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disciple
To make disciples of;
to convert to doctrine or
principles.
One who
embraces and assists in
spreading the teachings of
another.
One who receives
instruction from
another; a scholar; a learner;
especially, a follower who has learned to
believe in the truth of the
doctrine of his
teacher; an adherent in
doctrine.
A disciple of Jesus is one
who (1) believes his
doctrine, (2) rests on his
sacrifice, (3) imbibes his
spirit, and (4) imitates his example (Matt. 10:24; Luke 14:26, 27,
33; John 6:69).
"The next thing in the
attainment of the inner life is to seek a spiritual guide - someone whom a man can
absolutely trust and have every confidence in, someone to whom one can look up
to, and one with whom one is in sympathy -
a relationship which would culminate in what is
called devotion. And if once he has found someone in life that he considers his Guru, his Murshad, his guide,
then he should give him all confidence, so that not a thing is kept back. If
there is something kept back, then what is given might just as well be taken
away, because everything must be done fully, either have confidence or not have
confidence, either have trust or not have trust. On the path of perfection, all
things must be done fully." - Hazrat Inayat Khan
Bahaudin Naqshband was visited by a group of
seekers.
The found him in his courtyard, surrounded by disciples, in
the midst of what seemed obviously to be revels.
Some of the newcomers
said: 'How obnoxious - this is no way to behave, whatever the pretext.'
They tried to remonstrate with the master.
Others said: 'This seems
to us excellent - we like this kind of teaching, and wish to take part in it.'
Yet others said: 'We arc partly perplexed and wish to know more about
this puzzle.'
The remainder said to one another: 'There may be some
wisdom in this, but whether we should ask about it or not we do not know.'
The teacher sent them all away.
And all these people spread, in
conversation and in writing, their opinions of the occasion. Even those who did
not allude to their experience directly were affected by it, and their speech
and works reflected their beliefs about it. Some time later certain members of
this party again passed that way.
They called upon the teacher.
Standing at his door, they noticed that within the courtyard he and his
disciples now sat, decorously, deep in contemplation.
'This is better,'
said some of the visitors, 'for he has evidently learned from our protests.'
'This is excellent,' said others, 'for last time he was undoubtedly
only testing us.'
'This is too somber,' said others, 'for we could have
found long faces anywhere.' And there were other opinions, voiced and
otherwise.
The sage, when the time of reflection was over, sent all
these visitors away.
Much later, a small number returned and sought his
interpretation of what they had experienced.
They presented themselves
at the gateway, and looked into the courtyard.
The teacher sat there,
alone, neither reveling nor in meditation.
His disciples were now
nowhere to be seen.
'You may at last hear the whole story he said, for
I have been able to dismiss my pupils, since the task is done.
'When
you first came, that class of mine had been too serious - I was in process of
applying the corrective.
The second time you came, they had been too
gay - I was applying the corrective.
'When a man is working, he does
not always explain his self to casual visitors, however interested the visitors
may think themselves to be. When an action is in progress, what counts is the
correct operation of that action. Under these circumstances, external
evaluation becomes a secondary concern.
to instruct in a
doctrine, principle, ideology, etc., esp. to imbue with a specific partisan or
biased belief or point of view.
to teach or inculcate.
to imbue
with learning.
To instruct in a body of doctrine or principles.
To imbue with a partisan or ideological point of view:
to implant by repeated
statement or admonition; teach persistently and earnestly
to cause or
influence (someone) to accept an idea or
feeling
To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent
instruction or repetition; instill:
To teach (others) by frequent
instruction or repetition; indoctrinate:
disciples or luminaries of
GodThose that are unable to reject God's call to serve. Disciples
or luminaries of God typically identified by the schism created when they point
out the hypocrisy of the rejection of the underpinning foundations of their
personal religion in favor of the acceptance of myth as literal fact and dogma
as all important. In the past many disciples or luminaries of God were dealt
with in harsh ways - such as being "put to the question" (tortured) during the
multiple Inquisitions.
Luminaries of God include:
Akhenaten, Abraham, Moses,
Lao Tze, Jesus, Moses
Maimonides, Muhammad ibn
‘Abdulla-h, Thomas Aquinas,
Johannes Eckhart,
William of Ockham,
Saint Teresa of Avila,
Martin Luther,
Baruch Spinoza,
John Locke, Bahá'u'lláh,
Henry David Thoreau,
Ralph Waldo Emerson,
Charles Darwin,
John Muir, George Orwell, Edward Abbey, Aldous Leonard Huxley,
C. S. Lewis,
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin,
Martin Luther King
Jr.,
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Jesus
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