The act of eating is a service.

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If the Law of One is not easy enough to understand on these matters, we might as well take a look at other teachings.

Matthew 15-11: "It's not what goes into your mouth that defiles you; you are defiled by the words that come out of your mouth."

- Could anyone help me understand this ?

I believe I can offer further comment on this point. Again my view of these teachings is different to that which have often been taught.

In Matthew 15:1-20, Jesus is speaking out against the Pharisees and their overly strict and restrictive religious dogma. The actual point they had challenged him on, was why he does not wash his hands before he eats, as in their view, doing so gains you favour with God, and not doing so goes against his will. Pretty silly right? Demands like this were being taught to the people and it was making it extremely hard for the regular Joe Blow to enter the "Kingdom of Heaven", because he was feeling guilty about not being able to meet every religious criteria. It was impossible to do so without contradicting yourself. (Still relevant today, eh?)

Matthew 15
1. Some Pharisees and teachers of religious law now arrived from Jerusalem to see Jesus. They asked him, 2. “Why do your disciples disobey our age-old tradition? For they ignore our tradition of ceremonial hand washing before they eat.”

3. Jesus replied, “And why do you, by your traditions, violate the direct commandments of God? 4. For instance, God says, ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and ‘Anyone who speaks disrespectfully of father or mother must be put to death.’ 5. But you say it is all right for people to say to their parents, ‘Sorry, I can’t help you. For I have vowed to give to God what I would have given to you.’ 6. In this way, you say they don’t need to honor their parents. And so you cancel the word of God for the sake of your own tradition.

Now a little further down, he brings up the point I was putting forward earlier in this thread, about the concept of right and wrong coming from within your own heart.

16. “Don’t you understand yet?” Jesus asked. 17. “Anything you eat passes through the stomach and then goes into the sewer. 18. But the words you speak come from the heart—that’s what defiles you. 19. For from the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, all sexual immorality, theft, lying, and slander. 20. These are what defile you. Eating with unwashed hands will never defile you.”

Jesus is trying to tell us that our concept of right and wrong, our ability to get into the "Kingdom of Heaven" (which I think is a synonym for 4th Density), is weighed against what is in our heart. Not by what food we eat (Unless of course, what we're eating goes against what is in out hearts!), and by extension, not by blindly following laws and dogma.

Now, a slight tangent, but still relevant.

I am not offended by swearing. I love swearing. To me, swearing is not wrong or evil or offensive. In my heart, I do not feel guilt or shame for cursing, and I do not judge others in a negative manner for cursing either. For me to swear, I'm not doing the "wrong" thing.

But here is the kicker..

My swearing CAN become the "wrong" thing to do if we truly realise Unity. If I was to swear in front of an elderly lady, who I know would feel victimised by someone using that language in a conversation with her, I then become a victim. For is not to teach to learn? To honour to be honoured? To give to receive? To victimise is to become a victim.

Now if I did do that, she has the opportunity to forgive me, stopping the wheel of Karma right there and then, or judge me. If she judges me, is she not really judging herself? For if she so much as thinks the word I have used, in the manner I used it, she is subject to the same judgement. However if she forgives me, she is forgiving herself for any future or past indiscretions. This could go back and forth forever.

This concept is outlined multiple times in Matthew.

Matthew 6
14. “If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you. 15. But if you refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins.

Matthew 7
1. “Do not judge others, and you will not be judged. 2. For you will be treated as you treat others. The standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged.

Matthew 20
16. “So those who are last now will be first then, and those who are first will be last.”

This next one is a nice illustration of the STO right hand and the STS left hand path.

Matthew 25
34. “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world. 35. For I was hungry, and you fed me. I was thirsty, and you gave me a drink. I was a stranger, and you invited me into your home. 36. I was naked, and you gave me clothing. I was sick, and you cared for me. I was in prison, and you visited me.’

37. “Then these righteous ones will reply, ‘Lord, when did we ever see you hungry and feed you? Or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38. Or a stranger and show you hospitality? Or naked and give you clothing? 39. When did we ever see you sick or in prison and visit you?’

40. “And the King will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!’

41. “Then the King will turn to those on the left and say, ‘Away with you, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his demons. 42. For I was hungry, and you didn’t feed me. I was thirsty, and you didn’t give me a drink. 43. I was a stranger, and you didn’t invite me into your home. I was naked, and you didn’t give me clothing. I was sick and in prison, and you didn’t visit me.’

44. “Then they will reply, ‘Lord, when did we ever see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and not help you?’

45. “And he will answer, ‘I tell you the truth, when you refused to help the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were refusing to help me.’

And just to cap things off, anything that you do involving people who feel and think the same way, is fine. To keep with the swearing example, if I am to curse amongst friends who also enjoy cursing, then no one is offended, no one is hurt.

Matthew 18
19. “I also tell you this: If two of you agree here on earth concerning anything you ask, my Father in heaven will do it for you.

As Monica would point out, this is all relative to the STO path, as that's what Jesus was teaching. The rules would differ for those trying to polarise STS.