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How to become a false or true prophet

Have you ever dreamt of a career as a false
prophet, as a deceiver and tempter? I will give you some hints about the traditional
way how to do it.

Certainly, you do not start as a
professional. At the beginning you are quite innocent. Probably you also have
some ideals. Your ego is strong. You enjoy power. You love to be in the focus
of attention. You feel that you are the born leader, the one people have been
waiting for. You are interested in religion, in the mysteries of God and
creation. And you are a daredevil, – you want to test your limits.

Your personality and attitude make you join
a kind of religious-mystical education. Quite soon, you have the impression
that there is more to discover, to experience than your teachers tell you. You
feel that you are ready, that you are called, and that your teachers do not
realize your greatness, do not understand who you are. And so you go your own
way. You want a direct, a personal God experience. You want a breakthrough.  And you know that your time has come, that you
are meant for a higher destiny.

Now, how can you accomplish your goal? You
can do fasting. You can use traditional drugs. You can go into a cave. You can
go into a desert. You can go into the holy mountains. What is the most
thrilling experience?

You decide yourself for fasting in a cave
in the desert. This should offer the best chances for great experiences. So,
you tell your family and friends that you want to meet God in the desert. Some
think that you are crazy while others admire you.

After a long march with a minimum of food
and drinks, you arrive in your cave in the desert. Already at the third day you
start to feel weak, thirsty, hungry and your mind does not really work anymore.
You are busy with prayers, with meditation. All kinds of thoughts and emotions
come up. It is an inner state of chaos. You cry, you shout, you call for God to
hear you. You feel alone. You feel desperate. Fears come up. You feel angry. You
have visions of your painful death in the heat of the sun, left alone. Demons
are dancing around you. Your state of health is really bad and so you are open
for all kinds of delusions. Your subconsciousness is very active, playing
tricks on you. Then you hear voices. The devil is ready to take your soul but
with your last power you send him away. And suddenly, it seems that you are
heard, that God has heard you and a voice tells you that you are the chosen one,
the messenger of God.

Your family is in great worries and sends
someone to look after you. He finds you lying on the ground, totally exhausted,
underfed, in a shocking state, nearly dead, with foam in your mouth. He rescues
you and after some days of recovery, you start to narrate what you have
experienced alone in the desert. You talk about the demons which tried to tempt
you and how strong you were to resist their torture. You talk about how the
devil himself tried to tempt you, how ugly he was and that you had visions of
hell. But thanks to the glory of God, you were stronger than the devil and in
the end God himself talked to you and unveiled that you are his messenger and
that you have a great mission to accomplish, – to spread the words of God. Your
family, friends and neighbors are overwhelmed, amazed and flabbergasted about
your great experiences with the devil and with God. This focus of attention
makes you feel good. It is strengthening you. It is confirming that you are
chosen by God, that you have a mission.

Full of energy, you start to spread the
word of God. You have a vivid imagination and so you mix common religious ideas
with your own thoughts, and you are talking, preaching, narrating your stories
to the people on the market, full of enthusiasm, full of charisma. You have a
great sense of mission and people are uneducated and gullible. And so you win
more and more followers each day. But there are also some people who call you a
fool, a troublemaker. How can they dare to behave like this towards the chosen
one of God? It makes you angry and it makes you realize that violence and force
are necessary to make people follow you. You realize that God wants you to
fight the infidels and to convert them. And so, you start the holy war. God
speaks through you and so you are right. You know the will of God. The
resistance of people confirms you. You must fight the devil in them.

And so you preach and fight and the number
of your followers is growing. Meanwhile you got the insight that it is not
enough to preach. You need a book. You need to write a holy book. And you need
to give laws to your follower. They must be kept under control and you are the
only one who knows what is right and what is wrong. And so you start to tell
your writer all what you have on your mind. Your religious ideas become more
and more political and you draw a picture of a society in all details how
everyone has to behave in the correct way. People need to be controlled.
Discussions or resistance can not be tolerated. Zero tolerance is the best
tolerance.

