All Men Are Created Equal, and Do to Others as You Would Have Them Do To You
All Men Are Created Equal
"All men are created equal" is part of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, which Thomas Jefferson penned in 1776 during the beginning of the American Revolution that reads, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness". The phrase was present in Jefferson's original draft of the declaration.
Indeed, when men were born, they all had the right to live, and the right to experience life. Life is an apprenticeship. Some men, like Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, took advantage of the opportunities presented to them in their lives to become wealthy. Others, such as David Rockefeller, Jacob Rothschild, and John Adams Morgan, were born from wealthy families. While easily envied, wealthy people have their lives to experience and lessons to learn. Sometimes, their life lessons are more challenging than a beggar on a street because they have more temptations to grow spiritually. As John McEnroe, a well-known American tennis player, once said, "life is a learning process and you have to try to learn what's best for you."
Evidence strongly suggests that our physical body is just a tool for spiritual learnings in life. Dr. Brian Weiss, M.D., a prominent psychiatrist who graduated magna cum laude, from Columbia University and Yale Medical School, spent years treating his patients using psychotherapy and hypnosis. In his book "Many Lives, Many Masters", he describes information he received from his patients who had near-death experiences and those who could recall their past lives: "Our task is to learn, to become God-like through knowledge." and "God is in each of us," etc. Thus, if it is indeed that God is in each of us, then all men and women would be indeed created equal, and it is just the different life lessons that we learn that result in our perceived differences in wealth, social status, physical characteristics.
Do to Others as You Would Have Them Do To You
Scientific evidence suggests that Jesus was right when he said "Do to Others as You Would Have Them Do To You" in Luke 6:31. Dr. Raymond A Moody, MD, a forensic psychiatrist, wrote in his book "Life After Life" that people who have near death experiences often describe that they had a "rapid succession of visual images" of their past, and that they were able to feel the emotional feelings and physical sensations of those who were well-treated or ill-treated by them. Books written by Michael Newton, Ph.D. such as "Journey of Souls" and "Life Between Lives" also describe similar experiences. Those who wronged others or murdered others would feel tremendous guilt and they frequently choose to live the lives of those who they wronged or murdered, just to experience, to learn, or to take it as a punishment in order to feel less guilty about the misdeed they did in the past. As a result, it is just like what Dr. Brian Weiss, M.D. wrote in his book, "Acts of violence and injustices against people do not go unnoted, but is repaid in kind in another lifetime." And perhaps this is why Jesus said, "Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift." (Matthew 5:23-24)
The Ten Commandments in the Bible teach us to honor our father and mother, to not murder, not commit adultery, not steal, not bear false witness against our neighbor, etc. Isn't it is helping us to live a right life and not be regretful when we have our "life review" after we die?
Today, many people seek for material wealth, political power, and social status. However, Phil Quinn, a well known medium that can communicate with those who have already passed away, tells us that the dead was never regretful about having missed opportunities to obtain more wealth, power, or social status, but they often will feel regretful about not giving more love to their families members, and feel satisfied when they helped people in need, especially strangers, and especially so when they did so anonymously.
Thus, it may look foolish for those who try to excel in a material life rather than a spiritual life, and even more foolish for those who try to gain more energy, look younger (using adrenochrome), or prolong their physical life through means that may be harmful to others (such as a distorted practice of Yab-Yum, a form of tantric sex). As Dr. Weiss explains in his book, "the fear of death... that no amount of money or power can neutralize"... remains within us. "But if people knew that life is endless; so we never die; we were never really born, this fear would dissolve."
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