Abissath Wisdom Page 2009

DIVINE LOVE and WISDOM

2009-06-10T11:14:00.000-07:00

"If we look at the world with natural eyes alone, that is, from a materialistic viewpoint, only the natural, material world will be seen. Focusing on the earth alone closes spiritual sight.How can we look up if looking down?"- Emanuel Swedenborg

2009-04-24T09:16:00.000-07:00

"Every created thing is in itself inanimate and dead, but it is animated and given life by this: the Divine is in it, and it is in the Divine."- Emanuel Swedenborg

ANGELIC CHARACTER

2009-03-09T04:41:00.000-07:00

"We cannot become angels, that is, come into heaven, unless we bring something of an angelic character from living in this world. Present in this character is a knowledge of the way from walking in it and a walking in the way through a knowledge of it." -Emanuel Swedenborg

HIGH STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS

2009-02-25T08:18:00.000-08:00

"We cannot deny that every day we have all sorts of occasions for feeling confused, mistreated or upset. But, in spite of everything, we can preserve or re-establish higher states of consciousness within ourselves."- Omraam M. Aivanhov

GOODNESS OF GOD

2009-02-20T10:17:00.000-08:00

"The Lord never judges anyone except from love, for he desires to raise all into heaven,and if it were possible, eaven to himself. For the Lord is Mercy and Godness, and these cannot possibly condemn anyone." - Emanuel Swedenborg

HAPPY LIFE

2009-02-16T09:06:00.000-08:00

"Thought or understanding about God does bring us closer to God. But living a good life conjoins us to God and is the way to ever-increasing happiness." -Emanuel Swedenborg

THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE & EVIL

2009-02-06T07:48:00.000-08:00

"It is said in the Genesis that God put Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden and forbade them to eat the fruit of the tree of the knowledge and evil.But they disobeyed and were driven out of paradise. Whenever humans reject all spiritual and moral authority in order to do whatever they please,they unwittingly repeat Adam and Eve's transgression." -Omraam Mikhael Avivanhov

THE BENEFIT OF CONTENTMENT

2009-02-02T05:22:00.000-08:00

"Content puts you in the current of life. Those who are content are full of gratitude towards heaven and live in peace. This peace gives them strength, strength brings them fulfilment, and they begin to taste eternal life." - Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov

GOD'S LOVE

2009-01-27T00:36:00.000-08:00

"God's love goes forth not only to good people but to evil people. God loves not only those who are in heaven, but also those who choose hell, for God is everywhere and forever the same."- Emanuel Swedenborg

SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE

2009-01-20T07:27:00.000-08:00

"We cannot be spiritually reborn without some knowledge of the new or spiritual life, of the true ideas that we ought to believe and good things that we ought to do. Our physical senses give us information about the material world and ourselves, not about heaven and God. Spiritual knowledge comes only from revelation."- Emanuel Swedenborg

THE ANGELS

2009-01-15T05:46:00.000-08:00

"We were born to become angels. Life in this world is preparation period for an eternity to come. Where the tree falls there it lies. So also does a person's life when he dies remain such as it has been." - Emanuel Swedenborg

