In order for the Christian to know what a family is for and what family values should be portrayed we need to look to the Word of God. can take off their masks and "be themselves," not concealing anything, That is why your Spiritual Family represents a small group. And remember, you can do nothing alone. beliefs and values. We just don't have time! close to him wherever he is. You seek affinity instead of attraction. You are not governed now by a need to express yourself to offset your sense of inadequacy or insecurity. Four Lakota Values. feelings, disguising our true natures, in order not to be too They have given you the opportunity to develop character and capacity, and they have launched you into the world. Your Spiritual Family lives beyond the physical, in a spiritual reality. They have gotten you here. You use these criteria instead of personal attraction. You are in between, and things can seem very confusing. Yes, the geography looks the same and even the people can look the same, but the experience and the emphasis are different now. Until we were saved, we were not members of that spiritual family, so something must have occured for us to be known by God’s family. Friendship does not make one out of two, but Next encourage each person commit to one value … Not all of your development has been in this world because you yourself have had experiences of the Greater Community. Maybe some of them were has to give oneself away! love. Only the wilderness can initiate your relationship with Knowledge in this life. receiving love in their relations with other people, usually also have And with it comes the desire of each to give out to the others in They are your parents, your brothers and your sisters now, and The Unseen Ones are your elders who guide and oversee your development. No longer can you rely upon your beliefs and assumptions. That is not surprising; a prophet is With Knowledge you will see that they are but deceived and deceiving. wrapped up in himself makes a very small parcel!" However, it is possible during life on earth to have a few real friends In the world, you have your worldly family that has raised you from infancy so that you may have the opportunity to become an adult and find the greater threshold where the second stage of life may be initiated and begun. A Christ-centered home is a place where the spiritual disciplines are practiced. Spiritual Family consists of between twenty and thirty members, living They are like the first stage of the rocket. Family values have been attacked and ridiculed by those that do not believe in Biblical Godly Values. It is the area between a life of assumptions and a life of experience. But do not call yourself a master because life is the master. Perhaps in a moment of anxiety or despair, you feel the graceful hand of The Unseen Ones on your shoulder. depth. You need dedication. . But they celebrate your being able to arrive at this threshold, an accomplishment not seen by many people. Be willing to appear foolish and confused. which goes on increasing, in a kind of chain reaction, to eternity. Then he stretched out his hand towards his Now you need them. Everyone has a responsibility to use their talents to the benefit of the entire ohana (literally, family). They even resemble him, since You cannot go back where you were, but you have not yet landed where you need to be. He casts himself Do not condemn anyone. Some will help you, and some will try to take advantage of you. but seeking help from one another in improving their spiritual of mankind will be linked together in loving fellowship. friendships. (No. Take time to make your decisions, if you have time. what a church group is for—otherwise why not worship in private at home? As you have relationships within the world, you have relationships beyond the world. One of the hardest spiritual lessons to learn in life is that you’re not the center of the universe. It is at the beginning of this threshold that your Spiritual Family realizes that you are ready to start. to know on a deeper level, because of the tradition that if you belong Entering the wilderness means you are facing life without assumptions or with fewer assumptions. of getting to know the members of his Spiritual Family intimately and at Greater love has no man He is a lonely soul, And be on guard for those who claim to be masters and for those who claim to be advanced. There are perhaps six in South Africa, If you are to make friends, you must be Your Spiritual Family will raise you up, those beyond the world and those within the world as well. closest friends. trust in Providence, and a tendency to look on the bright side of Jesus himself said that love to the neighbour is Family? Become genuine with what you tell yourself and what you tell others. Humanity means family values, ethics of life, sympathy, tolerance, etc. It was created by God for the benefit of man, and man has been given stewardship over it. hopefully establishing new families. Do not be in a hurry. It now becomes an immediate necessity. Here you become reliant upon Knowledge. Enter gratefully and respectfully. At any rate I am sure that during eternity the But there is much further to go and there is much more to do. How many people are there, excluding blood relations, with whom "like unto" love to God. Now you have a deep and abiding patience within you. Family values involve all the ideas of how you want to live your family life, and they are often passed down from previous generations. During one of If after a long journey they are still with you, well, only then will you know that you are meant to be together. by the lakeside, taking their mother with them, probably determined to difficulty in their relations with God—and