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<div>[[File:Man-on-mountain.jpg|right|400px|Ambition]]<br />
<br />
"Being without [[Knowledge]] is being willful, ambitious, cunning, clever, [[Manipulation|manipulative]], shrewd, and calculating. Take heed. This is the evidence that Knowledge is lacking."<br />
<ref>[[Greater Community Spirituality]] Chapter 17</ref><br />
<br />
"It is only when people are ambitious and [[Patience|impatient]], when they seek to have the great rewards now instead of later, that they get into serious trouble."<br />
<ref>[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 10</ref><br />
<br />
==Directives==<br />
"Do not let ambition pull you where you cannot go. Do not let it misappropriate your vitality and your energy. Learn to become patient and calm with Knowledge, for Knowledge has its own goal and [[direction]] in [[life]], which you are now learning to follow."<br />
<ref name="stk219">[[Steps to Knowledge]] Step 219</ref><br />
<br />
==Quotes on Ambition==<br />
"Your ambition is born of your personal need for [[recognition]] and reassurance. It is an attempt to counteract fear by controlling the opinions of others. Your ambition here is destructive, but like all other faculties of [[The Mind|mind]] that are misappropriated, in time it can serve the greatness of Knowledge."<br />
<ref name="stk219">[[Steps to Knowledge]] Step 219</ref><br />
<br />
"The greatest price of personal goals and acquisitions is that they disengage you from [[Knowledge]] within yourself. Here your pre-occupations override your true [[determination]], your true inclinations and your inner voice, which is speaking to you throughout the day to help guide and protect you and to counsel you in matters great and small."<ref name="wftgcc1"/><br />
<br />
=== The Antidote ===<br />
"Your great gift is meant to be given in conjunction with the giving of others. You do not get to be a superstar in reality. Your contribution comes through [[relationship]]. You have part of the gift. They have part of the gift. You give together. It is your relationship that gives and makes the giving possible. This serves a s a perfect antidote to all personal ambition and self-glorification."<br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]] Continuation Training, Step 80</ref><br />
<br />
==Ambitions Must Fail Us==<br />
"Think ambition like this: it is an attempt to make [[separation]] work. It is an attempt to make your individual, self-created self satisfactory. This pursuit must fail for you to begin to realize that you have a greater life that exists without your self-definition but that needs your assistance and all of your energy for its expression. This is a new life, a new impulse, a new motivation."<ref name="wftgcc1">Wisdom from the Greater Community II, Chapter 1</ref><br />
<br />
"It takes great courage to undertake The Greater Community Way of Knowledge, for here you<br />
are preparing for something you can barely understand. Here your personal ambitions will fail you or it<br />
will seem that they cannot be fulfilled by undertaking [[the Greater Community]] preparation. But you go<br />
on because Knowledge prompts you. This requires [[courage]]. This is choosing [[truth]] over pleasure." <ref>Wisdom from the Greater Community II, Chapter 19</ref><br />
<br />
"Your incentive for this must come from within you, from Knowledge, for only Knowledge can<br />
take you to Knowledge. All other goals and ambitions sooner or later will fall away. What carries you<br />
on beyond them is the desire for truth, the need to know your [[Higher Purpose|purpose]], the need to find genuine<br />
relationships and the need to answer the fundamental questions and solve the greater problems of [[life]].<br />
It is within you to do this." <ref>[[Wisdom from the Greater Community]] II, Chapter 11</ref><br />
<br />
==Ambition in the Way of Knowledge==<br />
"To be a student means you are not a [[Mastery|master]] and you cannot take this Teaching and try to make money with it or do something with it or use it to be significant in the eyes of others. Whatever ambitions may exist, even unknowingly within you, will be flushed out over time."<br />
<ref>Being a Student of the New Message (November 29, 2009)</ref><br />
<br />
"You learn The Way of Knowledge because you must, not because it holds some big promise at<br />
the end. With a greater motivation that is not contingent upon your ambitions, your feelings, your<br />
changing attitudes or the ideas or prevailing beliefs in the world, you will have a strength that the world<br />
does not possess. You will have a certainty that the world does not possess. This is evidence of<br />
Knowledge." <ref>Wisdom from the Greater Community II, Chapter 33</ref><br />
<br />
"The [[Simplicity|simplest]] act can express the Wisdom of the universe. When Knowledge is working through<br />
you, you will be as much in marvel of it as anyone else could be and perhaps more so because it is<br />
happening through your mind and body. For this to take place, ambitions must be left aside. Goals and<br />
desires for a [[Happiness|happy]], unfettered and uncomplicated life will either have to be abandoned completely or<br />
greatly altered. That is not to say you are choosing difficulty and duress. You are simply saying, “I<br />
must do this and I will accept what comes.”" <ref>Wisdom from the Greater Community II, Chapter 19</ref><br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
[[Practices]]<br />
<br />
[[Mastery]]<br />
<br />
[[Pitfalls along the Way]]<br />
<br />
[[Determination]]<br />
<br />
[[Achievement]]<br />
<br />
==Further Study==<br />
[[Wisdom from the Greater Community]] Volume Two, Chapter 1: Ambition<br />
<br />
[http://wp.newmessage.org/chapter-7-how-is-wisdom-achieved-in-life/ Greater Community Spirituality], Chapter 7: "How is Wisdom Achieved In Life?"<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
[[category:mental environment]]</div>Lisahttp://www.wiki.newmessage.org/mediawiki/en/w/index.php?title=Levels&diff=6927Levels2014-08-02T15:37:22Z<p>Lisa: /* Levels of Human Development */</p>
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<div>[[File:God medallion.jpg|right|Creation]]<br />
<br />
"All confusion is the confusion of<br />
different levels." <ref>''[[Steps to Knowledge]]'', Steo 165: My duties are small. My mission is great.</ref><br />
<br />
"You live life at two levels. You live life at the level at which you think, and you live life at the level at which you know." <ref>''[[Greater Community Spirituality]]'', Chapter 4: What is Knowledge? </ref><br />
<br />
==Levels of Human Development==<br />
"As you<br />
develop, earlier needs will fade away, and other needs will come to take their place because there is a<br />
progression of levels of understanding in the development of Knowledge." <ref>''[[Greater Community Spirituality]]'', Chapter 22: Where can Knowledge be found?</ref><br />
<br />
"[[Relationship|Relationship]] at the level of [[Interdependence|interdependence]] is rare and very special."<ref>Interdependence (July 4, 2008)</ref><br />
<br />
"The body is a mechanism. It is not magical. Do not confuse it with the mind or with the Spirit. People attempt to<br />
make them all the same because they want to feel that they are unified and that life is unified. But life functions at different<br />
levels. It functions at the level of the physical environment, the mental environment and the spiritual environment."<ref>''[[Living The Way of Knowledge]]'', Chapter 4:<br />
The Pillar of Health</ref><br />
<br />
"Because material providership historically has fallen primarily on men, women have been able to<br />
cultivate providership at other levels—at the psychological and emotional and spiritual levels to<br />
a far greater degree, and they are naturally endowed to do this." <ref>The Age of Women (November 14, 2007)</ref><br />
<br />
==Different Levels of Achievement in Other Races==<br />
<br />
"Your visitors are comprised of different races of beings at different<br />
levels of authority and command."<ref>''[[The Allies of Humanity]] Book One'', Sixth Briefing: Questions and Answers</ref><br />
<br />
"Now, you must understand that the Greater Community contains intelligent life at all levels<br />
of technological and ethical development."<ref>The New Message on Life in the Universe (September 3, 2007)z</ref><br />
<br />
"In the Greater Community, there are races at all<br />
levels of evolution and technological skill. There are races that are dedicated to good. And there are<br />
races that are dedicated to destruction." <ref>''[[Greater Community Spirituality]]'', Chapter 18: What is Human Destiny?</ref><br />
<br />
"In the Greater Community, there are many races<br />
who have achieved very high levels of maturity in<br />
their spiritual understanding and have achieved a<br />
state of freedom that humanity has not yet come even<br />
close to achieving." <ref>''[[The Allies of Humanity]] Book Two'', First Briefing: The Universe into Which You Are Emerging</ref><br />
<br />
"Those whom you are encountering in the Universe<br />
at this time represent highly organized, very hierarchical organizations<br />
whose function is resource acquisition and development.<br />
Collectives, by and large, are made up of a series of races functioning<br />
at different levels of authority and command." <ref>''[[The Allies of Humanity]] Book Two'', Fourth Briefing: The Collectives</ref><br />
<br />
==Levels Throughout the Universe==<br />
<br />
"Knowledge works in all arenas and at all levels of<br />
participation—within each person, within each community,<br />
within each world, between each world and within the universe<br />
as a whole."<ref>''[[Steps to Knowledge]]'', Steo 326: The Greater Community<br />
is something I can feel<br />
but cannot understand.</ref><br />
<br />
"God works behind<br />
the scenes through inspired individuals and through united relationships at all levels—at the level of<br />
individuals, families, groups, cities, nations and worlds."<ref>''[[Greater Community Spirituality]]'', Chapter 15:<br />
Who serves humanity?</ref><br />
The great variability of life in the universe represents the evolution<br />
of life at all levels and in countless forms and countless variety,<br />
where the distinctions are endless, where the environments are different<br />
and where the circumstances are different."<ref>''[[Life in the Universe]]'', Chapter 11: Unseen Forces in the Universe</ref><br />
<br />
"In worlds such as yours, which are<br />
largely inhabited, where there is a great diversity and complexity of life, this Angelic Presence<br />
has many different levels of expression and different levels of service."<ref>God, Knowledge and the Angelic Presence (September 17, 2008)</ref><br />
<br />
"There are different levels of Unseen Ones. The Unseen Ones who assist you are assisted<br />
themselves, for the chain of authority, the chain of giving, continues far, far beyond you—translating<br />
and making a greater will and purpose accessible and available to you. This is beyond your<br />
comprehension. You cannot even imagine it, and you are not required to do so." <ref>''[[Greater Community Spirituality]]'', Chapter 16: Who are the Unseen Ones?</ref><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/></div>Lisahttp://www.wiki.newmessage.org/mediawiki/en/w/index.php?title=Interdependence&diff=6926Interdependence2014-08-02T15:36:47Z<p>Lisa: /* With higher purpose */</p>
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<div>"There are three stages in one’s overall development. There is dependence. There is independence. And there is interdependence.... People can remain dependent for their whole lives ...<br />
Some people reach a state of independence, but never graduate beyond it.... There are many people who never are able to move beyond this intermediate stage of independence.<br />
To reach a state of interdependence represents a greater level of maturity within individuals.<br />
<ref name="interdep">Interdependence (July 4, 2008)</ref><br />
<br />
==With higher purpose==<br />
<br />
"[[Relationship|Relationship]] at the [[Levels|level]] of interdependence is rare and very special." <ref name="interdep">Interdependence (July 4, 2008)</ref><br />
<br />
"True interdependence is not simply interdependence between two individuals or interdependence within a spiritual community. Real interdependence is being guided by Knowledge and united with others at the level of Knowledge."<br />
<ref name="interdep"/><br />
<br />
"It is not only interdependence with others.... It is interdependence with God and with those Unseen Forces who are working on behalf of the Creator of all life. They are depending upon you. You are depending upon them. They are communicating to you and through you, and they need you to become a representative of a greater power and presence in life. You need them because they are fulfilling your destiny. They are giving you power and strength and wisdom that you cannot provide for yourself."<br />
<ref name="interdep"/><br />
<br />
==Within oneself==<br />
"Interdependence within yourself [is when] your body, your mind and your spirit are working in concert with one another."<br />
<ref name="interdep"/><br />
<br />
== In marriage ==<br />
"In essence, stage one is about dependence. Stage two is about independence. And stage three is about interdependence—dependence, independence and interdependence. Marriage in stage one is about building security and reinforcing dependence. This fundamentally opposes personal honesty and the emergence of Knowledge. Marriage in stage two is more about people discovering and differentiating themselves by learning to think and act independently. This produces personal growth but makes the prospect of attaining real union and [[commitment]] in relationship very difficult to establish.<br />
Attempting marriage in the first two stages is very difficult."<br />
<ref>[[Relationships & Higher Purpose]], Chapter 10</ref><br />
<br />
==Among nations==<br />
<br />
"As humanity's idea of itself changes, its social institutions and structures will change as well. Fundamentally, you will begin to see yourself as a member of your world, not simply as a member of a nation or of a group or of a religion or of a culture or of an extended family or of a political persuasion. All of these things will be overshadowed by the presence of the Greater Community, which will make them increasingly insignificant. As this realization is passed from one generation to another, national interests will change, with a greater emphasis on interdepence with other nations and on mutual survival and well-being."<br />
<ref> [[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 18</ref><br />
<br />
"Ultimately, the nations of the world will have to achieve a very high state of interdependence if they are to survive the Great Waves of change that are coming to the world—environmental degradation, diminishing resources, the loss of food production, the changing of climate and violent weather, the threat of pandemic illness and the threats of growing conflict, competition and war. Only a greater interdependence can make war unnecessary—interdependence based upon fundamental mutual needs."<br />
<ref name="interdep"/><br />
<br />
==In the Greater Community==<br />
<br />
"Nations that rely upon one another for resources ... become ever more like one another, even though they are still distinct societies. They are forced to conform to a certain degree because of their interdependence."<br />
<ref>Humanity’s Emergence into the Greater Community (July 19, 2008)</ref><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
[[category:relationship]]</div>Lisahttp://www.wiki.newmessage.org/mediawiki/en/w/index.php?title=Interdependence&diff=6925Interdependence2014-08-02T15:35:49Z<p>Lisa: </p>
<hr />
<div>"There are three stages in one’s overall development. There is dependence. There is independence. And there is interdependence.... People can remain dependent for their whole lives ...<br />
Some people reach a state of independence, but never graduate beyond it.... There are many people who never are able to move beyond this intermediate stage of independence.<br />
To reach a state of interdependence represents a greater level of maturity within individuals.<br />
<ref name="interdep">Interdependence (July 4, 2008)</ref><br />
<br />
==With higher purpose==<br />
<br />
"Relationship at the [[Levels|level]] of interdependence is rare and very special." <ref name="interdep">Interdependence (July 4, 2008)</ref><br />
<br />
"True interdependence is not simply interdependence between two individuals or interdependence within a spiritual community. Real interdependence is being guided by Knowledge and united with others at the level of Knowledge."<br />
<ref name="interdep"/><br />
<br />
"It is not only interdependence with others.... It is interdependence with God and with those Unseen Forces who are working on behalf of the Creator of all life. They are depending upon you. You are depending upon them. They are communicating to you and through you, and they need you to become a representative of a greater power and presence in life. You need them because they are fulfilling your destiny. They are giving you power and strength and wisdom that you cannot provide for yourself."<br />
<ref name="interdep"/><br />
<br />
==Within oneself==<br />
"Interdependence within yourself [is when] your body, your mind and your spirit are working in concert with one another."<br />
<ref name="interdep"/><br />
<br />
== In marriage ==<br />
"In essence, stage one is about dependence. Stage two is about independence. And stage three is about interdependence—dependence, independence and interdependence. Marriage in stage one is about building security and reinforcing dependence. This fundamentally opposes personal honesty and the emergence of Knowledge. Marriage in stage two is more about people discovering and differentiating themselves by learning to think and act independently. This produces personal growth but makes the prospect of attaining real union and [[commitment]] in relationship very difficult to establish.<br />
Attempting marriage in the first two stages is very difficult."<br />
<ref>[[Relationships & Higher Purpose]], Chapter 10</ref><br />
<br />
==Among nations==<br />
<br />
"As humanity's idea of itself changes, its social institutions and structures will change as well. Fundamentally, you will begin to see yourself as a member of your world, not simply as a member of a nation or of a group or of a religion or of a culture or of an extended family or of a political persuasion. All of these things will be overshadowed by the presence of the Greater Community, which will make them increasingly insignificant. As this realization is passed from one generation to another, national interests will change, with a greater emphasis on interdepence with other nations and on mutual survival and well-being."<br />
<ref> [[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 18</ref><br />
<br />
"Ultimately, the nations of the world will have to achieve a very high state of interdependence if they are to survive the Great Waves of change that are coming to the world—environmental degradation, diminishing resources, the loss of food production, the changing of climate and violent weather, the threat of pandemic illness and the threats of growing conflict, competition and war. Only a greater interdependence can make war unnecessary—interdependence based upon fundamental mutual needs."<br />
<ref name="interdep"/><br />
<br />
==In the Greater Community==<br />
<br />
"Nations that rely upon one another for resources ... become ever more like one another, even though they are still distinct societies. They are forced to conform to a certain degree because of their interdependence."<br />
<ref>Humanity’s Emergence into the Greater Community (July 19, 2008)</ref><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
[[category:relationship]]</div>Lisahttp://www.wiki.newmessage.org/mediawiki/en/w/index.php?title=Levels&diff=6924Levels2014-08-02T15:34:06Z<p>Lisa: /* Levels of Human Development */</p>
<hr />
<div>[[File:God medallion.jpg|right|Creation]]<br />
<br />
"All confusion is the confusion of<br />
different levels." <ref>''[[Steps to Knowledge]]'', Steo 165: My duties are small. My mission is great.</ref><br />
<br />
"You live life at two levels. You live life at the level at which you think, and you live life at the level at which you know." <ref>''[[Greater Community Spirituality]]'', Chapter 4: What is Knowledge? </ref><br />
<br />
==Levels of Human Development==<br />
"As you<br />
develop, earlier needs will fade away, and other needs will come to take their place because there is a<br />
progression of levels of understanding in the development of Knowledge." <ref>''[[Greater Community Spirituality]]'', Chapter 22: Where can Knowledge be found?</ref><br />
<br />
"Relationship at the level of [[Interdependence|interdependence]] is rare and very special."<ref>Interdependence (July 4, 2008)</ref><br />
<br />
"The body is a mechanism. It is not magical. Do not confuse it with the mind or with the Spirit. People attempt to<br />
make them all the same because they want to feel that they are unified and that life is unified. But life functions at different<br />
levels. It functions at the level of the physical environment, the mental environment and the spiritual environment."<ref>''[[Living The Way of Knowledge]]'', Chapter 4:<br />
The Pillar of Health</ref><br />
<br />
"Because material providership historically has fallen primarily on men, women have been able to<br />
cultivate providership at other levels—at the psychological and emotional and spiritual levels to<br />
a far greater degree, and they are naturally endowed to do this." <ref>The Age of Women (November 14, 2007)</ref><br />
<br />
==Different Levels of Achievement in Other Races==<br />
<br />
"Your visitors are comprised of different races of beings at different<br />
levels of authority and command."<ref>''[[The Allies of Humanity]] Book One'', Sixth Briefing: Questions and Answers</ref><br />
<br />
"Now, you must understand that the Greater Community contains intelligent life at all levels<br />
of technological and ethical development."<ref>The New Message on Life in the Universe (September 3, 2007)z</ref><br />
<br />
"In the Greater Community, there are races at all<br />
levels of evolution and technological skill. There are races that are dedicated to good. And there are<br />
races that are dedicated to destruction." <ref>''[[Greater Community Spirituality]]'', Chapter 18: What is Human Destiny?</ref><br />
<br />
"In the Greater Community, there are many races<br />
who have achieved very high levels of maturity in<br />
their spiritual understanding and have achieved a<br />
state of freedom that humanity has not yet come even<br />
close to achieving." <ref>''[[The Allies of Humanity]] Book Two'', First Briefing: The Universe into Which You Are Emerging</ref><br />
<br />
"Those whom you are encountering in the Universe<br />
at this time represent highly organized, very hierarchical organizations<br />
whose function is resource acquisition and development.<br />
Collectives, by and large, are made up of a series of races functioning<br />
at different levels of authority and command." <ref>''[[The Allies of Humanity]] Book Two'', Fourth Briefing: The Collectives</ref><br />
<br />
==Levels Throughout the Universe==<br />
<br />
"Knowledge works in all arenas and at all levels of<br />
participation—within each person, within each community,<br />
within each world, between each world and within the universe<br />
as a whole."<ref>''[[Steps to Knowledge]]'', Steo 326: The Greater Community<br />
is something I can feel<br />
but cannot understand.</ref><br />
<br />
"God works behind<br />
the scenes through inspired individuals and through united relationships at all levels—at the level of<br />
individuals, families, groups, cities, nations and worlds."<ref>''[[Greater Community Spirituality]]'', Chapter 15:<br />
Who serves humanity?</ref><br />
The great variability of life in the universe represents the evolution<br />
of life at all levels and in countless forms and countless variety,<br />
where the distinctions are endless, where the environments are different<br />
and where the circumstances are different."<ref>''[[Life in the Universe]]'', Chapter 11: Unseen Forces in the Universe</ref><br />
<br />
"In worlds such as yours, which are<br />
largely inhabited, where there is a great diversity and complexity of life, this Angelic Presence<br />
has many different levels of expression and different levels of service."<ref>God, Knowledge and the Angelic Presence (September 17, 2008)</ref><br />
<br />
"There are different levels of Unseen Ones. The Unseen Ones who assist you are assisted<br />
themselves, for the chain of authority, the chain of giving, continues far, far beyond you—translating<br />
and making a greater will and purpose accessible and available to you. This is beyond your<br />
comprehension. You cannot even imagine it, and you are not required to do so." <ref>''[[Greater Community Spirituality]]'', Chapter 16: Who are the Unseen Ones?</ref><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/></div>Lisahttp://www.wiki.newmessage.org/mediawiki/en/w/index.php?title=Interdependence&diff=6923Interdependence2014-08-02T15:33:20Z<p>Lisa: /* With higher purpose */</p>
<hr />
<div>"There are three stages in one’s overall development. There is dependence. There is independence. And there is interdependence.... People can remain dependent for their whole lives ...<br />
Some people reach a state of independence, but never graduate beyond it.... There are many people who never are able to move beyond this intermediate stage of independence.<br />
To reach a state of interdependence represents a greater level of maturity within individuals.<br />
<ref name="interdep">Interdependence (July 4, 2008)</ref><br />
<br />
==With higher purpose==<br />
<br />
"Relationship at the [[Levels|level]] of interdependence is rare and very special." <ref>Interdependence (July 4, 2008)</ref><br />
<br />
"True interdependence is not simply interdependence between two individuals or interdependence within a spiritual community. Real interdependence is being guided by Knowledge and united with others at the level of Knowledge."<br />
<ref name="interdep"/><br />
<br />
"It is not only interdependence with others.... It is interdependence with God and with those Unseen Forces who are working on behalf of the Creator of all life. They are depending upon you. You are depending upon them. They are communicating to you and through you, and they need you to become a representative of a greater power and presence in life. You need them because they are fulfilling your destiny. They are giving you power and strength and wisdom that you cannot provide for yourself."<br />
<ref name="interdep"/><br />
<br />
==Within oneself==<br />
"Interdependence within yourself [is when] your body, your mind and your spirit are working in concert with one another."<br />
<ref name="interdep"/><br />
<br />
== In marriage ==<br />
"In essence, stage one is about dependence. Stage two is about independence. And stage three is about interdependence—dependence, independence and interdependence. Marriage in stage one is about building security and reinforcing dependence. This fundamentally opposes personal honesty and the emergence of Knowledge. Marriage in stage two is more about people discovering and differentiating themselves by learning to think and act independently. This produces personal growth but makes the prospect of attaining real union and [[commitment]] in relationship very difficult to establish.<br />
Attempting marriage in the first two stages is very difficult."<br />
<ref>[[Relationships & Higher Purpose]], Chapter 10</ref><br />
<br />
==Among nations==<br />
<br />
"As humanity's idea of itself changes, its social institutions and structures will change as well. Fundamentally, you will begin to see yourself as a member of your world, not simply as a member of a nation or of a group or of a religion or of a culture or of an extended family or of a political persuasion. All of these things will be overshadowed by the presence of the Greater Community, which will make them increasingly insignificant. As this realization is passed from one generation to another, national interests will change, with a greater emphasis on interdepence with other nations and on mutual survival and well-being."<br />
<ref> [[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 18</ref><br />
<br />
"Ultimately, the nations of the world will have to achieve a very high state of interdependence if they are to survive the Great Waves of change that are coming to the world—environmental degradation, diminishing resources, the loss of food production, the changing of climate and violent weather, the threat of pandemic illness and the threats of growing conflict, competition and war. Only a greater interdependence can make war unnecessary—interdependence based upon fundamental mutual needs."<br />
<ref name="interdep"/><br />
<br />
==In the Greater Community==<br />
<br />
"Nations that rely upon one another for resources ... become ever more like one another, even though they are still distinct societies. They are forced to conform to a certain degree because of their interdependence."<br />
<ref>Humanity’s Emergence into the Greater Community (July 19, 2008)</ref><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
[[category:relationship]]</div>Lisahttp://www.wiki.newmessage.org/mediawiki/en/w/index.php?title=The_Intervention&diff=6734The Intervention2014-05-27T22:00:13Z<p>Lisa: </p>
<hr />
<div><br />
<big>'''"[[Humanity]] is facing the loss of its [[freedom]] and sovereignty in this world to intervening forces from the Universe."'''<br />
<ref>The Proclamation (July 7, 2006)</ref><br />
<br />
''"Though the visitors have a superior [[technology]], the success of their entire mission rests upon their ability to persuade and to encourage human allegiance. '''You have the power to resist this.''' You have the power to see through the deception."''<br />
<ref>[[The Allies of Humanity]] Book 2, Third Briefing</ref></big><br />
<br />
[[File:paisley.jpg|right|As Above, So Below]]<br />
<br />
===Directives===<br />
<big>'''"You must resist the Intervention. You must recognize it is nothing more than competition from beyond the world.''' </big> You must not be fooled by its promises of wealth and [[power]] and [[freedom]]. You must not become dejected or resign yourself, thinking that you have no power in this matter, for humanity has the great advantage."<br />
<ref name="rti"/><br />
<br />
"This represents an essential understanding that you must have in approaching [[the Greater Community]]. Do not accept trinkets from space, for you will undermine your freedom in the process. Nothing really important will be given to humanity in this regard by those who are intervening in your world. They are seeking to create dependency and [[addiction]]. This gives them power and leverage, even in their small numbers, over a much larger human family that is unsuspecting and that can be easily persuaded."<br />
<ref name="aoh3-2"/><br />
<br />
"Any human mind can be interfered with, and its understanding can be extracted by those intervening forces in [[the world]] now. Therefore, you must understand the importance of [[discretion]]. That is why it is one of the three requirements for establishing and maintaining freedom in the universe: unity, [[self-sufficiency]] and discretion. You are only at the beginning of learning about the power of the [[Mental Environment]]. You are only beginning to learn how other races can gain access to human [[wisdom]] and understanding. You are only beginning to realize how much your freedom will have to be guarded and protected if it is to be sustained in a universe where freedom is rare."<br />
<ref name="aoh3-7">The Allies of Humanity Book 3, Seventh Briefing</ref><br />
<br />
"Do not think that your subjugation represents your [[destiny]]. Do not believe that another race will come and govern you with wisdom and [[compassion]]. Do not think that gaining ever higher levels of [[technology]] will assure you any greater advantage in the Greater Community. Beyond the requirements of establishing your unity, your self-sufficiency and your discretion, technology becomes ever more hazardous. It begins to work against everything you have created for yourself."<br />
<ref name="aoh3-6"/><br />
<br />
[[File:What_Only_Looks_Good.jpg|400px|left|"What Only Looks Good" by Tyyne Andrews, ca. 2006-07]]<br />
<br />
==The nature of the extraterrestrial Intervention==<br />
<br />
"In this region of space, [[war]] is suppressed and outright conquest<br />
is not allowed. If a nation wishes to gain advantage and influence<br />
in another world, such as in an emerging world like your own, they<br />
must use more subtle means and employ other agents to carry out<br />
such an intervention."<ref>Who Are the Allies of Humanity (February 3, 2011)</ref><br />
<br />
=== Point of view ===<br />
<br />
"Who from the Greater Community will think that your well-being is a priority when you are spoiling the very world you live in, which is considered an asset for the whole Greater Community?"<br />
<ref name="lwk9">[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 9</ref><br />
<br />
"You cannot plunder the [[Earth]] without bringing yourself to a devastated state, a state that can be easily taken over by others in the universe. While outright conquest of your world is not permitted in this region of space, other nations are free to intervene under two conditions: first, if the native peoples of your world appear to others to welcome intervention and to not resist it; and, second, if humanity were to fall into a truly deprived and declined state. Under the second set of circumstances, other nations would be free to come and take the world for themselves, using humanity as a resource for their own ends."<br />
<ref name="aoh3-2"/><br />
<br />
"Terrestrial planets create biological hazards for visitors. And that is why colonization is usually attempted once the native race has either established a usable network that the visitors can use, such as is the case here on Earth, or have destroyed themselves through conflict and war, leaving an open door for intervention to occur, even military intervention. [[Military]] intervention is allowed in this region of space under such conditions. This represents part of the ethics of contact that are assumed and are practiced by many nations in this part of the Greater Community."<br />
<ref name="aoh3-7"/><br />
<br />
=== Timing ===<br />
"The [[wealth]] of the world is being spoiled and ruined, and the threat of this increasing has brought this Intervention here. It has also come because humanity has created an infrastructure that these races can utilize for themselves. You now have a worldwide community, worldwide communications, worldwide commerce and the beginnings of a worldwide [[government]]."<br />
<ref>Preparing for the Greater Community (April 15, 2011)</ref><br />
<br />
"As resources decline within this world, and as economic and political instability increases, the offerings of the Intervention will become ever more persuasive, yet what it is offering is your own demise—the loss of human freedom, your dependence upon foreign technology and foreign power."<br />
<ref name="rti">Resisting the Intervention (September 10, 2008)</ref><br />
<br />
"Humanity is emerging into a Greater Community of [[life]] in the universe because others are here to seek influence and domination of a world of great value and importance."<br />
<ref>The Recitation (April 1, 2011)</ref><br />
<br />
=== Goals ===<br />
"They want humanity to believe in them and to serve them. They want humanity to work for them. They will promise anything, offer anything and do anything to achieve this goal."<br />
<ref>The Allies of Humanity Book 1, Second Briefing</ref><br />
<br />
"You now have a global [[civilization]]—diffracted, conflicted, destructive, heedless and irresponsible, but it is a world community nonetheless. You have global [[communication]]. You have global commerce. And for many people, a growing global awareness. It is at this point that intervention will be attempted. It is at this point that humanity becomes a prize to be claimed. Those who will come here and are here already cannot live in the biologically complex world that you inhabit and to which you are adapted. They need human assistance. They need human allegiance. They need human participation in order to gain sovereignty and control here."<br />
<ref name="etgc">Entering the Greater Community (May 27, 2011)</ref><br />
<br />
=== Means ===<br />
"Amongst those races who seek to gain dominance here, there is a competition, a competition for influence—a kind of subtle attempt at conquest to make humanity weak and dependent, to encourage human conflict secretly so that humanity never gains security or stability, thus requiring it to reach out to foreign powers and to accept whatever inducements these foreign powers might offer you."<br />
<ref>[[Life in the Universe]], Chapter 5</ref><br />
<br />
"They will take advantage of your expectations, your desires, your fantasies and your grievances to establish this position for themselves. Look at the history of intervention in your world. Look how easily native peoples succumbed to the presence of foreign intervention. This must not be your [[fate]]." <br />
<ref name="etgc"/><br />
<br />
"While the Intervention will present itself to its believers and its advocates as a benign and spiritual force, in reality it will be supporting the very forces that undermine humanity’s integrity, its unity and its self-confidence. The Intervention will undermine people’s belief and confidence in their leaders and their institutions, thus fostering a vacuum of confidence that can easily be shifted to a foreign power that is presenting itself as a benign and advanced race."<br />
<ref name="aoh3-3">The Allies of Humanity Book 3, Third Briefing</ref><br />
<br />
"People who assign themselves these roles and responsibilities are not the Emissaries of [[the Creator]]. At best, they are the emissaries of their own [[ambition]] and their own failed ideologies. At worse, they fall into service to powers that they cannot even recognize and begin to endorse, represent and propose things, the source of which is unknown to them. They have claimed that they are not the authors of their own demonstration, and because they do not want to even think that they are the authors of their own [[demonstration]], they will naturally appeal to any other source that to them represents a kind of spiritual power. It is this kind of self-deception, it is this kind of self-glorification that would make one extremely vulnerable to manipulation from beyond... Humility, patience, perseverance, honesty, discretion, [[discernment]]—all essential qualities for true accomplishment. And yet, you do not see these qualities demonstrated by many people, especially by many people who claim to be spiritual authorities. People who claim to be psychic, to be clairvoyant, to have unique and special powers—these people are especially vulnerable to [[manipulation]] from beyond. And because they give themselves such high rank in the spiritual hierarchy, and because they consider themselves to be so unique among human beings, and because they seek recognition and approval for their ideas, these people will be very, very good candidates for manipulation and can well fall in with the Intervention, in all of its manifestations. Willing now to serve a greater power and believing that they are endowed to do so, they assign themselves the role of emissaries."<br />
<ref>Discerning False Messengers (March 21, 2000)</ref><br />
<br />
=== Resources ===<br />
"They will not teach power in the [[Mental Environment]], for they do not want humanity to have this power unless it is completely controlled by them."<ref>The Allies of Humanity Book 2, Third Briefing, p. 29</ref><br />
<br />
"The fact is that very few people are even aware of an extraterrestrial presence in the world, and even amongst them, very few recognize it as an Intervention, as a danger and as a hazard for humanity."<br />
<ref>[[The Great Waves of Change]], Chapter 13</ref><br />
<br />
=== Identity and nature ===<br />
"There are great spiritual powers in the universe, but do not confuse them with those who are intervening in your world, or you will make a critical and perhaps fatal error in [[judgment]]."<br />
<ref name="aoh3-6"/><br />
<br />
"You will encounter races in the universe within whose populations compassion is not<br />
shown towards one another. Their people have become more like machines—governed,<br />
controlled and directed, with very little thought or feeling for themselves or for one<br />
another. This is common. This is one of the directions a race can take to establish stability<br />
and security. It is not the direction your allies have taken. They have charted a very<br />
different course for their peoples and for their future."<br />
<ref name="aoh3-4">The Allies of Humanity Book 3, Fourth Briefing</ref><br />
<br />
==Humanity's home world==<br />
"Do not ever think that this world is owned by anyone else, that any other race in the universe has rights to this world or has any special privilege for visiting this world or can make any claims of ownership to this world or any claims of authorship for human [[evolution]].<br />
<br />
This is your planet of origin. It has been given to you by [[the Creator]] of the universe with the [[hope]] and the desire that you would prosper here and maintain this world as the precious resource that it is. It has been given so that it may sustain you through your difficult phases of development and so that it may sustain you as you emerge into a Greater Community of intelligent life, where such worlds of biological diversity are rare."<br />
<ref name="aoh3-2">The Allies of Humanity Book 3, Second Briefing</ref><br />
<br />
===Human sovereignty===<br />
"There is no race that is shepherding humanity as if you were the children and they were the parents. Yet you have potential allies whom you may engage with in the future, if ever you are to establish and maintain the three requirements for freedom that we have mentioned."<br />
<ref name="aoh3-6">The Allies of Humanity Book 3, Sixth Briefing</ref><br />
<br />
==Resisting the Intervention==<br />
<br />
"The Intervention and the growing chaos in the world will strengthen your commitment to [[Knowledge]] and your preparation. God has given the [[preparation]]. There is no other way to prepare." <ref>Marshall Vian Summers, Fireside Chat, December 13, 2013</ref><br />
<br />
"Many people in the world are awaiting the return of their Savior, their [[Maitreya]] or their [[Imam]]. But God has sent a New Message into the world, a Message to prepare humanity for the great change that is coming here and for its encounter with intelligent life in the universe, an encounter that will be far more precarious and dangerous than most people truly recognize."<br />
<ref>The Will of Heaven (May 17, 2011)</ref><br />
<br />
"The [[calling]] must be for the individual now, for the world will need many saviors, many guided and inspired individuals, or human civilization could fail, and that failure could be the most terrible thing that could happen to the human family. You would surely fall under the domination of foreign powers in the universe. Such powers are watching you, listening to you, planning to carry out their activities through devious and subtle means."<br />
<ref>The Voice of the Revelation (April 14, 2011)</ref><br />
<br />
"Humanity does not recognize its advantage in living in a highly populated region of space where [[military]] conquest is not allowed and where [[war]] and [[violence]] are rare. You do not realize the advantage this gives you. If you raise your voice against the Intervention, it is put at risk. If you oppose the Intervention, if enough people can do this, the Intervention must withdraw."<br />
<ref name="aoh3-3"/><br />
<br />
===Equipment===<br />
"It is your evolution to emerge into a Greater Community of intelligent life. It will happen whether you are prepared or not. It must occur. Preparation, then, becomes the key. Understanding and clarity&mdash;these are the things that are necessary and needed in your world at this time.<br />
<br />
People everywhere have great spiritual gifts that can enable them to see and to know clearly. These gifts are needed now. They need to be recognized, employed and shared freely."<br />
<ref>The Allies of Humanity Book 1, First Briefing</ref><br />
<br />
"Humanity does have the power and the skill to stop the Intervention and to prevent future interventions of this kind. You have the inherent Knowledge that lives within you. This is what we mean by spirituality. You have enough individual power and enough technology to offset the kind of intervention that is occurring in your world at this time. You could drive the Intervention out if you had the will to do it. But you must become educated about the Greater Community, and you must be very clear and sober about what you are dealing with at this time."<br />
<ref>The Allies of Humanity Book 2, Fourth Briefing</ref><br />
<br />
=== Education ===<br />
"With a Greater Community perspective, you are able to see your situation not with [[anger]] and condemnation, but with clarity and perspective. You will be able to assess humanity’s advances and its shortcomings in light of [[the Greater Community]]. Humanity has never compared itself with other intelligent life, so it does not know how strong or weak it really is."<br />
<ref name="lwk9"/><br />
<br />
"The Allies of Humanity Briefings and the Teaching in the New Message together will provide you a clear understanding, and it will be an understanding that you will be able to comprehend easily because it reflects the lessons of nature and the lessons of your own history in this world―the lessons of intervention, the lessons of competition in [[nature]] and what peoples and nations must do to become free from intervention, in this case an intervention into the minds and the hearts of people."<br />
<ref>Protecting Yourself from the Intervention (March 17, 2011)</ref><br />
<br />
===Questions & Answers===<br />
''“Are any of the world’s governments resisting the Intervention?”''<br />
:"Yes, the United States and Russia are resisting the Intervention. That is one of the reasons they have ceased their competition that was so destructive over many decades. They are more cooperative now, for they realize they need one another to be successful in offsetting the impacts and the persuasion that is being cast upon humanity.<br />
<br />
:There are smaller governments assisting now, but primarily it is these two greater powers that hold such great military strength and persuasion in the world. It is they who had fallen under alien deception, and it is they who have now turned against the Intervention. That is why our contact on Earth, [[Marshall Vian Summers]], can receive this information and can receive our Briefings and counsel without fear of government suppression." <ref name="aoh3-7"/><br />
<br />
''“How do free races maintain their autonomy and keep races that are not free from interfering?”''<br />
:"Ah, this is the challenge! This is the challenge that awaits you if you are able to offset the Intervention that is occurring in the world today.....<br />
:"Other nations employ seers who try to see into our worlds, to see what kind of technology we are producing and to see where our power and our weakness reside. We must offset these intrusions in the [[Mental Environment]] with seers of our own, who are guided by Knowledge, who would obstruct this kind of intervention in the mental environment.<br />
:This is all a new frontier to you and to human science and to human [[religion]]. Power in the mental environment in many ways can be equivalent to power in the [[Physical Environment]], and the dangers and defenses that must be established here are significant. This is the price of freedom in the universe—constant vigilance, constant care and great [[responsibility]]." <ref name="aoh3-7"/><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
==Further study==<br />
<br />
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_4O4duEPP0&feature=plcp Extraterrestrial Intruders]<br />
<br />
[http://www.alliesofhumanity.org The Allies of Humanity]<br />
<br />
[http://www.humansovereignty.org The Declaration of Human Sovereignty]<br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
[[The Greater Darkness]]<br />
<br />
[[Extraterrestrial Contact]]<br />
<br />
[[Collectives]]<br />
<br />
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<div>==Directives==<br />
"Humanity must become the wise stewards of the world and prepare to participate in the Greater Community. Both<br />
go together and both represent the same goal."<br />
<ref>[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 11</ref><br />
<br />
"People<br />
must face their fear and anxiety and realize the situation they<br />
are in. They must gain a new understanding of where they stand<br />
in the Universe and their role and responsibility as the native<br />
peoples and stewards of this world. They must exercise the<br />
power that they have individually and collectively to preserve<br />
their own native grounds."<br />
<ref>[[The Allies of Humanity]] Book Two, The First Commentary</ref><br />
<br />
==Excerpts==<br />
"You are the stewards of a [[Earth|beautiful planet]] that is greatly valued by others. But you are weak stewards, and you are conflicted amongst yourselves. And you are rapidly depleting the wealth of this world, a world that is so rare and valuable in a universe of barren planets."<br />
<ref>[[Life in the Universe]], Chapter 1</ref><br />
<br />
"At present, humanity is a weak and divided steward of a<br />
beautiful planet that is highly prized by others. How will you<br />
protect it? How will you defend it? How will you maintain its<br />
wealth and its diversity of life? If you squander it, you will lose<br />
it, and the costs will be beyond your imagination. If you fall<br />
under foreign persuasion, it will create a set of circumstances<br />
far worse than anything you could imagine."<br />
<ref>[[The Great Waves of Change]], Chapter 9</ref><br />
<br />
"It is the Will of Heaven that humanity will grow up, emerge out of its reckless and contentious adolescence to become the wise stewards of this world, to preserve the life-giving resources of this world and to become a free race in a universe where freedom is rare and is rarely valued.<br />
It is the Will of Heaven that you end your ceaseless conflicts, for you cannot afford to destroy your peoples and your cities now. You will need all the resources of the world, all the resources that you have, to contend with the Great Waves of change that are coming."<br />
<ref>The Will of Heaven (May 17, 2011)</ref><br />
<br />
"The greater cause facing humanity today is the world’s emergence into the Greater Community, which will<br />
overshadow all of humanity’s problems and issues in the future. This will require humanity to join as one race and to<br />
