The values developed within a family that operates on those principles then extend to the society at large. You are willing for your life to be incomplete because it is incomplete. You do not want to use deception, but you want to place your words well. And be on guard for those who think they are in the wilderness when in fact they are simply confused within their own minds. We choose our own friends, not in terms of physical It is a precious time, but it is a risky time as well. You also come to realize that you need greater relationships. These spiritual values are also human values and are the fundamental roots of a healthy, vibrant, and viable work career. Somewhere mysteriously you crossed a line, and everything began to change—to change just enough that you feel you have a different orientation in your life. By not being quite so indulged and "protected" from reality by overflowing abundance, children see the bonds that connect them to others.” ― Sidney Poitier, The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography kinship, but for other reasons not always easy to define. For if you should recognize them directly, you would simply seek to be with them at all times, as a child would seek to be with their guardian at all times. During one of 11. Family? Humanity means family values, ethics of life, sympathy, tolerance, etc. It has simply never been experienced for more than a moment here and there. Your values are changing. How different it is on earth, where we are thrown together grow up and become adult we must leave home and set up on our own, This will require more of you than you think it will require. The Bible provides many examples of values. Family values involve all the ideas of how you want to live your family life, and they are often passed down from previous generations. Your Spiritual Family is awaiting you, but you must make the journey. Then he stretched out his hand towards his Beauty and elegance if you are a woman? condemned to spend eternity outside those glorious, expanding, over me) saying, "Whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in How about starting with fellow members of your church? The nurse is aware that basic spiritual beliefs, regardless of culture, are based on: a. the presence of a supreme being. Here you taste life’s reality much more clearly and much more sharply. him is the centre and focus of the universehe experiences the great joy Appreciation of spiritual and moral values informs the life of the truly educated person. How many close friends have YOU that could be included in your Spiritual Here your Spiritual Family becomes more active, and those who are seeking to find you, who were sent by your Spiritual Family, will be called to you, for you need them now, and you will rely upon them in the future. Here there is great expectation. ears shut"not being conscious of other people's reactions to us; Their work with you becomes active as you begin the second great stage of development. Here there is wonderment. by one man with one woman. They can get hurt. Here you know enough to continue onward, without assuming the result of your efforts or journey. This is how important these relationships are, and this is how important your responsibility as a student of Knowledge is, for you work for your own behalf and you work for your Spiritual Family. And with it comes the desire of each to give out to the others in on the other side of the world than to your next-door neighbour. And the ability of Knowledge and the depth of Knowledge will always exceed your understanding. count for very much. And as a result, you realize how little you really know. The world has tried to redefine the family and its value. Henceforth I call you not My experience from the time in our own family is that being conscious of the "family-being" can be very useful in a number of ways. At this stage, because you are at a new beginning and because you are calling upon your Spiritual Family, your relationship with your human family will change, for you are changing now, and what you need they cannot provide. This realization does not come all at once. Let us say for the purpose of clarification that your Spiritual Family represents a small learning group that has been developed over a long time. Remember Jesus's commission to his disciples in the upper You will need it, and you will call upon it because you will have to rely upon it. His family will be identified by similar traits based on what He teaches us in the Holy Bible. We look for These brothers and sisters can encourage you in your faith journey, respond to your questions about spiritual issues, and be a support in times of hardship. Because you do not live together in a state of Knowledge, they must help you. Your Spiritual Family lives beyond the physical, in a spiritual reality. It is the area between a life of assumptions and a life of experience. the family, children could not be reared, nor could normal human life be Volume 3 > Living the Way of Knowledge > Chapter 2, Your Relationship with Your Spiritual Family (LTW), About the Process of Translation of the Revelation, The Worldwide Community of the New Message from God, Steps to Knowledge: Continuation Training, Wisdom from the Greater Community Volume 2, Anniversary of Receiving ‘Protecting the Message and the Messenger’. Here you realize nothing is absolute because you are in between two realities. In the wilderness, you become open to Knowledge. Be vulnerable in the wilderness. It requires a considerable and genuine humility and grace to May you be the recipient of this gift of Revelation and may you be open to receive its unique Message for you and for your life. They would be called a stranger to everyone. brothers (James, Joses, Simon, Jude) had not been very interested in his of mankind will be linked together in loving fellowship. The values of truth, righteousness, peace, love and non-violence are found in all major spiritual paths. Many serious mistakes are made here as a result. Be grateful for all the love and all the pain, for all the errors and for all the problems. Be on guard for the errors in discernment and discretion that people make when they enter the wilderness. difficulty in their relations with Godand vice versa. there are completely in tune with him. You may welcome them to join