The Sermon on the Mount, Parts XXX and XXXI of XL

The Sermon on the Mount, Part XXX of XL
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TEXT: Continuing with Matthew 6:

31. Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' 32 For the Gentiles seek all these things; and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.

COMMENTARY: Again, Jesus forbids or prohibits the bad, destructive, unhealthy habit of worry, a form of fear.

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33. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well.

COMMENTARY: All that the person of Love has to do in this life is offer her Love to all suffering creatures-- to everyone. If she seeks Love "first," makes it her first priority, she need never worry about anything else, for the cosmos will provide for her.


The Sermon on the Mount, Part XXXI of XL
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TEXT:

34. "Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day's own trouble be sufficient for the day.

COMMENTARY: Just in case that we did not "get" it, Jesus again repeats his prohibitions and recommendations against worry. There is a great Pattern, a great Mind, which already regulates everything in the cosmos! If we can but learn the simple lesson of trusting this profound Mind, we will be liberated forever from worry, and from struggling and striving to control events, other people, and situations. This is the breath-taking liberty offered by the Spirit of Love. It is a gift of the Spirit, as faith, and is a "superhuman" state of profound relaxation into the great Mind. This is also, btw, the essence of Taoist mysticism.

The Sermon on the Mount, Part XXVI and XXVII of XL

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TEXT: Continuing with Matthew 6:

22. "The eye is the lamp of the body.
So, if your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light; 23 but if your eye is not sound, your whole body will be full of darkness.

COMMENTARY: This is not a reference to the physical eyes, but to interior "in-sight," or "interior sight." This is made possible by the opening of the sixth chakra, the so-called "third eye." (It is also known as the ajna chakra.) The only way that this interior "vision" is triggered is through regular meditation, through quieting the "monkey mind," the part of the humanimal mind that is continually jumping around from one topic, thought, or memory to another. This kind of mind never knows rest, or peace.

TEXT:

If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

COMMENTARY: Again, as usual, Jesus seems to point a barb towards the selfrighteous and hypereligious, who consider themselves "enlightened," or filled with the Light of Love (Holy Spirit). But this egocentric attitude of selfcongratulation actually makes their interior darkness even darker, more impenetrable to the Light of Love.



The Sermon on the Mount, Part XXVII of XL
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TEXT:

24. "No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

COMMENTARY: "Mammon" was the ancient demon of gold. So, Jesus repeats more strongly and dramatically his clear and previous warning against materialism, whose influence can be subtle. Like Mammon in Jewish mythology, it is indeed a "demon" that can master you and take over your heartmind and life. The people of Love are unique precisely because they avoid service to this demon, which permeates most business and money-making enterprises. So, beyond the minimum necessary for life and comfort, Jesus prohibits what most people would regard as "material success"!

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25. "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink, nor about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

COMMENTARY: Jesus is actually forbidding worry! And the only Way to overcome the demon of fear, expressed as worry, is to center the self, repeatedly, in the eternal now. The past is dead, and does not exist.
The future is not yet born, and also, does not exist. Only the now actually exists. And it is paradoxical: It is so tiny that, as soon as it is thought, it seems to disappear into the past. But it is so huge that it contains everything! And it is always now! So, the free and enlightened person of Love liberates herself from slavery to the past or future by altering her thoughts.

Balancing Exercise with Rest

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Have you ever worked seriously (for extended periods) with St. Johnswort or the amino acid phenylalanine? The first is called "nature's Prozac," and the second has shown remarkable success in treating depression.

Your challenge is to keep your life in balance. Right at the moment, this means balancing reasonable and moderate aerobic exercise with moderate and reasonable rest. When we do not get enough oxygenating exercise (that which makes us pant or breathe deeply), the chemistry ofthe brain is altered significantly, and thrown into unhappy imbalance.

For, as humanimals, we are made to move regularly. So, go to the root of the problem, instead of trimming the leaves: Be sure to balance healing exercise with healing rest.

I sense that your life is currently a bit too sedentary, and that your blood needs to be filled with bright blue oxygen, carried to the hungry brain. This will change your mood, and general feeling, for the better. Please do not simply think about, or visualize, these actions; instead, begin a regular routine of exercise. You will always be glad that you did!! It will help you "burn off" excess tension and worry.

I live in your thoughts and dreams; the best of Me lives in your heart.
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Another Letter to Our Friends

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Dear Friends of the Heart,

Please keep in mind always that faith in the Tao (pattern of the world) precludes worry. Worry is simply another, often well-disguised, form of fear. We are indeed "always-moving" creatures, and that is why exercise-movement is also good for us. Thanks for your kind offer to be of any assistance in the Shining Sapphire Account.

We expect nothing from all of our friends, but are also aware that each can give as much as her circumstances permit. There are many fine uses for money in this world; we do not expect to be "first" on your list. At any rate, whatever you can do, whenever you can do it, is very much appreciated.:)

Love,

shi and the Love Education Team
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