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Originally Posted by MysticPhD
The problem is that I AM considering the verses SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE the 6th, 8th, 10th, or 20th-grade level!! Logos refers to what we would consider Spirit which is the true essence of "words" because the "meaning" they convey ONLY exists in a Spirit (consciousness). It was a poor choice of transliteration because it completely misled everyone to substitute the words "written in ink" in the Bible for the Holy Spirit personally demonstrated by Jesus! It has been a travesty of human ignorance of spirituality and the fallibility of intellectual naturalism, IMO.
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You are not looking at the other side though
because you recognise that higher level, you are (and will be) held to a much, much higher standard in what you say, how you say it, who you say it to, etc because the level you are speaking of is not earthly in origin and is influential and has its own counterpart at the same level - the opposite side so to speak
At all levels and regions and times there are opposites - like night/day, cold/hot, good/bad, left/right, orthodox/heretic, etc and we (humans/humanity) have to operate within those types of limits and boundaries
There is so much more to be taken into consideration than our own individual and personal feelings and thoughts and affiliations and arguments, etc
Everything we say and do on this forum is being judged to check its consistency and relevance from where it came from and what its end result is - the same as we should be and are judging what is being brought forward checking its own consistency and relevance
But being human we err and do not (and can not) have all of the information by ourselves and so we do need to rely on others who are at varying levels of duty and responsibility
What you experienced was not
for you as an individual, it was to be used
by you and for you to recognise when you are in a particular ‘place’ and ‘time’ that you will have affiliations with particular people who are at your own particular level but we need to also take into consideration the
other levels and times and regions that have gone into where we are culturally and socially and religiously and spiritually
What you are trying to do is teach and critique those who are under their own teachers and their own religious systems and that is not something that we are to do
1Th 5:12**And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
1Th 5:13**And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves.
1Th 5:14**Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
1Th 5:15**See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.
1Th 5:16**Rejoice evermore.
1Th 5:17**Pray without ceasing.
1Th 5:18**In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
1Th 5:19**Quench not the Spirit.
1Th 5:20**Despise not prophesyings.
1Th 5:21**Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
1Th 5:22**Abstain from all appearance of evil.
1Th 5:23**And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God
your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1Th 5:24**Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.
1Th 5:25**Brethren, pray for us.
1Th 5:26**Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss.
1Th 5:27**I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren.
1Th 5:28**The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. The first epistle to the Thessalonians was written from Athens.
Gal 5:16**This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
Gal 5:17**For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
Gal 5:18**But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
Gal 5:19**Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Gal 5:20**Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
Gal 5:21**Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Gal 5:22**But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Gal 5:23**Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Gal 5:24**And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
Gal 5:25**If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
Gal 5:26**Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
Buddhism is
eastern
And you are in
western society
What people see is the inconsistency and the judgemental attitude you have toward them and their society and communities
That is part of the flip and reversal that happens to see the other side or the other level and to be able to see/perceive/understand past those various religious sides and levels
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