BEING A CO-WORKER WITH THE DIVINE PLAN -- PART ONE

 

YOUR TRUE BE-ING

 

If you want to be a good servant within the divine plan for salvation of the world, you must never forget that you do not live and work on your own strength. All power comes from God, and all powers you manifest come to you from your Higher Self -- from God. Constantly remember that your person as such is an imaginary be-ing. Your true be-ing, the only, eternal reality within you -- is GOD.

 

This is why self-confidence means having confidence in the God dwelling within your heart. and not in the phantom being of your person as such. Divine self-confidence is indispensable for every creative activity and represents an inner union with God. But when a person imagines his qualities and powers are his own and not God´s he turns divine self-confidence into satanic false pride and presumption.

 

PRESENCE OF MIND 

 

To be a co-worker within the great divine plan you must also be able to make decisions with lightning-like speed. You must learn, instantaneously, without hesitation, to choose the best of a number of different possibilities. Situations can arise in which only a moment´s delay can mean missing the unique, never-recurring opportunity.

 

When you can act in a moment, with complete concentration and with a presence of mind that stands above and beyond all concept of time, your power to decide instantly is divine. But acting quick as a flash without concentration and presence of mind turns divine lightning-like speed into satanic haste.

 

This is why you must also learn "Divine Cirmcumspection". Before acting, you must control your temper and with lots of patience allow the decision to ripen within you. In order to recognize the will of God you must often allow yourself time to reach the right decision. That´s what it means to act with prudence. But if you carry prudence and circumspection to the point of never reaching any decision at all, you´re turning divine circumspection into satanic, doubting indecision.

 

YOUR INNER VALUES

 

As a useful co-worker in the divine plan you must learn to accept everything that fate brings you. Your worth is not determined by external circumstances but by the degree in which you manifest God. Worldly degradations and humiliations cannot destroy, or even reduce, your inner values. By the same token, praise or glorification cannot make them greater either. For this reason, you must never be affected by the way ignorant people treat you. You remain what you are whether people vilify you or glorify you. Learn to be contented in all and any conditions and to accept the circumstances fate gives you with complete imperturbability.

 

To be continued....

 

(Article from the book "Initiation").