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At a time in the history of man when there is less and less concern for the well-being of others, we would like to speak on matters of diet. Now the subject of diet, precious ones of earth, concerns not only food for the physical body but also food for the soul, the mind, and the spirit of man. And so we turn our attention to the nourishing of the whole man that he may be made whole.
The so-called powers of darkness, the hierarchy of the princes of this world, whenever and wherever they think they can get away with it use the profit motive as the basis for their judgments. If a scheme, a commodity, or a service makes money for an organization, it is good. If it does not, it is discarded. According to this attitude of business (which has become a busy-ness rather than an opportunity to serve the commonweal) restaurants, hotels, motels, and many other profit-making enterprises have acted with great disservice to humanity. Food has been prepared and preserved in a manner that betrays the best interests of the customer, and service has often been performed perfunctorily and sometimes even grudgingly.
Improved health techniques have brought about greater longevity and a reduced infant mortality, flooding many areas of the planet with a superabundance of people per square mile. This has given the commercial interests such a flow of traffic that it has reached the point where the individual has become another mouth to feed, another number to pass through a line.
Upon our planetary home, Venus, we are able to show our people the records of the evolutions of other planets as well as advanced studies concerning the science of administering the needs of humanity as a whole, and we can see by comparison that the people of Earth have much to learn concerning the use of the ingredient of love. Love is not only the fulfilling of the law,1 blessed ones. Love is the law.
In matters of the mind and spirit, with all of man's getting he has failed to achieve even a basic understanding2 of the rudiments of cosmic law. The youth of today, untrained in the home and untutored in the schools in the simple elements of courtesy, are sorely lacking in grace and in the virtues of the Holy Spirit. Man's tendency to exalt freedom as license rather than freedom as responsibility has paved the way for the competitive ego and brought about an increase of violence.
With the advent of new scientific miracles which were intended to provide a very marvelous life for mankind relatively free from drudgery so that he might pursue the things of the Spirit, the world has been caught instead in a net of delusory violence and ceaseless class struggle. Communism vies with capitalism, and the worst elements of both engage large masses of humanity and vast energy fields in the competitive struggle. The churches, which were intended to be instruments of deliverance for mankind, are more engaged in the struggle with one another than they are in the training of mankind for the business of life.
The Lord Christ who taught long ago in the tradition of Melchizedek, Priest of Salem, brought forth a reiteration of golden-age law. "As ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise."3 Modern man has inverted this law making it to read, "Outsmart your brother before he outsmarts you."
The awesome responsibility of the spiritual devotee is to do the good that he would have done unto him unto all, even to those who despitefully use him.4 The power of each Godly example, of each man who will take his stand for love pure and undefiled, is thereby set into motion in society and this is the little leaven that leaveneth the whole lump.5 The healing elements of golden acts not only purify the individual mind and being, unfolding clearly a wonderful life for those who so dedicate themselves, but also they uphold the power of good example for all men to follow.
Men have excused the foul conduct of this generation on the grounds of ignorance. But what kind of ignorance is acting, blessed ones? Indeed, what kind of ignorance at a time when education proclaims itself to be the most advanced in the history of man?
I do not think it is ignorance but an ignoring of social responsibility. I think that it is a failure on the part of those who should know better to stress the ethics and morality of cosmic law. I think that it is involvement by great minds in the trivia of dogma, sophistry, intellectual argument, and impracticalities. And I think that it is a most complex competition which places the multifaceted, splendid elements of a civilization in opposition to one another. For alas, the pitting of two benign groups against each other often produces the third banality of ridiculous struggle.
Linked as I AM to the universal Mother and upholding as I do the high standards of the Ancient of Days, your beloved Sanat Kumara, I propose that the world should examine itself anew. In what direction is humanity going? Discordant elements among the youth of the world and even the more mature say, "We are fed up with the civilization of our elders." But what tomes of wisdom do they propose to uphold? What example do they set? Upon what ethics of virtue can they expound? They would tear down the culture, the jurisprudence, and the religious expression of contemporary man without understanding through experience over a longer period of time what it is like to live by these rules, all the while reaching out for a greater and evolving transcendence within the framework of universal law and order which are the bulwarks of society.
In heaven's name, young people of the world, do you think that by violence and destruction, by rebellion and mockery you can contribute to the world good? Consider mankind's great needs. Consider the institutions that were framed to supply these needs. Consider your own potential and what it would mean to the world if you gave it lovingly, wisely, and determinedly. The energy that you now employ in rebellion, in criticism, and in an attempt to evoke a response from the elders of the world - that energy, used constructively and added to the positive factors that exist in society, could wield the balance of power which would change the world into a place that is acceptable not only to you but also to those higher intelligences who have framed it in such glorious hope.
It is easy for men to talk, to criticize, and to deny traditions long established. We do not say that many of these traditions ought not to be changed, but the fresh winds of a new understanding reveal that much of universal culture lies hidden in old expressions however timeworn and archaic they may seem.
The hand of heaven is not stayed of its judgment. And if the various elements of society continue to mete out the spirit of unrest, they shall reap the whirlwind6 and find civilization itself broken at their feet. The idols in the marketplaces remain in vogue for a time and then pass away. Each man rises meteorically to his zenith and then, as a falling star, flashes and dims out. The Lord has need of you. The world has need of you, and you have need of the world. By universal, loving cooperation the picture of universal harmony can be framed and made real.
I make my appeal to the world, believing or unbelieving.
I make my appeal to the world, deceived or engaged in deceiving.
I make my appeal to the world, loving eternal truth.
I make my appeal to the world, guarding, exalting our youth.
The looms of the gods, the great and the small,
Controlled by a hand that is greater than all,
Outwork perfection in motif of love,
Weaving examples that are patterned above.
Showing to all the way of Christ-peace,
I AM example - Oh, won't you release
Now from your hearts life's burden and pain.
Gaze on perfection's great beauty and flame.
Hold, then, your faith by its link to the real.
Let mind of perfection within you now feel
Practicality's glow - God's Presence does heal.
Each veil of sense bondage now burns in the glow
(Illusions vanish as forward you go).
The real that's within you is Spirit and flame,
Controlling your form in dear being's name.
You go forth to win as knights of the light
And banish the dark of stupidity's night.
For wisdom was given to help each one rise,
Your life pattern beauteous descends from the skies.
We call, then, to those among mankind who have the understanding and the faith to hold this beautiful immaculate concept for the youth of the world. Condemn them not in their ignorance, but accept not their wayward ways. The power of better example belongs to the strong. If error has existed in the world, it requires correction. The welding together of dissonant elements of society is necessary in order that the harmony of higher spheres, dispensed from the many mansions of the Father,7 may come to the people of this blessed planet with that long overdue peace which every mother's heart ought to crave.
Sons of the flame, keep your hands upon the plow as it makes its straight furrows for the reseeding of this age with the seeds of righteousness in God's name.8