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"The mind needs certain things that are concrete in order to establish a foundation or a belief system. Without a belief system, the mind is in a state of chaos and cannot be focused in any direction. This is what insanity is—when the structure of the mind, or the structure of thinking, has broken down to a point where even the will of [[Knowledge|Spirit]] cannot work through it. "<ref>[[Wisdom from the Greater Community]] II, Working with the Mind</ref>
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[[File:ME medallion.jpg|right|Mental Environment]]
  
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"People believe many things, but they know very little. They are living at the surface of the mind, which is turbulent and chaotic and governed by the winds and the passions of the world."<ref>The Engagement (April 16, 2011)</ref>
  
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"Beliefs have a temporary service, to give you the framework in order to re-experience [[knowledge|an experience]] that you have had already."<ref>''[[Secrets of Heaven]]'', Secret 8</ref>
  
 
==Directives==
 
==Directives==
"You must go beyond belief. You must open yourself to have profound experiences within yourself. Instead of following your thoughts, you must learn to [[Stillness|still your mind]] so you can feel the deeper reality that exists below the surface.” <ref>God, Knowledge and the Limits of Belief</ref>
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"You must go beyond belief. You must open yourself to have profound experiences within yourself. Instead of following your thoughts, you must learn to [[Stillness|still your mind]] so you can feel the deeper reality that exists below the surface.” <ref name="gkatlob">God, Knowledge and the Limits of Belief</ref>
  
"You must want the truth above and beyond any other advantage, or your desires will blind you, and your beliefs will lead you astray."<ref>[[The Allies of Humanity|Allies of Humanity]] Book 3, Fifth Briefing</ref>
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"You must want the truth above and beyond any other advantage, or your desires will blind you, and your beliefs will lead you astray."<ref>''[[The Allies of Humanity]] Book Three'', Fifth Briefing: Many Voices in the Universe</ref>
  
 
"Ideas and beliefs, hunches and associations must be flexible in life because as you develop, you will outgrow the things that you relied upon  
 
"Ideas and beliefs, hunches and associations must be flexible in life because as you develop, you will outgrow the things that you relied upon  
before."<ref>Wisdom from the Greater Community II, Walking the Way of Knowledge</ref>
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before."<ref name="WV134">''[[Wisdom from the Greater Community]] Volume Two, Chapter 34: Walking the Way of Knowledge</ref>
  
 
"You will need to suspend many of your ideas and beliefs about people and about the world. Many of your assumptions that you find to be self-
 
"You will need to suspend many of your ideas and beliefs about people and about the world. Many of your assumptions that you find to be self-
comforting now will only weaken you and make it more difficult for you to see what you need to know and to do."<ref>[[The Great Waves of Change]], Chapter 12, Your Purpose and Destiny in a Changing World</ref>
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comforting now will only weaken you and make it more difficult for you to see what you need to know and to do."<ref>''[[The Great Waves of Change]]'', Chapter 12: Your Purpose and Destiny in a Changing World</ref>
  
==Beliefs are mental constructs==
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==As Mental Constructs==
  
"One’s true reality is not defined by one’s mental state or one’s spectrum of ideas or beliefs, one is not one’s [[The Mind|mind]] [...] one is connected to a greater intelligence and a greater reality."<ref>[[Life in the Universe]], Chapter 11, Unseen Forces in the Universe</ref>
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"The mind needs certain things that are concrete in order to establish a foundation or a belief system. Without a belief system, the mind is in a state of chaos and cannot be focused in any direction. This is what insanity is—when the structure of the mind, or the structure of thinking, has broken down to a point where even the will of [[Knowledge|Spirit]] cannot work through it. "<ref>''[[Wisdom from the Greater Community]] Volume Two'', Chapter 5: Working with the Mind</ref>
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[[File:Belief.jpg|left|http://secrets-of-heaven.com]]
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"One’s true reality is not defined by one’s mental state or one’s spectrum of ideas or beliefs, one is not one’s [[The Mind|mind]]."<ref>''The Reality and Spirituality of [[Life in the Universe]]'', Chapter 11, Unseen Forces in the Universe</ref>
  
