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Those who forget the benefits of asking the whys and wherefores and the querying in which they may have heavily indulged as a child do but rob themselves. As we engage now in reverie concerning some of the whys manifest in the physical world, let us include in our investigations the desert and waste places of life - the swamps, the vast oceanic bodies, the mountain fastnesses, and the wilderness vast; and let us consider the reason for their being.
The frightful moral decay which in past ages brought down the wrath of heaven (after a fashion) resulted in certain cataclysmic activities which brought about a change in the landed surfaces. Some of the uninhabitable areas of earth are, therefore, the manifestation of a cosmic quarantine. So frightful are the records of ancient civilizations, retained in the akashic realms over certain of the desert places, that it is most desirable, because of the possibility of astral contagion, to keep the population of mankind from actually building their homes there en masse and settling in those areas.
There are exceptions, of course (and the Gobi Desert is one that I may cite), for the mankind of earth are similarly kept away from the great retreats of the masters of wisdom by reason of austere climate. Thus the angelic hosts and master adepts are able to come apart from the world - as was the fashion of beloved Jesus - into mountain, plain, desert, or sea where, because of the dearth of humankind living there, there is a relative decontamination of the surroundings and the auric emanations do more closely resemble the natural state, uncontaminated by human effluvia. This type of quarantine is to "keep out" the impurities of the mass consciousness, whereas the former restrictions are effected to protect mankind from the records of their own past violations of the law.
Just as there are natural questions concerning the physical environment of man, so there are spiritual questions concerning the interpenetrating spiritual magnets composed of ascended master ideals, thoughts, and feelings and the living presence of the master himself as he moves about the planetary body engaged in cosmic service.
It is not essential that mankind shall see or perceive directly the ascended masters in order to become beneficiaries of their activities. Yet to some is vouchsafed this privilege, whereas others seize it by force, opening the doorway into the astral world which, like the physical ocean, has within it those denizens of the deep whose manifestations could strike terror to the hearts of the uninitiated.
The increasing use of LSD upon the planet and of other chemical compounds calculated to induce the opening of the spiritual centers in mankind is far more apt to produce a condition of insanity, in some cases with the first use. All experiences that are considered to be beneficial to man that occur through the inducement of chemical combinations can be produced in a natural manner by spiritual means, and the use of spiritual methods is never harmful.
I might add, while we are on the subject of the harmful effects of drugs to the spiritual centers, that the birth control pills currently in vogue do interfere with the spiritual activities of the pineal gland and, further, these pills when taken for a prolonged period may induce cancer.
While there is much to be desired of a progressive nature in the unfoldment of true religious experience, the gilt-edged sinister doors leading man nowhere in particular except away from the truth should be carefully avoided.
The intensely destructive rhythms of rock 'n' roll maneuvers now in their heyday, sponsored as they are by the powers of darkness, have as their aim not only the production of an atmosphere suitable for a release of entities of the Rasputin type1 upon the planetary body (which I hasten to assure you are far more than mere hobgoblins to scare naughty children), but also they are now found by mankind to affect the hearing of those who engage in such orgies, eventually producing deafness.
The continuing campaign by the merchants of Babylon to popularize the smoking of cigarettes in the face of an ever-rising incidence of lung cancer is another "why" which mankind should ask themselves. The steadily increasing statistics numbering from 22,000 to 60,000 suicides per year in the United States alone, the rising tide of crime, religious and political apathy, and the sinister strategies of unscrupulous knaves who deny the Lord that brought them and cast stones against the servants of God upon earth all appear as landmarks of misfortune to the planet and indicators of the need for a regrouping of the energies of mankind.
I come with no old wives' tale and with no personal ax to grind, but to ask you, at the portal of the year, to ask yourself if the meaning of these signs in nature and man cannot spur a response intended to reverse the tide of negative magnetism upon the planet and marshal the forces of light in a fervent maneuver in order to preserve decency, sanity, honor, and justice among the youth of the world, that they may become forerunners of the golden age of man.
The Christ consciousness is the sole panacea, the wide-spectrum cure-all for every dangerous human condition. Mortal vacillation and procrastination have taken a frightful personal as well as planetary toll upon the rate of progress exhibited by the earth herself. Measures intended to spur men to renewed comprehension of events upon earth, calculated to improve life upon the planet have, in many cases, gone awry as individuals, bowing to the edicts of personal condemnation, fall into the traps set for the unwary.
A keen sense of balance is needed by mankind in order that they may pursue the narrow way that leads to safety; for individuals often slip on the rail and lose sight of the shining track as the fogs of indulgence and the stench of calumny rise to new levels of degradation, revealing the planetary plot against the expression of Christlike qualities in the desolated strata of human thought and feeling.
One of the most deadly personal sins of men and women involves the "soupy" generation of self-pity, the mire in which far too many wallow. Even as the smog over the large cities has taken its toll of men's lives and must now be brought under effective control, so the impurities of the emotional stratum which bog down the highways of consciousness and impede the airways of the Holy Spirit must be cleared.
We would generate strength in the children of the sun! - a strength that does not yield one inch of ground to the tyranny of the senses or the plundering negations spawned as a by-product of man's hypocrisy. The embryonic son of God needs not self-pity, neither does he require to have the deposits of sentimentality in his nature fed by mortal attention.
A true son of God quickly learns to outspartan the Spartans. If the world shows dedication to false principles, the son of God shows greater dedication to true ones. If segments of the churches of men arise in awful hypocrisy to perform a rite of exorcism against the true saints whom they unknowingly label as "evil spirits," the saints are not exorcised. They simply withdraw from those who ignorantly spurn their proffered cosmic friendship which has so enduringly created an aura of hope in the consciousness of the genuine seeker for truth.
An hour of greater unity is coming, but it must come because of steadfastness in the heart. When the weak ones are uprooted, the strong must remain faithful in the service of God upon the planet.
Ours is a sacred trust, calculated even at midnight to arouse the sleeping ones. The banner of the LORD waves over the world, and it is the banner of the highest. Let those who cannot accept our call use the wisdom of nonrejection; for the LORD shall publish a new thing and the voice of God, heard in the night as a great light burst into sight, will at noontide provide greater illumination than the sun.
Beware of darkness, for though it be an absence of light, there is another and thicker darkness which consumes the light in man because it is that darkness which has already absorbed the light and wrapped its own cloak of misqualified errors around the shallow shadows which imprison the splendor of the pure light within the dusty, moldy, centuries-old concepts of division and unsound judgment.
As this is a year of great summoning, we are preparing our own Magna Charta. And we serve notice herewith that the rallying call is going forth from old plateaus to higher ground that we will do battle with the unrealities that enslave the mind of man, seeking to deliver the earth into the pains of golden-age rebirth.
It is our heart's desire that all who run in pursuit of the Divine may read our message of freedom in time to enjoy the new and living way which will manifest in the intimacy of the soul who has entered into a closet to commune with God. For thus do the strands of a holy faith within his heart and mind engage the gearlike teeth of hope in the future of good will unto all.