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<ref>Inner Guidance (February 6, 2009)</ref> | <ref>Inner Guidance (February 6, 2009)</ref> | ||
| − | "You must not lose faith in the human family, human institutions and human leadership, for the Intervention will seek to exploit this to their own advantage. Having lost faith in human leadership and human institutions, people will naturally turn to other powers to guide them, to protect them and, so they believe, to redeem and to restore the world."<ref> | + | "You must not lose faith in the human family, human institutions and human leadership, for the Intervention will seek to exploit this to their own advantage. Having lost faith in human leadership and human institutions, people will naturally turn to other powers to guide them, to protect them and, so they believe, to redeem and to restore the world."<ref>[https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/other-revelations/protecting-yourself-from-the-intervention Protecting Yourself from the Intervention] (March 17, 2011)</ref> |
==Blame Your Government== | ==Blame Your Government== | ||
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"Knowledge will indicate if you are to become involved in a political campaign or a campaign of social change. It will indicate if that is part of your education and destiny. To make these [[commitment|commitments]] without Knowledge is to cast yourself in life before you really know who you are and what your life is about. And you will be involved out of fear and anger. You will be involved because you resist or resent others and their actions. This is not the motivation that will bring real resolution to anything. Even if your cause appears to be noble and justified, if you are engaged because you are angry, resentful or fearful, then that is what you will contribute to the situation. That will only create opposition and more conflict in the world. Now you are fighting others for something that you want. Perhaps you are not using weapons; perhaps you are only using words and actions that are lawful, but you are bringing more resentment and hostility into the situation, and those are things that the human family does not need more of." | "Knowledge will indicate if you are to become involved in a political campaign or a campaign of social change. It will indicate if that is part of your education and destiny. To make these [[commitment|commitments]] without Knowledge is to cast yourself in life before you really know who you are and what your life is about. And you will be involved out of fear and anger. You will be involved because you resist or resent others and their actions. This is not the motivation that will bring real resolution to anything. Even if your cause appears to be noble and justified, if you are engaged because you are angry, resentful or fearful, then that is what you will contribute to the situation. That will only create opposition and more conflict in the world. Now you are fighting others for something that you want. Perhaps you are not using weapons; perhaps you are only using words and actions that are lawful, but you are bringing more resentment and hostility into the situation, and those are things that the human family does not need more of." | ||
| − | <ref>The First Commitment (September 25, 2008)</ref> | + | <ref>[https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/other-revelations/first-commitment-relationship-god The First Commitment] (September 25, 2008)</ref> |
==Overthrow Your Government== | ==Overthrow Your Government== | ||
"It is not enough to overthrow the forces of oppression, for this leads to violence and great loss of life and suffering and too often only ushers in a different set of faces, a new lineage of oppressive rulers." | "It is not enough to overthrow the forces of oppression, for this leads to violence and great loss of life and suffering and too often only ushers in a different set of faces, a new lineage of oppressive rulers." | ||
| − | <ref name="imp">The New Message for the Impoverished and Oppressed (April 18, 2008)</ref> | + | <ref name="imp">[https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/other-revelations/the-new-message-for-the-impoverished-and-oppressed The New Message for the Impoverished and Oppressed] (April 18, 2008)</ref> |
"To begin to respond to your deeper nature, to the greater mind within you, begins a revolution... Be a revolutionary in this way only." | "To begin to respond to your deeper nature, to the greater mind within you, begins a revolution... Be a revolutionary in this way only." | ||
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“The Intervention will seek to make you lose faith in your leaders, in your institutions and even within yourself, leading you to believe that only they can provide for you and guide you truly. This persuasion is already being cast over many people. The Intervention will seek to stimulate and exacerbate conflicts within the world to weaken the strongest powers, to lead them into engagements that are fruitless and destructive. This is already happening in the world.” | “The Intervention will seek to make you lose faith in your leaders, in your institutions and even within yourself, leading you to believe that only they can provide for you and guide you truly. This persuasion is already being cast over many people. The Intervention will seek to stimulate and exacerbate conflicts within the world to weaken the strongest powers, to lead them into engagements that are fruitless and destructive. This is already happening in the world.” | ||
