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1.
A Critical Mass
A new spiritual awakening is occurring in human culture,
an awakening brought about by a critical mass of individuals
who experience their lives as a spiritual unfolding, a journey
in which we are led forward by mysterious coincidences.
2.
The Longer Now
This awakening represents the creation of a new, more complete
world view, which replaces a five-hundred-year-old preoccupation
with secular survival and comfort. While this technological
preoccupation was an important step, our awakening to life's
coincidences is opening us up to the real purpose of human
life on this planet, and the real nature of our universe.
3.
A Matter Of Energy
We now experience that we live not in a material universe,
but in a universe of dynamic energy. Everything extant is
a field of sacred energy that we can sense and intuit. Moreover,
we humans can project our energy by focusing our attention
in the desired direction...where attention goes, energy
flows...influencing other energy systems and increasing
the pace of coincidences in our lives.
4.
The Struggle For Power
Too often humans cut themselves off from the greater source
of this energy and so feel weak and insecure. To gain energy
we tend to manipulate or force others to give us attention
and thus energy. When we successfully dominate others in
this way, we feel more powerful, but they are left weakened
and often fight back. Competition for scarce, human energy
is the cause of all conflict between people.
5.
The Message Of The Mystics
Insecurity and violence ends when we experience an inner
connection with divine energy within, a connection described
by mystics of all traditions. A sense of lightness - buoyancy
- along with the constant sensation of love are measures
of this connection. If these measures are present, the connection
is real. If not, it is only pretended.
6.
Clearing The Past
The more we stay connected, the more we are acutely aware
of those times when we lose connection, usually when we
are under stress. In these times, we can see our own particular
way of stealing energy from others. Once our manipulations
are brought to personal awareness, our connection becomes
more constant and we can discover our own growth path in
life, and our spiritual mission - the personal way we can
contribute to the world.
7.
Engaging The Flow
Knowing our personal mission further enhances the flow of
mysterious coincidences as we are guided toward our destinies.
First we have a question; then dreams, daydreams, and intuitions
lead us towards the answers, which usually are synchronistically
provided by the wisdom of another human being.
8.
The Interpersonal Ethic
We can increase the frequency of guiding coincidences by
uplifting every person that comes into our lives. Care must
be taken not to lose our inner connection in romantic relationships.
Uplifting others is especially effective in groups where
each member can feel energy of all the others. With children
it is extremely important for their early security and growth.
By seeing the beauty in every face, we lift others into
their wisest self, and increase the chances of hearing a
synchronistic message.
9.
The Emerging Culture
As we all evolve toward the best completion of our spiritual
missions, the technological means of survival will be fully
automated as humans focus instead on synchronistic growth.
Such growth will move humans into higher energy states,
ultimately transforming our bodies into spiritual form and
uniting this dimension of existence with the after-life
dimension, ending the cycle of birth and death.
10.
Holding The Vision
The Tenth Insight is the realization that throughout history
human beings have been unconsciously struggling to implement
this lived spirituality on Earth. Each of us comes here
on assignment, and as we pull this understanding into consciousness,
we can remember a fuller birth vision of what we wanted
to accomplish with our lives. Further we can remember a
common world vision of how we will all work together to
create a new spiritual culture. We know that our challenge
is to hold this vision with intention and prayer everyday.
11.
Extending Our Prayer Fields
The Eleventh Insight is the precise method through which
we hold the vision. For centuries, religious scriptures,
poems, and philosophies have pointed to a latent power of
mind within all of us that mysteriously helps to affect
what occurs in the future. It has been called faith power,
positive thinking, the power of prayer. We are now taking
this power seriously enough to bring a fuller knowledge
of it into public awareness. We are finding that this prayer
power is a field of intention and moves out from us and
can be extended and strengthened, especially when we connect
with others in a common vision. This is the power through
which we hold the vision of a spiritual world and build
the energy in ourselves and others to make this vision a
reality.
The
Twelfth Insight is to be released in 2001.
© 2000 JAMES REDFIELD - ALL RIGHTS
RESERVED
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Peace.