Karma, Kingdoms and Christ

2002-4-13 15:09:00

I didn't mean to ignore, you, my friends, but have had an extremely busy week.

Good comments on karma by Rick and others. I will just add this.

Karma is more than blind cause and effect. It is intelligence working with cause to produce an effect in the direction of the "dominating good which lies behind all that God has made." On the other hand, without cause and effect there is no karma, for all karma is potential effects, waiting to materialize.

As I said, the bowling ball awaiting to hit the pins is a symbol of karma. The awaiting effect of knocking down pins exists as only stored intelligently directed energy. The bowler is the intelligence directing the cause and the (hopeful) strike will be the intelligent effect.

A mindlessly thrown bowling ball may technically be called karma, but not karma as we generally use and understand it. Karma as taught in the various religions is the intelligent working out of cause in order to create a desired effect.

We can ignite gasoline (cause) and it can blow up in our face. But we can also add our intelligence to cause and ignite it under controlled circumstances and use this energy to drive our cars to any pinpoint destination desired.

The soul and other higher lives such as the Lords of Karma attempt to make lemonade out of lemons and take what seems to be adverse causes and direct them (karma) toward an end that will be to the benefit of all. Some of the players in this process, taken in by the stream of energy, enter kicking and screaming, but when the end is achieved and vision is acquired, they would have had it no other way.

John Z wants me to comment on the following.
JJ, while reading this, the thought occurred to me that there may be a correspondence between this and some of the Mormon (LDS) beliefs. Could you comment on this?

Here is my observation. Mormons divide mortal and post-mortal existence into three "kingdoms", whose "glory" they liken unto certain solar objects:

Kingdom Rank Glory is like unto:
Celestial Highest the Sun
Terrestrial Middle the Moon
Telestial Lowest the Stars

(note: this world we live in is said to be a Telestial world)

LDS beliefs are that we must learn to live a Terrestrial law, before we can abide in a Terrestrial kingdom. And, that we must learn to live a Celestial law before we can abide in a Celestial kingdom...

JJ
The telestial world corresponds to the physical/etheric worlds we see with physical and etheric vision.

The terrestrial world corresponds to the astral world with its seven subdivisions. The lower four are called the dwelling place of the "spirits in prison" in the Bible and the upper three is called in the scriptures - "paradise." When Mormon scriptures talk of the terrestrial world it is generally referring to the paradise section which is what was revealed to Joseph in his vision.

This astral world is composed of "emotional matter" which matter is controlled and manipulated through our feeling nature, our ideals and dreams of self interest and motive - good and bad.

The lower four realms of the astral world are controlled by the lunar lords.

The celestial world is the highest in the worlds of form and is composed of "mental matter" which takes form and is manipulated by pure thought. This mental world reflects the light of the Solar Lords through the soul and thus the higher three worlds in this realm reveal the light of the sun or "cosmic fire."

The Solar Lords influence the paradise worlds in the astral and control the celestial.

Way back in 1978 (when I was still in the Mormon Church) I wrote a paper on the three kingdoms that got me in trouble with the authorities. I'll include this in my next post for the LDS readers and others who may be curious. Keep in mind that my writing style was geared to a much different audience and time than my present posts.

I haven't left the group with a question for a while. Let us consider this scripture:

Matt 24:21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
Matt 24:22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. 24:23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
Matt 24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
Matt 24:25 Behold, I have told you before.
Matt 24:26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
Matt 24:27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

If we read this in connection with the Book of Daniel, which also covers the period of tribulation it indicates the tribulation has special reference to the Jewish people. Their period of greatest tribulation was during World War II when six million of them were methodically put to death by Hitler, and none of them would have been saved if the Allies had not cut short the Nazi plans.

The scripture then indicates that after this tribulation (World War II) that "many" (see verse 11) false prophets and false Christ shall arise. Since 1945 we have indeed seen a few who could be called false prophets and fewer still who claim to be the Second Coming of Christ. Are we missing something here?

Who are the false Christs and false prophets in the world today? Why does Jesus say "believe it not" when we encounter those who proclaim that Christ is here or there?