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| | Knowledge "does not generate [[Hatred|hate]] and blame." | | Knowledge "does not generate [[Hatred|hate]] and blame." |
| − | <ref name="ntdta"/> | + | <ref name="ntdta">''The New World Prophecy '': [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-5/the-new-world-prophecy/navigating-difficult-times-ahead Navigating the Difficult Times Ahead]</ref> |
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| − | "People love to complain about the way things are and cast blame all around, but where are they
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| − | in responding to [[the world]]?"
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| − | <ref>[https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/other-revelations/watchtower-paying-attention-world The Watchtower] (February 17, 2009)</ref>
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| | you what you need." | | you what you need." |
| | <ref>[https://stepstoknowledge.com ''Steps to Knowledge''], Step 246: There is no justification for failing to reclaim Knowledge</ref> | | <ref>[https://stepstoknowledge.com ''Steps to Knowledge''], Step 246: There is no justification for failing to reclaim Knowledge</ref> |
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| − | "Think about your [[relationship]] with [[God]]. Ask yourself:" 'Do I love God? Do I trust God? Does God love me? Does God trust me? Is God lovable and trustworthy? Am I lovable and trustworthy? Do I deserve to have God? Does God deserve to have me? Have I blamed God
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| − | for what has happened in my life?'”
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| − | <ref>''Relationships & Higher Purpose'', Chapter 1: [http://www.newmessage.org/relationships-and-higher-purpose-chapter-1-your-most-primary-relationship Your Most Primary Relationship]</ref>
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| | without blame or a feeling of [[revenge]] upon others or life in general." | | without blame or a feeling of [[revenge]] upon others or life in general." |
| | <ref>''Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume II'', Chapter 16: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-5/wisdom-greater-community-volume-2/three-stages-development Thresholds]</ref> | | <ref>''Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume II'', Chapter 16: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-5/wisdom-greater-community-volume-2/three-stages-development Thresholds]</ref> |
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| − | "Many have not responded to a greater need and a greater calling in their lives.
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| − | Why blame them for this? Accept it."
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| − | <ref>''Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume II'', Chapter 29: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-5/wisdom-greater-community-volume-2/true-inspiration Inspiration]</ref>
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| | "Do not blame God for the hurricanes or the droughts or the pestilence or the pandemic | | "Do not blame God for the hurricanes or the droughts or the pestilence or the pandemic |
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| | <ref>''The One God'', Chapter 9: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-1/one-god/god-knowledge-and-the-angelic-presence God, Knowledge and the Angelic Presence]</ref> | | <ref>''The One God'', Chapter 9: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-1/one-god/god-knowledge-and-the-angelic-presence God, Knowledge and the Angelic Presence]</ref> |
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| − | ==Blaming God== | + | == Blaming God == |
| − | "God did not invent your [[ideas]] and [[beliefs]]. God did not create your preferences and your fears. God did not create the world that is a product of everyone’s [[preferences]] and fears. You cannot blame God for the social conditions of humanity. You cannot blame God for wars and cruelty, exploitation, slavery and [[poverty]]. That is all a human creation based upon greed and ignorance, based upon not enough people contributing enough to the world around them. But God did create the presence of Knowledge within you, and only God’s New Revelation makes this very clear, without an overlay of history and human interpretation to cloud your understanding. The stream is clear. The Message is pure. You are receiving it from its [[Source]], instead of an interpretation that was made centuries later for human consumption." | + | |
| | + | "God did not invent your [[ideas]] and [[beliefs]]. God did not create your preferences and your fears. God did not create the world that is a product of everyone’s [[preferences]] and fears. You cannot blame God for the social conditions of humanity. You cannot blame God for wars and cruelty, exploitation, slavery and [[poverty]]. That is all a human creation based upon greed and ignorance, based upon not enough people contributing enough to the world around them." |
| | <ref name="tgoanl">''The Journey to a New Life'', Chapter 6: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-1/journey-new-life/the-gift-of-a-new-life The Gift of a New Life]</ref> | | <ref name="tgoanl">''The Journey to a New Life'', Chapter 6: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-1/journey-new-life/the-gift-of-a-new-life The Gift of a New Life]</ref> |
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| | <ref>''The One God'', Chapter 2: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-1/one-god/new-god-revelation The New God Revelation]</ref> | | <ref>''The One God'', Chapter 2: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-1/one-god/new-god-revelation The New God Revelation]</ref> |
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| − | ==Blaming the world== | + | == Blaming circumstance == |
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| | "[[The world]] does not need blame. It needs | | "[[The world]] does not need blame. It needs |
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| | "You can blame many things, of course. You can blame [[culture]]. You can blame sinful attractions. | | "You can blame many things, of course. You can blame [[culture]]. You can blame sinful attractions. |
| | You can blame the devil. You can blame God. You can blame a million things. But | | You can blame the devil. You can blame God. You can blame a million things. But |
| − | fundamentally it is because you are not being guided by Knowledge." | + | fundamentally it is because you are not being guided by [[Knowledge]]." |
| | <ref name="nand"/> | | <ref name="nand"/> |
