Generation  in  the  Ascending  Spiral

from  Special  Session  at  Sunrise  Ranch

Martin Cecil   April 18, 1978

As we participate in the consistent expression of the spirit of the new earth there are evident effects which put in an appearance. We may think of those effects as relating to what is beyond us, but they also relate to what is immediately present with us—our immediate living is of a fitting nature from the standpoint of spiritual expression. We can't anymore behave any old way; we are compelled into fitting behavior.

There are many things which require thought and consideration which will be quite natural to one who is expressing the spirit of the new earth. He will always be looking beyond himself; and he will always be concerned about the effect that his presence is having upon those round about. One should never underestimate the effect of spiritual expression, so if there is whatever measure of spiritual expression in evidence, and particularly now from the standpoint of the spirit of the new earth, there will be an effect because of that.

Effects emerge into the experience of the angel on earth, effects of right cause centered in right spirit—in this instance in the spirit of the new earth. There is always a brightness, a newness; we never let anything get into a humdrum pattern. If it does, as we have noted, we are subject to the spirit of decay; we are no longer providing the expression of the spirit of the new earth. We are responsible for providing that in a fitting way according to what is going on in our environment, but it is always the control of the spirit that is being offered, the positive radiant expression of the spirit of the new earth. We extend this deliberately. We never let that meaningless repetition which appears in the spirit of decay enter into the picture at all. There may be things we have to do repeatedly, but we always do them in a new way; we always do them in the right spirit—it will be a new way; it brings everything that is done alive. There is a vibrancy then to all that is expressed in living.

I have mentioned these things in terms of physical sex. I think you have an awareness, perhaps more vividly than before, that physical sex, which is not something alone all on its own ever—there are other levels involved here. But we are looking at the physical level at the moment. Physical sex is a tool, a creative tool, in the hand of the angel. That is all it is there for. Human beings have been using it for other reasons of various sorts. It has always carried an aura of mysterious delight. But it is a creative tool, just as every capacity of life expresssion is a creative tool rightly in the hands of the angel.

When we begin to see this we see that we have a responsibility in this field. That responsibility is not a matter of age. It is a matter of right use. It requires an angel on hand for right use. In the general scheme of things in the world I suppose youth is rather characterized by the attitude of unbridled use and age tends to be characterized by a state of nonuse. In the middle there, which is not necessarily the state of the middle-aged, there is a state of an experience of balance, right use—balanced right use.

Here is something that has tended to become rather humdrum in many instances as the years go by, which is evidence that the individual, at least in this field, is not permitting the expression of the spirit of the new earth. It couldn't get that way if the spirit of the new earth was actually in expression. In our considerations along these lines now, I am concerned principally with attitude, because when the spirit of the new earth is in expression the effects will appear and the physical form to clothe that spirit will naturally emerge.

There are those who have felt very much compelled in this field and tried to fill the form of it with spirit. "I know this is a creative tool and must be used rightly by the Lord. I have this compulsion in this field. I'll go ahead with this compulsion and then on the basis of what happens I'll endeavor to get the spirit in there." Of course it doesn't work very effectively that way because the spirit always has to come first. It has seemed almost unbelievable apparently to the human mind that if the spirit is right and actually in expression that the form will take care of itself. There may be a need for some assistance relative to the emergent form—when there is an emergent form—because of the expression of spirit. But to try to manipulate the form into shape first is a futile endeavor. Let the spirit be right.

Now when the spirit is in right expression in this particular field, for instance of physical intercourse, the experience of the female orgasm is a natural experience, not an uncontrolled experience but a natural one. It is not uncontrolled, in the sense that it relates to the sustaining of control with respect to the male orgasm. There needs to be control in this field if it is to be used as a creative tool. If those concerned get carried away by their feelings then the whole thing is blown and it is of no value as a creative tool in the hands of the Lord. It does have creative implications even then, of course, but what is being created will not be of a constructive nature. It will be the initiation of something destructive.

I don't say that in order to engender some sort of a fear, although fear of the Lord may be wisely experienced in the recognition that one is handling very potent powers, particularly in this field—in other fields as well, in every aspect of our living in fact. But it is particularly intense, in focus, in this field of physical sex. It must be handled with great care and reverence, caution. Then it may become a tool for the creative purposes of the archangel.

As angels we have responsibility in this differentiated field of creative purpose, and we may become aware, on the basis of the expression of right spirit, of what that responsibility is. And it may consequently be handled wisely on the basis of right use, on the basis of control, so that this, for instance, is a fitting time—something comes to focus. And this, where two people are concerned, is a mutual experience. It is not something being laid by one upon the other in either direction. There may be a consciousness of something moving in one's own spiritual awareness, and it may correlate with something moving with respect to the other. And they may be brought rightly together so that something can unfold, something can begin to take form on the basis of right spirit that is, at that point, unknown. It is not a repetition of something that has been experienced before; it is something entirely new. And it is relative to some creative purpose.

Gradually there comes the ability to discern the nature of that creative purpose so that it may be worked with in consciousness. Working with it in consciousness is one aspect, insofar as the male particularly concerned, by which control is maintained. He is not all wrapped up in the physical aspects of what is occurring. Of course a woman needs to learn to discern what it is that is moving, not necessarily on the basis of trying to define it with her mind, but sensing what is moving, sensing the rhythms of what is moving, so that she allows whatever intensity is fitting to emerge by always bearing in mind the necessity for control—control in the whole operation one might say.