 
"It is not important whether you believe in our
 
"It is not important whether you believe in our
presence or not. This can only be known, and belief adds
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[[the Presence|presence]] or not. This can only be known, and belief adds
little testimony to it."  <ref>Secrets of Heaven #169</ref>
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little testimony to it."  <ref>''[[Secrets of Heaven]]'', Secret 169</ref>
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"You realize your thoughts are only approximations, that your beliefs, even if they are helpful to you in making this discovery, are only temporary things, and their only value is to bring you to this mountain and enable you to begin the assent.
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If your ideas and beliefs are bringing you closer to the discovery, to the experience of your real purpose in the world, then they are helpful. If they are not, then they are not helpful. There are no neutral thoughts. There are no neutral beliefs. There are no neutral positions."
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<ref name="f">Freedom (February 3, 2008)</ref>
  
 
"It is the tendency within this world—and
 
"It is the tendency within this world—and
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experience must come first. If the experience does not
 
experience must come first. If the experience does not
 
come first, the thought system will be the goal and not
 
come first, the thought system will be the goal and not
the means towards attaining something greater." <ref>Secrets of Heaven #193</ref>
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the means towards attaining something greater." <ref>''[[Secrets of Heaven]]'', Secret 193</ref>
  
 
==Concentration and Influence==
 
==Concentration and Influence==
"The person who has a deep conviction and a deep sense of belief will exert a greater influence than someone who is only entertaining or considering an idea. People with conviction will be able to do far more and will have much greater impact in the world. They will be able to influence other minds."<ref>Wisdom from the Greater Community II, Self-Expression and the Mental Environment</ref>
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"The person who has a deep conviction and a deep sense of belief will exert a greater influence than someone who is only entertaining or considering an idea. People with conviction will be able to do far more and will have much greater impact in the world. They will be able to influence other minds."<ref>''[[Wisdom from the Greater Community]] Volume Two, Chapter 12: Self-Expression and the Mental Environment</ref>
  
 
"The mind can believe, but belief is weak and vulnerable to influence and [[persuasion]]. But Knowledge, the deeper intelligence that the Creator has provided you, is beyond manipulation and deception. It cannot be corrupted by any power, be it human or extraterrestrial.” <ref>The New Message for the World (November 2006)</ref>
 
"The mind can believe, but belief is weak and vulnerable to influence and [[persuasion]]. But Knowledge, the deeper intelligence that the Creator has provided you, is beyond manipulation and deception. It cannot be corrupted by any power, be it human or extraterrestrial.” <ref>The New Message for the World (November 2006)</ref>
  
==The Way of Knowledge==
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[[File:Beliefs.jpg|right]]
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==Contrasted with The Way of Knowledge==
  
 
"For some, the realization of Knowledge is
 
"For some, the realization of Knowledge is
 
devastating in that it discounts so many of their personal
 
devastating in that it discounts so many of their personal
beliefs." <ref>Secrets of Heaven #229</ref>
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beliefs." <ref>'[[Secrets of Heaven]]'', Secret 229</ref>
  
"Belief guides primitive people. But [[knowledge]] has to guide advancing people, in this world and throughout the Universe." <ref>Marshall Vian Summers, At the New Message Sanctuary (January 13, 2013)</ref>
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"Belief guides primitive people. But [[knowledge]] has to guide advancing people, in this world and throughout the Universe." <ref>Marshall Vian Summers, at the New Message Sanctuary (January 13, 2013)</ref>
  
"What returns you to [[God]] is to follow what God has put within you to follow, not what you believe. Your beliefs either help you or are hindering you from discovering the power and the presence of Knowledge within yourself.”<ref>Life in the Universe, Chapter 12, Creation and Destiny</ref>
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"What returns you to [[God]] is to follow what God has put within you to follow, not what you believe. Your beliefs either help you or are hindering you from discovering the power and the presence of Knowledge within yourself.”<ref>''The Reality and Spirituality of [[Life in the Universe]]'', Chapter 12, Creation and Destiny</ref>
  