become the wise and careful stewards of the world’s resources."<br />
<ref>Living The Way of Knowledge, Chapter 8</ref><br />
<br />
"Humanity is ignorant of what it has. It is sitting on valuable real estate—real estate that<br />
others in the Greater Community most assuredly want for themselves. Perhaps if you were wise stewards of the world, they<br />
would respect your stewardship, but your stewardship has not been accepted and is certainly not being exercised very well.<br />
So, who from the Greater Community will think that your well-being is a priority when you are spoiling the very world you<br />
live in, which is considered an asset for the whole Greater Community?"<br />
<ref>Living The Way of Knowledge, Chapter 9</ref><br />
<br />
=References=<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
[[Physical Environment]]<br />
<br />
[[World's Resources]]<br />
<br />
[[Nature]]<br />
<br />
[[The world|The World]]<br />
<br />
[[category:The future world]]</div>Lisahttp://www.wiki.newmessage.org/mediawiki/en/w/index.php?title=Earth&diff=6606Earth2014-05-05T20:32:36Z<p>Lisa: /* A Verdant World */</p>
<hr />
<div>[[File:Future medallion.jpg|right|The Future World]]<br />
<big><br />
;"And should the world exhaust its usefulness, <br />
:should its resources be completely taken, <br />
:then you will be left, bereft. <br />
:The supportive life upon your world will have been taken from you; <br />
:the very means of survival will have been stolen. This has happened before in many other places."<ref>[[The Allies of Humanity]] Book One, Fourth Briefing:Manipulation of Religious Traditions and Beliefs</ref><br />
</big><br />
<br />
==A Verdant World==<br />
<br />
<big>'''"You cannot yet appreciate how beautiful your world is''', how much it possesses and what a rare jewel it is in a Greater Community of barren worlds and empty space. Worlds such as yours are rare indeed.</big> Most places in the Greater Community that are inhabited now have been colonized, and technology has made this possible. But worlds such as yours where life has evolved naturally, without the aid of technology, are far more rare<br />
than you might realize." <ref>The Allies of Humanity Book One, First Briefing:The Extraterrestrial Presence<br />
in the World Today.</ref><br />
<br />
"'''Are there many worlds such as ours in space?'''<br />
There are many worlds that have been stripped of their natural resources and have become barren as a result. Certainly, terrestrial worlds such as yours are rare, maybe one out of five or six thousand planets contain the biological diversity that you enjoy and take for granted here in your world. That still accounts for many planets in the universe. But such planets are always occupied, are always valued and the native races always have to defend their rights, their privileges and their stewardship as they begin to emerge into the Greater Community."<ref>The Allies of Humanity, Book 3, Seventh Briefing:Questions & Answers</ref><br />
<br />
"You do not yet see your [[Unity|vulnerability]] here nor the importance of [[Wise stewardship|maintaining]] this world, maintaining your [[Self-sufficiency|self-sufficiency]], maintaining the [[Climate change|world’s climate]] and maintaining its [[Nature|natural balances]]. Do not think that you can [[Space travel|travel]] to [[The Greater Community|other worlds]] and find places like this. They are very rare, and they are always [[The_Greater_Community#Life_in_the_Greater_Community|occupied]]."<br />
<ref>[[Life in the Universe]], Chapter 1</ref><br />
<br />
[[File:God medallion.jpg|left|God, Creation, Cosmology]]<br />
<br />
==The Exploitation of Planet Earth==<br />
"Humanity is viewed by those few races who pay attention to this world as being chaotic, unruly and potentially dangerous. You are certainly not highly regarded for the way the Earth is being exploited and its wealth is being plundered."<br />
<ref>The Allies of Humanity, Book 3, Sixth Briefing:Greater Community Realities</ref><br />
<br />
"Humanity is degrading the world at a frightening pace, diminishing the wealth of the world and its productivity for the future. This of course is known to many though humanity as a whole and the governments of the world still remain heedless. The needs of the moment overtake the preparation for the future. The preoccupations of lesser matters obscure the needs of greater things."<ref name="resto">Restoring the World (June 25, 2011)</ref><br />
<br />
==The Sacred Earth==<br />
"In some traditions the Earth itself is considered sacred–the entire Earth, not one particular place. But the Earth is not sacred; it is just the Earth."<ref>The Sacred (April 29, 2008)</ref><br />
[[File:Alliesofhumanity1-cover.jpg|right|The Allies of Humanity Briefings, Book One]]<br />
==References==<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
==See Also==<br />
[[the world]]<br />
<br />
[[The New Message Prophecy]]<br />
<br />
[[Mandates for the World]]<br />
<br />
[[Physical Environment]]<br />
<br />
[[Category:the future world]][[Category:the Great Waves of change]] [[Category: God]]</div>Lisahttp://www.wiki.newmessage.org/mediawiki/en/w/index.php?title=Wise_stewardship&diff=6605Wise stewardship2014-05-05T20:31:29Z<p>Lisa: /* Excerpts */</p>
<hr />
<div>==Directives==<br />
"Humanity must become the wise stewards of the world and prepare to participate in the Greater Community. Both<br />
go together and both represent the same goal."<br />
<ref>[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 11</ref><br />
<br />
"People<br />
must face their fear and anxiety and realize the situation they<br />
are in. They must gain a new understanding of where they stand<br />
in the Universe and their role and responsibility as the native<br />
peoples and stewards of this world. They must exercise the<br />
power that they have individually and collectively to preserve<br />
their own native grounds."<br />
<ref>[[The Allies of Humanity]] Book Two, The First Commentary</ref><br />
<br />
==Excerpts==<br />
"You are the stewards of a beautiful planet that is greatly valued by others. But you are weak stewards, and you are conflicted amongst yourselves. And you are rapidly depleting the wealth of this [[Earth|world]], a world that is so rare and valuable in a universe of barren planets."<br />
<ref>[[Life in the Universe]], Chapter 1</ref><br />
<br />
"At present, humanity is a weak and divided steward of a<br />
beautiful planet that is highly prized by others. How will you<br />
protect it? How will you defend it? How will you maintain its<br />
wealth and its diversity of life? If you squander it, you will lose<br />
it, and the costs will be beyond your imagination. If you fall<br />
under foreign persuasion, it will create a set of circumstances<br />
far worse than anything you could imagine."<br />
<ref>[[The Great Waves of Change]], Chapter 9</ref><br />
<br />
"It is the Will of Heaven that humanity will grow up, emerge out of its reckless and contentious adolescence to become the wise stewards of this world, to preserve the life-giving resources of this world and to become a free race in a universe where freedom is rare and is rarely valued.<br />
It is the Will of Heaven that you end your ceaseless conflicts, for you cannot afford to destroy your peoples and your cities now. You will need all the resources of the world, all the resources that you have, to contend with the Great Waves of change that are coming."<br />
<ref>The Will of Heaven (May 17, 2011)</ref><br />
<br />
"The greater cause facing humanity today is the world’s emergence into the Greater Community, which will<br />
overshadow all of humanity’s problems and issues in the future. This will require humanity to join as one race and to<br />
become the wise and careful stewards of the world’s resources."<br />
<ref>Living The Way of Knowledge, Chapter 8</ref><br />
<br />
"Humanity is ignorant of what it has. It is sitting on valuable real estate—real estate that<br />
others in the Greater Community most assuredly want for themselves. Perhaps if you were wise stewards of the world, they<br />
would respect your stewardship, but your stewardship has not been accepted and is certainly not being exercised very well.<br />
So, who from the Greater Community will think that your well-being is a priority when you are spoiling the very world you<br />
live in, which is considered an asset for the whole Greater Community?"<br />
<ref>Living The Way of Knowledge, Chapter 9</ref><br />
<br />
=References=<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
[[Physical Environment]]<br />
<br />
[[World's Resources]]<br />
<br />
[[Nature]]<br />
<br />
[[The world|The World]]<br />
<br />
[[category:The future world]]</div>Lisahttp://www.wiki.newmessage.org/mediawiki/en/w/index.php?title=Extraterrestrial_Contact&diff=6604Extraterrestrial Contact2014-05-05T20:30:18Z<p>Lisa: /* Recommendations */</p>
<hr />
<div>"The fact that [[humanity]] is unprepared for the realities of contact with [[Life in the Universe|life in the universe]] is very apparent, but at a more unconscious level, people are anticipating this, and that is why it emerges in your movies, in your books, in human imagination."<br />
<ref>Preparing for the Greater Community (April 15, 2011)</ref><br />
<br />
== The Allure ==<br />
"It is at this point [of diminishing resources] that so many worlds are contacted from others who offer them [[technology]] and resources. And if the native peoples have exhausted their own world’s ability to sustain them, they will have to accept these offers. But it is these offers that will rob the native peoples of their self-determination and their [[freedom]] and their [[self-sufficiency]]."<br />
<ref name="emerge">Humanity’s Emergence into the Greater Community, July 19, 2008</ref><br />
<br />
==Human Preconceptions==<br />
[[File:Life-in-the-universe.jpg|left|border|frame|[http://www.newmessage.org/nmfg/Life_in_the_Universe_by_Marshall_Vian_Summers.html Life in the Universe Book]]]<br />
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"Many people believe the Universe is a great empty place, and if [[life]] does exist, it is rare. Many people think that if [[humanity]] were to encounter another race of beings in the Universe, this race of beings would be inordinately interested in humanity and would want to help humanity and share their [[wisdom]] and [[technology]] with this young emerging race in the world. But, alas, the situation is very different."<br />
<ref name="emerge"/><br />
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"No one in [[the world]] is educated about [[the Greater Community]]. If you were, you would be responding very differently to the presence of foreign powers in your midst. This would become a worldwide focus, and the emphasis would be on establishing your own rules of engagement with whomever you are encountering now and will likely encounter in the future."<br />
<ref name="emerge"/><br />
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"People want many things from visitors here. They expect many things. People feel they are very important in the universe and that others would naturally come here to help you and to give you what you wanted and needed. People think Contact is kind of a thrilling adventure, a holiday from the mundanity of human life. They want to think that this Contact would be very positive and beneficial because they do not have the [[strength]], the [[courage]] or the [[preparation]] to consider it in any other way."<br />
<ref>Entering the Greater Community, May 27, 2011</ref><br />
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“When you encounter visitors from the outside, you will tend to misunderstand their presence and intentions — thinking they are here to help you, thinking they are here to benefit you — and you will be very susceptible to their offers of technology, to their inducements and to their seductions. You will be at risk of failing to see that they are merely [[resource explorers]].”<br />
<ref>Contact with Intelligent Life in the Universe, October 1, 2008</ref><br />
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"Be careful here not to think that there are powerful and positive foreign races in the world today. Many people make this mistake because they still want to be saved or rescued."<br />
<ref name="resist">Resisting the Intervention, September 10, 2008</ref><br />
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== Motives ==<br />
[[File:Alliesofhumanity1-cover.jpg|right|border|frame|[http://alliesofhumanity.org/ The Allies of Humanity Book]]]<br />
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"[They] seek not to destroy you but to use you, to employ you in service to them."<br />
<ref name="emerge"/><br />
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"The visitation in your world now is very extensive, so much so that people in all parts of the world are witnessing it and are experiencing its effects directly. What has brought these 'visitors' from [[the Greater Community]], these different organizations of beings, is not to promote the advancement of humanity or the spiritual [[education]] of humanity. What has brought these forces to your shores in such numbers with such intention are the resources of your world."<br />
<ref>[[The Allies of Humanity]], Book One, The First Briefing, p. 3</ref><br />
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== Methods ==<br />
"Races from the Greater Community are already here, [[The Intervention|interfering]] in human affairs, seeking to establish themselves as centers of [[power]] and influence here, operating secretly behind the scenes, influencing people in positions of power, taking citizens against their will, functioning in ways that are highly dangerous and hazardous for the human family. Yet people go about life as if nothing is happening, consumed with their own needs, consumed with [[War|human conflict]] and corruption, consumed with the difficulties of [[life]] here in this one world, unaware and unconcerned about the presence of an [[The Intervention|Intervention]] here. And those few people who are aware of this presence are being persuaded to perceive it as beneficial, as benign and, in some cases, even representing salvation for the human family."<br />
<ref name="emerge"/><br />
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"No one else can live in your world. It is biologically too complex for them. They need you. They need your cooperation. They need you to submit to them, willingly. They need to erode your self-confidence so that you feel you cannot resist them. They will need you to deplete your resources so that you will become dependent upon them."<br />
<ref name="emerge"/><br />
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"The Intervention has studied human psychology and physiology and has devised a very potent form of persuasion. It has taken many people against their will and subjected them to cruel experiments and powerful forms of mind control. Many of these people now cannot think for themselves. Their [[The Mind|minds]] have been overtaken. Their [[freedom]] has been taken from them. They are now like laboratory animals for the Intervention, used for reproductive purposes so the Intervention can create [[Genetic manipulation|hybrid]] individuals to be in positions of power and influence in [[government]], commerce and [[religion]]."<br />
<ref name="resist"/><br />
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==Recommendations==<br />
"The only way that you can advance, and the only way that you will be able to interpret, [[Discernment|discern]] and contend with forces from [[the Greater Community]] is through the [[development]] of [[Knowledge]]. This is true because Knowledge is the only part of your [[The Mind|mind]] that cannot be influenced or [[Domination|dominated]]. It is the only part of your mind that is pure. It cannot be infiltrated. It cannot be [[Manipulation|manipulated]], either in the [[Mental Environment|mental]] or in the physical environment. It is unaffected by [[technology]]. It is unaffected by the demonstrations of [[power]]. It is unaffected by the manipulations of [[fear]]. It is the only part of you that is [[Freedom|free]]. Therefore, the more you associate with [[Knowledge]] and become united with Knowledge, the freer you will become, the more capable you will be in encountering new experiences and new forces in [[life]] and the more able you will be to discern your visitors' motives and activities beyond any appearance."<br />
<ref>[[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 15</ref><br />
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"Humanity is but leaving one stage of its development and entering another. It is a great transition from a world of tribal societies and warring factions to a more united and powerful humanity—a humanity that can live, function and remain free within a Greater Community of life, a humanity that can face [[The Intervention|Intervention]] from other races in the universe and can establish its own rules of engagement here, a united humanity that can learn to live within the boundaries and limited resources of this world without driving them into oblivion and decline."<br />
<ref>The New God, February 12, 2009</ref><br />
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"This is not a time where [[Ethics of contact|Contact]] is required. It is a time where preparation for Contact is required. And this Contact will take a great deal of time. It will take time because an education of this magnitude will not come quickly. Many people will resist it, deny it or avoid it. This education will not come quickly because humanity must now concern itself ever increasingly with the [[Great Waves of Change|Great Waves of change]]."<br />
<ref>[[Life in the Universe]], Chapter 1</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
[[The Greater Community]]<br />
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[[The Intervention]]<br />
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[[The Allies of Humanity]]<br />
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[[Collectives]]<br />
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[[Genetic manipulation]]<br />
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==Further Study==<br />
[http://humansovereignty.org/ Declaration of Human Sovereignty]<br />
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[http://alliesofhumanity.org/ The Allies of Humanity]<br />
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[http://www.newmessage.org/who-are-the-allies-of-humanity Who Are the Allies of Humanity?]<br />
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[http://www.newmessage.org/nmfg/Life_in_the_Universe_by_Marshall_Vian_Summers.html Life in the Universe]<br />
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[http://www.newmessage.org/preparing-for-the-greater-community Preparing for the Greater Community]<br />
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[http://www.newmessage.org/facing-a-greater-community-of-life Facing a Greater Community of Life]<br />
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==References==<br />
<references/> <br />
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[[category:The Intervention]]</div>Lisahttp://www.wiki.newmessage.org/mediawiki/en/w/index.php?title=The_Greater_Community&diff=6603The Greater Community2014-05-05T20:25:07Z<p>Lisa: /* What is the Greater Community? */</p>
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<div>[[File:GC.jpg|right|The Greater Community]]<br />
<big><br />
;The world is emerging into a Greater Community of intelligent life. <br />
:Humanity is unprepared. <br />
:God has sent the preparation.<br />
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;"You live within a Greater Community of intelligent life in the universe. <br />
:It is vast, encompassing the entire spectrum of evolution—<br />
::::the evolution of technology, <br />
::::the evolution of societies and <br />
::::the evolution of spiritual awareness and ethics.<br />
:It is vast and incomprehensible."</big><ref name="LiU">[[Life in the Universe]], Chapter 1</ref><br />
[[File:Heic0706a.jpg|left|400px|Hubble Space telescope]]<br />
==What is the Greater Community?==<br />
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"This greater environment into which you are emerging is a [[Physical Environment|physical reality]] governed by physical laws, the [[Nature|laws of nature]] that you are aware of. Do not concern yourselves here with the possibilities of [[Space_travel#Interdimensional_Travel|other dimensions]], for that will not be your need and concern." <ref name="LiU">[[Life in the Universe]], Chapter 1</ref><br />
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"The Greater Community is the environment in which you live. It includes your world and all the worlds in its vicinity. It is a vast region of space where intelligent life is interacting with each other, representing a great network of relationships between societies and between individuals in societies, a greater cosmology and a greater universe. For this, it is necessary to have a greater perspective, a greater understanding and a greater religion."<br />
<ref name="greater6">[[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 6</ref><br />
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"The Greater Community is made up of a great diversity of life representing many different kinds of physical environments and many stages of individual, cultural, political and spiritual development.... In the Greater Community, there are many worlds where intelligent life has evolved. And there are even more worlds and locations that Greater Community forces have colonized for resource acquisition or to seek new and more safeguarded environments."<br />
<ref name="greater6"/><br />
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===Creation and evolution===<br />
"The physical universe is but a small part of God’s Creation. But this remains for you to learn, and you have a greater journey and a destiny here. But you have to allow your mind to expand, your eyes to open and your ears to hear if you are to gain this greater preparation and understanding."<br />
<ref>The New God (February 12, 2009)</ref><br />
[[File:At_the_Edge_of_Heth.jpg|left|672px|"At the Edge of Heth" by Tyyne Andrews, 2012]]<br />
"Countless races of beings ... live within this Greater Community of intelligent life that comprises the physical Universe in which we live ... all experiencing evolution."<br />
<ref>What Is Creation? (February 4, 2007)</ref><br />
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== Human Emergence into the Greater Community ==<br />
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"Humanity is preparing for the Greater Community. It does not know this yet, of course, but that is its stage of evolution, and everyone is involved. The fact that humanity is unprepared for the realities of contact with life in the universe is very apparent, but at a more unconscious level, people are anticipating this, and that is why it emerges in your movies, in your books, in human imagination. There is a seed of truth, an element of truth here."<br />
<ref name="pftgc"/><br />
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"Humanity is emerging into this environment not from its brief forays into your local solar system, but from visitations that are occurring in the world now and which will increase in the future."<br />
<ref name="LiU"/><br />
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===Why it is happening now===<br />
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"The wealth of the world is being spoiled and ruined, and the threat of this increasing has brought this Intervention here. It has also come because humanity has created an infrastructure that these races can utilize for themselves. You now have a worldwide community, worldwide communications, worldwide commerce and the beginnings of a worldwide government."<br />
<ref name="pftgc">Preparing for the Greater Community (April 15, 2011)</ref><br />
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===What is needed now===<br />
"Your preparation for the Greater Community represents the greatest and most vital [[education]] that can be fostered and extended in the world today. This education is the only thing that will enable you to solve the growing global problems of the world that seem so overwhelming and that your societies seem so incapable of facing and so poorly equipped to resolve."<br />
<ref name="greater6"/><br />
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"Humanity has never done anything even close to this. So why would it rise to the occasion now? What will give it the strength and fortitude to enable it to achieve something that seems almost insurmountable given human nature and behavior at this time? What will do this is the presence of the Greater Community." <br />
<ref name="greater11">[[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 11</ref ><br />
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"Who on Earth can prepare humanity for life in the universe, the great engagement—an engagement that is already taking place, in secrecy, carried out by groups who are here to take advantage of your ignorance and superstitions?<br />
If you are truly honest, you must recognize that no one has this breadth of understanding, this capacity. No one in the world understands the Greater Community of life. And what people think are projections of their fears and their fantasies, neither of which is an accurate portrayal of what you will be facing in reality."<br />
<ref>The Will of Heaven (May 17, 2011)</ref><br />
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"People cannot speak of these things in public because it has been discouraged in the social discourse. That foreign craft are flying in your skies is an undeniable reality, and yet people do not want to think of it. And if they do think of it, they want to think of it in a positive way—that something wonderful is happening, that you have visitors, and they are here to help you, to guide you and to prepare you to meet the difficult challenges emerging in the world today."<br />
<ref name="pftgc"/><br />
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===The view of humans from the Greater Community perspective===<br />
"From a Greater Community perspective, human beings are all the same."<br />
<ref name="greater6"/><br />
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"The Greater Community represents many different races with different motives. Many of those that you will encounter will not be interested in you at all. They only want to preserve your environment for their own use. Others seek to have a meaningful relationship with you, while some are looking at the possibility of [[trade]] and diplomatic relations. However, some wish to exploit you."<br />
<ref name="greater11"/><br />
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"Given current human behavior and understanding, the possibility [of friendship and alliances in the Greater Community] does exist, but it is improbable that this will be your emphasis once you are able to [[Space travel|travel]] beyond the boundaries of your world. There are Greater Community forces even in your solar system who are planning defenses against this occurring. They can keep you from venturing very far without a great deal of effort on their part."<br />
<ref name="greater15">[[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 15</ref ><br />
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"You are not merely a human being in this one world. You are a citizen of the Greater Community of Worlds. This is the<br />
physical universe that you recognize through your senses. It is far greater than you can now comprehend. The extent of its<br />
relationships are far greater than you can even imagine, for reality is always greater than imagination.<br />
You are a citizen of a greater physical universe. This acknowledges not only your Lineage and your Heritage but also your<br />
purpose in life at this time, for the world of humanity is growing into the life of the Greater Community of Worlds. This is known to you, though your beliefs may not yet account for it."<br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 187</ref><br />
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"We may look like a speck in the cosmos, but we are really a portal through which Heaven can touch the world."<ref>Marshall Vian Summers, Free School Campfire (December 22, 2012)</ref><br />
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"[Humanity's] strength, your strength, is that religion has been kept alive in the world. The recognition of God’s power and presence is honored and recognized by many, whereas in most nations in this region of space, religion has either become worship of the state or has disappeared altogether. Here you have an advantage because even the ancient pathways of religion offer the experience of Knowledge. Perhaps this is not emphasized. Perhaps this is not specified in the Teachings, but the individual is encouraged to have a relationship with the Divine and to be responsive to the Divine in most situations. But the religions of the world today cannot prepare humanity for the Greater Community. They are entirely anthropocentric in nature. They are grounded in ancient history. They can barely be relevant in the modern world. They are struggling to do so. They cannot prepare humanity for the great change that is coming to the world and for humanity’s encounter with a universe full of intelligent life."<br />
<ref>Group Mind (March 18, 2011)</ref><br />
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"The larger neighborhood of life into which you will emerge, and the forces that you may encounter there, are not inordinately interested in humanity. They do not share humanity’s values. They are not human or even human-like in most cases. But they do share the difficulties of living within a physical reality—difficulties of security and securing resources, the difficulties of competition and all of the inherent problems that [[civilization]] poses despite its many benefits."<br />
<ref>Humanity's Emergence into the Greater Community (July 19, 2008)</ref><br />
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===The advantages of this development===<br />
"The Greater Community will alter how you see yourself, how nations here interact with one another and the whole priority of humanity. Its impact can be extremely beneficial if you can understand it correctly. <br />
For it is the Greater Community that will finally persuade your nations to cooperate, to unite for the preservation of the world and the protection of the human family.<br />
It is the Greater Community that will show you that you cannot afford your ceaseless conflicts here on Earth, and that your resources here are precious, and your self-sufficiency is of the greatest importance." <br />
<ref>Entering the Greater Community (May 27, 2011)</ref><br />
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"You have come into the world at a great turning point, a turning point only part of which you will see in your own lifetime. It is a turning point where your world gains contact with the worlds in its vicinity. This is the natural evolution of humanity, as it is the natural evolution of all intelligent life in all worlds. Your world is seeking a Greater Community.This will require that your world’s own internal community become unified. This is also a part of the evolution of all intelligent life in all worlds. You have come here to serve this. There are many levels of service and many<br />
things that need to be contributed—on a personal, on a community and on a world level. You are part of this great movement of life, for you are not here for your own purposes alone. You are here to serve the world, and thus be served in return."<br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 190</ref><br />
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"The Greater Community will provide contrast and an environment for learning that is unparalleled in your past. Yet it holds greater risks as well. Humanity must outgrow its adolescent stage of development where it proudly flaunts its newfound powers but cannot work together as a group."<br />
<ref name="ltwok6">[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 6</ref><br />
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"Your future is and will be in the Greater Community. It is not associated with the past. It is new. It is about the present and the future. The future is coming towards you, over the horizons of your life. You can see this if your vision is developed. You can feel this if you are aware of what you feel. You can gain your strength if your mind can become focused and unified."<br />
<ref name="ltwok6"/><br />
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"You cannot just go out there and say, 'This all belongs to humanity! We are God's chosen people! Who are you?' You will find that you are just another evolving race in the Greater Community, and this will temper your human pride and most certainly will change your theology."<br />
<ref>Great Community Prophecy, Chapter 6</ref><br />
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==Life in the Greater Community==<br />
"Outright warfare in the Greater Community, particularly on any kind of large scale, is extremely rare, particularly amongst secure and advanced nations."<br />
<ref>[[Life in the Universe]], Chapter 7: Competition, Influence and the Mental Environment</ref><br />
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"Humanity has evolved in a state of relative isolation, relative because the world has been visited throughout its history, particularly with the advent of humanity." <br />
<ref>Contact with Intelligent Life in the Universe (October 1, 2008)</ref><br />
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"The Universe is full of life. But the Universe is immense. And intelligent life living in the physical manifestation is scattered about a great and vast arena. It is concentrated in some places more than others.... Between these areas of great congregation in the Universe, there are trade routes, great roads that are heavily traveled.... Your world exists in an area of congregation, an area that has many inhabited worlds.... beyond your Solar System."<br />
<ref name="alliestwo">[http://www.alliesofhumanity.org/contents.php [[The Allies of Humanity]] Book Two], First Briefing</ref> <br />
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"Because the Greater Community, especially the area in which you live, is a very competitive environment and because there are many [[Collectives]] dwelling here, they tend to hold each other in check and will take legal action against one another if necessary should the basic rules of conduct be violated. Therefore, if one Collective sought to take this world by force, it would be countered by other Collectives who have an interest in this world and by their competitors elsewhere, who would hold these kinds of actions in check."<br />
<ref name="aohII4">[http://www.alliesofhumanity.org/contents.php [[The Allies of Humanity]] Book Two], Fourth Briefing</ref> <br />
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"The region in which you live ... contains approximately five thousand stars. We call this a region because that is how it is delineated."<br />
<ref name="aohII4"/><br />
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==Metaphors==<br />
"It is as if humanity were a little child coming out of its house for the first time and recognizing it lives in a big city controlled by powerful forces that the little child cannot understand."<br />
<ref>Humanity's Emergence into the Greater Community (July 19, 2008)</ref><br />
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"You are like villagers in a distant forest who all of a sudden find themselves in the midst of greater interactions between exploring and invading nations. Your village will never be the same." <br />
<ref name="greater11"/><br />
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"It would be like different European nations finding the same rich tropical island hundreds of years ago. They would compete for it because they want it for themselves. And they would want to use the native people, but they are not there for the native people's benefit."<br />
<ref>[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 11: Preparing for the Future</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
<references/><br />
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== Further Study ==<br />
[http://www.newmessage.org/chapters/greater-community-spirituality/chapter6.php Greater Community Spirituality, Chapter 6: What Is the Greater Community?]<br />
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[http://wp.newmessage.org/greater-community-spirituality-chapter-18-what-is-human-destiny/ Greater Community Spirituality, Chapter 18: “What Is Human Destiny?”]<br />
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[[Wisdom from the Greater Community]] Volume One, Chapter 3: Greater Community<br />
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Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume Two, Chapter 10: Greater Community Visitations<br />
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Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume Two, Chapter 15: Responding to the Greater Community<br />
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Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume Two, Chapter 17: Visitors' Perceptions of Humanity<br />
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Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume Two, Chapter 28: Greater Community Realities<br />
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==See also==<br />
[[The Intervention]]<br />
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[[Collectives]]<br />
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[[Space travel]]<br />
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[[Trade]]<br />
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[[Arranon Epic]]</div>Lisahttp://www.wiki.newmessage.org/mediawiki/en/w/index.php?title=Knowledge_Quotes&diff=6602Knowledge Quotes2014-05-05T20:20:37Z<p>Lisa: /* What Knowledge does */</p>
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<div>"Knowledge within you, [[the Individual|the individual]], is here on a [[mission]]."<br />
<ref>The New Message for the Individual (Sept 10,2006)</ref><br />
[[File:Knowledge-Relationships-God.jpg|500px|right|Knowledge: Our connection to God]]<br />
"In [[reality]] you are Knowledge." <ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 144</ref><br />
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"Knowledge is who you really are."<br />
<ref name="gcs13"/><br />
== Proclamation ==<br />
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Knowledge is the deeper mind within each individual.<br />
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Knowledge is your connection to the divine.<br />
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Knowledge is [[God]]'s Gift to all intelligent life.<br />
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Knowledge seldom arises under normal circumstances in a preoccupied mind.<br />
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Knowledge is [[God]] in the individual. [[God]] is Knowledge in the Universe.<br />
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Knowledge is the sum of all [[relationship]]s.<br />
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Knowledge is deeper than any of the following, but manifests itself as:<br />
* [[intuition]]<br />
* conscience<br />
* [[creativity]]<br />
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== What is Knowledge? ==<br />
[[File:freedom-love-knowledge.jpg|500px|left|Knowledge is the seed of true love]]<br />
"Let us say that Knowledge is not the things that are usually associated with it. It is not [[ideas]]. It is not a body of information. It is not a system of [[beliefs|belief]]. It is not a process of self-evaluation. It is the great mystery of your life. Its outward manifestations are profound intuition, great insight, inexplicable knowing, wise perception in the present and in the [[future]] and wise understanding of the [[past/Present/Future|past]]. But despite these great achievements of mind, Knowledge is greater than this. It is your True Self, a Self that is not apart from life."<br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 10</ref><br />
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"Knowledge possesses the true seed of love, not love that is a mere sentiment, not love that is a form of intoxication surrounding an urgent desire born of [[fear]]. Knowledge is the seed of true love, not the love that seeks to conquer, to possess and to dominate, but the love that seeks to serve, to empower and to free another. " <ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 181</ref><br />
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"Knowledge is that part of [[God]] that works within [[the Individual|the individual]], initiating great relationships between individuals and setting into motion activities that contribute to the well-being of the race to which those individuals belong. Beyond this, Knowledge contributes to the well-being of all races."<br />
<ref>[[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 15</ref><br />
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"Knowledge represents your True Self, your True Mind and your true relationships in the universe. It also possesses your greater calling in the world and a perfect utilization of your [[nature and Design|nature]], all of your inherent abilities and skills, even your limitations—all to be given for good in [[the world]]."<br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 2</ref><br />
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"God has given humanity a deeper Knowledge that resides within each person, a deeper intelligence beyond the realm and the reach of the intellect—an intelligence that cannot be corrupted, [[persuasion|persuaded]] or adulterated in any way. It is this power of Knowledge that represents your core [[strength]] and the source of your [[integrity]] and your ability to see beyond [[deception]] in any form."<br />
<ref>Contact with Intelligent Life in the Universe (October 1, 2008)</ref><br />
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"At the very surface of Knowledge is the experience of profound [[intuition]], the experience of profound insight and knowing.... Beyond the surface is the total experience of life in this world and beyond this world for you to have while you are still here. That is what reassociates you with life beyond and enables you to fully be a [[contribution|contributor]] while you are in [[the world]]. In all practical aspects, this is complete [[fulfillment]] while you are here."<br />
<ref>[[Wisdom from the Greater Community]] Volume One, Chapter 30</ref><br />
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"The compelling force of Knowledge is so strong that it overrides anything that [[the world]] can set in its way. This level of [[commitment]] is the greatest [[demonstration]] of [[God]]. It is powerful, unending and [[compassion]]ate. It has vitality. It is driven from something beyond this world. It is an uncommon, relentless force. It does not care about costs and obstacles; it cares about practical functioning. People with Knowledge will be uncommon and potent. They will not be alone, unless by choice."<br />
<ref>[[Wisdom from the Greater Community]] Volume One, Chapter 7</ref><br />
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==Relationship with Knowledge==<br />
"The presence of the<br />
Holy Spirit is a relationship. It is a challenge. It is Knowledge."<br />
<ref>[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 8</ref><br />
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"Knowledge is your primary relationship because it is your connection to God."<br />
<ref>Ending Separation (March 3, 2011)</ref><br />
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"This Knowledge is a greater [[intelligence]] within each person waiting to be discovered, but its whole existence is in relationship to [[the Creator]] of all life. It is not a resource that you can use to enrich yourself or to gain advantage over others, for Knowledge will not do these things. Its purpose and its [[reality]] is to respond to the Creator of all life and to respond to the great [[calling]] that is going out as humanity continues to approach this great [[threshold]] in its existence."<br />
<ref>[http://www.newmessage.org/ee/index.php/special-teachings/the-blessing The Blessing] (April 20, 2007)</ref><br />
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"Before you can experience your total union and identification with Knowledge, it will seem to be a distant force within your life, a force that arises and emerges only at certain times--times of great [[need]] and discord and times when you sincerely request its presence and guidance. You have a relationship with Knowledge now. You are not fully joined with Knowledge, so you have a relationship. A relationship is preliminary to total union."<br />
<ref name="gcs13"/><br />
[[File:The_Way.jpg|left|450px|The Way of Knowledge]]<br />
==The Deeper Mind==<br />
"There is a greater mind within you, a greater mind that the Creator of all life has placed within you, to guide you, to protect you and to lead you to your greater accomplishments in life. This deeper mind is profoundly different from the mind that you think with." <ref name="fol">Following the Presence (February 17, 2008)</ref><br />
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==The Inner Voice==<br />
"This is how God speaks to you. And you may not hear this as a voice. It may be a feeling, an image, a sound, a voice. People experience the power and presence of Knowledge differently, according to their [[the Individual|individual]] orientation." <ref name="fol"/><br />
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== How to Find Knowledge ==<br />
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"Find where your [[The Watchtower|attention]] is. Bring yourself back to Knowledge."<br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]] Continuation Training, Step 1</ref><br />
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"Become a student of Knowledge. Learn [[The Way of Knowledge]]. Take the [[steps to Knowledge]]. Let Knowledge rearrange your priorities. Let Knowledge straighten your life out. Let Knowledge [[Inner guidance|guide]], direct and protect you. Let Knowledge foster a greater [[intelligence]] within you. Let Knowledge direct you in your [[relationship]]s and in your evaluations. Become [[stillness|still]] like Knowledge. Become penetrating like Knowledge. Become insightful like Knowledge. Become [[Devotion|devoted]] to others like Knowledge. Find your true allies. Find your purpose. Allow your true [[work]] in the world to emerge as other things are set aside—willingly, happily and with relief."<br />
<ref>[[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 9</ref><br />
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"Gain your [[The Four Pillars of life|foundation]] in Knowledge. Take the steps to Knowledge. Learn [[the Way of Knowledge]]. Learn to receive Knowledge, to interpret Knowledge and to apply Knowledge, and you will become ever more free of your mind and more objective about it." <br />
<ref name="gcs13">[[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 13</ref><br />
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==Prerequisites to Knowledge==<br />
"Knowledge is trying to take you somewhere. You must be [[freedom|free]] to go there. Knowledge is trying to engage you with [[Relationships of higher purpose|certain people]] at certain points in your life. You must be free to engage with them."<br />
<ref>Integrity (April 6, 2011)</ref><br />
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"Knowledge will not speak to you if you are not ready to take action. You will just hear what you want to hear, and nothing [[Importance|important]] will have happened. But if you are ready to take action, if you are sincere, if you are capable, if you are open to this, Knowledge will speak to you--in a word, in a feeling, in a message from another person, in an insight, in a thought, in a dream, in a [[Seeing|vision]]. In whatever avenue Knowledge can reach you at this point in your life, it will reach you."<br />
<ref>[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 5</ref><br />
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==Knowledge in these exigent times==<br />
<br />
"God has sent you into the world to be in the world at this time, facing these circumstances. But what God has placed within you to [[preparation|prepare]] you, to equip you and to [[strength]]en you for [[The Great Waves of Change|the difficult times ahead]] is something that resides beyond the realm and the reach of the [[the Mind|intellect]], in a deeper [[intelligence]] called Knowledge.<br />
At the surface of the mind, you are swept by the winds of the world. You are chaotic. Your life does not seem to have a true [[direction]]. You are influenced by so many things from the outside. Your life can feel chaotic, confused, disorganized, disintegrated, disregulated—however you may choose to describe it. But at a deeper level beneath the surface of the mind, there is a greater intelligence within you. This intelligence is here to guide you, to protect you and to prepare you to live a greater life in service to living in a new world."<br />
<ref>Planetary Instability (March 4, 2011)</ref><br />
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"It is a dangerous time, but for you, it is the right time to be in the world, for this is why you have come—not to hide out in fantasy, not to enrich yourself, not to pretend to be something you are not, not to live a life of avoidance and irresponsibility, but to be in the world to be of service to the world at this time, not only to meet the current needs of life, but to prepare for the future itself.<br />
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Only Knowledge within you, the greater [[intelligence]], knows of these things, and it must guide you in these matters. You must learn to yield to it and distinguish it from all the other [[voices]] in your mind and all the influences that pull upon you from the world around you."<br />
<ref>The Voice of the Revelation (April 14, 2011)</ref><br />
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== Obstacles to Knowledge ==<br />
[[File:ray+steps.jpg|379px|right|Ray]]<br />
"You cannot hear Knowledge if your mind is preoccupied."<br />
<ref>The Power of Seeing (12/30/08)</ref><br />
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"People believe many things, <br />
but they know very little. <br />
They are living at the surface of the mind, <br />
which is turbulent and chaotic <br />
and governed by the winds<br />
and the passions of the world."<br />
