THE NATURE OF SUFFERING -- PART TWO

Many Forms of Suffering

 There are many forms of suffering. Some obviously involve pain, and when I talk of pain I am talking of physical, emotional and spiritual pain. Believe it or not, the easiest pain to bear of those three is physical pain. So what we are talking about is that eventually one learns not so much to overcome pain but to come to terms with it because one can see a meaning and a purpose in that pain. What is difficult to handle is when one experiences pain for no apparent purpose. If there is a purpose and a meaning for the pain, for example when in childbirth, then one comes to terms with that pain and can see it as an evolving process.

When you come to deal with emotional and spiritual pain that is something entirely different. Physical pain is something you can understand, but how do you come to terms with emotional pain, shall we say when your husband or your wife dies and you are left grieving at the loss. Then let us consider the next degree which is spiritual pain. Suppose that you were to die at an early age of a heart attack through abusing your physical body by wrong eating and wrong living and you left behind a wife and young children. From the higher planes of life you would then witness your family living in great difficulties and although you would want to help them you could do nothing about it. That would cause you spiritual pain. That sort of pain is very difficult to come to terms with, but it is something you will all have to face one day.

Basic Cause of Suffering

As individuals you are all going to suffer. The basic cause of all suffering is ignorance. There is no need to suffer, for where there is Light, where there is Truth, where the Love of your Creator is present, there can be no suffering. Suffering can exist only in Darkness (ignorance). It cannot exist in Light. So when you, as an individual, think that you are suffering, recognize that it is because you have not come to terms with yourself as an individual. You have not balanced yourself with the surroundings in which you live, you have not merged your soul, your spiritual wisdom and knowledge, with the physical evolutionary path that you have chosen.

Understanding Suffering

There is no need for suffering. With the understanding of suffering comes the removal of pain, both physical, emotional and spiritual. It is a hard lesson to comprehend, but it is true. If you think back in your life to when you have suffered you will discover that that suffering was born out of a seperation between yourself and your Creator. Suffering only occurs when you lose trust in Its Plan, in Its Perfection, in Its total Being within which you live, move and have your being. When you have fear you are not in touch with your Creator. When you have extreme emotion you are not in touch with your Creator. At such times you will suffer. It is in the harmonization of one´s being with the Universe of which you are all a part that there comes an end to suffering.

So as your progress through the years to come, as you face your lessons in life, some painful, some less painful, when you think that you are suffering, look at yourself. Look at that part of you which is suffering. Is it the soul or is it the ego, the personality self?? Even the Master Jesus upon the cross suffered. But what was the nature of his suffering? It was not for himself. It was for the World which he was soon to leave, the World which had apparently ignored his message and act of being.

He who was overshadowed by the Christ, who had come to lead the World into the Piscean Age, was about to be crucified and the suffering that he felt was the suffering of an evolved soul for a less evolved Earth. It came from his understanding of what the Earth would have to go through. He saw what was to come. That was the nature of his suffering. So when you as individuals suffer, think of that example. Think not of yourselves but of the Earth, for when the Earth as a whole suffers then truly you will suffer as well.

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

IMMORTAL SOUL OR PSEUDO-SOUL -- PART ONE

 
Man has falsely identified himself with the pseudo-soul or ego. When he transfers his sense of identity to his true being, the immortal Soul, he discovers that all pain is unreal. He no longer can even imagine the state of suffering. (Paramahansa Yogananda) 

   


Armagedden

The bible and the Dead Sea scrolls speak of a battle that will be fought in the "final days" between the sons and daughters of Light and the sons and daughters of darkness. This is called the Battle of Armageddon. The vision from thousands of years ago reveals that a total of seven battles will be fought -- the first three battles being won by the sons of darkness and the next three by the sons of Light. The final battle -- the seventh -- will be won, after a tremendous struggle, by the sons of Light. With this victory, peace and prosperity will reign on Earth for one thousand years.

The Battle of Armageddon not only is here on Earth today, but also is alive and well on the etheric level. This battle is being fought in the etheric and on the third-dimensional plane by forces working through humanity. These forces represent the fight for control between the lower self (ego) and the Higher Self, or will of God. Once individuals become aware of this, most grow so strong in the Light that they acquire the strength needed for victory in all circumstances. If a person is unaware of this etheric battle, however, he or she can be likened to a puppet manipulated in an arena by the forces of darkness.

