Signs of Heart Disease

There are numerous signs of a sickness of the heart. The first of them, is finding it difficult to live by the purpose of our creation, which is to know Allaah The Almighty, love Him, yearn to meet Him, turn to Him in repentance and to prefer doing all this to any other desire. Indeed, whoever gives precedence to his or her whims, over the love of, and obedience to, his or her Lord, then his or her heart is certainly diseased.

Allaah The Almighty Says (what means): {Have you seen the one who takes as god his own desire? Then would you be responsible for him?}[Quran 25: 43]. Some of the righteous predecessors said that this verse refers to the person who is led by his or her base wants and whims; hence, he or she lives like an animal, with no knowledge or worship of Allaah The Almighty, in violation of His orders and prohibitions. Allaah The Almighty Says (what means): {but those who disbelieve enjoy themselves and eat as grazing livestock eat, and the Fire will be a residence for them.} [Quran 47:12]

 

Let us not forget that as we sow, so shall we reap. Therefore, if a person not only does not live life according to what pleases Allaah The Almighty, but instead actively pursues a lifestyle of disobedience to Him through His very blessings, he or she will neither find comfort nor be relieved of pain, after death, in the Hereafter. Allaah The Almighty, Says (what means):{He will gulp it but will hardly [be able to] swallow it. And death will come to him from everywhere, but he is not to die. And before him is a massive punishment.} [Quran 14:17]

 

Another sign of a diseased heart is that a person is not disturbed by insubordination to Allaah The Almighty. A poet spoke of how a dead person does not feel the pain of any wound; using that analogy, conversely, a sound heart feels great pain when a sin is committed, and, so, is quick to repent to Allaah The Almighty, as He Says (what means):

 

·        {Indeed, those who fear Allaah - when an impulse touches them from Satan, they remember [Him] and at once they have insight.} [Quran 7:201]

·        {And those who, when they commit an immorality or wrong themselves [by transgression], remember Allaah and seek forgiveness for their sins - and who can forgive sins except Allaah? - and [who] do not persist in what they have done while they know.} [Quran 3:135]

 

The meaning of “remember [Allaah]” in both verses, refers to the act of bearing in mind His magnificence, His threats and His punishments, and so, they seek His forgiveness. On the other hand, the one who has a diseased heart will keep on committing sin upon sin.

 

In another place in the Quran, Allaah The Almighty Says (what means):{No! Rather, the stain has covered their hearts of that which they were earning.} Commenting on this verse, Al-Hasan  said that this means committing one sin after the other, to the extent that the heart becomes blind. In contrast, a person with a sound heart will follow an evil deed with a good one and make sure to repent after a wrongdoing.

 

A diseased heart, moreover, manifests itself when a person does not feel any pain of being unaware of the truth, whereas, someone with an upright mind could not tolerate that when coming across any confusing matters, or having false beliefs. Verily, ignorance is a serious calamity that pains anyone with a sound heart.

 

Some scholars would say: “Allaah was never disobeyed with anything worse than ignorance.” Also, Imaam Sahl  was asked: “O father of Muhammad! What is worse than ignorance?” He replied: “To be oblivious of one’s obliviousness.” Indeed, such a state entirely hinders the path to knowledge, for a person is unaware of his or her need for it. It was once said that ignorance before one’s death is death itself; the bodies of the ignorant are like graves for the soul and they will have no resurrection until the Day of Resurrection. 

 

Another sign of having a diseased heart is deviating from what is useful to what is harmful. Many people, for instance, refrain from listening to the Quran, about which Allaah The Almighty Said (what means): {And We Send down of the Quran that which is healing and mercy for the believers, but it does not increase the wrongdoers except in loss.} [Quran 17:82]. Instead, they listen to songs that instill hypocrisy, and perhaps disbelief, in their hearts and stir their base desires. Such people sin, by preferring what Allaah and His Prophet, , hate.And that, in itself, is a consequence of having a diseased heart and only increases it in sickness.

 

On the other hand, the more the heart is sound, the more it loves what Allaah The Almighty and His Messenger, , do, as He Says (what means): {but Allaah Has endeared to you the faith and Has Made it pleasing in your hearts and Has Made hateful to you disbelief, defiance and disobedience. Those are the [rightly] guided.} [Quran 49:7] The Prophet, , said:“He would taste the sweetness of faith, who is content with Allaah as [his] Lord, with Islam as [his] religion and with Muhammad  as [his] Prophet.” [Muslim] He, , also said:“No man from among you will have [perfect] faith, until he loves me more than his own self, children, family and all mankind.” [Al-Bukhaari and Muslim]

 

The last symptom of an ill heart is that a person settles in this worldly life, satisfied with it and is at peace in it, feeling no sense of alienation, such that he or she no longer looks forward to the Hereafter or works for it. Conversely, when a heart becomes sound, it yearns for the Hereafter, to the extent that it perceives the sickness of others, while they do not see its soundness. The state of a person with such a heart, in life, bears the spirit of the Hadeeth in which the Prophet, , said:“Be in this life as if you were a stranger or a traveler.” [Al-Bukhaari]

The prophesized Global religion and the return of Christ

Global war resulting in a Global government is also prophesied to see another development - a religious system that will support the one-world government and the antichrist with fanatical fervour.

In his vision, recorded in Revelation chapter 13, John describes what he saw.

