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"We do not say, 'Escape into the moment. There is no future,' because this is merely irresponsible."<ref>''Wisdom from the Greater Community'', Book 1, Chapter 8: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-6/wisdom-greater-community-book-1/not-worry-future Preparing for the Future]</ref>
 
"We do not say, 'Escape into the moment. There is no future,' because this is merely irresponsible."<ref>''Wisdom from the Greater Community'', Book 1, Chapter 8: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-6/wisdom-greater-community-book-1/not-worry-future Preparing for the Future]</ref>
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"This need to escape your own anxiety, your own discomfort, leads to endless pursuits, endless distractions, none of which can resolve your fundamental problem. And your fundamental problem is your mind is not connected to Knowledge within yourself, so the mind and the Spirit are disconnected."<ref>''Deepening Your Spiritual Practice'': [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-3/deepening-your-spiritual-practice/deepening-your-spiritual-practice Deepening Your Spiritual Practice]</ref>
  
 
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worldly burdens and conflicts. But difficulties will continue."<ref>''Wisdom from the Greater Community'', Book 1, Chapter 21: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-6/wisdom-greater-community-book-1/enduring-happiness Enduring Happiness]</ref>
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"The personal side is all about fear and survival. It knows that it cannot overcome the forces of nature and that its fight to survive will in time be overwhelmed, and so it seeks comfort and escape."<ref name="wbi11"/>
 
  
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"The personal side is fundamentally concerned with survival. Once it has made sure it has enough food for the body, enough clothing and shelter, it goes about seeking approval, for that is its desperate need, which is also based on survival. It is very needy. It has great anxiety about life because it is [[temporary]], and it faces annihilation or infringement from so many different sources that it cannot account for them all. Therefore, it is fundamentally fearful and unhappy. To allay its unhappiness, it seeks for stimulation and escape. It does not want to know, for Knowledge is fearful to it. [[Knowledge]] represents pain and loss and a threat to its [[survival]]. The personal side is not [[evil]]; it is only helpless. It cannot function on its own because it is like a child."<ref name="wbi11">''Wisdom from the Greater Community'', Book 1, Chapter 11: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-6/wisdom-greater-community-book-1/power-and-responsibility Power and Responsibility]</ref>
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"The personal side is all about fear and survival. It knows that it cannot overcome the forces of nature and that its fight to survive will in time be overwhelmed, and so it seeks comfort and escape."<ref name="wbi11">''Wisdom from the Greater Community'', Book 1, Chapter 11: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-6/wisdom-greater-community-book-1/power-and-responsibility Power and Responsibility]</ref>
  
 
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==References==

Revision as of 14:55, 16 May 2022

"We do not say, 'Escape into the moment. There is no future,' because this is merely irresponsible."[1]

"This need to escape your own anxiety, your own discomfort, leads to endless pursuits, endless distractions, none of which can resolve your fundamental problem. And your fundamental problem is your mind is not connected to Knowledge within yourself, so the mind and the Spirit are disconnected."[2]

"You can be fully present and find temporary escape from your worldly burdens and conflicts. But difficulties will continue."[3]

"The personal side is all about fear and survival. It knows that it cannot overcome the forces of nature and that its fight to survive will in time be overwhelmed, and so it seeks comfort and escape."[4]

References

  1. ↑ Wisdom from the Greater Community, Book 1, Chapter 8: Preparing for the Future
  2. ↑ Deepening Your Spiritual Practice: Deepening Your Spiritual Practice
  3. ↑ Wisdom from the Greater Community, Book 1, Chapter 21: Enduring Happiness
  4. ↑ Wisdom from the Greater Community, Book 1, Chapter 11: Power and Responsibility

See also

Escape

Spiritual bypass

Further study

  • Wisdom from the Greater Community, Book 1, Chapter 25: Escaping Fear
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