BOOK REVIEW ABOUT SWEDENBORG

2009-01-14T03:44:00.000-08:00

Title: There is an Answer – Living in the Post – Apocalyptic World
Author: Candace Frazee (Bunny House Books Pasadena, California, USA)
N0 of Pages: 377
Reviewer: Mawutodzi K. Abissath (P.O.Box TU 111, Accra, Ghana )
For those who believe in the doctrine or concept of reincarnation, it will not be difficult for them to consider the proposition that the author of this book, Candace Frazee has lived and continues to live a thousand lives in one life.
If I may explain myself. It is my considered opinion, of course, am I not entitled to my own opinion? That it will be practically impossible for someone who had never lived before, especially during Swedenborg’s time to impose such a herculean task on herself to provide answers to questions about Swedenborg.
And the ease with which she has been discharging this seemingly insurmountable self-imposed task tempts this reviewer to speculate that Candace Frazee herself could be a reincarnation of Swedenborg. ( But this review is not about speculation as to who was Candace Frazee in her past life – No, it is about a book she has written – entitled: There is an Answer in America and posted an advanced copy to me all the way in Ghana – West Africa, to review it for her).
It is in my own interest to confess that I am yet to complete reading the entire 377- page-book before attempting this review. But my inner conviction about the sincerity of the author and the diligence with which she approached her work is enough to commend her efforts. If the “Advanced Copy uncorrected proof” she sent to me is anything to go by, then I can guarantee readers who may be privileged to lay hands on the final work that they will be handling a gem kind of a book.
The preface of the work alone speaks for itself. The author did the right thing by alerting the reader about her own origin and how she came to know the man Emanuel Swedenborg. I will leave that very interesting part of her life for the reader to read it for himself or herself. But I will not hesitate to hint that she was born to Swedenborgian parents. Here, my only comment will be that, “There is no accident in the cosmic plan.” In other words there is this interesting African proverb which says, “A crab does not beget a hippopotamus.”
She writes: “…In 1988, Swedenborgians around the world celebrated the 300th birthday of Emanuel Swedenborg (1688 – 1772). Two years prior to this Tricentenary, I joined the planning committee at my church and helped organize several events in Toronto,” Canada. She went on, “When I moved to Los Angeles (US), in 1986 to ‘make’ in Hollywood, I found that the La Crescenta New Church wasn’t planning any 300th celebration. So I formed a committee (called it Information Swedenborg of Los Angeles because Toronto called theirs Information Swedenborg) and got busy with plans. I rallied volunteers. With my show biz skills I organized a big bash, SWEDENBORG: PAST & PRESENT. It was at the Theodore Roosevelt Junior High School in Glendale on 29 April 1988.”
Candace recalls the event was held the week King Carl XVI and Queen Silvia visited Los Angeles. “They came to U.S. in 1988 because it was ‘The Year of New Sweden’ – 350th anniversary of the establishment of New Sweden in America.” According to the author, about 300 people attended the Tricentenary, including The Mayor of Glendale, Carl Raggio and the Press Attaché of the Swedish Consulate, Claes Jernaeus.
“I hosted the event with Rev. Cedric King of El Toro, CA. A slide presentation of Emanuel Swedenborg’s life was shown; a panel of experts in psychology, science; and religion discussed his contributions to society; Rev. Frank Rose of Tueson, Arizona costumed as a convincing Swedenborg answered questions from the audience; Norwegian Imports & Bakery in San Pedro donated Swedish cake and hot Swedish punch; we sang Happy Birthday, Emanuel! It was a fun event,” she conceded with sweet memory.
From all account, the 300th anniversary organized by this special woman was fantastic! “I don’t do things small!” she contended. Then she recalls that the following Sunday at church, a mailed letter from a stranger was handed to her. The letter was addressed to THE LADY IN RED DRESS with the church’s address. When she opened the letter it reads:
“I attended the Tricentenary Party for Swedenborg’s 300th birthday in Glendale. You were on stage. Please tell me more about the man.” Signed: L.P. Glendale, California, May 1988.
“I wrote back. A second letter was sent to me by another person! I answered it, too. A guest book had been set out at the Tricentenary. I figured others were probably thinking what these two newcomers were, so I wrote an Open Letter about Swedenborg and mailed it to all the 80 people that signed the guest book. I haven’t stopped receiving and answering questions about Swedenborg since. That was 20 years ago,” Candace Frazee concluded her preface.
And I have largely quoted the preface in this review not only because of the premium I personally placed on it, but also to help the reader appreciate the genesis of this 400- page philosophical master piece written by a woman of vision and mission.
On Page 375, among other things, the author wrote: “…Swedenborgianism actually won’t spread like wildfire, for then it would be burning a path threatening destruction instead of healing. Swedenborgianism will spread like sunshine for then it will warm with love and shed light with understanding spiritually into hearts and minds.”
If this statement alone does not reveal the inner beauty and philosophical quality of the author and the spiritual worth of the book itself then I am at my wits end as to what the book is all about. And I can put my last coin on the table that readers of a certain degree of spiritual enlightenment will definitely find this work worthwhile.
As the tile indicates, the book is principally about insightful answers to probing and sometimes controversial and skeptical questions about Emanuel Swedenborg, especially his claims that he was able to talk to angels and devils in real terms.
Swedenborg was a famous scientist but little known son of a Swedish Lutheran bishop. Later in life, his interest developed more toward philosophy, theology and matters of divine nature. He actually communicated with Angels continuously for over 27 years. He wrote over thirty volumes of theology and five volumes of his personal experiences, entitled Spiritual Experiences. His other works included Arcana Coelestia, Apocalypse Explained, and Apocalypse Revealed, which focused on the symbolic understanding of the Christian Bible.
It is to this great soul that Candace Frazee dedicates her book to create awareness about Emanuel Swedenborg for the benefit of humanity and to the glory of the Universal Mind. Candace Frazee is also the only human being I have come across on this planet of mysteries who organizes a Festival of Angels in America. It is the expectation of this reviewer to witness the Festival of Angels one day so as to write about it at first hand for the reading pleasure of enlightened souls of our time.

