Vertraut nicht den Lehrern,
sondern der Lehre;
Vertraut nicht den Worten,
sondern ihrem Sinn;
Vertraut nicht dem relativen Sinn,
sondern dem absoluten;
Vertraut nicht dem Intellekt,
sondern der Weisheit.
Gautama Buddha [BW 1000] (563-483 v. Chr.) indischer Avatar (übertragen)

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Definition von Sekte / Kult

Hansjörg Hemminger, Was ist eine Sekte?, Ausarbeitung, Gemeindedienst.de

Von einer Sekte kann man jedoch erst sprechen, wenn eine Gruppe eine geschlossene soziale Struktur aufweist. Sektierertum ist ein soziales Phänomen, nicht eine Eigenschaft von Individuen – obwohl es eine sektiererische Mentalität bei Einzelpersonen gibt. Ohne soziale Organisationsform wird die sektiererische Mentalität jedoch zur Enge, Rechthaberei und Verbissenheit – die es nicht nur bei Sekten gibt. Sozial organisiert und als Gruppennorm führen diese Eigenschaften jedoch zu den sozialwissenschaftlichen "Sektenmerkmalen":

Monopolanspruch auf die Wahrheit gegenüber anderen Gemeinschaften der gleichen Tradition
Monopolanspruch auf Rettung, Erlösung oder Heil
Größenideen, irreale Machbarkeitsvorstellungen und überwertige Ideen
Schwarz-Weißstruktur des Denkens
Starre Geschlossenheit nach außen hin, ungewöhnliche Gruppenkohäsion
Unterschied zwischen "innerer Wahrheit" und Außendarstellung (doppelte Wahrheit)
Totalitäre Innenstruktur der Gruppe mit "steiler" Hierarchie
Starker Zugriff der Führung auf die Gestaltung des Alltags bei den Anhängern
Personenkult um die Zentralgestalt der Gruppe
Innere Überwachungs- oder Spitzelsysteme, geheimdienstähnliche Methoden
Starkes Elite- und Sendungsbewusstsein der Gruppe, Selbstidealisierung und Dämonisierung anderer
Finanzielle, berufliche und familiäre Abhängigkeit der Anhänger von der Gruppe bzw. der Führung

Gruppen, die mehrere oder viele dieser Merkmale aufweisen, gelten heute umgangssprachlich als Sekten.

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Zitate von D. Hawkins

Es gibt drei Arten, die Hawkins.Wahrheit zu überbringen, mit
1. Ethos,
2. Logos, und
3. Pathos.

Aristoteles' [BW 498] Ansatz berücksichtigt die ethische Haltung des Sprechers sowie dessen Logik und Dialektik und zuguterletzt den Entwicklungsstand der Empfänger. Alle drei sind in Betracht zu ziehen. Wenn man versäumt zu bedenken, auf welchem Niveau sich die Menschen befinden, fällt man beim Publikum durch. Die Botschaft kommt nicht an. Man muss ein Thema so kontextualisieren, dass es verständlich und annehmbar ist. Dr. David R. Hawkins, Sedona Seminar Emotions and Sensations, 17. April 2004

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Asked for the LoC of Dr. David Hawkins:

Hawkins quietly calibrated below statement. His wife Susan's arm went weak at LoC 1000.

Personal avowals

"The teachings expressed through this teacher calibrate at […]". Sedona Seminar Perception and Illusion, May 2002

The true teachers can be seen to have no interest in fame or in having followers, prestige or trappings. […] The teachings and not the teacher are what is important. Inasmuch as the teachings do not come from the personage of the teacher at all, it does not make sense to idolize or worship the personage. The information is transmitted as a gift because it was received as such. Source unknown

All enlightened beings tell the populace to ignore their personality or personhood, but, instead, to focus on the teachings. Source unknown

There's always a diminishment from the calibrated power of the energy field of the great masters' original teachings to their current practice in the form of organized religion (see Chapter 23). Yet the original principles themselves retain their innate power pattern; it's merely their expression that's become weaker. The teachings themselves have the same profound power they always did. Power vs. Force, S. 186-187

Question: Where does one begin the search for spiritual truth self-realization called enlightenment?
Answer: It is simple. Being with who and what you are. All truth is found within. Use verified teachings as a guide. The Eye of the I, S. 175

