Re: My take on contemporary mediumship in the DL Movement
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 11:40 am
Hi James ,John et al. Again some interesting comments here. I understand Divine Love to be a transformative substance rather than a cousin or similar love to what we are born with. As such I think we are comparing apples and oranges here. They really can't be blended or considered two halves of a whole. Of course we must honor our natural God given attributes and exercise and express them as perfectly as we can . This is our life challenge and gift. Yet the Divine Love is an order above the natural love. A higher order that when sought after, absorbs and transforms our natural attributes to something Divinely different.
I suppose it is a matter of focus that I object to here. Those of us committed to receiving Divine Love are not as concerned about the operation of the natural love to the point of making the development of both on an equal playing field. After all, in time the natural love will be absorbed and transmuted by the Divine Love. That is not to say that we can express ourselves in this world with impunity and lack of grace. Of course living a moral life is imperative and desirable and working to remove the obstacles to this is a venture worth pursuing.. We all need to be good and loving people but I believe that thinking of the two loves as somewhat interchangeable is a mistake. In seeking the Divine Love, the development and refinement of the natural love will follow. The expression of our natural love is more often than not just common sense and very fluid. After all, we were born with it. How we express the Divine Love within us as a channel of God's Love is much more foreign to us since for all of us it is a new and foreign substance. We have to learn about it and integrate it into our being. Our soul growth in the Divine Love is our focus and our intrigue. Our responsibility is to learn how this Love operates and affects us. We also need to harmonize ourselves with the laws of God's Love which over ride so many other laws. Divine Love is the highest of all blessings. It does not compare with natural love because it is an infinite order above our human love. It is Divine. This is not spiritual snobbery, it is the truth.
I for one, want to go big or go home. So I seek for the highest. That is not to say that I am in a state of denial about the inner state of my being on an emotional or intellectual level. I monitor this almost constantly and in this I feel like at times it gets in the way of my sincere soul longings. My natural state dogs me where ever I go and cannot be denied or ignored. So it is obvious that this part of me is in constant operation and I believe this is why so many cannot see the forest for the trees in regards to acknowledging the existence of the Divine Love. They simply cannot get beyond the persistent distraction of our natural state of being and many find it imperative to feed the development of the natural love. That is why eastern philosophies and psychology etc. are far more attractive to spiritual seekers than our path. Too much focus on the development of our natural Love will detract from our soul growth in the Divine Love. They are two different ways that eventually must diverge in every souls progression.
I have ridden two rails so to speak for most of my life as my psychological health seemed at times to be more important and require more effort than my soul growth. You may argue that they go hand in hand and I would not disagree with you . So in this you may find a contradiction but if this is done in balance and soulful intent, then there is certainly no harm in it and probably a great deal of good. But they are two different paths none the less. We all have free will and can approach our inner growth whichever way we like. God does not object one way or another so I wish anyone well who makes any attempt of improving their spiritual state. They are my brothers and sisters. I am not above or better than them. Yet I feel like I have a leg up with what I know as the natural path is so much more arduous than ours. It all includes a measure of pain and sweat equity so to speak but ours is gentler and I believe faster. Throw in a little bit of psychological help and away we go .
So I'm not sure if I've offended some of you, confused you or brought agreement. Probably all three. In reading these threads, I felt like I must make these points. I worry that some reading these discussions may get the wrong idea of what the Divine Path is. There are important distinctions and truths to be acknowledged. The natural love cannot be denied and as I have said, can be a distraction if given precedence. Divine Love is king in this house and I would like to see more discussion on that than the natural love. Just my humble opinion. Much love to you.........Al
I suppose it is a matter of focus that I object to here. Those of us committed to receiving Divine Love are not as concerned about the operation of the natural love to the point of making the development of both on an equal playing field. After all, in time the natural love will be absorbed and transmuted by the Divine Love. That is not to say that we can express ourselves in this world with impunity and lack of grace. Of course living a moral life is imperative and desirable and working to remove the obstacles to this is a venture worth pursuing.. We all need to be good and loving people but I believe that thinking of the two loves as somewhat interchangeable is a mistake. In seeking the Divine Love, the development and refinement of the natural love will follow. The expression of our natural love is more often than not just common sense and very fluid. After all, we were born with it. How we express the Divine Love within us as a channel of God's Love is much more foreign to us since for all of us it is a new and foreign substance. We have to learn about it and integrate it into our being. Our soul growth in the Divine Love is our focus and our intrigue. Our responsibility is to learn how this Love operates and affects us. We also need to harmonize ourselves with the laws of God's Love which over ride so many other laws. Divine Love is the highest of all blessings. It does not compare with natural love because it is an infinite order above our human love. It is Divine. This is not spiritual snobbery, it is the truth.
I for one, want to go big or go home. So I seek for the highest. That is not to say that I am in a state of denial about the inner state of my being on an emotional or intellectual level. I monitor this almost constantly and in this I feel like at times it gets in the way of my sincere soul longings. My natural state dogs me where ever I go and cannot be denied or ignored. So it is obvious that this part of me is in constant operation and I believe this is why so many cannot see the forest for the trees in regards to acknowledging the existence of the Divine Love. They simply cannot get beyond the persistent distraction of our natural state of being and many find it imperative to feed the development of the natural love. That is why eastern philosophies and psychology etc. are far more attractive to spiritual seekers than our path. Too much focus on the development of our natural Love will detract from our soul growth in the Divine Love. They are two different ways that eventually must diverge in every souls progression.
I have ridden two rails so to speak for most of my life as my psychological health seemed at times to be more important and require more effort than my soul growth. You may argue that they go hand in hand and I would not disagree with you . So in this you may find a contradiction but if this is done in balance and soulful intent, then there is certainly no harm in it and probably a great deal of good. But they are two different paths none the less. We all have free will and can approach our inner growth whichever way we like. God does not object one way or another so I wish anyone well who makes any attempt of improving their spiritual state. They are my brothers and sisters. I am not above or better than them. Yet I feel like I have a leg up with what I know as the natural path is so much more arduous than ours. It all includes a measure of pain and sweat equity so to speak but ours is gentler and I believe faster. Throw in a little bit of psychological help and away we go .
So I'm not sure if I've offended some of you, confused you or brought agreement. Probably all three. In reading these threads, I felt like I must make these points. I worry that some reading these discussions may get the wrong idea of what the Divine Path is. There are important distinctions and truths to be acknowledged. The natural love cannot be denied and as I have said, can be a distraction if given precedence. Divine Love is king in this house and I would like to see more discussion on that than the natural love. Just my humble opinion. Much love to you.........Al