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Blessed Seekers for Infinite Wisdom,
May I continue with the thoughts of my consort, the Goddess Meru.
We do not consider that the entrenched forces that seize the minds of children from the cradle will lightly give them up. Certainly, the Armageddon of spiritual warfare will continue - error fighting against truth and truth standing alone in the world as the means of man's deliverance.
Be that as it may, those who personalize these matters seeking to attack (as many do) the person through whom truth comes may well be forewarned, as is our will: "It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks."1 These words, spoken by the Lord Christ to Saul on the road to Damascus, show that the power of truth is invincible, indomitable, and absolute.
Men and women should learn to understand the difference between truth and man's interpretation of truth. The world today is filled with a dogma that is based upon the misinterpretation of scripture with a generous sprinkling of correct interpretation thrown in as good wheat among the tares.2 Those who would compel mankind to make a decision for Christ that is based on fear rather than true understanding and inner commitment have also to remember that the winning of individuals to your own opinion will in no wise eliminate the karma and responsibility you have for dominating the consciousness of mankind.
Continuing our discourse on practical techniques for the young, we wish to advocate that the school systems of the world provide a greater measure of studies in human relationships. What men have taught as ethics and integrity is but a shadow of that which is to come. Too frequently mankind's service is only lip service and his heart is not with it, for he has not been taught to expand the flame in his heart and to offer it as a token of the Father's love to all whom he contacts. We desire that the young shall understand the law of interaction - the law of the golden rule.
Recognizing the primacy of example, various stories - some of which have been called fables and legends - have been given to the race through collections such as The Thousand and One Nights. Many of these lessons are of great value, and they have been used successfully to convey the higher ethic to the youth of the world.
One of the saddest factors involving the release of straight knowledge from the heart of God is that individuals have a tendency either to deify those through whom knowledge is given or, if they do not agree with it, to attribute it to demons. For most people there are no gray tones, only the blackest of blacks or the whitest of whites. They seek to hold men in bondage through the power of absolute fear, and this can only produce torment.
The nature of truth and the power of truth inherent in nature bespeak an eternal spring. Nature shows forth the power of the resurrection flame in her continual garlanding of the earth with renewal. Men see young genius in the babes who come forth into the world of form with high levels of culture that they have retained from former embodiments. Others come forth carrying the remnants of a subtle memory of the past. While it is true that many have no conscious knowledge of a personal preexistence, this is no reason for its denial; for the processes of reembodiment are vital to the spiritual evolution of man and, when properly understood, they can be a key to his immortal freedom.
The law of karma - which refers to the law of return that states: for every good deed that a man does he shall be repaid and for the opposite as well - shows that the weight of human conduct should be governed by the golden rule rather than by confession of sins or repentance. People repent and confess again and again, repeating the same old sins. When they are taught that there is no escape from sin in its repetition but only by freeing oneself from the weight of sin through prayer and whatever ordeal or personal sacrifice the law may require, they can take the first step in eliminating the consciousness of netherworld conditions, of astral horrors, and of the fear of death or hell. Then they begin to learn to live in goodness, in the consciousness of the nature of God, and to express him. And their lives become more sublime the longer they live.
One of the prime causes of the death process is the generation of decay in mankind's thoughts which is subsequently conveyed to his body. Hence the statement " ... In the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die."3 The seeds of death coexist with the seeds of life in the consciousness of men. The seeds of death must be eliminated, and the seeds of life encouraged to sprout and bear fruit. The very young, when they are taught cosmic ethic and cosmic integrity, can understand clearly that all that they do returns to themselves; therefore, as they sow continual good into the world they continually reap that which they sow.
The understanding of the larger circles should also be conveyed - circles of community, circles of friendship, circles of family, circles of states, circles of nations, and circles of civilizations. There are always smaller circles within larger circles, and the system of worlds to which the planet Earth belongs has its own solar circle, its own galactic circle, its own universal circle, and its own cosmos.
The vast sea of tiny pinpoints of light - many of them suns of interstellar systems - is a Macrocosm of unfathomable mysteries to the naked man. But when he understands that God is Spirit and that he is the Creator of all that is, man, as God, joyously enters into that which he, as God, did create. He has never been man. He is only manifesting. In manifesting the finite, he is carving doorways into the infinite. The finite is only the schoolroom; the infinite is the great world of open-spacedness where consciousness dances in an aurora borealis of exquisite cosmic freedom.
Attainment comes through working with microcosmic law. That which affects the microcosm also affects the Macrocosm. The nature of being is affected by small things; therefore, small things provide the pathway to deliverance. The child must be taught that even graces and courtesies extended to others return to the universe the gratitude of the individual for the opportunity of life.
If men fail to be grateful, how can they expect that God can convey to them a higher way of his understanding? The correct use of talents, then, is the key to the universe and to greater wisdom. The ascended masters could well bring forth worded instruction that would create a backdrop of beautiful foliage on which might be projected a few beautiful jewel forms. We prefer to give the meat of cosmic instruction unto men in the fond hope that their souls will respond to the nourishment we are giving, that men and women will understand that the instruction for the new age is for all.
All are "babes in Christ."4 All are children in the eyes of God. Even the ascended masters, when standing in contemplation of the universe, feel the humility of the monad that is quantitatively less than the whole while it remains unseparated from the whole. The desire to be a part of the allness of God can be satisfied only through infinite grace. Infinite longings descending into the finite realm of the mind may bring unrest, but it is a disquieting for a purpose in order that it may create in men a striving for the real.
Life is filled with unrealities. This contradiction must be resolved, and the very young must be taught the simplicity of the nature of the divine. One of the best ways of imparting truth is to teach cosmic ethics and the laws governing the relationships between peoples and nations which apply equally well to interplanetary and intergalactic relations. Jesus said long ago, "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me."5 This is the golden rule rephrased. But no law, however phrased, has any validity until it comes alive in the consciousness of people of all ages. If individuals would only understand that none are immune to the law, that the law acts coequally upon all, they would realize that the dawn of perfection within themselves is the first ray of service to the will of God.
After all, if the wisdom of God is given to a man, should it not identify with God's will? If he has the wisdom of God pulsating within him, should it not identify with God's love? Who is excluded from the love and the will of God? Only they who exclude themselves. In this world it requires courage to take a stand for truth, blessed ones. But it is a courage that, viewed from our level, is most natural; for where truth can be seen and its adherents made visible, the multitude naturally live in the truth and for the truth.
Often great compassion goes out from our temple for the people of this dark star of Earth because they have sunk so deeply into the oblivion of illusion. Let us never forsake the deliverance of this blessed planet that God loves. Let all stand with the ascended masters in seeking progressive revelation and the glories eternally released from the fount of wisdom for yourselves and your posterity.