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  101:4.3 Truth is always a revelation: autorevelation when it emerges as a result of the work of the indwelling Adjuster; epochal revelation when it is presented by the function of some other celestial agency, group, or personality
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  ^156:5.18 As you grow older in years and more experienced in the affairs of the kingdom, are you becoming more tactful in dealing with troublesome mortals and more tolerant in living with stubborn associates? Tact is the fulcrum of social leverage, and tolerance is the earmark of a great soul. If you possess these rare and charming gifts, as the days pass you will become more alert and expert in your worthy efforts to avoid all unnecessary social misunderstandings. 

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The more adaptable and receptive the mind, the more effortlessly divine teachings can flow through it. A plastic, flexible mind becomes a conduit for higher wisdom, allowing the soul to expand and evolve. As we relinquish pride in our own thoughts and release the need to claim ownership over them, we invite our divine teacher to reveal deeper truths and new revelations. This humility opens the doorway to spiritual insight, for the mind that holds tightly to its own ideas leaves little room for the inflow of divine guidance.

At the heart of this process lies a critical realization: our task is not to generate or fabricate thoughts, but to choose from those that naturally arise within our minds. Thoughts, in essence, are bestowals from the infinite spirit. They come to us as gifts, unbidden yet purposeful. It is in the arena of choice that our soul and spirit are called to operate. Through conscious and discerning selection, we align ourselves with divine will and take hold of our spiritual development. By prioritizing divine influence over personal pride and ego, we gradually attune to the subtle promptings of higher guidance, recognizing them as meaningful signposts on the path to enlightenment.

However, the illusion of independent thinking can be a formidable barrier to progress. If we insist on crafting our own thoughts in isolation, believing that we alone possess the answers, we inadvertently block the forward momentum of spiritual growth. The great leaps in understanding the will of God do not come through intellectual striving but through the grace of allowing divine inspiration to present itself. Thought processes are often given to us in alignment with our current level of spiritual maturity, reflecting the natural progression of our previous choices. Rarely will thoughts arrive that are far removed from our enlightenment, as such experiences can provoke fear or confusion. The divine ensures that we are prepared for each new level of insight by presenting thoughts in harmony with the spiritual groundwork we have laid.

Inviting the spirit to guide our thinking accelerates this process. When we open ourselves to these "kaleidoscopic" steps, we begin to ascend the circles of cosmic insight. This ascent, however, remains within the bounds of our choosing. Even the highest thoughts will not violate our free will. The spirit works in cooperation with the soul, never imposing but always offering.

Once the soul and spirit are empowered to operate within the arena of choice, a cascade of new thought patterns may emerge. To the mortal mind, these shifts may seem unfamiliar, even disorienting. Yet, as clarity dawns, the mortal mind begins to recognize that these processes are the natural outgrowth of previous decisions. In this, we realize that thought is not our identity—it is a transient vessel. The mind, once perceived as the seat of self, is revealed to be a tool, one that can be loaned to the soul and spirit for divine purposes.

Our true essence lies not in the mind but in the spirit and the evolving morontia-soul. As this realization takes root, our first and most vital choice becomes clear: to shift the seat of personality expression from the mind-intellect to the morontia-soul. This decision marks a pivotal step in spiritual advancement. With this shift, ego-driven decisions lose their grip, replaced by God-centered choices that reflect higher realities. Over time, the more we choose in alignment with divine will, the more these choices become woven into the fabric of our identity.

As we ascend the circles from the seventh to the first, our capacity to choose that which promotes spiritual progress expands. Gradually, we sense that our individuality is dissolving into divine harmony. This is not the loss of self, but the refining of self into a clearer instrument of God’s will. We begin to perceive ourselves as conduits for divine expression, playing a symphony that resonates throughout the universe. This surrender does not diminish us; rather, it elevates us, aligning our will with the grand orchestration of cosmic purpose.

In this journey, recognizing that we are not our thoughts but our choices is a profound liberation. The transition from self-perception to God-perception allows us to witness the divine hand at work in the smallest details of life. Even the most mundane moments are infused with purpose as each choice draws us closer to the divine. In this unfolding process, we become increasingly real. Our choices shape not only our personal reality but also contribute to the evolving expression of the Supreme Being. For in each act of choosing God, the divine responds, amplifying our efforts and accelerating our progress.