And so you develop yourself stepwise to a
kind of nice tyrant which is all-merciful and at the same time absolutely
merciless. But God wants it this way. Kill those who are against you and be
nice to those who follow you. This works very well and instead of preaching,
you are busy with conquering one city of infidels after the other. Holy war is
good. It brings money and women. You know that God wants only the best for you
and so you deliver his messages to set all pleasures for men as God´s will as
well as the submission of the serving women. And as all before you, you
describe the tortures of hell to keep control over your followers, and the
fruits of heaven for those who behave well. Heaven provides everything to
fulfill the desires of a man, – best food, wine, lust, sexual pleasures, the
most beautiful women to serve you, a gigantic genital, gardens of pleasures,
etc. That´s what you dream of, how you imagine heaven and what you think are
the thoughts of God as you are his one and only messenger. Indeed, God and you,
you both are so united that God takes great care about your personal needs and
desires. And so you tell your followers that God does not want what you do not
want and that God allows you all what you desire to do. God is truly great and
merciful. Your teachings contain good and nice ideas as well as evil and
destructive ideas. You present the nice ones in public for a good image while
the evil ideas are applied for the infidels and your opponents.

After a while and thanks to your strong
drive for the holy war, you are set in your position and you have conquered all
areas around you. The people worship you as the one and only, the chosen one
who is the true messenger of God. Now it is time to think about the future and declare
that your family shall stay in power and control after your death and that the
whole world needs to be conquered to please God. You also set the holy truth
that you are the last true messenger of God, that your holy book is the
absolute truth which shall not be discussed. All those who have doubts about
these things are infidels and have to face the death penalty. This is a very
good step which is much appreciated by your followers because it offers clarity
and in the holy book, they find the guidelines for all questions in life. Your
mission is accomplished. God is satisfied with your service.

In conclusion, we can say that the ego
plays a major role together with a vivid imagination and delusions, in parts
also mental disorders. People are not led to freedom and followers are not
convinced by spiritual teachings of high quality but by the sword, by torture,
threats and death. Promises for heaven focus on lower passions instead of
spiritual ideas. Women and dissenters are discriminated. The war on infidels
brings money and power. The religious teachings are a mixture of already
existing teachings and some own ideas. Criticism is not allowed at all. The
teachings are absolute.

In the following, I will show how to become
a true prophet. Then you can compare both and draw your own conclusions.

A true prophet is also not perfect directly
from the start. So, you are born like everyone else. Maybe there are special
signs that you are not a normal soul but someone with a mission. The priests of
your religion can tell this. Already as a child you show spiritual virtues,
high intelligence, the wish to serve higher ideals, etc. You are different than
the other children. Maybe strange in their eyes.

Maybe you start already in your childhood
to teach people about spiritual values, about right and wrong, and the message
of love for all. As soon as possible, you begin to study spiritual literature,
sciences, philosophy and if available, you join a true spiritual tradition to
undergo a comprehensive education and training. You are very diligent, and you
make great progress in shortest time. You show all kinds of spiritual
abilities. You make great experiences in your meditations and your teacher
recognizes your gifts. He sees that you are a very special soul, an old soul
with a long history of spiritual training during many incarnations. And so, you
pass all initiations and tests, and you develop yourself as an enlightened,
spiritual teacher.

It is your heart´s desire to serve God,
mankind and creation, and to bring people the eternal teachings of divine
wisdom. And if you feel that it is right to go into public, instead of working
in silence, you become a speaker, a teacher and healer, and so you gather
mature souls to pass on spiritual teachings and to give healing and blessings.
And if the time is right, you renew the present religious teachings, cleaning
them from negative and wrong ideas or you bring a new, clean and fine version
of spiritual teachings which fit into the present time. In all you do, you
follow the higher sense, the principles of wisdom and all-embracing love like
all teachers before you and like all those who come after you.

The divine qualities which you express by
your words and behavior are inspiring the people around you to follow you, to
listen to you, to apply what you say. This divine spirit, this light which you
offer, spreads in a wonderful way from one village to the other, today over the
internet, so that more and more people feel your call, feel the call of God
through you. Probably you will educate a first generation of own students and
so an organization gets built and structures unfold. This can be the beginning
of a new spiritual tradition, a new religion or it is the update of an old one.

