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You have reached the great threshold where you have the power to destroy the life-sustaining resources of this world and to set humanity into a permanent state of decline. You have the power to compete with each other as you have always competed to drive humanity into this great state of decline. And yet you have the power to choose another way, a way out of a dilemma that will only become more difficult and intractable as time goes on. | You have reached the great threshold where you have the power to destroy the life-sustaining resources of this world and to set humanity into a permanent state of decline. You have the power to compete with each other as you have always competed to drive humanity into this great state of decline. And yet you have the power to choose another way, a way out of a dilemma that will only become more difficult and intractable as time goes on. | ||
You are living in a time when humanity faces its greatest threshold, its greatest challenges, its greatest danger and yet its one great opportunity to establish human cooperation and unity in the face of great and dire circumstances." | You are living in a time when humanity faces its greatest threshold, its greatest challenges, its greatest danger and yet its one great opportunity to establish human cooperation and unity in the face of great and dire circumstances." | ||
− | <ref>[http://www.newmessage.org/ee/index.php/special-teachings/the-blessing The Blessing] (April 20, | + | <ref>[http://www.newmessage.org/ee/index.php/special-teachings/the-blessing The Blessing] (April 20, 2007)</ref> |
− | "Look at people living at the | + | "Look at people living at the dawn of times of great change, at the outset of times of great change, and see the consequences for those who were aware and made preparations and the consequences for those who did not. Here history can be a great teacher, a great teacher of wisdom. You are now living at the threshold of great change in the world. If you do not respond to this and cannot fulfill what Knowledge has given you to do, then these times will be terrifying and unsettling, and you will not be in a position to escape the difficulties, to benefit from the opportunities or to be of service to others. |
− | dawn of times of great change, at the outset of times of great | + | |
− | change, and see the consequences for those who were aware and | + | This is why you must become serious about your life. You must look to your life. Stop playing games. Stop fantasizing and become engaged in life. Pay attention to what the world is telling you, but do not come to immediate conclusions. Do not look for simple answers. Do not demand solutions. For the Great Waves of change that are coming to the world and humanity’s emergence into the Greater Community are problems you will have to live with." |
− | made preparations and the consequences for those who did not. | ||
− | Here history can be a great teacher, a great teacher of wisdom. | ||
− | You are now living at the threshold of great change in the | ||
− | world. If you do not respond to this and cannot fulfill what | ||
− | Knowledge has given you to do, then these times will be | ||
− | terrifying and unsettling, and you will not be in a position to | ||
− | escape the difficulties, to benefit from the opportunities or to be | ||
− | of service to others. | ||
− | This is why you must become serious about your life. You | ||
− | must look to your life. Stop playing games. Stop fantasizing and | ||
− | become engaged in life. Pay attention to what the world is | ||
− | telling you, but do not come to immediate conclusions. Do not | ||
− | look for simple answers. Do not demand solutions. For the | ||
− | Great Waves of change that are coming to the world and | ||
− | humanity’s emergence into the Greater Community are | ||
− | problems you will have to live with." | ||
<ref>''[[The Great Waves of Change]]'', Chapter 3</ref> | <ref>''[[The Great Waves of Change]]'', Chapter 3</ref> | ||
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− | "Now | + | "Now you are emerging into a new arena with new requirements, new possibilities and new dangers. Clearly, it is a danger when human beings will not respond to what is occurring in their lives and will not seriously consider the implications. That is a risk." |
− | you are emerging into a new arena with new requirements, new possibilities | ||
− | and new dangers. Clearly, it is a danger when human beings will not | ||
− | respond to what is occurring in their lives and will not seriously consider | ||
− | the implications.That is a risk." | ||
<ref>''[[Wisdom from The Greater Community]] Volume Two'', Chapter 14</ref> | <ref>''[[Wisdom from The Greater Community]] Volume Two'', Chapter 14</ref> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==For Students== | ||
+ | "Just because you are open does not mean that you are divinely guided. Just because you seek greater Wisdom in your life does not mean that you are not vulnerable to other forces in the Mental Environment. This will become increasingly true as the world’s emergence into the Greater Community advances and progresses. That is why we spend a long time building the foundation for Knowledge, to protect you from error and to assure your future success. It is only when people are ambitious and impatient, when they seek to have the great rewards now instead of later, that they get into serious trouble." | ||
