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By Amorifer April 2009.

Many years ago, I had a dream about me going onstage.
As the spotlight shone on me, all the dandruff that had fallen on to my jacket showed up under the light. I felt so embarrassed. It’s not too difficult to work out that the moral of the dream was that one must take care to prepare and to present a good image before being the centre of attention.
But I don’t see myself as a showman, but rather a small-shop owner offering free information on chosen philosophical/mystical topics that I’m comfortable with, and which I hope will be of benefit to customers. No need to worry about dandruff, only dirty aprons perhaps?

The articles are based on my interpretation and understanding of Rosicrucian AMORC ‘s teachings modified by some scientific ideas, all at layman’s level. Consequently, the articles are only partially representative of what the Rosicrucians have to offer.
Some persons like me find it difficult to develop ‘spiritually’ under their own volition.
I have found that the main benefit of belonging to an organisation like the Rosicrucian Order is that they enable birds of a feather to flock together.

Obviously, my little corner shop won’t stock the range and sophistication of goods to be found in a big departmental store. All I can offer is a friendly service and hopefully provide goods that are home-made and of some quality.

The reason for writing anonymously as Amorifer (Loveunites) is simply to avoid personal aggrandisement. Thank you for reading this explanation.

All Good Wishes for Peace Profound!

Knowledge, Experience, Actuality and Reality

Knowledge, Experience, Actuality and Reality
By Amorifer Oct 2008, revised April 2009.

If I were to say to you: "Knowledge is of Light and Actuality, while experience is of life, love and reality." You would most probably wonder what I was on about? However, what may appear at first to be a meaningless statement, I sincerely hope that with some gentle analysis reveal some profound notions that will be of some interest to students of philosophy and mysticism.
Bear with me please while I attempt to define some terms essential to the understanding of the points I’m attempting to put across to you. You may find that some of these terms are used in an unconventional manner, an open mind helps.

EXISTENCE IS THREEFOLD
I would like to make a start by putting forward the notion that there are three states of existence.
Firstly, there is the material plane of existence. In here, as the name implies, are to be found all matter, the stars, planets, human beings and their egos, radio waves and so on. I think it’s fair to say that we are all familiar with this plane. Time, energy and spatial dimensions impact heavily on the material plane. The time it would take to cross the universe of the material is extremely large, trillions and trillions of years.
Secondly, there is the immaterial plane of existence. In here, are our unconscious thoughts which enable our minds and (what may be questionable to some, but what I subscribe to) souls, also known as soul-personalities to Rosicrucian students. Time, energy and spatial dimension impact very loosely on existence in this plane, and are totally different to that of the lower material plane. It would be stupid of me to even make an educated guess as to what the differences are. Okay, I’ll make one guess: it would take a split second for a soul-personality at one end of the universe to attune with another on the other side. However, this is a rather desperate guess as there's no knowledge of what the size of the immaterial world is. It could be the size of a pinhead for all we know?
Thirdly there is the Cosmic. If we accept that there is a form of existence where energy, space and time have no impact on it at all, then we can define this existence as the Cosmic. Since vibrations are a function of time, there are no vibrations in the Cosmic. Since there are no spatial dimensions applicable to the Cosmic, the Cosmic is not located anywhere, it is not infinite in size (as size is not applicable to the Cosmic.) There is no "in" or "on" the Cosmic, as there is no location applicable to the Cosmic! It is not of experience as experience relies on time, it is not of life and love as these are qualities of the two planes of existence and the Cosmic is not a plane. The Cosmic exists as Perfect or Absolute Light (Knowledge.)
The relationship among the three forms of existence, from our human point of view is that we recognise our existence in the material plane through our conscious mind and brain energised by our bodies. We can only contact existence in the immaterial plane through our subconscious and unconscious minds. This is received as intuitive ideas and flashes of inspiration from soul personalities in the immaterial or cosmic plane. Our human egos do not have immediate access to the Cosmic, but soul personalities do. That is why we have to elevate our egos through meditation into the higher states of our existence as soul personalities in the cosmic plane to access the Cosmic, as well as other soul personalities.

