Abide in Me - Episode 18

As evening came, Jesus said to his disciples, “Let’s cross to the other side of the lake.” So they took Jesus in the boat and started out, leaving the crowds behind (although other boats followed). And a fierce storm came up. High waves were breaking into the boat, and it began to fill with water. Jesus was sleeping at the back of the boat with his head on a cushion. The disciples woke him up, shouting, “Teacher, don’t you care that we’re going to drown?” When Jesus woke up, he rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Silence! Be still!” Suddenly the wind stopped, and there was a great calm. Then he asked them, “Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith?” The disciples were absolutely terrified. “Who is this man?” they asked each other. “Even the wind and waves obey him!” Mark 4:35-41 This describes the inner state of people of the church when they are in what is natural and not yet in what is spiritual, in which state the natural affections, which are various desires springing from the loves of self and the world, rise up and agitate the mind. In this state the Lord appears to be absent; this apparent absence is meant by His being asleep. But when the person comes out of a natural into a spiritual state, these agitations cease, and there comes tranquility of mind. The Lord calms the stormy commotions of the natural mind of the person when the spiritual mind is opened, and through it the Lord flows into the natural.” Swedenborg, Apocalypse Explained §514Maurice Nicoll, Psychological Commentaries on the Teaching of G.I. Gurdjieff and P.D. Ouspensky, Vincent Stuart, London, 1957CREDITSDr. Sue Johnson, “Love Sense” ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@DrSueJohnson⁠Emanuel Swedenborg, ⁠www.swedenborg.com⁠John Clark Echols, ⁠www.clarkechols.com⁠Solomon Keal “Affection for Truth” ⁠www.solomonkeal.net⁠Podcast Host: John Clark EcholsMusic Credit: Solomon KealShow Your Support: ⁠⁠PayPal⁠⁠ https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/X2NREDETDV6WCYouTube: ⁠⁠@Abide_In_Me⁠⁠Substack: ⁠⁠@clarkechols⁠⁠I invite you to continue to listen to the next episode. Be well.