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"Do whatever you can to bring the [[The New Message from God|Revelation]] to the people."<ref name="dealing"/> | "Do whatever you can to bring the [[The New Message from God|Revelation]] to the people."<ref name="dealing"/> | ||
− | "Who will bear witness to the Revelation?"<ref name="witness">''The Worldwide Community of God’s New Message'': [http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/other-revelations/witnessing-the-revelation Witnessing the Revelation]</ref> | + | "Who will bear witness to the Revelation?"<ref name="witness">''The Worldwide Community of God’s New Message'', Chapter 9: [http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/other-revelations/witnessing-the-revelation Witnessing the Revelation]</ref> |
"People will present needs to you. Direct them to the Revelation that speaks to these needs."<ref name="ptMatM"/> | "People will present needs to you. Direct them to the Revelation that speaks to these needs."<ref name="ptMatM"/> | ||
==Directives== | ==Directives== | ||
− | "It is very important that you speak for the Revelation, not to try to explain it to others, but to point to it so that those who show an interest or even curiosity can go to see for themselves, to be a way shower for others. For you cannot explain a Revelation of this magnitude in a few words. Nor should you emphasize only one aspect of the Revelation, for it is a Teaching of a thousand teachings."<ref name="ptMatM">''The Worldwide Community of God’s New Message'' : [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-2/the-worldwide-community-of-gods-new-message/protecting-the-message-and-the-messenger Protecting the Message and the Messenger]</ref> | + | "It is very important that you speak for the Revelation, not to try to explain it to others, but to point to it so that those who show an interest or even curiosity can go to see for themselves, to be a way shower for others. For you cannot explain a Revelation of this magnitude in a few words. Nor should you emphasize only one aspect of the Revelation, for it is a Teaching of a thousand teachings."<ref name="ptMatM">''The Worldwide Community of God’s New Message'', Chapter 2: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-2/the-worldwide-community-of-gods-new-message/protecting-the-message-and-the-messenger Protecting the Message and the Messenger]</ref> |
"Do not try to explain all of this yourself, for how can you represent something like this?"<ref name="ptMatM"/> | "Do not try to explain all of this yourself, for how can you represent something like this?"<ref name="ptMatM"/> | ||
− | "Broadcast broadly so that you may find those who are amongst the first to respond."<ref name="dealing">''The Worldwide Community of God’s New Message'' :[ | + | "Broadcast broadly so that you may find those who are amongst the first to respond."<ref name="dealing">''The Worldwide Community of God’s New Message'', Chapter 10:[https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-2/the-worldwide-community-of-gods-new-message/dealing-with-resistance-and-hostility Dealing with Resistance and Hostility to the New Message]</ref> |
"Strengthen your studenthood and your advocacy | "Strengthen your studenthood and your advocacy | ||
− | for Knowledge so that you may further escape ambivalence this | + | for [[Knowledge]] so that you may further escape [[ambivalence]] this |
day and receive the certainty that is your inheritance." <ref name="stk310"/> | day and receive the certainty that is your inheritance." <ref name="stk310"/> | ||
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"It is the Will of [[Heaven]] that this awareness and [[preparation]] be shared with others and that you become a vehicle for sharing it, very simply, by pointing to the New [[Revelation]]."<ref>''The New Messenger'', Chapter 1: [http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-1/new-messenger/the-will-of-heaven The Will of Heaven]</ref> | "It is the Will of [[Heaven]] that this awareness and [[preparation]] be shared with others and that you become a vehicle for sharing it, very simply, by pointing to the New [[Revelation]]."<ref>''The New Messenger'', Chapter 1: [http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-1/new-messenger/the-will-of-heaven The Will of Heaven]</ref> | ||
− | "The outreach of this teaching must be continuous, and you will have to be very well organized to do this because you do not have a lot of time" <ref>The Angelic Presence (1994) </ref> | + | "The outreach of this teaching must be continuous, and you will have to be very well organized to do this because you do not have a lot of time."<ref>The Angelic Presence (1994) </ref> |
"Become involved. Become an advocate. Share the revelation in [[The Great Waves of Change|this book]] with other people."<ref>''The Great Waves of Change'', Chapter 8: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-4/great-waves-change/the-danger-of-isolation The Danger of Isolation]</ref> | "Become involved. Become an advocate. Share the revelation in [[The Great Waves of Change|this book]] with other people."<ref>''The Great Waves of Change'', Chapter 8: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-4/great-waves-change/the-danger-of-isolation The Danger of Isolation]</ref> | ||
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"Look for those who can respond now. Look for those who are ready. Look for those who have an [[honesty|honest]] approach."<ref name="dealing"/> | "Look for those who can respond now. Look for those who are ready. Look for those who have an [[honesty|honest]] approach."<ref name="dealing"/> | ||
