WHAT’S GOING ON

#152 MARCH 2007

What can I do?

1. Remember what I am, where I am. what is going on and what I can do.

2. Hold attention to the present moment.

3. Remember that Spirit does all the work.

4. Remember with thankfulness that I am at an incredible Party and all is well.

5. Remember that I am responsible for my inner state, which is my most valuable asset.

PEACE. . . .

 ALONG THE WAY: 

Resistance is given to us by Grace.  It is a gift for which we are thankful.  

THIS MONTH’S THOUGHT: 

I will embrace all resistance because Life has given it to me so I can evolve.

SIGNS OF A PERSON IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN: 

(Excerpts from a talk by Dr. Bob Gibson)

The first sign that was given was ‘cast out devils’.  A person in the Kingdom of Heaven casts out devils.  As soon as there is a level of understanding and they begin to use understanding instead of senses, they begin to cast out preconceived opinions.  They begin to throw them out.  A preconceived opinion or a misconception about what the whole purpose of living is, like that first decision, is a devil. It will sure bite you up and it will destroy you if you leave it in there.  So as soon as the person begins to use the psychological mind and see comprehension and understanding, he or she begins to cast out devils. There is no argument.  You’re going to throw him out, because the first sign that was given was ‘cast out devils’. You’re going to throw him out, because you’re not going to let him usurp your place in the household. The psychological mind won’t have him.  The sensory mind is his friend.

            The next thing is– heal the sick.  Sick does not necessarily and only refer to the sensory sick, but to anyone who is in conflict, who is not in a state of functioning adequately.  That’s what sickness is—not functioning adequately.   Healing of the sick is to heal it by seeing the truth of the matter instead of all these sick ideas we have from the senses.  First off, there is an understanding of all these sick ideas—that the whole purpose of living is to be comfortable and get all these goodies; those good sensory things; that we can have our way; that we can keep our rights; that we can please you; that we believe all those authorities.  One authority says you should drink lots milk and another authority says you should never drink milk.  Whew!  What do we do now?  Find out for yourself. If you heal the sick you begin to use that soul—wake it up—the psychological mind.  The soul has been asleep or dead within man.  He has only used his senses and he called that his mind.  But his soul is that which sees the relationships and contact X and can be in relationship to X, not the sensory mind which has no part in the Kingdom of Heaven.  When you begin to revive it you have healed the sick.

  The person that is in the Kingdom of Heaven raises the dead. Man starts off with the potential of Life.  He is an unconditioned being by creation.  But in the process of being born he eats of that little tree called the knowledge of good and evil.  He likes it so well he keeps on eating it every day of his life.  Blaming everybody else for all his difficulties.  When he awakens he has become alive.  The Christ referred to people who lived by the senses as being dead.  We all have to have resurrection before we can have eternal life, before we can live now.  Eternal has no beginning and no end.  Now has no beginning and no end.  It is here.  The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.  It is right here and right now.  First you crucify or destroy all of this sensory existence and ideas, all of this conditioning.  Then there is the possibility of being resurrected.  So he raises the dead or resurrects the dead.  He also does it not only within himself, but works with others that they may do it. 

Cleansing the leper is the next one.  Cleansing the leper is cleaning the person of destruction.  Leprosy is a degenerative disorder. Fingers fall off.  Hands fall off.  Arms fall off.  The person is falling apart.  Cleansing the leper would be to cleanse the person of misconceptions and contradictions.  Conflict is a falling apart and is a leper.  Cleansing the leper is coming out without all the destruction.  We are all lepers as long as we are conditioned beings.

The person in the Kingdom of Heaven can eat or drink poison without harm.  We are constantly subjected to poisons.  Every suggestion that comes down the path is poison.  We eat and drink poison all day long.  First, get over being subject to suggestion. 

The next thing is love, one another.  If you can love another person, you have the capability of love.  Love comes from understanding—not of this world, not the sensory level.  But when you start to really understand and comprehend another you can love all mankind because you can see they are all working through their conditioning.  You can have compassion and understanding—agape, one for another.

