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🕊️ The Pillar of Consecration — Learning to Create Good in the Universe

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  🕊️ The Pillar of Consecration — Learning to Create Good in the Universe   “The Pillar of Consecration teaches us to examine the effects of our actions and consciously create good in the universe.” There is a difference between having experiences and becoming a different person because of them. That may be one of the deepest truths hidden inside the Pillar of Consecration. Most of us were raised in Babylon’s rhythm: have fast, consume quickly, react emotionally, collect experiences, survive the week, repeat. But the Nemenhah teaching on consecration slows everything down. It asks: What effect did my actions produce? Did my choices create peace or burden? Did my words strengthen or wound? What good have I actually brought into the world? Can what I have created be consecrated? That is a very different way to live. ðŸŒą Consecration Is More Than Giving Away Possessions Most people hear the word consecration and think: “giving surplus to the poor.” That is only the outer layer....

The LDS Temple Endowment and the Nemenhah Tuhhuhl Nuhmehn

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  The LDS Temple Endowment and the Nemenhah Tuhhuhl Nuhmehn Two Ceremonial Journeys—and One Great Question: Will We Enter His Presence? I remain an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I love the people of the Church, and I am grateful for the peace, reflection, and spiritual instruction that many of us have received in the temple. This article is not written to mock the temple or diminish anyone’s sacred experience. But after reading the Nemenhah Records, I have begun asking a deeper question: Is the ordinance itself the destination—or is it a map meant to teach us how to come into a living relationship with Jesus Christ? The Nemenhah temple account, called the Tuhhuhl Nuhmehn , contains many features that will feel immediately familiar to endowed Latter-day Saints: Adam and Eve, heavenly messengers, sacred clothing, priesthood, washing and anointing, signs and tokens, covenants, sacrifice, instruction at a veil, and finally an invitation to enter the ...