THE BATTLE IS NOT OURS

Remember your great field of labour is yourself. That is your first task, the weeding, the planting, digging, pruning, bearing fruit. When that is done I lead you out into other fields. -- "God Calling," September 9.

There's the difference between psychology and spirituality...our great field of labor is our self in each case, the difference being the result we seek.

Psychology helps us build a healthy ego which is good, right and necessary in our daily, walking-around world.

Spirituality helps us uncover a Source within not of our self...but our Self. This Source precedes our healthy ego. It sets us free to live in a state of mind more concerned for the wellbeing of others than in our ego's "me getting mine" state.

A word of warning: "A state of mind more concerned for the wellbeing of others" causes egos to revolt. Cries of "unhealthy" resound within. There. Right there is the time to pause, pause for the cause, the cause being to listen. Both our Source and our common sense will tell us the same thing if we will take the time to listen.

All it takes to be more concerned for the wellbeing of others than for our own wellbeing is to have a gut-bucket belief unto reliance on God...the God of our own understanding. My God is on my side AND on your side, both at the same time. I cannot do that, cannot in the moment think me there. I do, however, believe it is necessary if we are ever to live at peace...individually, not just worlds not at war. Therefore, my great field of labor is building that inner belief unto reliance, and meditation, studying spiritual literature, etc., etc., etc., are all necessary. The essential, can't-get-there-without-it, ingredient, however, is practice...practice the Presence. Practice the Presence of the Source within.

My Source has its roots in the Sermon which is one hundred percent about ego deflation...or getting over our own self. Which translates to: When right, promptly shut up...and make agreeable listening noises. That is why it's called our "great field of labor," because it is never easy remembering that we have no dog in this fight, no pony in this race, no words to add.

God has our back...be still and know I am God.

Thank you.