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Most people walk around with a fixed matrix of the things they condemn themselves for. Let’s say we condemn ourselves for always being late, or for eating a little sugar when there is no honey available, and we make a big to-do about this terrible sin we commit every so often. You hold that as a matrix, the force amplifies it, you believe you’re that sinner. The situation comes around again: there’s no honey, so you put a cube of sugar in your coffee, and you say, “Well, you know, that’s the way I am.” You do it because you fulfill the matrix you’ve had upon yourself. | Most people walk around with a fixed matrix of the things they condemn themselves for. Let’s say we condemn ourselves for always being late, or for eating a little sugar when there is no honey available, and we make a big to-do about this terrible sin we commit every so often. You hold that as a matrix, the force amplifies it, you believe you’re that sinner. The situation comes around again: there’s no honey, so you put a cube of sugar in your coffee, and you say, “Well, you know, that’s the way I am.” You do it because you fulfill the matrix you’ve had upon yourself. | ||
It’s not a terrible sin to do that. People shouldn’t be engaged in such a petty attitude about life. But that is the kind of thing we do condemn ourselves for, which is ridiculous. [[Jesus Christ]] himself said, “Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man, but that which cometh out.”<ref>Matt. 15:11; Mark 7:18–20.</ref> And Jesus was very concerned that we not condemn ourselves concerning the food we eat. | |||
Usually the things that we condemn ourselves for are the products of the carnal mind and the aggressive suggestion of the planetary carnal mind, which is [[Antichrist]] in nature. | Usually the things that we condemn ourselves for are the products of the carnal mind and the aggressive suggestion of the planetary carnal mind, which is [[Antichrist]] in nature. | ||
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It’s important to realize that people who know you or think they know you well often hold a matrix that is so limiting that if you don’t use the most intense calls and guard your own consciousness, it can limit what you do for your entire life. They may even think you’re a wonderful human being and that you’re so wonderful that you could do anything in the world. But concepts of your human abilities and your human goodness by parents are just as devastating as belittlement, because they attribute your ability to act or not act to your humanness. In reality, our ability to act or not act comes not from our humanness but from our divinity, our Godliness. | It’s important to realize that people who know you or think they know you well often hold a matrix that is so limiting that if you don’t use the most intense calls and guard your own consciousness, it can limit what you do for your entire life. They may even think you’re a wonderful human being and that you’re so wonderful that you could do anything in the world. But concepts of your human abilities and your human goodness by parents are just as devastating as belittlement, because they attribute your ability to act or not act to your humanness. In reality, our ability to act or not act comes not from our humanness but from our divinity, our Godliness. | ||
Aggressive mental suggestion cannot touch you if you are filled with the mind of God. But the moment you say to somebody criticizing you, “Well, I have to admit that sometimes I am lazy,” you become a collaborator of the Antichrist. And you often do it in the name of good and in the name of humility and discipleship. It’s all right to want to be constantly aware of your weaknesses so that you can correct them, but it’s not all right to continually lacerate yourself and whip yourself because you have a negative condition that you haven’t yet overcome. | Aggressive mental suggestion cannot touch you if you are filled with the mind of God. But the moment you say to somebody criticizing you, “Well, I have to admit that sometimes I am lazy,” you become a collaborator of the Antichrist. And you often do it in the name of good and in the name of humility and discipleship. It’s all right to want to be constantly aware of your weaknesses so that you can correct them, but it’s not all right to continually lacerate yourself and whip yourself because you have a negative condition that you haven’t yet overcome. Most lightbearers on the Path do this in some form. | ||
== A message from El Morya == | == A message from El Morya == | ||