− | "Resist the Intervention through awareness, through advocacy, through understanding. | + | "Resist [[the Intervention]] through awareness, through advocacy, through understanding. |
− | Promote human cooperation, unity and integrity." <ref name="aohII2"/> | + | Promote human cooperation, unity and integrity."<ref name="aohII2"/> |
"Witnesses must exercise great [[discernment]] and [[discretion]] where and when to share the Revelation."<ref name="witness"/> | "Witnesses must exercise great [[discernment]] and [[discretion]] where and when to share the Revelation."<ref name="witness"/> | ||
− | ==The Mandate== | + | "Bring it to those who are most ready and responsive. Do not try to bridge the gap to those who cannot respond or will not respond. Let the New Message flow where it must. It must first reach its true respondents, its first respondents, to call them out of their confusion, desperation and degradation."<ref name="BNMW"/> |
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+ | ==The [[Mandate]]== | ||
"Humanity is losing its freedom, slowly but surely, and in | "Humanity is losing its freedom, slowly but surely, and in | ||
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that they know that there is a problem within them and around | that they know that there is a problem within them and around | ||
them and who are struggling to maintain their clarity of mind as | them and who are struggling to maintain their clarity of mind as | ||
− | the fog descends." <ref name="aohII2">'' | + | the fog descends." <ref name="aohII2">''The Allies of Humanity'', Book Two, Second Commentary: [https://www.alliesofhumanity.org/effects-of-the-pacification-program-second-commentary/ Effects of the Pacification Program]</ref> |
[[FILE:NMFG Logo PRACTICE.jpg|left|Practice in The Way of Knowledge]] | [[FILE:NMFG Logo PRACTICE.jpg|left|Practice in The Way of Knowledge]] | ||
+ | "If enough people can learn a Greater Community Way of | ||
+ | Knowledge, they will spread this benefit wherever they go. From them it will resonate through many | ||
+ | minds, like ripples extending out on the surface of the water. The ripple effect of Knowledge will | ||
+ | stimulate minds everywhere. However, in order for this to happen, a sufficient number of people are | ||
+ | needed to advance and to learn this teaching fully."<ref>''Greater Community Spirituality'', Chapter 21: [http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-2/greater-community-spirituality/what-is-the-greater-community-way-of-knowledge What is The Greater Community Way of Knowledge?]</ref> | ||
==A Natural Process== | ==A Natural Process== | ||
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certainty and a force for true cooperation and [[relationship]]." | certainty and a force for true cooperation and [[relationship]]." | ||
<ref name="stk310">[https://stepstoknowledge.com/ ''Steps to Knowledge''], Step 310: I am free because I desire to give.</ref> | <ref name="stk310">[https://stepstoknowledge.com/ ''Steps to Knowledge''], Step 310: I am free because I desire to give.</ref> | ||
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+ | "You cannot simply receive a gift of this magnitude and not reveal it to others, for it is in the giving that your receiving is confirmed, and the meaning and the value of it for your life is realized. To keep it for yourself, it will merely become ideas and perspective, and its spiritual potency will not be realized." <ref name="BNMW">''The Worldwide Community of God’s New Message'', Chapter 7: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-2/the-worldwide-community-of-gods-new-message/bringing-the-new-message-to-the-world Bringing the New Message to the World (May 21, 2011)]</ref> | ||
==A Developmental Process== | ==A Developmental Process== | ||
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"Not everyone is ready to receive the New Revelation. [[God]] knows this and there is no [[condemnation]] here. <ref>[https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/other-revelations/gods-power-in-you God’s Power & Presence in the World (April 23, 2011)]</ref> | "Not everyone is ready to receive the New Revelation. [[God]] knows this and there is no [[condemnation]] here. <ref>[https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/other-revelations/gods-power-in-you God’s Power & Presence in the World (April 23, 2011)]</ref> | ||
− | "When you share The Way of Knowledge with others, even if you do nothing more than say, 'Read this,' or | + | "When you share [[The Way of Knowledge]] with others, even if you do nothing more than say, 'Read this,' or |
'Consider this idea,' you are challenging them to awaken, which is a difficult process in and of itself. You are challenging | 'Consider this idea,' you are challenging them to awaken, which is a difficult process in and of itself. You are challenging | ||
them to throw off the weight of seemingly endless dreaming and speculation and to awaken into a situation where there is | them to throw off the weight of seemingly endless dreaming and speculation and to awaken into a situation where there is | ||
