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"So, the first Spiritual Truth is that there is no absolute truth here." ^[1]

Freedom and Necessity

"Whatever form the desire for freedom takes, it is universal, both within this world and within the Greater Community of worlds in the Universe around you." ^[2]

"Your evolution has always been towards greater unity and cooperation." ^[3]

"Indiscretion is always exploited in nature. It always makes one vulnerable in nature, and the universe is a natural environment, fundamentally." ^[3]

How to Advance

"Surely, if you think of any skill that you value, you realize that you will need instruction; you will need some kind of curriculum; you will need help from others. And you will need many examples.This is universally true and has so many applications." ^[4]

The wise remain hidden

see The wise remain hidden

What is the World?

"In a greater context, 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. This definition, though universally true, is a truth that is not accessible to many human beings at this stage of development, for they are much too focused on survival and gratification to be able to see its importance.However, even as you grasp this idea and begin to experience it within your own range of relationships and understanding, it opens up a whole new panorama, a greater vista where things can be seen and known which could not be seen and known before." ^[5]

To give is to receive

"As you give yourself, you will receive and in this you will learn the ancient law that to give is to receive." ^[6]

What you affirm within yourself...

"YOU GIVE TO THE WORLD THROUGH YOUR OWN DEVELOPMENT at this time, for you are preparing to give a greater gift than you have ever given before.Thus, each day that you undertake the practice according to each step that is given, you give a gift to the world.Why is this? It is because you acknowledge your value and your worth.You acknowledge your Ancient Home and your Ancient Destiny.You acknowledge those who sent you and those who will receive you when you leave this world. All this is given to the world each time you practice sincerely, upon each day, upon each hour. This is a greater gift to the world than you can yet understand, but in time you will see the total need that it fulfills.

THEREFORE, YOUR PRACTICE IS A GIFT TO THE WORLD, for it gives that which you are affirming within yourself. What you affirm within yourself you affirm for all individuals, in all circumstances, in all worlds and in all dimensions. Thus, you affirm the reality of Knowledge. Thus, you affirm your Ancient Home while you are here." ^[7]

All minds are truly joined

"Give all that you realize you can give, for this is a gift to the world. Though you cannot as yet see the result, have confidence that this giving will extend beyond your own mind and will touch all minds in the universe, for all minds are truly joined in reality." ^[8]

Communication is life

"Your life is communication, for communication is life. Communication is the extension of Knowledge. It is not merely the sharing of little ideas from one separated mind to another. Communication is far greater, for communication creates life and extends life, and within this is all joy and fulfillment. Within this is the depth of all meaning. Here darkness and light mix together and cease their separation. Here all opposites blend and melt into each other.This is the unity of all life." ^[9]

Alone you have no meaning

"Alone you have no meaning. There are no meaningful individuals in the universe. An individual is a potential for relationship. It is the relationships that are important. It is what you are connected to and who you represent that gives meaning to your existence here. It is what you belong to— not as in a political party or a social club, but who in your heart you are joined with— that gives meaning and substance to your existence. No matter how great and glorious you may become as an individual, no matter how esteemed and worshipped you may be in your society, you are only a potential human being until you have given your life to another. As a potential human being, you will not find your fulfillment. You will not fully experience your meaning or your purpose in the world or the direction that you must go in life. And you will need more and more adulation in order to offset the terrible sense of isolation that you feel. ^[10]

"How can you understand yourself except in the context of contribution to others? Alone you can do nothing. Alone you have no meaning.This is because you are not alone.This will be viewed as a burden and as a threat until you realize the great meaning that it has and the gift that it really is. It is the salvation of your life.When life reclaims you, you reclaim life and receive all of its rewards, which far exceed anything that you could give yourself.The value of your life is consummated and fully demonstrated through your contribution to others because until contribution exists, you can only partially realize yourself—your value, your purpose, your meaning and your direction." ^[11]

Fear and Love

"Fear disassociates; love joins. Both of these forces lead you to specific engagements with certain people but for different purposes and with entirely different results. Those who are serving the Forces of Dissonance are in relationship and are bonded to other individuals for this purpose. This is true because nothing, either real or imagined, can be done without relationship." ^[12]

"[The source of] your judgments of yourself and the world.... is fear, for you have only been trying to comfort yourself with your judgments, to provide a false security, stability and identity which you feel you are lacking.... Only from a place of self-love can you offer correction to yourself and to others." ^[13]

