http://gnosis.forumotion.com/contemporary-living-spiritual-masters-f8/-t1.htm Messiahs * Masters * Avatars * Gurus * Saviours * Prophets * Buddhas * Mahdis - those who personally reveal the Sacred "KEYS" of Gnosis Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:26:00 GMT 10 http://i18.servimg.com/u/f18/11/68/41/72/thepat10.jpg http://gnosis.forumotion.com/contemporary-living-spiritual-masters-f8/-t1.htm http://gnosis.forumotion.com/contemporary-living-spiritual-masters-f8/the-need-for-genuine-understanding-t998.htm Etherial Light A wise Sufi master once said " A donkey carrying a load of Holy books is still a donkey" What this means is that no matter how much knowledge you are gathering, if you are not putting what you learn into action...then you are still ignorant....it is all wasted. It also means that no matter how much information you are gathering, if you do not have the appropriate understanding and view of the teaching then you still know nothing. In todays modern world, the esoteric ... CONTEMPORARY 'LIVING' SPIRITUAL MASTERS Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:26:00 GMT http://gnosis.forumotion.com/contemporary-living-spiritual-masters-f8/the-need-for-genuine-understanding-t998.htm#9180 http://gnosis.forumotion.com/contemporary-living-spiritual-masters-f8/the-need-for-genuine-understanding-t998.htm http://gnosis.forumotion.com/contemporary-living-spiritual-masters-f8/seeking-a-spiritual-master-t989.htm seekerjuan After reading some of the comments from Bob and others as to finding a spiritual master or teacher, I undertook a search. After several dead ends I have come across someone that seems to be genuine. He is a Zoroastrian and teaches meditation as part of a criminal rehabilitation program. He teaches the general public meditation for stress management, but also for enlightenment, when the student is so motivated. His wife teaches meditation for school children. I met with him today. He and ... CONTEMPORARY 'LIVING' SPIRITUAL MASTERS Thu, 28 May 2009 02:06:59 GMT http://gnosis.forumotion.com/contemporary-living-spiritual-masters-f8/seeking-a-spiritual-master-t989.htm#9138 http://gnosis.forumotion.com/contemporary-living-spiritual-masters-f8/seeking-a-spiritual-master-t989.htm http://gnosis.forumotion.com/contemporary-living-spiritual-masters-f8/is-a-contemporary-spiritual-master-necessary-t8.htm Admin The following passage clearly indicates the necessity of a contemporary 'physical' living Spiritual Teacher / Apostle, for the actual transmition of the Holy Spirit: Acts 8:15-19 "When they arrived, they prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit, because the Holy Spirit had not yet come upon any of them; they had merely been baptized into the ['exoteric'] name of the Lord: 'Jesus'.* Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit. When Simon saw ... CONTEMPORARY 'LIVING' SPIRITUAL MASTERS Wed, 07 Nov 2007 07:56:51 GMT http://gnosis.forumotion.com/contemporary-living-spiritual-masters-f8/is-a-contemporary-spiritual-master-necessary-t8.htm#8 http://gnosis.forumotion.com/contemporary-living-spiritual-masters-f8/is-a-contemporary-spiritual-master-necessary-t8.htm http://gnosis.forumotion.com/contemporary-living-spiritual-masters-f8/a-new-name-t127.htm Admin Rev 2:17 "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcometh, to him will I give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and upon the stone a new name written, which no one knoweth but he that receiveth it." Rev 3:12 "He that overcometh, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go out thence no more: and I will write upon him the Name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, ... CONTEMPORARY 'LIVING' SPIRITUAL MASTERS Tue, 11 Dec 2007 05:29:25 GMT http://gnosis.forumotion.com/contemporary-living-spiritual-masters-f8/a-new-name-t127.htm#321 http://gnosis.forumotion.com/contemporary-living-spiritual-masters-f8/a-new-name-t127.htm http://gnosis.forumotion.com/contemporary-living-spiritual-masters-f8/who-or-what-is-yahweh-t846.htm Admin In the Hebrew language, the name YEHOSHUA (English: Joshua; Greek: Iesous; Greek/English: Jesus) means "YAHWEH IS SALVATION". Thus, we should discover who or what Yahweh actually is. Yahweh appears throughout the Hebrew Bible, in many different stories, walking and talking, eating and resting, with many different people; his actions thus clearly show him to be a "physical" (human) being! The word Yahweh is not a name, but a title meaning "Divine presence" ... CONTEMPORARY 'LIVING' SPIRITUAL MASTERS Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:51:30 GMT http://gnosis.forumotion.com/contemporary-living-spiritual-masters-f8/who-or-what-is-yahweh-t846.htm#7638 http://gnosis.forumotion.com/contemporary-living-spiritual-masters-f8/who-or-what-is-yahweh-t846.htm http://gnosis.forumotion.com/contemporary-living-spiritual-masters-f8/master-disciple-relationship-t582.htm Admin FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS ON THE MASTER-DISCIPLE RELATIONSHIP by Gregorian Bivolaru. Many people heard stories, which are absolutely true, only on false GURUS or spiritual guides, and because such stories are much more frequent than the ones about real, authentic GURUS or spiritual guides, they remained with a deformed and aberrant impression on the nature of the master-disciple relationship. The authentic-spiritual link between a spiritual master and a true disciple never had anything ... CONTEMPORARY 'LIVING' SPIRITUAL MASTERS Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:05:39 GMT http://gnosis.forumotion.com/contemporary-living-spiritual-masters-f8/master-disciple-relationship-t582.htm#4747 http://gnosis.forumotion.com/contemporary-living-spiritual-masters-f8/master-disciple-relationship-t582.htm