<ref>The Engagement (April 16, 2011)</ref><br />
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==What Knowledge does==<br />
"[[the Separation|The separated]] are redeemed through Knowledge. The wicked are reclaimed through Knowledge. The foolish are made wise through Knowledge. This is how God redeems not only the human family, but all of Creation that is living in Separation, which is represented by the physical universe that you can only imagine."<br />
<ref>The Will of Heaven (May 17, 2011)</ref><br />
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"Knowledge will lead you to the right people and will develop slowly and carefully the right understanding if you are patient, persistent and honest in your approach."<br />
<ref name="lwk1">[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 1</ref><br />
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"[Knowledge] knows what is essential, and it is not fooled or [[manipulation|manipulated]] by anything else."<br />
<ref name="lwk1"/><br />
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"If Knowledge cannot be brought into your [[relationship]]s and into your [[decision making|decisions]] regarding relationships, then Knowledge remains only a potential within you."<br />
<ref name="lwk3">[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 3</ref><br />
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"If you choose without Knowledge, Knowledge will not follow you. You may believe fervently that you are doing the right thing. You may even believe fervently that you are making the right [[decision making|decision]]. But if Knowledge does not go with you, you have no stability and no certainty in your endeavor."<br />
<ref name="lwk3"/><br />
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"All of the forces that are driving [[humanity]] to its own demise are counteracted by the presence and the power of Knowledge."<br />
<ref>Nature & Natural Disasters (September 8, 2008)</ref><br />
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"Knowledge will stimulate human innovation, [[humanity|human]] invention, human collaboration and human [[unity]]. It will inspire new [[technology]]. It will inspire greater [[creativity]]. It will inspire greater cooperation. All the things that human leadership and citizens everywhere will have to establish and adapt to that are truly beneficial will be inspired by Knowledge. This is why what is invisible and mysterious within you has the greatest power to effect change in human awareness and behavior."<br />
<ref>[http://newmessage.org/ee/index.php/special-teachings/navigating-difficult-times Navigating the Difficult Times Ahead] (September 29, 2008)</ref><br />
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"Knowledge activates all mental and physical abilities for good. It directs all manner of [[the Individual|individual]] pursuits that are for the benefit of humanity. In the arts, in the sciences, in all endeavors, in the simplest gesture and the greatest act, Knowledge demonstrates a greater life and [[strength]]ens all of the highest qualities in individuals who are engaged with it." <br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 234: Knowledge serves humanity in all ways.</ref><br />
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"Knowledge... is [[The Mystery|mysterious]]. Its pathway is not unknown, however, because there are individuals who have [[Journey of the individual|journeyed]] that way and, though they made many [[Quotes About Sin|errors]] in their journey, they paved a way for you." <ref>[[Wisdom from the Greater Community]] Volume Two, Chapter 1</ref><br />
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==Finding Knowledge==<br />
"Become [[dedication|dedicated]] to finding Knowledge and you will find Knowledge. And you will find those relationships that are based upon Knowledge. And those relationships will empower you and enable you to develop the other three pillars of your life.<br />
<ref name="lwk3"/><br />
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"Knowledge is regained by dedicating yourself to those individuals who represent your true allies in The Way of Knowledge. It is given through [[dedication]] and [[devotion]]."<br />
<ref name="lwk4">[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 4</ref><br />
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"If a person discovers Knowledge and makes advancements in the reclamation of Knowledge, he or she will affect minds in many places simultaneously.... If this is done, people will function better, be more harmonious and less prone to conflict and be able to recognize opportunities as they arise with far greater ease. Everyone will be stimulated. Everyone will be encouraged to carry on what they were sent here to do."<br />
<ref>[[Wisdom from the Greater Community]] Volume Two, Chapter 25</ref><br />
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==Where Knowledge resides==<br />
"God has put Knowledge within you<br />
to guide you and to protect you<br />
and to lead you to a greater life and<br />
participation in the world.<br />
It resides beyond the realm and the reach of the intellect.<br />
It is happening at a deeper level."<br />
<ref>The Engagement (April 16, 2011)</ref><br />
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"God has given you Knowledge to guide you and to [[preparation|prepare]] you, but Knowledge functions beneath the surface of the mind where people live. It is a greater intelligence. It is discerning the movement of the world, and it is responding to the Creator.<br />
God’s New Revelation will speak to this part of you more than to your intellect, for this is the part of you that has never left God. Therefore, it is the part of you that can truly respond. It is the part of you that is wise and unconflicted. It is not afraid of the world, for it cannot be destroyed." <br />
<ref name="tsotf">The Shock of the Future (April 30, 2011)</ref><br />
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"[[The Creator]] of all life has given you a great intelligence, the power and the presence of Knowledge within yourself - a mind beneath the mind that you think with, a mind that is [[wisdom|wise]] and [[power]]ful, a mind that is not corrupted by the world. This mind is here to guide you, to protect you and to lead you to your greater accomplishments and relationships in life."<br />
<ref>[http://newmessage.org/ee/index.php/special-teachings/the-watchtower The Watchtower] (February 17, 2009)</ref><br />
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==Inner Guidance Quotes==<br />
''main article [[inner guidance]]''<br />
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"Knowledge is all about orienting you in the right direction. Knowledge is here to keep you on track."<br />
<ref>Marshall Vian Summers, March 10, 2012</ref><br />
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"Knowledge is a taskmaster. It is committed. It is [[determination|determined]]. It is not like your personal mind, which is all over the place."<ref>Faith, Work and Higher Purpose (January 12, 2009)</ref> <br />
[[File:Only.jpg|left|Only Knowledge and the Need for Knowledge]]<br />
==The pre-eminence of Knowledge==<br />
"For there is only Knowledge and the need for Knowledge. That is all that you can possibly perceive in the universe." <br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 207</ref><br />
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"Your first [[commitment]] and engagement is to Knowledge because that is your commitment and engagement with God. If your engagement is authentic and not filled with your own [[ambition]]s and [[ideas]], then you will have a foundation that will enable you to be a source of strength, purpose and reassurance for others. The need for reassurance at this moment is tremendous and is growing with each passing day." <br />
<ref name="tsotf"/><br />
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==The Freedom of Knowledge==<br />
"With Knowledge you are free in the world. You are free to join. You are free to leave. You are free to make agreements. You are free to complete and change agreements. You are free to surrender yourself. You are free to extricate yourself. In Knowledge you are [[freedom|free]]."<br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]] Step 167</ref><br />
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==The Reality of Knowledge==<br />
"When what you know and what you want are different, this proves the reality of Knowledge to you. Then you will see that Knowledge is not simply a figment of your own will or insecurity and that Knowledge has a reality and an intelligence all its own, a reality and an intelligence that cannot be swayed by your impulses, your fears, your desires or anything in the world."<br />
<ref name="lwk4"/><br />
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==The Unity of Knowledge==<br />
"The power of unity in Knowledge is very significant. Knowledge does not condone war or conflict, unethical competition or deception or [[manipulation]]. It is entirely just. It is entirely uniform. So much so that individuals from opposite ends of the entire [[the Greater Community|galaxy]] could recognize and communicate to each other through Knowledge, should they ever have the opportunity to meet."<br />
<ref>[[Life in the Universe]], Chapter 11, "Unseen Forces in the Universe"</ref><br />
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"Knowledge in [[the Greater Community]] is Greater Community Knowledge. The ability to receive Knowledge, to accept it and to apply it represents [[Wisdom]], not only worldly Wisdom, but [[Wisdom]] in [[the Greater Community]]."<br />
<ref>[[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 6</ref><br />
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[[File:lighthouse.jpg|left|450px|The Watchtower]]<br />
==The Need for Knowledge==<br />
"Everything that happens, even the most grievous events, are a demonstration of the great need for Knowledge—in your life and in the world as a whole."<ref name="trust">Trusting God (May 7, 2013)</ref><br />
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"Without Knowledge, this is where you will go. You will become ever more isolated in your mind, ever more associated with your ideas and beliefs, ever more dishonest with yourself, ever more a partisan and a combatant in a world of partisans and combatants. You will take positions. You will take sides. You will have grievances. You will complain constantly. You will be unhappy and miserable, because fundamentally you are a stranger to yourself and you do not know where your life is going. And somehow you have given your life away along the line. You have given your life away through your associations, your beliefs, your ideology, and your commitments to yourself and to others. Now you are adrift from your true purpose and direction. And under these circumstances life can only truly disappoint you, or try to arrest your drifting mind—usually through [[illness]] or loss, or some other kind of great sobering experience that leads you to question what you are doing, to question your values, your ideas, and your priorities."<br />
<ref>Integrity (April 6, 2011)</ref><br />
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"There is a way to Knowledge. The way will save you time because you need to save time now. You are needed in the world, and your preparation must become accelerated. You do not now have the luxury of endless exploration and diversion, for the world needs you. It is emerging into the Greater Community. This is not a time to fiddle with your mind or your emotions or play around with different therapies or modalities because The Way of Knowledge is being offered to you. You are needed in the world. It is time to prepare. It is time to become focused and determined. There is no escape from this, for only those who are developed in The Way of Knowledge will have capability in the future and will be able to maintain their freedom in a [[Mental Environment]] that will be increasingly influenced by the Greater Community."<br />
<ref name="ltw6">[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 6</ref><br />
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"If you are alone now, it is a valuable time to build your connection to Knowledge. Knowledge represents your most profound and important relationship. If this is not established, if this is not fully established, then your relationship with everyone else will be out of sync—lacking clarity and purpose, lacking meaning—and your life will be filled with people, engagements, activities and commitments that will never create a real opening for you." <ref>Discernment in Relationships (February 13, 2009)</ref><br />
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==The Power of Knowledge==<br />
"Knowledge represents the power to see, to know and to act with [[certainty]]. It also represents the power to resist [[persuasion]], [[deception]] and influence in the mental environment. [[The Individual|The individual]] or the nation that has this strength has the power to resist [[the Intervention|intervention]] and to comprehend the intentions and the activities of other nations who might be threatening to its freedom or existence.<br />
It is the ultimate form of intelligence, you see, and [[seers]] who are guided by Knowledge are more powerful than seers who are not. Here you are able to [[discernment|discern]] the [[future]] and future events before they happen, with varying degrees of accuracy. Here you are able to discern the intentions of others and the capabilities of others without the use of [[technology]]. Here you can pretend to be weak when in fact you are really strong. Here you can appear to be non-aggressive when in fact you can be incisive in your inquiries."<br />
<ref>[[The Allies of Humanity]], Book 3, Seventh Briefing</ref><br />
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"The New Message calls upon the greater power of Knowledge within the individual to arise—a power beyond the realm and the reach of the intellect, a power that is incomprehensible and yet immediately part of your experience.<br />
For some, this will be very difficult to deal with. They look at everything in the world like it is a resource for their mind. But Knowledge is too great to be a resource for your mind. People who claim to be following Knowledge will be following their ideas. People who claim to be guided by Knowledge will be guided by their social conditioning or by their ambitions. And so for certain people this will be very difficult to comprehend.<br />
It is because of how they look at themselves and the world that this is the case.<br />
Not everyone will be able to apprehend the great truth at this time. But if enough people can, it gives great promise to the future, the safety and the freedom of humanity." <br />
<ref>Destiny (April 12, 2011)</ref><br />
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== Metaphors for Knowledge==<br />
"Without Knowledge, you will only know what others want you to know. You will only think what others want you to think--whether it be your parents, your culture, your social group, your government or [[the Greater Community]]. You will basically be like cattle and you will be led around, from pasture to pasture."<br />
<ref>[[The Allies of Humanity]], Book 2, First Commentary</ref><br />
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"The truth itself is like the universe above the clouds of your mind, forever real, forever true, forever evident. It but awaits your recognition. Such is the great truth that lives within you as a potential, as a seed. Let us call this the seed of Knowledge.... It is within you now, though much of its [[communication]] goes unheeded. Its reality is within you now even though you rarely experience it. This is the great gift. This is the real endowment."<br />
<ref>[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Introduction</ref><br />
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"God has sent you into a difficult situation and has placed Knowledge within you to enable you to serve that situation and to give you a way back. It is like entering a deep cave where the light of day is completely left behind, and you are in this labyrinth somewhere, and you are sent down there to help others who are lost in the labyrinth and you yourself seem to be lost in the labyrinth except that God has placed a little rope attached to you—an endless kind of rope that no matter how many turns you take, no matter how deep you get into that labyrinth, no matter how much you forget the light of day, well, there is still a lifeline to you. You may be lost, but you are not lost to God."<br />
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"Through all the world religions, God has established pathways to return to Knowledge, but these pathways have become obscured by what religion has become and how religion is used. Only in the New Message, the pathway is reestablished without the weight of history, without the influence of culture, without the intrusion of human psychology. The pathway is clear. There is the pathway leading out of the labyrinth."<br />
<ref>Heaven & Hell (January 29, 2008)</ref><br />
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==Mistakes with Knowledge==<br />
"It is truly dangerous when people think they know and they do not know. This leads to many [[mistakes]] and many tragedies as well. Do not think you know. You either know or you do not know, and if you know, your Knowledge is pervasive. If what you know is real, others will resonate with Knowledge with you, and you will not have to persuade them."<br />
<ref>[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 7</ref><br />
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==Opposing Knowledge==<br />
"When you go against your Knowledge, you create a fear of the unknown. This builds up over time to create a fear/resistance to the Presence."<ref>MV Summers, Campfire Chat (April 13, 2013)</ref><br />
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==Knowledge's Mission==<br />
"Knowledge... is here on a [[mission]]. Its whole focus is to bring you into contact with this mission, to connect you with those people who will be significant and important within this mission, to bring you to the great need in the world that will call this mission out of you, for you cannot discover it yourself. It must be called out of you."<br />
<ref name="fol"/><br />
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<div>"Knowledge within you, [[the Individual|the individual]], is here on a [[mission]]."<br />
<ref>The New Message for the Individual (Sept 10,2006)</ref><br />
[[File:Knowledge-Relationships-God.jpg|500px|right|Knowledge: Our connection to God]]<br />
"In [[reality]] you are Knowledge." <ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 144</ref><br />
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"Knowledge is who you really are."<br />
<ref name="gcs13"/><br />
== Proclamation ==<br />
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Knowledge is the deeper mind within each individual.<br />
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Knowledge is your connection to the divine.<br />
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Knowledge is [[God]]'s Gift to all intelligent life.<br />
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Knowledge seldom arises under normal circumstances in a preoccupied mind.<br />
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Knowledge is [[God]] in the individual. [[God]] is Knowledge in the Universe.<br />
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Knowledge is the sum of all [[relationship]]s.<br />
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Knowledge is deeper than any of the following, but manifests itself as:<br />
* [[intuition]]<br />
* conscience<br />
* [[creativity]]<br />
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== What is Knowledge? ==<br />
[[File:freedom-love-knowledge.jpg|500px|left|Knowledge is the seed of true love]]<br />
"Let us say that Knowledge is not the things that are usually associated with it. It is not [[ideas]]. It is not a body of information. It is not a system of [[beliefs|belief]]. It is not a process of self-evaluation. It is the great mystery of your life. Its outward manifestations are profound intuition, great insight, inexplicable knowing, wise perception in the present and in the [[future]] and wise understanding of the [[past/Present/Future|past]]. But despite these great achievements of mind, Knowledge is greater than this. It is your True Self, a Self that is not apart from life."<br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 10</ref><br />
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"Knowledge possesses the true seed of love, not love that is a mere sentiment, not love that is a form of intoxication surrounding an urgent desire born of [[fear]]. Knowledge is the seed of true love, not the love that seeks to conquer, to possess and to dominate, but the love that seeks to serve, to empower and to free another. " <ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 181</ref><br />
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"Knowledge is that part of [[God]] that works within [[the Individual|the individual]], initiating great relationships between individuals and setting into motion activities that contribute to the well-being of the race to which those individuals belong. Beyond this, Knowledge contributes to the well-being of all races."<br />
<ref>[[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 15</ref><br />
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"Knowledge represents your True Self, your True Mind and your true relationships in the universe. It also possesses your greater calling in the world and a perfect utilization of your [[nature and Design|nature]], all of your inherent abilities and skills, even your limitations—all to be given for good in [[the world]]."<br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 2</ref><br />
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"God has given humanity a deeper Knowledge that resides within each person, a deeper intelligence beyond the realm and the reach of the intellect—an intelligence that cannot be corrupted, [[persuasion|persuaded]] or adulterated in any way. It is this power of Knowledge that represents your core [[strength]] and the source of your [[integrity]] and your ability to see beyond [[deception]] in any form."<br />
<ref>Contact with Intelligent Life in the Universe (October 1, 2008)</ref><br />
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"At the very surface of Knowledge is the experience of profound [[intuition]], the experience of profound insight and knowing.... Beyond the surface is the total experience of life in this world and beyond this world for you to have while you are still here. That is what reassociates you with life beyond and enables you to fully be a [[contribution|contributor]] while you are in [[the world]]. In all practical aspects, this is complete [[fulfillment]] while you are here."<br />
<ref>[[Wisdom from the Greater Community]] Volume One, Chapter 30</ref><br />
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"The compelling force of Knowledge is so strong that it overrides anything that [[the world]] can set in its way. This level of [[commitment]] is the greatest [[demonstration]] of [[God]]. It is powerful, unending and [[compassion]]ate. It has vitality. It is driven from something beyond this world. It is an uncommon, relentless force. It does not care about costs and obstacles; it cares about practical functioning. People with Knowledge will be uncommon and potent. They will not be alone, unless by choice."<br />
<ref>[[Wisdom from the Greater Community]] Volume One, Chapter 7</ref><br />
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==Relationship with Knowledge==<br />
"The presence of the<br />
Holy Spirit is a relationship. It is a challenge. It is Knowledge."<br />
<ref>[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 8</ref><br />
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"Knowledge is your primary relationship because it is your connection to God."<br />
<ref>Ending Separation (March 3, 2011)</ref><br />
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"This Knowledge is a greater [[intelligence]] within each person waiting to be discovered, but its whole existence is in relationship to [[the Creator]] of all life. It is not a resource that you can use to enrich yourself or to gain advantage over others, for Knowledge will not do these things. Its purpose and its [[reality]] is to respond to the Creator of all life and to respond to the great [[calling]] that is going out as humanity continues to approach this great [[threshold]] in its existence."<br />
<ref>[http://www.newmessage.org/ee/index.php/special-teachings/the-blessing The Blessing] (April 20, 2007)</ref><br />
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"Before you can experience your total union and identification with Knowledge, it will seem to be a distant force within your life, a force that arises and emerges only at certain times--times of great [[need]] and discord and times when you sincerely request its presence and guidance. You have a relationship with Knowledge now. You are not fully joined with Knowledge, so you have a relationship. A relationship is preliminary to total union."<br />
<ref name="gcs13"/><br />
[[File:The_Way.jpg|left|450px|The Way of Knowledge]]<br />
==The Deeper Mind==<br />
"There is a greater mind within you, a greater mind that the Creator of all life has placed within you, to guide you, to protect you and to lead you to your greater accomplishments in life. This deeper mind is profoundly different from the mind that you think with." <ref name="fol">Following the Presence (February 17, 2008)</ref><br />
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==The Inner Voice==<br />
"This is how God speaks to you. And you may not hear this as a voice. It may be a feeling, an image, a sound, a voice. People experience the power and presence of Knowledge differently, according to their [[the Individual|individual]] orientation." <ref name="fol"/><br />
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== How to Find Knowledge ==<br />
<br />
"Find where your [[The Watchtower|attention]] is. Bring yourself back to Knowledge."<br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]] Continuation Training, Step 1</ref><br />
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"Become a student of Knowledge. Learn [[The Way of Knowledge]]. Take the [[steps to Knowledge]]. Let Knowledge rearrange your priorities. Let Knowledge straighten your life out. Let Knowledge [[Inner guidance|guide]], direct and protect you. Let Knowledge foster a greater [[intelligence]] within you. Let Knowledge direct you in your [[relationship]]s and in your evaluations. Become [[stillness|still]] like Knowledge. Become penetrating like Knowledge. Become insightful like Knowledge. Become [[Devotion|devoted]] to others like Knowledge. Find your true allies. Find your purpose. Allow your true [[work]] in the world to emerge as other things are set aside—willingly, happily and with relief."<br />
<ref>[[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 9</ref><br />
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"Gain your [[The Four Pillars of life|foundation]] in Knowledge. Take the steps to Knowledge. Learn [[the Way of Knowledge]]. Learn to receive Knowledge, to interpret Knowledge and to apply Knowledge, and you will become ever more free of your mind and more objective about it." <br />
<ref name="gcs13">[[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 13</ref><br />
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==Prerequisites to Knowledge==<br />
"Knowledge is trying to take you somewhere. You must be [[freedom|free]] to go there. Knowledge is trying to engage you with [[Relationships of higher purpose|certain people]] at certain points in your life. You must be free to engage with them."<br />
<ref>Integrity (April 6, 2011)</ref><br />
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"Knowledge will not speak to you if you are not ready to take action. You will just hear what you want to hear, and nothing [[Importance|important]] will have happened. But if you are ready to take action, if you are sincere, if you are capable, if you are open to this, Knowledge will speak to you--in a word, in a feeling, in a message from another person, in an insight, in a thought, in a dream, in a [[Seeing|vision]]. In whatever avenue Knowledge can reach you at this point in your life, it will reach you."<br />
<ref>[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 5</ref><br />
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==Knowledge in these exigent times==<br />
<br />
"God has sent you into the world to be in the world at this time, facing these circumstances. But what God has placed within you to [[preparation|prepare]] you, to equip you and to [[strength]]en you for [[The Great Waves of Change|the difficult times ahead]] is something that resides beyond the realm and the reach of the [[the Mind|intellect]], in a deeper [[intelligence]] called Knowledge.<br />
At the surface of the mind, you are swept by the winds of the world. You are chaotic. Your life does not seem to have a true [[direction]]. You are influenced by so many things from the outside. Your life can feel chaotic, confused, disorganized, disintegrated, disregulated—however you may choose to describe it. But at a deeper level beneath the surface of the mind, there is a greater intelligence within you. This intelligence is here to guide you, to protect you and to prepare you to live a greater life in service to living in a new world."<br />
<ref>Planetary Instability (March 4, 2011)</ref><br />
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"It is a dangerous time, but for you, it is the right time to be in the world, for this is why you have come—not to hide out in fantasy, not to enrich yourself, not to pretend to be something you are not, not to live a life of avoidance and irresponsibility, but to be in the world to be of service to the world at this time, not only to meet the current needs of life, but to prepare for the future itself.<br />
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Only Knowledge within you, the greater [[intelligence]], knows of these things, and it must guide you in these matters. You must learn to yield to it and distinguish it from all the other [[voices]] in your mind and all the influences that pull upon you from the world around you."<br />
<ref>The Voice of the Revelation (April 14, 2011)</ref><br />
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== Obstacles to Knowledge ==<br />
[[File:ray+steps.jpg|379px|right|Ray]]<br />
"You cannot hear Knowledge if your mind is preoccupied."<br />
<ref>The Power of Seeing (12/30/08)</ref><br />
<br />
"People believe many things, <br />
but they know very little. <br />
They are living at the surface of the mind, <br />
which is turbulent and chaotic <br />
and governed by the winds<br />
and the passions of the world."<br />
<ref>The Engagement (April 16, 2011)</ref><br />
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==What Knowledge does==<br />
"[[the Separation|The separated]] are redeemed through Knowledge. The wicked are reclaimed through Knowledge. The foolish are made wise through Knowledge. This is how God redeems not only the human family, but all of Creation that is living in Separation, which is represented by the physical universe that you can only imagine."<br />
<ref>The Will of Heaven (May 17, 2011)</ref><br />
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"Knowledge will lead you to the right people and will develop slowly and carefully the right understanding if you are patient, persistent and honest in your approach."<br />
<ref name="lwk1">[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 1</ref><br />
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"[Knowledge] knows what is essential, and it is not fooled or [[manipulation|manipulated]] by anything else."<br />
<ref name="lwk1"/><br />
<br />
"If Knowledge cannot be brought into your [[relationship]]s and into your [[decision making|decisions]] regarding relationships, then Knowledge remains only a potential within you."<br />
<ref name="lwk3">[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 3</ref><br />
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"If you choose without Knowledge, Knowledge will not follow you. You may believe fervently that you are doing the right thing. You may even believe fervently that you are making the right [[decision making|decision]]. But if Knowledge does not go with you, you have no stability and no certainty in your endeavor."<br />
<ref name="lwk3"/><br />
<br />
"All of the forces that are driving [[humanity]] to its own demise are counteracted by the presence and the power of Knowledge."<br />
<ref>Nature & Natural Disasters (September 8, 2008)</ref><br />
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"Knowledge will stimulate human innovation, [[humanity|human]] invention, human collaboration and human [[unity]]. It will inspire new [[technology]]. It will inspire greater [[creativity]]. It will inspire greater cooperation. All the things that human leadership and citizens everywhere will have to establish and adapt to that are truly beneficial will be inspired by Knowledge. This is why what is invisible and mysterious within you has the greatest power to effect change in human awareness and behavior."<br />
<ref>[http://newmessage.org/ee/index.php/special-teachings/navigating-difficult-times Navigating the Difficult Times Ahead] (September 29, 2008)</ref><br />
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"Knowledge activates all mental and physical abilities for good. It directs all manner of [[the Individual|individual]] pursuits that are for the benefit of humanity. In the arts, in the sciences, in all endeavors, in the simplest gesture and the greatest act, Knowledge demonstrates a greater life and [[strength]]ens all of the highest qualities in individuals who are engaged with it." <br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 234: Knowledge serves humanity in all ways.</ref><br />
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"Knowledge... is [[The Mystery|mysterious]]. Its pathway is not unknown, however, because there are individuals who have [[Journey of the individual|journeyed]] that way and, though they made many [[Quotes About Sin|errors]] in their journey, they paved a way for you." <ref>[[Wisdom from the Greater Community]], Volume II, Chapter 1</ref><br />
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==Finding Knowledge==<br />
"Become [[dedication|dedicated]] to finding Knowledge and you will find Knowledge. And you will find those relationships that are based upon Knowledge. And those relationships will empower you and enable you to develop the other three pillars of your life.<br />
<ref name="lwk3"/><br />
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"Knowledge is regained by dedicating yourself to those individuals who represent your true allies in The Way of Knowledge. It is given through [[dedication]] and [[devotion]]."<br />
<ref name="lwk4">[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 4</ref><br />
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"If a person discovers Knowledge and makes advancements in the reclamation of Knowledge, he or she will affect minds in many places simultaneously.... If this is done, people will function better, be more harmonious and less prone to conflict and be able to recognize opportunities as they arise with far greater ease. Everyone will be stimulated. Everyone will be encouraged to carry on what they were sent here to do."<br />
<ref>[[Wisdom from the Greater Community]] Volume Two, Chapter 25</ref><br />
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==Where Knowledge resides==<br />
"God has put Knowledge within you<br />
to guide you and to protect you<br />
and to lead you to a greater life and<br />
participation in the world.<br />
It resides beyond the realm and the reach of the intellect.<br />
It is happening at a deeper level."<br />
<ref>The Engagement (April 16, 2011)</ref><br />
<br />
"God has given you Knowledge to guide you and to [[preparation|prepare]] you, but Knowledge functions beneath the surface of the mind where people live. It is a greater intelligence. It is discerning the movement of the world, and it is responding to the Creator.<br />
God’s New Revelation will speak to this part of you more than to your intellect, for this is the part of you that has never left God. Therefore, it is the part of you that can truly respond. It is the part of you that is wise and unconflicted. It is not afraid of the world, for it cannot be destroyed." <br />
<ref name="tsotf">The Shock of the Future (April 30, 2011)</ref><br />
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"[[The Creator]] of all life has given you a great intelligence, the power and the presence of Knowledge within yourself - a mind beneath the mind that you think with, a mind that is [[wisdom|wise]] and [[power]]ful, a mind that is not corrupted by the world. This mind is here to guide you, to protect you and to lead you to your greater accomplishments and relationships in life."<br />
<ref>[http://newmessage.org/ee/index.php/special-teachings/the-watchtower The Watchtower] (February 17, 2009)</ref><br />
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==Inner Guidance Quotes==<br />
''main article [[inner guidance]]''<br />
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"Knowledge is all about orienting you in the right direction. Knowledge is here to keep you on track."<br />
<ref>Marshall Vian Summers, March 10, 2012</ref><br />
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"Knowledge is a taskmaster. It is committed. It is [[determination|determined]]. It is not like your personal mind, which is all over the place."<ref>Faith, Work and Higher Purpose (January 12, 2009)</ref> <br />
[[File:Only.jpg|left|Only Knowledge and the Need for Knowledge]]<br />
==The pre-eminence of Knowledge==<br />
"For there is only Knowledge and the need for Knowledge. That is all that you can possibly perceive in the universe." <br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 207</ref><br />
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"Your first [[commitment]] and engagement is to Knowledge because that is your commitment and engagement with God. If your engagement is authentic and not filled with your own [[ambition]]s and [[ideas]], then you will have a foundation that will enable you to be a source of strength, purpose and reassurance for others. The need for reassurance at this moment is tremendous and is growing with each passing day." <br />
<ref name="tsotf"/><br />
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==The Freedom of Knowledge==<br />
"With Knowledge you are free in the world. You are free to join. You are free to leave. You are free to make agreements. You are free to complete and change agreements. You are free to surrender yourself. You are free to extricate yourself. In Knowledge you are [[freedom|free]]."<br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]] Step 167</ref><br />
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==The Reality of Knowledge==<br />
"When what you know and what you want are different, this proves the reality of Knowledge to you. Then you will see that Knowledge is not simply a figment of your own will or insecurity and that Knowledge has a reality and an intelligence all its own, a reality and an intelligence that cannot be swayed by your impulses, your fears, your desires or anything in the world."<br />
<ref name="lwk4"/><br />
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==The Unity of Knowledge==<br />
"The power of unity in Knowledge is very significant. Knowledge does not condone war or conflict, unethical competition or deception or [[manipulation]]. It is entirely just. It is entirely uniform. So much so that individuals from opposite ends of the entire [[the Greater Community|galaxy]] could recognize and communicate to each other through Knowledge, should they ever have the opportunity to meet."<br />
<ref>[[Life in the Universe]], Chapter 11, "Unseen Forces in the Universe"</ref><br />
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"Knowledge in [[the Greater Community]] is Greater Community Knowledge. The ability to receive Knowledge, to accept it and to apply it represents [[Wisdom]], not only worldly Wisdom, but [[Wisdom]] in [[the Greater Community]]."<br />
<ref>[[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 6</ref><br />
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[[File:lighthouse.jpg|left|450px|The Watchtower]]<br />
==The Need for Knowledge==<br />
"Everything that happens, even the most grievous events, are a demonstration of the great need for Knowledge—in your life and in the world as a whole."<ref name="trust">Trusting God (May 7, 2013)</ref><br />
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"Without Knowledge, this is where you will go. You will become ever more isolated in your mind, ever more associated with your ideas and beliefs, ever more dishonest with yourself, ever more a partisan and a combatant in a world of partisans and combatants. You will take positions. You will take sides. You will have grievances. You will complain constantly. You will be unhappy and miserable, because fundamentally you are a stranger to yourself and you do not know where your life is going. And somehow you have given your life away along the line. You have given your life away through your associations, your beliefs, your ideology, and your commitments to yourself and to others. Now you are adrift from your true purpose and direction. And under these circumstances life can only truly disappoint you, or try to arrest your drifting mind—usually through [[illness]] or loss, or some other kind of great sobering experience that leads you to question what you are doing, to question your values, your ideas, and your priorities."<br />
<ref>Integrity (April 6, 2011)</ref><br />
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"There is a way to Knowledge. The way will save you time because you need to save time now. You are needed in the world, and your preparation must become accelerated. You do not now have the luxury of endless exploration and diversion, for the world needs you. It is emerging into the Greater Community. This is not a time to fiddle with your mind or your emotions or play around with different therapies or modalities because The Way of Knowledge is being offered to you. You are needed in the world. It is time to prepare. It is time to become focused and determined. There is no escape from this, for only those who are developed in The Way of Knowledge will have capability in the future and will be able to maintain their freedom in a [[Mental Environment]] that will be increasingly influenced by the Greater Community."<br />
<ref name="ltw6">[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 6</ref><br />
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"If you are alone now, it is a valuable time to build your connection to Knowledge. Knowledge represents your most profound and important relationship. If this is not established, if this is not fully established, then your relationship with everyone else will be out of sync—lacking clarity and purpose, lacking meaning—and your life will be filled with people, engagements, activities and commitments that will never create a real opening for you." <ref>Discernment in Relationships (February 13, 2009)</ref><br />
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==The Power of Knowledge==<br />
"Knowledge represents the power to see, to know and to act with [[certainty]]. It also represents the power to resist [[persuasion]], [[deception]] and influence in the mental environment. [[The Individual|The individual]] or the nation that has this strength has the power to resist [[the Intervention|intervention]] and to comprehend the intentions and the activities of other nations who might be threatening to its freedom or existence.<br />
It is the ultimate form of intelligence, you see, and [[seers]] who are guided by Knowledge are more powerful than seers who are not. Here you are able to [[discernment|discern]] the [[future]] and future events before they happen, with varying degrees of accuracy. Here you are able to discern the intentions of others and the capabilities of others without the use of [[technology]]. Here you can pretend to be weak when in fact you are really strong. Here you can appear to be non-aggressive when in fact you can be incisive in your inquiries."<br />
<ref>[[The Allies of Humanity]], Book 3, Seventh Briefing</ref><br />
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"The New Message calls upon the greater power of Knowledge within the individual to arise—a power beyond the realm and the reach of the intellect, a power that is incomprehensible and yet immediately part of your experience.<br />
For some, this will be very difficult to deal with. They look at everything in the world like it is a resource for their mind. But Knowledge is too great to be a resource for your mind. People who claim to be following Knowledge will be following their ideas. People who claim to be guided by Knowledge will be guided by their social conditioning or by their ambitions. And so for certain people this will be very difficult to comprehend.<br />
It is because of how they look at themselves and the world that this is the case.<br />
Not everyone will be able to apprehend the great truth at this time. But if enough people can, it gives great promise to the future, the safety and the freedom of humanity." <br />
<ref>Destiny (April 12, 2011)</ref><br />
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== Metaphors for Knowledge==<br />
"Without Knowledge, you will only know what others want you to know. You will only think what others want you to think--whether it be your parents, your culture, your social group, your government or [[the Greater Community]]. You will basically be like cattle and you will be led around, from pasture to pasture."<br />
<ref>[[The Allies of Humanity]], Book 2, First Commentary</ref><br />
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"The truth itself is like the universe above the clouds of your mind, forever real, forever true, forever evident. It but awaits your recognition. Such is the great truth that lives within you as a potential, as a seed. Let us call this the seed of Knowledge.... It is within you now, though much of its [[communication]] goes unheeded. Its reality is within you now even though you rarely experience it. This is the great gift. This is the real endowment."<br />
<ref>[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Introduction</ref><br />
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"God has sent you into a difficult situation and has placed Knowledge within you to enable you to serve that situation and to give you a way back. It is like entering a deep cave where the light of day is completely left behind, and you are in this labyrinth somewhere, and you are sent down there to help others who are lost in the labyrinth and you yourself seem to be lost in the labyrinth except that God has placed a little rope attached to you—an endless kind of rope that no matter how many turns you take, no matter how deep you get into that labyrinth, no matter how much you forget the light of day, well, there is still a lifeline to you. You may be lost, but you are not lost to God."<br />
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"Through all the world religions, God has established pathways to return to Knowledge, but these pathways have become obscured by what religion has become and how religion is used. Only in the New Message, the pathway is reestablished without the weight of history, without the influence of culture, without the intrusion of human psychology. The pathway is clear. There is the pathway leading out of the labyrinth."<br />
<ref>Heaven & Hell (January 29, 2008)</ref><br />
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==Mistakes with Knowledge==<br />
"It is truly dangerous when people think they know and they do not know. This leads to many [[mistakes]] and many tragedies as well. Do not think you know. You either know or you do not know, and if you know, your Knowledge is pervasive. If what you know is real, others will resonate with Knowledge with you, and you will not have to persuade them."<br />
<ref>[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 7</ref><br />
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==Opposing Knowledge==<br />
"When you go against your Knowledge, you create a fear of the unknown. This builds up over time to create a fear/resistance to the Presence."<ref>MV Summers, Campfire Chat (April 13, 2013)</ref><br />
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==Knowledge's Mission==<br />
"Knowledge... is here on a [[mission]]. Its whole focus is to bring you into contact with this mission, to connect you with those people who will be significant and important within this mission, to bring you to the great need in the world that will call this mission out of you, for you cannot discover it yourself. It must be called out of you."<br />
<ref name="fol"/><br />
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==Further Study==<br />
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<div>"Knowledge within you, [[the Individual|the individual]], is here on a [[mission]]."<br />
<ref>The New Message for the Individual (Sept 10,2006)</ref><br />
[[File:Knowledge-Relationships-God.jpg|500px|right|Knowledge: Our connection to God]]<br />
"In [[reality]] you are Knowledge." <ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 144</ref><br />
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"Knowledge is who you really are."<br />
<ref name="gcs13"/><br />
== Proclamation ==<br />
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Knowledge is the deeper mind within each individual.<br />
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Knowledge is your connection to the divine.<br />
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Knowledge is [[God]]'s Gift to all intelligent life.<br />
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Knowledge seldom arises under normal circumstances in a preoccupied mind.<br />
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Knowledge is [[God]] in the individual. [[God]] is Knowledge in the Universe.<br />
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Knowledge is the sum of all [[relationship]]s.<br />
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Knowledge is deeper than any of the following, but manifests itself as:<br />
* [[intuition]]<br />
* conscience<br />
* [[creativity]]<br />
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== What is Knowledge? ==<br />
[[File:freedom-love-knowledge.jpg|500px|left|Knowledge is the seed of true love]]<br />
