The Basis Of Agreement — Eternal Triangle
Martin Cecil September 23, 1954 Class
[7 weeks after Uranda's death]
After the service last night some of you were down for the comment period. I pointed out something, which we might bring to focus again this morning, with respect to this business of holding the vibration steadily and consistently. I used as an illustration the cashier in the bank who worked every day, for many years, discharging his duties correctly day by day—maybe an eight-hour day or whatever it was—and being honest, at least as a cashier. Then one day it took him just one second to take a hundred-dollar bill out of the till and put it in his pocket, and that break, that one break, nullifies all the rest of his good behavior. That might be taken into account, perhaps, in the sentence that was passed on him, but by reason of that one action he is dishonest. And that is all it takes from the standpoint of our pattern: just one second of reaction, one second of coming into subjection to some ill thing and giving it form in the expression of word or in act that is a break, that violates the individual's integrity. He is responsible, then, for establishing something with respect to the whole, and the whole has to suffer the consequences as long as the individual concerned is a part of the whole.
Necessarily we have to accept those who are responding, who are desirous of sharing in this ministry and who are undergoing the processes of training and growth as a part of the whole so that they may experience the essential changes, the essential restoration by reason of that which is working through the whole. So it is something that cannot be avoided. We are all a part of the whole, whether we have fully realized it or not, whether we like it or not; as long as we are sharing in this pattern of ministry we are a part of the whole. Consequently we have a responsibility one toward another which requires that we maintain that consistent pattern of centering in God which will allow the maintenance of integrity. We can become subject to so many things so easily, as human beings, unless we remember something about this Server's Code which we were touching upon in yesterday's class.
Fear, for instance. We may find ourselves in a position where there is an impact which would, if we did not maintain our centering, produce fear. The individual is so often inclined to think that, just because there is that impact, there must be fear; it is something that cannot be helped. But it isn't so. It can be helped, if the individual maintains centering properly. We are going to be recipients of many things that are of an ill nature, many things which according to the usual human pattern would produce reactions which we know to be wrong. Fear is one of them. Whereas the centering of Almighty God is in love, so let it be with me. We know that perfect love casts out fear, and we need to be centered in Almighty God. When we are centered in Almighty God we do not allow our imagination to cause us to come into subjection to that which might otherwise, in the usual human pattern of things, produce fear. There is no need for fear. When we are centered in God there is an adequacy of His spirit available to us. We do not need to become self-centered.
You know, I was thinking back a few years to the time when I personally would have considered it an impossible task to stand up here and speak to you—not so very long ago. And I think, within the scope of our ministry, there are others who could say the same thing. But where there is the right centering, so that we do not become controlled by that which is impinging upon us from external sources, there is that available within the individual which can provide a basic pattern of steadiness and assurance in doing that which is essential in the fulfilment of responsibility in the expression of one's own life, in one's own sphere. God provides that which is essential to the fulfilment of one's own responsibilities. He does not provide that which is essential to the fulfilment of someone else's responsibilities. Perhaps there are times when we are under the necessity of carrying someone else's responsibilities for a while and there is strength and wisdom given for that; but that is something in the pattern of ministry, in the pattern of service, which God makes available the strength and wisdom to carry.
But in any case, as long as we are centered in the right place, there is that which is available at all times. It may not appear just the way the individual thinks it ought to appear. Some people have a preconceived idea of what sort of an impression they ought to make on others, for instance. They are all the time endeavoring to uphold this impression, trying to make themselves appear to be something which they think they ought to be, and they are very sincere about it. The fact of the matter is that they do not know what they ought to be. The Lord does, and when the individual is centered in the Lord there is that which appears which is right and proper. It may not be perfect all at once, but it unfolds, and as the individual trusts the Lord, abides in assurance, the process automatically takes place which brings forth that which is true to the individual's own expression of being, step by step.
This morning I wanted to draw a few diagrams on the board in order to clarify, if possible, some of the patterns as they are appearing in relationship to our present cycle of ministry. Diagrams are very useful as illustrations for conveying ideas, but we always need to remember that the diagrams themselves are not the thing itself. They are just useful to the degree that they open the vision to see something of the essence of that which is being conveyed through the diagram. We can use many diagrams, different diagrams, to convey the same idea. We can approach it from different angles. There have been occasions when there have been those who, because there was a shift in the manner of presentation, have said, “Ah, here is a contradiction.” No, it was simply that, before, the individual had just been looking at the diagram and had not been looking at that which was revealed by the diagram. We need to see that which is revealed by the diagram without being so inflexible that we cannot do without that particular diagram or we cannot illustrate it in some other way.
Now first of all, the familiar triangle which you know: Love at the apex, Truth and Life at the two points of the base. You recognize that triangle as it appeared from the standpoint of the focalizations on earth established through Uranda, when he was here, and myself. This line here is between heaven and earth. [A triangle drawn with base on a horizontal line, Truth and Life at the corners and Love at the apex. Then, a triangle drawn with inverted apex, Life, on the horizontal line and the points of Love and Truth both at the top.] Now obviously there has been a shift in that triangle, because the focalization in relationship to this point is no longer on this line. What happened? That point moved into heaven, or the inner planes, thereby turning the triangle in this direction, in a clockwise direction, which brings it into this position. We use an equilateral triangle to illustrate, so it doesn't matter in which direction, which way up it is, it is the same shape. We have Truth, we have Love and we have Life, and there is the line.
Truth and Love come to balance at that inverted point of the apex of the triangle, which is situated on the line between heaven and earth. We can extend that point down and establish a triangle below, with the apex up. We will consider that in a moment. But we know, from the standpoint of principle, that Love and Truth must be in balance in the individual if there is to be the true expression of Life. We have, then, a situation here which establishes or makes available, possible, an absolute balance in relationship to Truth and Love.
