토론:앎으로 가는 계단
"God’s New Revelation for the world has provided you the Steps to Knowledge, the great universal teaching that will prepare you for this deeper engagement so that you can begin to realize that you live with two minds—your worldly mind, which has been conditioned by your family, culture and possibly religion; and the deeper mind of Knowledge that represents the part of you that is still connected to God. They are completely different."[1]
앎으로 가는 계단을 밟으라
"Taking the steps to Knowledge" ... "will teach you how to listen within yourself. They will teach you how to become patient and observant. They will help you to settle down and become less restless. They will relieve you of your anxiety, which drives you constantly in life. They will enable you to experience your deeper feelings and emotions and to forgive those individuals and those circumstances that you feel have wounded you in the past."[2]
"If you are studying Steps to Knowledge in order to have more ideas, new insights or to keep the excitement going and if you continue in the preparation, you will be able to become aware of your motives. At some point, you will come to realize that your motives and the offering of Steps to Knowledge are not the same, so either you must abandon the preparation in order to serve your motives or abandon your motives in order to participate in the preparation. At some point, people reach this juncture and their whole motivation for study has to be completely re-evaluated. The real motivation for studying Steps to Knowledge is mysterious. The real reason you do it is that you must do it. That is Knowledge. Only Knowledge can motivate you to find Knowledge. Other interests— accumulation, acquisition, escape, excitement, love—cannot take you to Knowledge."[3]
비유
"Our teaching is very simple. It takes time, it has many steps, but it is very unified. You can always come back to it. It is like an old friend who waits for you while you stop by the side of the road to ponder and think and imagine and dream. Then you come back and say, 'Okay, let’s go on together.' And you go on together."[4]
각주
- ↑ The New God Experience: The Deep Union With God
- ↑ Love and Relationships: A Deeper Recognition in Relationships
- ↑ Wisdom from the Greater Community, Book 2, Chapter 2: Possessions
- ↑ Wisdom from the Greater Community, Book 1, Chapter 21: Enduring Happiness