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To All Who Would Walk and Talk with God as Dearest Friend, Admit the Great Purifying Light Rays of the Holy Spirit, Don the Garment of Forgiveness, and Enter the Joyous Communication between the Spirit of God and the Spirit of Man in an Exchange of Cosmic Transmutation
"And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams."
The sure Word of prophecy which must come alive within the domain of the individual is a personal bestowal of the law of infinite Love. In the very heart of the self, a man must admit the great purifying light rays of the Holy Spirit. It is so easy for individuals to feel that the needs of others for righteousness exceed the needs of the individual seeker. One with God is indeed a majority, and self-negligence is just as dangerous as is the neglect of the entire flock of God.
The power of example in the realm of spiritual attraction is mighty indeed, and we love the devotee who, knowing that error has taken its toll in his world, is willing to accept the comforting balm of God's infinite forgiveness for him, perceiving that forgiveness is a spiritual garment which must be donned by the individual and proudly worn. Those who have walked in darkness and have seen the great light are often greater lovers of the light than those who have fled less far from the center of Infinite Good. Hold fast, then, to the Spirit of God as a dear friend of old who will never leave you nor forsake you so long as you do not leave or forsake him.
The qualification of the divine bond is essential, for you dwell in a time when "guarantees" are of such great value to mankind. In the common law a guarantee is but a contract between individuals, and when men and women understand that the Holy Spirit is charged by the law of divine agency with establishing the contract of life with individual man, they will feel that the guarantees of life, which are backed by the eternal promises, deserve to have full representation and no misrepresentation by those who profess to love God and serve his cause. Just as the Almighty guarantees his bond of life with man and backs that bond with eternal promises, so the Lord deserves to have his covenants observed by man. He deserves to have full representation and no misrepresentation by those who profess to love him and to serve his cause. Man must extend comfort to every part of life in whom the eternal Spirit dwells. Just as God will not deny man comfort, so man must not deny comfort to God.
The Holy Spirit will often fill the soul with floods of rejoicing, particularly as the individual walks and talks with God in greater measure. To some among mankind, talking with God as with dearest friend may at first seem strange. Yet you must assure them that there is no safer or surer method of getting immediate results, of "getting" the Holy Spirit and feeling a flow of radiant personal comfort in their world, than to practice this ritual of "sensing" the divine tie. The words "My yoke is easy and my burden is light" should be revered in the mind and heart as a certification of the promises of God fulfilled in his creation - a certification of the garment of God's hopes that men may rejoice to wear.
While the world burns with regret for errors made and spews out the venom of ignorance and misunderstanding, the Holy Spirit stands as a pillar of strength, upholding virtue and righteousness to both left and right. Every body temple, every home, every place of worship is intended to be a point of contact with the Holy Spirit. "Know ye not that your bodies are the temple of the Holy Ghost" is the admonishment of the saints. A home where love abides is the altar of God, and the products of that home most excellent. Every place of worship, where the Holy Spirit is adored, is a focus of comfort to all who come within its walls.
In an age when men pursue that which they esteem to be best for themselves, let the men and women of understanding hold with rejoicing that the best gifts of freedom are in the domain of spiritual progress. The tide of God's love flows in tangible currents to the souls of men through the Holy Spirit, ordained by God as the universal link between heaven and earth. As a bubbling spring, as a fountain of eternal youth uplifting mind and heart, the surge of the Holy Spirit is the resurgence of the Christ consciousness in man.
Where the Spirit of the Lord abides, there abides the Spirit of the Son. Where the Holy Spirit dwells, there dwells the Father-Mother God with the Son. The transfiguration of Jesus, wherein Moses and Elijah appeared unto Peter, James and John through their communion with the eternal God made possible by the agency of the Holy Spirit, caused them to exclaim, "It is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles!" This manifestation of the eternal Christ portrays the great boon of heavenly comfort that is bestowed by the Holy Spirit upon all who seek diligently to know God through his emissaries.
As the Representative of God's Spirit, I urge all who have read the many words in this current series to understand that it is the Spirit that giveth life and the letter that killeth. As you have read these words and been blessed with the letter of the law, now seek to do greater honor to the Holy Spirit, that this flame of Almighty God may burn in your hearts forever and that in your communion, by the agency of the Holy Spirit, you will be guided into all truth for his name's sake, I AM.
The God of Abraham, of Isaac and Jacob, the eternal God of our Fathers, is no myth, but a tangible, breathing, vibrant reality. He can be known as infinitely real, even within the circle of the finite world. He can quickly infill and inspire and animate all things. He can raise the dead and breathe the breath of Life into a newborn babe. He overflows the banks of mortality, enhancing joy in service and the bonds of eternal Reality, so that wherever you live or move or have your being, you know that you are alive within his Spirit and that his Spirit is alive within you. Thus many a moment which might otherwise be surfeited with the boredom of a self-centered ego can become instantaneously productive of the joyous communication established through the eternal tie between the Spirit of God and the spirit of man.
When the spirit of man flows into the Spirit of God and the Spirit of God flows into the spirit of man, there is a divine exchange - a cosmic transmutation - and both God and men enjoy the feeling of sharing and of belonging to one another. No longer severed from any part of life, the soul perceives itself a pilgrim among other pilgrims upon the path of progress. The hand of fellowship extended with great expectation from moment to moment imparts the tenderness of that patience which possesses the soul.
Thus will God be glorified in you and in all creation; thus in an age destined for freedom - one that has been stretched upon the racks of bondage - will freedom and its flame be the means to the divine end that raises the soul into its great eternal realm of immortal blessedness.
Seize the hands of this hour and every hour and know that as Christ has said, so do all the Sons of heaven say, "Lo, I AM with you alway in the bonds of the Holy Spirit into which we all drink as the kingdom of God magnificently expands."