Legalistic; another sabbath, a bit more freedom

     This week's focus was understanding and fully accepting the difference between a neighbor and a friend. People like me, we are supposed to be examples by which God teaches. We aren't supposed ot be pleasing everybody, taking on their energies ot imitate them, become more like them exactly. We're supposed to be transmuting their energies, transforming them, integrating them in a way that is useful to us and them. When we are young and free thinking, we think we are in a position to judge everybody. We become legalistic in our freedom. We abuse those around us with criticism for not following the rules of the inner kingdom we are experiencing. Not until we experience their fears and what motivates them into fearful behavior, do we understand them and begin to have compassion, cease being legalistic about things.
    Then there are times when we cannot trust our inner kingdom completely, not because there is anything wrong with it, but because there is stuff wrong in our environment. "All things are clean to those who are clean" is not kidding. All is well in our inner kingdom, we feel good about everything and so everything presented is met with good feelings. Until we learn to trust inner guidance that says it's not appropriate for us.......if we question it's presentation.....we need to rely on God's word to guide us from within the scriptures. And only that will guide us reliably if they had been interpreted correctly for us from the beginning. One example was for me, marriage. The one called Jesus had said those destined for the resurrection would be like the angels in heaven, not to be married nor given in marriage. They would know when sex was appropriate, when both parties were in an appropriate energy. However, we have all been taught that sex outside of marriage is evil. So, marriage is a good thing, legitimizes sex and children. My marriage went downhill quickly and I had no understanding as to why this was happening. Well, if I had been given the knowledge, I might have understood the problem and never have gotten married in the first place. A part of me never saw marriage as an option for me but I had nothing against it. Inner kingdom was clean, so I went along with it, it brought up no bad feelings because I wasn't feeling bad about anything.
   I have been oppressed in life because people wanted me to serve them, as an example, but I didn't give them that example because I had been beaten down for expressing the inner kingdom legalistically. This led me to doubt it completely, to question it and so people questioned me. Because I had no knowledge, I could not understand it. In scripture we read "My people are perishing due to lack of knowledge" and blame is placed upon the shepherds. So now I am learning the balance. I must honor the inner kingdom, as much as I can understand it. I must let GOD Almighty teach me. I must have compassion and consideration for those who do not have it within them. If they do not have it them, they are just neighbors, not friends and no one who would be served by my example. Until I learn this, I am subject to them.
   And I might have a bit more liberation coming.........I asked a question: am I sick with digestive problems because I did not consent to having my son circumcised?  This led to a chain of thought, explanations and resolution to the problem. I think. I will know if I am bale to again freely.
  Now back to this week's lessons...all about legality. When it comes to man's laws, there are many who believe because they follow the letter of them that they are righteous. We follow the letter of them because God ordained that we should. Obeying them to the letter, however, makes us far from righteous. When we hide behind them to commit acts of unrighteousness, to use them as an excuse for unrighteous behavior, we are being cowardly. When we use them as an act of vengeance, we are being unrighteous and will be punished for it. When we are scared and/or confused we rely on them to brace ourselves and this is acceptable unless we know different, know we shouldn't, in which case they will fail and we end up undermining ourselves.
   When it comes to the question of friends: affection comes naturally when there is appreciation. Where there is sincere appreciation, there is friendship.
    Above I mentioned those destined for the resurrection. The resurrection is the ascension, the evolution, the enlightenment, the transition of humanity/mankind back into immortality. Those destined for immortality are of the final generation to be born and "risen" from the dead and dying state of being that humanity/mankind is experiencing. The firstborn from the dead was within the one called Jesus speaking when it was said by the one called Jesus. Jesus was not, however, the firstborn from the dead. Throughout the ages, others had ascended on occasion, like the prophet who did not experience death but went to heaven in a chariot. Scriptures record others that had been taken up before him.
   In this last day we are all "ascending", evolving, being "taken up" by the earth's rising vibrations, however not everyone is going to make it through the process. They resist it and do not do the inner cleansing. Many know what is happening but rebel against it, don't want to do the inner processing. They do not concern me. Another point made to me, a new and relieving development: we are not responsible for prophesying the fate of other people. It IS none of our business. And it is not our responsibility. We are each responsible for our own enlightenment, for asking our own questions, to seek and listen for answers, be open to them. We each must seek out our own salvation "with fear and trembling" as it says in the scriptures. Though it doesn't have to be scary. The warning is not that we should be intimidated by it or do it fearfully, but to take the warnings seriously. To be obedient: seek first the kingdom. And then to trust: and all other things will be added to you. As for our fates, our destinies: it is up to each of us to self-examine and ask the question. "What will become of me?". "Where is this road I am on leading?". If we don't it will come upon us suddenly and unexpectedly. We will have nobody but ourselves to blame for it.
   For now, I think that is it exactly. And we have until tomorrow sundown, weeeee! I AM SO GRATEFUL.