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"Humanity is endowed with a great spirituality, and this has been kept | "Humanity is endowed with a great spirituality, and this has been kept | ||
− | alive through the centuries by the presence of the Unseen Ones, the | + | alive through the centuries by the presence of the [[Angelic Presence|Unseen Ones]], the |
Angels of the Creator, and by the revelation, the expression and the contribution | Angels of the Creator, and by the revelation, the expression and the contribution | ||
of many inspired individuals. Here human religion has played a | of many inspired individuals. Here human religion has played a | ||
fundamental role despite its many errors. It has paved the way for a new | fundamental role despite its many errors. It has paved the way for a new | ||
revelation, a new testament, a new expression of human divinity and a | revelation, a new testament, a new expression of human divinity and a | ||
− | new application and meaning for human wisdom."<ref name="wviI">[http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-5/wisdom-greater-community-volume-1 Introduction to ''Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume | + | new application and meaning for human wisdom."<ref name="wviI">[http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-5/wisdom-greater-community-volume-1 Introduction to ''Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume I'']</ref> |
"Upon leaving this life, those few individuals who attained seeming | "Upon leaving this life, those few individuals who attained seeming | ||
− | perfection find themselves at a new beginning.Yet they need not be here | + | perfection find themselves at a new beginning. Yet they need not be here |
any longer. Instead of transcending their humanity, they must now | any longer. Instead of transcending their humanity, they must now | ||
encounter the identities of the universe. For this they will need great | encounter the identities of the universe. For this they will need great | ||
− | assistance and exposure." <ref>[ | + | assistance and exposure." <ref>''Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume I'', Chapter 1: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-5/wisdom-greater-community-volume-1/the-greater-religion The Greater Religion]</ref> |
"Those who experience God in the Greater Community and those who | "Those who experience God in the Greater Community and those who | ||
can transmit God in the Greater Community represent individuals who have transcended the boundaries | can transmit God in the Greater Community represent individuals who have transcended the boundaries | ||
of their own racial heritage and intellectual capacity. They have become universal in their thinking. | of their own racial heritage and intellectual capacity. They have become universal in their thinking. | ||
− | They see what others cannot see, and they know what others cannot know." <ref>''Greater Community Spirituality'', [http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-2/greater-community-spirituality/what-is-god-3 | + | They see what others cannot see, and they know what others cannot know." <ref>''Greater Community Spirituality'', Chapter 1: [http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-2/greater-community-spirituality/what-is-god-3 What is God?]</ref> |
"How are great things done in the world? They are never done by | "How are great things done in the world? They are never done by | ||
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vessel that holds all of the ink. In the world you are like the tip touching | vessel that holds all of the ink. In the world you are like the tip touching | ||
the paper, but it is because you have a greater vessel to pour through you | the paper, but it is because you have a greater vessel to pour through you | ||
− | that you can provide something uncommon, important and lasting here." <ref>''Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume | + | that you can provide something uncommon, important and lasting here." <ref>''Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume I'', Chapter 5: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-5/wisdom-greater-community-volume-1/marriage-consummate-relationship-devotion Marriage]</ref> |
"How few people in the world know that they are here on a mission and can leave that mission | "How few people in the world know that they are here on a mission and can leave that mission | ||
undefined and unexplained and yet support it wholeheartedly nonetheless. How few people can give | undefined and unexplained and yet support it wholeheartedly nonetheless. How few people can give | ||
themselves to something that is known and urgent but that seems inexplicable and beyond description. | themselves to something that is known and urgent but that seems inexplicable and beyond description. | ||
− | How rare are these individuals, and yet how important they are for the advancement of the world." <ref name="gcs2">''Greater Community Spirituality'', [http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-2/greater-community-spirituality/what-is-the-world | + | How rare are these individuals, and yet how important they are for the advancement of the world." <ref name="gcs2">''Greater Community Spirituality'', Chapter 2: [http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-2/greater-community-spirituality/what-is-the-world What is the World?]</ref> |
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"Many people will not accept help, and so they must be given gifts | "Many people will not accept help, and so they must be given gifts | ||
without knowing where the gifts come from. Their efforts, if they are truly | without knowing where the gifts come from. Their efforts, if they are truly | ||
− | motivated, will bring them into true relationship anyway.They will realize | + | motivated, will bring them into true relationship anyway. They will realize |
that what they have done was the product of relationship and not the | that what they have done was the product of relationship and not the | ||
product of an individual, for individuals do not accomplish anything. There is no individual creativity in the universe. [[Creativity]] is a natural | product of an individual, for individuals do not accomplish anything. There is no individual creativity in the universe. [[Creativity]] is a natural | ||
