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;"Discretion is the ability to hold Wisdom within yourself,  
 
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==Directives==
;"Ultimately, no one on the outside should know what is going on in your world, not even your allies or potential friends.
 
:They will respect this discretion.
 
:They will expect it,
 
:and they will understand it."</big><ref>''[[The Allies of Humanity]] Book Three'', Second Briefing: The Requirements for Freedom</ref>
 
  
"In serving others, you must always be willing to have nothing to say." <ref>Marshall Vian Summers, [http://www.newmessage.org/forum/showthread.php/6148-Campfire-Chat-Transcript-February-13-2016 February 13, 2016]</ref>
 
 
"Knowledge is your guide, for Knowledge
 
will move you to speak to certain people and will remain silent with everyone else." <ref>''Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume Two'', [http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-5/wisdom-greater-community-volume-2/discretion Chapter 7: Discretion]</ref>
 
 
==Directives==
 
 
"Avoid talking too much. If you talk too much, you expend your energy and you disseminate
 
"Avoid talking too much. If you talk too much, you expend your energy and you disseminate
 
your ideas mindlessly. Let Wisdom germinate within you. Do not go tell everyone about what is
 
your ideas mindlessly. Let Wisdom germinate within you. Do not go tell everyone about what is
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rather than try to pass it on to everyone. Let yourself experience the meaning and depth of the insights
 
rather than try to pass it on to everyone. Let yourself experience the meaning and depth of the insights
 
that come to you rather than rushing off to tell your friend, 'Oh, I had this insight. It was so
 
that come to you rather than rushing off to tell your friend, 'Oh, I had this insight. It was so
wonderful!'" <ref>''[[Greater Community Spirituality]]'', Chapter 14: What Must Be Avoided?</ref>
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wonderful!'" <ref>''Greater Community Spirituality'', [http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-2/greater-community-spirituality/what-must-be-avoided Chapter 14: What Must Be Avoided?]</ref>
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"As you proceed, you will hear a great deal about spiritual experiences being described or discussed by others. Be discreet. Do not enter into these discussions. They are meaningless by and large. People who talk about these things do not know what they are talking about. Those who know have learned not to talk, except in rare situations to certain people."  <ref>''Greater Community Spirituality'', [http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-2/greater-community-spirituality/how-does-revelation-occur-in-human-life Chapter 17: How does revelation occur in human life?]</ref>
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"Knowledge will motivate you. If you want to say
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something to someone and you feel restraint, don’t say it." <ref name="wvii7"/>
  
"As you proceed, you will hear a great deal about spiritual experiences being described or discussed by others. Be discreet. Do not enter into these discussions. They are meaningless by and large. People who talk about these things do not know what they are talking about. Those who know have learned not to talk, except in rare situations to certain people."  <ref>''[[Greater Community Spirituality]]'', Chapter 17: How does revelation occur in human life?</ref>
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== What to say and when to say it ==
  
== Recommended Practice ==
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"In serving others, you must always be willing to have nothing to say." <ref>Marshall Vian Summers, [http://www.newmessage.org/forum/showthread.php/6148-Campfire-Chat-Transcript-February-13-2016 February 13, 2016]</ref>
  
 
[[File:Long contemplation.jpg|left]]
 
[[File:Long contemplation.jpg|left]]
  
"Discretion means you know what to say and when to say it. The rest of the time, you remain silent. You are not governed now by a need to express yourself to offset your sense of inadequacy or insecurity. You realize that your words have power and that they commit you, and so you want to use them carefully. You do not want to use deception, but you want to place your words well. Words are forces in and of themselves, and once they leave your lips, they travel beyond you. And you will be held accountable for them, particularly as you gain strength."
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"Discretion means you know what to say and when to say it. The rest of the time, you remain silent. You are not governed now by a need to express yourself to offset your sense of inadequacy or insecurity. You realize that your words have power and that they commit you, and so you want to use them carefully. You do not want to use deception, but you want to place your words well. Words are forces in and of themselves, and once they leave your lips, they travel beyond you. And you will be held accountable for them, particularly as you gain strength." <ref>''Living The Way of Knowledge'', [http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-3/living-way-knowledge/your-relationship-with-your-spiritual-family Chapter 7: Your Relationship with your Spiritual Family]</ref>
<ref>''[[Living The Way of Knowledge]]'', Chapter 7: Your Relationship with your Spiritual Family</ref>
 
  
"With Wisdom you will know the right thing to say to the right person in the right place at the right time. Until you are with the right person in the right place at the right time, you remain silent and observant, without condemning yourself or anyone else."<ref name="gwc7">''[[Greater Community Spirituality]]'', Chapter 7: How Is Wisdom Achieved in Life?</ref>
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"With Wisdom you will know the right thing to say to the right person in the right place at the right time. Until you are with the right person in the right place at the right time, you remain silent and observant, without condemning yourself or anyone else."<ref name="gwc7">''Greater Community Spirituality'', [http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-2/greater-community-spirituality/how-is-wisdom-achieved-in-life Chapter 7: How Is Wisdom Achieved in Life?]</ref>
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"Knowledge is your guide, for Knowledge
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will move you to speak to certain people and will remain silent with everyone else." <ref name="wvii7">''Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume Two'', Chapter 7: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-6/wisdom-greater-community-book-2/what-does-discretion-mean Discretion]</ref>
  
==Need for Discretion==
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== In [[the Greater Community]] ==
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;"Ultimately, no one on the outside should know what is going on in your world, not even your allies or potential friends.
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:They will respect this discretion.
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:They will expect it,
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:and they will understand it."</big><ref>''[[The Allies of Humanity]] Book Three'', [http://alliesofhumanity.org/requirements-freedom-universe/ Second Briefing: The Requirements for Freedom in the Universe]</ref>
  
 
"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."
 