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
By previous definition, we know that knowledge is of the Cosmic and we become aware of knowledge through our unconscious/subconscious mind passing through as ‘ideas’ to our conscious mind. On a person to person basis, we share experiences and not knowledge (in the context of this article.)
Ideas are thoughts and knowledge is comprised essentially of thoughts. This gives us some notion of what the nature of the Cosmic is.

REALTY AND ACTUALITY
I would like to introduce what the terms: reality and actuality mean to Rosicrucian students. Rosicrucians apply these terms in an unconventional way.
The following analogy hopefully will help to explain the relationship and meaning of reality and actuality.
"I see before me a piece of wooden material, round and about 1.2 metres in diameter. It is horizontal above the floor, supported by four vertical cylindrical pieces of similar material about 5cm in diameter. In reality the object before us is a table because we recognise (realise) it as such, in actuality the object is just an assembly of wooden pieces and metal pieces to secure the wood together. Reality is our perception of actual things or events in the context of our personal understanding and experiences.
Because our five senses differ from person to person, the reality of an object will likewise differ among us. Actuality is the true nature of an object or event and is unique."

THE THREEFOLD ATTRIBUTES OR PRINCIPLES OF THE COSMIC PLANE
The ancient mystics taught that the underlying properties of material existence are Earth, Water, Air and Fire. The fundamental properties of the cosmic (immaterial) plane are Light, Life and Love. I have capitalised these three attributes to distinguish them from their conventional (material) usage.
We have reached full circle and hopefully you will be able to understand the phrase that we started with:
"Knowledge is of Light and Actuality, while experience is of life, love and reality."

Experiencing Perfection

Experiencing Perfection
By Amorifer Sept2008; revised April2009


How this article begun.
Among the festivities and good cheer celebrated at the end of each year in the UK is the traditional Christmas raffle. I was fortunate to win a 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle on such an occasion. The puzzle depicted a bowl of flowers resting on a windowsill, and the light streaming through the window emphasised the beauty and rich colours of the flowers. It was the first time that I had attempted to put together a puzzle of that size, and with the occasional help of relations it was completed after some five weeks. I reflected back on the times when I wanted to give up after struggling for over an hour, and all I had managed to put together was a miserable number of some four pieces or so. And again on the few times when I had forced a piece into place, only to discover that in doing so, many other pieces subsequently could not be placed. I had to remove the offending pieces and retry again.
As I placed the final piece into place, I felt so happy with the accomplishment of completing the puzzle. Hours and hours of struggle putting the pieces together were over. But after the euphoria faded I felt a bit empty, I had to find something new to occupy and to challenge my mind. Also, for some inexplicable reason I had the feeling that there was some important point that I had missed.

About a month afterwards, I began to receive ‘intuitive flashes’ during the borderline state of consciousness prior to waking fully. I realised that on putting the final piece into place, I had experienced perfection.
The puzzle was completed, with no more effort and time required spending to fit the puzzle together. The scene depicted by the jigsaw puzzle had matched the scene on the box-cover perfectly. But were there more to this ‘revelation’ that meets the eye? For me, a chain of mystical thinking on the subject unfolded and I would like very much to share these ideas with you.

Unravelling what ‘Experiencing Perfection’ means.
The subject of this article: ‘Experiencing Perfection’ is comprised of just two words, but considering each word separately first of all and then together, can give rise to much mystical thought.
Let’s consider ‘perfection’ first of all. Some of the attributes of ‘perfect’ are to be faultless, excellent, precise or absolute. Associated with the property of being perfect is the context in which it is applied. For example, as previously described in the context of assembling jigsaw puzzles, perfection is achieved immediately the final piece is put into place.
Perfection on the other hand occurs in many other forms and levels of complexity.
The subject of Mathematics is rich with examples of perfection, so much so, that we become oblivious to them. For example, the simple sum of 2+2=4 is perfect, as this is always true. There are more complex ones in Geometry for example, theorems can be classed as perfect, so much so, that it is claimed that Pythagoras, the father of geometry, said that: “In the beginning God geometrises.”
There are no rules that can be applied to categorise perfection accurately; it is a matter of personal judgement. For example, where would experiencing perfection upon completing the jigsaw puzzle fit on the scale of perfection, compared to mathematical axioms?
While we are on the subject of scale however, I would offer the notion that the highest level of perfection is associated with experiences of the ‘Absolute Mind’ (God) known as the Cosmic to Rosicrucians. Occasionally, as we travel the path to illumination, we encounter ‘divine revelations.’ This is a special personal experience where our minds appear to spread outwards to encompass the entire universe. Our awareness is heightened and we are momentary at one with all existence.
Special persons like Jesus the Christ, Mahatma Gandhi, Gautama Buddha have shown us the way to experience perfection through their teachings and wise sayings. When we perform a good deed for the benefit of others, we sometimes get an unusually warm ‘spiritual glow’ in the core of our being and for a split second or more, we experience absolute perfection.

