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MESSAGE THIRTY-ONE
SOME PRACTICAL CLARIFICATIONS OF THE CONCEPT OF SPIRITUALITY AND SPIRITUAL PRINCIPLES
May 1, 1982
The following has been revealed today by the Lord.
Today some brief clarifications, explanations and additions to the
concept of spirituality and spiritual principles will be presented.
Spirituality in general and human spirituality in particular are
defined in “Fundamentals of Human Spirituality”, together with
definitions of twelve principles on the general side and twelve principles
on the human side.
Many people complain that theoretical definitions are difficult to
understand. Therefore, they are too discouraged to read such books,
feeling they are beyond their level of comprehension.
However, this opinion is a self-imposed fallacy as to one’s abilities,
placing self-imposed restrictions on one’s intelligence. One accepts and
believes one’s being in accordance with the limitations of one’s
expectations, style of daily life, and impositions and expectations of
others.
The problem is that people have trained and conditioned themselves
in a mode of thinking and living, functioning within and preoccupying
themselves with narrowly defined activities congruent with that training
and conditioning. This leads to the development of one-sided intelligence
defined in such terms as practical intelligence; theoretical intelligence;
superior, average, below-average intelligence; and similar categories
which, in actuality, have little meaning. They become their own self-
fulfilling prophecy by accepting and believing that they are, in fact, one
way or another. The acceptance of such a belief leads them to develop
themselves strongly and predominantly in the direction of what they
believe they are or have, or are expected to be or to have. Anything in
them that does not fit that belief system is repressed, suppressed,
disregarded and/or totally suspended and, in a sense, atrophied.
Thus, people train themselves to think, feel, will and act only in
practical terms, such as driving a car to the grocery store and shopping.
Whatever relates to such activities, they easily understand. If one were
to explain to them principles of spirituality in terms comparable to
shopping, driving a car or playing tennis, etc., they would be able to
understand it. This is the way they usually think.
On the other hand, some people put so much emphasis on theoretical
development of their abilities that they lose all perspective of practical
aspects of living. Thus, they think in abstract, mathematical,
philosophical, scientific, etc., concepts, and for them to go to a grocery
store is an unimaginable venture where they would feel idiotic. Such
people, of course, do not have difficulty in comprehending theoretical
aspects of spirituality as defined, for example, in “Fundamentals of
Human Spirituality”. However, they often have difficulty in seeing the
practical aspects of such theoretical concepts.
Both these extremes are the result of improper training and choice
which select certain outward observable traits in a child and
continuously emphasize and condition rapid development of these
specific traits, neglecting other aspects of one’s personality. Children
thus directed tend to identify themselves with these traits and, as adults,
they become, in many instances, what they were expected to be by others
or by themselves as a result of externally imposed observations and
identification with them.
People forget that when they come to this world they are, in most
instances, equipped to be a combination of both aspects of life. Any
activity, no matter how practical or theoretical it seems, has its
theoretical and practical aspects respectively. One without the other
creates an imbalance.
When people condition themselves to live and to think in certain ways
and terms they habituate themselves so much to this narrow and limited
focus or specialty that anything else seems incomprehensible, difficult to
understand, or boring.
As mentioned previously, such a lifestyle is in violation of the
spiritual principle of balancing everyday living.
In reality, everyone who can think, feel and will is able to
understand, see and connect any theoretical and practical concepts if one
gives oneself a chance to break out of one’s self-imposed restrictions and
lifestyle which one pursues in one’s everyday living. People simply
become too lazy to do, to think or to try anything outside of their
assumed faulty self-concept and lifestyle.
Such an unbalanced situation is a peculiar and isolated occurrence in
Creation, limited to people on Earth (and in the Hells, of course).