Spiritual information is stored in the mental body and is educational and useful, but it does not become experiential until the higher spiritual energy fields are activated by the higher frequencies that emanate from the presence of an advanced spiritual teacher. The transmission of the higher frequency energy field is silent and nonverbal (classically referred to as 'grace'). The event is imprinted karmically, and by energizing the higher spiritual bodies, it illuminates so that comprehension then stems from an inner subjective experiential knowingness. I. Reality and Subjectivity, S. 306

Spiritual teachings need to be accepted to become integrated. Resistance comes from the ego, which lacks humilitiy and which, out of pride, resents being "wrong." It is better to realize that one is not giving up wrong views but is instead adopting better ones. Along the Path to Enlightenment. 365 Reflections from David R. Hawkins, Reflection of 11th August, S. ?

The direct path is through consciousness itself. […] When you sit down to meditate, you notice that the mind is constantly racing and running around and a lot of teachings try to teach you have to control it. You can't control it. You don't have any control over the mind. The mind exists of its own nature and it just runs about and does its own thing, just like the body does. There's no point to try to control it. Sedona Seminar Causality: The Ego’s Foundation. Enlightenment and Surrender, January 2002

There are three ways of presenting truth:
1. Ethos,
2. logos,
3. pathos.

Aristotle's [LoC 498] approach, considers the ethic standing of the speaker, the logic and dialectic of the speaker, and lastly the standing of the listener/s. You have to consider all three. The failure to take into consideration where the audience is a means that you fall flat. It's not getting across. You have to contextualize a thing so that it's comprehensible and acceptable. Dr. David R. Hawkins, Sedona Seminar Emotions and Sensations, 3 DVD set, 17. April 2004

Question: How do you choose a true spiritual practice to follow?
Answer: Look for these things in a practice:
- Non-linear. Same throughout the ages.
- If it sounds weird, it probably is.
- It seeks nothing for itself.
- It doesn't want to change, control, enroll.
- It is not a pyramid system, or a multi level marketing.
- People are free to come and go.
- The teacher is only a teacher, not some glamorized master.
- It avoids spiritual trappings.
- It does not portray real opinions on outside issues.
- There is nothing to sign up, no membership.
- It has no interest in special clothing, food, your family, your sex life.
- It does not insist on specific spiritual exercises.
- It does not insist on exercises or breathing patterns to lead to altered states.
- It has no doctrines.
- There is no partiality.
- There is no specialness.

Sedona Seminar Identification and Illusion, 3 DVD set, 14. August 2004

Do not become attached to the teacher. Look rather at how to apply the teachings to your life. Sedona Satsang Q&A, 2 CD set, 10. May 2006

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Keine Lehre ist von Nutzen, sie komme denn vom Himmel, kein Gebot, keine Kunst, die nicht vom Himmel verliehen! Und so auch alles andere. Philipus Aureolus Paracelsus Philippus Theophrastus Aureolus Bombast von Hohenheim (1493-1541) Schweizer Arzt, Mystiker, Alchemist, Astrologe, Philosoph, Laie

[…] Es gibt die Wahrheit, mein Liebster! Aber die «Lehre», die du begehrst, die absolute, vollkommen und allein weise machende, die gibt es nicht. Du sollst dich auch gar nicht nach einer vollkommenen Lehre sehnen, Freund, sondern nach Vervollkommnung deiner selbst. Die Ganzheit ist in dir, nicht in den Begriffen und Büchern. Die Wahrheit wird gelebt, nicht doziert. Hermann Hesse (1877-1962) deutsch-schweizerischer Dichter, Schriftsteller, Gesammelte Werke Band 9, Das Glasperlenspiel, S. 85, Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 1987

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Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. Colossians 3, 16 (NT)

Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it.
Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many.
Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books.
Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.
Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations.
But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason
and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.
Buddha [LoC 1000] (563-483 BC) Indian Avatar, teacher of enlightenment, central figure of Buddhism

Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity. Buddha [LoC 1000] (563-483 BC) Indian Avatar, teacher of enlightenment, central figure of Buddhism

We cannot teach people anything. we can only help them discover it within themselves. Galileo Galilei [LoC 455] (1564-1642) Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher

If your search is very diligent you will one day meet a teacher who will not deceive you. Vernon Howard (1918-1992) US American spiritual teacher, author, philosopher

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