Knowledge and Experience are inextricable linked.
It would help us to understand the relationship between knowledge and experience, if we were to accept that knowledge is comprised of perfect pieces of information.
Since knowledge is perfect, its source must be of the Cosmic. When we become conscious of a piece of knowledge we try our best to make sense of it and in so doing store it in our minds as an experience.
It is not unusual for two persons to encounter exactly the same piece of knowledge but their experiences differ according to their personality and past experiences.

Drilling deeper into understanding: Experiencing Perfection.
The analogy of experiencing perfection through completing a jigsaw puzzle can now be explored in more detail. Knowledge and experience are an essential part of our lives. I would like to suggest that the essential difference between the two is that knowledge is introduced to our consciousness once only, and thereafter that knowledge becomes our personal experience. So repeating “2+2=4” indefinitely will not lead to cosmic illumination. The experience so learnt may occur again and again, and may be further refined through association with more knowledge and, or experience.
So when we pick up a piece of the puzzle for the first time we have the ‘knowledge’ of that piece. We examine it and use our experiences to consider where best to place it. If we place it correctly, we have an experience of ‘minor’ perfection. With each experience of minor perfection we get closer to completing the puzzle. The box-cover is like our soul personality; it is a complete ‘scene’ of what illumination holds for us. Those of us with a mystical disposition will most likely choose a puzzle with a box-cover of a particular and similar design to each other.
In this analogy, the Cosmic is the (Absolute) Perfect Design of all designs for jigsaw puzzles. Further, the way we go about putting the puzzle together is analogous to the way we go through life. Do we seek help occasionally to complete the puzzle? Do we regularly seek to experience perfection to complete our puzzle?
Hopefully, now that we know that experiencing perfection isn’t so elusive after all, we will be encouraged to seek ways to achieve it.

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Acknowledgement:
The author would like to thank friends and family for their support and encouragement in writing this article.
Special thanks go to Mrs Lalita Arya for her much appreciated help towards editing the article. Mrs Arya taught me English lessons for my GCE ‘O-level’ examination. She is the founder of KHEL, a charitable organisation assisting the poor in the Himalayan foothills with education and the like.
Please visit the KHEL’s website to find out more about the noble work she and her family undertake: http://www.khelcharities.org/

Mystical Rebirth

MYSTICAL REBIRTH
By Amorifer April 2009.


When you’re feeling really, really low
And your soul needs somehow to glow
This little poem for what it’s worth
May lift your spirit through rebirth

Elemental Earth, Water, Air and Fire…
Love, Life and Light will lift you from the mire.
The soul loves nothing better than mystery
So a story of the elements creates profundity.

Let’s begin with dear Mother Earth
As the place for your spiritual rebirth
To the depths of the ocean your spirit must go
Birth begins in the womb, as you surely know

Surrounded by earth and water in mother’s bowl
Connect your umbilical cord to energise your soul,
Motherly love, protective and nourishing
Will chase away fears most frightening.

Time for rebirth, time to the surface rise,
You greet Brother Air with pleasurable surprise
He breathes Life into your being with brotherly love
Towards heaven you soar like a peaceful dove.

You approach Father Sun, invigorated you feel
Cosseted by his warmth; his Fire makes you reel
He urges love from your heart and soul to pour
The more you love, the more Light beams through the door.

For a moment Light, Life and Love with you are one
Like a joyful baby you cry, before the rapture is gone
But Father Sun warns that this special meditation
Be used sparingly to retain power of rejuvenation!

