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MESSAGE TWENTY-TWO
ON SPIRITUAL PRINCIPLES AND LIFE IN GENERAL
April 22, 1982 (No messages were received on April 21, 1982. Other
important work was accomplished.)
The following messages have been received today from the Most High.
Many people on Earth do not realize consciously that in order for
them to be alive, to function and to go about their everyday business, it is
necessary that a certain degree of spirituality be continuously present
within and with them.
The extent of true aliveness of any one depends upon the degree,
extent and content of spirituality which one chooses and allows to be part
of one’s life. The greater the degree of spirituality, the greater the extent
of spirituality and the deeper the content of spirituality, the more one
can be considered alive and living. And vice-versa — the less of spiritual
qualities are present in one’s life, the less one is alive and living,
regardless of one’s external seeming perception of being alive and living.
In the latter case, one is not actually in life but in self-deception,
deception and the illusion of being alive and living.
Spirituality, as applied to the above statement, can be conceived as a
recognition, acceptance and application in one’s everyday life of the
existence of the “within” or internals or Inner Mind which contain all
principles of life from the Most High’s eternal presence in it, from which
internals are created, originated, established, manifested and activated
exclusively and inclusively, without any exception, all aspects, levels,
degrees, steps, impressions, expressions and behaviors of one’s externals
or “without”.
Now, the more one accepts and applies this spiritual fact in one’s life,
the more one is spiritual and, therefore, the more one is alive and living.
And vice-versa, of course — denial of this fact, its rejection and reliance
on the external, sensory, natural, outward, “without” as the only source
of life without any regard for its originating spiritual principles of
internals, or “within”, robs one entirely of true life and living. In such a
case, one lives in an illusion of life. The illusion of life steals all its
energies and fuelings for its perpetuation from the denied and rejected
spiritual principles of life. Such a life cannot be considered a true life but
only a deception.
In order to better understand what was said here, it would be
advisable to redefine, restate, reformulate, reestablish and update the
following principles of spirituality as related to everyday life and living.
1. Principle of Spiritual Motivation. Existence and Being in their
totality and completeness in all respects without any exception are
motivated to be and to exist by the everpresent spirituality in them. This
spirituality is their core and nucleus which unceasingly provides a life
support system to all their functions, manifestations, actualizations and
realizations. Nothing can be and is motivated to be and to exist apart
from spirituality. The denial of this fact does not change anything
because motivation and energy for this denial stem and come from the
existence and being of this spiritual principle. One could not be
motivated even to move one’s small finger without having within oneself
this everpresent core and nucleus — spirituality.
2. Principle of Individual Subjective Acceptance. One can
become a truly spiritual person and, thus, one can become truly alive and
live only if one accepts, as a first step, from one’s own free will, by one’s
own choice, without any outer or outside demands or conditions or
duress, by the process of one’s reason, logic, intuition and from one’s own
heart without any ulterior motivation that this spiritual principle of life
and living is a reality, a fact in itself and by itself, an axiom which does
not need any external proof or substantiation by sensorial methods
(although if one relies on one’s internals — “within” — one is capable of
discerning such proof everywhere in everything). It is a sign of true
spiritual maturity and wisdom from the Most High to be able to rely on
one’s internals without a need to seek proof for their existence in
externals first, and only then to corroborate and confirm one’s internal
insights by external factors. This method leads to an ability to discover
and to see an ample proof for spiritual principles at work in all externals.
The other way closes the door to spiritual principles and blinds one in
one’s perception of true reality.
The principle here is not to try to seek proof for such existence of
spiritual principles apart from the internals and only from the stance of
externals and sensory inputs. Any such exploration must begin in one’s
internals and then it may proceed toward externals. All such
explorations, by the very principles of spirituality, must be preceded first
by the subjective, individual and free acceptance of spiritual principles
which can and may determine the best possible, the most reliable and
the most valid avenue for exploration, discovery and confirmation of their
being and existence. Any other methods of exploration are doomed to end
in total distortion and perversion — materialism, atheism, pantheism
and rejection of true life and spirituality. The entire history of mankind
is a good example of this tragedy.
The point is that to seek proof of life outside of life, or, in this case, to
seek proof of spirituality outside of spirituality, leads to its lack of proof
because there is nothing outside apart from inside. Philosophically
speaking no “without” can exist or be without its “within”. To try to prove
the existence of “within” from the stance of “without” is a futile venture
because no “within” is in “without”. The only way one can prove anything
is from “within” to “without”. In such a case, the true nature of “without”
can be properly and correctly conceived and discerned. Otherwise, one
would arrive at a great deal of distortion and false conclusions regarding
the nature of life, spirituality, the universe and matter. This principle
may be considered an important axiom of the principles of spirituality.
3. Principle of Spiritual Quality and Subsequent Determina-
tion of Degree of Spiritual Manifestation in the Form of Its
Quantity. Spirituality by its essence, substance and nature is the very
quality of all Beings and Existences. Because quality cannot be
determined solely by the relativistic categories of the space-time
continuum, its manifestation in being and existence is determined by the
degree of spiritual receptivity of various infinite numbers of recipients.
Their position, state, process and condition, as far as proximity to
spiritual quality is concerned, determines the amount of spiritual quality
one is willing and able to receive by one’s choice. The act of such a degree
of reception determines the quantity of the spiritual quality in respect to
the space-time linear continuum of one’s being and existence.
The proportion of one’s subjective reception of spiritual quality in
respect to the Absolute State and Process of Spiritual Quality of the Most
High determines its quantification, together with the fact of how much of
true spiritual life will be manifested in one and each individual.