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| | "Change is difficult, even under more normal circumstances. It is often resisted and usually feared. It involves uncertainty and often generates blame and [[condemnation]]." | | "Change is difficult, even under more normal circumstances. It is often resisted and usually feared. It involves uncertainty and often generates blame and [[condemnation]]." |
| − | <ref>''Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume II'', Chapter 18: [http://www.newmessage.org/nm/wisdom-from-the-greater-community-volume-2-chapter-18-compassion/ Compassion]</ref> | + | <ref>''Wisdom from the Greater Community'', Book 2, Chapter 18: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-6/wisdom-greater-community-book-2/compassion-means Compassion]</ref> |
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| − | ==Blaming others==
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| − | "You cannot live in a state of fantasy or [[denial]],
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| − | projecting your blame and hostility on your parents or your culture or organizations or
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| − | governments."
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| − | <ref>''God Has Spoken Again'', Chapter 4: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-1/god-spoken-again/god-has-spoken God Has Spoken Again]</ref>
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| − | "Your spiritual work must fundamentally deal with the issue of [[Conflict Resolution|resolution]] and [[forgiveness]], which
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| − | requires that you gain an understanding of the [[reality]] of those people whom you blame or with
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| − | whom you have contention and to recognize the importance of these relationships in giving you
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| − | wisdom and helping to teach you something of real value that you can use throughout the course
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| − | of your life."
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| − | <ref name="hr">[https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/other-revelations/healing-relationships-past Healing Relationships] (September 9, 2008)</ref>
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| − | "If you are to see into the reality of another person, which is necessary if you are ever to establish
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| − | a real [[relationship]] with them, you cannot bring the weight of [[condemnation]] into this
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| − | understanding. Even if you recognize limitations and errors within this person, it is done from a
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| − | "How can you approach your strength when you
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| − | feel weak and helpless, when you feel unworthy, if you are
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| − | burdened by guilt or confusion or in anger blame others for
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| − | your own apparent failures?
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| − | <ref>[http://stepstoknowledge.com/steps/ ''Steps to Knowledge''], Step 44: I wish to know my own strength.</ref>
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| − | "Often people become very [[laziness|lazy]] here because they are waiting for
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| − | something to change them.Then if it goes wrong, they have someone else
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| − | to blame.'Hey, I was just there and it changed. Don’t blame me!' But to
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| − | take full [[responsibility]] means that you are cooperating with life in bringing
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| − | about the necessary adjustments as you proceed."
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| − | <ref>[https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-5/wisdom-greater-community-volume-1 ''Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume I''], Chapter 33: Provoking Change</ref>
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| − | "It is a confrontation that is necessary, or people will not rise to the occasion. They will not see
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| − | what will be required of them or their nations. They will always blame other people. They will
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| − | always think it is because of someone else that they are [[suffering]] or that the times are difficult.
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| − | And all the energy that goes into complaining and whining and projecting blame upon others will
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| − | all be wasted, for it will lead to nothing at all. It will not generate constructive action. It will not
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| − | raise the level of personal responsibility."
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| − | <ref>[https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/other-revelations/end-war-human-unity What Will End War?] (April 29, 2007)</ref>
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| − | "The mind does not want to
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| − | suffer, so it creates convenient solutions, convenient conclusions and simple explanations. It
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| − | casts blame upon others."
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| − | <ref name="ntdta">[https://newknowledgelibrary.org/audio-mp3/navigating-the-difficult-times-ahead-audio-downloads/#_ga=2.43003237.1724712096.1553945266-1857208979.1549163997 Navigating the Difficult Times Ahead] (September 29, 2008)</ref>
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| − | "This is a time now to stop blaming others, to end your ceaseless debates, to set aside your
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| − | grievances and your hostilities, to face the fact that you are going to have to live [[life]] much more
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| − | simply in the future. You will be living in a world of great resource restraints. You will not be
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| − | able to get around very easily. Everything will be very expensive and there will have to be a
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| − | great emphasis on producing food and other necessary things on a much more local scale. There
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| − | will have to be tremendous restraint of anger, blame and hostility if people are to make this
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| − | "People want change and [[peace]].