+ | <ref>[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 10</ref> | ||
+ | |||
+ | "Just because one acquires a functional state of independence, it does not mean that one will necessarily go on. You can get stalled by the side of the road anywhere in the journey of life. And the reasons to become stalled can always seem to be very compelling and self-satisfying." | ||
+ | <ref>''[[Wisdom from The Greater Community]] Volume Two'', Chapter 16</ref> | ||
+ | |||
+ | "Just because you have intuitive impulses or gain insights does not mean you are experiencing Wisdom. That is a very important distinction. Wisdom is being in a certain state of mind. Here insights will come to you if it is necessary. If it is not necessary, there will be no insights. | ||
+ | |||
+ | In this state of mind there is relief from the constant attempt to get things, to have things and to understand things. This striving, which is to offset fear and anxiety, is a chronic condition in people’s normal state of mind. You are given a relief from this, and a tremendous relief it is! Even if your experience of Wisdom is only for a moment, the relief is so great that you will have an experience that will be unforgettable. Here you are not asking questions, and you don’t need to ask questions. When Knowledge arises in the mind, all questions cease; when Knowledge is lost in the mind, or is hidden by the mind, all questions emerge." | ||
+ | <ref>''[[Wisdom from The Greater Community]] Volume Two'', Chapter 23</ref> | ||
+ | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Excerpts
"You are entering a competitive environment in the Universe unlike anything you could even imagine. How you conduct yourself here, how you conduct your relations with each other, how you regard your position in the Universe—all have tremendous weight in determining your future and how your destiny within this Greater Community will be fulfilled and even if it can be fulfilled. You have reached the great threshold where you have the power to destroy the life-sustaining resources of this world and to set humanity into a permanent state of decline. You have the power to compete with each other as you have always competed to drive humanity into this great state of decline. And yet you have the power to choose another way, a way out of a dilemma that will only become more difficult and intractable as time goes on. You are living in a time when humanity faces its greatest threshold, its greatest challenges, its greatest danger and yet its one great opportunity to establish human cooperation and unity in the face of great and dire circumstances." [1]
"Look at people living at the dawn of times of great change, at the outset of times of great change, and see the consequences for those who were aware and made preparations and the consequences for those who did not. Here history can be a great teacher, a great teacher of wisdom. You are now living at the threshold of great change in the world. If you do not respond to this and cannot fulfill what Knowledge has given you to do, then these times will be terrifying and unsettling, and you will not be in a position to escape the difficulties, to benefit from the opportunities or to be of service to others.
This is why you must become serious about your life. You must look to your life. Stop playing games. Stop fantasizing and become engaged in life. Pay attention to what the world is telling you, but do not come to immediate conclusions. Do not look for simple answers. Do not demand solutions. For the Great Waves of change that are coming to the world and humanity’s emergence into the Greater Community are problems you will have to live with." [2]
"Humanity has great promise and a greater destiny in the universe. But in order for you to fulfill this promise and this destiny, you must meet three requirements. You must be self sufficient. You must be united. And you must be extremely discreet. These are the three requirements for all free nations in the universe. Yet at present, humanity is failing each one of these basic requirements. You are rapidly destroying your self-sufficiency by the mismanagement and overuse of your world’s resources. You are hardly united and still value your conflicts and your distinctions from one another to such a great degree that human unity on a large scale has not yet been established, even in facing critical problems in the world. And you are hardly discreet, broadcasting all of your strengths and weaknesses out into the universe for any discreet observer to see. No advanced technological society broadcasts in this way. That is why you will not find radio signals coming from space because no one who values their security ever broadcasts in such a manner."
[3]
"For nations to survive environmental decline in this world and increasing political and economic upheaval and difficulty, you will have to cooperate with each other. Instead of fighting, you will have to find ways to provide enough food, water and energy for the people of the world. That will be the prevailing and dominating need of the future here on Earth."