SPIRITUAL BEAUTY

2009-01-12T03:27:00.000-08:00

"Seek beauty, love beauty, for it is beauty that will save you. Obviously, I am speaking to you here of spiritual beauty. Through meditation and contemplation, try to sense this beauty, to clothe yourself in it to become imbued with it, for it will protect you from the beauty that deceives." -Omraam M.Aivanov

WHAT IS LOVE AND WISDOM?

2009-01-06T06:48:00.000-08:00

"What is love without the understanding of how to express it, or wisdom without love to guide and motivate? They are nothing. What are love and wisdom without action, or a life where these can find fulfillment? They are nothing. Love and wisdom are only actual, that is, real, if they are used in life."-Emanuel Swedenborg

THE DIVINE PROVIDENCE

2008-12-29T10:47:00.000-08:00

"It is the law of divine providence that we should not be compelled by outward means to believe and love things that belong to religion, but that we should bring ourselves to believe and love, and sometimes compel ourselves."- Emanuel Swedenborg

WHAT IS PRAYER?

2008-12-22T23:59:00.000-08:00

"Prayer is truth coming from the heart, and we are continually at prayer when we live according to that truth."- Emanuel Swedenborg

LIVING PRAYER

2008-12-19T08:15:00.000-08:00

"When we pray from the heart, there comes an answer in he form of a gentle perception of some truth. When we live by that truth, our lives become a LIVING PRAYER." Emanuel Swedenborg

WHAT IS LOVE IN MARRIAGE?

2008-12-17T09:35:00.001-08:00

"The love in marriage of one man to one woman is the precious jewel of human life . This love produces states of innocence, peace, tranquility, inmost friendship, complete trust, and a mutual desire of the mind and heart to do everything good for each other. Because of these qualities, this love also produces bliss, rapture, delight, pleasure, and owing to an eternal enjoyment of states like these, the happiness of heaven." - Emanuel Swedenborg

WHAT IS WISDOM?

2008-12-12T08:43:00.000-08:00

"Wisdom is a quality of the heart and life. When we attain wisdom, the issue is no longer a struggle to understand what is good and true, because what is good and true has become so incorporated into daily life that we become an embodiment of those values and loves."- Emanuel Swedenborg

ARE YOU QUALIFIED TO BE IN HEAVEN?

2008-12-08T01:13:00.000-08:00

"Heaven consists of heartfelt desire for the good of others rather than our own good. It is serving others from love to promote their happiness, not for the sake of any selfish hope of reward." - Emanuel Swedenborg

GOD AND NATURE

2008-11-24T09:30:00.000-08:00

"The ancients learned much about God and spirituality through nature. It was their Bible, so to speak. However, through the process of time, people began to focus more on the material aspects of nature rather than the spiritual life that is reflected within it. People ceased to see the reflection of God in nature and so lost a connection with him. This connection can be reestablished, and the Creator can be seen once again, through al of creation."- Emanuel Swedenborg

GOODNESS & TRUTH

2008-11-21T07:12:00.000-08:00

"If we wish to receive a heavenly selfhood, we must do what is good and think what is true as if we were doing and thinking by our own powers, but still believe that all goodness and truth come from God."- Emanuel Swedenborg

EXPRESSION OF LOVE

2008-11-20T08:54:00.000-08:00

"Love comes into being through useful service to others. In fact, the real joy of love is in its expression. Love that does not find expression soon dies."-Emanuel Swedenborg

WHAT IS GENUINE WISDOM?

