Emmet Fox, I think, did the best job that I have seen in explaining the ten commandments as diagrams for consciousness living. In his book the Ten Commandments, he give us a more mystical interpretation that the commandments are not telling us what we should not do, but what we cannot do if we are fully living god consciousness. "we cannot keep anything for which we do not have the corresponding consciousness." For example, take his interpretation of thou shalt not steal, which he says, is actually, thou cannot steal. We cannot steal because there is no separation between self and other, or self and God. He explains it like this:
"the sooner we realize the fact (that we cannot steal) the sooner we give up trying. When we give up trying to steal, then we shall begin to have our own. We shall come into our own rights, our own property - using the word property in the widest sense of the conditions that belong to us, and when we get that, liberation will not be very far off." I wouldn't rewrite them. I think they are complete and perfect as is, depending on how you interpret them. On Sep 22, 10:32 am, retiredjim34 <[email protected]> wrote: > Not too long ago I posed to some friends the challenge to come up with > ten commandments for living the good life. All had to be secular. To > get things rolling these are mine – > > 1.don’t kill > 2.don’t steal > 3.enjoy life > 4.love > 5.listen > 6.use your talents > 7.live responsibly > 8.keep your body healthy > 9.gather regularly with friends > 10.think about things > > One friend proposed these – > > 1. Follow the golden rule. > 2. You can't change others, only yourself. > 3. If you meet 3 assholes in one day, you better take a look at > who the real asshole is. > 4. Don't burn any bridges. > 5. Work to live, not the other way around. > 6. Live consciously as much as possible. > 7. Take time off from living consciously to RELAX. > 8. Always have a hammock readily available. > 9. Keep and protect boundaries. > 10. Attend 12 Step meetings often. > > Another (and more practical) friend suggests these - > 1.Live > 2.Love > 3.Laugh > 4.Never wash socks together; you’re bound to lose one. > 5.Have your ATM card swiped and ready to go before the checker > is done scanning your items. > 6.Don’t take a phone call when I’m standing in front of you > ready to pay > 7.If you get in your car ready to leave a parking spot, how > about you go ahead and back out some time in this millennium > 8.Don’t text and drive > 9.Dance like nobody is watching. > 10.Don’t forward e-mails that I must reply to or I’ll have bad > luck, and no, Bill Gates isn’t sharing his fortune by forwarding this > e-mail. > > What would be your ten? Jim --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