Yesterday we were listening to a recording in which Uranda was dealing with the Holy Family: Father, Mother, and here is the point at which the Child may manifest on earth—the inverted apex of the triangle. And that triangle has always been present with respect to each individual. Uranda was pointing to it, in that recording yesterday, as being present with respect to you. While he was still here that triangle was a fact, still is a fact. But it not only is a fact in relationship to the individual, it is also a fact in relationship to the whole, so that we have a basis for agreement, a new basis for agreement. This triangle, with Truth and Love in balance, coming to focus in the inverted apex at the point of Life, is present and has been present with respect to the individual. Now this triangle is a reality not only with respect to the individual but with respect to the whole. In relationship to the whole, I find myself at this point. In relationship to yourself as an individual you also find yourself at that point, and to the degree that you are at that point, and to the degree that I am at that point, with respect to the whole, we are naturally and easily in agreement. Exactly the same pattern is present with respect to you and with respect to me. Love and Truth in balance in you brings you into agreement with me and causes you to be a part of that which allows the manifestation of Life as God designed it and established it to be revealed and made manifest on earth.
Now, you know that love, the spirit of God's love, has primary relatedness to the feeling realm, and truth, the mind—love to the heart and truth to the mind. This Class period through which you have been passing has been designed primarily to assist you into conformity with the truth, to let the truth begin to be the design of your being—it is the design of your being in fact, but to let it become a manifest fact in this realm of things and to begin to bring you under control. Until you as individuals have allowed the design to be established, and an adequacy of control to be operative, it would not be wise or constructive to expect an increased release of the power of God's love into the expression of life. We know what happens if the design of truth and the proper control are not there when there is an increased outpouring of the spirit of God's love. There has been human experience in that regard, and it is not constructive. It brings destructive results. So our concern has been to establish the proper design and an adequacy of control, so that we may allow a balancing release of the power of God's love. Love and truth must be in balance, otherwise we do not have a constructive expression of ministry and service.
We have given considerable thought to the question of control, that the control of the spirit, the spirit of truth specifically, may be allowed to operate effectively in you as individuals—the control of the spirit of God. Human beings usually take the attitude, when they begin to see something of the pattern, that the control that is essential must spring forth from within themselves. That is true. They must come under the control of something from within themselves, but how is that going to be made possible, because there are human beings that have been trying to let the spirit of God control from within themselves for centuries, and we can observe just how much control the spirit of truth has had in the world.
There must be, as our Master pointed out, something made manifest on earth to provide a starting point, so that the individual might come to the point of understanding, comprehending, what it means to let the spirit of God control from within himself. Our Master said, “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.” There must be, then, something made manifest in focus on earth to provide a point of control with respect to those who are learning to come under the control of the spirit of God. If the individual does not come under the control of that which is made manifest, providing thereby an easy means for the establishment of control, how can the individual expect to come under the control of something invisible of which he knows so little? There needs to be that training which allows the manifestation of obedience, trust, with respect to that which is made manifest, so that the individual can begin to realize the control of that which is invisible. To the degree that there is the acceptance of the external control, to that degree it is made possible for the individual to begin to find that balance of love and truth by which the control may operate no matter where the individual may be.
As Uranda has pointed out many times, it is not that there is the arbitrary establishment of some sort of dictatorship; but unless the individual learns to be obedient and to accept the control of that which is provided in the outer sense, he can never learn to accept that which is provided in the inner sense. There must be, in other words, an alignment with this triangle which is established for the purpose of permitting the individual to come under his own control of Father and Mother, the Spirit of Love and the Spirit of Truth. If this triangle is a reality in the overall sense, then here is a duplicate triangle of that individual pattern which is present within each one, and as the individual accepts this point in relationship to the greater triangle he does, by the same process, accept his own triangle, established for himself as an individual.
And it is impossible for any human being to come to the point of an adequate centering at this point in relationship to his own triangle without coming to an adequate centering in relationship to that point as it appears with respect to the whole. It simply cannot be done. Something may be achieved as long as the individual is not consciously aware of these things; something may be achieved, but there comes a point of conscious awareness, and at that point of conscious awareness there must either be an acceptance or rejection. A period of time is of course necessary, and provided, so that the individual may, with understanding, come into position to make a wise choice. But the point is that we have something established here that makes possible the easy way of agreement, that we may come into agreement on earth as touching the things of God.
Perhaps we might give a little consideration to this lower triangle from the standpoint of your individual fields of ministry. [Two triangles meeting in a point A on the horizontal line, and with points B and C on the base of the lower triangle.] Remember that with respect to you there is this upper triangle established with you at this point (A). However, we are considering this now from the standpoint of the larger triangle, so that I am at this point (A).
Here we have, then, the creative triangle necessary for the purposes of accomplishing that to which your lives are ordained. In that triangle, you have a point here (B), and as you already know from your previous meditations, the one whom you would serve must be assisted into this point (C), so as to become a part of the creative triangle by which he or she may be restored into that state of being which is God's will. Obviously, if there is to be a triangle, you must first be at this point. You cannot be at that point without being in agreement with me. If you are not in agreement with me you certainly could not assist anyone whom you would serve to come to that point so that he or she was in agreement with me. They need to be in agreement with you, and you need to be in agreement with me, and then we have a basis for establishing the creative triangle by which something may be accomplished. But agreement. For that triangle to manifest for a moment, or for an hour or two, or even for a day or two, and then disappear because there is a violation of the agreement doesn't provide any stable opportunity for those whom you would serve to come into it and stay in it. There must be that consistency of agreement.
We need to remember that when serving we shall be called upon—we are now called upon—to meet, to work with, to deal with, all kinds of human beings. We need to remember that personal likes and dislikes, personal feelings of any kind, in relationship to those whom we serve (and is there anyone anywhere whom we don't serve?—so this is something that relates to all with whom we come in contact) personal likes and dislikes have absolutely no place. We may feel certain things with respect to different individuals, they may affect us in different ways in the sense that if personal preferences were allowed to operate we would be inclined to like this person and not like that one, but such things must not at any time control. It doesn't matter who it is, it doesn't matter what our feelings may be in the personal sense, the balance of love and truth must be maintained in ourselves so that that which we make available is always of God, consistently, so that we hold the line, so that we are true to our trust, so that we do not violate our integrity.