2008-11-17T00:08:00.000-08:00

"Genuine wisdom involves humility. The wiser we become, the greater the realisation that there is so much more to learn and understand."- Emanuel Swedenborg

WHAT IS FREEDOM?

2008-11-10T00:06:00.000-08:00

"There is nothing more important to most people than their own freedom, especially freedom to think, feel, and live the way they choose. Forcing people to believe certain religious principles takes away that freedom and actually closes the mind to deeper insight. Freedom and spirituality goes hand in hand.:- Emanuel Swedenborg

GOD'S LOVE

2008-11-05T09:51:00.000-08:00

" God's love goes forth not only to good people but to evil people. God loves not only those who are in heaven, but also those who choose hell for God is everywhere and forever the same. - Emanuel Swedenborg

TO A KIND DEPARTED SOUL & FRIEND

2008-11-02T23:56:00.000-08:00

"In memory of Albin Korem, my special friend with a kind soul, heart of gold and a person who helped many people in his lifetime. You always had and forever will have a place in my heart." Viera E.

WHAT IS TRUE POWER?

2008-10-31T11:00:00.000-07:00

"We might think of true power as the ability to move people or objects in the direction of our choosing. But this is not true spiritual power, the kind that brings happiness, healing, and life. Real power is from God. The power of life itself and all its healing qualities come from love."- Emanuel Swedenborg

WHO IS AN EARTH-BOUND PERSON?

2008-10-28T01:12:00.000-07:00

"Earth-bound people experience bliss when they are richer than others and possess the world's wealth. But when they become spiritual, they are in their bliss when they have knowledge of what is true and good, which is their treasure." - Emanuel Swedenborg

THE FOOD FOR THE MIND

2008-10-25T02:55:00.000-07:00

"We need to provide food and clothing for our bodies. This is a first and primary goal. But we do this so that we may have sound minds in sound bodies. We need to provide food for the mind as well. Our minds need to be in a state to serve God." - Emanuel Swedenborg

WHAT IS THE LORD'S CHURCH

2008-10-24T01:58:00.000-07:00

"The Lord's church is spread over the whole globe, and so is universal. All who live a good life according to their own religious belief are members of it." - Emanuel Swedenborg

THE TRUTH

2008-10-14T10:04:00.001-07:00

"Even though truth is timeless, when it is understood by the mind and felt by the human heart, it makes all things new. The human spirit is lifted up to a new awareness of reality and of the spiritual possibilities in life." - Emanuel Swedenborg

HEAVEN & HELL

2008-10-13T01:26:00.000-07:00

"Our spirits are a microcosm of our greater connection with either heaven or hell. Heaven and hell are not only places we go to after death, but are also states that exist within our spirit right now." - Emanuel Swedenborg

THE DIVINE PROVIDENCE

2008-10-10T06:02:00.000-07:00

"As far as we enter into the stream of providence, we come into a state of peace. As far as we are in a state of peace, we are in divine providence. Then we will know and believe the divine providence of God is in everything, both in general and in particular." - Emanuel Swedinborg

2008-10-09T05:33:00.000-07:00

"When you have a humble heart, you will know that wisdom is perceiving that the things in which you are wise are scarcely anything compared with the things in which you are not wise. -Emanuel Swedenborg

WHAT IS GOOD INTENTIONS?

