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The numberless radiance of God bears silent witness to the finite manifestation of magnificence in nature which appears as beauty, utility, and service to humanity. Gratitude should fill the heart every day, for gratitude forms the wings of a spiritual song that establishes communion in the world of the individual with the highest glory, the Gloria in Excelsis Deo.
In this age when the hungers of humanity are often for superior wisdom, the simplicity and the tremendous power of the little child, whose silent eyes tell the miracle of nameless wonders, remind all of the singular grace of God that creates a sense of belonging for every soul in the universe who will accept it. As your heart fills with gratitude for the manifold blessings in your life, I ask you in this year of Our Lord 1969 to remind yourself of the nearness of heaven to humanity. For only a few short years ago, all who are now embodied stood at the gates of birth and death, waiting to step through the veil of flesh into the realm of temporal manifestation.
Now that you have established ties in the business of living, affinities and affections, desires fulfilled and unfulfilled, glorious hopes and unfortunate fears, you should come to the safe conclusion that the schoolroom of earth is a place for training - that it is a place where all must learn that the highest pleasure is the joy of discovering the spiritual meaning of life, of mastering the pressures of earthly existence, and of securing the heavenly opportunities which life presents.
The family of nations, by reason of its heterogeneous nature, is seldom reflective of the highest good that is to be found in the consciousness of the individual. Let those who seek wisdom understand that the scum that rises to the surface is the offscouring of all things and that the valuable ingredients in life are not always readily apparent to all.
Millions of individuals, whose pure hearts are yet in embryo, seek earnestly to do the will of God and to solve the mystery behind the riddles of life. Many are beginning to find out that in the world of form only God and the followers of God will allow them their freedom (for neither the ascended masters nor their true representatives will ever interfere with the free will of the individual). Whereas most people - family, friends, organizations, societies, religious groups, commercial enterprises, governments, armies, and all sorts of worldly associations - continually demand of the individual his life, his fortune, and his sacred honor.1
The manipulators are everywhere, and freedom is constantly imperiled by them. Wise is the man of the Spirit who values his freedom enough to see through the miserable schemes that come in almost any guise, seeking to deny him his God-given right to pursue a life of spiritual enlightenment. What do you suppose, humanity of earth, is behind all of the dreadful forms of control that are being exercised upon your unsuspecting selves? The challenges are everywhere to be found: in the field of education, in the employment marts, in the theater, in the arts, in the world of financial speculation and banking, and in the ordinary parlor game of chance.
Such diversions combine to draw from men their life's energies by holding their attention bound for as long as they will hear. Because of the variety of experiences that are available in the marketplace, when men tire of one pastime, another is offered. And thus they while away their lives without ever realizing that the power of a heartfelt gratitude can draw into their worlds the cosmic lodestone of spiritual reality that will communicate the gift of understanding for which their souls pray.
In the name of freedom, I say, let us open the eyes of the people of the world! Many of you whose eyes are already partially opened to the schemes of those who control the media take delight in ferreting out the shocking truth and in pointing it out to others. But are you aware of the fact that the wolves of darkness also masquerade as the exposers of the dark ones?
Now let no one interpret our statements to mean that we are directing criticism against a particular organization, for we are not. We are simply reminding you of the fact that treachery and intrigue are often exposed where they are least expected. But withal, we would sound a note of great hope that you might understand that your greatest power lies in the pursuit of spiritual goals, in living a life of honesty, of integrity, of truth telling, of humility, of submitting yourself to the higher powers from the spiritual world. For they, together with your own beloved Holy Christ Self, will assist you to develop the Christ consciousness within yourself and to create an awareness not only of the Higher Mind but also of the higher planes of consciousness.
Those who dwell in the mundane are often involved in silly games that have proved to be both amusing and deadly. There is a book that has recently been published on this subject entitled Games People Play. I am here to tell you that it does not meet with our approval, for it has a tendency to create in the mind of the reader a spirit of cynicism which we would avoid. It promises him an escape from the entrapments of the world by making available to him the knowledge of how he and his contemporaries are often taken in by one another, but in reality the author has spun a concoction that we consider to be unwholesome because it destroys men's faith in one another.
In heaven's name, I say, even if the world were three-quarters blackguard, do you think that we intend to fill our consciousness with the substance of mankind's deceit? Let all learn, then, that although it is not our desire that you should be gullible, we would rather have you innocent than to have your minds involved in a constant battle of seeking to outwit the situations you encounter in the business of daily living. On the other hand, we do not desire to have the students remain innocent to the extent that they have no knowledge of how to protect themselves. We simply do not wish the need for protection to overshadow the reality of the light.
You will find, blessed ones, as you pursue the pathway to our abode with the full reality of your being that we are well adjusted, balanced, and wholly sincere in our offerings of higher wisdom which are calculated to cut across the lines of the human domain and establish the ascended masters' sense of victory and God-control. But as long as the shapes of darkness fill your mind, how can the light penetrate your being? Yet unless the light penetrate the dark shapes and transmute them into light, man will remain bound by the limited sense of his imaginations and confusions.
We want to see every chela and every seeker on the Path establish himself in the higher wisdom of the God-intent by meditating upon the nature of freedom. Freedom is a quality of God for which all men should be thankful. Yet the possession of free will does not in itself assure humanity that their assumptions, made on the basis of their free will, are correct. Free will is but an open door. Through this door humanity may walk and choose their dwelling place on the other side. If that dwelling place be a mansion of light, well and good. If it be a hovel of darkness, how pitiful. Life is opportunity, and free will is the gift of opportunity to all; but the use you make of it will always be yours to determine.
There are many forces that seek to prevent the students from assimilating the depth of wisdom in our releases. But there is one power that can release you from them all, and that is the power of your own mighty I AM God Presence who, when called into action, always obtains the victory.
Will you understand, then, that midst the seeming complexities of life there is a beautiful and a sweet simplicity in the innocence of the Divine Child that seeks expression in humanity at any age. There is also to be considered the height and depth of hierarchy which would lead men into all truth. Each release from our heart that comes forth in these weekly Pearls of Wisdom is designed to establish a forum of righteousness in the hallowed circle of your consciousness, thus uniting all searchers for cosmic truth on the one Path that emerges from the many.
How thankful mankind should be that the Guardian Spirits of the race, the ascended masters, are preparing new and beautiful releases to make the instruction of the seven holy weeks preceding the advent of Christmas most vital and informative. For these Spirits possess within themselves the power to change the mortal consciousness as it hearkens to the noontide sense of freedom and hope that diligently leads all to the feet of their own God-reality.
Every word we say, each thought and line, when rightly understood is a timeless utterance of truth. It is a message winged from us to the heart of one or many.
Magnifying the tide of freedom, I remain