Ultimately, by choosing to know God, we become living embodiments of divine will. Each thought we accept, each decision we make, forges a path that aligns us more deeply with cosmic reality. In this sacred co-creation, we fulfill the highest potential of our existence—becoming, in every sense, the will of God in action.

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That more may choose eternal life

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History

The Ten Commandments - The Moral Code of Dalmatia - The Laws of the Garden of Eden

Q● Did the Ten Commandments come from God?

A● The Ten Commandments were given to this world by the Sons of God and are the supreme laws of the moral codes of conduct inspired by the divine sons of God and taught by the human teachers of truth throughout the last 500,000 years.

They first appeared in Dalamatia and were presented by a son of God named Hap.

Hap presented the early races with a moral law. This code was known as “The Father’s Way” and consisted of the following seven commands:

• 1. You shall not fear nor serve any God but the Father of all.
• 2. You shall not disobey the Father’s Son, the world’s ruler, nor show disrespect to his superhuman associates.
• 3. You shall not speak a lie when called before the judges of the people.
• 4. You shall not kill men, women, or children.
• 5. You shall not steal your neighbor’s goods or cattle.
• 6. You shall not touch your friend’s wife.
• 7. You shall not show disrespect to your parents or to the elders of the tribe.

This was the law of Dalamatia for almost three hundred thousand years. And many of the stones on which this law was inscribed now lie beneath the waters off the shores of Mesopotamia and Persia. It became the custom to hold one of these commands in mind for each day of the week, using it for salutations and mealtime thanksgiving.

When these 500,000 year old stone tablets are discovered by science and brought to the surface and carbon dated they will confirm the information provided in this writing.

Once again 37,000 years ago these moral laws were reintroduced and expanded upon to the minds of men and woman in the Garden of Eden by Adam and Eve. A Divine Son and Daughter of God.

The laws of the Garden of Eden were based on the older codes of Dalamatia and were promulgated under seven heads:

• 1. The laws of health and sanitation.
• 2. The social regulations of the Garden.
• 3. The code of trade and commerce.
• 4. The laws of fair play and competition.
• 5. The laws of home life.
• 6. The civil codes of the golden rule.
• 7. The seven commands of supreme moral rule.

The moral law of Eden was little different from the seven commandments of Dalamatia. But the Adamites taught many additional reasons for these commands; for instance, regarding the injunction against murder, the indwelling of the Thought Adjuster was presented as an additional reason for not destroying human life. They taught that “whoso sheds man’s blood by man shall his blood be shed, for in the image of God made he man.”

1,973 years before Christ another Divine Son appeared on earth and reintroduced these moral laws.

The seven commandments promulgated by Melchizedek were patterned along the lines of the ancient Dalamatian supreme law and very much resembled the seven commands taught in the first and second Edens. These commands of the Salem religion were:

• 1. You shall not serve any God but the Most High Creator of heaven and earth.
• 2. You shall not doubt that faith is the only requirement for eternal salvation.
• 3. You shall not bear false witness.
• 4. You shall not kill.
• 5. You shall not steal.
• 6. You shall not commit adultery.
• 7. You shall not show disrespect for your parents and elders.

Finally did Moses resurrect these Moral Laws of living.

The Teachings of Moses

Moses was an extraordinary combination of military leader, social organizer, and religious teacher. He was the most important individual world teacher and leader between the times of Machiventa and Jesus. Moses attempted to introduce many reforms in Israel of which there is no record. In the space of one man’s life he led the polyglot horde of so-called Hebrews out of slavery and uncivilized roaming while he laid the foundation for the subsequent birth of a nation and the perpetuation of a race.

There is so little on record of the great work of Moses because the Hebrews had no written language at the time of the exodus. The record of the times and doings of Moses was derived from the traditions extant more than one thousand years after the death of the great leader.

Many of the advances which Moses made over and above the religion of the Egyptians and the surrounding Levantine tribes were due to the Kenite traditions of the time of Melchizedek. Without the teaching of Machiventa to Abraham and his contemporaries, the Hebrews would have come out of Egypt in hopeless darkness. Moses and his father-in-law, Jethro, gathered up the residue of the traditions of the days of Melchizedek, and these teachings, joined to the learning of the Egyptians, guided Moses in the creation of the improved religion and ritual of the Israelites. Moses was an organizer; he selected the best in the religion and mores of Egypt and Palestine and, associating these practices with the traditions of the Melchizedek teachings, organized the Hebrew ceremonial system of worship.

