“…we are dealing with two orders of minds. “My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are … my thoughts than your thoughts.”(Isaiah 55:8-9)
“But why this crippling limitation on our thoughts if we are God’s children? It is precisely this limitation that is the essence of our mortal existence. If every choice I make expresses a preference, if the world I build up is the world I really love and want, then with every choice I am judging myself, proclaiming all the day long to God, angels, and fellowmen where my real values lie, where my treasure is, the things to which I give supreme importance. Hence, in this life every moment provides a foolproof test of your real character.”~Hugh Nibley, ‘Approaching Zion’ p.66
“Resistance is an inner contraction, a hardening of the shell….You are closed. Whatever action you take in a state of inner resistance (which we could also call negativity) will create more outer resistance, and the universe will not be on your side; life will not be helpful. If the shutters are closed, the sunlight cannot come in. When you yield internally, when you surrender, a new dimension of consciousness opens up. If action is possible or necessary, your action will be in alignment with that whole and supported by creative intelligence… [You experience] a state of inner openness. Circumstances and people then become helpful, cooperative. Coincidences happen. If no action is possible, you rest in the peace and inner stillness that come with surrender. You rest in God.” Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose (New York: Penguin Books, 2005), 58.
There will be some who may look at the above and think some or all it ‘out of reach’. We need not give up on our self so easily… God will never give up on any individual (though the adversary would have us believe otherwise). Take it one element, decision at a time. He (Jesus Christ) will show us the best pace suited to our life and circumstances, that inner peace will reign in our lives. kdm
A true story in video format provides further insight and encouragement on the points above, it’s called: ‘The Hope of God’s Light’
