토론:영적 공동체
"Community is an essential foundation for true personal development and a perfect environment for complete contribution." [1]
공동체의 시작
"True community begins because an individual is experiencing Spiritual Presence to a very great degree. They are being called by something; something inside of them is calling them. If they can open themselves to this and follow its direction, then other people will be drawn to them, and they will be the seed for community." [1]
"The reason that certain individuals are the seed of community is that they are experiencing community within themselves. Their body is no longer a hiding place for one being. It is a meeting ground now. Something is happening. The body is not a sanctuary for one; it is a temple for many. We call this community Spiritual Family." [1]
특성
"Community must be small because it is extremely intimate, but it will be life giving to the community at large, which is society. It is these little embers that keep the fire going." [1]
“Your numbers are small and you will feel isolated in the world. Again and again, you will look to each other and you will think, “You are all that I have.” It is correct that this should be so, for where this awareness emerges, true devotion will follow.” [2]
공동체와 앎의 회복
"To get up this mountain—particularly as you reach its steeper places—you will need a great companionship." [3]
"It is when people are brought together to serve something greater that requires things of them, things that they want to give and things they are not sure they want to give, that real progress is made in the Way of Knowledge. Knowledge deals with what is needed and what is necessary, not what is preferred, wished or debated." [2]
집단심의 힘
"The power of the mind is amplified when two or more people are focused on the same thing, particularly if they are engaged at the level of Knowledge. This has a potency that is greater than what one individual alone can produce and has a greater impact on the mental environment, which means that a group mind can affect other minds if the group is sufficiently focused." [4]
"Only a man or woman who is strong in the Way of Knowledge can withstand a Group Mind focus, but even they will have to have strong allies to assist them." [4]
공헌의 수단으로서
"Community is an essential foundation for true personal development and a perfect environment for complete contribution." [1]
"Greater things are possible given true determination, true companionship and a worthy goal." [5]
각주
추가 학습
- Wisdom from the Greater Community Book 1, Chapter 13: Spiritual Community