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Man's search for security in materiality is his greatest insecurity. The Holy Spirit in its magnificent outreach of comfort to mankind is the greatest security any man or woman can have.
Out of the holy strands of measured attunement, the soul by its own inner desire for devotion and service draws forth the divine magnetism of the Holy Spirit, who responds by giving to each individual so fortunate as to be possessed of the higher perspective the greatest opportunity of his or her life. The fact that individuals fail to recognize the greatness of this opportunity does not destroy its value to the soul who knows.
I write of soul-knowing, of inner attunement, of inner fortitude as though they were tangible; for in reality they are. The greatest tangibility is to be found through contact with that Great Regenerator the Holy Spirit, the essence personified of God's own love and Heart Flame.
Why should any man feel that the presence of that Flame is far from him when it is actually a fervent mission sent forth to inhabit the whole universe and yet to kindle the God Consciousness at the point of individualization? Thus at that focus of mind and being where the monad invokes its measured attunement with the Christ Self - the Divine Mediator - God is made manifest as man. Thus that fashion of the Flame made eternal in the heavens strengthens the Image of the Almighty in the midst of the human enigma, affording each soul the opportunity to realize his own deliverance from evil unto the goodness and mercy of the Law.
The challenges of life are many. But they do not always reveal themselves in advance. Neither do embodied individuals always act from an honest motive. Merely to be upon the spiritual Path or to engage one's attention in the divine search is no guarantee of fulfillment unto self or unto God. Where honesty of heart and noble effort go hand in hand, however, the results are certain. Nevertheless, the time is not always so; for the karmic patterns of individuals vary from time to time and person to person.
The Golden Rule, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you,"1 has not always been observed. Individuals seem to feel that the flaunting of the Great Law is a mark of attainment, mistaking rash acts for spiritual boldness. The statement "Because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of My mouth"2 is indicative of the urgent need for decisive action on the part of mankind. But when there is present in their worlds that fear which is reminiscent of the unprofitable servant who hid his talent in the earth,3 it does not allow the flow of strength required for right effort which is to be found in the Holy Spirit. The bracing power of the comfort flame can become one's strongest ally in the service of freedom and in the building of giant goals useful forever as the devotee lays up treasures in heaven4 through those acts that are consciously willed from day to day.
Carelessness in spiritual endeavor is a great fault leading men and women into byways of darkness. He whose eye is upon the righteous and whose ear is open unto their cry5 is the best defense any man or woman can have. Therefore, let not your hearts be troubled, gentle ladies and men whose goals are spiritual; ye believe in God, believe also in me.6
Practice the action of harmlessness toward all parts of Life. Be not eager to engage in retributive acts; for all recompense that the Law may require of any man is delivered from the Hand of God through The Karmic Board, whose members, seven in number, are qualified by their own attainment of right vision and right action to share the judgment seat with the Christ Selves of all mankind. Divine appointments are themselves magnificent to behold, inspiring all with that measure of comfort which kindles the fires of the soul and bids welcome to the spirit of grace which ought not to be despised.
Let men esteem the indwelling Presence of the Holy of Holies within their being. Let them not deny the munificent grace implanted there from the foundation of their own individualized consciousness. Let them affirm instead the wondrous Presence of God right within themselves. Let them hear the voice of the Son of God. Let them feel the thread of Life that is their own contact with the living and eternal Father. By allowing the consciousness to feed upon the nutrients of faith and intelligence, purity, and compassion, each one will at last sit under his own vine and fig tree;7 his delight shall be in the Law of the Lord and in His Law shall he meditate day and night.8
Do harm to none. Do good to all. But be not brought under the power of evil in any. Uphold only good in self and others; and by the humility of ordered service, let the untrammeled aspects of Him who rules both land and sea, of Him who is found in the unfailing Light of your own I AM Presence, be ever your guide to lead you into all Truth.
In the name of the Omnipresence of God, I AM
The Spirit of God takes delight in the work of His own hands. He is joyous because of the perfection and the quality of perfection which manifests in that which He has created. This beautiful manifestation of God's perfection is a chalice of Light forever!
Speaking of chalices, I want to tell you that for a period of seventeen years I have been at work at inner levels in constructing a beautiful chalice to present to the Maha Chohan. And this very day it has been taken to him in his home in Ceylon. There it stands in his retreat.
The base of this magnificent chalice - which, incidentally, is snow-white in color - is set with three rings of precious stones, all resembling diamonds. One band, beloved ones, is pink; another is pale yellow; and the other is a radiant blue. These three concentric rings around the base of the chalice are charged with the wisdom of God, the will of God, and the love of God.
The symbol therein is this: The will of God can be a great comfort to those who understand it, for when the will of God is understood, men will say, "God is Good." When the wisdom of God is understood, the "why" God has permitted this and the "why" God has permitted that will be answered in a manifestation of the great divine Law, flooding forth into the consciousness of men; and that, too, will be a chalice of comfort to them. For they will drink the comfort of divine wisdom. Could divine wisdom be comfortable? I challenge you, beloved ones, could it be? Then last, but not least, the radiance of divine love itself will be partaken of as a feeling - a feeling of infinite care, a care for each of the creatures of God, regardless of the size or dimension of that creature. The Father, in giving Life, has given Himself to all, and because He has given Himself, He gives the infinite possibility of expansion to all; and the leaven of the Christ Light poured out into the heart's chalice of each individual is the greatest comfort they shall ever have.
Although they may seek on land and sea; in husband, in wife or in home; in brother or in sister; in name and fame or fortune or place; wherever they will go they will never find any place so wonderful, so magnificent, and so comforting as their own heart. There the Life that God has created and sustained is flooding over the brim, hoping to express the perfection of which it is capable. It gives into the keeping of the stewardship of individual man the power to choose for himself, to walk through the narrow gate that leads to the fullness of his own God-identity, and the outpicturing upon the screen of Life of the verdured perfection of God, which manifests then for all time as a man of God - a manifestation of Liberty's flame - the fleur-de-lis of love, wisdom, and power - a manifestation of eternal comfort.
You will then be a being of beauty and a joy forever, for you will then have become an Ascended Being, a Christ - a Cosmic Christ - infinite in conscious action. You will rise in the arms of infinite Love until you, as the Maha Chohan does, will be able to render a service to a portion of Life everywhere. In the great perfection of Life that swells through this galaxy, flooding out through the grateful Cosmos, you will be a part of the Flame of omnipresent Life. That Flame, like music and perfume and Light, weaves upon the screen of cosmic law all of the unfolding mysteries of God made known to you from within and from without forever by the charge of divine love.
Now, my beloved ones, this beautiful cup, which I have worked on for so many years, has been given into the keeping of the Maha Chohan. I shall not further describe it to you today for a very special reason. The reason is that I ask those of you who are spiritually perceptive and love the Father to call unto God with fervor and determination until, while you sleep at night, God Himself shall direct your journey unto the Temple of Comfort in Ceylon; and your own eye shall behold the work of my hand. And then I think that you will be grateful that I did not try to describe it for you in words, for you will see an Ascended Master jewel of perfection resting there. The Great Divine Director and the members of The Karmic Board who have all witnessed it have said that it is indeed a splendid thing.
I hope now that you, too, shall realize this day that you are a splendid thing, a manifestation of God - not a puny personality, not a human creation full of faults and flaws - but a child of Light, splendid in all your dimensions, the work of God's hands, the work of your own Divine Presence manifesting now and always joy forever, forever, and forever!