"Then I saw another beast, coming out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, but he spoke like a dragon. He exercised all the authority of the first beast on his behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed. And he performed great and miraculous signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to earth in full view of men. Because of the signs he was given power to do on behalf of the first beast, he deceived the inhabitants of the earth. he order them to set up an image in honour of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived. He was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that it could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed" (Rev. 13:11-16).

Here we are told that another governmental system would take its place in the last days. This time it is a religious system with "horns like a lamb", but speaking with the authority of the dragon himself ... identified clearly as satan by the Bible (Rev. chapter 12 and other scriptures).

Notice that this dragon has two horns, speaking of two major religious systems that will unite in these days. The object of their worship will be the World Ruler, a man totally possessed by satan. "The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the work of satan displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders, and in every sort of evil that deceives those who are perishing" (2 Thess. 2:9,10).

The culmination of their worship will be satan himself. "Men worshipped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and they also worshipped the beast and asked, Who is like the beast? Who can make war against him?" (Rev. 13:4)

John alludes to an incident in the life of the World Ruler that is most interesting. He says that "one of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed. The whole world was astonished and followed the beast" (Rev. 13:3).

This counterfeit resurrection "of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived" (Rev. 13:14) will convince the nations that he is indeed the "Risen Lord". Those who use miracles as a yardstick for judgment would do well to take note.

The religious system will embrace the whole world. "All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast - all whose names have not been written in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb that was slain from the creation of the world. He who has an ear, let him hear" (Rev. 13:8,9).

Those who commit themselves to the Lord Jesus Christ during this time will pay the ultimate price. John talks about them in Rev. 6:9. "When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the Word of God and the testimony they had maintained ... and they were told to wait a little longer... until the number of their fellow servants and brothers who were to be killed as they had been was completed" (Rev. 6:9-11).

The question we must ask ourselves now is whether a religious coalition is taking place in our generation, embracing all "faiths" and moving towards a common destiny. Are there any two particular groups that stand out above the others in this quest for unity?

Without doubt, the answer is YES to both these questions.

The New Age Movement is very busy indeed promoting the "Interfaith" concept and new age philosophy and theology is infiltrating all religious groups, especially a backslidden "church". By means of new age ecumenical peace prayer services, people are taught to believe that through prayer we can all be one - irrespective of truth and falsehood, good and evil - Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, occultists, animists, satanists, whatever. The Age of Aquarius has arrived and all division must be done away with. God and man, saint and sinner, Christian and heathen ... all must become one harmonious whole, living in peace.

The New Age movement is also behind the "Peace Poles", two-metre high obelisks with lettering in Perspex, which reads: "May peace prevail on earth". Over 60,000 of them have reportedly been planted all over the world. South Africa has one on Table Mountain and another in Bloemfontein. All religions are invited to share in the "peace prayers" offered during the planting ceremonies.

One can't help wondering what Elijah would have had to say to our generation! He refused to pray with the prophets of Baal in his day. "How long will you waver between two opinions?" he cried out. "If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal is God, follow him .You call on the name of your god, and I will call on the Name of the LORD. The god who answers by fire - he is God" (1 Kings 18:21-24). God demonstrated that day that He is the unrivalled God of the Universe. "I am the Lord, and there is no other; apart from Me there is no God" (Isa. 45:5).

The quest for unity is on at any price. Leaders of the New Age movement, frustrated at the increasing resistance from "born-again" Christians, are reported to have declared in their 13-point Plan for World Peace that Christians who resist the plan will be dealt with. If necessary, they are to be "exterminated" and the world "purified" (Principle 13 of the Plan).

The Lord Jesus Christ's claim to be the ONLY WAY to God infuriates new age proponents. Christ said: "I am the Way and the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me" (John 14:6).

The Early Church believed Him and Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, declared emphatically: "Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other Name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved" (Acts 4:12).

One of the two major religious groups involved in the "interfaith" concept is today's modernistic, humanistic, apology for the Church of Jesus Christ, very graphically described in Rev. 3:14-22.

It is the Laodicean Church symbolizing elements of the last Church age. "I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm - neither hot nor cold - I am about to spit you out of My mouth. You say, I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing. But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked."

That is the Lord's opinion of those who name His Name, but refuse to acknowledge Him as Sovereign Lord. What a joy to know that there will always be the true Church of Jesus Christ, kept by the Power of God and standing firm in His Name. Found in every denomination and walk of life, these are the people who love the Lord and serve Him with all their heart and mind and soul and strength.

The Lord has a special word of encouragement for them: "I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept My Word and have not denied My Name ... Since you have kept My command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come upon the whole world to test those who live on the earth. I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown" (Rev. 3:8-11).

But it's the end-time apostate "church" that interests us at this point. About to enter into an adulterous and idolatrous union with those who absolutely refuse to acknowledge Jesus Christ as LORD OF LORDS AND KING OF KINGS, the powerful (so-called) Christian church is in major trouble as it stand on the threshold of losing it's identity as "Christian", a title given to early believers in Antioch during the first Century A.D. (Acts 11:26).

The challenge of Christ is as relevant for our generation as it has ever been. "But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven" (Mat 10:33).

Sadly, it's leaders deny that the Bible is the Word of God, declaring that it should be rewritten so that God will not be seen as only the property of certain religions. The deity of Christ, His virgin birth ("pictorial theology"), His death, resurrection, ascension and return are rejected outright. The Biblical description of Heaven and Hell are described as "crude medieval images" that don't belong to modern times.

