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Beloved Children of the Precipitation upon Earth of God's Will:
How generous is the Heart of God! Yet how many have failed to concede this fact because they see Him only through their own eyes and through the limited aperture of their own mind. Hence they see only the limitations of those eyes and of a mind that holds a focus of limitation and never relinquishes it - no, not even for a moment. O embodied mankind, won't you allow within the domain of your thought and feelings a penetration of the mercy flame of God, of the flame of His universal compassion for each child - each child of His Heart?
I know how easy it is for individuals sitting within the frame of a body of limitation, a body of concepts, a body of opinions, to look upon other individuals and to make a judgment without in any way attuning with their souls or attempting to understand the weight of human problems that beset them. From this position of limitation, of seeming separation from God and man, though mindful of the weight of their own human problems, people fail to practice the ritual of mercy toward other parts of Life. If they would only permit barriers between hearts to be set aflame by the Holy Spirit, how quickly would human problems melt away in a great gust of divine love!
For after all, is not God's love also a very important expression of His will? And is not His will, by reason of its very nature, the highest intent for the universe as a whole as well as for every individual? No matter how long I pondered in my embodiment as the Mother of Jesus, I could never conceive of anything more precious than Heaven's will. It was with this thought in mind that I mused hour after hour upon the rightness of the divine intent, upon the supremacy of universal purpose and the means to exercise that intent and that purpose within the framework of my own life.
The trivial tasks of the day seemed at times far apart from me. At first I sat as one dazed, for the necessary duties seemed but to consume the precious substance of which the day was made - as though material things resembled a hole of darkness, a yawning chasm which would devour the hours. Light and perfection was the allness of that which was real; hence, to those around me I seemed frequently to dwell in a state of contemplation of the other side of Life, the divine side.
I must admit that at first this preoccupation also seemed impractical to me; but gradually, through the ritual of contemplation, the obscurities were dissolved and I was able to see those elements of divine grace which are not always real to the average person, but rather dimly perceived if at all. Much later I came to realize that I could dwell both in the Consciousness of God and in the consciousness of man, which must of necessity be involved in the practical aspects of living in the world and in the community.
One of the more difficult matters confronting the seeker after spiritual grace is the resolving of those problems of an emotional nature which arise between people as the result of their misunderstandings. Quite frankly, much human difficulty is involved with human jealousy and with patterns of resentment of the achievements of others. We have found it of great help for those who desire to overcome this type of situation to recognize achievement as God's.
For when men perceive all human achievement as the mark of wonder upon the page of the ages, when they begin to understand that their achievement can be greatly enhanced through calls to God for assistance, when they understand that true greatness is the greatness of God made manifest in man, they will not resent the achievement of others nearly as much. They will look behind the screen of the human monad and behold the hand of divine grace helping to mold a better world, a world of understanding in preparation for the coming of the kingdom.
The tearing-down of the old city of Jerusalem was not only an act of prophecy but also a leveling of man's false concepts of himself, of those limiting concepts which in the old man had a tendency to go unrecognized because each man sought to exalt himself. Once the destruction of the human ego with its false set of values takes place, the New Jerusalem,1 symbolizing the spiritual recognition of all achievement as God's, comes into view in individual man. When man's energy is not expended in a manifestation of carnal-mindedness, when he is able to retain the perspective of the working-together of mankind for the achievement of universal values to the end that all may share in those values, he is able to sunder his connection with those nefarious acts of karma in his own life that have held him back for so long.
Even in the world order, the purposeless dissipation of energies that occurs as one segment of Life does battle with another invariably uses up the resources that ought to be directed to the overcoming of all human problems. What a beautiful world can be built as the amplification of those Christic values which are the Light of the Foursquare City2 kindle the imagination of the many! History has clearly shown that mankind have been inspired by the few, whereas the many, like lost sheep, wander thither and yon subject to every wind of man's discord that has been spread abroad over the whole earth as a network of destruction.