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person. Within the student of Knowledge, it must be discovered and arrested in all of its manifestations." <ref name="gcs3"/> | person. Within the student of Knowledge, it must be discovered and arrested in all of its manifestations." <ref name="gcs3"/> | ||
− | ==The | + | == The source of inspiration for individuals == |
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+ | "God’s Teachers have delivered messages to individuals throughout history." <ref name="wvi2"/> | ||
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+ | == The vitality of inspired individuals == | ||
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+ | "In the Greater Community, [[Life Force]] has been harnessed successfully by individuals and small | ||
+ | groups of individuals who serve a greater network of the Wise. This [[network]] is called [[the Harim]]." <ref name="gcs3">''Greater Community Spirituality'', [http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-2/greater-community-spirituality/what-is-life-force Chapter 3: What is Life Force?]</ref> | ||
− | "Recognize this idea, please:The individuals in this world, and in | + | "Recognize this idea, please: The individuals in this world, and in |
other worlds as well, who have been major contributors to their people | other worlds as well, who have been major contributors to their people | ||
− | were not wasting their vitality in meaningless pursuits.They were drawing | + | were not wasting their vitality in meaningless pursuits. They were drawing |
upon all their resources for the tasks at hand. They were not casual about | upon all their resources for the tasks at hand. They were not casual about | ||
anything. Life was too vital for them. It is this vitality you miss. It is this | anything. Life was too vital for them. It is this vitality you miss. It is this | ||
− | vitality that your Knowledge contains for you.Yet you must seek for it in | + | vitality that your Knowledge contains for you. Yet you must seek for it in |
your current activities." <ref name="wvi2"/> | your current activities." <ref name="wvi2"/> | ||
"The identity that God created is hidden and must be | "The identity that God created is hidden and must be | ||
discovered. As it is discovered, it will dissolve all other identities within | discovered. As it is discovered, it will dissolve all other identities within | ||
− | you.Your identity will be experienced by carrying out your purpose | + | you. Your identity will be experienced by carrying out your purpose |
because identity is life in action. It is experiencing yourself living a life | because identity is life in action. It is experiencing yourself living a life | ||
that is vital, essential and real. It is observing the results of your actions and | that is vital, essential and real. It is observing the results of your actions and | ||
the relationships that are developed as a result, for who God created in you | the relationships that are developed as a result, for who God created in you | ||
− | is not an individual; it is part of a greater fabric." <ref>''Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume | + | is not an individual; it is part of a greater fabric." <ref>''Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume I'', Chapter 8: Preparing for the Future</ref> |
"When individuals are deeply moved to do something that sets them on a | "When individuals are deeply moved to do something that sets them on a | ||
different course in their lives and in a different direction from where they were planning to go before— | different course in their lives and in a different direction from where they were planning to go before— | ||
this is evidence of Knowledge. When individuals feel that something wrong is going to happen and | this is evidence of Knowledge. When individuals feel that something wrong is going to happen and | ||
− | then act to avoid a dangerous situation—this is evidence of Knowledge." <ref>''Greater Community Spirituality'', [http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-2/greater-community-spirituality/what-is-knowledge | + | then act to avoid a dangerous situation—this is evidence of Knowledge." <ref>''Greater Community Spirituality'', Chapter 4: [http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-2/greater-community-spirituality/what-is-knowledge What is Knowledge?]</ref> |
− | ==Revelation | + | ==Revelation given through one individual== |
"Let us now begin to learn a new way and to experience together the | "Let us now begin to learn a new way and to experience together the | ||
new revelation of the Creator. We have come to the world for this purpose. | new revelation of the Creator. We have come to the world for this purpose. | ||
− | We represent spirituality in the Greater Community.We have selected | + | We represent spirituality in [[the Greater Community]]. We have selected |
− | one individual to be our speaker for this great purpose and mission. | + | [[The Messenger|one individual]] to be our speaker for this great purpose and mission. |
Together with him, we are able to introduce to you a Greater Community | Together with him, we are able to introduce to you a Greater Community | ||
− | Way of Knowledge and to express to you in many ways and in many areas | + | [[The Way of Knowledge|Way of Knowledge]] and to express to you in many ways and in many areas |
of application the meaning and the necessity of learning greater Wisdom, | of application the meaning and the necessity of learning greater Wisdom, | ||
Wisdom from the Greater Community." <ref name="wviI"/> | Wisdom from the Greater Community." <ref name="wviI"/> | ||
− | ==The | + | == The importance of the few individuals who are inspired == |
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+ | "Everything that happens that humanity creates or determines or manifests or brings about—whether it be disastrous or positive and beneficial—begins with the decisions of individuals."<ref>''The New Way Forward for Humanity'': [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-1/the-new-way-forward-for-humanity/what-will-change-the-world/ What Will Change the World]</ref> | ||
− | "In order for humanity to have any advantage in the Greater Community, certain individuals here | + | "In order for humanity to have any advantage in [[the Greater Community]], certain individuals here |