In conclusion, as a true prophet you are a
servant and teacher, following the spiritual principles of unity, love and
wisdom. You empower people by education, by healing and by giving them the
right values to create life in a positive, responsible way.

When we compare both ways, then we see in
the first case the ego and a lack of true refinement and initiation which leads
to force, violence and submission, while in the second case the divine is in
charge, the education and initiation of the master are complete, and the master
follows the principles of wisdom and love to fulfill a life with a higher
meaning.

My intention here is to give you two fictitious
examples which you can use to examine the different religious or spiritual
teachers or prophets in history. The main question is always: What is human?
And what is divine? And, – what is evil? When you use this key to analyze
religious and spiritual teachings, then you get a real and deep understanding.
Viveka, the power of differentiation, the power of the master who is able to
distinguish light from darkness, right from wrong. If we all had viveka, we
would enjoy paradise on earth.

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Basic Mastery in life

Mastery in life consists of many steps. It
is the journey of personal development. For a better understanding I want to
talk about the basic steps.

On the mental level, you know what you think,
and you decide consciously which thoughts you process in your mind. This means,
that you are busy with useful thoughts which are analogue to your situation.
This offers clarity, goal-orientation, a positive mindset and focus in the
present moment.

On the astral level, you are aware of your
character, your imbalances, challenges and problems. So, you know your
deficiencies and you know the situations which trigger your bad
characteristics, bad emotions and bad behavior. This knowledge can help you to
change your behavior respectively to behave in a conscious, positive or useful
way.

In the material world, mind and soul,
respectively thoughts, character and behavior come together and realize in
corresponding situations. This means that basic mastery in life realizes
useful, positive situations thanks to a raised awareness and positive control in
thinking, feeling and behavior.

Now, the problems are the degree of will
power, the degree of clarity of mind and the degree of personal power or
vitality. When you lack energy in these aspects, then your basic level of
mastery is low. And here we come to the second step of mastery in life, the
energy aspect. This means, that you increase your level of vital energy and with
this your personal power and performance in life.

A high degree of vital energy plus a high
degree of will power, clarity of mind and positive attitude will offer a good
level of success, self-determination and happiness in life.

Further basic aspects are the healing of
inner imbalances, old wounds, unhealthy mindsets and deficient behavior. They
are big blockades for mastery. But these aspects can take a lot of effort and
time.

In conclusion, mastery is the key for a
happy, vital and successful life where you are in charge, taking a position of
power instead living in the passive victim mode. Mastery is a matter of harmony
on all three planes of existence. It is a matter of a high level of vital
power. It is a matter of a raised awareness, living in a conscious way with a
focus on a positive, goal-orientated lifestyle. It is also a matter of mental
and physical health which means that healing of all issues must be achieved to
enjoy freedom, success and happiness. Mastery is a matter of knowledge,
techniques, training and the right application. While introspection, knowledge,
techniques and training are feasible, healing of mind, soul and body are often
a challenge. However, it is in the individual case, it is important to make
first steps towards mastery. We are here for mastery and fate teaches us if we
are not willing to work on it in a proactive way.

Laymen and experts

What is the difference between a layman and
an expert? A layman has expectations and opinions, maybe also a few
experiences. An expert has no expectations and no opinions. He has knowledge
and a vast amount of practical experiences. He knows everything about his
topic, at least as much as possible and for sure 100% more than the layman with
his 0% of understanding.

Now, this means that it makes sense to ask
an expert and to trust him if you have a problem where you are a layman or a
beginner. You have opinions. The expert has real answers.

But because we are humans, this approach is
too easy. Besides the position of the layman and the expert, there is the
pseudo-expert, the ego and quite often the ego is more expert than any real
expert.

And this means that the layman often
orientates on the opinion, needs and desires of the ego instead on the profound
knowledge of the expert. This is a fascinating, psychological phenomenon.

This explains the failure and problems of
the layman. The advice or instructions of the expert are ignored, not taken or
are modified in a way that they become useless. In the worst case, the layman then
blames the expert for his failure which is again a psychological tactic to
protect his ego.

In conclusion, this behavior does not work
out. The layman is not happy, and the expert is disappointed too. A good and
useful cooperation for the future is finished before it can really start.