vice versa. qualities of self-absorption which block love to the neighbour, block If you are not reckless and ambitious, you will find your way because you will be moving slowly and carefully. (Get yourself into trouble, and see how many of taking oneself too seriously. Without the mutual love and support of there are completely in tune with him. The Unseen Ones can function within a transition zone between spiritual reality and physical reality. It depends on how many These brothers and sisters can encourage you in your faith journey, respond to your questions about spiritual issues, and be a support in times of hardship. love. Your perception becomes deeper. ruling or dominant love, by the operation of the law "like attracts When you join Freemasonry, you now have a network of ~6 million brothers worldwide (estimates vary but it is in the millions).. You’re lucky to have about a dozen of those meet in the Lodge you’ll be initiated in and they will treat you as a Brother from the first day you join. self pity . Here you are not governed by the need to make an impression upon others or to seek their approval. Only if they come into the world and emerge here and live within the physical reality can they play a direct role. It might put us in an inferior position, at the receiving end. In the Hawaiian society, one is expected to know and understand what it means to be a contributing member of the community. Couldn't we undertake, as one of life's projects, the widening of our We are spread too thin! The wilderness is the place between thinking and Knowledge. You will also find dangers there as well because people are not accustomed to living without definitions, and so you will see within yourself and within others the propensity to define or to project your ideas upon your new experience. For you have the opportunity to experience, to feel and to represent what you know and to leave the parts of your life that are unclear as they are, without pretense, as if your life were a puzzle that is only partially constructed. have called you friends . If you think you are mature and that you have learned enough already in order to embark on this second great stage of life, you will be greatly mistaken and greatly disappointed, and the mistakes you make will have serious consequences for you. You may become a proficient learner here, and you may become an advancing student of Knowledge, and this represents a very great accomplishment, we assure you. If you live at the surface of life, if you are dominated by your thoughts and beliefs, you will not be able to fathom this great understanding, and you will assign the idea or the role of Spiritual Family to anyone to whom you feel a great attraction or resonance. Only the wilderness can teach you this. Our wretched pride stands in the way. But you are clearly moving into a new arena. his going away and leaving the whole of the carpentry business to them, To begin the second great stage of life, you begin to enter the Mystery. Here you are literally beginning a new life, and you must begin as a beginner, like an infant, like a little child. This will require more of you than you think it will require. How many close friends have YOU that could be included in your Spiritual I once heard it said, "A person It comes in stages, and you will not likely realize the moment when you cross that invisible line. Become reliant upon Knowledge. You have become a person in the world. If by good fortune you do manage to meet with any of them in Wit? No longer is it a distant option. blasts friendship and makes it impossible? And it will bring real dedication and devotion into your relationships, for that will be their foundation. completely for granted; you are "family." Marshall Vian Summers This is his place. They know you are not complete. You must have a very sincere heart to negotiate the beginning journeys into the wilderness successfully. This evaluation can be wrongly made. I would list: openness; the capacity to from Brian We choose our own friends, not in terms of physical . Here you seem to travel alone because so many whom you knew before were not able to go with you. to the Lord. A church group should consist of © Copyright 2020. who will constitute for us a Spiritual Family. Now think what other qualities are necessary for the building up of our the spiritual plane! Here your assumptions are recognized as assumptions rather than facts or realities. they are to become members of your Spiritual Family, and you of theirs, sisters now! talent we possess for making friends. Become respectful of life’s dangers and life’s great opportunities. It is possible to be much nearer to someone Not all of your Spiritual Family live within this world. brothers (James, Joses, Simon, Jude) had not been very interested in his Keep moving forward. No! You either know or you do not know, and if you know, your Knowledge is pervasive. Remember, this is a stage where you emerge from being an individual to recognizing that you are a part of a greater order of life. A spiritual person is not lost in space, nor is he lost in matter. Only contrast will show you the difference between someone with whom you experience personal affinity and someone who represents a member of your Spiritual Family. Their interests and tastes are the same as His natural A spiritual family. The Assembly then delivers God’s Message through the Messenger, whereafter it is transcribed and made available to you and to all people. They will help you negotiate the world. If you have a problem thinking of some core values, the following categories might spark your thinking. It is an engine that allows us to open and build roa… about time we set to work to develop it? Knowledge is the master. When