2008-10-07T01:07:00.000-07:00

"There is an old familiar saying, "The road to hell is paved with good intentions." This is because to intend a good deed but never to act upon it is actually a failure of goodwill. When we fail to act on our good intentions, we lose the intention itself. Love needs a home in action or will die." - Emanuel Swedenborg

HOW TO BECOME ONE WITH THE LORD

2008-10-06T01:44:00.000-07:00

"The more nearly you become one with the Lord, the more distinctly you appear to yourself to be your own master, any yet the more clearly you recognise that you belong to the Lord."- Emanuel Swedenborg

HELL OR HEAVE - WHICH WAY?

2008-10-03T07:38:00.000-07:00

"After death everyone enters into the hell or the heaven in which he or she had predominantly chosen to live while in the world." -Emanuel Swedenborg

DRAWING NEAR TO GOD

2008-10-02T01:17:00.000-07:00

"So far as you approach and draw near to God, doing so entirely as if of your own accord, so far does God approach and draw near to you, and becomes one with you in your inmost being." - Emanuel Swedenborg

WHAT IS MODERN LIFE?

2008-10-01T03:31:00.000-07:00

"Modern life places too much emphasis on the here and now. Though it is important not to focus full attention on a particular time in the distant future, raising our thoughts above time and space toward what is infinite and eternal raises our mind above the whirlwind of temporal life."-Emanuel Swedenborg

WHERE IS HEAVEN & HELL?

2008-09-29T10:08:00.000-07:00

"Hell and Heaven are near to people, in fact, within people. Hell exists within people who are in a state of evil. Heaven exists within people who are in a state of goodness. Even more than this, to the extent that people are receptive of the goodness of heaven, they are in heaven right now."- Emanuel Swedenborg

HOW DOES THE TRUTH SHINE?

2008-09-22T10:05:00.000-07:00

"Truth does not shine from itself, because there is nothing flaming in it alone. It shines from goodness, for goodness is like a flame that gives forth light."-Emanual Swedenborg

HEAVENLY ANGELS

2008-09-09T11:02:00.000-07:00

"Since the angels in heaven receive goodness from the Lord, they long for nothing more than to perform useful services.

These services are the very delight of their lives, and it is from them that they enjoy bliss and happiness." - Emanuel Swedenbborg

WHAT IS SPIRITUAL POWER?

2008-09-08T01:20:00.000-07:00

"Spiritual power is to desire the well-being of another and to desire to give to another as far as possible what is within us." - Emanuel Swedenborg

DOING GOOD

2008-09-04T01:37:00.000-07:00

"Unless we do the good that we intend, there is within us a failure to will that eventually becomes lack of desire to act." - Emanuel Swedenborg

WHAT LOVE IN MARRIAGE?

2008-08-22T00:44:00.000-07:00

"In its essence, true love in marriage is nothing else than the willing of two to be one, that is, their desire that the two shall become one life." - Emanuel Swedenborg

THE DIVINE CONNECTION

2008-08-19T00:34:00.000-07:00

"We have a connection with the Divine, and our inmost being is such that we can receive the Divine and not only receive it, but also make it our own by acknowledgment and love, thus by reciprocating.

Since we are implanted in the Divine, we can never die. For we are in what is eternal and infinite, not only because it flows into us, but because we receive it."- Emanuel Swedengorg

African Proverb

2008-08-15T09:58:00.000-07:00

"If you light a lantern in the night, you don't hide it under your cloth." African Prover

WHAT IS TRUE LOVE?

2008-08-14T01:26:00.000-07:00

"Our love for ourselves and our love for the world are, by creation, heavenly loves. They are loves of the natural part of us, which serves spiritual loves as a foundation serves a house. When we have no love of serving God and other people, then, from being heavenly, those loves become hellish."-Emanuel Swedenborg

TO BECOME ONE WITH THE LORD

2008-08-11T09:22:00.000-07:00

" The more nearly you become one with the Lord, the more distinctly you appear to yourself to be your own master, and yet the more clearly you recognize that you belong to the Lord." -Emanuel Swedenborg

WHAT IS WISDOM?

