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180:5.1 The new helper which [[Jesus]] [[promised]] to send into the [[hearts]] of ''believers'', to pour out upon all [[flesh]], is the [[Spirit of Truth]]. This [[divine]] [[endowment]] is not the [[letter]] or [[law]] of [[truth]], neither is it to [[function]] as the [[form]] or [[expression]] of [[truth]]. The new [[teacher]] is the [[conviction]] of [[truth]], the [[consciousness]] and [[assurance]] of true [[meanings]] on real [[spirit]] [[levels]]. And this new teacher is the spirit of living and [[growing]] [[truth]], expanding, [[unfolding]], and [[adaptative]] [[truth]]. | 180:5.1 The new helper which [[Jesus]] [[promised]] to send into the [[hearts]] of ''believers'', to pour out upon all [[flesh]], is the [[Spirit of Truth]]. This [[divine]] [[endowment]] is not the [[letter]] or [[law]] of [[truth]], neither is it to [[function]] as the [[form]] or [[expression]] of [[truth]]. The new [[teacher]] is the [[conviction]] of [[truth]], the [[consciousness]] and [[assurance]] of true [[meanings]] on real [[spirit]] [[levels]]. And this new teacher is the spirit of living and [[growing]] [[truth]], expanding, [[unfolding]], and [[adaptative]] [[truth]]. | ||
| − | 180:5.2 [[Divine]] [[truth]] is a [[spirit]]-[[discerned]] and living [[reality]]. [[Truth]] [[exists]] only on high spiritual [[levels]] of the [[realization]] of [[divinity]] and the [[consciousness]] of [[communion]] with [[God]]. You can know the [[truth]], and you can live the truth; you can [[experience]] the [[growth]] of truth in the [[soul]] and enjoy the [[liberty]] of its [[enlightenment]] in the [[mind]], but you cannot [[imprison]] [[truth]] in [[formulas]], codes, [[creeds]], or [[intellectual]] [[patterns]] of [[human]] [[conduct]]. When you undertake the human [[formulation]] of [[divine]] [[truth]], it speedily dies. The post-mortem salvage of [[imprisoned]] [[truth]], even at best, can [[eventuate]] only in the [[realization]] of a peculiar [[form]] of intellectualized [[glorified]] [[wisdom]]. [[Static]] [[truth]] is dead [[truth]], and only dead [[truth]] can be held as a [[theory]]. Living [[truth]] is [[dynamic]] and can [[enjoy]] only an [[experiential]] [[existence]] in the [ | + | 180:5.2 [[Divine]] [[truth]] is a [[spirit]]-[[discerned]] and living [[reality]]. [[Truth]] [[exists]] only on high spiritual [[levels]] of the [[realization]] of [[divinity]] and the [[consciousness]] of [[communion]] with [[God]]. You can know the [[truth]], and you can live the truth; you can [[experience]] the [[growth]] of truth in the [[soul]] and enjoy the [[liberty]] of its [[enlightenment]] in the [[mind]], but you cannot [[imprison]] [[truth]] in [[formulas]], codes, [[creeds]], or [[intellectual]] [[patterns]] of [[human]] [[conduct]]. When you undertake the human [[formulation]] of [[divine]] [[truth]], it speedily dies. The post-mortem salvage of [[imprisoned]] [[truth]], even at best, can [[eventuate]] only in the [[realization]] of a peculiar [[form]] of intellectualized [[glorified]] [[wisdom]]. [[Static]] [[truth]] is dead [[truth]], and only dead [[truth]] can be held as a [[theory]]. Living [[truth]] is [[dynamic]] and can [[enjoy]] only an [[experiential]] [[existence]] in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 human mind]. |
| − | 180:5.3 [[Intelligence]] [[grows]] out of a [[material]] [[existence]] which is [[illuminated]] by the [[presence]] of the [ | + | 180:5.3 [[Intelligence]] [[grows]] out of a [[material]] [[existence]] which is [[illuminated]] by the [[presence]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 cosmic mind]. [[Wisdom]] comprises the [[consciousness]] of [[knowledge]] elevated to new levels of [[meaning]] and [[activated]] by the [[presence]] of the [[universe]] [[endowment]] of the [[Adjutant Mind Spirits|adjutant of wisdom]]. [[Truth]] is a [[spiritual]] [[reality]] [[value]] [[experienced]] only by [[spirit]]-[[endowed]] [[beings]] who [[function]] upon supermaterial levels of [[universe]] [[consciousness]], and who, after the [[realization]] of [[truth]], [[permit]] its spirit of [[activation]] to live and [[reign]] within their [[souls]]. |