"Let us say that Knowledge is not the things that are usually associated with it. It is not [[ideas]]. It is not a body of information. It is not a system of [[beliefs|belief]]. It is not a process of self-evaluation. It is the great mystery of your life. Its outward manifestations are profound intuition, great insight, inexplicable knowing, wise perception in the present and in the [[future]] and wise understanding of the [[past/Present/Future|past]]. But despite these great achievements of mind, Knowledge is greater than this. It is your True Self, a Self that is not apart from life."<br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 10</ref><br />
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"Knowledge possesses the true seed of love, not love that is a mere sentiment, not love that is a form of intoxication surrounding an urgent desire born of [[fear]]. Knowledge is the seed of true love, not the love that seeks to conquer, to possess and to dominate, but the love that seeks to serve, to empower and to free another. " <ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 181</ref><br />
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"Knowledge is that part of [[God]] that works within [[the Individual|the individual]], initiating great relationships between individuals and setting into motion activities that contribute to the well-being of the race to which those individuals belong. Beyond this, Knowledge contributes to the well-being of all races."<br />
<ref>[[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 15</ref><br />
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"Knowledge represents your True Self, your True Mind and your true relationships in the universe. It also possesses your greater calling in the world and a perfect utilization of your [[nature and Design|nature]], all of your inherent abilities and skills, even your limitations—all to be given for good in [[the world]]."<br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 2</ref><br />
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"God has given humanity a deeper Knowledge that resides within each person, a deeper intelligence beyond the realm and the reach of the intellect—an intelligence that cannot be corrupted, [[persuasion|persuaded]] or adulterated in any way. It is this power of Knowledge that represents your core [[strength]] and the source of your [[integrity]] and your ability to see beyond [[deception]] in any form."<br />
<ref>Contact with Intelligent Life in the Universe (October 1, 2008)</ref><br />
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"At the very surface of Knowledge is the experience of profound [[intuition]], the experience of profound insight and knowing.... Beyond the surface is the total experience of life in this world and beyond this world for you to have while you are still here. That is what reassociates you with life beyond and enables you to fully be a [[contribution|contributor]] while you are in [[the world]]. In all practical aspects, this is complete [[fulfillment]] while you are here."<br />
<ref>[[Wisdom from the Greater Community]] Volume One, Chapter 30</ref><br />
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"The compelling force of Knowledge is so strong that it overrides anything that [[the world]] can set in its way. This level of [[commitment]] is the greatest [[demonstration]] of [[God]]. It is powerful, unending and [[compassion]]ate. It has vitality. It is driven from something beyond this world. It is an uncommon, relentless force. It does not care about costs and obstacles; it cares about practical functioning. People with Knowledge will be uncommon and potent. They will not be alone, unless by choice."<br />
<ref>[[Wisdom from the Greater Community]] Volume One, Chapter 7</ref><br />
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==Relationship with Knowledge==<br />
"The presence of the<br />
Holy Spirit is a relationship. It is a challenge. It is Knowledge."<br />
<ref>[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 8</ref><br />
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"Knowledge is your primary relationship because it is your connection to God."<br />
<ref>Ending Separation (March 3, 2011)</ref><br />
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"This Knowledge is a greater [[intelligence]] within each person waiting to be discovered, but its whole existence is in relationship to [[the Creator]] of all life. It is not a resource that you can use to enrich yourself or to gain advantage over others, for Knowledge will not do these things. Its purpose and its [[reality]] is to respond to the Creator of all life and to respond to the great [[calling]] that is going out as humanity continues to approach this great [[threshold]] in its existence."<br />
<ref>[http://www.newmessage.org/ee/index.php/special-teachings/the-blessing The Blessing] (April 20, 2007)</ref><br />
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"Before you can experience your total union and identification with Knowledge, it will seem to be a distant force within your life, a force that arises and emerges only at certain times--times of great [[need]] and discord and times when you sincerely request its presence and guidance. You have a relationship with Knowledge now. You are not fully joined with Knowledge, so you have a relationship. A relationship is preliminary to total union."<br />
<ref name="gcs13"/><br />
[[File:The_Way.jpg|left|450px|The Way of Knowledge]]<br />
==The Deeper Mind==<br />
"There is a greater mind within you, a greater mind that the Creator of all life has placed within you, to guide you, to protect you and to lead you to your greater accomplishments in life. This deeper mind is profoundly different from the mind that you think with." <ref name="fol">Following the Presence (February 17, 2008)</ref><br />
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==The Inner Voice==<br />
"This is how God speaks to you. And you may not hear this as a voice. It may be a feeling, an image, a sound, a voice. People experience the power and presence of Knowledge differently, according to their [[the Individual|individual]] orientation." <ref name="fol"/><br />
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== How to Find Knowledge ==<br />
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"Find where your [[The Watchtower|attention]] is. Bring yourself back to Knowledge."<br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]] Continuation Training, Step 1</ref><br />
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"Become a student of Knowledge. Learn [[The Way of Knowledge]]. Take the [[steps to Knowledge]]. Let Knowledge rearrange your priorities. Let Knowledge straighten your life out. Let Knowledge [[Inner guidance|guide]], direct and protect you. Let Knowledge foster a greater [[intelligence]] within you. Let Knowledge direct you in your [[relationship]]s and in your evaluations. Become [[stillness|still]] like Knowledge. Become penetrating like Knowledge. Become insightful like Knowledge. Become [[Devotion|devoted]] to others like Knowledge. Find your true allies. Find your purpose. Allow your true [[work]] in the world to emerge as other things are set aside—willingly, happily and with relief."<br />
<ref>[[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 9</ref><br />
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"Gain your [[The Four Pillars of life|foundation]] in Knowledge. Take the steps to Knowledge. Learn [[the Way of Knowledge]]. Learn to receive Knowledge, to interpret Knowledge and to apply Knowledge, and you will become ever more free of your mind and more objective about it." <br />
<ref name="gcs13">[[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 13</ref><br />
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==Prerequisites to Knowledge==<br />
"Knowledge is trying to take you somewhere. You must be [[freedom|free]] to go there. Knowledge is trying to engage you with [[Relationships of higher purpose|certain people]] at certain points in your life. You must be free to engage with them."<br />
<ref>Integrity (April 6, 2011)</ref><br />
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"Knowledge will not speak to you if you are not ready to take action. You will just hear what you want to hear, and nothing [[Importance|important]] will have happened. But if you are ready to take action, if you are sincere, if you are capable, if you are open to this, Knowledge will speak to you--in a word, in a feeling, in a message from another person, in an insight, in a thought, in a dream, in a [[Seeing|vision]]. In whatever avenue Knowledge can reach you at this point in your life, it will reach you."<br />
<ref>[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 5</ref><br />
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==Knowledge in these exigent times==<br />
<br />
"God has sent you into the world to be in the world at this time, facing these circumstances. But what God has placed within you to [[preparation|prepare]] you, to equip you and to [[strength]]en you for [[The Great Waves of Change|the difficult times ahead]] is something that resides beyond the realm and the reach of the [[the Mind|intellect]], in a deeper [[intelligence]] called Knowledge.<br />
At the surface of the mind, you are swept by the winds of the world. You are chaotic. Your life does not seem to have a true [[direction]]. You are influenced by so many things from the outside. Your life can feel chaotic, confused, disorganized, disintegrated, disregulated—however you may choose to describe it. But at a deeper level beneath the surface of the mind, there is a greater intelligence within you. This intelligence is here to guide you, to protect you and to prepare you to live a greater life in service to living in a new world."<br />
<ref>Planetary Instability (March 4, 2011)</ref><br />
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"It is a dangerous time, but for you, it is the right time to be in the world, for this is why you have come—not to hide out in fantasy, not to enrich yourself, not to pretend to be something you are not, not to live a life of avoidance and irresponsibility, but to be in the world to be of service to the world at this time, not only to meet the current needs of life, but to prepare for the future itself.<br />
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Only Knowledge within you, the greater [[intelligence]], knows of these things, and it must guide you in these matters. You must learn to yield to it and distinguish it from all the other [[voices]] in your mind and all the influences that pull upon you from the world around you."<br />
<ref>The Voice of the Revelation (April 14, 2011)</ref><br />
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== Obstacles to Knowledge ==<br />
[[File:ray+steps.jpg|379px|right|Ray]]<br />
"You cannot hear Knowledge if your mind is preoccupied."<br />
<ref>The Power of Seeing (12/30/08)</ref><br />
<br />
"People believe many things, <br />
but they know very little. <br />
They are living at the surface of the mind, <br />
which is turbulent and chaotic <br />
and governed by the winds<br />
and the passions of the world."<br />
<ref>The Engagement (April 16, 2011)</ref><br />
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==What Knowledge does==<br />
"[[the Separation|The separated]] are redeemed through Knowledge. The wicked are reclaimed through Knowledge. The foolish are made wise through Knowledge. This is how God redeems not only the human family, but all of Creation that is living in Separation, which is represented by the physical universe that you can only imagine."<br />
<ref>The Will of Heaven (May 17, 2011)</ref><br />
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"Knowledge will lead you to the right people and will develop slowly and carefully the right understanding if you are patient, persistent and honest in your approach."<br />
<ref name="lwk1">[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 1</ref><br />
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"[Knowledge] knows what is essential, and it is not fooled or [[manipulation|manipulated]] by anything else."<br />
<ref name="lwk1"/><br />
<br />
"If Knowledge cannot be brought into your [[relationship]]s and into your [[decision making|decisions]] regarding relationships, then Knowledge remains only a potential within you."<br />
<ref name="lwk3">[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 3</ref><br />
<br />
"If you choose without Knowledge, Knowledge will not follow you. You may believe fervently that you are doing the right thing. You may even believe fervently that you are making the right [[decision making|decision]]. But if Knowledge does not go with you, you have no stability and no certainty in your endeavor."<br />
<ref name="lwk3"/><br />
<br />
"All of the forces that are driving [[humanity]] to its own demise are counteracted by the presence and the power of Knowledge."<br />
<ref>Nature & Natural Disasters (September 8, 2008)</ref><br />
<br />
"Knowledge will stimulate human innovation, [[humanity|human]] invention, human collaboration and human [[unity]]. It will inspire new [[technology]]. It will inspire greater [[creativity]]. It will inspire greater cooperation. All the things that human leadership and citizens everywhere will have to establish and adapt to that are truly beneficial will be inspired by Knowledge. This is why what is invisible and mysterious within you has the greatest power to effect change in human awareness and behavior."<br />
<ref>[http://newmessage.org/ee/index.php/special-teachings/navigating-difficult-times Navigating the Difficult Times Ahead] (September 29, 2008)</ref><br />
<br />
"Knowledge activates all mental and physical abilities for good. It directs all manner of [[the Individual|individual]] pursuits that are for the benefit of humanity. In the arts, in the sciences, in all endeavors, in the simplest gesture and the greatest act, Knowledge demonstrates a greater life and [[strength]]ens all of the highest qualities in individuals who are engaged with it." <br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 234: Knowledge serves humanity in all ways.</ref><br />
<br />
"Knowledge... is [[The Mystery|mysterious]]. Its pathway is not unknown, however, because there are individuals who have [[Journey of the individual|journeyed]] that way and, though they made many errors in their journey, they paved a way for you." <ref>[[Wisdom from the Greater Community]], Volume Two, Chapter 1</ref><br />
<br />
==Finding Knowledge==<br />
"Become [[dedication|dedicated]] to finding Knowledge and you will find Knowledge. And you will find those relationships that are based upon Knowledge. And those relationships will empower you and enable you to develop the other three pillars of your life.<br />
<ref name="lwk3"/><br />
<br />
"Knowledge is regained by dedicating yourself to those individuals who represent your true allies in The Way of Knowledge. It is given through [[dedication]] and [[devotion]]."<br />
<ref name="lwk4">[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 4</ref><br />
<br />
"If a person discovers Knowledge and makes advancements in the reclamation of Knowledge, he or she will affect minds in many places simultaneously.... If this is done, people will function better, be more harmonious and less prone to conflict and be able to recognize opportunities as they arise with far greater ease. Everyone will be stimulated. Everyone will be encouraged to carry on what they were sent here to do."<br />
<ref>[[Wisdom from the Greater Community]] Volume Two, Chapter 25</ref><br />
<br />
==Where Knowledge resides==<br />
"God has put Knowledge within you<br />
to guide you and to protect you<br />
and to lead you to a greater life and<br />
participation in the world.<br />
It resides beyond the realm and the reach of the intellect.<br />
It is happening at a deeper level."<br />
<ref>The Engagement (April 16, 2011)</ref><br />
<br />
"God has given you Knowledge to guide you and to [[preparation|prepare]] you, but Knowledge functions beneath the surface of the mind where people live. It is a greater intelligence. It is discerning the movement of the world, and it is responding to the Creator.<br />
God’s New Revelation will speak to this part of you more than to your intellect, for this is the part of you that has never left God. Therefore, it is the part of you that can truly respond. It is the part of you that is wise and unconflicted. It is not afraid of the world, for it cannot be destroyed." <br />
<ref name="tsotf">The Shock of the Future (April 30, 2011)</ref><br />
<br />
"[[The Creator]] of all life has given you a great intelligence, the power and the presence of Knowledge within yourself - a mind beneath the mind that you think with, a mind that is [[wisdom|wise]] and [[power]]ful, a mind that is not corrupted by the world. This mind is here to guide you, to protect you and to lead you to your greater accomplishments and relationships in life."<br />
<ref>[http://newmessage.org/ee/index.php/special-teachings/the-watchtower The Watchtower] (February 17, 2009)</ref><br />
<br />
==Inner Guidance Quotes==<br />
''main article [[inner guidance]]''<br />
<br />
"Knowledge is all about orienting you in the right direction. Knowledge is here to keep you on track."<br />
<ref>Marshall Vian Summers, March 10, 2012</ref><br />
<br />
"Knowledge is a taskmaster. It is committed. It is [[determination|determined]]. It is not like your personal mind, which is all over the place."<ref>Faith, Work and Higher Purpose (January 12, 2009)</ref> <br />
[[File:Only.jpg|left|Only Knowledge and the Need for Knowledge]]<br />
==The pre-eminence of Knowledge==<br />
"For there is only Knowledge and the need for Knowledge. That is all that you can possibly perceive in the universe." <br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 207</ref><br />
<br />
"Your first [[commitment]] and engagement is to Knowledge because that is your commitment and engagement with God. If your engagement is authentic and not filled with your own [[ambition]]s and [[ideas]], then you will have a foundation that will enable you to be a source of strength, purpose and reassurance for others. The need for reassurance at this moment is tremendous and is growing with each passing day." <br />
<ref name="tsotf"/><br />
<br />
==The Freedom of Knowledge==<br />
"With Knowledge you are free in the world. You are free to join. You are free to leave. You are free to make agreements. You are free to complete and change agreements. You are free to surrender yourself. You are free to extricate yourself. In Knowledge you are [[freedom|free]]."<br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]] Step 167</ref><br />
<br />
==The Reality of Knowledge==<br />
"When what you know and what you want are different, this proves the reality of Knowledge to you. Then you will see that Knowledge is not simply a figment of your own will or insecurity and that Knowledge has a reality and an intelligence all its own, a reality and an intelligence that cannot be swayed by your impulses, your fears, your desires or anything in the world."<br />
<ref name="lwk4"/><br />
<br />
==The Unity of Knowledge==<br />
"The power of unity in Knowledge is very significant. Knowledge does not condone war or conflict, unethical competition or deception or [[manipulation]]. It is entirely just. It is entirely uniform. So much so that individuals from opposite ends of the entire [[the Greater Community|galaxy]] could recognize and communicate to each other through Knowledge, should they ever have the opportunity to meet."<br />
<ref>[[Life in the Universe]], Chapter 11, "Unseen Forces in the Universe"</ref><br />
<br />
"Knowledge in [[the Greater Community]] is Greater Community Knowledge. The ability to receive Knowledge, to accept it and to apply it represents [[Wisdom]], not only worldly Wisdom, but [[Wisdom]] in [[the Greater Community]]."<br />
<ref>[[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 6</ref><br />
<br />
[[File:lighthouse.jpg|left|450px|The Watchtower]]<br />
==The Need for Knowledge==<br />
"Everything that happens, even the most grievous events, are a demonstration of the great need for Knowledge—in your life and in the world as a whole."<ref name="trust">Trusting God (May 7, 2013)</ref><br />
<br />
"Without Knowledge, this is where you will go. You will become ever more isolated in your mind, ever more associated with your ideas and beliefs, ever more dishonest with yourself, ever more a partisan and a combatant in a world of partisans and combatants. You will take positions. You will take sides. You will have grievances. You will complain constantly. You will be unhappy and miserable, because fundamentally you are a stranger to yourself and you do not know where your life is going. And somehow you have given your life away along the line. You have given your life away through your associations, your beliefs, your ideology, and your commitments to yourself and to others. Now you are adrift from your true purpose and direction. And under these circumstances life can only truly disappoint you, or try to arrest your drifting mind—usually through [[illness]] or loss, or some other kind of great sobering experience that leads you to question what you are doing, to question your values, your ideas, and your priorities."<br />
<ref>Integrity (April 6, 2011)</ref><br />
<br />
"There is a way to Knowledge. The way will save you time because you need to save time now. You are needed in the world, and your preparation must become accelerated. You do not now have the luxury of endless exploration and diversion, for the world needs you. It is emerging into the Greater Community. This is not a time to fiddle with your mind or your emotions or play around with different therapies or modalities because The Way of Knowledge is being offered to you. You are needed in the world. It is time to prepare. It is time to become focused and determined. There is no escape from this, for only those who are developed in The Way of Knowledge will have capability in the future and will be able to maintain their freedom in a [[Mental Environment]] that will be increasingly influenced by the Greater Community."<br />
<ref name="ltw6">[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 6</ref><br />
<br />
"If you are alone now, it is a valuable time to build your connection to Knowledge. Knowledge represents your most profound and important relationship. If this is not established, if this is not fully established, then your relationship with everyone else will be out of sync—lacking clarity and purpose, lacking meaning—and your life will be filled with people, engagements, activities and commitments that will never create a real opening for you." <ref>Discernment in Relationships (February 13, 2009)</ref><br />
<br />
==The Power of Knowledge==<br />
"Knowledge represents the power to see, to know and to act with [[certainty]]. It also represents the power to resist [[persuasion]], [[deception]] and influence in the mental environment. [[The Individual|The individual]] or the nation that has this strength has the power to resist [[the Intervention|intervention]] and to comprehend the intentions and the activities of other nations who might be threatening to its freedom or existence.<br />
It is the ultimate form of intelligence, you see, and [[seers]] who are guided by Knowledge are more powerful than seers who are not. Here you are able to [[discernment|discern]] the [[future]] and future events before they happen, with varying degrees of accuracy. Here you are able to discern the intentions of others and the capabilities of others without the use of [[technology]]. Here you can pretend to be weak when in fact you are really strong. Here you can appear to be non-aggressive when in fact you can be incisive in your inquiries."<br />
<ref>[[The Allies of Humanity]], Book 3, Seventh Briefing</ref><br />
<br />
"The New Message calls upon the greater power of Knowledge within the individual to arise—a power beyond the realm and the reach of the intellect, a power that is incomprehensible and yet immediately part of your experience.<br />
For some, this will be very difficult to deal with. They look at everything in the world like it is a resource for their mind. But Knowledge is too great to be a resource for your mind. People who claim to be following Knowledge will be following their ideas. People who claim to be guided by Knowledge will be guided by their social conditioning or by their ambitions. And so for certain people this will be very difficult to comprehend.<br />
It is because of how they look at themselves and the world that this is the case.<br />
Not everyone will be able to apprehend the great truth at this time. But if enough people can, it gives great promise to the future, the safety and the freedom of humanity." <br />
<ref>Destiny (April 12, 2011)</ref><br />
<br />
== Metaphors for Knowledge==<br />
"Without Knowledge, you will only know what others want you to know. You will only think what others want you to think--whether it be your parents, your culture, your social group, your government or [[the Greater Community]]. You will basically be like cattle and you will be led around, from pasture to pasture."<br />
<ref>[[The Allies of Humanity]], Book 2, First Commentary</ref><br />
<br />
"The truth itself is like the universe above the clouds of your mind, forever real, forever true, forever evident. It but awaits your recognition. Such is the great truth that lives within you as a potential, as a seed. Let us call this the seed of Knowledge.... It is within you now, though much of its [[communication]] goes unheeded. Its reality is within you now even though you rarely experience it. This is the great gift. This is the real endowment."<br />
<ref>[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Introduction</ref><br />
<br />
"God has sent you into a difficult situation and has placed Knowledge within you to enable you to serve that situation and to give you a way back. It is like entering a deep cave where the light of day is completely left behind, and you are in this labyrinth somewhere, and you are sent down there to help others who are lost in the labyrinth and you yourself seem to be lost in the labyrinth except that God has placed a little rope attached to you—an endless kind of rope that no matter how many turns you take, no matter how deep you get into that labyrinth, no matter how much you forget the light of day, well, there is still a lifeline to you. You may be lost, but you are not lost to God."<br />
<br />
"Through all the world religions, God has established pathways to return to Knowledge, but these pathways have become obscured by what religion has become and how religion is used. Only in the New Message, the pathway is reestablished without the weight of history, without the influence of culture, without the intrusion of human psychology. The pathway is clear. There is the pathway leading out of the labyrinth."<br />
<ref>Heaven & Hell (January 29, 2008)</ref><br />
<br />
==Mistakes with Knowledge==<br />
"It is truly dangerous when people think they know and they do not know. This leads to many [[mistakes]] and many tragedies as well. Do not think you know. You either know or you do not know, and if you know, your Knowledge is pervasive. If what you know is real, others will resonate with Knowledge with you, and you will not have to persuade them."<br />
<ref>[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 7</ref><br />
<br />
==Opposing Knowledge==<br />
"When you go against your Knowledge, you create a fear of the unknown. This builds up over time to create a fear/resistance to the Presence."<ref>MV Summers, Campfire Chat (April 13, 2013)</ref><br />
<br />
==Knowledge's Mission==<br />
"Knowledge... is here on a [[mission]]. Its whole focus is to bring you into contact with this mission, to connect you with those people who will be significant and important within this mission, to bring you to the great need in the world that will call this mission out of you, for you cannot discover it yourself. It must be called out of you."<br />
<ref name="fol"/><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
[[Category:Knowledge]]<br />
<br />
==Further Study==<br />
[http://www.newmessage.org/chapters/greater-community-spirituality/chapter4.php Greater Community Spirituality, Chapter 4: What Is Knowledge?]</div>Lisahttp://www.wiki.newmessage.org/mediawiki/en/w/index.php?title=Earth&diff=6599Earth2014-05-05T20:07:32Z<p>Lisa: /* A Verdant World */</p>
<hr />
<div>[[File:Future medallion.jpg|right|The Future World]]<br />
<big><br />
;"And should the world exhaust its usefulness, <br />
:should its resources be completely taken, <br />
:then you will be left, bereft. <br />
:The supportive life upon your world will have been taken from you; <br />
:the very means of survival will have been stolen. This has happened before in many other places."<ref>[[The Allies of Humanity]] Book One, Fourth Briefing:Manipulation of Religious Traditions and Beliefs</ref><br />
</big><br />
<br />
==A Verdant World==<br />
<br />
<big>'''"You cannot yet appreciate how beautiful your world is''', how much it possesses and what a rare jewel it is in a Greater Community of barren worlds and empty space. Worlds such as yours are rare indeed.</big> Most places in the Greater Community that are inhabited now have been colonized, and technology has made this possible. But worlds such as yours where life has evolved naturally, without the aid of technology, are far more rare<br />
than you might realize." <ref>The Allies of Humanity Book One, First Briefing:The Extraterrestrial Presence<br />
in the World Today.</ref><br />
<br />
"'''Are there many worlds such as ours in space?'''<br />
There are many worlds that have been stripped of their natural resources and have become barren as a result. Certainly, terrestrial worlds such as yours are rare, maybe one out of five or six thousand planets contain the biological diversity that you enjoy and take for granted here in your world. That still accounts for many planets in the universe. But such planets are always occupied, are always valued and the native races always have to defend their rights, their privileges and their stewardship as they begin to emerge into the Greater Community."<ref>The Allies of Humanity, Book 3, Seventh Briefing:Questions & Answers</ref><br />
<br />
"You do not yet see your [[Unity|vulnerability]] here nor the importance of [[Wise stewardship|maintaining]] this world, maintaining your [[Self-sufficiency|self-sufficiency]], maintaining the [[Climate change|world’s climate]] and maintaining its [[Nature|natural balances]]. Do not think that you can [[Space travel|travel]] to [[The Greater Community|other worlds]] and find places like this. They are very rare, and they are always [[The_Greater_Community#Life_in_the_Greater_Community|occupied]]."<br />
<ref>Life in the Universe, Chapter 1</ref><br />
<br />
[[File:God medallion.jpg|left|God, Creation, Cosmology]]<br />
<br />
==The Exploitation of Planet Earth==<br />
"Humanity is viewed by those few races who pay attention to this world as being chaotic, unruly and potentially dangerous. You are certainly not highly regarded for the way the Earth is being exploited and its wealth is being plundered."<br />
<ref>The Allies of Humanity, Book 3, Sixth Briefing:Greater Community Realities</ref><br />
<br />
"Humanity is degrading the world at a frightening pace, diminishing the wealth of the world and its productivity for the future. This of course is known to many though humanity as a whole and the governments of the world still remain heedless. The needs of the moment overtake the preparation for the future. The preoccupations of lesser matters obscure the needs of greater things."<ref name="resto">Restoring the World (June 25, 2011)</ref><br />
<br />
==The Sacred Earth==<br />
"In some traditions the Earth itself is considered sacred–the entire Earth, not one particular place. But the Earth is not sacred; it is just the Earth."<ref>The Sacred (April 29, 2008)</ref><br />
[[File:Alliesofhumanity1-cover.jpg|right|The Allies of Humanity Briefings, Book One]]<br />
==References==<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
==See Also==<br />
[[the world]]<br />
<br />
[[The New Message Prophecy]]<br />
<br />
[[Mandates for the World]]<br />
<br />
[[Physical Environment]]<br />
<br />
[[Category:the future world]][[Category:the Great Waves of change]] [[Category: God]]</div>Lisahttp://www.wiki.newmessage.org/mediawiki/en/w/index.php?title=Earth&diff=6598Earth2014-05-05T19:52:05Z<p>Lisa: /* A Verdant World */</p>
<hr />
<div>[[File:Future medallion.jpg|right|The Future World]]<br />
<big><br />
;"And should the world exhaust its usefulness, <br />
:should its resources be completely taken, <br />
:then you will be left, bereft. <br />
:The supportive life upon your world will have been taken from you; <br />
:the very means of survival will have been stolen. This has happened before in many other places."<ref>[[The Allies of Humanity]] Book One, Fourth Briefing:Manipulation of Religious Traditions and Beliefs</ref><br />
</big><br />
<br />
==A Verdant World==<br />
<br />
<big>'''"You cannot yet appreciate how beautiful your world is''', how much it possesses and what a rare jewel it is in a Greater Community of barren worlds and empty space. Worlds such as yours are rare indeed.</big> Most places in the Greater Community that are inhabited now have been colonized, and technology has made this possible. But worlds such as yours where life has evolved naturally, without the aid of technology, are far more rare<br />
than you might realize." <ref>The Allies of Humanity Book One, First Briefing:The Extraterrestrial Presence<br />
in the World Today.</ref><br />
<br />
"'''Are there many worlds such as ours in space?'''<br />
There are many worlds that have been stripped of their natural resources and have become barren as a result. Certainly, terrestrial worlds such as yours are rare, maybe one out of five or six thousand planets contain the biological diversity that you enjoy and take for granted here in your world. That still accounts for many planets in the universe. But such planets are always occupied, are always valued and the native races always have to defend their rights, their privileges and their stewardship as they begin to emerge into the Greater Community."<ref>The Allies of Humanity, Book 3, Seventh Briefing:Questions & Answers</ref><br />
<br />
"You do not yet see your [[Unity|vulnerability]] here nor the importance of [[Wise stewardship|maintaining]] this world, maintaining your [[Self-sufficiency|self-sufficiency]], maintaining the [[Great Waves of Change|world’s climate]] and maintaining its [[Nature|natural balances]]. Do not think that you can [[Space travel|travel]] to [[The Greater Community|other worlds]] and find places like this. They are very rare, and they are always [[The_Greater_Community#Life_in_the_Greater_Community|occupied]]."<br />
<ref>Life in the Universe, Chapter 1</ref><br />
<br />
[[File:God medallion.jpg|left|God, Creation, Cosmology]]<br />
<br />
==The Exploitation of Planet Earth==<br />
"Humanity is viewed by those few races who pay attention to this world as being chaotic, unruly and potentially dangerous. You are certainly not highly regarded for the way the Earth is being exploited and its wealth is being plundered."<br />
<ref>The Allies of Humanity, Book 3, Sixth Briefing:Greater Community Realities</ref><br />
<br />
"Humanity is degrading the world at a frightening pace, diminishing the wealth of the world and its productivity for the future. This of course is known to many though humanity as a whole and the governments of the world still remain heedless. The needs of the moment overtake the preparation for the future. The preoccupations of lesser matters obscure the needs of greater things."<ref name="resto">Restoring the World (June 25, 2011)</ref><br />
<br />
==The Sacred Earth==<br />
"In some traditions the Earth itself is considered sacred–the entire Earth, not one particular place. But the Earth is not sacred; it is just the Earth."<ref>The Sacred (April 29, 2008)</ref><br />
[[File:Alliesofhumanity1-cover.jpg|right|The Allies of Humanity Briefings, Book One]]<br />
==References==<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
==See Also==<br />
[[the world]]<br />
<br />
[[The New Message Prophecy]]<br />
<br />
[[Mandates for the World]]<br />
<br />
[[Physical Environment]]<br />
<br />
[[Category:the future world]][[Category:the Great Waves of change]] [[Category: God]]</div>Lisahttp://www.wiki.newmessage.org/mediawiki/en/w/index.php?title=Wise_stewardship&diff=6597Wise stewardship2014-05-05T19:34:40Z<p>Lisa: /* Excerpts */</p>
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<div>==Directives==<br />
"Humanity must become the wise stewards of the world and prepare to participate in the Greater Community. Both<br />
go together and both represent the same goal."<br />
<ref>[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 11</ref><br />
<br />
"People<br />
must face their fear and anxiety and realize the situation they<br />
are in. They must gain a new understanding of where they stand<br />
in the Universe and their role and responsibility as the native<br />
peoples and stewards of this world. They must exercise the<br />
power that they have individually and collectively to preserve<br />
their own native grounds."<br />
<ref>[[The Allies of Humanity]] Book Two, The First Commentary</ref><br />
<br />
==Excerpts==<br />
"You are the stewards of a beautiful planet that is greatly valued by others. But you are weak stewards, and you are conflicted amongst yourselves. And you are rapidly depleting the wealth of this [[Earth|world]], a world that is so rare and valuable in a universe of barren planets."<br />
<ref>Life in the Universe, Chapter 1</ref><br />
<br />
"At present, humanity is a weak and divided steward of a<br />
beautiful planet that is highly prized by others. How will you<br />
protect it? How will you defend it? How will you maintain its<br />
wealth and its diversity of life? If you squander it, you will lose<br />
it, and the costs will be beyond your imagination. If you fall<br />
under foreign persuasion, it will create a set of circumstances<br />
far worse than anything you could imagine."<br />
<ref>[[The Great Waves of Change]], Chapter 9</ref><br />
<br />
"It is the Will of Heaven that humanity will grow up, emerge out of its reckless and contentious adolescence to become the wise stewards of this world, to preserve the life-giving resources of this world and to become a free race in a universe where freedom is rare and is rarely valued.<br />
It is the Will of Heaven that you end your ceaseless conflicts, for you cannot afford to destroy your peoples and your cities now. You will need all the resources of the world, all the resources that you have, to contend with the Great Waves of change that are coming."<br />
<ref>The Will of Heaven (May 17, 2011)</ref><br />
<br />
"The greater cause facing humanity today is the world’s emergence into the Greater Community, which will<br />
overshadow all of humanity’s problems and issues in the future. This will require humanity to join as one race and to<br />
become the wise and careful stewards of the world’s resources."<br />
<ref>Living The Way of Knowledge, Chapter 8</ref><br />
<br />
"Humanity is ignorant of what it has. It is sitting on valuable real estate—real estate that<br />
others in the Greater Community most assuredly want for themselves. Perhaps if you were wise stewards of the world, they<br />
would respect your stewardship, but your stewardship has not been accepted and is certainly not being exercised very well.<br />
So, who from the Greater Community will think that your well-being is a priority when you are spoiling the very world you<br />
live in, which is considered an asset for the whole Greater Community?"<br />
<ref>Living The Way of Knowledge, Chapter 9</ref><br />
<br />
=References=<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
[[Physical Environment]]<br />
<br />
[[World's Resources]]<br />
<br />
[[Nature]]<br />
<br />
[[The world|The World]]<br />
<br />
[[category:The future world]]</div>Lisahttp://www.wiki.newmessage.org/mediawiki/en/w/index.php?title=Extraterrestrial_Contact&diff=6596Extraterrestrial Contact2014-05-05T19:13:55Z<p>Lisa: /* Recommendations */</p>
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<div>"The fact that [[humanity]] is unprepared for the realities of contact with [[Life in the Universe|life in the universe]] is very apparent, but at a more unconscious level, people are anticipating this, and that is why it emerges in your movies, in your books, in human imagination."<br />
<ref>Preparing for the Greater Community (April 15, 2011)</ref><br />
<br />
== The Allure ==<br />
"It is at this point [of diminishing resources] that so many worlds are contacted from others who offer them [[technology]] and resources. And if the native peoples have exhausted their own world’s ability to sustain them, they will have to accept these offers. But it is these offers that will rob the native peoples of their self-determination and their [[freedom]] and their [[self-sufficiency]]."<br />
<ref name="emerge">Humanity’s Emergence into the Greater Community, July 19, 2008</ref><br />
<br />
==Human Preconceptions==<br />
[[File:Life-in-the-universe.jpg|left|border|frame|[http://www.newmessage.org/nmfg/Life_in_the_Universe_by_Marshall_Vian_Summers.html Life in the Universe Book]]]<br />
<br />
"Many people believe the Universe is a great empty place, and if [[life]] does exist, it is rare. Many people think that if [[humanity]] were to encounter another race of beings in the Universe, this race of beings would be inordinately interested in humanity and would want to help humanity and share their [[wisdom]] and [[technology]] with this young emerging race in the world. But, alas, the situation is very different."<br />
<ref name="emerge"/><br />
<br />
"No one in [[the world]] is educated about [[the Greater Community]]. If you were, you would be responding very differently to the presence of foreign powers in your midst. This would become a worldwide focus, and the emphasis would be on establishing your own rules of engagement with whomever you are encountering now and will likely encounter in the future."<br />
<ref name="emerge"/><br />
<br />
"People want many things from visitors here. They expect many things. People feel they are very important in the universe and that others would naturally come here to help you and to give you what you wanted and needed. People think Contact is kind of a thrilling adventure, a holiday from the mundanity of human life. They want to think that this Contact would be very positive and beneficial because they do not have the [[strength]], the [[courage]] or the [[preparation]] to consider it in any other way."<br />
<ref>Entering the Greater Community, May 27, 2011</ref><br />
<br />
“When you encounter visitors from the outside, you will tend to misunderstand their presence and intentions — thinking they are here to help you, thinking they are here to benefit you — and you will be very susceptible to their offers of technology, to their inducements and to their seductions. You will be at risk of failing to see that they are merely [[resource explorers]].”<br />
<ref>Contact with Intelligent Life in the Universe, October 1, 2008</ref><br />
<br />
"Be careful here not to think that there are powerful and positive foreign races in the world today. Many people make this mistake because they still want to be saved or rescued."<br />
<ref name="resist">Resisting the Intervention, September 10, 2008</ref><br />
<br />
== Motives ==<br />
[[File:Alliesofhumanity1-cover.jpg|right|border|frame|[http://alliesofhumanity.org/ The Allies of Humanity Book]]]<br />
<br />
"[They] seek not to destroy you but to use you, to employ you in service to them."<br />
<ref name="emerge"/><br />
<br />
"The visitation in your world now is very extensive, so much so that people in all parts of the world are witnessing it and are experiencing its effects directly. What has brought these 'visitors' from [[the Greater Community]], these different organizations of beings, is not to promote the advancement of humanity or the spiritual [[education]] of humanity. What has brought these forces to your shores in such numbers with such intention are the resources of your world."<br />
<ref>[[The Allies of Humanity]], Book One, The First Briefing, p. 3</ref><br />
<br />
== Methods ==<br />
"Races from the Greater Community are already here, [[The Intervention|interfering]] in human affairs, seeking to establish themselves as centers of [[power]] and influence here, operating secretly behind the scenes, influencing people in positions of power, taking citizens against their will, functioning in ways that are highly dangerous and hazardous for the human family. Yet people go about life as if nothing is happening, consumed with their own needs, consumed with [[War|human conflict]] and corruption, consumed with the difficulties of [[life]] here in this one world, unaware and unconcerned about the presence of an [[The Intervention|Intervention]] here. And those few people who are aware of this presence are being persuaded to perceive it as beneficial, as benign and, in some cases, even representing salvation for the human family."<br />
<ref name="emerge"/><br />
<br />
"No one else can live in your world. It is biologically too complex for them. They need you. They need your cooperation. They need you to submit to them, willingly. They need to erode your self-confidence so that you feel you cannot resist them. They will need you to deplete your resources so that you will become dependent upon them."<br />
<ref name="emerge"/><br />
<br />
"The Intervention has studied human psychology and physiology and has devised a very potent form of persuasion. It has taken many people against their will and subjected them to cruel experiments and powerful forms of mind control. Many of these people now cannot think for themselves. Their [[The Mind|minds]] have been overtaken. Their [[freedom]] has been taken from them. They are now like laboratory animals for the Intervention, used for reproductive purposes so the Intervention can create [[Genetic manipulation|hybrid]] individuals to be in positions of power and influence in [[government]], commerce and [[religion]]."<br />
<ref name="resist"/><br />
<br />
==Recommendations==<br />
"The only way that you can advance, and the only way that you will be able to interpret, [[Discernment|discern]] and contend with forces from [[the Greater Community]] is through the [[development]] of [[Knowledge]]. This is true because Knowledge is the only part of your [[The Mind|mind]] that cannot be influenced or [[Domination|dominated]]. It is the only part of your mind that is pure. It cannot be infiltrated. It cannot be [[Manipulation|manipulated]], either in the [[Mental Environment|mental]] or in the physical environment. It is unaffected by [[technology]]. It is unaffected by the demonstrations of [[power]]. It is unaffected by the manipulations of [[fear]]. It is the only part of you that is [[Freedom|free]]. Therefore, the more you associate with [[Knowledge]] and become united with Knowledge, the freer you will become, the more capable you will be in encountering new experiences and new forces in [[life]] and the more able you will be to discern your visitors' motives and activities beyond any appearance."<br />
<ref>[[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 15</ref><br />
<br />
"Humanity is but leaving one stage of its development and entering another. It is a great transition from a world of tribal societies and warring factions to a more united and powerful humanity—a humanity that can live, function and remain free within a Greater Community of life, a humanity that can face [[The Intervention|Intervention]] from other races in the universe and can establish its own rules of engagement here, a united humanity that can learn to live within the boundaries and limited resources of this world without driving them into oblivion and decline."<br />
<ref>The New God, February 12, 2009</ref><br />
<br />
"This is not a time where [[Ethics of contact|Contact]] is required. It is a time where preparation for Contact is required. And this Contact will take a great deal of time. It will take time because an education of this magnitude will not come quickly. Many people will resist it, deny it or avoid it. This education will not come quickly because humanity must now concern itself ever increasingly with the [[Great Waves of Change|Great Waves of change]]."<br />
<ref>Life in the Universe, Chapter 1</ref><br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
[[The Greater Community]]<br />
<br />
[[The Intervention]]<br />
<br />
[[The Allies of Humanity]]<br />
<br />
[[Collectives]]<br />
<br />
[[Genetic manipulation]]<br />
<br />
==Further Study==<br />
[http://humansovereignty.org/ Declaration of Human Sovereignty]<br />
<br />
[http://alliesofhumanity.org/ The Allies of Humanity]<br />
<br />
[http://www.newmessage.org/who-are-the-allies-of-humanity Who Are the Allies of Humanity?]<br />
<br />
[http://www.newmessage.org/nmfg/Life_in_the_Universe_by_Marshall_Vian_Summers.html Life in the Universe]<br />
<br />
[http://www.newmessage.org/preparing-for-the-greater-community Preparing for the Greater Community]<br />
<br />
[http://www.newmessage.org/facing-a-greater-community-of-life Facing a Greater Community of Life]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/> <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
[[category:The Intervention]]</div>Lisahttp://www.wiki.newmessage.org/mediawiki/en/w/index.php?title=The_Greater_Community&diff=6592The Greater Community2014-05-03T17:42:32Z<p>Lisa: /* What is the Greater Community? */</p>
<hr />
<div>[[File:GC.jpg|right|The Greater Community]]<br />
<big><br />
;The world is emerging into a Greater Community of intelligent life. <br />
:Humanity is unprepared. <br />
:God has sent the preparation.<br />
<br />
;"You live within a Greater Community of intelligent life in the universe. <br />
:It is vast, encompassing the entire spectrum of evolution—<br />
::::the evolution of technology, <br />
::::the evolution of societies and <br />
::::the evolution of spiritual awareness and ethics.<br />
:It is vast and incomprehensible."</big><ref name="LiU">[[Life in the Universe]], Chapter 1</ref><br />
[[File:Heic0706a.jpg|left|400px|Hubble Space telescope]]<br />
==What is the Greater Community?==<br />
<br />
"This greater environment into which you are emerging is a [[Physical Environment|physical]] reality governed by physical laws, the laws of [[Nature|nature]] that you are aware of. Do not concern yourselves here with the possibilities of other [[Space_travel#Interdimensional_Travel|dimensions]], for that will not be your need and concern." <ref name="LiU">[[Life in the Universe]], Chapter 1</ref><br />
<br />
"The Greater Community is the environment in which you live. It includes your world and all the worlds in its vicinity. It is a vast region of space where intelligent life is interacting with each other, representing a great network of relationships between societies and between individuals in societies, a greater cosmology and a greater universe. For this, it is necessary to have a greater perspective, a greater understanding and a greater religion."<br />
