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WHAT GOD TEACHES US
What God Teaches
Brahma Kumaris Spiritual University
From: Eternal Drama of Souls, Matter and God
By: Raja Yogi B.K. Jagdish Chander; 1983
Chapter: CAN LIFE BE CREATED IN A TEST TUBE?
“Besides the body, there is an entity that has consciousness as its essential nature. This conscient entity uses its “living” body as an assemblage of instruments of perception and action. It experiences pleasure and pain also through the medium of the “living” body. This is called “soul”. The body “lives” and dies but the soul lives forever. Know yourself as a soul and your living body as a wonderful medium for manifestation.”
- God Shiva
Chapter: THINGS, MADE OF MATTER ARE NOT MADE FOR THEMSELVES
“In this self-luminous minute point – the Soul – lie the impressions of all the incarnate existence of the self and from this point emerge all thoughts and in this occurs the feeling. The purification of this self is the key to peace.”
- God Shiva
Chapter: INCIDENTS OF RE-BIRTH PROVE THE EXISTENCE OF THE SOUL
“If one is unable to reap the fruits of one’s actions in this life, one reaps them in the next. Thus, the law of action remains inviolable. Therefore, never must you indulge into bad action, for action goes with the soul wherever it goes.”
- God Shiva
Chapter: OUT-OF-THE BODY EXPERIENCE
“The soul is like a bird and the body is like a nest or a cage. The body may also be compared to a five-horse carriage or a motor car and the soul to a driver. The soul can move and act even without the body as a bird can fly out of a nest or a cage, or a man can walk out of his house, or even as a driver can move out of his vehicle. Remember that the body is like a caravan safari which the soul will leave one day. Therefore, let there be no attachment with the body.”
- God Shiva
Chapter: THE REAL STORY OF AN ANIMAL REBORN AS AN ANIMAL
“A human soul re-incarnates in human species, and a soul of the animal kind reincarnates in the animal species. Souls of one kind differ from the souls of the other kind in respect of their innate abilities and potentialities – their mind and their Sanskaras or predispositions. Each one reaps the fruits of its past actions in its own kind. Being of human kind, a man ought, therefore, to have behaviour and qualities far above the animalistic one.
- God Shiva
Chapter: BODY AND MIND OR CONSCIOUSNESS
“The body is constituted of elements of Matter. Consciousness or Thought is neither an attribute of these elements nor of any combination of them. Consciousness is an attribute or manifestation of a non-physical or a spiritual entity called soul.”
- God Shiva
Chapter: THE THOUGHT AND THE THINKER – both are Metaphysical
“Thought is the basis of all actions and it is the soul which thinks through the mechanism of the brain. Good thoughts bring one peace and evil thoughts result in mental tension and peacelessness. One should, therefore, know the self – the Thinker – and should purify the thoughts so as to be in peace and to spread vibrations of peace.”
- God Shiva
Chapter: IS MAN A BUNDLE OF THOUGHTS OR AN EPIPHENOMENON OF THE BRAIN?
“Thoughts and perceptions successively and consistently make their appearance and they pass, repass and glide away because soul, the conscient entity is constantly there. The constant appearance of thoughts in a succession or a chain does not show the Mind is a process but that the Mind or soul constantly processes the stimuli or the sensory messages and perceives and reacts to them. So consider yourself not a process or a bundle of successive thoughts but as one who observes this process and succession and is a subject and object of these.”
- God Shiva
Chapter: What is Mind and Where do Thoughts come From?
“You are not a body made of matter nor are your thoughts the electrical impulses of your brain. You are a super-physical entity, called the Soul, whose thoughts and actions have a moral dimension.”
- God Shiva
Chapter: MAN IS NEITHER A MACHINE NOR A GENE
“Link your mind to Me and have full faith in Me and I will shower divine peace and bliss on you”
- God Shiva
Chapter: WHERE IN THE BODY IS SOUL LOCATED?
“You are a shining Point-of-Conscient Light, seated on the throne in the centre of the place between the two eye-brows.”
- God Shiva
Chapter: MIND OR SOUL IS ESSENTIAL FOR PERFORMANCE OF BRAIN
FUNCTIONS
“Seated in the brain, it is the soul which receives information and understands it and perceives objects through the senses. It is the soul which makes judgement and takes action through the appropriate mechanism of the brain and the body. So, as a soul, you should judge between right and wrong and do only righteous actions.”
- God Shiva
Chapter: MEDITATION, ALTERTED STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND STRESS ALSO INDICATE THE EXISTENCE OF THE SOUL
”Meditate lovefully if you aspire for deep bliss and lasting peace and a state of higher consciousness.”
