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To Those Who Would Keep the Way of the Tree of Life:
Now fiery destiny must be magnetized. It must be drawn by design. It is never enough for the human to recognize its own designs: the divine purpose must be invoked; and when it is, simultaneously it is discovered. Then transcendence as law becomes the forte of the God-realized man.
As beads on a string, one by one the divine concepts are released. The soul must be content to play hide-and-seek with God, to engage in the game of discovery. Although the individual often desires the allness of God here and now, there is a purpose in concealment; for through discovery, initiation, and realization, glory after glory man comes to appreciate the unfolding wonders of the divine design.
His gratitude is not staid; it is expansive, it is diffused. Gradually it intensifies until it becomes one of the realities without which he would not wish to live. Man is embellished, therefore, by God-design. He sees the richness of the pattern, how it flows and accumulates, at last achieving an immortality to which his soul is tethered.
I AM Pallas Athena. As an elder sister of cosmic art, I advocate the truth, in all of its seeming evanescence, as being most desirable and far to be preferred over error, which at best is incomplete in its manifestation. Truth is so beautiful that even when partially expressed it can pass what has been called the acid test of time. Seasons may come and go, human moods may change; but there is a changeless quality about truth that sustains constancy and noble effort whereby true and permanent achievement is won.
I know that at times individuals are seized with the idea that they are not making the proper progress. How do they know? Are they able to assess the greatness of soul which they already possess? When initiations are passed, immediately the reward is deposited in the bank of the soul. It does not continually reappear as a reminder of one's attainment; but it is there, a powerful matrix waiting to be released in the moment of need. Therefore, the inherent greatness of humanity must be reckoned with as a cumulative factor, and not as one that is always self-evident.
Will you understand with me that all of the facets of truth which you express are garnered in your causal body, there to become the seeds of its expansion? These do not come forth all at once to produce their manifestation in one given moment in time, nor are they dormant; but they remain glowing and vibrant, ready for the next cycle of precipitation in form.
Human needs vary. Even the expansion of the soul has its requirements: first, the courage to do in the face of all human opinion; then the certitude of the law, the knowledge that one is functioning according to higher design. Next, the fruition of the law must be achieved, the maturation of the quality one seeks; and finally, the physical manifestation is perceived by mortal men.
So much of life is deliberately hidden from view; for if it were revealed, there would be danger of intruding destruction upon the divine design. If human perceptions were to become aware at a given moment of all that God could or would do, they might mar the purity of the divine matrix with their imperfect patterns. Therefore, not only out of mercy but also out of wisdom and inner strength has he kept from the carnal mind the full perception of the beautiful reality he would one day bring forth in the life of the individual.
That which appears as duality is actually the contrast between the formed and the unformed - between the three-dimensional world and the descent into that world of what has been called the Oversoul. However, this overseer of man's every act teaches the realization of cosmic integration, whereby every factor of cosmic grace precipitated in form is harvested in the causal body for the benefit of the soul. Thus the finite becomes the infinite, and in the process duality is no more.
There is a beauty about the mystery of discovery whereby God draws the curtains over the screen of life and hides from man the very joys that he will share with him in the next moment. All too often the apprehensions of mankind tell him that the curtain conceals the darkest and most dire forebodings. We acknowledge that at times God conceals world as well as personal karma from the individual in order that by first balancing a portion of his own karma he may free his life from the dregs of degeneration that are in the world. Then, when he is raised into greater perfection, he is able to bear a greater burden of world pain. But God is also wont to shelter from mortal view the good, the pure, and the beautiful. Like sunlight dancing through the trees, the Omnipotent One tenderly eludes his offspring. Laughing and frolicking like a gurgling brook, he says, "Come and find me!"
The perfection of the Presence of God is a reality for every man, but it can never manifest until the outer self stands aside and permits it to do so. Does it seem strange that the beauty and perfection of the Infinite One should be obscured not only by divine decree but also by outer conditions? Nevertheless, this is cosmic law as it applies to the three-dimensional world, and its purpose is the sealing of the perfection of the Presence from the prying eyes of the human, until that human becomes divine.
Will you recognize with me, then, the great fact of creation that God by design reveals to the individual, step by step, the cosmic truths, the cosmic realities, of his life pattern? This he does in increments and at a pace that will naturally develop the God-potential of the individual, leading to the unfoldment of his divine plan.
The plan is centered around the individual; it provides for the transmutation and advancement of his consciousness. But there is danger in bypassing the plan when one is taken up with the outer manifestation, ignoring the still, small voice or the knock at the cosmic door of the heart. The individual must learn to listen to the voice of God; for through the years some have heard voices that were not his, and they have been turned from the true Path by psychic impostors who have sought to separate the brethren by claiming the exclusiveness of this or that master or organization.
Beloved hearts of light, all of life is one, and every true ascended master has the interest of every chela in mind. While it may be true that a master may give special assistance to a lifestream, no master of cosmic wisdom, no ascended being, will demean the advancement of any soul; he will only further it according to the degree of receptivity within the individual consciousness. Would it not be a very good idea, then, if in recognizing this factor, individuals would open their consciousness to every ascended master as an elder brother assisting the striving of each one who is following after the divine plan?
What a travesty it is that psychic impostors can be heard at all! But how do you know, how can you discern when they are acting? That is the question. Well, beloved ones, the truth of being is of necessity within, and its high standards are known by the soul; but if you are unable to make contact with the truth of your own being, surely consultation with those who are wise in the light is in perfect order. If you are separated from those to whom you look for superior guidance in spiritual matters and cannot readily consult with them, pray the Almighty that he will allow only the consciousness of his appointed representatives to contact your own. Above all, find peace in the understanding that all that unites with the fruits of cosmic endeavor is of God and all that divides the body of God into compartments of mortal density is of the dark powers.
Certainly to maintain an eagle eye of discrimination is not wrong. If a being is of the light, he will show that light when challenged. If he is of the dark, he may well flee.1 Individuals should not be hasty to retreat into the shadows of a limited understanding because the 'spirits' indicate that this is desirable. Nor should they be hasty to retreat into another's 'light', for the 'light' of supposed knowledge in man may indeed be darkness if it does not concern itself with the well-being of others.
Let all shun the mortal ego, the pseudointellectual consciousness that will never find the fulfillment of cosmic promise. Let all understand that our messages concern themselves with the fulfillment of each one's cosmic identity, that they are practical, always wedding the soul to the things of the Spirit, to the great cosmic truth inherent within life.