토론:묵상

집중

"You were not trained to concentrate in your education in the world.

You were trained to memorize information for brief periods of time in order to meet certain educational requirements,

and then most of these things were forgotten.

You were taught to pass tests to meet temporary or expedient needs.

You were not taught patience or concentration.

You were not taught contemplation or how to abide with greater problems for longer periods of time.

You were not taught how to be single minded."

"How will you understand a Greater Community intelligence? How will you understand what each Greater Community group is doing here and what their purpose is? You will have no possibility of success in finding an answer here if you approach these questions in a casual manner or if you merely attach yourself to pleasing or comforting ideas. You will have to concentrate on, contemplate and live with these questions without an immediate answer."

"The Greater Community Way of Knowledge focuses upon a larger context of life where concentration has increasing value and merit. It is a unique preparation. It teaches concentration because it teaches you how to focus your mind. It teaches concentration because it teaches you to still your mind, which takes great concentration. It teaches you to think constructively, and it teaches you the art of contemplation, where you learn how to think about something in a gradual and penetrating way."

행동과 묵상

"You are learning now, how to distinguish between action and contemplation. There is a time to act. And there is a time to not act but to be alert, like a hunter who must wait oh so long for the right moment to act. This ability to stalk your prey, whether it be an animal on the hunt or Knowledge within yourself, is something that has been lost in your society to a great extent. People are so over-stimulated that they have no sense of proportion."

"In stillness, what needs to be known at this time will become apparent either quickly or slowly depending on the situation. Yet whenever you feel that you have received an answer or an insight, be with it sufficiently before putting it into action. What [does] sufficient mean here? Moments, days, weeks, months depending on the situation. You must really be with this to understand what I am telling you here."