Our human body grows; so, does our human mind. Our body grows in stature, our mind in wisdom. Furthermore, our mind rises up from one level to another. It goes from being earthly to being spiritual, and from being spiritual to being divine.

At the lowest level we are knowledgeable; at the middle level we have understanding; at the highest level we are wise. This rising of the mind, though, happens only over the course of time; it takes place as we acquire truths for ourselves and connect them to something good. This means that we cannot acquire wisdom without haven had experiences that solidify and grow our minds over our lifespan. 

This process of mental/spiritual development is much like building a house. First, we get ourselves the materials for it—the bricks, the shingles, the beams, the boards. Then we lay the foundation, put up the outside walls, frame out the rooms, hang the doors, install the windows in the walls, and build the stairs from one level to the next. All these stages and features are together at once in our goal, which is the comfortable and respectable living space we planned and provided for ourselves. The same goes for everything else—for example, horticulture and farming. It is also the same with management and business: the goal itself leads to the equipment and preparations necessary to meet that goal.

The divine design we must follow to meet our goal

The divine design requires that we arrange ourselves for receiving God and prepare ourselves as a vessel and a dwelling place where God can enter and live as if we were his own temple. We have to do this preparation by ourselves, yet we have to acknowledge that the preparation comes from God. This acknowledgment is needed because we do not feel the presence or the actions of God, even though God is in fact intimately present and brings about every good love and every true belief we have. This is the divine design we follow, and have to follow, to go from being earthly to being spiritual.

After this state comes a second one, the state of being in a partnership with God. In this second state we do basically the same things, but now we do them with God. We no longer need to attribute to God everything good that we intend and do and everything true that we think and say in the same way as we used to, because now this acknowledgment is written on our heart. It is inside everything we do and everything we say.

The first state is represented by the stages we all go through from infancy to childhood and into our teenage years, our twenties, and our thirties. These stages entail our being deferential and obedient to our parents and learning from teachers and ministers. The second state, however, is represented by our stages later on when we are responsible for ourselves and our own choices, when we have our own will and our own understanding, and have authority in our own home.

The third state of divinity and transfiguration

The third state of human development can be illustrated through Christ’s process of transformation from the human nature to his transfiguration and resurrection as a divine human. This appearance is physical and spiritual. The physical body begins to look younger, brighter and self-heals. It completely dissolves into its spiritual body and the divine light within it, creating a new type of divine human. 

This process involves the physical and spiritual body. If just our spiritual self is enlightened but not our physical self, or if just our physical self is enlightened but not our spiritual self, we are like people who are asleep and dreaming; soon after they wake up, they remember their dream and make various false inferences based on it. We are also like sleepwalkers who think the things they see are in broad daylight.

Make everyday count

We live in a world that denies the mental and corresponding spiritual development of humanity and often times, belittles it to the point that we have become stunted at either the first or second state. If we stay in the first state and do not go on to the second we are like a tree that produces only leaves but no fruit. Those who attend to their development to the third stage ascend to the right side of God. 

So, my advice is to make everyday count towards the only goal you want and matters and that is to follow the divine plan and ONLY THAT.

More on this topic to come in my new book:

The Miseducation of Justice in America and the Rise of the Divine Feminine

Yours Truly in Love and Light,

Khadijat Quadri, LCHMC, CHt