[4]
"Once you lose your self-sufficiency, everything is lost that you value, for you will not be able to establish the terms of engagement to gain access to those things upon which you have now become dependent. Other nations will determine your behavior and your participation."
[5]
"So they look, but they do not see. They listen, but they do not hear. They stand next to the Messenger, but they do not recognize that they are standing next to the most important person in the entire world at this time!"
[6]
"The Great Waves of change are not merely one event but a convergence of many powerful forces. It is their convergence that will create instability and unpredictable change. This will create so many interacting forces that it will be very difficult for people to understand what is happening and why all of this is occurring. It is dangerous because it will produce immense upheaval and instability, and people are not prepared for this. Their governments have not prepared them. Their religious institutions have not prepared them. The media has not prepared them. And so they have very little emotional or psychological preparation and very little practical preparation for the great difficulties to come.
It is a dangerous time also because humanity will be facing limitations in its resources, and there will be great competition and the risk of conflict over the remaining resources. Nations and groups will be competing with each other very intensely, and this can spill off into conflict and war on a very large scale and in many parts of the world simultaneously."
[7]
"You are also facing the presence of forces from the Universe, physical beings who are here to take advantage of a weak and divided humanity. These small groups of forces are not military in nature. They represent resource explorers and economic Collectives. They will seek to further human conflict and gain influence in the halls of power in governments, religion and commerce. They represent a great danger to humanity."
[7]
"Humanity is now facing an Intervention in the world that is extremely dangerous. This is not a visitation. It is an intervention whose purpose is to gain control of the world and the world’s peoples."
[8]
"Now you are emerging into a new arena with new requirements, new possibilities and new dangers. Clearly, it is a danger when human beings will not respond to what is occurring in their lives and will not seriously consider the implications. That is a risk."
[9]
For Students
"Just because you are open does not mean that you are divinely guided. Just because you seek greater Wisdom in your life does not mean that you are not vulnerable to other forces in the Mental Environment. This will become increasingly true as the world’s emergence into the Greater Community advances and progresses. That is why we spend a long time building the foundation for Knowledge, to protect you from error and to assure your future success. It is only when people are ambitious and impatient, when they seek to have the great rewards now instead of later, that they get into serious trouble." [10]
"Just because one acquires a functional state of independence, it does not mean that one will necessarily go on. You can get stalled by the side of the road anywhere in the journey of life. And the reasons to become stalled can always seem to be very compelling and self-satisfying." [11]
"Just because you have intuitive impulses or gain insights does not mean you are experiencing Wisdom. That is a very important distinction. Wisdom is being in a certain state of mind. Here insights will come to you if it is necessary. If it is not necessary, there will be no insights.
In this state of mind there is relief from the constant attempt to get things, to have things and to understand things. This striving, which is to offset fear and anxiety, is a chronic condition in people’s normal state of mind. You are given a relief from this, and a tremendous relief it is! Even if your experience of Wisdom is only for a moment, the relief is so great that you will have an experience that will be unforgettable. Here you are not asking questions, and you don’t need to ask questions. When Knowledge arises in the mind, all questions cease; when Knowledge is lost in the mind, or is hidden by the mind, all questions emerge." [12]
References
- ↑ The Blessing (April 20, 2007)
- ↑ The Great Waves of Change, Chapter 3
- ↑ Contact with Intelligent Life in the Universe (October 1, 2008)
- ↑ The Will of Heaven (May 17, 2011)
- ↑ Entering the Greater Community (May 27, 2011)
- ↑ The Initiation (June 28, 2011)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Navigating the Difficult Times Ahead (September 29, 2008)
- ↑ Resisting the Intervention (September 10, 2008)
- ↑ Wisdom from The Greater Community Volume Two, Chapter 14
- ↑ Living The Way of Knowledge, Chapter 10
- ↑ Wisdom from The Greater Community Volume Two, Chapter 16
- ↑ Wisdom from The Greater Community Volume Two, Chapter 23