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"Your [[Spiritual Family]] is not all humankind. You are not entirely human. You belong to a Greater Reality."<ref name="wgci3"/> | "Your [[Spiritual Family]] is not all humankind. You are not entirely human. You belong to a Greater Reality."<ref name="wgci3"/> | ||
− | + | "The Greater Reality is permanent, whereas the changing reality is temporary."<ref>[https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/other-revelations/the-illumination/ The Illumination] (July 29, 2013)</ref> | |
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==Directives== | ==Directives== | ||
"Open yourself to a Greater Reality. Become a vehicle for its expression, even in the most | "Open yourself to a Greater Reality. Become a vehicle for its expression, even in the most | ||
− | mundane circumstance."<ref name="wgcii29"/> | + | mundane circumstance."<ref name="wgcii29">''Wisdom from the Greater Community'', Book 2, Chapter 29: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-6/wisdom-greater-community-book-2/true-inspiration Inspiration]</ref> |
"Let your life be a vehicle for a Greater Reality to express itself through you, | "Let your life be a vehicle for a Greater Reality to express itself through you, | ||
− | and your value to others will have no limit and will be incomparable."<ref name="wgcii30 | + | and your value to others will have no limit and will be incomparable."<ref name="wgcii30">''Wisdom from the Greater Community'', Book 2, Chapter 30: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-6/wisdom-greater-community-book-2/kindness-is-acceptance-understanding Kindness]</ref> |
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"You do not need to understand the Greater Reality to feel it, to | "You do not need to understand the Greater Reality to feel it, to | ||
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with life try to understand it. They will not. And their ideas, no matter how seemingly intellectual or | with life try to understand it. They will not. And their ideas, no matter how seemingly intellectual or | ||
perfectly ordered, will not encompass the experience of the Greater Reality of which they themselves | perfectly ordered, will not encompass the experience of the Greater Reality of which they themselves | ||
− | are an intrinsic part."<ref name="wgcii32"/> | + | are an intrinsic part."<ref name="wgcii32">''Wisdom from the Greater Community'', Book 2, Chapter 32: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-6/wisdom-greater-community-book-2/pride Pride] </ref> |
==A greater foundation== | ==A greater foundation== | ||
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"Where can you possibly be if you are not being with what really is? Where can you possibly be | "Where can you possibly be if you are not being with what really is? Where can you possibly be | ||
if you are not being with the Greater Reality that is the foundation, meaning and context of your life? | if you are not being with the Greater Reality that is the foundation, meaning and context of your life? | ||
− | The only place that you can be is in your thoughts."<ref name="gcs25"/> | + | The only place that you can be is in your thoughts."<ref name="gcs25">''Greater Community Spirituality'', Chapter 3: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-2/greater-community-spirituality/what-is-grace What is Grace?]</ref> |
"All that we are | "All that we are | ||
− | presenting in Greater Community Spirituality is important because it takes you to a Greater Reality. It | + | presenting in [[Greater Community Spirituality]] is important because it takes you to a Greater Reality. It |
− | cannot be used within an individual reality."<ref name="gcs3"/> | + | cannot be used within an individual reality."<ref name="gcs3">''Greater Community Spirituality'', Chapter 3: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-2/greater-community-spirituality/what-is-life-force What is Life Force?]</ref> |
"In order to take on greater responsibilities, to accept greater rewards and to meet greater challenges, you | "In order to take on greater responsibilities, to accept greater rewards and to meet greater challenges, you | ||
− | need a Greater Reality, which is connected to Knowledge within you. People try to take on big things | + | need a Greater Reality, which is connected to [[Knowledge]] within you. People try to take on big things |
with a small mind, and as a result they lose sense of what their endeavor might offer them, and | with a small mind, and as a result they lose sense of what their endeavor might offer them, and | ||
− | everything becomes small."<ref name="wgcii27">''Wisdom from the Greater Community | + | everything becomes small."<ref name="wgcii27">''Wisdom from the Greater Community'', Book 2, Chapter 27: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-6/wisdom-greater-community-book-2/what-is-self-doubt Self-Doubt]</ref> |
A Greater Reality "wishes to express itself through you. You cannot | A Greater Reality "wishes to express itself through you. You cannot | ||
− | control the mechanism for doing this.You cannot determine its outcome. | + | control the mechanism for doing this. You cannot determine its outcome. You do not know where it is going to take you, who it will bring into your life and who it will send away. It is mysterious, yet with Mystery you will be able to participate in life with such certainty and confirmation. You will be far more certain of this Mystery than of anything you can perceive around you—your society, your economy, your physical health. All of those are so changeable, but [[the Mystery]] of which I speak is firm and established. It is in perfect peace because it is not changing. It is only expressing |
− | You do not know where it is going to take you, who it will bring into | + | itself in changing conditions. It is without change, and yet it is moving things along. It is not growing. It is not becoming. That is why it is so still."<ref name="wgci17">''Wisdom from the Greater Community'', Book 1, Chapter 17: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-6/wisdom-greater-community-book-1/mastery Mastery]</ref> |
