When having a sexual debacle, mistake, period, or misfortune -- one should offer up whatever pleasure is gained to the Lord, Isvara-deva. It should be done in precisely the same way Christians (and Hindus) have long "sacrificed" food (at dinner) by saying a prayer.

[a1saouse]

"...Where is my faith- even deep down right in there is nothing, but emptiness and darkness- My God - how painful is this unknown pain-I have no faith - I dare not utter the words & thoughts that crowd in my heart- & make me suffer untold agony." -Mother Teresa

[DivineFellowship]

It is not really about "doing good deeds," but learning to continually reference God as you do necessary actions. So, a soda jerk could be the perfect karma-yogi and, I guess, a better one than Mother Theresa. The yogic saints say karma-yoga is the most dangerous. Any "sense of doership" causes the ego to grow in size (I did these good deeds). So it sounds like M. Teresa neither did karma-yoga in the correct way to turn it blissful God-contact, nor had any other effective meditation technique.

[renndragon]

Oh by the way ..one other thing . I now find hard rock and dirty hip hop music repulsive. It makes me sick It's like I am more in tune to the damage it does. And also can see right through the shallowness of the people that make that music . The filthiness of the women that are sex objects, it's like they lost thier souls. I cannot wait to see what 6 months does to me!! Can you give me a preview of what 6 months chastity is like ????

[blackoutninja]

@DivineFellowship I have one question- are you implying any of the following

a) that sex is evil and/or bad/negative is some way

b) that celibacy and chastity is a superior state of being to non celibacy/marriage?

peace, God bless!

[swedishvein]

Divine, I am not godless. I believe there is something supernatural, wether it is what you believe in (Christ) or something else. It gives me hope to live. I also find the degeneracy to be repulsive and damaging. As you say, the spiritual moments have been the happiest in my life. Not neccesarily to christ, but to an entity of mysticism.

[MrItchyElbow]

@DivineFellowship There was no rule until God told them that they could not eat of the tree of Knowledge of Good and Bad (Evil). Therefore there was no evil until the rule. The evil was not sex, but breaking the rule, going contrary to God's wishes. However, God will make things work out in the end. Right now he separates the sheep from the goats.

[DivineFellowship]

@movadoband -- Poor analogy. The creative act and creative rupture can hardly be compared to eating a snack. The first most obvious thing about it is that eating a snack is taking in energy/resources. The male orgasm is a tremendous loss of energy/resources. So how can the two be compared. Eating snacks does not create human lives/bodies. The creative act does. Get the hell out.

[movadoband]

@HylianSpirit an occasional snack never made a person obese, anymore than having an orgasm (whether compulsive or not) can be harmful somehow...?

[DivineFellowship]

@a1saouse -- In true Christianity one comes to contact the God-within, all providing and all Good. It sounds like Mother T. did not have a genuine Christian practice, or did not follow it. Sad. Basically she was an uneducated karma-yogi. The Bhagavad-Gita teaches about the path to God called Karma-Yoga or the "yoga of action." In this path you make all your actions God-referencing so that you end up meditating (doing dharana) on God, thus finding Him.

[xxJEDIxBRAVEHEARTxx]

@a1saouse -- She had prolonged issues with faith, that is all. The quote is still extremely relevant to the context of the video. The reason why I included her (I made this video) is because she is often perceived only as a do-gooder, Christian activist. Her personal spiritual life far outweighs the media puppet status she ended up with - and just like the pantheistic philosophies of Buddhism get branded as "Atheistic", her spiritual sayings tarnished her reputation all the same.

[DivineFellowship]

God is your father and you are his child. Thus how could you not become more and as Him? All children become like their father and that is what the father wants. If we are "made in His image," how could we not be in essence 'like' Him? This is all self-evident. The lie of the snake in the garden to Eve was that she lacked something. The rule they broke was the rule against engaging in carnal relations (sex). Doing so made them suddenly UNLIKE God, another aspect of the snake's treachery.