must become wise within a larger context in life. And others must support these individuals because for | must become wise within a larger context in life. And others must support these individuals because for | ||
− | every individual that advances, it takes a great deal of support from others. This is how Knowledge is | + | every individual that advances, it takes a great deal of support from others. This is how [[Knowledge]] is |
kept alive in the world. And this provides a means for Knowledge to be communicated in the world | kept alive in the world. And this provides a means for Knowledge to be communicated in the world | ||
through a network of relationships all supporting a central focus. This is how greater things are | through a network of relationships all supporting a central focus. This is how greater things are | ||
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beyond manifest life." | beyond manifest life." | ||
− | ==Mutually | + | == Mutually inspired individuals == |
"Individuals come to find their place with you. There is recognition | "Individuals come to find their place with you. There is recognition | ||
− | rather than attraction.There is peace rather than frantic stimulation.There | + | rather than attraction. There is peace rather than frantic stimulation. There |
− | is confirmation in being together.You still have personalities and there are | + | is confirmation in being together. You still have personalities and there are |
− | difficulties, conflicts, and so forth because personalities are like that.They | + | difficulties, conflicts, and so forth because personalities are like that. They |
have their own inherent discomforts, like your body which has its aches | have their own inherent discomforts, like your body which has its aches | ||
− | and pains." <ref name="wvi2">''Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume | + | and pains." <ref name="wvi2">''Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume I'', Chapter 2: [http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-5/wisdom-greater-community-volume-1/relationships-and-sexuality Relationships and Sexuality]</ref> |
− | ==Physical | + | == Physical limits == |
+ | <blockquote> | ||
+ | "No one in physical life can control the mechanism of the universe. No one in physical life can control time. They can use time, but they cannot fully control it. The Wise know the limits of control and exercise their abilities appropriately. The foolish think that there are no limits, that everything is there for them to acquire, to conquer or to obtain. No one individual or group of individuals can gain control of the physical universe because everyone exists within limits. | ||
− | + | It may appear that you have great power and ability compared to other people. However, seen in a larger context, you have significant limits. Knowing your limits represents an aspect of Wisdom. Knowing what you can develop and what is beyond your reach represents an aspect of Wisdom. These are learned as you proceed in The Way of Knowledge because here you are beginning to distinguish greater powers from lesser powers." <ref name="gcs3"/></blockquote> | |
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− | It may appear that you have great power and ability compared to other people. However, seen in | ||
− | a larger context, you have significant limits. Knowing your limits represents an aspect of Wisdom. | ||
− | Knowing what you can develop and what is beyond your reach represents an aspect of Wisdom. These | ||
− | are learned as you proceed in The Way of Knowledge because here you are beginning to distinguish | ||
− | greater powers from lesser powers." <ref name="gcs3"/> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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+ | [[Individuality]] | ||
[[The Harim]] | [[The Harim]] | ||
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+ | [[Network of the Wise]] | ||
[[The wise remain hidden]] | [[The wise remain hidden]] | ||
[[Man and woman of Knowledge]] | [[Man and woman of Knowledge]] | ||
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+ | [[Category:Four Pillars/Work]] | ||
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+ | == Further study == | ||
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+ | *''The New Way Forward for Humanity'': [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-1/the-new-way-forward-for-humanity/what-will-change-the-world/ What Will Change the World] |
Latest revision as of 13:14, 19 June 2023
"Humanity is endowed with a great spirituality, and this has been kept alive through the centuries by the presence of the Unseen Ones, the Angels of the Creator, and by the revelation, the expression and the contribution of many inspired individuals. Here human religion has played a fundamental role despite its many errors. It has paved the way for a new revelation, a new testament, a new expression of human divinity and a new application and meaning for human wisdom."[1]
"Upon leaving this life, those few individuals who attained seeming perfection find themselves at a new beginning. Yet they need not be here any longer. Instead of transcending their humanity, they must now encounter the identities of the universe. For this they will need great assistance and exposure." [2]
"Those who experience God in the Greater Community and those who can transmit God in the Greater Community represent individuals who have transcended the boundaries of their own racial heritage and intellectual capacity. They have become universal in their thinking. They see what others cannot see, and they know what others cannot know." [3]
"How are great things done in the world? They are never done by individuals. Greatness always happens because something greater is poured through the individual. It is like a fountain pen: It is not the tip but the vessel that holds all of the ink. In the world you are like the tip touching the paper, but it is because you have a greater vessel to pour through you that you can provide something uncommon, important and lasting here." [4]
"How few people in the world know that they are here on a mission and can leave that mission undefined and unexplained and yet support it wholeheartedly nonetheless. How few people can give themselves to something that is known and urgent but that seems inexplicable and beyond description. How rare are these individuals, and yet how important they are for the advancement of the world." [5]