"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."
<ref>''[[The Allies of Humanity]] Book Three'', Seventh Briefing: Questions & Answers</ref>
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<ref>''The Allies of Humanity Book Three'', [http://alliesofhumanity.org/questions-about-aliens/ Seventh Briefing: Questions & Answers]</ref>
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"You are facing a non-human universe where freedom is rare and where free nations and peoples must exercise great discretion and great care amidst the presence of many more nations where freedom has been suppressed or where it was never known before."<ref>''The New Messenger'', Chapter 1: [http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-1/new-world/the-will-of-heaven The Will of Heaven]</ref>
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"For there are three requirements for a race to be free in the universe, and especially in the regions that are well inhabited where networks of trade have been well established. You must be united, you must be self-sufficient and you must be extremely discreet."<ref name="tgc1">''The Greater Community'', Chapter 1: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-1/greater-community/humanitys-emergence-into-the-greater-community Humanity's Emergence into the Greater Community]</ref>
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"Free nations in regions of space such as the one in which your world exists remain largely self-sufficient or will only trade to a limited degree with one another. They will seek to be very discreet, for free societies in the universe do not coexist well with those that are not [free]."<ref name="tgc1"/>
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
<references/>
 
<references/>
  
==See Also==
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== See also ==
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[[Discernment]]
 
[[Discernment]]
  
 
== Further Study ==
 
== Further Study ==
  
* ''Greater Community Spirituality'', [http://www.newmessage.org/chapters/greater-community-spirituality/chapter7.php Chapter 7: How Is Wisdom Achieved in Life?]
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*''Greater Community Spirituality'', [http://www.newmessage.org/chapters/greater-community-spirituality/chapter7.php Chapter 7: How Is Wisdom Achieved in Life?]
  
 
*''Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume Two'', [http://wp.newmessage.org/wisdom-from-the-greater-community-volume-2-chapter-7-discretion/ Chapter 7: Discretion]
 
*''Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume Two'', [http://wp.newmessage.org/wisdom-from-the-greater-community-volume-2-chapter-7-discretion/ Chapter 7: Discretion]

Latest revision as of 22:51, 7 March 2023

"Discretion is the ability to hold Wisdom within yourself,
to hold an awareness within yourself without sharing it inappropriately."[1]
Spiritual Practice

Directives

"Avoid talking too much. If you talk too much, you expend your energy and you disseminate your ideas mindlessly. Let Wisdom germinate within you. Do not go tell everyone about what is happening within you. Let the pressure build. Let your capacity grow. Let yourself digest the truth rather than try to pass it on to everyone. Let yourself experience the meaning and depth of the insights that come to you rather than rushing off to tell your friend, 'Oh, I had this insight. It was so wonderful!'" [2]

"As you proceed, you will hear a great deal about spiritual experiences being described or discussed by others. Be discreet. Do not enter into these discussions. They are meaningless by and large. People who talk about these things do not know what they are talking about. Those who know have learned not to talk, except in rare situations to certain people." [3]

"Knowledge will motivate you. If you want to say something to someone and you feel restraint, don’t say it." [4]

What to say and when to say it

"In serving others, you must always be willing to have nothing to say." [5]

Long contemplation.jpg

"Discretion means you know what to say and when to say it. The rest of the time, you remain silent. You are not governed now by a need to express yourself to offset your sense of inadequacy or insecurity. You realize that your words have power and that they commit you, and so you want to use them carefully. You do not want to use deception, but you want to place your words well. Words are forces in and of themselves, and once they leave your lips, they travel beyond you. And you will be held accountable for them, particularly as you gain strength." [6]

"With Wisdom you will know the right thing to say to the right person in the right place at the right time. Until you are with the right person in the right place at the right time, you remain silent and observant, without condemning yourself or anyone else."[1]

"Knowledge is your guide, for Knowledge will move you to speak to certain people and will remain silent with everyone else." [4]

In the Greater Community

"Ultimately, no one on the outside should know what is going on in your world, not even your allies or potential friends.
They will respect this discretion.
They will expect it,
and they will understand it."[7]

"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." [8]

"You are facing a non-human universe where freedom is rare and where free nations and peoples must exercise great discretion and great care amidst the presence of many more nations where freedom has been suppressed or where it was never known before."[9]

"For there are three requirements for a race to be free in the universe, and especially in the regions that are well inhabited where networks of trade have been well established. You must be united, you must be self-sufficient and you must be extremely discreet."[10]

"Free nations in regions of space such as the one in which your world exists remain largely self-sufficient or will only trade to a limited degree with one another. They will seek to be very discreet, for free societies in the universe do not coexist well with those that are not [free]."[10]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Greater Community Spirituality, Chapter 7: How Is Wisdom Achieved in Life?
  2. Greater Community Spirituality, Chapter 14: What Must Be Avoided?
  3. Greater Community Spirituality, Chapter 17: How does revelation occur in human life?
  4. 4.0 4.1 Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume Two, Chapter 7: Discretion
  5. Marshall Vian Summers, February 13, 2016
  6. Living The Way of Knowledge, Chapter 7: Your Relationship with your Spiritual Family
  7. The Allies of Humanity Book Three, Second Briefing: The Requirements for Freedom in the Universe
  8. The Allies of Humanity Book Three, Seventh Briefing: Questions & Answers
  9. The New Messenger, Chapter 1: The Will of Heaven
  10. 10.0 10.1 The Greater Community, Chapter 1: Humanity's Emergence into the Greater Community

See also

Discernment

Further Study