This essay continues a sequence. Read the previous one here.
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time,
— KJV, Matt 5:21-22
Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment:
and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council:
but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
Thoughts are not “free”. External discipline without internal purity has no spiritual value.
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We discussed this statement in “Will vs Love: A Divine Quantum Entanglement“. In that essay, we applied the principle of the unity of God’s Will and God’s Love in order to arrive at a deeper understanding.
We now revisit it from the perspective of certain spiritual processes that The Word appears to be highlighting.
The Spiritual Generates The Material
An implication of the fact that “The Spiritual Shapes The Material” is that the thing we call “murder” is a manifestation of specific non-physical realities.
Anger originates in the soul; it is non-physical. The physical sensations accompanying anger are not actually the anger itself. It is easy to perceive the connection between the feelings of hostility generated by intense anger and murderous intent.
Contempt (as expressed in words like “raca”) originates in the soul; it is also non-physical. It evidences a perspective that another human being is of less value than oneself, perhaps even entirely worthless. We can perceive that such a feeling could act as a justification for murder.
The Word reveals that anger and contempt are the key seeds, origins, or ingredients that give rise to murder, and that they are what we should pay primary attention to.
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The Law Is Inescapable
All human beings are already controlled by these spiritual realities, albeit unconsciously. For example, when seeking support for the mass murder called war, political leaders craft communications designed to whip up public anger, and spread information that makes the “other side” appear contemptuous i.e. inhuman or barbaric.
They are manipulating their fellow men to join them in sowing the non-physical seeds of murder (volition and thoughts), so as to facilitate the harvest of physical war that they are seeking.
We also observe that The Word is making reference to feelings (anger) and words (“raca”, “thou fool”) and not physical actions.
Feelings and words are non-physical seeds (ref. “Creating Is Perpetual“). Once we indulge in them we have sown into the garden of Creation. And anything sown in such a way must develop, because that is how the Power of God expressed in the Laws of Creation operates.
Small Seed Or Big Seed, It’s All The Same
But the feeling or thought does not have to be intense, and neither does it have to manifest physically, for the originator to be held responsible. Creation and The Word do not make such distinctions.
No matter how slight our feelings of anger, contempt, or hatred may be, it has been sown, and therefore the sower is in danger of the results.
Our God-given spiritual power, allied with the Laws of Creation, automatically develops these seeds, with or without our conscious (brain) knowledge.
We can choose to use this power to build a paradise on Earth, or to bring about destruction.
Therefore when it is said that “What a man sows, that shall he reap” we must not think of it only in the context of visible physical actions – thoughts and words are included.
It also means that we cannot judge from appearances. An outwardly “good” and “pious” person may be indulging in evil feelings and thoughts, and is therefore an evildoer from the spiritual perspective.
Today’s Resolution
- We shall work towards purity of thought so that our thoughts and words will align with The Word.
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