− | your life and who it will send away. It is mysterious, yet with Mystery you | ||
− | will be able to participate in life with such certainty and confirmation. You | ||
− | will be far more certain of this Mystery than of anything you can perceive | ||
− | around you—your society, your economy, your physical health. All of those | ||
− | are so changeable, but the Mystery of which I speak is firm and established. | ||
− | It is in perfect peace because it is not changing. It is only expressing | ||
− | itself in changing conditions. It is without change, and yet it is moving | ||
− | things along. It is not growing. It is not becoming. That is why it is so still."<ref name="wgci17">''Wisdom from the Greater Community | ||
"When a Greater Reality begins to emerge within you and is recognized not as some distant | "When a Greater Reality begins to emerge within you and is recognized not as some distant | ||
deity but as a living Spiritual Presence within you, then you can begin to have a real foundation. Your | deity but as a living Spiritual Presence within you, then you can begin to have a real foundation. Your | ||
− | ability to trust this foundation will grow over time. This trust has to be earned. It has to be realized. It | + | ability to trust this foundation will grow over time. This [[trust]] has to be earned. It has to be realized. It |
− | has to be exercised until it can become a reliable resource for you."<ref name="wgcii27"/> | + | has to be [[Authority|exercised]] until it can become a reliable resource for you."<ref name="wgcii27"/> |
− | == | + | == A Greater Reality and a Greater Community == |
"[[The Greater Community]] will change your ideas about | "[[The Greater Community]] will change your ideas about | ||
God completely. It will change your ideas about religion completely. You | God completely. It will change your ideas about religion completely. You | ||
− | will see that God is not preoccupied with humans. You will see that God | + | will see that God is not preoccupied with humans. You will see that [[God]] |
is something bigger than what you have ever considered, and you will | is something bigger than what you have ever considered, and you will | ||
have to think as a participant in a Greater Reality. This is a great blessing."<ref name="wgci3"/> | have to think as a participant in a Greater Reality. This is a great blessing."<ref name="wgci3"/> | ||
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Greater Community and which takes you beyond your personal sphere to | Greater Community and which takes you beyond your personal sphere to | ||
allow you to enter life?"<ref name="wgci3"/> | allow you to enter life?"<ref name="wgci3"/> | ||
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==Levels== | ==Levels== | ||
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not the Greatest Reality. That is not how life works. God can only communicate | not the Greatest Reality. That is not how life works. God can only communicate | ||
through God’s [[Messengers]] who exist in the next level. Each | through God’s [[Messengers]] who exist in the next level. Each | ||
− | level serves the level below it. That is how everything progresses."<ref>''Wisdom from the Greater Community | + | level serves the level below it. That is how everything progresses."<ref>''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]</ref> |
==Emergence== | ==Emergence== | ||
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predicament of your world now. It is emerging into a greater reality, yet it | predicament of your world now. It is emerging into a greater reality, yet it | ||
is still preoccupied with itself. There are very serious dangers here and | is still preoccupied with itself. There are very serious dangers here and | ||
− | very great opportunities."<ref name="wgci3">''Wisdom from the Greater Community | + | very great opportunities."<ref name="wgci3">''Wisdom from the Greater Community'', Book 1, Chapter 3: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-6/wisdom-greater-community-book-1/greater-community-reality Greater Community]</ref> |
"Marriage will produce the environment that will produce the yearning | "Marriage will produce the environment that will produce the yearning | ||
for a Greater Reality and a greater union. If your Spirit is ready to | for a Greater Reality and a greater union. If your Spirit is ready to | ||
emerge, then fulfillment on the personal side will not be enough. As this | emerge, then fulfillment on the personal side will not be enough. As this | ||
− | emergence continues to be the emphasis, you will feel increasingly restless."<ref name="wgci5">''Wisdom from the Greater Community | + | emergence continues to be the emphasis, you will feel increasingly restless."<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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+ | ==References== | ||
+ | <references/> | ||
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+ | == See also == | ||
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+ | [[Bridge]] | ||
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+ | [[Inner Teachers]] | ||
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+ | [[Metaphors for the Greater Reality]] | ||
− | + | [[Personal mind]] | |
− | + | [[Reality]] | |
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− | + | ==Further study== | |
− | + | *[https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/other-revelations/the-illumination/ The Illumination] (July 29, 2013) | |
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− | + | *''The New God Experience'': [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-4/the-new-god-experience/spiritual-family The Reality of Your Spiritual Family] | |
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[[Category:Relationship]][[Category:The Greater Community]][[Category:The Messenger]] | [[Category:Relationship]][[Category:The Greater Community]][[Category:The Messenger]] |
Revision as of 12:48, 3 December 2022
A Greater Reality "has no beginning and no end."[1]
"Your Spiritual Family is not all humankind. You are not entirely human. You belong to a Greater Reality."[2]
