Sacred Writings of Different Past Cultures

[Immortal4life]

Sacred Writings of Different Past Cultures

 

Tao Te Ching-

Tao Te Ching - Translated by J. Legge

 

Bhagavad-gita-

Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8: The Bhagavad-Gt Index

 

Dead Sea Scrolls-

Dead Sea Scrolls - Qumran Library

http://www.bibliotec...ea.htm#contents

 

Sepher Yezirah-

Sepher Yezirah Index

 

Early Christian writings, Apocrypha, Gnostic Gospels-

Early Christian Writings: New Testament, Apocrypha, Gnostics, Church Fathers

 

Holy Bible-

KJV Bible -- Browse

 

Holy Quran-

The Koran -- Browse

 

Zend Avesta-

http://www.sacred-te...ndex.htm#avesta

 

Tipitaka info-

Buddhist Studies: Texts of Buddhist Scriptures

 

Scriptures of Mahayana buddism-

Mahayana Buddhist Sutras In English

 

Tibetan Book of the Dead-

http://www.summum.us...fication/tbotd/

 

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali-

http://acaryadeva-ne...The Yoga Sutras

 

Nostradamus Centuries-

Nostradamus Index

 

The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran-

http://www.katsandogz.com/gibran.html

 

Timaeus and Critias by Plato-

TIMAEUS

CRITIAS

 

The Secret Teachings of All Ages by Manly P. Hall-

http://www.sacred-te...o/sta/index.htm

 

Egyptian Book of the Dead-

The Egyptian Book of the Dead Index

 

The Pyramid Texts-

http://www.sacred-te...y/pyt/index.htm

 

The Emerald Tablets of Thoth-

The Emerald Tablets of Thoth

 

Those are a few I could think of, feel free to add to the list.

 

What I see is an underlying common message, what it is all about in the end is spiritual cultivation and enlightenment.

Edited January 13, 2013 by Immortal4life

[Apech]

If you want to read the Pyramid Texts try here

 

Pyramid Texts Online

[Immortal4life]

Haha, that one literally has them in each room they are actually apparently in.

[Immortal4life]

Zend Avesta-

http://www.sacred-texts.com/zor/index.htm#avesta

[Vmarco]

Sacred Writings of Different Past Cultures

 

What I see is an underlying common message, what it is all about in the end is spiritual cultivation and enlightenment.

 

What I see is mostly fabricated concepts that are barriers to spiritual awareness and keep people blind to the truth.

 

Edited May 28, 2012 by Vmarco

[Aaron]

What I see is mostly fabricated concepts that are barriers to spiritual awareness and keep people blind to the truth.

 

 

I have many friends that believe in Qi, yet ridicule people for believing in aliens, ghosts, and God. I remind them that the vast majority of Americans don't believe in Qi, but this doesn't assuage their attitude, rather they believe that they are rational and everyone else is irrational. The problem is that the people that think Qi is nonsense believe the same thing, so who is right? Perhaps the key is to never be right, for in never being right, we can never be wrong.

 

Aaron

[Vmarco]

[Vmarco]

[Immortal4life]

What I see is mostly fabricated concepts that are barriers to spiritual awareness and keep people blind to the truth.

 

Vmarco your passion and aggression here would seem to me to stem from an observation you intuitively know.

 

You correctly perceive that throughout the Ages, Truth has been veiled and hidden from suffering Humankind. This however, is simply a creation and result of the human mind and present state of humanity's collective consciousness. In the present state of Humanity's consciousness and plane of existence, where there is light, truth, awareness, and Love, there will also be darkness, deception, strife, and hardship. To overcome this is almost incomprehensibly difficult.

 

You incorrectly are blaming the great Spirituality and Spiritual Knowledge that has been passed down through different Ages, as the cause of Humanity's suffering. While it may be true that in certain cases a spiritual trapping can become a spiritual stumbling block, spiritual egos can develop in certain instances, etc. this does not mean that what Spiritual knowledge through the ages that has been revealed to Humankind is the cause of their failings. Of course not everything can be revealed to or understood by every person at once. Each person has to make their own realizations. Where there is good there will be evil to oppose it and spiritual teachings can even become perverted or made into evil religions. Light will be shrouded in Darkness on this Earth plane. This does not mean the great friends of Humanity that did leave authentic spiritual teachings and realizations, are diminished. It is a long period of time, over many Ages, that anyone could attempt to approach real high level Truth. Yet, there will be a day when Truth is made plain before Humankind through it's very own development and evolution over the many Ages, Cycles, and Millenia of it's existence, and over the many cultures and civilizations that have come and gone.

Edited May 29, 2012 by Immortal4life

[Vmarco]

Vmarco your passion and aggression here would seem to me to stem from an observation you intuitively know.

 

You correctly perceive that throughout the Ages, Truth has been veiled and hidden from suffering Humankind. This however, is simply a creation and result of the human mind and present state of humanity's collective consciousness. In the present state of Humanity's consciousness and plane of existence, where there is light, truth, awareness, and Love, there will also be darkness, deception, strife, and hardship. To overcome this is almost incomprehensibly difficult.