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"For those who cannot or will not bear witness to the Revelation, either they do not yet have the great strength that they need and are not strong enough with Knowledge, or they are too afraid to cross over that threshold where they become a real communicator in the world rather than someone who has withdrawn from the world and is afraid of the world and is trying to protect what they have from the world. Not everyone is ready to do this at this moment, but that is where the pathway leads for everyone. You have to stand for something."<ref name="witness"/> | "For those who cannot or will not bear witness to the Revelation, either they do not yet have the great strength that they need and are not strong enough with Knowledge, or they are too afraid to cross over that threshold where they become a real communicator in the world rather than someone who has withdrawn from the world and is afraid of the world and is trying to protect what they have from the world. Not everyone is ready to do this at this moment, but that is where the pathway leads for everyone. You have to stand for something."<ref name="witness"/> | ||
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+ | "The Message becomes strong in the world because it is being shared. And there are enough people in the world today who are ready and waiting to receive it—people who have not been able to give themselves to the teachings and religions of the past, people who realize that their life has a greater purpose though they cannot yet define what this is or what it means." <ref name="BNMW"/> | ||
== Focus and Clarity== | == Focus and Clarity== | ||
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==Assisting the Messenger== | ==Assisting the Messenger== | ||
− | "The people of the New Message must assist the Messenger while he is still in the world. His task is overwhelming. It is far beyond what one person could ever do. They must bear witness to this. They must represent this. They must have the courage to be part of the Revelation and not simply its observers or its audience."<ref name="person">''The Worldwide Community of God’s New Message'': [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-2/the-worldwide-community-of-gods-new-message/being-a-person-of-the-new-message Being a Person of the New Message]</ref> | + | "The people of the New Message must assist the Messenger while he is still in the world. His task is overwhelming. It is far beyond what one person could ever do. They must bear witness to this. They must represent this. They must have the courage to be part of the Revelation and not simply its observers or its audience."<ref name="person">''The Worldwide Community of God’s New Message'', Chapter 4: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-2/the-worldwide-community-of-gods-new-message/being-a-person-of-the-new-message Being a Person of the New Message]</ref> |
==The Initiation== | ==The Initiation== | ||
− | For | + | For the people waiting for the New Revelation, "it is not merely a teaching or a phenomenon. For them, it is not merely something to speculate about or to contend with or to deny and reject. To them, the Proclamation is not outrageous or unusual. It is the perfect thing. It is their Initiation. It holds their calling, speaking down the Ancient Corridors of their mind, speaking to a part of them they barely know, but which is the center of their Being and their presence in the world. For them, this is the greatest moment though they may not understand its full meaning or what it will require in the future. For them, this is what they have been waiting for. They were sent into the world to be at a time of great transition. They were sent into the world to be a part of building a new future. Their connection is more to the future than to the past. They are the children of the future." <ref>''God Has Spoken Again'', Chapter 7: [http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-1/god-spoken-again/the-initiation The Initiation]</ref> |
==Supporting a Mission== | ==Supporting a Mission== | ||
"If you are trying to raise money for an important activity in life to support a mission or an advocacy, then you may need far more than you would | "If you are trying to raise money for an important activity in life to support a mission or an advocacy, then you may need far more than you would | ||
− | personally require." <ref>''Wisdom from the Greater Community | + | personally require." <ref>''Wisdom from the Greater Community'', Book 2, Chapter 22: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-5/wisdom-greater-community-volume-2/money-resource-relationship Money]</ref> |
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“You need only point to the Revelation, for you yourself cannot explain life in the universe. You yourself cannot explain the Great Waves of change that are coming to the world. You yourself cannot explain what human spirituality means at the level of Knowledge. You yourself cannot explain wisdom and Knowledge from the universe. You yourself cannot explain humanity’s greater destiny and what must be done to achieve it. | “You need only point to the Revelation, for you yourself cannot explain life in the universe. You yourself cannot explain the Great Waves of change that are coming to the world. You yourself cannot explain what human spirituality means at the level of Knowledge. You yourself cannot explain wisdom and Knowledge from the universe. You yourself cannot explain humanity’s greater destiny and what must be done to achieve it. | ||
