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from Jesus:
There is not necessarily anything wrong with not having a structured
outer path. A long time ago, I inspired Kim to write an important discourse
about the two types of people and how they approach religion. The basic
idea is that some people are organizers and have a greater need for
structure and stability. Others are creators and have a need to express
creativity without being restricted by outer rules and regulations.
There are many people in embodiment today who belong to the group of
creators, and that is why so many people reject an outer religion or
belief system.
I obviously belonged to this group, as do the mystics of all ages. However,
this does not mean that creators are more important or somehow better
than organizers. Both are equally needed because they are expressions
of the expanding force of the Father (creators) and the contracting
force of the Mother, as explained by Mother Mary in her discourses.
As explained in the discourse mentioned above, both of the two types
of people can become unbalanced, and when they do, they tend to go into
one of two extremes. The creators refuse to accept any kind of rules
and become rebels. The organizers want everything to conform to outer
rules and they become judges.
The main idea I seek to get across throughout this website is that the
key to spiritual growth is to rise above the dualistic extremes that
spring from the carnal mind. So when an organizer becomes trapped in
the carnal mind, he goes into the extreme of believing that there is
only true religion and that by following all the outer rules of that
religion, you will automatically be saved. This is what happened to
the scribes and the Pharisees that I encountered 2,000 years ago, and
there are many people with that mindset today. They are attracted to
the fundamentalist branches of any religion. Or they are attracted to
the fundamentalist religion called scientific materialism.
When a creator becomes trapped in the carnal mind, he tends to reject
all kinds of rules or structure. This can lead to the belief that there
is no value in any organization or belief system and that any belief
is as good as any other belief. In other words, there really is no truth
and falsity because it is just a matter of what we want to believe.
This is what you see in some people in the New Age movement or people
who have rejected all forms of organized religion or structured beliefs.
When a soul is extremely unbalanced, it will go into one of the two
extremes and stay there for the rest of its life, never questioning
its basic approach to religion. When a soul has become more mature,
it tends to go into one extreme, but it is not at peace with that choice.
Pressure keeps building until the soul can no longer stand it, and then
it flips to the opposite extreme. Such people can swing back and forth
between two extremes for a long time, possibly for many lifetimes.
The main message on this website is that there is an alternative to
these unbalanced reactions. That alternative is the Christ consciousness
which takes you above and beyond the dualistic extremes. This does not
mean that you compromise between the two extremes. It means that you
rise to a higher state of consciousness than the carnal mind which created
the extremes. Instead of thinking that one extreme is right and must
win, you simply leave both extremes behind.
The key to following the middle way of the Christ consciousness is to
strive for balance in all things. This does not mean that all people
should follow the same type of path or approach spiritual growth in
the same way. If you are an organizer, you will need to have a structured
path and you will need to be a member of an outer organization. Yes
this does not mean that you need to find the most extreme or fanatical
organization possible. And you don’t need to become rigid in rejecting
all other beliefs than the official doctrines of a particular organization.
You can be a member of an organization and still keep your mind open
to other teachings and ideas. For example, I have no problem with someone
who has been a member of a particular church or religion for a lifetime
studying the teachings on this website while still remaining a faithful
member of his or her particular religion.
If you are a creator, you might find that many religious organizations
are too confining for you. You can then find an organization that is
more open or you can follow the spiritual path on your own. Yet this
does not mean that you reject all formal belief systems. It means that
you study such belief systems and take the ideas you find valuable and
practice the rituals that appeal to you.
To return to your question, I can assure you that there are many people
who come to a point in their lives where they feel like they are at
a crossroads. Their souls realize that the approach they have taken
so far cannot get them any further, so they see the need to do something
different. This is actually a sign of spiritual maturity.
I understand that this stage can often be a burden to people, and that
is why you might feel like throwing all your existing beliefs out the
window. However, I encourage you to take a more positive approach. Everything
you have done up to this point in your life was done because somewhere
in your being you felt that you needed to have that experience in order
to learn something and move higher on your personal path. So nothing
has been a waste because everything has been a learning opportunity.
Therefore, you don't need to throw away all of your existing beliefs
and you don't need to say that your previous approach to religion was
wrong. Instead, you simply realize that your existing beliefs and your
current approach to religion cannot take you any further. You have reached
a certain level, and in order to come up higher, you need to change
your approach and open your mind to new ideas.
