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Becoming an Angel is the work of humans.

CHRYSALIS WELCOMES EVERYONE

Chrysalis' year begins the first Sunday after Labor Day in September. Services are held each Sunday at 10AM to 12 Noon. There will be no services held during August 2014. First meeting in the fall will be September 7, 2014.

Sunday Services from 10 am to 11:30 am each week
805 Mercer's Fernery Road
DeLand, FL (the white 2 story farm house)
Pastor - Skuli Thorhallsson

For more information or counseling phone (386) 478-9201

Email questions or requests to chrysalisgarden@gmail.com

Chrysalis Spiritual Center is a Swedenborg based congregation that studies non-deno
minational topics based on the value of certain writings and speech to society as a whole. Services are frequently presented by guest speakers. No denomination is excluded from meeting with us. We welcome all religions, ages, genders and beliefs.

Saturday, December 28, 2013

More than the Ten Commandments

THE 42 COMMANDMENTS OF ANCIENT EGYPT



I. shalt not kill, nor bid anyone kill.

II. Thou shalt not commit adultery or rape.

III. Thou shalt not avenge thyself nor burn with rage.

IV. Thou shalt not cause terror.

V. Thou shalt not assault anyone nor cause anyone pain.

VI. Thou shalt not cause misery.

VII. Thou shalt not do any harm to man or to animals.

VIII. Thou shalt not cause the shedding of tears.

IX. Thou shalt not wrong the people nor bear them any evil intent.

X. Thou shalt not steal nor take that which does not belong to you.

XI. Thou shalt not take more than thy fair share of food.

XII. Thou shalt not damage the crops, the fields, or the trees.

XIII. Thou shalt not deprive anyone of what is rightfully theirs.

XIV. Thou shalt not bear false witness, nor support false allegations.

XV. Thou shalt not lie, nor speak falsely to the hurt of another.

XVI. Thou shalt not use fiery words nor stir up any strife.

XVII. Thou shalt not speak or act deceitfully to the hurt of another.

XVIII. Thou shalt not speak scornfully against others.

XIX. Thou shalt not eavesdrop.

XX. Thou shalt not ignore the truth or words of righteousness.

XXI. Thou shalt not judge anyone hastily or harshly.

XXII. Thou shalt not disrespect sacred places.

XXIII. Thou shalt cause no wrong to be done to any workers or prisoners.

XXIV. Thou shalt not be angry without good reason.

XXV. Thou shalt not hinder the flow of running water.

XXVI. Thou shalt not waste the running water.

XXVII. Thou shalt not pollute the water or the land.

XXVIII. Thou shalt not take God’s name in vain.

XXIX. Thou shalt not despise nor anger God.

XXX. Thou shalt not steal from God.

XXXI. Thou shalt not give excessive offerings nor less than what is due.

XXXII. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s goods.

XXXIII. Thou shalt not steal from nor disrespect the dead.

XXXIV. Thou shalt remember and observe the appointed holy days.

XXXV. Thou shalt not hold back the offerings due God.

XXXVI. Thou shalt not interfere with sacred rites.

XXXVII. Thou shalt not slaughter with evil intent any sacred animals.

XXXVIII. Thou shalt not act with guile or insolence.

XXXIX. Thou shalt not be unduly proud nor act with arrogance.

XL. Thou shalt not magnify your condition beyond what is appropriate.

XLI. Thou shalt do no less than your daily obligations require.

XLII. Thou shalt obey the law and commit no treason.


The 42 Principles of Ma’at, the Goddess who personified the ideals of Truth and Righteousness, were known to all the ancient Egyptians. They have been rephrased here in Biblical Commandment form to make them more intelligible and familiar to moderns. In the original form they were preceded with “I have not” as in “I have not stolen.” The Egyptians believed that when they died, their souls would be judged by these principles. Moses and the Israelites, who were originally Egyptians, would have been familiar with these principles, but after wandering for forty years they seem to have only remembered 8 of them (those highlighted in orange). Moses added three new non-secular commandments; the one about not honoring the other gods, the honoring of their parents, and the one that included their neighbor’s wives and slaves as coveted chattel. The remarkable thing about the principles of Ma’at is not only how much more advanced they are in comparison with the Hebrew Commandments, but how most of them are strikingly relevant to this day.

Various translations of the Declarations of Ma’at exist and they do not all agree in phrasing, order, or even the total number of principles (since some have multiple statements and some are redundant). Versions are available at the following websites, where readers may compare interpretations.

