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How strange it is that men are so often caught up in the glamor of economic station or social position. They do not seem to understand the greatness that God has placed within the heart of the Divine Seed which He has also placed within them. They do not seem to understand the great brand of cosmic equality that does not favor one son of God over another, that places the same potential within the grasp of all.
The image of God is the highest rung upon the ladder. It is the rung of perfection. Whereas individuals may differ in their comprehensions of Life and in the speed with which they grasp divine principles or even human principles, men should understand, as in the fable of the Hare and the Tortoise,1 that what is important is that they arrive at the place where the knowledge of God has meaning to them and where their faith is anchored in that magnificent achievement of divine perfection which will one day manifest as fruit upon their Tree of Life.
Individuals are prone to either undersell or oversell themselves. They think that balance is not within their grasp simply because of aberrations in the human consciousness that swing to the left or to the right of the Christ Mind. In reality, even a middle-of-the-road position is not the desired goal when it is sought from the level of the human ego, for the perfection of God is more than a human standard: it is a tangible reality that comprises the whole spectrum of man's divinity. This reality can never be subject to human opinion as it moves from the right to the center or to the left of any position. For God's outreach is involved solely with the allness of Himself, which includes the total manifestation of Christed man.
There are many problems facing the world today that should be the direct concern of all of humanity. God Himself has given a great deal of thought to mankind's problems, and He has placed within man's grasp the ability to cope with current conditions even though it does not seem that He has. The best position for any man to take, then, is one of trust whereby he recognizes the holy concern of the Comforter2 that does not necessarily involve itself with human problems and human solutions, but rather inculcates within the consciousness of embodied humanity an inner sense of God's Reality that adapts itself freely to meet the needs of any situation. Thus if man will let Him, God who is in His heaven will ultimately produce through man's own consciousness right action in the world of material form.
How difficult it seems for people to maintain their patience, their fortitude, and their perspective long enough to keep their hands off the ark of God.3 But if they would have the perfect solution to every problem, they must be willing to wait for the salvation of our God and the moving of His Spirit upon the troubled waters. Surprisingly, there is a tendency for men to feel that they are better able to deal with problems in the physical realm than God. It is almost as if they thought that the perfection of God does not possess the ability to invade the world of man's imperfection!
Man's trust in God creates a bond between Father and son that produces perfection wherever it is realized and affirmed. Men are seldom willing to admit that the fault of their failure lies within their own domain. But when they tamper with that which ought to be left to the powers of Heaven, they set up various interference patterns, astral grids and forcefields, which block the ray of the perfect solution from cycling into manifestation from higher levels of consciousness to lower levels of being.
You have heard the saying that man proposes but God disposes,4 and this is correct according to the principles of cosmic law. But when the individual submits himself into the keeping of God as Jesus did when he said, "Father, into Thy hands I commend my spirit,"5 God gives His angels the authority to immediately move in and take dominion over those conditions in the individual's world that do not conform to the true nature of his being. Because that which is beneath the allness of God has willingly forfeited its position of the temporal disposition of its own affairs in an attitude of complete trust that the allness of God possesses both the means and the end to produce perfection, it becomes the immediate benefactor of the divine intercession.
The line between the rights of man and the right of God is very fine. When man acts with the authority of God, he can say "Dieu et mon droit";6 but only when he becomes the Christ incarnate has he the right to say "L'état, c'est moi!"7 We who walk upon the spiritual pathway as surely as you do upon the physical retain within our Causal Body and etheric consciousness the memory of earthly experiences from our past lives and from the continuity of Life which was ours between embodiments. Through examining the memory of the unascended state from our present perspective, we have a better understanding of life on earth than we did when we were in physical embodiment.
I know it is difficult on your side of the veil to realize the certitude and naturalness of the divine unfoldment which originates in the inner planes. As you now "see through a glass darkly," when one day you enter this realm, you will see "face to face"8 with the clearness of divine Reality. Until you do, I suggest that you relinquish, ever so gladly, those elements of life which pertain to the outer realm of experience and which seem right unto men and yet lead to death and destruction.9
This is an activity of pruning the Tree of Life that you and you alone can perform through self-surrender and self-effacement. This may seem hard at first; but when you call God into action in each human problem, His response can result in a perfect outpicturing of the divine ideals for you. This attitude of letting God in and letting the human out is the best means of achieving greater peace of mind and greater involvement in your affairs by the Godhead and those powers whom He has assigned to be your guardians and protectors.
We who are on the other side of the veil want you to understand the uses of as well as the meaning of perfection. We want you to understand how you can cope with each of life's problems and receive the comfort of the Holy Spirit that will make you a very real part of the intent of the Godhead for the earth as well as for yourselves. It does not matter if mankind do not perceive God's care and consideration for them released through you and countless others who are so dedicated. In a very real way, you who possess this understanding are keeping the Flame of your Divinity and maintaining a greater closeness to your Divine Self in your daily life; and for the millions who know not the workings of cosmic law, you are also holding a focus of the Flame.
