Reviewing Principles
What a principle is.
A fact is merely a piece of information that anyone can incorporate into their brain memory. It can likewise be programmed into a computer. A principle is a different matter. A principle is the underlying truth that makes all facts valid. It requires judgment to use and cannot be programmed into a computer.
For instance, the Constitution of the United States is built around the principle of the Free Agency of man. Around this principle has sprung the Constitution and thousands of books containing millions of facts. In the days of the foundation of this country there was only a handful of enlightened people who were able to understand the principle of freedom. People of a lower order could not see it. There was no way that King George from England could teach or enlighten George Washington in any degree on this principle even though he probably had as many facts in his head on the subject as Washington did. On the other hand, Washington could have done much to enlighten the King if he was willing to listen.
It takes a thousand facts to paint a clear picture of one principle, but the understanding of one principle reveals thousands of facts. It takes a certain point in the evolution of the human being to comprehend the difference between a principle and a fact but when he does, and learns to go within and touch the soul, then all the understanding and vision of a principle is revealed in a flash. Sometimes a book can be written about a principle revealed in one instant.
What is the difference between a principle and a law?
A principle is that which demonstrates the intelligence of God and makes things in the universe work toward a dominating good.
A law is a description of the working of a principle, or principles. By law I am referring to universal laws and not manmade rules.
If the law is accurately described then the perfection of God is made manifest because such a description shows the consistency of the principle and allows us to predict the future actions of the mind of God in the universe.
For instance, all form is held in place through the principle of magnetism which is an aspect of the principle of Love.
All the laws we have concerning gravity are produced by observing and describing this principle in action.
Within our souls is the capability of recognizing whether or not a thing is true. When a principle is spoken, you’ll feel within yourself the vibration of certain chords that ring true.
A principle is true yesterday, today and forever, but knowledge [as data] changes by the hour [the temperature for example]. The language of the Holy Spirit is composed of principles, not data. To know all things in the language of the spirit is to know all principles.
True principles are always in effect all around us. The universe is built upon true principles, held together by them and will be dissolved by them. True principles govern our lives, our deaths, our relationships, our sorrow and our joys.
The bird flies making use of true principles, yet does not understand the principle of flight or realizes it exists. So it is with us. We live in a sea of principles, which governs all things, yet until we touch the soul we do not even realize what a principle is.
Many of the best authors touch upon a principle. Some have a sense of that which they have discovered, while others do not discern them from facts. Sometimes you can find a principle in a book written by an author that does not know what a principle is.
A principle is not created. A principle is always present and always works without beginning or end.
Take the principle of cause and effect. Was there ever a time that it did not work? Cause and effect has always been here and always will.
Take another principle:
**If there is no beginning there will be no end.
No one created this; it just exists past, present and future. Take a look at any true principle and you will see it had no creation, but just always is and always works and cannot be destroyed.
I think that truth, as a principle, is so abstract, that it needs its own “vehicle” in order to manifest. So, we have to speak of “knowledge of the truth” or “the light of truth”. When the light of truth is thrown on a conflict [illusion versus illusion], the illusion is swept away and the conflict vanishes.
A principle is an enunciation of what is. A principle isn’t made. A principle is eternal and it always is. Like Newton said, for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. He discovered a principle. From that he was able to deduce a multitude of truths.
The truth that makes us free is found in the understanding of true principles.
The challenge for us to advance from facts and data to the language of principles and then, when a principle is understood, advance to a higher principle still.
There is a hierarchy of truth. The bottom of the hierarchy is truth manifesting on the physical plane. At the top of the hierarchy is the truth that there is One Great Life we call God. I am only stating God as a fact, a piece of data, because the principle behind God is a great mystery which has never been revealed.
As we advance from physical plane truth to truth on the higher planes, that which binds us is loosed and greater freedom is obtained.
A principle is true yesterday, today and forever, but knowledge [as data] changes by the hour [the temperature for example]. The language of the Holy Spirit is composed of principles, not data. To know all things in the language of the spirit is to know all principles.
Let’s compare us to a slug. We don’t really know anything about the slug’s world but our knowledge is much higher than that of the slug. Just as we’re thinking on a much higher level so are the higher lives whose language is the language of principles where they can communicate principles, which is equal to thousands of pieces of data in one instant. They communicate without knowing anything about the data because they don’t need to know the data. They only need to know the principle. So when the principle is communicated by the higher lives, the lower type of knowledge isn’t even necessary but the lower type of knowledge can be discovered if it’s important for it to be discovered. When a principle is communicated to us we can translate that principle into a language we can understand by explaining it with a lot of data. The higher lives don’t have to do that.
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Nov 7, 2011
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Well? Do you not answer because you’re ashamed of the answers?
Again, putting “principle of” in front of a subject you have strong opinions on and then capitalizing the words doesn’t make it a true principle. This is just you elevating your own personal opinions to a divine status.
“For instance, the Constitution of the United States is built around the principle of the Free Agency of man.”
It is your own personal opinion that the Constitution is built around a true principle, and it is your own personal opinion that the principle of free agency is a real principle. Can you prove any more than that?
If George Washington understood some principle of freedom, why didn’t he grant his slaves freedom and pay them to work? Is it because the slaves were “people of a lower order” who wouldn’t understand freedom? I bet you’ll dodge those questions.
Been busy and just read your post or the first time. The principle of freedom allows for the greatest freedom for the largest number. The U.S. Constitution fulfilled that principle more than any other document up to that date and it even made allowances for change leading to freedom for the slaves.
No one said George was perfect, but overall he did have a good sense of that principle. His will decreed the freedom of all the slaves he personally owned and that his estate would support any elderly or infirm freed individuals for life.
The US was one of the last countries to abolish slavery and the only one to war with itself over it, so the idea that anything in the American system was a pioneer of freedom is obviously not true.
Many other countries have copies elements of the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights because of the freedoms insured there. No other document has had such wide political influence.
That’s your nationalistic pride talking, not the truth. The Magna Carta predates the US Constitution by centuries and contains many of the same kinds of stipulations. It is easily arguable that it was much more influential.
I encourage you to dispense with the identity politics and see a bigger picture where you don’t assume God has designated the US as the center of the universe. If you do that, you get a much truer and clearer picture of history.
Your vision of history, life and philosophy is completely uninspiring.
My vision of history, life, and philosophy is aimed towards being real and embracing the truth, regardless if it conflicts with some national pride narrative. Inspiration is a personal matter that I have no problem producing myself, because I understand that the kingdom of heaven comes from within. If your inspiration comes from distorting history to stroke your national pride or deluding yourself with out-of-touch fairy tales, then that is a problem with your lack of spiritual maturity and your lack of understanding of the kingdom of heaven within.
So why do you need that primitive chest-beating national pride to feel good about yourself? Is it because, without it, you’re just ordinary?
Do you not answer because you’re scared of pondering the question? Do you think that you’ll go to hell if you’re not proud of your country or if you question its history?