You can believe anything you like ... so long as you don't believe in the "Living Word" - the Lord Jesus Christ - and the "Written Word" - the Bible!

The other group that is very involved in the interfaith movement is Islam. The South African Daily News (24/9/92), reported that the Islamic Relief Agency (Isra) were behind the interfaith peace march in Durban on September 25 and that they had issued an invitation to the general public to join their march.

Islam is becoming increasingly militant and powerful in our generation.

A special Eid message from Cardinal Francis Arinze, president of the Secretariat of the Holy See for relations with believers of others religions, was relayed to Durban's Muslim community in South Africa by the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Durban. It read in part: "During the month of Ramadan, you have shown, by prayer and fasting, your faith in God and your submission to His holy will. This faith in the One God, Living and True, a faith which is the heritage of all spiritual children of Abraham, the father of believers, UNITES US as brothers and sisters in God and encourages us to work together for solidarity, justice and peace among all people."

Our generation is observing this unholy marriage, without realizing its implications.

Second Coming Jesus Christ Promised to Perfect the Ann Coulter Crowd

A perfect is a bet at the racetrack in which you win if you correctly pick the first and second place finishers in the right order. To trifecta is when you get the first three in the right order. Gamblers use all sorts of tricks to oustsmart the track, including buying the "Daily Racing Form" and analysing the track records of the horses in the race, their previous times, the horses' names, their favorite numbers and divine revelations from God. After the race, you can see the bettors walking around with their long horse faces cursing and saying, "I knew I should have bet on the 5!" Unfortunately there is a lot more at stake today in choosing between Christianity, Islam and Judaism than $2.

The word "perfect" means "complete in all respects, without defect or omission, sound, flawless, completely correct or accurate, exact, precise and pure." This week Ann Coulter created to firestorm by saying on "The Big Idea" with Donny Deutsch that Christians are perfected Jews. The American Jewish Committee, The National Jewish Democratic Council, and the Anti Defamation League did everything but call Ann Coulter Adolf Hitler, and The Anti Defamation League said that "Ann Coulter clearly knows very little about religious theology."

In the Gospel of John, Jesus Christ said to his disciples, "I have told you that I go to prepare to place for you." If I go and prepare to place for you I will come again and will take you to myself so that where I am there you may be also. I am the way and the truth and the life. "No one comes to the Father except through me." (John 14: 1-7). The New Testament says, "By a single offering Jesus Christ has perfected for all time those who are sanctified (Believers in Jesus Christ)." (Hebrews 10: 14). The Anti Defamation League said that "Ann Coulter clearly knows very little about religious theology." The leaders of the Anti-Defamtion League with the long faces over Ann Coulter's remark clearly have not read the "Daily Racing Form", America's turf authority since 1894, not to be confused with George Orwell's "1984".

In George Orwell's "1984", Winston Smith lives in London, Oceania. Oceania is a totalitarian society led by Big Brother which censors everyone's behavior including their thoughts. In Oceania falling in love is a criminal offense. The Ministry of Love is the Alcoholics Anonymous rehabilitation center for people who fall in love. When Winston fell in love with Julia, he was sent to the Abu Ghraib Christian Center where he had his love for Julia tortured out of him. He was tortured until his beliefs coincided with those of The Christian Party, just like in the Christian Crusade announced by President Bush in 2003, the 300 year Christian Inquisition, the Pogroms and the Holocaust. If slaughtering and torturing innocent non believing men, women and children for the past thousand years is a perfect religion then George Bush knows what I ' s doing.

The word "perfect" means required. According to the New Testament Christian people must follow "0", "2", "10" or "613" commandments of God the Father. Unfortunately it doesn't work like that at the track, Jack. According to the Christian Holy Bible, Jesus Christ says, "I am God, I am not God." This is why in 325 A.D. at the Council of Arsinoe the Church Fathers voted on whether or not Jesus Christ was God. Jesus Christ was God elected by human beings, although not unanimously, 300 years after his death.

God of Mount Sinai aka Jesus Christ, God the Father, The Holy Spirit, Allah, Yehovah, Elohim said through every Biblical Prophet especially Jesus Christ that when the Messiah came he would purify Judaism, Christianity and Islam to their essences in order to bring down every Jew, Christian and Muslim into the same barn, The Temple of Love aka The Temple of 10ve aka The World Peace Religion. This is all laid out neatly at the Temple of Love website. The heart of Judaism, Christianity and Islam is sheer perfection. It is the belief that there is a God, that God is the God who carved His Word, "10ve", the 10 commandments into stone Himself, and then gave them to Moses, Jesus Christ and the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), and the belief that we all must obey the word of God, "10ve".

The problem with Christianity, Islam and Judaism is that they all say that only their members are perfect, and they command their members to massacre every non believing man, woman and child outside of their group because they are devils. We are now too technologically advanced for nuclear world war III because nuclear every scientist knows that nuclear world war III and its aftermath nuclear winter then ultraviolet summer will leave no survivors.

