In the story that I shared from the Bible yesterday, the Son of God submitted to a baptism by John the Baptist, a symbol of our conscience. When John said, \u201cI need to be baptized by you,\u201d John indicated that spiritual intuition is higher than conscience. However, when Jesus replied, \u201cLet it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness,\u201d Jesus indicated that conscience has its place in the totality of wisdom. Conscience is to be respected and followed. It is not to be ignored as less than higher wisdom.<\/p>\n
NTI begins on that premise. We begin by following conscience instead of ignoring it, and it is through following conscience that higher spiritual wisdom arises into conscious awareness.<\/p>\n
Michael Langford concludes his book, Manonasa: A Spiritual Autobiography<\/em>, with \u201cFive Steps for the Majority.\u201d These steps encourage us to follow our conscience in relationship with others. Here is what Michael wrote in Manonasa<\/em>:<\/p>\n For those of you who do not want to attain Manonasa but you would like to know how you can move from darkness to light, follow all 5 steps on this page every day. All of you who do want to attain Manonasa should also follow the suggestions on this page, because these suggestions are for all of the more than 6 billion humans on earth:<\/p>\n When Peace Pilgrim began her spiritual investigation, she noticed that nearly every spiritual culture had a rule similar to \u201cthe golden rule.\u201d Jesus taught this rule in the Bible by saying, \u201cSo in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you,\u00a0for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.\u201d<\/p>\n In Jesus\u2019 final teaching to the apostles, just prior to his arrest and crucifixion, he said, \u201cA new command\u00a0I give you: Love one another.\u00a0As I have loved you, so you must love one another.\u00a0By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.\u201d (John 13:34, 35)<\/p>\n Kindness with one another and with all living things (ahimsa) is where we begin our second year of Gentle Healing.\u00a0When we practice kindness, our goal isn’t to act kind on the outside while judging and carrying on ferociously in our minds (although that may be how it starts). Kindness is a way of being that we want to master through and through. In this way, kindness is a purification technique.<\/p>\n First, we behave kindly with everyone, because to not be kind is to be a slave to the ego, and we don\u2019t want that. Then secondly, if we do not feel<\/em> kind within, we question our thoughts and feelings. We turn to inquiry and to rest-accept-trust in order to heal every part of us that is not naturally kind.<\/p>\n NTI says, \u201c\u2026 the law of the heart is beyond the world. It is like a path that you shall follow to higher ground.\u201d<\/p>\n In other words, as we live by conscience in our relationships with others, it leads to higher and higher levels of wisdom, levels that \u201clead a man from his manhood to his true Self\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the story that I shared from the Bible yesterday, the Son of God submitted to a baptism by John the Baptist, a symbol of our conscience. When John said, \u201cI need to be baptized by you,\u201d John indicated that spiritual intuition is higher than conscience. However, when Jesus replied, \u201cLet it be so now; […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[101,88],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-27459","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-gentlehealingtips-year2","7":"category-sidebar","8":"entry"},"yoast_head":"\n\n