Did You Imagine This Eleven Years Ago?

The revelation “God’s Plan for the World,” a small portion of the New Message from God, was made public on June 20. Marshall Vian Summers received this revelation on March 26, 2011 in Boulder, Colorado. There are 800 of these revelations, of which 400 have been made public. The Society for the New Message from God is releasing a new revelation to the public every two weeks. Therefore, at this rate, the entire New Message from God will be available to the public in slightly over fifteen years. This revelation will appear in the forthcoming book “The Time of Revelation.

Did you imagine this eleven years ago?

Did you imagine this eleven years ago?

This revelation made certain predictions about the future. I mention the date that this revelation was received so that you could examine it in that context. You can see how well the predictions made in this revelation hold up. This revelation put it’s predictions on display by repeatedly using the word “Increasingly.”

Increasingly, you will see that one nation alone cannot be successful if others fail.

Increasingly, you will see that one religion alone cannot meet and speak to the needs of humanity.

Increasingly, you will see that crisis in one nation will affect the well-being and the prosperity of other nations.

Increasingly, you will see that the environment is disrupted and that violent weather and the changing of the world’s climate will have an increasingly destructive effect upon humanity’s ability to feed and care for itself.

Increasingly, you will see discord and financial instability and corruption arising in the corridors of power.

Increasingly, you will see the consequences of human irresponsibility.

Increasingly, you will see that war cannot be an option, for it destroys the infrastructure and the resources, which will be so difficult to replace in the future.

Increasingly, you will see that people need the same things and that the world is limited in what it can provide.

Increasingly, you will see the limits of technology and what happens when technology fails and how that affects the lives of so many people.

Increasingly, you will see that it must be human courage, human determination and human cooperation that will make all the difference in the end.

Did you imagine this eleven years ago? I did not. I read the book “The Great Waves of Change” 12 years ago. It spoke of how we face an increasingly difficult world. I thought its predictions of climate disruption, resource depletion, and increasing political instability were something for the more distant future. I was mistaken. All I know is that I must cultivate my ability to follow Knowledge, the deeper spiritual intelligence that God has placed in every person. All I know is that I must be noble and strong, inspired and determined. All I know is that I must do whatever I can to help others be noble and strong, inspired and determined.

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Then Falter Not O Book Fulfill Your Destiny

Then falter not O book fulfill your destiny

The Worldwide Community of the New Message from God is observing the 2022 Steps Vigil. This is a commemoration of the 20-day period (May 26 – June 14) when Marshall Vian Summers received the book Steps to Knowledge. Marshall received this book in Albany, New York in 1989. We are therefore celebrating the 33rd anniversary of the entrance of Steps to Knowledge into the world. Steps to Knowledge is the book of spiritual practice of the New Message from God. I have written a review here.

Then falter not O book fulfill your destiny

Steps to Knowledge is part of a much larger body of material. Marshall Vian Summers received this material over a period from 1982 to the present. The New Message from God presents itself as the latest in a series of divine revelations to humanity. This series includes the teachings of Buddha, Jesus and Mohammed. When these revelations appeared, it was not immediately clear they should be translated into the languages of the world. But people of many faiths have observed that people learn the teachings of a religion best in their own heart language. Bible translator John Wycliffe (c. 1320-1384) wrote, “it helpeth Christian men to study the Gospel in that tongue in which they know best Christ’s sentence.” Translating Steps to Knowledge into other languages is comparable to translating a small portion of the Tripitaka, or a book of the Bible, or a Surah of the Qur’an.

In how many languages is Steps to Knowledge available?

I wrote in 2018 about the progress of translation of Steps to Knowledge into the languages of the world. I mentioned that there was a complete version of Steps to Knowledge in 11 languages, spoken by roughly 2.4 billion people. Significant progress has been made since then, There are now complete versions of Steps to Knowledge in 15 languages other than English:

  • Bahasa (Indonesian) – Langkah-langkah Menuju Pengetahuan
  • Bengali – জ্ঞানের প্রতি পদক্ষেপ
  • Bulgarian – Stŭpki kŭm Znanieto
  • Chinese (Traditional and Simplified) – 内识进阶
  • Dutch – Stappen Naar Kennis
  • French – Les Pas vers La Connaissance
  • German – Schritte zur Kenntnis
  • Greek – Ta Vímata tis Gnósis
  • Italian – Passi Verso La Conoscenza
  • Korean – 앎으로 가는 계단
  • Persian – گام به گام تا بصیرت و دانش
  • Polish – Kroki do Wiedzy
  • Russian – Шаги к Знанию
  • Spanish – Pasos al Conocimiento
  • Vietnamese – Những Bước Đi đến Tri Thức

The number of people who speak these languages as their heart language is roughly 3.1 billion, slightly less than 40% of the world’s population. In addition, there are 10 languages where a partial translation exists: Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Croatian, Danish, Hebrew, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak and Swedish. These are the heart languages of an additional 530 million people.

Who did these translations?

It should be noted that professional translators did not create these translations. Student practitioners created these translations. People who practiced Steps to Knowledge in English, who spoke another language as their heart language. “Native speakers” of Steps to Knowledge created these translations. I have heard the testimonies of a number of these translators. Some of the translators encountered the New Message and thought to themselves, “This must be shared.” Some of the translators shared “I trusted my deepest inclinations,” as they described their path into translation. Russian translator Alisa shared some of her translation experience here. I consider this translation to be an enormous accomplishment, a great display of dedication and devotion.

Is this translation technically difficult?

Some people might be wondering “Is the full experience being conveyed in translation?” I believe it is. The evidence I suggest is the readability level of Steps to Knowledge. A high school freshman has a reasonable chance of understanding its content. I find Steps to Knowledge remarkably free of esoteric language.

How is Steps to Knowledge progressing into the world?

The number of people who have a complete copy of Steps to Knowledge in their heart language has been doubling every 10 years or so, over the past 33 years. if this trend continues, Steps to Knowledge will be available in the major languages of the world in 20 years or so.

Then falter not O book, fulfill your destiny

American poet Walt Whitman (1819-1892) wrote a poem “In Cabin’d Ships At Sea” in 1871. He envisioned books of his poems being read by mariners in the future. In this poem he wrote “Then falter not O book, fulfill your destiny. I speak this same blessing over Steps to Knowledge. This book has been given with gratitude and high expectation. I rejoice and give thanks for the efforts many have made to move it forward into the world.

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Welcome to Mystery of Ascension! We are students and advocates of the the New Message from God. We are members of a worldwide community. We seek to assist the world in successfully navigating difficult times ahead. We seek to assist the world in successfully emerging into a greater community of intelligent life. You will also find some poetry. Find out more about us here. Contact us here.