you, but if they cannot, you have to go on. generally without honour in his own household. And his Spiritual Family? is a strong family likeness. In a word, love for the neighbour. It was created by God for the benefit of man, and man has been given stewardship over it. Leave the paved roads of life, which represent the popular ideas and conventional thinking that people rely upon and call reality. If you are to make friends, you must be No longer can you rely upon the beliefs or assumptions of others, for you realize that they may know less than you. a mutual sharing. It Hope is a spiritual value that plays a fundamental role in Religions Like the Catholic and Christian. Traditionally being spiritual signified having an attachment to religious values, or matters of the spirit, rather than material or worldly interests. Be like the plants and the animals in the physical wilderness. They are "Spiritual Family.". One of the most important developments you will have in your relationships is the development of discernment and discretion. by the lakeside, taking their mother with them, probably determined to By now Jesus was drawing huge crowds. Have faith that your friends and family will some day, perhaps in the distant future, understand what you are doing. Enter the wilderness. They are vulnerable to life. there has been no break in your relationship; you take one another No! The power of decision is yours. 212) The climate of affection that unites the family is also where we learn about truth and goodness. This is the great relationship that you yearn for, but until you begin the second great stage of life, you are not ready for it. Note: You can repeat questions A-F for each core value you want to pass on to your child. To begin the second stage of life as an infant, as a beginner, as a beginning practitioner of Knowledge, you require a new kind of relationship—a relationship with a focus that is in keeping with the great stage upon which you are embarking. Their interests and tastes are the same as . The same So much for our Lord's friends. which goes on increasing, in a kind of chain reaction, to eternity. accept true friendship. You want to serve others, and you want others to serve life with you. sisters now! involves the merging of two selves into onewhich can only be achieved You cannot go back where you were, but you have not yet landed where you need to be. It provides an environment where every member of the family learns how to live by studying the Scriptures, praying, meditating on God’s Word, and spending time alone in the presence of the Lord. This speaks of your emergence into the world and the greater purpose that you have brought with you, which is as yet unknown to you. Bertrand Russell, Jean-Paul Sartre) who clearly value the non-material, communal and virtuous aspects of life reject this usage of the term "spirituality" as being overly-broad (i.e. know that you and they have the same idea of God and share other basic The rest of the time, you remain silent. It is truly dangerous when people think they know and they do not know. And you see there is no real sacrifice here, for all you have given up is ideas and assumptions. For you have the opportunity to experience, to feel and to represent what you know and to leave the parts of your life that are unclear as they are, without pretense, as if your life were a puzzle that is only partially constructed. They can influence the mental environment, and they will have an influence on your thinking—a very important influence to help you to strengthen your resolution and to counsel and correct you when you are in error. Your orientation is changing. possessing or being possessed, be frank without causing offence, trust Scriptural terms, he is cast out into outer darkness. How many people are there, excluding blood relations, with whom It embarrasses us. They know you are weak and vulnerable and prone to error. Develop your abilities. And yet you feel a Spiritual Presence in your life. You use these criteria instead of personal attraction. mother then changes; it is no longer that of authority versus it effectively amounts to saying "everything and anything that is good and virtuous is necessarily spiritual"). He had defined Our explanation for this cannot be complete because Spiritual Family is an experience and not a definition. Until we were saved, we were not members of that spiritual family, so something must have occured for us to be known by God’s family. . I would list: openness; the capacity to You seek affinity with others in the world because that is your natural state, but only with those who represent your Spiritual Family will you be able to experience this completely. When others stop, keep going. (No. Here your outer life may look the same, but you are experiencing new dimensions of life, and they seem strange and wondrous and perhaps even frightening to you. These are all on the surface and do not touch the mainsprings of real friendship. can take off their masks and "be themselves," not concealing anything, But these estimations are often wrong. Do not seek refuge from life. accept love from someone, we shall be beholden to themwhich of course Here you seem to travel alone because so many whom you knew before were not able to go with you. And their success in exercising their discernment will become greater and stronger in time. If not, isn't it You will do more for them by continuing on. Be careful and move slowly. If after a long journey they are still with you, well, only then will you know that you are meant to be together. like brothers and sisters on an inner level. most beautiful thing in the world, with the exception only of marriage As the newly arrived spirit begins to settle down in his homewhich for And yet, in true friendship one Anyway, all that is forgotten. In marriage, husband and Your perception becomes deeper. With Freemasonry, You Get A Second Family. Four Lakota Values. ourselves, not to give ourselves away. You are not governed now by a need to express yourself to offset your sense of inadequacy or insecurity. What is a Spiritual Family? taking oneself too seriously. It is only when you are responsible to something greater and for something greater that you find the inner resources and the great encouragement you need to carry on. In Wacantognaka, the Lakota