I was sitting in my backyard recently, enjoying the sight and scent of our newly planted flowers and reflecting on my life. It seems I’ve always been driven to reach for something else, to search for the joy that I thought had eluded me all of my life. I always needed something more to be the bandaid that would cover the old wounds. ‘Maybe a new hobby will make me happy.’ ‘Maybe I just need a new pair of shoes.’ ‘Maybe I’ll be happier when we retire and travel more.’ ‘Maybe I just need this or that.’ But then I took stock in everything I have and am grateful for. My cappuccino in the morning. My family and friends. Health. The ability to love others. The blog. The fact that Erik’s happy and my children are all doing extremely well. Hell, I even put hair products on my “Happiness Inventory” along with over 70 other things. Without those products, I’d be walking around looking like Donald King. Then and there, I made my decision that if nothing in my life changes from this moment until the day that I die, I’ll be perfectly fine. Joy was with me all along. As Abraham Lincoln once said, “You’re only as happy as you’ve made up your mind to be.” I’ve decided to be happy.
Me Without Hair Products
Okay, so, not to change subjects or anything, but we had all sorts of technical problems with the online class venue that Jamie uses called Learn it Live. No one could get on. This is the second time this has happened so she’s going to have to use something else. Maybe Google Hangout on Air? Feedback? Suffice it to say that she’s going to reschedule it. That’ll give you a chance to sign up if you haven’t. Bending spoons and spinning pie pans for a captive audience will definitely go on my Happiness Inventory list! Now for the main event.
Me: Can you tell me a little bit about the Knights Templar and the Freemasons like what their purpose was?
Erik: What, you mean in all the made up religion and shit like that?
Huh?
Me: Were they purely a political military group under the guise of the religion of the Catholic Church?
Erik: They were created out of a political need, but not the way you think because they turned against the Catholics to protect the true belief system that Catholicism was trying to bury and hide to manipulate people. They were not going to let that happen. They were truly seekers of truth.
Me: So, were they the keepers of the truth or seekers of the truth?
Erik: Both.
Me: Were they a group of monks who took up arms, or were they originally a group of noblemen who took up arms?
Erik: They were mostly monks that took up arms, but they were led and guided by noblemen who already knew how to fight. It was a mix.
Me: Well, what’s the deal here? Are we talking about God, but they’re taking up arms? How can they reconcile that with their religious beliefs?
Erik: They were defending the relics and killing the people who were lying about the truth of the religion and using religion to control aspects of the government and whatever.
Me: So, they had to use violence for the greater good?
Erik: Yes.
Me: That’s weird. Do souls who have been a part of groups that hold knowledge reincarnate into later groups that hold the same knowledge even though the time and place are different? This comes from a blog member. I just don’t totally understand it.
Erik: Well, the question you just asked isn’t bad.
Me: Okay. Fine.
Erik: It made sense. He’s asking if the Knights of the Templar, when they all dies, reincarnate together with the same knowledge to continue their efforts on Earth, but you really have to get your head out of the game. Your belief system, the way that you’re trying to perceive it and trying to learn from history can skew what the truth really is. They do come back in similar groups just like family, soul families. Remember, though, I’m explaining this in terms of your linear Earth time so you can understand it easier. They’re part of the same soul family, but they don’t always come back with the same knowledge. This is Earth. It’s like Russian roulette. How much are you gonna remember? What are you going to stumble across? How much spiritual amnesia are you going to swallow this time?
Me: Oh! Is freemasonry a derivative the Knights of Templar, or were the two groups just combined in history to create some sort of unconfirmed lineage, like combining he AFL-CIO with the Farm Workers Union or something?
Erik: Combined.
Me: Okay, so what’s the difference between the two?
Erik: Between the Freemasons and the Knights of Templar?
Me: Yeah.
Erik: Level of intelligence and respect.
Me: Oh, okay. Which one is on top?
Erik: The Freemasons because they’re really taking all of that sacred knowledge of religion and putting it into action. They’re not fighting to keep it protected. They’re saying, “Let’s use it. Let’s see every man as being a brother.” They’ve really changed the country. Now the Freemasons are about being a better person.
Me: So that’s what you mean by putting that knowledge into use—to become a better person.
Erik: Yes.
Me: The knowledge of love and compassion and all that.
Erik: Yes.
Do they accept women into the Freemason’s. I doubt it. If not, how does excluding an entire sex make one a better person?
