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Precious Seekers for Understanding,
Dual forms should be understood: that which is of the earth, earthy and that which is from above. Whereas the earth is necessary, it should be realized that the earth, that is to say, flesh and blood, cannot inherit the kingdom of God.1 But the divine man from heaven, the divine image, the likeness of God, shall endure forever; for it has the blessed stamp of immortality.
"The fashion of this world passeth away,"2 and rightfully so; but in its passing it does not leave a void. When it has outlived its usefulness, its energies will be returned to the Universal; for that which comes forth from God must return to him. This rhythmic flow of energy to and from the Source of life is an activity of infinite mercy that, once understood by mankind, will enable him to live in comfort and harmony, knowing the indestructibility of the divine image which he may make his own. In truth, life is a road of opportunity; and when the purposes of life are correctly apprehended, the individual is able to gather along this road the sacred mysteries that enable him to form the divine image within himself.
The living Christ is the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.3 This Christ must be reconstructed in the hearts of all men. This Christ is the Saviour of the world. This Christ is the mercy flame that blazes within and creates those pulsations of consciousness that enable the individual to blend so perfectly with the Godhead that the Son and the Father become one.
Through the years, in many lands and in many forms, these concepts have remained either partially or entirely hidden. Only within the individual's world can the fullness of the Divine Man stand forth, and how beautiful it is when the Divine Manchild rules the lives of those who embrace his image and likeness. The pure in heart shall see God,4 for he shall appear. And when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.5 This is a fiat that will help you to break the illusions of duality; then the Christ (whose Presence is magnetized wherever the fiat is spoken) will reveal to you the straightforwardness of the unity of God.
At this point I desire to remind you that the the human tendency toward sympathy can become a maelstrom of destructivity which the powers of darkness use to draw men's energies downward. Empathies between people are such that individuals find it easy to picture themselves in almost any type of situation. When they read or hear of the unfortunate plights of others, they feel dreadfully sorry for them because they imagine how it would be if they, too, were to become involved in such a situation. Some even feel that their grief for another person may be an assistance to him. Perish the thought! Now the balm of truth must be applied to this whole matter, and in mercy's name we must strip it of its glamour (illusion).
Those who are sympathetic to others often prevent them from learning the lessons that life intends to teach. Then again, sympathy pulls the sympathizer into the same vibratory action, the same human mess, as you would say, that the one with whom he is in sympathy is in - without ever raising the unfortunate soul out of his misery! Oh, there are moments of temporary assuagement of grief; there is comfort in having other people agree with you, even when you are wrong. But how much better it would be if individuals would learn to face themselves, to face life, and to live with reality rather than illusion. Infinitely, reality is God; finitely, reality may be anything that men imagine or accept.
Sympathy involves judgment; for to sympathize with someone is to judge him as manifesting less than the Christ, and whatever quality one imputes to another he draws to himself. This is why the Lord Jesus often said, "Judge not lest ye be judged."6 For it is in judging men without knowing the facts or having the power to enter into their minds and hearts that individuals create such frightful karmic action, and this misqualified energy always returns to them for redemption. When it does, they cannot understand why certain events transpire, why they are so rudely affected by their own returning karma. All too frequently, people do not see why the buffetings of life occur at all; and in their mortal musings they say, "Well, what is the purpose of the universe returning evil to men when they do not even understand the law of cause and effect?"
Blessed ones, understand the soul. The soul has awareness of its own. The soul knows. And deep within the recesses of consciousness, the reason for all things is apparent to that blessed emerging Identity that comes forth from chrysalis into manifestation. One day with God is as a thousand years and a thousand years is as one day.7 The power of the soul to compress and to expand the consciousness of time is the means whereby the divine outreach is served in teaching the inner man to know what is right and what is wrong.
There are not only dualities of manifestation in man, but there are also sheaths of manifestation within his world. These were designed to hold the light within the aura, but unfortunately over the centuries during many embodiments they have been filled with human creation - layer upon layer. Like encrustations of sedimentary rock, these layers encase the God flame within the heart of man, preventing the expansion of the light within his world.
A spring cleaning is in order! The vessels of soul consciousness require ultimate transmutation as an act of mercy which will free them from banal records and man's release of undesirable vibratory actions. How the divine flame longs to transmit the purity of itself to each sheath in order that the whole electronic circle of man might become a God-kissed chalice of Christed concepts! This it will do instantaneously in answer to the decrees of the aspirant which must be given in the name of God, I AM, and in the name of the Christ.
Time is both healer and teacher; and the mercy of time often affords individuals, as an act of grace, freedom from intensification when the human self cannot quite bear the pressures of the divine flame that acts from within and the karma that molds and shapes the soul from without. But how beautiful is mercy when it is understood! How marvelous is life when it is comprehended! Therefore, men should look toward the endless beginning of the divine life rather than toward those moments of anxiety when things do not seem to be quite as they should.
Oh, we recognize full well that temporal spans are often filled with dire forebodings and fears. But if you will realize that the perfect love of God that sees beyond the years is directing and perfecting life, you will perceive that your attunement with that precious Presence and your own beloved Christ Self will make a new man or woman out of you. And this is as God intended it from the beginning.
The sending forth of the sun radiance of the Solar Man, of the Solar Christ, of the universal or only begotten Son, was intended for the glorification of all manifestation. By him were all things made and without him was nothing made that was made.8 Therefore, the beginningness of God was an act of mercy; and the end of suffering and pain, together with the acceptance of the mantle of perfection, will also be an act of mercy. In truth, all that occurs between the lines of that manifestation of beginningness and its ultimate perfectionment is also an act of mercy when it is rightly understood.
Nothing that happens in this world, because of its temporal nature, need cause undue concern to anyone. Whether it be life or death, sorrow or joy, man's nonattachment to circumstance and his complete adoration of the purposes of God will free him forever for that immortality which is hid with Christ in God.9 Won't you understand, then, why sympathy is a pit of delusion and compassion is born of understanding?
Be compassionate to one another and extend the balm of grace to yourselves in order that the glories of the kingdom may shine through your countenances, through your minds, and through the joy of God that is within you, one and all. What matters it that human opinion may attempt to invalidate you? Each day, each hour, God is validating and reaffirming the implantation of his seed within the garden of your heart.
That mercy may flourish in all, I remain