<ref name="greater6">[[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 6</ref><br />
<br />
"The Greater Community is made up of a great diversity of life representing many different kinds of physical environments and many stages of individual, cultural, political and spiritual development.... In the Greater Community, there are many worlds where intelligent life has evolved. And there are even more worlds and locations that Greater Community forces have colonized for resource acquisition or to seek new and more safeguarded environments."<br />
<ref name="greater6"/><br />
<br />
===Creation and evolution===<br />
"The physical universe is but a small part of God’s Creation. But this remains for you to learn, and you have a greater journey and a destiny here. But you have to allow your mind to expand, your eyes to open and your ears to hear if you are to gain this greater preparation and understanding."<br />
<ref>The New God (February 12, 2009)</ref><br />
[[File:At_the_Edge_of_Heth.jpg|left|672px|"At the Edge of Heth" by Tyyne Andrews, 2012]]<br />
"Countless races of beings ... live within this Greater Community of intelligent life that comprises the physical Universe in which we live ... all experiencing evolution."<br />
<ref>What Is Creation? (February 4, 2007)</ref><br />
<br />
== Human Emergence into the Greater Community ==<br />
<br />
"Humanity is preparing for the Greater Community. It does not know this yet, of course, but that is its stage of evolution, and everyone is involved. The fact that humanity is unprepared for the realities of contact with life in the universe is very apparent, but at a more unconscious level, people are anticipating this, and that is why it emerges in your movies, in your books, in human imagination. There is a seed of truth, an element of truth here."<br />
<ref name="pftgc"/><br />
<br />
"Humanity is emerging into this environment not from its brief forays into your local solar system, but from visitations that are occurring in the world now and which will increase in the future."<br />
<ref name="LiU"/><br />
<br />
===Why it is happening now===<br />
<br />
"The wealth of the world is being spoiled and ruined, and the threat of this increasing has brought this Intervention here. It has also come because humanity has created an infrastructure that these races can utilize for themselves. You now have a worldwide community, worldwide communications, worldwide commerce and the beginnings of a worldwide government."<br />
<ref name="pftgc">Preparing for the Greater Community (April 15, 2011)</ref><br />
<br />
===What is needed now===<br />
"Your preparation for the Greater Community represents the greatest and most vital [[education]] that can be fostered and extended in the world today. This education is the only thing that will enable you to solve the growing global problems of the world that seem so overwhelming and that your societies seem so incapable of facing and so poorly equipped to resolve."<br />
<ref name="greater6"/><br />
<br />
"Humanity has never done anything even close to this. So why would it rise to the occasion now? What will give it the strength and fortitude to enable it to achieve something that seems almost insurmountable given human nature and behavior at this time? What will do this is the presence of the Greater Community." <br />
<ref name="greater11">[[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 11</ref ><br />
<br />
"Who on Earth can prepare humanity for life in the universe, the great engagement—an engagement that is already taking place, in secrecy, carried out by groups who are here to take advantage of your ignorance and superstitions?<br />
If you are truly honest, you must recognize that no one has this breadth of understanding, this capacity. No one in the world understands the Greater Community of life. And what people think are projections of their fears and their fantasies, neither of which is an accurate portrayal of what you will be facing in reality."<br />
<ref>The Will of Heaven (May 17, 2011)</ref><br />
<br />
"People cannot speak of these things in public because it has been discouraged in the social discourse. That foreign craft are flying in your skies is an undeniable reality, and yet people do not want to think of it. And if they do think of it, they want to think of it in a positive way—that something wonderful is happening, that you have visitors, and they are here to help you, to guide you and to prepare you to meet the difficult challenges emerging in the world today."<br />
<ref name="pftgc"/><br />
<br />
===The view of humans from the Greater Community perspective===<br />
"From a Greater Community perspective, human beings are all the same."<br />
<ref name="greater6"/><br />
<br />
"The Greater Community represents many different races with different motives. Many of those that you will encounter will not be interested in you at all. They only want to preserve your environment for their own use. Others seek to have a meaningful relationship with you, while some are looking at the possibility of [[trade]] and diplomatic relations. However, some wish to exploit you."<br />
<ref name="greater11"/><br />
<br />
"Given current human behavior and understanding, the possibility [of friendship and alliances in the Greater Community] does exist, but it is improbable that this will be your emphasis once you are able to [[Space travel|travel]] beyond the boundaries of your world. There are Greater Community forces even in your solar system who are planning defenses against this occurring. They can keep you from venturing very far without a great deal of effort on their part."<br />
<ref name="greater15">[[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 15</ref ><br />
<br />
"You are not merely a human being in this one world. You are a citizen of the Greater Community of Worlds. This is the<br />
physical universe that you recognize through your senses. It is far greater than you can now comprehend. The extent of its<br />
relationships are far greater than you can even imagine, for reality is always greater than imagination.<br />
You are a citizen of a greater physical universe. This acknowledges not only your Lineage and your Heritage but also your<br />
purpose in life at this time, for the world of humanity is growing into the life of the Greater Community of Worlds. This is known to you, though your beliefs may not yet account for it."<br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 187</ref><br />
<br />
"We may look like a speck in the cosmos, but we are really a portal through which Heaven can touch the world."<ref>Marshall Vian Summers, Free School Campfire (December 22, 2012)</ref><br />
<br />
"[Humanity's] strength, your strength, is that religion has been kept alive in the world. The recognition of God’s power and presence is honored and recognized by many, whereas in most nations in this region of space, religion has either become worship of the state or has disappeared altogether. Here you have an advantage because even the ancient pathways of religion offer the experience of Knowledge. Perhaps this is not emphasized. Perhaps this is not specified in the Teachings, but the individual is encouraged to have a relationship with the Divine and to be responsive to the Divine in most situations. But the religions of the world today cannot prepare humanity for the Greater Community. They are entirely anthropocentric in nature. They are grounded in ancient history. They can barely be relevant in the modern world. They are struggling to do so. They cannot prepare humanity for the great change that is coming to the world and for humanity’s encounter with a universe full of intelligent life."<br />
<ref>Group Mind (March 18, 2011)</ref><br />
<br />
"The larger neighborhood of life into which you will emerge, and the forces that you may encounter there, are not inordinately interested in humanity. They do not share humanity’s values. They are not human or even human-like in most cases. But they do share the difficulties of living within a physical reality—difficulties of security and securing resources, the difficulties of competition and all of the inherent problems that [[civilization]] poses despite its many benefits."<br />
<ref>Humanity's Emergence into the Greater Community (July 19, 2008)</ref><br />
<br />
===The advantages of this development===<br />
"The Greater Community will alter how you see yourself, how nations here interact with one another and the whole priority of humanity. Its impact can be extremely beneficial if you can understand it correctly. <br />
For it is the Greater Community that will finally persuade your nations to cooperate, to unite for the preservation of the world and the protection of the human family.<br />
It is the Greater Community that will show you that you cannot afford your ceaseless conflicts here on Earth, and that your resources here are precious, and your self-sufficiency is of the greatest importance." <br />
<ref>Entering the Greater Community (May 27, 2011)</ref><br />
<br />
"You have come into the world at a great turning point, a turning point only part of which you will see in your own lifetime. It is a turning point where your world gains contact with the worlds in its vicinity. This is the natural evolution of humanity, as it is the natural evolution of all intelligent life in all worlds. Your world is seeking a Greater Community.This will require that your world’s own internal community become unified. This is also a part of the evolution of all intelligent life in all worlds. You have come here to serve this. There are many levels of service and many<br />
things that need to be contributed—on a personal, on a community and on a world level. You are part of this great movement of life, for you are not here for your own purposes alone. You are here to serve the world, and thus be served in return."<br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 190</ref><br />
<br />
"The Greater Community will provide contrast and an environment for learning that is unparalleled in your past. Yet it holds greater risks as well. Humanity must outgrow its adolescent stage of development where it proudly flaunts its newfound powers but cannot work together as a group."<br />
<ref name="ltwok6">[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 6</ref><br />
<br />
"Your future is and will be in the Greater Community. It is not associated with the past. It is new. It is about the present and the future. The future is coming towards you, over the horizons of your life. You can see this if your vision is developed. You can feel this if you are aware of what you feel. You can gain your strength if your mind can become focused and unified."<br />
<ref name="ltwok6"/><br />
<br />
"You cannot just go out there and say, 'This all belongs to humanity! We are God's chosen people! Who are you?' You will find that you are just another evolving race in the Greater Community, and this will temper your human pride and most certainly will change your theology."<br />
<ref>Great Community Prophecy, Chapter 6</ref><br />
<br />
==Life in the Greater Community==<br />
"Outright warfare in the Greater Community, particularly on any kind of large scale, is extremely rare, particularly amongst secure and advanced nations."<br />
<ref>[[Life in the Universe]], Chapter 7: Competition, Influence and the Mental Environment</ref><br />
<br />
"Humanity has evolved in a state of relative isolation, relative because the world has been visited throughout its history, particularly with the advent of humanity." <br />
<ref>Contact with Intelligent Life in the Universe (October 1, 2008)</ref><br />
<br />
"The Universe is full of life. But the Universe is immense. And intelligent life living in the physical manifestation is scattered about a great and vast arena. It is concentrated in some places more than others.... Between these areas of great congregation in the Universe, there are trade routes, great roads that are heavily traveled.... Your world exists in an area of congregation, an area that has many inhabited worlds.... beyond your Solar System."<br />
<ref name="alliestwo">[http://www.alliesofhumanity.org/contents.php [[The Allies of Humanity]] Book Two], First Briefing</ref> <br />
<br />
"Because the Greater Community, especially the area in which you live, is a very competitive environment and because there are many [[Collectives]] dwelling here, they tend to hold each other in check and will take legal action against one another if necessary should the basic rules of conduct be violated. Therefore, if one Collective sought to take this world by force, it would be countered by other Collectives who have an interest in this world and by their competitors elsewhere, who would hold these kinds of actions in check."<br />
<ref name="aohII4">[http://www.alliesofhumanity.org/contents.php [[The Allies of Humanity]] Book Two], Fourth Briefing</ref> <br />
<br />
"The region in which you live ... contains approximately five thousand stars. We call this a region because that is how it is delineated."<br />
<ref name="aohII4"/><br />
<br />
==Metaphors==<br />
"It is as if humanity were a little child coming out of its house for the first time and recognizing it lives in a big city controlled by powerful forces that the little child cannot understand."<br />
<ref>Humanity's Emergence into the Greater Community (July 19, 2008)</ref><br />
<br />
"You are like villagers in a distant forest who all of a sudden find themselves in the midst of greater interactions between exploring and invading nations. Your village will never be the same." <br />
<ref name="greater11"/><br />
<br />
"It would be like different European nations finding the same rich tropical island hundreds of years ago. They would compete for it because they want it for themselves. And they would want to use the native people, but they are not there for the native people's benefit."<br />
<ref>[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 11: Preparing for the Future</ref><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
== Further Study ==<br />
[http://www.newmessage.org/chapters/greater-community-spirituality/chapter6.php Greater Community Spirituality, Chapter 6: What Is the Greater Community?]<br />
<br />
[http://wp.newmessage.org/greater-community-spirituality-chapter-18-what-is-human-destiny/ Greater Community Spirituality, Chapter 18: “What Is Human Destiny?”]<br />
<br />
[[Wisdom from the Greater Community]] Volume One, Chapter 3: Greater Community<br />
<br />
Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume Two, Chapter 10: Greater Community Visitations<br />
<br />
Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume Two, Chapter 15: Responding to the Greater Community<br />
<br />
Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume Two, Chapter 17: Visitors' Perceptions of Humanity<br />
<br />
Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume Two, Chapter 28: Greater Community Realities<br />
[[category:The Greater Community]]<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
[[The Intervention]]<br />
<br />
[[Collectives]]<br />
<br />
[[Space travel]]<br />
<br />
[[Trade]]<br />
<br />
[[Arranon Epic]]</div>Lisahttp://www.wiki.newmessage.org/mediawiki/en/w/index.php?title=The_Greater_Community&diff=6591The Greater Community2014-05-03T17:39:42Z<p>Lisa: /* What is the Greater Community? */</p>
<hr />
<div>[[File:GC.jpg|right|The Greater Community]]<br />
<big><br />
;The world is emerging into a Greater Community of intelligent life. <br />
:Humanity is unprepared. <br />
:God has sent the preparation.<br />
<br />
;"You live within a Greater Community of intelligent life in the universe. <br />
:It is vast, encompassing the entire spectrum of evolution—<br />
::::the evolution of technology, <br />
::::the evolution of societies and <br />
::::the evolution of spiritual awareness and ethics.<br />
:It is vast and incomprehensible."</big><ref name="LiU">[[Life in the Universe]], Chapter 1</ref><br />
[[File:Heic0706a.jpg|left|400px|Hubble Space telescope]]<br />
==What is the Greater Community?==<br />
<br />
"This greater environment into which you are emerging is a [[Physical Environment|physical]] reality governed by physical laws, the laws of [[Nature|nature]] that you are aware of. Do not concern yourselves here with the possibilities of other [[Space_travel#Interdimensional_Travel|dimensions]], for that will not be your need and concern." <ref name="LiU">[[Life in the Universe]], Chapter 1</ref><br />
<br />
"The Greater Community is the environment in which you live. It includes your world and all the worlds in its vicinity. It is a vast region of space where intelligent life is interacting with each other, representing a great network of relationships between societies and between individuals in societies, a greater cosmology and a greater universe. For this, it is necessary to have a greater perspective, a greater understanding and a greater religion."<br />
<ref name="greater6">[[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 6</ref><br />
<br />
<br />
"The Greater Community is made up of a great diversity of life representing many different kinds of physical environments and many stages of individual, cultural, political and spiritual development.... In the Greater Community, there are many worlds where intelligent life has evolved. And there are even more worlds and locations that Greater Community forces have colonized for resource acquisition or to seek new and more safeguarded environments."<br />
<ref name="greater6"/><br />
<br />
===Creation and evolution===<br />
"The physical universe is but a small part of God’s Creation. But this remains for you to learn, and you have a greater journey and a destiny here. But you have to allow your mind to expand, your eyes to open and your ears to hear if you are to gain this greater preparation and understanding."<br />
<ref>The New God (February 12, 2009)</ref><br />
[[File:At_the_Edge_of_Heth.jpg|left|672px|"At the Edge of Heth" by Tyyne Andrews, 2012]]<br />
"Countless races of beings ... live within this Greater Community of intelligent life that comprises the physical Universe in which we live ... all experiencing evolution."<br />
<ref>What Is Creation? (February 4, 2007)</ref><br />
<br />
== Human Emergence into the Greater Community ==<br />
<br />
"Humanity is preparing for the Greater Community. It does not know this yet, of course, but that is its stage of evolution, and everyone is involved. The fact that humanity is unprepared for the realities of contact with life in the universe is very apparent, but at a more unconscious level, people are anticipating this, and that is why it emerges in your movies, in your books, in human imagination. There is a seed of truth, an element of truth here."<br />
<ref name="pftgc"/><br />
<br />
"Humanity is emerging into this environment not from its brief forays into your local solar system, but from visitations that are occurring in the world now and which will increase in the future."<br />
<ref name="LiU"/><br />
<br />
===Why it is happening now===<br />
<br />
"The wealth of the world is being spoiled and ruined, and the threat of this increasing has brought this Intervention here. It has also come because humanity has created an infrastructure that these races can utilize for themselves. You now have a worldwide community, worldwide communications, worldwide commerce and the beginnings of a worldwide government."<br />
<ref name="pftgc">Preparing for the Greater Community (April 15, 2011)</ref><br />
<br />
===What is needed now===<br />
"Your preparation for the Greater Community represents the greatest and most vital [[education]] that can be fostered and extended in the world today. This education is the only thing that will enable you to solve the growing global problems of the world that seem so overwhelming and that your societies seem so incapable of facing and so poorly equipped to resolve."<br />
<ref name="greater6"/><br />
<br />
"Humanity has never done anything even close to this. So why would it rise to the occasion now? What will give it the strength and fortitude to enable it to achieve something that seems almost insurmountable given human nature and behavior at this time? What will do this is the presence of the Greater Community." <br />
<ref name="greater11">[[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 11</ref ><br />
<br />
"Who on Earth can prepare humanity for life in the universe, the great engagement—an engagement that is already taking place, in secrecy, carried out by groups who are here to take advantage of your ignorance and superstitions?<br />
If you are truly honest, you must recognize that no one has this breadth of understanding, this capacity. No one in the world understands the Greater Community of life. And what people think are projections of their fears and their fantasies, neither of which is an accurate portrayal of what you will be facing in reality."<br />
<ref>The Will of Heaven (May 17, 2011)</ref><br />
<br />
"People cannot speak of these things in public because it has been discouraged in the social discourse. That foreign craft are flying in your skies is an undeniable reality, and yet people do not want to think of it. And if they do think of it, they want to think of it in a positive way—that something wonderful is happening, that you have visitors, and they are here to help you, to guide you and to prepare you to meet the difficult challenges emerging in the world today."<br />
<ref name="pftgc"/><br />
<br />
===The view of humans from the Greater Community perspective===<br />
"From a Greater Community perspective, human beings are all the same."<br />
<ref name="greater6"/><br />
<br />
"The Greater Community represents many different races with different motives. Many of those that you will encounter will not be interested in you at all. They only want to preserve your environment for their own use. Others seek to have a meaningful relationship with you, while some are looking at the possibility of [[trade]] and diplomatic relations. However, some wish to exploit you."<br />
<ref name="greater11"/><br />
<br />
"Given current human behavior and understanding, the possibility [of friendship and alliances in the Greater Community] does exist, but it is improbable that this will be your emphasis once you are able to [[Space travel|travel]] beyond the boundaries of your world. There are Greater Community forces even in your solar system who are planning defenses against this occurring. They can keep you from venturing very far without a great deal of effort on their part."<br />
<ref name="greater15">[[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 15</ref ><br />
<br />
"You are not merely a human being in this one world. You are a citizen of the Greater Community of Worlds. This is the<br />
physical universe that you recognize through your senses. It is far greater than you can now comprehend. The extent of its<br />
relationships are far greater than you can even imagine, for reality is always greater than imagination.<br />
You are a citizen of a greater physical universe. This acknowledges not only your Lineage and your Heritage but also your<br />
purpose in life at this time, for the world of humanity is growing into the life of the Greater Community of Worlds. This is known to you, though your beliefs may not yet account for it."<br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 187</ref><br />
<br />
"We may look like a speck in the cosmos, but we are really a portal through which Heaven can touch the world."<ref>Marshall Vian Summers, Free School Campfire (December 22, 2012)</ref><br />
<br />
"[Humanity's] strength, your strength, is that religion has been kept alive in the world. The recognition of God’s power and presence is honored and recognized by many, whereas in most nations in this region of space, religion has either become worship of the state or has disappeared altogether. Here you have an advantage because even the ancient pathways of religion offer the experience of Knowledge. Perhaps this is not emphasized. Perhaps this is not specified in the Teachings, but the individual is encouraged to have a relationship with the Divine and to be responsive to the Divine in most situations. But the religions of the world today cannot prepare humanity for the Greater Community. They are entirely anthropocentric in nature. They are grounded in ancient history. They can barely be relevant in the modern world. They are struggling to do so. They cannot prepare humanity for the great change that is coming to the world and for humanity’s encounter with a universe full of intelligent life."<br />
<ref>Group Mind (March 18, 2011)</ref><br />
<br />
"The larger neighborhood of life into which you will emerge, and the forces that you may encounter there, are not inordinately interested in humanity. They do not share humanity’s values. They are not human or even human-like in most cases. But they do share the difficulties of living within a physical reality—difficulties of security and securing resources, the difficulties of competition and all of the inherent problems that [[civilization]] poses despite its many benefits."<br />
<ref>Humanity's Emergence into the Greater Community (July 19, 2008)</ref><br />
<br />
===The advantages of this development===<br />
"The Greater Community will alter how you see yourself, how nations here interact with one another and the whole priority of humanity. Its impact can be extremely beneficial if you can understand it correctly. <br />
For it is the Greater Community that will finally persuade your nations to cooperate, to unite for the preservation of the world and the protection of the human family.<br />
It is the Greater Community that will show you that you cannot afford your ceaseless conflicts here on Earth, and that your resources here are precious, and your self-sufficiency is of the greatest importance." <br />
<ref>Entering the Greater Community (May 27, 2011)</ref><br />
<br />
"You have come into the world at a great turning point, a turning point only part of which you will see in your own lifetime. It is a turning point where your world gains contact with the worlds in its vicinity. This is the natural evolution of humanity, as it is the natural evolution of all intelligent life in all worlds. Your world is seeking a Greater Community.This will require that your world’s own internal community become unified. This is also a part of the evolution of all intelligent life in all worlds. You have come here to serve this. There are many levels of service and many<br />
things that need to be contributed—on a personal, on a community and on a world level. You are part of this great movement of life, for you are not here for your own purposes alone. You are here to serve the world, and thus be served in return."<br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 190</ref><br />
<br />
"The Greater Community will provide contrast and an environment for learning that is unparalleled in your past. Yet it holds greater risks as well. Humanity must outgrow its adolescent stage of development where it proudly flaunts its newfound powers but cannot work together as a group."<br />
<ref name="ltwok6">[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 6</ref><br />
<br />
"Your future is and will be in the Greater Community. It is not associated with the past. It is new. It is about the present and the future. The future is coming towards you, over the horizons of your life. You can see this if your vision is developed. You can feel this if you are aware of what you feel. You can gain your strength if your mind can become focused and unified."<br />
<ref name="ltwok6"/><br />
<br />
"You cannot just go out there and say, 'This all belongs to humanity! We are God's chosen people! Who are you?' You will find that you are just another evolving race in the Greater Community, and this will temper your human pride and most certainly will change your theology."<br />
<ref>Great Community Prophecy, Chapter 6</ref><br />
<br />
==Life in the Greater Community==<br />
"Outright warfare in the Greater Community, particularly on any kind of large scale, is extremely rare, particularly amongst secure and advanced nations."<br />
<ref>[[Life in the Universe]], Chapter 7: Competition, Influence and the Mental Environment</ref><br />
<br />
"Humanity has evolved in a state of relative isolation, relative because the world has been visited throughout its history, particularly with the advent of humanity." <br />
<ref>Contact with Intelligent Life in the Universe (October 1, 2008)</ref><br />
<br />
"The Universe is full of life. But the Universe is immense. And intelligent life living in the physical manifestation is scattered about a great and vast arena. It is concentrated in some places more than others.... Between these areas of great congregation in the Universe, there are trade routes, great roads that are heavily traveled.... Your world exists in an area of congregation, an area that has many inhabited worlds.... beyond your Solar System."<br />
<ref name="alliestwo">[http://www.alliesofhumanity.org/contents.php [[The Allies of Humanity]] Book Two], First Briefing</ref> <br />
<br />
"Because the Greater Community, especially the area in which you live, is a very competitive environment and because there are many [[Collectives]] dwelling here, they tend to hold each other in check and will take legal action against one another if necessary should the basic rules of conduct be violated. Therefore, if one Collective sought to take this world by force, it would be countered by other Collectives who have an interest in this world and by their competitors elsewhere, who would hold these kinds of actions in check."<br />
<ref name="aohII4">[http://www.alliesofhumanity.org/contents.php [[The Allies of Humanity]] Book Two], Fourth Briefing</ref> <br />
<br />
"The region in which you live ... contains approximately five thousand stars. We call this a region because that is how it is delineated."<br />
<ref name="aohII4"/><br />
<br />
==Metaphors==<br />
"It is as if humanity were a little child coming out of its house for the first time and recognizing it lives in a big city controlled by powerful forces that the little child cannot understand."<br />
<ref>Humanity's Emergence into the Greater Community (July 19, 2008)</ref><br />
<br />
"You are like villagers in a distant forest who all of a sudden find themselves in the midst of greater interactions between exploring and invading nations. Your village will never be the same." <br />
<ref name="greater11"/><br />
<br />
"It would be like different European nations finding the same rich tropical island hundreds of years ago. They would compete for it because they want it for themselves. And they would want to use the native people, but they are not there for the native people's benefit."<br />
<ref>[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 11: Preparing for the Future</ref><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
== Further Study ==<br />
[http://www.newmessage.org/chapters/greater-community-spirituality/chapter6.php Greater Community Spirituality, Chapter 6: What Is the Greater Community?]<br />
<br />
[http://wp.newmessage.org/greater-community-spirituality-chapter-18-what-is-human-destiny/ Greater Community Spirituality, Chapter 18: “What Is Human Destiny?”]<br />
<br />
[[Wisdom from the Greater Community]] Volume One, Chapter 3: Greater Community<br />
<br />
Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume Two, Chapter 10: Greater Community Visitations<br />
<br />
Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume Two, Chapter 15: Responding to the Greater Community<br />
<br />
Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume Two, Chapter 17: Visitors' Perceptions of Humanity<br />
<br />
Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume Two, Chapter 28: Greater Community Realities<br />
[[category:The Greater Community]]<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
[[The Intervention]]<br />
<br />
[[Collectives]]<br />
<br />
[[Space travel]]<br />
<br />
[[Trade]]<br />
<br />
[[Arranon Epic]]</div>Lisahttp://www.wiki.newmessage.org/mediawiki/en/w/index.php?title=The_Greater_Community&diff=6590The Greater Community2014-05-03T17:38:23Z<p>Lisa: /* What is the Greater Community? */</p>
<hr />
<div>[[File:GC.jpg|right|The Greater Community]]<br />
<big><br />
;The world is emerging into a Greater Community of intelligent life. <br />
:Humanity is unprepared. <br />
:God has sent the preparation.<br />
<br />
;"You live within a Greater Community of intelligent life in the universe. <br />
:It is vast, encompassing the entire spectrum of evolution—<br />
::::the evolution of technology, <br />
::::the evolution of societies and <br />
::::the evolution of spiritual awareness and ethics.<br />
:It is vast and incomprehensible."</big><ref name="LiU">[[Life in the Universe]], Chapter 1</ref><br />
[[File:Heic0706a.jpg|left|400px|Hubble Space telescope]]<br />
==What is the Greater Community?==<br />
<br />
"This greater environment into which you are emerging is a [[Physical Environment|physical]] reality governed by physical laws, the laws of [[Nature|nature]] that you are aware of. Do not concern yourselves here with the possibilities of other [[Space_travel#Interdimensional_Travel|dimensions]], for that will not be your need and concern." <ref>Life in the Universe, Chapter 1</ref><br />
<br />
"The Greater Community is the environment in which you live. It includes your world and all the worlds in its vicinity. It is a vast region of space where intelligent life is interacting with each other, representing a great network of relationships between societies and between individuals in societies, a greater cosmology and a greater universe. For this, it is necessary to have a greater perspective, a greater understanding and a greater religion."<br />
<ref name="greater6">[[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 6</ref><br />
<br />
<br />
"The Greater Community is made up of a great diversity of life representing many different kinds of physical environments and many stages of individual, cultural, political and spiritual development.... In the Greater Community, there are many worlds where intelligent life has evolved. And there are even more worlds and locations that Greater Community forces have colonized for resource acquisition or to seek new and more safeguarded environments."<br />
<ref name="greater6"/><br />
<br />
===Creation and evolution===<br />
"The physical universe is but a small part of God’s Creation. But this remains for you to learn, and you have a greater journey and a destiny here. But you have to allow your mind to expand, your eyes to open and your ears to hear if you are to gain this greater preparation and understanding."<br />
<ref>The New God (February 12, 2009)</ref><br />
[[File:At_the_Edge_of_Heth.jpg|left|672px|"At the Edge of Heth" by Tyyne Andrews, 2012]]<br />
"Countless races of beings ... live within this Greater Community of intelligent life that comprises the physical Universe in which we live ... all experiencing evolution."<br />
<ref>What Is Creation? (February 4, 2007)</ref><br />
<br />
== Human Emergence into the Greater Community ==<br />
<br />
"Humanity is preparing for the Greater Community. It does not know this yet, of course, but that is its stage of evolution, and everyone is involved. The fact that humanity is unprepared for the realities of contact with life in the universe is very apparent, but at a more unconscious level, people are anticipating this, and that is why it emerges in your movies, in your books, in human imagination. There is a seed of truth, an element of truth here."<br />
<ref name="pftgc"/><br />
<br />
"Humanity is emerging into this environment not from its brief forays into your local solar system, but from visitations that are occurring in the world now and which will increase in the future."<br />
<ref name="LiU"/><br />
<br />
===Why it is happening now===<br />
<br />
"The wealth of the world is being spoiled and ruined, and the threat of this increasing has brought this Intervention here. It has also come because humanity has created an infrastructure that these races can utilize for themselves. You now have a worldwide community, worldwide communications, worldwide commerce and the beginnings of a worldwide government."<br />
<ref name="pftgc">Preparing for the Greater Community (April 15, 2011)</ref><br />
<br />
===What is needed now===<br />
"Your preparation for the Greater Community represents the greatest and most vital [[education]] that can be fostered and extended in the world today. This education is the only thing that will enable you to solve the growing global problems of the world that seem so overwhelming and that your societies seem so incapable of facing and so poorly equipped to resolve."<br />
<ref name="greater6"/><br />
<br />
"Humanity has never done anything even close to this. So why would it rise to the occasion now? What will give it the strength and fortitude to enable it to achieve something that seems almost insurmountable given human nature and behavior at this time? What will do this is the presence of the Greater Community." <br />
<ref name="greater11">[[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 11</ref ><br />
<br />
"Who on Earth can prepare humanity for life in the universe, the great engagement—an engagement that is already taking place, in secrecy, carried out by groups who are here to take advantage of your ignorance and superstitions?<br />
If you are truly honest, you must recognize that no one has this breadth of understanding, this capacity. No one in the world understands the Greater Community of life. And what people think are projections of their fears and their fantasies, neither of which is an accurate portrayal of what you will be facing in reality."<br />
<ref>The Will of Heaven (May 17, 2011)</ref><br />
<br />
"People cannot speak of these things in public because it has been discouraged in the social discourse. That foreign craft are flying in your skies is an undeniable reality, and yet people do not want to think of it. And if they do think of it, they want to think of it in a positive way—that something wonderful is happening, that you have visitors, and they are here to help you, to guide you and to prepare you to meet the difficult challenges emerging in the world today."<br />
<ref name="pftgc"/><br />
<br />
===The view of humans from the Greater Community perspective===<br />
"From a Greater Community perspective, human beings are all the same."<br />
<ref name="greater6"/><br />
<br />
"The Greater Community represents many different races with different motives. Many of those that you will encounter will not be interested in you at all. They only want to preserve your environment for their own use. Others seek to have a meaningful relationship with you, while some are looking at the possibility of [[trade]] and diplomatic relations. However, some wish to exploit you."<br />
<ref name="greater11"/><br />
<br />
"Given current human behavior and understanding, the possibility [of friendship and alliances in the Greater Community] does exist, but it is improbable that this will be your emphasis once you are able to [[Space travel|travel]] beyond the boundaries of your world. There are Greater Community forces even in your solar system who are planning defenses against this occurring. They can keep you from venturing very far without a great deal of effort on their part."<br />
<ref name="greater15">[[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 15</ref ><br />
<br />
"You are not merely a human being in this one world. You are a citizen of the Greater Community of Worlds. This is the<br />
physical universe that you recognize through your senses. It is far greater than you can now comprehend. The extent of its<br />
relationships are far greater than you can even imagine, for reality is always greater than imagination.<br />
You are a citizen of a greater physical universe. This acknowledges not only your Lineage and your Heritage but also your<br />
purpose in life at this time, for the world of humanity is growing into the life of the Greater Community of Worlds. This is known to you, though your beliefs may not yet account for it."<br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 187</ref><br />
<br />
"We may look like a speck in the cosmos, but we are really a portal through which Heaven can touch the world."<ref>Marshall Vian Summers, Free School Campfire (December 22, 2012)</ref><br />
<br />
"[Humanity's] strength, your strength, is that religion has been kept alive in the world. The recognition of God’s power and presence is honored and recognized by many, whereas in most nations in this region of space, religion has either become worship of the state or has disappeared altogether. Here you have an advantage because even the ancient pathways of religion offer the experience of Knowledge. Perhaps this is not emphasized. Perhaps this is not specified in the Teachings, but the individual is encouraged to have a relationship with the Divine and to be responsive to the Divine in most situations. But the religions of the world today cannot prepare humanity for the Greater Community. They are entirely anthropocentric in nature. They are grounded in ancient history. They can barely be relevant in the modern world. They are struggling to do so. They cannot prepare humanity for the great change that is coming to the world and for humanity’s encounter with a universe full of intelligent life."<br />
<ref>Group Mind (March 18, 2011)</ref><br />
<br />
"The larger neighborhood of life into which you will emerge, and the forces that you may encounter there, are not inordinately interested in humanity. They do not share humanity’s values. They are not human or even human-like in most cases. But they do share the difficulties of living within a physical reality—difficulties of security and securing resources, the difficulties of competition and all of the inherent problems that [[civilization]] poses despite its many benefits."<br />
<ref>Humanity's Emergence into the Greater Community (July 19, 2008)</ref><br />
<br />
===The advantages of this development===<br />
"The Greater Community will alter how you see yourself, how nations here interact with one another and the whole priority of humanity. Its impact can be extremely beneficial if you can understand it correctly. <br />
For it is the Greater Community that will finally persuade your nations to cooperate, to unite for the preservation of the world and the protection of the human family.<br />
It is the Greater Community that will show you that you cannot afford your ceaseless conflicts here on Earth, and that your resources here are precious, and your self-sufficiency is of the greatest importance." <br />
<ref>Entering the Greater Community (May 27, 2011)</ref><br />
<br />
"You have come into the world at a great turning point, a turning point only part of which you will see in your own lifetime. It is a turning point where your world gains contact with the worlds in its vicinity. This is the natural evolution of humanity, as it is the natural evolution of all intelligent life in all worlds. Your world is seeking a Greater Community.This will require that your world’s own internal community become unified. This is also a part of the evolution of all intelligent life in all worlds. You have come here to serve this. There are many levels of service and many<br />
things that need to be contributed—on a personal, on a community and on a world level. You are part of this great movement of life, for you are not here for your own purposes alone. You are here to serve the world, and thus be served in return."<br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 190</ref><br />
<br />
"The Greater Community will provide contrast and an environment for learning that is unparalleled in your past. Yet it holds greater risks as well. Humanity must outgrow its adolescent stage of development where it proudly flaunts its newfound powers but cannot work together as a group."<br />
<ref name="ltwok6">[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 6</ref><br />
<br />
"Your future is and will be in the Greater Community. It is not associated with the past. It is new. It is about the present and the future. The future is coming towards you, over the horizons of your life. You can see this if your vision is developed. You can feel this if you are aware of what you feel. You can gain your strength if your mind can become focused and unified."<br />
<ref name="ltwok6"/><br />
<br />
"You cannot just go out there and say, 'This all belongs to humanity! We are God's chosen people! Who are you?' You will find that you are just another evolving race in the Greater Community, and this will temper your human pride and most certainly will change your theology."<br />
<ref>Great Community Prophecy, Chapter 6</ref><br />
<br />
==Life in the Greater Community==<br />
"Outright warfare in the Greater Community, particularly on any kind of large scale, is extremely rare, particularly amongst secure and advanced nations."<br />
<ref>[[Life in the Universe]], Chapter 7: Competition, Influence and the Mental Environment</ref><br />
<br />
"Humanity has evolved in a state of relative isolation, relative because the world has been visited throughout its history, particularly with the advent of humanity." <br />
<ref>Contact with Intelligent Life in the Universe (October 1, 2008)</ref><br />
<br />
"The Universe is full of life. But the Universe is immense. And intelligent life living in the physical manifestation is scattered about a great and vast arena. It is concentrated in some places more than others.... Between these areas of great congregation in the Universe, there are trade routes, great roads that are heavily traveled.... Your world exists in an area of congregation, an area that has many inhabited worlds.... beyond your Solar System."<br />
<ref name="alliestwo">[http://www.alliesofhumanity.org/contents.php [[The Allies of Humanity]] Book Two], First Briefing</ref> <br />
<br />
"Because the Greater Community, especially the area in which you live, is a very competitive environment and because there are many [[Collectives]] dwelling here, they tend to hold each other in check and will take legal action against one another if necessary should the basic rules of conduct be violated. Therefore, if one Collective sought to take this world by force, it would be countered by other Collectives who have an interest in this world and by their competitors elsewhere, who would hold these kinds of actions in check."<br />
<ref name="aohII4">[http://www.alliesofhumanity.org/contents.php [[The Allies of Humanity]] Book Two], Fourth Briefing</ref> <br />
<br />
"The region in which you live ... contains approximately five thousand stars. We call this a region because that is how it is delineated."<br />
<ref name="aohII4"/><br />
<br />
==Metaphors==<br />
"It is as if humanity were a little child coming out of its house for the first time and recognizing it lives in a big city controlled by powerful forces that the little child cannot understand."<br />
<ref>Humanity's Emergence into the Greater Community (July 19, 2008)</ref><br />
<br />
"You are like villagers in a distant forest who all of a sudden find themselves in the midst of greater interactions between exploring and invading nations. Your village will never be the same." <br />
<ref name="greater11"/><br />
<br />
"It would be like different European nations finding the same rich tropical island hundreds of years ago. They would compete for it because they want it for themselves. And they would want to use the native people, but they are not there for the native people's benefit."<br />
<ref>[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 11: Preparing for the Future</ref><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
== Further Study ==<br />
[http://www.newmessage.org/chapters/greater-community-spirituality/chapter6.php Greater Community Spirituality, Chapter 6: What Is the Greater Community?]<br />
<br />
[http://wp.newmessage.org/greater-community-spirituality-chapter-18-what-is-human-destiny/ Greater Community Spirituality, Chapter 18: “What Is Human Destiny?”]<br />
<br />
[[Wisdom from the Greater Community]] Volume One, Chapter 3: Greater Community<br />
<br />
Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume Two, Chapter 10: Greater Community Visitations<br />
<br />
Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume Two, Chapter 15: Responding to the Greater Community<br />
<br />
Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume Two, Chapter 17: Visitors' Perceptions of Humanity<br />
<br />
Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume Two, Chapter 28: Greater Community Realities<br />
[[category:The Greater Community]]<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
[[The Intervention]]<br />
<br />
[[Collectives]]<br />
<br />
[[Space travel]]<br />
<br />
[[Trade]]<br />
<br />
[[Arranon Epic]]</div>Lisahttp://www.wiki.newmessage.org/mediawiki/en/w/index.php?title=Knowledge_Quotes&diff=6588Knowledge Quotes2014-05-02T18:09:45Z<p>Lisa: /* What Knowledge does */</p>
<hr />
<div>"Knowledge within you, [[the Individual|the individual]], is here on a [[mission]]."<br />
<ref>The New Message for the Individual (Sept 10,2006)</ref><br />
[[File:Knowledge-Relationships-God.jpg|500px|right|Knowledge: Our connection to God]]<br />
"In [[reality]] you are Knowledge." <ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 144</ref><br />
<br />
"Knowledge is who you really are."<br />
<ref name="gcs13"/><br />
== Proclamation ==<br />
<br />
Knowledge is the deeper mind within each individual.<br />
<br />
Knowledge is your connection to the divine.<br />
<br />
Knowledge is [[God]]'s Gift to all intelligent life.<br />
<br />
Knowledge seldom arises under normal circumstances in a preoccupied mind.<br />
<br />
Knowledge is [[God]] in the individual. [[God]] is Knowledge in the Universe.<br />
<br />
Knowledge is the sum of all [[relationship]]s.<br />
<br />
Knowledge is deeper than any of the following, but manifests itself as:<br />
* [[intuition]]<br />
* conscience<br />
* [[creativity]]<br />
<br />
== What is Knowledge? ==<br />
[[File:freedom-love-knowledge.jpg|500px|left|Knowledge is the seed of true love]]<br />
"Let us say that Knowledge is not the things that are usually associated with it. It is not [[ideas]]. It is not a body of information. It is not a system of [[beliefs|belief]]. It is not a process of self-evaluation. It is the great mystery of your life. Its outward manifestations are profound intuition, great insight, inexplicable knowing, wise perception in the present and in the [[future]] and wise understanding of the [[past/Present/Future|past]]. But despite these great achievements of mind, Knowledge is greater than this. It is your True Self, a Self that is not apart from life."<br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 10</ref><br />
<br />
"Knowledge possesses the true seed of love, not love that is a mere sentiment, not love that is a form of intoxication surrounding an urgent desire born of [[fear]]. Knowledge is the seed of true love, not the love that seeks to conquer, to possess and to dominate, but the love that seeks to serve, to empower and to free another. " <ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 181</ref><br />