This situation is the result of the activated and domineering negative
state on Earth. There is nothing balancing in the negative state. Its
nature is always one-sided, finalistic and exaggerated. It forces people
who accept it to see things in a finalistic stance. They have a tendency to
believe that their state and condition is final and nothing can be done
about it. Thus, for example, if they consider themselves to be of either
practical or theoretical intelligence, they believe it is their destiny to be
practical or theoretical always, without change, and they do everything
in their lives to force their point and subsequently live up to their belief.
They make no effort to discover the real content of their inner self and of
their Inner Mind. Everything which is contradictory to their belief is
rejected as being of no use.
Thus, they rob themselves of great opportunities, knowledges and
experiences which are available to them at every step of their everyday
life. This situation is, of course, very much supported and encouraged by
the Hells because they do not want people to discover the true scope and
content of their own mind and especially of their Inner Mind. Such a
discovery would lead people to true spirituality and, thus, to the Most
High. This would totally undermine the negative state’s secure position
on Earth.
In view of this fact, it is obvious that the majority of people could
easily understand and apply such concepts as spirituality and spiritual
principles as defined and described in “Fundamentals of Human
Spirituality” and in some instances throughout these “Messages From
Within”. All they would have to do is to tell themselves, from their inner
free will, that they really can do it. But because they tell themselves that
they cannot do it, they carry out their own negative suggestions, and
they really cannot do it. This is true of anything in human life on Earth.
In order to bring a better comprehension of spirituality and its
principles to those who, for one reason or another, have brainwashed
themselves into believing they are not capable of understanding highly
theoretical concepts, here are some simplified explanations of these
concepts.
Spirituality simply means that one recognizes and accepts as a fact,
as an axiom (something which does not need to be proven) that there is
an absolute, living, self-aware, uncreated and unoriginated source of life
and all Creation, which people call God, the Most High, the Lord, Jesus
Christ, and various other names. Now the recognition and acceptance of
this axiom has certain consequences for everyday life. Simply stated, if
life and all Creation were created and originated from this Absolute
Source, then whatever is happening in one’s every day life, no matter
what it is, is the result, the consequence and the outcome of that source’s
being and existence which always is without any beginning or end.
Therefore, everything in one’s life, without exclusion or exception has a
spiritual implication. One is capable of doing anything at all only because
there is that Absolute, Uncreated, Unoriginated Source of life and
Creation, called by many various names, who continuously provides one
with one’s life support system through and by one’s Inner Mind where
He/She resides constantly, which life support system enables one to go
about one’s everyday business and living.
This is the spiritual principle of life, spirituality and everyday living
in a nutshell. If people accept this fact and begin turning themselves
toward that source within their Inner Mind, they begin to be truly
spiritual beings. The degree and extent of one’s spirituality, therefore,
can be determined by how often and how much time one devotes in one’s
thinking, feeling, willing, acting and behaving in recognition of this fact
and to turning oneself inwardly to the Most High in one’s Inner Mind for
guidance, support and enlightenment, and for determination of the right
and proper way of life and everyday living with regard to one’s unique
personality and one’s purpose for being here.
Now, this is the simplest, the most appropriate and the most spiritual
way to understand spirituality and its principles.
If one does this, one is fulfilling all requirements of spiritual living.
Also, if one does this, the content of all spiritual principles and their
easiest and most comfortable application in one’s everyday life in
accordance with one’s specific needs and purpose in living on Earth is
revealed by the Lord directly in one’s Inner Mind.
But how many people do this on an everyday basis? Why doesn’t
everyone examine oneself and answer for oneself this question?
It is very important to realize that, in order to be spiritual, it is
necessary to go inward, into one’s thinking, feeling and willing from the
presence of the Most High in one’s Inner Mind and, then, to act and
behave from such thinking, feeling and willing. No outward, external,
from “without” impositions, expectations, prescriptions and determina-
tions are of truly spiritual origin. One has to do it on one’s own, within
oneself, in one’s own thinking, feeling, willing and acting from one’s free
will, by one’s freedom of choice. No one else can do it for anyone. It is
advised, therefore, that one start to exercise and practice this kind of
attitude consistently on an everyday basis, as pointed out in the previous
messages, without constantly relying on external inputs for being
spiritual. The era of the externals of spirituality, which dominated
mankind for many millenia, is now irreversibly dead, together with those
who support it.
