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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
PART III
61. The Ups and Downs of Life and the Spirit Law of Tithing Explained 62. Techniques of Spirit Communication 63. Explaining the Great Age of Aquarius 64. End of the World Explained 65. Explaining ESP and Hypnosis 66. Sainthood and Communion of Saints Explained 67. Explaining the Ritual of the Mass 68. Explaining the Immaculate Conception and Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary 69. The Blessed Trinity Explained 70. Why Churches Fail in Their Mission 71. The Christ-Way to Salvation: Prayer, Fasting, and Meditation 72. Seven Postulates of Spiritual Perfection < Part I Table of Contents > < Part II Table of Contents > < Home > |
SAINTHOOD AND COMMUNION OF SAINTS EXPLAINED
Sainthood is holiness. This means one is free from any stain of sin. But to be free torn any stain of sin, one must be pure in thoughts, words, and deeds. This means one has to follow the dictates of one's conscience. This means one has to have positive vibrations devoid of negative feelings like envy, anger, hatred, greed, pessimism, and like feelings. This means one's outlook is always optimistic, imbued with child-like faith that everything will turn out right. In short, sainthood means oozing with Love for one's fellow men and with God. And one does this if first he keeps away from sin. Then, he avoids negative feelings.
The Role of Conscience
For one to stay away from sin, man has the guide: the imperfect Ten Commandments. He also has his conscience. One's conscience tells him whether an action is correct or not. The trouble is that some try to fool their conscience or simply rationalize or even voluntarily shut it off. But it is there, present since the time of Adam and Eve when their release of libido opened the door of their conscience. And God now and then sends messengers, or even communicate directly as in the case of Moses to align their conscience. In any case, the conscience is God's guide to find out if man belongs to the trash or to the possible grains of creation. So in a way the stain in one's soul because of sin is a way of eliminating outright the trash.
But what is left is not the pure grain right away. Further tests have to be given like whether one is perfect in Will Power, Intelligence, and Love. Before, so many thought that with holiness one can enter heaven right away. They were fooled. How about being perfect in Will Power, Intelligence, and Love? How about paying all of one's karmic debts? How about being detached from material things? These were conveniently forgotten.
Requirements for Anointment
Thus, the Catholic Church simply looks at the life of a parishioner and investigates his life experiences. If there is allegiance to faith at the expense of life (martyrdom), if there is evidence of a life of purity due to self-abnegation and devoting oneself to a life of prayer, or if there is an accomplishment like founding a church, then one is anointed saint provided a miracle is performed through his intercession.
Usually, while on Earth the person anointed saint has not been able to perform such miracles. So following our assertion that death simply separates the spirit from the body and all powers and knowledge of the person are therefore retained by him, so it is evident that his dying alone cannot explain his suddenly having such powers. In other words, mere separation of one's spirit from one's body will not entitle one to extraordinary powers he did not have before. Because to achieve these powers, the person must have worked for them before. But on the other hand, death brings with it the birth or the Awareness of one's previous lives such that his other consciousness in his previous lives reasserts again.
In short, by dying the would-be saint is now in full possession of his subconscious knowledge and powers. And if he had these powers in previous lives, then the person can perform such miracles as claimed by the Church. Thus unknowingly, there are saints of the Catholic Church who were magicians before but in their just concluded life reformed and lived a Christ-like life. And when the person concerned was invoked by the Cardinals to perform miracles to quality as saint, his "magician"-part easily exhibited the said powers which he could very well have done before them while he was on Earth.
God Assigns Miracle Performers
And so those without powers who lived the same Christ-like way will have little chance to become a saint or patron saint of the Catholic Church. Unless of course God the Father seeing that in her locality there is no supervisor, and so designates her for the role. So in the invocation by the Cardinals for the candidate for sainthood to perform miracles, God the Father gives her the "pass" in the form of mantra for her to say or "think" which when said will release the od and at the same time order "miracle-performer" spirits to do the magic. It is perfectly valid because the Church believes the "miracle" was performed through God. Little do they know that it was done only by God the Father's special messenger, his "miracle-performer" spirits.
Actual Meaning of Sainthood
And so the individual is canonized as saint. But it does not mean the so-called saint is free from any karmic debt. It does not mean she is already perfect in Will Power. Nor does it mean that she is totally detached from material things. It simply means she has passed these four tests with at least 51 % grade. And the supervisory job given her by God the Father is part of her continuing the earning of the remaining 49% in the astral plane.
