1999-2-5 02:02:00
Tracy,
I'm not sure if I commented earlier, but your ad copy sounded fine to me. The ads I suggested were just for list member's consideration. If you wish to write your own or combine the best of several suggested ads that is fine with me.
The Immortal has some appeal to both sides of the spectrum, so a person's point of view will determine how he or she may wish to word his ads or the direction of the study class. Generally though, you will find the people who are attracted to the book will not be fanatical on either side of the fence, but will be a synthesis of the best of the left and the right.
Remember this. Anyone who is willing to say the Song of the 144,000 on a regular basis has good potential for peaceful group work. These people will come from many backgrounds.
Garrett,
You are right there is a great need to reform many things in the government and the taxing system and a larger and larger percentage of the general populace are beginning to realize this. After we finish with The Molecular Business we shall discuss more about the Aquarian age of law and Molecular Politics. In addition to this there are plans in the mix which will create much needed change in ways only dreamed of by few.
Lisa,
I'm glad to see that you are still working on the editing of the writings. It sounds like you need some help. I would suggest that if you have some time to help that you contact Lisa and have her send you a section of the writings to work on.
The current question is: How can DECISION and ATTENTION be used to increase soul contact?
Several came close on the decision part. That is we must decide to reach or maintain soul contact.
Actually, more important than this is to decide to follow the highest that you know and receive from your inner self. Just deciding something like "I will receive soul contact today or next week" is not enough. If one is penniless and decides to have a new car tomorrow he will generally be disappointed. If one decides to have a new car and take the time and make the effort necessary to get it then there's a good chance he will receive it.
Similarly, the decision required of us that is most important is the decision to do that which is necessary to receive and maintain soul contact. Then when you receive contact you must then decide whether or not it is worth the effort necessary to keep the channel open enough to keep the contact continuous.
After these decisions are made then ATTENTION must be focused on the soul or "the light in the head" as some writings have it. Another way some teachers have worded this is to "keep your mind focused in the light."
Here is what happens after the first few glances at soul contact. When soul contact is first reached the entity has many more energies vying for his attention on the lower planes than the higher. Even though the contact brought a sense of peace and high vibration, this was not enough to keep his attention focused on the things necessary to sustain this. The distractions of the lower world draws the attention away and the focus is taken away from the soul and to the lower vibration. This shift does not happen immediately, but over a period of several days and the shift is so subtle that when the attention is shifted to the lower self the entity will often still believe he is in the soul.
If you are in a room with an adjustable light and turn it down gradually over a period of say, an hour, you can have the light diminished by about seventy per cent and never notice it. Then if you suddenly turn the light back immediately to full strength you will be startled to learn how much light you have lost. But you would not realize this unless you turned the light back on to full strength.
So it is with the soul. Until we learn to keep our minds focused steady in the light through ATTENTION to the soul or light, we will slip away from that light many times and have to have the power turned on again and again until we finally tire of losing contact and do something about it through the focus of attention.
Several have mentioned the importance of meditation and how bad they are at it. Meditation does not necessarily bring soul contact. There are those who meditate all their lives and never achieve it. More important than meditation is contemplation. Contemplation is a positive aspect of meditation and is more active and takes a person in the direction of the soul if ATTENTION is used and the heart is pure.
This is the purpose of the Intuitive Principle - to cause you to contemplate on questions in hope of touching the soul. Meditation without contemplation can bring some health benefits and calmness along with some discipline, but this alone does not insure soul contact.
Question: What is the difference between prayer, meditation and contemplation and how do they all help achieve soul contact?
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