"Behold, for righteousness does a
king reign; as to princes, for judgment they rule." (Isaiah 32:1)
There is a quality in consciousness
destined to rule all aspects and dimensions of life, that is our Essence and
true identity from which God's Love created us. In practical terms, it is
goodness as our common bond with God. This goodness is the king and also the
righteousness with which it reigns. This is the quality that embodies the
Messianic Consciousness to rule forever. The verse refers to a king and princes,
but their common traits are righteousness and justice which God loves: "He loves righteousness and
justice. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord." (Psalms 33:5). In
this context the princes and their judgments represent positive expressions
of goodness as the righteous thing to do.
"And each has been as a
hiding place from wind, and as a secret hiding place from inundation, as streams
of waters in a dry place, as a shadow of a heavy rock in a thirsty land." (Isaiah 32:2)
Goodness as the common quality
of Love's ways and attributes is the expression of righteousness and justice,
which are our shelter from the turbulence of ego's fantasies and illusions.
Doing goodness for the sake of goodness is the truth and shield that protect us
from the avalanche of negative trends in consciousness. They are the streams of
waters in the dry and thirsty places of a materialistic approach to life.
"And the eyes of them
that see are not closed, and the ears of them that hear attend. The
heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the
stammers shall be ready to speak plainly." (32:3-4)
As long as we allow
righteousness and justice as the expressions of Love's ways and attributes, our
eyes see and our ears hear. This means that by being and doing goodness we know
and we understand that goodness is the whole purpose of God's Creation, for God
is good. Goodness makes us wise, and our speech and deeds are clear as our
thoughts.
"A fool is no more
called 'noble,' and to a miser it is not said, 'rich'. For the vile person will
speak villainy, and his heart will work iniquity, to do ungodliness, and to
utter wickedness against the Lord, leaving
the soul of the hungry empty and taking away the drink of the thirsty." (32:5-6)
In goodness there are no
fools or misers, for goodness fills our knowledge and makes us rich in its
abundance. As long as we remain controlled by the lack inherent to ego's
fantasies and illusions, their iniquities destroy the goodness we pursue in
Love's ways and attributes. This destruction is the outcome of doing what is
opposite to God's ways. Hence negative trends in consciousness are the
ungodliness and wickedness against the goodness God wants us to live by and
make prevail in all aspects and dimensions of life. Love's ways and attributes
are the food and drink that satiate the hunger and thirst of our souls.
"And the miser, his
instruments are evil, he has counselled wicked devices to corrupt the poor with
lying sayings, even when the needy speaks justly. But a noble person plans
noble things, he stands up for noble causes." (32:7-8)
The Prophet delivers God's
words to make a clear distinction between good and evil, and their effects in our
consciousness. Misery approaches life through lack, which invites envy,
coveting, greed, pride and negative feelings that corrupt our soul's desire to
live in the goodness from which it came. Our souls are the poor caught in the
slavery of materialistic attachments, obsessions, addictions and negative
patterns, as the lies that corrupt our consciousness. Goodness pursues
goodness, and stands up for goodness as the expression of Love the material
manifestation of God's Love.
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