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Things  of  Heaven  Pressing  In

Uranda   February 7, 1953

There are so many things which might be expressed tonight, the things of Heaven pressing to find a way of manifestation, but we cannot let it all appear all at once. It takes eternity for the revelation of the things of God in adequate fullness, and so, that revelation is never ending—in any moment it is but a part. No matter who may be the channel of expression, no matter how many, even if every man, woman and child upon the face of the earth were fully centered yielding to God's will there would not be a complete expression in the sense of the allness, the fullness—it would still take eternity.

But when one senses the pressing of the things of Heaven seeking an outlet on earth, when one feels the need for yielding body and mind and heart to the purposes of that expression of Heavenly things on earth, there is a special inner joy, there is an eagerness, an enthusiasm, but a peace and an inner joy knowing that as we let the things of Heaven find expression here on earth the distortions, the ugliness, the miseries of the world must yield and pass away. And more and more human beings are beginning to know, beginning to be deeply aware of, the fact that Heavenly things are pressing in upon us, seeking the opportunity of birth into this realm on earth.

Every time you let one of God's words pass through your lips you are letting the birth of something from the spiritual realm have meaning on earth. Every time your heart, centered in God's Love, recognizes and acknowledges the pressing in of God's Love and lets it flow forth to the children of men, you are sharing in God's creative work. Every time, in the face of any situation, you recognize that the power of Truth is pressing for a way of manifestation, that the control patterns and the design of Truth are seeking those through whom they may appear, you know in your mind as well as your heart that ill things do not have near the power that the things of God have.

Sometimes the human being gets to looking at ill conditions or lacks or limitations and he thinks to himself, “These things are pressing in upon me trying to overwhelm me, trying to destroy me.” If one yields to such things, they will overwhelm and destroy. But once we begin to realize the power, the consistency, the constancy, with which the things of Heaven are pressing in upon us, we will not imagine for a moment, as the foolish human mind is wont to do, that the pressing of ill things is greater than pressing of the things of God. Any time the human mind or heart thinks that the pressing of ill things is stronger than the pressing in of the things of Heaven, that mind or heart is responding to a lie, to something utterly false. That is believing a lie, and it is making a lie, because in such a case the human being gives his body, his mind, his heart, his very life force to making manifest the evil, ill things which have beset humanity for so long.

Any time there is response to these ill things the individual concerned is helping to make a lie. And concerning the Kingdom of God on earth it is written, “There shall in no wise enter into it anything that defileth or maketh a lie.” Human beings are just beginning to realize the extent to which they have given their bodies and their minds, their hearts, their very life force, to making a lie—and these are those who begin to realize that they can give these same things—body and mind and heart and the fulness of life force to the making of the form through which the Truth of God is revealed. Which shall it be?

We have presumably made our choice, but to what degree is that choice a constant passion in your heart, a constant light or guiding star in your mind? For if in any moment you yield yourself or your capacities as a human being to that which is contrary to God's design, God's control, God's Truth, then you are in that moment making a lie. And of what avail is this process of making a lie? It only brings destruction, distortion, misery, suffering, sorrow, disappointment, futility. Making a lie produces the ill things that we see in the world, the terror that hangs over the world with respect to atomic warfare, with respect to the attitudes where Truth as such is not known, where Truth is never allowed to control, where the attitude is, “We can make any lie we want to and impose it on human beings and get away with it.” We look and we say, “What a terrible thing it is that a whole nation should become subject to the pattern of a lie.” And how this nation begins to swallow other nations and impose on them the making of a lie!

But can you say, right here on Sunrise Ranch, that you do not at any time under any circumstance give yourself to the making of a lie, by any attitude, by any word, or any act? If you give yourself, your body, your capacities, your life force to the making of a lie, even if it is for only thirty seconds, then you are supporting tyranny. We cannot devote ourselves to the making of a lie here even for a moment and say that we are not supporting that which holds terror for the free world. The free world? Free only in part, because the world has not found that freedom which is the glorious liberty of the children of God. Freedom? “And ye shall know the Truth, and the Truth shall make you free.” But the Truth cannot make you free while you give yourself to the making of a lie.

