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Hail, Sons and Daughters of Liberty!
What a magnificent world mankind will have when every man can proclaim his own manifesto of liberty! Have you thought about this, beloved ones? Liberty is the opportunity to give the gift of freedom to others. Your acceptance of this opportunity means that you have accepted mankind's right to pursue those goals which bring about the greatest development of soul and consciousness.
If you will stop to think about it, the pursuit of those goals which enhance the gift of freedom must of necessity deal wholly with constructive activities. There can be no permanent freedom for any man while he gives his energies to destructive activities. For these always culminate in the extinction of individuality - first through unhappiness and then by the rebellion of the very elements of body and consciousness. It is not possible for man to be truly happy when he is engaged in any activity that denies to others Life, liberty, or the pursuit of happiness.
It is a foregone conclusion, blessed ones, that when mankind give liberty to others, they are committing them to the highest goals without in any way hampering their freedom of choice. Freedom and liberty are evasive when men do not comprehend what the goals of freedom and liberty really are. Paul declared long ago, "Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty."1 As the Goddess of Liberty, I AM to be found where the will and the Spirit of God are honored and adored. Thus it is seen that the goals of freedom and liberty are to attain to the Presence of the Holy Spirit through surrender to the will of God.
Frequently individuals separate themselves from those with whom they differ on certain esoteric subjects, whether it be God or the subconscious level of the human mind. If individuals would only be patient, they would soon perceive that man is desperately trying to evolve out of his limitations, that he is desperately seeking to find the Spirit of God, the freedom that accompanies it, and that magnificent achievement which can be identified with his spiritual aims.
All that people do in the pursuit of darkness fails to satisfy them; for in reality the great expectations of their inner being are for the Light, and these are seldom fulfilled in the world but always sought after. The chastisement that mankind heap upon their own heads often takes the form of a masochism of which they are unaware. When the jaws of this psychological trap close in upon them, they do not see the way to escape,2 even though that way be simple. It is as though they were frozen to a magnetization neither of their making nor their choosing, unable to respond to the outstretched hand of the Savior.
If you would only know it, beloved ones, in most cases it simply takes an act of will and a sincere desire to express freedom. You are not on a roller coaster that must continue its wild ride until the end. You were given dominion over your world and you are the authority for your life. You can exercise it to transmit your application for help to the higher powers of Light anywhere in the universe and then know with certitude that the divine answer is and will be forthcoming.
It is the prerogative of Heaven to either provide an immediate solution to your problems or to begin the process that will lead to the solution - almost as though it were a game of chess with you as one player and Heaven as the other. I think that the reason for this is that mankind have often given false promises and appearances to the heavenly hosts, only to return to the old pathway of struggle and doubt upon receiving their deliverance.
Now by a slower rate of interchange, Heaven is able to trade smaller increments of its precious treasures and gifts in exchange for man's obedience, that as man receives these gifts he may also grow step by step in grace and understanding. Heaven ought not to be blamed for embarking upon this course of action; for the Hierarchy is wholly justified in committing only a relative portion of itself, which may be small by standards of comparison but which will enlargen as man's faith increases, causing him to give a greater measure of obedience that he may receive his permanent reward.
O mankind, if you would only understand the gentle facts of cosmic law that clearly proclaim that waiting for you right now this very minute is the fullness of your God-joy! If you would only recognize that the revelation of this truth concerning yourself, the thinning of the veil that opaques the very God-good that was intended to be yours, can be accomplished without any human commotion - by an act of faith and the willing removal of your consciousness from the strains of doubt and fear into a receptive attitude.
Won't you try to acknowledge the existence of what can be called the domain of the other side? Frequently individuals get caught up in the net of their metaphysical conceptions involving the law of supply - the multiplication of the loaves and fishes through the law of service, of love, of faith, of magnification - without ever realizing the great practicality of the heavenly view. Simply stated, the call compels the answer!
Sometimes individuals find themselves engaging their energies and attention with organizations that advocate such a high level of impersonality as to almost destroy the human ego and then, by this brittle impersonality, offer nothing in return to those seeking the Truth. Thus bereft of both the old and the new, the neophyte sees the universe as a hostile place where he can find no warmth, but only what could be called the cold shoulder of Heaven upon which to cry.
Nothing could be farther from the truth. Neither tears nor anguish are needed in order to draw forth the magnificence of God-joy provided by the blessed advocate of the Holy Spirit, the Maha Chohan. When you understand that man can draw forth the abundance of godly virtue through His emissaries, you will perceive the reason for the existence of the Ascended Master Consciousness. You will realize why various individualities who have ascended into the Godhead choose to offer their very special assistance to embodied mankind. You will see that the expression of the impersonal law without the balance of the personal law does not afford the warmth that raises souls Godward through the realization that men and women of God, exalted by His grace to His table and service, love them even where they are and will help them to feel the genuine warmth of divine love.
Not only can the fires of Heaven and the compassion of its hosts be realized, but they can provide an ever-present help that will direct the souls and minds of men to that spiritual nourishment which will enable them to expand their Light thousands and thousands of times until the Flame of the Holy Spirit burns up human darkness and all is pure Light.
As a mother serving those who are momentarily exiled from heaven's glow, let me intensify within you, as is my desire, a realization of those beacon lights that, while beckoning from afar, draw nigh unto man as he draws nigh unto them. The Light of compassion that flows into you may also flow out from you. You can intensify that outflow and beam it far and wide unto human beings caught in the nets of limitation, expanding the senses of the soul which contribute to the whole domain of heavenly awareness and weave together with eternal bonds the universal compassion that sets men free.
One of the problems that separates men from one another and from God is their tendency to magnify their discernment of what is acting in people's worlds that is not the compassion of God. Let all understand, then, that even though individuals may not measure up to one's standard, even though they may not seem to be all that one would desire for them, it is still necessary to keep the Light of compassion and love flowing. Through the divine magnetism of love, men and organizations are drawn closer to that goal which is the merging of all Light into the torch of man's freedom.
With the advent of yuletide, men attune with the love of Christ more than at any other time of year. Through this attunement and their charitable regard for Life, they feel a closer bond with one another. It is their tendency to compartmentalize the year and the expression of their devotion, to part company with the Spirit of Christmas which they feel is a thing of the past, that causes them to cast aside the joys of the holy season once the new year has begun. Thus they begin to re-create in their everyday routine their jangle and their discord, their pleasures and their sorrows, which register as inharmony upon the screen of life.
Let us rather resolve together to let the glowing torch of our fervor express itself the year around as well as the world around. Thus shall the circle of our hallowed love shine forth the everlasting joys of God that shall be to all people3 as all people enter into the Light and the determination to banish darkness by the magnificence of real love.
Devotedly, your Cosmic Mother of Liberty, I AM