word for generosity, means to contribute to the well-being of one's people and all life by sharing and giving freely.This sharing is not just of objects and possessions, but of emotions like sympathy, compassion, kindness. You give out to one another in love, and your joy in each other Not all of your Spiritual Family live within this world. increases. But they celebrate your being able to arrive at this threshold, an accomplishment not seen by many people. and the running of the home. The Chapel exists to give direction to the implementation of spiritual and religious values in character formation. At your stage of development, you work best in small groups. externals in the spiritual world are an expression of internals; there A church group should consist of Though you will rarely experience them directly, they will work behind the scenes on your behalf. Your parents, your siblings—if you have siblings—your other relatives—they have been the nest. into bad trouble. Here your decision making becomes more sound, more complete and more carefully exercised. Here you are literally beginning a new life, and you must begin as a beginner, like an infant, like a little child. This was the exact way of God’s spiritual family when we were not saved, we were once foreign strangers to God’s spiritual family. friends if you do whatsoever I command you. Spirituality is right This is his place. Not all of your development has been in this world because you yourself have had experiences of the Greater Community. like. Here you have an opportunity to develop real honesty within yourself. listen to other people and be interested in their concerns; a contagious And the power of Knowledge is with you to help you make the right decision. c. a rigid code of behavior. Nevertheless, many humanists (e.g. The Unseen Ones oversee this development and act as an intermediary between your Spiritual Family and you while you are in the world. We live in an increasingly complex world and some families may not be equipped to handle the issues of their family members. They even resemble him, since You realize that your words have power and that they commit you, and so you want to use them carefully. Here you are not governed by the need to make an impression upon others or to seek their approval. He goes on In this remarkable process, the Voice of Revelation is speaking anew. . And you will travel more slowly than you think you can. This beckons them, and they will remember your demonstration. You will gain great strength here. closest friends. Moreover, the family unit is a community of persons where moral values are taught and the spiritual and cultural heritage of society are passed on. ANS: A The awareness of a supreme being is basic to all spiritual beliefs. The world is but a limited arena in which to experience life. You may ask, how is it possible to No longer is it a distant option. But they will seek to give you the greatest opportunity to face problems, obstacles and risks effectively and successfully. We think that if we begin to From a Christian perspective, values can be broken into two classes, material values and spiritual values. They can help define behavior in various situations, help youth make good choices, and solidify the bond that your family has. Something has changed within you. If you think you are mature and that you have learned enough already in order to embark on this second great stage of life, you will be greatly mistaken and greatly disappointed, and the mistakes you make will have serious consequences for you. A Christ-centered home is a place where the spiritual disciplines are practiced. Become genuine with what you tell yourself and what you tell others. Entering the wilderness means you are facing life without assumptions or with fewer assumptions. These things I command you, that you love with its competitiveness and its hurly-burly, to cultivate real process. people who are on the same wavelength as ourselves, who share our You enter here because your mind is expanding and because the reference point within you is changing. servants, for the servant does not know what his lord is doing; but I A spiritual person is not lost in space, nor is he lost in matter. your own concerns, nobody is going to be able to make a friend of you, Observe others. And now you must leave the nest. Now you have a greater possibility to not only survive in the world but to flourish here and to contribute your great gifts that you have brought with you over a long journey from your Ancient Home. Commandments is, "Honour thy father and thy mother." close to him wherever he is. You will gain great confidence here. . trust in Providence, and a tendency to look on the bright side of You are careful not to fill in the spaces with your hopes and ideas. to the Lord. Family values act like fuel to the growth and success of the family and the members that are a prominent part of it. feelings, disguising our true natures, in order not to be too Only the wilderness can initiate your relationship with Knowledge in this life. You must start as a beginner. Now you are feeling it. Some will help you, and some will try to take advantage of you. Spiritual Family. want to become real friends with them. surface and take control of him, until at last he reaches a society of THE SPIRITUAL FAMILY ; I want to write now on a subject that has been close to my heart for a number of years . interesting and exciting. Moreover, our brothers and sisters probably cease to be our That is why when you begin the study of Steps to Knowledge and when you begin to build the foundation for learning and living The Way of Knowledge, you start as a beginner—someone who is starting out anew, someone who is entering new territory that is unfamiliar. That really would hurt our "Personal friendships and the Spiritual Family.". You have become a person in the world. You will meet people in a very similar stage as yourself, and you will also meet people who think they are in the stage you are in, but in reality they are not there. If one of you falters or fails, the others will be held back. Only if they come into the world and emerge here and live within the physical reality can they play a direct role. Here you see people making grandiose assumptions about the Divine and the Divine presence and reality in their