The Ten Commandments

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Dear Friends,

Coming from a Christian background, the Ten Commandments brought down

the mountain by the Primordial Master Moses are accepted as the

established and desirable moral code of behaviour. Also, Jesus said

that He came not to abolish the law, but to reinforce it.

Please could you explain how each of the Ten Commandments are regarded

and applicable in the context of Sahaja Yoga.

Thanks, Semira

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" caraleen98 " <caraleen98 wrote:

 

Dear Semira (and All),

 

 

A lawyer, who wanted to test Jesus, asked Him:

 

" Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law? "

 

Jesus said:

 

" You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,

and with all your mind. This is the great and foremost commandment. The second

is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments

depend the whole Law and the Prophets. " (Matthew 22:35-49)

 

In other words, Jesus said that if you love God with all your heart, soul, and

mind.... and if you love your neighbor as you love your Self... then you are not

only adhering to the laws, but you are fulfilling them!

 

In Sahaja Yoga, we know that the 'Self' that Jesus is referring to, is the

Spirit, which is our Higher Self... so in Sahaja Yoga, we are going way beyond

just adhering to the law; we " are " fulfilling the Law, and this includes the 10

Commandments. Another way of saying it, is that we follow the 'Spirit of the

Law'. The 'Spirit of the Law' is much greater than the mere 'letter of the

law'... as was demonstrated by Jesus.

 

For example, the Pharisees, who followed the 'letter of the law' were going to

'stone' the woman who was caught in adultery, but Jesus, who followed the

'Spirit of the Law' stopped them. He said to them, that whoever was without sin,

should take up the first stone. " That " stopped the Pharisees short, didn't it!!!

They did not like what Jesus did, because He showed them to be without

compassion, by following the 'Spirit of the Law'. As Jesus showed, when a person

follows the 'Spirit of the law', they are not restricted by the 'letter of the

law', as the 'Spirit of the law' is much greater, wiser, and intelligent, and no

lawyer can 'beat it'. No lawyer can 'mentally' beat God's Highest Spiritual

Laws, because they are the Absolute Truth, against which all lesser truths are

shown up to be deficient.

 

The 'Spirit of the Law' basically 'boils' down to this, which is very simple and

easy to understand by everyone. It is:

 

" Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. "

 

Jesus was a revolutionary for his time, and is still a revolutionary for our

time too. So, to set out the different 'do's' and 'don'ts' for Sahaja Yogis is

like following the 'letter of the law' and not the 'Spirit of the Law', if you

know what i mean.

 

What has 'do's' and 'don'ts' to do with people who are so dharmic that they have

entered the Kingdom of God 'Within " themselves, where everything is integrated,

and they are 'One with the Divine'. In that case, it is the Spirit, and the

'Spirit of the Law' that is supreme. This Law of Dharma is nothing but Love.

 

i hope this helps, Semira.

 

love from violet

 

 

 

> Dear Friends,

> Coming from a Christian background, the Ten Commandments brought

down

> the mountain by the Primordial Master Moses are accepted as the

> established and desirable moral code of behaviour. Also, Jesus

said

> that He came not to abolish the law, but to reinforce it.

> Please could you explain how each of the Ten Commandments are

regarded

> and applicable in the context of Sahaja Yoga.

> Thanks, Semira

>

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, " caraleen98 "

<caraleen98 wrote:

>

> Dear Friends,

> Coming from a Christian background, the Ten Commandments brought

> down the mountain by the Primordial Master Moses are accepted as

> the established and desirable moral code of behaviour. Also, Jesus

> said that He came not to abolish the law, but to reinforce it.

> Please could you explain how each of the Ten Commandments are

> regarded and applicable in the context of Sahaja Yoga.

> Thanks, Semira

>

 

The 10 Commandments

 

1. I am the Lord thy God

2. Thou shalt have no other gods before me; Thou shalt not make for thyself an

idol

3. Thou shalt not make wrongful use of the name of thy God

4. Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy

5. Honor thy Mother and Father

6. Thou shalt not murder

7. Thou shalt not commit adultery

8. Thou shalt not steal

9. Thou shalt not bear false witness

10.Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife; Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's

houe.

 

 

" Only 68 of 200 Anglican priests polled could name all Ten

Commandments, but half said they believed in space aliens. " 1

 

1. Randy Cassingham, This is True, 1997-FEB-02. It is based on a UPI

article. The full UPI quotation is:

 

" A survey of Anglican vicars in Britain found that while some don't

believe in heaven, more than half believe in life on other planets.

Worse, only 68 of the 200 surveyed could name all 10 of the Bible's

Ten Commandments. The only two that were almost universally

remembered were the ones about adultery and coveting thy neighbor's

wife — both are no-nos.