There is sometimes the necessity for firmness, but that firmness always appears on the basis of love, when it is right. There is also a need for gentleness and tenderness, all these things appearing on the basis of God's love. Unless we do have love in balance with truth within ourselves we cannot minister; if we do not have truth in balance with love within ourselves we cannot minister. They must both be there, they must be in balance, and they must be consistently allowed to operate. When it is so, we have the proper basis of agreement, and where two shall agree on earth as touching the things of God, it shall be done in relationship to the one who is at this third point, that God's will may be done on earth as it is in heaven. Agreement. We have such a wonderful basis for agreement. It is perfect. We share properly the same point, that we may, if we will, be with one accord in one place. That is the one place, the place where I AM. That is where we all need to be. What was it our Master said? “I go to prepare a place for you ... that where I am, there ye may be also.” So the place where we can be with one accord in one place is always where I AM.
The focus point of life on earth is made possible by reason of the balance of love and truth. Both love and truth are invisible. Life is invisible too, but it is also visible. It is visible, or the evidence of its presence is made visible, by reason of physical form. We have, then, this point which is on the line between heaven and earth, and that is the point where man is supposed to be, isn't it? He is the connecting link, properly, between heaven and earth. That is the point where man, mankind as a whole, is supposed to be. We have to come to that point first, and stay there. When there is something established at that point adequate for the need, we have the means by which the things of God, the power of God, can be channeled into the earth.
We could perhaps make an illustration, look upon man as a funnel, couldn't we?—the funnel which leads into the earth down here. But there must be something open here at the point, which allows the flow to move freely into the world, something open, open because there is a sharing in agreement with respect to the things of God, with respect to the purposes of God, that for which we have been sent into the world. Not just us alone. There are those who share with us consciously in a recognition of some of these things, but in fact all have been sent into the world for a purpose. Nevertheless, because we have this recognition we have this opportunity, the opportunity of agreeing on earth as touching the things of God, that we may all come together to be with one accord in one place. “And ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Spirit is come upon you.”
The Holy Spirit can come upon you only as you are at that point, because that is the point where it comes to focus, the point of contact between heaven and earth. You cannot contact the Holy Spirit by staying down here. I am not referring to this triangle which we were considering a few moments ago. As long as human beings stay down here, there is no means by which they can contact that which is coming down from God out of heaven. We might say that there is a triangle here—the tower of Babel, something that human beings have constructed in their own strength and wisdom, so called. It has a flat top. That top represents the many heads which we were talking about in a service some time ago. There needs to be the One Head, that which makes this connecting link here, so that the things of God can extend into the world body of mankind, so that the power of God's love, working in accordance with the design of truth and under the control of the spirit, may bring forth on earth the resurrection and the life to all who will receive, and by the same token, destruction and death to all who will not—not because that is God's will, but because human beings who refuse to receive that which God offers condemn themselves to death. We need to let that connecting link be established because we are in agreement, because you come into that point where I AM. [greatcosmicstory.blogspot.com/function-of-mind-in-illumination.html]
Yesterday, at the class, I was speaking about identification with real being, with your real being, so that when you say, “I am,” you speak the truth. Most human beings do not. They are taking the Name of the Lord in vain, because the only true identity that the individual has is his own Lord, the God Being, and it should be the expression of the God Being through the human form which says, “I am”. It is not the human being who says, “I am,” properly speaking. Human beings do, having stolen themselves from God and thinking of themselves as being something of themselves, they say, “I am something or other.” It is a lie. Anything that defileth or worketh abomination or maketh a lie shall not enter into the Holy City, the consciousness of Divine Being. It must be the expression of the Lord of the Temple who says, “I am,” not an arrogant human being. A human being humble ... that is, true humility.
So many people think that humility requires them to refuse to accept responsibility. “Oh I'm just a humble person, so humble I couldn't be expected to do anything very much on earth. I'll do my best, but to let the Lord appear on earth, oh no! I'm a humble person.” That individual is arrogant—arrogant! He is saying, “I am something. I am going to keep myself something separate from God.” A humble person accepts that which is true in relationship to himself. He is true to the truth. He knows that he is the Temple of the Living God. He does not deny it; he does not try to get out of it. He accepts the commission. He ceases to be an arrogant, self-willed human being, pretending to be humble—a hypocrite, in other words—and he begins to become a true man or woman on earth, a revelation of that which he or she is, so that when the word is spoken “I am”, it carries true meaning and it is not a denial of the Lord, it is not taking the Name of the Lord in vain.
What was it the Lord said? “I AM THAT I AM.” When anyone uses the word “I,” or “I am”, in the human way, the way in which human beings do, without regard to God, without any recognition of God, without letting it be the expression of God on earth, he or she is taking the Name of the Lord in vain. Until that which is spoken is the expression of the spirit of God through the human form, because the human being has become humble before the Lord and is letting himself be what he ought to be and what he is in reality, there is a taking of the Name of the Lord in vain. We would not do that, because it is our desire to be with one accord in one place, that “where I AM, there ye may be also.”
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Function Of The Mind In Illumination
The Art Of Letting
Uranda April 7, 1946
Special Session on Sunrise Ranch
The focalization of cycles in their closing and opening aspects, as they are at the present time in manifestation, emphasizes the importance of the unified realization that the expansion of consciousness experienced by those who are letting themselves become active Members of the One Christ Body sets the cycles, and the vibrations within the cycles, for the expansion of the Service into the world body of Responding Ones.
The degree of progress that has been made in each Earnest One who is consciously harmonized in this Service is of vital importance in that which has been accomplished, but individually there must come an expansion of consciousness which permits the manifestation of the basic vibrations which will operate in the expansion of the Service; for this Service stands as a focalization of Spiritual consciousness in relationship to the mental realm of the mass of Responding Ones in the world, and any anticipated expansion of the Service into the mass of Responding Ones must be preceded by a vivid expansion of consciousness in each Member of the Christ Body made manifest.
A vivid climax of expansion in consciousness is spoken of as Illumination, or as an intensified outpouring of the Holy Spirit similar to that which was experienced on the Day of Pentecost. In connection with this expansion of consciousness in those who are now consciously serving as Members of the One Christ Body on earth, I would direct attention to the Seven Basic Precepts presented in the Manuscript, “A Key to Yourself”.