"The Greater Reality is permanent, whereas the changing reality is temporary."[3]
Directives
"Open yourself to a Greater Reality. Become a vehicle for its expression, even in the most mundane circumstance."[4]
"Let your life be a vehicle for a Greater Reality to express itself through you, and your value to others will have no limit and will be incomparable."[5]
"You do not need to understand the Greater Reality to feel it, to enter into relationship with it, to be part of it and to reclaim the Ancient Heritage which is yours and the power which has been given to you through Knowledge. Let those who cannot be in relationship with life try to understand it. They will not. And their ideas, no matter how seemingly intellectual or perfectly ordered, will not encompass the experience of the Greater Reality of which they themselves are an intrinsic part."[6]
A greater foundation
"Where can you possibly be if you are not being with what really is? Where can you possibly be if you are not being with the Greater Reality that is the foundation, meaning and context of your life? The only place that you can be is in your thoughts."[7]
"All that we are presenting in Greater Community Spirituality is important because it takes you to a Greater Reality. It cannot be used within an individual reality."[8]
"In order to take on greater responsibilities, to accept greater rewards and to meet greater challenges, you need a Greater Reality, which is connected to Knowledge within you. People try to take on big things with a small mind, and as a result they lose sense of what their endeavor might offer them, and everything becomes small."[9]
A Greater Reality "wishes to express itself through you. You cannot control the mechanism for doing this. You cannot determine its outcome. You do not know where it is going to take you, who it will bring into your life and who it will send away. It is mysterious, yet with Mystery you will be able to participate in life with such certainty and confirmation. You will be far more certain of this Mystery than of anything you can perceive around you—your society, your economy, your physical health. All of those are so changeable, but the Mystery of which I speak is firm and established. It is in perfect peace because it is not changing. It is only expressing itself in changing conditions. It is without change, and yet it is moving things along. It is not growing. It is not becoming. That is why it is so still."[10]
"When a Greater Reality begins to emerge within you and is recognized not as some distant deity but as a living Spiritual Presence within you, then you can begin to have a real foundation. Your ability to trust this foundation will grow over time. This trust has to be earned. It has to be realized. It has to be exercised until it can become a reliable resource for you."[9]
A Greater Reality and a Greater Community
"The Greater Community will change your ideas about God completely. It will change your ideas about religion completely. You will see that God is not preoccupied with humans. You will see that God is something bigger than what you have ever considered, and you will have to think as a participant in a Greater Reality. This is a great blessing."[2]
"There is spiritual advancement happening everywhere. That is why the Teachers of the Spiritual Families serve all worlds. If you ever have the gift of encountering your Teachers who have been assigned to you, you will recognize that not all of them are human. Why is this? Is it not to bring forth your Knowledge which speaks of a Greater Reality and a Greater Community and which takes you beyond your personal sphere to allow you to enter life?"[2]
Levels
"In your world there are those who are destined to become speakers for the Greater Reality. You must understand that the Greater Reality is not the Greatest Reality. That is not how life works. God can only communicate through God’s Messengers who exist in the next level. Each level serves the level below it. That is how everything progresses."[11]
Emergence
"Once this happens, the person’s emergence will begin, and they will be entering a Greater Reality while they are still living in the world. It is hard to see that you are already part of something greater that is affecting you very deeply. It is not that you will become part of something. You already are. You are already part of a greater physical reality and a greater spiritual reality."[2]
"Humanity is preoccupied with itself as the adolescent child is preoccupied with himself or herself. Human beings, upon reaching adulthood, mature largely because they begin to account for a greater reality beyond themselves and to respond to the needs of others. This represents the predicament of your world now. It is emerging into a greater reality, yet it is still preoccupied with itself. There are very serious dangers here and very great opportunities."[2]
"Marriage will produce the environment that will produce the yearning for a Greater Reality and a greater union. If your Spirit is ready to emerge, then fulfillment on the personal side will not be enough. As this emergence continues to be the emphasis, you will feel increasingly restless."[12]
References
- ↑ Greater Community Spirituality, Chapter 17: How does revelation occur in human life?
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Wisdom from the Greater Community, Book 1, Chapter 3: Greater Community
- ↑ The Illumination (July 29, 2013)
- ↑ Wisdom from the Greater Community, Book 2, Chapter 29: Inspiration
- ↑ Wisdom from the Greater Community, Book 2, Chapter 30: Kindness
- ↑ Wisdom from the Greater Community, Book 2, Chapter 32: Pride
- ↑ Greater Community Spirituality, Chapter 3: What is Grace?
- ↑ Greater Community Spirituality, Chapter 3: What is Life Force?
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Wisdom from the Greater Community, Book 2, Chapter 27: Self-Doubt
- ↑ Wisdom from the Greater Community, Book 1, Chapter 17: Mastery
- ↑ Wisdom from the Greater Community, Book 1, Chapter 2: Relationships and Sexuality
- ↑ Wisdom from the Greater Community, Book 1, Chapter 5: Marriage
See also
Metaphors for the Greater Reality
Further study
- The Illumination (July 29, 2013)
- The New God Experience: The Reality of Your Spiritual Family