Human beings so often limit the idea of a lie to some expression of the lips stating something that is called an untruth, something contrary presumably to the facts. What are the facts in the world? Can anyone of you describe the facts in the world? I could take anyone of you or all of you put together and challenge you to descriptions or expressions of the facts on the basis that is supposedly the expression of Truth, and in very short order have you so confused and confounded that you would not know where to turn unless you knew enough to turn to God and Truth without regard to the seeming facts. Very often facts are not the Truth. That you need to know. Very often facts as they relate to the temporary existence of things, the distortions and the lies, very often facts are not the Truth. What is the Truth?

Truth is always beautiful, always wonderful, always harmonious to God's Love. The Truth always makes possible the expression of life, not destruction but creativeness. So there needs to be an enlarged vision with respect to what it means to make a lie, for in any moment under any circumstance in which the individual gives himself and his capacities to subjection to the wrong spirits in the world—the spirits of fear and shame, or the spirit of greed, or selfishness, self-centeredness, we could name a long list—in that moment the individual is using his God-given capacities, the privilege of life on earth, to make a lie.

The Master said, “The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand,” it is within reach, it is available. And He said, “Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and all of these things,” the things of God, the things of Heaven, “shall be added unto you,” on earth. But how shall they appear through you if you are giving your mind, the thoughts of your mind, your heart, the feelings of your heart, your body, the actions of your body, to the making of a lie? This is the equipment which God created by which He might make the Truth evident and give it form on earth—Man, created in the image and likeness of God so that he could spend his time on earth making the Truth. The Truth is—yes. The Truth is in Heaven. The Truth is in the vibrational realm. And it is pressing in upon us always. But the Truth does not have form out here in this realm unless human beings give themselves to the business of making the Truth, making it have form, making it have meaning.

Where is the Kingdom of God? The Kingdom of God is in Heaven, yes. But where is it supposed to be? Your body is supposed to be the Kingdom of God, your mind is supposed to be the Kingdom of God, your heart. Filled with what? The things of the unreal world, the distortions, the lies that may be pressing in? Must one yield to those things? How about the things of Truth, the things of God's Love, the things of Life that are pressing in upon us? They are there, and all we have to do is to choose that to which we shall open ourselves, that to which we shall give our capacities. As it is put, “Choose you this day whom ye will serve. If Baal be god, then serve him; but if the Lord be God, then serve Him.”

Blessed Ones, we have reason tonight to have a deeper realization of the fact that the things of Heaven are pressing in upon us, and upon all the peoples of the world. Blessed are they who yield to the things of Heaven and refuse to yield to the things of hell. There are enough people who give themselves to the making of a lie. We cannot, while we give ourselves to the making of a lie even in little things, say that we are doing our part toward removing the tyranny, the brutality, made manifest—man's inhumanity to man, life without dignity, life without vibrancy, physical life where hate has become a substitute for love, a veritable hell on earth where human miseries are taken for granted. We can see it and say, “That is terrible. If it gets too close we will have to fight against it, we will have to use bombs and guns and every means at our disposal.” But are we doing our part in the front line? Is there a line remaining here on Sunrise Ranch, a line between those who are dedicated to the making of a lie and those who are dedicated to the making of the Truth? Does that line ever run through you, the front line?

We talk about the heroism or the cowardice of men at the front, men facing physical death compelled to obey orders—but is that the only place where there is cowardice? I would suggest that it comes very close to being a complete reversal of the proportions. Only a few of those men who have quavered in the face of shock and shell have hesitated. There are certainly many evidences of heroism. But what about the front line right here? Not just over in the next valley or the next town or the next state, or the next country. How about the front line right here? Is there ever any cowardice? Or is there ever any heroism? What is it that is pressing in upon you? If your attention is centered on the ill things that may press in, you will become subject to them and they will distort and spoil and make life miserable.

