The Golden Rule: O Wisdom ! O Precious Pearl !

The Golden Rule: O Wisdom ! O Precious Pearl ! The “Golden Rule is first found in the Old Testament: Leviticus 19.17-18: “Do not bear a grudge against anyone, but settle your differences, so that you will not commit a sin. Do not take revenge on anyone, or continue to hate - but love your neighbour as you love yourself….”

The Old Testament Book of Proverbs tells us what is is that “The Lord (God) Hates”:
“a proud look, lies, killing, wicked plans, evil deeds, false witness, and troublemakers” (See Proverbs 6.16-19). The Prophet Micah, in his Old Testament message has this to say:

The Lord has told us what is good. What God requires of us is this: to do what is just, to show constant love, and to live in humble fellowship with our God (Micah 6.8).

Wisdom is described in the Old Testament Proverbs and Ecclesiastes, and we ignore this at our peril.

This expression of the Golden Rule is common to Jews, Christians and Muslims. And in fact, is common to all religions, and is variously expressed:

“Do not do to others that which you would hate yourself”. “Do unto others as you would for yourself”. “Hurt no one so that no one may hurt you”: “Do unto all as you would wish to have done unto you”: “Reject for others that what you would reject for yourself” etc. etc: “love your neighbour as you love yourself”.

This important message is central to the message of the New Testament’s Jesus: “Love your neighbour as you love yourself (Luke 10.27). Do this and you will live (Luke 10.28). Loving your neighbour as you love yourself IS loving the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength (Luke10.27-28). Do not judge others, and God will not judge you; do not condemn others, and God will not condemn you; forgive others, and God will forgive you. Give to others, and God will give to you (Luke 6.37)”.

Lest we forget.

by Donald Chalmers, "piper02" and "a piper too". on June 12th, 2009

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“Majesty ! Worship God’s Majesty ! The Earth is our Mother; Nature our Father”.

Please Note. I had initially entered this as a separate sentence contribution, so that it had its own header. But old age has slowed me down, and my attempts to add my last post “The Golden Rule: O Wisdom ! O Precious Pearl !” only deleted my existing post, which I’ve now added below, until such time as I can post “Majesty” properly again !

The words “Majesty ! Worship God’s Majesty !” and my very own “Tree of Life” entered my heart and stayed with me as I photographed this tree as an Australian National Serviceman in South Vietnam in 1969. The picture of “My Tree” oversaw my creation of my “Peace and Harmony” picture-puzzle artwork which was created “out of love, for love” in September 2002, a year which saw everyone “shaken to the roots” after the New York “Twin Towers” abominable terrorist attack which killed friend and foe alike indiscriminately.

A full description of this ancient rainforest relic (which was the largest living organism I have ever seen) may be seen at my website created to celebrate the concepts unleashed by my artwork at ” www.wound-wisdom.tk ”.

From little things, big things grow ! The “tree-person” figure on the righthand side of the picture can be seen in the “Peace and Harmony” section of the site. The central figure able to be seen on your preview is that of “The Universal ‘Man’ of No Clan for All Clans” which can be viewed later in that section - a practically instantaneous “inspiration” poetic outpouring giving vent to my “dreaming” and “thanksgiving” at having created something “special”.

by Donald Chalmers, "piper02" and "a piper too". on Sat, 06/13/2009 - 08:50