<br />
"Knowledge is that part of [[God]] that works within [[the Individual|the individual]], initiating great relationships between individuals and setting into motion activities that contribute to the well-being of the race to which those individuals belong. Beyond this, Knowledge contributes to the well-being of all races."<br />
<ref>[[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 15</ref><br />
<br />
"Knowledge represents your True Self, your True Mind and your true relationships in the universe. It also possesses your greater calling in the world and a perfect utilization of your [[nature and Design|nature]], all of your inherent abilities and skills, even your limitations—all to be given for good in [[the world]]."<br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 2</ref><br />
<br />
"God has given humanity a deeper Knowledge that resides within each person, a deeper intelligence beyond the realm and the reach of the intellect—an intelligence that cannot be corrupted, [[persuasion|persuaded]] or adulterated in any way. It is this power of Knowledge that represents your core [[strength]] and the source of your [[integrity]] and your ability to see beyond [[deception]] in any form."<br />
<ref>Contact with Intelligent Life in the Universe (October 1, 2008)</ref><br />
<br />
"At the very surface of Knowledge is the experience of profound [[intuition]], the experience of profound insight and knowing.... Beyond the surface is the total experience of life in this world and beyond this world for you to have while you are still here. That is what reassociates you with life beyond and enables you to fully be a [[contribution|contributor]] while you are in [[the world]]. In all practical aspects, this is complete [[fulfillment]] while you are here."<br />
<ref>[[Wisdom from the Greater Community]] Volume One, Chapter 30</ref><br />
<br />
"The compelling force of Knowledge is so strong that it overrides anything that [[the world]] can set in its way. This level of [[commitment]] is the greatest [[demonstration]] of [[God]]. It is powerful, unending and [[compassion]]ate. It has vitality. It is driven from something beyond this world. It is an uncommon, relentless force. It does not care about costs and obstacles; it cares about practical functioning. People with Knowledge will be uncommon and potent. They will not be alone, unless by choice."<br />
<ref>[[Wisdom from the Greater Community]] Volume One, Chapter 7</ref><br />
<br />
==Relationship with Knowledge==<br />
"The presence of the<br />
Holy Spirit is a relationship. It is a challenge. It is Knowledge."<br />
<ref>[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 8</ref><br />
<br />
"Knowledge is your primary relationship because it is your connection to God."<br />
<ref>Ending Separation (March 3, 2011)</ref><br />
<br />
"This Knowledge is a greater [[intelligence]] within each person waiting to be discovered, but its whole existence is in relationship to [[the Creator]] of all life. It is not a resource that you can use to enrich yourself or to gain advantage over others, for Knowledge will not do these things. Its purpose and its [[reality]] is to respond to the Creator of all life and to respond to the great [[calling]] that is going out as humanity continues to approach this great [[threshold]] in its existence."<br />
<ref>[http://www.newmessage.org/ee/index.php/special-teachings/the-blessing The Blessing] (April 20, 2007)</ref><br />
<br />
"Before you can experience your total union and identification with Knowledge, it will seem to be a distant force within your life, a force that arises and emerges only at certain times--times of great [[need]] and discord and times when you sincerely request its presence and guidance. You have a relationship with Knowledge now. You are not fully joined with Knowledge, so you have a relationship. A relationship is preliminary to total union."<br />
<ref name="gcs13"/><br />
[[File:The_Way.jpg|left|450px|The Way of Knowledge]]<br />
==The Deeper Mind==<br />
"There is a greater mind within you, a greater mind that the Creator of all life has placed within you, to guide you, to protect you and to lead you to your greater accomplishments in life. This deeper mind is profoundly different from the mind that you think with." <ref name="fol">Following the Presence (February 17, 2008)</ref><br />
<br />
==The Inner Voice==<br />
"This is how God speaks to you. And you may not hear this as a voice. It may be a feeling, an image, a sound, a voice. People experience the power and presence of Knowledge differently, according to their [[the Individual|individual]] orientation." <ref name="fol"/><br />
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== How to Find Knowledge ==<br />
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"Find where your [[The Watchtower|attention]] is. Bring yourself back to Knowledge."<br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]] Continuation Training, Step 1</ref><br />
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"Become a student of Knowledge. Learn [[The Way of Knowledge]]. Take the [[steps to Knowledge]]. Let Knowledge rearrange your priorities. Let Knowledge straighten your life out. Let Knowledge [[Inner guidance|guide]], direct and protect you. Let Knowledge foster a greater [[intelligence]] within you. Let Knowledge direct you in your [[relationship]]s and in your evaluations. Become [[stillness|still]] like Knowledge. Become penetrating like Knowledge. Become insightful like Knowledge. Become [[Devotion|devoted]] to others like Knowledge. Find your true allies. Find your purpose. Allow your true [[work]] in the world to emerge as other things are set aside—willingly, happily and with relief."<br />
<ref>[[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 9</ref><br />
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"Gain your [[The Four Pillars of life|foundation]] in Knowledge. Take the steps to Knowledge. Learn [[the Way of Knowledge]]. Learn to receive Knowledge, to interpret Knowledge and to apply Knowledge, and you will become ever more free of your mind and more objective about it." <br />
<ref name="gcs13">[[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 13</ref><br />
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==Prerequisites to Knowledge==<br />
"Knowledge is trying to take you somewhere. You must be [[freedom|free]] to go there. Knowledge is trying to engage you with [[Relationships of higher purpose|certain people]] at certain points in your life. You must be free to engage with them."<br />
<ref>Integrity (April 6, 2011)</ref><br />
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"Knowledge will not speak to you if you are not ready to take action. You will just hear what you want to hear, and nothing [[Importance|important]] will have happened. But if you are ready to take action, if you are sincere, if you are capable, if you are open to this, Knowledge will speak to you--in a word, in a feeling, in a message from another person, in an insight, in a thought, in a dream, in a [[Seeing|vision]]. In whatever avenue Knowledge can reach you at this point in your life, it will reach you."<br />
<ref>[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 5</ref><br />
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==Knowledge in these exigent times==<br />
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"God has sent you into the world to be in the world at this time, facing these circumstances. But what God has placed within you to [[preparation|prepare]] you, to equip you and to [[strength]]en you for [[The Great Waves of Change|the difficult times ahead]] is something that resides beyond the realm and the reach of the [[the Mind|intellect]], in a deeper [[intelligence]] called Knowledge.<br />
At the surface of the mind, you are swept by the winds of the world. You are chaotic. Your life does not seem to have a true [[direction]]. You are influenced by so many things from the outside. Your life can feel chaotic, confused, disorganized, disintegrated, disregulated—however you may choose to describe it. But at a deeper level beneath the surface of the mind, there is a greater intelligence within you. This intelligence is here to guide you, to protect you and to prepare you to live a greater life in service to living in a new world."<br />
<ref>Planetary Instability (March 4, 2011)</ref><br />
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"It is a dangerous time, but for you, it is the right time to be in the world, for this is why you have come—not to hide out in fantasy, not to enrich yourself, not to pretend to be something you are not, not to live a life of avoidance and irresponsibility, but to be in the world to be of service to the world at this time, not only to meet the current needs of life, but to prepare for the future itself.<br />
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Only Knowledge within you, the greater [[intelligence]], knows of these things, and it must guide you in these matters. You must learn to yield to it and distinguish it from all the other [[voices]] in your mind and all the influences that pull upon you from the world around you."<br />
<ref>The Voice of the Revelation (April 14, 2011)</ref><br />
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== Obstacles to Knowledge ==<br />
[[File:ray+steps.jpg|379px|right|Ray]]<br />
"You cannot hear Knowledge if your mind is preoccupied."<br />
<ref>The Power of Seeing (12/30/08)</ref><br />
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"People believe many things, <br />
but they know very little. <br />
They are living at the surface of the mind, <br />
which is turbulent and chaotic <br />
and governed by the winds<br />
and the passions of the world."<br />
<ref>The Engagement (April 16, 2011)</ref><br />
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==What Knowledge does==<br />
"[[the Separation|The separated]] are redeemed through Knowledge. The wicked are reclaimed through Knowledge. The foolish are made wise through Knowledge. This is how God redeems not only the human family, but all of Creation that is living in Separation, which is represented by the physical universe that you can only imagine."<br />
<ref>The Will of Heaven (May 17, 2011)</ref><br />
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"Knowledge will lead you to the right people and will develop slowly and carefully the right understanding if you are patient, persistent and honest in your approach."<br />
<ref name="lwk1">[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 1</ref><br />
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"[Knowledge] knows what is essential, and it is not fooled or [[manipulation|manipulated]] by anything else."<br />
<ref name="lwk1"/><br />
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"If Knowledge cannot be brought into your [[relationship]]s and into your [[decision making|decisions]] regarding relationships, then Knowledge remains only a potential within you."<br />
<ref name="lwk3">[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 3</ref><br />
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"If you choose without Knowledge, Knowledge will not follow you. You may believe fervently that you are doing the right thing. You may even believe fervently that you are making the right [[decision making|decision]]. But if Knowledge does not go with you, you have no stability and no certainty in your endeavor."<br />
<ref name="lwk3"/><br />
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"All of the forces that are driving [[humanity]] to its own demise are counteracted by the presence and the power of Knowledge."<br />
<ref>Nature & Natural Disasters (September 8, 2008)</ref><br />
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"Knowledge will stimulate human innovation, [[humanity|human]] invention, human collaboration and human [[unity]]. It will inspire new [[technology]]. It will inspire greater [[creativity]]. It will inspire greater cooperation. All the things that human leadership and citizens everywhere will have to establish and adapt to that are truly beneficial will be inspired by Knowledge. This is why what is invisible and mysterious within you has the greatest power to effect change in human awareness and behavior."<br />
<ref>[http://newmessage.org/ee/index.php/special-teachings/navigating-difficult-times Navigating the Difficult Times Ahead] (September 29, 2008)</ref><br />
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"Knowledge activates all mental and physical abilities for good. It directs all manner of [[the Individual|individual]] pursuits that are for the benefit of humanity. In the arts, in the sciences, in all endeavors, in the simplest gesture and the greatest act, Knowledge demonstrates a greater life and [[strength]]ens all of the highest qualities in individuals who are engaged with it." <br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 234: Knowledge serves humanity in all ways.</ref><br />
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"Knowledge... is [[The Mystery|mysterious]]. Its pathway is not unknown, however, because there are individuals who have journeyed that way and, though they made many errors in their [[Journey of the individual|journey]], they paved a way for you." <ref>[[Wisdom from the Greater Community]], Volume Two, Chapter 1</ref><br />
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==Finding Knowledge==<br />
"Become [[dedication|dedicated]] to finding Knowledge and you will find Knowledge. And you will find those relationships that are based upon Knowledge. And those relationships will empower you and enable you to develop the other three pillars of your life.<br />
<ref name="lwk3"/><br />
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"Knowledge is regained by dedicating yourself to those individuals who represent your true allies in The Way of Knowledge. It is given through [[dedication]] and [[devotion]]."<br />
<ref name="lwk4">[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 4</ref><br />
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"If a person discovers Knowledge and makes advancements in the reclamation of Knowledge, he or she will affect minds in many places simultaneously.... If this is done, people will function better, be more harmonious and less prone to conflict and be able to recognize opportunities as they arise with far greater ease. Everyone will be stimulated. Everyone will be encouraged to carry on what they were sent here to do."<br />
<ref>[[Wisdom from the Greater Community]] Volume Two, Chapter 25</ref><br />
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==Where Knowledge resides==<br />
"God has put Knowledge within you<br />
to guide you and to protect you<br />
and to lead you to a greater life and<br />
participation in the world.<br />
It resides beyond the realm and the reach of the intellect.<br />
It is happening at a deeper level."<br />
<ref>The Engagement (April 16, 2011)</ref><br />
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"God has given you Knowledge to guide you and to [[preparation|prepare]] you, but Knowledge functions beneath the surface of the mind where people live. It is a greater intelligence. It is discerning the movement of the world, and it is responding to the Creator.<br />
God’s New Revelation will speak to this part of you more than to your intellect, for this is the part of you that has never left God. Therefore, it is the part of you that can truly respond. It is the part of you that is wise and unconflicted. It is not afraid of the world, for it cannot be destroyed." <br />
<ref name="tsotf">The Shock of the Future (April 30, 2011)</ref><br />
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"[[The Creator]] of all life has given you a great intelligence, the power and the presence of Knowledge within yourself - a mind beneath the mind that you think with, a mind that is [[wisdom|wise]] and [[power]]ful, a mind that is not corrupted by the world. This mind is here to guide you, to protect you and to lead you to your greater accomplishments and relationships in life."<br />
<ref>[http://newmessage.org/ee/index.php/special-teachings/the-watchtower The Watchtower] (February 17, 2009)</ref><br />
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==Inner Guidance Quotes==<br />
''main article [[inner guidance]]''<br />
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"Knowledge is all about orienting you in the right direction. Knowledge is here to keep you on track."<br />
<ref>Marshall Vian Summers, March 10, 2012</ref><br />
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"Knowledge is a taskmaster. It is committed. It is [[determination|determined]]. It is not like your personal mind, which is all over the place."<ref>Faith, Work and Higher Purpose (January 12, 2009)</ref> <br />
[[File:Only.jpg|left|Only Knowledge and the Need for Knowledge]]<br />
==The pre-eminence of Knowledge==<br />
"For there is only Knowledge and the need for Knowledge. That is all that you can possibly perceive in the universe." <br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 207</ref><br />
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"Your first [[commitment]] and engagement is to Knowledge because that is your commitment and engagement with God. If your engagement is authentic and not filled with your own [[ambition]]s and [[ideas]], then you will have a foundation that will enable you to be a source of strength, purpose and reassurance for others. The need for reassurance at this moment is tremendous and is growing with each passing day." <br />
<ref name="tsotf"/><br />
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==The Freedom of Knowledge==<br />
"With Knowledge you are free in the world. You are free to join. You are free to leave. You are free to make agreements. You are free to complete and change agreements. You are free to surrender yourself. You are free to extricate yourself. In Knowledge you are [[freedom|free]]."<br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]] Step 167</ref><br />
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==The Reality of Knowledge==<br />
"When what you know and what you want are different, this proves the reality of Knowledge to you. Then you will see that Knowledge is not simply a figment of your own will or insecurity and that Knowledge has a reality and an intelligence all its own, a reality and an intelligence that cannot be swayed by your impulses, your fears, your desires or anything in the world."<br />
<ref name="lwk4"/><br />
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==The Unity of Knowledge==<br />
"The power of unity in Knowledge is very significant. Knowledge does not condone war or conflict, unethical competition or deception or [[manipulation]]. It is entirely just. It is entirely uniform. So much so that individuals from opposite ends of the entire [[the Greater Community|galaxy]] could recognize and communicate to each other through Knowledge, should they ever have the opportunity to meet."<br />
<ref>[[Life in the Universe]], Chapter 11, "Unseen Forces in the Universe"</ref><br />
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"Knowledge in [[the Greater Community]] is Greater Community Knowledge. The ability to receive Knowledge, to accept it and to apply it represents [[Wisdom]], not only worldly Wisdom, but [[Wisdom]] in [[the Greater Community]]."<br />
<ref>[[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 6</ref><br />
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[[File:lighthouse.jpg|left|450px|The Watchtower]]<br />
==The Need for Knowledge==<br />
"Everything that happens, even the most grievous events, are a demonstration of the great need for Knowledge—in your life and in the world as a whole."<ref name="trust">Trusting God (May 7, 2013)</ref><br />
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"Without Knowledge, this is where you will go. You will become ever more isolated in your mind, ever more associated with your ideas and beliefs, ever more dishonest with yourself, ever more a partisan and a combatant in a world of partisans and combatants. You will take positions. You will take sides. You will have grievances. You will complain constantly. You will be unhappy and miserable, because fundamentally you are a stranger to yourself and you do not know where your life is going. And somehow you have given your life away along the line. You have given your life away through your associations, your beliefs, your ideology, and your commitments to yourself and to others. Now you are adrift from your true purpose and direction. And under these circumstances life can only truly disappoint you, or try to arrest your drifting mind—usually through [[illness]] or loss, or some other kind of great sobering experience that leads you to question what you are doing, to question your values, your ideas, and your priorities."<br />
<ref>Integrity (April 6, 2011)</ref><br />
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"There is a way to Knowledge. The way will save you time because you need to save time now. You are needed in the world, and your preparation must become accelerated. You do not now have the luxury of endless exploration and diversion, for the world needs you. It is emerging into the Greater Community. This is not a time to fiddle with your mind or your emotions or play around with different therapies or modalities because The Way of Knowledge is being offered to you. You are needed in the world. It is time to prepare. It is time to become focused and determined. There is no escape from this, for only those who are developed in The Way of Knowledge will have capability in the future and will be able to maintain their freedom in a [[Mental Environment]] that will be increasingly influenced by the Greater Community."<br />
<ref name="ltw6">[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 6</ref><br />
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"If you are alone now, it is a valuable time to build your connection to Knowledge. Knowledge represents your most profound and important relationship. If this is not established, if this is not fully established, then your relationship with everyone else will be out of sync—lacking clarity and purpose, lacking meaning—and your life will be filled with people, engagements, activities and commitments that will never create a real opening for you." <ref>Discernment in Relationships (February 13, 2009)</ref><br />
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==The Power of Knowledge==<br />
"Knowledge represents the power to see, to know and to act with [[certainty]]. It also represents the power to resist [[persuasion]], [[deception]] and influence in the mental environment. [[The Individual|The individual]] or the nation that has this strength has the power to resist [[the Intervention|intervention]] and to comprehend the intentions and the activities of other nations who might be threatening to its freedom or existence.<br />
It is the ultimate form of intelligence, you see, and [[seers]] who are guided by Knowledge are more powerful than seers who are not. Here you are able to [[discernment|discern]] the [[future]] and future events before they happen, with varying degrees of accuracy. Here you are able to discern the intentions of others and the capabilities of others without the use of [[technology]]. Here you can pretend to be weak when in fact you are really strong. Here you can appear to be non-aggressive when in fact you can be incisive in your inquiries."<br />
<ref>[[The Allies of Humanity]], Book 3, Seventh Briefing</ref><br />
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"The New Message calls upon the greater power of Knowledge within the individual to arise—a power beyond the realm and the reach of the intellect, a power that is incomprehensible and yet immediately part of your experience.<br />
For some, this will be very difficult to deal with. They look at everything in the world like it is a resource for their mind. But Knowledge is too great to be a resource for your mind. People who claim to be following Knowledge will be following their ideas. People who claim to be guided by Knowledge will be guided by their social conditioning or by their ambitions. And so for certain people this will be very difficult to comprehend.<br />
It is because of how they look at themselves and the world that this is the case.<br />
Not everyone will be able to apprehend the great truth at this time. But if enough people can, it gives great promise to the future, the safety and the freedom of humanity." <br />
<ref>Destiny (April 12, 2011)</ref><br />
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== Metaphors for Knowledge==<br />
"Without Knowledge, you will only know what others want you to know. You will only think what others want you to think--whether it be your parents, your culture, your social group, your government or [[the Greater Community]]. You will basically be like cattle and you will be led around, from pasture to pasture."<br />
<ref>[[The Allies of Humanity]], Book 2, First Commentary</ref><br />
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"The truth itself is like the universe above the clouds of your mind, forever real, forever true, forever evident. It but awaits your recognition. Such is the great truth that lives within you as a potential, as a seed. Let us call this the seed of Knowledge.... It is within you now, though much of its [[communication]] goes unheeded. Its reality is within you now even though you rarely experience it. This is the great gift. This is the real endowment."<br />
<ref>[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Introduction</ref><br />
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"God has sent you into a difficult situation and has placed Knowledge within you to enable you to serve that situation and to give you a way back. It is like entering a deep cave where the light of day is completely left behind, and you are in this labyrinth somewhere, and you are sent down there to help others who are lost in the labyrinth and you yourself seem to be lost in the labyrinth except that God has placed a little rope attached to you—an endless kind of rope that no matter how many turns you take, no matter how deep you get into that labyrinth, no matter how much you forget the light of day, well, there is still a lifeline to you. You may be lost, but you are not lost to God."<br />
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"Through all the world religions, God has established pathways to return to Knowledge, but these pathways have become obscured by what religion has become and how religion is used. Only in the New Message, the pathway is reestablished without the weight of history, without the influence of culture, without the intrusion of human psychology. The pathway is clear. There is the pathway leading out of the labyrinth."<br />
<ref>Heaven & Hell (January 29, 2008)</ref><br />
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==Mistakes with Knowledge==<br />
"It is truly dangerous when people think they know and they do not know. This leads to many [[mistakes]] and many tragedies as well. Do not think you know. You either know or you do not know, and if you know, your Knowledge is pervasive. If what you know is real, others will resonate with Knowledge with you, and you will not have to persuade them."<br />
<ref>[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 7</ref><br />
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==Opposing Knowledge==<br />
"When you go against your Knowledge, you create a fear of the unknown. This builds up over time to create a fear/resistance to the Presence."<ref>MV Summers, Campfire Chat (April 13, 2013)</ref><br />
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==Knowledge's Mission==<br />
"Knowledge... is here on a [[mission]]. Its whole focus is to bring you into contact with this mission, to connect you with those people who will be significant and important within this mission, to bring you to the great need in the world that will call this mission out of you, for you cannot discover it yourself. It must be called out of you."<br />
<ref name="fol"/><br />
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==Further Study==<br />
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<div>"Knowledge within you, [[the Individual|the individual]], is here on a [[mission]]."<br />
<ref>The New Message for the Individual (Sept 10,2006)</ref><br />
[[File:Knowledge-Relationships-God.jpg|500px|right|Knowledge: Our connection to God]]<br />
"In [[reality]] you are Knowledge." <ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 144</ref><br />
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"Knowledge is who you really are."<br />
<ref name="gcs13"/><br />
== Proclamation ==<br />
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Knowledge is the deeper mind within each individual.<br />
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Knowledge is your connection to the divine.<br />
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Knowledge is [[God]]'s Gift to all intelligent life.<br />
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Knowledge seldom arises under normal circumstances in a preoccupied mind.<br />
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Knowledge is [[God]] in the individual. [[God]] is Knowledge in the Universe.<br />
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Knowledge is the sum of all [[relationship]]s.<br />
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Knowledge is deeper than any of the following, but manifests itself as:<br />
* [[intuition]]<br />
* conscience<br />
* [[creativity]]<br />
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== What is Knowledge? ==<br />
[[File:freedom-love-knowledge.jpg|500px|left|Knowledge is the seed of true love]]<br />
"Let us say that Knowledge is not the things that are usually associated with it. It is not [[ideas]]. It is not a body of information. It is not a system of [[beliefs|belief]]. It is not a process of self-evaluation. It is the great mystery of your life. Its outward manifestations are profound intuition, great insight, inexplicable knowing, wise perception in the present and in the [[future]] and wise understanding of the [[past/Present/Future|past]]. But despite these great achievements of mind, Knowledge is greater than this. It is your True Self, a Self that is not apart from life."<br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 10</ref><br />
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"Knowledge possesses the true seed of love, not love that is a mere sentiment, not love that is a form of intoxication surrounding an urgent desire born of [[fear]]. Knowledge is the seed of true love, not the love that seeks to conquer, to possess and to dominate, but the love that seeks to serve, to empower and to free another. " <ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 181</ref><br />
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"Knowledge is that part of [[God]] that works within [[the Individual|the individual]], initiating great relationships between individuals and setting into motion activities that contribute to the well-being of the race to which those individuals belong. Beyond this, Knowledge contributes to the well-being of all races."<br />
<ref>[[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 15</ref><br />
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"Knowledge represents your True Self, your True Mind and your true relationships in the universe. It also possesses your greater calling in the world and a perfect utilization of your [[nature and Design|nature]], all of your inherent abilities and skills, even your limitations—all to be given for good in [[the world]]."<br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 2</ref><br />
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"God has given humanity a deeper Knowledge that resides within each person, a deeper intelligence beyond the realm and the reach of the intellect—an intelligence that cannot be corrupted, [[persuasion|persuaded]] or adulterated in any way. It is this power of Knowledge that represents your core [[strength]] and the source of your [[integrity]] and your ability to see beyond [[deception]] in any form."<br />
<ref>Contact with Intelligent Life in the Universe (October 1, 2008)</ref><br />
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"At the very surface of Knowledge is the experience of profound [[intuition]], the experience of profound insight and knowing.... Beyond the surface is the total experience of life in this world and beyond this world for you to have while you are still here. That is what reassociates you with life beyond and enables you to fully be a [[contribution|contributor]] while you are in [[the world]]. In all practical aspects, this is complete [[fulfillment]] while you are here."<br />
<ref>[[Wisdom from the Greater Community]] Volume One, Chapter 30</ref><br />
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"The compelling force of Knowledge is so strong that it overrides anything that [[the world]] can set in its way. This level of [[commitment]] is the greatest [[demonstration]] of [[God]]. It is powerful, unending and [[compassion]]ate. It has vitality. It is driven from something beyond this world. It is an uncommon, relentless force. It does not care about costs and obstacles; it cares about practical functioning. People with Knowledge will be uncommon and potent. They will not be alone, unless by choice."<br />
<ref>[[Wisdom from the Greater Community]] Volume One, Chapter 7</ref><br />
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==Relationship with Knowledge==<br />
"The presence of the<br />
Holy Spirit is a relationship. It is a challenge. It is Knowledge."<br />
<ref>[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 8</ref><br />
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"Knowledge is your primary relationship because it is your connection to God."<br />
<ref>Ending Separation (March 3, 2011)</ref><br />
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"This Knowledge is a greater [[intelligence]] within each person waiting to be discovered, but its whole existence is in relationship to [[the Creator]] of all life. It is not a resource that you can use to enrich yourself or to gain advantage over others, for Knowledge will not do these things. Its purpose and its [[reality]] is to respond to the Creator of all life and to respond to the great [[calling]] that is going out as humanity continues to approach this great [[threshold]] in its existence."<br />
<ref>[http://www.newmessage.org/ee/index.php/special-teachings/the-blessing The Blessing] (April 20, 2007)</ref><br />
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"Before you can experience your total union and identification with Knowledge, it will seem to be a distant force within your life, a force that arises and emerges only at certain times--times of great [[need]] and discord and times when you sincerely request its presence and guidance. You have a relationship with Knowledge now. You are not fully joined with Knowledge, so you have a relationship. A relationship is preliminary to total union."<br />
<ref name="gcs13"/><br />
[[File:The_Way.jpg|left|450px|The Way of Knowledge]]<br />
==The Deeper Mind==<br />
"There is a greater mind within you, a greater mind that the Creator of all life has placed within you, to guide you, to protect you and to lead you to your greater accomplishments in life. This deeper mind is profoundly different from the mind that you think with." <ref name="fol">Following the Presence (February 17, 2008)</ref><br />
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==The Inner Voice==<br />
"This is how God speaks to you. And you may not hear this as a voice. It may be a feeling, an image, a sound, a voice. People experience the power and presence of Knowledge differently, according to their [[the Individual|individual]] orientation." <ref name="fol"/><br />
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== How to Find Knowledge ==<br />
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"Find where your [[The Watchtower|attention]] is. Bring yourself back to Knowledge."<br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]] Continuation Training, Step 1</ref><br />
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"Become a student of Knowledge. Learn [[The Way of Knowledge]]. Take the [[steps to Knowledge]]. Let Knowledge rearrange your priorities. Let Knowledge straighten your life out. Let Knowledge [[Inner guidance|guide]], direct and protect you. Let Knowledge foster a greater [[intelligence]] within you. Let Knowledge direct you in your [[relationship]]s and in your evaluations. Become [[stillness|still]] like Knowledge. Become penetrating like Knowledge. Become insightful like Knowledge. Become [[Devotion|devoted]] to others like Knowledge. Find your true allies. Find your purpose. Allow your true [[work]] in the world to emerge as other things are set aside—willingly, happily and with relief."<br />
<ref>[[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 9</ref><br />
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"Gain your [[The Four Pillars of life|foundation]] in Knowledge. Take the steps to Knowledge. Learn [[the Way of Knowledge]]. Learn to receive Knowledge, to interpret Knowledge and to apply Knowledge, and you will become ever more free of your mind and more objective about it." <br />
<ref name="gcs13">[[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 13</ref><br />
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==Prerequisites to Knowledge==<br />
"Knowledge is trying to take you somewhere. You must be [[freedom|free]] to go there. Knowledge is trying to engage you with [[Relationships of higher purpose|certain people]] at certain points in your life. You must be free to engage with them."<br />
<ref>Integrity (April 6, 2011)</ref><br />
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"Knowledge will not speak to you if you are not ready to take action. You will just hear what you want to hear, and nothing [[Importance|important]] will have happened. But if you are ready to take action, if you are sincere, if you are capable, if you are open to this, Knowledge will speak to you--in a word, in a feeling, in a message from another person, in an insight, in a thought, in a dream, in a [[Seeing|vision]]. In whatever avenue Knowledge can reach you at this point in your life, it will reach you."<br />
<ref>[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 5</ref><br />
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==Knowledge in these exigent times==<br />
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"God has sent you into the world to be in the world at this time, facing these circumstances. But what God has placed within you to [[preparation|prepare]] you, to equip you and to [[strength]]en you for [[The Great Waves of Change|the difficult times ahead]] is something that resides beyond the realm and the reach of the [[the Mind|intellect]], in a deeper [[intelligence]] called Knowledge.<br />
At the surface of the mind, you are swept by the winds of the world. You are chaotic. Your life does not seem to have a true [[direction]]. You are influenced by so many things from the outside. Your life can feel chaotic, confused, disorganized, disintegrated, disregulated—however you may choose to describe it. But at a deeper level beneath the surface of the mind, there is a greater intelligence within you. This intelligence is here to guide you, to protect you and to prepare you to live a greater life in service to living in a new world."<br />
<ref>Planetary Instability (March 4, 2011)</ref><br />
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"It is a dangerous time, but for you, it is the right time to be in the world, for this is why you have come—not to hide out in fantasy, not to enrich yourself, not to pretend to be something you are not, not to live a life of avoidance and irresponsibility, but to be in the world to be of service to the world at this time, not only to meet the current needs of life, but to prepare for the future itself.<br />
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Only Knowledge within you, the greater [[intelligence]], knows of these things, and it must guide you in these matters. You must learn to yield to it and distinguish it from all the other [[voices]] in your mind and all the influences that pull upon you from the world around you."<br />
<ref>The Voice of the Revelation (April 14, 2011)</ref><br />
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== Obstacles to Knowledge ==<br />
[[File:ray+steps.jpg|379px|right|Ray]]<br />
"You cannot hear Knowledge if your mind is preoccupied."<br />
<ref>The Power of Seeing (12/30/08)</ref><br />
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"People believe many things, <br />
but they know very little. <br />
They are living at the surface of the mind, <br />
which is turbulent and chaotic <br />
and governed by the winds<br />
and the passions of the world."<br />
<ref>The Engagement (April 16, 2011)</ref><br />
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==What Knowledge does==<br />
"[[the Separation|The separated]] are redeemed through Knowledge. The wicked are reclaimed through Knowledge. The foolish are made wise through Knowledge. This is how God redeems not only the human family, but all of Creation that is living in Separation, which is represented by the physical universe that you can only imagine."<br />
<ref>The Will of Heaven (May 17, 2011)</ref><br />
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"Knowledge will lead you to the right people and will develop slowly and carefully the right understanding if you are patient, persistent and honest in your approach."<br />
<ref name="lwk1">[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 1</ref><br />
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"[Knowledge] knows what is essential, and it is not fooled or [[manipulation|manipulated]] by anything else."<br />
<ref name="lwk1"/><br />
<br />
"If Knowledge cannot be brought into your [[relationship]]s and into your [[decision making|decisions]] regarding relationships, then Knowledge remains only a potential within you."<br />
<ref name="lwk3">[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 3</ref><br />
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"If you choose without Knowledge, Knowledge will not follow you. You may believe fervently that you are doing the right thing. You may even believe fervently that you are making the right [[decision making|decision]]. But if Knowledge does not go with you, you have no stability and no certainty in your endeavor."<br />
<ref name="lwk3"/><br />
<br />
"All of the forces that are driving [[humanity]] to its own demise are counteracted by the presence and the power of Knowledge."<br />
<ref>Nature & Natural Disasters (September 8, 2008)</ref><br />
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"Knowledge will stimulate human innovation, [[humanity|human]] invention, human collaboration and human [[unity]]. It will inspire new [[technology]]. It will inspire greater [[creativity]]. It will inspire greater cooperation. All the things that human leadership and citizens everywhere will have to establish and adapt to that are truly beneficial will be inspired by Knowledge. This is why what is invisible and mysterious within you has the greatest power to effect change in human awareness and behavior."<br />
<ref>[http://newmessage.org/ee/index.php/special-teachings/navigating-difficult-times Navigating the Difficult Times Ahead] (September 29, 2008)</ref><br />
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"Knowledge activates all mental and physical abilities for good. It directs all manner of [[the Individual|individual]] pursuits that are for the benefit of humanity. In the arts, in the sciences, in all endeavors, in the simplest gesture and the greatest act, Knowledge demonstrates a greater life and [[strength]]ens all of the highest qualities in individuals who are engaged with it." <br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 234: Knowledge serves humanity in all ways.</ref><br />
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"Knowledge... is [[The Mystery|mysterious]]. Its pathway is not unknown, however, because there are individuals who have journeyed that way and, though they made many errors in their [[Journey of the individual|journey]], they paved a way for you." <ref>[[Wisdom from the Greater Community]], Volume 2, Chapter 1</ref><br />
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==Finding Knowledge==<br />
"Become [[dedication|dedicated]] to finding Knowledge and you will find Knowledge. And you will find those relationships that are based upon Knowledge. And those relationships will empower you and enable you to develop the other three pillars of your life.<br />
<ref name="lwk3"/><br />
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"Knowledge is regained by dedicating yourself to those individuals who represent your true allies in The Way of Knowledge. It is given through [[dedication]] and [[devotion]]."<br />
<ref name="lwk4">[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 4</ref><br />
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"If a person discovers Knowledge and makes advancements in the reclamation of Knowledge, he or she will affect minds in many places simultaneously.... If this is done, people will function better, be more harmonious and less prone to conflict and be able to recognize opportunities as they arise with far greater ease. Everyone will be stimulated. Everyone will be encouraged to carry on what they were sent here to do."<br />
<ref>[[Wisdom from the Greater Community]] Volume Two, Chapter 25</ref><br />
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==Where Knowledge resides==<br />
"God has put Knowledge within you<br />
to guide you and to protect you<br />
and to lead you to a greater life and<br />
participation in the world.<br />
It resides beyond the realm and the reach of the intellect.<br />
It is happening at a deeper level."<br />
<ref>The Engagement (April 16, 2011)</ref><br />
<br />
"God has given you Knowledge to guide you and to [[preparation|prepare]] you, but Knowledge functions beneath the surface of the mind where people live. It is a greater intelligence. It is discerning the movement of the world, and it is responding to the Creator.<br />
God’s New Revelation will speak to this part of you more than to your intellect, for this is the part of you that has never left God. Therefore, it is the part of you that can truly respond. It is the part of you that is wise and unconflicted. It is not afraid of the world, for it cannot be destroyed." <br />
<ref name="tsotf">The Shock of the Future (April 30, 2011)</ref><br />
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"[[The Creator]] of all life has given you a great intelligence, the power and the presence of Knowledge within yourself - a mind beneath the mind that you think with, a mind that is [[wisdom|wise]] and [[power]]ful, a mind that is not corrupted by the world. This mind is here to guide you, to protect you and to lead you to your greater accomplishments and relationships in life."<br />
<ref>[http://newmessage.org/ee/index.php/special-teachings/the-watchtower The Watchtower] (February 17, 2009)</ref><br />
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==Inner Guidance Quotes==<br />
''main article [[inner guidance]]''<br />
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"Knowledge is all about orienting you in the right direction. Knowledge is here to keep you on track."<br />
<ref>Marshall Vian Summers, March 10, 2012</ref><br />
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"Knowledge is a taskmaster. It is committed. It is [[determination|determined]]. It is not like your personal mind, which is all over the place."<ref>Faith, Work and Higher Purpose (January 12, 2009)</ref> <br />
[[File:Only.jpg|left|Only Knowledge and the Need for Knowledge]]<br />
==The pre-eminence of Knowledge==<br />
"For there is only Knowledge and the need for Knowledge. That is all that you can possibly perceive in the universe." <br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 207</ref><br />
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"Your first [[commitment]] and engagement is to Knowledge because that is your commitment and engagement with God. If your engagement is authentic and not filled with your own [[ambition]]s and [[ideas]], then you will have a foundation that will enable you to be a source of strength, purpose and reassurance for others. The need for reassurance at this moment is tremendous and is growing with each passing day." <br />
<ref name="tsotf"/><br />
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==The Freedom of Knowledge==<br />
"With Knowledge you are free in the world. You are free to join. You are free to leave. You are free to make agreements. You are free to complete and change agreements. You are free to surrender yourself. You are free to extricate yourself. In Knowledge you are [[freedom|free]]."<br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]] Step 167</ref><br />
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==The Reality of Knowledge==<br />
"When what you know and what you want are different, this proves the reality of Knowledge to you. Then you will see that Knowledge is not simply a figment of your own will or insecurity and that Knowledge has a reality and an intelligence all its own, a reality and an intelligence that cannot be swayed by your impulses, your fears, your desires or anything in the world."<br />
<ref name="lwk4"/><br />
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==The Unity of Knowledge==<br />
"The power of unity in Knowledge is very significant. Knowledge does not condone war or conflict, unethical competition or deception or [[manipulation]]. It is entirely just. It is entirely uniform. So much so that individuals from opposite ends of the entire [[the Greater Community|galaxy]] could recognize and communicate to each other through Knowledge, should they ever have the opportunity to meet."<br />
<ref>[[Life in the Universe]], Chapter 11, "Unseen Forces in the Universe"</ref><br />
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"Knowledge in [[the Greater Community]] is Greater Community Knowledge. The ability to receive Knowledge, to accept it and to apply it represents [[Wisdom]], not only worldly Wisdom, but [[Wisdom]] in [[the Greater Community]]."<br />
<ref>[[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 6</ref><br />
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[[File:lighthouse.jpg|left|450px|The Watchtower]]<br />
==The Need for Knowledge==<br />
"Everything that happens, even the most grievous events, are a demonstration of the great need for Knowledge—in your life and in the world as a whole."<ref name="trust">Trusting God (May 7, 2013)</ref><br />
