Here Is Our Mature Responsibility
from
Spiritual Substance Kept Safe
Martin Cecil
April 19, 1979
In order to accept what it is that is coming
down from God out of heaven in the moment there is the necessity to generate
some spiritual substance, that there may be a means by which spirit can come
within the range of our conscious awareness, and unconscious awareness too.
Spirit is absolutely meaningless to human consciousness until there is this
connecting substance. This was described as a sea of glass, clear as crystal. This is what this
substance rightly is when it is generated by our own living, when our living is
a reflection of such consciousness of spirit as may now be possible to us by
reason of the extent of substance that has now been generated. There is always
some substance with human beings as long as they are alive, so we all share a
certain measure of spiritual substance. Being alive, we always have something
to start with.
We ourselves have a certain awareness of the
quality and character inherent in the spirit of God. We might recall some words
which have come down to us in the record: "Be ye therefore perfect, even as
your Father which is in heaven is perfect." There is that which is perfect
available for expression insofar as each individual is concerned, but it comes
down from God out of heaven; it doesn't leap up at us out of the earth. If we
are frantically contending, one way or another, with the things that are
leaping up at us out of the earth we have no capacity left to experience
whatever it might be that is coming down from God out of heaven. So we remain
in a state of darkness and frustration and futility, which is the common human
state, is it not? It is the state of those who are honest enough to admit it.
So there is the essential generation of
substance, which is the substance of connection between what is higher than
human consciousness, what is in God, and that human consciousness. This is an
internal generation, a generation of this very delicate, fine substance, which
is quickly dissipated when the human state is characterized by what may be
referred to as human nature; in other words by reaction to the earth and the
things that are present in the earth, whether from the standpoint of physical
form, or from the standpoint of mental form or emotional form, whatever. Here we
see that the emotions cause that dissipation very quickly. To the extent of our
emotional involvement in our circumstances, in what is happening around us, in
what we imagine we perceive or see through the fog of our clutter, as long as
we are reacting to that emotionally we are dissipating the spiritual substance.
It is said of this new state and experience of
spiritual consciousness, that "There shall in no wise enter into it any thing
that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh
abomination, or maketh a lie." Here is indication of the fact that spiritual
substance is dissipated when such characteristics of human nature are present.
If the world of mankind is to be given the opportunity to come out of the state
in which they have existed as long as human memory goes back, it can only
happen on the basis of the generation of this spiritual substance in such
measure that it is not only in a little restricted place within a person but is
allowed to emerge out, the cup to run over, so that this spiritual substance is
collectively shared by those who keep it holy within themselves. When there are
those who keep it holy within themselves then it is safe for this spiritual
substance to emerge beyond in the collective pattern of those who are so
living, and they are responsible that nothing that defiles or works abomination
or makes a lie should enter into that, because the very moment anything of this
nature enters in, the substance is blown; it is gone. The individual may awaken
shortly thereafter and say, "Oh I see what I did. Forgive me." Fine.
Forgiveness is always offered, but the substance was blown. You can’t go back;
you can’t get it to be the way it was before; it is gone.
There has never been this collective generation
on earth for thousands of years. There has been repeated failure on the part of
human beings to let it happen. Never has it been possible thus far to find even
a few human beings who had sufficient integrity to let it happen. We are very
much aware of what occurred two thousand years ago at the time of Jesus. Here
was One in whom there was the generation of all that was necessary in the way
of spiritual substance, and His life proclaimed it. It began to extend beyond
Him a little by reason of the disciples and others, but how quickly they
violated their trust. Here was subjection to the defilement which comes when
human beings give rein to their emotions in reaction to external forms.
The heart is supposed to be pure, and open purely
to what is coming down from God out of heaven, so that spirit is known, so that
the reality is known. The very moment the heart is opened to the earth there is
a violation of integrity and there is disaster. This disaster was obvious
enough in the experience of that One, but He preserved what was within Himself.
He never violated the substance that had been generated within Himself; He kept
it holy; and because of that He carried through in the way which He did,
something that is incomprehensible to human beings in human nature. He was true
to the truth of Himself regardless of anything that human beings could do,
regardless of anything that was thrown at Him out of the earth; and if anyone
here imagines that they have worse things being thrown at them, let them think
again!
The petty little nonsense to which human beings
open their emotions is indeed ridiculous. We either are open to what is coming
down from God out of heaven or we’re open to what is rising up at us out of the
earth: one or the other; there is no in-between state. Only as we come again to
the experience of integrity can what we are here to do be done.
What emotions grab hold of you yet most easily?
We’ve listed them all in times past. The fearful—that is the most outstanding
emotion to grab people, isn’t it? As long as we can be grabbed by these things
we are not in position to play the part for which we are responsible in letting
the holy city come down from God out of heaven; we are not in position to be
perfect. Perfect love casts out fear. An openness to what is present of God
allows the dominion of God to be experienced, and it is only on this basis that
we generate internal to ourselves the essential spiritual substance which
establishes a firm connection between spirit and what it is that finds
expression in our living. When there is that connection, and it is consistent,
stable, strong, there is sufficient internal generation of spiritual substance
to begin to spill over. The cup runs over in our relationships with others who
are letting this happen likewise. Then there begins to be something collective
experienced and collectively we become responsible for this delicate spiritual
substance which has filled the space of our collective expression.