Version 1
http://www.ag-east.org/West/Maat.html

Version 2
http://www.mobeinstitute.com/kmt2002/area.cfm?pi=6&xvc=2

Version 3
http://members.aol.com/TAOofAPU/maat.htm

Version 4
http://www.mich.com/~heru/maat42.html

Thursday, December 26, 2013

New Year's Newsletter

This Christmas Kitten was adopted last year.

 

Statistics for Flitter starting the New Year

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1. Google
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3. Google search

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Sacred Thought
Longing for the Beloved
List of Provocative Websites

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Our address is http://chrysalispiritualcenter.blogspot.com


 

7 Social Hacks For Manipulating People

Tuesday, 23 April 2013 32 comments


1. Whenever someone is angry and confrontational, stand next to them instead of in front of them. You won’t appear as so much of a threat, and they eventually calm down.

2. Open with “I need your help.” People don’t like the guilt of not helping someone out. When asking for a favor from someone, begin your request by saying “I need your help.” It greatly increases your chances of getting that favor done. 

3. Rephrase what the other person says and repeat it back to them. This makes them think you’re listening and really interested in what they’re saying. It makes them feel validated. Obviously, you don’t want to overdo this.

4. If you want someone to agree with you, nod while you talk.This gets the other person to nod too, and they begin to subconsciously think they agree with you.

5. If someone doesn’t like you, ask to borrow a pencil. It is a small enough favor that they won’t say no, and it gets them to like you more.

6. Fold your arms to determine interest. If someone is observing you, they will likely mimic you. Fold your arms, and see if they do it, too.

7. Repeat a person’s name many times during a conversation. It helps you remember it, and makes them like you more.

worlds most interesting Psychology articles read here 

http://www.psychtronics.com/2012/10/interesting-psychology-articles.html

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!


Tuesday, December 17, 2013

HOLOGRAPHIC UNIVERSE?

Our universe is a hologram, and we’re floating inside of it, suggests new research

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An extraordinary theory that has been getting cred lately is one that suggests our own universe is actually a hologram. Now, a new study uncovers evidence that lends further credibility to this terrifying theory.

Entertainment media has been exploring this concept for quite a while, with movies like The Matrix and Vanilla Sky becoming so prevalent in modern-day culture. The Men in Black trilogy features short segments — acting as quick, but thought-provoking jokes — that show some universe (ours or another) as being part of a much larger one. The end of the first movie, for instance, shows that our universe is the size of and held within a marble, kept in an alien’s bag with other universe marbles. If we’re living within a hologram and made to think it’s just our normal universe, there isn’t much of a way we’d know if that’s how it was designed. A disturbing thought, so naturally, some very smart scientists are trying to figure out if we live in the universe as we know it — or not.

Back in 1997, the theory of a holographic universe was first introduced by physicist Juan Maldacena, who theorized that gravity arises from thin, vibrating strings that exist in nine dimensions of space and another of time, whereas real life exists in a universe without gravity. The comparison to the hologram is frequently made because of the way a hologram is created; it’s a three-dimensional image coded onto a two-dimensional surface. The theory suggests that the universe is built in a similar fashion, the higher dimensional part coded onto a flatter, lower dimensional part. So, on a hologram, only one part is tangible — the lower dimensional surface onto which the hologram is coded. The holographic image, though, merely looks three-dimensional. You can’t, for example, touch it with your fingers. Now, pretend that’s the structure of the universe.
Yes, it’s wacky.

Black hole spin

The theory has been discussed for a while now, and a quick Google search will yield many results over the past few years covering the topic — mainly more tiny drops of evidence in a big, mostly empty pool. However, with each drop, that pool fills up just a little more. Two new drops, papers published on the ArXiv preprint server, involve black holes, gravity, and string theory. One paper examines the energy of a black hole, the position of its event horizon, and its entropy. The other paper calculates the internal energy of the corresponding lower dimensional cosmos — the one without gravity. The calculations from both papers matched, and while it isn’t definitive proof, the scientists feel it’s compelling evidence.

Basically, if true, this means that the universe as we know it may be the result of processes happening on some other surface or plane.

Maldacena himself took a look at the computations, and confirmed that they appear to be correct, but did note that the two universe models used in the computations do not resemble our own. However, the computations do prove that a universe could be the result of processes happening in a lower dimension, and thus our universe could indeed be formed in this manner. The computations in the two papers have created a model, and we’d just need to figure out our universe’s appropriate data to plug in.

Thankfully, even though strides have been made, it appears as though scientists will be working to confirm whether or not the universe is a hologram for some time. Ideally, they never figure it out, because the question that comes next — what exactly are we, then — is much more terrifying.
Now read: Humanity’s infinitesimally tiny influence on the universe, or why we haven’t met any aliens yet