{"id":1990,"date":"2021-09-23T19:34:32","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T19:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/templeofwhy.com\/?p=1990"},"modified":"2024-01-31T14:19:23","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T14:19:23","slug":"church-of-the-earth-top-10-notcommandments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/templeofwhy.com\/church-of-the-earth-top-10-notcommandments\/","title":{"rendered":"Church of the Earth Top 10 “not”commandments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Commandments were written at a time when social mores were defined more by religious authorities than civil authorities. The 10 commandments addressed societal concerns in a legitimate attempt to protect and preserve certain social conditions that were causing harm in the society. Ok, that is laudable. So are they still relevant today?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am the Lord thy God: thou shalt not have strange Gods before me<\/strong><\/em> – here one has to assume a “God” is necessary. Written at a time thunder and lightening and other climate related events were thought to have been caused by a God angered by human behavior one could understand why making sure everyone sang hail to the chief could be understood. Now we just check our weather apps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thou shall not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain<\/strong><\/em> – again, stood to reason if you thought crops failed or there was a drought because God was mad at people, you may want to show him ample respect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember to keep holy the Lord’s Day<\/em> <\/strong>– Still paying homage to the big guy here and making sure he is happy. Similar to how one might treat a Roman Emperor or Egyptian Pharaoh, King on England even – and we know what happened if they weren’t given their due.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honour thy father and thy mother<\/strong><\/em> – common sense unless your parents are awful people. Does this really have a spiritual application though? Is this imperative to one’s spiritual growth? Only perhaps from a Karmic perspective, if we are the one’s that are awful people we may be building an account of bad karma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thou shalt not kill<\/em> <\/strong>– it’s against the civil law so just not a great idea<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thou shalt not commit adultery<\/strong><\/em> – just generally not nice, makes for bad karma, but no real spiritual application<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thou shalt not steal<\/strong><\/em> – again, against the civil law and not a great idea, who wants to get arrested<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour<\/strong><\/em> – can also land you in jail especially if you lie in court. Why would you do this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife<\/strong><\/em> – especially if the neighbor’s wife doesn’t want to be coveted, I think this one is past its prime<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s goods<\/strong><\/em> a materialistic society is based on coveting thy neighbor’s goods, doesn’t make one happy to have more toys, but generally not terribly spiritual in application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 10 Spiritual Recommendations of The Church of the Earth<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Meditate daily<\/li>
  2. Sit with trees, learn their attributes, take them to your meditation<\/li>
  3. Sit with plants, share energy with them, study the effects on you and your plant<\/li>
  4. Learn the characteristics of certain animals, adopt some of them to overcome your shortcomings<\/li>
  5. Be conscious of the elements Air, Fire, Water and Earth begin to understand how you can work with them and incorporate them into your daily practice<\/li>
  6. Seek like minded friends, share spiritual practices<\/li>
  7. Do not create a hierarchical structure in a group, form a community that shares it’s gifts<\/li>
  8. Spend your days trying not to create karma<\/li>
  9. Abortion is a woman’s decision, it is her body growing a new being, do not interfere<\/li>
  10. Stay out of politics in your spiritual life, poltics and spirituality do not mix<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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