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===Topic: ''Fate & Fortune''===

Group: Nashville, Tennessee

===Group: [[Nashville TeaM]]===

 

Teacher: HAM

===Teacher: [[Ham]]===

 

===TR: [[Rebecca]]===

Topic: Fate & Fortune

 

 

Ham: Greetings, children, I am Ham and once again do I greet you and welcome you here this evening. Tonight, we shall discuss fortune and what you call fate.

Ham: Greetings, children, I am Ham and once again do I greet you and welcome you here this evening. Tonight, we shall discuss fortune and what you call fate.

 

Human beings have always thought of their fortune as being influenced by divine forces. Early societies thought of good luck and bad luck as being the whim of some god-like being. Fortune could be influenced by propitiating the gods by sacrifice and so forth. When these devices were unavailing, one had no recourse but to accept the fate one was dealt, to be in a sense resigned to one's fate.

Human beings have always thought of their fortune as being influenced by divine forces. Early societies thought of good luck and bad luck as being the whim of some god-like being. Fortune could be influenced by propitiating the gods by sacrifice and so forth. When these devices were unavailing, one had no recourse but to accept the fate one was dealt, to be in a sense resigned to one's fate.

Are there any questions at this time?

Are there any questions at this time?

 

Q: I was in church today and I felt glad that I know so much more now than is contained in the bible and how sad it is that everybody cannot know this.Ham: Yes, but all in all, on your world, in this country, the people are opening up to greater and more personal spiritual experience. The Bible has brought you far. That is certain. But now, the hunger is such for a more modern and relevant revelation that practically no one limits their spiritual intake to the Bible alone, even those that don't admit that. As I have said many times, the Bible was written in another time for another time. Your society is moving very quickly now into new social and spiritual realms and the Bible is sadly inadequate to provide spiritual sustenance in these times. That being said, there is much in the new testament that is still being explored. You are moving forward and expanding your concept of the Master's life and his purpose. You are going a step further with even the Golden rule, doing unto others not only what you would have be done to yourselves, but are starting to imagine what the Master would do and to love your fellows not only as brethren but as the Master loves, with a Fatherly love and a motherly love, a love of protection, self-sacrifice. This new level of religious thinking will take your world another step forward.

Q: I was in church today and I felt glad that I know so much more now than is contained in the bible and how sad it is that everybody cannot know this.Ham: Yes, but all in all, on your world, in this country, the people are opening up to greater and more personal spiritual experience. The Bible has brought you far. That is certain. But now, the hunger is such for a more modern and relevant revelation that practically no one limits their spiritual intake to the Bible alone, even those that don't admit that. As I have said many times, the Bible was written in another time for another time. Your society is moving very quickly now into new social and spiritual realms and the Bible is sadly inadequate to provide spiritual sustenance in these times. That being said, there is much in the new testament that is still being explored. You are moving forward and expanding your concept of the Master's life and his purpose. You are going a step further with even the Golden rule, doing unto others not only what you would have be done to yourselves, but are starting to imagine what the Master would do and to love your fellows not only as brethren but as the Master loves, with a Fatherly love and a motherly love, a love of protection, self-sacrifice. This new level of religious thinking will take your world another step forward.

It is always these religions that are the most in danger of being absorbed into a greater society and having their fundamental beliefs altered. They have what you would term the shakiest foundations. They want to turn back the clock to a simpler time when they weren't bombarded with different ideas. But of course, they are like a putting your palm up to Niagara falls, you can back up a little bit of water but you cannot stop progress. The Islamic religion, likewise, is in the same position. They feel threatened by modern ideas, modern way of living, modern society. They want to shield their society and their children from the evils of modern progress, but this condemns them also to poverty and ignorance.

It is always these religions that are the most in danger of being absorbed into a greater society and having their fundamental beliefs altered. They have what you would term the shakiest foundations. They want to turn back the clock to a simpler time when they weren't bombarded with different ideas. But of course, they are like a putting your palm up to Niagara falls, you can back up a little bit of water but you cannot stop progress. The Islamic religion, likewise, is in the same position. They feel threatened by modern ideas, modern way of living, modern society. They want to shield their society and their children from the evils of modern progress, but this condemns them also to poverty and ignorance.