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Chapter 5 – The Necessity of Inclusiveness

When we think or talk about being spiritual we are being psychological or logical.  Some of the great mystics stopped talking altogether, letting the experience of their love and presence make a statement. 

AND – we have to begin to understand how Mind works through some Metaphysical Tools offered through Starcke.  First is the Necessity of Inclusiveness. 

“Inclusiveness is a spiritual matter – a paradigm shift that  is now taking place in the mind and spirit of humankind – individually and collectively.”  “Walls exclude by keeping certain people in and other people out.”

Question:  What are some of the “Walls” in our society?

Metaphysical Bible Interpretation:  views biblical stories, characters, and events as symbolic representations of inner spiritual states, universal principles, and the human consciousness, rather than literal history.  

Jesus said of God:  “He maketh the sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sendeth rain on the just and the unjust,”    Matthew 5:45   What does that scripture mean to you metaphysically? 

Jesus said “Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.”  Matthew 25:40  What does that scripture mean to you metaphysically? 

“Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.”  Mark 16:15 What does that scripture mean to you metaphysically 

OUR INCLUSIVE SELVES:  We seem to live our entire lives attempting to realize that we are the very expression of the Divine and we came here to experience and Love It All.   Page 117-118     “My strength is made perfect in weakness.”  II Corinthians 12:9    page 119

READ Top of Page 121   The Ways -  Remember our Oneness with it All

Question: What does one Presence and One Power Mean to you?

What about Forgiveness  - Unforgiveness causes separation

            The most important single act anyone can do to bring peace.

            Freedom from Judgment

            Everything that has been created has a place and a purpose.

Question:  What have you learned through forgiveness?

Question:  How has loneliness affected me in my life?

“When we examine all the popular sins, (error thoughts)  we find that every one of them in one way or another relates to the primal fear of loneliness.”

There is a difference is being Alone and being Lonely.  

Aloneness = all one ness

I Corinthians 13 – the Love Yardstick

“In the future, when we understand how we relate to others inclusively, we will no longer expect our needs to be fulfilled by people, but by the God in or as others.  Then guilt will be laid to rest, understanding shared by our partners, and exclusive codependencey will be a thing of the past.  It’s All God.”  P 128

THE IMPERSONAL I MEDITATION

Get quiet.  Listen.  Really listen to that still small voice which I am. 

Sit quietly.  Close your eyes to the pictures you see with your eyes and with your mind. 

LOOK UNTO ME, the I THAT I AM.

Allow my word, this pearl of great price, “I,” to permeate your being.  Feel it.  Feel it to the roots of your soul.  Dare to know that I AM GOD.  Speak the word.  Say it over and over knowing you are talking of the true nature of your being.  Let every cell in your body respond to the I that is its being.  Feel It.  Breath.  Breath your Self into your whole being.  Realize that for the first time in your life you are depending on no one and nothing other than the I of your own being. 

In all the teaching you have turned to, in all the lectures you have attended, in every religion you have studied, you have ultimately been disappointed because something was missing.  At times, you have thought you had found the secret, only to eventually be disillusioned.  You have believed in your masters and have been confused when you found they were not perfect.  You have looked everywhere but where I AM, and I of your own being.  I alone, your I, is your only teacher.  Turn to me. 

I, the I AM of you, is the way, the truth, and the life of you.  I am not your mind or intellect.  They are just ways I use to speak to you.  Even your personality is my way of communicating with he world; so free yourself from personal sense and its egoism.  Use your ego as your servant to serve the I AM that you are.  Put aside personal concepts, personal opinions, and impersonalize the human picture.  When you find your Self, you will not be egotistical because you will see that God is Self, your Self, my Self, all Self.  I am the Self and the Self is I. 

I am come into your consciousness now because my time has come and you are ready to experience the God that I Am within your being.  Now you can see that I have been with you always and that you have never really been aware of this impersonal universal Self that is the meaning of your being.  As you search for the truth you will not find it.  When you stop and realize that I AM the truth, you will be it. 

Use your imagination.  Listen to the I of your divine Self.  Be still and Know that I is your name, the name of God.  Get acquainted with your  Self.  Stop believing that you are just a body, just an intellect, just a person.  Know that you include your body, your intellect, and your personal and that I Am that which encompasses your whole universe.    

Surrender and obey:  Surrender all that you thought you were.   Listen to the still small voice of your I and obey it.  Do not let your intellect talk you out of it  Obey its instructions even though they make no sense to those of this world, because it is I.

Place your trust in me, the I of your being.  Do not reject or condemn how I appears to you as those in your life and the experiences that you face.  Realize that they are I appearing as aspects of your own consciousness.  You do not know anything you are not conscious of; so now realize I is consciousness  I is  what I am. 

If what I am saying to you is too hard for you to follow right now; just feel what you can of the mystery of your Self, of the word “I”.  Keep turning to the I of yourself and it will purify your whole being. 

Now you may see that I have been with you always.  I have been in every experience, every mistake, every mis-step, every falling short because I hae always been leading you to myself, your Self.  It has always been I who has kept you searching, searching for your awareness of the I of yourself. 

