Today\u2019s reading references the story of Abraham. Abraham is believed to be the father of both the Arab and Jewish nations.<\/p>\n
According to the Bible, God made a covenant with Abraham. He told Abraham in a vision, \u201cDo not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.\u201d Abraham was worried because he was childless and did not have an heir. His wife, Sarah, was barren, and both Abraham and Sarah were old. According to Genesis 15, God said to Abraham:<\/p>\n
Look up at the heavens and count the stars\u2014if indeed you can count them. So shall your offspring be.<\/p>\n
NTI Galatians interprets that story by saying that Abraham represents birth. One definition of \u201cbirth\u201d is \u201cthe beginning or coming into existence of something.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to NTI Galatians, Abraham represents the birth of Light. Light is the symbol for truth realization, so Abraham represents the birth of truth realization.<\/p>\n
Comparing Abraham\u2019s offspring to the stars, which cannot be counted, signifies an infinite awakening\u2014a total awakening to truth, with no part of consciousness left out of it.<\/p>\n
The total awakening of consciousness is an interesting promise, but the promise becomes more interesting when you realize that Abraham represents willingness.<\/p>\n
You see, Abraham was a man who heard the Voice for God and followed it where it led, even though it meant uprooting his family and servants from the place where they lived and leading them into the desert toward an unknown promised land.<\/p>\n
Abraham is just like willingness. It is our willingness that listens to inner spiritual wisdom and follows it, even though that means letting go of familiar beliefs and attachments and walking through purification toward an unknown experience called \u201cawakening.\u201d<\/p>\n
Willingness is the state of wanting to do something and being mentally, emotionally and\/or spiritually ready to do it, even if learning must occur in the process. Our willingness is the birth of awakening.<\/p>\n