Celestial Nuggets of Ambrosia

The 1st succulent nugget of redemption forms a foundation for the Soul to launch from; a valuable reminder to “Be on guard against the world.” When implemented in consciousness it opens and leads to the inner resources necessary for the Soul to proceed in its celestial flight. Putting Jesus’ words into practice and being on guard against the world clearly illustrates that mankind has appeared to have fallen from a state of grace into a deep sleep of forgetfulness.

Mortal selfhood suffers from spiritual amnesia, lost in the throngs of human thought; the drama of vignettes and plays on the stage of life. These are complete with cast and crew, but are only transpiring within the dream of the world mind, the collective consciousness of every mortal thought or belief since the beginning of a sense of an identity apart from God.

Being on guard against the world allows one an in-depth view that mortal sense is plagued by a host of inharmonious representatives existing in individual consciousness, programmed mental concepts and thought patterns of a limited, finite sense of existence. The sense of mortality thrives in a background of darkness and confusion, among intruding thoughts and incessant chattering, serving to keep one lost in the yesterdays and tomorrows. There is little relief from the distractions and rehashing of the voice of individual self, which supplies all the ammunition necessary to keep one’s life in disarray, creating a vibration of restless agitation and anxious fearfulness, where one is left to roam in the darkness of their own imaginings.

Intricately spun from the tangled webs of illusion countless strands fabricate an untrue sense of identity along with an inflated dependence on material power. Lack of Soul remembrance has created a sense of self sustained by a belief in an identity apart from God, living as a mortal being in a material universe.

An unconscious inflation of mortal self has brought about the legacy of erroneous beliefs and conditions to which the human mind is subject. Due to a belief in a power separate and apart from God, and by taking thought and judging by appearance, which is the natural man or woman’s chief occupation, things appear to be distorted.

World thought enters individual consciousness by a mortal stream of thought and the testimony of the five physical senses. It broadcasts across the cosmic screen of temporal life, projecting mental images appearing in time and space; complicated human beings playing out a role in the shadow of reality, mesmerized and hypnotized by the mortal belief of this world.

When we function on a vibrational frequency of this mortal belief, we are susceptible to a continuous flow of human thought relentlessly transmitting as world consciousness, carnal belief streaming through our mortal mind. Mass mind consciousness impartially seeps in through the human intellect, embodying attributes of division and alienation. With mortal mind at the helm in control of our mind, the results are feelings of hopeless victimization by the forces of carnal belief.

The human consciousness functions within the boundaries of division and limitation; for in belief it has left paradise and has wandered into a far country, the wilderness experience, a mass of contradictions. Having eaten of the forbidden fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, it now knows error and agrees with it through the fear that a belief in the two powers of good and evil breed.

World mind’s thoughts are food for material consciousness; something for the mortal mind to nibble on or perhaps partake of with a ravishing appetite. This stream of thought anchors one to this world where duality plays havoc, leaving them vulnerable to an endless parade of illusions. It is known that human thought not only creates distorted pictures as seen through a glass darkly, but also sustains them.

Brother Lawrence reveals: “It is idle thoughts that spoil all, the mischief begins there.” “If you will go forward in the spiritual life, you will do better to leave aside the labored conclusions and the subtle reasonings of the misguided intellect.”

When we are tempted to take anxious thought, we need to stop and take inventory, re-examine and remember where all the torrents of past thought have gotten us so far. The more thought given to a problem in a mind which relies on concepts, reasoning and logical thought to reach a labored, practical conclusion, the less chance there is of keeping the ear inclined to the impartation and guidance of Spirit, which is the only real freedom from the appearance of disharmony. Revelation of the Soul comes through divine intuition and faithful inner perception, as we refrain from being an open vessel for world thought. Our own or another’s inharmonious thought, or even the slightest bristling entering our vibration of harmony is enough to bring discomfort.

Thoughts that stem from a sense of separation are a rip in the fabric of consciousness, no matter how subtle. If we can remain in remembrance to be on guard against the world, we can bring ourselves back into our awareness of Soul identity. In this way we accomplish the task embodied in the fruit of this first Soul nugget, stripping off the mortal garment and passing by the corruptible existence.

When we are on guard against the world, we can catch the thought in the act of adultery before it takes root; before it gets a foothold in our consciousness. We can keep our thoughts in heaven by refusing to entertain destructive thoughts that filter in. As we discipline our mind, we find unreleased Soul capacities of love, joy and unsuspected talents to express. Every time the knee is brought to bow in loving humility, a layer around the foreskin of the heart is removed, revealing a yielding heart, a quickened consciousness, and an ascending Soul.