The Faithful One should not undertake to judge himself as to his own level of consciousness, but rather should realize that each one who lets himself be drawn into closer fusion in the One Christ Body represents a segment of world consciousness, which relates to a specific sphere of function in the One Christ Body, so that one part cannot be properly compared to another part. However, there is of necessity a fusion which is accomplished in the Fire of the Christ Love which blends all parts into a oneness of being which permits a complete channel for the outflow of the Holy Spirit from the Source into the world.
After the Ascension of the Master, the Faithful Ones gathered together and finally experienced this fusion in the Fire of the Christ Love which culminated in what we speak of as the Day of Pentecost. Such an outpouring of the Holy Spirit through those who are harmonized in this Service is essential, and the great expansion of Service in the world which we anticipate cannot manifest without it. However, each Earnest One can, on the basis of his own Response and co-ordination in the One Vibration, experience this outpouring of the Holy Spirit, regardless of where he may be geographically.
Remember that the experience cannot be induced by human effort or by the use of the human will in any attempt at trying to accomplish; also, the human mind is not to set itself up as a judge as to the extent to which the individual is actually sharing in the experience of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit which carries on the work of fusion in the One Christ Body.
All of your training in the Art of Letting comes now to the point of greater use. These things can be only as each one lets it be so. Open-mindedness in Response to the Spirit, without clinging to crystallized concepts of the Truth, is most necessary. That which has been a true vision of the Truth from the level of your past function is not adequate to the vision required on the level of expanded consciousness.
Illumination signifies increased vision in relationship to all phases of Truth, and is the process by which the individual is lifted up into higher realms of vibrational function in the One Christ Body. As we individually and collectively let go in right polarization, the work of the Spirit will bring forth the essential result.
Recently, during a Service which was attended by a small group of Earnest Ones, there was a very powerful outpouring of the Spirit which, in relationship to the present manifestation of the One Christ Body and in relationship to that which is essential in the next step of Illumination for every Member of that Body, provides an opportunity to enter into a deeper understanding of the actuality of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in this present time on the same basis as it was experienced on what we call the Day of Pentecost.
Not all have the same degree of vision in the sense of seeing; that is, all will not see the same things and some will have the experience more from the standpoint of feeling than, for instance, from the standpoint of seeing, so no one can judge his own degree of participation in this Day of Pentecost period by what he sees in comparison to what someone else may see. What someone else has seen is not a criterion as to what you should see, and it is not necessary that you should see anything, for not all parts of the body have the ability to see. Some parts of the body function primarily in relationship to the ability to feel; some parts of the body function primarily in relationship to the ability to hear. One part is not to try to function in the place of another part or to imagine that all parts should perceive the same thing in the same manner.
In this little group which I have mentioned there was present an Earnest One who has, through the years, had considerable ability in seeing perception. It is important that this point be touched upon, but I must again emphasize that not all will be able to see on the basis that is indicated in this instance. After the close of the primary portion of this Service, when the experience of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in that particular focalization had past its peak of intensity, this Earnest One undertook to describe what she had seen in relationship to myself. She had not undertaken to observe anyone else in the group in relationship to this matter. I had not in this Service used the text which describes the Day of Pentecost, which came after the Master's Ascension. Apparently she had in mind the idea that in the ultimate manifestation of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit there would appear tongues of fire resting upon the individuals who were experiencing the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. She indicated that what she saw was not fire but had the appearance of having tongues as might be seen in fire, and when I turned to the text and read it as it is, she was surprised to see that the text itself does not say that there were tongues of fire. In the third verse of the second Chapter of Acts we read: “And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.”
I have outlined this instance to illustrate and to emphasize the fact that preconceived ideas, if clung to, prevent the actuality of expansion in consciousness which permits true Illumination. As the individual lets go in Love Response to the LORD, and permits himself to be harmonized in the Current of the outflowing Spirit, he must be willing to let the Truth reveal itself as it is, without regard to what he may have thought the Truth to be, and if the individual stops to try to think about variations between the revelation of Truth as it is appearing in the experience and that which he had thought to be Truth, he will, by such self-activity, close his mind to the full flow of the Current of the Spirit.
In other words, in the actuality of the focalized outpouring of the Holy Spirit, the mind must not undertake to function in the processes of thinking, on the basis of comparing one thing to another, even though it be in the realm of Truth. In the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, the properly focalized mind does not function in the ordinary processes of thinking, but, rather, functions on the vibration of what we may speak of as pure perception; that is, simply perceiving, or having conscious awareness of, that which is manifest at the moment, without attempting to correlate it with the past or the future, with respect to anything whatsoever.
During the processes of actualized focalization in the experience of Illumination, any tendency of the mind to carry on the thinking processes will tend to close the door. Only as the mind ceases trying to think or ceases functioning as a self-active thinking organism, and functions simply on the basis of awareness in perception as of each moment, without attempting to hold to anything of the passing moment, without attempting to correlate it with anything of the past and without attempting to judge as to what is expected of the future moments, can the experience of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit be fully realized.
Here you begin to see the ideal toward which you have been moving in relationship to the right function of the mind. You have been repeatedly told that the mind is most essential to the proper function of man in relationship to the expression of the Divine on earth, but that the self-active mind prevents the manifestation of the Divine. Thus, especially during the experience of Illumination, you see that the mind functions simply as a point of awareness, that is, interest in each moment as it appears, without regard to the past and without regard to the future, and without any attempt to function in the process of thinking. Therefore, as your mind, in the focalization of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, becomes simply a focalization point of pure awareness, functioning simply on the vibration of perception in the given instant, you will find the greatest possible Illumination with respect to that particular point of focalization and outpouring.
Any given degree of Illumination, or any given experience in the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, should not be looked upon as having achieved the ultimate, because when the individual has permitted himself to be drawn into that point of polarity and coordinated in the One Christ Body where he may experience a vivid consciousness of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, he simply comes to a point where such experiences may come again and again with intensity of force, according to the needs that are being filled, or the requirements of the Service which he is perceiving. If the human mind tries to judge as to what degree of intensity of the outpouring should manifest at any given time, such function will tend to close the door. You are not required to know what degree of intensity in the outpouring is required at that specific moment, nor are you required to know exactly what needs are being filled, nor how nor why.