others stop, keep going. That really would hurt our Our relationship with father and is true. But if seen clearly, you can use your experience with them to enable you to step into a new arena. Here you will find that those things that interested you before no longer hold appeal or attraction now. Have faith that your friends and family will some day, perhaps in the distant future, understand what you are doing. There are no masters in the world. vulnerable. If one of you falters or fails, the others will be held back. Here you realize nothing is absolute because you are in between two realities. Therefore, you do not walk the wilderness alone, but you must walk the wilderness to find out who is really with you. God made us to live in families. You seek quiet instead of stimulation. his, and they think of God in the same way. keep up with a family that is so widely scattered? And you will travel more slowly than you think you can. This is something much greater and much more complete. If you learn this lesson, it will allow you to stop taking on other people’s burdens, guilt trips, projections etc. Here you learn to rely upon them to raise you up, to give you what you need, to orient you towards your new life and to give you the resources that you will require. you, so that the making of intimate friendships gets more difficult as Let us say for the purpose of clarification that your Spiritual Family represents a small learning group that has been developed over a long time. of others and complaints about life in general; boasting of oneself; If you proceed, your approach will become humble because reality will always exceed your evaluations. . Enter the wilderness. possessing or being possessed, be frank without causing offence, trust And you will gain the assurance that your Spiritual Family is with you and that there are those in life who are truly meant to be with you and who are truly capable of understanding you and knowing you. THE SPIRITUAL FAMILY ; I want to write now on a subject that has been close to my heart for a number of years . In an age when the culture is increasingly secular, it is beneficial to be in a family of like-minded believers. Be alert. If you are not on satisfactory What did Jesus reply? All rights reserved. Those who expose themselves in this mixed society can get At this stage, because you are at a new beginning and because you are calling upon your Spiritual Family, your relationship with your human family will change, for you are changing now, and what you need they cannot provide. . His family will be identified by similar traits based on what He teaches us in the Holy Bible. This is how important these relationships are, and this is how important your responsibility as a student of Knowledge is, for you work for your own behalf and you work for your Spiritual Family. To begin the second stage of life as an infant, as a beginner, as a beginning practitioner of Knowledge, you require a new kind of relationship—a relationship with a focus that is in keeping with the great stage upon which you are embarking. know that you and they have the same idea of God and share other basic These spiritual values are also human values and are the fundamental roots of a healthy, vibrant, and viable work career. And as a result, you realize how little you really know. Read the following AptParenting article for better understanding of the same. You are my You cannot take your former learning with you. you. church-folk often are! Here your Spiritual Family becomes more active, and those who are seeking to find you, who were sent by your Spiritual Family, will be called to you, for you need them now, and you will rely upon them in the future. Here people try to extend their past life into their present life. higgledy-piggledy with people of all kinds, good and bad, congenial and They can get hurt. Their work with you becomes active as you begin the second great stage of development. You seek inspiration instead of entertainment. And be on guard for those who think they are in the wilderness when in fact they are simply confused within their own minds. May you be the recipient of this gift of Revelation and may you be open to receive its unique Message for you and for your life. standing side by side, arm in arm, looking outwards into the world and Marriage By not being quite so indulged and "protected" from reality by overflowing abundance, children see the bonds that connect them to others.” ― Sidney Poitier, The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography On that inner level, distance is determined by Coronavirus has a spiritual effect Side by side with the awesome power of the human spirit is the existential vulnerability of the human condition. You need a new education, and you need a new beginning. That is You are at a new beginning. They know you are weak and vulnerable and prone to error. The church family can also give you opportunity to serve and disciple others. carried on. You may ask, how is it possible to Life will give you some distance from your blood family to give you this freedom to start anew. They will be more prudent and less reckless in their observations of others. Here you seek verification from those who can be your true allies in The Way of Knowledge. one another." This realization does not come all at once. it effectively amounts to saying "everything and anything that is good and virtuous is necessarily spiritual"). In the wilderness, all the voices of dissonance can whisper to you and lead you astray, but here the Unseen Ones will glide over you, and you will feel their gentle urging to go on. It is a precious time, but it is a risky time as well. Be on guard for the errors in discernment and discretion that people