This is not someone else talking to you.  It is your own Self.  Listen, feel, be I am the air you breathe, the life you live, the love you love.  Though you have not known it, every time you have said “I,” you have subconsciously known that I am the infinity of your being and of all others as well, for there is only one I and you are that I.  Do not try to convince yourself of this.  Do not rationalize it.  Feel it.  Know it. 

Realize that you have not bought the pearl of great price with your effort because it is a gift your Self is giving to you.  Take it.  Respect it.  Honor it and let no one tell you that what I is telling you is not the truth.

When I say that this is the impersonal I, I am not putting down the personal I that appears as your personality.  I am only saying that your essential being is all that God is and God is universal, not limited to a body.  I includes the body.  Where you differ from others is that each person is a poing of light where the impersonal I appears individually  You are your individual point of light.  I is God appearing as your individual being. 

I am always there to hold your hand in time of need.  If you make your bed in hell, I will be there because there is nowhere you can go where I am not.  Use your imagination.  Image me as the I of your being and I will be it unto you.  By creating your personal being in my image and likeness I am saying that the I of your whole self is divine.  There is no other.  My will, the I’s will within you, is your will.  Now you can distinguish the true from the false. 

Anything that does not reveal that I am the truth of your being is a false picture.  Anything that tells you that I am not your true nature is a liar.  Anything that tells you that God is other than the “I” of your own being is a thief that steals your true identity from your consciousness.   Anyone that tells you that your desires are human and selfish is wrong.  I am the cause of every desire and every desire will lead you to me. Let yourself become free of limitation for all that I have is thine, and the earth and its fullness are yours.  Be still and know. 

Be not deceived.  I appears as your humanity as well as the impersonal Self that is your cause.    You cannot go wrong as long as you realize that I, the impersonal nature of your being, is wholly conscious within and it appears both as the one that is doing or acting and the I within that is inspiring the action. 

Be not afraid to enter into the thick of the material world.  Do not be afraid to express your humanity, for I am revealing my truth through your humanity.  Just always remember it is I.  Through the word you close the gap between your humanity and your divine I.  When you realize that I am expressing myself in the world as y our personality you are loving your Self, the I that I AM.  There is no other way. 

I AM IN YOUR TEMPLE.  I have told you that your body is the temple of the living God which I am.  So now put aside all the words that I have been using and let us enter the temple.  Symbolically see yourself preparing to enter the temple ase you did before going to church every Sunday as a child.  Take a mental bath by cleansing your mind and sense of self.  Feed yourself a breakfast of the best thoughts you can  Feed yourself the realization fo your I  Dress your consciousness in your Sunday best  That is to say, clothe your personal sense self with the loftiest and most loving concept of self I can reveal to you, and then close your eyes, close out the outside appearances, and reverentially enter your temple, your body. 

Listen as I, the priest of your Self, tells you that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit.  Approach the altar within where you can encounter this Holy of Holies, the I of your self.  Kneel; submit your sense of individual self before the alar, and the priest of your Self will come to meet you.  See it. 

Realize that you are here to take communion, to commune with your Holy Self, your higher consciousness, your priest Self.  Your priest Self offers you the bread and the wine with the worlds.  This Consciousness is the body of the Christ.   The bread that feeds you is the I of your being.  The wine that flows through your being is the spirit of love that flows as Christ consciousness.  Do this in remembrance of me, the I that was before the world was.  Remember me by being a member of my I.

Fear not, it is I.  I have come that I might have life and that I might have it more abundantly.  I your I, and my I, is the Way, the Truth and the Life.

Dare to believe that this I, your I, is the same I that was in Jesus, in Buddha, in Krishna, in every saint and master.  Dare to believe that it is your I.  Dare to believe that when you are completely in that I, you are not only one with Jesus but appearing as Jesus. 

Know that whenever you say the word, “I” you are speaking the name of God.  Lift up your I into the high point of your awareness.  See this I as a sacred little baby born within you, seemingly so innocent and helpless but actually all-powerful and made of pure light.  Know that I have given you this sacred being.  Honor it.  Tend it. Love it. Nurture it. Know there is other, none better, none more powerful. 

This I that you are is the secret of life and of love.  I am the energy of the universe and I am you when you abide in my word.  That word is “I.”  Honor it, keep it sacred, but never, never forget that no matter where you go, I will be there because wherever you go, I go with and as you.  All you have to do is remember me.  I….I….I….I….I

Be not confused.  There is no difference between you and the temple of your body.  From the outside, the temple is what and who others think you are.  Those who love you know that within that which appears as you is the child of God, the I that you are.  Your temple protects you from those who are not aware of the true you that lives in the temple. 

Rejoice that your I has this protection from those who have not realized their own I.  Rejoice that the world does not even know your body is a temple, because that way you can smile and know your essential being is safe within. 

Now get up from the altar.  We, your I and your human identity, have communed.  You are once more clean, whole and ready to go back into the world for I have not come to take you out of the world but to keep you from harm in the world.  Rejoice in your secret, that you are both priest and supplicant, that you live in the house of God. 

Go back into the world knowing I AM THAT I AM.  Be happy to re-enter the world because you now possess the pearl of great price, the realization of your own I. 

Realize that what is in the world is not inferior to the pearl within because that which is in the world is the outer expression of the I that is within.  Rejoice that your name is writ in heaven, and return to the level of human awareness rejoicing.   

I AM 

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