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Unto You Who Hold the Sense of the Invisible Bond of Hierarchy and Who Would Grasp the Meaning of the "Thread of Contact" I Say, Let the Soul Be Restored to Its Original Divine Image That Its Eyes May Be Opened
Now that we have viewed and reviewed the nature of God and man, we come to those disciplines and tests which precede the manifestation of the ascension currents by which men are literally raised into the God-domain from whence they came.
When the statement was made, "Study to shew thyself approved unto God,"1 many heard it and apparently they accepted it. But the admonishment that was given unto John the Revelator (now the Ascended Master John the Beloved) when he asked for "the little book" must also be considered: "Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey."2 Thus of old was the declaration made to show the incongruity of the flesh and the Spirit and the necessity for the sweet acceptance by the flesh of the Spirit's burden (cosmic responsibility) and the manifestation of the living Word as the only cause for action.
Again and again individuals have been swayed far too much by outer circumstances. The weight of human opinion is also held to be of great import by many who profess to search for the kingdom but in reality seek the approbation and favor of men. If the eyes of men were opened and they possessed the quality of true perception, there would never be any question whatsoever as to what course they would take.
Countless examples of this truth exist in the holy Scriptures. There is the story of Balaam, the son of Beor, who was rebuked by the dumb ass speaking to him with a man's voice.3 There is the account of the disciple Thomas, who said, "Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe," and Jesus' answer to him, "Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed."4
There exists in the world today a very dangerous sense of earthly sophistication which is wholly rooted in personal pride; in the grips of this pseudoreality, individuals consider themselves qualified to be the arbiters of their own destiny. In the main, those who become muddled in this connection are those who have studied widely in various fields of religion and philosophy. It is as though men were convinced that by much studying they should enter into divine truth.
In order to study to show oneself approved unto God it is not necessary that individuals should become complete masters of human theology or comparative religion. In fact, it is often true that the more men study the less they know. And thus the words "Except ye become as a little child ye cannot enter in"5 have great meaning when it comes to accepting the sweet sense of the invisible realities of God.
If I should choose from among the candidates for the ascension as to who would be the most apt to attain, I would always take the sweet childlike person who could accept divine truth with the light of joy in his eyes as opposed to the overly cautious, distrustful, and suspicious ones whose menacing countenances most often prove to be a threat to themselves.
You may wonder why I speak as I do. It is solely for the love of the Creator's own beloved sons whom I seek to resurrect through divine awareness into the great tides of cosmic grace. For these shall bear them upward and onward over all obstacles, sometimes at a dizzying pace and then again in the calm sense of knowing that holds the hand of God with the trust of a tiny child.
What child is this? Who is this Holy One? Who is this dedicated son who has the sense of the invisible bond of hierarchy? Let such a one grasp the meaning of the "thread of contact," as Morya calls it. For this "bond of hierarchy," this "thread of contact," denotes the fragility of the divine experience when man is yet identified with and wedded to mortal form and consciousness.
If men and women could enter into the etheric consciousness of God, the essence of the creation would be made known to them and there would be no need for the veil that presently exists in the temple of being between the Holy of Holies and the outer consciousness of man. Because the fashion of the times demands it, individuals seek to follow the styles and trends of mortal thought and feeling. What a fraud is mere existential "know nothingness" that seeks to raise itself up in the eyes of the universe and says of a life that is here today and gone tomorrow, "See me, I exist; and because I exist, I am."
There is a long trek across the parched deserts of self-testing and tribulation before the promised land of God-realization can be attained. The fires from on high must transmute and try the works of man6 who seeks to become that which God already is and which God forever holds as the perfect plan for every man.
Why am I speaking thusly, beloved ones? Some say, "One minute Serapis blows hot and one minute he blows cold, and he tells me what I already know," while others say, "Never have I heard one speak as this man." All this vanity of conversation has no purpose but stems only from personal motivation and personal ignorance.
When Jesus said, "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do,"7 he spake of the multitudes who passed through the wide gate. The narrow gate must exclude the paltry errors of men, but they must be willing to recognize the fact that they have erred and to come to that contriteness of heart whereby we can impart to them safely and in divine measure the commands of the Infinite over the finite mind and being. The psalm of David "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul ..."8 shows clearly in its comforting vocalization that the soul must be restored to its original divine image.
Many men and women are not actually aware that the soul has been swept away from its eternal moorings. They feel that the soul has been temporarily lost and that of necessity some thaumaturgic process, spiritual formula, or doctrine of salvation must be accepted and put to use by their lifestreams in order that they might obtain their eternal freedom.
They seek, therefore, for a religion with a pattern that they can accept which will provide for them, for all time to come, both forgiveness of sins and the gift of divine grace. Men do not realize that they themselves have lost their way and that it is they who must therefore find it again. They do not realize that their specific consciousness is involved in this losing of the way and that the consciousness which they have lost is the consciousness of the Divine One which they must personally regain.
No litany or magical formula or even an imploration to the Deity of itself possesses the fullness of the power of realignment of the four lower bodies in conjunction with the balancing of the threefold flame. Realignment is attained through the simplicity of the Cosmic Christ mind that ever refuses to acknowledge that it has in any way been involved in a state of consciousness beneath the dignity of truth and the majesty of the Godhead.
The sickening beat of clenched fists upon human chests, intended as a manifestation of abject humility to the Deity and the invocation of his mercy in time of trouble, where the true spirit of repentance is lacking are of little effect in producing the state of God consciousness and divine awareness that the law requires. The true internal sense of Cosmic Christ identification is one of beauty and rejoicing. It is the beautiful acknowledgment and perception of the laws of love and mercy; it is the acknowledgment of the tender intent of the Deity to raise the soul up the cosmic ladder of creation. Step by step the way is won until each one beholds for himself the pure longing of the Spirit that seeks to become one with the created being which the Spirit has made.
There is no room for speculative theological argumentation in the Godhead, for God is not aware in his pure consciousness of man's frightening descent into mortal involvement. Only the Holy Christ Self has this awareness and acts to mediate, in his advisory capacity to the Godhead, the total world situation.
And so the present rebellion of the elementals against the impositions of mortal men continues, and the wails of those lost in the sophistry of false supremacy will continue even as heaven continues to beckon the sons of God onward, step by step, until through their attention on God their consciousness becomes the sole reality which the ascension flame is.