"Belief will not get you into your Ancient Home, your [[Heaven|Heavenly state]], because belief is too weak, too temporary. When you leave this world, you will not have any beliefs. They all pass with the body. You will just be there, you as you really are.”<ref>The Initiation (June 2011)</ref>
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"Belief will not get you into your [[Ancient Home]], your [[heaven|Heavenly state]], because belief is too weak, too temporary. When you leave this world, you will not have any beliefs. They all pass with the body. You will just be there, you as you really are.”<ref>The Initiation (June 2011)</ref>
  
"[[Idealism]] of any kind stands in the way of the reclamation of Knowledge. It is a choice for belief over experience, for ideas over relationships, for self-importance over truth. Even for those who have very lofty ideas about themselves and the universe, their ideas, which may seem harmless within themselves, become a great restraint in The Way of Knowledge."<ref>Wisdom from the Greater Community II, Walking the Way of Knowledge</ref>
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"[[Idealism]] of any kind stands in the way of the reclamation of Knowledge. It is a choice for belief over experience, for ideas over relationships, for self-importance over truth. Even for those who have very lofty ideas about themselves and the universe, their ideas, which may seem harmless within themselves, become a great restraint in The Way of Knowledge."<ref name="WV134"/>
  
 
"Belief systems are only temporary expediencies
 
"Belief systems are only temporary expediencies
 
at best. They simply orient you toward your next step,
 
at best. They simply orient you toward your next step,
and once this step is taken, they are largely set aside."  <ref>Secrets of Heaven #236</ref>
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and once this step is taken, they are largely set aside."  <ref>'[[Secrets of Heaven]]'', Secret 236</ref>
==The Greater Community==
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"The [[Revelation]] is beyond the realm and the reach of the intellect. It is beyond the realm and reach of beliefs and ideology. For God does not create belief. God does not create ideology. God only gives you wisdom and clarity and a high standard to live by. You are either able to adopt these things, or you are not.
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To adopt them, you must adopt them compassionately, without using them as a weapon to oppress others or to condemn others. To condemn others to Hell and damnation is to misunderstand God’s Revelations, both present and in the past."
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<ref>The Will of Heaven (May 17, 2011)</ref>
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"When you become strong with Knowledge and Knowledge can shine through you more greatly, you will look at other people and they will seem like they are living in chains. Rich or poor, they are living with a yoke, like oxen pulling a wagon, the wagon of their beliefs. And you will begin to see what real liberation means, and where the power of liberation comes from, and how it is available to people of all faith traditions and people without a faith tradition, people from all nations, lands and cultures. God does not discriminate. God knows that not everyone can follow one teacher, one teaching or one tradition. God does not function at the level of doctrines and beliefs.”<ref name="gkatlob"/>
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==In the Greater Community==
  
"They are controlled and controlling and follow patterns of thinking and behavior that are firmly established and strictly reinforced. They might seem to empathize with your ideas, but it is only to gain your allegiance. In traditional religious institutions in your world, they will seek to utilize those values and those fundamental beliefs that can serve in the future to bring you into allegiance to them." <ref name="aohb1fb">Allies of Humanity Book 1, Fourth Briefing</ref>
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"They are controlled and controlling and follow patterns of thinking and behavior that are firmly established and strictly reinforced. They might seem to empathize with your ideas, but it is only to gain your allegiance. In traditional religious institutions in your world, they will seek to utilize those values and those fundamental beliefs that can serve in the future to bring you into allegiance to them." <ref name="aohb1fb">''[[The Allies of Humanity]] Book One'', Fourth Briefing: Manipulation of Religious
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Traditions and Beliefs</ref>
  
 
"Your spirituality must be sound. It must be based upon real experience, for values and beliefs, rituals and traditions can be used and are being used by [[The Intervention|your visitors]] for their own purpose." <ref name="aohb1fb"/>
 