Here is the creative field which can be restored in such a way that it becomes possible once more to bring forth living forms. In procreation that is obvious. But procreation, clearly, in the world has gotten way out of hand. You may have noted in the stories of the patriarchs of old, in the "begat" chapters of the Bible, that the begetting didn't begin in most cases until whoever it was had reached the age of ninety. Was everything in abeyance until then? Well back at that time there was some remembrance, some awareness therefore, of something relative to the true state. The very length of the lifespan was indication of this. And so there was some continuing right use in this field. But procreation only appeared way down the line. It wasn't the first order of business. We need to see that presently it isn't the first order of business. We are concerned with the restoration, not with repopulating the earth. It is well-populated, isn't it? The restoration of man restores the authority and government of God so that there would be right control from the standpoint of procreation. And this cancerous condition that is obvious in the world would certainly not be the case.

It is a serious matter to provide a facility by which a particular angel may be given opportunity of incarnating on earth, not a haphazard thing as it has been for centuries in human experience. It is something that is deliberately considered and deliberately prepared for. The story of the birth of Jesus gives some indication of the fact that there was deliberate preparation of some kind. Obviously from the heavenly standpoint there was, but also in some measure from the earthly standpoint. Earthly conditions are taken into account now, even though from the human standpoint there may be a certain amount of haphazardness, so that certain angels may incarnate on the basis of certain earthly heredity. All this is based in a wider view than a personal one, certainly, of what is needful in the overall creative purpose so that there may be fulfilment.

The incarnation of angels occurs everywhere over the face of the earth—I'm not speaking of geographical areas particularly, although that may come into the picture too, but areas of human consciousness. It is very necessary that certain angels incarnate. There are certain areas within the scope of human consciousness where it is necessary for angels to incarnate, certain particular angels for certain particular purposes. When this happens there is a need to take into account the hereditary background too because it is going to have an effect, it is going to have an influence of some sort.

We begin to see that from our standpoint, which is the standpoint of the awakening angel on earth, all these things are very special and very important. And we are very careful therefore in the manner in which we handle all our affairs, but in particular this field of physical sex. Here is a creative tool for a special purpose. In a more general sense, when these things are handled as they should be handled, there is the generation of spiritual substance, the generation of a substance which then begins to ascend in the creative spiral, so that it provides the essential substance for the experience of the succeeding spirit. We have been considering the spirit of the new earth. We come to the second level and we have the spirit of the single eye. A conscious participation in the expression of the spirit of the single eye requires that there be substance at that level, that it may have meaning to us.

You have taken note of the fact that where there is no substance there is no meaning insofar as the person concerned. You've talked to people and outlined something very clearly to them, clear in your own consciousness, seeking to convey spiritual reality. And the individual simply looks at you with a blank stare. Of course it was not wise for you to attempt to make the explanation in the first place because you should have had enough perception to recognize that the essential substance for understanding wasn't present. The substance for understanding emerges on the basis of its generation in the ascending spiral.

We in our present considerations have been moving in a more or less deliberate step-by-step basis—which is not necessarily exactly the way it works—but so that we may be first acquainted with the process from the first spirit to the release of the second spirit, the spirit of the single eye. To the extent that there has been a consistent expression of the new earth, there will have been the generation of sufficient spiritual substance to enable us to experience the expression of the spirit of the single eye with understanding.

This particular spirit will bring with it certain effects also. The absence of it is describable as the spirit of double-mindedness, which is the condition known by human beings subject to human nature. A double-minded view is the common outlook relative to duality, whether false or real. The central duality has been described by using the words good and evil. That is a true duality. In other words, good and evil are essential for the creative process. It is impossible to have one without the other. The difficulties arise in human experience only when there is an eating of the fruit of this creative process. The eating of the fruit of that creative process is what brings a person into identity with the realm of effects; he is constantly absorbing effects and his action is based upon that absorption of effects.

If you eat the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, which is the tree of the creative process, it may be said then that you are what you eat. Too bad if you are, isn't it? Well it's true of most people; it is true of what they eat physically and it's true of what they eat mentally. They are what they eat. We have all had that experience. It lingers around a bit too, you know. If you eat of the effects of the creative process you find yourself identified with the effects—you are what you eat. By the same token, of course, if you eat of cause, which is fruit of the tree of life, you are again what you eat. You are identified with cause. This has been and is our continuing concern. However we can't reach the fruit of the tree of life as long as we are partaking of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

I wish to emphasize the fact—which should be clear in your consciousness anyway—that there is nothing wrong with the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Something wrong appears when human beings start eating of the results which appear by reason of that tree. These are the creative effects, and it is because human beings started eating of the creative effects that what is called the fall occurred—and they began to die because, identified with effects, effects are always changing, there is always disintegration occurring, and death is known. One must stop eating of that fruit, which initially seems to be quite impossible, if one is to become in position to eat of the fruit of the tree of life, to participate in cause.

It is the fruit of the tree of life which generates the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, which generates the effects which are known on earth. We can see that these two trees, each called by different names, are one. One is a heavenly tree, the other is the earthly tree. Properly speaking they are one—cause and effect are properly integrated. But in the realm of effects there is good and evil. This may described in another way as integration and disintegration. It is not all good; it is not all integration.

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