"Many people will not accept help, and so they must be given gifts without knowing where the gifts come from. Their efforts, if they are truly motivated, will bring them into true relationship anyway. They will realize that what they have done was the product of relationship and not the product of an individual, for individuals do not accomplish anything. There is no individual creativity in the universe. Creativity is a natural by-product of relationship, whether it is relationship you see or don’t see." [6]
"Their gift, which is now slowly emerging within their own awareness, must be protected and safeguarded and given with great specificity to certain individuals at certain times. This requires tremendous restraint, for each person is eager for power and control to offset his or her sense of insecurity in physical life. Ambition exists within each person. Within the student of Knowledge, it must be discovered and arrested in all of its manifestations." [7]
The source of inspiration for individuals
"God’s Teachers have delivered messages to individuals throughout history." [8]
The vitality of inspired individuals
"In the Greater Community, Life Force has been harnessed successfully by individuals and small groups of individuals who serve a greater network of the Wise. This network is called the Harim." [7]
"Recognize this idea, please: The individuals in this world, and in other worlds as well, who have been major contributors to their people were not wasting their vitality in meaningless pursuits. They were drawing upon all their resources for the tasks at hand. They were not casual about anything. Life was too vital for them. It is this vitality you miss. It is this vitality that your Knowledge contains for you. Yet you must seek for it in your current activities." [8]
"The identity that God created is hidden and must be discovered. As it is discovered, it will dissolve all other identities within you. Your identity will be experienced by carrying out your purpose because identity is life in action. It is experiencing yourself living a life that is vital, essential and real. It is observing the results of your actions and the relationships that are developed as a result, for who God created in you is not an individual; it is part of a greater fabric." [9]
"When individuals are deeply moved to do something that sets them on a different course in their lives and in a different direction from where they were planning to go before— this is evidence of Knowledge. When individuals feel that something wrong is going to happen and then act to avoid a dangerous situation—this is evidence of Knowledge." [10]
Revelation given through one individual
"Let us now begin to learn a new way and to experience together the new revelation of the Creator. We have come to the world for this purpose. We represent spirituality in the Greater Community. We have selected one individual to be our speaker for this great purpose and mission. Together with him, we are able to introduce to you a Greater Community Way of Knowledge and to express to you in many ways and in many areas of application the meaning and the necessity of learning greater Wisdom, Wisdom from the Greater Community." [1]
The importance of the few individuals who are inspired
"Everything that happens that humanity creates or determines or manifests or brings about—whether it be disastrous or positive and beneficial—begins with the decisions of individuals."[11]
"In order for humanity to have any advantage in the Greater Community, certain individuals here must become wise within a larger context in life. And others must support these individuals because for every individual that advances, it takes a great deal of support from others. This is how Knowledge is kept alive in the world. And this provides a means for Knowledge to be communicated in the world through a network of relationships all supporting a central focus. This is how greater things are communicated throughout the Greater Community, throughout all manifest life and indeed even beyond manifest life."
Mutually inspired individuals
"Individuals come to find their place with you. There is recognition rather than attraction. There is peace rather than frantic stimulation. There is confirmation in being together. You still have personalities and there are difficulties, conflicts, and so forth because personalities are like that. They have their own inherent discomforts, like your body which has its aches and pains." [8]
Physical limits
"No one in physical life can control the mechanism of the universe. No one in physical life can control time. They can use time, but they cannot fully control it. The Wise know the limits of control and exercise their abilities appropriately. The foolish think that there are no limits, that everything is there for them to acquire, to conquer or to obtain. No one individual or group of individuals can gain control of the physical universe because everyone exists within limits.
It may appear that you have great power and ability compared to other people. However, seen in a larger context, you have significant limits. Knowing your limits represents an aspect of Wisdom. Knowing what you can develop and what is beyond your reach represents an aspect of Wisdom. These are learned as you proceed in The Way of Knowledge because here you are beginning to distinguish greater powers from lesser powers." [7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Introduction to Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume I
- ↑ Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume I, Chapter 1: The Greater Religion
- ↑ Greater Community Spirituality, Chapter 1: What is God?
- ↑ Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume I, Chapter 5: Marriage
- ↑ Greater Community Spirituality, Chapter 2: What is the World?
- ↑ Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume One, Chapter 9: Spiritual Truths
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Greater Community Spirituality, Chapter 3: What is Life Force?
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume I, Chapter 2: Relationships and Sexuality
- ↑ Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume I, Chapter 8: Preparing for the Future
- ↑ Greater Community Spirituality, Chapter 4: What is Knowledge?
- ↑ The New Way Forward for Humanity: What Will Change the World
See Also
Further study
- The New Way Forward for Humanity: What Will Change the World