Now, while this problem with the ego as the
pseudo-expert is normal, the spiritual seeker should overcome it as soon as
possible. It can be one of the biggest obstacles for real progress. When a
spiritual teacher with a bright field of knowledge and experiences offers
hints, instructions and specific techniques for making progress, then the
student should be open to work with them. Otherwise, he can stay stuck in his
situation or problem. And here it is important to understand that the ego as the
pseudo-expert is responsible for the problem, for being stuck.

A useful attitude for spiritual students
and for laymen in general is to be open for the well-meant advice of an expert
and to try things. And if something is not clear or completely understood, then
it is very important to ask as long as needed for a real comprehension. So, the
layman or student needs to understand the reason for specific recommendations.
He also needs to know the effect and why certain techniques will work. It is NOT
the blind following of any instructions. It is the right understanding and then
the right application of techniques and knowledge with the motivation for
progress.

The pseudo-expert which we all love to
consult just takes good care that we stay where we are, in our wonderful comfort
zone, without any need for changes, where we “know” that any advice against
staying in the comfort zone simply cannot work. We prefer our problems, our
pains, all the suffering because we know it, we are used to it and because it
offers safety while changes come along with uncertainties, with fears, with
effort.

This pseudo-expert, the ego, can be called
also the weaker self or as we call it in Germany the “pig-dog”. It is the
guardian of our comfort zone, the guardian of our present state with all the
problems and the good aspects. This guardian must be managed. Otherwise fate
will knock at your door and will force you out of your comfort zone when
problems get too big.

In the end, – progress is natural. We just
have the choice between proactive progress or being forced to progress by fate.
A proactive attitude takes effort. The call of fate for progress takes a high
amount of effort and comes along with suffering. An increasing level of suffering
will force you to progress. So, it is wise to learn your lessons in a proactive
way.

On the playground

Imagine that you are a young child with
siblings of your age. Imagine that you have loving parents who take good care
of you all. You have everything you need, and you get everything you desire.
Your home is wonderful. It has a warm, nourishing atmosphere where you all
enjoy peace and harmony. Everything is fine. Everything is perfect. Your
wellbeing is in the focus.

Now, one day your mother prepares you all
for a trip to the next playground. It is a very big playground with lots of
play equipment in all colors and forms. It is like an adventure paradise, a
wonderful playground which offers more than you could ever dream of.

As soon as you and your siblings arrive,
your eyes get big and you are totally enthusiastic about all the possibilities
for playing, for true adventures. And so, you and your brothers and sisters
start running towards the playground, ready to try all the play equipment. It
is a wonderland which is waiting for you to get explored and you feel the
energy rising in you, the drive to test your skills and powers. Your phantasy
gets active too and countless different roles come into your mind which you all
want to test.

You run, you climb, you role over the
ground, you swing with the rope, you shout, you wrestle, you call your
siblings, you scream together, you are pirates on the wild ocean on a sinking
ship, you play family, you make sand cakes, you play knights, you are monsters,
you are construction workers, you gather flowers for your Mum, – you do
everything which is possible.

You feel truly alive. You explore who you
are and what you can do. You make good and bad experiences. You enjoy the great
fun of playing roles and you cry when you fall, when you get kicked. You are
sad when you lose the fight among the pirates. You feel the anger and the heat
rising when you defend your territory against the evil monsters.

You experience yourself on the playground.

The playground offers all you need to
really get to know yourself.

At home, in this wonderful, loving,
harmonious atmosphere you feel well but it does not offer you the space to
experience yourself.

Now, I think that we all can follow this
idea of being a playful child with the strong desire for adventures and
self-experience, and we all know the peaceful atmosphere at home where
everything is fine.

The point is that this picture is
corresponding to our home in the spiritual realms and the playground here on
earth. While we are in heaven, all is fine, loving, nourishing, full of peace
and harmony. And when we incarnate, we are on the playground of life, with
thousand opportunities, thousand roles to play and countless ways to explore
our nature, to get to know who we are. This world offers us to make good and
bad experiences as life unfolds in this polarity. Only in this way, we learn to
appreciate the good and to neglect the bad. Experiences of joy and pain are
teaching us. And, we get to know our limitations, our powers, skills and
qualities.