A Glimmer of Light

A Glimmer of Light
By Amorifer, revised April 2009.

Prologue
In 12th century China, the Zen Master Kakuan Shien wrote ten illustrated verses about an ox-herder and his ox. These depicted the ten stages of development in seeking Nirvana or Illumination. The ox is analogous to the true ‘inner-self’ while the herder is that of the earth-bound ego.
The first three illustrated verses are:
1) Searching for the Ox.
2) Finding the tracks.
3) Perceiving the Ox.

In this essay I would like to portray stage 3) as a soliloquy between Ox (Director) and herder (myself) with apologies to Shakespeare.
William Shakespeare explained in one of his plays that we are all actors upon the stage of life. I find this so very, very true. So fellow actors, are you like me, do you at times wonder what this play of life is all about? I guess not many of us bother anymore, because I have a feeling among all our scripts, we more or less see the same directive: "You have free will to improvise, get on with life!"
Well, I’m a bit tired of improvising and would like to act a more meaningful role, nothing as serious as a messiah, prophet or rocket scientist mind you, but maybe along the lines of someone like Aristotle, a thinker perhaps? Perhaps I should lower my ambitions!
As the curtains close for intermission, I run to the director’s office and fortunately he’s in. So I look at him squarely in the eyes and tell him about my desire to act out the role of a freethinker.

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Act1, Scene1: Meeting the Director.
Director: I’ve been expecting you, dear child, please take a seat! So you want to be a freethinker, yes? First of all… you’ve been given free will to live your life the way you want, isn’t that free enough for you?

Me: Well, yes, but I’m only free to live within the rules and laws set by society, and the personal guide lines I’ve set for myself learnt from religious beliefs and etiquette, if you know what I mean.

Director: Are you sure that you want to be a freethinker… or to think freely? [Enquires the director in a kindly all-knowing tone of voice.]

Me: Look I didn’t come here to play games! Will you get the scriptwriter to write some lines for me, so that I can act the role of a freethinker please? [I grumble, slightly annoyed.]

Director: Scriptwriter to write you some lines? But that will be against the prime directive, remember, you’re all free to improvise! You actors over the years established your own set of rules for behaviour in society, your scientists discovered laws of physics, botanists Nature, and so on…sorry no scripts for you! Freethinker you want to be, get on with it! [He says in a firm but kindly tone of voice.]

Me: Mr Director, I was told that you are the all loving, all forgiving, all knowing, ‘with your finger on the pulse of everything’… kind of Being, if you won’t talk to the scriptwriter, can I have a word with him, please?

Director: Dear child, I’m the scriptwriter as well as director!

Me: Oh! [Is it my imagination that he’s looking at his nails, getting bored?]

Director: No I’m not bored! And yes, I can read your mind, and of course the minds of all the other actors too.

Me: Gosh! I wish I could read minds, like you do Sir.

Director: You can, and occasionally you do, but if your mind was an open channel to all thoughts, you would be overwhelmed and distraught over some of the thoughts you would encounter, and the sheer volume of idle thoughts would drive you round the bend.

Me: Well, thank you for your time Mr Director, Sir. I’ll improvise at being a freethinker.

Director: Not at all, I have all the time in the world! [He winks knowingly at me on my way out.]

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Act1 Scene2: I’m still bewildered.

Well, I’ve been improvising at being a freethinker for a while now and I’m still unhappy with my performance as an actor on the stage of life. Okay, I’ll let you into a secret; my pretext at wanting to be a freethinker was to be wise like Aristotle. Thinks it’s time to revisit the Director. So during an intermission, off I run again to the Director’s office and he invites me in.

Director: I’ve been expecting you child, please take a seat!

Me: Mr Director Sir, in our previous conversation, you said you were the scriptwriter and director, and you gave me the impression that we actors didn’t have scripts as we were free to improvise, so how can you be the scriptwriter if there are no scripts? In fact, not wishing to be rude Sir, do we need you at all?

Director: When I said: ‘No scripts for you!’ That did not mean that there were no scripts at all. You may consider the way you live your life, the things you say to other people, your thoughts, the things you do, are all part of your script of life. Also don’t overlook the fact that there is the prime directive, a play is not just about reading lines on stage, you know. And yes, you do need me, as much as I need you, I’ll explain why, when you’re ready to listen!

