What I Am Not, God Is
by Zerubbabel Press

The point is that our negative human reactions are necessary to God. The positive must have its negative for its manifestation. We do not, therefore, blame or condemn ourselves because we are the have-nots, and guiltily feel we are wrong to react as we do. We are what we are, and what we are meant to be. We may well laugh at ourselves, but not throw ourselves out with disgust. We are not God’s liabilities, we are God’s assets.

The secret is always replacement. We don’t work hard at pushing darkness out of a room. We turn our backs on the darkness and switch on the light–where is the darkness? We transfer our attention from the negative to the positive. That is the secret. Not resistance, but replacement.

Let us have it clear: our humanity is for the manifestation of Deity. For this to be possible, we humans are to be involved in the whole of human existence. Personal involvement in any situation generates personal reactions. I participate, I feel, I react. I am now an aroused human in that situation. But my responses are negative. I have not the courage, the ability, the love, the wisdom, the answers. I am disturbed by frustrations, opposing personalities, wrong-doing, misfortune. This is exactly as it should be. Now I am a conditioned human–conditioned for the leaps of faith. What I am not, God is: and God is not at a distance, we are joined–one spirit. He is my Other Self.

–From The Spontaneous You