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  Wholeogram Man : Integral Portal(s) To Wholeness

A Relationship of Appreciation by WingMakers

Wholeogram Man said Aug 31, 2006, 3:13 AM:

 

Even though this is long, I felt it important enough to post and in a public place.
Mark
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Universe Relationship through Gratitude


This is the principle that the Universe of Wholeness represents a collective intelligence that can be personalized as a single Universal Entity. Thus, in this model of inference, there are only two entities in the entire cosmos: the individual entity and the Universal Entity. Inasmuch as the individual is impressionable and constantly changing to adapt to new information, so is the Universal Entity, which is a dynamic and living template of potential energies and experiences that are coherent and as knowable as a friend's personality and behavior.

The Universal Entity is responsive to the individual and its perceptions and expressions. It is like a composite omni-personality that is imbued with Source Intelligence and responds to the perceptions of the individual like a pool of water mirrors the image that overshadows it. Everyone in a human instrument is indeed, at their innermost core, a sovereign entity that can transform the human instrument into an instrument of the Sovereign Integral. However, this transformation is dependent on whether the individual chooses to project an image of a Sovereign Integral upon the “mirror” of the Universal Entity, or project a lesser image that is a distortion of its true state of being.

The principle of universe relationship through gratitude is primarily concerned with consciously designing one's self image through an appreciation of the Universal Entity's supportive “mirror”. In other words, the Universal Entity is a partner in shaping reality's expression in one's life. Reality is an internal process of creation that is utterly free of external controls and conditions if the individual projects a sovereign image upon the mirror of the Universal Entity.

This process is an interchange of supportive energy from the individual to the Universal Entity, and this energy is best applied through an appreciation of how perfect and exacting the interchange occurs in every moment of life. If the individual is aware (or at least interested in having the awareness) of how perfect the Universal Entity supports the individual's sovereign reality, there is a powerful and natural sense of gratitude that flows from the individual to the Universal Entity. It is this wellspring of gratitude that opens the channel of support from the Universal Entity to the individual and establishes a collaboration of purpose to transform the human instrument into an expression of the Sovereign Integral.

It is principally gratitude–which translates to an appreciation of how the inter-relationship of the individual and the Universal Entity operates–that opens the human instrument to its connection to the sovereign entity and its eventual transformation into the Sovereign Integral state of perception and expression. The relationship of the individual with the Universal Entity is essential to cultivate and nurture, because it, more than anything else, determines how accepting the individual is to life's myriad forms and manifestations.

When the individual accepts changes in sovereign reality as the shifting persona of the Universal Entity, they live in greater harmony with life itself. Life becomes an exchange of energy between the individual and the Universal Entity that is allowed to play out without judgment and experienced without fear. This is the underlying meaning of unconditional love: to experience life in all its manifestations as a single, unified intelligence that responds perfectly to the projected image of the human instrument.

It is for this reason that when the human instrument projects gratitude to the Universal Entity, regardless of circumstance or condition, life becomes increasingly supportive in opening the human instrument to activate its Source Codes and live life within the framework of the synthesis model of expression. The feeling of gratitude coupled with the mental concept of appreciation is expressed like an invisible message in all directions and at all times. In this particular context, gratitude to the Universal Entity is the overarching motive behind all forms of expression that the human instrument aspires to.

Every breath, every word, every touch, every thought, every thing is centered on expressing this sense of gratitude. A gratitude that the individual is sovereign and supported by a Universal Entity that expresses itself through all forms and manifestations of intelligence with the sole objective of creating the ideal reality to activate the individual's Source Codes and transform the human instrument and entity in to the Sovereign Integral. It is this specific form of gratitude that accelerates the activation of the Source Codes and their peculiar ability to integrate the disparate componentry of the human instrument and the entity, and transform them to the state of perception and expression of the Sovereign Integral.

