The Inquisition was a very traumatic time for many orthodox and heretical Christians and the residues remain in many personalities still.
One issue common to many who were tortured then is a problem with sleeping in a room with a ticking clock. The sufferers lie there constantly awaiting the next tick.
When I meet such a person I commonly ask them how they get on with moving escalators - as in shopping centres. And almost all of the clock sufferers also dislike escalators. Some will never use an escalator. (It is an interesting exercise to sit near the top of a busy escalator and observe how many people hesitate, grit their teeth and leap on - mainly women)
Others have trouble with hot or sharp objects - often becoming clumsy in their fear.
And of course most have some fear of being abused by those in authority.
I recall a woman in the meditation group who had suffered for years from a hip problem that resisted treatment. When she asked my perception of it I suggested that it might be karmic from her roles in the Inquisition.
She did not show much emotion at the time, but later, I heard from another meditator, became very angry and refused ever to return to the group.
The Inquisition remains a touchy subject for many participants.
Why would clocks and escalators be a worry to them?
Imagine yourself as a witness to an Inquisition torture chamber. What makes a ticking noise? What reminds you of the top of an escalator?
I've never heard an escalator tick. If yours does, it must need maintenance.
They say Japan was made by a sword. They say the old gods dipped a coral blade into the ocean, and when they pulled it out four perfect drops fell back into the sea, and those drops became the islands of Japan. I say, Japan was made by a handful of brave men. Warriors, willing to give their lives for what seems to have become a forgotten word: honor. -The Last Samurai
I've never heard an escalator tick. If yours does, it must need maintenance.
Tamrin, I am hopeless with banter, but you are bantering right {I am too serious for my own good }
I'm Henka, not Tamrin.
They say Japan was made by a sword. They say the old gods dipped a coral blade into the ocean, and when they pulled it out four perfect drops fell back into the sea, and those drops became the islands of Japan. I say, Japan was made by a handful of brave men. Warriors, willing to give their lives for what seems to have become a forgotten word: honor. -The Last Samurai
Doh!! Ooopps sorry, must be obsessed with Tamrin or something ;D
IT was banter thought right
Of course. We can't be serious all the time. Not good for you.
They say Japan was made by a sword. They say the old gods dipped a coral blade into the ocean, and when they pulled it out four perfect drops fell back into the sea, and those drops became the islands of Japan. I say, Japan was made by a handful of brave men. Warriors, willing to give their lives for what seems to have become a forgotten word: honor. -The Last Samurai
Some Freemasons confuse spiritual matters with religion so the warning might have come from a mistaken point of view.
I find it difficult to see how a mason can fathom the hidden mysteries of their beloved Craft without the Keys of Spirit/Wisdom.
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'Authority' does have a lot to answer for and is to be treated with caution, imo. It can and still does come down hard on those that oppose it. Look at the world situation today.
Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting…trailing clouds of glory do we come from God, who is our home -Wordsworth
Another possible sign of past life memory with regard to the Inquisition is unreasonable anger when confronted by fundamentalism and its threats of damnation in any shape or form, particularly if an individual fundamentalist known to one levels an accusation completely false.
I was brought up in fundamentalist circles and learnt to mask my rage by an outward appearance of compliance. Then once, as an adult a 'fundamentalist' engaged me to teach his children the piano, then, after a few months, having acknowledged I was doing a good job he took them away on the grounds that I was a bad influence on them because I did not have the right belief. O yes, this happened in Australia in the 1999s.
Since becoming a Co-Mason I have learnt to deal with this sought of thing, to turn negative to positive energy, dispense with ill feeling, live in the light, and move on. Part of the old problem was that whenever I came up against people with this sort of outlook I always knew I had met it all before, with most unpleasant results.
{I am too serious for my own good 
}
Ooopps sorry, must be obsessed with Tamrin or something ;D 
