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Men and Women of the Hour of Freedom:
The dual search for personal and world salvation continues. Mortal tangents which sap the energy of many divert the needed assistance from the Brotherhood and deprive the sincere of the assistance they seek, both for themselves and society. To foster a study of current world unrest is not in vain if it be considered from the attitude of individual contributions toward the world net worth or loss.
It is not difficult for people to accept that accuracy in the keeping of records on earth is essential to good business practices. The very law of energy conservation demands that accurate markings be made upon the akashic record of all that men do. Now, the pursuit of happiness is often neglected through human restlessness without the seeker ever coming to an awareness that the train of his thought has already left the track of reason and justice.
I shall offer, then, for the holy cause of freedom, some constructive suggestions anent current world unrest and the formation upon the planetary body and in the social structure of boils of wrong thought and feeling, although the latter may not be a pretty thought to contemplate. The mere lancing of these conditions does not remove the poison from the body unless the cause and core be ascertained and the remedial steps for correction be taken by those who are able and willing withal to do so.
Conditions may seem worsening to mankind today, primarily because of the increased numbers upon the planet and also because of the rapidity of communication whereby bad news travels faster whereas the good seems to be absorbed by man's crying lack of comfortability. The great law of immortal life demands that righteousness in the use of energy shall be performed by every man; yet where ignorance flourishes, this is almost impossible to accomplish. It is true that some men have in ignorance performed good services, but such efforts are unreliable from our standpoint. To lift the level of mankind's existence, religion and society must be willing to pursue together true happiness where it can be found. Happiness is a nebulous thing unless it is tied to the great motors of Universal Life.
Men seek to define God in finite ways, but they might as well try to define the earth from the disadvantage of a molehill. The consciousness of man needs purification, and the individual must contact the Sun of Divine Splendor to do so. Words in themselves lack the full power of meaning until the individual, by experience, comes to understand the complete range of thought embodied in the Word.
The problems of semantics have caused great ruptures in the diplomatic community both past and present; therefore, as our beloved council has so often stated, men should use extreme care in their choice of words. The subtle nuances of ideas may be clothed with diverse words, but unless the great master thought behind the idea structure is understood, much of the value of the worded conveyance is lost. And in truth it can be said that the individual has prepared for a journey but has never left his front yard.
Woe betide the individual who is content, except that contentment be founded in the security of divine truth. It must be remembered, precious ones, that the tired, the poor, and the huddled masses of this earth yearning to breathe the air of freedom have long sought the fulfillment of a dream. It must be borne in mind that neither hut nor palace as a point of origin has proved a hindrance to the valiant soul who has desired to enhance divine ideals here upon earth and to make way for a higher form of equity among men.
The twentieth century with all of its achievements has brought forth new challenges which must be met. Old verities have been toppled, and men's values have seemed to crumble away. Sweeping reforms have shattered personal and national value. With all that has already occurred in the name of progress, there has also been a countersurge which has caused a retrograde action of many right values at the very instant a swift forward surge has occurred. The unwary and those who do not walk by faith but require sight are sometimes left in an unstable state of mind where their own uncertainty becomes a plague to happiness and progress.
You live, O men of this age, in a time when guarantee and security are the requirements of the hour. To maintain the status quo of the personal identity seems to many of paramount importance in the midst of all this current social unrest. The decay of moral values, then, has not come about so much as the result of neglect by individuals as by a spiritual bankruptcy on the part of the progenitors of each recent founding generation. There is a "broken link," and individuals do not impart those values unto their offspring which they do not have themselves!
The result of this deterioration is not always immediately apparent to those who live and move in transit on the belt of time. We who span the centuries in our ascended state can provide reliable advice, but require from unascended men faith in our judgments.
I would like to borrow a phrase from the world at large to convey a concept. Men today, in their cleverness and human astuteness, are always ready to cry, "Show me the gimmick"; and they have some reason, it must be allowed, to make this plea. The world is filled with trumpery and methods of temporal mind-control. The fresh winds of honesty, the sweet floral essence of the rose of honor is seldom recognized today as it blends in competition with the "noisy" perfumes in the jaded marketplaces of the world.
We have in mind a method of a spiritual nature whereby we seek to impart to those who can read between the lines certain solutions to the problems at hand. Pay homaged attention, then, to the great God flame that burns within your heart and see with the passing of the coming days and weeks if we cannot raise the curtain for you upon a wondrous stage where cosmic dramas are played.
See if we cannot teach a way whereby the soul unafraid
Can play its drama out unto the last
And feel no binding linkage to the past
That holds in bondage all man's energy -
But rather snaps the bond and says: Go free!
Freedom is a gift of beauty rare,
Whose many faces of fleeting pleasure wear,
But only for a moment then -
For when the masque is off
And the beauty of Truth is known,
Those values concerning which man cannot scoff
Are shown to be of worth, not loss.
So sow and reap, and silence keep -
Within thy heart an earnest prayer shall fly,
So heed the call and do not weep.
Let mighty action tie
The rise of mind and Being rare,
For God shall answer every prayer
That holds a reverence for his law of Love
And keeps the kindred way of right
That is the power of pen's delight -
Mightier than shining sword's own glow,
The thrust of holy fervor to bestow
A new colossus, vesting every man
Who rightfully fulfills God's plan.