The changes necessary to lift mankind out of the socket of mortal error are often sweeping and intense. The far-reaching and sometimes drastic effects of a valiant spiritual search will frequently cause some individuals to recoil or to desire retreat into a past era of lesser progress. In reality this can never be, for those who have once tasted the gift of illumination, who have reached forth their hand and eaten of the Tree of Life, are never again satisfied with the husks of mortal surfeiting or the limited scope of mortal attainment….
The present age is one of total warfare wherein the battle between light and darkness continually rages and the valiant know no rest save that which God gives to the spiritual soldiers who, weary from service to mankind, reach a point of near exhaustion. I would not for one moment imply that men cannot mount up with wings as eagles and renew their strength. They have done so again and again, and they shall continue to do so; but there are times in the life of the most devoted when the weight of the cross is staggering. It is then that the succor of the Divine Mother is poured out in a more than ordinary measure….
The cosmic beings from Venus who were attending the council sessions were called upon to give of their light and opinion upon the subject. One of them spoke for all, and these in essence were his words:
“Variation will come wherever there is a lack of understanding or of total dedication. In the case of a lack of understanding, man does not always know whether he is doing right or wrong. In the case of a lack of dedication there is a tendency to substitute a smattering of attainment for the full manifestation of mastery. This could rightly be considered the result of mental laziness and physical sluggishness, both of which can be cured in part if not altogether by total involvement in the golden-rule ethic of being “my brother’s keeper” and by renewed consecration to the causes of the Brotherhood. This must start with the will; men must will to do good. They must will to woo eternal principles and to hold them in esteem. They must forsake the banal influences of the past and determine to work for right change in the future which will most assuredly become the now!”
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The Word of God which was destined to be a lamp unto the feet of mankind is sent by the Spirit of God through the mighty chain of prophets who through the centuries have been illumined and who have acted as intermediaries between God and man. There is a touchstone of reality within mankind which, when attuned to, will enable men to clearly perceive the reality of that which is truth and to separate themselves from that which is error. The Holy Spirit will always produce the perfection of Almighty God in the consciousness of mankind. Joy and love will abound together with true peace, but all should understand clearly the great mystery of how true peace is achieved through the Spirit of Truth.
Men whose deeds are evil often love darkness rather than light; and there is a fruit of darkness, an evolution of darkness which proceeds from dreary minds damp with rank emotionalism; unsatisfied even with self-adulation they remain fettered by the conditionings of mortality. The Son of God is not so, and the Spirit of God is not so; for the Spirit of God moves across the margent of the world bestowing at will his gift of reality to every man. Far above the speculations of the mortal mind that are used to justify a way of life, the Spirit of God transcends human philosophy and replaces it with divine theosophy. Searching out the vastness of the divine Self and translating it for the human self, the power of the Word lights man’s path that he may clearly see the way to go.
Of all the heart-rending problems encountered by mankind upon this planet the one that is most trying to spiritual seekers is the question Which is the correct or true path? Many are the innocent lambs of God who know not that there are traps laid for them, nor do they expect to find wolves in sheep’s clothing preaching from the pulpits of the world. They have not reckoned with those unregenerate spirits who have spawned a luciferian theology to keep the children of God from finding the true path. Jesus said “I AM the way”; but the Sadducees and Pharisees have loudly proclaimed another way and through their sorcery have exercised a hypnotic control over the people. Practicing black magic as blatantly today as they did in the Dark Ages they bind the faithful to doctrine and personality through their satanic lies of hellfire and damnation.
Wise are the disciples of God who will understand then that there are abroad in the world false doctrines in large number created out of the whole cloth by men whose consciousness has been contaminated through personality worship with the silt of their own sensual concepts. Those who would know the truth and thus be free must understand that many of these gross figures surround themselves with an aura of sanctity, profundity and peace combined with the mystique of veiled prophecy. Thus those who require the exclusiveness of a personality cult are often sucked into the “hallowed circle” of the false prophets who succeed in playing God by playing upon the credulity of the masses.
The Holy Spirit speaks with great plainness and forthrightness; nevertheless the Laws of God, so obvious and so charged with common sense, so apparent in nature and so natural to the heart of man are often ignored for the dim-witted complexities of intellectual sophistry. Those who rise to positions of prominence in the religious community have no qualms about fabricating a multitude of rationalizations that confuse the people and in some cases even inspire them to espouse noble causes when for a time it suits their ends.
In this day when the elect can indeed be deceived it is necessary that we stimulate among mankind the desire for the correct understanding of the spiritual path. Initiations abound; and the circumstances of initiation whereby mankind’s devotion to truth is tested from day to day are often brought about through the ministrations of the Holy Spirit coordinated through the office of the Cosmic Christ. When these initiations are passed the unfolding soul awareness of man is caught up into the arms of God and revitalized in his blessed consciousness of the truth that indeed makes all men free….
When surrounded by turmoil and the din of that which does not seem to be at peace men must pursue the pathways of peace and be undisturbed by outer conditions. The Law of infinite Love is the supplier of opportunity for balance to every lifestream. When men shy away from their opportunities to balance their debts to life they are withholding from themselves the opportunity of the hour. Through grace and perfection there flows forth from the heart of God the valiant manifestation of spiritual victory….Shadows upon the path are dissipated by the initiatic light, and the bond of true devotion unites hearts as never before.
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