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"Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul" - -Our immortal inspirations which abide in realms of light have been frequently drawn down into human consciousness, there to be clothed in poetic or lyric words by advanced men of the race such as Oliver Wendell Holmes, who are thus able to direct mankind in their present-day search for happiness which transcends or rises above human privation or self-imposed deprivation.
Embodied in those words is much pertaining to the "building" or "constructing" side of Christlike character, particularly where Christ is realized to be synonymous with Light ("I AM" the Light of the world) and where the appellation "Son of God" is realized as being every man's portion or inheritance rather than a unique individualization of the Godhead.
In the realm of God-Freedom, life affords each portion of itself with an equal opportunity to rise from the prodigal, fallen, or undeveloped state into all of the fullness of God which manifested so beautifully in the character of Jesus. For men to attain this is but the fulfillment of his own words and in no way detracts from his Christhood or the Godhead itself (which is strengthened by each ascension or "rising" in action to do even "greater things than I do"!).
Consciously determining to become a living Christ and willingness to study to show one's self approved unto God is a goal worthy of the highest cosmic honor and may be pursued by men, women and even children at almost any reasonable age or state of development. Like, yet unlike, the demands of the study of the law, medicine, or science, such divine studies pertain to the highest priesthood of the Spirit from whence are drawn those ministering to the immortal requirements or needs of this planet.
Blessed ones - the tiny "blooms" in the windowsills of life have in the past been nourished by countless loving feminine as well as some masculine hearts and adored by the appreciative eyes of the children of all ages. The evolving sometimes fragile floral beauty has been guarded and assisted so much by the invisible elemental gardeners of the Father's kingdom. Many of the lovely plants you presently enjoy may have forerunners which graced the Garden of Eden, flourished in the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, or adorned the humble cottage of Joseph and Mary at Nazareth. Who shall declare the ultimate abode of these floral emissaries of the spirit of life?
Mankind, too, are tender plants - hence, how many of you know in your outer human consciousness just what you may one day become? Or just what one of these seemingly insignificant "little ones" of God - whom men reject for a trifle - may become? Nurture, therefore, these tender plants of life which the Father has planted upon earth. Remember, "No man can pluck them out of the hand of immortal life (the Father)!"
Beholding the principle of growth in Nature - which is also obvious in the body of a young child whose tiny spine soon assumes the proportions of manhood - you must realize that, invisible though it may seem to the outer mind and consciousness, the character of men, women and children is continually being molded by ofttimes invisible influences (in-flowing concepts, precepts and recepts from somewhere), either by conscious invitation or otherwise, which act to harness and use the constant flow of power God gives so as to form the image according to the pattern of thought or feeling each man may assume as governed so frequently by these external influences. Those thoughts which are held for but a moment carry far less weight of effect than those upon which men dwell at length.
It is difficult at some stages for evolving chelas on the path to stop the negative thoughts from passing through or before the consciousness, coming as they do from human thinking and feeling and constantly finding in someone fertile soil in which to grow; but it is possible to control them by giving them minimum attention and dismissing them as soon as possible by the energy of love released in a wave of the hand and the Master's thought - "Get thee hence, 'I AM' about my Father's business!"
The character of Christ is builded, then, by diligence and by continuous and conscious recognition of God's image, and represents each man's degree of receptivity to this divine gift of abundant life. The cohesive power by which a central idea becomes the magnetized core embodying life's desirable qualities is utilized in drawing and holding close to one's own heart the qualities of the character of Christ to re-create in one's own self the image of God. This is the true "thinking upon the Presence"! It is Be-coming the power of the I AM Presence in daily action and the central theme of divine education that molds in Light around the core of the blessed seed idea, the whole virtue of God himself. (I and my Father are one.)
Secular education is not contra-distinct from divine knowledge, for both are attainable in the same manner. Study, then, the sacred writings or study the accepted scientific texts, for both are pathways of learning for certain segments of facts. Yet, both spiritual and "human" knowledge can also be attained by meditative and other spiritual means whereby men and women become God-taught through attunement with the natural or cosmic wisdom in the Mind of God himself (the Universal Mind).
The student, above all, must be aware that God is and that, because he is, one can rejoice in abundant life embodied so lovingly in the syllabizing of his name I AM and the consciousness that because he lives we do, too. (I AM) life, then, is not an arena where men as gladiators contend for an earthly prize, but it is rather a swiftly moving "chariot of fire," leaping into the boundless arms of eternal life, infinite magnitude, immortal love, and expanding God consciousness, whose capacity of ever-living care manifests in the All-Seeing Eye which envisions only the full perfection of life itself and the blessed happiness of that highest attainment of life - the excellence of the divine image and character the Christ for all until all shall chorus in unison, "I AM the light of the world, the hope of one brotherhood!"
This instruction comes to you through the loving courtesy of the Ascended Masters' Darjeeling, India, Council of God's will, of which all the ascended host are members.
This focus of the Ascended Masters' activity is presently located in America's national capital. All communications and freewill contributions for it should be addressed to The Summit Lighthouse, Box 1155, Washington 13, D.C.