| − | <ref>Preparing for the Greater Community | + | <ref name="tgc8">''The Greater Community'', Chapter 8: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-1/greater-community/preparing-for-the-greater-community Preparing for the Greater Community]</ref> |
“You cannot rely upon your governments to tell you what the Intervention is or how it is happening or what it means. You cannot rely upon science, which is largely ignorant of this phenomenon. You cannot rely upon your religious leaders to counsel you about the reality of this phenomenon and what you should do, for they really don’t know. That is why there is a New Message from God. ” | “You cannot rely upon your governments to tell you what the Intervention is or how it is happening or what it means. You cannot rely upon science, which is largely ignorant of this phenomenon. You cannot rely upon your religious leaders to counsel you about the reality of this phenomenon and what you should do, for they really don’t know. That is why there is a New Message from God. ” | ||
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==Freedom== | ==Freedom== | ||
"Freedom is difficult to cultivate even on an individual level. It requires responsibility. It requires awareness. It requires wise governance and counsel. It requires a wise leadership and a willing and educated population. These things are all very challenging to establish, and that is why many nations choose the alternative route to stability." | "Freedom is difficult to cultivate even on an individual level. It requires responsibility. It requires awareness. It requires wise governance and counsel. It requires a wise leadership and a willing and educated population. These things are all very challenging to establish, and that is why many nations choose the alternative route to stability." | ||
| − | <ref> The Allies of Humanity Book Three, Questions and Answers </ref> | + | <ref>''The Allies of Humanity Book Three'', Briefing 7: [https://alliesofhumanity.org/questions-about-aliens/ Questions and Answers]</ref> |
==Stability and Security== | ==Stability and Security== | ||
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humanity be able to meet its global problems. Only in this way will it be able to assure any well-being | humanity be able to meet its global problems. Only in this way will it be able to assure any well-being | ||
for its citizens, wherever they are. And only in this way will it be prepared to deal with forces from the | for its citizens, wherever they are. And only in this way will it be prepared to deal with forces from the | ||
| − | Greater Community, which are themselves unified and determined."<ref>Greater Community Spirituality, Chapter 10</ref> | + | Greater Community, which are themselves unified and determined."<ref>''Greater Community Spirituality'', Chapter 10: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-2/greater-community-spirituality/how-do-you-prepare How do you prepare?]</ref> |
==World Government== | ==World Government== | ||
"World government is inevitable. It will happen. It will happen in order to regulate commerce. It will happen in order to prevent crime and starvation. It will happen in order to preserve the environment which different nations share. It will happen in order to regulate the quality of the larger natural resources which everyone shares, like water and air. The creation of world government will be difficult. It will be fraught with great tribulation and conflict. But it will happen because it is your destiny." | "World government is inevitable. It will happen. It will happen in order to regulate commerce. It will happen in order to prevent crime and starvation. It will happen in order to preserve the environment which different nations share. It will happen in order to regulate the quality of the larger natural resources which everyone shares, like water and air. The creation of world government will be difficult. It will be fraught with great tribulation and conflict. But it will happen because it is your destiny." | ||
| − | <ref> | + | <ref> ''Greater Community Spirituality'', Chapter 18: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-2/greater-community-spirituality/what-is-human-destiny What is human destiny?]</ref> |
| − | "You now have the beginnings... of global government." | + | "You now have the beginnings" ... "of global government."<ref name="tgc8"/> |
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==Resource Depletion and Government Control== | ==Resource Depletion and Government Control== | ||
| − | "Humanity is heading towards resource depletion. To lose your [[self-sufficiency]] in this regard, you cast yourself into a very difficult set of circumstances where your life and your circumstances will be controlled by others—others who are providing you resources that you cannot provide yourself. This establishes nations that are uniform and oppressive, where everyone must think the same and do what they are told."<ref>Life in the Universe, Chapter 12 | + | "Humanity is heading towards resource depletion. To lose your [[self-sufficiency]] in this regard, you cast yourself into a very difficult set of circumstances where your life and your circumstances will be controlled by others—others who are providing you resources that you cannot provide yourself. This establishes nations that are uniform and oppressive, where everyone must think the same and do what they are told."<ref>''Life in the Universe'', Chapter 12: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-4/life-universe/physical-universe Creation and Destiny]</ref> |