- God Shiva
Chapter: SLEEP AND DREAM ALSO INDICATE THE EXISTENCE OF THE SOUL.
“Give up the slumber of ignorance and the somnolence of body-consciousness! Arise and march towards your goal with zest and zeal for it is now Amrit Vela – the Time to wake-up and drink the nectar of Godly knowledge.”
- God Shiva
Chapter: IS THERE A METAPHYSICAL MIND OR SOUL IN THE BRAIN?
“It is the soul that has the interest, the choice and the conscious will. It is the soul that evaluates its own thoughts and appreciates and enjoys. Knowing this, enjoy the bliss, appreciate the virtues, have strong will to root out evil and choose to be a yogi and thus will you be emancipated.”
- God Shiva
Chapter: BRAIN MEMORY AND SOUL
“It is the soul which remembers through the mechanism of the brain. If one’s memory is associated with good and happy events, one gradually becomes of good and happy nature and if, on the other hand, one recollects again and again events that are associated with evil or sorrow, one becomes irritable, short tempered and despondent by nature. One should, therefore, have only a short memory of such events and should better not hold these in one’s brain.”
- God Shiva
Chapter: SOUL AND THE CASES OF LOSS OF MEMORY
“The soul, because of a certain kind of amnesia, one cause of which is Māyā, has forgotten its true identity and also the Soul World from where it has come. That memory is now being re-awakened. Now, know thy self and have fresh memories of the self. the Supreme and of the sweet Home.”
- God Shiva
Chapter: PERMANENT MEMORY PROVES THE EXISTENCE OF THE SOUL
“It is the soul which has the conscient memory which is also associated with emotions. Every recollection stirs up or brings with it emotions and some experience. One should, therefore, have constant memory of the Supreme Father and His Divine Acts and of the paradise, for these will give him a state of purity, peace and happiness.”
- God Shiva
Chapter: GENETIC SYSTEM AND RE-INCARNATION OF SOUL
“A soul gets a particular body in a particular family, in particular socio-economic, natural environment on the basis of its Karma and sanaskars (tendencies)” It can acquire new traits and alter the old tendencies by its efforts. If you make these efforts based on Godly education, you can elevate yourself into an angelic state.
- God Shiva
Chapter: YOU ARE A SOUL WHO CAN EXPERIENCE PEACE AND BLISS
“It is the soul which experiences Peace or Bliss and it is the soul and not the brain which has the emotions of rage or anxiety. The brain and the body are the mere mechanism of exteriorisation or arousal of emotions. You are a soul who can get elevated by sublimation and redirection of your emotions.”
- God Shiva
Chapter: THE FORM OF ETERNAL SOUL, GOD AND THE THREE WORLDS
"The soul is an eternal and infinitesimal point of conscient and non-material light. It has a subtle aura or an oval-shaped effulgence — an orb — round it. It is like the minutest elliptical 'Light ball" which is subtler than Matter is, even at its subatomic level. When seen in a divine vision, it looks as a star appears from the earth. The soul is immortal. Its energy is inexhaustible. Know yourself as an immortal soul."
- God Shiva
Chapter: SOULS COME FROM THE SOUL WORLD - far beyond the sun and the stars
"Beyond the sun and the stars, there is a Subtle World of Angels. Beyond that is another world where souls abide in the incorporeal, actionless, thoughtless and calm state. That world is the Soul World. All souls have come on earth from that world. That world is the souls' Sweet Home. The earth is a stage where souls play their part, taking body as a costume."
- God Shiva
Chapter: SOULS CAN MOVE AT SPEED FASTER THAN LIGHT
"Soul can fly to any place in an infinitesimally short time. When a soul leaves its body in one country, it can fly to another country in almost no time. Soul has also the wings of Thought. With the wings of Thoughts and Love you can mentally fly to the Soul World in no time. This flight is called the voyage to God on the spaceship of remembrance. Wish you this happy journey! Bon Voyage!"
- God Shiva
Chapter: EXPERIENCE OF SOUL AS A SEPARATE ENTITY
"The soul is an entity, who has existence separate from the body. But, it has committed the error of identifying itself with the body. If however, a person acquires the rational knowledge of the soul and practices soul-consciousness, he can experience withdrawal from the body and also his separate existence."