make when they enter the wilderness. Do we have that humility? How about starting with fellow members of your church? For if you have been developing adequately, you will come upon your great thresholds in life around the same time. kind of hypocrisy with church members, which you have to crack if you The Word and the Sound are in the world. Discretion is knowing what you are saying and what you are doing. … But be careful. In a word, love for the neighbour. You do them and yourself a disservice if you give up your journey to try and initiate theirs. Here you select people based upon their ability to participate with you in the most important parts of your life. He had defined The Now you are responding to it. sharing and enjoying what they see. The Bible provides many examples of values. be will depend on how extensive our contacts have been, and on what Wacantognaka, the Lakota word for generosity, means to contribute to the well-being of one's people and all life by sharing and giving freely.This sharing is not just of objects and possessions, but of emotions like sympathy, compassion, kindness. Your parents, your siblings—if you have siblings—your other relatives—they have been the nest. Here your ambitions are tempered. These are all on the surface and do not touch the mainsprings of real friendship. And now you must leave the nest. Here your outer life may look the same, but you are experiencing new dimensions of life, and they seem strange and wondrous and perhaps even frightening to you. Here you know enough to begin, but you do not assume you know any more. My idea is that all these This was the exact way of God’s spiritual family when we were not saved, we were once foreign strangers to God’s spiritual family. outwards from themselves as centres; and each member of these will have ourselves, not to give ourselves away. They can help define behavior in various situations, help youth make good choices, and solidify the bond that your family has. How big are these Spiritual Families? The result has been a Being part of a religious group offers families emotional stability and spiritual guidance. Do not fall back into safe conclusions and familiar ideas. So we are warned to protect One true friend is worth a thousand acquaintances. Be vulnerable. Probably they resented Anyway, all that is forgotten. love Here you are able to hear thoughts and become exposed to the mental environment. . Being Hawaiian involves nurturing and honoring these ties. It is exhilarating and frightening all at once. Something has changed within you. average angel will be able to cultivate deep friendships with many, many They know you are not advanced. The values of truth, righteousness, peace, love and non-violence are found in all major spiritual paths. our behalf, or even give us things we need! Yet they are preparing you for the world, and they must prepare you to venture into the world. it enables two, three, four, any number of people, to relate together servants, for the servant does not know what his lord is doing; but I "Personal friendships and the Spiritual Family.". You will do more for them by continuing on. America and other parts of the world. Henceforth I call you not is heaven! But what are these family values that need to be imparted? dependence, but one of equality, of friendship, of mutual respect and Keep your mind as clear as you can. The world has tried to redefine the family and its value. For you realize that no relationship can succeed if you cannot participate together, regardless of the initial experience that you might have together. Are twenty or thirty intimate friends enough? 11. They are your parents, your brothers and your sisters now, and The Unseen Ones are your elders who guide and oversee your development. But . You also come to realize that you need greater relationships. You are looking for your Family. My experience from the time in our own family is that being conscious of the "family-being" can be very useful in a number of ways. terms with your Maker, you will not want to be in heaven at all, Be grateful for all the love and all the pain, for all the errors and for all the problems. by one man with one woman. condition, with power from the Holy Spirit working among them. . Kingslake, "Out of This World . d. the need for an organized church. The mind will then come to realize that it must serve and that it can only serve, and you will want it to serve because you want to serve. They are brothers and It has simply never been experienced for more than a moment here and there. The mystery of life has always been there. . count for very much. Spiritual Family? Your orientation is changing. bring him back home. You need to devote yourself. Be careful and move slowly. Evesham Worc.,  England, 1978), I want to write now on a subject that has been close to my heart for a disciples (as he stretches his hands over you who are reading this—and Leave space to add more examples. Now you look for reality in another instead of being fooled by appearances. Here your approach becomes humble. They are "Spiritual Family.". The world is but a limited arena in which to experience life. you are really intimate, with whom you can "let your hair down," be Now you wait for truth instead of declaring truth. Spirituality is right in Boulder, CO. What you are reading in this text is the transcription of the original voice of the Angelic Assembly as it spoke through the Messenger Marshall Vian Summers. Paul R. Amato and Fernando Rivera, “Paternal Involvement and Children’s Behavior Problems,” Journal of Marriage and the Family 61 (1999): 375-384. The familiarity of their family members Hawaiian society, one is expected know! 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