Will And Predetermination

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~ Will And Predetermination~In

the ultimate sense, every entity in space is within the realm of the

divine will, under the impulsion of the divine energies that flow

through and permeate the universe. We are not the marionettes

of some all-powerful personal God, but free-willing agents, however

unconscious we still are of our innate potential. Yet while each has a

unique destiny, no man is an island apart and distinct from every

other, but part of a great continent of experience and growth that

encompasses the whole of humanity. But

how far you will be allowed to go off course, just how wide is your

stretch of deviation -- that I cannot answer for you. No one could. The

only one who can answer that is yourself. We all make mistakes again

and again, but that is not the deciding factor. What counts is the

motive of our lives -- the quality of aspiration that governs the whole

of our thoughts and acts. However, we play with fire the moment we try to figure out just how far we can go wrong and "still get away with it." Anyone

can go completely off course, if that is what he wants to do more than

anything else. Fortunately, there is generally plenty of interference

somewhere along the line, usually from within. Not only do we

have our conscience, and a lively one once we start to heed it, but we

likewise have the continuous presence of our guardian angel, which

protects us more often than we know. How far can we go without having

the brakes take hold? Just as far as our conscience will allow. We

are perfectly aware when we go against that warning voice, which will

never tell us what to do but will always stand ready to give us a

"prick" when we even so much as think about doing something that for

us, individually, would be a deviation from our true course.So would you call conscience then an instrumentality of God's will?You

could say that conscience is an instrumentality or working tool of the

god within, for if the voice of conscience is born of long ages of

trial and error, it must be closely linked with the tireless effort of

the god part of ourselves to bring us into line with its divine will.

Moreover, we are as near to our guardian angel as we are near to our

own skin; but this relationship is two-way. Unless we earn

that protection, we shall not receive it. "God Source is not mocked: for

whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." It is the very

reaping of sorrow and pain, of frustration and loneliness, that is the

surest brake against our going too far downhill. But when a person

deliberately chooses to stifle the prickings of conscience, he will

have to learn the hard and often brutal way. So let us not

condemn others too quickly. Except for help along the way, or other

factors not easily seen, any one might find himself heading toward Skid

Row, for there are no brakes against a man's willful corruption of his

divine quality of free will excepting those which he himself applies.

Most individuals, whatever the tragedy of their present life, have

deeply rooted within, seeded there by past experiences, untapped

resources of strength and nobility; and once the will is quickened to

turn in the upward direction, there are no heights so great that the

basest man cannot, if he will, achieve. The

pattern of growth is not a hit-and-miss affair, but is the inevitable

effect of the initial drive in the seed of godhood that is at the heart

of every creature within the universe. Therefore the scales could not

possibly be weighted against man. On the contrary, if they were

weighted at all, it would be in his favor, for the pressure of the

evolutionary current is ever forward, with the entire life-wave of

humanity being slowly but surely carried along in its stream. There is

nothing static in nature -- either we go forward, or we go backward,

and that is where the challenge comes in. In the kingdoms below man,

the urge is ever upward toward the human kingdom, and growth there is

automatic and without self-conscious direction. But in the human

kingdom we must decide which way we want to grow -- for it is possible

to go downward, and way down; it is equally possible to make great

strides forward insofar as the quality of our consciousness is

concerned. After all, it is consciousness and what we do with it

that is the core of our problem. We have today a certain horizon of

consciousness that represents the sum total of what we are, which

horizon is for us at this moment a Ring-pass-not, beyond which we

cannot go. But

the God source within is pushing and prodding us all the time, however

unaware we may be of his attentions, to expand that horizon and go

beyond our Ring-pass-not toward a more distant goal of understanding

and wisdom. In the process of growth we make errors, naturally, but we

learn in time what is right and what is wrong; and if the current of

our aspiration is flowing toward the light, that is all that is

required. Either we go forward with the life-wave of humanity

toward our goal; or, if we prefer, we can deliberately go downwards and

break our link with divinity -- but this happens so very rarely that we

can discount it for the general run of mankind. It is

impossible for us to stay exactly on the same level of consciousness,

because every moment of the day we are moving, hopefully, toward a

greater field of vision and experience, and with each forward step we

find a new Ring-pass-not. When the moment of death comes, the quality

of a man's innermost thoughts through his lifetime will reveal him to

be either a weaker or a stronger character. Love~All~Ways*~Karma*

[Guest guest]

Dear ,

All I could think of to say first was WOW! Now that is true

and honest love! This message of Will and Predetermination is

something I have had an idea of but now have a much greater

understanding of my role. I am a seeker, I wish to fill my heart

evermore with the knowledge of the Universe, The Source, The

Spirit... I thank you for this message and wish you love and light

and you are wonderful, !! Namaste, LUNA

--- In , " karmarqu69 " <karmarqu69@...>

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> In the ultimate sense, every entity in space is within the realm of

the

> divine will, under the impulsion of the divine energies that flow

> through and permeate the universe.

>

> We are not the marionettes of some all-powerful personal God, but

> free-willing agents, however unconscious we still are of our innate

> potential. Yet while each has a unique destiny, no man is an island

> apart and distinct from every other, but part of a great continent

of

> experience and growth that encompasses the whole of humanity.

