A Disclaimer

I'd like to add a little disclaimer, at this point. The reasons for it are many-fold but quite simply, it is as much for me as for you. Certain articles here are sourcing external sites, which I found to be of interest and provocative of thoughtful discussion. Other than pointing whatever readers I may have here towards such sources, I can claim no credit or responsibility for what they may find there. It's neither my personal work, nor my personal thoughts- the latter may however be given in my commentary, especially after pressing the 'read more' button. Despite this being my blog I wish to avoid any kind of elevated sense of self-achievement or any dishonest claims of authorship. This, I believe, is the nature of humility, and the correct poise for each of us if we are to remain balanced and psychically healthy, in our communications with each other.

There is another species of commentary here, which I would also like to make clear that I can take no personal credit for. This is that attributed to higher beings, or signed with the appellation 'Starfire'.

The reason being, is that this is the area of higher thoughts or even of low-level revelation. My usual personality is not the author, though it may well be transmitted through this, as well as my electrochemical soma (body) that is typing out the words. I may be proud of what I see as the appropriateness or inspired nature of some of these pronouncements, but they can and must only come through those who can see that they are not works that they can take credit for. The ego is a natural part of our psychological makeup yet can certainly get in the way of heavenly transmissions of wisdom. It is my hope that, by saying this, I have guarded us from such an eventuality which would threaten the purity of these transmissions. It could even end them. My work is that of a messenger and incarnate human- communication of the works of higher minds are just that, they are the fire of the stars, the words of Starfire- not the thoughts of my temporal personality.

I am not 'great man', I am an ordinary person blessed and gifted with these visions of splendour. Only natural and ordinary men are ever able to receive thus... which means that we all have such capacity, if we lead a life of healthy habits that clear the heavenly channels within us, and let higher voices vibrate with our thoughts. They eternalise our personal experiences and are the stuff or true religion, of purest poetry- they are quite literally God speaking through and with us.

I quote from The Urantia Book of the necessity of such measures-

“When the development of the intellectual nature proceeds faster than that of the spiritual, such a situation renders communication with the Thought Adjuster both difficult and dangerous. Likewise, over-spiritual development tends to produce a fanatical and perverted interpretation of the spirit leadings of the divine indweller. Lack of spiritual capacity makes it very difficult to transmit to such a material intellect the spiritual truths resident in the higher super-consciousness. It is to the mind of perfect poise, housed in a body of clean habits, stabilized neural energies, and balanced chemical function – when the physical, mental, and spiritual powers are in triune harmony of development – that a maximum of light and truth can be imparted with a minimum of temporal danger or risk to the real welfare of such a being.” (110:6.4)

“Even when they do find it possible to flash a gleam of new truth to the evolving mortal soul, this spiritual revelation often so blinds the creature as to precipitate a convulsion of fanaticism or to initiate some other intellectual upheaval which results disastrously. Many a new religion and strange “ism” has arisen from the aborted, imperfect, misunderstood, and garbled communications of the Thought Adjusters.” (110:4.5)

For me, this means that there is a constant urge on the part of the thought Adjuster, that spark of God residing deep within us, to inspire us, to make our thoughts eternalised, through unobtrusive, loving influence. Only by being healthy ourselves can it be possible for them to do this. So let us help that part of God within us, let us be free.