"Your spirituality must be sound. It must be based upon real experience, for values and beliefs, rituals and traditions can be used and are being used by [[The Intervention|your visitors]] for their own purpose." <ref name="aohb1fb"/>
  
"Our religious focus and beliefs were also influenced by the visitors, who showed interest in our spiritual values but who wished to give us a new understanding, an understanding based upon [[Collectives|the collective]], based upon the cooperation of minds thinking alike in unison with each other. This was presented to our race as an expression of spirituality and achievement. "<ref>Allies of Humanity Book 1, Sixth Briefing</ref>
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"Our religious focus and beliefs were also influenced by the visitors, who showed interest in our spiritual values but who wished to give us a new understanding, an understanding based upon [[Collectives|the collective]], based upon the cooperation of minds thinking alike in unison with each other. This was presented to our race as an expression of spirituality and achievement. "<ref>''[[The Allies of Humanity]] Book One'', Sixth Briefing: Questions and Answers</ref>
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 02:51, 21 October 2014

Mental Environment

"People believe many things, but they know very little. They are living at the surface of the mind, which is turbulent and chaotic and governed by the winds and the passions of the world."[1]

"Beliefs have a temporary service, to give you the framework in order to re-experience an experience that you have had already."[2]

Directives

"You must go beyond belief. You must open yourself to have profound experiences within yourself. Instead of following your thoughts, you must learn to still your mind so you can feel the deeper reality that exists below the surface.” [3]

"You must want the truth above and beyond any other advantage, or your desires will blind you, and your beliefs will lead you astray."[4]

"Ideas and beliefs, hunches and associations must be flexible in life because as you develop, you will outgrow the things that you relied upon before."[5]

"You will need to suspend many of your ideas and beliefs about people and about the world. Many of your assumptions that you find to be self- comforting now will only weaken you and make it more difficult for you to see what you need to know and to do."[6]

As Mental Constructs

"The mind needs certain things that are concrete in order to establish a foundation or a belief system. Without a belief system, the mind is in a state of chaos and cannot be focused in any direction. This is what insanity is—when the structure of the mind, or the structure of thinking, has broken down to a point where even the will of Spirit cannot work through it. "[7]

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"One’s true reality is not defined by one’s mental state or one’s spectrum of ideas or beliefs, one is not one’s mind."[8]

"It is not important whether you believe in our presence or not. This can only be known, and belief adds little testimony to it." [9]

"You realize your thoughts are only approximations, that your beliefs, even if they are helpful to you in making this discovery, are only temporary things, and their only value is to bring you to this mountain and enable you to begin the assent. If your ideas and beliefs are bringing you closer to the discovery, to the experience of your real purpose in the world, then they are helpful. If they are not, then they are not helpful. There are no neutral thoughts. There are no neutral beliefs. There are no neutral positions." [10]

"It is the tendency within this world—and indeed within all worlds—to identify with a concept or a belief, to identify with a thought system, instead of preparing yourself for a direct experience. Indeed, some thought systems claim that this is their goal. Yet the experience must come first. If the experience does not come first, the thought system will be the goal and not the means towards attaining something greater." [11]

Concentration and Influence

"The person who has a deep conviction and a deep sense of belief will exert a greater influence than someone who is only entertaining or considering an idea. People with conviction will be able to do far more and will have much greater impact in the world. They will be able to influence other minds."[12]

"The mind can believe, but belief is weak and vulnerable to influence and persuasion. But Knowledge, the deeper intelligence that the Creator has provided you, is beyond manipulation and deception. It cannot be corrupted by any power, be it human or extraterrestrial.” [13]

Beliefs.jpg

Contrasted with The Way of Knowledge

"For some, the realization of Knowledge is devastating in that it discounts so many of their personal beliefs." [14]

"Belief guides primitive people. But knowledge has to guide advancing people, in this world and throughout the Universe." [15]

"What returns you to God is to follow what God has put within you to follow, not what you believe. Your beliefs either help you or are hindering you from discovering the power and the presence of Knowledge within yourself.”[16]