In the end, – the incarnation on earth, on
the playground of life offers us the experience of being truly alive together
with real self-experience. There is no other way to get to know ourselves and
creation. And when you think about children, – they try everything, good things
and bad things, simply because there is no other way to learn to differentiate
both.

We are incarnated to feel alive, to test
our limits. The earth is a playground, a serious playground as everything has
consequences but we love to be here, to make new experiences, to grow, to
unfold, to changes the roles we play.

Life on earth is playful and serious at the
same time. It is up to us to be more playful and kind like children and to
enjoy this time of being incarnated. Even when we might look old, we still are
children. We just forgot about this.

The spiritual path and its goals

As a human being, we have the choice which
philosophy or worldview we want to follow. Besides all the conditioning from
childhood on regarding values, belief, attitude, religious, cultural or
philosophic frames, there is still this freedom of choice. Force or compulsion
can be only external but not internal. So even if religion, tradition, society
or politics force you to dress and to behave in a certain way, then still your
thoughts and feelings are free.

The first choice for all of us is either to
agree completely to the situation in which we have grown up or to form your own
opinion about everything.

When we choose to agree with the cultural,
traditional, social, religious, etc. situation, then this is the simplest
choice as all is given and nothing needs to be considered, researched,
compared, etc. to make up your own opinion. You just have to go on like you are
used to from your childhood. In fact, this saves a lot of effort, stress,
energy, suffering, problems, etc. The only point is that you have to function
within the system. Otherwise, you get problems too. The “best” version of this
path is a religion which offers guidance and answers for all aspects of life. No
one needs to think on his own but you just need to check what the holy
teachings say and even this is not necessary, – you just ask one of the religious
teachers and he will tell you exactly how to behave in a certain situation. In
the end, you know that when you do everything like you are meant to, you will
enter a kind of heaven or paradise after death with countless rewards for your submissive
behavior. In conclusion, all is fine, all is perfect and great rewards are
waiting for you.

This choice works more or less for the
majority of people. But there are also others who put questions, who are not
satisfied, not happy with the presented traditional frame of life, who query
certain ideas of tradition, religion, society, etc. Due to their character and
experiences in life, they choose the second option and try to form their own
opinion. This oppositional behavior can cause problems as those who are in
control in society often do not appreciate it. It is simply a threat for the
established order. If you are in a liberal country then this might be no big
problem but if you are in a country which is very strict, then it can cause problems
and even punishment or exclusion from society.

In conclusion, so far, we can see that this
first choice is a matter of character, personal attitude and good or bad experiences
which you have made. For certain people it is good and satisfying to follow the
tradition. For some people it is not good and not satisfying to do so. It is an
individual decision.

Now, let us assume that you are one of the
second group, with an open mind, a lot of questions, critical awareness, the
desire for understanding this world and the drive for research. Then you have
already the basis for the spiritual path, the necessary attitude.

Let´s imagine that you follow the call and
that you start to do research, that you study the various philosophies,
religions and scientific theories, the various ideas about human beings, about
this world, about the origins of this world and all of its beings, about the
idea of a multidimensional universe, about history and ancient history and the
meaning of it all. In conclusion, you are probably quite busy over years to
study the puzzle of life and working on putting all parts together for a
holistic picture in the end.

During your time of studies, you have two
further choices. Either you choose to put your ego into the center of all studies,
or you choose to put the absolute reality into the center.

The first choice lets you find ideas about
this world, mankind, etc. which fit to your expectations and your opinion. You
simply choose something fitting and this fitting philosophy or understanding of
this world is corresponding to your personality, your needs, your experiences,
your preferences, etc. This is certainly okay. You new worldview will last as
long as you do not change yourself, as long as you do not grow beyond your
present state. So, maybe you become an atheist, or you simply change your religion,
or you integrate some kind of new knowledge or lifestyle. This can lead to a
spiritual attitude, but it is not a “must”. However, you have made progress.

Now, let´s assume that you are here to find
the ultimate truth, the highest possible understanding of this world, of yourself
and of the meaning of everything. Then you set the highest possible standard
for your studies beyond any opinions, preferences, desires, etc. Then you are
truly on the spiritual path, a serious seeker of true wisdom.

