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==In the Great Waves of Change== | ==In the Great Waves of Change== | ||
"You have come at a time of great difficulty and uncertainty, a time of great discord and risk of war." <ref name="tgwayl"/> | "You have come at a time of great difficulty and uncertainty, a time of great discord and risk of war." <ref name="tgwayl"/> | ||
| − | "As the Great Waves of change come, your uncertainty and your vulnerability will increase significantly." <ref name="tde">''The Great Waves of Change'', [http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-4/great-waves-change/the-deep-evaluation Chapter 5: The Deep Evaluation]</ref> | + | "As the [[The Great Waves of Change|the Great Waves of change]] come, your uncertainty and your vulnerability will increase significantly." <ref name="tde">''The Great Waves of Change'', [http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-4/great-waves-change/the-deep-evaluation Chapter 5: The Deep Evaluation]</ref> |
"Everything will be changing, and there will be great | "Everything will be changing, and there will be great | ||
uncertainty." <ref name="tgwayl">''The Great Waves of Change'', [http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-4/great-waves-change/the-great-waves-and-your-life Chapter 1: The Great Waves and Your Life]</ref> | uncertainty." <ref name="tgwayl">''The Great Waves of Change'', [http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-4/great-waves-change/the-great-waves-and-your-life Chapter 1: The Great Waves and Your Life]</ref> | ||
| − | "Where will you turn, who will you turn to in times of great change and uncertainty? Your government? Your friends? Your family? Your religion? And if you cannot find any certainty or clarity there, will you run away into your hobbies or your fantasies or your passions? This is a critical question, you see." <ref name="tgwayl"/> | + | "Where will you turn, who will you turn to in times of great change and uncertainty? Your government? Your friends? Your family? Your religion? And if you cannot find any certainty or [[clarity]] there, will you run away into your hobbies or your fantasies or your passions? This is a critical question, you see." <ref name="tgwayl"/> |
"The strength of | "The strength of | ||
your life and the ability of your life to undergo change and | your life and the ability of your life to undergo change and | ||
| − | uncertainty depend in great part upon [your Four] Pillars." <ref name="rathgw">''The Great Waves of Change'', [http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-4/great-waves-change/relationships-and-the-great-waves Chapter 6: Relationships and the Great Waves]</ref> | + | uncertainty depend in great part upon [[The Four Pillars of life|[your Four] Pillars]]." <ref name="rathgw">''The Great Waves of Change'', [http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-4/great-waves-change/relationships-and-the-great-waves Chapter 6: Relationships and the Great Waves]</ref> |
| − | "There are no quick answers and immediate solutions. | + | "There are no quick answers and immediate [[solutions]]. |
People want these things and expect them because they do not | People want these things and expect them because they do not | ||
have the strength to face uncertainty." <ref name="etp">''The Great Waves of Change'', [http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-4/great-waves-change/escaping-the-past Chapter 3: Escaping the Past]</ref> | have the strength to face uncertainty." <ref name="etp">''The Great Waves of Change'', [http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-4/great-waves-change/escaping-the-past Chapter 3: Escaping the Past]</ref> | ||
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around you, and you can feel it within yourself—the sense of | around you, and you can feel it within yourself—the sense of | ||
anxiety, the sense of uncertainty, the confusion, the apprehension. | anxiety, the sense of uncertainty, the confusion, the apprehension. | ||
| − | The signs in the world are speaking to you—telling you | + | The [[signs]] in the world are speaking to you—telling you |
that great change is coming, that it is at your doorstep." <ref name="tgwoc"/> | that great change is coming, that it is at your doorstep." <ref name="tgwoc"/> | ||
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| + | "If there are people who | ||
| + | depend upon you remaining as they | ||
| + | want you to be, who are afraid of | ||
| + | any kind of change or emergence | ||
| + | within your life, who would suspect | ||
| + | or denounce any kind of deeper | ||
| + | inclination you might have to the | ||
| + | degree that it would threaten their interest in you, they will | ||
| + | hold you back. They will influence you. They will discourage | ||
| + | you. They will cast doubt upon you even if they are wonderful | ||
| + | and loving people. If they do not recognize the reality of the | ||
| + | deeper nature within themselves, then they will regard it within | ||
| + | you with suspicion and uncertainty. They will not trust it. They | ||
| + | will not know it. It will seem strange, confusing and threatening | ||
| + | to them. And whatever they are doing with you in life | ||
| + | will seem to be cast in doubt." <ref name="rathgw"/> | ||
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| + | ==On Humanity's Emergence into the Greater Community== | ||