Time is the only factor that distorts this otherwise clear connection between the individual and Universal Entity. Time intervenes and creates pockets of despair, hopelessness, and abandonment. However, it is these very “pockets” that often activate the Source Codes of the entity and establish a more intimate and harmonious relationship with the Universal Entity. Time establishes separation of experience and this creates doubt in the Universal Entityís system of fairness and overarching purpose. In turn, this creates fear that the universe is not a mirror but rather a chaotic, whimsical energy.

When the human instrument is aligned with the Sovereign Integral and lives from this perspective as a developing reality, it attracts a natural state of harmony. This does not necessarily mean that the human instrument is without problems or discomforts, rather it signifies a perception that there is an integral purpose in what life reveals. In other words, natural harmony perceives that life experience is meaningful to the extent you are aligned with the Sovereign Integral, and that your personal reality must flow from this strata of the multidimensional universe in order to create lasting joy and inner peace.

Gratitude is a critical facet of love that opens the human instrument to acknowledge the role of the Universal Entity and redefine its purpose as a supportive extension of sovereign reality, rather than the whimsical outreach of fate or the exacting reaction of a mechanical, detached universe. Establishing a relationship with the Universal Entity through the outflow of gratitude also attracts life experience that is transformative. Experience that is richly devoted to uncovering life's deepest meaning and most formative purpose.

  flex22 : Mystic

Re: A Relationship of Appreciation by WingMakers

flex22 said Sep 23, 2006, 6:11 PM:

 

“When the individual accepts changes in sovereign reality as the shifting persona of the Universal Entity, they live in greater harmony with life itself. Life becomes an exchange of energy between the individual and the Universal Entity that is allowed to play out without judgment and experienced without fear. This is the underlying meaning of unconditional love: to experience life in all its manifestations as a single, unified intelligence that responds perfectly to the projected image of the human instrument.”

NOW THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT! OH YES!!! Mark, thankyou!!! immensely for sharing this article with us fellow Appreciators.It is one heck of a good article.I really enjoyed reading it, and I will be reading it a few more times yet for sure!

“Establishing a relationship with the Universal Entity through the outflow of gratitude also attracts life experience that is transformative. Experience that is richly devoted to uncovering life's deepest meaning and most formative purpose.”

And that's why we're here ladies and gentlemen :D

Brilliant stuff.Thanks again Wholegram Man! I really appreciate it.

  Wholeogram Man : Integral Portal(s) To Wholeness

Re: A Relationship of Appreciation by WingMakers

Wholeogram Man said Sep 24, 2006, 11:26 AM:

 

Hello able-to-“Flex”-World Citizen,


    Today's Daily Word was “Thankful Heart.” With the joy oozing off of the page, with an awareness of real…REAL abundance, blessings, goodness, and love for me from the universe, one thing it said was “I cannot help but think of lovingly passing along my good.” And so I couldn't help but pass along something that I felt was so beautiful, loving, and intelligent to a Society of those who Appreciate!


    And what an added wonderful thing in life (icing on the cake) when you give beauty to someone that is it also received with intelligent appreciation! Life is good!


    Even before I saw this WingMaker philosophy, my spirit sensed a (perhaps) more basic relationship - a relationship between the Whole (or All That Is, or whatever name) and myself. And if this relationship could be at least understood if not “healed,” then a kind of circuit could be a reality in our lives. And all electrical circuits are very functional.


    Even though this is can be seen as your basic “personal relationship with God,” after I read “The Holographic Universe” by Michael Talbot, in which it educated readers that in a hologram “the part is the whole and the whole is the part,” the science of this transformed itself in my mind as the individual is (or a reflection of) the universe and the universe is the individual! Something we all know in our souls being expressed in science is very exciting to me!


    Because the nature of our minds is to see dualistically (in twos - me and the universe), embracing an idea of a circuit of these “two” could help us mis-creating-humans-down-hear-on-earth to experience our lives in authentic Oneness. True integration, and true comfort, and true certainty.  Wherever we are in the universe we are in the center.


    Anyway, in the sharing this kind of appreciation perhaps I'll have more of a chance to actually learn it!


Namaste,

Mark