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The Inner Journey The Ascension Career Unit 9 The Inner Voyage - Personal Assessment
Covenant of Machiventa Melchizedek
Instructions to Students & Teachers -: In this first lesson we are 5th Epochal Revelation Quotes - The entire ascendant plan of Lesson Content - We’ve probably all wondered
Unit 9 Personal Assessment Taking Honest stock of the
Human Soul Be of Good Cheer - Have No
Fear! As a mortal creature chooses to "do the
will of the Father in heaven," so the indwelling spirit becomes the father of a new reality in
human experience
Lesson 9 "Jesus had an unerring ability for the
recognition of truth, and truth he never hesitated to embrace,
no matter from what source it appeared to emanate". The Spirit of Truth Lesson Plan Outline: To control your
Emotional Body
Exercise: Students reflect upon the way the mind is
conditioned by likes and dislikes and attempt to reach the
triune balance of body - mind and Spirit. Meditate on the
concept of glorification. Being of Good Cheer and without Fear. Supplementary
reading: The Life and Teachings of Jesus
Textbook: Jacob's Ladder The Bridge
Across Forever-The Sacred Way When you see this butterfly icon,
remember the pace of the caterpillar and the beauty of the
butterfly, pause and contemplate this idea for a moment,
utilizing the power of your growing spiritual awareness!
Instructions to the Teacher The purpose of this lesson is to
establish a habit within the student to be conscious of those
thinking patterns that are out of harmony with the truth, beauty
and goodness that is forthcoming from one who hears the voice of
the Father through the Son.
Our Master said "What does it profit a man to gain the
whole world and lose his own soul? What would a man give in
exchange for eternal life? For those who would lead the way, as the
Father's Ambassadors and our Master's Apostles His advice while
here in the flesh to these men of old, was to spend three hours
a day in preparation for the work of the Kingdom. As an Apostle
for this day and generation I advise one hour of this time would
be wisely spent in the technique of approach revealed in these
courses. EXERCISE 1. Students make up a Time-Pie for balance. 2. They meditate on the concept of
glorification. Students may make a list or Time-Pie of
all the different life experiences that they have had in their
life: travel, sports, housekeeping, sewing, fishing, etc. Then
with their new Time-Pie they can actualize something new. (Ex:
Music, typing, new life skills) DISCUSSION Glorification Night: Think up some thing
glorious and fun, the idea will arise out of the group mind. Urantia Revelation Quotes
LESSON
on Taking honest Stock of the
Human Soul
For the purpose of this course we will
call these model careers and ideal lives our Divine Principles.
JACOB'S LADDER
UB131:7.3"`Every time man yields to
anxiety, he takes one step away from the leading of the spirit
of his heart.' Pride obscures God. If you would obtain heavenly
help, put away your pride; every hair of pride shuts off saving
light, as it were, by a great cloud. If you are not right on the
inside, it is useless to pray for that which is on the outside.
`If I hear your prayers, it is because you come before me with a
clean heart, free from falsehood and hypocrisy, with a soul
which reflects truth like a mirror. If you would gain
immortality, forsake the world and come to me.'" THE INNER VOYAGE UNIT 9: PERSONAL ASSESSMENT - Taking
honest stock of the human soul, and the material mind. Lesson Content You can use the technique taught in the
first part of this course to get anything you really want out of
life. You can become the person you have always wished you could
be. The only thing that can stop you is you. The old you. The
old programmed ideas of who and what you think you are. This Lesson will show you how to evaluate
your true potential. Once you know that, you have a bull's eye
to aim for a destination to head towards.