Islam and Christianity both believe in the Old Testament and the New Testament and that the Messiah Jesus Christ is coming to save them and conquer the world for them. Two billion Christians and 1.3 billion Muslims believe the book of Revelations story that in nuclear world war III, the Apocalypse, Heaven and earth will be destroyed and then a new Heaven and a new earth will appear, and to New Jerusalem will descend from the sky. The New Testament was written in Greek by Greek authors. What the Christian and Muslim people were not taught by their religious teachers is that the story in the book of Revelations about Jesus Christ Prince flying down from Heaven on his flying horse to slay the snake, goat, lion Beast, Satan, is a dead on plagiarism of the Greek fairy tale of Prince Bellerophon on his flying horse Pegasus slaying the snake, goat, lion Chimera. Look it up in the Daily Racing Form, America's Turf Authority since 1894.

Does The Christ, Ratu Adil & Satria Piningit - Revealed? Part 2

The Mystical Christ and the Anti-Christ

Christ may be interpreted mythically, historically, or mystically. In metaphysics we come to realize that there is a distinction between Jesus the man, and Christ the Saviour. From a mystical viewpoint Christ represents a certain occult principle within the microcosm. It is actually what is called the "Higher Self," "Christ Consciousness," or in psychology, the "superconsciousness." Certain esoteric teachings know Christ to be the Spiritual Triad within man's microcosmic being. Concisely, Christ is a part of the spirit within us. The full consciousness or attainment of the awareness of the superconscious mind is the "second-coming," esoterically interpreted. Did not St. Paul declare that we had to develop the "mind" that was in Christ (Jesus)? And that scriptures say that Christ, the higher mind, knocks at the door of our consciousness and waits for its entry? Those who are unaware of this esoteric precept await for the physical appearance of Christ (the Master Jesus, or Lord Maitreya).

However, from a spiritual viewpoint, it is the Christ that awaits our appearance in the higher levels of consciousness where "he" functions. The spiritual attainment of Christhood is facilitated by certain forms of meditation, spiritual disciplines, service to humanity, and metaphysical study. It has naught to do with the unfoldment of psychic or paranormal powers. We mention this for we have seen how many people, especially those who profess to be paranormals deceive themselves into thinking that they are being spiritual and being of great assistance to humanity when in fact they are causing people to go astray with their many misleading "services" and "wares" that do not trigger the evolutionary impulse within the psyche of their patients or clients but simply prolong their state of mortality and spiritual ignorance. Their work offers only temporal relief, nothing more. Like orthodox allopathic medicine, they deal with symptoms but do not go to the heart of the matter. It is the case of the blind leading the blind. We have often been warned of false prophets in scriptures.

According to prophecies, before the advent of the second-coming of Christ, the Anti-Christ would first make his appearance. However, this too should not be taken at face value. That Christ is a spiritual principle to be found within man is also true of his adversary, however, in saying this we do not repudiate the possibility of any individual leader embodying the attributes and spirit of the Anti-Christ. We know that there are many fallen-angels that are presently on earth and are set on corrupting and destroying humanity.

In Islam, the Anti-Christ is referred to as Dajjal. He is the deceiver, the liar, the corrupter. Certain people believe that Dajjal is generally, some person that would shortly make his appearance in world affairs; others interpret the beings navigating UFOs as the cursed Dajjal. As Christ is to be found within man, so is Dajjal, the Anti-Christ to be found within. Dajjal is actually the human ego, or the false ego, the lower self, the beast whose number is 666. This mysterious number that has puzzled Christians for centuries actually has its roots in Kabbalism. In the Arabic alphabet, for instance, every letter has its numerical value. This is called the "Neptu Huruf Hijaiyah" by Islamic occultists in Indonesia. The Greek and Hebrew alphabets likewise have similar numbering systems whereby each letter also represents a value. Certain words in the Greek language meaning or referring to "ego," have letters of which when added-up numerically, give the sum of 666. The beast, or the Anti-Christ, or Dajjal, therefore, is purely symbolic. It represents the human ego in its negative expression. We believe our readers understand the implication of this; hence, we will not dwell on this further, except to inquire: Are we expressing the qualities and nature of Dajjal or Christ in our everyday lives?

From the above illustration regarding the advent of Jesus, the Christ, we can see how important it is to keep an open-mind. It is probably wiser to expect the unexpected rather than to expect something that has no existence aside from being in our own fantasies and beliefs. Even our own interpretations, we admit, are controversial and are susceptible to discussion or debate. We may be wrong in details but not in essence--we know what we speakof.

There is nothing absolute in mortal experience. Even the holy ones may change their approach of assistance to humanity in the solving of karmic problems. Their ways are not wholly predictable, just as the ways of humanity may not totally conform to one's prognostications. There is always the element of free choice that even any individual might not be absolutely certain as to the path he would take when faced with a certain situation where he has to make a decision.

The World-Teacher and Spiritual Directors

It is not known to most people that in the background of the external governments of the world lies a single spiritual government that directs the affairs of planetary evolution. In esoteric teachings, this is the Spiritual Hierarchy of Terra within God's vast kingdom. We may be skeptical as to the existence of this spiritual government/hierarchy, its purpose, and even of the members composing it; nevertheless, many students of the occult have verified their existence through personal experience.

At the head of this Spiritual Hierarchy is the planetary deity, Sanat Kumara. Directly serving under this deity or King of this planet is the Planetary Buddha, presently held by Gautama; and under this officer, the Cosmic Christ. The latter is the director overseeing the three main departments in the Hierarchy: the "Department of Manu," the "Department of the World-Teachers," and the "Department of Civilization," or the office of the Mahachohan. The three departments in turn direct the activities of the guardians of planetary evolution, the Seven Lords of the Rays. The present World-Teachers are Masters Jesus and Kuthumi. It should be understood that the above titles and offices are not always held by the same entities, and that these beings who hold those offices are often well-known historical saints, prophets, avatars, and saviours.