180:5.4 The true [[child]] of [[universe]] [[insight]] looks for the living [[Spirit of Truth]] in every [[wise]] saying. The [[God]]-knowing [[individual]] is constantly elevating [[wisdom]] to the living-[[truth]] levels of [[divine]] [[attainment]]; the spiritually unprogressive [[soul]] is all the while dragging the living [[truth]] down to the dead levels of [[wisdom]] and to the [[domain]] of mere exalted [[knowledge]]. | 180:5.4 The true [[child]] of [[universe]] [[insight]] looks for the living [[Spirit of Truth]] in every [[wise]] saying. The [[God]]-knowing [[individual]] is constantly elevating [[wisdom]] to the living-[[truth]] levels of [[divine]] [[attainment]]; the spiritually unprogressive [[soul]] is all the while dragging the living [[truth]] down to the dead levels of [[wisdom]] and to the [[domain]] of mere exalted [[knowledge]]. | ||
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180:5.6 Some [[persons]] [[discern]] and [[interpret]] the [[golden rule]] as a [[purely]] [[intellectual]] affirmation of human fraternity. Others [[experience]] this [[expression]] of human [[relationship]] as an [[emotional]] [[gratification]] of the [[tender]] [[feelings]] of the [[human]] [[personality]]. Another [[mortal]] [[recognizes]] this same [[golden rule]] as the yardstick for measuring all [[social]] [[relations]], the [[standard]] of [[social]] [[conduct]]. Still others look upon it as [[being]] the [[positive]] injunction of a great [[moral]] [[teacher]] who embodied in this [[statement]] the highest [[concept]] of [[moral]] [[obligation]] as regards all fraternal [[relationships]]. In the lives of such [[moral]] beings the [[golden rule]] becomes the [[wise]] [[center]] and [[circumference]] of all their [[philosophy]]. | 180:5.6 Some [[persons]] [[discern]] and [[interpret]] the [[golden rule]] as a [[purely]] [[intellectual]] affirmation of human fraternity. Others [[experience]] this [[expression]] of human [[relationship]] as an [[emotional]] [[gratification]] of the [[tender]] [[feelings]] of the [[human]] [[personality]]. Another [[mortal]] [[recognizes]] this same [[golden rule]] as the yardstick for measuring all [[social]] [[relations]], the [[standard]] of [[social]] [[conduct]]. Still others look upon it as [[being]] the [[positive]] injunction of a great [[moral]] [[teacher]] who embodied in this [[statement]] the highest [[concept]] of [[moral]] [[obligation]] as regards all fraternal [[relationships]]. In the lives of such [[moral]] beings the [[golden rule]] becomes the [[wise]] [[center]] and [[circumference]] of all their [[philosophy]]. | ||
| − | 180:5.7 In [[the kingdom]] of the [[believing]] brotherhood of [[God]]-[[knowing]] [[truth]] lovers, this [[golden rule]] takes on living [[qualities]] of [[spiritual]] [[realization]] on those higher [[levels]] of [[interpretation]] which cause the [[mortal]] [ | + | 180:5.7 In [[the kingdom]] of the [[believing]] brotherhood of [[God]]-[[knowing]] [[truth]] lovers, this [[golden rule]] takes on living [[qualities]] of [[spiritual]] [[realization]] on those higher [[levels]] of [[interpretation]] which cause the [[mortal]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons of God] to view this injunction of [[the Master]] as requiring them so to relate themselves to their fellows that they will [[receive]] the highest possible [[good]] as a result of the [[believer]]'s contact with them. This is the [[essence]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_101#101:1._TRUE_RELIGION true religion]: that you [[love]] your [[neighbor]] as yourself. |