WHICH ONE IS THE BEST? A purebred German shepherd dog - bred to
a purebred German shepherd dog had three identical pups. The first pup is bought by a prison guard
and was trained to become a guard dog, to stop prisoners
escaping - to kill if necessary. The second pup is bought as a guide dog
for a blind man to become his eyes. The third pup is bought by a man with a
family and becomes the children's pet. Which, in your opinion is the best dog,
and why? Jot down your answer on a sheet of paper! The PRINCE and the ROBBER Now another story, from pages 45 and 46
in the book METAPHYSICS, WHAT IS IT? (by Winifred Grace Barton). Many years ago, there lived a King and
Queen who had identical twin sons, William and Charles. Away in
the woods lived a robber who hated the King -- so he stole into
the palace the night the babies were born and took little Prince
Charles off into the forest. The King and Queen are sick with grief,
but finally pour all their love and attention onto little Prince
William, who is given the best possible care and education and
grows up to be exactly like his parents. Meanwhile, little Charlie is taught all
the fine cunning of stealing, killing and generally making a
villain of himself. The only time he breaks down is one night
when he spares the life of an old man he has robbed - as a
matter of fact this brings about his ruination, as the old man
identifies him, and Charlie gets caught and is hanged. The same night Willie falls from his
horse and gets killed. So both men arrive at the gates of heaven
at the same time. Who gets in first? In other words, who is
accounted as the best person, in terms of an active psi or soul? Write down your choice and explain it. Now - Let's go back to the first
question: Which is the best dog? The answer is: All of them! Each dog was
only doing what he was programmed to do. All three are equal in
worthiness. How about the princes? Who did you think
should get through the gates of heaven first? The answer is that Charlie, the robber,
would be the first one. This is why. Remember in the story we are told that
Willie grows up in a very fortunate environment. He was a "good"
prince who grew up to be just like his parents. But he remained
merely a product of his genetics and environment. On the other
hand, Charlie rose above his programming - even, if only once.
Moral fruits are not spiritual fruits, one is the acceptance of
what is, the other is the revelation of what can be. One is
progressive the other non active in increasing the spiritual
capacity of each day and passing generation. It is in overcoming our programming that
we can achieve the "Crown Of Life". Let's look further to understand why it
is not enough for us to merely adhere to our programming, even
if it was "good" by the standards of man. UB Quote 102:7.04 "True, many apparently
religious traits can grow out of nonreligious roots. Man can,
intellectually, deny God and yet be morally good, loyal, filial,
honest, and even idealistic. Man may graft many purely
humanistic branches onto his basic spiritual nature and thus
apparently prove his contentions in behalf of a godless
religion, but such an experience is devoid of survival values,
God-knowingness and God-ascension. In such a mortal experience
only social fruits are forthcoming, not spiritual. The graft
determines the nature of the fruit, notwithstanding that the
living sustenance is drawn from the roots of original divine
endowment of both mind and spirit." I.Q.: ANIMAL CUNNING Every human being is unique. Our physical
assets are largely controlled by two factors; 1. Genetics - Qualities inherited from
our parents and ancestors, i.e. (color of our hair, skin and
eyes, talent for music, sports etc. Our intelligence potential) 2. Environment - this includes the family
background, culture, educational opportunities and country we
were born in. What is your genetic inheritance? What
kinds of talents were passed on to you from your parents and
your family tree in general? What kind of an environment were you
brought up in? How much opportunity did you have to develop your
talents? Reflect on this for a few minutes. Now, let's take a look at the factor of
I.Q. (Intelligence Quotient). I .Q. measures the crude animal cunning
of which an individual is capable. It is mostly concerned with
the speed at which a brain can absorb and retrieve information. In many societies a lot of importance is
given to I.Q. We forget that it does not in any way reflect the
depth and breadth of an individual's thoughts, real values or
insights concerning truth, beauty or goodness. We also tend to forget that I.Q. is not a
guarantee of happiness or success. As a matter of fact, the
opposite is often true. In the above-mentioned book, there is a
description of a study done on members of M E N S A (an
organization comprising of the top 2% of I.Q. ratings in the
world.) These mental giants fully agree with the above
statement. Few of them held responsible positions. Few were able
to maintain an effective triune emotional balance, of body, mind
and spirit. One member of this group had used his
high I .Q. to figure out nearly three hundred ways to get back
at an individual who had treated him badly without that
individual ever discovering from where all his misfortune was
coming! This sounds like something out of a science fiction
story, yet it is a true example of how intellect can become
uncontrollable, if too much importance is attached to it. Again,
balance is a key factor. Considering life originates in spirit
is organized in mind and manifest in the material world, this
type of psychic force is the cause of many unkind and unloving
realities in human experience. After all, genetic inheritance, body-mind
potentials and beauty are purely accidental and nothing to be
proud of in itself. If another one of the millions of sperm had
won, the race you might have been a different person altogether.
