How to Serve Humanity

Wielding the Law of Relationship

• Releasing Your Power

  Oct 30th 2011

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  When we experience our self as part of the planetary life, that union expands our ability to move within and influence that life. The motivating power, ability to relate, and creative activity available to us is unlimited. We then recognize all problems as our problems, and take responsibility for them.

  Fortunately, there is a way to transition from destructive individual motives to benevolent, inclusive motives. One begins by accepting that one is both an individual and part of a collective consciousness. Then, in aspiration to the one life of which one is a part, one wields the Law of Relationship in service to that life.

  This is how we consciously take the next step in our spiritual growth and development—awaken to our purpose and place, and take up our function, within the one planetary life.

  All of this is made possibly by the conscious, focused, and persistent use of the Law of Relationship.

  From: How to Serve Humanity – Wielding the Law of Relationship, by Glen Knape, Preparation Press, 2011. Now available from Amazon.com

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• Unlocking Your Creative Potential – 4

  Oct 23rd 2011

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  If a person or group sees themselves as separate from the one life, and we surrender our will to their will, then we weaken our individual will and cut ourselves off from the will of the one life. The collective will of such a group can be quite strong, even while the will of most of its members is comparatively weak. However, because of its separated focus the group purpose will be out of alignment with the planetary purpose and the effects of the group will be destructive to the one life.

  This type of misalignment is seen in abundance today in the many organizations whose purpose is to produce wealth for their stockholders. The resulting effects on the one life are a secondary consideration at best. The problem is not inherent in their organizational structure, but in their motivating purpose.

  For instance, in the 19^th century it was common to form “public benefit” corporations for a specific purpose (such as building a bridge), that would benefit the public and return a profit to the investors. If all corporations were organized for the public good, and had to continue to benefit the public in order to retain their charter, then the purpose of corporations could be aligned with the one life and they would benefit humanity as well as their investors.

  In the absence of a worldwide rewrite of the corporate legal code, someone who is aligned with the one life, and part of an organization, can help realign that organization with the one life using the Law of Relationship. We will examine how to do this later in the course.

  In the meantime, we are building the foundation for that type of group realignment work by realigning our own persona (body, emotions, and mind) with the one life. This automatically reduces or removes the influence of any separated groups we may belong to, releases our power and creative capacity, and prepares us to move within those groups as agents of the one life.

  That is why, in this lesson, we dedicate our body, emotions, thoughts, and entire persona to the one life.

  From: How to Serve Humanity – Wielding the Law of Relationship, by Glen Knape, Preparation Press, 2011. Now available from Amazon.com

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• Unlocking Your Creative Potential – 3

  Oct 16th 2011

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  As mentioned earlier, our “I”dentity is the result of the tendency of our consciousness to identify with some thing. When your consciousness in effect states, “I will to be …” then your identity is that focus of will. If a teenager taking Driver’s Ed. wills to be the best driver possible, then in that moment that focus of will is their identity. That identity focuses their will on being the best driver possible, and substance responds by working to give that will shape and form. This is the creative process in action.

  If that teenager also thinks “I am a very bad driver,” then at that moment that focus on a perceived condition is also part of their identity. Part of their “I will to be …” is appropriated by that “I am …”, and used to motivate substance. Substance then responds by giving shape and form to their identity as a bad driver.

  The usual result is a will, identity, and persona that is so confused by mixed motivations and activities, that it is very ineffective at accomplishing anything. In this condition, it does not really matter how much will, energy, force, or substance is available to the consciousness. That consciousness is so scattered that any attempted activity will be scattered and opposed by their own will, identities, and thoughts, desires and appetites.

  The solution is to align the three—will, consciousness, and substance—giving them a common motivation, focus, and activity. The persona is then both more powerful in fact, and much more powerful in effect.

  This realignment is accomplished via a simple application of the Law. One dedicates each aspect to the same motivating intent or purpose, thereby focusing all three aspects on that intent. One’s portion of the will, consciousness, and substance of the one life then begin working together. If that motivating purpose is to serve the one life, then all the resulting effects will be in harmony with that life.

  This strengthening is somewhat weakened when we surrender responsibility for our purpose or actions to someone or something else. This surrendering of responsibility occurs when we place ourselves in the type of subsidiary role where a separated person or group determines our purpose and directs our actions.

  From: How to Serve Humanity – Wielding the Law of Relationship, by Glen Knape, Preparation Press, 2011. Now available from Amazon.com

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• Unlocking Your Creative Potential – 2

  Oct 9th 2011

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  We are blessed to live at a time of darkness, for it forces us to look for the light.

  Imagine an infant of, say, 18 months. Its individual will and consciousness are very undeveloped, but focused on just a few things. Because it is so narrowly focused, the infant is much more causative to its environment than it would be otherwise. However, that causality is limited to its narrow area of interests.

  Imagine a teenager of, say, 16 years. Their will, consciousness, and persona are much more developed than that of an infant (although it may not always appear so). But, their will is churned by powerful new appetites and desires, and their consciousness is confused by the attempt to form a mature identity. Their churning new appetites and desires are often so strong that they completely dominate their will and consciousness.

