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| + | "Attractions can be very fierce." | ||
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| + | ==Personal or romantic attraction== | ||
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| + | "When you are vital in life, you will attract people by your vitality and your direction. When you are moving, people | ||
| + | see you and respond to you.You have to respond to someone who is moving | ||
| + | because they have power.When you cease moving, you cease having | ||
| + | power and you become like an invisible person." | ||
| + | <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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| + | "Community is a natural process of attraction because one | ||
| + | individual will draw and gather other individuals around him or her. It | ||
| + | will be absolutely vital for their development and expression." | ||
| + | <ref name="wgcI13">''Wisdom from the Greater Community'', Book 1, Chapter 13: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-6/wisdom-greater-community-book-1/spiritual-community-true-community Spiritual Community]</ref> | ||
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| + | "Presence will always move you because it is going somewhere. | ||
| + | It is not fantastic images; it is experiencing the Presence of another. It is | ||
| + | experiencing someone else’s reality directly, not only intellectually.Then | ||
| + | you can look and see if the person who attracts you so strongly is going | ||
| + | where you are going because you have a sense of going somewhere." | ||
| + | <ref name="wgcI6"/> | ||
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| + | "As Knowledge emerges, everything begins to fall into place. There are not so many choices. You feel a very strong attraction to | ||
| + | another person, the kind that sort of sweeps you away, and instead of saying, 'Oh, how wonderful! Attraction!' and being swept away and then finding out later if there is any relationship there, you stop and you see if this is Knowledge or not. You are able to check yourself." | ||
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| + | "You can identify the physical qualities of a relationship—the behavior involved, the physical interaction, the personal habits, and so forth—but the attraction is really mysterious." | ||
| + | <ref name="wgcI18"/> | ||
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| + | "Part of the attraction of romantic love is that it seems to return vitality | ||
| + | to you. Temporarily. It is deeply stimulating to your [[Life Force|life force]], but it | ||
| + | does not give expression or promise to it." | ||
| + | <ref name="wgcI2"/> | ||
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| + | "Affinity is not yet relationship. Emotional attraction is not yet relationship. It is only potential for relationship."<ref name="wvi32"/> | ||
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| + | "In order to differentiate between [[recognition]] and attraction, you must cultivate Knowledge, the ability and the foundation to know within your own mind." | ||
| + | <ref name="wgcI5">''Wisdom from the Greater Community'', Book 1, Chapter 5: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-6/wisdom-greater-community-book-1/marriage-consummate-relationship-devotion Marriage]</ref> | ||
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| + | ;"Because you are deeply attracted to others does not mean that you | ||
| + | should yield yourself to them." | ||
| + | :"Until you are aware of your inclinations and until you are aware of the difference between Knowledge and your personal side, between your Spirit and your mind, you will simply be moved around by forces you cannot explain. And those who are more certain than you will certainly dominate you. They are more certain of what they want than you are, and you will feel dominated." | ||
| + | <ref name="wgcI5"/> | ||
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| + | == The great attraction == | ||
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| + | "When you open beyond your own thoughts, you will comprehend the | ||
| + | Presence that calls you and attracts you." | ||
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"God is everywhere, and the attraction to God is everywhere. It cannot be escaped forever." | "God is everywhere, and the attraction to God is everywhere. It cannot be escaped forever." | ||
| − | <ref name=" | + | <ref name="wgcI6">''Wisdom from the Greater Community'', Book 1, Chapter 6: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-6/wisdom-greater-community-book-1/spiritual-truths Spiritual Truths]</ref> |
"God is the great attraction, and you must become the great respondent." | "God is the great attraction, and you must become the great respondent." | ||
| − | <ref>The New Message on Freedom (February 23, 2008)</ref> | + | <ref>[https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/other-revelations/desire-freedom The New Message on Freedom] (February 23, 2008)</ref> |
"God is the attraction. The Plan is the means. You feel God. God is like a great attraction pulling you. God is pulling everything in." | "God is the attraction. The Plan is the means. You feel God. God is like a great attraction pulling you. God is pulling everything in." | ||
| − | <ref name="wgcI2">'' | + | <ref name="wgcI2">''Wisdom from the Greater Community Book I'', Chapter 2: [[http://www.newmessage.org/wisdom-from-the-greater-community-volume-1-chapter-2-relationships-and-sexuality Relationships & Sexuality]</ref> |
"God is like a great attraction without a marquee or a billboard. | "God is like a great attraction without a marquee or a billboard. | ||
God is pulling you along incessantly." | God is pulling you along incessantly." | ||
| − | <ref name="wgcI18">'' | + | <ref name="wgcI18">''Wisdom from the Greater Community'', Book 1, Chapter 18: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-6/wisdom-greater-community-book-1/personal-development Higher Education]</ref> |