In association with the Spiritual Hierarchy is the Karmic Board, the members and directors of which are called "Lords of Karma." The Karmic Lords regulate and dispense karma to every individual, group and nation on this planet. The Spiritual Hierarchy works in cooperation with the Lords of Karma in their many activities. It should be known that the purpose of the Spiritual Hierarchy and the Karmic Board is to assist humanity and all sentient beings to evolve to a higher state of being. What is relevant to our discussion here is that the Cosmic Christ who formerly held the office of World Teacher is the Great Being and Saviour that humanity is waiting for. All of the world's religions have their source in the department of the World-Teacher, and that divine being who presently holds the post of Cosmic Christ. This entity is the Messiah, Imam Mahdi, Christ, Kalki Avatar, and the Buddha Maitreya expected by religious devotees all over the world. He is generally known as Lord Maitreya, however, this in turn is but a title. His real name is not generally known; some say he goes by the name of "Harjas." Regarding his identity, Virochana Khalsa in his book, "Tantra of the Beloved," believes the present holder of the title Lord Maitreya to be none other than the Great Deathless Avatar, Babaji, alias Nagaraj.

Babaji was born some time in the third century AD. As a physical-immortal, he is said to be alive to this very day. One of his gurus is the Rishi Agastya, also said to be deathless, or an immortal. According to history, this Great Seer once visited the Indonesian archipelago. This is the theme of Poerbatjaraka's book "Agastya di Nusantara ("Agastya in the Indonesian Archipelago)." One of the former theosophical leaders here in Indonesia, R. S. Suyatno, already deceased, believed the real identity of Semar, the "dhanyang," "Manu," or guardian of Indonesia to be none other than Rishi Agastya.

Babaji was the one who sent Paramahansa Yogananda to the Occident, earlier this century, to spread the teachings of Kriya Yoga--a yogic science based on certain esoteric teachings to be found in the Bhagavad Gita. This yogic science accelerates soul-evolution by leaps and bounds.

We should mention here that this planet is host to many cosmic visitors of lofty spiritual development. Sathya Sai Baba who resides in India is just one of the many beings who have descended on earth to assist the evolution of humanity. He is one of the Cosmic Avatars and is considered as an incarnation of Vishnu, or even Shiva.

Then what about Ratu Adil and Satria Piningit? They too are members of the Spiritual Hierarchy and the Karmic Board as these appellations suggests. However, let us first deal with the Christ, Lord Maitreya. We should add before continuing that these beings may or may not possess physical bodies. Most of them work from spiritual levels. These beings are spiritually immortal, meaning basically that they possess a continuity of consciousness encompassing the lowest realms of life to the very Throne of God. Wherever they may be they maintain awareness of their identity, their function, and purpose without ever lapsing into the state of unconsciousness, even should they shift planes or dimensions. They work in many ways and in ancient times, these beings were called, "gods."

Andrew Tomas in his book, "Shamballa: Oasis of Light" narrates of his journey to Tibet and his discussions with certain Lamas. In reply to one of his questions regarding world affairs, one of the senior Lama says: "Maitreya will show the way but it will be up to mankind to tread the road." Tomas then inquired, "How about the advent of Maitreya?" The Lama solemnly replied: "In the last quarter of the twentieth century mankind must prepare for the coming of the Arhats (Saints), even Maitreya himself, at this crucial period of the world's history."

Physically, Maitreya is said to be of Western origin--or at least brought-up in the western culture. Statues depict him sitting as a westerner, in a western pose, with both feet on the floor, instead of the usual "lotus" asana assumed by the many buddhas and bodhisattvas.

Maitreya Buddha, the World Saviour, is associated with the "mythical" land of Shamballa. There are many legends known in Tibet, China, Russia, Ceylon, Burma and many other countries regarding Shamballa. To some Shamballa might represent a city, valley, palace, temple, monastery, or a state of consciousness. James Hilton modeled Shangri-La in his book, "Lost Horizon," after the legend of Shamballa. Many great souls, warriors or knights of the spirit have their training in this mystical place.

According to the Ageless Wisdom Shamballa is the spiritual retreat of the Lord of the World, or the planetary deity, Sanat Kumara, known by Tibetans as Rigden Jyepo. Occult teachings refer to him as the "Youth of Sixteen Summers." Shamballa was established 18 million years ago by Sanat Kumara when he came from Venus with other cosmic beings to take charge of earth's spiritual unfoldment. Shamballa is said to lie over the Gobi desert in the etheric plane; others believe that Shamballa lies physically somewhere in the heart of the Himalayas. Doreal, a student of esotericism, says in his work, "Maitreya, Lord of the World" that Shamballa is believed to cover a vast area, and that it is divided into a Northern and a Southern portion:

"It is divided into two parts. In Southern Shamballa there dwell those beings called masters, adepts, or great Gurus. In Northern Shamballa there dwells the Avatar or new World-Teacher who is to come into the world and that there he has gathered together all of the warriors of Shamballa. That is, all those souls who in past incarnations, have evolved to the place where they are worthy to be the light bearers in the Age (the Aquarian Age) that is to come . . ."