lives. The Way of Knowledge is oriented to preparing you for this intrinsic relationship. How big are these Spiritual Families? You will find help and hindrance respectively here. Spiritual values 5-6). Do not assume a new mantle of ideas, which will only become a crown of thorns for you in the future. He is a lonely soul, As revealed to God’s Messenger Charm? irrelevant to you. And the truth is a greater companion than anything else. ordinary sinners who recognize themselves as ordinary sinners, but who Do not fall back into safe conclusions and familiar ideas. In order for the Christian to know what a family is for and what family values should be portrayed we need to look to the Word of God. In a sense, you are not their child or their brother or their sister anymore. Discretion is knowing what you are saying and what you are doing. That is not surprising; a prophet is At any rate I am sure that during eternity the The curses are the problems that come as a result of being … You are looking for your Family. pray for the members of your Spiritual Family daily, and they pray for If you proceed, your approach will become humble because reality will always exceed your evaluations. We just don't have time! It depends on how many The journey is longer than you think. You seek honesty instead of charm. travelling in that direction, as the interiors of his mind come to the It is at the beginning of this threshold that your Spiritual Family realizes that you are ready to start. self pity . Coronavirus has a spiritual effect Side by side with the awesome power of the human spirit is the existential vulnerability of the human condition. They try to exercise the familiarity of their old ideas with the challenge of meeting new experiences. terms with your Maker, you will not want to be in heaven at all, Our relationship with father and and who are my brothers?" No part of this document may be reproduced by any means without the express written permission of The Society. yourself. disciples (as he stretches his hands over you who are reading thisand We don't them fade away!) Now they need you. Those dwelling near you, in the spiritual world, are by definition like then you and they must be Friends of God. Remember, this is a stage where you emerge from being an individual to recognizing that you are a part of a greater order of life. love. Here you will feel your mortality and your vulnerability to life, but it is here in the wilderness that you will find Knowledge ever so clearly, for you will be open to it. Perhaps you feel them. You come to this second great stage because the world has disappointed you and because you come to realize that you need a greater calling and a greater reality in order to find your place and your work in the world. They have gotten you here. b. faith in an afterlife existence. You seek inspiration instead of entertainment. Because you do not live together in a state of Knowledge, they must help you. Therefore, you do not walk the wilderness alone, but you must walk the wilderness to find out who is really with you. They will do this without becoming the object of your attention, for they understand that they must remain hidden if you are to find your own way. Do not feel this is a great burden because in essence this will give you the strength to carry on, for if your development in the second great stage of life were for yourself alone, you would not have the strength or the incentive to do it. Learn patiently and your learning will be solid and reliable. about time we set to work to develop it? The further away people are from you, the less they are like That is not to say they will take away every obstacle and risk from your life. You do them and yourself a disservice if you give up your journey to try and initiate theirs. is true. his important addresses, someone interrupted him, saying, "Your mother You are in between, and things can seem very confusing. is heaven! However, it is possible during life on earth to have a few real friends This is not a mating game. bring him back home. Be vulnerable. They should . a family as well, so that by a series of interlocking circles the whole willing not only to give love to others but also to receive love from Here you go where life seems open and unshielded, where pain and happiness are sharper and much more clearly experienced. Jesus himself said that love to the neighbour is to know on a deeper level, because of the tradition that if you belong You must leave them for a time to have this freedom and to be able to think clearly for yourself without their influence. beliefs and values. But students of Knowledge can see beyond these initial mistakes and can look more carefully and more completely. God made us to live in families. Here you know enough to begin, but you do not assume you know any more. After your family has selected your top five values, find examples of how you’ve demonstrated those in the past. The world is not the environment for mastery. What you seek in life is different from what you had sought before. You need dedication. What did Jesus reply? to a Christian church you have got to be "good." Perhaps in a moment of anxiety or despair, you feel the graceful hand of The Unseen Ones on your shoulder. Heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother!" Go ahead and read on to find for yourself enumerations on some of the most important family values in the sections that follow. yourself, say what you think without embarrassment, love without Being a human is possible only with a family. The Assembly then delivers God’s Message through the Messenger, whereafter it is transcribed and made available to you and to all people. Here you begin to experience new dimensions in life, and your sensitivity develops. They are like the first stage of the rocket. Wit? Keep your eyes focused on the present and on the future, for you cannot go back and there is nothing to go back to. As you have relationships within the world, you have relationships beyond the world. Do not close yourself off. But you are clearly moving into a new arena. and your brothers are outside, wanting to speak with you." If you learn this lesson, it will allow you to stop taking on other people’s burdens, guilt trips, projections etc. Now you need them. 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