Within

SAT., AUG. 20, 1988, 6:54 AM
FARM, STUDY

I have told you many times and in a number of ways that I can never be limited in My participation in the life of the earth and in your personal life. In this meditative time together I seem to come from without, and I speak as an “Other”, but there also is a sense in which I speak from within you. You do not actually hear words. You do not discern any way that external Holy Spirit is giving you these thoughts and words.

So, entertain, please, the concept that I am an active part of you, and that I am perfectly comfortable in working from within. As you originally developed your human/spiritual interaction concept you stayed away from the notion of self, spiritual. Laurette and Nancy then brought you to see that, for some persons, spirit does seem to well up from within. And then I added the assurance that I, the Holy Spirit, can and do function this way – from within.

Some people, including some Christians, are quite uncomfortable with… even directly reject… this notion. They would rather believe that good and evil are “outside forces”, and that they must choose what combination or balance they let affect them. There is also the strange idea that evil is a much stronger force than good… that evil often overpowers good, and persons are then adversely affected by this powerful, even personified force.

Why, you ask, do I let this occur? Why do I let people wallow in perceptions of evil and in feelings of vulnerability? Why, in contrast, do I give you full assurance that the earth is functioning about as I want it to, that I am fully in-charge, and that I am more than eager to help you in your living of life? You would have to have My total view of the total life process in order to understand. I’m sorry. It just doesn’t translate into words you could understand.

Basically, I do choose, and this is not “democratic.” I also respond when someone truly seeks Me, but I also am aware of that person’s total spiritual development and of what she needs rather than just what she wants. Even though I know, fundamentally, how each person and groups, nations, and the total planet, with all of its spirit forces in addition to humans, will function, AT THE SAME TIME I am “trying out” new or novel approaches to spiritual growth. I just “picked you” for such a novel experience. Oh, there are a few others having experiences like unto this one of yours, but you shall never hear of most of these, and they shall never know about you. That may seem strange, but it is My Way, at least for now.

You are reasonably comfortable with My being a part of your “within self” and affecting you from within. You are not developed enough to accept this fully. (If you were there would no longer be a need for you, as such.) Yet there are times when you accept quite naturally and lovingly that I am an active participant in your life, from WITHIN. There is an intertwining with your own spirit, so that the bounds of you and of Me become dimmed… and unimportant.

I have to be careful, for I don’t want to retard your spiritual development… and I could, by becoming too dominant. The “good” development of spirit, while in an earth life, is a very “tricky” matter, not one that is all pre-set and just unfolds. Yet know that I am completely capable of judging My proper role. Each one of you just must determine what yours shall be… and then carry it out.

As you work with students… and particularly with those whose spirits are attuned somewhat to yours You have to make similar judgments. You cannot actually become part of that person, as I can, but when your influence is internalized the effect is, at least, similar.

I do work from within… and also from without, with lots of marvelous combinations.

Aloha
8:01 AM
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