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The holy breath which God has released to every child-man cometh into the infant Messiah for the redemption of all substance and energy that has ever been released to that one since the first magnificent fire-spark creation went forth from the being of God. The Infinite One has bent the bow of his identity and, as the Infinite Archer, he has sent forth the arrow's individuality not to fall upon the earth but to rise in cosmic works and achievement as children of his heart robed in his splendor and consecrated to his ideals.
The breath of God, the holy breath, makes the body and mind to stand up. It provides the starch of being which gives to it and to substance the sheen of Life. Without the Spirit, man would truly be dead indeed, devoid of Life, invested only with the memory of that which has been. Infused with the Spirit, man becomes a being of hope and the promise fulfilled as in the manifestation of the 'only begotten' of the Father.
The hope of the Christ was lavishly bestowed upon man when the first going forth from his heart occurred and the first paeans of praise returned to God for the reality of Being. When the Creator issued forth the first and 'only begotten' of his heart, the very words of infinite Being were uttered and the Son, turning to the full-orbed face of the Father, declared: "I AM."
The name of God, the sweetest name, was thus uttered as an affirmation of identity, and the Son was enfolded with the mantle of the I AM Presence of the Being of the First Cause, of the transcendence of God; and the Son, acting in the Father's name, did perforce become the agent of creation, co-creator with the Holy Spirit and infuser of all life with the triune quality of the threefold flame of love, of wisdom, and of power.
Unparalleled beauty is in this concept; and as it is the story of every man, it makes the story of Christ nativity of double, of triune, of infinitely squared meaning, directly proportionate to the God-realization of the individual.
Now then, with the advent of the approaching holy festivities, I anxiously await the release of a more intense action of the Christ consciousness to infiltrate the mind and being of man with a more potent release than ever before of that sacred charge of identity which is the Being of the Father. I know full well that men approach these seemingly abstract concepts (which ought to be so dear to the heart) with some awe, with some trepidation, with some concern. But I say, as the representative of the Holy Spirit:
Let them approach the Father with holy gratitude held in hand, let them approach with joy, let them approach with no sense of terror; for he is the Light, and if men ought to fear at all, it is to fear the darkness in themselves. If men ought to retreat at all, it is to retreat from the terrors they have created and spewed out upon one another. If they are to flee at all, it is from the wrath that is to come upon those unchaste attitudes of mind which, in the wretchedly human sense of false justice, corrupt one another and defraud one another of the immortal birthright while denying the Lord who has brought them every gracious gift.
Let them then turn to God with such gratitude and let them turn from human shadows with such shame that they shall nestle closely to the heart of divine perfection and Christ-awareness and absorb from that perfection enough of the power of transmutation to serve as a liberating factor in the present now of man's being. As your minds and hearts turn toward the drama of the Holy Family, as the meaning of the words "a little child shall lead them"1 becomes more apparent to you, I pray that each one of you will understand that this little child is the Christ within, that the Christ within is yet in the infant stage in most men - still lying, with all of his wondrous powers of regeneration, in the manger of their hearts and still retaining his tiny child state and the baby's low cry.
Only the few have grown up in Christ magnificence. Only the few in every age have felt a measure of the fullness of Christ stature. Only the few have been resurrected and raised on high from the mortality of dead works. Only the few have ascended from the mountaintops of the world, from the summits of their being, and only the few on this planet, by comparison to the many, have passed through the narrow gate that leads to emancipation and freedom.
The rest, through the mercies of God which endure forever, have suffered the pangs of birth and death again and again, and they have felt the surge of Life through their beings again and again without ever becoming 'the quick'.2 These have remained in the devoid state of lacking enough divine grace, enough of the essence of the Holy Spirit, to give them the body and substance of soul which would drive them toward God with such a mighty heart-thrust as to set them free from the dust of self-extinction whereby men play out their roles and their tiny flames upon the wanton dissipation of name or fame without ever laying claim to that wondrous glory of supreme identity, the Christ majesty of the Son of God.
The way of the cross, the meaning of the cross, is not made known to them. They have fabricated it into the cement of a religious theology and they have not translated it into the upsweep of the ascended majesty of a Christ in service, a Christ in action, a Christ in resurgence from the tomb of mortality, and a Christ ascended. It was to this fourfold majesty of service and progress that the angels sang and the "Peace on earth, good will toward men" expressed in his aura then, as he lay but a babe enfolded in the glory of heaven. For the Christ was worth the journey of the three kings of the East, he was worth the journey of the shepherds to his dwelling place, he was worth the journey of the angels to behold him - born King of all that is real in life.
Hail! O incarnate Word! Hail! O majestic Spirit of the Lord! Hail! O mighty two-edged sword! Hail! O Good Report, for all who have believed thee shall indeed have the mysteries of eternal Life revealed to them!
Grateful for opportunity to serve you, I AM