Children Of The Light 

 The Children of the Light have returned to Earth and are gearing up for the final battle. Remember the first three have already been won by the sons and daughters of darkness. Observe the state of world affairs. Look at the crime, greed, wars, starvation, drugs, hopelessness and desperation that have already overcome so many. Some individuals are even fearful of leaving their homes, while others feel powerless in fighting for their basic human rights.

Some say we already have lost one generation of children because of our own inaction and the inaction of governments and social systems. If we lose another, it may be nearly impossible to recover within the time that we have left. There is a sense of spiraling downwards -- economically, spiritually, physically and socially. In short, we have reached the abyss, the deepest moment of humanity´s despair. Can you see this??

A Battle For Souls

  The Ascended Master Kuthumi called the decade of the nineties the "darkest of times". He said that the Masters can see into our future, and that this period ultimately was the testing time for all souls on Earth, forcing them to choose the Light or the darkness. Ultimately, THIS BATTLE IS A BATTLE FOR OUR SOULS. It is the time for judgement, but not the time for others to do the judging. It is the time for US to choose. In the end, we are our own judges and juries by virtue of our actions, word, thoughts and emotions.

Who are these sons and daughters of Light who supposedly have come to Earth to fight the final battles? Are they already here? What do they look like? At first glance, all humans appear to look the same, The human form appears identical, with the exception of skin colour, gender, size etc. So, if everyone looks the same, where are these people?

To see them one must look with a vision beyond the sight of physical eyes. One must look with the Third Eye into the soul to see their aura emanating from within.

When one acquires this vision, it is easy to see these beings of Light, for there are one million of them walking among the masses. They are the reincarnated High Priests and Priestesses of the former Golden Ages, the reborn Saints, the Pharaohs, and the risen Atlantean Masters who have embodied once again to bring the Light and higher truths to the world. These beings have an unfaltering vision and know clearly that the Battle of Armageddon is not lost, but already won in the etheric. Atlantis HAS risen, as the "sleeping prophet" Edgar Cayce predicted so many decades ago. It has risen through the souls of these Masters who have come to hold the Light for the world.

By Their Fruits

  These souls have been sent to Earth by the Order of Melchizedek to bring in the power of the Christos (Universal Light) energy and to teach this power to every soul in embodiment who wants to learn. "Ye shall know them by their fruits". They are the legions of Light Workers, representing all quadrants of the Universe, who have journeyed to Earth to bring in the new world. They are embodied in all countries, races, and religions, and they understand Oneness. In short, they represent the Christ consciousness and all that is contained in this Divine power. They represent the culmination of all truths ever brought to Earth by the many great Masters who have walked before us in countries all over the world.

These souls vibrate with a higher Light frequency because they already have passed the lessons and Tests of Initiation in earlier lives. Many may have been Christians who were thrown to the lions or suffered agonizing deaths through the ignorance of those in control at the time. All passed over to the other side, forgiving their trespassers. This accomplishment bought them their "tickets" to come here. Still others may have lived simple, uncomplicated lives and learned, like the Buddha, what enlightenment is. No matter what their paths, the point is that there is only one way -- the Light -- and they attained the Light.

Shutting Ourselves Off
 
By example and through teachings, these souls will once again instruct in the new mystery schools and remind everyone of the truths that we all have known, but momentarily have forgotten. Since the fall of Atlantis -- the fall of humanity -- consciousness has slipped so far into the masculine energy that we collectively have forgotten the power of the Light and the feminine principles. We have fallen asleep by shutting ourselves off from the Light. As a result, we find ourselves in a dark pool, struggling for a way to see. Through the Light of these high-level souls, this pathway will be found again.

Now lets look at Webster´s New World Dictionary´s definition of a soul : - An entity which is regarded as being the immortal or spiritual part of a person and, though having no physical or material reality, is credited with the functions of thinking and willing, and hence determining all behaviour. The moral or emotional nature of man.

Part two follows....