Evolution of intelligent races

"You have become increasingly interdependent between your nations and cultures. This was the intention of the Creator, for this is the natural evolution of humanity and all intelligent races in the universe." ^[14]

References

↑ Wisdom from The Greater Community Volume One, Chapter 9
↑ The New Message on Freedom (February 23, 2008)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 The Allies of Humanity Book Three, Second Briefing: The Requirements for Freedom in the Universe
↑ Wisdom from The Greater Community Volume 2, Chapter 20
↑ Greater Community Spirituality, Chapter 2
↑ Steps to Knowledge, Step 148
↑ Steps to Knowledge, Step 149
↑ Steps to Knowledge, Step 149
↑ Steps to Knowledge, Step 153
↑ Living The Way of Knowledge, Chapter 8
↑ Steps to Knowledge, Step 53
↑ Relationships & Higher Purpose, Chapter 8: The Problem of Evil & the Forces of Dissonance
↑ Steps to Knowledge, Step 151
↑ The Recitation (April 1, 2011)

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 <ref name="wgcI9>[[Wisdom from The Greater Community]] Volume One, Chapter 9</ref>
-==Desire for freedom==
+==Freedom and Necessity==
-"Whatever form the desire for freedom takes, it is universal, both within this world and within the Greater Community of worlds in the Universe around you. Beyond meeting certain basic requirements of life, freedom represents a deeper need of the soul, and this deeper need expresses itself through a person’s understanding—through their ideas and associations. But the pure impulse comes from deeper within them, beyond the realm of the intellect or intellectual understanding."
+"Whatever form the desire for freedom takes, it is universal, both within this world and within the Greater Community of worlds in the Universe around you."
 <ref name="nmof">The New Message on Freedom (February 23, 2008)</ref>
-"There must be a fundamental shift in your understanding of freedom. Said most simply, your freedom here is to find your purpose and to fulfill it."
+"Your evolution has always been towards greater unity and cooperation."
-<ref name="nmof"/>
+<ref name="aoh3-2">''The Allies of Humanity Book Three'', [http://alliesofhumanity.org/requirements-freedom-universe/ Second Briefing: The Requirements for Freedom in the Universe]</ref>
-===Requirements for freedom & sovereignty===
-"The three requirements for freedom are all unmet by the human family at this time. You are not united and face the risk of greater [[division]] and conflict between your peoples and nations. You are rapidly destroying your self-sufficiency in your world. And you are hardly discreet, broadcasting your strengths and weaknesses to all who wish to view them....
-These are the three great needs of humanity, not only for your own well being and your future in this world, but also to give you the opportunity to build real freedom and unity in the Greater Community. Any contribution that you can make as an individual and as part of the human family in this regard is vitally important in giving humanity a greater freedom and a greater promise for the future."
+"Indiscretion is always exploited in nature. It always makes one vulnerable in nature, and the universe is a natural environment, fundamentally."
 <ref name="aoh3-2"/>
-*'''Must be unified'''
+==How to Advance==
-"Human unity now will not be the consequence of ideology but of necessity, for you will fail if you are divided facing the great change in your world, and you will fail in the face of the Greater Community if you cannot establish this unity of will and purpose. All free nations in the universe must establish this unity of will and purpose, particularly regarding their use of their home worlds and their awareness and approach to the Greater Community. This need, therefore, is universal.
-Your evolution has always been towards greater unity and cooperation, but now it must enter a more mature phase. For no nation will prosper and remain free if other nations in your world fall under foreign persuasion—a persuasion that will encourage human conflict in order to weaken the earthly powers that you have and to weaken the strength of the human family, fracturing it and making it more susceptible to persuasion, to foreign manipulation and to the need for foreign technology."
-<ref name="aoh3-2">[[The Allies of Humanity]] Book 3, Second Briefing</ref>
-*'''Must be self-sufficient'''
-*'''Must be discreet'''
-"Living [[Underground living|underground]] has many advantages. Discretion is one of them. But that is not your condition now, so you will have to find other ways to maintain discretion.
-Your world is being watched. Your governments are being watched. Your conflicts are being watched. Your [[trade]] and commerce are being watched. Your tendencies are being watched, both by your allies and by those who would seek to exploit you.
-In the future, should you gain a greater unity and should you be able to sustain the use of your world, the development of this discretion will become essential. For indiscretion is always exploited in nature. It always makes one vulnerable in nature, and the universe is a natural environment, fundamentally."
-<ref name="aoh3-2"/>
-==Learning from others==
