2000-2-3 21:38:00
Just have time for a quick thought and then I will bring everything together on my next post on the soul.
As we know there is a lot of concern for those who are into structured religion that material or teachings out and away from their accepted criteria may be the work of the devil, Satan, Dark Brothers etc. A basic line with such thinking is this: "The old devil is a tricky son-of-a-gun. He will present 9 things that are true and then get you with the one lie slipped in there somewhere that will deceive you."
Now it is possible that the one lie out of 10 ideas may mislead those in astral polarization, but one thing that is overlooked is that with each passing age we have a higher quality of disciple.
Why is it that the true disciple can read teachings part true and part untrue yet still come away with the truth? Why is it that he can read teachings that are only 10% true and come away with the truth?
Why is it that he does not need to fear the tricky devil pulling the wool over his eyes? Why is it that there is no book he is not willing to read and no teacher he is not willing to hear (provided they do not bore him to death)?
Why is it that "to the pure all things are pure?"
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