Practically speaking, this means that you
will do more comprehensive and comparative studies of the diversity of
philosophies, scientific findings, religious ideas and concepts for the
different aspects of life in society. It means that you will evaluate all
puzzle pieces, compare them and set them together in a logical, useful way to
get the complete picture in the end. So, indeed, you become a great researcher
with a comprehensive, general knowledge and understanding. Your mind will be expanded,
and you will be able to juggle with different ideas and theories. You will also
be able to understand and handle paradoxes.

Your research will let you discover that
not all is true what people believe, that all what happens follows hidden
intentions, that higher truths are simple in nature, that there are hidden laws
of nature, that there is a hidden sense in everything and for everyone, that
all religions have similarities or a certain core, that there is a kind of
evolution for the human soul, that we live in a multidimensional universe, that
our world is magical, full of wonders and mysteries, and much more.

You will understand that the most important
message of all religions and traditions is love, to love yourself and all
beings, and with this to follow the standard of ethics which originate from the
idea of love, – like showing compassion, being wise, showing understanding,
being kind, etc.

You will understand that you can undergo a
universal spiritual training where you heal, vitalize and refine yourself,
where you unfold your full potential, like a flower grows, unfolds and
flourishes, starting as a bulb in the ground.  This training is just the conscious walk
through the natural development which is foreseen for you.

You will understand that you are a creator,
that you are meant to take responsibility for your life, that freedom and
abundance are your birth rights and that it is up to you to follow your inner
nature, independent if you want to be active as an artist, philosopher,
teacher, scientist or whatever you feel is right for you. You are meant to
enjoy true freedom and harmony in life.

Being a true creator unfolds in steps,
depending on your desire to develop yourself. Basically, it means, that you
start to create your life in a conscious way, corresponding to your ideals,
ethics, needs and wishes. This means that you leave the passive, victim mode to
enter the active, manager mode. In higher steps, you can deepen your knowledge
about the laws of creation and your higher, original nature, undergoing
advanced spiritual training for higher levels of mastery and harmony. It is the
process of refinement, of spiritualization. On even higher levels you learn to
know our multidimensional universe, the divine workshop, the administration of
creation and you refine your nature to highest degrees. This means achieving
the highest level of mastery in life, complete unfolding and flourishing in all
aspects of yourself and a superior state of harmony within yourself and with
the world.

However, it is all completely up to you
when and how far you want to develop yourself. There is no force, no pressure,
just respect for your free will.

The universal spiritual path is based on
the laws of creation and the principles of human development. It is logical in
its structure with the goal to unfold your whole potential as a human being, –
like a flower is meant to flourish completely. The universal path is the core
of all religious teachings and spiritual traditions. It is the education and
training of mind, soul and body in a balanced, lawful way.

Now, what does this all mean concretely for
you?

A true spiritual attitude means to strive
for highest knowledge and understanding of our world and the human being beyond
opinions.

It means to understand that you are a
self-responsible, powerful creator of your life circumstances.

It means to acknowledge the higher, all-underlying
principle of unity and all-embracing love with all its consequences for life.

It means to show respect and to be
respected. Freedom is a very important goal. It is the personal freedom to make
the best choices in life and to follow a higher meaning.

And besides these things, – important goals
are to heal yourself from traumas, from bad experiences, to heal your
relationships, to dissolve blockades and disharmonies, to bring yourself back
into a state of vital harmony, to raise your level of vitality and health, to
empower you, to give you all the tools which you need for a successful, happy
and blessed life in a state of natural-divine abundance, etc.

Now, it is up to you, respectively your
individual needs, what kind of studies and exercises are most beneficial for
you. For example, you can study teachings about wisdom, so that you are able to
make wise decisions and to understand problems deeply. You can work on your
health and vitality. You can gain higher levels of clarity and focus. You can
increase your love and compassion. You can learn management techniques for
mastery in life. You can engage yourself in altruistic projects to support the
human family and creation. You can connect to nature and all beings on a deeper
level. You can unfold the genius in yourself. You can increase your divine
intuition. You can do so many wonderful, fascinating things on the spiritual path,
with a spiritual attitude. You can enjoy so much love, freedom and happiness.
It is all up to you. You are here to create beauty and wonders in life. And
doing this together brings even more joy and happiness.