Me: Mr Director Sir, I’ll come straight to the point, what is this play of Life all about?

Director: Dear child, sit comfortable, do you want the good news first, or the bad news?

Me: [Looks shocked, and thinks… Didn’t expect this!]

Director: Just joking! I see from your recent thoughts, you have been thinking much about our relationship. I don’t want your cup to overflow, and so will only reveal to you as much as you can take in at this time.

Me: Thank you Sir!

Director: You will have noticed my dear child, that your stage, Earth as you call it, is among the stars, planets and things material. As you entered my office did you notice the change to the immaterial? In the immaterial world that co-exists with the material world, there are differences in the rules and laws of existence. For example, cycles of growth and decay, time and gravity impact on matter; in the immaterial world, those laws do not apply. So that you may have some comprehension of what the immaterial world is, think of it as pure thought, that is, the script in the scriptwriter’s mind before he commits it all to paper.

Me: Oh Sir, this is mind boggling, but I think I understand what you’re getting at. So before you handed us each a script… in the immaterial world of pure thought, you had it all worked out in a grand scale, how the stars and planets should be born, grow and decay. When we actors should appear on Earth… etc. And all this occurred in the blink of an eye, because time doesn’t impact on the immaterial plane. But if you don’t mind me asking you Sir, why?

Director: You must not think that the immaterial world is only pure thought, but that is as good an explanation for you to be happy with, at your stage of development. Please don’t think I’m being patronising child, I do have your best interests at heart. As to why, and it’s a good thing I can read all your thoughts, as I have all the answers… I want to experience my perfection in a material sense and extended my mind through transformation into the material world. Notice I said transformation rather than created.

Me: Sir, does this mean that you extended yourself to be me too? [Bewilderment spreads over me.]

Director: I certainly did, and you are discovering one of the most important mysteries of life. To use material language here, I should say, ‘I certainly do,’ rather than ‘did,’ as I am with you always and forever, since you are the material existence of me extended and transformed, and I am the immaterial existence of you.

Me: Begging your pardon Sir, but if I am you, err… I’m so confused now… before you told me I am you… were I not just an actor? And you were just Director in the heavens above? I always thought that I was an individual, just as all the other actors are.

Director: It will take some time to absorb what I revealed to you as fact, I can feel you pulling against the reins, but work at it, you know I’m always right! As I said already, the way for me to experience my perfection in the material world, is to allow actors free will to pursue Life, how else can experience be got if total freedom to change is not allowed? In the immaterial world, freedom and change are unnecessary, as all is perfect all is absolute.

Me: I still can’t get over this revelation as yet Sir, I am you and you are me, why can’t I work miracles then? Hope I’m not trying your patience Sir!

Director: There are miracles and there are miracles! You and all actors are miracles, because you are of the immaterial world existing also on the material world! The miracles like changing water into wine, is when an actor is able to effect an event from the immaterial world into the material world. That is to say, pure thought from the immaterial world is transformed into substance in the material world. It is obvious, that since all of you are I, and I am fully conscious of what you actors are doing, I wouldn’t want to cause more confusion for you all, and will not perform open miracles as an every day event. Many so-called miracles are carried out unknowingly.

Me: Sir, I have a puzzling question to ask, if you extended your Divine Self into us actors, how can you be so evil as when you were Genghis Khan?

Director: And I am Aristotle, Akhnaton, Moses, Buddha, Jesus the Christ, Mohammed, Mahatma Gandhi, all the avatars, saints, sages, prophets and a countless number of good actors also. What you perceive as evil, is free will applied in a disharmonious and selfish way manifesting as pain and suffering to others just as doing good causes joy and happiness. Genghis Khan was not evil per se; it was his acting that was at fault. His followers, certainly didn’t think him evil. But I have given myself free will to do good and evil in the material world, as experienced by you and me, therefore be ever mindful of this fact, and help other actors to choose the direction of harmony that unites, rather than the direction of disharmony that separates. The range of evil to good is vast on Earth, but I am perfect and absolute in Light, Life and Love. I am Absolute Unity and will unify the chaos and separateness caused by evil or chaotic actions.