  Teenage boys, for instance, typically “think about” sex almost constantly, and much of their behavior is driven by their desire and appetite for sex.

  Imagine a young adult, with family, profession, and home, all demanding their attention. Their will, identity, and activities are divided among multiple responsibilities, each and all of which they feel must be met.

  For instance, a young adult may make career decisions based on the needs of their family—choosing a career that enables them to pay for the home, education, and after-school activities their family needs, while leaving them the time to attend family activities such as soccer games.

  At each level of growth, we develop more will, more self awareness, and more capacity to focus and direct our thoughts, emotions, and activities. As our will, consciousness, and persona develops, our
  identity becomes stronger as well.

  From: How to Serve Humanity – Wielding the Law of Relationship, by Glen Knape, Preparation Press, 2011. Now available from Amazon.com

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• Unlocking Your Creative Potential – 1

  Oct 2nd 2011

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  We are all, each and every one of us, part of that one planetary life. We are all connected within that life, and what affects any one of us affects all of us. The appearance of isolated problems, individual or group, is an illusion created by the isolation of the separated self. As discussed later, it is not “my” problem or “your” problem. It is a condition within humanity that you have recognized because you have a relationship with it.

  As lone individuals, we feel helpless before the larger life. This is a correct assessment. When we isolate our selves from the one planetary life, we limit our creative potential. Our motivating power, ability to relate, and creative activity are restricted to those of our individual mind, emotions, and body.

  Individuals react to these apparent limits in a number of ways. Many feel that they are powerless to change the world around them and thus are not responsible for the world’s problems. However, this illusion merely dis-empowers them further as it robs them of the ability to respond creatively and effectively.

  When we reject responsibility for a problem we renounce our ability to respond, to create change. How can we change, when we have surrendered our creative power to someone else?

  Some react by aspiring to become powerful enough to shape the world around them, according to their own motives, thoughts, and feelings. This is natural and necessary, for, as we shall see, a strong individual identity is required for the next step in evolution. We gain that power as we develop the clarity of our individual mind, the force of our individual feelings, and the abilities of our individual body. However, with greater power and effectiveness, come greater consequences. The negative effects of our creative efforts grow increasingly obvious.

  From: How to Serve Humanity – Wielding the Law of Relationship, by Glen Knape, Preparation Press, 2011. Now available from Amazon.com

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• Illusion of Isolation – 4

  Sep 25th 2011

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  Of course, our individual experience with humanity tells us that we are completely unable to cooperate on anything. Fortunately, when practicing the Law of Relationship it is not necessary that we cooperate on any thing. When practicing the Law, one is using a conscious, creative process to relate purpose with matter and matter with purpose. One is creating union or at-one-ment between these two aspects of divinity. That is all.

  One is not attempting to prove the correctness of anyone’s thoughts, validate anyone’s feelings, or create any particular outer form.

  When one is using the Law of Relationship in alignment with the one life:

  Thinking is a result of the Law,

  Feeling is a result of the Law,

  Physical effects are a result of the Law.

  They are a result, not a goal but a result.

  Thus, when practicing the Law consciously, our attention is focused on the creative process. Not on any predetermined effects we’d like to produce, but on the process itself.

  Any attempt to bring about a specific result—to get a job, help a political candidate win an election, win a lottery, find a mate, etc.—will only move one out of the higher identity, and out of the alignment between divine purpose and divine substance, dropping one back into the old, separative, individual identity.

  Thus, in order to solve our problems, it is necessary to awaken from our individual self-awareness. In order to serve humanity, we must focus in the heart, relate divine purpose with divine substance, and at-one with the one life.

  From: How to Serve Humanity – Wielding the Law of Relationship, by Glen Knape, Preparation Press, 2011. Now available from Amazon.com

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• Illusion of Isolation – 3

  Sep 18th 2011

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  As we’ve discussed, this transformation begins with our identity and our awareness.

  When we focus in the heart, we place ourselves in that part of our persona that is most receptive to the one life. From the heart, we can align with all of humanity, and identify as humanity within the one life.

  Identified as humanity we can then relate with the purpose of the one life, or with any portion of that purpose.

  As humanity, we can relate the purpose of the one life with any condition within that life.

  As humanity, we can unite that condition with that purpose, transforming that condition.

  Of course, one person or one small group cannot on its own solve the world’s problems. The problems are simply too many and too pervasive for any group to solve. However, working together, a group can align with and manifest solutions to a problem, and make those solutions available to humanity.

  Take for instance the Law of Relationship itself. The fact of this Law was not realized by an individual, or by any one group, but by many members of humanity working over thousands of years.

  The methods of using the Law were not developed by any one individual, but by many members of humanity also working for a very long time.

  The Law has existed throughout humanity’s history, has been given many names, and has been described in a variety of ways. Up to now, however, it has mostly been used by isolated individuals who renounced the world, withdrew into the lonely places, and practiced the Law in quest of at-one-ment with the one life.

