I do not blindly follow The Buddha, but take his teachings and apply them to my life to enhance my walk (path). I believe in the forgiveness of Christ as the firm foundation and believe his message and that message is to help all. The commands Christ gives is to love your neighbor as yourself and to love God with all. The Dharma or The Way helps me use principles to guide my life acting as a lamp onto my path.
But when we get down to it, It’s all about you and me on an individual basis. It ‘s all about my actions and whom they serve. Do they serve my own ego and wants or do they serve others? We are constantly working on self and that everything we do is for self. So if we are constantly to be mindful of self then that would make ourselves first in all and in being first we are God. God not in the sense of the God we know Biblically, but God in the sense we have the power to choose and to use this body as a tool to extend what we choose to others and in that choice we effect all around us. So the struggle is to get away from flesh and the ego of self want and to be mindful of the evil that is created from getting what the flesh desires for self gain. Galatians 5;19-22 states; The works of the flesh are evident, which are; Adultery Fornication, Uncleanness, lewdness, Idolatry, Sorcery, Hatred, Contentions. Jealousy, Outburst of wrath, Selfish ambitions, Dissensions, Heresies, Envy, Murders, Drunkenness, Revelries and like things. These things or actions are what the lower mind uses to harm or take advantage of your brother to provide self gain. In this idea it is all about you and selfishness.
So as you can see the flesh is in basic terms is animalistic and a matter of self preservation. 2 Peter 10 This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the flesh[c] and despise authority. Bold and arrogant, they are not afraid to heap abuse on celestial beings;11 yet even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful, do not heap abuse on such beings when bringing judgment on them from[d] the Lord. 12 But these people blaspheme in matters they do not understand. They are like unreasoning animals, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed, and like animals they too will perish. 1
To inherit the kingdom of God , you need to be led by the holy spirit. (The Mother or mind of compassion, the higher mind). When you walk in the Spirit, you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
When Jesus rebuke Peter and calls him Satan he explain why Peter is Satan. Matt 16;23 Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.”
Once one realizes the ego and its wants then one can press on to push ourselves to the higher mind or the things of God and remove the lower mind which is the things of Satan. Peter writes that Satan is like a roaming lion that is looking for someone to devoir. Our flesh is that lion and it’s natural cravings causes us to roam and look for new things that entice us and bring us fleshly pleasure which usually leads to our own destruction. Drugs and alcohol are to easiest to get. Reading Peter he strongly urges us to stay away from the fleshly cravings that destroy us and look to the higher self of creating a new self that leads to health for this flesh. I know that once you start on this path your choices will become better for you.
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