DIVINE MEDITATION(S) AMONG CADAVERS IS A SHORT CUT TO A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA!

MEN FOREFEIT THEIR LIVES TO THE CHALLENGES OF GOOD AND EVIL

NO MAN CAN UNDERSTAND ETERNITY UNTIL HE HAS RID HIMSELF OF ALL HIS PRETENSIONS.

HE WHO HAS GOD FOR HIS FRIEND HAS THE SAINTS IN HIS POCKET!

THE CHRISTIAN TIBET

The December issue of NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC has an article on MT. ATHOS which is an ancient, inaccessible monastery in GREECE that can only be reached at this writing by boat. It is here that Gurdjieff is supposed to have visited at some time in his travels(he also is said to have gone to Crete and received a wound). The article mentions that this monastery has been there for at least a thousand years and allows no women to visit it and is resisting attempts to allow women to go there and it is interesting to read what the monks there have to actually say about this. ``These monks are familiar with the PHILOKALIA that Ouspensky mentions and supposedly practice what has been called, 'gazing at one's navel' which, of course, is a sort of code for centering on the navel center or a certain chakra,also known to yogis,etc. I will not delve into this practice but it also requires some things like prayers and breathing as well as concentration and attention/awareness,etc.

THE DYNAMICS OF HIGHER REALMS

There is a vast literature on the 'dynamics of higher realms' or regions or states or 'heavens' etc. that only the most determined will undertake to read or study, let alone follow, when they find directions as to how to 'navigate'. We can, even if we are not clairvoyant,psychic, or 'gifted' catch occasional glimpses of these 'higher realms' through symbols,legends, stories, myths, and sometimes through 'objective' art which can include paintings. None of these things need be actually 'religious' or 'moral' in nature as one might expect. The 'stairways' & 'highways' to Heaven as we might call them also have their counterparts going to that place well-paved with 'good intentions'. There is one point to made about this latter that most people do not consider since it is and was designated(often without proof) to be a place of PUNISHMENT but we can also say that no one is there for that purpose but are there because THEY WANT TO BE. IF HELL IS AN EVIL PLACE THEN IT IS BECAUSE EVIL INHABITANTS RESIDE THERE.

THE HIGHEST KNOWLEDGE OF GOD

The highest knowledge of GOD that can be attained in this life is called GNOSIS, which is in part, if not entirely, the basis of ESOTERIC CHRISTIANITY which only a few persons understand or know about or have attempted to locate. This knowledge is not belief as is ordinarily considered. Most discussions of GNOSIS fall flat on deaf ears and various arguments are put forth to argue against such knowledge, tending to favor unverifiable belief(s). GNOSIS is a form of experience that can be experienced in various environments, as in some extremes like mountains and deserts,for example. Not everyone in this modern day and age desires such knowledge nor wants to undergo the hardships and disciplines needed for such a journey to these 'remote' places, preferring a modest vacation on 'some sunny shore'. GNOSIS is also to be found in ESOTERIC BUDDHISM but undeer slightly different 'wraps' that for Christians are most difficult to 'unwrap' or accept as 'gifts'.