| − | "Governments will have to become more controlling, minimizing human [[freedom]], even in the freest nations. It will be an emergency that will continue. Many people will struggle against this. There will be much human tragedy and much human bravery and [[courage]]."<ref name="tgwocc9">The Great Waves of Change, Chapter 9 | + | "Governments will have to become more controlling, minimizing human [[freedom]], even in the freest nations. It will be an emergency that will continue. Many people will struggle against this. There will be much human tragedy and much human bravery and [[courage]]."<ref name="tgwocc9">''The Great Waves of Change'', Chapter 9: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-4/great-waves-change/the-great-waves-prophecy The Great Waves Prophecy]</ref> |
| − | "You will have to control your population size. You will have to control the distribution of wealth. You will have to provide for the poor. And the wealthy will have to moderate their behavior, their appetites, their greed and their consumption to achieve stability and security." <ref>Life in the Universe, Chapter 5 | + | "You will have to control your population size. You will have to control the distribution of wealth. You will have to provide for the poor. And the wealthy will have to moderate their behavior, their appetites, their greed and their consumption to achieve stability and security." <ref>''Life in the Universe'', Chapter 5: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-4/life-universe/stability-security Technology and the Different Paths to Stability]</ref> |
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 23:12, 23 May 2019
“Your leaders will disappoint you. Your institutions will prove to be frail and in some cases, even corrupt. Your systems of commerce will come under great duress and people all around you will be extremely upset and confused.” [1]
"You must not lose faith in the human family, human institutions and human leadership, for the Intervention will seek to exploit this to their own advantage. Having lost faith in human leadership and human institutions, people will naturally turn to other powers to guide them, to protect them and, so they believe, to redeem and to restore the world."[2]
Blame Your Government
"All the signs of the world are telling you that great change is upon you. Do not blame others, do not blame governments, everyone has produced this,everyone is involved in its creation, and everyone must become involved in its resolution. Take all the energy you put into condemnation and resentment and put it into your preparation for the Great Waves of change."[3]
"You really cannot assign blame fully upon any government leader or organization because you, too, if you live in a wealthy nation, have benefited from the exploitation of the world. You cannot complain, when you yourself, and everyone around you, is a part of this great dilemma."[4]
"How can you blame the leaders when the population wants to be blind and foolish? And those who are not struggling to survive and hold onto what they have, they are lost in their hobbies, their interests, their romances, the self-obsession over their health, or furnishing their dwelling place, or whatever it might be. They do not see the next great wave of change that is coming, the next economic tsunami. No, they are living on the beach, listening to the radio, enjoying the warmth of the sun." [5]
Improve Your Government
“So there must be this deep evaluation... and naturally you will begin to exert pressure on your local governments, your leaders. Do not assume they are wise and well informed. They will need to hear from you. And you will have to be very strong, stronger than you are today, more focused than you are today, more concentrated than you are today. And this will bring your life into focus and clarity, and enable you to find the source of your strength in the deeper Knowledge that lives within you.” [6]
"Knowledge will indicate if you are to become involved in a political campaign or a campaign of social change. It will indicate if that is part of your education and destiny. To make these commitments without Knowledge is to cast yourself in life before you really know who you are and what your life is about. And you will be involved out of fear and anger. You will be involved because you resist or resent others and their actions. This is not the motivation that will bring real resolution to anything. Even if your cause appears to be noble and justified, if you are engaged because you are angry, resentful or fearful, then that is what you will contribute to the situation. That will only create opposition and more conflict in the world. Now you are fighting others for something that you want. Perhaps you are not using weapons; perhaps you are only using words and actions that are lawful, but you are bringing more resentment and hostility into the situation, and those are things that the human family does not need more of." [7]
Overthrow Your Government
"It is not enough to overthrow the forces of oppression, for this leads to violence and great loss of life and suffering and too often only ushers in a different set of faces, a new lineage of oppressive rulers." [8]
"To begin to respond to your deeper nature, to the greater mind within you, begins a revolution... Be a revolutionary in this way only." [9]