 

You incorrectly are blaming the great Spirituality and Spiritual Knowledge that has been passed down through different Ages, as the cause of Humanity's suffering. While it may be true that in certain cases a spiritual trapping can become a spiritual stumbling block, spiritual egos can develop in certain instances, etc. this does not mean that what Spiritual knowledge through the ages that has been revealed to Humankind is the cause of their failings. Of course not everything can be revealed to or understood by every person at once. Each person has to make their own realizations. Where there is good there will be evil to oppose it and spiritual teachings can even become perverted or made into evil religions. Light will be shrouded in Darkness on this Earth plane. This does not mean the great friends of Humanity that did leave authentic spiritual teachings and realizations, are diminished. It is a long period of time, over many Ages, that anyone could attempt to approach real high level Truth. Yet, there will be a day when Truth is made plain before Humankind through it's very own development and evolution over the many Ages, Cycles, and Millenia of it's existence, and over the many cultures and civilizations that have come and gone.

 

Surely, much spirituality is fabracated by a spiritual ego. Much of the spirituality of Judaism is useless,...nearly all Christianity is, not only useless, but contributes to continual suffering. The Muslim faiths were a consequence of the barbaric reign of Justinian, which barred anyone outside specific Christian beliefs from civil service, and whose forced baptisms upon Arabs encouraged the way for the establishment of Islam.

 

Christianity was spread through violence and now propagates its faith through the fortune raised from that violence. In the United States that is a serious felony, and their propagators are nothing less than accessory felons.

 

Some spiritual traditions are helpful and useful,...for example:

 

Bon

http://bon-encyclopedia.wikispaces.com/file/view/TheFloweringLightTantra.pdf

 

Taoism

http://www.cheraglibrary.org/taoist/hua-hu-ching.htm

 

Buddhism

http://www.scribd.com/doc/17465265/A-Buddhist-Critique-of-Fundamentalist-Christianity

 

Vajrayana

http://keithdowman.net/mahamudra/tilopa.htm

 

As in the link left above,...truth is infinitely simple,....beliefs are infinitely complex. As Jed McKenna correctly said, "One millionth of 1% false is completely false"

[mewtwo]

vmarco what about the fact that alot of the tibetan buddhist meditations are only for initiated monks and nuns and lamas etc?

 

If they really are the key to achieving liberation should they not be free?

[Vmarco]

vmarco what about the fact that alot of the tibetan buddhist meditations are only for initiated monks and nuns and lamas etc?

 

If they really are the key to achieving liberation should they not be free?

 

In nearly 40 years of inquiring into enlightenment subjects, I've yet to hear of a single people who realized enlightenment while meditating,...and people get really, really upset when I mention that. Even this past weekend a few women got very angry at me for mentioning that in a conversation along a trail. Doubt they'll ever hike with me again.

 

People try to shield themselves from any suggestion that what they thought to be meaningful may just be be meaningless. For example,...here's a worthwhile listening for those not fearful of enlightenment:

 

Wei Wu Wei said, "The practice of meditation is represented by the three monkeys, who cover their eyes, ears and mouths so as to avoid the phenomenal world. The practice of non-meditation is ceasing to be the see-er, hearer or speaker while eyes, ears and mouths are fulfilling their function in daily life."

 

Lao Tzu purportedly said, "Do you think you can clear your mind by sitting constantly in silent meditation? This makes your mind narrow, not clear."

[Informer]

Nice compilation of data Immortal4Life. Thank you!

[Informer]

In nearly 40 years of inquiring into enlightenment subjects, I've yet to hear of a single people who realized enlightenment while meditating,...and people get really, really upset when I mention that. Even this past weekend a few women got very angry at me for mentioning that in a conversation along a trail. Doubt they'll ever hike with me again.

 

People try to shield themselves from any suggestion that what they thought to be meaningful may just be be meaningless. For example,...here's a worthwhile listening for those not fearful of enlightenment:

 

Wei Wu Wei said, "The practice of meditation is represented by the three monkeys, who cover their eyes, ears and mouths so as to avoid the phenomenal world. The practice of non-meditation is ceasing to be the see-er, hearer or speaker while eyes, ears and mouths are fulfilling their function in daily life."

 

Lao Tzu purportedly said, "Do you think you can clear your mind by sitting constantly in silent meditation? This makes your mind narrow, not clear."

 

Vmarco, no one is truly "enlightened" be it through meditation or otherwise, so what is the point?

[eye_of_the_storm]

Wei Wu Wei said, "The practice of meditation is represented by the three monkeys, who cover their eyes, ears and mouths so as to avoid the phenomenal world. The practice of non-meditation is ceasing to be the see-er, hearer or speaker while eyes, ears and mouths are fulfilling their function in daily life."

 

hmmmm

 

interesting - this is making sense // though my understanding may be incorrect

 

the difference between meditation and non-meditation

 

how would I describe it

 

I am running and all the things that come with that

 

or

 

I am observing myself running and all the things that come with that

 

a more expanded awareness

 

say practice of focus - or focusing on 1 thing... if you are reading read... eating eat etc

 

but from this detached (though not entirely) one seems to be able to read,eat, breath, listen all at the same time as one thing < but its the observing of rather than the doing of

 

I think I can imagine how this awareness could expand

 

the Will/Awareness seems to be coming from a different place // without any effort

 

where if I was (self) running there would be effort

 

as opposed to observed (no-self self) running without effort

 

?

[goatguy-too]

Hmmm... I think I am imagining that I am observing myself running and all the things that come with that. oops, now I am observing that I am imagining that I am observing that I am running...

 

As long as I don't actually have to run, I am happy. ;-) I'll go back to sleep ;-)