2008-08-07T04:31:00.000-07:00

"WISDOM IS LIKE A BAOBAB TREE, NO ONE PERSON CAN EMBRACE IT." - Ghanaian proverb

BEING ONE WITH GOD

2008-07-23T09:55:00.000-07:00

"We become one with GOD only through love and loving actions, love being the essence of spiritual connection." -- Emanuel Swedenborg

LOOKING UP TO HEAVEN

2008-07-23T09:42:00.000-07:00

"To look upward to heaven is not merely to think about the things that belongs
to heaven, but to have these thinks as the goal and to love them more than all other things."--Emanuel Swedenborg

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MAN & ANIMAL

2008-06-30T10:52:00.000-07:00

"Humans, unlike animals, can rise above their nature. A lion, for instance, cannot say, "I think I'll stop killing and become a vegetarian." A human can rise above wants and desires, and change to something more noble and more spiritual than what he or she started out to be." Emanuel Swedenborg

ABOUT FAITH

2008-06-19T04:59:00.000-07:00

"Faith is not blind, as some would say. Faith is seeing the truth and having confidence in it. Real faith is not just a matter of the mind, but of the heart as well."-- Emanuel Swedengorg

WHAT IS INTELLIGENCE?

2008-05-29T09:42:00.001-07:00

"It is no mark of intelligence to prove whatever one pleases.
But to be able to discern what is true as true and what is false as false --
this is the mark and character of intelligence."- Emanuel Swedenbord

WHAT IS WISDOM?

2008-05-16T10:57:00.000-07:00

"True wisdom is seeing what is beneficial to our eternal life and managing our present life according to that knowledge."- Emanuel Swedenborg

HOW DOES THE LORD HELP US?

2008-03-18T09:52:00.000-07:00

"THE LORD DOES NOT WITHDRAW US FROM OUR PERSONAL HELL UNLESS WE SEE THAT WE ARE IN HELL AND WISH TO BE LED OUT" - Emanual Swedengorg

WHAT IS LOVE?

2008-03-05T09:37:00.000-08:00

"Love of a woman and a man is precious because it embodies the union of love and wisdom in God and also in creation. Wisdom and love desire to be one and have no greater delight than when they are one." - Emanuel Swedenborg

THE FACE OF GOD

2008-02-29T07:09:00.001-08:00

"EVERY IDEA IS IMPRINTED WITH THE FACE OF GOD" - Emanuel Swedenborg

TELLING THE TRUTH

2008-02-13T10:22:00.001-08:00

"A person can say something 'truthful' that is literally correct but not necessarily right. Similarly, a person can express something true that isn't necessarily good. To speak the truth alone without love is to speak from judgment without mercy. Love gives truth its light ans its healing power. Any real truth has love within it and leads to good actions."- Emanuel Swedenborg

HOW TO ATTAIN ENLIGHTENMENT

2008-02-06T10:50:00.000-08:00

"We attain enlightenment when we love truth for the sake of truth, and not for the sake of self-promotion or worldly gain." - Emanuel Swedenborg

WHAT IS HEAVEN and HELL?

2008-01-30T08:10:00.001-08:00

"Heaven and Hell are actual spiritual abodes, but they are also states of life and of mind. We create our own Heaven and Hell by the free choices we make in life. For those of us who are trying to escape the hell we have created for ourselves, the Lord is always ready to offer a hand and draw us up to higher ground. But this cannot be accomplished unless we see the state we are in, desire to be set free, and take his hand." - Emmanuel Swedenborg

THE DIVINE LOVE

2008-01-25T07:31:00.000-08:00

"God's love for the human race is all encompassing. The Divine is not distant, indifferent, detached,
God is human, a Divine Human, and even as his love rejoices in our own joy, his mercy grieves with us in our times of grief and pain. We are never alone." - Emmanuel Swedenborg

WHAT IS SPIRITUAL LIFE?