The warriors and knights of Shamballa come armed not with physical swords or armaments, not with physical force; they come with spiritual power in order to conquer the dark forces of the world. Maitreya is said to lead them into Armageddon, the great "Jihad" or spiritual war, riding on his symbolic white steed. The following is a Tibetan prophecy made in 1915:

"It is predicted that the manifestation of Maitreya shall come after the wars. but the final war shall be for the cause of the true teachings (spirituality, in contradistinction to religious dogmas). But each one rising up against Shamballa shall be stricken in all his works. And the waves shall wash away his dwellings. And even a dog shall not answer to his call. Not clouds but lightning shall he see on the final night. And the fiery messenger shall rise up on pillars of Light. Each warrior of Shamballa shall be named the Invincible. The Lord Himself hastens, and his banner is already above the mountains."

The Historical Christ and His Modern Appearance

Several centuries before the appearance of the Master Jesus and his associate, John, the Baptist--who was the prophet Elijah in a past incarnation--preparations were already underway for the coming of the Cosmic Christ. The Essenes, a mystical brotherhood existing on the western shore of the Dead Sea area during the time of the early Roman empire, was established for the purpose of preparing candidates that would be the earthly parents of the "vehicle" or child that the Christ would overshadow, or function through; and also to prepare the child himself for the vital part that he would play in forming a perfect instrument or channel that would be used by the Christ. The Essenes was a mystical branch of the Great White Brotherhood and they were well known as the "brothers in white," indicating that they were perhaps, the forerunners of Islamic Sufism. The historians Pliney, Josephus, and Philo mentioned them in their writings, and the famed "Dead Sea Scrolls" have gained the contemporary public's attention of their former existence. However, it is notable that this mystical sect was not mentioned in the New Testament, except for the various references regarding the men in white who appeared in Jesus' tomb, and at the time of his Ascension. It is also quite odd that they are not mentioned in Rabbinical literature or in the Talmud.

Being the spiritual guardians and teachers of Jesus (not his original name), the Essenes had a strong influence upon the lad and during his ministry in later years, Jesus taught many of the precepts and tenets of the Essenes. One such teaching is that of angelology or perhaps what Islamic occultists here in Indonesia call "Ilmu Khodam."

Through certain mystical means and signs that even the Magi recognized, the council of the Essenes chose a young virgin to be the Mother and an aged carpenter to be the Father. It is related in the gospels how the mother was informed of her coming pregnancy by Angel Gabriel. Some occult students believe this Gabriel to be one of the senior brothers of the Essenes, or at least the channel for the lofty being. Angel, from the Greek "angelos" simply means "messenger." At this time, however, we will not discuss the problem of the "Immaculate Conception" that has so vexed scholars and laymen alike.

Jesus was born to be the vehicle of the Cosmic Christ, or Lord Maitreya, and to assist in the initiating of a spiritual awakening in the inception of the Age of Pisces. The Master Jesus and Lord Maitreya, or the entity that presently holds the title of Cosmic Christ are two different beings. The latter was and still is the Guru of the former.

When the Master Jesus commenced his ministry, Lord Maitreya often took over the body of Jesus to establish physical contact with humanity. This mode of operation was also chosen for the second-coming that would have occurred in the early decades of the 20th century, but somehow failed.

In the early years of the last century, the leaders of the Theosophical Society, Annie Besant, and C.W. Leadbeater were on the lookout for candidates among the young, who would be the vehicle for Lord Maitreya's second-coming--just as Tibetan Lamas would search for their "tulkus," or incarnations of Dalai Lamas and other spiritual dignitaries. They discovered one exceptional child of Indian origin: Krishnamurti. They eventually took him and his brother under their wing, educated them and trained the young Krishnamurti for the tasks that he would have to face ahead. Almost every night Leadbeater took him by means of astral travel to his personal Master, and to do certain work in the astral planes. Krishnamurti's love for his Master and his teachings were immeasurable. It seemed that Krishnamurti's spiritual preparation was progressing smoothly and only the day was waited in which Lord Maitreya would overshadow Krishnamurti's body. Then an unfortunate incident occurred. Krishnamurti's brother became gravely ill. Krishnamurti sought help from his Master and other members of the Spiritual Hierarchy but without a seeming response. His brother eventually passed away and this had a traumatic effect upon his youthful mind. He eventually rejected anything to do with Theosophy, the Masters, and their teachings. He even rejected his role as the vehicle of the Christ and dissolved the Order that was established for the purpose of presenting Lord Maitreya to the world. Although he eventually became a world-teacher in his own right, the holy ones were ever sadden by Krishnamurti's attitude and actions. They said that Krishnamurti's teachings presents a lofty goal to people, but at the same time he takes away the ladder through which the goal could be reached.

According to further communications from the Hierarchy, though, Krishnamurti's refusal to play his part in Maitreya's emergence had a positive effect. Lord Maitreya decided to appear personally on earth without overshadowing or operating through any single individual.

Ruth Montgomery once wrote an article in the Reader's Digest, and in it she quotes a prediction made by Jeane Dixon concerning a world-saviour who was supposed to have been born on Feb 5, 1962. Dixon says that:

"Mankind will begin to feel the great force of this man about 1980, and his power will grow mightily until 1999, at which time there will be peace on earth to all men of goodwill."

Judging by appearances, it seems that this prediction has not been fulfilled. And a 10-year span seems too short for peace to be established worldwide--knowing human-nature. No person is able to establish peace in the world single-handedly. It takes the collective effort and cooperation of humanity.