"Without preparation you will be swept up in the storms and the aggravations of the world, in social movements or political movements or religious movements. And you’ll be partisan and polarized in your view and you’ll be full of judgment against others, and prone to condemnation and admonition toward others. You will be part of the problem and not part of the solution. And whatever revolution you are attempting to carry out or set of changes you are attempting to establish will end up being harmful to people and fraught with division and divisiveness. This is not what the world needs. This is not what has brought you here. This is not your real contribution to life." [10]
The Extraterrestrial Intervention
“The Intervention will seek to make you lose faith in your leaders, in your institutions and even within yourself, leading you to believe that only they can provide for you and guide you truly. This persuasion is already being cast over many people. The Intervention will seek to stimulate and exacerbate conflicts within the world to weaken the strongest powers, to lead them into engagements that are fruitless and destructive. This is already happening in the world.” [11]
“You cannot rely upon your governments to tell you what the Intervention is or how it is happening or what it means. You cannot rely upon science, which is largely ignorant of this phenomenon. You cannot rely upon your religious leaders to counsel you about the reality of this phenomenon and what you should do, for they really don’t know. That is why there is a New Message from God. ” [12]
Freedom
"Freedom is difficult to cultivate even on an individual level. It requires responsibility. It requires awareness. It requires wise governance and counsel. It requires a wise leadership and a willing and educated population. These things are all very challenging to establish, and that is why many nations choose the alternative route to stability." [13]
Stability and Security
“[The need for stability and security] is a fundamental reality that you must face as part of the natural world and as a citizen of human civilization. This recognition is fundamental. Many people cannot see this because they are so jaded in their political viewpoint. They are so distrustful of other people. They are so condemning of human leaders and institutions that they are blinded to the very natural circumstances that give them life, that promises them life for the future.” [14]
Solving Global Problems
"It is a greater promise for humanity to become a unified society. Only in this way will humanity be able to meet its global problems. Only in this way will it be able to assure any well-being for its citizens, wherever they are. And only in this way will it be prepared to deal with forces from the Greater Community, which are themselves unified and determined."[15]
World Government
"World government is inevitable. It will happen. It will happen in order to regulate commerce. It will happen in order to prevent crime and starvation. It will happen in order to preserve the environment which different nations share. It will happen in order to regulate the quality of the larger natural resources which everyone shares, like water and air. The creation of world government will be difficult. It will be fraught with great tribulation and conflict. But it will happen because it is your destiny." [16]
"You now have the beginnings" ... "of global government."[11]
Resource Depletion and Government Control
"Humanity is heading towards resource depletion. To lose your self-sufficiency in this regard, you cast yourself into a very difficult set of circumstances where your life and your circumstances will be controlled by others—others who are providing you resources that you cannot provide yourself. This establishes nations that are uniform and oppressive, where everyone must think the same and do what they are told."[17]
"Governments will have to become more controlling, minimizing human freedom, even in the freest nations. It will be an emergency that will continue. Many people will struggle against this. There will be much human tragedy and much human bravery and courage."[18]
"You will have to control your population size. You will have to control the distribution of wealth. You will have to provide for the poor. And the wealthy will have to moderate their behavior, their appetites, their greed and their consumption to achieve stability and security." [19]
References
- ↑ Inner Guidance (February 6, 2009)
- ↑ Protecting Yourself from the Intervention (March 17, 2011)
- ↑ Eight Guidelines for Discovering Your Higher Purpose( September 30, 2008)
- ↑ Experiencing Your Higher Purpose (August 30, 2008)
- ↑ Seeing What Is Coming (May 22, 2011)
- ↑ Food, Water and Energy (February 19, 2009)
- ↑ The First Commitment (September 25, 2008)
- ↑ The New Message for the Impoverished and Oppressed (April 18, 2008)
- ↑ The Revolution (May 24, 2011)
- ↑ Effecting Social and Political Change (December 31, 2008)
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 The Greater Community, Chapter 8: Preparing for the Greater Community
- ↑ The Great Presence Within You (2001)
- ↑ The Allies of Humanity Book Three, Briefing 7: Questions and Answers
- ↑ Preventing Collapse and the Wars of Desperation (January 2, 2009)
- ↑ Greater Community Spirituality, Chapter 10: How do you prepare?
- ↑ Greater Community Spirituality, Chapter 18: What is human destiny?
- ↑ Life in the Universe, Chapter 12: Creation and Destiny
- ↑ The Great Waves of Change, Chapter 9: The Great Waves Prophecy
- ↑ Life in the Universe, Chapter 5: Technology and the Different Paths to Stability