Am  I  Right?

excerpted from  Loveland Summer Session

Uranda   September 16, 1944

Good Morning! Early in our Session I made reference to the fact that regardless of what we stand for as a Church, regardless of what the Teaching actually is, regardless of what our individual realizations and understanding of that teaching may be, and regardless of what we may ourselves intend to convey in any given instance, others are under the necessity of judging the whole, of judging that which we teach and stand for, and of judging all members by what they see in you as an individual.

I pointed out that sometimes that judgment might be wrong or unfair on their part, but I also emphasized the necessity of our being careful in all things to so function that there would be no cause for misunderstanding on the part of others. We have to recognize that we, individually and collectively, are judged very often on a basis of appearances that may not properly convey actualities. Therefore, as Representatives of our King and of the Christ Kingdom, it is necessary that insofar as possible we let those appearances be such as to help to convey right ideas, so that there may be no cause for stumbling insofar as we are capable of presenting the picture. This applies to all spheres of our activity wherever we are, at whatever time. It is always important, but it is especially important when the eyes of others are more or less focalized upon us as Representatives of our Church and School.

As far as we are concerned, we recognize that you are, individually and collectively, moving along the Path and we have not—and I most certainly have not—expected perfection from any one. As we consider the vitally important subject of Divine Order, of the Divine Nature, of the fitness of things, it is possible for us to gain an expanded vision in regard to the influence of our lives upon others. We recognize the importance of the word that is spoken—therefore, we must also recognize the importance of thinking before we speak. When we do not properly consider what we say, or do not consider the atmosphere present, or the background of those present or within hearing, in our speaking, it is comparatively easy to make inopportune expressions, to say things that are not fitting in that particular picture, which might in another setting, under different conditions, be perfectly all right.

The Lord does not require or request in any instance, or under any circumstances, that which is impossible. That which He asks He makes possible; that which He requires is within the realm of our capabilities. Human beings, from the standpoint of the outer consciousness, are not expected to be able to penetrate the Veil into the intricacies of Divine arrangements before human beings have, fully and completely, in the Ultimate State, been received into oneness in and with the Lord in the Divine Estate.

I have many things I could tell you, many things I could talk to you about, if I could be assured that the majority of you could see, recognize, and then leave them alone and go back to practical function in every day life, simply recognizing that as perhaps something in the distant view. Last night I told you I had many things to tell you, but you could not bear them now. That is not condemning or criticizing you—you have done splendidly, and you have received more in a short period of time without getting serious indigestion than perhaps any other group that might be drawn together, under present world conditions at least.

When I do, for some reason, touch upon that which is of telescopic vision, things in relationship to far-reaching events, I do not expect you to keep dwelling and dwelling on that, until your immediate vision here is so out of tune that you are absolutely divided for all time—if you continue on in such an impractical attitude. Do I begin to make myself clear? And if there be times that you feel you would like me to talk about mysteries, the unveiling of them, and so on, and you do not find that I do so, be willing to stand and wait, to use what you have received effectively in practical everyday living, with coordination in the Service of the Lord as it relates to all mankind here and now, because if your mind were filled up with things that might be ever so fascinating, of what value would it be?

Therefore, if you have sufficient confidence in the leadership that the Lord has provided, you have no reason to give a thought to that. If that leadership is functioning properly, these things will be revealed, when necessary, for the benefit of the whole, and not before. And when they are revealed for the benefit of the whole, if some get wrong reactions and go off on tangents, is that my fault? I think not. I think that with the background that has been provided, with the understanding that has been brought forth, individuals in the School and in the Church should all recognize that, most assuredly, if something is brought up for the benefit of the whole that is not at once individually understood, there is no valid reason why it should become a point around which a mental conflict should begin to revolve. Am I right? It behooves each and every one, without any exception, under all circumstances to avoid the appearance of evil, lest we be the block of stumbling in the eyes of others.

As we consider a true understanding of this sense of the fitness of things, we begin to consider, or to take recognition of the fact, that it is not by trying to mentally, under great stress, determine whether this is just the thing to do, or that is just the thing to do, or the other thing just the thing to do, until we get to going around in circles not knowing what to choose, or where to go. That is not the correct approach to determining what the correct expression and the sense of the fitness of things may be. I have pointed out before that there are instances where we may have to choose between two expressions or courses of action, neither one of which may be ideal. If a person hesitates too long in making a decision, he is almost bound to make a wrong one. In the lesser matters of day by day life, if we function to the best of our ability, willing to learn, willing to expand, willing to assume responsibility for our action, it is better on occasion to make a mistake than to make no decision.

As I pointed out before, perfection is not required of you in the sense of its ultimate manifestation. The thing to do is, in recognition of the spirit and atmosphere of the minute, the environment, the circumstance that exists, to undertake to do and to express the nice thing, that which takes cognizance of the perspective view of the situation, whether it relates to one or two or three people, or to a vast number. If we do not take something of a perspective view, and we leave out some of the factors, regardless of what decision is made it is very likely to prove extremely faulty, not because of any intent to do wrong, but simply because the individual did not take time to consider from the perspective standpoint the situation that exists. If the person is so wrapped up in herself or himself, and does not look around to see, to consider, but just expresses that which pops up in his own expression, he cannot make the right choices and maintain a balance in the Divine fitness of things.

I have heard people talking about vibrations, I have seen them trying to use what they conceived to be vibrations in some situation, when they actually knew nothing about it, and so they reviled everything and everybody they contacted. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, and it is especially important that the one who is gaining that knowledge remain polarized under the direction of someone who has more knowledge and who has some of the wisdom necessary to it.

All of these things relate to the correct fitness of things, to the correct vision, to the understanding of what should and what should not be. As we move along the way, then, in all matters, we find it necessary to let training come, to let each experience be a conscious lesson in training in relation to correct function, each giving love and understanding, patience and consideration, to the other, and each willing for the other to have reasonable opportunity to learn the lesson. Now we might say, reasonable opportunity—what does that constitute? It should not take a long time, of course, for one little lesson to be learned; but, on the other hand, it may take quite a while, much longer in the eyes of the one who feels that the lesson is not needed, much longer in his eyes or her eyes than what might be considered necessary.

You know we can be, and should be, assured within ourselves that whatever the limitations or difficulties or circumstances which we do not like within ourselves or our environments or our relationships, for those who hold steady and keep on keeping on letting the Light shine, serving the Lord in all love, all things do work out in perfection in due season. There is no wall of limitation so great but what it can be broken down, if we wait and work and trust in the Lord and let it work out in His time. 

You will recall that as the children of Israel began to enter the Promised Land, they were called upon to take Jericho. They approached this wall and fortified city. The first day, with trumpets sounding in all the company of men, women, and children, without any attempt to function as an army, they marched around the wall. The next day they did the same thing, and so on, for six days, and on the seventh day they got up early. They must have, because they went around seven times, and the seventh time they blew the trumpets and the walls fell and they went in and took the city.

We talk about the fall of walls. I have been watching some walls fall since you have been here. Some of the walls have been falling, and I rejoice with you. But there may be still others, you know, or you may run into some back out there along the way somewhere. And remember, that as you function serving the Lord effectively, and you carry on and carry through, the walls will fall.

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