Maybe, you ask yourself if there is
something you need to give up, to quit, to release. In fact, you are not forced
in anyway to anything. But naturally, you will feel at some point to release
what causes pain, to dissolve what blocks you from happiness, to transform
darkness into light, to leave old ideas behind and to replace them by higher
knowledge. It is the natural process of change. You grow and you refine
yourself, you expand your consciousness, your love and understanding. These are
totally natural and positive changes. And certainly, you can keep what is good,
what you love and appreciate from your past, from your cultural, traditional
and religious background. The spiritual attitude and knowledge can be easily
integrated.

In conclusion, all is positive, beneficial
for you, so that you flourish and unfold in a most beautiful way.

You are free and it is up to you what you study,
and which exercises you want to undergo. On the path, there are only brothers
and sisters, some are older and wiser, some are younger, but all are bound by
brotherly-divine love, wishing the best for everyone.

Theory and exercises are derived from
empiric research and are based on logic. The own practical experiences are of
highest value. Wisdom rules. Love rules. Understanding rules.

What else could be better?

And how else could we cause beneficial changes
for mankind and creation?

Spirituality is based on personal
development.

It is the ancient formula: Clean yourself!
Heal yourself! Refine yourself!

When we do this, the world will change too.
The world needs cleaning, healing and refinement.

Let us do this together! It is the right
time!

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Going beyond the Ego

What is the biggest trap in life? What is
the biggest trap on the spiritual path? What is the biggest limiting factor in
your life? What keeps you blind and small? What prevents you from growing? What
keeps you away from solutions?

The answer is simple: The limitations of
your ego!

In the ego state, you orientate yourself
completely on your own opinions, likes and dislikes, on your own philosophy,
your own desires, etc. You follow your own “truth”, your own limited
experiences. This is natural and normal, but this self-centered worldview does
not bring you anywhere, – simply because you look only for yourself to confirm
your own attitude.

Now, if you want to achieve real growth,
then you necessarily need to change your point of orientation from yourself to
someone or something outside which has a higher level of standard than you. This
means, you have to find someone who has already achieved what you want to
achieve. This person can work as a role model for you. Or you look for specific
standards, values, qualities or goals which help you to define your
destination, your path.

Let´s take two examples:

Let´s imagine that you want to become a
master in martial arts. In your ego state you say “It must be great to be a
Kung Fu master. But I don´t like hard training, so a workshop at the weekend
for a few hours must be enough.” Certainly, this cannot work out. Going beyond
your ego limitations you say “I know, I can only become a real master of Kung
Fu when I do regular training over several years. I will check for a master and
real training, and I will take the master as my role model to learn in the best
way. I know that hard training is not my personal desire, but I am strong, and
I will make it my new habit.”

Let´s imagine that you feel the desire to
study the various philosophies to become wise. In the ego mode you can say “I
will find a fitting philosophy which I like, which fits to my ideas about God,
mankind and creation. By studying it, I will become a respected expert in this
philosophy. Then I am a wise man.” Beyond the ego mode you will say “Wisdom is
my goal, highest wisdom. So, I will study all available philosophies to reach
the highest possible understanding of the world. I am not interested in my truth,
but the standard is the absolute truth, – the ideal which I will strive for!”

In conclusion, it is obvious where the
differences between ego state and going beyond the limitations of the ego are.
It is important to become aware of these two different states or modes and to
make conscious decisions. Certainly, it is necessary to take care of the
limited ego with its needs, so that you can grow well and expand your
limitations in a positive way without damage or destruction.

To repeat it: Failure is in main a matter
of preferring the ego mode instead of going beyond the limitations of the ego.
Reality exists independent from our opinions, desires, philosophies, wishful
thinking, preferences, dislikes, etc. If we want to make progress, if we need
solutions, then we need to ask reality, we need to orientate on reality instead
of the ego.

How many seekers are outside who just try
to find nice teachings and nice exercises which fit their personal opinions,
which feed their egos, and which fit into their frame of suitable training?

