My Favorite Verses - Vol V (Feb 17 to Jun 17)

Galatians 4:29-5:1 … two Children; one Freedom
(03/31/2017)
“But just as at that time when the child who was born according to the flesh
persecuted the Child who was born according to the Spirit, so it is now also … For
freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and submit never again to a yoke
of slavery.” ~ Paul (Galatians 4:29+5:1)
Note first & foremost that the ego (i.e. the “child who is of the flesh”) always
rejects the will of the conscience (i.e. “persecutes the Child of the Spirit”), for the ego
is generated by the “reptile mind” (the most primitive portion of the human brain) and
as such built solely on fear & selfishness -- whereas the conscience (otherwise
known as the “Heart Brain”) is constructed from the Soul, and as such is built only
of Love – compassion for & service towards others.
Most important of all, we must understand how these two “selves” interact
with one another – understand that the former always starts from an assumption of
danger, and that the former always assesses reality ¼ of a second before the latter
can even begin doing so … This means that the “reptile brain” of the ego does
indeed always in a sense “persecute” the “Heart Brain” of the conscience, for the
former is always responding to every situation before the neocortex even begins to
activate the latter, and the former is always doing so using the only analyses at its
disposal – namely, “friend or foe” & (once “foe” is registered) “fight or flight.” The
former believes that any selfless deed is a loss – a vulnerability to attack – a giving
to others and thus a lessening of self – a weakness that can be exploited by the
malicious & the mal-intended.
And as such the ego continually “persecutes” the conscience – constantly
reminding our minds that self-sacrifice is only for the Noble -- and that we are
“only human” -- and that we are “only one person” -- and that being Kind to mean
people is dangerous or irresponsible or masochistic (or even deadly) -- and that
being Kind to our enemies only encourages them to be even more mean or
disrespectful or abusive or cruel or annoying towards us in the future …
All of these internal encouragements are lies, of course, and yet unless the
person hearing them has the humility to pause and the courage to the go forth and
Love anyway, he or she will ever listen to the worm-tongued whisperings of the
ego, and the Joys only accessible via his or her conscience (the Soul) will remain
fully dormant until his or her death.
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