When most of us think of the Ten Commandments we picture Charlton Heston, his wild hair streaked with white, staggering down the mountain bearing tablets of stone -- waiting for Cecil B. DeMille to yell "Cut."
That literal depiction of the Book of Exodus seems as far from being relevant to our own lives today as do the ancient sands that Moses trod upon and that have long since blown away.
But we would be wrong.
That literal depiction of the Book of Exodus seems as far from being relevant to our own lives today as do the ancient sands that Moses trod upon and that have long since blown away.
But we would be wrong.
All great spiritual teachings have hidden levels of meaning that our unschooled eyes simply cannot see.
And they are always about one thing, and one thing only: the secrets of self-transformation. They are passed down to us across the ages as timeless guidelines; within them are secret instructions for seekers longing to realize a conscious relationship with the Divine.
And the Ten Commandments are no exception. They are an amazingly profound set of inner laws that you can use to learn about who you really are and all that you have the capacity to become. Much like a ladder that bridges places that can't be reached otherwise, these steps to self-realization have the power to:
And the Ten Commandments are no exception. They are an amazingly profound set of inner laws that you can use to learn about who you really are and all that you have the capacity to become. Much like a ladder that bridges places that can't be reached otherwise, these steps to self-realization have the power to:
- Help you remember your true role in life, and reclaim your right to rise above anything that you now fear
- Reveal the parts of you that have been sabotaging your relationships and causing you to make bad choices
- Strengthen your intuition, connecting you to a more complete way of seeing so that your whole life comes into focus and begins to make beautiful sense
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