- God Shiva
Chapter: SOUL- CONSCIOUSNESS IS THE KEY TO HAPPINESS
"Man's many diseases are due to his emotional turmoil or his mental disturbance. Emotional upheaval is caused by one of the vices, or evils, called sex-lust, anger, ego, etc. which spoils his relationship with others and create a spurt or surge of disturbance in his mind. So, know that vices are cause of peacelessness and disease. If you stabilize in the self and attain swasthiti, you will have swasthya — health."
- God Shiva
Chapter: MIND-BODY INTER-ACTION AND THE QUESTION OF HAPPINESS AND HEALTH
"Body-consciousness leads to fear, anger, tension and unsteady state of Mind. It leads to vices and peacelessness. Know that you are a soul. Soul-consciousness and peace will enable the soul to be righteous and to have positive thoughts which will give it peace."
- God Shiva
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Comment by Kernel John on February 24, 2012 at 3:36pm -
Robert, here are the questions I would like you to address.
1/ What qualifies you to assume that I am asleep.
2/ What exactly do you mean by asleep.
3/ Do you consider yourself to be awake?
4/ How do you know you are awake and I am asleep?
5/ What qualifies you to make these determinations?
6/ Are these determination simply you personal opinion or objective reality?
7/ Do you think God loves you more than She loves me?
8/ Do you think She provides more access to you than I and if so, for what reason?
9/ The Roman Empire has always claimed that God walked on earth. Originally is printed coins claiming that Caesar is the Son of God. Later, the Roman Church claimed Jesus was the Son of God. Do you think God walked on earth in the form of a hu-man?
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Comment by James Germiquet on February 24, 2012 at 3:49pm -
Robert
\Satan IS the God of this world, else how could he offer it to Jesus ?
Jesus said My kingdom is not of this world.
Jesus said judge and you shall be judged.
I am only responsible for what I believe
I am simply doing unto others as I would have done unto me
Respecting their right to their own beliefs and practices just as God does.
All have the opportunity to stop and listen for the voice of God and all have the opportunity to ask Jesus, the holy spirit, god the spirit of truth and righteousness to speak to them.
I have my own perception of god, and I would have no one listen to me .. after all i certainly do not want anyone to go astray because they listened to me.
So all must answer to their own perception of God.God WILL speak to all who ask, whether or not all will listen depends on their faith. Their ability to overcome their fears and their pride and belive what that the voice they hear is god and the courage to do what that voice tells them is the TRUE and RIGHT thing to do.\
Jesus said if I be lifted up "I" will draw all men nigh unto me.
So I say do whatever the spirit of truth and righteousness aka Jesus tells you to do.
Do not listen to Jesus disciples or followers .... they are not Jesus... for the demons will say\..
I know Paul (jesus follower) and I know Jesus , but who are you. And the demons will overcome you.
I am only a grade 12 graduate, I am not a scholar of religion, not even christianity. I can only rely on the promise of Jesus to not worry what I say when I am brought before the council for the spirit will give me utterance. All I can do is cast my self upon the mercy of that spirit and believe His love will guide me.
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Comment by Kernel John on February 24, 2012 at 3:58pm
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Robert, you ask,"How accurate is this overview of the BK menu" as related to this webpage.
The BKs are clear that God does not physically incarnate into the world of matter. This has already been illustrated to you in a number of videos - like this one. Just before the 4 minute mark . . . .
As much as humans may wish to claim they know when destruction will occur, this is to bring power and glory to them - not to the Father. If God knew when exactly when destruction would occur, do you think She would tell someone like me or you?
Look Robert, I do not wish to argue against BKinfo. This is a website with an agenda. Do you know who operates it or who its masters are accountable to? Is is a secretive organization FAR less transparent than the BK. Take what you wish from these ones, in your quiet desperation to prove your own self right.
Did I leave anything out?
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Comment by James Germiquet on February 24, 2012 at 4:05pm
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Kernel
My goal is not to improve on contributions here. They are what they are. I am here to share, to give of what I perceive on such issues and to take what others perceive on such issues.
I simply do not think this faculty is important. I think it leads to vanity. I am what I am and will become what I will become. I just want to hear what every one has to say and allow god to speak through those voices to help understand and LOVE my neighbor as myself. I do not want to learn to "judge" others as if some how I know better than they do.
I want to respect others and while I may ask questions they really are to help me understand and not to put down others beliefs.
I prefer to react. for me to "create" for me is not appropriate because I am NOT the "creator". Many times I question this creator and ask why He could not create a world without pain and suffering and yet deep inside I hear his voice and I know pain and suffering is our creation and our free choice and we are the only ones who can choose to stop the pain and suffering. Of course this refers to my spiritual life.\
In my physical life I am hoping and planning to be much more creative in my future endeavors.