2008-01-14T09:44:00.000-08:00

"To flee from evil thoughts and deeds is the beginning of wisdom and life. Evil blocks love, while denial and false thinking block true wisdom. The greatest priority in spiritual growth is to discover the most dangerous selfish desire in our life, to ask God to remove it, and then to act in cooperation with God to begin a new life with it."- Emmanuel Swedenborg

HOW TO LEARN ABOUT GOD

2007-12-31T01:56:00.000-08:00

"The ancients learned much about God and spirituality through nature. It was their Bible, so to speak. However, through the process of time, people began to focus more on the material aspects of nature rather than the spiritual life that is reflected within. People ceased to see the reflection of God in nature and so lost a connection with him. This connection can be reestablished, and the Creator can be seen once again, through all of creation." - Emanuel Swedenborg

CONNECTION WITH THE DIVINE

2007-12-12T10:11:00.000-08:00

"We have a connection with the Divine, and our inmost being is such that we can receive the Divine, and not only receive it, but also make it our own by acknowledgment and love, thus by reciprocating. Since we are implanted in the Divine, we can never die."- Emmanuel Swedengorg

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

2007-11-27T09:32:00.000-08:00

"To flee from evil thoughts and deeds is the beginning of wisdom and spiritual life. Evil blocks love, while denial and false thinking block true wisdom. The greatest priority in spiritual growth is to discover the most dangerous selfish desire in our life, to ask God to remove it, and then act in cooperation with God to begin a new life without it!" - Apocalypse (Emmanuel Swedenborg)

A LIVING PRAYER

2007-11-05T08:54:00.000-08:00

"When we pray from the heart, there comes an answer in the form of a gentle perception of some truth. When we live by that truth, our lives become a living prayer." - Emmanuel Swedengorg

VISIT MY OTHER BLOG

2007-10-28T02:50:00.000-07:00

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WHO IS A GREAT MAN?

2007-10-28T02:31:00.000-07:00

"A great man is not necessarily of huge stature. He is great because he has the ability to command his environment to serve his purpose."- Ralph M.Lewis, an American Rosicrucian Mystic and Philosopher of the 20th Century.

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2007-10-24T02:21:00.000-07:00

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WHAT IS THE CHURCH?

2007-10-24T02:02:00.001-07:00

"The church of the Lord is not here or there, but everywhere, even within those lands where the organised church does not dwell. Wherever life is formed according to the principles of loving kindness, we will find the church."-Emmanuel Swedenborg

HUMILITY IS A SIGN OF SPIRITUALITY

2007-10-22T11:56:00.000-07:00

"We cannot have humility when we love only ourselves. Selfish love is hard, but love of Divine is soft." - E. S.

THE BEAUTY OF NATURE

2007-10-20T03:03:00.000-07:00

"Every created thing is by nature a recipient of God. It is able to be united with God because it was created in God by God and because it was created in this way, it is an analogue and is like an image of God in a mirror." - Emmanuel Swedenborg

WHAT MAKES HUMAN?

2007-10-09T11:24:00.000-07:00

"What makes us human is not our form, having a human face and human body, but having wisdom in our minds and goodness in our heart." - Emnuel Swedenborg

GOD'S LOVE

2007-09-28T07:56:00.001-07:00

"God's Love goes forth not only to good people but to evil people.
God loves not only those who are in heaven, but also those who choose hell, for God is everywhere and forever the same." -E. Swedenborg

THE DIFFERENCE

2007-09-24T10:46:00.000-07:00

"What makes us human is not our form, but having a human face and human body, but having wisdom in our minds and goodness in our hearts." -E.Swedenborg

HOW BEAUTIFUL IS NATURE!

2007-08-03T11:18:00.001-07:00

THE BEAUTY OF OUR CULTURE IS THE CULTURE OF OUR BEAUTY.

LIFE IS HOW YOU CARVE IT

2007-07-30T11:14:00.000-07:00

Life is how you carve it . You are the architect of your own destiny

WHAT IS DESTINY?