Perhaps we should consider the phrasing of this prediction for Dixon may have emphasized that peace will descend on earth only to "all men of goodwill." If the latter is the case then the meaning is clear: that peace in one's heart is only established when one has a goodwill-attitude. This indicates that there are many who are experiencing peace at this very moment--these are those with goodwill.

As can be reasoned, the Peace-bringer would focus more on the masses than those few who are already living in bliss--only the sick need healing. But could this person that Dixon predicted be the Lord Maitreya, the Imam Mahdi? People could do nothing but wait in lively anticipation in the ensuing years.

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5 Controversial Differences Seen As Similarities Between Christianity and Islam

Christians never view Muslims as enemies. And let's leave the Muslims to speak for themselves. But some people are beginning to absorb some misleading issues about the similarities between the two religions, thereby causing Blasphemy, just in the name of making the followers of these two 'religions' re-think and unite. This should never be. If we want to unite, we should use our own human instincts and maturity, our senses of responsibility and senses of peace to do so and not trying to manipulate the word of God.

1. Christians and Muslims do not worship the same God of the Old testament. The God of the Christians right from the time of the creation operates as more than one person and this can be found in Genesis 1:26 When He said "Let us make man in our image, according to our Likeness, let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on Earth". Also, people should stop this misleading thought that Christians hate non-believers, gay people, atheists and women's right organization. This is totally absurd. Even God loves them all and He said It that it is not His intention that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Christians only preach against their deeds which are against the standard of God. On the other hand, the Muslims vehemently oppose this Truth. They believe God is one in one personality.

2. Someone wrote 'Christians and Muslims love their children". Well! Who doesn't love his children? Must you be a Christian or a Muslim before you love your kids? That seems ambiguous and until this point is very clear, it stands to be very weak.

3. In Christianity, both the end and the means matter a lot. By saying the Muslims and Christians believe in a wonderful Life after Life is quite a similarity. But even this after life is totally different. Christians will get to Heaven only through one way and He is Jesus Christ (Acts4:12), while the Muslims through Mohammed with plenty of golden virgins awaiting them. This can never be found in the eternal home of the Christians.

4. Actually, it is true that both religions believe in specific paths as the only way to God. But Christianity does not preach violence and killing. Even If the middle-east incidence is cited as a reference, the Israelis are mostly the followers of Judaism, which is different from Christianity (though with similar origin). Christianity is far above science which as well came out from Christianity origin and Judaism. That is why science will find it difficult to prove the efficacy of Christianity. The day a son proves how His father came to be will be the day when science will prove the efficacy of Christianity.

5. Islam has a one way approach to its followers and if peradventure you decide to change faith from Islam, the other followers have the right to kill you. But Christianity is not this way. You have the liberty because you have your Bible and God. If you do whatever pleases you, you will definitely face God on the judgment day. The Bible has been translated in different English versions, styles and languages just for believers all around the world to know the truth and all secrets for themselves without been enslaved to their religious leaders. Unlike Islam, if you do not know Arabic, you cannot read the Koran and hence the only option is to listen to your leader.

In conclusion, though the two religions may combine to take over 2 billion out of the over 6 billion people of the world's population, they stand far apart in comparison.

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Difference Between Islamic Banking and Conventional Banking

ISLAMIC bankers, caught between scholar and layman, devote much of their time to educating an often skeptical public about the authenticity of their products. Time well spent. The purgative effects of ridding the Islamic financial sector of pretenders (and there are many) at the hands of an educated consumer are obvious. Too often, however, this educational process is long on theory and short on practical relevance.

Perhaps the easiest way to determine whether Islamic banking is true to Qur'an, Sunna and customer is to see how it actually works in practice. The Islamic banking discussed here is the same one that earns consensual acceptance from the field's leading scholars of the traditional schools of jurisprudence. And while unscrupulous banks do exist, increasing market regulation and customer sophistication ensure that those Islamic banks that are truly Shari'ah-com-pliant lead the industry. By learning the basics about these banks, individuals will be better able to stand their ground when not-so-Islamic bankers push non-compliant instruments in the name of Islam.

At the outset, though, it is necessary to emphasize two important points. First, just because an Islamic product and a conventional product are identical does not render the Islamic pro- duct impermissible. As obvious as this seems, it is an argument detractors often use to discredit Islamic banking. The vast majority of Islamic financial instruments bear a strong resemblance to their conventional counterparts, particularly equity-based ones (see "In Your Interest", Islamica, winter 2003). What distinguishes them from conventional instruments is usually nothing more than a set of processes, which leads to the second point.

In Islam, the difference between whether something is forbidden, offensive, permissible, recommended or obligatory usually depends on a validating process. Two couples, one married the other unmarried, may look the same, but the agreement of a simple marriage contract makes the one Islamically valid and the other not. Two hamburgers, one using Islamically slaughtered meat the other not, may look the same, but a simple process makes one valid. So too, two financial products, one Islamic the other not, is differentiable by a set of steps: ostensibly cosmetic, Islamically defensible.

The following are among the most commonly asked questions by customers new to Islamic banking (ordered in increasing degree of complexity).

