{"id":110236,"date":"2020-11-19T13:20:31","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T21:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.msia.org\/newdayherald\/?p=110236"},"modified":"2020-12-02T12:06:47","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T20:06:47","slug":"processing-the-path-to-mastership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msia.org\/newdayherald\/archives\/110236-processing-the-path-to-mastership","title":{"rendered":"Processing the Path to Mastership"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n\"Whatever is going on in your life, you are in touch with the path to mastership, the consciousness of God.\u00a0 There is an aspect of that we call the Mystical Traveler.\u00a0 We also call it the inner master, and it is present in everyone.\" <\/em>- John Morton \n
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The following article comes from a seminar John Morton gave in September 2020 on the topic of Path to Mastership<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThose of you who work in the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness have the absolute freedom to go where you want, do what you want, <\/em>believe what you want, test whom you want, and doubt whom you want. It\u2019s all right with me. I am going to continually maintain my levels <\/em>of awareness. And it just so happens that when I maintain mine, the people who are working with me can maintain theirs much more readily <\/em>because the Mystical Traveler Consciousness — which is truth, sacrifice, faith, creativity, intelligence, will, devotion, discipline, service, love <\/em>and mastership — <\/em>will maintain the focus of Spirit for all. You can move your whole consciousness forward by developing these eleven key <\/em>traits which define the path of mastership.”<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2013 John-Roger, The Path to Mastership<\/em><\/p>\n

What John-Roger says is why we are looking at mastership in the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness.\u00a0 All of the traits connect to mastership and the path to God.\u00a0 Is it really a path?\u00a0 Let\u2019s consider it is a living truth that is always present regardless of any condition.<\/p>\n

Whatever is going on in your life, you are in touch with the path to mastership, the consciousness of God.\u00a0 There is an aspect of that we call the Mystical Traveler.\u00a0 We also call it the inner master, and it is present in everyone.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t need to be recognized or acknowledged.\u00a0 It has its own witness.\u00a0 It just is.\u00a0 It makes me smile because it is transcendent in all of its qualities.\u00a0 They are always present.\u00a0 Practically, they lead to the best in our life. If we really develop ourselves in these traits, we are going to fully develop ourselves in our life purpose.<\/p>\n

I find myself processing the path to mastership primarily in two ways.\u00a0 First, is it truthful? Second, is it loving?\u00a0 I need both.\u00a0 If I declare, \u201cThis is truthful,\u201d I also need to check, \u201cIs it loving?\u201d\u00a0 If I say, \u201cI just love this,\u201d is that truthful?\u00a0 Make sure it\u2019s truthful.<\/p>\n

Just as the kingdom is within, these qualities are within every person.\u00a0 We don\u2019t need verification outside ourselves.\u00a0 We might get a beautiful reflection of what is inside being magnificently reflected to us outside.\u00a0 But we also might get a lousy reflection from what is outside such that it denies our truth and our love.\u00a0 Like, \u201cYou don\u2019t really love me.\u00a0 If you loved me, you would do what I want.\u201d\u00a0 That makes me smile because that sounds like an ego.\u00a0 The loving way may transcend what we want, and the truth may transcend what we want.\u00a0 Between what you want or truth and love, I would go with truth and love.<\/p>\n

There is another trait that may come in: sacrifice.\u00a0 I may have to sacrifice what I want to be in my truth and love.\u00a0 Is that easy? I hope so.\u00a0 But sometimes it\u2019s the discipline to let go of what I want so I can be in what is truthful.\u00a0 I mean truthful that is all around.\u00a0 Truth.\u00a0 Full.\u00a0 That\u2019s two words.\u00a0 It\u2019s \u201cfull\u201d of \u201ctruth\u201d. My experience (maybe you could call it my faith and trust) is there is a truth that knows the truth.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t need a witness.\u00a0 It is the truth no matter what, independent of anybody\u2019s point of view.\u00a0 It\u2019s the truth.<\/p>\n

If these traits are in an order, truth is first and sacrifice is next.\u00a0 What do I sacrifice?\u00a0 That which is not the truth.\u00a0 How many of us would do that?\u00a0 Stop living a lie, saying one thing and doing another.\u00a0 Stop pretending.\u00a0 Maybe that starts to reduce who is \u201cin play\u201d and who is willing to sacrifice to be on the path to mastership.<\/p>\n

