FIRST LAW of PHYSICAL PURITY creates HOLY TEMPLE

Physical purity is God's first law. Physical purity can
be attained by fasting and proper diet. Physical
purity is a must for living a spiritual life.

PETE'S JOURNAL, February 2002

2-1-02
Day #32 of juice fasting. Feeling very well today. Juanita and I went to the library book sale. We found a number of good 'how to' books and a few books on spiritual living that looked interesting. We went shopping after the book sale and were both very tired when we got home.

2-2-02
Day #33 of juice fasting. I am feeling fair today. Worked all day on monthly web page keywords and titles. Drinking a half dozen glasses of juice and three or four glasses of water a day. The less liquid you take in the stronger the elimination. A delicate balance not to become overloaded with toxins.

2-3-02
Day #34 of juice fasting. Feeling OK. Found an interesting little quote by, Dr. Bhagat Singh Thind:

"Minds are like parachutes;
they function only when open."

2-4-02
Day #35 of juice fasting. Went to town with Juanita to do shopping and laundry. Had a bit of a weak spell in town that lasted all evening.

2-5-02
Day #36 of juice fasting. Feeling better this morning. Just took and Epsom salts soak and realize that I'm still feeling a bit weak.

The first law is physical purity.
A person purifies their body to create a Holy Temple.
When the body is transformed into a Holy Temple the God self can act through the body. The God self using the inner voice teaches the personal self how to realize the Christ.

"Without purity, no man can see the Creator, with purity, all men can see Him, and hear Him." (Oasphe Bible)

"The Hindu says: If God wished to hide, God would choose man to hide in. That is the last place man would look for God."

"The trouble with the masses of humanity today is that they are trying to become something that is already right within. We are seeking and searching everywhere outside ourselves for God, attending countless lectures, meetings, groups; reading innumerable books; looking to teachers and personalities and leaders, when all the time God is right within. If mankind will let go of the trying and accept that they are, they will soon be perfectly aware of the reality." [Bold emphasis mine]

The Life and Teaching of the Master of the Far East

2-6-02
Day #37 of juice fasting. Feeling pretty good today. Computer locked up yesterday afternoon and became completely unusable; finally got it going this morning. I became pretty frustrated with my computer yesterday.

This morning I had the realization that, "Everything is God." And that God is Love, and that I should deal with every situation with Love. Align myself with God in all situations. I work every day to keep the realization that, "I am the Christ," at the forefront of my mind. That is my inner reality.

It seems that the realization that, "Everything is God", not only includes me but everything in my outer reality. It just seems to me that, "Everything is God", gives me a real basis for dealing with all situations in the outside world. "Everything is God", just asks that I extend my love to the situation and make no judgments.

2-7-02
Day #38 of juice fasting. I am feeling fairly well, slight upset stomach. I mixed up a heaping teaspoon of psyllium seed in a warm glass of water and drank it. It seemed to help after awhile.

A beautiful morning prayer in India:

"I go forth this day in all things immersed wholly in God and God's abundance. The conquering Christ stands forth one with God's abundance and in every activity of this day. Now I know that I am God's supreme child. I move each moment of the day immersed in God and God's divine love. God! God! God! The great flame of love flows through every atom of my whole being. I Am the pure golden flame of God. I pour this divine flame through my physical body. The conquering Christ salutes you, God, my Father. Peace! Peace! Peace! The great peace of God prevails."

The Life and Teaching of the Masters of the Far East

From: GANDHI ON NON-VIOLENCE,
introduction by Thomas Merton

"Where there is ahimsa [non-violence] there is truth, and truth is God. How He manifests Himself, I cannot say. All I know is that, He is all pervading, and where He is, all is well."

"Don't listen to friends, when the Friend inside you says, "Do this."

"Prayer from the heart can achieve what nothing else can in the world."

"The future will depend on what we do in the present."

2-8-02
Day #39 of juice fasting. Feeling very tired this morning. My computer friend worked on my machine today. He uninstalled Windows 98
and reinstalled, replaced a 128 meg memory card we had put in, and now, the machine seems to work just fine. Hope it holds. Had a spell of really wanting to eat last night. Drank a glass of tomato juice.

2-9-02
Day #40 of juice fasting. Feeling pretty well this morning. Determined to continue fast. Computer working well.

2-10-02
Day #41 of juice fasting. Feeling OK.

2-11-02
Day #42 of juice fasting. Feel like I'm coming down with the flu, no energy, weak and hurt all over. These are a common symptoms during a long fast but they usually occur earlier on. We had planned on going to town today, but decided against it. Will see how I feel tomorrow. I broke my fast this evening with a small garden salad and a couple of hours later, had a small fresh fruit salad.

2-12-02
Feeling well today and very comfortable in my body. This long period of fasting was very cleansing for my body.