==The Great Call== | ==The Great Call== | ||
| − | "Because God only knows God, then God attracts you because you | + | "Because God only knows God, then God attracts you because you are part of God." |
| − | are part of God." | + | <ref name="wgcI21">''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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"God is moving things, like a great gravitational pull, moving things, often | "God is moving things, like a great gravitational pull, moving things, often | ||
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| − | + | "God’s Will is a force of attraction that organizes all individuals that are separated at all levels of existence. This force organizes everyone into perfect complements of each other and this is what brings everything back to God." | |
| − | + | <ref name="wgcI12">''Wisdom from the Greater Community Book I'', Chapter 12: [http://www.newmessage.org/wisdom-from-the-greater-community-volume-1-chapter-12-love Love]</ref> | |
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| − | "God’s Will is a force | ||
| − | of attraction that organizes all individuals that are separated at all levels of | ||
| − | existence.This force organizes everyone into perfect complements of each | ||
| − | other and this is what brings everything back to God." | ||
| − | <ref name="wgcI12">'' | ||
"God’s Will is a force of attraction that organizes all individuals that are separated at all levels of existence. This force organizes everyone into perfect complements of each other and this is what brings everything back to God." | "God’s Will is a force of attraction that organizes all individuals that are separated at all levels of existence. This force organizes everyone into perfect complements of each other and this is what brings everything back to God." | ||
<ref name="wgcI12"/> | <ref name="wgcI12"/> | ||
| − | + | == How the great attraction is accomplished == | |
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| − | " | + | "God’s service is everywhere. It moves through so many channels. Why does it do this? Because it is a natural force of attraction. It is like gravity. It finds its way through everything. It will rearrange physical reality to accommodate it, not because it is meddling, but simply because it is a natural force that attracts." |
| − | + | <ref name="wgcI6"/> | |
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| − | " | + | "What are Spiritual Families but groups of individuals who have joined together out of this attraction and who, in a higher state of reality, will join with other great groups, like rivers joining together on their way to the sea. It is a greater and greater association based upon natural attraction, which at higher levels becomes increasingly powerful." |
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| + | "Your Spiritual Family is extremely powerful and the attraction to your [[Spiritual Family]] is stronger than the world itself." | ||
| + | <ref name="wvi32">''Wisdom from the Greater Community'', Book 1, Chapter 32: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-6/wisdom-greater-community-book-1/achievement Achievement]</ref> | ||
"Perfecting your behavior to meet your standards is not the Path of | "Perfecting your behavior to meet your standards is not the Path of | ||
| − | Knowledge. Knowledge is not ideas. It is experience. It is relationship. It | + | Knowledge. [[Knowledge]] is not ideas. It is experience. It is relationship. It |
is God. God is relationship. It is the attraction between like and like, | is God. God is relationship. It is the attraction between like and like, | ||
between the same and the same. That is God in a practical definition." | between the same and the same. That is God in a practical definition." | ||
| − | <ref>'' | + | <ref>''Wisdom from the Greater Community Book I'', Chapter 1: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-5/wisdom-greater-community-volume-1/the-greater-religion The Greater Religion]</ref> |
"Knowledge does not assault things and make them better. | "Knowledge does not assault things and make them better. | ||
Knowledge simply attracts. God does not come with a sword and cut | Knowledge simply attracts. God does not come with a sword and cut | ||
| − | your world to pieces. God does not come and punish sinners. Sinners | + | your world to pieces. [[God]] does not come and punish sinners. Sinners |
punish themselves relentlessly. God attracts." | punish themselves relentlessly. God attracts." | ||
| − | <ref>'' | + | <ref>''Wisdom from the Greater Community'', Book 1, Chapter 14: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-6/wisdom-greater-community-book-1/world-evolution-global-community World Evolution]</ref> |
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"God takes everything that you have made and every reality that you have imagined and sets it all into motion with a great attraction to return Homeward. | "God takes everything that you have made and every reality that you have imagined and sets it all into motion with a great attraction to return Homeward. | ||
| − | Within your own Knowledge you have this attraction. It is the great attraction from the Creator to the Created. If you are moving with it, you will demonstrate extraordinary power and grace in this world—not because you are a special person, but simply because your Knowledge has had the opportunity to shine through." | + | |
| − | <ref name=" | + | Within your own Knowledge you have this attraction. It is the great attraction from the Creator to the Created. If you are moving with it, you will demonstrate extraordinary power and grace in this world—not because you are a special person, but simply because your Knowledge has had the opportunity to shine through."<ref name="wgcI6"/></blockquote> |