I am sorry if you have come to the point where you see my contribution as too limited and uneducated to be meaningful here, as I said, I suspect others have already come to that conclusion.
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Comment by James Germiquet on February 24, 2012 at 4:07pm
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Kernel
Great questions I am looking forward to Roberts replies. I hope they will also be great answers.
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Comment by Robert DeFord on February 24, 2012 at 5:01pm -
1/ What qualifies you to assume that I am asleep.
Because you talk in your sleep and say "I am a soul" I am a point of light...all words from the BK menu. You so far have not experienced your Soul/Self in the present moment as I have instructed you to con sider. Therefore you are simply "surmising and hypothesizing a "theoretical soul that you "believe" you already have because the menu at the franchise says you do. What other source do you have to prove you already have soul beside that "Whopper" of a tale?
2/ What exactly do you mean by asleep.
You are sleeping until you grasp the fact that you as of yet cannot experience a true "Self/Soul" you just "believe" you have one because you read it somewhere. Experience is the only verification of theory.
3/ Do you consider yourself to be awake?
I am awakening and have been for fifty years. Only Jesus is wide awake and He is my alarm clock alongside the Holy ghost...we are a trinity together.
4/ How do you know you are awake and I am asleep?
I am awake enough to hear you snoring in your responses to my questions. Only Jesus can awaken you and give you experiences of His reality. Even His closest followers that were intimately learning from Him were asleep most of the time especially when it was most important that-they stayed awake as Jesus prepared Himself to submit to that horrific crucifixion (for you Kernal..for you).
Reread the GArden of Gethsemene episode for further clarification of "sleep". Jesus awakens you to another reality altogether so you will no longer be entangled with lies and platitudes that keep keep you humming along in "ignorance" and sleep..
5/ What qualifies you to make these determinations?
Jesus..I have a certifacate...
6/ Are these determination simply you personal opinion or objective reality?
They are objective reality...as objective as a human can git. I have shed my snakeskin over and over again.
7/ Do you think God loves you more than She loves me?
No!!! (ALTHOUGH I TRULY DO NOT KN OW HOW HE DOIES THAT TRICK..LOL Actually you are quite loveable even to me because you ask good questions..and my heart says Yea and Amen.
James have you been born again?
8/ Do you think She provides more access to you than I and if so, for what reason?
9/ The Roman Empire has always claimed that God walked on earth. Originally is printed coins claiming that Caesar is the Son of God. Later, the Roman Church claimed Jesus was the Son of God. Do you think God walked on earth in the form of a human?
Jesus was as close as close can be when He walked on earth as the Nazarene. Then when he submitted Himself to the crucifixion and died dead...then was breathed back into life as a human and took His place next to His Father enthroned...He became God as a person..where He is today, preparing His army for battle against ALL lies and ALLP liars and deceivers...on Judgement Day (but first the AntiChrist must come that man of sin that will bring All sleepers under his spell
So...Kernal...Wake the F... Up!
If you want top go deep diving plunge in here. Khem has some interesting things to say (provocative
http://www.opensourcereligion.net/forum/topics/discovering-the-true...
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Comment by Kernel John on February 24, 2012 at 8:20pm
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Thanks Robert. So lets see if we can summarize what you are trying to say.
1/ What qualifies Robert to judge others?
Robert’s response . . . . Because they do this and that.2/ What does Robert mean by asleep?
Robert’s response . . . . One is sleeping when one does not grasp that one has a "Soul".3/ Is Robert also asleep or awake?
Robert’s response . . . . He is awakening.4/ How does Robert know he is awake?
Robert’s response . . . . He is awake enough to see others sleeping.5/ What qualifies Robert to make these determinations?
Robert’s response . . . . Jesus. Robert has a certificate...6/ Are these determinations simply Roberts personal opinions?
Robert’s response . . . . They are objective reality...7/ Does Robert think God loves him more than others?
Robert’s response . . . . No!!!8/ Does Robert think God provides more access to him?
Robert’s response . . . . (NO RESPONSE)9/ The Roman Empire always claimed God walked on earth. It printed coins that Caesar is the
Son of God. Does Robert think God walked on earth in the form of a human?
Robert’s response . . . . Jesus was as close as close can be.Thanks Robert.
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Comment by Khem the Is Real-ite on February 25, 2012 at 12:41am -
There is a very good reason, Psalvis, why one of your many epithets is "the Sultan of Spin", albeit proper usage is generally when referring to you in association with your nightclub act partner, the Swami of Spam.