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"Without Knowledge, this is where you will go. You will become ever more isolated in your mind, ever more associated with your ideas and beliefs, ever more dishonest with yourself, ever more a partisan and a combatant in a world of partisans and combatants. You will take positions. You will take sides. You will have grievances. You will complain constantly. You will be unhappy and miserable, because fundamentally you are a stranger to yourself and you do not know where your life is going. And somehow you have given your life away along the line. You have given your life away through your associations, your beliefs, your ideology, and your commitments to yourself and to others. Now you are adrift from your true purpose and direction. And under these circumstances life can only truly disappoint you, or try to arrest your drifting mind—usually through [[illness]] or loss, or some other kind of great sobering experience that leads you to question what you are doing, to question your values, your ideas, and your priorities."<br />
<ref>Integrity (April 6, 2011)</ref><br />
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"There is a way to Knowledge. The way will save you time because you need to save time now. You are needed in the world, and your preparation must become accelerated. You do not now have the luxury of endless exploration and diversion, for the world needs you. It is emerging into the Greater Community. This is not a time to fiddle with your mind or your emotions or play around with different therapies or modalities because The Way of Knowledge is being offered to you. You are needed in the world. It is time to prepare. It is time to become focused and determined. There is no escape from this, for only those who are developed in The Way of Knowledge will have capability in the future and will be able to maintain their freedom in a [[Mental Environment]] that will be increasingly influenced by the Greater Community."<br />
<ref name="ltw6">[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 6</ref><br />
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"If you are alone now, it is a valuable time to build your connection to Knowledge. Knowledge represents your most profound and important relationship. If this is not established, if this is not fully established, then your relationship with everyone else will be out of sync—lacking clarity and purpose, lacking meaning—and your life will be filled with people, engagements, activities and commitments that will never create a real opening for you." <ref>Discernment in Relationships (February 13, 2009)</ref><br />
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==The Power of Knowledge==<br />
"Knowledge represents the power to see, to know and to act with [[certainty]]. It also represents the power to resist [[persuasion]], [[deception]] and influence in the mental environment. [[The Individual|The individual]] or the nation that has this strength has the power to resist [[the Intervention|intervention]] and to comprehend the intentions and the activities of other nations who might be threatening to its freedom or existence.<br />
It is the ultimate form of intelligence, you see, and [[seers]] who are guided by Knowledge are more powerful than seers who are not. Here you are able to [[discernment|discern]] the [[future]] and future events before they happen, with varying degrees of accuracy. Here you are able to discern the intentions of others and the capabilities of others without the use of [[technology]]. Here you can pretend to be weak when in fact you are really strong. Here you can appear to be non-aggressive when in fact you can be incisive in your inquiries."<br />
<ref>[[The Allies of Humanity]], Book 3, Seventh Briefing</ref><br />
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"The New Message calls upon the greater power of Knowledge within the individual to arise—a power beyond the realm and the reach of the intellect, a power that is incomprehensible and yet immediately part of your experience.<br />
For some, this will be very difficult to deal with. They look at everything in the world like it is a resource for their mind. But Knowledge is too great to be a resource for your mind. People who claim to be following Knowledge will be following their ideas. People who claim to be guided by Knowledge will be guided by their social conditioning or by their ambitions. And so for certain people this will be very difficult to comprehend.<br />
It is because of how they look at themselves and the world that this is the case.<br />
Not everyone will be able to apprehend the great truth at this time. But if enough people can, it gives great promise to the future, the safety and the freedom of humanity." <br />
<ref>Destiny (April 12, 2011)</ref><br />
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== Metaphors for Knowledge==<br />
"Without Knowledge, you will only know what others want you to know. You will only think what others want you to think--whether it be your parents, your culture, your social group, your government or [[the Greater Community]]. You will basically be like cattle and you will be led around, from pasture to pasture."<br />
<ref>[[The Allies of Humanity]], Book 2, First Commentary</ref><br />
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"The truth itself is like the universe above the clouds of your mind, forever real, forever true, forever evident. It but awaits your recognition. Such is the great truth that lives within you as a potential, as a seed. Let us call this the seed of Knowledge.... It is within you now, though much of its [[communication]] goes unheeded. Its reality is within you now even though you rarely experience it. This is the great gift. This is the real endowment."<br />
<ref>[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Introduction</ref><br />
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"God has sent you into a difficult situation and has placed Knowledge within you to enable you to serve that situation and to give you a way back. It is like entering a deep cave where the light of day is completely left behind, and you are in this labyrinth somewhere, and you are sent down there to help others who are lost in the labyrinth and you yourself seem to be lost in the labyrinth except that God has placed a little rope attached to you—an endless kind of rope that no matter how many turns you take, no matter how deep you get into that labyrinth, no matter how much you forget the light of day, well, there is still a lifeline to you. You may be lost, but you are not lost to God."<br />
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"Through all the world religions, God has established pathways to return to Knowledge, but these pathways have become obscured by what religion has become and how religion is used. Only in the New Message, the pathway is reestablished without the weight of history, without the influence of culture, without the intrusion of human psychology. The pathway is clear. There is the pathway leading out of the labyrinth."<br />
<ref>Heaven & Hell (January 29, 2008)</ref><br />
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==Mistakes with Knowledge==<br />
"It is truly dangerous when people think they know and they do not know. This leads to many [[mistakes]] and many tragedies as well. Do not think you know. You either know or you do not know, and if you know, your Knowledge is pervasive. If what you know is real, others will resonate with Knowledge with you, and you will not have to persuade them."<br />
<ref>[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 7</ref><br />
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==Opposing Knowledge==<br />
"When you go against your Knowledge, you create a fear of the unknown. This builds up over time to create a fear/resistance to the Presence."<ref>MV Summers, Campfire Chat (April 13, 2013)</ref><br />
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==Knowledge's Mission==<br />
"Knowledge... is here on a [[mission]]. Its whole focus is to bring you into contact with this mission, to connect you with those people who will be significant and important within this mission, to bring you to the great need in the world that will call this mission out of you, for you cannot discover it yourself. It must be called out of you."<br />
<ref name="fol"/><br />
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==Further Study==<br />
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<div>"Knowledge within you, [[the Individual|the individual]], is here on a [[mission]]."<br />
<ref>The New Message for the Individual (Sept 10,2006)</ref><br />
[[File:Knowledge-Relationships-God.jpg|500px|right|Knowledge: Our connection to God]]<br />
"In [[reality]] you are Knowledge." <ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 144</ref><br />
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"Knowledge is who you really are."<br />
<ref name="gcs13"/><br />
== Proclamation ==<br />
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Knowledge is the deeper mind within each individual.<br />
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Knowledge is your connection to the divine.<br />
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Knowledge is [[God]]'s Gift to all intelligent life.<br />
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Knowledge seldom arises under normal circumstances in a preoccupied mind.<br />
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Knowledge is [[God]] in the individual. [[God]] is Knowledge in the Universe.<br />
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Knowledge is the sum of all [[relationship]]s.<br />
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Knowledge is deeper than any of the following, but manifests itself as:<br />
* [[intuition]]<br />
* conscience<br />
* [[creativity]]<br />
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== What is Knowledge? ==<br />
[[File:freedom-love-knowledge.jpg|500px|left|Knowledge is the seed of true love]]<br />
"Let us say that Knowledge is not the things that are usually associated with it. It is not [[ideas]]. It is not a body of information. It is not a system of [[beliefs|belief]]. It is not a process of self-evaluation. It is the great mystery of your life. Its outward manifestations are profound intuition, great insight, inexplicable knowing, wise perception in the present and in the [[future]] and wise understanding of the [[past/Present/Future|past]]. But despite these great achievements of mind, Knowledge is greater than this. It is your True Self, a Self that is not apart from life."<br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 10</ref><br />
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"Knowledge possesses the true seed of love, not love that is a mere sentiment, not love that is a form of intoxication surrounding an urgent desire born of [[fear]]. Knowledge is the seed of true love, not the love that seeks to conquer, to possess and to dominate, but the love that seeks to serve, to empower and to free another. " <ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 181</ref><br />
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"Knowledge is that part of [[God]] that works within [[the Individual|the individual]], initiating great relationships between individuals and setting into motion activities that contribute to the well-being of the race to which those individuals belong. Beyond this, Knowledge contributes to the well-being of all races."<br />
<ref>[[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 15</ref><br />
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"Knowledge represents your True Self, your True Mind and your true relationships in the universe. It also possesses your greater calling in the world and a perfect utilization of your [[nature and Design|nature]], all of your inherent abilities and skills, even your limitations—all to be given for good in [[the world]]."<br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 2</ref><br />
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"God has given humanity a deeper Knowledge that resides within each person, a deeper intelligence beyond the realm and the reach of the intellect—an intelligence that cannot be corrupted, [[persuasion|persuaded]] or adulterated in any way. It is this power of Knowledge that represents your core [[strength]] and the source of your [[integrity]] and your ability to see beyond [[deception]] in any form."<br />
<ref>Contact with Intelligent Life in the Universe (October 1, 2008)</ref><br />
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"At the very surface of Knowledge is the experience of profound [[intuition]], the experience of profound insight and knowing.... Beyond the surface is the total experience of life in this world and beyond this world for you to have while you are still here. That is what reassociates you with life beyond and enables you to fully be a [[contribution|contributor]] while you are in [[the world]]. In all practical aspects, this is complete [[fulfillment]] while you are here."<br />
<ref>[[Wisdom from the Greater Community]] Volume One, Chapter 30</ref><br />
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"The compelling force of Knowledge is so strong that it overrides anything that [[the world]] can set in its way. This level of [[commitment]] is the greatest [[demonstration]] of [[God]]. It is powerful, unending and [[compassion]]ate. It has vitality. It is driven from something beyond this world. It is an uncommon, relentless force. It does not care about costs and obstacles; it cares about practical functioning. People with Knowledge will be uncommon and potent. They will not be alone, unless by choice."<br />
<ref>[[Wisdom from the Greater Community]] Volume One, Chapter 7</ref><br />
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==Relationship with Knowledge==<br />
"The presence of the<br />
Holy Spirit is a relationship. It is a challenge. It is Knowledge."<br />
<ref>[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 8</ref><br />
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"Knowledge is your primary relationship because it is your connection to God."<br />
<ref>Ending Separation (March 3, 2011)</ref><br />
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"This Knowledge is a greater [[intelligence]] within each person waiting to be discovered, but its whole existence is in relationship to [[the Creator]] of all life. It is not a resource that you can use to enrich yourself or to gain advantage over others, for Knowledge will not do these things. Its purpose and its [[reality]] is to respond to the Creator of all life and to respond to the great [[calling]] that is going out as humanity continues to approach this great [[threshold]] in its existence."<br />
<ref>[http://www.newmessage.org/ee/index.php/special-teachings/the-blessing The Blessing] (April 20, 2007)</ref><br />
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"Before you can experience your total union and identification with Knowledge, it will seem to be a distant force within your life, a force that arises and emerges only at certain times--times of great [[need]] and discord and times when you sincerely request its presence and guidance. You have a relationship with Knowledge now. You are not fully joined with Knowledge, so you have a relationship. A relationship is preliminary to total union."<br />
<ref name="gcs13"/><br />
[[File:The_Way.jpg|left|450px|The Way of Knowledge]]<br />
==The Deeper Mind==<br />
"There is a greater mind within you, a greater mind that the Creator of all life has placed within you, to guide you, to protect you and to lead you to your greater accomplishments in life. This deeper mind is profoundly different from the mind that you think with." <ref name="fol">Following the Presence (February 17, 2008)</ref><br />
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==The Inner Voice==<br />
"This is how God speaks to you. And you may not hear this as a voice. It may be a feeling, an image, a sound, a voice. People experience the power and presence of Knowledge differently, according to their [[the Individual|individual]] orientation." <ref name="fol"/><br />
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== How to Find Knowledge ==<br />
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"Find where your [[The Watchtower|attention]] is. Bring yourself back to Knowledge."<br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]] Continuation Training, Step 1</ref><br />
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"Become a student of Knowledge. Learn [[The Way of Knowledge]]. Take the [[steps to Knowledge]]. Let Knowledge rearrange your priorities. Let Knowledge straighten your life out. Let Knowledge [[Inner guidance|guide]], direct and protect you. Let Knowledge foster a greater [[intelligence]] within you. Let Knowledge direct you in your [[relationship]]s and in your evaluations. Become [[stillness|still]] like Knowledge. Become penetrating like Knowledge. Become insightful like Knowledge. Become [[Devotion|devoted]] to others like Knowledge. Find your true allies. Find your purpose. Allow your true [[work]] in the world to emerge as other things are set aside—willingly, happily and with relief."<br />
<ref>[[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 9</ref><br />
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"Gain your [[The Four Pillars of life|foundation]] in Knowledge. Take the steps to Knowledge. Learn [[the Way of Knowledge]]. Learn to receive Knowledge, to interpret Knowledge and to apply Knowledge, and you will become ever more free of your mind and more objective about it." <br />
<ref name="gcs13">[[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 13</ref><br />
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==Prerequisites to Knowledge==<br />
"Knowledge is trying to take you somewhere. You must be [[freedom|free]] to go there. Knowledge is trying to engage you with [[Relationships of higher purpose|certain people]] at certain points in your life. You must be free to engage with them."<br />
<ref>Integrity (April 6, 2011)</ref><br />
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"Knowledge will not speak to you if you are not ready to take action. You will just hear what you want to hear, and nothing [[Importance|important]] will have happened. But if you are ready to take action, if you are sincere, if you are capable, if you are open to this, Knowledge will speak to you--in a word, in a feeling, in a message from another person, in an insight, in a thought, in a dream, in a [[Seeing|vision]]. In whatever avenue Knowledge can reach you at this point in your life, it will reach you."<br />
<ref>[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 5</ref><br />
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==Knowledge in these exigent times==<br />
<br />
"God has sent you into the world to be in the world at this time, facing these circumstances. But what God has placed within you to [[preparation|prepare]] you, to equip you and to [[strength]]en you for [[The Great Waves of Change|the difficult times ahead]] is something that resides beyond the realm and the reach of the [[the Mind|intellect]], in a deeper [[intelligence]] called Knowledge.<br />
At the surface of the mind, you are swept by the winds of the world. You are chaotic. Your life does not seem to have a true [[direction]]. You are influenced by so many things from the outside. Your life can feel chaotic, confused, disorganized, disintegrated, disregulated—however you may choose to describe it. But at a deeper level beneath the surface of the mind, there is a greater intelligence within you. This intelligence is here to guide you, to protect you and to prepare you to live a greater life in service to living in a new world."<br />
<ref>Planetary Instability (March 4, 2011)</ref><br />
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"It is a dangerous time, but for you, it is the right time to be in the world, for this is why you have come—not to hide out in fantasy, not to enrich yourself, not to pretend to be something you are not, not to live a life of avoidance and irresponsibility, but to be in the world to be of service to the world at this time, not only to meet the current needs of life, but to prepare for the future itself.<br />
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Only Knowledge within you, the greater [[intelligence]], knows of these things, and it must guide you in these matters. You must learn to yield to it and distinguish it from all the other [[voices]] in your mind and all the influences that pull upon you from the world around you."<br />
<ref>The Voice of the Revelation (April 14, 2011)</ref><br />
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== Obstacles to Knowledge ==<br />
[[File:ray+steps.jpg|379px|right|Ray]]<br />
"You cannot hear Knowledge if your mind is preoccupied."<br />
<ref>The Power of Seeing (12/30/08)</ref><br />
<br />
"People believe many things, <br />
but they know very little. <br />
They are living at the surface of the mind, <br />
which is turbulent and chaotic <br />
and governed by the winds<br />
and the passions of the world."<br />
<ref>The Engagement (April 16, 2011)</ref><br />
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==What Knowledge does==<br />
"[[the Separation|The separated]] are redeemed through Knowledge. The wicked are reclaimed through Knowledge. The foolish are made wise through Knowledge. This is how God redeems not only the human family, but all of Creation that is living in Separation, which is represented by the physical universe that you can only imagine."<br />
<ref>The Will of Heaven (May 17, 2011)</ref><br />
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"Knowledge will lead you to the right people and will develop slowly and carefully the right understanding if you are patient, persistent and honest in your approach."<br />
<ref name="lwk1">[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 1</ref><br />
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"[Knowledge] knows what is essential, and it is not fooled or [[manipulation|manipulated]] by anything else."<br />
<ref name="lwk1"/><br />
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"If Knowledge cannot be brought into your [[relationship]]s and into your [[decision making|decisions]] regarding relationships, then Knowledge remains only a potential within you."<br />
<ref name="lwk3">[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 3</ref><br />
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"If you choose without Knowledge, Knowledge will not follow you. You may believe fervently that you are doing the right thing. You may even believe fervently that you are making the right [[decision making|decision]]. But if Knowledge does not go with you, you have no stability and no certainty in your endeavor."<br />
<ref name="lwk3"/><br />
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"All of the forces that are driving [[humanity]] to its own demise are counteracted by the presence and the power of Knowledge."<br />
<ref>Nature & Natural Disasters (September 8, 2008)</ref><br />
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"Knowledge will stimulate human innovation, [[humanity|human]] invention, human collaboration and human [[unity]]. It will inspire new [[technology]]. It will inspire greater [[creativity]]. It will inspire greater cooperation. All the things that human leadership and citizens everywhere will have to establish and adapt to that are truly beneficial will be inspired by Knowledge. This is why what is invisible and mysterious within you has the greatest power to effect change in human awareness and behavior."<br />
<ref>[http://newmessage.org/ee/index.php/special-teachings/navigating-difficult-times Navigating the Difficult Times Ahead] (September 29, 2008)</ref><br />
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"Knowledge activates all mental and physical abilities for good. It directs all manner of [[the Individual|individual]] pursuits that are for the benefit of humanity. In the arts, in the sciences, in all endeavors, in the simplest gesture and the greatest act, Knowledge demonstrates a greater life and [[strength]]ens all of the highest qualities in individuals who are engaged with it." <br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 234: Knowledge serves humanity in all ways.</ref><br />
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"Knowledge ... is [[The Mystery|mysterious]]. Its pathway is not unknown, however, because there are individuals who have journeyed that way and, though they made many errors in their [[Journey of the individual|journey]], they paved a way for you." <ref>[[Wisdom from the Greater Community]], Volume 2, Chapter 1</ref><br />
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==Finding Knowledge==<br />
"Become [[dedication|dedicated]] to finding Knowledge and you will find Knowledge. And you will find those relationships that are based upon Knowledge. And those relationships will empower you and enable you to develop the other three pillars of your life.<br />
<ref name="lwk3"/><br />
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"Knowledge is regained by dedicating yourself to those individuals who represent your true allies in The Way of Knowledge. It is given through [[dedication]] and [[devotion]]."<br />
<ref name="lwk4">[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 4</ref><br />
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"If a person discovers Knowledge and makes advancements in the reclamation of Knowledge, he or she will affect minds in many places simultaneously.... If this is done, people will function better, be more harmonious and less prone to conflict and be able to recognize opportunities as they arise with far greater ease. Everyone will be stimulated. Everyone will be encouraged to carry on what they were sent here to do."<br />
<ref>[[Wisdom from the Greater Community]] Volume Two, Chapter 25</ref><br />
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==Where Knowledge resides==<br />
"God has put Knowledge within you<br />
to guide you and to protect you<br />
and to lead you to a greater life and<br />
participation in the world.<br />
It resides beyond the realm and the reach of the intellect.<br />
It is happening at a deeper level."<br />
<ref>The Engagement (April 16, 2011)</ref><br />
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"God has given you Knowledge to guide you and to [[preparation|prepare]] you, but Knowledge functions beneath the surface of the mind where people live. It is a greater intelligence. It is discerning the movement of the world, and it is responding to the Creator.<br />
God’s New Revelation will speak to this part of you more than to your intellect, for this is the part of you that has never left God. Therefore, it is the part of you that can truly respond. It is the part of you that is wise and unconflicted. It is not afraid of the world, for it cannot be destroyed." <br />
<ref name="tsotf">The Shock of the Future (April 30, 2011)</ref><br />
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"[[The Creator]] of all life has given you a great intelligence, the power and the presence of Knowledge within yourself - a mind beneath the mind that you think with, a mind that is [[wisdom|wise]] and [[power]]ful, a mind that is not corrupted by the world. This mind is here to guide you, to protect you and to lead you to your greater accomplishments and relationships in life."<br />
<ref>[http://newmessage.org/ee/index.php/special-teachings/the-watchtower The Watchtower] (February 17, 2009)</ref><br />
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==Inner Guidance Quotes==<br />
''main article [[inner guidance]]''<br />
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"Knowledge is all about orienting you in the right direction. Knowledge is here to keep you on track."<br />
<ref>Marshall Vian Summers, March 10, 2012</ref><br />
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"Knowledge is a taskmaster. It is committed. It is [[determination|determined]]. It is not like your personal mind, which is all over the place."<ref>Faith, Work and Higher Purpose (January 12, 2009)</ref> <br />
[[File:Only.jpg|left|Only Knowledge and the Need for Knowledge]]<br />
==The pre-eminence of Knowledge==<br />
"For there is only Knowledge and the need for Knowledge. That is all that you can possibly perceive in the universe." <br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 207</ref><br />
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"Your first [[commitment]] and engagement is to Knowledge because that is your commitment and engagement with God. If your engagement is authentic and not filled with your own [[ambition]]s and [[ideas]], then you will have a foundation that will enable you to be a source of strength, purpose and reassurance for others. The need for reassurance at this moment is tremendous and is growing with each passing day." <br />
<ref name="tsotf"/><br />
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==The Freedom of Knowledge==<br />
"With Knowledge you are free in the world. You are free to join. You are free to leave. You are free to make agreements. You are free to complete and change agreements. You are free to surrender yourself. You are free to extricate yourself. In Knowledge you are [[freedom|free]]."<br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]] Step 167</ref><br />
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==The Reality of Knowledge==<br />
"When what you know and what you want are different, this proves the reality of Knowledge to you. Then you will see that Knowledge is not simply a figment of your own will or insecurity and that Knowledge has a reality and an intelligence all its own, a reality and an intelligence that cannot be swayed by your impulses, your fears, your desires or anything in the world."<br />
<ref name="lwk4"/><br />
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==The Unity of Knowledge==<br />
"The power of unity in Knowledge is very significant. Knowledge does not condone war or conflict, unethical competition or deception or [[manipulation]]. It is entirely just. It is entirely uniform. So much so that individuals from opposite ends of the entire [[the Greater Community|galaxy]] could recognize and communicate to each other through Knowledge, should they ever have the opportunity to meet."<br />
<ref>[[Life in the Universe]], Chapter 11, "Unseen Forces in the Universe"</ref><br />
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"Knowledge in [[the Greater Community]] is Greater Community Knowledge. The ability to receive Knowledge, to accept it and to apply it represents [[Wisdom]], not only worldly Wisdom, but [[Wisdom]] in [[the Greater Community]]."<br />
<ref>[[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 6</ref><br />
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[[File:lighthouse.jpg|left|450px|The Watchtower]]<br />
==The Need for Knowledge==<br />
"Everything that happens, even the most grievous events, are a demonstration of the great need for Knowledge—in your life and in the world as a whole."<ref name="trust">Trusting God (May 7, 2013)</ref><br />
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"Without Knowledge, this is where you will go. You will become ever more isolated in your mind, ever more associated with your ideas and beliefs, ever more dishonest with yourself, ever more a partisan and a combatant in a world of partisans and combatants. You will take positions. You will take sides. You will have grievances. You will complain constantly. You will be unhappy and miserable, because fundamentally you are a stranger to yourself and you do not know where your life is going. And somehow you have given your life away along the line. You have given your life away through your associations, your beliefs, your ideology, and your commitments to yourself and to others. Now you are adrift from your true purpose and direction. And under these circumstances life can only truly disappoint you, or try to arrest your drifting mind—usually through [[illness]] or loss, or some other kind of great sobering experience that leads you to question what you are doing, to question your values, your ideas, and your priorities."<br />
<ref>Integrity (April 6, 2011)</ref><br />
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"There is a way to Knowledge. The way will save you time because you need to save time now. You are needed in the world, and your preparation must become accelerated. You do not now have the luxury of endless exploration and diversion, for the world needs you. It is emerging into the Greater Community. This is not a time to fiddle with your mind or your emotions or play around with different therapies or modalities because The Way of Knowledge is being offered to you. You are needed in the world. It is time to prepare. It is time to become focused and determined. There is no escape from this, for only those who are developed in The Way of Knowledge will have capability in the future and will be able to maintain their freedom in a [[Mental Environment]] that will be increasingly influenced by the Greater Community."<br />
<ref name="ltw6">[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 6</ref><br />
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"If you are alone now, it is a valuable time to build your connection to Knowledge. Knowledge represents your most profound and important relationship. If this is not established, if this is not fully established, then your relationship with everyone else will be out of sync—lacking clarity and purpose, lacking meaning—and your life will be filled with people, engagements, activities and commitments that will never create a real opening for you." <ref>Discernment in Relationships (February 13, 2009)</ref><br />
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==The Power of Knowledge==<br />
"Knowledge represents the power to see, to know and to act with [[certainty]]. It also represents the power to resist [[persuasion]], [[deception]] and influence in the mental environment. [[The Individual|The individual]] or the nation that has this strength has the power to resist [[the Intervention|intervention]] and to comprehend the intentions and the activities of other nations who might be threatening to its freedom or existence.<br />
It is the ultimate form of intelligence, you see, and [[seers]] who are guided by Knowledge are more powerful than seers who are not. Here you are able to [[discernment|discern]] the [[future]] and future events before they happen, with varying degrees of accuracy. Here you are able to discern the intentions of others and the capabilities of others without the use of [[technology]]. Here you can pretend to be weak when in fact you are really strong. Here you can appear to be non-aggressive when in fact you can be incisive in your inquiries."<br />
<ref>[[The Allies of Humanity]], Book 3, Seventh Briefing</ref><br />
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"The New Message calls upon the greater power of Knowledge within the individual to arise—a power beyond the realm and the reach of the intellect, a power that is incomprehensible and yet immediately part of your experience.<br />
For some, this will be very difficult to deal with. They look at everything in the world like it is a resource for their mind. But Knowledge is too great to be a resource for your mind. People who claim to be following Knowledge will be following their ideas. People who claim to be guided by Knowledge will be guided by their social conditioning or by their ambitions. And so for certain people this will be very difficult to comprehend.<br />
It is because of how they look at themselves and the world that this is the case.<br />
Not everyone will be able to apprehend the great truth at this time. But if enough people can, it gives great promise to the future, the safety and the freedom of humanity." <br />
<ref>Destiny (April 12, 2011)</ref><br />
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== Metaphors for Knowledge==<br />
"Without Knowledge, you will only know what others want you to know. You will only think what others want you to think--whether it be your parents, your culture, your social group, your government or [[the Greater Community]]. You will basically be like cattle and you will be led around, from pasture to pasture."<br />
<ref>[[The Allies of Humanity]], Book 2, First Commentary</ref><br />
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"The truth itself is like the universe above the clouds of your mind, forever real, forever true, forever evident. It but awaits your recognition. Such is the great truth that lives within you as a potential, as a seed. Let us call this the seed of Knowledge.... It is within you now, though much of its [[communication]] goes unheeded. Its reality is within you now even though you rarely experience it. This is the great gift. This is the real endowment."<br />
<ref>[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Introduction</ref><br />
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"God has sent you into a difficult situation and has placed Knowledge within you to enable you to serve that situation and to give you a way back. It is like entering a deep cave where the light of day is completely left behind, and you are in this labyrinth somewhere, and you are sent down there to help others who are lost in the labyrinth and you yourself seem to be lost in the labyrinth except that God has placed a little rope attached to you—an endless kind of rope that no matter how many turns you take, no matter how deep you get into that labyrinth, no matter how much you forget the light of day, well, there is still a lifeline to you. You may be lost, but you are not lost to God."<br />
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"Through all the world religions, God has established pathways to return to Knowledge, but these pathways have become obscured by what religion has become and how religion is used. Only in the New Message, the pathway is reestablished without the weight of history, without the influence of culture, without the intrusion of human psychology. The pathway is clear. There is the pathway leading out of the labyrinth."<br />
<ref>Heaven & Hell (January 29, 2008)</ref><br />
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==Mistakes with Knowledge==<br />
"It is truly dangerous when people think they know and they do not know. This leads to many [[mistakes]] and many tragedies as well. Do not think you know. You either know or you do not know, and if you know, your Knowledge is pervasive. If what you know is real, others will resonate with Knowledge with you, and you will not have to persuade them."<br />
<ref>[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 7</ref><br />
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==Opposing Knowledge==<br />
"When you go against your Knowledge, you create a fear of the unknown. This builds up over time to create a fear/resistance to the Presence."<ref>MV Summers, Campfire Chat (April 13, 2013)</ref><br />
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==Knowledge's Mission==<br />
"Knowledge... is here on a [[mission]]. Its whole focus is to bring you into contact with this mission, to connect you with those people who will be significant and important within this mission, to bring you to the great need in the world that will call this mission out of you, for you cannot discover it yourself. It must be called out of you."<br />
<ref name="fol"/><br />
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==Further Study==<br />
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<div>"Knowledge within you, [[the Individual|the individual]], is here on a [[mission]]."<br />
<ref>The New Message for the Individual (Sept 10,2006)</ref><br />
[[File:Knowledge-Relationships-God.jpg|500px|right|Knowledge: Our connection to God]]<br />
"In [[reality]] you are Knowledge." <ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 144</ref><br />
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"Knowledge is who you really are."<br />
<ref name="gcs13"/><br />
== Proclamation ==<br />
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Knowledge is the deeper mind within each individual.<br />
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Knowledge is your connection to the divine.<br />
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Knowledge is [[God]]'s Gift to all intelligent life.<br />
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Knowledge seldom arises under normal circumstances in a preoccupied mind.<br />
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Knowledge is [[God]] in the individual. [[God]] is Knowledge in the Universe.<br />
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Knowledge is the sum of all [[relationship]]s.<br />
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Knowledge is deeper than any of the following, but manifests itself as:<br />
* [[intuition]]<br />
* conscience<br />
* [[creativity]]<br />
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== What is Knowledge? ==<br />
[[File:freedom-love-knowledge.jpg|500px|left|Knowledge is the seed of true love]]<br />
"Let us say that Knowledge is not the things that are usually associated with it. It is not [[ideas]]. It is not a body of information. It is not a system of [[beliefs|belief]]. It is not a process of self-evaluation. It is the great mystery of your life. Its outward manifestations are profound intuition, great insight, inexplicable knowing, wise perception in the present and in the [[future]] and wise understanding of the [[past/Present/Future|past]]. But despite these great achievements of mind, Knowledge is greater than this. It is your True Self, a Self that is not apart from life."<br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 10</ref><br />
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"Knowledge possesses the true seed of love, not love that is a mere sentiment, not love that is a form of intoxication surrounding an urgent desire born of [[fear]]. Knowledge is the seed of true love, not the love that seeks to conquer, to possess and to dominate, but the love that seeks to serve, to empower and to free another. " <ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 181</ref><br />
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"Knowledge is that part of [[God]] that works within [[the Individual|the individual]], initiating great relationships between individuals and setting into motion activities that contribute to the well-being of the race to which those individuals belong. Beyond this, Knowledge contributes to the well-being of all races."<br />
<ref>[[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 15</ref><br />
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"Knowledge represents your True Self, your True Mind and your true relationships in the universe. It also possesses your greater calling in the world and a perfect utilization of your [[nature and Design|nature]], all of your inherent abilities and skills, even your limitations—all to be given for good in [[the world]]."<br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 2</ref><br />
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"God has given humanity a deeper Knowledge that resides within each person, a deeper intelligence beyond the realm and the reach of the intellect—an intelligence that cannot be corrupted, [[persuasion|persuaded]] or adulterated in any way. It is this power of Knowledge that represents your core [[strength]] and the source of your [[integrity]] and your ability to see beyond [[deception]] in any form."<br />
<ref>Contact with Intelligent Life in the Universe (October 1, 2008)</ref><br />
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"At the very surface of Knowledge is the experience of profound [[intuition]], the experience of profound insight and knowing.... Beyond the surface is the total experience of life in this world and beyond this world for you to have while you are still here. That is what reassociates you with life beyond and enables you to fully be a [[contribution|contributor]] while you are in [[the world]]. In all practical aspects, this is complete [[fulfillment]] while you are here."<br />
<ref>[[Wisdom from the Greater Community]] Volume One, Chapter 30</ref><br />
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"The compelling force of Knowledge is so strong that it overrides anything that [[the world]] can set in its way. This level of [[commitment]] is the greatest [[demonstration]] of [[God]]. It is powerful, unending and [[compassion]]ate. It has vitality. It is driven from something beyond this world. It is an uncommon, relentless force. It does not care about costs and obstacles; it cares about practical functioning. People with Knowledge will be uncommon and potent. They will not be alone, unless by choice."<br />
<ref>[[Wisdom from the Greater Community]] Volume One, Chapter 7</ref><br />
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==Relationship with Knowledge==<br />
"The presence of the<br />
Holy Spirit is a relationship. It is a challenge. It is Knowledge."<br />
<ref>[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 8</ref><br />
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"Knowledge is your primary relationship because it is your connection to God."<br />
<ref>Ending Separation (March 3, 2011)</ref><br />
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"This Knowledge is a greater [[intelligence]] within each person waiting to be discovered, but its whole existence is in relationship to [[the Creator]] of all life. It is not a resource that you can use to enrich yourself or to gain advantage over others, for Knowledge will not do these things. Its purpose and its [[reality]] is to respond to the Creator of all life and to respond to the great [[calling]] that is going out as humanity continues to approach this great [[threshold]] in its existence."<br />
<ref>[http://www.newmessage.org/ee/index.php/special-teachings/the-blessing The Blessing] (April 20, 2007)</ref><br />
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"Before you can experience your total union and identification with Knowledge, it will seem to be a distant force within your life, a force that arises and emerges only at certain times--times of great [[need]] and discord and times when you sincerely request its presence and guidance. You have a relationship with Knowledge now. You are not fully joined with Knowledge, so you have a relationship. A relationship is preliminary to total union."<br />
<ref name="gcs13"/><br />
[[File:The_Way.jpg|left|450px|The Way of Knowledge]]<br />
==The Deeper Mind==<br />
"There is a greater mind within you, a greater mind that the Creator of all life has placed within you, to guide you, to protect you and to lead you to your greater accomplishments in life. This deeper mind is profoundly different from the mind that you think with." <ref name="fol">Following the Presence (February 17, 2008)</ref><br />
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==The Inner Voice==<br />
"This is how God speaks to you. And you may not hear this as a voice. It may be a feeling, an image, a sound, a voice. People experience the power and presence of Knowledge differently, according to their [[the Individual|individual]] orientation." <ref name="fol"/><br />
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== How to Find Knowledge ==<br />
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"Find where your [[The Watchtower|attention]] is. Bring yourself back to Knowledge."<br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]] Continuation Training, Step 1</ref><br />
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"Become a student of Knowledge. Learn [[The Way of Knowledge]]. Take the [[steps to Knowledge]]. Let Knowledge rearrange your priorities. Let Knowledge straighten your life out. Let Knowledge [[Inner guidance|guide]], direct and protect you. Let Knowledge foster a greater [[intelligence]] within you. Let Knowledge direct you in your [[relationship]]s and in your evaluations. Become [[stillness|still]] like Knowledge. Become penetrating like Knowledge. Become insightful like Knowledge. Become [[Devotion|devoted]] to others like Knowledge. Find your true allies. Find your purpose. Allow your true [[work]] in the world to emerge as other things are set aside—willingly, happily and with relief."<br />
<ref>[[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 9</ref><br />
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"Gain your [[The Four Pillars of life|foundation]] in Knowledge. Take the steps to Knowledge. Learn [[the Way of Knowledge]]. Learn to receive Knowledge, to interpret Knowledge and to apply Knowledge, and you will become ever more free of your mind and more objective about it." <br />
<ref name="gcs13">[[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 13</ref><br />
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==Prerequisites to Knowledge==<br />
"Knowledge is trying to take you somewhere. You must be [[freedom|free]] to go there. Knowledge is trying to engage you with [[Relationships of higher purpose|certain people]] at certain points in your life. You must be free to engage with them."<br />
<ref>Integrity (April 6, 2011)</ref><br />
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"Knowledge will not speak to you if you are not ready to take action. You will just hear what you want to hear, and nothing [[Importance|important]] will have happened. But if you are ready to take action, if you are sincere, if you are capable, if you are open to this, Knowledge will speak to you--in a word, in a feeling, in a message from another person, in an insight, in a thought, in a dream, in a [[Seeing|vision]]. In whatever avenue Knowledge can reach you at this point in your life, it will reach you."<br />
<ref>[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 5</ref><br />
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==Knowledge in these exigent times==<br />
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"God has sent you into the world to be in the world at this time, facing these circumstances. But what God has placed within you to [[preparation|prepare]] you, to equip you and to [[strength]]en you for [[The Great Waves of Change|the difficult times ahead]] is something that resides beyond the realm and the reach of the [[the Mind|intellect]], in a deeper [[intelligence]] called Knowledge.<br />
At the surface of the mind, you are swept by the winds of the world. You are chaotic. Your life does not seem to have a true [[direction]]. You are influenced by so many things from the outside. Your life can feel chaotic, confused, disorganized, disintegrated, disregulated—however you may choose to describe it. But at a deeper level beneath the surface of the mind, there is a greater intelligence within you. This intelligence is here to guide you, to protect you and to prepare you to live a greater life in service to living in a new world."<br />
<ref>Planetary Instability (March 4, 2011)</ref><br />