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− | + | "For this you must turn to the [[New Revelation|Revelation]], for the Revelation is greater than what any one person can understand. Point to the Revelation, for that alone holds the preparation for humanity’s future and destiny in an emerging world.” <ref>''The Greater Community'', Chapter 4: [http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-1/greater-community/entering-the-greater-community Entering the Greater Community]</ref></blockquote> | |
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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+ | [[House on fire]] | ||
[[New Revelation]] | [[New Revelation]] | ||
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[[The Message and the Messenger]] | [[The Message and the Messenger]] | ||
− | [[category:practice]] | + | ==Further study== |
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+ | *''Living The Way of Knowledge'', Chapter 9: [[http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-3/living-way-knowledge/sharing-the-way-of-knowledge-with-others Sharing The Way of Knowledge With Others] | ||
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+ | *[https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-2/the-worldwide-community-of-gods-new-message ''The Worldwide Community of God's New Message''] | ||
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+ | *[https://www.newmessage.org/wiki/Guidelines_for_Living_the_New_Message Guidelines for Living the New Message] | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:03, 19 April 2024
"Do whatever you can to bring the Revelation to the people."[1]
"Who will bear witness to the Revelation?"[2]
"People will present needs to you. Direct them to the Revelation that speaks to these needs."[3]
Directives
"It is very important that you speak for the Revelation, not to try to explain it to others, but to point to it so that those who show an interest or even curiosity can go to see for themselves, to be a way shower for others. For you cannot explain a Revelation of this magnitude in a few words. Nor should you emphasize only one aspect of the Revelation, for it is a Teaching of a thousand teachings."[3]
"Do not try to explain all of this yourself, for how can you represent something like this?"[3]
"Broadcast broadly so that you may find those who are amongst the first to respond."[1]
"Strengthen your studenthood and your advocacy for Knowledge so that you may further escape ambivalence this day and receive the certainty that is your inheritance." [4]
"It is the Will of Heaven that this awareness and preparation be shared with others and that you become a vehicle for sharing it, very simply, by pointing to the New Revelation."[5]
"The outreach of this teaching must be continuous, and you will have to be very well organized to do this because you do not have a lot of time."[6]
"Become involved. Become an advocate. Share the revelation in this book with other people."[7]
"Look for those who can respond now. Look for those who are ready. Look for those who have an honest approach."[1]
"Resist the Intervention through awareness, through advocacy, through understanding. Promote human cooperation, unity and integrity."[8]
"Witnesses must exercise great discernment and discretion where and when to share the Revelation."[2]
"Bring it to those who are most ready and responsive. Do not try to bridge the gap to those who cannot respond or will not respond. Let the New Message flow where it must. It must first reach its true respondents, its first respondents, to call them out of their confusion, desperation and degradation."[9]
The Mandate
"Humanity is losing its freedom, slowly but surely, and in such a way that this loss will be very complete because of the cleverness of the agenda behind it. This can happen because of the predispositions of so many people today. This can happen because of the effects of the Pacification Program, which is so well established now in many parts of the world. Therefore, it will take courage and a strong advocacy to activate those people who already feel the discomfort, who already feel the problem but cannot identify it or its source. And it will take a strong advocacy to reach those people who have begun to acquiesce but whose sense of integrity is intact enough that they know that there is a problem within them and around them and who are struggling to maintain their clarity of mind as the fog descends." [8]
"If enough people can learn a Greater Community Way of Knowledge, they will spread this benefit wherever they go. From them it will resonate through many minds, like ripples extending out on the surface of the water. The ripple effect of Knowledge will stimulate minds everywhere. However, in order for this to happen, a sufficient number of people are needed to advance and to learn this teaching fully."[10]
A Natural Process
"You who are claiming your studenthood in Knowledge will claim your advocacy for Knowledge. In this, you will increasingly become a force for good in the world—a force that dispels ambivalence, confusion, and conflict, a force for peace, a force for certainty and a force for true cooperation and relationship." [4]
"You cannot simply receive a gift of this magnitude and not reveal it to others, for it is in the giving that your receiving is confirmed, and the meaning and the value of it for your life is realized. To keep it for yourself, it will merely become ideas and perspective, and its spiritual potency will not be realized." [9]
A Developmental Process
"Not everyone is ready to receive the New Revelation. God knows this and there is no condemnation here. [11]