"Your Teachers do not stay up nights thinking about how they are going to rescue you from the next error you are about to commit. They are simply with the attraction. They amplify the attraction and they express the attraction. That will undo all of your errors. God is pulling you Home. Even the overwhelming threat of this world and all of its attractions, fears and inducements that seem to dominate every moment of your life are nothing compared to the pull of God." | "Your Teachers do not stay up nights thinking about how they are going to rescue you from the next error you are about to commit. They are simply with the attraction. They amplify the attraction and they express the attraction. That will undo all of your errors. God is pulling you Home. Even the overwhelming threat of this world and all of its attractions, fears and inducements that seem to dominate every moment of your life are nothing compared to the pull of God." | ||
| − | <ref name=" | + | <ref name="wgcI6"/> |
"As you engage with Knowledge, even as you approach it, you will lose interest in most things that are not related to it. You will not want to run around so much. You will be drawn increasingly inward, as if a great attraction is pulling you to the very center of yourself, and you will not want so much stimulation. In fact, you will begin to value quiet and peacefulness more and more and noise and [[aggravation]] less and less." | "As you engage with Knowledge, even as you approach it, you will lose interest in most things that are not related to it. You will not want to run around so much. You will be drawn increasingly inward, as if a great attraction is pulling you to the very center of yourself, and you will not want so much stimulation. In fact, you will begin to value quiet and peacefulness more and more and noise and [[aggravation]] less and less." | ||
| − | <ref name="wgcI7">'' | + | <ref name="wgcI7">''Wisdom from the Greater Community'', Book 1, Chapter 7: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-6/wisdom-greater-community-book-1/personal-freedom Freedom]</ref> |
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| + | "Knowledge within you knows why you are here. It knows whom you must meet in this life. It knows where you are trying to go to and where you must go to. It does not waver. It is not indecisive. It is like a great magnetism pulling you in a certain direction. | ||
| − | + | And from where you stand at any given moment, you will not understand. 'What is this attraction? What is this pull? Why do I feel I must do this? Why must I leave here and go there? Why can’t I commit myself to this situation? Why must I venture alone when I can be with these people? Why must I say no to this opportunity and yes to this opportunity?'"<ref>''The Journey to a New Life'', Chapter 13: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-1/journey-new-life/great-truth-god The Great Truth]</ref></blockquote> | |
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| − | + | *''Wisdom from the Greater Community'', Book 1, Chapter 2: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-6/wisdom-greater-community-book-1/relationships-and-sexuality Relationships and Sexuality] | |
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| − | + | *''Wisdom from the Greater Community'', Book 1, Chapter 9: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-6/wisdom-greater-community-book-1/spiritual-truths Spiritual Truths] | |
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Latest revision as of 00:42, 24 April 2024
"Attractions can be very fierce." [1]
Personal or romantic attraction
"When you are vital in life, you will attract people by your vitality and your direction. When you are moving, people see you and respond to you.You have to respond to someone who is moving because they have power.When you cease moving, you cease having power and you become like an invisible person." [2]
"Community is a natural process of attraction because one individual will draw and gather other individuals around him or her. It will be absolutely vital for their development and expression." [3]
"Presence will always move you because it is going somewhere. It is not fantastic images; it is experiencing the Presence of another. It is experiencing someone else’s reality directly, not only intellectually.Then you can look and see if the person who attracts you so strongly is going where you are going because you have a sense of going somewhere." [4]
"As Knowledge emerges, everything begins to fall into place. There are not so many choices. You feel a very strong attraction to another person, the kind that sort of sweeps you away, and instead of saying, 'Oh, how wonderful! Attraction!' and being swept away and then finding out later if there is any relationship there, you stop and you see if this is Knowledge or not. You are able to check yourself." [5]
"You can identify the physical qualities of a relationship—the behavior involved, the physical interaction, the personal habits, and so forth—but the attraction is really mysterious." [6]
"Part of the attraction of romantic love is that it seems to return vitality to you. Temporarily. It is deeply stimulating to your life force, but it does not give expression or promise to it." [1]
"Affinity is not yet relationship. Emotional attraction is not yet relationship. It is only potential for relationship."[7]
"In order to differentiate between recognition and attraction, you must cultivate Knowledge, the ability and the foundation to know within your own mind." [8]
- "Because you are deeply attracted to others does not mean that you
should yield yourself to them."
- "Until you are aware of your inclinations and until you are aware of the difference between Knowledge and your personal side, between your Spirit and your mind, you will simply be moved around by forces you cannot explain. And those who are more certain than you will certainly dominate you. They are more certain of what they want than you are, and you will feel dominated."