http://gnosis.forumotion.com/contemporary-living-spiritual-masters-f8/appearance-of-moses-in-every-generation-t428.htm Admin The following is copied from the Gal Einai Website ~ http://www.inner.org/times/tamuz/tamuz58.htm The Appearance of Moses in Every Generation The Zohar teaches that Moses, our Teacher, "appears" in each and every generation. In each generation there is one unique individual who is the embodiment of Moses, our Teacher, in that generation. The spirit of Moses emanates to all the wise men of the generation, and subsequently from them to all those living at the time, illuminating Jewish ... CONTEMPORARY 'LIVING' SPIRITUAL MASTERS Sun, 08 Jun 2008 22:25:38 GMT http://gnosis.forumotion.com/contemporary-living-spiritual-masters-f8/appearance-of-moses-in-every-generation-t428.htm#3232 http://gnosis.forumotion.com/contemporary-living-spiritual-masters-f8/appearance-of-moses-in-every-generation-t428.htm http://gnosis.forumotion.com/contemporary-living-spiritual-masters-f8/the-14th-dalai-lama-et-al-t637.htm tobias1111 "This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness" (His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama.) I also heard Guru Maharaji speak, in person, at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, about 20 some odd years ago. "If you took all of the bad in this universe, it would not even fill the head of a pin, compared to the good that fills the planet Earth." To me, one smile, can ... CONTEMPORARY 'LIVING' SPIRITUAL MASTERS Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:44:07 GMT http://gnosis.forumotion.com/contemporary-living-spiritual-masters-f8/the-14th-dalai-lama-et-al-t637.htm#5570 http://gnosis.forumotion.com/contemporary-living-spiritual-masters-f8/the-14th-dalai-lama-et-al-t637.htm http://gnosis.forumotion.com/contemporary-living-spiritual-masters-f8/we-cannot-know-a-historic-master-t273.htm Admin All religionists seem to think that books (Holy Scriptures) and studies are sufficient to know and follow God. They truly seem to think that one can KNOW their particular historical Master (e.g. Yehoshua, Buddha, Mohammed, Moses, etc.) through reading? Well, this is just the PROBLEM ~ you can NEVER KNOW someone fully (or even at all) through books. All you can know is: 'OF' THEM! AND knowing 'of' God is not the same as KNOWING GOD ~ nor is it sufficient! PLU ~ Bob CONTEMPORARY 'LIVING' SPIRITUAL MASTERS Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:49:21 GMT http://gnosis.forumotion.com/contemporary-living-spiritual-masters-f8/we-cannot-know-a-historic-master-t273.htm#1592 http://gnosis.forumotion.com/contemporary-living-spiritual-masters-f8/we-cannot-know-a-historic-master-t273.htm http://gnosis.forumotion.com/contemporary-living-spiritual-masters-f8/many-messiahs-t488.htm Admin Ancient Tablet Ignites Debate on Messiah and Resurrection JERUSALEM — A three-foot-tall tablet with 87 lines of Hebrew that scholars believe dates from the decades just before the birth of Jesus is causing a quiet stir in biblical and archaeological circles, especially because it may speak of a messiah who will rise from the dead after three days. If such a messianic description really is there, it will contribute to a developing re-evaluation of both popular and scholarly views of Jesus, ... CONTEMPORARY 'LIVING' SPIRITUAL MASTERS Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:48:49 GMT http://gnosis.forumotion.com/contemporary-living-spiritual-masters-f8/many-messiahs-t488.htm#3634 http://gnosis.forumotion.com/contemporary-living-spiritual-masters-f8/many-messiahs-t488.htm http://gnosis.forumotion.com/contemporary-living-spiritual-masters-f8/yahweh-the-lord-elohim-god-t158.htm Admin Jesus said that we were to become "like little children" in order to understand Truth. Surely then He would use simple terms with straightforward meanings, i.e. if He called God His Father, how could He have meant Himself? You know there is a difference between Elohim (God - 'the Spirit'), and Yahweh (the human incarnation representing {and united with} God = Elohim). This is why there are two terms (Elohim/God & Yahweh/Lord) used in the Hebrew Scriptures. Yahweh (a living human ... CONTEMPORARY 'LIVING' SPIRITUAL MASTERS Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:14:45 GMT http://gnosis.forumotion.com/contemporary-living-spiritual-masters-f8/yahweh-the-lord-elohim-god-t158.htm#635 http://gnosis.forumotion.com/contemporary-living-spiritual-masters-f8/yahweh-the-lord-elohim-god-t158.htm http://gnosis.forumotion.com/contemporary-living-spiritual-masters-f8/while-he-is-here-t54.htm Admin What do you think is meant by the following quote from Jesus: John 9:5 "While I am in the world, I am the Light of the world." Does this not mean that (ONLY) WHILE JESUS WAS IN THE WORLD, was He the Master (i.e. the Light of the world)? PLU CONTEMPORARY 'LIVING' SPIRITUAL MASTERS Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:01:36 GMT http://gnosis.forumotion.com/contemporary-living-spiritual-masters-f8/while-he-is-here-t54.htm#66 http://gnosis.forumotion.com/contemporary-living-spiritual-masters-f8/while-he-is-here-t54.htm http://gnosis.forumotion.com/contemporary-living-spiritual-masters-f8/ot-proofs-t90.htm Admin For O.T. proof of a continuous succession of living human Masters (the succession of Melchizedek) see here: http://gnosis.forumotion.com/apologetics-f10/another-messiah-moses-part-1-of-4-t89.htm PLU CONTEMPORARY 'LIVING' SPIRITUAL MASTERS Thu, 22 Nov 2007 21:57:04 GMT http://gnosis.forumotion.com/contemporary-living-spiritual-masters-f8/ot-proofs-t90.htm#149 http://gnosis.forumotion.com/contemporary-living-spiritual-masters-f8/ot-proofs-t90.htm