To the degree that you function correctly as a Member of the Christ Body, letting your mind be an open window of Heaven, with consciousness focalized to a pure point of awareness, letting the Spirit do the work, you will rest in the assurance that the Head of the Body and the LORD of Lords Himself will take care of such direction and control as may be essential in that particular outpouring of the Holy Spirit. You come into a realm where all of your training with respect to: “Judge not, that ye be not judged,” is seen to be of the utmost importance, and only to the degree that you actually function according to that requirement will you be able to participate properly in the function of the One Christ Body in bringing into manifestation the Greater Works that are required for the salvation of all Reponding Ones.
As you begin to feel and to know and to realize within yourself the true significance of these words, you will experience a higher degree of Illumination with respect to all that you have been taught concerning the Art of Letting that which is of the Divine come forth into manifestation through yourself. As you realize what it means to let the Father have His Way, so that you Let the Holy Spirit work through you, you find that human effort not only is not required but actually prevents the true experience of the outflowing activity of the Holy Spirit. In this you have absolute assurance that the Father, through His Spirit, is fully able to accomplish that which is essential, working through the agency of Responsive human beings, and you abide in that tranquility wherein you are content to let the Father do the Works, and you find it a joy to move in rhythmic unison in and with Divine Action.
True Illumination is experienced during the focalized outpouring of the Holy Spirit, and in that Illumination the individual comes to know what it means to cease being concerned about his human identity and becomes completely willing to let himself, in the fulness of his consciousness, be identified with the Father in the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. To the degree that this is actually experienced, the individual comes to know the Truth concerning the Adoption, because, in such a case, the focalization of consciousness in the human being is adopted into the identity of the Father, so that the expression of the Spirit through the individual becomes in actuality the expression of that which is of the Father, in thought, in word and deed.
As you truly enter into the Spirit of these words and let yourself be drawn into the focalization of consciousness that is here indicated, you will begin to realize how noisy and unessential are the processes of human thinking in relationship to Divine Activity which springs from the Father into manifestation through the human being, and you see how it is that the noisy thinking of the human mind must be stilled, so that the mind functions as a focalization of pure awareness, without self-activity of any kind in relationship to thinking, that the expression of the Spirit through the individual may attain the full and free flow which is necessary to the accomplishment of the Greater Works.
In this you begin to know more fully, according to the Illumined vision, the significance of the words: “Peace, be still. Peace, Peace be still, (O, human mind), and know that I AM God.” In this degree of awareness in Illumination, you have a new vision of the essential value of alignment, wherein the human mind, and, consequently, the function of the human body, does not lag behind nor try to move ahead of the expression of the Divine, but, rather, functions in such full accord with the Divine that alignment is always maintained, and you see and know that as your whole feeling nature is focalized in Love Response to God in this Field of Pure Awareness, you know the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, and you realize, increasingly, the Presence of the LORD and the Power of His Being.
In this experience of Illumination, your body and mind no longer have need to be told that, “The Lord He Is the God;” for in this outpouring of the Holy Spirit you know that, “The Lord He is the God,” and you know that you are in His Presence, and being completely humble, fully Responsive, letting the Father do the Works, you simply let the Spirit flow in Radiation to, in and through all who will receive. No human effort is required; no human trying can reach this height of consciousness.
It is here, in the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, that you are blended into the One Christ Body and fused in the Fire of Love into the coordinated function of the Divine on earth, and you come to know that wheresoever the LORD of Lords may be with respect to His Presence as a God Being, the Spirit of His Presence is ever present in the outflowing of His Spirit, and that Spirit is incarnate in the One Christ Body made manifest, of which you have become a part. Therefore, you cease to use human effort as a means of trying to accomplish, and you begin to let yourself be used as a coordinated Member of the One Christ Body on earth through which the incarnate manifestation of the Spirit of the LORD of Lords works to accomplish that which our Master called the Greater Works.
O LORD of Lords and KING of Kings, we thank Thee that it is so. I thank Thee, Beloved Master, for all these Faithful Ones who have let themselves be still before Thee, that in the Fire of Thy Love they may be fused into the One Christ Body on earth, through which the Christ Spirit, which is of Thee, may manifest and carry on that work which Thou didst begin as Jesus Christ on earth. I thank Thee that as this Focalized Body of Faithful Ones lets Thy Spirit work on earth, all the Responding Ones wheresoever they may be in all the earth, are drawn with the Irresistible Cords of Thy Love, that they may become Members of Thy Body on earth, and that through them Thy Service in the earth may receive that provision which Thou hast already made, that all things may work together in perfection in and through and for all who let it be so here and now.
We thank Thee for this deeper vision, this clearer understanding, this higher Illumination which reveals to us, and through us to Responding Ones, what it means to let Thy Will be done on earth as it is done in heaven, and also the Realization of the true significance of Thy Word: “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them,” and “Whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do.” It is through the One Christ Body on earth that Thou Art privileged to use Thy All-inclusive Power in the earth, casting down the unreal, lifting up the Responding Ones, giving sight to those who see not, resurrecting to Life Eternal those who are asleep to Reality, and accomplishing, in Healing and Illumination, all that is necessary to fill every need of every Responding One wheresoever he or she may be on earth, and we know that it is in this Oneness of the One Christ Body on earth that we, as manifest expressions of Thy Will in thought, word and deed, may function according to Thy Word, and whatsoever Thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven and whatsoever Thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Truly, LORD, it is good to give thanks unto Thee; for Thy Power is greater than the power of man, and the power of evil is as nothing before Thee. All the earth is Thine and the fulness thereof, and all the earth Responds to Thy Word, that the human expression which Responds not may be removed out of its place and cast into outer darkness until the earth shall be purified of all evil, and the kingdoms of this world have become, in manifest fact, the Kingdoms of our LORD and of His Christ, and He shall rule forever and ever. Aumen.