The great attraction
"When you open beyond your own thoughts, you will comprehend the Presence that calls you and attracts you." [3]
"God is everywhere, and the attraction to God is everywhere. It cannot be escaped forever." [4]
"God is the great attraction, and you must become the great respondent." [9]
"God is the attraction. The Plan is the means. You feel God. God is like a great attraction pulling you. God is pulling everything in." [1]
"God is like a great attraction without a marquee or a billboard. God is pulling you along incessantly." [6]
The Great Call
"Because God only knows God, then God attracts you because you are part of God." [10]
"God is moving things, like a great gravitational pull, moving things, often imperceptibly—a great attraction. You are free in this world to not follow this attraction, but you cannot eradicate it from your life." [10]
"God’s Will is a force of attraction that organizes all individuals that are separated at all levels of existence. This force organizes everyone into perfect complements of each other and this is what brings everything back to God." [11]
"God’s Will is a force of attraction that organizes all individuals that are separated at all levels of existence. This force organizes everyone into perfect complements of each other and this is what brings everything back to God." [11]
How the great attraction is accomplished
"God’s service is everywhere. It moves through so many channels. Why does it do this? Because it is a natural force of attraction. It is like gravity. It finds its way through everything. It will rearrange physical reality to accommodate it, not because it is meddling, but simply because it is a natural force that attracts." [4]
"What are Spiritual Families but groups of individuals who have joined together out of this attraction and who, in a higher state of reality, will join with other great groups, like rivers joining together on their way to the sea. It is a greater and greater association based upon natural attraction, which at higher levels becomes increasingly powerful." [4]
"Your Spiritual Family is extremely powerful and the attraction to your Spiritual Family is stronger than the world itself." [7]
"Perfecting your behavior to meet your standards is not the Path of Knowledge. Knowledge is not ideas. It is experience. It is relationship. It is God. God is relationship. It is the attraction between like and like, between the same and the same. That is God in a practical definition." [12]
"Knowledge does not assault things and make them better. Knowledge simply attracts. God does not come with a sword and cut your world to pieces. God does not come and punish sinners. Sinners punish themselves relentlessly. God attracts." [13]
"God takes everything that you have made and every reality that you have imagined and sets it all into motion with a great attraction to return Homeward.
Within your own Knowledge you have this attraction. It is the great attraction from the Creator to the Created. If you are moving with it, you will demonstrate extraordinary power and grace in this world—not because you are a special person, but simply because your Knowledge has had the opportunity to shine through."[4]
"Your Teachers do not stay up nights thinking about how they are going to rescue you from the next error you are about to commit. They are simply with the attraction. They amplify the attraction and they express the attraction. That will undo all of your errors. God is pulling you Home. Even the overwhelming threat of this world and all of its attractions, fears and inducements that seem to dominate every moment of your life are nothing compared to the pull of God." [4]
"As you engage with Knowledge, even as you approach it, you will lose interest in most things that are not related to it. You will not want to run around so much. You will be drawn increasingly inward, as if a great attraction is pulling you to the very center of yourself, and you will not want so much stimulation. In fact, you will begin to value quiet and peacefulness more and more and noise and aggravation less and less." [5]
"Knowledge within you knows why you are here. It knows whom you must meet in this life. It knows where you are trying to go to and where you must go to. It does not waver. It is not indecisive. It is like a great magnetism pulling you in a certain direction.
And from where you stand at any given moment, you will not understand. 'What is this attraction? What is this pull? Why do I feel I must do this? Why must I leave here and go there? Why can’t I commit myself to this situation? Why must I venture alone when I can be with these people? Why must I say no to this opportunity and yes to this opportunity?'"[14]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Wisdom from the Greater Community Book I, Chapter 2: [Relationships & Sexuality
- ↑ Wisdom from the Greater Community, Book 1, Chapter 8: Preparing for the Future
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wisdom from the Greater Community, Book 1, Chapter 13: Spiritual Community
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Wisdom from the Greater Community, Book 1, Chapter 6: Spiritual Truths
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Wisdom from the Greater Community, Book 1, Chapter 7: Freedom
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Wisdom from the Greater Community, Book 1, Chapter 18: Higher Education
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Wisdom from the Greater Community, Book 1, Chapter 32: Achievement
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Wisdom from the Greater Community, Book 1, Chapter 5: Marriage
- ↑ The New Message on Freedom (February 23, 2008)
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Wisdom from the Greater Community, Book 1, Chapter 21: Enduring Happiness
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Wisdom from the Greater Community Book I, Chapter 12: Love
- ↑ Wisdom from the Greater Community Book I, Chapter 1: The Greater Religion
- ↑ Wisdom from the Greater Community, Book 1, Chapter 14: World Evolution
- ↑ The Journey to a New Life, Chapter 13: The Great Truth
See also
Further study
- Wisdom from the Greater Community, Book 1, Chapter 2: Relationships and Sexuality
- Wisdom from the Greater Community, Book 1, Chapter 9: Spiritual Truths