The Separation between State and Religion

In time we will realize that Democracy is the entitlement of individuals to every right that was in its times alloted to kings. The right to speak and decide, to be treated with decency, to serve and be served by people in a State of “love” that is, to serve with one’s work for the development of ‘life’. To belong to the Kingdom of Human Beings without racial, national, social or academic separations. To love and be loved. To die at the service of the whole and be honored in one’s death, for one’s life and work was legitimately valued. To be graceful and grateful. To have the pride and the humility of being One with the Universe, One with every realm of Existence, One with every living and deceased soul. To treat with dignity and be treated with dignity for One is dignified together with All others and Life itself. To walk the path of compassion, not in the sorrow of guilt but in the pride of being. To take responsability for one’s mistakes and sufferings and stand up again and again like a hero and a heroine and face the struggle that is put at one’s feet and in one’s hands. Millions of people, millions and millions of people might take many generations to realize the consciousness of our humaneness but there is no other dignified path for the human being.

The “work” as I conceive it is psychological and political. Psychology is the connection between the different dimensions within one’s self and Politics is the actualization of that consciousness in our practical lives. Religion is the ceremony that binds the connectedness between the individual and the Universe. The separation between religion, politics and science, the arts and sports is, in the sphere of the social, the reflection of the schizophrenia within the individual and the masses. The dialogue between individuality and the "human" belongs to consciousness. The tendency to develop cults resides in the shortcomings we’are finding in life as it is structured today. “Life” has become the private property of a few priviledged who cannot profit from it because as soon as it is appropriated it stops to be “life” or “life-giving”.

We are all the victims of our own invention and each one is called upon to find solutions. The only problem is believing our selves incapable of finding them. We are now free to use all Systems of knowledge objectively, sharing them without imposing our will on each other. To become objective about our lives means to understand that the institutions that govern its experience are critically important. That we are one with the governments, one with the religious activities that mark its pace, that the arena’s in which we move our bodies and the laboratories in which we explore our possibilities are ALL part and parcel of our own personal responsibility. That WE ARE ONE WITH EACH OTHER AND EVERYTHING AROUND US and acknowledge for ourselves a bond of love in conscious responsibility. That we human beings know ourselves part of each other and are willing and able to act on our behalf for the benefit of each and every individual. That we no longer allow governments, industries, universities or any other institution to run along unchecked by the objective principles of humaneness. That we do not allow gurus to abuse their power or governors to steal the taxes and use them to their personal advantage in detriment of the whole. That we do not allow abuse from anyone anywhere because life is too beautiful to do so and that we are willing to stop the rampant crime with the necessary compassion Conscious knowledge is every individual's right. Conscious action is every individual's duty.

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Wednesday 30 September 2009

From FOF Blog - Ellen Pg 83


Thank you Ellen, that helps!





138. Ellen - September 30, 2009

116, Tatyana,
“So, what is the difference between insanity and the pursuit of consciousness???”
Do you mean the pursuit of or do you mean the experience of – consciousness? Because pursuit can take on a myraid of mind-forms to uncover what we already naturally are. And that pursuit might seem insane because it leads to a territory beyond the borders of the rational mind. But that territory is neither strange nor unnatural (like it is in the Fellowship), rather it is our most intimate sense of being (being, knowing, and loving).
My take on a real experiential breakthrough moving in the direction of real enlightenment is that it is an “experience” of the surrender of the anxiety-limiting aspects of self-being. When a person experiences both deep anxiety and its release, they may (temporarily) feel insane, because their own mind created definitions of reality have (at least temporarily) fallen away, or become relatively true.
When it is insanity, the I-person doesn’t surrender, not really. They may manufacture illusions or delusions that do not correspond to a common reality and so may seem to be beyond “mind”, but if their fundamental sense of “me” remains undisturbed, it is insanity, particularly is they are harmful towards themselves and/or others.
When it is enlightenment, or moving in that direction, anxiety is absorbed and dissolved into a Greater Truth, which is experientially evident (to the individual, but not necessarily anyone else). As such it is the crucial factor determining whether it’s real insanity or real enlightenment, for the greater truth does not negate an intelligent response to the moment, nor compassion for fellow creatures and self, since intelligence, being and compassion are its very nature.
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Somewhere along the way Robert was able to convince people that the universe was neither good nor kind. He interpreted Gurdjieff’s already negatively charged ideas in a negative way; whereas real enlightenment leads to the discovery of joy and love (and of course consciousness) as our essential nature. Do a search on Facebook for any number of current members whose names you might know. (You will be able to see their thumbnail profile photo.) You will see how serious and joy-less 99.9% of them look. I find it kinda heartbreaking, but that’s just me.
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  1. little black one30 September 2009 at 17:01

    I have experienced and said my piece about states of consciousness, altered states of the same and have written extensively for anyone wishing to hear. Trouble is, apart from Elena, whom I know has experienced the same, in her turmoil/passion/rants, very few FOF Discussion bloggers I know are speaking about things they have experienced and are sounding oh-so professional about it. You need to be with someone, personally, to experience how their state operates in their environment. My point about not experiencing the true state of God-Consciousness is made clear by posters, usually, ignoring my posts (and Elena's states have also had this happen and have led to her rants, which are perfectly justified) and posting directly opposite arguments. Folks - I have something and if you want it, it only needs your willingness to understand the method to 'get there' - no monetary payments and no huge efforts or suffering.....LBO.

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