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To All Who Would Be Initiated by the Ministrations of the Holy Spirit and Be Caught Up in the Great Holy Arms of God, and the Blessedness of His Vitalized Consciousness:
The Word of God which was destined to be a lamp unto the feet of mankind is sent by the Spirit of God through the mighty chain of prophets who through the centuries have been illumined and who have acted as intermediaries between God and man.
There is a touchstone of reality within mankind which, when attuned to, will enable men to clearly perceive the reality of that which is truth and to separate themselves from that which is error. The Holy Spirit will always produce the perfection of Almighty God in the consciousness of mankind. Joy and love will abound together with true peace, but all should understand clearly the great mystery of how true peace is achieved through the Spirit of Truth.
Men whose deeds are evil often love darkness rather than light; and there is a fruit of darkness, an evolution of darkness, which proceeds from dreary minds damp with rank emotionalism; unsatisfied even with self-adulation, they remain fettered by the conditionings of mortality.
The Son of God is not so, and the Spirit of God is not so; for the Spirit of God moves across the margent of the world bestowing at will his gift of Reality to every man. Far above the speculations of the mortal mind that are used to justify a way of life, the Spirit of God transcends human philosophy and replaces it with the divine theosophy. Searching out the vastness of the Divine Self and translating it for the human self, the power of the Word lights man's path that he may clearly see the way to go.
Of all the heartrending problems encountered by mankind upon this planet, the one that is most trying to spiritual seekers is the question, Which is the correct or true Path? Many are the innocent lambs of God who know not that there are traps laid for them, nor do they expect to find wolves in sheep's clothing preaching from the pulpits of the world. They have not reckoned with those unregenerate spirits who have spawned a luciferian theology to keep the children of God from finding the true Path. Jesus said, "I AM the way"; but the Sadducees and Pharisees have loudly proclaimed another way and through their sorcery have exercised a hypnotic control over the people. Practicing black magic as blatantly today as they did in the Dark Ages, they bind the faithful to doctrine and personality through their satanic lies of hellfire and damnation.
Wise are the disciples of God who will understand, then, that there are abroad in the world false doctrines in large number created out of the whole cloth by men whose consciousness has been contaminated through personality worship with the silt of their own sensual concepts. Those who would know the truth and thus be free must understand that many of these gross figures surround themselves with an aura of sanctity, profundity, and peace, combined with the mystique of veiled prophecy. Thus, those who require the exclusiveness of a personality cult are often sucked into the "hallowed circle" of the false prophets who succeed in playing God by playing upon the credulity of the masses.
The Holy Spirit speaks with great plainness and forthrightness; nevertheless, the laws of God, so obvious and so charged with common sense, so apparent in nature and so natural to the heart of man, are often ignored for the dim-witted complexities of intellectual sophistry. Those who rise to positions of prominence in the religious community have no qualms about fabricating a multitude of rationalizations that confuse the people and in some cases even inspire them to espouse noble causes when for a time it suits their ends.
In this day when the elect can indeed be deceived, it is necessary that we stimulate among mankind the desire for the correct understanding of the spiritual path. Initiations abound; and the circumstances of initiation, whereby mankind's devotion to truth is tested from day to day, are often brought about through the ministrations of the Holy Spirit coordinated through the office of the Cosmic Christ.1 When these initiations are passed, the unfolding soul awareness of man is caught up into the arms of God and revitalized in his blessed consciousness of the truth that indeed makes all men free.2
When men say "peace and safety," often sudden destruction cometh upon them. When men rebel against turmoil and against the confusion of the outer world, turning aside to a realm of separation from their fellowmen, at times great blessing may flow to them. But there must come about an eventual return to contact and association with mankind, for in the world of form, karmic debts have been made through the mingling of the spirit of man with the spirit of man. Retreat and withdrawal are only for the purposes of gaining perspective and gathering spiritual knowledge that will enable men to be useful instruments of the Spirit of the eternal Father, the Holy Spirit.
When surrounded by turmoil and the din of that which does not seem to be at peace, men must pursue the pathways of peace and be undisturbed by outer conditions. The law of infinite Love is the supplier of opportunity for balance to every lifestream. When men shy away from their opportunities to balance their debts to life, they are withholding from themselves the opportunity of the hour. Through grace and perfection there flows forth from the heart of God the valiant manifestation of spiritual victory. And thus, while turmoil and conflict may arise, even as men seek to draw closer unto God - when families and friends withdraw or are offended by reason of the chela's devotion to the laws of God and to spiritual service - "rejoice and be glad," yet have no strange concept of antipathy toward thy brothers but only the silent glow of the love from thy heart that refuses to be dismayed or pulled into the maelstrom of human affection.
God and his Spirit have desired to draw mankind not away and apart, but upward and together into the realm of spiritual regeneration where the brotherhood of man, uniting with the Fatherhood of God, perceives the bond of the Holy Spirit as the cement of cosmic unity. There is no need, then, for men to fear when the battle for men's minds is bursting all around them; rather should they seek the association of the ascended masters of light, the true and faithful witnesses of the Law, and the sanctity of the Divine Presence that is both above and within.
Let your search for the true religion of God be one of diligence and not of discouragement. Did He not say, "Seek, and ye shall find"? Therefore, accept the promise and bid the Spirit of God welcome in your world. If you would make a place in the temple of your being for the Lord's Spirit, you must end feelings of hostility toward all men, toward the self, and even toward the justice of the Law that in exacting its toll may have caused you some distress. Let the love-light of God occupy your eye and heart; and let the flow of his Spirit through you be as the wind from the mountain: a penetrating call to action. As the Lord liveth, his Spirit is the great activator of all that is holy and mighty within you!
Men have deceived themselves; but through God they shall be awakened from the darkness of self-deceit, and the hand of mortal error that was laid upon them shall be lifted. Shadows upon the Path are dissipated by the initiatic light, and the bond of true devotion unites hearts as never before. The Brotherhood seeks the practical manifestation of the Spirit as a balm of fervent action that will lift the burdens of mankind. Then shall all be changed in the twinkling of the eye of God, and the veil that hung between the spirit of man and the Spirit of God shall be rent in twain. Then shall man know that he is ready to be fashioned by his Spirit in the divine image; then shall man himself transfer from heaven to earth the perfect pattern for a planet and its evolutions.
I REMAIN YOUR ADVOCATE OF COMPLETENESS,