So from this discussion, you can see a "saint" is not a perfect human being. If ever God allows his messenger a spirit with the power of touch who can make things materialize to perform for the designated "saint," it is because the saint is being promoted. Another reason is the intensity of the prayers of the constituents, like for example the founders of the different orders of charity or religious organizations who are intensely and regularly prayed for by members of their orders. Because of the prayers, God allows the "sainthood" on Earth.
Lorenzo Ruiz
It is at this similar point that God allowed the sainthood of Lorenzo Ruiz, a man with ordinary accomplishment, as answer to the prayers of Filipinos to give them a saint. There were others more deserving than him. But since they are not known and since they have not been petitioned as "saints-to-be," then God does not impose His will. When a person has done something great, like St. Ignatius de Loyola, it is inevitable that the Catholic Church will mark him for sainthood. Church politics might delay. Religious organizations' envy might put obstacles along the sainthood of a member of a rival religious organization but if watered with prayers, the saint-to-be will blossom into a full-pledged saint.
Duties of Saints
Now the question is this. Why does God allow such existence of saints, who are really no saints if you define sainthood as including perfection in Will Power, Intelligence, and Love, perfect in detachment and full payment of karmic debt? God allows it because of the need for supervisors. Here is somebody presenting and for whom the people are praying hard for, and so God simply grants their wish. As for the supervisor saint, his duty is to instill religious fervor in his area of responsibility. He is supposed to bring the prayers of the faithful to God the Father. He is supposed to appease the left spirits out to collect the karmic debts of his constituents. And he does this through the payment of the credits earned by prayers. And hence the feast of the saint is celebrated to honor the saint and also for the saint to collect "prayers" for payment of his constituents' karmic debts. Sometimes he succeeds. Sometimes not.
Corruption of Fiesta Celebration
The problem now is that the left spirits have enticed the parishioners to make the fiesta celebration more of a material occasion rather than the praying together of the community for the saint to gather credits to be used as part payment for the combined karmic debts of his parishioner so that misfortune, disaster, or pestilence may no longer visit the place. But alas the celebration for the patron saint has been corrupted into an orgy of food, or beauty queens, lewd shows, lotteries, and all kinds of leisure/pleasure promotion. Thus, the main purpose has been defeated just like in the Spanish times.
Pray For But Do not Worship Patron Saints
With this expose, should one worship one's assigned saint. Definitely no. It would be idolatry. But one can offer prayers to him like an "Our Father," as when one offers an "Our Father" to a higher spirit purposely suited for the job, like the Archangels or your Guardian Angel who were tasked to help man climb the spiritual ladder of perfection. The guideline therefore is to pray for but not to worship patron saints.
The Nature of Novenas
On the other hand, the saints being human before and being not fully detached from material things readily accede and help in the granting of material requests of man. Hence, the proliferation of novenas. The saint being human before understands your predicament and is more inclined to help according to your wishes. If no help is extended it is because it has been denied or because the petitioner has so much karmic debts that lord karma collected even the 9th granting of the prayer. And the saint, being inferior spirit, cannot do anything. But sometimes, lord karma lets go for ulterior motive as when he thinks the individual might be easily tempted because of the granting of the prayer through novena.
This discussion hopes to put to rest the raging controversy among Catholics and Protestants. And God in a way is happy over this saint business as he can see in actuality the "helping" of man for man, the communion of saints. But it is wrong to ascribe to them extra powers and to worship them. You can venerate them, yes, to serve as a poor example for the imperfect man. What God really wants is for you to imitate Jesus Christ and not a poor substitute. But the saint can be source of material help for some. Through novena. Ordinary prayers will not suffice.
Assistance from Guardian Angels More Efficient
But in the final analysis, one can get better assistance by seeking help from his Guardian Angel. These angels were specifically tasked by God for the said job. But the left spirits succeeded in deflecting later Church officials by putting up this sainthood system. As a result, the more efficient intercession of the Guardian Angel was relegated to the background. Hence, its revival has to be done if man is to advance dramatically. This is best exemplified by the extraordinary help extended by the Seven Archangels and their General Samo, and Christ the King himself, for these inspirations to be successfully received by men.
All Should Aspire to Sainthood
And so this is how one should look at the concept of sainthood. In the final analysis, everyone should aspire to become an "unrecognized" saint. But if someone aspires for sainthood hoping that someday his status will be like that of a saint canonized by the Church, he does not really deserve to become a saint. For doing that, he is not humble enough and free from attachment to pride. He does not deserve to become a saint to be emulated by others.
Have Jesus Christ as Model
It is understandable in the olden times to have models. And these saints provided men then the easier goal to attain. Jesus Christ as model to imitate was too high for others follow, too hard for them to imitate. But today, the model to imitate should now be the Son of God and not an ordinary saint. Aim for the stars and not just the tree tops, so that at least you reach the astral plane!