2-13-02
Feeling very well. Thinking a lot about cooked food.

Sometimes, it's scary to realize that you are not just a human being with a body, mind and personality, born to live for a time and then die, but much much more! That you are the Christ child, living with God right in your body.

2-14-02
I am feeling very disappointed that I still have my candida and mercury poisoning problem. Today, it seems that I have reached one of those barren spiritual plateaus. I am not interested in much anything and feel ambivalent about my spiritual life. I know this will pass soon... I need to do more fasting... work on physical purity... I am on the path.

2-15-02
On my previous long fasts I would usually feel slightly ill for the first week or ten days, then I would have a couple of weeks feeling like I had the flu, about day 26 I would wake up feeling great, and have lots of energy, and this would continue until the end of the fast. This was the general pattern of my long fasts for years.

Last year, 2001, during my 40 day water fast, I was slightly ill some of the time during the first 10 days. I had been having some amalgam filling removed and replaced and on day 9 developed a severe back ache. The back pain along with leg cramps at night continued almost daily until the end of my fast.

I was also very sleepy during the day, particularly while driving. I had to stop often and get out of the car and walk around in the fresh air before I could continue driving.

I often felt sick but did not have the usual two week stretch of flu symptoms and I didn't have a breakthrough around day 26. I was sick more or less and in pain every day of the fast.

This years (2002) fast, 42 days on fresh squeezed fruit juice and water, I felt sick more or less throughout the fast. I didn't have any pain in my back or legs and did not have any sleepy spells while driving. I had no long spell of feeling like I had the flu after the first 10 days of the fast and no breakthrough at day 26.

The lack of pain in my back and legs and the lack of sleepy spells
during my 2002 fast indicates to me that quite a lot of mercury was eliminated during the year 2001. I am hoping that my long fast next year will see the end of it.

2-16-02

The Gospel of Nature
by Swami Rama

"When one learns
To hear
The music of Nature
And
Appreciate Her beauty
Then
His Soul
Moves
In harmony
With
The Whole."

2-25-02

"Listen, My Beloved,"

"Life is a journey. There may be times in your life when you wonder about your journey and ask, Where am I going?"

"You are continually moving toward Me, toward living in an awareness of My presence within you. Every mountain you climb, every valley you pass through, every river you cross brings you closer to Me, closer to a continual consciousness of your oneness with Me."

"Beloved, I am with you always. I am with you on your uphill climbs, and I am with you when you feel low in spirit."

"I am your strength when you need energy."

"I am the light by which you walk when you need guidance."

"Remember, beloved, as you walk your life's path, as you learn and grow, I am with you now and always."

From: Christ in You, Unity School of Christianity.

I AM GOD'S WILL
by El Morya

I AM God's will manifest everywhere,
I AM God's will perfect beyond compare,
I AM God's will so beautiful and fair,
I AM God's will with bounty to spare.

I AM God's will now taking full command,
I AM God's will making all to understand,
I AM God's will whose power is supreme
I AM God's will fulfilling heaven's dream.

I AM God's will protecting, blessing here,
I AM God's will now casting out all fear,
I AM God's will in action here well done,
I AM God's will with victory for each one.

2-26-02
I am feeling much more optimistic today.

The Seekers path leading to uniting the conscious mind with the Soul, and Heaven on Earth.

1. To begin the Seeker makes a covenant with Almighty God to live to his\her highest light, to do God's will and seek union with their Soul.

2. The next step is to find a quiet place to live, a retreat, figure out how to maintain themselves and live a natural lifestyle.

3. The third step is to begin work on physical purity, eat a vegetarian diet, and keep one's covenant with God.

4. Work to remove the mental clutter from the personal mind and attain mental purity.

5. Seek understanding about one's, "real self," and meditate to quiet the personal mind so that the Inner Voice may be heard.

6. Continue with the inner work of uniting the conscious mind with the Soul by following the guidance of the Inner Voice, study, continue to grow mentally and spiritually, learn to love others.

7. Continue with the outer work by maintaining physical purity by eating a raw food, vegan-fruitarian diet; sharing with and serving others, being kind, patient and forgiving in thought, word and deed, and continue on the path until the goal is reached.

2-28-02
It is interesting to realize that a persons, education, social status, connections, political affiliations, income, bank account, stocks and bonds, credit rating, possessions: home, car, clothes, jewelry; and their intelligence, skills and talents have no relevance to their spiritual life, unless rightly used. These things in themselves will not advance a person one step on the stairway to spiritual enlightenment or heaven. A sufficient amount of these things are necessary to live, but the right attitude toward and right use of material possessions and talents determines a persons spiritual development.

A poor person with purity and love in their heart toward others is much more spiritually advanced than a smart, well educated,
wealthy person who only thinks about amassing a larger fortune.

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