And how many seekers are there who are
willing to go far beyond their own limitations? Who are willing to orientate on
highest values and highest standards? Who are willing to face reality whoever
it might look like in the end?

And what are you willing to do?

Principles of Creation

Somehow, we are put into this world without
any real idea what we are supposed to do, where we come from and if there is
any sense in our existence. The world appears as an incomprehensible complex of
permanently changing situations with countless aspects. On the other hand, we
are able to survive and to enjoy life, also answers are offered to the most interesting
questions. And so, we all live, doing this and that until we leave this world
again.

The only thing we can do in all this chaos,
in this strange world with all these strange people and strange happenings is
to examine it. When we observe and examine everything then we can find
patterns, principles and laws which rule all events, objects and beings in
life. Understanding these principles allows us to take self-responsibility, to
create the circumstances of life in a desirable way, to prevent bad things to
happen and in the end to understand who we are, why we are here and what we are
supposed to do.

Let´s imagine that you are watching
thousand people doing something. At first sight it seems like chaos as they are
all active in some way. On the second sight, you see that there are patterns
behind their activities. Obviously, there are groups of people working on specific
projects. On the third sight, you see that there are specific persons which
give commands to these groups. And on the fourth sight, you see that there is
one person in control of all those who give commands. You continue your
observations and by the passing of time you understand what is happening in
front of you: A big company is creating a complex of buildings.

In this simple example we see the
principles at work. We also see the original intention or vision and how this
sense is keeping all busy. And we see the result. At first, we saw only people
in chaotic activities. In the end, we understand.

Our world works in the same way. As soon as
we discover the hidden principles, we understand how and why everything works.
We also know the higher sense, the intentions behind it.

In conclusion, while the ignorant counts
the leaves of a tree, the wise man tries to understand how the tree works. To
say it like the wise men of India explained it.

Know the principles and get into the power
to take full responsibility for your life. Know and apply the laws of creation
as a conscious creator of your life circumstances. Become wise!

The Wanderer

We have two main types of initiates. The
common initiate belongs to one tradition and undergoes there the complete training
until he accomplishes the master level where he becomes a teacher in his
lineage. The extraordinary initiate does the same as the common initiate but
then he looks for further teachings, trainings and initiations in different
traditions. This type of initiate wants to go beyond the limitations of his
tradition. He wants to expand his understanding of God, mankind and creation.
He wants to understand the different points of view to get a holistic
understanding in the end.

We can call this extraordinary initiate a
wanderer. The term wanderer fits well because in the ancient times initiation
in different traditions was a matter of travels. For example, a Greek adept
traveled to Egypt for initiation, also maybe to Persia and India. This took
years of traveling and training, and it was a matter of real adventures.

Now, this worked out as all initiates
recognize each other in their special, refined, spiritual nature. Differences
in appearance, language, culture, behavior, etc. have no meaning as the inner
nature counts.

It is comparable to the situation of
students today, who go into foreign countries for semesters at university to expand
their minds for other cultures, etc. Staying in foreign countries is very
useful for the personal development. You become a cosmopolitan.

Today the idea of initiation has changed
due to the technological progress in the world. All traditions are everywhere
available, – thanks to the internet. And so all teachings and trainings are available,
at least to some degree but thanks to the invention of airplanes, everyone can
easily travel around the world to meet masters and teachers directly.

Further on, the universal path has been
unveiled by Bardon which allows to understand the different traditions in a
holistic way.

For the seeker the universal path offers to
undergo the spiritual training on the basis of self-initiation without the need
to spend years of training in the various traditions. In the end the true
knowledge can be found everywhere as we all live in the same universe.

On the one hand there is a liberation from
traditional limitations and on the other hand there is the chance to embrace
all traditions in their original beauty and with this all the deities which we
have already met in former incarnations.

When I personally think about the spiritual
realms and deities of the different areas in this world, then it is most
amazing to feel the joy and the love for all of them, the deeper unity. What
could be more wonderful than this great family of divine beings together with
the brothers and sisters of the community of adepts?!

My love is all-embracing. It is a coming
home. For everyone who is conscious on this level.