March Assignment for the Order
The members of the Order have set as their task for 2010 the personal exploration of the practices and teachings of Yeshua as the original core from which we work today. That exploration must include both personal understanding through insight, but more importantly, discovery through experience and experimentation for it to be real, for it to work—so you must do both as you undertake this assignment.
It is quite clear that the thrust and focus of the work of Yeshua as Wisdom Master in this world was aimed at the transformation of being and consciousness for ordinary people in the Palestine of the first century. His language and approach was Semitic and particular to the history of the Hebrew people, but his insight and experience was universal, and shared by all the great sacred traditions. We must try to understand both the particularities of the Semitic world as well as the universal quality of his practice and teaching—how did he intend to change the inner and outer nature in the world of ordinary human beings? What was critical for this transformation and change? As you explore the items on the list that we have published, you may need to think through experientially and, perhaps, analytically, what comes first, and what follows? Is there a priority to these items on the list? Must some of them be met and experienced first before the others can be understood, experienced and expressed?
So the first assignment is to prioritize both lists (practices and teachings), and perhaps adding material to them that you find is missing. For example, during the Order meeting Jim’s comments about the teaching on love and compassion not being in that list. I have personally added to the “praxis” list an addition about the right use of language and the tongue. You might wish to do the same. (If you do not have the list you may contact Gail to receive it).
Before you begin, though, explore below in the blog, the January 18th entry, “The Dharma of Jesus.”
I will probably post a further entry for our work in March. We ask you to express your comments, insights, and explorations to one another through Gail and “Chambers.”
It is quite clear that the thrust and focus of the work of Yeshua as Wisdom Master in this world was aimed at the transformation of being and consciousness for ordinary people in the Palestine of the first century. His language and approach was Semitic and particular to the history of the Hebrew people, but his insight and experience was universal, and shared by all the great sacred traditions. We must try to understand both the particularities of the Semitic world as well as the universal quality of his practice and teaching—how did he intend to change the inner and outer nature in the world of ordinary human beings? What was critical for this transformation and change? As you explore the items on the list that we have published, you may need to think through experientially and, perhaps, analytically, what comes first, and what follows? Is there a priority to these items on the list? Must some of them be met and experienced first before the others can be understood, experienced and expressed?
So the first assignment is to prioritize both lists (practices and teachings), and perhaps adding material to them that you find is missing. For example, during the Order meeting Jim’s comments about the teaching on love and compassion not being in that list. I have personally added to the “praxis” list an addition about the right use of language and the tongue. You might wish to do the same. (If you do not have the list you may contact Gail to receive it).
Before you begin, though, explore below in the blog, the January 18th entry, “The Dharma of Jesus.”
I will probably post a further entry for our work in March. We ask you to express your comments, insights, and explorations to one another through Gail and “Chambers.”
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