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> [Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket]

> <http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vcGhvdG9idWNrZXQuY29t>

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> But how far you will be allowed to go off course, just how wide is

your

> stretch of deviation -- that I cannot answer for you. No one could.

The

> only one who can answer that is yourself. We all make mistakes

again and

> again, but that is not the deciding factor. What counts is the

motive of

> our lives -- the quality of aspiration that governs the whole of our

> thoughts and acts.

>

> However, we play with fire the moment we try to figure out just how

far

> we can go wrong and " still get away with it. "

> Anyone can go completely off course, if that is what he wants to do

more

> than anything else. Fortunately, there is generally plenty of

> interference somewhere along the line, usually from within.

>

> Not only do we have our conscience, and a lively one once we start

to

> heed it, but we likewise have the continuous presence of our

guardian

> angel, which protects us more often than we know. How far can we go

> without having the brakes take hold? Just as far as our conscience

will

> allow.

>

> We are perfectly aware when we go against that warning voice, which

will

> never tell us what to do but will always stand ready to give us a

> " prick " when we even so much as think about doing something that

for us,

> individually, would be a deviation from our true course.

>

>

>

> [Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket]

> <http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vcGhvdG9idWNrZXQuY29t>

>

> So would you call conscience then an instrumentality of God's will?

> You could say that conscience is an instrumentality or working tool

of

> the god within, for if the voice of conscience is born of long ages

of

> trial and error, it must be closely linked with the tireless effort

of

> the god part of ourselves to bring us into line with its divine

will.

> Moreover, we are as near to our guardian angel as we are near to

our own

> skin; but this relationship is two-way.

>

> Unless we earn that protection, we shall not receive it. " God

Source is

> not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. "

It is

> the very reaping of sorrow and pain, of frustration and loneliness,

that

> is the surest brake against our going too far downhill. But when a

> person deliberately chooses to stifle the prickings of conscience,

he

> will have to learn the hard and often brutal way.

>

> So let us not condemn others too quickly. Except for help along the

way,

> or other factors not easily seen, any one might find himself heading

> toward Skid Row, for there are no brakes against a man's willful

> corruption of his divine quality of free will excepting those which

he

> himself applies. Most individuals, whatever the tragedy of their

present

> life, have deeply rooted within, seeded there by past experiences,

> untapped resources of strength and nobility; and once the will is

> quickened to turn in the upward direction, there are no heights so

great

> that the basest man cannot, if he will, achieve.

>

> [Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket]

> <http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vcGhvdG9idWNrZXQuY29t>

>

> [Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket]

> <http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vcGhvdG9idWNrZXQuY29t>

>

> The pattern of growth is not a hit-and-miss affair, but is the

> inevitable effect of the initial drive in the seed of godhood that

is at

> the heart of every creature within the universe. Therefore the

scales

> could not possibly be weighted against man. On the contrary, if they

> were weighted at all, it would be in his favor, for the pressure of

the

> evolutionary current is ever forward, with the entire life-wave of

> humanity being slowly but surely carried along in its stream. There

is

> nothing static in nature -- either we go forward, or we go

backward, and

> that is where the challenge comes in. In the kingdoms below man, the

> urge is ever upward toward the human kingdom, and growth there is

> automatic and without self-conscious direction. But in the human

kingdom

> we must decide which way we want to grow -- for it is possible to go

> downward, and way down; it is equally possible to make great strides

> forward insofar as the quality of our consciousness is concerned.

> After all, it is consciousness and what we do with it that is the

core

> of our problem. We have today a certain horizon of consciousness

that

> represents the sum total of what we are, which horizon is for us at

this

> moment a Ring-pass-not, beyond which we cannot go.

>

> [Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket]

> <http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vcGhvdG9idWNrZXQuY29t>

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> [Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket]

> <http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vcGhvdG9idWNrZXQuY29t>

>

> But the God source within is pushing and prodding us all the time,

> however unaware we may be of his attentions, to expand that horizon

and

> go beyond our Ring-pass-not toward a more distant goal of

understanding

> and wisdom. In the process of growth we make errors, naturally, but

we

> learn in time what is right and what is wrong; and if the current

of our

> aspiration is flowing toward the light, that is all that is

required.

>

> Either we go forward with the life-wave of humanity toward our

goal; or,

> if we prefer, we can deliberately go downwards and break our link

with

> divinity -- but this happens so very rarely that we can discount it

for

> the general run of mankind.

>

> It is impossible for us to stay exactly on the same level of

> consciousness, because every moment of the day we are moving,

hopefully,

> toward a greater field of vision and experience, and with each

forward

> step we find a new Ring-pass-not. When the moment of death comes,

the

> quality of a man's innermost thoughts through his lifetime will

reveal

> him to be either a weaker or a stronger character.

>

> Love~All~Ways

> *~Karma*

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Dear awesome Such well arranged thoughts! Thank you for this. I am saving this "digest" - every word, every poem so emPOWERing in every way. Pilamayeahye - my heart is so happy and grateful because of your sharing! Mitakuye Oyasin, Peaceable White Buffalo

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Much love to you PeaceableWhiteBuffalo!!

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> Dear awesome

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> Such well arranged thoughts! Thank you for this. I am saving

this " digest " -

> every word, every poem so emPOWERing in every way.

>

> Pilamayeahye - my heart is so happy and grateful because of your

sharing!

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> Mitakuye Oyasin,

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> Peaceable White Buffalo

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