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| − | They expect others who do not have what they have to be peaceful, to be peaceful and
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| − | cooperative with one another. They think that someone else should take care of the great
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| − | problems of the world, and they blame others for the fact that the world is the way it is today.
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| − | They do not see their own part of the responsibility in this."
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| − | <ref>[https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/other-revelations/gift-power-mind The Gift] (March 31, 2007)</ref>
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| − | "It is true there are individuals in history and individuals in the world today who are very ambitious, who want to have great power for themselves in the halls of government, in the arena of commerce and in the palaces of religion. But they cannot be blamed solely for the great conflicts that have swept across the world, for which humanity has suffered so greatly, which have devastated nations, which have overwhelmed tribes and groups and which have led to annihilation of entire peoples."<ref>[https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/other-revelations/the-engine-of-war The Engine of War] (April 17, 2008)</ref>
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| − | "Often people will assume that they are going to be the therapist or the teacher for their partner.
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| − | These relationships almost never succeed and are extremely costly because the giver will eventually
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| − | feel taken advantage of and the receiver will be blamed for not meeting the giver’s expectations."
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| − | <ref name="rhp13">''[https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-2/relationships-higher-purpose Relationships and Higher Purpose]'', Chapter 13: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-2/relationships-higher-purpose/maintaining-relationships-spiritual Maintaining Relationships]</ref>
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| − | "If you have expressed everything you need to express, if you have taken [[responsibility]] for your
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| − | own difficulties, [[Mistakes|errors]], lack of [[honesty]] and so forth, and if you have not projected blame upon the
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| − | other but have assigned cause to both of you, this wound will begin to heal, giving you the possibility to
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| − | move forward into a greater and more complete union with someone else. However, if blame is
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| − | maintained, if resentments are honored, if unforgiveness is preserved and if your own responsibility has
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| − | not been accepted, then the wound will not heal and will be a source of pain and discomfort, anxiety
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| − | and concern in the future."
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| − | "If you cannot
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| − | participate in the world together, you will not be able to be together. Therefore, you want to choose
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| − | someone who is ready, willing and able to participate in the world with you—not someone who wants
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| − | to do it but cannot do it, or someone who can do it but who does not want to do it, or someone who is
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| − | not ready to do it but who someday might want to do it. This person must be ready, willing and able. If
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| − | they are ambivalent and you are not, you will pay the price and they will receive the blame."
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| − | "Be prepared then during separation in a
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| − | you. Perhaps some of it is justified."
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| − | <ref >''Relationships & Higher Purpose'', Chapter 14: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-2/relationships-higher-purpose/completing-relationships-when-over Completing Relationships]</ref>
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| − | "It has taken a very long time to create the conditions that will bring about the [[Great Waves of Change|Great Waves of change]]. And everyone has participated in this to some degree, so there is no one person or organization or nation alone who is fully to blame. The wealthy nations have taken more, but everyone has taken from the world—even the poorest people, who have taken so little and who have so little. Everyone is responsible."<ref>[http://www.newmessage.org/the-race-to-save-human-civilization The Race to Save Human Civilization] (July 22, 2009)</ref>
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| | doing. Do you blame the child for being a child? Do you punish a child | | doing. Do you blame the child for being a child? Do you punish a child |
| | for acting silly or being forgetful or not having skills?" | | for acting silly or being forgetful or not having skills?" |
| − | <ref>[https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-5/wisdom-greater-community-volume-1 ''Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume I''], Chapter 22: Escaping Suffering</ref> | + | <ref>''Wisdom from the Greater Community'', Book 1, Chapter 22: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-6/wisdom-greater-community-book-1/problem-suffering-greater-happiness Escaping Suffering]</ref> |
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| − | ==Blaming [[the Messenger]]== | + | == References == |
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| − | "He will be asked foolish questions. He will be asked
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| − | malicious questions. Doubt and blame and terrible associations will be cast upon him by the
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| − | foolish and the ignorant.
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| − | People will feel threatened by his declarations, not because the declarations are incorrect, but
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| − | because they are unwilling or unable to re-examine their own ideas."
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| − | <ref name="tbotm">[https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/other-revelations/burden-of-the-messenger The Burden of the Messenger] (April 5, 2011)</ref>
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| − | "He will be limited by the limitations of people’s response. He will be held back by the [[ignorance]]
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| − | of others. He will have to contend with projections of blame and condemnation."