180:5.8 But the highest [[realization]] and the truest [[interpretation]] of the [[golden rule]] consists in the [[consciousness]] of the spirit of the [[truth]] of the [[enduring]] and living [[reality]] of such a [[divine]] [[declaration]]. The true [[cosmic]] [[meaning]] of this rule of [[universal]] [[relationship]] is [[revealed]] only in its [[spiritual]] [[realization]], in the [[interpretation]] of the [[law]] of [[conduct]] by the [[Spirit of Truth|spirit of the Son]] to the [[Thought Adjuster|spirit of the Father]] that indwells the [[soul]] of [[mortal]] man. And when such [[spirit]]-led [[mortals]] [[realize]] the true [[meaning]] of this [[golden rule]], they are filled to overflowing with the [[assurance]] of [[citizenship]] in a friendly [[universe]], and their [[ideals]] of [[spirit]] [[reality]] are [[satisfied]] only when they [[love]] their fellows as [[Jesus]] loved us all, and that is the [[reality]] of the [[realization]] of the [[love]] of [[God]]. | 180:5.8 But the highest [[realization]] and the truest [[interpretation]] of the [[golden rule]] consists in the [[consciousness]] of the spirit of the [[truth]] of the [[enduring]] and living [[reality]] of such a [[divine]] [[declaration]]. The true [[cosmic]] [[meaning]] of this rule of [[universal]] [[relationship]] is [[revealed]] only in its [[spiritual]] [[realization]], in the [[interpretation]] of the [[law]] of [[conduct]] by the [[Spirit of Truth|spirit of the Son]] to the [[Thought Adjuster|spirit of the Father]] that indwells the [[soul]] of [[mortal]] man. And when such [[spirit]]-led [[mortals]] [[realize]] the true [[meaning]] of this [[golden rule]], they are filled to overflowing with the [[assurance]] of [[citizenship]] in a friendly [[universe]], and their [[ideals]] of [[spirit]] [[reality]] are [[satisfied]] only when they [[love]] their fellows as [[Jesus]] loved us all, and that is the [[reality]] of the [[realization]] of the [[love]] of [[God]]. | ||
| − | 180:5.9 This same [[philosophy]] of the living [[flexibility]] and [[cosmic]] [[adaptability]] of [[divine]] [[truth]] to the [[individual]] requirements and [[capacity]] of every [ | + | 180:5.9 This same [[philosophy]] of the living [[flexibility]] and [[cosmic]] [[adaptability]] of [[divine]] [[truth]] to the [[individual]] requirements and [[capacity]] of every [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD son of God], must be [[perceived]] before you can [[hope]] adequately to [[understand]] [[the Master]]'s [[teaching]] and [[practice]] of [[nonresistance]] to [[evil]]. [[The Master]]'s teaching is basically a [[spiritual]] pronouncement. Even the [[material]] implications of his [[philosophy]] cannot be helpfully [[considered]] apart from their [[spiritual]] correlations. The spirit of [[the Master]]'s injunction consists in the [[nonresistance]] of all [[selfish]] [[reaction]] to the [[universe]], coupled with the [[aggressive]] and [[progressive]] [[attainment]] of [[righteous]] levels of true spirit [[values]]: [[divine]] [[beauty]], [[infinite]] [[goodness]], and [[eternal]] [[truth]]—to know [[God]] and to become increasingly like him. |
180:5.10 [[Love]], [[unselfishness]], must undergo a constant and living readaptative [[interpretation]] of [[relationships]] in [[accordance]] with the [[leading]] of the [[Spirit of Truth]]. [[Love]] must thereby grasp the ever-[[changing]] and enlarging [[concepts]] of the highest [[cosmic]] [[good]] of the [[individual]] who is [[loved]]. And then [[love]] goes on to strike this same [[attitude]] concerning all other [[individuals]] who could possibly be [[influenced]] by the [[growing]] and living [[relationship]] of one [[spirit]]-led [[mortal]]'s [[love]] for other [[citizens]] of the [[universe]]. And this entire living [[adaptation]] of [[love]] must be effected in the [[light]] of both the [[environment]] of present [[evil]] and the [[eternal]] goal of the [[perfection]] of [[divine]] [[destiny]]. | 180:5.10 [[Love]], [[unselfishness]], must undergo a constant and living readaptative [[interpretation]] of [[relationships]] in [[accordance]] with the [[leading]] of the [[Spirit of Truth]]. [[Love]] must thereby grasp the ever-[[changing]] and enlarging [[concepts]] of the highest [[cosmic]] [[good]] of the [[individual]] who is [[loved]]. And then [[love]] goes on to strike this same [[attitude]] concerning all other [[individuals]] who could possibly be [[influenced]] by the [[growing]] and living [[relationship]] of one [[spirit]]-led [[mortal]]'s [[love]] for other [[citizens]] of the [[universe]]. And this entire living [[adaptation]] of [[love]] must be effected in the [[light]] of both the [[environment]] of present [[evil]] and the [[eternal]] goal of the [[perfection]] of [[divine]] [[destiny]]. | ||
