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When Beloved El Morya and I introduced spiritualism to the advanced students of the West in the last century, it was with the fond hope of increasing men's understanding of "survival after death." We longed to see the receding of fear in men's consciousness and the reflection of a more expanded vision of the eternal nature of Life. Therefore contacts carried on from a very high plane were permitted that the blessing to men might be very great. However, frequently the reverse was true.
Fraud and deceit entered into the practice of spiritualism. Charlatans who took pleasure in entrancing the people with their own personalities for the love of money and self-glory perverted the original design of this potential avenue for Truth. Contacts debased themselves through association with the lower psychic or astral realm, paying heed to those discarnate entities whom they would never have deigned worthy of their attention while in embodiment. Thus another door was closed which We might have used to bring humanity nearer to the Godhead.
It must ever be recognized that the real and the counterfeit have been with humanity for a long time. Whenever God has blest men with Truth, the counterfeit or anti-Christ has also asserted itself. Each attempt for Good is usually inverted and the opposite end of the axis brought to the fore in the attempt to alienate the allegiance of men from their highest Self.
Beloved students of Light, death does not deify except it be the death in man of his old and corrupt nature. Those who are filthy before entering the halls of death are filthy still and those who are holy are holy still (See Rev. 22:11). Final Victory is not attained through death but through the transformation of the Adamic nature into the "quickening spirit" of the Christ Man when " ... this corruptible shall have put on incorruption and this mortal shall have put on immortality" (I Cor. 15:10-58).
The tramps from the opium dens of China are as active in the astral world as are the dearly departed members of many people's families. Flesh-and-blood ties are not nearly so important in Reality as spiritual ties which link together men and women of Holy Purpose in God's Will. The flesh may bring to men strange bed fellows, for often father and son are as different as day and night, or mother and daughter as opposite as East and West. Yet, in the Kingdom of God, a Christ may sit with the Buddha and find no wide difference in spiritual service to humanity.
All advocates of Love, whether from East or West, North or South, whether manifesting universal consciousness or the narrowness of creed or class must, if they would be true to Love itself, admit to the sacred precincts of their Hearts those of diverse states of spiritual attainment. There has been for far too long a "holier than thou" attitude on the part of many seekers after Greater Light. Beloved, to find a little of God's Light does not exalt men to ivory towers of Wisdom. Where Great Wisdom truly manifests, greater Love and service to one's brothers is the natural tendency.
We do not deny that discrimination ought to be practiced when determining from whom you shall accept instruction, for it is not wrong to "try the spirits and see if they be of God." We do distinguish, however, between those who come to you seeking your love and those who would be your teachers. Be kind and receptive to those who need your help, but be firm with those who would misdirect you. But with neither be hasty.
There is never any real need to greet any questionable doctrine with open arms or to immediately accept that which runs counter to the very nature of your Being. If it is of Truth, time will prove its Reality - if discriminating Love and Wisdom are sought from God alone. If it be of error you would do your self disservice to accept it without due consideration. One of the greatest mistakes many students make is to accept the pressure which makes one feel the need to decide instantly upon the merits of each situation they encounter. The urgency of this feeling sometimes leads them into rejecting great assistance or, on other hand, accepting that which will one day cause them regret.
Remember, your Consciousness has retained certain elements of proven Truth and these are the building blocks for future progress in the fruition of Holy Wisdom. Use them carefully to erect a flawless structure, which will one day be made eternally secure in the knowledge of the whole Law and therefore a fitting memorial to the revelation of the Presence "face to face."
I AM advocating that the dangers in all forms of contacting the so-called "dead" be understood. Just as you would not admit unrighteous men or thieves into your home, when living, so all who have departed bearing the stamp of their own lack of holiness cannot be relied upon in the psychic world to do ought else than that which they practiced while yet in physical embodiment. Your own Divine God or "I AM" Presence, and your Holy Christ Self, together with the Ascended Masters are always the fulness of Divine Authority. We will never counsel you except to lead you into paths of righteousness for His Name's Sake (I AM).
I have sought to spell an end to misunderstandings about Life and its continuity. There is never any doubt that just as Life goes on while you sleep at night without your awareness of it, so Life goes on between embodiments. Just as men dream while sleeping so the consciousness which exists in internal self-awareness continues to have alternate periods of contact with the outer world of form, and the inner astral planes.
The most desirable state and that to which men should aspire for themselves as well as for their loved ones, is to obtain entrée to Our Schools of Light (both between embodiments and while their bodies are asleep) where men and women are given most blessed training in the spiritual arts of Freedom as well as in the correct use of all spiritual Power. Fortunately this can be accomplished while you are yet in your present physical embodiment, and by mastering the formula and practice you will find it much easier to do so, should the need arise after the loss of your physical form.
Yet, above all goals, hold your own Ascension the most wonderful for it is the fulfillment of the entire Law of your Being and the commencing of the Grand Journey to Infinite Goals of completion.
May God's Counsel guide and uphold you, always