It's something to think about. Environment, too, depends on the luck of
the draw. Remember Willie and Charlie? They had a similar
genetic inheritance, but they were raised in entirely different
sets of cultural circumstances. Good education and positive programming
give us the confidence for fullest development of our basic
talents, only when governed by the indwelling divine monitor. MEASURING TALENTS Now that you have given some thought to
your genetic inheritance, and the environmental opportunities
you have had, you are ready to begin to assess your talents. Visualize three containers that represent
our inherited gifts, and their development through environment,
(keep in mind that if you were born in a well-developed country,
this is part of a fortunate environment). We will use a gallon
measure, a cupful, and a teaspoonful to illustrate physical
attributes.
GALLON
CUP
TEASPOON
Which container do you think is best
representative of you? The person with a gallon measure of
talent can be truly proud when he or she knows that this
capacity has been developed fully and put to service in the
Master's work - the only possible reason for wanting personal
development. A student with a comparative cupful of assets need
only shoulder a cupful of human responsibility. Of course, the gallon, cupful and
teaspoonful measures are theoretical. Every single person is
unique. A starving child in India, for example, however
intelligent, would be less "wealthy" in personal assets because
of a crushing environment, and need have no fear of celestial
indignation if he contributes little to human welfare. The person with a gallon measure might
pick up 1000 impressions per second, the cupful person 100
impressions and the teaspoonful person 10 impressions per
second. But if these are wrongly filed (due to a misfiring
emotional mechanism), the spoonful is just as likely to know
truth as the gallon measure. Here is an example to illustrate. A
brother and sister were playing with a kitten. The boy was older
and very bright. He could be said to have a gallon measure of
talent. The girl was slightly mentally-challenged - she would be
a teaspoon person. The boy began to play so roughly with the
kitten he was hurting it. It was his slower-thinking sister who
told him what he was doing was wrong and took the cat away.
YOUR PENDULUM Imagine your emotional balance as a pendulum. It can swing from extreme like to dislike
LIKE The average person tends to swing from
one pole to another. Likes and dislikes are the real robbers of
vim, vigor and vitality. Let's take the example of the housewife
who doesn't like to wash the floors, so she keeps putting it off
to another day. The mental energy wasted in procrastination far
exceeds the physical energy needed to do this simple task. This
is a situation where mind control leading to true self mastery
becomes especially important. Without it, your likes and
dislikes will keep you swinging constantly, reducing mental
efficiency. And each swing consumes energy, radiating into the
aura in a confused mass of colours throughout the waking day. There is another aspect to the swinging
pendulum You have probably noticed it in yourself especially
since you began this course. It is caused by the focus of
attention switching from personal cause, based on self-centered
interests to a Greater Cause (empathy, & concern for all about
you - global citizenship). Intellect is always fearful that if the
focus of attention is set on something other than personal goals
ID is going to lose out. So, it tries again and again to refocus
attention towards self. It works something like this. As your
psi-light or soul grows in wattage you feel more and more in
tune with nature and the world about you. You feel terrific. You
just want to share yourself. Later, when you discover a facet of
your personality which is not pleasing to ego's self-image, ego
says, "This Jacob's Ladder Inner Voyage is digging up things we
don't like to look at. Why not stop using all of the
techniques." The pendulum swings violently. At this point you
may feel discouraged. It is not unusual for weaker truth-seeking
ones to withdraw from the course at this time.
SAMUEL AND SAUL Samuel was a young boy whose life had
been promised to the Temple by his mother. One night, while he
was asleep, he heard his name called. He ran and asked Eli, the
chief priest if he had called him. The old man said no. When
this had happened three times in the same night, Samuel, at
Eli's suggestion, surrendered to God with these words: "Speak
Lord, for thy servant heareth." Saul was a young tentmaker. A Jew from
Tarsus, he took every opportunity to persecute Christians. One
day, on the road to Tarsus Saul was struck from his horse by a
"blinding flash" from heaven. Thereafter he became "Paul," one
of the most devout of Christ' s apostles. 100:5.3
"It should be made clear that professions of loyalty to
the supreme ideals-- the psychic, emotional, and spiritual
awareness of God-consciousness--may be a natural and gradual
growth or may sometimes be experienced at certain junctures, as
in a crisis. The Apostle Paul experienced just such a sudden and
spectacular conversion that eventful day on the Damascus road.