We, each one, have the responsibility to be very
sure that nothing that defiles or works abomination or makes a lie is allowed
to enter in there. We will not have that assurance unless we have first allowed
this to happen internally within ourselves, so that we are mature, responsible
people, allowing the reality of perfection to be made known, the perfection
that is already there to be brought forth in expression once there is the
substance to facilitate it. If the substance isn’t there it can’t be brought
into expression, and only imagination is left. There are lots of imaginative
people in that sense; but what is the fact, what is the truth relative to our
own experience?
There are those within whom there is a
sufficient generation of spiritual substance connecting them with spirit to allow
for the increased generation so that finally there may be a spilling over.
These are, amongst the immense population of the world, rather
few. They have been referred to in the Bible, and elsewhere, as "a remnant"—very few. There is a remnant among the Christians, just as there is a remnant
among the Jews, just as there is a remnant among the Moslems, just as there is
a remnant amongst the peoples of the earth, whoever they are. I don’t know what
the proportion would be—a thousandth of one percent, do you think, of the
population of the earth? But everything depends upon these. The rest of the
population are quite willing, and apparently content—although they complain a
lot about it—to go down the drain. That’s what they expect. By the way, there
is even a remnant among those who think of themselves as Emissaries! Think on
that, so that no silly assumptions are made.
The remnant are those in whom there is already
generated a sufficiency of spiritual substance to provide connection with
spirit in a way that makes them discerning of the rubbish that is being peddled
by human nature the world around. And I don’t care what department of human
nature that may be; it is all rubbish! But there are those who sense within
themselves the reality of spirit; they sense within themselves their own
integrity. They may not know how to give it expression as yet, but when they
observe what is going on around them they have sufficient discernment to see
that it is not for them. Some of you—most of you, I hope—have that discernment,
so that, looking at the things that were brought to you in your experience out
of the world, you were not fooled by it. Maybe for a few moments you may have
gone along with something, but pretty soon you began to see that it was
rubbish, that it was phony. This is what
characterizes the remnant. If there is such discernment there is a looking
upon the heart, a seeing in depth, and the surface appearance of things doesn’t
emphasize itself particularly.
There are those who drew close to what is
finding expression by reason of this ministry and then began to look at the
outer appearance of things and to judge that. If they did they were lost,
because it is not the outer appearance of things that is important. Is it not
spirit that has been consistently and constantly emphasized and stressed? Those
who discern the spirit are not fooled by the outer appearance of things. They
find themselves associated with what they know is true within themselves, and
gradually there is a generation of increased substance, and this substance spills
over. Then there are a few who begin to find an association with each other—something
open, spacious, filled with this substance, this delicate substance. When this
happens those concerned would not for anything allow what defiles or works
abomination or makes a lie to enter in. They would die rather than do that!
Is that true of our experience yet? How safe is
this delicate spiritual substance in our hands? Through this alone can what may
be called salvation be offered to the world. Let’s allow the experience to come.
But it only comes on the basis of the fact that there is this spiritual
substance collectively held and safe with us, because anything of that
filthiness of the human nature state allowed to enter in will dissipate that
substance instantly. It has been millennia since there was any such substance
on earth in the collective sense. There has always been the remnant in whom
there was some substance individually speaking, but as long as it is locked in
there individually speaking it is not of much value. It must come out into
expression; it must spill over; and the purpose of this particular ministry is
to assist in whatever way possible to allow the increased generation to occur,
so that this substance might spill over and we might have something to work
with, something for the Lord to work with.
Here is our mature responsibility. If the
substance within ourselves is not safe the substance external to ourselves is
not safe. If at any point emotions take charge we not only dissipate the
substance for which we are responsible in ourselves but we open the door for
the dissipation of it everywhere else. How often in times past we’ve had to go
back to square one, as I’ve put it, because there was virtually no substance
left, and begin all over again. What futility! Why not be honest and stable and
consistent because the spirit is stable and consistent and honest, and we
associate with that. Let the former things pass away because our concern is
with the truth, is with the holy city coming down from God out of heaven, to be
experienced in our living moment by moment by moment. How safe is this precious
substance in our hands? Are we willing, if we have associated more closely with
the expression of spirit because of the increased generation of substance, are
we yet willing to jeopardize everything in favor of some emotion that comes up
to take charge?
I was speaking of the Lord of Love, who
incarnated on earth in the form of Jesus. He came to offer resurrection to the
whole human race; that is what He came to offer. In a backhanded sort of way
Christianity has recognized this. But He came to offer it then. He was
rejected then because those concerned were still subject to their emotional sprees, and so
all He had left was to do the job just in Himself. That is not what He came to
do but it was all that was left to Him. So He did it from within Himself. He
never violated His own spiritual substance. He carried through on that basis
and He opened a door because of that, that is true; but the door means nothing
to human beings unless they will go through it. But to go through it they have
to generate their own substance. They can’t slide through on the coattails of
Jesus, which is what most Christians have tried to do. It is impossible; it
doesn’t work! Each individual must do it for himself or it isn’t done.
When there are those individuals, the remnant
presumably, who let it happen in themselves, then it becomes a collective
thing. But it must be the individual thing first, so that the substance is
generated, the individual proves that he can be trusted with that substance
within himself, and then it is allowed to spill over; because once it spills
over it becomes a collective responsibility, and the action of anyone, any one
of those who have been responsible for making it possible for it to spill over,
is also responsible for disaster if there is a violation of trust. We are
responsible for each other; we let each other down, besides destroying
ourselves.
So let us see these things
clearly, and for those who hear the word of spirit truly, let the substance be
generated and let it spill over and be kept safe, that this spiritual substance
may be on earth once again within the range of human consciousness. To exist
there it must be protected, and this is the responsibility of those who may be
counted among the remnant.
© Emissaries of Divine Light