The outpouring of the Holy Spirit through the focalization of Divine Expression in the earth is necessary, first to actively intensify such Responses as there are in the world, and then the level of conscious awareness which is experienced by those who participate in that focalization necessarily establishes the vibrations of awareness which are readily available to those who are consciously Responding. [greatcosmicstory.blogspot.com/the-trumpet.html]
If it were not for those who have been consciously drawn and focalized into the One Christ Body, who have an awareness and understanding of the Reality of the function of the Spirit, there would be no manifest expression of consciousness by which the unresponding ones might become awakened, so the degree of expansion of consciousness experienced through the outpouring of the Holy Spirit by the consciously Responding Ones sets the Vibratory Channels of the New Cycle of Expansion on which others may Respond. [greatcosmicstory.blogspot.com/the-true-tone.html]
Any Responding One at any point in the world would indeed have to be remarkably focalized in Reality if he were ever to come to a point of conscious understanding without such established channels of consciousness already made manifest in the world through which he may receive the influence of the Spirit in relationship to his Response.
As Representatives of those working on your vibration, the important thing in relationship to a period of Radiation as we have experienced it this afternoon is the acknowledgment in yourself on behalf of yourself, and all whom you represent, of the actual fact of that which was experienced to the degree that it was individually experienced—a recognition of whether or not you individually felt the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and an acknowledgment of whatever degree of Illumination you actually experienced. That is, in focalized vibration, the essential in relationship to such Response as I invite. [greatcosmicstory.blogspot.com/the-central-current-of-cosmic-power.html]
The expression does not have to be long but it needs to be focalized on the vibration. If it moves on to tangents, it tends to produce leaks. I am asking for a Response on the vibration of what I have released. That means, basically, acknowledgment of the Current that has been working and is working, and a recognition of increased Illumination. It is not just an acknowledgment of it to me; for I am simply a Representative. You are acknowledging it to the LORD of Lords. If you have experienced an increased Illumination, if you felt the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, acknowledge it, because only direct acknowledgment permits an expansion of that which is working through you, and permits it to have focalization to those whom you represent. It is this completion of the cycle that is most important to the purpose for which we are working.
The admonition has been oft repeated: “In all things give thanks.” We have emphasized the necessity of giving thanks in order to establish and maintain attunement. When an individual has experienced an outflow of the Spirit and an increased clarity of vision which we call Illumination, the first spontaneous Response should be of thanksgiving to God for it—of giving thanks for it not only on a personal vibration but also on the vibration of all whom you represent. But it is essential individually. In other words, except you individually give expression to that Radiation on the vibration of thanksgiving and acknowledgment, you lose a tremendous part of that Current individually as well as from the standpoint of the unified vibration, so the first spontaneous feeling is, properly, of thanksgiving to God that it is so—acknowledgment of what has been experienced and of what one has felt flowing forth.
Now being careful to keep within the range of vibrations established, harmonized and coordinated with it, I should like you to give expression to your answers to certain questions, which may be changed into positive expressions, and which, when put together, serve as a summary of what your individual expressions on the Current of this Radiation should be in correct form, basically or in essence:
1. Do you have an increased vision, realization and understanding of the actual process of adoption?
2. Do you recognize more vividly, more clearly, the process of change that takes place in relationship to the point of identity?
3. Do you feel more deeply, more vividly, than ever before, the actuality of the One Christ Body?
4. Do you see more vividly, in a greater clarity of the Illumined Spirit, the manner in which the Master, though He ascended, is yet incarnate in and through the One Christ Body?
5. Do you have an increased realization, a greater Illumination, with respect to the proper function of the mind during the outpouring of the Holy Spirit?
6. On the basis of that increased Illumination on that point, do you see how a still greater Illumination becomes possible?
7. Do you have a deeper realization of what Illumination is?
8. Do you have a deeper realization, a greater clarity of vision, with respect to the outpouring of the Holy Spirit?
9. Do you see more vividly than ever before why human trying shuts the door, and why the Art of Letting is so very important?
All of you acknowledge a deeper realization and increased vision with respect to these things according to the individual degree of understanding and Illumination, and this acknowledgment, this realization of these various points, when recognized as points of deeper realization, deeper vision, greater clarity of consciousness, permits an expanding cycle of consciousness to be specific—not general, not vague, but something vivid, something real and focalized, and the acknowledgment of it permits the Cycle of Response to return to us, so that an increased Current may flow through us, allowing the increased Current to go forth according to the Response and according to the need. And so it is for each one and for all who Respond.
I praise the LORD for each one of you, and for all whom you represent; for the Radiation of His Power this afternoon, and for the Illumination of His Spirit, that each one may abide in the realization that the Power of God is working in the earth and that the LORD has accomplished, in and through all who Respond, that which is necessary.
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The Preservation Of Essences
Martin Cecil October 21, 1979 pm
We have been considering the Ark of Restoration. [greatcosmicstory.blogspot.com/the-ark-of-restoration.html] There has been the Ark of Survival in times past. These ancient arks were designed to preserve form. During such cataclysmic events as the flood, if man was to continue on earth his form needed to be preserved, and so at different times, in various ways, provision was made for this: the preservation of form—survival. However, sooner or later something more than that would be required; for the form properly has a purpose. There is then the need to establish the purpose of the form and preserve that. This brings us to the present time, when it is not so much a matter of preserving form as of preserving essences.
In the development of this ministry a form of some kind needed to be established so that there was a basis for the preservation of essences. Because there was such a form there was a certain space provided for the essences to emerge. The human approach gives considerable weight to form. There needed to be a change of consciousness which would allow for the weight to be given to the essences rather than to the form. There has always been a tendency to emphasize the forms that have appeared over the years, while we were actually in the business of establishing and preserving essences—forms tended to become overly predominant. There are indeed certain forms; we can’t exist on earth without form. I was not suggesting the dissolution of all form but merely of transferring the emphasis from form to essence.
So the Ark of Restoration is to provide a facility for the preservation of essences. The original Ark of the Covenant in the Tabernacle was simply a representation of what should emerge of a living form designed for the preservation of essences in the seasons of the Lord. The Ark of the Covenant, the form of it, was lost. It’s not important now anyway, any more than Noah’s ark is important now. Surely we have come to know and to understand the truth that is in the Bible without having to have a boat to tell us. It isn’t found by discovering and investigating forms.
Our concern is with essences, and this is the Ark, the Living Ark, for which we carry responsibility as it appears on earth. This Ark is not separate from ourselves. It makes available space which may be kept holy, space which is capable of holding safe the fine and beautiful substance in which the design of spirit is present. The space for this is at the level of the coarse substance of human consciousness. As there is space in this coarse substance out of which the human structures have been cast, then there is a Holy Place on earth, and in the midst of the Holy Place the Holy of Holies, and in the midst of the Holy of Holies the Ark.
