Volumes and Books and Chapters and Verses

Greek-New-Testament Volumes and books and chapters and versesIt is common for the source documents of many religions to be organized into smaller units to facilitate study and reference. The Dhammapada is a collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form. It has 26 chapters, with each chapter having both a number and a name. Early Christians created chapter divisions for the books of the Bible.  The ones used today were formulated in the 13th Century. The verse divisions used today were created in the 1500’s. Each of the surahs or chapters of the Quran have both names and numbers. The surahs are divided into ayahs or verses.

Volumes and books and chapters and verses

The New Message from God is following in this tradition. A major reorganization of the written works of the New Message from God is currently underway. This is part of the even larger project of compiling a final written version of the New Message from God in the lifetime of Marshall Vian Summers.

God Has Spoken Again is Volume 1, Book 1 (There are a number of other books to be released in the future which will be in Volume 1)
Greater Community Spirituality is Volume 2, Book 1.
Relationships and Higher Purpose is Volume 2, Book 2.
Steps to Knowledge is Volume 3, Book 1
Steps to Knowledge, Continuation Training is Volume 3, Book 2
Living the Way of Knowledge is Volume 3, Book 3
The Great Waves of Change is Volume 4, Book 1
Life in the Universe is Volume 4, Book 2
Wisdom from the Greater Community, Volume 1 is Volume 5, Book 1
Wisdom from the Greater Community, Volume 2 is Volume 5, Book 2
Secrets of Heaven is Volume 6, Book 1

Volumes and books and chapters and verses. One could consider the Bible as existing in two volumes (Old and New Testaments), with Volume 1 having 39 books (Genesis to Malachi) and Volume 2 having 27 books (Matthew to Revelation)

Volumes and books and chapters and verses. The book God Has Spoken Again is the first book to be released in verse form. The verses aren’t currently numbered, but they could be in the future. The existing books will be re-released in verse form in the future. Therefore, the larger vision is that each part of the New Message from God will be identifiable by volume, book, chapter and verse. For example, the portions of the revelation “The Proclamation” on which I have commented are Volume 1, Book 1, Chapter 1, Verses 1-12.

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There Are Many Ways To Live, Which Will I Choose?

many ways to liveThere are many ways to live in our rapidly changing and turbulent times, and I am asked in The Great Waves of Change to prepare for what is coming in the not-too-distant future.

Of the many ways to live, a life in the wilderness has always held great appeal for me.

I am very drawn to the story of Agafia Lykova, a Russian Old Believer who was born and has lived all of her life in the Siberian wilderness. I first heard of her several years ago, but she surfaced in my mind again a few days ago (I was wondering if she was still alive) and the very next day I saw her mentioned in a talk show I happened to catch on TV. I did some research and found this video.

Published on Apr 9, 2013 (I noticed the synchronicity of dates)

In 1936, a family of Russian Old Believers journeyed deep into Siberia’s vast taiga to escape persecution and protect their way of life. The Lykovs eventually settled in the Sayan Mountains, 160 miles from any other sign of civilization. In 1944, Agafia Lykova was born into this wilderness. Today, she is the last surviving Lykov, remaining steadfast in her seclusion. In this episode of Far Out, the VICE crew travels to Agafia to learn about her taiga lifestyle and the encroaching influence of the outside world.

There are many ways to live, which will I choose?

There is a New Message teaching called Living The Way of Knowledge, which says:

“The wilderness is the place between thinking and Knowledge. It is the area between a life of assumption and a life of experience. Here everything you thought you knew becomes questioned. Here your assumptions are recognized as assumptions rather than facts or realities. Here you begin to experience new dimensions in life, and your sensitivity develops. Here you are able to hear thoughts and become exposed to the mental environment. Here you taste life’s reality much more clearly and much more sharply. Here your ambitions are tempered. Here your approach becomes humble.”

I realize, of course, that the wilderness referred to here is not the wilderness of Agafia Lykova, not in the literal sense, but still, the environment in which she lives seems to be conducive to living the way of knowledge.

However, The Great Waves of Change cautions against living in isolation.

In Chapter 8. The Danger of Isolation, I read:

In the face of the Great Waves of change, it is important that you are not isolated and that other people know who you are and where you are—people who can assist you, people whose wisdom you can rely upon, people who can support you in times of need. This network of relationships, to whatever extent it can be established or is established already, is vitally important.

At the end of the same chapter it says:

There are very few people who will be able to survive in isolation, but they will have to have immense skills and will have to live a life of continued hardship. This would only work for a very, very unique set of individuals.

I do not consider myself a person with the unique abilities needed to live the kind of life Agafia Lykova lives, but I have absolutely no doubt that she has the capacity to meet the Great Waves of change (when the Lykov family was found in 1978 by geologists, they had no idea there had been a second world war) and that she is living the way of Knowledge.

There are many ways to live, which will I choose? In the coming turbulent times, I still do not know.

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