 

Although the quotation may seem shocking, being asked to recite each

and every commandment is a challenging question. "

 

www.religioustolerance.org/chr_10co.htm

 

 

How do God's Ten Commandments apply today?

 

Many people today feel that God's Ten Commandments are no longer

valid because they do not apply to our current society. They look to

the Ten Commandments as being outdated and full of inflammatory

language which doesn't sit well with our politically-correct

viewpoint. The Ten Commandments are also considered by many

people to have been abolished by Jesus when He made a new covenant

between God and man with His death and resurrection.

 

The problem in thinking that Jesus came to abolish the Ten

Commandments is that Jesus never claimed to have abolished the Ten

Commandments. Instead, in Matthew 5:17-18 Jesus says, " Do not think

that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come

to abolish them but to fulfill them. I tell you the truth, until

heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least

stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until

everything is accomplished. "

 

In this verse, Jesus gives a clear indication that the Ten

Commandments are still to be followed and adhered to even in our

generation and every generation to come until the day that Jesus

returns. So what does all this mean to us and how do God's Ten

Commandments apply today?

 

God's Ten Commandments are still valid because Jesus declared them to

be. We are still called by God to honor the Ten Commandments and obey

what they call us to do. Jesus also told us that obeying the Law or

the Ten Commandments is not just a superficial act, but one that

carries the essence of the law into our thoughts and hearts.

 

Jesus proclaimed that if we think something that is contrary to one

of the Ten Commandments, we are to view it in the same light as if we

had physically carried out the act. For instance, if we think to

ourselves it is okay to slander or gossip about our neighbors, we are

in essence breaking the ninth Commandment, " Thou shalt not bear false

witness against thy neighbor. " If we are married and one day we see a

handsome man or a pretty woman walking down the street and we lust in

our hearts for them, we are breaking the seventh of God's Ten

Commandments, " Thou shalt not commit adultery. "

 

As Christians, we should not think that since Paul tells us " we are

set free from the law " the Ten Commandments no longer apply to us.

Paul is telling us that because we are now in a relationship with

Christ, we are forgiven of our indiscretions when it comes to

following the Ten Commandments. We are still called throughout the

New Testament to obey God's Ten Commandments.

 

The Ten Commandments also apply to non-believers because in the end,

they will be judged by the essence of the law and the Ten

Commandments. This means that if they are guilty of breaking even one

of the Ten Commandments, be it a lack of respect or reverence for God

or some indiscretion between non-believers, it will be as if they

were guilty of breaking all the commandments.

 

God's Ten Commandments are still the standard by which we should

strive to live our lives. They are not some outdated laws that were

only to be used by Moses. God meant the Ten Commandments to be

permanent guidelines that we are still to follow in order to have a

more meaningful relationship with God and each other.

 

www.allabouttruth.org/gods-ten-commandments-faq.htm

 

 

" As the Kundalini rises into the third part, next to the Nabhi

Chakra, we become absolutely righteous. This area, which we call as

the Ocean of Illusion, is enlightened by ten principles of mastery.

The great masters have created these ten centres of commandment which

are enlightened and we become holy. There is no need to be strict in

one's behavior. We automatically become really spiritual. Like an egg

becomes the bird, we are born twice. In Sanskrit a Yogi or the one

who knows about Brahma, meaning the All-Pervading Power, is called

Dwija and a bird is also called Dwija, meaning twice born. There were

Abraham and Moses and all the ten Primordial Masters who have been

born again and again on this Earth. Zoroastra has been born five

times and also so many of these were born in different places in

different countries to guide the people to take to religious

life to establish the necessary balance for the ascent. By talking

about religious life it does not work. By reading scriptures we get

lost in the web of words (Sabda Jalam). We innately feel the

existence of universal pure religion within ourselves after awakening

when the Kundalini rises into this part called the Ocean of Illusion

(Bhavasagara or Void which is the circled area around Nabhi Chakra).

When this centre is fully enlightened and established in

spirituality, we become automatically righteous. We respect our value

system, we become moral, we become honest, non-violent and we become

innately compassionate. All these qualities becoming so evident

within ourselves that we change and get transformed into a new being

who is extremely righteous and who is like a saint. To such a person

there is no need to talk about the do's and the don'ts. "

 

Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

 

 

The Void, the Ocean of Illusion (Bhavasagara) surrounds the 2nd and

3rd chakras: the Swadisthan and Nabhi chakras. When the Kundalini is

awakened the ten valencies (The Ten Commandments) are awakened

within. The religion becomes innate, and our whole priorities change.