In the days of old, Sanat Kumara and his retinue kept the Flame at Shamballa on behalf of embodied mankind who had lost the thread of contact with their Divinity. Little did humanity at large realize by what a slender thread the destiny of the planet was held - the thread of one Master's consciousness attuned with God. Yet surely this was a giant thread of throbbing compassion! For the infinite love of God which these avatars retained in their hearts was a love that extended itself to all mankind.
Today with many more to carry the Flame - the many who have followed in the way of his great sacrifice - with many more whose examples are arousing divine sentiments in the hearts of the many, kindling faith and giving assurance of the divine purpose unto the family of nations, embodied mankind are in a position to have greater trust - trust in the God Flame expanding from within, trust in the God Spirit expanding from without - even as the Hierarchy is in a position to have greater trust in mankind because some among them are steadfastly keeping the Flame.
Albeit many among mankind neither know nor understand cosmic law as it has been given unto the devotees to know and understand, they have been given an inner assurance within their souls that is strengthened and intensified by each effort of the devotees to keep the Flame. Therefore trust is God working within you and within your hearts. Trust is the chalice of the Divine Mother and the Divine Father. Trust is the beneficent activity of the Christ Selves of all mankind.
Trust is a universal blessing to the planet, producing the bonanza of the Holy Spirit's manifestation of comfort to all. The Spirit teaches them that the Lords of Karma and those who govern the affairs of the world from both a human and a divine level are able to summon the elect from the four corners of the earth and to bestow upon them compassion and a correct knowledge of the use of energy which will day by day advance the human race into all right knowledge.
How unfortunate it is that men and women will hold organizations or individuals responsible for their own failures. Often just at the hour of victory they are ready to separate themselves from an activity which God Himself has ordained as one great doorway to His Heart. If they would only understand that it is God whom they are actually serving in every part of Life - if they would only understand that it is His grace by which they serve other parts of Life - they would not need to feel the pressure upon their being which causes them to become restless of heart and to long for other times and other climes.
Right in the midst of a service that requires the greatest constancy, they suddenly become unwilling to submit their being and consciousness to that great cosmic law which requires every man, woman, and child upon the planet to balance every erg of energy they have misused. Paul10 stated it thusly: "Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap."11 And Jesus said: "Verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the Law, till all be fulfilled."12
What a pity it is that men do not understand the depth of the spiritual wisdom that is within them, that they feel the need to dogmatize and then to peddle their dogmatizations without understanding the magnetization of cosmic love that attracts people to the true wisdom of the heart. The magnetization of cosmic love in itself gives new courage to the mind, strengthens the bond of spiritual Reality, and reveals at last those hidden mysteries which the soul has ever understood.
Men do not always understand how these mysteries are conveyed from the Spirit of God to the soul of man. This is because they intrude a barrier of human thought and feeling patterns which positions itself between the divine revelation and the human monadic expression. Thus they defeat cosmic purpose with the limitations they have superimposed upon the variables of their own evolving consciousness. But when the barrier is finally removed, the matrix of perfection, which is God-ordained, removes the last vestiges of opacity in the minds of men and reestablishes that clear realization of the realities of Life which the Mind of Christ, as one with the Mind of God, is always able to do.
Be slow to condemn, be swift to love,
Be firm in your endeavors and look above!
The way of hope He does make plain -
The rule of Christ fore'er to reign.
For 'tis His hand removes all pain
And lifts men to the heart of love
Where Life reveals the God of love
And casts down idols, sense of blame,
As man becomes a living Flame.
Devoted to the expansion of your Light, I AM
Gracious ones, as I myself pause to consider the aspects of mortal discouragement, I am reminded again and again how each Ascended One has overcome. I am reminded how each Ascended One has longed to find release from that which binds -
To know, to do, to dare;
To hold communion's sacred prayer
With God alone in towers strong,
Shut out all wrong
And be alone with Him.
Thus will all mortal clamor die,
Confusion fly,
And peace be born that day, that morn.
Rejoice! Mourn no more,
For Life at hand defies
All that which is unreal.
Life demands you feel
The beat of sovereign heart;
The feet of Christ impart
The power to cleave the mountains apart
And be that which you see.
I AM the Lord thy God.
His word is Law, His rod is power;
His word by grace will sin devour.
His power reaches out to win
Beyond doubt the ascension flame,
Flashing forth now in act, in vow,
In compassion as you plow a furrow straight,
Parting the land for fruit and flower
And hope beyond debate.
You must hold that vision fair,
That holy vision flashing through the air
That shows that Heaven's here,
Not far away.
O grateful ones, you run this day
To win, to persevere!
I thank you and I commend you
Into the watchful care of the Holy One
Who shall neither slumber nor sleep
But shall keep you 'neath His feet
That raised you may be
Up through the air in spiral fair
To hold His hands in Reality's prayer -
A goal that's won, a spark to Sun
Applied as Light that ends all night,
And brightness shines forevermore!
Note: The complete dictation of Beloved Serapis Bey is available to Keepers of the Flame on the Ascended Masters' Tape Recording MTR 6604, The Summit Lighthouse.