"When you share The Way of Knowledge with others, even if you do nothing more than say, 'Read this,' or 'Consider this idea,' you are challenging them to awaken, which is a difficult process in and of itself. You are challenging them to throw off the weight of seemingly endless dreaming and speculation and to awaken into a situation where there is great disorder in the world and great suffering as well. You are asking them to do this when you present The Way of Knowledge. You are giving them the greatest challenge, and you are giving them the ultimate gift."[12]
"For those who cannot or will not bear witness to the Revelation, either they do not yet have the great strength that they need and are not strong enough with Knowledge, or they are too afraid to cross over that threshold where they become a real communicator in the world rather than someone who has withdrawn from the world and is afraid of the world and is trying to protect what they have from the world. Not everyone is ready to do this at this moment, but that is where the pathway leads for everyone. You have to stand for something."[2]
"The Message becomes strong in the world because it is being shared. And there are enough people in the world today who are ready and waiting to receive it—people who have not been able to give themselves to the teachings and religions of the past, people who realize that their life has a greater purpose though they cannot yet define what this is or what it means." [9]
Focus and Clarity
"In presenting a New Message from God, it is necessary then to renew this experience, to freshen it, to separate it from all the things that have been added by human institutions and human inventions, to bring it into greater focus and clarity for you." [13]
Assisting the Messenger
"The people of the New Message must assist the Messenger while he is still in the world. His task is overwhelming. It is far beyond what one person could ever do. They must bear witness to this. They must represent this. They must have the courage to be part of the Revelation and not simply its observers or its audience."[14]
The Initiation
For the people waiting for the New Revelation, "it is not merely a teaching or a phenomenon. For them, it is not merely something to speculate about or to contend with or to deny and reject. To them, the Proclamation is not outrageous or unusual. It is the perfect thing. It is their Initiation. It holds their calling, speaking down the Ancient Corridors of their mind, speaking to a part of them they barely know, but which is the center of their Being and their presence in the world. For them, this is the greatest moment though they may not understand its full meaning or what it will require in the future. For them, this is what they have been waiting for. They were sent into the world to be at a time of great transition. They were sent into the world to be a part of building a new future. Their connection is more to the future than to the past. They are the children of the future." [15]
Supporting a Mission
"If you are trying to raise money for an important activity in life to support a mission or an advocacy, then you may need far more than you would personally require." [16]
“You need only point to the Revelation, for you yourself cannot explain life in the universe. You yourself cannot explain the Great Waves of change that are coming to the world. You yourself cannot explain what human spirituality means at the level of Knowledge. You yourself cannot explain wisdom and Knowledge from the universe. You yourself cannot explain humanity’s greater destiny and what must be done to achieve it.
"For this you must turn to the Revelation, for the Revelation is greater than what any one person can understand. Point to the Revelation, for that alone holds the preparation for humanity’s future and destiny in an emerging world.” [17]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Worldwide Community of God’s New Message, Chapter 10:Dealing with Resistance and Hostility to the New Message
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Worldwide Community of God’s New Message, Chapter 9: Witnessing the Revelation
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 The Worldwide Community of God’s New Message, Chapter 2: Protecting the Message and the Messenger
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Steps to Knowledge, Step 310: I am free because I desire to give.
- ↑ The New Messenger, Chapter 1: The Will of Heaven
- ↑ The Angelic Presence (1994)
- ↑ The Great Waves of Change, Chapter 8: The Danger of Isolation
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 The Allies of Humanity, Book Two, Second Commentary: Effects of the Pacification Program
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 The Worldwide Community of God’s New Message, Chapter 7: Bringing the New Message to the World (May 21, 2011)
- ↑ Greater Community Spirituality, Chapter 21: What is The Greater Community Way of Knowledge?
- ↑ God’s Power & Presence in the World (April 23, 2011)
- ↑ Living The Way of Knowledge, Chapter 9: Sharing The Way of Knowledge With Others
- ↑ The One God, Chapter 1: Comprehending God
- ↑ The Worldwide Community of God’s New Message, Chapter 4: Being a Person of the New Message
- ↑ God Has Spoken Again, Chapter 7: The Initiation
- ↑ Wisdom from the Greater Community, Book 2, Chapter 22: Money
- ↑ The Greater Community, Chapter 4: Entering the Greater Community
See Also
Supporting the Message and the Messenger
Further study
- Living The Way of Knowledge, Chapter 9: [Sharing The Way of Knowledge With Others