For the religion in Sahaja Yoga is the ultimate of every religion of

any form. It is not limited to one religion, but has the best of all

religions. All real religions are leading to one aim, to one

goal. That goal is to achieve Self knowledge through our second birth.

 

1. Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God

2. Thou shalt have no other gods before me; Thou shalt not make for thyself an

idol

3. Thou shalt not make wrongful use of the name of thy God

4. Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy

5. Honor thy Mother and Father

6. Thou shalt not murder

7. Thou shalt not commit adultery

8. Thou shalt not steal

9. Thou shalt not bear false witness

10.Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife; Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's

houe.

 

SYs thus will find the 10 Commandments, except for #4, not only quite

easy to followe but are the foundations of living a dharmic life.

 

Prescriptions concerning the Sabbath (#4)

 

" The Sabbath was a day of rest " sanctified to the Lord " (Exodus

16:23; 31:15; Deuteronomy 5:14). All work was forbidden, the

prohibition including strangers as well as Israelites, beasts as well

as men (Exodus 20:8-10; 31:13-17; Deuteronomy 5:12-14). The following

particular actions are mentioned as forbidden: cooking (ex., xvi,

23); gathering manna (xvi, 26 sqq.); plowing and reaping (xxxiv, 21);

lighting a fire (for cooking, xxxv, 3); gathering wood (num., xv, 32

sqq.); carrying burdens (jer., xvii, 21-22); pressing grapes,

bringing in sheaves, and loading animals (Nehemiah 13:15); trading

(Ibid., 15 sqq.). Travelling, at least with a religious object, was

not forbidden, the prohibition of Ex., xvi, 29, referring only to

leaving the camp to gather food; it is implied in the institution of

holy assemblies (Leviticus 23:2-3, Heb. text), and was customary in

the time of the kings (2 Kings 4:23). At a later period, however, all

movement was restricted to a distance of 2000 cubits (between five

and six furlongs), or a " sabbath day's journey " (Acts 1:12). Total

abstention from work was prescribed only for the Sabbath and the Day

of Atonement; on the other feast-days servile work alone was

prohibited (Exodus 12:16; Leviticus 23:7 sqq.). Wilful violation of

the Sabbath was punished with death (Exodus 31:14-15; Numbers 15:32-

36). The prohibition of work made it necessary to prepare food, and

whatever might be needed, the day before the Sabbath, hence known as

the day of preparation, or Parasceve (paraskeue; Matthew 27:62; Mark

15:42; etc.). Besides abstention from work, special religious

observances were prescribed. (a) The daily sacrifices were doubled,

that is two lambs of a year old without blemish were offered up in

the morning, and two in the evening, with twice the usual quantity of

flour tempered with oil and of the wine of libation (num., xxvii, 3-

10). (b) New loaves of proposition were placed before the Lord

(Leviticus 24:5; 1 Chronicles 9:32). © A sacred assembly was

to be held in the sanctuary for solemn worship (Leviticus 23:2-3,

Heb. text; Ezekiel 46:3). We have no details as to what was done by

those living at a distance from the sanctuary. Synagogal worship

belongs to the post-Exilic period; still it is probably a development

of an old custom. In earlier days the people were wont to go to hear

the instructions of the Prophets (2 Kings 4:23), and it is not

unlikely that meetings for edification and prayer were common from

the oldest times. " www.newadvent.org/cathen/13287b.htm

 

Sabbath is very difficult to follow in today's modern world. Even

2,000 years ago Jesus was against the absurdity of fanatically

following #4:

 

" Christ, while observing the Sabbath, set himself in word and act

against this absurd rigorism which made man a slave of the day. He

reproved the scribes and Pharisees for putting an intolerable burden

on men's shoulders (Matthew 23:4), and proclaimed the principle

that " the sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath "

(Mark 2:27). He cured on the Sabbath, and defended His disciples

for plucking ears of corn on that day. In His arguments with the

Pharisees on this account He showed that the Sabbath is not broken in

cases of necessity or by acts of charity (Matthew 12:3 sqq.; Mark

2:25 sqq.; Luke 6:3 sqq.; 14:5). St. Paul enumerates the Sabbath

among the Jewish observances which are not obligatory on Christians

(Colossians 2:16; Galatians 4:9-10; Romans 14:5). The gentile

converts held their religious meetings on Sunday (Acts 20:7; 1

Corinthians 16:2) and with the disappearance of the Jewish Christian

churches this day was exclusively observed as the Lord's Day. "

 

The wisdom, clarity and fearlessness of Lord Jesus and His teachings

have made so much sense in my spiritual life. It is obvious that the

priestly class were responsible for the absurd rituals of Sabbath

which only says that humans should " 4. Remember the Sabbath and keep

it holy " .

 

regards to all,

 

jagbir