Vision
Picture of God #78, Thurs 2/1/01
The following 3 statements may appear to be different, but they actually all say the same thing.
1) SELF-FULFILLING PROPHESY
A forecast (see prediction) which, by the very fact that it is stated, has the effect of bringing about what it claims and thereby making it more "true" than it would have been without publication. The implicit self-reference includes the acts of individuals who believe in the truth of the prophesy and are capable of either influencing or interpreting the course of events in the prophecy's domain. The self-referential loop is rarely cognized by the believer. Besides many religious examples, such as miraculous healings, many phenomena, such as ethnic prejudices, teacher's evaluation of student's capabilities, etc. are largely self-fulfilling in this sense (see self-fulfilling hypothesis). (Krippendorff) (From the PRINCIPIA CYBERNETICA WEB)
2) Proverbs 29:18
The King James Version: "Where there is no vision, the people perish."
3) Sri Aurobindo
A Hindu philosopher said, "It is impossible to live immortally outside of a society of immortals."
Now.....
We have, to this point, barely begun to touch on what it means to live with The Mind of Christ within you...Barely begun to conceive of what it means to live in the Fullness of YHWH....Hardly started to describe a life full of God-Consciousness.
But I know we're losing people...And the "radical", wild, really challenging stuff we haven't gone anywhere near.
What's going on?
We (the human race) have done many, many studies about human behavior alone and in groups, and their differences...People will do things in groups that they could never imagine when they are alone, and vice versa...Mob psychology, riots....Well, there's thousands of pages that have been written and hundreds of studies that have been done.
What's the point?
Jesus said many things, but one of the simplest, that summarizes his entire ministry and teaching is, "Seek ye first the Kingdom of YHWH, and His righteousness."
First and foremost. Before taxes, money, food, sleeping, anything.
Do you know anyone, have you ever met anyone, who actually lives that way?
- The Law of Self-Fulfilling Prophesy is just a fancy way of saying "I + Will = Being."
- We live in a society that, to be kind, does not exactly support the notion of dedicating yourself first & foremost to seeking YHWH's Kingdom.
- In other words, if the human race had a "Mob Psychology" that was dedicated to religious devotion, it would be much "easier" to live a righteous, holy life.
- Absent that, being a "society of one", makes it extremely difficult to Seek ye first...
Community....Vision....It has been proven repeatedly that it is impossible for people to rise above their expectations. That's why VISION, of WHAT IS POSSIBLE, is SO ESSENTIAL. If we can gain that vision from society as a whole, WONDERFUL! But that is not happening now, nor is it likely in our lifetimes. So, absent society's granting us a Vision of The Divine Life, we must do EVERYTHING WE CAN to get that vision and share it OURSELVES.
In other words...
IS POSSIBLE. You may not believe that, but it is true.
But unless you catch a glimpse of it, have a VISION, then it is impossible for you. All you will know is, at best, that if you say the right magic words, then you will go to the good place when you die...You will not even have a GUESS of the incomprehensible greatness of the inheritance awaiting you, here and now.
Society won't tell you.
Your parents probably didn't. Because they didn't know.
The so-called church certainly isn't doing a very good job of it.
So do we quit? Give-up?
No.
So, what are we doing here? Exactly 2 things:
1) A "Practical Application" of this site, church, whatever you want to call it, is that it PROVIDES A VISION OF THE LIFE DIVINE. Getting the vision, the IDEA, is the first essential step towards making it happen.
2) Helping to create a community of people who are dedicated to seeking First the Kingdom...I don't really know how the web or these efforts will be able to lead to that, but I have some ideas.
Every now and then you see this graphic:
It all, "it" meaning everything, your life, society, everything, all starts with an expectation.
Expectation = Will = Self-Fulfilling Prophesy = Vision.
If we can get enough people together, bodily or "virtually", then we start to create the Community, the REAL Body of Christ, where YHWH lives.
So, with the smallest number of words I can use, the "Practical Application" I offer you is:
Change your expectations, and you will change your life.
I + Will = Being.