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Comment by Robert DeFord on February 25, 2012 at 4:46am
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Kernal ignoring my request says...Look Robert, I do not wish to argue against BKinfo. This is a website with an agenda.
Robert replies..."Yes it is opposed to your agenda and the menu of the BK franchise and presents some fascinating insights form a former zombie that somehow escaped the "secret sauce sleeping serum" spread inside every single "Whopper" you consume...seems to me..what does all that detailed information seem to you Kernal, in your quiet desperation to guard the sauce valiantly?.
Kernal quietly wonders aloud..."Do you know who operates it or who its masters are accountable to"?
Robert again "Accountable"?, ( maybe "Truth"?), No Kernal but in the words of the brilliant American presidential candidate "I will git back to ya" on that".
Kernal then goes on to say (in his quiet desperation)..."FAR Is is a secretive organization FAR less transparent than the BK.
BK "transparent"? About as trance apparent as a Zombie training University can be I guess..except I have inside information they keep the secret Zombie sauce in lead containers so nobody can "see" the magical ingredients lathered on every Whopper from their hellish broilers way back in the kitchens in India..seems to me.
Then Kernal John quietly says in his quiet desperation..." Take what you wish from these ones, in your quiet desperation to prove your own self right"
Robert quietly says..."I do not have to prove I am right you in your quiet and desperate remarks are proving that for me,
I am just a meat inspector here and the Whoppers got my attention and upon closer examination and spectral analysis I cannot certify the ingredients because our electron microscopes cannot penetrate the lead bottles over their in India somewhere. Can you arrange to send me a sample of the sauce?.
Kernal quietly says (in apparent desperation)," Did I leave anything ou"t?
You left out everything. I asked you..." what is factual in this analysis of the BK inner teachings and perhaps hidden history?.
And you failed in your quiet desperation to stonewall any penetrating revelations of the "Whoppers" on your menu of ingredients you swallow with every bite you take of what you call "transparency of your King Burger franchise" (my paraphrase), ..your Anti Jesus Christ "University"..seems to me.
(Antichrist because your menu claims that Jesus the Christ who is One with God and is God did not come to humanity in the flesh. Than your menu claims your god men and god women are replacing Jesus with their Moon men just like the "Moonies" under their god man "the man of the Moon" does with his millions of devotees....er..zombies)...seems to me.
Kernal I am having a vision..(ZIS BOOM BAH and BOING too))..."I foresee a turf war between Indian god moon men and the Korean god man Moon men in the future to see who is the gaudiest..I mean godiest. Can you see that scenario? It will make a terrific movie man. If I were you (admittedly an impossible "if"), I would immediately apply for the franchise in theaters globally, for that almost inevitable collision between the Moon men and women and the BK men and moon women as they vie for supremacy of planet earth after they nuke most of it in their apocalypstic zeal for the zombies that survive that fiery inferno.
I'll apply for the popcorn franchise, (I will call it POP EVERY KERNAL), with artificial butter for economy sake... ..we will make z(for zombies)illions of RUpees together and then retire on the Sun. (that gives us neither heat nor light...says Gurdjieff..I am still scratchi
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Comment by James Germiquet on February 25, 2012 at 8:14am
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Robert you said...
1/ What qualifies you to assume that I am asleep.
Because you talk in your sleep and say "I am a soul" I am a point of light...all words from the BK menu. You so far have not experienced your Soul/Self in the present moment as I have instructed you to con sider. Therefore you are simply "surmising and hypothesizing a "theoretical soul that you "believe" you already have because the menu at the franchise says you do. What other source do you have to prove you already have soul beside that "Whopper" of a tale?
Kernel was asking what qualifies "you" and your response was about "him" how does anything about him make you qualified in some way?
Yes I have been born again. And the Spirit of Christ teaches me to not Judge others. He teaches me that I have so much morre to learn. He teaches me not to take the speck out of someone elses I when I have a log in my own. He tells me to not be spiritually proud. He tells me that the least on earth shall be the greatest in heaven. He teaches me to respect or "love" or "do unto" or treat OTHERS in the same way I would want to be respected and treated and loved. You claim you love Kernel, but to tell you the truth I do not perceive your comments to and about Kernel show love toward him. They show scorn and contempt more than they show love.
But do not listen to me I am not a scholar. Pray about what I have said and ask Jesus if maybe there is something He is trying to teach you from them. I do not claim my words hold any truth in them whatsoever, only Jesus knows.
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