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"It is a dangerous time, but for you, it is the right time to be in the world, for this is why you have come—not to hide out in fantasy, not to enrich yourself, not to pretend to be something you are not, not to live a life of avoidance and irresponsibility, but to be in the world to be of service to the world at this time, not only to meet the current needs of life, but to prepare for the future itself.<br />
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Only Knowledge within you, the greater [[intelligence]], knows of these things, and it must guide you in these matters. You must learn to yield to it and distinguish it from all the other [[voices]] in your mind and all the influences that pull upon you from the world around you."<br />
<ref>The Voice of the Revelation (April 14, 2011)</ref><br />
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== Obstacles to Knowledge ==<br />
[[File:ray+steps.jpg|379px|right|Ray]]<br />
"You cannot hear Knowledge if your mind is preoccupied."<br />
<ref>The Power of Seeing (12/30/08)</ref><br />
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"People believe many things, <br />
but they know very little. <br />
They are living at the surface of the mind, <br />
which is turbulent and chaotic <br />
and governed by the winds<br />
and the passions of the world."<br />
<ref>The Engagement (April 16, 2011)</ref><br />
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==What Knowledge does==<br />
"[[the Separation|The separated]] are redeemed through Knowledge. The wicked are reclaimed through Knowledge. The foolish are made wise through Knowledge. This is how God redeems not only the human family, but all of Creation that is living in Separation, which is represented by the physical universe that you can only imagine."<br />
<ref>The Will of Heaven (May 17, 2011)</ref><br />
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"Knowledge will lead you to the right people and will develop slowly and carefully the right understanding if you are patient, persistent and honest in your approach."<br />
<ref name="lwk1">[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 1</ref><br />
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"[Knowledge] knows what is essential, and it is not fooled or [[manipulation|manipulated]] by anything else."<br />
<ref name="lwk1"/><br />
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"If Knowledge cannot be brought into your [[relationship]]s and into your [[decision making|decisions]] regarding relationships, then Knowledge remains only a potential within you."<br />
<ref name="lwk3">[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 3</ref><br />
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"If you choose without Knowledge, Knowledge will not follow you. You may believe fervently that you are doing the right thing. You may even believe fervently that you are making the right [[decision making|decision]]. But if Knowledge does not go with you, you have no stability and no certainty in your endeavor."<br />
<ref name="lwk3"/><br />
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"All of the forces that are driving [[humanity]] to its own demise are counteracted by the presence and the power of Knowledge."<br />
<ref>Nature & Natural Disasters (September 8, 2008)</ref><br />
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"Knowledge will stimulate human innovation, [[humanity|human]] invention, human collaboration and human [[unity]]. It will inspire new [[technology]]. It will inspire greater [[creativity]]. It will inspire greater cooperation. All the things that human leadership and citizens everywhere will have to establish and adapt to that are truly beneficial will be inspired by Knowledge. This is why what is invisible and mysterious within you has the greatest power to effect change in human awareness and behavior."<br />
<ref>[http://newmessage.org/ee/index.php/special-teachings/navigating-difficult-times Navigating the Difficult Times Ahead] (September 29, 2008)</ref><br />
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"Knowledge activates all mental and physical abilities for good. It directs all manner of [[the Individual|individual]] pursuits that are for the benefit of humanity. In the arts, in the sciences, in all endeavors, in the simplest gesture and the greatest act, Knowledge demonstrates a greater life and [[strength]]ens all of the highest qualities in individuals who are engaged with it." <br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 234: Knowledge serves humanity in all ways.</ref><br />
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"Knowledge is [[The Mystery|mysterious]]. Its pathway is not unknown, however, because there are individuals who have journeyed that way and, though they made many errors in their [[Journey of the individual|journey]], they paved a way for you." <ref>[[Wisdom from the Greater Community]], Volume 2, Chapter 1</ref><br />
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==Finding Knowledge==<br />
"Become [[dedication|dedicated]] to finding Knowledge and you will find Knowledge. And you will find those relationships that are based upon Knowledge. And those relationships will empower you and enable you to develop the other three pillars of your life.<br />
<ref name="lwk3"/><br />
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"Knowledge is regained by dedicating yourself to those individuals who represent your true allies in The Way of Knowledge. It is given through [[dedication]] and [[devotion]]."<br />
<ref name="lwk4">[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 4</ref><br />
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"If a person discovers Knowledge and makes advancements in the reclamation of Knowledge, he or she will affect minds in many places simultaneously.... If this is done, people will function better, be more harmonious and less prone to conflict and be able to recognize opportunities as they arise with far greater ease. Everyone will be stimulated. Everyone will be encouraged to carry on what they were sent here to do."<br />
<ref>[[Wisdom from the Greater Community]] Volume Two, Chapter 25</ref><br />
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==Where Knowledge resides==<br />
"God has put Knowledge within you<br />
to guide you and to protect you<br />
and to lead you to a greater life and<br />
participation in the world.<br />
It resides beyond the realm and the reach of the intellect.<br />
It is happening at a deeper level."<br />
<ref>The Engagement (April 16, 2011)</ref><br />
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"God has given you Knowledge to guide you and to [[preparation|prepare]] you, but Knowledge functions beneath the surface of the mind where people live. It is a greater intelligence. It is discerning the movement of the world, and it is responding to the Creator.<br />
God’s New Revelation will speak to this part of you more than to your intellect, for this is the part of you that has never left God. Therefore, it is the part of you that can truly respond. It is the part of you that is wise and unconflicted. It is not afraid of the world, for it cannot be destroyed." <br />
<ref name="tsotf">The Shock of the Future (April 30, 2011)</ref><br />
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"[[The Creator]] of all life has given you a great intelligence, the power and the presence of Knowledge within yourself - a mind beneath the mind that you think with, a mind that is [[wisdom|wise]] and [[power]]ful, a mind that is not corrupted by the world. This mind is here to guide you, to protect you and to lead you to your greater accomplishments and relationships in life."<br />
<ref>[http://newmessage.org/ee/index.php/special-teachings/the-watchtower The Watchtower] (February 17, 2009)</ref><br />
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==Inner Guidance Quotes==<br />
''main article [[inner guidance]]''<br />
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"Knowledge is all about orienting you in the right direction. Knowledge is here to keep you on track."<br />
<ref>Marshall Vian Summers, March 10, 2012</ref><br />
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"Knowledge is a taskmaster. It is committed. It is [[determination|determined]]. It is not like your personal mind, which is all over the place."<ref>Faith, Work and Higher Purpose (January 12, 2009)</ref> <br />
[[File:Only.jpg|left|Only Knowledge and the Need for Knowledge]]<br />
==The pre-eminence of Knowledge==<br />
"For there is only Knowledge and the need for Knowledge. That is all that you can possibly perceive in the universe." <br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 207</ref><br />
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"Your first [[commitment]] and engagement is to Knowledge because that is your commitment and engagement with God. If your engagement is authentic and not filled with your own [[ambition]]s and [[ideas]], then you will have a foundation that will enable you to be a source of strength, purpose and reassurance for others. The need for reassurance at this moment is tremendous and is growing with each passing day." <br />
<ref name="tsotf"/><br />
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==The Freedom of Knowledge==<br />
"With Knowledge you are free in the world. You are free to join. You are free to leave. You are free to make agreements. You are free to complete and change agreements. You are free to surrender yourself. You are free to extricate yourself. In Knowledge you are [[freedom|free]]."<br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]] Step 167</ref><br />
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==The Reality of Knowledge==<br />
"When what you know and what you want are different, this proves the reality of Knowledge to you. Then you will see that Knowledge is not simply a figment of your own will or insecurity and that Knowledge has a reality and an intelligence all its own, a reality and an intelligence that cannot be swayed by your impulses, your fears, your desires or anything in the world."<br />
<ref name="lwk4"/><br />
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==The Unity of Knowledge==<br />
"The power of unity in Knowledge is very significant. Knowledge does not condone war or conflict, unethical competition or deception or [[manipulation]]. It is entirely just. It is entirely uniform. So much so that individuals from opposite ends of the entire [[the Greater Community|galaxy]] could recognize and communicate to each other through Knowledge, should they ever have the opportunity to meet."<br />
<ref>[[Life in the Universe]], Chapter 11, "Unseen Forces in the Universe"</ref><br />
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"Knowledge in [[the Greater Community]] is Greater Community Knowledge. The ability to receive Knowledge, to accept it and to apply it represents [[Wisdom]], not only worldly Wisdom, but [[Wisdom]] in [[the Greater Community]]."<br />
<ref>[[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 6</ref><br />
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[[File:lighthouse.jpg|left|450px|The Watchtower]]<br />
==The Need for Knowledge==<br />
"Everything that happens, even the most grievous events, are a demonstration of the great need for Knowledge—in your life and in the world as a whole."<ref name="trust">Trusting God (May 7, 2013)</ref><br />
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"Without Knowledge, this is where you will go. You will become ever more isolated in your mind, ever more associated with your ideas and beliefs, ever more dishonest with yourself, ever more a partisan and a combatant in a world of partisans and combatants. You will take positions. You will take sides. You will have grievances. You will complain constantly. You will be unhappy and miserable, because fundamentally you are a stranger to yourself and you do not know where your life is going. And somehow you have given your life away along the line. You have given your life away through your associations, your beliefs, your ideology, and your commitments to yourself and to others. Now you are adrift from your true purpose and direction. And under these circumstances life can only truly disappoint you, or try to arrest your drifting mind—usually through [[illness]] or loss, or some other kind of great sobering experience that leads you to question what you are doing, to question your values, your ideas, and your priorities."<br />
<ref>Integrity (April 6, 2011)</ref><br />
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"There is a way to Knowledge. The way will save you time because you need to save time now. You are needed in the world, and your preparation must become accelerated. You do not now have the luxury of endless exploration and diversion, for the world needs you. It is emerging into the Greater Community. This is not a time to fiddle with your mind or your emotions or play around with different therapies or modalities because The Way of Knowledge is being offered to you. You are needed in the world. It is time to prepare. It is time to become focused and determined. There is no escape from this, for only those who are developed in The Way of Knowledge will have capability in the future and will be able to maintain their freedom in a [[Mental Environment]] that will be increasingly influenced by the Greater Community."<br />
<ref name="ltw6">[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 6</ref><br />
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"If you are alone now, it is a valuable time to build your connection to Knowledge. Knowledge represents your most profound and important relationship. If this is not established, if this is not fully established, then your relationship with everyone else will be out of sync—lacking clarity and purpose, lacking meaning—and your life will be filled with people, engagements, activities and commitments that will never create a real opening for you." <ref>Discernment in Relationships (February 13, 2009)</ref><br />
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==The Power of Knowledge==<br />
"Knowledge represents the power to see, to know and to act with [[certainty]]. It also represents the power to resist [[persuasion]], [[deception]] and influence in the mental environment. [[The Individual|The individual]] or the nation that has this strength has the power to resist [[the Intervention|intervention]] and to comprehend the intentions and the activities of other nations who might be threatening to its freedom or existence.<br />
It is the ultimate form of intelligence, you see, and [[seers]] who are guided by Knowledge are more powerful than seers who are not. Here you are able to [[discernment|discern]] the [[future]] and future events before they happen, with varying degrees of accuracy. Here you are able to discern the intentions of others and the capabilities of others without the use of [[technology]]. Here you can pretend to be weak when in fact you are really strong. Here you can appear to be non-aggressive when in fact you can be incisive in your inquiries."<br />
<ref>[[The Allies of Humanity]], Book 3, Seventh Briefing</ref><br />
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"The New Message calls upon the greater power of Knowledge within the individual to arise—a power beyond the realm and the reach of the intellect, a power that is incomprehensible and yet immediately part of your experience.<br />
For some, this will be very difficult to deal with. They look at everything in the world like it is a resource for their mind. But Knowledge is too great to be a resource for your mind. People who claim to be following Knowledge will be following their ideas. People who claim to be guided by Knowledge will be guided by their social conditioning or by their ambitions. And so for certain people this will be very difficult to comprehend.<br />
It is because of how they look at themselves and the world that this is the case.<br />
Not everyone will be able to apprehend the great truth at this time. But if enough people can, it gives great promise to the future, the safety and the freedom of humanity." <br />
<ref>Destiny (April 12, 2011)</ref><br />
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== Metaphors for Knowledge==<br />
"Without Knowledge, you will only know what others want you to know. You will only think what others want you to think--whether it be your parents, your culture, your social group, your government or [[the Greater Community]]. You will basically be like cattle and you will be led around, from pasture to pasture."<br />
<ref>[[The Allies of Humanity]], Book 2, First Commentary</ref><br />
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"The truth itself is like the universe above the clouds of your mind, forever real, forever true, forever evident. It but awaits your recognition. Such is the great truth that lives within you as a potential, as a seed. Let us call this the seed of Knowledge.... It is within you now, though much of its [[communication]] goes unheeded. Its reality is within you now even though you rarely experience it. This is the great gift. This is the real endowment."<br />
<ref>[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Introduction</ref><br />
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"God has sent you into a difficult situation and has placed Knowledge within you to enable you to serve that situation and to give you a way back. It is like entering a deep cave where the light of day is completely left behind, and you are in this labyrinth somewhere, and you are sent down there to help others who are lost in the labyrinth and you yourself seem to be lost in the labyrinth except that God has placed a little rope attached to you—an endless kind of rope that no matter how many turns you take, no matter how deep you get into that labyrinth, no matter how much you forget the light of day, well, there is still a lifeline to you. You may be lost, but you are not lost to God."<br />
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"Through all the world religions, God has established pathways to return to Knowledge, but these pathways have become obscured by what religion has become and how religion is used. Only in the New Message, the pathway is reestablished without the weight of history, without the influence of culture, without the intrusion of human psychology. The pathway is clear. There is the pathway leading out of the labyrinth."<br />
<ref>Heaven & Hell (January 29, 2008)</ref><br />
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==Mistakes with Knowledge==<br />
"It is truly dangerous when people think they know and they do not know. This leads to many [[mistakes]] and many tragedies as well. Do not think you know. You either know or you do not know, and if you know, your Knowledge is pervasive. If what you know is real, others will resonate with Knowledge with you, and you will not have to persuade them."<br />
<ref>[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 7</ref><br />
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==Opposing Knowledge==<br />
"When you go against your Knowledge, you create a fear of the unknown. This builds up over time to create a fear/resistance to the Presence."<ref>MV Summers, Campfire Chat (April 13, 2013)</ref><br />
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==Knowledge's Mission==<br />
"Knowledge... is here on a [[mission]]. Its whole focus is to bring you into contact with this mission, to connect you with those people who will be significant and important within this mission, to bring you to the great need in the world that will call this mission out of you, for you cannot discover it yourself. It must be called out of you."<br />
<ref name="fol"/><br />
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==Further Study==<br />
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<div>"Knowledge within you, [[the Individual|the individual]], is here on a [[mission]]."<br />
<ref>The New Message for the Individual (Sept 10,2006)</ref><br />
[[File:Knowledge-Relationships-God.jpg|500px|right|Knowledge: Our connection to God]]<br />
"In [[reality]] you are Knowledge." <ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 144</ref><br />
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"Knowledge is who you really are."<br />
<ref name="gcs13"/><br />
== Proclamation ==<br />
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Knowledge is the deeper mind within each individual.<br />
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Knowledge is your connection to the divine.<br />
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Knowledge is [[God]]'s Gift to all intelligent life.<br />
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Knowledge seldom arises under normal circumstances in a preoccupied mind.<br />
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Knowledge is [[God]] in the individual. [[God]] is Knowledge in the Universe.<br />
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Knowledge is the sum of all [[relationship]]s.<br />
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Knowledge is deeper than any of the following, but manifests itself as:<br />
* [[intuition]]<br />
* conscience<br />
* [[creativity]]<br />
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== What is Knowledge? ==<br />
[[File:freedom-love-knowledge.jpg|500px|left|Knowledge is the seed of true love]]<br />
"Let us say that Knowledge is not the things that are usually associated with it. It is not [[ideas]]. It is not a body of information. It is not a system of [[beliefs|belief]]. It is not a process of self-evaluation. It is the great mystery of your life. Its outward manifestations are profound intuition, great insight, inexplicable knowing, wise perception in the present and in the [[future]] and wise understanding of the [[past/Present/Future|past]]. But despite these great achievements of mind, Knowledge is greater than this. It is your True Self, a Self that is not apart from life."<br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 10</ref><br />
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"Knowledge possesses the true seed of love, not love that is a mere sentiment, not love that is a form of intoxication surrounding an urgent desire born of [[fear]]. Knowledge is the seed of true love, not the love that seeks to conquer, to possess and to dominate, but the love that seeks to serve, to empower and to free another. " <ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 181</ref><br />
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"Knowledge is that part of [[God]] that works within [[the Individual|the individual]], initiating great relationships between individuals and setting into motion activities that contribute to the well-being of the race to which those individuals belong. Beyond this, Knowledge contributes to the well-being of all races."<br />
<ref>[[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 15</ref><br />
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"Knowledge represents your True Self, your True Mind and your true relationships in the universe. It also possesses your greater calling in the world and a perfect utilization of your [[nature and Design|nature]], all of your inherent abilities and skills, even your limitations—all to be given for good in [[the world]]."<br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 2</ref><br />
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"God has given humanity a deeper Knowledge that resides within each person, a deeper intelligence beyond the realm and the reach of the intellect—an intelligence that cannot be corrupted, [[persuasion|persuaded]] or adulterated in any way. It is this power of Knowledge that represents your core [[strength]] and the source of your [[integrity]] and your ability to see beyond [[deception]] in any form."<br />
<ref>Contact with Intelligent Life in the Universe (October 1, 2008)</ref><br />
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"At the very surface of Knowledge is the experience of profound [[intuition]], the experience of profound insight and knowing.... Beyond the surface is the total experience of life in this world and beyond this world for you to have while you are still here. That is what reassociates you with life beyond and enables you to fully be a [[contribution|contributor]] while you are in [[the world]]. In all practical aspects, this is complete [[fulfillment]] while you are here."<br />
<ref>[[Wisdom from the Greater Community]] Volume One, Chapter 30</ref><br />
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"The compelling force of Knowledge is so strong that it overrides anything that [[the world]] can set in its way. This level of [[commitment]] is the greatest [[demonstration]] of [[God]]. It is powerful, unending and [[compassion]]ate. It has vitality. It is driven from something beyond this world. It is an uncommon, relentless force. It does not care about costs and obstacles; it cares about practical functioning. People with Knowledge will be uncommon and potent. They will not be alone, unless by choice."<br />
<ref>[[Wisdom from the Greater Community]] Volume One, Chapter 7</ref><br />
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==Relationship with Knowledge==<br />
"The presence of the<br />
Holy Spirit is a relationship. It is a challenge. It is Knowledge."<br />
<ref>[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 8</ref><br />
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"Knowledge is your primary relationship because it is your connection to God."<br />
<ref>Ending Separation (March 3, 2011)</ref><br />
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"This Knowledge is a greater [[intelligence]] within each person waiting to be discovered, but its whole existence is in relationship to [[the Creator]] of all life. It is not a resource that you can use to enrich yourself or to gain advantage over others, for Knowledge will not do these things. Its purpose and its [[reality]] is to respond to the Creator of all life and to respond to the great [[calling]] that is going out as humanity continues to approach this great [[threshold]] in its existence."<br />
<ref>[http://www.newmessage.org/ee/index.php/special-teachings/the-blessing The Blessing] (April 20, 2007)</ref><br />
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"Before you can experience your total union and identification with Knowledge, it will seem to be a distant force within your life, a force that arises and emerges only at certain times--times of great [[need]] and discord and times when you sincerely request its presence and guidance. You have a relationship with Knowledge now. You are not fully joined with Knowledge, so you have a relationship. A relationship is preliminary to total union."<br />
<ref name="gcs13"/><br />
[[File:The_Way.jpg|left|450px|The Way of Knowledge]]<br />
==The Deeper Mind==<br />
"There is a greater mind within you, a greater mind that the Creator of all life has placed within you, to guide you, to protect you and to lead you to your greater accomplishments in life. This deeper mind is profoundly different from the mind that you think with." <ref name="fol">Following the Presence (February 17, 2008)</ref><br />
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==The Inner Voice==<br />
"This is how God speaks to you. And you may not hear this as a voice. It may be a feeling, an image, a sound, a voice. People experience the power and presence of Knowledge differently, according to their [[the Individual|individual]] orientation." <ref name="fol"/><br />
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== How to Find Knowledge ==<br />
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"Find where your [[The Watchtower|attention]] is. Bring yourself back to Knowledge."<br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]] Continuation Training, Step 1</ref><br />
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"Become a student of Knowledge. Learn [[The Way of Knowledge]]. Take the [[steps to Knowledge]]. Let Knowledge rearrange your priorities. Let Knowledge straighten your life out. Let Knowledge [[Inner guidance|guide]], direct and protect you. Let Knowledge foster a greater [[intelligence]] within you. Let Knowledge direct you in your [[relationship]]s and in your evaluations. Become [[stillness|still]] like Knowledge. Become penetrating like Knowledge. Become insightful like Knowledge. Become [[Devotion|devoted]] to others like Knowledge. Find your true allies. Find your purpose. Allow your true [[work]] in the world to emerge as other things are set aside—willingly, happily and with relief."<br />
<ref>[[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 9</ref><br />
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"Gain your [[The Four Pillars of life|foundation]] in Knowledge. Take the steps to Knowledge. Learn [[the Way of Knowledge]]. Learn to receive Knowledge, to interpret Knowledge and to apply Knowledge, and you will become ever more free of your mind and more objective about it." <br />
<ref name="gcs13">[[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 13</ref><br />
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==Prerequisites to Knowledge==<br />
"Knowledge is trying to take you somewhere. You must be [[freedom|free]] to go there. Knowledge is trying to engage you with [[Relationships of higher purpose|certain people]] at certain points in your life. You must be free to engage with them."<br />
<ref>Integrity (April 6, 2011)</ref><br />
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"Knowledge will not speak to you if you are not ready to take action. You will just hear what you want to hear, and nothing [[Importance|important]] will have happened. But if you are ready to take action, if you are sincere, if you are capable, if you are open to this, Knowledge will speak to you--in a word, in a feeling, in a message from another person, in an insight, in a thought, in a dream, in a [[Seeing|vision]]. In whatever avenue Knowledge can reach you at this point in your life, it will reach you."<br />
<ref>[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 5</ref><br />
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==Knowledge in these exigent times==<br />
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"God has sent you into the world to be in the world at this time, facing these circumstances. But what God has placed within you to [[preparation|prepare]] you, to equip you and to [[strength]]en you for [[The Great Waves of Change|the difficult times ahead]] is something that resides beyond the realm and the reach of the [[the Mind|intellect]], in a deeper [[intelligence]] called Knowledge.<br />
At the surface of the mind, you are swept by the winds of the world. You are chaotic. Your life does not seem to have a true [[direction]]. You are influenced by so many things from the outside. Your life can feel chaotic, confused, disorganized, disintegrated, disregulated—however you may choose to describe it. But at a deeper level beneath the surface of the mind, there is a greater intelligence within you. This intelligence is here to guide you, to protect you and to prepare you to live a greater life in service to living in a new world."<br />
<ref>Planetary Instability (March 4, 2011)</ref><br />
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"It is a dangerous time, but for you, it is the right time to be in the world, for this is why you have come—not to hide out in fantasy, not to enrich yourself, not to pretend to be something you are not, not to live a life of avoidance and irresponsibility, but to be in the world to be of service to the world at this time, not only to meet the current needs of life, but to prepare for the future itself.<br />
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Only Knowledge within you, the greater [[intelligence]], knows of these things, and it must guide you in these matters. You must learn to yield to it and distinguish it from all the other [[voices]] in your mind and all the influences that pull upon you from the world around you."<br />
<ref>The Voice of the Revelation (April 14, 2011)</ref><br />
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== Obstacles to Knowledge ==<br />
[[File:ray+steps.jpg|379px|right|Ray]]<br />
"You cannot hear Knowledge if your mind is preoccupied."<br />
<ref>The Power of Seeing (12/30/08)</ref><br />
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"People believe many things, <br />
but they know very little. <br />
They are living at the surface of the mind, <br />
which is turbulent and chaotic <br />
and governed by the winds<br />
and the passions of the world."<br />
<ref>The Engagement (April 16, 2011)</ref><br />
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==What Knowledge does==<br />
"[[the Separation|The separated]] are redeemed through Knowledge. The wicked are reclaimed through Knowledge. The foolish are made wise through Knowledge. This is how God redeems not only the human family, but all of Creation that is living in Separation, which is represented by the physical universe that you can only imagine."<br />
<ref>The Will of Heaven (May 17, 2011)</ref><br />
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"Knowledge will lead you to the right people and will develop slowly and carefully the right understanding if you are patient, persistent and honest in your approach."<br />
<ref name="lwk1">[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 1</ref><br />
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"[Knowledge] knows what is essential, and it is not fooled or [[manipulation|manipulated]] by anything else."<br />
<ref name="lwk1"/><br />
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"If Knowledge cannot be brought into your [[relationship]]s and into your [[decision making|decisions]] regarding relationships, then Knowledge remains only a potential within you."<br />
<ref name="lwk3">[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 3</ref><br />
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"If you choose without Knowledge, Knowledge will not follow you. You may believe fervently that you are doing the right thing. You may even believe fervently that you are making the right [[decision making|decision]]. But if Knowledge does not go with you, you have no stability and no certainty in your endeavor."<br />
<ref name="lwk3"/><br />
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"All of the forces that are driving [[humanity]] to its own demise are counteracted by the presence and the power of Knowledge."<br />
<ref>Nature & Natural Disasters (September 8, 2008)</ref><br />
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"Knowledge will stimulate human innovation, [[humanity|human]] invention, human collaboration and human [[unity]]. It will inspire new [[technology]]. It will inspire greater [[creativity]]. It will inspire greater cooperation. All the things that human leadership and citizens everywhere will have to establish and adapt to that are truly beneficial will be inspired by Knowledge. This is why what is invisible and mysterious within you has the greatest power to effect change in human awareness and behavior."<br />
<ref>[http://newmessage.org/ee/index.php/special-teachings/navigating-difficult-times Navigating the Difficult Times Ahead] (September 29, 2008)</ref><br />
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"Knowledge activates all mental and physical abilities for good. It directs all manner of [[the Individual|individual]] pursuits that are for the benefit of humanity. In the arts, in the sciences, in all endeavors, in the simplest gesture and the greatest act, Knowledge demonstrates a greater life and [[strength]]ens all of the highest qualities in individuals who are engaged with it." <br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 234: Knowledge serves humanity in all ways.</ref><br />
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"Knowledge is [[The Mystery|mysterious]]. Its pathway is not unknown, however, because there are individuals who have journeyed that way and, though they made many errors in their [[Journey of the individual|journey]], they paved a way for you." <ref>Wisdom from the Greater Community, Volume 2, Chapter 1</ref><br />
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==Finding Knowledge==<br />
"Become [[dedication|dedicated]] to finding Knowledge and you will find Knowledge. And you will find those relationships that are based upon Knowledge. And those relationships will empower you and enable you to develop the other three pillars of your life.<br />
<ref name="lwk3"/><br />
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"Knowledge is regained by dedicating yourself to those individuals who represent your true allies in The Way of Knowledge. It is given through [[dedication]] and [[devotion]]."<br />
<ref name="lwk4">[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 4</ref><br />
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"If a person discovers Knowledge and makes advancements in the reclamation of Knowledge, he or she will affect minds in many places simultaneously.... If this is done, people will function better, be more harmonious and less prone to conflict and be able to recognize opportunities as they arise with far greater ease. Everyone will be stimulated. Everyone will be encouraged to carry on what they were sent here to do."<br />
<ref>[[Wisdom from the Greater Community]] Volume Two, Chapter 25</ref><br />
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==Where Knowledge resides==<br />
"God has put Knowledge within you<br />
to guide you and to protect you<br />
and to lead you to a greater life and<br />
participation in the world.<br />
It resides beyond the realm and the reach of the intellect.<br />
It is happening at a deeper level."<br />
<ref>The Engagement (April 16, 2011)</ref><br />
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"God has given you Knowledge to guide you and to [[preparation|prepare]] you, but Knowledge functions beneath the surface of the mind where people live. It is a greater intelligence. It is discerning the movement of the world, and it is responding to the Creator.<br />
God’s New Revelation will speak to this part of you more than to your intellect, for this is the part of you that has never left God. Therefore, it is the part of you that can truly respond. It is the part of you that is wise and unconflicted. It is not afraid of the world, for it cannot be destroyed." <br />
<ref name="tsotf">The Shock of the Future (April 30, 2011)</ref><br />
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"[[The Creator]] of all life has given you a great intelligence, the power and the presence of Knowledge within yourself - a mind beneath the mind that you think with, a mind that is [[wisdom|wise]] and [[power]]ful, a mind that is not corrupted by the world. This mind is here to guide you, to protect you and to lead you to your greater accomplishments and relationships in life."<br />
<ref>[http://newmessage.org/ee/index.php/special-teachings/the-watchtower The Watchtower] (February 17, 2009)</ref><br />
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==Inner Guidance Quotes==<br />
''main article [[inner guidance]]''<br />
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"Knowledge is all about orienting you in the right direction. Knowledge is here to keep you on track."<br />
<ref>Marshall Vian Summers, March 10, 2012</ref><br />
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"Knowledge is a taskmaster. It is committed. It is [[determination|determined]]. It is not like your personal mind, which is all over the place."<ref>Faith, Work and Higher Purpose (January 12, 2009)</ref> <br />
[[File:Only.jpg|left|Only Knowledge and the Need for Knowledge]]<br />
==The pre-eminence of Knowledge==<br />
"For there is only Knowledge and the need for Knowledge. That is all that you can possibly perceive in the universe." <br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 207</ref><br />
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"Your first [[commitment]] and engagement is to Knowledge because that is your commitment and engagement with God. If your engagement is authentic and not filled with your own [[ambition]]s and [[ideas]], then you will have a foundation that will enable you to be a source of strength, purpose and reassurance for others. The need for reassurance at this moment is tremendous and is growing with each passing day." <br />
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==The Freedom of Knowledge==<br />
"With Knowledge you are free in the world. You are free to join. You are free to leave. You are free to make agreements. You are free to complete and change agreements. You are free to surrender yourself. You are free to extricate yourself. In Knowledge you are [[freedom|free]]."<br />
<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]] Step 167</ref><br />
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==The Reality of Knowledge==<br />
"When what you know and what you want are different, this proves the reality of Knowledge to you. Then you will see that Knowledge is not simply a figment of your own will or insecurity and that Knowledge has a reality and an intelligence all its own, a reality and an intelligence that cannot be swayed by your impulses, your fears, your desires or anything in the world."<br />
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==The Unity of Knowledge==<br />
"The power of unity in Knowledge is very significant. Knowledge does not condone war or conflict, unethical competition or deception or [[manipulation]]. It is entirely just. It is entirely uniform. So much so that individuals from opposite ends of the entire [[the Greater Community|galaxy]] could recognize and communicate to each other through Knowledge, should they ever have the opportunity to meet."<br />
<ref>[[Life in the Universe]], Chapter 11, "Unseen Forces in the Universe"</ref><br />
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"Knowledge in [[the Greater Community]] is Greater Community Knowledge. The ability to receive Knowledge, to accept it and to apply it represents [[Wisdom]], not only worldly Wisdom, but [[Wisdom]] in [[the Greater Community]]."<br />
<ref>[[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 6</ref><br />
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==The Need for Knowledge==<br />
"Everything that happens, even the most grievous events, are a demonstration of the great need for Knowledge—in your life and in the world as a whole."<ref name="trust">Trusting God (May 7, 2013)</ref><br />
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"Without Knowledge, this is where you will go. You will become ever more isolated in your mind, ever more associated with your ideas and beliefs, ever more dishonest with yourself, ever more a partisan and a combatant in a world of partisans and combatants. You will take positions. You will take sides. You will have grievances. You will complain constantly. You will be unhappy and miserable, because fundamentally you are a stranger to yourself and you do not know where your life is going. And somehow you have given your life away along the line. You have given your life away through your associations, your beliefs, your ideology, and your commitments to yourself and to others. Now you are adrift from your true purpose and direction. And under these circumstances life can only truly disappoint you, or try to arrest your drifting mind—usually through [[illness]] or loss, or some other kind of great sobering experience that leads you to question what you are doing, to question your values, your ideas, and your priorities."<br />
<ref>Integrity (April 6, 2011)</ref><br />
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"There is a way to Knowledge. The way will save you time because you need to save time now. You are needed in the world, and your preparation must become accelerated. You do not now have the luxury of endless exploration and diversion, for the world needs you. It is emerging into the Greater Community. This is not a time to fiddle with your mind or your emotions or play around with different therapies or modalities because The Way of Knowledge is being offered to you. You are needed in the world. It is time to prepare. It is time to become focused and determined. There is no escape from this, for only those who are developed in The Way of Knowledge will have capability in the future and will be able to maintain their freedom in a [[Mental Environment]] that will be increasingly influenced by the Greater Community."<br />
<ref name="ltw6">[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 6</ref><br />
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"If you are alone now, it is a valuable time to build your connection to Knowledge. Knowledge represents your most profound and important relationship. If this is not established, if this is not fully established, then your relationship with everyone else will be out of sync—lacking clarity and purpose, lacking meaning—and your life will be filled with people, engagements, activities and commitments that will never create a real opening for you." <ref>Discernment in Relationships (February 13, 2009)</ref><br />
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==The Power of Knowledge==<br />
"Knowledge represents the power to see, to know and to act with [[certainty]]. It also represents the power to resist [[persuasion]], [[deception]] and influence in the mental environment. [[The Individual|The individual]] or the nation that has this strength has the power to resist [[the Intervention|intervention]] and to comprehend the intentions and the activities of other nations who might be threatening to its freedom or existence.<br />
It is the ultimate form of intelligence, you see, and [[seers]] who are guided by Knowledge are more powerful than seers who are not. Here you are able to [[discernment|discern]] the [[future]] and future events before they happen, with varying degrees of accuracy. Here you are able to discern the intentions of others and the capabilities of others without the use of [[technology]]. Here you can pretend to be weak when in fact you are really strong. Here you can appear to be non-aggressive when in fact you can be incisive in your inquiries."<br />
<ref>[[The Allies of Humanity]], Book 3, Seventh Briefing</ref><br />
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"The New Message calls upon the greater power of Knowledge within the individual to arise—a power beyond the realm and the reach of the intellect, a power that is incomprehensible and yet immediately part of your experience.<br />
For some, this will be very difficult to deal with. They look at everything in the world like it is a resource for their mind. But Knowledge is too great to be a resource for your mind. People who claim to be following Knowledge will be following their ideas. People who claim to be guided by Knowledge will be guided by their social conditioning or by their ambitions. And so for certain people this will be very difficult to comprehend.<br />
It is because of how they look at themselves and the world that this is the case.<br />
Not everyone will be able to apprehend the great truth at this time. But if enough people can, it gives great promise to the future, the safety and the freedom of humanity." <br />
<ref>Destiny (April 12, 2011)</ref><br />
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== Metaphors for Knowledge==<br />
"Without Knowledge, you will only know what others want you to know. You will only think what others want you to think--whether it be your parents, your culture, your social group, your government or [[the Greater Community]]. You will basically be like cattle and you will be led around, from pasture to pasture."<br />
<ref>[[The Allies of Humanity]], Book 2, First Commentary</ref><br />
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"The truth itself is like the universe above the clouds of your mind, forever real, forever true, forever evident. It but awaits your recognition. Such is the great truth that lives within you as a potential, as a seed. Let us call this the seed of Knowledge.... It is within you now, though much of its [[communication]] goes unheeded. Its reality is within you now even though you rarely experience it. This is the great gift. This is the real endowment."<br />
<ref>[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Introduction</ref><br />
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"God has sent you into a difficult situation and has placed Knowledge within you to enable you to serve that situation and to give you a way back. It is like entering a deep cave where the light of day is completely left behind, and you are in this labyrinth somewhere, and you are sent down there to help others who are lost in the labyrinth and you yourself seem to be lost in the labyrinth except that God has placed a little rope attached to you—an endless kind of rope that no matter how many turns you take, no matter how deep you get into that labyrinth, no matter how much you forget the light of day, well, there is still a lifeline to you. You may be lost, but you are not lost to God."<br />
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"Through all the world religions, God has established pathways to return to Knowledge, but these pathways have become obscured by what religion has become and how religion is used. Only in the New Message, the pathway is reestablished without the weight of history, without the influence of culture, without the intrusion of human psychology. The pathway is clear. There is the pathway leading out of the labyrinth."<br />
<ref>Heaven & Hell (January 29, 2008)</ref><br />
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==Mistakes with Knowledge==<br />
"It is truly dangerous when people think they know and they do not know. This leads to many [[mistakes]] and many tragedies as well. Do not think you know. You either know or you do not know, and if you know, your Knowledge is pervasive. If what you know is real, others will resonate with Knowledge with you, and you will not have to persuade them."<br />
<ref>[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 7</ref><br />
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==Opposing Knowledge==<br />
"When you go against your Knowledge, you create a fear of the unknown. This builds up over time to create a fear/resistance to the Presence."<ref>MV Summers, Campfire Chat (April 13, 2013)</ref><br />
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==Knowledge's Mission==<br />
"Knowledge... is here on a [[mission]]. Its whole focus is to bring you into contact with this mission, to connect you with those people who will be significant and important within this mission, to bring you to the great need in the world that will call this mission out of you, for you cannot discover it yourself. It must be called out of you."<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Further Study==<br />
[http://www.newmessage.org/chapters/greater-community-spirituality/chapter4.php Greater Community Spirituality, Chapter 4: What Is Knowledge?]</div>Lisa