But the things of Heaven are pressing in. God's Love is pressing in upon you. God's Truth, God's Life, is pulsing in you or you could not hear the word I speak. And so, to what do you respond? Do you have it in you to be valiant, to be courageous, to refuse to yield in the face of the onslaught of the enemy? Do you have it in you to advance regardless of the opposition of the things of the world that may press in upon you? Do you have it in you to yield to the pressure of the things of God and let yourself be dedicated now and always to the making of the Truth? Oh so many people give themselves to the making of a lie. Perhaps you never saw as clearly as you do in this moment what it means to make a lie, and that if you are making a lie you are supporting all the tyrants in the world. Yes you are. If you are busy making a lie—even if it is only a thirty-second lie—you are giving support to that monstrous thing. Not until we give all of our capacities as it is put in the first—as our Master put it—the Greatest Commandment, to give all of our capacity in body and mind and heart, with all of our strength and spirit, to the making of the Truth that it may be made evident, that it may be given form, that it shall not press in upon us in vain. And so, as the Master put it, “And ye shall know the Truth, and the Truth shall make you free.”

You say, “But I know a lot of lies.” Oh, of course, most human beings do. You insist that I believe those lies—oh no! They mean nothing to me. You say, “Well I have been worshipping them a long time. I expect you to think they are important.” You expect me to think that the lies are important. They are not. That is another lie if you think they are important—just another lie. They are not important, not at all. Only the Truth is important, and only if you give yourself to the making of the Truth can you be made free. You can meditate on lies and believe on lies from now until the day your grave is opened and it will do you no good. The only way you can become free is to know the Truth, yield to the Truth and give yourself to the business of making the Truth, making it manifest here and now. In self-centeredness there is always the making of a lie. And then the individual says, “But I want to get into the Kingdom of God. I want peace. I want this. I want that.” You do? You will not have it while you are self-centered. He who is self-centered is always busy making a lie.

Do you think that an attunement will correct that? Not unless you let it bring you into attunement with the Truth. You can be offered an attunement, but if you insist on being attuned to a lie the Truth will not have any influence, it will not make you free. Only as you come into attunement with the Truth in body and mind and heart can you be made free.

We need to be sure that the front line goes on out. We do not need to keep it here on Sunrise Ranch. No one needs to devote time or effort or capacity, life force, to the making of a lie. We can push it on out, extend the line and let those who have been deluded into making a lie begin to see that the Way of Victory is in making the Truth. “There shall in no wise enter into it anything that defileth or maketh a lie.” But when we let the Truth control we will live, we will serve, we will be letting God's will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. And so the things of Heaven are pressing in upon us. Let us yield to them. Let us open ourselves to the things of Heaven and receive them into the realm of form to the glory of God and the blessing of the children of men.

God is indeed so very good to us. If we could always remember that—as it is put in the Psalm, “Oh that men would praise the Lord for His goodness and for His wonderful works to the children of men.” I wonder if we might paraphrase that tonight, “Oh that we would always praise the Lord for His goodness and for His wonderful works which we are privileged to share.” We would remember always that our business is sharing in the wonderful works of God. I wonder if it would make any difference in daily life. The human being does not have to share in the horrible works of the prince of darkness. Unless we do share in the wonderful works of God, can we be any true inspiration to others? Can we let the Light so shine before men that they may see our good works and glorify our Father Which is in Heaven?

It takes doing, not just lip service, not just some concept of believing. It takes doing, the life we live, and you have only one life to live. What are you doing with it? What will you do with it? If you let the things of Heaven that are pressing in upon you be the controlling factors all the time you will not be using this one life to make a lie, you will be using this one life to make the Truth so evident on earth that all who will may see and know that the things of God are practical—the only practical things there are—that the way of God is the only true way, that only as we serve our Lord and King can our lives have any real meaning.

The time is now. This is our opportunity. Every moment brings an opportunity. We do not have to postpone it or put it off until some more convenient time. We can so live now yielding to the things of Heaven that are pressing in upon us.

© Emissaries of Divine Light