Looking for more about The Kingdom Within

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Here I added the link to the post above as it was missing, when I posted it before. Sorry.

About the kingdom within being an "inner milieu":

Approaching Infinity:
I think there are several issues relating to the kingdom being "within". At a low level of Being or essence, individuals are basically machines controlled by external stimuli. Thus we have social conformity as a common characteristic of such people. As development progresses, the individual becomes less influenced by the external environment, and develops a complex and multilayered internal environment, or inner psychic milieu. Without an inner milieu, there can be no autonomy, no choice, no action, and that describes the majority of humanity. The kingdom is thus an "inner" space from which one interacts with the external world. Picture it like a medieval castle. It is fortified and has guards at all entrances. Before any thing or person can enter, the authority of the castle must analyze the subject in question and approve or deny its entry. Those who do not conform with the order and purpose of life in the castle are expelled.

For individuals without an inner milieu, God can only be external. Thus, they worship in a manner similar to a person begging at the feet of their superior. They fear the authority and feel inferior to that authority. In the case of ritual magic and other low-level systems of "spirituality", the practitioner manipulates things in the external world in order to receive a response, either in that world, or in his own personality. But as long as activity is directed in such a way, it will only lead to spiritual entropy. On the other hand, when a person has a developed inner milieu, the picture is balanced. When one is truly autonomous, the way they interact with the external world is an expression of their internal nature. Instead of seeking reactions from the external world (through various sorts of interpersonal or "magical" manipulations), they themselves act as the axis or portal, through which the higher is brought into the lower (a microcosmic expression of the macrocosmic fall of spirit into matter).

Instead of seeking external reactions, and instead of reacting themselves in a simple stimulus-response fashion, they act as loci of real Action. Via discernment, intuition, and confidence, they act in the world in such a way that whatever they do is "positive" and creative in the given situation. It all comes from the inner psychic milieu, which is the only way to truly connect with divine (i.e. hyperdimensional, STO) centers. If you attempt to connect with the divine in an external way, you are acting on a low level (i.e. one determined by the external environment, which is thus based on lower social and selfish instincts, like self-preservation). And when acting on a low level (i.e. STS FRV), you align with those "divine centers" which are STS in nature. And thus you get situations like Laura describes in the Wave, like possessions and such.

See also the Book Review by Laura: The Lost Gospel: The Book of Q and Christian Origins by Burton L. Mack

Also I want to add that this description of Approaching Infinity was/is really helpful for me for connecting many dots and understanding of the "inner milieu" Below I post my notes as a bullet list. Maybe this listed form is helpful for others too.

Issues relating to the kingdom being "within":
Low level of Being or essence

• machines controlled by external stimuli
• social conformity as a common characteristic
• no inner milieu, no autonomy no choice, no action
• majority of humanity
• without an inner milieu, God can only be external
• worship similar to begging at the feet of a superior
• fear of authority and feeling inferior to that authority
• low-level systems of "spirituality", e.g. ritual magic, "magical" manipulations in that world
• seeking reactions and/or manipulation of external world to receive a response in his own personality and/or interpersonal
• simple stimulus-response
• lower social and selfish instincts, like self-preservation
• alignment with "divine centers" which are STS FRV: situations Laura describes in the Wave, like possessions and such
• leads to spiritual entropy

Developmental progress/The Work:

• less influenced by the external environment
• development of a complex and multilayered internal environment or inner psychic milieu
• The kingdom is an "inner" space from which one interacts with the external world
  picture - like a medieval castle, fortified, guards at all entrances:
  • before any thing/person can enter, the authority of the castle must analyze, approve or deny its entry
  • those who do not conform with the order and purpose of life in the castle are expelled
• development of balanced interaction with the external world as an expression of the internal nature: truly autonomous
• acts as the axis or portal, through which the higher is brought into the lower (a microcosmic expression of the macrocosmic fall of spirit into matter)
• acts as loci of real Action:
  • via discernment, intuition, and confidence
• acts in the world in such a way that whatever is done is "positive" and creative in the given situation
• the inner psychic milieu is the only way to truly connect with divine (i.e. hyperdimensional, STO) centers