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| − | "He will be doubted,
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| − | maligned and blamed for the failures of so many others who really could not substantiate
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| − | themselves."
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| − | <ref>[http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/other-revelations/discerning-false-messengers Discerning False Messengers] (March 21, 2000)</ref>
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| − | "if you judge [[the Messenger]] based upon ideas or your own projections of fear and
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| − | blame, you will not see and you will not know."
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| − | <ref>''The New Messenger'', Chapter 4: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-1/new-messenger/the-story-of-the-messenger The Story of the Messenger]</ref>
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| − | ==References== | |
| − | <references/>
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| − | ==See also==
| + | [[Blaming others]] |
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| | [[Condemnation]] | | [[Condemnation]] |
"In stillness there
is no blame or judgment."
[1]
Knowledge "does not generate hate and blame."
[2]
Directives
"Do not project upon yourself the
weight of blame and unforgiveness."
[3]
"Do not attempt to justify your errors by
projecting blame upon yourself or by accusing life of not giving
you what you need."
[4]
"You must take
responsibility for your own suffering, accept your own suffering and learn from your own suffering
without blame or a feeling of revenge upon others or life in general."
[5]
"Do not blame God for the hurricanes or the droughts or the pestilence or the pandemic
illness or personal failure."
[6]
Blaming God
"God did not invent your ideas and beliefs. God did not create your preferences and your fears. God did not create the world that is a product of everyone’s preferences and fears. You cannot blame God for the social conditions of humanity. You cannot blame God for wars and cruelty, exploitation, slavery and poverty. That is all a human creation based upon greed and ignorance, based upon not enough people contributing enough to the world around them."
[7]
"You can blame God for the fact that there are hurricanes. 'Why did you
create hurricanes?' you may ask, but God only created the conditions under which hurricanes
emerge. That was before there was any life in this world. But God did not create this hurricane to
punish humanity. This is foolishness. This is ignorance."
[8]
"You will have to become very
observant, very objective and willing to face whatever is coming over the horizon. Otherwise,
you will panic, and your life will be overtaken with tragic consequences. You may blame God
for this, but God has been warning you all along through your experience, through your dreams,
through your sensations and through your deeper emotions."
[9]
"God does not will for natural disasters, plagues, illness or catastrophes.
You can blame these things on the old God, but not on the new God."
[10]
Blaming circumstance
"The world does not need blame. It needs
service. It needs truth. And above all, it needs Knowledge."
[11]
"You have come here to do something. If you do not do it, you will
feel very confused and frustrated. This is difficult to comprehend because
you tend to blame your circumstances for this frustration."
[12]
"You can blame many things, of course. You can blame culture. You can blame sinful attractions.
You can blame the devil. You can blame God. You can blame a million things. But
fundamentally it is because you are not being guided by Knowledge."
[8]
"Change is difficult, even under more normal circumstances. It is often resisted and usually feared. It involves uncertainty and often generates blame and condemnation."
[13]
Blaming yourself
"You come to the world to give because you must give.That is
your nature. If you do not give, you will be unhappy and blame everybody
for it, even yourself, but you will not be happy."
[14]
"Some people are very critical, thinking that they have created all this
misery and suffering. Well, they have, but it is only because they did not
know any better. After all, you are simply doing what everyone else is
doing. Do you blame the child for being a child? Do you punish a child
for acting silly or being forgetful or not having skills?"
[15]
References
- ↑ Steps to Knowledge, Step 205: I will not judge the world today
- ↑ The New World Prophecy : Navigating the Difficult Times Ahead
- ↑ Steps to Knowledge, Step 209: I will not be cruel with myself today
- ↑ Steps to Knowledge, Step 246: There is no justification for failing to reclaim Knowledge
- ↑ Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume II, Chapter 16: Thresholds
- ↑ The One God, Chapter 9: God, Knowledge and the Angelic Presence
- ↑ The Journey to a New Life, Chapter 6: The Gift of a New Life
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Nature and Natural Disasters (September 8, 2008)
- ↑ What Will Save Humanity (March 30, 2008)
- ↑ The One God, Chapter 2: The New God Revelation
- ↑ Steps to Knowledge, Step 60: I will not judge the world today.
- ↑ Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume I, Chapter 19: Fulfillment
- ↑ Wisdom from the Greater Community, Book 2, Chapter 18: Compassion
- ↑ Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume I, Chapter 7: Freedom
- ↑ Wisdom from the Greater Community, Book 1, Chapter 22: Escaping Suffering
See also
Blaming others
Condemnation
Government
Judgment
Further study
Steps to Knowledge, Steps 99, 205, 207, 229