  In past ages this was right and proper. Most of humanity was caught up in their individual problems, and was in no condition to practice the Law. That is not the case today.

  While we are still very much caught up in our problems, those problems are less and less viewed as ours alone, and more and more as those of humanity. Our daily lives are increasingly forcing us to recognize that we live in one vast life, that everything is related with everything else, and that in order to solve our problems we must all work together.

  From: How to Serve Humanity – Wielding the Law of Relationship, by Glen Knape, Preparation Press, 2011. Now available from Amazon.com

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• The Illusion of Isolation – 2

  Sep 11th 2011

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  We are blessed to live at a time of responsibility, when we are recognizing that we can change the world.

  Humanity has taken the first step in resolving our problems—recognizing that we have them.

  More and more of us are becoming aware that the many problems that make up the world crisis—poverty, hunger, epidemics, pollution, climate change, etc.—are not local or regional, but global. These problems belong to all of us.

  They belong to all of us not only because we all share them, but because we all contributed to them. The current world situation is not a cosmic accident. We created this crisis with our collective thoughts, desires, appetites, and actions.

  So long as we identify as separate individuals, our thoughts, emotions, and behavior are out of harmony with the one life and harmful to it.

  When we focus in the heart and align with the one life, then our thoughts, emotions, and behavior are in harmony with and support the one life.

  Up to now, humanity has been identifying and behaving as separate individuals. And it is this common experience and shared responsibility that gives us hope of creating solutions.

  Because we created this crisis, we can solve it.

  If the current world crisis had been a cosmic accident, an event whose cause was beyond our control or influence, there might have been little we could do about it. However, since we are all directly responsible for the world condition, we all have the ability to transform it. Not individually, but collectively.

  All we have to do is transform ourselves, and through our selves the world, using the Law of Relationship.

  From: How to Serve Humanity – Wielding the Law of Relationship, by Glen Knape, Preparation Press, 2011. Now available from Amazon.com

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• The Illusion of Isolation – 1

  Sep 4th 2011

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  The first step in resolving a problem is to recognize that we have one. The next is to take responsibility for that problem. However, because of our individual motives and identity, we are unable to do either properly.

  Our individual identity isolates us from the rest of the planetary life. This isolation was a necessary stage in the evolution of humanity. It enabled us to develop capacities (mental, emotional, etc.) that we need in order to perform our function in the planetary life, and which we would not otherwise have had. However, it is but a stage in our evolution, not the goal, and its consequences are forcing us to awaken to the greater life of which we are a part.

  As isolated individuals, we automatically divide things into that which is “mine” (my idea, my feeling, my hunger), and that which is “not mine” (their idea, their feelings, their hunger). The same consciousness that identifies a book as “mine” or a house as “theirs” identifies a problem as “mine” or “theirs.” As we shall see, this is an illusion, and the results are always harmful to the individuals involved and to the planetary life.

  From: How to Serve Humanity – Wielding the Law of Relationship, by Glen Knape, Preparation Press, 2011. Now available from Amazon.com

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• Leaping Into At-one-ment – 5

  Aug 28th 2011

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  The problems we face today are common problems, and common opportunities. They bring us together in shared crisis, and help us:

  Identify as humanity experiencing that crisis,

  As humanity, align with the solution,

  Align that solution with that condition,

  Unite the solution and the condition in our collective consciousness,

  Formulate that union into a practical plan of action, and

  Carry out that plan of action together.

  In the process, our consciousness becomes part of the planetary consciousness. Again, we retain our individual identities, but the range and scope of that identity expands far beyond its current limits.

  Our individual motivations (goals, desires, and appetites) merge into one motivation, which becomes part of the purpose of the one life. Our motivating will becomes focused and empowered far beyond its current capacity.

  Our personality (including mental, emotional, electrical, and physical vehicles) merge into an integrated whole, which becomes part of the substance of the one life. Our activities then become far more coherent and effective.

  We become an integral part of the planetary life, taking our place and performing our function in service to humanity.

  Having decided to serve, and having dedicated our self or soul to the one life, the next step is to immerse our self in the one and experience what we can of its unity.

  The goal at this point is not to become one with the one, but to prepare our self for service by expanding our identity beyond its current limits. The more of the one we can identify with, the more of the one we can relate with. The more of the one we can relate with, the more of it we can serve through the Law of Relationship.

  This, then, is our purpose in immersing our self in and awakening to the one life—in order to serve.

  That purpose gives direction and meaning to our awakening process. We are doing this for the benefit of everyone within the one life. And as a result, the realization gained from our efforts is directly related to the current crisis. The awareness gained is extremely useful to humanity. It has immediate practical application in the world of affairs and is of great use to the average householder.

  Thus, we are learning to use the Law of Relationship in service to the one life.

  From: How to Serve Humanity – Wielding the Law of Relationship, by Glen Knape, Preparation Press, 2011. Now available from Amazon.com

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