Next is faith.\u00a0 What\u2019s that about?\u00a0 Maybe it\u2019s, \u201cI\u2019m not sure about the truth.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know what the truth is.\u201d\u00a0 Consider there is a truth that transcends what you think.\u00a0 Do you have a willingness to go with that truth?\u00a0 Maybe just have faith that says, \u201cI\u2019ll check it out. \u00a0I\u2019ll act as if it\u2019s true and find out what happens.\u201d\u00a0 Let\u2019s consider we can do that by faith.<\/p>\n

I offer something else to you.\u00a0 There is a truth that you naturally know.\u00a0 Call it intuition, faith or trust.\u00a0 Are you willing to put your body in alignment with truth and act as if you are loving and do what loving would do?\u00a0 If you say, \u201cI can\u2019t love that,\u201d consider that is a lie. You can love that.\u00a0 Maybe you don\u2019t want to love it.\u00a0 If that is the truth, you can say that.\u00a0 Let\u2019s say you are denying love is unconditional.\u00a0 Then consider God\u2019s love is unconditional, always loving and loving in all ways.<\/p>\n

When is there unloving?\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t exist.\u00a0 Unloving does not really exist.\u00a0 Only loving is true and always true.\u00a0 Perhaps you say, \u201cI can deny that.\u00a0 I don\u2019t believe that.\u201d\u00a0 That\u2019s your opinion.\u00a0 Consider what triumphs.\u00a0 What is present at the moment the day is done is a loving presence that is always with us.\u00a0 Hatred is temporary and it is not going to last.\u00a0 Hatred comes and it must go.\u00a0 It must stop, exhausting itself.\u00a0 At some point it doesn\u2019t have the strength to pick up the weapon.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t have the will to pull the trigger, to \u201cdo the deed\u201d.\u00a0 Something stops us.<\/p>\n

One of the great teachings from John-Roger is the \u201ccessation of againstness”.\u00a0 Peace is the cessation of againstness.\u00a0 In the biblical scriptures it talks about a peace that surpasses understanding.\u00a0 We don\u2019t need to understand it.\u00a0 It is peaceful.\u00a0\u00a0 It might make no sense whatsoever.\u00a0 Let\u2019s consider there is peace, glory and beauty present. What do we look at and what do we sacrifice?\u00a0 Where are our faith, trust, creativity and what we do with our life that is on the path to mastership?<\/p>\n

Have you had a moment where your awareness is, \u201cI love everyone! I love everything?\u201d\u00a0 When I have posed that question with groups, the majority of hands go up.\u00a0 They are saying, \u201cI have had that experience even if it\u2019s just one moment.\u00a0 I loved everyone and everything.\u00a0 Even the worst of it.\u201d\u00a0 These qualities transcend whatever is going on.\u00a0 There is mastership.<\/p>\n

Baruch Bashan<\/p>\n

Blessing and Meditation for Trusting the Lord<\/p>\n

Dear Lord, we ask for Your light and love<\/p>\n

as we do a little contact with our loving nature.<\/p>\n

Take a deep breath in.<\/p>\n

Notice how you can trust your breath.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not something you have to hesitate about.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not something you have to resist or fight.<\/p>\n

So, breathe in and breathe out freely.<\/p>\n

If you want to breathe in deeply,<\/p>\n

so you\u2019re more at ease and more relaxed, do that now.<\/p>\n

Locate your trust now.<\/p>\n

Your trust in yourself that whatever comes forward to look upon.<\/p>\n

You have the ability, the strength, and the honesty to look clearly and, openly.<\/p>\n

You have nothing to fear.<\/p>\n

Whatever reveals itself as the truth is your friend.<\/p>\n

Whatever reveals itself as the illusion, that\u2019s part of clarifying the truth.<\/p>\n

The truth that releases the illusion is your friend.<\/p>\n

To know what is true and what is not true is liberation.<\/p>\n

Regardless of what is revealed, even if you don’t know,<\/p>\n

you can find trust and faith in yourself and the Lord<\/p>\n

that you will handle whatever is given to you.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s freedom in exercising your trust and your faith in the Lord.<\/p>\n

Baruch Bashan<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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