LAW OF THREE (69) Will and Eternity

LAW OF THREE (69)

WILL AND ETERNITY

"Eternity is not the feeling of existence; it is not the feeling of being permanently living in the present; it is not undivided consciousness: it is becoming sensitive to influences coming from beyond existence; from the world of will. Eternity is becoming receptive to intuition,  to timeless intelligence, and to the universal source of love."    From my notebooks, unknown author.

Eternity if the medium that enables us to be touched by Intuition, Intelligence and Love.  Eternity reconciles times and space enabling us to become sensitive to influences coming from beyond existence. 

Intuitive intelligence enables the exercise higher discernment,  inviting Love to give purpose and direction to our actions.   In J.G. Bennet´s prayer: "be ready in all things to sacrifice the less for the greater and to with hold nothing from the demands of Love"*

Wisdom schools emphasise: "being for the sake of doing." Consciousness is not the end of the journey but a necessary step in the way to responsible action.  Consciousness is not an active force; it does not initiate actions. Actions depend on the receptive power of the individual will to attend. When attention is able to rest in the space between two opposite forces (active-resisting) a gap is formed which enables the entry of new information or meaning (3rd Force)needed to aid the the powers of discernment, decision and action latent in us.

In the Christian spiritual way, the practice of alert attentiveness (receptive will), teaches the ear to hear what the Spirit has to say. "He who has ears, let him hear", Mat 11-15"; " To hear is to obey", St Benedict. To obey is to respond, to act. In Gethsemane Jesus responds to the Father: "not my will but your Will." Mary on hearing the voice of the Angel Gabriel, "let it be done according to your Will."

When the ear can hear, we are invited to participate in the play of creation as a receptive, consenting, and acting will (I).

* Oh Eternal Essence, O Holy Jesus, o Transcendent Godhead,

grant me the keys of salvation,

to fulfil the destiny for which I was created,

to be ready in all things to sacrifice the less for the greater

and to with hold nothing from the demands of Love.

J.G.Bennett