If you look at the world today, you see that there are two main approaches
to religion or spirituality. One is the extremist approach, and as I
explained above, there are two versions of it. You might think that
a Christian fundamentalist and an New Age person who rejects all structured
beliefs are taking opposite approaches to religion. In reality, they
both take the approach of believing that their current paradigm is absolute,
infallible and complete—and therefore it never needs to change.
My point being that many people approach spirituality from a state of
fear. When you are trapped in fear, you have a need to adopt a certain
belief system, a certain world view, that can help you cope with your
fears. This is what causes people to adopt a world view that they believe
is absolute, that they believe could never change and that they believe
there is no reason to question or look beyond. In other words, these
people think they have it all figured out, and because they have it
all figured out, they are saved. And because they are saved they are
able to live with their fears, even though they have done nothing to
process and overcome the cause of those fears.
As a soul matures, it will eventually come to a crossroad. One on the
most significant turning points on the spiritual path is when a soul
is ready to abandon the fear-based approach to spirituality and move
into a love-based approach. We who are the spiritual teachers of humankind
are constantly watching all souls evolving on Earth. We watch with great
anticipation and excitement for the point when a soul reaches the crossroads
where it realizes that fear no longer works and that it needs to find
an approach to spirituality that is based on love. This is when we get
excited, for this is when we know that the soul is ready to take a major
leap forward and open itself to our guidance and direction.
When you are ready to find a love-based approach to spirituality, the
best thing you can do is to move into the conscious awareness and decision
that none of your beliefs are final, absolute or beyond questioning.
In other words, I am not encouraging you to throw away all of your existing
beliefs because your soul needs a foundation to stand on. What I am
encouraging you to do is to decide that you are willing to question
any of your existing beliefs and to reach for a higher understanding
of any aspect of life. And if you find that a certain belief stands
in the way of you acquiring that higher understanding, you are willing
to abandon that belief. This is the hallmark of a true spiritual seeker.
Besides adopting this attitude, I would also strongly encourage you
to realize that as you need two legs in order to walk, there are two
things that will help you walk the spiritual path. I talk about this
in much greater detail in the book Save
Yourself, but the basic idea is that what drives your spiritual
progress is the two Rs, namely revelation and ritual.
Revelation means that you study spiritual teachings with an open mind
and a willingness to question any of your existing beliefs, thereby
opening yourself to revelation from your Christ self and spiritual teachers.
However, in order to experience a stable and constant growth, you need
to establish some form of ritual.
Nature is not chaotic and unstructured. Nature has order and rhythm,
as you see in the progression of the seasons and in every other aspects
of the design of the material universe. So if you think that you can
wander through life without any kind of constancy, structure or ritual,
you will not make maximum spiritual progress. You will too easily be
driven hither and yon by other people or by certain energies or dark
forces.
To experience constant progress, you need to find a spiritual technique
and practice it on a regular basis. It needs to be an efficient technique
that can drive your spiritual progress. There are a number of such techniques
out there, and you should feel free to pick one that appeals to you
at your present level of consciousness. However, for those who have
found this website and are open to the teachings on it, I strongly encourage
you to consider the old saying, “When the student is ready, the
teacher appears.” If you have found this website, it is because
your soul is ready for the teachings on it. So why not make use of the
rituals I present on this website?
My recommendation would therefore be that you establish a ritual whereby
you spend some time each morning invoking spiritual protection. I recommend
that you give all or half of Archangel Michael’s
Rosary every morning. Then in the evening spend some time using
a ritual for the transformation of toxic energy. You can use the decrees
to the Violet
Flame, but for most people I would recommend Mother
Mary’s rosaries.
I would also recommend that after having given a rosary in the evening,
you seek to tune in to your Christ self. You can use the technique for
inner
attunement or the decree for communing
with me.
I can assure you that anyone who would follow these recommendations
would notice a positive difference. For some people it might take time
before they experience a major breakthrough, for others the difference
will be noticeable almost immediately.
I see many sincere spiritual seekers who have made great progress in
terms of understanding spiritual truth, but because they have not adopted
an efficient ritual and practiced it on a regular basis, they have not
made maximum progress on their path. They have not fully internalized
their understanding, and therefore they are not able to express it through
their daily activities. So remember the two positive Rs, Revelation
and Ritual. And avoid the two negative Rs, pRide
and Rigidity.
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