+"Surely, if you think of any skill that you value, you realize that you will need instruction; you will need some kind of curriculum; you will need help from others. And you will need many examples.This is universally true and has so many applications."
-"To advance in the way of Knowledge, to learn of the world and to find your contribution, you must be able to learn from others. So, let us now explore this together.
-Positioning yourself as a student offers you a great advantage and can in many ways protect you from your own destructive tendencies. Claiming and reinforcing your studenthood gives you the opportunity to learn in a very maximal way and tends to prevent you from making premature conclusions or identifying with self-comforting ideas. It allows you to be open, vulnerable, perceptive, observant and can in many ways restrain you from coming to conclusions that do not represent a deeper understanding. By the very nature of studenthood, one must wait to learn.Yet, during this time of waiting, one must apply oneself. One must seek a curriculum of preparation, and one must become very observant of others.
-This seems so obvious in order to learn anything of great importance. Surely, if you think of any skill that you value, you realize that you will need instruction; you will need some kind of curriculum; you will need help from others. And you will need many examples.This is universally true and has so many applications."
 <ref>[[Wisdom from The Greater Community]] Volume 2, Chapter 20</ref>
 ==The wise remain hidden==
-"Let us give this very great idea from the Greater Community for you to consider. This is a truth that advanced races in the Greater Community have come to realize through life’s experience. Because it is a universal truth, it means that it is applicable everywhere. It is a truth that transcends race, culture, temperament and nature. It is true everywhere, whether you are a human being, or whether you are something else.The truth is this: The Wise remain hidden to remain wise. We recommend that you contemplate this idea, but do not be satisfied with your first conclusions. You must go far beyond them to reach the real meaning of this idea.This idea is so important if you can consider it and stay with it long enough because it teaches you about yourself, about the nature of your real ability, about the role of Knowledge and about the reality of the world. Only a person who can penetrate this idea will gain these great results."
-<ref>Wisdom from The Greater Community Volume 2, Chapter 32</ref>
+''see'' [[The wise remain hidden]]
 ==What is the World?==
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 "Give all that you realize you can give, for this is a gift to the world. Though you cannot as yet see the result, have confidence that this giving will extend beyond your own mind and will touch all minds in the universe, for all minds are truly joined in reality."
 <ref>Steps to Knowledge, Step 149</ref>
-==The source of all judgment is fear==
-"Do not rely upon your judgments of yourself and the world. As you withdraw from them, you will realize that their source is fear, for you have only been trying to comfort yourself with your judgments, to provide a false security, stability and identity which you feel you are lacking. Therefore, be without a substitute for Wisdom and Knowledge, and allow Wisdom and Knowledge to arise naturally."
-"Only from a place of self-love can you offer correction to yourself and to others."
-<ref>Steps to Knowledge, Step 151</ref>
 ==Communication is life==
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 <ref>Steps to Knowledge, Step 53</ref>
-==Greater Community like our own world==
+==Fear and Love==
-"Here you must come not with hopeful expectations or with dread or fear, but with a greater sobriety and clarity of mind. Do not approach the Greater Community wanting things for yourself, hoping and believing that those whom you will encounter will provide these things for you. For this is unwise and will rob you of the discernment that you must have to see clearly and to be able to discern those opportunities that are beneficial from those that only appear to be beneficial. This is the wisdom one must utilize within one’s own world, for this is a universal truth."
-<ref>The Allies of Humanity Book 3, First Briefing</ref>
+"Fear disassociates; love joins. Both of these forces lead you to specific engagements with
+certain people but for different purposes and with entirely different results. Those who are serving the
+Forces of Dissonance are in relationship and are bonded to other individuals for this purpose. This is
+true because nothing, either real or imagined, can be done without relationship."  <ref>''Relationships & Higher Purpose'', Chapter 8: The Problem of Evil & the Forces of Dissonance</ref>
+"[The source of] your judgments of yourself and the world....   is fear, for you have only been trying to comfort yourself with your judgments, to provide a false security, stability and identity which you feel you are lacking.... Only from a place of self-love can you offer correction to yourself and to others."
+<ref>''Steps to Knowledge'', [http://stepstoknowledge.com/steps/Step151-I-will-not-use-fear-to-support-my-judgments.htm Step 151]</ref>
 ==Evolution of intelligent races==