"Belief will not get you into your Ancient Home, your Heavenly state, because belief is too weak, too temporary. When you leave this world, you will not have any beliefs. They all pass with the body. You will just be there, you as you really are.”[17]

"Idealism of any kind stands in the way of the reclamation of Knowledge. It is a choice for belief over experience, for ideas over relationships, for self-importance over truth. Even for those who have very lofty ideas about themselves and the universe, their ideas, which may seem harmless within themselves, become a great restraint in The Way of Knowledge."[5]

"Belief systems are only temporary expediencies at best. They simply orient you toward your next step, and once this step is taken, they are largely set aside." [18]

"The Revelation is beyond the realm and the reach of the intellect. It is beyond the realm and reach of beliefs and ideology. For God does not create belief. God does not create ideology. God only gives you wisdom and clarity and a high standard to live by. You are either able to adopt these things, or you are not. To adopt them, you must adopt them compassionately, without using them as a weapon to oppress others or to condemn others. To condemn others to Hell and damnation is to misunderstand God’s Revelations, both present and in the past." [19]

"When you become strong with Knowledge and Knowledge can shine through you more greatly, you will look at other people and they will seem like they are living in chains. Rich or poor, they are living with a yoke, like oxen pulling a wagon, the wagon of their beliefs. And you will begin to see what real liberation means, and where the power of liberation comes from, and how it is available to people of all faith traditions and people without a faith tradition, people from all nations, lands and cultures. God does not discriminate. God knows that not everyone can follow one teacher, one teaching or one tradition. God does not function at the level of doctrines and beliefs.”[3]

In the Greater Community

"They are controlled and controlling and follow patterns of thinking and behavior that are firmly established and strictly reinforced. They might seem to empathize with your ideas, but it is only to gain your allegiance. In traditional religious institutions in your world, they will seek to utilize those values and those fundamental beliefs that can serve in the future to bring you into allegiance to them." [20]

"Your spirituality must be sound. It must be based upon real experience, for values and beliefs, rituals and traditions can be used and are being used by your visitors for their own purpose." [20]

"Our religious focus and beliefs were also influenced by the visitors, who showed interest in our spiritual values but who wished to give us a new understanding, an understanding based upon the collective, based upon the cooperation of minds thinking alike in unison with each other. This was presented to our race as an expression of spirituality and achievement. "[21]

References

  1. The Engagement (April 16, 2011)
  2. Secrets of Heaven, Secret 8
  3. 3.0 3.1 God, Knowledge and the Limits of Belief
  4. The Allies of Humanity Book Three, Fifth Briefing: Many Voices in the Universe
  5. 5.0 5.1 Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume Two, Chapter 34: Walking the Way of Knowledge
  6. The Great Waves of Change, Chapter 12: Your Purpose and Destiny in a Changing World
  7. Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume Two, Chapter 5: Working with the Mind
  8. The Reality and Spirituality of Life in the Universe, Chapter 11, Unseen Forces in the Universe
  9. Secrets of Heaven, Secret 169
  10. Freedom (February 3, 2008)
  11. Secrets of Heaven, Secret 193
  12. Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume Two, Chapter 12: Self-Expression and the Mental Environment
  13. The New Message for the World (November 2006)
  14. 'Secrets of Heaven, Secret 229
  15. Marshall Vian Summers, at the New Message Sanctuary (January 13, 2013)
  16. The Reality and Spirituality of Life in the Universe, Chapter 12, Creation and Destiny
  17. The Initiation (June 2011)
  18. 'Secrets of Heaven, Secret 236
  19. The Will of Heaven (May 17, 2011)
  20. 20.0 20.1 The Allies of Humanity Book One, Fourth Briefing: Manipulation of Religious Traditions and Beliefs
  21. The Allies of Humanity Book One, Sixth Briefing: Questions and Answers

See Also

Mental Environment

Persuasion

Manipulation

The Intervention

The Mind