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Leo's avatar

why 'love the enemy' ?

and : 'turn the other cheek'

It took me a long time to get this one right !

Funny enough this relates to Seth killing Osiris ( the Isis/Osiris/Horus story ).

Bear with me a bit, it needs some background.

How we recognize things ?

re-cognize ! We have seen it before, it matches our frame of reference, framework of our brain if you like.

It is like matching things. If it matches something in our framework we see it, if there is no match we miss that detail.

We see someone behaving badly, we recognize that, we value that (negatively) and CONCLUDE it is the enemy. And we reject. It is a scape-goating tactics that is being bred into us for millenia.

But with the reject we reject a part within us (unacknowledged anger etc). In other words we act as Seth, we have cut away part of ourself and hid it in the underworld ( cf Carl Jung's shadow ).

We have been doing this for quite some time and the way back is : step by step AND no longer reject the enemy.

What i see is a reflection of my own repressed self.

Do i get a amygdala-hijack and attack immediately or do i retreat, become neutral and (then, on the spot or later, before going to sleep) go 'inside' and verify myself.

Why turn the other cheek ?

- first time hit may have been an encounter with my own repressed self

- it may be a unconscious thing on the part of the other

- my own process of clearing this anomaly may have paved the way for harmony between me and the so-called opponent

- it is a close ( i get hit, i close, do the work ) and i open up again.

So 'turning the other cheek' is the challenge of being vulnerable again.

Warm greetings from Thailand,

Leo.

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Len Kinder's avatar

In my Cataclysmic Earth History substack, I plan to discuss ancient myths to show that they likely originated from witnessing catastrophic celestial events. Eventually, it would be interesting to find proof that angels/spirits exist. I think angels and Jesus helped reinterpret ancient disasters so as to help humans achieve higher morality. The shroud of Turin is the best evidence I know of that comes close to proving the existence of angels/spirits. What you're talking about is what I think is angelic reinterpretation. What do you think of that?

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Leo's avatar

Buddhist logic has four states, Y, N Y&N and null. On top of that 'beyond this realm' (no definitive answer is possible).

Things unknown to us can only be known be entering the adventure.Some say it just happens.

I do believe the representatives from outside this realm come to us to teach. Show us new ways.

Explaining disasters (natural or not) may reduce the trauma inprinted by these events. And may open us to new ways of seeing things.

The deluges is one of them. Aparently people found evidence there were several of those.

Would you say the story of Noah is to teach us moral ?

I believe we are growing into the image of the Father and as such are getting familiar with godlike aspects.

Imo angels are emissaries and follow instructions, while archangels can operate more freely.

Did I ever meet an angel ? Yes i believe I did. An Archangel even ? I am not sure, if so it was well disguised, lol.

Btw many of my utterances are 'work in progress (w.i.p.)', so no definite conclusions. I am open for new lessons :)

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Len Kinder's avatar

There is apparently a bit of evidence that Noah's ark existed, i.e. drop stones etc near Ararat.

I hope to look into the angelic realm again some day, i.e. try to get anyone's first-hand testimony and maybe get their descriptions of spiritual reality and maybe compare with that of others observing the same location.

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