Gautama Siddhartha had a similar experience the night he sat
alone and sought to penetrate the mystery of final truth. Many
others have had like experiences, and many true believers have
progressed in the spirit without sudden conversion. 100:5.4 Most of the spectacular phenomena
associated with so-called religious conversions are entirely
psychologic in nature, but now and then there do occur
experiences which are also spiritual in origin. When the mental
mobilization is absolutely total on any level of the psychic
upreach toward spirit attainment, when there exists perfection
of the human motivation of loyalties to the divine idea, then
there very often occurs a sudden down-grasp of the indwelling
spirit to synchronize with the concentrated and consecrated
purpose of the superconscious mind of the believing mortal. And
it is such experiences of unified intellectual and spiritual
phenomena that constitute the conversion which consists in
factors over and above purely psychologic involvement." The Samuels have a quieter, more
prolonged Armageddon (battle with self-will). "Saul" types have
a shorter, more violent struggle with self. Which personality type are you most like? Are you the type of person who resists
changes until the last minute and then never go back on your
decision or is your progress more gradual and confident? As you have proceeded with this course
you may by now have realized how important it is to forgive
others for past insults and injuries you have received from
them. It is equally important to forgive yourself for errors you
have made in the past. "Learn, baby, learn" is a useful motto to
adopt. Don't be too hard on yourself. Take the
subject matter of the course seriously - but learn to take
yourself lightly. YOUR MYSTERIOUS NUMBER Up to this point we have seen that we all
have inherited gifts, different kinds of talents. How well they
were developed depended upon how favorable our environment was.
We learned that the more talents we have, the more responsible
we are for using them to make the world a better place for all
to live in. Now we will discuss the steps you can
take to discover what your real potential is, the ULTIMATE YOU,
and where you are in your development right now. As no two people start out on exactly the
same level of enlightenment, we have to find a common
denominator for analysis purposes:
But scores of students can testify to
these results -- ASK --then keep an open mind. Within a few days
a number between zero and one hundred should start buzzing
through your head or crop up by some other mysterious means (for
Spirit is very versatile), let the angelic host working with the
material manipulations of world events and the all seeing spirit
of the divine monitor be your guardians and pilot .The main
thing is to keep pushing towards that 100% ULTIMATE YOU figure,
the number of self mastery. In this Lesson we have seen that:
FEEDBACK SHEET UNIT 9: PERSONAL ASSESSMENT
Personal Assessment Story I was at a point in my life when I felt
satisfied with who I was and what I had. Things were going well
for me and the way I was investing my energy seemed to bring
good results. The first time I received this lesson on
Personal Assessment and was asked to assess my energy output in
comparison to my maximum potential I felt confident in putting a
good average of 80%. I knew I could do more, but at the time I
was content with my performance. Then part of the exercise was to meditate
on receiving and seeing clearly our percentage of how much we
used our potential. To my surprise I got the number 3%. I could
not accept this so I pushed the thoughts away and kept on going.
Then one day I looked at the calendar to find out the day's date
and it was the Third of the month and somehow the number had
been circled with a red felt pencil. It caught my attention but
again I did not face it. The following week I took the Personal
Assessment again and the teacher gave us an example of someone
using only 3% of their potential. Well, that did it to me. Three times
three was too much of a coincidence. After I accepted the fact
and faced the reality of how little I was using my potential, I
started to think about it and it discouraged me somehow. Later on that week it dawned on me that
if I felt satisfied or good about myself when I was actually
using only 3% of my potential, then how much more satisfaction I
would get if I had reached my 100%! I realized that the lesson and the
experience of discovering my percentage had brought a totally
new scale of value to my involve-ment in life as well as to my
desire to grow. Remember to daily practice the 1
2 and 3 Lessons Techniques You are a child of the universe, no less
than the trees and the stars, you have a right to be
here.
Please use the e-mail link below if you have
questions about this lesson
You are a child of the
universe, no less than the trees and the stars, you have a
right to be here.
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