To summarize what has been said thus far about spirituality one can
conceive spirituality and spiritual principles in the following theoretical
manner:
1. Theoretical Foundation of Spirituality and Its Principles.
This foundation is a core of spirituality, the innermost nucleus of its
function. It determines the process of spirituality’s manifestation in an
infinite variety and in numbers of ways and modes for each particular
cycle of time of being and existence. This core and nucleus of spirituality
consists of all eternally living ideas, thoughts, concepts and categories of
all sentient entities and all things in being and existence in all modes of
discreteness and continuity. In the absolute sense, this core can be
conceived as the Inner Mind of the Most High. In a relative sense, as
related to people, this core can be conceived as the Inner Mind of People.
2. The Practical Foundation of Spirituality and Its Principles.
This foundation is the process itself of manifesting all ideas, thoughts,
concepts and categories of the Inner Mind into an infinite variety and
number of forms, mentalities, external appearances, occurrences,
proceedings and becomings, etc.
Without this practical foundation of spirituality, its theoretical
foundation could not have any actualization and realization in the
concreteness of its functions.
On the other hand, without ideas, thoughts, concepts and categories
of such actualization and realization, no actualization or realization
could occur, proceed and become in any form or mode of being and
existence.
In the absolute sense, this process can be conceived as an Interior
Mind and partly Exterior Mind (its innermost degree) of the Most High.
In a relative sense, as related to people, this process can be conceived as
the interior mind and partly external mind (its innermost degree) of
people.
3. The Combined Foundation of Spirituality and Its Principles
of Their Theoretical and Practical Foundation As Unity, Oneness
and Harmony. This foundation signifies that continuous production of
ideas, thoughts, concepts and categories in the Inner Mind, be it in the
absolute sense in the Most High or in the relative sense in people, is for
the purpose of their manifestation, actualization and realization in order
that mutual benefit, sharing and common good can occur, proceed and
become for all Creation. No other purpose of being and existence of such
ideas, thoughts, concepts and categories is conceivable.
In the absolute sense, this foundation can be conceived as the rest of
the External Mind of the Most High and resultant activities and
behaviors of the Most High in regard to His/ Her Creation. In the relative
sense, this foundation can be conceived as the rest of the external mind
and resultant attitudes, actions and behaviors of people in regard to the
Most High, to themselves and to the rest of Creation.
On this foundation depends everything in one’s everyday life, since
determination of one’s attitude, activities and behaviors toward the Most
High, oneself and the rest of Creation gives one the true meaning,
content, purpose, quality and quantity of one’s life.
If one looks carefully at these three condensed points of spirituality
and its principles, one can notice a very important principle in itself:
there is no “without” originating principle possible. Whatever is or
whatever happens is and happens as a result of some inward “within”
process and function. Thus, “without” is the result and outcome of
“within” and not vice-versa.
In practical terms, this means that all outward forms, such as nature,
matter, physical bodies, planets and occurrences on and in them, are the
result of internal “within” processes and functions and their ideas,
thoughts, concepts and categories which appear as substance in the
“without”, making “without” the result or end, and not the beginning.
This also means, as mentioned previously many times, how
spiritually dangerous for one’s life it is to put all origination, meaning,
purpose and sense of everything or anything into “without” — externals,
nature, matter, etc. — where there is nothing in itself and by itself.
At the same time, it also means how spiritually dangerous it is for
one’s life to be continuously preoccupied with, and to spend most of one’s
life in outward, external “without” activities with little regard for their
spiritual, “within”, origination.
This is all for today.
Source: MESSAGE FROM WITHIN
