these through their unlawful gathering of power would long ago have wrested control

    “Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid,” for the grand purposes of Life are full of promise both at the personal level and at the level of world community.  He who said “Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up” spoke of the spiritual renewal possible to those who believe in the Love of Life within the heart of God….

  Although often without welcome to the hearts of those who do not understand, He is nigh unto all at the moment of their greatest need.  He does not practice the principle of vengeance albeit vengeance is His.  He assigns to each man his own factors of judgment….Without consulting Him some through the misuse of their freewill have darkened the face of their understanding, consequently the lamp of true knowledge has not been lit.  But had it been possible these through their unlawful gathering of power would long ago have wrested control of the universe from the Lords of Love-Light-and-Wisdom.  That they in reality have no power is clear in the archives of heaven.  Even when the fool says within his heart “There is no God” the echo of his mockery brings back to him a silent refutation that lodges in the secret place of his heart where God belongs and where, because He is unwelcome, a vacancy exists….

  Let the struggle of men continue, for out of their struggle the fruit of greatness can be born.  The fall of man was not—as so many have thought it—a fall in the literal sense of the word but a descent into matter for the purpose of overcoming and expansion with the attendant privilege of communication with higher octaves.  That man failed to hear the voice of God, that he failed to realize while in the Garden the greatness of his opportunity—this was the great departure from the light of truth that was offered unto him which men have called “the fall.”  Subsequently after being put out of the Garden his wandering in the wilderness was intended to evoke in him a pining for the Promised Land.

  And if the soul in its great longing for reunion with the central flame of the Father occasionally bursts into the flame of fervor within the heart of clay, let men understand that God is pursuing Himself.  The feelings of discontent which come to humanity in those moments when all of their tiredness is spent, when all of their energy is gone and they feel very much alone are also a manifestation of the soul’s desire for reunion with higher spheres.  When these moments come let men realize the balm of our hope as an eternal bough swinging earthward in an arc from God’s own hand and having within it the energy of His purpose.…

  God has spoken and they will now listen.  His joy will fill their hearts, His flame will burn and never be quenched.  Through love let them live and let their flame be eternal.          -Meru:  Pearls of Wisdom 13:48  

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