The mind expansion that takes place as we explore many avenues and approaches in our search for truth serves a useful purpose. It exercises our mental muscles. It stretches our limited thought patterns to prepare us for greater understanding. However, it is not without pitfalls. Without a guideline it can be a rocky road. And if we let ourselves be trapped in mental gymnastics, sooner or later we lose our own intuitive power.
Although truth never changes, perception does. The abiity to recognize truth grows as understanding increases, but we need a compass to avoid confusing detours and dead-ends on our path to enlightenment.
Such a compass is a practical application of any concept to the here and now of our lives. Truth is truth on any plane of action, and if the concept reflects divine law then it works, right where we are and under our present circumstances. It does more. It contributes to insight and an ability to meet difficult situations more wisely. It increases rather than saps our energies. It creates a sense of well-being. If it does not do these things for us, it should be looked at long and hard no matter how high-sounding and mystical it seems.
The most important step we will ever take is coming up OVER fear as opposed to overcoming. The first is through the power of spiritual attunement; the second is by human wil alone. The world has lived by fear for millennia. Control of others has been based principally on the use of fear by both religions and governments. It is the devil that hounds us from birth to death, maybe even beyond. Real progress cannot be made until this devil is met and conquered within ourselves. And Fear wears many faces. If we doubt its power and sublety, we have only to monitor our own thoughts and actions for just one day.
Unfortunately, in our search we may discover that sometimes we simply exchange one set of fears for another. Fear of the unknown, the idea of "evil" entities, obssession, and so on. But if we cut through the mumbo-jumbo that often accompanies the way such ideas are presented, we discover a great secret: Evil is "l-i-v-e" spelled backward. So any concept that creates or enables fear is a part of living backward. Fear is the High Priest by which Mammon has always controlled mankind.
Let's take a few of these newfound fears out of their fancy packages and look at them. Do you suddenly find yourself creeping into bed at night with a nervous glance toward shadows in a corner of the room? Or do you feel jinxed, that "something" is out to get you? If so, you are hooked. You have enlarged your Library of Fear. In addition to not being able to pay your bills, keep Johnny from being run over by a truck, or make your boss like you, you now have a few new ones to chase away peace of mind. You have been sucked into the Fear Camp.
The results? You know them. Out the window goes the simple trust in God you may have been lucky enough to bring with you from childhood. In its place stands a whole new list of deities you must make constant obeisance to in order to survive.
Exagerated? Be honest.
But this encounter with fear is a necessary step for most of us. Deeply ingrained in the human race consciousness is this paralyzing emotion. It must be dredged up and out. And wading through the evil entities routine is as good a method as any to let the Light start its unclogging work.
In spite of any lingering fears, the soul within will not be denied and you will press on. You will go deeper, and suddenly you stumble over Karma. And what a stumble it is, dear friends! For now, dear God and all His angels, you not only have to be afraid of what you cannot see, you also have to be scared of what you cannot remember! Spontaneity of thought and action flies out the door. Already up to your ears settling past scores, now you discover you are probably adding to the list!
Are we off the track when this occurs? Not really. Karma is an important rung on the ladder of enlightenment. It is necessary to understand Cause and Effect if we are ever going to be responsible Co-Creators and drop the "let-George-do-it" attitude, which basically affirms that one great Soul carries everybody's load, thus relieving us of any responsibility. When we are finally able to accept responsibility for our own thoughts and actions, self-understanding deepens and taps the roots of real compassion. We can use our energies toward solving our difficulties instead of frittering away energy in self-pity and blaming others.
Karma can only exist in a world of duality: i.e. good/bad, up/down, right/wrong. So even though it is an important rung on the ascension ladder, it is not the final word by any means. We were never intended to become permanent residents on the karmic plateau. The moving finger has already "writ" and we must go on, taking hope from the fact that by accepting responsibility we can improve both our present and our future lot.
In a moving and beautifully channeled book titled The Golden Scripts a profound statement is made: "Evil is Ignorance." If we consider this in depth, we glimpse the great truth behind it. For it is truly ignorance of divine law that creates the evils on any plane of existence. The seeming malevolence of any being is testimony to that being's ignorance of the underlying principle of creation -- Divine Love. Or the ignorance that does not understand karma. And because of the great truth of the Law of Love, the greatest protection for us against such ignorance is to attune to, with all our being, only ONE power/ONE presence -- Divine Love/Divine Light.
And it is here that one of the most basic of all laws comes to the front --polarization,* for upon this law all other law is predicated. This word has been handled impersonally by scientists as the attraction of opposites, and carelessly by those who primarily interpret it to mean the attraction between man and woman, which is only one facet. But the Law itself most definitely applies to each and every one of us. It is indissolubly linked with vibration.** Together these two are the primary lesson, regardless of the path we take toward enlightenment.
In essence the law of polarity is the Law of Attraction, so personal application simply means that by your thoughts and actions you attract that which you are.
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*2. any tendency to turn, grow, think, feel, etc., in a certain way or direction, as if because of magnetic attraction or repulsion.*
**And 1. :to cause (light waves) to vibrate in a definite way.**
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* 2. Webster's New World Dictionary, Third College Edition, 1988.
** 1. New Merriam Webster Dictionary, 1989.
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