2007-07-12T07:33:00.000-07:00

"Destiny is like a passenger ship or train. When you board it you still have the choice to restrict yourself to your seat , or to move and chat with other passengers, or stand by the window and watch the landscapes or even jump out of the window." - Master Omraam

SPIRITUAL FOOD FOR THOUGHT

2007-06-27T12:12:00.000-07:00

"Artists, mystics and initiates are three categories of beings with one important point in common:
they contribute to the spiritual advancement of humanity. Artists do so by their masterpieces, mystics by their virtues, and initiates by their light." - Master Omraam

SHARING WITH OTHERS

2007-05-28T11:41:00.001-07:00

"When the spiritual life brings you moments of peace, joy and wonder, you must not keep them for yourself. Devote at least a few minutes to sharing something of these privileged states by means of your thoughts." - Master
Omraam.

LEARNING FROM NATURE

2007-05-21T09:56:00.001-07:00

With its roots, its trunk, its branches which bear leaves, flowers and fruits, a tree teaches us about the relationship between what is above and what is below. All these elements work in harmony.

Let your life shine

2007-05-18T11:57:00.000-07:00

Let your life shine like the sun

WHO A HUMAN BEING IS

2007-05-07T10:14:00.000-07:00

"...Human beings must become conscious of the different elements that constitute their being- spirit, soul, intellect, heart, will and physical body- and then strive to harmonise them.." - Master Omraam

HOW DO WE KNOW OURSELVES?

2007-05-03T05:21:00.000-07:00

"Until we have worked on ourselves and refined our psychic matter, we will know nothing of our higher Self."-Master Omraam M.A.

THE TEMPLE OF GOD

2007-04-24T10:42:00.000-07:00

If man's body is the Temple of God, where precisely is that Temple in man's body?

QUALITY OF A ROSICRUCIAN

2007-04-12T10:45:00.000-07:00

THE FAITH OF THE ROSICRUCIAN IS STRONG

QUALITIES OF A ROSICRUCIAN

2007-04-03T06:18:00.000-07:00

"A true Rosicrucian always remains a member of his Order"

WISE SAYING

2007-03-27T09:55:00.000-07:00

QUALITY OF A ROSICRUCIAN

2007-03-12T12:02:00.000-07:00

"A true Rosicrucian does not brag"

SOME QUALIT IES OF A ROSICRUCIAN

2007-03-03T00:39:00.000-08:00

"THE TRUE RESICRUCIAN ALWAYS REMAINS A MEMBER OF HIS ORDER"

"THE FAITH OF A TRUE ROSICRUCIAN IS STRONG"

"THE TRUE ROSICRUCIAN DOES NOT BRAG"

IMPERATOR and MASTER

2007-02-16T10:29:00.000-08:00

Most Venerable Imperator,Fr.Christian Bernard, having tete a tete discussion with the humble Master Servant ,Fr.M.K.Abissath of Ghana in Cote d'Ivoire in December 2006

DECORATED IMPERATOR

2007-02-16T09:47:00.000-08:00

Our Most Venerated Imperator, Fr. Christian Bernard, making a brief statement of appreciation after the decoration. He is desirous of visiting Ghana, if possible in 2007. May the Divine Masters bless our Venerable Imperator and all Rosicrucians throughout the face of the earth.

IMPERATOR DECORATED

2007-02-16T09:30:00.000-08:00

Most Venerable Imperator, Fr. Christian Bernard, decorated in Abijan by the Worthy Master Servant, Fr. M.K.Abissath of Ghana

MOST VENERABLE IMPERATOR BEING DECORATED

2007-02-13T09:06:00.000-08:00

THE MOST VENERABLE IMPERATOR , FR CHRISTIAN BERNARD, BEING DECORATED BY FR M.K. ABISSATH OF GHANA WITH RICH GHANIAN KENTE "GREETINGS FROM GHANA" IN ABIJAN, COTE D'IVOIRE IN DECEMBER,2006

DECORATION OF VENERABLE IMPERATOR

2007-02-12T09:18:00.000-08:00

1. Displaying the beautiful Ghanaian Kente "Greetings from Ghana"
before decorating the Venerable Imperator.

THE WAY TO WISDOM

2007-02-09T09:01:00.000-08:00

ADAGE:

"Every intelligent traveler must know where is coming from and where he is going to." - AMORC

SPECIAL POEM ON KOFI ANNAN

2007-02-08T00:24:00.000-08:00