Although one can and may be alive externally by means of an
infinitesimally small reception of spiritual quality from the Most High,
the internal content of one’s life and the usefulness of manifestation of
any individual life is directly proportional to the extent and degree of
reception of spiritual quality from its Absolute Source in the Most High.
4. Principle of Spiritual Reality. There is only one reality in being
and existence — spirituality. Being the state and process of the Absolute
Self-Awareness of the Most High, spirituality is reality in itself and by
itself. Nothing else can be and exist apart from spirituality. For that
reason, the reality of all else, no matter what or who it is, depends upon,
derives from and is an extension of spiritual reality.
Any other conceptualization of reality leads toward the establishment
of unreal modes of the pseudo-existence which are, very often, labeled in
materialistic terms as a so-called objective reality. Such reality does not
exist.
The only objective reality in being and existence is the internal reality
of spirituality. The internal state and process of spiritual reality
constitutes the only spiritually feasible objective reality. No other
objective reality in itself and by itself is capable of assuming any form of
reality. Therefore, whatever is and exists is and exists from and by this
spiritual reality. This principle can be regarded as another spiritual
axiom.
5. Principle of Spiritual Internal Categories. Any thought, idea
and concept is an internal spiritual matter. It is an outcome of internal
spiritual processes. No thought, idea or concept can originate or be
conceived in any other state and process. The state, process and
condition of any thought, idea or concept constitutes internal spiritual
categories in their dynamic nature. This means that these categories can
never be empty notions or static “somethings”, but they are dynamic
constituents of spiritual reality by and through which this spiritual
reality operates throughout all its modes of being and existence.
6. Principle of Spiritual Manifestation of External Forms.
Spirituality is in a continuous state and process of its manifestation by
and through its thoughts, ideas and concepts. This manifestation is a
continuous occurrence taking place both in the synchronous,
simultaneous, discrete mode of being and existence and in the linear,
continuous and physical mode of being and existence. This condition of
continuous manifestation of spirituality through and by its thoughts,
ideas and concepts is a determinant of an infinite variety of external
forms by and through which spirituality appears and projects its ideas,
thoughts and concepts in the concreteness of their representations.
Therefore, any observable external forms in being and existence,
without any exclusion, are the modes of manifestation of spirituality
only. For that reason, one can properly and correctly understand,
conceive and conceptualize the various forms of spirituality such as for
example, Nature, physical bodies and various other appearances, only
from spiritual principles through and by their ideas, thoughts and
concepts because these principles determine the structure, function and
use of all such forms.
7. Principle of Spiritual Utilization. Any idea, thought or concept,
being a constituent of spiritual categories, occurs for one purpose only —
to be utilized. This is a law by and through which an idea, thought, or a
concept may occur. Once it occurs, it instantly proceeds to its utilization.
The process of its utilization follows the law of correspondences. The
occurrence of such an idea, thought or concept takes place synchronously
and continuously both in the successive and simultaneous dimensions,
levels, degrees and steps of Creation from the Innermost to the
Outermost where it is being creatively utilized fully and completely in
the modes and processes of manifestation and utilization relevant to each
level, degree, step, etc., until it is fully exhausted and replaced with the
next occurring idea, thought or concept. Nothing is ever lost in the
process of utilization.
8. Principle of Spiritual Mentation. Any idea, thought or concept
which is occurring in its spiritual nucleus is in the state and process of
continuous mentation for the purpose of its complete actualization,
realization and utilization throughout all Creation. In order that the
process of mentation might occur, an idea, thought or concept of mental
processes which gives origin to what is called sentient mentality comes to
its fruition. By virtue of such spiritual ideas, thoughts and concepts, one
acquires all traits and characteristics of mental processes in the form of
thinking, perceiving, willing, feeling, remembering, acting, etc. Such
ideas, thoughts and concepts therefore are continuously establishing the
reality of mentation in which they are manifested.
For that reason, in order to understand properly and correctly any
mental processes, one must derive all conclusions regarding such
processes from their spiritual principles. No other mode of exploration
and understanding of mentality, mentation and the resultant human
behavior and action can lead to the right and proper conceptualization of
the true nature of mental processes.
9. Principle of Spiritual Congruency and Reflection. Once an
idea, a thought, or a concept is originated in its spiritual nucleus, it
occurs “within” and appears “without” in congruency with the overall
states, processes, conditions and needs of the spirituality which is
specific and unique to this particular universal and global cycle of time
for the purpose of spiritual progression. It is then reflected throughout
all Creation in an infinite number and variety of forms, activities,
happenings, behaviors, etc., in the cosmic spiritual, cosmic natural and
physical and also in an individual personal and subjective life.
Thus all forms, activities, events, happenings, behaviors, etc., without
any exceptions of anything in being and existence, are expressions and
impressions of the spiritual ideas, thoughts and concepts which are
produced in the Absolute Thought Process of the Most High, transmitted
to and received by all Creation at all levels, and then manifested
creatively by all Creation in an infinite number and variety of existences,
beings, modes and forms. Through such ideas, thoughts and concepts, the
Most High, in His/Her Totality, is continuously present with and is
reflected in all Creation in general and in every single individual or
sentient entity in particular from eternity to eternity.
Recognition, acceptance and application of these facts constitute the
very spiritual principle of everyday life. Because this is an entirely
internal process, reflected in externals of one’s being and existence by the
principle of spiritual congruency and correspondences, in order to
establish the spiritual reality of one’s life, one is advised to turn oneself
to one’s Inner Mind where the Most High is present, and to seek there
the meaning and purpose of one’s life and spirituality. By doing this one
is more and more alive and lives (as opposed to vegetating).
This is all for today.
Source: MESSAGE FROM WITHIN