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180:5.12 And all this clearly indicates the [[difference]] between the old [[religion]] and the new. The old religion taught [[self]]-[[sacrifice]]; the new religion teaches only [[self]]-forgetfulness, enhanced [[self-realization]] in conjoined [[social]] [[service]] and [[universe]] [[comprehension]]. The old [[religion]] was [[motivated]] by [[fear]]-[[consciousness]]; the new [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] is [[dominated]] by [[truth]]-[[conviction]], the [[spirit]] of [[eternal]] and [[universal]] [[truth]]. And no amount of [[piety]] or [[creedal]] [[loyalty]] can [[compensate]] for the [[absence]] in the life [[experience]] of kingdom [[believers]] of that [[spontaneous]], generous, and [[sincere]] friendliness which characterizes the spirit-born sons of the living [[God]]. Neither [[tradition]] nor a [[ceremonial]] [[system]] of [[formal]] [[worship]] can [[atone]] for the lack of genuine [[compassion]] for one's fellows. | 180:5.12 And all this clearly indicates the [[difference]] between the old [[religion]] and the new. The old religion taught [[self]]-[[sacrifice]]; the new religion teaches only [[self]]-forgetfulness, enhanced [[self-realization]] in conjoined [[social]] [[service]] and [[universe]] [[comprehension]]. The old [[religion]] was [[motivated]] by [[fear]]-[[consciousness]]; the new [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] is [[dominated]] by [[truth]]-[[conviction]], the [[spirit]] of [[eternal]] and [[universal]] [[truth]]. And no amount of [[piety]] or [[creedal]] [[loyalty]] can [[compensate]] for the [[absence]] in the life [[experience]] of kingdom [[believers]] of that [[spontaneous]], generous, and [[sincere]] friendliness which characterizes the spirit-born sons of the living [[God]]. Neither [[tradition]] nor a [[ceremonial]] [[system]] of [[formal]] [[worship]] can [[atone]] for the lack of genuine [[compassion]] for one's fellows. | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:28, 12 December 2020
180:5.1 The new helper which Jesus promised to send into the hearts of believers, to pour out upon all flesh, is the Spirit of Truth. This divine endowment is not the letter or law of truth, neither is it to function as the form or expression of truth. The new teacher is the conviction of truth, the consciousness and assurance of true meanings on real spirit levels. And this new teacher is the spirit of living and growing truth, expanding, unfolding, and adaptative truth.
180:5.2 Divine truth is a spirit-discerned and living reality. Truth exists only on high spiritual levels of the realization of divinity and the consciousness of communion with God. You can know the truth, and you can live the truth; you can experience the growth of truth in the soul and enjoy the liberty of its enlightenment in the mind, but you cannot imprison truth in formulas, codes, creeds, or intellectual patterns of human conduct. When you undertake the human formulation of divine truth, it speedily dies. The post-mortem salvage of imprisoned truth, even at best, can eventuate only in the realization of a peculiar form of intellectualized glorified wisdom. Static truth is dead truth, and only dead truth can be held as a theory. Living truth is dynamic and can enjoy only an experiential existence in the human mind.
180:5.3 Intelligence grows out of a material existence which is illuminated by the presence of the cosmic mind. Wisdom comprises the consciousness of knowledge elevated to new levels of meaning and activated by the presence of the universe endowment of the adjutant of wisdom. Truth is a spiritual reality value experienced only by spirit-endowed beings who function upon supermaterial levels of universe consciousness, and who, after the realization of truth, permit its spirit of activation to live and reign within their souls.
