THE 10 COMMANDMENTS REVISED -- PART THREE

If we lived in a more spiritual society, where Humanity paid more attention to the spiritual sciences as opposed to the material sciences which are devoted entirely to the benefit of Humanity´s physical needs, we would understand more of the true significance of our planet Earth.

The Fourth Commandment

"REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY, TO KEEP IT HOLY, SIX DAYS SHALT THOU LABOUR, AND DO ALL THY WORK, BUT THE SEVENTH DAY IS THE SABBATH OF THE LORD THY GOD: IN IT THOU SHALT NOT DO ANY WORK, THOU, NOR THY SON, NOR THY DAUGHTER, NOR THEY MANSERVANT, NOR THY MAIDSERVANT, NOR THY CATTLE, NOR THE STRANGER THAT IS WITHIN THY GATES. FOR IN SIX DAYS THE LORD MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH, THE SEA, AND ALL THAT IN THEM IS, AND RESTED THE SEVENTH DAY: WHEREFORE THE LORD BLESSED THE SABBATH DAY, AND HALLOWED IT".

How mistranslation and misinterpretation have changed this commandment! The original statement was to remember the significance of "The Seven", because this Earth operates on and through the wavelength and the vibration of seven. Its whole purpose and structure vibrates to seven. The Earth was created in seven days or, more literally, seven Ages. You possess seven spiritual centres, or chakras, which are the seeds from which your seven bodies spring. Your physical body is said to change itself every seven years. There are seven layers to your skin. There are seven colours in your spectrum. There are seven musical notes in the scale. There are seven days in a week and four times seven days in a lunar month. The Bible refers to the life of Man as being three score years and ten, or ten times seven. The frequency of seven vibrates everywhere in life on this Earth and is most important to it.

If you lived in a more spiritual society, where Humanity paid more attention to the spiritual sciences as opposed to the material sciences which are devoted entirly to the benefit of Humanity´s physical needs, you would understand more of the true significance of this Earth and of its special vibration of seven. Other planets within this Solar Body vibrate to different numbers, on other wavelengths, but seven is the number of this Earth. So when this commandment says "Remember the Seven" it is asking you to remember the number of this Earth, the structure of life on this Earth, and the purpose and significance of this Earth.

The Fifth Commandment

"HONOUR THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER THAT THY DAYS MAY BE LONG UPON THE LAND WHICH THE LORD THY GOD GIVETH THEE".

Here again, mistranslation has made interpretation of this commandment difficult. Let us, however, instead of mother and father substitute male and female, or positive and negative, the balance of creation. So the fifth commandment invites you to remember creation, to remember the act of your creation, to remember what your body is composed of, the significance of its individual parts and your responsibility for it.

This commandment further says that if you look after your physical frame, if you treat it and respect it as the miraculous creation given to you by your Creator that it really is, then your days will indeed be long on the surface of this Earth. You will live for more years than Humanity lives today.

So remember the act of creation, the male and the female, the power and the wisdom, the two points of consciousness. They are the seeds through which Humanity evolves on this Earth, no matter whether it be the male and the positive, or the female and the negative. It is through these bodies that Humanity learns on the surface of this Earth, advancing its consciousness according to the choice of its destiny and the Greater Plan.

The Sixth Commandment

"THOU SHALT NOT KILL".

This is a very straight-forward law, but how Humanity wriggles to avoid it!! There is no qualification. It is absolute. Thou shalt not kill anything!! It means not only that one should not kill one´s equals in soul evolution, but also that one should not kill one´s lesser brothers or sisters be they other human beings, animals or even insects. There is a simple reason behind this law. Humanity does not create, is not aware of the balance of life on this Earth, and therefore it would be most unwise to upset that balance by removing people or animals or other forms of life that have been placed there by a greater force than it to fulfil the plan and the purpose of this Earth.

After all, if you think about it, Humanity usually kills only for its own self-interest, whether it be to win a war, to destroy and enemy, to feed its stomach or to give itself pleasure generally. People kill for personal gain, or satisfaction, and what provides the motivation for that but their ego!! A truly spiritually motivated person never kills anything. On this Earth there is no need for killing in any form whatsoever, and the sooner you realise this fact the sooner peace, goodwill, perfection and harmony will return to this Earth.

The Seventh Commandment

"THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT ADULTERY".

Humanity has placed a limited interpretation on this commandment to imply that people should not have sexual relations outside the bonds of marriage, and has raised this commandment to a position of supreme importance in modern life. But this, again, is only one very small aspect of the law. I invite you to consider the wider interpretation of the commandment: that people should not adulterate themselves in thought, word or deed. They should not defile themselves in any way whatsoever.

This commandment means, therefore, that you must respect your physical body. You must not eat or drink anything which will defile it. You must recognise it as being the temple of your soul. You must not use your body in any degrading act, whether it be physical or mental, sexual or otherwise. You must use the gift of creation with responsibility, and recognise that every time you commit the sexual act without intention of conception you are adulterating that act. So try to be aware of the wider implication of this commandment.

Part Four follows....

This article is from "The Fantastic Teachings of Ramala".