As  The  Veil  Thins

William Martin Alleyne Cecil  September 21, 1921

from  Assembly Session — Sunrise Ranch

Martin Cecil   April 27, 1981

I rejoice that this particular occasion, which is emphasized by reason of my birthday,

can be used to advantage in this fashion.

How beautiful is the substance of spirit, particularly brought to point by all of you, and offered to me in representation of the One Whom we all love and are here on earth to serve. This is a symbol of your love, your substance—very light. The burden is light, and the yoke is so very easy when it is love. This symbol of substance returning to the Lord is brought to me as the symbol of the One to Whom it is returning. We have an awareness of the reality beyond the symbol, and share together in bringing our unified substance of love to the Supreme One Who provides the point of brilliant focus for all that is with us now out of the whole body of mankind. It is all returned to Him.

We are present together in this particular setting in representation of mankind, offering our substance to the Lord. We are also present in this setting representing the Lord to all mankind, providing the point of orientation and extending the invitation “Come near unto me.” As was said in the video this morning, never underestimate the power of spiritual expression. What has taken form through you in your beautiful representation of yielded spirit returning to the Lord opens the doors of the heart of mankind into which may flow the natural outpouring of the creative spirit of the living God. The Word is spoken because all of you in particular are here to speak it.

What a wonder it is to be aware of a heaven, a heaven which always has been present, but which begins to be consciously known as the veil thins. There has been something beautiful in all that has been shared this morning, but coming to a special climax at this time. Your unified chant brought your spirits together in unison and I'm sure all of you sensed the substantial nature of what was present when the actual sounds of your chanting faded away. It could be said the room was filled with the glory of the Lord so that it might shine round about.

I rejoice that this particular occasion, which is emphasized by reason of my birthday, can be used to advantage in this fashion. I never put very much store in birthdays as such; but if something of this nature can be used to advantage, as it has been this morning, well I'm all in agreement with it. That it happens to be my birthday—it is fitting on this occasion to allow for a particular focus to occur. I rejoice with you in the actual participation in the creative action of the Word, of spiritual expression, of something which is brought to point and released in a particular way, carrying impact and effect far and wide. No theorizing, particularly, about it, but letting something actually happen.

Certain ones of you participated directly in your offerings, but all of you were there together. There is indeed an awakening to oneness which is not just for this Assembly, but for all people. And there is indeed a continuing birth of life—increasing life, factual life—to be experienced in the whole body of mankind, which allows for the resurrection of that body. And while there are those things which may be painful present, and sad perhaps, at least from the human standpoint, it is really a time of great rejoicing in heaven, that at last this sad interlude is dissolving and the weight and strength and beauty of heaven comes forth. We know while we're gathered here that it is so. This is the truth. And we may know this truth regardless of where we may happen to be in the days to come, even as there are many others who already know this truth with us.

I'm sure you sense that there are many who participate in the conscious awareness of the expanding Son consciousness on earth who are really present with us even though they are not here in person. There is a sensing in this moment, and in this day, of the gathering together of the waters in this way; something with great weight and richness, all emerging now as the veil thins and there are those available with facilities sufficiently tuned and open to be aware of it. What a marvel this is! How blessed and privileged we are, all of us together. I thank the Lord for you who are allowing this to be the factual experience on earth—the opening of the gates of heaven. And this is a faint beginning—but behold, I come quickly. And it is so.

There is a sense of oneness which brings a sense of wholeness, so that the individual aspects of the matter tend to dissolve into the whole. At the same time, there is a keen awareness of the reality of this being made possible because there are individuals. There is a dual situation here which, in a sense, seems to be contradictory, but it nevertheless is known to be true that there is one whole, but no loss of individual expression. How glorious it is to be awakening more fully to these things, that others may awaken with us.

The blessing of the Lord is present here and enfolds all this company, and in enfolding all this company this blessing enfolds all the world. It seems a little difficult, almost, to allow this particular gathering to conclude. But the fitting time comes for this—not just because we need to eat, but because we need to move on in the creative experience of life as it never ceases to unfold.

                                                                      from   Our  True  Ancestry

        

                                                                    He did not allow himself to get away with things.

                                                                    He did not allow himself to quit.

                                                                    He kept his integrity.

                                                                    And as he held fast to that golden cord

                                                                    The sweet voice of spirit spoke from the stillness

                                                                    And reminded him of a different ancestry

                                                                    A different home

                                                                    Greater than the proud name of England

                                                                    Or the proud halls of Burghley.

                                                                    He remembered his place in the serene order

                                                                    Of the stars,

                                                                    And in the sunlit courtyards of eternity.

                                                                    He remembered that he was not just of the earth

                                                                    Even though he lived here for the moment;

                                                                    He carried the light of the sun in his eyes.

                                                                    He was a prince

                                                                    From the realm of light

                                                                    And he had come to remind others

                                                                    — Trapped in bonds of forgetfulness and despair —

                                                                    That they too were of light

                                                                    And together their work was to return the planet

                                                                    To a place of beauty and love. 

                                                                                Chris Foster