180:5.4 The true child of universe insight looks for the living Spirit of Truth in every wise saying. The God-knowing individual is constantly elevating wisdom to the living-truth levels of divine attainment; the spiritually unprogressive soul is all the while dragging the living truth down to the dead levels of wisdom and to the domain of mere exalted knowledge.
180:5.5 The golden rule, when divested of the superhuman insight of the Spirit of Truth, becomes nothing more than a rule of high ethical conduct. The golden rule, when literally interpreted, may become the instrument of great offense to one's fellows. Without a spiritual discernment of the golden rule of wisdom you might reason that, since you are desirous that all men speak the full and frank truth of their minds to you, you should therefore fully and frankly speak the full thought of your mind to your fellow beings. Such an unspiritual interpretation of the golden rule might result in untold unhappiness and no end of sorrow.
180:5.6 Some persons discern and interpret the golden rule as a purely intellectual affirmation of human fraternity. Others experience this expression of human relationship as an emotional gratification of the tender feelings of the human personality. Another mortal recognizes this same golden rule as the yardstick for measuring all social relations, the standard of social conduct. Still others look upon it as being the positive injunction of a great moral teacher who embodied in this statement the highest concept of moral obligation as regards all fraternal relationships. In the lives of such moral beings the golden rule becomes the wise center and circumference of all their philosophy.
180:5.7 In the kingdom of the believing brotherhood of God-knowing truth lovers, this golden rule takes on living qualities of spiritual realization on those higher levels of interpretation which cause the mortal sons of God to view this injunction of the Master as requiring them so to relate themselves to their fellows that they will receive the highest possible good as a result of the believer's contact with them. This is the essence of true religion: that you love your neighbor as yourself.
180:5.8 But the highest realization and the truest interpretation of the golden rule consists in the consciousness of the spirit of the truth of the enduring and living reality of such a divine declaration. The true cosmic meaning of this rule of universal relationship is revealed only in its spiritual realization, in the interpretation of the law of conduct by the spirit of the Son to the spirit of the Father that indwells the soul of mortal man. And when such spirit-led mortals realize the true meaning of this golden rule, they are filled to overflowing with the assurance of citizenship in a friendly universe, and their ideals of spirit reality are satisfied only when they love their fellows as Jesus loved us all, and that is the reality of the realization of the love of God.
180:5.9 This same philosophy of the living flexibility and cosmic adaptability of divine truth to the individual requirements and capacity of every son of God, must be perceived before you can hope adequately to understand the Master's teaching and practice of nonresistance to evil. The Master's teaching is basically a spiritual pronouncement. Even the material implications of his philosophy cannot be helpfully considered apart from their spiritual correlations. The spirit of the Master's injunction consists in the nonresistance of all selfish reaction to the universe, coupled with the aggressive and progressive attainment of righteous levels of true spirit values: divine beauty, infinite goodness, and eternal truth—to know God and to become increasingly like him.
180:5.10 Love, unselfishness, must undergo a constant and living readaptative interpretation of relationships in accordance with the leading of the Spirit of Truth. Love must thereby grasp the ever-changing and enlarging concepts of the highest cosmic good of the individual who is loved. And then love goes on to strike this same attitude concerning all other individuals who could possibly be influenced by the growing and living relationship of one spirit-led mortal's love for other citizens of the universe. And this entire living adaptation of love must be effected in the light of both the environment of present evil and the eternal goal of the perfection of divine destiny.
180:5.11 And so must we clearly recognize that neither the golden rule nor the teaching of nonresistance can ever be properly understood as dogmas or precepts. They can only be comprehended by living them, by realizing their meanings in the living interpretation of the Spirit of Truth, who directs the loving contact of one human being with another.
180:5.12 And all this clearly indicates the difference between the old religion and the new. The old religion taught self-sacrifice; the new religion teaches only self-forgetfulness, enhanced self-realization in conjoined social service and universe comprehension. The old religion was motivated by fear-consciousness; the new gospel of the kingdom is dominated by truth-conviction, the spirit of eternal and universal truth. And no amount of piety or creedal loyalty can compensate for the absence in the life experience of kingdom believers of that spontaneous, generous, and sincere friendliness which characterizes the spirit-born sons of the living God. Neither tradition nor a ceremonial system of formal worship can atone for the lack of genuine compassion for one's fellows.