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| + | "Real beneficial contact with life in the Universe may not | ||
| + | happen until humanity has faced and overcome the Great | ||
| + | Waves of change. But in the interim, others will attempt to | ||
| + | intervene, to take advantage of increasing human conflict and | ||
| + | uncertainty, the uncertainty and conflict that can be generated | ||
| + | by [[The Great Waves of Change|the Great Waves of change]] themselves." | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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*''Steps to Knowledge'', Step 311: The world is calling me. I must prepare to serve it.. | *''Steps to Knowledge'', Step 311: The world is calling me. I must prepare to serve it.. | ||
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| + | *[[Faith]] | ||
[[Category:Knowledge]] | [[Category:Knowledge]] | ||
Revision as of 01:11, 11 April 2016
"Only Knowledge will know what to do in the face of ever-increasing uncertainty."[1]
In the Great Waves of Change
"You have come at a time of great difficulty and uncertainty, a time of great discord and risk of war." [2]
"As the the Great Waves of change come, your uncertainty and your vulnerability will increase significantly." [3]
"Everything will be changing, and there will be great uncertainty." [2]
"Where will you turn, who will you turn to in times of great change and uncertainty? Your government? Your friends? Your family? Your religion? And if you cannot find any certainty or clarity there, will you run away into your hobbies or your fantasies or your passions? This is a critical question, you see." [2]
"The strength of your life and the ability of your life to undergo change and uncertainty depend in great part upon [your Four] Pillars." [4]
"There are no quick answers and immediate solutions. People want these things and expect them because they do not have the strength to face uncertainty." [5]
"In facing great change and uncertainty, particularly if it has not been anticipated, people do not rely upon logic and reason as much as upon assumptions, habits and the behavior of the people around them."[6]
"Surely, humanity is reaching a great threshold now that will determine its fate and its future. The evidence of this is all around you, and you can feel it within yourself—the sense of anxiety, the sense of uncertainty, the confusion, the apprehension. The signs in the world are speaking to you—telling you that great change is coming, that it is at your doorstep." [6]
"If there are people who depend upon you remaining as they want you to be, who are afraid of any kind of change or emergence within your life, who would suspect or denounce any kind of deeper inclination you might have to the degree that it would threaten their interest in you, they will hold you back. They will influence you. They will discourage you. They will cast doubt upon you even if they are wonderful and loving people. If they do not recognize the reality of the deeper nature within themselves, then they will regard it within you with suspicion and uncertainty. They will not trust it. They will not know it. It will seem strange, confusing and threatening to them. And whatever they are doing with you in life will seem to be cast in doubt." [4]
On Humanity's Emergence into the Greater Community
"Real beneficial contact with life in the Universe may not happen until humanity has faced and overcome the Great Waves of change. But in the interim, others will attempt to intervene, to take advantage of increasing human conflict and uncertainty, the uncertainty and conflict that can be generated by the Great Waves of change themselves."
References
- ↑ The Great Waves of Change, Chapter 11: Where Will You Place Your Faith?
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Great Waves of Change, Chapter 1: The Great Waves and Your Life
- ↑ The Great Waves of Change, Chapter 5: The Deep Evaluation
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Great Waves of Change, Chapter 6: Relationships and the Great Waves
- ↑ The Great Waves of Change, Chapter 3: Escaping the Past
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 The Great Waves of Change, Chapter 1: The Great Waves of Change
Further Study
- Steps to Knowledge, Step 6: I have a true foundation in the world.
- Steps to Knowledge, Step 79: I will allow uncertainty to exist today.
- Steps to Knowledge, Step 81: I will not deceive myself today.
- Steps to Knowledge, Step 92: There is a role for me to play in the world.
- Steps to Knowledge, Step 103: I am honored by God.
- Steps to Knowledge, Step 105: Review.
- Steps to Knowledge, Step 151: I will not use fear to support my judgments.
- Steps to Knowledge, Step 160: The world is poor, but I am not.
- Steps to Knowledge, Step 256: The world is emerging into the Greater Community of Worlds.
- Steps to Knowledge, Step 275: Today I seek freedom from uncertainty.
- Steps to Knowledge, Step 284: Stillness is my gift to the world.
- Steps to Knowledge, Step 287: With Knowledge I cannot be at war.
- Steps to Knowledge, Step 301: I will not lose myself in anxiety today.
- Steps to Knowledge, Step 304: I will not be a student of fear today.
- Steps to Knowledge, Step 307: Knowledge is living within me now.
- Steps to Knowledge, Step 309: The world I see is attempting to become one community.
- Steps to Knowledge, Step 311: The world is calling me. I must prepare to serve it..