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To the Children of God Who Know and to Those Who Do Not Know:
Sublime moments come often to some, and to others they come seldom. The knock upon the door of self should be heeded that we may bring courage to the knocker as well as to the opener of the door.
When the great boon of free will was given to man to move him Godward, when the great boon of individual opportunity was laid at his doorstep by the Creator, it was an initial pattern of such light and wonder as to bring sheer delight to his soul and consciousness. But through disuse or misuse, as the case may be, individuals ignore opportunity; and so it goes away. Betimes it comes not again through an entire embodiment; but mercy, like a refreshing rain, is always borne by the East Wind.
The strains of the times are manifold. The manipulators upon the planet are many, and the skirts of the multitudes are spattered by their despairs. When we speak of the abundant life, we speak of the divine intent for every man; for locked within the very creative nature of man are the best gifts. He seeks without and to rob his fellowmen when he already has the treasures of heaven. Who shall hold him guiltless?
The return of karma is either a swift arrow or a slow decay. Yet those who understand the nature of karma will see that none escape its wayshowing. Let men who understand karma also understand salvation; for the dominance of true Selfhood thunders from the mountain, it cascades down the stream, it flows even in winter. Sluggishness has delayed it, but in due course it shall arrive; and when it does the same bestowal shall be made.
In eternal striving one does not consider time; yet to those caught in the net of time, these factors are important indeed. And so the word was spoken, "I will shorten the time."1 But the compartments of man's success must be entered. Those who delay by negativity and dalliance shall reap the fruitlessness of their own striving. The luscious joy of reality is a vibrancy that counters all despondency. But all doors must be opened and entered with caution. One must perceive the best symbols shining behind the door ere one passes through.
Contact with us is contact with light, and the mind is flooded with illumination. But men must be certain that the light that is in them is of God, is of us, is of the strength of purpose and not of the weakness of isolated despairs. Shadows come and go, and they intermingle with the light. These patterns may seem important, but only the light is.
What striving, then, is the true fruit of destiny? It is that striving which is the externalization of the master purpose of life. A God-feeling ought not to be a bangle worn upon the ear. It should be the inner adornment of the heart. It matters not who among the invisible ones know or do not know; the invisible striving produces the invisible attainment.
Yet, effort should not be all within, for the flexing of the giant muscles of manifestation is the act of an inner faith producing works that follow. Throughout history multitudes of religions have failed of performance while denoting the way toward performance. The walk in the Garden of Eden seems but a myth to many, and so will the trivial affairs of the present day vanish almost into nihilism as a mist of chaos; whereas the Edenic concepts will always remain a voice of authority to the soul who knows.
Those who do not know still wait for the moment of hope, and wait they should; but not without striving, for striving is the band in the spectrum of identity that sayeth to the master potter, "The vessel can be shaped. Let us not cast it into discard for remaking, for already the molding process shows improvement and the vessel will be of worth." Let all understand the need for heart identification with God. The sowing of the future is in this - the sowing of attainment.
Men are sidetracked into frugality of purpose. They do not envision the soul expanding into meaningful symbols of doing. They are complacent. As overfed cattle they graze, sleek and dumb. They do not understand the virtue of moderation. Those who would limit the expression of true religion would also limit the fashion of culture, of attainment, of the future of all tomorrows. They would annihilate the reason that has said, "Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord."2 Out of their thought is spawned fruitlessness, but these paltry reasons do not move the soul and the energy of attainment into the spirals of magnificence.
Behind every man are millenniums and cycles of joy and eternal purpose. That these do not readily appear is not the fault of his Creator but of the sorcerer's apprentice, the little magician who could create, if he would only understand. Then his patterns would be in the similitude of the First Cause, of the First Creator. With joy he would leap forth as a young deer, and the forest would be his domain. Freedom would be his gain and the conquest of his lesser self, until the stature of attainment appears before the vision as a guiding light that will not take no for an answer, that will resound in its own resolve as that thrust for a purpose which is creative and strengthening to the cosmic purposes so much in view and yet so hidden.
While the children of the world wait in hope, the specters of hopelessness lie in wait for them. We are merchants of immortal life. Our thoughts are God's thoughts, and these are not only curative but also exhilarating. Coming forth from the true spirit of liberty, they refuse to serve under the banner of mediocrity. His mind is the foundation of all certain endeavor. By this the grace of universes without end is expounded. By this the Word has become flesh. By this the understanding leaps. By this the continuation of life is a fountain of virtue.