Questioner:
First of all, I want to ask if you could tell us why, you say this general
condition exists where on the whole mankind has no godly love for himself, why?
How did this come about?
The
Council: How did it come about? Why does man constantly choose to look into the
shadow that he casts from the Light? Why does he choose to look in that
direction? Why does he not choose to turn around and look in the direction of
the Light? Do you understand what we are saying?
Questioner:
I understand the symbolism. As to why, I am not sure.
The
Council: It is the nature of man, again, it is the nature of man. The nature of
man chooses to see what he can create on his own, instead of choosing to create
according to the Will of the Ultimate Creator, the Divine Creator. Instead of
joining in with the orchestra, he chooses to play a solo. Unfortunately, he
cannot read the musical score. Do you understand?
Questioner:
Yes. And this leads to an inner dislike for yourself at a higher level?
The
Council: Certainly, when you cannot accomplish what you choose to accomplish,
then you begin to undermine your own confidence. If there were a simple answer
to the situation, we would be more than happy to give it to you, but you are
talking about an evolvement of a condition from the beginning of time, from
your beginning, and it is not quite so simple even if you could draw a line and
point to a particular direction. Each of you are unique individuals and you
have walked your own path, so to speak. You have your own unique reason for
disliking yourself, and one cannot say it is just one reason why you dislike
yourself. It is an accumulation of lifetime after lifetime after lifetime of
experiences, we will be kind in using that term, experiences. Do you see?
Questioner:
Yes.
The
Council: Now, if, if you can ever bring yourself up to the point, now, not just
consciously, you cannot just positive think your way into correction, it takes
that as the initial effort but it also takes a real belief deep down inside.
Positive thinking is an attitude of affirmation, but you must allow that to go
deep inside; you must allow that to go deep inside. So, one can say, "Yes,
I am a child of God; I am a god; I do love because I love myself; I respect
myself; I am good." You can say that consciously and you must say that
consciously, but you must also drive that deep enough within the Subconscious
Mind so that the Subconscious area is totally acceptant of that fact. And the
Subconscious is not stupid. It may be neutral to some extent, but it is also
very wise. It is a tester; it is a challenger. It is your battlefield of
Armageddon. So what you must do at a soul level, you know that you are good,
you know that you are made in the likeness of God, you may know that at a
conscious level because you have heard it, what you then must do is drive that
into the Subconscious level. So one of the ways that man evolves spiritually is
to bring a certain conscious awareness to his mind and then work to bring that
same awareness effectively into the Subconscious so that all activities of the
Subconscious then is colored by that fact or governed by that fact, but in
order to do this you must be able then to do loving things, not only physically
but mentally. You must be able to think in terms of love, and when we use the
term "love" we are talking about an unconditional love, a brotherly
love, a love that is not restricted with judgment. Do you understand?
Questioner:
Yes.
The
Council: Now, some people may assume, "Well, if the real problem or the
real hurdle is the Subconscious Mind, simple application of hypnosis should be
able to make the job easier." Well, superficially, certainly, certainly,
for a time, but even after that the real corrector or the real effector will be
what you actually do with your own conscious mind and activities. Do you
understand?
Questioner:
Yes. Fix your own plumbing.
The
Council: The question is: Why doesn't the plumber do that?
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