It is evident that the presence of the Ark is dependent upon the Holy of Holies and the Holy Place, and these are in the midst of the Tabernacle—the Tabernacle of God is with men. There would be no Tabernacle without the Ark, or the Tabernacle becomes sterile without the Ark. It is the absence of the Ark that has caused any attempts to build a Tabernacle on earth to end in failure. The Ark must be present for the Tabernacle to be a reality. The Ark is the place in which there is the substance that allows for the presence of the spirit of God to be available on earth. The space for this is in the coarse substance of human consciousness. It is the only way by which this fine substance in combination with the spirit may be present, the only way by which the Holy Ghost may come.
So a Holy Place must be established within the coarse substance of human consciousness somehow. This has been the reason for this ministry: not to make some new and better form, but to provide space for the already existent fine and beautiful substance in which spirit is now present, so that this might be on earth within human consciousness. It has been excluded for a long time. The Ark has been lost. The Ark permits spirit to be present in the substance in which it naturally appears, and that substance again is present in the coarse substance of human consciousness when there is space for it. So here has been our concern.
There has been much running to and fro trying to accomplish this and achieve that. Perhaps this has been necessary, but it wasn’t really the purpose for which those who came were offered the opportunity of participation. In one sense it is rather a slow business seemingly, to relinquish the coarse structures, at least the best of them. We want to hang on to the best of them. Bad ones, well we can let those go I suppose, not always all that willingly either; but the good ones, we need to preserve those. That is not our purpose at all. All the structures that are present in this human nature world need to be dissolved, every last one of them, even the best.
Well we don’t need to fuss about getting these things dissolved. There would be no point to having them dissolved if there wasn’t something present capable of assuming the authority that was needful. The human structures of consciousness and form will be dissolved in any case. Our concern is that there should be something left, not in the sense merely of survival but in the sense of what should be here on earth. At last it seems as though there are a few who exhibit a willingness to participate in this true creative process, which is not concerned to preserve the world as it is now known, but is simply concerned to preserve a Holy Space in which the spirit of God may be present and in action through the essential spiritual substance.
The Ark of the Covenant is relatively small when we bring into consideration the Tabernacle itself, and yet there is no genuine Tabernacle without the Ark being on hand first. Then the Tabernacle takes form around the Ark. The Ark is the focus of spirit relative to what it is that is taking form. So there is a Tabernacle in which is a Holy Place, a Holy of Holies, and in the Holy of Holies is the Ark. This provides an excellent symbolic representation which relates directly to our own experience.
There are many who have accepted the responsibility of moving in the current of the spirit at the level where they are, in the creative field that has been brought to them. Many of these have exhibited a dedication and a consistency which is truly remarkable. Such dedication and consistency was exhibited in times past by some of those who were called the prophets of old, for instance, when there was no evidence of anything being achieved by what they were doing. We live in a day when there begins to be considerable evidence in this regard. We see a culmination on the horizon, which to all who went before was a long, long way off. We really have far more encouragement than anyone had in all the ages past. In a sense those who went before were under the necessity of having a certain blind faith that somewhere, sometime, sooner or later, probably much later, something would come to fulfilment. We find it at the doors, and that in itself is a tremendous blessing. If it is at the doors it is because there begins to be the evidence of this Living Ark of Restoration, the Ark which preserves the reality of spirit in expression on earth. There is space for this.
Individually it is necessary that those who participate in the living formation of this Ark should have this space present within themselves where no human nature structures of control may trespass. This is kept safe individually speaking. Only when it is kept safe individually speaking does it become possible to keep a larger space sacred collectively speaking. There is the need for this larger space. So, as individuals, we may recognize our primary responsibility in this regard. No one can keep sacred this space in you except you. It is impossible for anyone else to do it. We all have equal responsibility in this regard. If there is a Sacred Place in us as individuals it is because we have preserved it. Now you can look into your own hearts and see how big a space there is. As there begins to be this space—which isn’t over there somewhere; it’s right where one is—as there begins to be this space, then the Ark may begin to take form. And there is a form involved, our own physical forms. But the form of the Ark is entirely secondary to the essence of the Ark, and that essence is kept safe within ourselves as individuals or there is no Ark.
This relates not only to hearing the voice but doing. The word doing may be misconstrued, because doing usually, in human nature consciousness, means being very busy about something, a good deal of physical activity probably—let us demonstrate our spiritual expression by the amount we do physically. There’s nothing wrong with doing something physically; laziness is not being suggested; but everything that’s done physically is worthless unless something is happening spiritually, unless the essences are on hand. Doing relates to quality rather than to quantity of work—to quality of character, quality of one’s expression.
There will be no expression of the spirit of God unless the spirit of God has a resting place in you. When the Master was on earth He said He had no place—the Son of man had no place—to lay His head, because there was no Sacred Space anywhere on the face of the earth. That seems to be something of an indictment upon the human race, but it has been the fact of the matter. He sought to draw together those who would allow a Sacred Space to be established in themselves so that there might be a collective one, so that He had someplace to lay His head, so that He had some means of action on earth. In other words He was building an Ark. The material of which the Ark was to be built was certainly rather reluctant, rather dense, and so the ark was never built. He did establish the Holy of Holies within Himself of course; so this much was done within the range of the consciousness of mankind, because He Himself was not separate from the consciousness of mankind. And that has provided the starting point for what is happening now.
Build ye an Ark
I suppose it could be said that Uranda heard those words way back somewhere, perhaps not those exact words but the sense of them anyway. I heard them too, and others have heard them, that there might be a safe place for essences within the range of the human consciousness. To establish this requires that there be people on earth, with human consciousness. It can’t be done any other way—it can’t somehow be projected in from some other realm. It requires those in whom there is human consciousness to let it happen. Because there was One long ago who let it happen, in the person of Jesus, it has certainly been proven that it is capable of happening. We have the privilege of knowing this much truth and we have the responsibility that goes with it; whether we like it or not it’s the fact of the matter. So we’re here to accept the fact, both of the privilege and of the responsibility, that this Ark of Preservation and of Restoration may be a reality on earth.