The Power of Relics Explained
As for the relics of saints, have they powers? Remember when God promotes, or rather accedes to the prayers of saints-to-be admirers, God gives the saint od together with the mantra that commands the miracle performer spirits to bring in the required magic performance. The saint-to-be being imperfect instead of diffusing his special gift from God to his would-be constituents instead embeds the od to his relics and remains. The od was given because of the intense prayers of the constituents. Hence, in very few instances is there canonization taking place in a brief time. The people are asked by the Cardinals to pray. And these prayers are converted by God as od to be given to the saint-to-be. And our hero embeds it on his relics. Hence, these relics possess powers like those we the Archangels bless. But it is wrong to worship these relics. This is also true for the images of the saints.
As the prayers accumulate for his veneration, he exchanges them with od and embeds it in his statues that could serve briefly as his residence in a manner similar to "anting-anting." From that vantage point, the saint can detect the sincere from the insincere petitioner. He can see who needs the urgent help and he helps just like we help. The saint inspires generous people to help him the petitioner.
Devotion Is Symbiotic
Devotion to a saint is a two-way street. It is a symbiotic relationship. The prayers offered to the saint lift him up as he exerts effort in helping the petitioner like through the novena. But to serve as model, one should aim for the best model, Jesus Christ who showed the way.
And so from here you can see that the other churches who do not have saints are partly correct and partly wrong. Saints are to be used as additional aid in one's material and spiritual perfection. The Archangels can do the job better. But one should not make a saint his model as the saint like him is imperfect. He should imitate Jesus Christ instead.
St. Germain Succeeded Through the Christ-Way
Look at St. Germain. He applied the Christ-way and was able to attain the ultimate of manhood --- the rainbow body, and thus became an ascended master. Someone who could take his material body with that high vibration and so all his bodies, all his duplicates with none left behind, ascend to heaven. Whereas the saints, their physical bodies and even their duplicates #1 are left in their tombs.
Aquarian Sainthood Defined
And so from here, let us expand the concept of sainthood. Before, becoming a saint simply required being pure in thoughts, words, and deeds and living a life free from sin. Today, in the Age of Aquarius, in the age of enlightenment, you cannot have a simple saint. Our Aquarian Saint must pass the seven steps to freedom namely: (1) Detachment from all material things like sex, gold, and pride; (2) Purity in thoughts, words, and deeds; (3) Perfection in Will Power, Intelligence, and Love; (4) Full payment of karmic debts; Attainment of the above four steps through (5) Prayers; (6) Fasting, and (7) Meditation. If one follows the above seven steps, then he can truly become a saint. And if cardinals left behind on Earth invoke him, then our Aquarian Saint will simply ask God for the permit and come and perform such easy miracles which he could do while still alive. Thus, our Aquarian Saint is not afraid of the devil for he has conquered the devil in him. He is a power to reckon with. And he recognizes the true power above: God, for without Him he is nothing, as God is the source of his powers. He is fortunate to learn how to use those powers.
And so the mission of the new minister of God is not to inculcate devotion to the old saints. The new minister of God should urge his parishioners to instead aspire to become an Aquarian Saint. They can --- with effort -- by imitating Jesus Christ. This is what is meant by Jesus Christ when he says, "I am the truth, the life and the way." He is the way to sainthood, not the old type but the real sainthood, the way which anyone, minister or not, believer or unbeliever, can aspire for and become -- a true Aquarian Saint.
The unbeliever, half-way in his honest effort and search, will be rewarded by belief. And what Jesus Christ really desires is for every one of us to become an Aquarian Saint. When he faces God the Father or even God the Infinite, He could proudly say, 'These are my Aquarian Saints, who will worship you forever."
And so aspire, you new ministers of God, to become Aquarian Saints. It is not easy, at first. But it is not hard either. Keep trying and the goal is at hand. Soon, when your karmic debts have been fully paid, you can devote full time to the other steps such that eventually you attain Aquarian sainthood. It will come. You will be one when you no longer really aspire for it. That is the time when the Christ in you, seeing the purity in heart, the high vibration in you, will visit you on a Full Moon and finding he is welcome, will come and merge with you. And with that you can heal and do miracles just like Jesus Christ because now you are not just an Aquarian Saint, but a Christ yourself --- the anointed one. So with that have Jesus Christ as a model. You can do it. You can aspire for it, if you work beyond your capacity, if you rise up beyond your poor self who now feels overworked. But just the same rise up.
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