Now as we look for a time of greater harmony, of greater dialogue, of greater assessment of man's position in the world of form - as we look not from the standpoint of man alone, but from a realization of the loftiness of God's compassion and His grace - we are certain that great changes can be wrought upon earth and that these changes will be as Above, so below.
For man himself, in the domain of his expanding consciousness, is the City of God. The human monad is intended to reflect the ultimate grace of God, of the Divine Monad. For born out of the oneness of God is the oneness of man's union with God - "I and my Father are one."3 How beautifully did my Son express this concept! How complete is the work of the City Foursquare, the New Jerusalem which is lowered into every man's consciousness as he becomes one with the foundations of perfection. These Heaven is ready to convey to each monadic expression as that expression determines to have and to hold its eternal oneness in the never failing Light of God.
I AM and I remain a servant of the Cosmic Mother of all,
How precious is the opportunity for men to express the fullness of the God-beauty that is the infinite design held for them by the immaculate Heart of their Presence - the fullness of all that is the beauty of God retained forever and released at the invocation of the Sacred Fire from within the center of each one's being. As I speak to you today, I am flooding forth torrents of divine love to wash away all that is human accumulation, all that is discord, all that is a threat to the manifestation of the purity of that God-design.
Beloved ones, the Light of God that never fails holds inviolate for each one this immaculate image. Individuals throughout the day and throughout the night are ever so frequently gazing upon patterns of human discord and hearing about matters which are a far cry from the peace of heaven and the wonders of paradise. But as the eyes of the prophet of old were opened by the Spirit of Life, so I come to you today to open your eyes that you may behold in this universe the infinite wonders and perfections of God-harmony.
When individuals are within the center of a seething maelstrom, it is difficult for them to envision the calmness of the sea. Nevertheless, I would like to bring to the attention of the students that there is always complete calmness within the center of the Heart of God; and this is a haven of refuge which is not so far distant from any individual that he cannot go there.
I would like to bring to your attention the fact that beloved Jesus, when he knelt in the Garden of Gethsemane, did travel in his exalted consciousness to the very Heart of God to commune with that Father, that Master Presence of His being. By the perfect example, then, of this great exemplar, each of you are able to do likewise. Every son of God is able to enter that peace and quiescence which constitutes the Heart of God, the Heart of Creation. There is never any need to let disturbances rage - especially within the center of your being. There within the center of your being, there should be a citadel and there should be an established fortress which is guarded by the very Presence of Life.
It is ever a mistake to permit the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune4 to penetrate into the inner being of you. You must stand guard there and see that no discord touches your world. The best way that you can do this is to follow the admonishments of beloved Saint Germain and maintain a firm decree for the wondrous tube of Light to be established invulnerably against the inroads of human imperfection.
But in addition to doing that, there are also a number of other things which you can do. Chief among them is that when you behold discord acting on the outside, you say to your own God Presence: "Mighty I AM Presence, You are the only Presence that is acting here! Take command and control of this situation and see that it has no power to disturb me or any part of Life."
Blessed ones, this teaching may be familiar to some of you; but to others it is not. Therefore I am repeating it today for the sake of those students who may perhaps not realize that they have the power to take dominion over their own world and also over the world of another to the extent of commanding peace. It is not necessary for the students to permit the turmoil of the outer world to rule them. They were intended to be a god within the center of their own being, to have command of their own universe, and to hold a forcefield that is charged with all of the essence of the Sacred Fire.
Through wandering away from the center of your being - for the kingdom of God is within you - you have come to think upon yourself as separate and apart from God. And in this thought of separation, the Light that is within you has been cut off, as it were, by the accumulation of that admitted human discord which, as tarry substance, clogs the very pores of your being and prohibits the expansion of the Sacred Fire - just as when a damper or a draft is cut off from a grate, the fire slows down its action and does not brightly blaze. So when an individual has clogged the pores of his being, of his mental body, of his physical body, and of all his four lower bodies with discordant substance, there is then a slowing-down of the spiritual processes whereby that individual enters into a state of density and a proneness to both error and illness.