- Principles – The Foundation of Consciousness.
- Cause & Effect
- Male-Female Energies
- The Principle of Freedom
- The Principle of Analogy or The Law of Correspondences.
- The Oneness Principle
- The Teacher-Student Relationship
- The Name of Christ
- The Ring Pass Not
- Good and Evil
- Principles 11 & 12
- Initiation
- Crystallization
- Relative Perfection
- The Principle of Correction
- Principle 18: Decision
- The Principle of the Journey
- Principles of Joy and Peace
- Judgment and/or Discernment
- The Two Paths
- Energy Follows Thought
- The Satellite Principle
- Principles 26 & 27
- Principle 28: The Observer
- Principle 29: Sin
- Principle 30: The Atonement
- Principle 31: Forgiveness
- Principle 32: Justice
- Principle 33: Doing Unto Others.
- Principle 34: You Find What You Are Looking For
- Principle 35
- Principle 36
- Principle 37
- Principle 38
- Principle 39
- Principle 40
- Principle 41
- Principle 42
- Principle 43
- Principle 44
- Principle 45
- Principle 46
- Principle 47
- Principle 48
- Principle 49, Part 1
- Principle 49, Part 2
- Principle 49, Part 3
- Principle 50
- Principle 51
- Principle 52
- Principle 53
- Principle 54
- Principle 55
- Principle 56
- Principle 57
- Principle 59
- Principle 60
- Principle 58
- Principle 61
- Principle 63
- Principle 64
- Principle 65
- Principle 66
- Principle 67
- Principle 68
- Principle 69
- Principle 70
- Principle 71
- Principle 72
- Principle 73
- Principle 74
- Principle 75
- Principle 76
- Principle 77
- Principle 78
- Principle 79
- Principle 80
- Principle 81
- Principle 82
- The Principle of Glory
- Principle 84
- 85 The Principle of Trust & Honesty
- Like Attracts Like
- The Pharaoh Principle
- The Zero Point
- Faith
- Corruption
- Goodwill
- Intensity
- Synthesis
- The Molecular Principle
- Principle 95 – The Sabbath
- Principle 96 – Trinity
- The Slingshot Principle
- Principle 98, Inclusion
- Principle 99 – Sacrifice
- Principle 100 – Service
- Principle 101 – Humor
The Lion Principle
I have talked briefly about this principle a number of times. This is an important one and certainly belongs in the Book of Principles.
This principle has a strange name indeed but it is quite fitting when one realizes exactly what it is and what it accomplishes.
The use of this principle enables the disciple to overcome one of his last hurdles to enable him to keep his mind focused in the light and open a permanent door to the soul.
And what is that hurdle that causes such a problem?
It is the flaws that are seen in our fellow humans, some real and some imagined. Among those which have some basis in reality many are minor flaws that are blown up to become major flaws in the eye of he beholder.
Jesus talked about this problem quite pointedly:
“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye?
You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
Matt 7:3-5 NIV
This is a universal problem that most of us have to deal with. Just consider your own life. How many times have you been approached by someone about a small flaw that you are supposed to have when the guy trying to correct you has obvious huge flaws to which he seems oblivious.
The funny thing is that often this large flaw is him looking at others with a jaundice eye on a self appointed mission to correct others before straightening himself out. It is difficult to find a more annoying flaw than this.
This trait of seeing the flaws in others and allowing them to create a grievance is indeed a source of major blockage to full soul contact.
It is amazing that many who see themselves as spiritually advanced have such a problem with this and come up with excuses such as:
“Jim is destroying the peace of the group and we need to set him straight or throw him out.”
“We just can’t function well as a group if Bob will not do his share.”
“I have to speak up about Betty and the way she dresses. If I don’t know one will.”
“John is arrogant and someone needs to take him down a notch – besides he has that smirk that drives me crazy.”
Unfortunately, when group work is involved and people need to work closely together these small minded critics begin to surface and the group being of a spiritual nature is no insurance that they will do much better than the Rotary Club.
In addition to dealing with small flaws, the disciple will also find he will have to deal with real ones that do interfere with progress. All these flaws that we encounter indeed are difficult for most seekers to master. Often the seeker will seem to have made a lot of spiritual progress. He has gained a lot of knowledge, takes good care of his body, gives money to charity, does service work, but then has a grievance in his heart because of something said that shuts the door to his own soul.
Negative feelings should never be suppressed or denied but must be understood, dealt with and sent to their right place. Denial and suppression gives the negative feelings power to diminish your physical and spiritual energy and can lead to disease.
If someone irritates you then you must learn how to neutralize this negative emotion without injuring yourself.
What is needed is to use The Lion Principle. If you get in a cage with a lion he will most likely do you a lot of damage and this could be very irritating. When looking at the caged lion you know he can kill you but you do not get irritated at his behavior. Why.
Because he’s a lion and that is his nature and there is nothing you can do about it. If you do not accept the lion for what he is you could be annoyed all the time.
Even so, irritating people are what they are whether they are in our lives or not. If we let them get to us then that is like entering the cage with the lion. Keep your emotional distance and realize that they just are what they are and there is generally nothing you can do to change them.
If you find another person irritating or obnoxious then take the vantage point of the observer so they do not affect your emotional body no matter what they do. Then make no effort to include them in your life any more than necessary.
If you see an opportunity to help them, fine, but the guy with a beam in his own eye often does not take criticism kindly.
I’ve dealt with some very difficult people in my life and when this has occurred I have looked upon encounters as practice sessions. I practice keeping focused in the light and seeing the Christ within the guy while letting his negativity breeze through me without effect.
The strange thing is that when the disciple learns to neutralize the negativity of others so there is no grievance, the negative one often becomes more enraged. He will either insist you are in the same state as he or he increases his negative attack.
The key path for the disciple is to be at perfect peace even if he is navigating through numerous emotional storms. The story of Jesus calming the waters is a great symbol of what must occur within us.
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