Where there is the Ark, then the Tabernacle, which is already present, becomes meaningful. As we have noted, there are many, many people who are living in the expression of the spirit of God in the particular fields of their activity the world around. They’re already there, doing what they can do, and maybe doing it better than we have handled our responsibilities. But whatever they are doing, it all goes for nothing unless the Ark is present, unless the facility which focalizes essences is present. [greatcosmicstory.blogspot.com/the-holy-scienceessences.html] Then it all comes together—it’s found to be one thing. Woe unto us if we have an exclusive attitude, imagining that we are high and mighty in some way and everyone else is beyond the pale. It isn’t so; it has never been so.
When there is the experience of the true expression of spirit we become keenly aware of the state of factual oneness. From the standpoint of the spirit of God there is oneness, there is wholeness. It is only in the darkened state of human nature consciousness that separation and isolation seem to be a fact. It isn’t a fact; it’s a human fancy. Sharing in the expression of the spirit of God we see the fancy for what it is and we become aware of the fact—which is wholeness, oneness. The peripheral state in which human beings exist, because it relates primarily to disintegration, is seen in terms of a scattering abroad: every man for himself.
So we’re not here to do some great works according to the concepts of men but to provide something very simple, really, while we go about our daily affairs, not imagining that our daily affairs are the important thing—but the preservation of this Sacred Space is. This is primary. And we are delighted to participate in the formation of a Living Ark within which there is this Sacred Space consistently preserved. Out of the Ark, through the Holy of Holies into the Holy Place, the Glory of the Lord shines forth. The creative action of spirit is a reality within the consciousness of mankind, but first of all it’s within the consciousness of those who are already participating in the formation of the Tabernacle. They may not see consciously what it is that’s happening, at the moment at least, but there comes a surge of wonder. Something of glory begins to be experienced, attributed no doubt to the spirit of God. Yes, it is attributable to the spirit of God—but it didn’t just happen by chance. It happened because there was an Ark; and it happens because there are those who have accepted the responsibility of composing that ark where essences are kept safe.
The coarseness of human structures and human existence has made it impossible for the fine substance of the spirit of God to be present on earth except for very brief intervals—thirty‑three years in the case of the Master, and it was only on earth because He preserved it Himself. If there isn’t someone who has taken that responsibility it isn’t preserved, and the world is filled with violence and in the process of destroying itself. But on earth there is a safe place finally, of small dimensions thus far, in which this spiritual substance is preserved. Each one may ask the question: How trustworthy am I in preserving this Sacred Space within myself, never, never letting it be violated? When this is so, what we are here to do gets done.
We may be doing various things in the external sense, examining what we are doing and seeing how valuable it is in allowing the expression of the spirit of God on earth; but we do not imagine that it is by reason of what we happen to be doing in the external sense that anything of real value is being accomplished. Human beings do things for their own glory. They want to have credit for it, a medal or an award if possible; make sure that everybody knows what they’ve been doing and how worthwhile it was. I think Mother Teresa’s attitude toward the Nobel prize was very excellent. No doubt she was willing to accept what was offered, because it was of value to her purpose; but not to boost her ego, if she has one. When you examine things and consider what should be happening in your own experience, what is the stance you take? What is the perspective you view things from? Most people have personal viewpoints: “Well I have this talent, I have that ability; I should be developing this and it’ll be very valuable to the Lord.” Forget it! See the whole. What is happening in the state of wholeness? What is it that’s unfolding? What is it that’s working out? Then you will know what it is you should be doing in relationship to that. But as long as you are looking at it from a personal standpoint you’re boosting your own ego, and denying the Lord incidentally.
Our perspective relates to the whole or it is no perspective at all. We see what is happening in the world. If we participate in the composition of this living ark, then our outlook is from that point of focus which encompasses everything; and while we may not see everything in all its details—we certainly won’t; nobody does—we will see what we do see in its perspective relative to the whole, and we’ll never pick anything out as being some personal thing. The words “I of myself can do nothing” are exactly true if the one who speaks those words is human consciousness. Human consciousness can do nothing except wreak havoc trying to do something. It is the action of spirit that alone does anything, and who is going to lay personal claim to that? No, we stay humble; and we’re not looking for personal pats on the back.
Does it trouble you to live, serve, labor without any recognition? I have a certain amount of recognition, and I rejoice in that to the extent that it reveals that those who have an awareness of recognition are sharing the expression of spirit. But do you think that what I say and what I do is dependent upon your recognition, or somebody else’s recognition? Of course not! I do what I have to do. You do what you have to do, and you don’t need anyone to pat you on the back for it. As long as human nature hangs around it may be necessary to use a little soft soap on occasion, but let the suds be rinsed away so that we simply do what we have to do because we couldn’t do anything else. Therefore why should we require anyone to tell us how wonderful we are for doing what we naturally would do? That disposes of one aspect of unholiness that might attempt to infiltrate the Sacred Place. But the attitude of thankfulness is a beautiful one. It takes care of everything pretty well, you know. If you are thankful, nothing can get into your sacred place except the spirit of God.
It’s good to share these things this evening in an awareness of the part we rightly play. My attitude always is that those to whom I speak should be participating in the living formation of the Ark. It may not always be so, but I have that attitude. Things will prove themselves out anyway, but insofar as I am concerned everybody is encompassed in that and all are welcome. But of course there is a Flaming Sword which turns every way, past which one necessarily has to move to participate in this living formation—that we may provide that Flaming Sword, keeping safe the sacred place within ourselves individually and within the whole Living Ark collectively. Then the Lord has a place to lay His head and what needs to be done is done. This is the way it is. Let us not try to make it some other way, because we won’t succeed.
How beautiful to accept the facts the way they are and to relinquish the human self and all of its ridiculous endeavors. We are here to glorify God, to let His glory shine forth out of the Holy of Holies, through the Holy Place, through the whole Tabernacle into the world beyond, that it may be apparent what the real nature of human choice is, what the real nature of that freedom of choice is. Choose God, or choose the absence of God. Choose the truth, or choose a lie. When the evidence of the Glory of God is present on earth it becomes obvious what the factual choice really is.
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