Wisdom from the Greater Community, Vol 2: How to Find Purpose, Meaning & Direction in an Emerging World (New Knowledge Library) - Softcover

Marshall Vian Summers

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9781884238123: Wisdom from the Greater Community, Vol 2: How to Find Purpose, Meaning & Direction in an Emerging World (New Knowledge Library)

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ISBN 10: 1884238122 ISBN 13: 9781884238123

Publisher: New Knowledge Library, 1997

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Continuing the journey begun in Volume I, Wisdom from the Greater Community, Vol. II concentrates on the needs of a world in transition as the context for finding one's contribution and resolving personal dilemmas. Introduces the reader to the larger arena of intelligent life called the Greater Community and provides the insights and perspectives to prepare for a future; that will be unlike anything we have ever known. Few tools will be more essential in the years ahead as humanity realizes we are no longer alone in the universe. Its 34 chapters cover such topics as "Greater Community Realities" and Environments," alongside "Conflict" and "Courage." A new voice in the spiritual wilderness.

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"This represents the great Teaching that is being presented to humanity, for the Creator would not leave humanity unprepared for the Greater Community. The Creator would not leave humanity without the means for living life according to the great purpose that has brought each person into the world. Receive this gift now. This is a gift to you. It is a gift to humanity. And it has come at just the right time."
Marshall Vian Summers

From Chapter 11 - Spiritual Practice

People often ask, "How can I find my purpose in life? What is my purpose in life? How can I gain access to my spiritual nature? How can I discover why I am in the world and what I am here to do?" All of these are important questions, but they call for a form of preparation and not simply an answer. In fact, the form of preparation is the answer. How could there be any other kind of answer? What other answer could there be? If you told people the truth about their lives, it would not help them unless they were in a position to receive it, accept it, and put it into practice. How could they be in this position unless they had advanced through the stages of development that await them? So, the correct answer is a process of development.

The questions that I have just mentioned are very great. They represent great achievements in life. They are not small pursuits. Their rewards are enormous. The rewards are life giving and life changing. The preparation, then, must be commensurate with rewards. Achievement here is far more difficult than simply learning a particular skill. It involves the re-establishment of one's life and an entirely new experience of life and what life is. Therefore, the preparation is great. Do not set out on it unless you intend to complete it. Do not dabble with it. That will not give you anything. You will not understand it, and you will not be in a position to evaluate it.

The Greater Community Way of Knowledge is an answer to a great set of questions. It is given at a time to prepare humanity for its destined encounter with other intelligent life. This represents the greatest threshold of learning that humanity has yet faced, for this interaction will change the way that people think of themselves, each other and the world around them. What they consider to be their practical life and their spiritual life change tremendously. That is why the Greater Community Way of Knowledge is being introduced. It is not the only way for everyone. It is a special way for certain people. I am speaking to you now and encouraging you to receive the answer that has been given to your sincere request for purpose, meaning and direction in life. This is a genuine answer. Now the challenge is to learn to receive it. To receive it, you must welcome it, accept it and embark upon it.

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