"You must produce your cause... but make sure it's in line with God's cause. If it's a contrary cause, you will get contrary results. John 10:30 says, 'I and the Father are one.' You must be in alignment of purpose with God if your actions are to bring forth the manifestations He desires. That's critically important. That's why it is vital to suppress your intellect and your ego even as you are proclaiming yourself to be 'I AM.' Even as you partake of the divinity that God has granted you, you must not try to impose your own will on what God desires of you. You must be open to hearing God and to producing and creating what He has in mind for you to create.From The Laws of Thinking by Bishop E. Bernard Jordan.
When you can set aside the ego (not an easy thing for anyone to do) and keep your mind still and at peace, you open yourself to being a conduit of ideas that come to you directly from God. As long as there is that agreement of mind and purpose, you experience the constant, eternal inflow of ideas and inspiration from God."
I am sick and tired of the New Age movement shoving it down our throats that we are God. Yes, We are parts of God. But people don't seem to know what that means. It doesn't mean that you're going to get rich or that you can imagine a perfect life and then just start living it. Actually embracing God means embracing personal responsibility for the condition of humanity, on both a small and large scale. It means that you're the person at the office who carries the weight of everyone's bad day. You're the one who must stand strong when all others crumble and turn away. It means forgetting yourself and living in servitude... everything about your nature must bring peace and happiness to others. It must be your central focus and only goal in life.
Truly embracing God requires worlds of sacrifice. Just ask Jesus. He forsook everything... even his own life. Are you ready to be tortured on a cross for God? If not, then stop calling yourself God, it's an insult to all of those who have sacrificed their lives to change the world.
Know that we're all a part of God... that what resides in God also resides in us... but don't let this be a cause for pride. If we really knew what it meant to be a part of God, we would all feel very, very ashamed at how badly we have failed ourselves.
Thank you for raising this crucial point. I was thinking exactly the same thing last night.
ReplyDeleteGod is the most humble being there is. I guess there's an inverse correlation between one's sense of self-importance and one's actual, realized perfection. ^^