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"...the world is a place where you have come to serve, to give and to reunite with those whom you are destined to meet, to know and to participate with.... The world is primarily a place to give.... You have come from beyond the world bearing gifts for the world.... Instead of a place to proclaim yourself and to establish yourself, it is a place to get something done behind the scenes, in secret, without recognition and acclaim." | "...the world is a place where you have come to serve, to give and to reunite with those whom you are destined to meet, to know and to participate with.... The world is primarily a place to give.... You have come from beyond the world bearing gifts for the world.... Instead of a place to proclaim yourself and to establish yourself, it is a place to get something done behind the scenes, in secret, without recognition and acclaim." | ||
*[[Greater Community Spirituality]], ch. 2, pp. 11-12 | *[[Greater Community Spirituality]], ch. 2, pp. 11-12 | ||
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| + | "God is not managing the world." | ||
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| + | "God is not creating the catastrophes, the storms, the earthquakes, the floods, the droughts." | ||
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| + | "God is watching to see how humanity will deal with a world it has changed—a new world, a new and unpredictable world." | ||
| + | *The Recitation (April 1, 2011) | ||
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== Further Study == | == Further Study == | ||
*[http://www.newmessage.org/chapters/greater-community-spirituality/chapter2.php?bg=black Greater Community Spirituality, chapter 2: ''What Is the World?''] | *[http://www.newmessage.org/chapters/greater-community-spirituality/chapter2.php?bg=black Greater Community Spirituality, chapter 2: ''What Is the World?''] | ||
Revision as of 23:34, 23 September 2011
Short Quotes
"In some traditions the Earth itself is considered sacred—-the entire Earth, not one particular place. But the Earth is not sacred; it is just the Earth."
- The Sacred 4/29/08
Long Quotes
"...the world is a place where you have come to serve, to give and to reunite with those whom you are destined to meet, to know and to participate with.... The world is primarily a place to give.... You have come from beyond the world bearing gifts for the world.... Instead of a place to proclaim yourself and to establish yourself, it is a place to get something done behind the scenes, in secret, without recognition and acclaim."
- Greater Community Spirituality, ch. 2, pp. 11-12
"God is not managing the world."
"God is not creating the catastrophes, the storms, the earthquakes, the floods, the droughts."
"God is watching to see how humanity will deal with a world it has changed—a new world, a new and unpredictable world."
- The Recitation (April 1, 2011)