Moses was a believer in Providence; he had become thoroughly tainted with the doctrines of Egypt concerning the supernatural control of the Nile and the other elements of nature. He had a great vision of God, but he was thoroughly sincere when he taught the Hebrews that, if they would obey God, “He will love you, bless you, and multiply you. He will multiply the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your land — the corn, wine, oil, and your flocks. You shall be prospered above all people, and the Lord your God will take away from you all sickness and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt upon you.” He even said: “Remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the power to get wealth.” “You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. You shall reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over you.”

But it was truly pitiful to watch this great mind of Moses trying to adapt his sublime concept of El Elyon, the Most High, to the comprehension of the ignorant and illiterate Hebrews. To his assembled leaders he thundered, “The Lord your God is one God; there is none beside him”; while to the mixed multitude he declared, “Who is like your God among all the gods?” Moses made a brave and partly successful stand against fetishes and idolatry, declaring, “You saw no similitude on the day that your God spoke to you at Horeb out of the midst of the fire.” He also forbade the making of images of any sort.

Moses feared to proclaim the mercy of Yahweh, preferring to awe his people with the fear of the justice of God, saying: “The Lord your God is God of Gods, and Lord of Lords, a great God, a mighty and terrible God, who regards not man.” Again he sought to control the turbulent clans when he declared that “your God kills when you disobey him; he heals and gives life when you obey him.” But Moses taught these tribes that they would become the chosen people of God only on condition that they “kept all his commandments and obeyed all his statutes.”

The Ten Commandments

Bible Gateway passage: Exodus 20 - New King James Version

20 And God spoke all these words, saying:

1● 2 “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

2● 3 “You shall have no other gods before Me.

3● 4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; 5 you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, 6 but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.

7 “You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.

4● 8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. 11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.

5● 12 “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you.

6● 13 “You shall not murder.

7● 14 “You shall not commit adultery.

8● 15 “You shall not steal.

9● 16 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

10● 17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”

Little of the mercy of God was taught the Hebrews during these early times. They learned of God as “the Almighty; the Lord is a man of war, God of battles, glorious in power, who dashes in pieces his enemies.” “The Lord your God walks in the midst of the camp to deliver you.” The Israelites thought of their God as one who loved them, but who also “hardened Pharaoh’s heart” and “cursed their enemies.”

While Moses presented fleeting glimpses of a universal and beneficent Deity to the children of Israel, on the whole, their day-by-day concept of Yahweh was that of a God but little better than the tribal gods of the surrounding peoples. Their concept of God was primitive, crude, and anthropomorphic; when Moses passed on, these Bedouin tribes quickly reverted to the semibarbaric ideas of their olden gods of Horeb and the desert. The enlarged and more sublime vision of God which Moses every now and then presented to his leaders was soon lost to view, while most of the people turned to the worship of their fetish golden calves, the Palestinian herdsman’s symbol of Yahweh.

When Moses turned over the command of the Hebrews to Joshua, he had already gathered up thousands of the collateral descendants of Abraham, Nahor, Lot, and other of the related tribes and had whipped them into a self-sustaining and partially self-regulating nation of pastoral warriors.

THE spiritual leaders of the Hebrews did what no others before them had ever succeeded in doing — they deanthropomorphized their God concept without converting it into an abstraction of Deity comprehensible only to philosophers. Even common people were able to regard the matured concept of Yahweh as a Father, if not of the individual, at least of the race.

The concept of the personality of God, while clearly taught at Salem in the days of Melchizedek, was vague and hazy at the time of the flight from Egypt and only gradually evolved in the Hebraic mind from generation to generation in response to the teaching of the spiritual leaders. The perception of Yahweh’s personality was much more continuous in its progressive evolution than was that of many other of the Deity attributes. From Moses to Malachi there occurred an almost unbroken ideational growth of the personality of God in the Hebrew mind, and this concept was eventually heightened and glorified by the teachings of Jesus about the Father in heaven.

The Salem missionaries in Mesopotamia maintain the light of truth during the period of the disorganization of the Hebrew peoples until the appearance of the first of that long line of the teachers of Israel who never stopped as they built, concept upon concept, until they had achieved the realization of the ideal of the Universal and Creator Father of all, the acme of the evolution of the Yahweh concept.

In every generation of man God reveals new and enlightening truths to the sincere truth seeker. Of all human knowledge, that which is of greatest value is to know the religious life of Jesus and how he lived it. More about his life and teaching can be found here.