Excerpts from Father Chardin’s works were featured in the “epigraph” of Omega Point. He glimpsed our stellar destiny, perceived that we are being drawn to awesome fulfillment of godly potential.

do not despise the day of small things

We have discussed this concept often. However, its importance cannot be overstated nor brought to our attention too many times.

In this short writing I have but one purpose, that of reminder, as the Bible admonishes, not to “despise the day of small things”; echoing Father Chardin: "Above all, trust in the slow work of God."

metaphors of quiet change, imperceptible growth

What is it like?

In earlier discussions we said it’s like the humble acorn becoming the towering oak;

or the fragile fetus – so often despised in today’s pathetically materialistic society – morphing into the commanding adult with godlike powers of mind.

We can’t say exactly. The magical field of human potential is too vast to chart.

I like this quotation from a senior Spirit Guide, instructing junior helpers who work as missionaries in the Dark Realms:

See Franchezzo’s report of senior Guides exhibiting “super-hero”-like powers, a prowess far in advance of any Marvel or DC icon.

But, most notably:

Consider what Father Benson says about Guides a few billion years old, so evolved as to possess, seemingly, an awareness of every life-form in the universe.

Why does human potential, as per Father Benson, have ‘no discernible upper limit’?

Acorns become colossal oaks, but they don’t grow to the sky. And there are limits to growth for anything we could mention. Why is it different for us?

We are part of God. At the core of being, at the level of the soul, one’s essence, one’s consciousness, we merge seamlessly with God. There is no “us”, so to speak, as a stand-alone entity. We are extensions of the Consciousness of God

God is limitless, defying clear definition, transcending all boundaries – and so are we.

We possess a “spark” of God; or, we might call it a “seed” or an “embryo” of God’s own life and essence. There’s no charting this. There’s no coming to know it in a definitive way. There is no end to God’s expansive abilities, and, so it seems, it’s the same for Her kids.

And this is why the Guides say, we don’t know what our future will be. There is no terminal destination for what we might become.

Is this not a splendiferous and ultra-magnificent destiny, heritage, and calling? The title son or daughter of God is not a legal fiction, not a small thing.

how to encourage the germination of the seed, the ‘slow work of God’

A seed was made to grow, wants to grow. We don’t have to force it, and cannot do so. A seed will germinate and grow, all by itself, if the right conditions are made available. This is good advice to us.

What are the conditions for our growth toward godly potential?

Not by “trying very hard to be good” but, essentially, “getting out of the way” so that the “seed” might burgeon, as it naturally wants to do.

How do we “get out of the way”?

We do so by diminishing the “false self,” the dysfunctional ego.

Silence your ego and the "seed" will germinate and grow; and God's "slow work" will progress.

There are many Word Gems articles speaking to this process: in addition to the human potential writings, see the "true self," authentic spirituality, zen, surrender and acceptance, Krishnamurti lectures, the error of reincarnation, "life.1-minute," and "the 500 tape-recorded messages from the other side."

In my own life, the “seedling” is often stunted when I allow the ego to speak for me. I see this, however, only after the fact. When the ego’s voice rises to command one’s spirit, it can seem normal and its shrill tenor feels justified. As the British say, one is "in a state." In such case, one loses one’s spiritual sanity, casts oneself as victim, wants to fight, and seeks for anger as an ad hoc “ego repair mechanism.”

All this bristling creates a measure of misery for oneself, which, if one is generally practicing “attunement” for one’s life, will register consciously on one’s internal radar, signaling that something is not right. This is one’s invitation or portal to reclaim oneself. If it is chosen, then, during the ensuing moments of self-redemption, as sanity filters back to one’s mental frame, one begins to remember, as The Course In Miracles instructs, “all things are lessons God would have me learn.”

Having escaped the ego’s onslaught, one more time, one sees that things are in order after all. There may be a point of present suffering in play which prompted the lapse, but this too is accepted as part of the current “classroom.” It’s so easy to slip out of a sane mind-set, with the illusions and images of the ego taking over. However, in recovery, one feels oneself as stronger, having undergone, and overcome, another attack by the “false self.”

I take note in Franchezzo’s report, concerning the senior missionary Guides in the Dark Realms, that these “super-heroes” did not attain high level of development because they were “better” or “nice” or smiled a lot. The particular Guide under review, today, with awesome “super-powers” of mind, had known both “love and hate” in a passionate way during his mortal time on Earth. He wasn’t always a “Pollyanna” or a boy scout. No one is. But what we can do is to keep returning to the proper mental conditions which allow the “seedling” to grow and move forward. If we do this, the seedling will grow all by itself, even in spite of failings and foibles. Just "notice", don't fight, the internal disorder, keep an "open channel," as the mystics say.