In this quote from William LePar's spiritual source, The
Council, we receive some great advice on how we can reach our highest spiritual
potential here and now.
The Council: All those who are in the material manifestation
now. If you want a glorified body, if you want a spiritual body, such as talked
about in the Bible, develop your character according to the present belief
system. Now your character is not what you manifest on the outside. Your character
is made up of your intentions, and your intentions are made up of your
affections or your love. That is why you are told to love yourself in a godly
manner, and that is the first step. Forget your spiritual guilt; forget that
you have separated yourself from the Divine Father and think only of your
return. Realize that you are separated and realize that now you can continually
separate yourself from the Divine by your actions. Change that desire to
re-unite yourself with the Divine and begin on a conscious level to develop
those affections that you know are godly. In so doing when you consciously put
an effort forward, the soul in itself even through its guilt knows its rightful
place, but in this guilt it seeks, because of the guilt, to move itself away as
a form of punishment, as a form of, shall we say, being ashamed of the
rejection of Total Love, so it is a self-chastisement which is not necessary.
On the conscious level, change your affections to godly ways of action in
service to mankind. Your soul in its very essence is constantly trying to break
through the guilt but you must help it. You are given guidance, you are given
help by the Divine through your relationships in the material manifestation.
The stronger help the weaker. If you have one facet of your personality that is
weak, there will be someone around you that has that facet strong, and they
will attempt to influence you into activity or into strength, if you allow it.
But what happens in most cases is that when you see the strength in others that
is lacking in you, then your tendency is to move away from that individual
because in that process you are made more aware of your shortcomings. If you
truly loved yourself as you should first, then you would learn from those and
try to develop the same strengths.