The Golden Veil
Uranda August 8, 1944
The Book of Job has its setting in a period prior to the submersion of Lemuria, prior to the portrayal of man being driven from the Garden of Eden as pictured in Genesis. It pictures for us the close relationship between man in this outer world, even in the fallen state, with God. At that time, especially for those who sought to find the Way, the Truth, and the Life, the veil was very thin and easily penetrated. That which separates man in the realm of his consciousness from the Divine was pictured in Solomon's Temple, as well as in the Tabernacle before it, as the veil between the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies. When Jesus was crucified on Golgotha, the veil in the temple was rent in twain, showing that once again in man's progress toward the state of the Divine, the Way had been opened so that it was possible, even as it now is possible, for human beings who recognize the Law and harmonize with the principles of Reality, to penetrate through the veil, that they may perceive, recognize and understand things Divine, and what we call the Inner Planes, which were symbolized by the Holy of Holies in both the Tabernacle and Solomon's Temple. From the time of the fall onward to the submersion of Lemuria, the veil became gradually more dense, and after the submersion of Atlantis the separation was quite complete for a long period of time. The Prophets of the Old Testament period penetrated through that veil to a degree, but from the time of the submersion of Atlantis until the time of the crucifixion of Jesus the veil had not been completely rent in twain. The Council of the Golden Veil is composed of that body of Beings who, consciously from an outer sense and constantly from an inner sense, seek to assist human beings in recognizing the fact that the veil has been rent in twain. From the standpoint of the illumined one it is indeed the Golden Veil, because beyond it one finds the full revelation of eternal spiritual truths, and because from a standpoint of the outer world the presence of the veil gives fallen man an opportunity to live long enough to find the Way, the Truth, and the Life. If it were not for the Golden Veil, all those who function contrary to the realms of Reality would be quickly destroyed, and they would have no opportunity to learn to harmonize with the Way and the Will of God.
Human beings have resorted to various humanly conceived methods in an attempt to penetrate the veil, but such efforts have been to no avail. Many of those who have sought the Way have, by reason of ignorance, complained that the veil existed, little realizing that if it were not for the protection of the Golden Veil they would not have had the opportunities of finding the Way, or of entering into the Divine Estate. Let no one bemoan the fact that the veil exists, for he who is ready to see through or beyond the veil finds that it is rent in twain and the Way is easy and the burden is Light; and let those who have not yet so seen abide in patience, remembering that to strive is to fail, and that, in due season, as the faithful one continues on, all that is necessary to his or her proper function in the world shall surely be revealed. Let no one begin to try to penetrate the veil, and let no one become discouraged because he may think that he has not seen as much of the Divine Estate as he would like. As Jesus, our Lord and Master, proved that the veil can be penetrated, and as it was rent in twain even though the world rejected Him, each faithful one should remember that the responsibility of perception and of knowledge and of understanding must be born nobly and wisely with each advance into the realm of that which is unknown to the world. Each should rejoice that the Lord does not at any time place a greater burden of responsibility upon any individual than he or she can bear in the state of his expansion of consciousness, and at his point of progress along the Way.
The Veil Becomes Transparent
Martin Cecil July 20, 1977
Human nature cannot approach the Lord. It has to be left behind. We can't persist in identification with earthly heredity and approach the Lord at the same time. That would be a contradictory attempt. All good human beings seeking for better spiritual understanding make this approach; they are not conscious of any other possibilities as a general rule. So there is an approach, rising up in relationship to the spiritual expression plane of being, which permits an awareness of what one might call a bright effulgence, as though one might approach the sun for instance. The only consciousness a person has from the human nature standpoint is of the general effulgence — that is actually the veil or the flaming sword which prevents a person from going any further. And because he is prevented from going any further, very often the individual says, "Well I've arrived. This is as far as you can go. This is Heaven. This is Nirvana. This is wonderful. Such a brilliant light here; it must mean something." What is to be experienced is not this — this is the human nature experience.
The veil becomes transparent rather than opaque, even though the opaqueness is pretty bright. Vision is only possible on the basis of this transparency, and the transparency of the veil is the purity of heart. As long as the heart is not pure there is opaqueness. Sometimes that opaqueness is pretty black, but it can be the other end of the spectrum, pretty light. And people are fooled by this — whereas before it was black, now it is light. But it is still this side of the veil. And we can't penetrate through the veil, but we can let the veil penetrate through us on the basis of our expression. And it is this penetration of the veil through us which brings with it a sense of clarity. The veil, instead of being opaque, becomes transparent. We ourselves become transparent. That doesn't mean that anyone can look at us and see all the way through, but in our own experience there is a transparency. This relates to the matter of guilelessness. There is a true state of guilelessness which doesn't prevent one from seeing what is present but rather being unmoved by what one sees. It seems to others who observe, that one is pretty naive, but in fact you know what is going on but you don't emphasize what is going on from the standpoint of earthly heredity, because it doesn't mean that much to you.
So there is this clarity which comes on the basis of the sensing of the true Tone of Life in one's own experience. It has a point of focus and that is the most intimate place in one's own experience, the Secret Place of the Most High. It has been secret to human beings because there has been no inclination on the part of most to keep anything sacred. Everything is seen as being sacred and the understanding of how things can be used begins to emerge by reason of the purity of heart. There is increasing clarity of vision, increasing experience of the transparency of the veil. It is not just anymore a vague effulgence. It becomes increasingly specific in relationship to the immediate field of action. There is a consciousness of being present in one's human facilities, which are in the immediate circumstance, to handle what is present in the circumstance for the purpose for which, as an angel, one is present on earth.
This is a sacred place, a holy place. This is the house of God — the physical form — and this is the gate of heaven — the pneumaplasmic body. The pneumaplasmic substance that is present is the gate of heaven through which the ascending and descending processes may occur. We awaken to this out of our prior dream and we know the reality of the holy place. If we have awakened truly we never forget it.
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