There was no Islamic bank during the Prophet's (Allah bless him and give him peace) time, so how can there be Islamic banking now? Sounds like a bid'a (innovation)

Microchips, potato chips and Islamic banks are examples of permissible things for which the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) gave us no specific guidance. Rather, he forbade us from engaging in blameworthy innovations (bid'a) that would contravene the Islamic Sacred Law (Shari'ah), rather than from new things that possess no intrinsic blameworthiness. The bid'a is in the blameworthiness, not in the newness.

Admittedly, some Islamic banks do carry out impermissible transactions, but that implicates the entire field of Islamic banking no more than the sins of a few Muslims incriminate the entire Islamic community.

As for the claim that Islamic banking is just part of the "system" and is therefore best avoided, is to put one's head firmly into the sand; romantic anachronists need not apply. As long as Muslims, money and capital markets co-exist,there will always be a need for Muslims to put their money into some kind of a market (even a little money in a checking account circulates into global capital markets). The question Muslims should really be asking themselves is: What now? Whether they would not rather keep their money in the most Islamically acceptable manner available to them given the options. And while new customers might be forgiven some level of healthy skepticism, we should all under- stand the limits of our own unqualified ijtihads1 when declaring something a bid'a.

The unnecessary battle between Hindus and Buddhist brothers

Gautama was born, raised and lived his entire life as a Hindu. Its purpose declared for the teaching of what did was to alleviate the suffering. Never tried to drive a wedge between his compatriots, and I think that it would be enormously saddened to see what some people are doing today in his name - just as it would be to see that carers of the old Hindu religion choose dogma on humanity.

Hinduism and Buddhism are more similar than they are different. The same is true by the way of Islam, or Christianity and Judaism and Islam. Although it is noble to defend what you believe, it is very sad when good people is manipulated in that position by purely emotional arguments of those who would benefit economically and politically the conflict stirred up. So let us analyze differences between Hinduism and Buddhism to see if we can find anything really worth fighting over.

First, however, consider their similarities. Both religions teach an appreciation of the illusory nature of life and the consequences of karmic fall prey of that illusion. Both taught that a soul may transmigrate into a lower life form, and probably an equal proportion of followers of both religions misunderstand how and why happens - but not go into that now.

They have a respect for all forms of life on Earth and believe in deities in higher planes of existence. Both believe in seven Hells and heavens and the detachment of reaction to the world to keep them moving until this last. They both also practice meditation to help keep their minds clear and focused.

These are the basic religious precepts that never challenged to Buddha. However, in its mission to alleviate the suffering of his people, he tried to simplify things. He played in the importance of the ancient Vedas. He never denied his truth or the value of his recitation for many. However, to make life easier to his disciples, had they simply focus on their own integrity.

He taught that we do not need anything! Ultimately, the ancient, sacred Vedas included. Because of the time knew, it wasn't an assault that practice or who find useful. It was simply a refocus attention on him that would bring peace to his disciples as quickly as possible.

For this reason also optimized ego of Gautama of his cosmology. We have already analyzed detachment from worldly affairs, but most do not understand is that a detachment of such is very difficult when you think ultimately of himself as an entity that needs to move forward, if not in this life, then in the next.

I sincerely believe that the Buddha knew of the existence of the soul or Atman. Already it never denied the seven heaven and hell, I'm sure of this great soul understanding on the evolution of the soul. However, he took the decision to teach the higher principle of unity.

Thus, in life, his disciples could shift its attention from their personal hell, their empty stomachs, disease, toothache, desperate poverty, etc. and instead put the beauty of nature and the life around them. In the same way, I would be looking forward to a life then where blend in great unity, without doing anything.

The thought that they would eventually be pop out of that unit with an individual perspective again was irrelevant to their immediate need to alleviate your anguish. As a surgeon on a battlefield, Buddha took the practical approach and had cured he could give people a simple and workable philosophy.

He grew up in a religion, which had also streamlined necessary contemplations of the Hindu Trinity of the chela (student and disciple). Here again, Gautama was a Hindu and never denied the existence of the Trinity of destruction, the maintenance and the Renaissance forces. Even so, Trinidad was simply not important in the fulfilment of its mission to make life bearable for the suffering masses.

While Hindus rightly recognize four arhtas (goals) in life: dharma (do the right thing), artha (prosperity), kama (inclinations and desires) and moksha (salvation); followers of Buddha were only trying to get with little pain as possible. Also, Hindus recognize four stages or ashrams in life. Buddhist simplification of the stages of life in the eternal now, and tried not to think about anything else. Again, this was more a technique of survival than a religious instruction, but has become a philosophy of life deeply practical for many.

A difference is that Buddhists organized together for group support, and have monks to help remind you of the teachings. Hindus do not seem to need that kind of support from the group. Even so, is it any reason to pursue those who do?

Today, the conflict between Hindus and Buddhists is fierce in places such as Sri Lanka. Still, when you look at all the similarities between religions has to wonder why...
The cosmological simplifications that Lord Gautama promoted were simply help his compatriots treat a little better the difficulties of their tough lives. Aware of this, I believe that any spiritually minded Hindu extend at least tolerance, if not empathy, his Buddhist brothers and sisters today.

Also, although it may not seem relevant to what is really important to Buddhists thing that Hindus believe, also, of course, is not a justification for the war. Power and control or survive looking for stuff of the invading forces are the reasons just to go to war. Fortunately, Buddhists and Hindus greatly value his detachment of power and the things of the world. Even so, taking account of the current conflicts, perhaps is time of Buddhists and Hindus to rise up against the political pressure and get a little more religious of this core belief.