Me: Thank you Director, Sir, you have given me much food for thought! Oh, you know all this already, silly me, you are I, and I am you. It will take some meditation to work that one out! Thank you again Sir!

Director: Pleasure, do come again, dear child! Or should I say, dear me! And yes, I’m the Producer as well. Please close the door gently on the way out! (Smiles)
[Thinks: One of these days I’ll figure out how if he’s me, why can’t I know as much as him. I’ll have to ask him next time; after all, shouldn’t I know the answers to all questions if I’m him?]

Epilogue
Director: Good to see you again, my actor counterpart, I have the answer to your question before you even asked yourself (smiles.) Remember Queen Victoria’s famous words: ‘We are not amused!’…? Well the royal ‘we’ is you and I (each actor), and when ‘we’ are conscious of our-self in the immaterial plane, our knowledge is unlimited, for ‘we’ know all the questions and answers. However, experience is of the material world, for it is time dependent.
When ‘we ‘are conscious of our-self in the material world, (on stage acting) our experience is unlimited, for it expands with time, but our knowledge while on stage, will always be limited. After all, the part cannot be greater than the whole, and further our experiences will often be far from perfect.
We’ may consider our office a ‘bridge’ between the two planes, to enable ‘us’ to have soul-person exchanges concerning knowledge and experience.
See ‘us’ soon, bye! Oh, by the way, please listen to our prompting more often.

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A Simple Love

A SIMPLE LOVE
By Amorifer

Photo by Lalita Arya

William Shakespeare said that we all are actors on the stage of Life. The success of a play depends on the skill, effort and experience of its director. However, in terms of the ‘stage of Life’ even the directors become actors and may need a superior to direct them. This Director should not be a corporeal being as he would be just another director. He has to be from a form of existence different from the ‘stage of Life’.
Maria, an actress wants to know the answer to "What is Love?" After much preparation and meditation she is granted an audience with the Director.

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Director: Hello Maria! Good to see you dear! I sense that you have pressing questions to ask me?


Maria: Yes. I certainly do. What’s the difference between Love (immaterial) and love (material)? When I gazed at my ‘husband to be’ as we exchanged wedding rings and vows, my heart was bursting with love. When I gave birth to my children, I experienced joys beyond my wildest dreams, my heart overflowed with love. In fact, I think I know more about love than you do. Do you know anything about love at all? You let so many people starve to death? Don’t you hear the screams of people getting murdered? Please tell me that you have a heart and that Love is a principle that we can all share here on Earth and not some lofty ‘pie in the sky’ notion you dreamed up?


Director: Maria, when I transformed myself from the immaterial to the material, I was the first to experience birth, my heart overflowed an infinite number of times with the birth of each atom, each star… like yours at the birth of your children. Yes I do have a heart as you put it. The universe would disintegrate if Perfect Love were not there to hold Light and Life together.


Maria: There you go again, like a politician, you have a plaster for every sore. You still haven’t explained why you haven’t done anything for the starving millions on Earth.


Director: Maria, I’m like pure thought, and it is through you and all actors that I will experience my perfection on the material plane. You ask me what have I done to help the starving millions. I’ll tell you what I’ve done… I’ve inspired many people to do charitable works to help those who are in need! Tell me Maria, what have you done to help those starving millions other than to whinge at me?


Maria: Umm… not much Sir! But I still know more about love than you do! You don’t have to iron over a dozen shirts, cook for six persons, clean and tidy up after them. If I didn’t love my family, I’d walk out on the lazy animals. Four children and a husband can be unbearable at times, you know.


Director: Maria, the experiences of love are so wide ranging, we have only touched upon a few of the various forms of love. You have mentioned parental love and social love. But love is more than just how you experience it in relation to others. When situations arise so that you can receive and give love, that is Love.


Maria: Huh? Like when I receive birthday presents? That is Love? I don’t understand nor accept that!


Director: Remember, when you felt low and you telephoned your sister? Did she not change her plans to go shopping and came round to visit you? And when she helped you out with your chores, did you not feel better? Love is simple acts of kindness like that. No reward expected and none given. Pure Love is like that, even if it was for a split second; when you silently thought: "Thank God for my sister!" as you looked lovingly at her across a cup of tea.