Act on the Word or the Teaching.  The Christ said that if a man hears these words and does not act on them he is like a foolish man who builds his house on sand.  He goes around spouting words, still on the sensory level. He never gets down to applying them. The wise man built his house on rock, on truth.  How many of us have ever seen what it meant so we could open up the Soul.  We could begin to see relationships, begin to be awake and see ‘what am I doing?’

The next one was to kill an unfruitful fig tree.  Anything that bears fruit represents our inner being, our everyday life.  We are to bear fruit.  If it doesn’t bear fruit, you kill it.  You get rid of it.  Do you have any ideas and conceptions that you defend? 

The next one is you feed thousands with a very little bread and meat.  How much does it take to open the door of truth if you’re not trying to nourish fig trees?    And you can feed thousands.  Feeding does not have to be literal food.  The real feeding is what goes into the inner make-up of mind, the heart, the inner conception of man, that which he conceives with, that which he sees with.  Not his eyes.  As long as he can do that he is being feed.  It doesn’t take a lot.  It takes very little.  We can feed thousands.  Everybody who asks of you.  You can feed even if you have a little bit. But be sure we don’t feed poison.  We have fed poison to people.  We have told them a thousand wild little stories. Confused them, aggravated them, loaded grievous burdens on their shoulders and called it feeding them.  It only takes a little if the person you’re working with can see.  But you have to know it, experiences it, live it or it is as dead words.  It has to come from the inner being.  But a few can feed the thousands with so little.

Now here is the story about the Kingdom of Heaven and here are the signs that follow those that are in the Kingdom.  Now our next question will be, “What prevents me from doing it?”  We have worked with only on the sensory level.  We begin to be spiritual beings and quit being dead, mechanical, automatic, reacting machines.  We can respond with intellect. We begin to see.  We begin to understand.  We begin to love one another.  There is an invisible man here.  That invisible being we can work with.  We’re not concerned with the visible man. 

IDEAS TO WORK WITH:

1. We are about as healthy as we choose to act.  This is the way we determine our physical condition.  Our survival is dependent on maintaining a mood of vital interest.
2. Energy is another word for Life.
3. Much of our conflict comes from impatience.  Everything is a process.  This is the nature of things.
4. Conflict, struggle and resistance (all synonyms) are the only human problem.
5. The only thing that can be integrated is purpose and will.  Then there is real I.  Real I is not controlled by should, oughts, have to’s and musts. As long as we feel we have to, must, should or ought to, we are in conflict.  If we do something because we want to, there is no resistance.  A conscious person lives without struggle, conflict or resistance and is in charge of his inner state of being.
6. The thing that maintains fear is not wanting to have it.  The remedy is to be free to experience fear.
7. If we want to feel good, we start acting like we feel good.
8. We forget anything we don’t put value on.  Being a conscious person is the most valuable thing we can do.  If we forget that, we will think being non-disturbed has the most value.
9. There is no conflict, struggle or resistance when everything is alright just like it is. Some call this happiness.
10. Everything comes to pass.  “Not-I’s” suggest that everything is permanent.
11. The best way for us to insure that we have a body to live in is to avoid anger, guilt, fear, insecurity and all the many synonyms.
12. If we discard all ideals we will not make any judgments.
13. Peace:  We have ceased to make anything important.
14. We can fully integrate today.  We are living the Teaching when we remember:  What I am. Where I am. What is going on. What I can do.

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NOTICE:   THE GIFT OF THE WIND is a must read for anyone and especially those of us in the Teachings.  Steinar Karlsen, the author, leads the reader through Strong Elks  dramatic and sometimes painful experiences that force him to questions all of his most cherished beliefs.   This conditioned and mechanical Indian brave decided that wisdom and understanding were of greater value than the pursuit of comfort, pleasure, attention, approval, power and recognition.  Based on the Teachings, we are invited to join Strong Elk on his journey to self-actualization, peace and joy.

This delightful and insightful book was given to me several months ago.  Once I started reading, I couldn’t put it down.  Strong Elk was telling this story in a gentle, powerful way that captured my heart and touched the core of my being.  Why?  Because it is the Truth.

I am willing to send autographed copies of THE GIFT OF THE WIND as a gift to anyone who is interested. Send me your mailing address.  After reading the book, you may have others you would like to give it to.  Let me know how many copies you want.  – Donna Lancaster

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