Enlightenment, Again

WED., JULY 25, 1990, 1:07 PM
SYNOD SCHOOL, BLYTHE

In philosophical/theological theory you should seek knowledge. With enough knowledge… and contemplation… comes wisdom. Beyond wisdom is enlightenment. But what if the enlightened condition tells you that the knowledge and the wisdom aren’t truly important? And then you ponder whether you could have reached this desired state without these unnecessary means. The conclusion: necessary and unnecessary are in an everlasting balancing. Too much of one calls forth the other.

You know that, through Me, the Holy Spirit, you have all of the Christian enlightenment that you can achieve. Therefore should you come here and take courses which in some ways try to negate your enlightened state? You would like to have been a teacher, but you weren’t selected. Instead you have had the opportunity of offering Teachings of Mine to the early morning group. Was this chance worth your being here? Should you be as active as you have been? What behaviors should stem from enlightenment?

Enlightenment means that no action is required… and that you should take and create opportunities for you to be of service, in the spirit of Christ. You didn’t do your poems last evening. You didn’t need to… but you deprived some of a potentially spiritual experience. Enlightenment says you have to decide carefully… and any course of action or inaction is the best one for you.

Do I, the Spirit, make mistakes? Do I worry about mistakes made? With your hand in Mine your answers can be the same. You can let go of My hand and fall back into the human condition, and sometimes this can be appealing… or necessary. You can think and act as if you really had to make decisions, and you can stew over how you decided and acted. And yet you can’t truly be drawn back to this common, normative maya. You never can fully let go of My hand, for, remember, it was I who reached out for you.

Know also that one in the state of enlightenment does not announce it or publicize it… argue it or explain it. You can be… teach… counsel… help… serve. And those who are close to enlightenment will discern your state and will profit from association with you. Those who can’t grow from such association are ones not close enough for you to be of help. Your choice of what to do is immaterial and of no consequence. Generally, it is wasteful to spend time and energy weighing alternatives. You shall do what is best when the time is appropriate. This is appropriate and relatively easy for you in your stage of life and work. Appreciate this and do what is necessary to maintain this life stance. Choices will come, and you will make the right ones because you are “enlightened”. This really needs no further explanation.

You will know whether or not you should return to this School. Do what you know is necessary. The time of decision will come, and you will know.

Are you still Christian? That’s both a serious and a silly question. What you know about life doesn’t fit well with Presbyterian Christian doctrine… or with your folk religion. Continue on as I lead you, affirming your Christian “faith,” secure in the knowledge of who and what you are. Most of the potential disputes will just never materialize.

Enlightenment is a state of bliss which is beyond happiness, sadness, or intermediate emotions. You can be happy and enjoy this state. But you are not attached to happiness. Reaffirm, for example, that whatever is wrong with your knee may develop into a painful disability, may require special exercises and therapies., or may fade away with no consequences… and any one of these can stimulate spiritual growth. No loss of physical function need trouble you in spirit. You will some day just drop your body and move on into another realm, taking your enlightenment with you. This may not come all at once. Just know that it can be a spiritual experience, however it happens.