Maria: Hmm… we are a close family. All my sisters, brothers, our parents and I are so good and loving to each other.


Director: That is an example of how we have had the opportunity for us to experience love… and unknowingly at times, Love.Earlier, you talked about starving people on the stage of Life. Eventually, the time will come when their numbers will become so great, that their plight can no longer be ignored. That is to say, the disharmony between Love and love they are experiencing will reach a critical point. People like yourself who are concerned mainly with their immediate wants and needs will have to take into consideration the material world’s wants and needs as well.

Maria: I hope you don’t expect me to go around house to house collecting for charities? I’m too busy looking after my family.


Director: Maria, it’s having a charitable attitude that really matters. In the immaterial world of thought, Love is the parent of love. If you think kind, tolerant and charitable thoughts, there will be less fear and selfishness blocking Love from parenting love on Earth.


Maria: Are you are suggesting that I am a selfish and fearful person Mr Director?

Director: Maria, are you not afraid that if you don’t do everything to please your family, they will love you less? You hardly ever give them the opportunity to show their love for you. So in a way, you are selfish!


Maria: So why don’t you have a word with them and let them pamper me for a change?


Director: I often do Maria, you have free will to improvise and also to believe what you will. When you all learn to work out how to improve your family love and Love, it will spread to the rest of the material world also. I cannot impose my Love on any of you in the material world. True Love is not willed upon anyone. Yes, there is a form of Love which are rules and laws that regulate the structure of matter for example, but evolution to reach higher states of existence depends on how you learn from your experiences of Love and love, in co-operation with Light and Life.


Maria: Well, I’m still a bit hazy on what Love is all about. You said that Love is the parent of love, and as a parent I can understand that. Although my children and my husband don’t show me as much love as I would like them to do, they do give love to other people, which makes me jealous sometimes, but then I feel so proud of them at the same time.


Director: Love is the will to do things, low levels of Love lead to fear and separation; Love unites wherever it can. Love has no hidden secrets; it is given unconditionally without expectations of receiving rewards. Love is Perfect Harmony.


Maria: Thank you for listening to me Mr Director. I will meditate on the points you made and try to let Love parent love on Earth in my special way. Okay I’m selfish, but in a nice way I hope, after all if I love myself at least one person in the world loves me.


Director: I Love you better than you love yourself Maria.


As Maria rushed off home to make tea for her husband, she was amazed to find that her husband had come home early to surprise her with tea and cookies already made and waiting for her. There was someone, beside herself, who loved her.

Acknowledgement:
The author would like to thank friends and family for their support and encouragement in writing this article.
Special thanks go to Mrs Lalita Arya for her much appreciated help towards editing the article. Mrs Arya taught me English lessons for my GCE ‘O-level’ examination. She is the founder of KHEL, a charitable organisation assisting the poor in the Himalayan foothills with education and the like.
Please visit the KHEL’s website to find out more about the noble work she and her family undertake: http://www.khelcharities.org/

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Three Wise Monkeys Plus Two

The tale about three wise monkeys has been around
for ages. How about two more? Think and Do No Evil.

See, Hear, Say, Think and Do No Evil!
By Amorifer (revised April 2009)

A long time ago when monkeys could talk
Three wise monkeys went uptown for a walk
In the town-square many folk gathered around
To learn from them a few lessons profound
The first begun… eyes with hands did cover
No evil sights would blind it forever!
Another its sensitive ears with hands did clasp
Less evil words its soul did jar did rasp!

The third monkey covered its little mouth,
No evil words from its lips would spread uncouth!
The monkeys coughed politely: "Ahem! Ahem!"
To invite more wise ones to be like them
A monkey stepped forth head in hands held firm,
No evil thinking would make it squirm!
Next another with arms held in prayer folded,
No evil deeds would it do to be scolded!

Remember this tale of five monkeys so wise
See, hear, think, do no evil, say no lies
Know when and where your hands to place
And you will surely avoid hurt, avoid disgrace
But don’t do this, don’t do that, isn’t all
Negatives only, won’t stop you from a fall!
Do noble deeds, listen to conscience, see the light
Have loving thoughts, say kind words and you’ll be all right.

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