The Lords
A reader notes that DK mentions quite a few different Lords and wants to know more about them. There are Lords of Karma, Flame, Destiny, Compassion, Liberation, Light and even Evil.
The first thing to understand in reading DK is he doesn’t give a lot of details in defining his terms. He seems to expect his readers to already have a good foundation in Theosophical terms and if details or definitions are missing he expects readers to either get the information intuitively or read between the lines.
He does acknowledge that new readers will have a difficult time in understanding him but encourages them to press forward and if they do that pieces will eventually fall together for them.
Hence there are no locations in DK’s writings where you can go to get clear definitions of the various Lords.
It may be helpful to consider what is meant when a being is referred to as “Lord of’ something. What does this mean? It merely mans that he is a master of the thing specified. Thus a Lord of Light is a being who has mastered the art of staying focused in the light and using such light intelligently. A Lord of Liberation is one who understands the principle of freedom, uses it successfully in his own life and ring-pass-not. He can guide others to the path of liberation.
A Lord of Compassion is one who has great empathy for fellow life forms and loves his neighbor as himself.
Where are these Lords, you ask? There are various lords in the human kingdom and up in the various spheres as well as other planets. How many are there? Who knows? Quite a few all together.
Reader: I am wondering then, is there a specific distinction or reason between why there are “Masters of Wisdom” instead of referring to them as “Lords of Wisdom”?
JJ They could have called themselves Lords of Wisdom but it just doesn’t sound as cool as Masters of Wisdom. After all, the main master to give out the teachings is Djwahl Kool. [Real spelling revealed for the first time – lol]
Death to the Soul
Reader quoting me: “The life force and vitality of the group or nation diminishes until either the soul force dies or the tyranny overthrown and freedom restored.”
I am wondering if a “soul force” actually dies?
Could you enlarge upon this?
JJ: Keep in mind that the physical death of a person does not mean the entity ceases to be. Death is a separation. In the case of regular death it is the separation of the spirit from the body. The life force itself does not die but lives on.
In the case of the soul – this does not die but the consciousness of the individual, group or nation can be separated from the force of the soul or soul contact to the degree that they are dead to it.
This has pretty much been the case in North Korea. The people are so controlled and their attention is so focused on their “Dear Leader” that little or no attention is given to the soul. The soul energy is still there but it does not enter their heads to tune into it.
The same happens in the case of the individual. His or her consciousness can be so captivated by the beast of authority that he gives none to the true soul. Sooner or later, most such people will be born again and focus on the soul. The only ones that will not do this will be those who have drank from the spiritual fountain and then through selfishness and attachment to the material world knowingly reject the soul. When this happens for a period of time the entity suffers the true second death and becomes dead to the soul in this round of evolution and will have to start all over again in the far future.
Principles & Matter
Question: When DK speaks about the physical and etheric bodies, he says the physical is not a principle but apparently the etheric is. Can you elaborate?
DK never explained why physical matter is not created on a principle but etheric matter is. He merely stated it as a fact several times in his writings.
Concerning DK’s views on principles it is interesting that he never uses the term “false principle” or talks about such a thing. It appears that his view is that either a principle is in play or it is not.
He most likely believes that physical matter is not based on a principle because it is merely a lower reflection of etheric matter. The etheric is created first and the physical follows. Therefore, the principle that creates physical matter lies in the source of creation of etheric matter.
That principle of which I have extensively written about, is the interplay of positive/negative male/female energies.
Good Book – Sabbatai Sevi
I just came across an interesting book about a little known character in history. His name was Sabbatai Sevi who lived from 1626-1676. He claimed to be the Jewish Messiah and gained quite a following. His work hit a snag when he was arrested by Muslims in Constantinople and later told to convert to Islam or be tortured to death. He decided to convert which discouraged many of his followers but not all. The true believers made all kinds of excuses for him even to the point of claiming that his true self ascended to heaven leaving behind a shadow of himself who pretended to convert.
The book I read is called “The Lost Messiah” by John Freely and is available at Amazon.
A good summary of Sabbatai’s life is found at Wikipedia at this link.
It leaves out the important detail that the sultan threatened his life to get him to covert but otherwise is a good summary.
Underwater Hotel
Here’s the Latest project that not only houses people on the water but under the water. LINK
(And here is a video on the finished project from 2026)
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Jan 23, 2013
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