MANY PEOPLE DEPEND SOLEY ON TWO THINGS:

MANY,IF NOT MOST PEOPLE OF ALL KINDS, DEPEND SOLELY ON TWO THINGS: god & the government, BUT THEY DON'T REALLY KNOW OR UNDERSTAND EITHER......tHE WAIT FOR 'LIGHTNING BOLTS' OR 'ANGELS AND SAINTS TO ARRIVE' OR THE IRS...ETC ETC ETC.

GOD CARES MORE ABOUT SINNERS THAN GOOD PEOPLE!

GOD CARES MORE ABOUT AND FOR SINNERS THAN FOR GOOD PEOPLE,who already have their rewards and just deserts.....

YOU WIOLL BE SADLY MISTAKEN IF YOU BELIEVE THIS

You will be sadly mistaken if you believe, as smany do, that GOD ONLYWANTS GOOD PEOPLE TO GO TO HEAVE OR BAD PEOPLE TO GO TO HELL..

DO ALL SAINTS GO TO HEAVEN AND ALL SINNERS GO TO HELL?

WHY NOT GO THEIR YOURSELF AND FIND OUT? SOME HAVE DONE SO ALREADY APPARENTLY, BUT I GUESS YOU DID NOT READ THEIR ACCOUNTS BY THE WAY YOU CONTINUE TO LIVE AND BEHAVE!

NEITHER GOOD OR BAD PEOPLE CAN GET INTO HEAVEN WITHOUT SOME KIND OF SUFFERING!

HOW CAN YOU BE CHILDREN OF GOD WHEN YOUR OWN CHILDREN ARE IGNORED BY YOU?

HOW CAN YOU EXPECT GOD TO HEAR OR LISTEN TO OR ANSWER YOUR PRAYERS?

My question is this: HOW CAN YOU EXPECT GOD TO HEAR, LISTEN TO, OR ANSWER YOUR PRAYERS, WHEN YOU DO NOT LISTEN TO THE PARYERS OF YOUR CATS, DOGS, HORSES, COWS, OR CHILDREN?

FOR JOSEPH....IF YOU VISIT HERE

Dear Joseph, I am posting this for you to greet you and to also tell you that I am not a devotee of the WAY OF THE MONK but I do appreciate the various histories and accounts and other information on this and if one is honest there are things that do appeal to the emotional and sometimes intellectual nature of people....I do not try to persuade anyone to adopt or reject these 'WAYS' or their own religion or religious/spiritual/occult, or other experiences but only wish them to examine more fully and deeply, if they dare to do so, their own existence and nature and what is real and true....thanks for viewing and kindly leave your comments, if any. Halford

THE SECOND HOUSE-THE SECOND ROOM

THE WAY OF THE MONK is also another room of possible existence and development or evolution and one is which many occupy themselves but without actually being in this room or they stumble upon it and may find it empty. The notion of 'a room' that is locked is,of course, part of the 'forbidden room' notions, such as is found in the fairy tale of BLUEBEARD. Along this line are also certain tales, like THE ARABIAN NIGHTS that require an endless array of nightly tales to prevent being executed or the like. However, finding the right keys to anything is a problem as is the exit from any LABYRINTH or MAZE. Finding the right maps for an endless journey or the HIDDEN CLUES is a task of which many give up on and abandon or perish as the cases may be. When you enter such a ROOM or HOUSE as this you do not know what the result will be but you must accept the need, the necessity, and the requirement which consists usually of; OBEDIENCE, CHASTITY & POVERTY and few can maintain such for a lifetime and reach the goal which lies, of course, in THE FOURTH ROOM@!

POPE JOHN PAUL 2

As some of you may know the late POPE JOHN PAUL THE SECOND, is being considered for 'SAINTHOOD' and a recent article on him mentioned his 'morification' practices which included 'sleeping on the floor' and 'flagellation'. Both of these things are time-honored practices not onlly in churches, monasteries, and convents,etc. but also among practitioners of martial arts, shugendo, fakirism groups,such as dervishes), mystics, yogis, and others. Stimulation of the body by use of percussion and strikes with sticks, hands,etc. to stimulate nerve centers and systems as well as to produce and develop an 'iron body' or appendage are somewhat known these days. Unfortunately, many associate these things with 'sado-masochism' and similar 'sexual' deviations and the like, which can, in some cases, be quite true. Some of this smacks, of course, of 'medievalism' and 'inquisitional' methods to the modern mind that is not used to anything too drastic or misunderstoof,etc. Most people in the world today tend to avoid pain at nearly every cost and subject themselves to pain killers of all kinds, even those that will kill or destroy them.

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'.

SOME RELIGIOUS TRADTIONS

Some religous traditions teach that 'spiritual accomplishment' can give actual mastery over the physical world. Stories of mastery over nature and the world by ancients and primitives and figures of mythology abound. To search such takes time that most persons will not attempt. Some methods of achieving such 'spiritual accomplishment' can be found in the various ESOTERIC RELIGIONS, such as BUDDHISM, CHRISTIANITY, and Hinduism,Shinto, etc.

"THE SERPENT IN THE GARDEN"

The Serpent in the Garden is a 'symbol' with much esoteric and occult significance as well as other associations for people not involved in occultism or esoteric studies,etc. The Serpent is a reptile, that is, snakes and related creatures,exert a certain fascination or repulsion in people around the world. Snakes are to be found in nearly every human culture and are either venerated, worshipped, feared, and hated,etc. The point is that the Snake or THE SERPENT, as mentioned in the First Book of the Bible or Genesis has an importance that can be understood perhaps as well as misunderstood. The Serpent in the Garden was a witness to the appearance of early men. Possibly, serpents and snakes inhabited some of the caves and areas where men lived, and I have seen such snakes in such caves and areas, as have many others, but that is not the point. We are all familiar with the serpent or snake entwined around a pole, usually, twin snakes, and this has much symbolic meaning for those who are on the particular path, THE WAY OF THE MONK, as sometimes the Serpent is seen as the Tempter or the Devil or Satan,etc.

IF THE PRIEST GOES TO THE RIGHT, THEN

'IF THE PRIEST GOES TO THE RIGHT, THEN THE TEACHER MUST GO TO THE LEFT" is another saying that G has in his book of 'MEETINGS' that refers to the directions one must follow if one is perhaps on this PATH OF THE MONK or tries to venture along it,because only then will the aspirant/novice find out the limits of his 'existence' and 'the power of his faith'.