Cosmic  Individuality

from  Your Bishop's Personal Message

Uranda   December 22, 1936

Beloved of the Lord

This is being sent to you on September 16, 1942 — that you may abide in the King’s Chamber.

We have arrived at the active point in Eternity where the out-manifestation of the Cosmic Plan, in a definite formation in the three-dimensional world, has progressed to a degree which allows easy perception through the spiritually attuned vision. Because of this out-manifestation, it becomes necessary for us to give clear-cut expression to certain phases of Reality which will assist all who will respond thereto into a better understanding of the way whereby the individual may actively and effectively harmonize in the unified formation of out-manifesting Reality. In this we begin to see the direct correspondences between those things which are familiar to the average individual of intelligence and those points of consciousness which have, until recently, been beyond the scope of conscious comprehension.

It is only as the scattered parts of manifestation, which have come within our vision, are drawn into their appointed places, where the correspondence between all of the various parts becomes apparent, and where the whole is recognized as being subject to one great cohesive element which establishes the whole as an indivisible unit, that we can begin to appreciate the possibilities that are before us, individually and collectively. It is only as we individually and collectively appreciate, not only the possibilities, but sacred responsibilities which are presented to us by the fact of our life at this point in Eternity, that we can intelligently and effectively participate in that activity which is ordained for us and for the world. Those who readily harmonize in the ordained activity are established in the formation which is being made manifest, and those who refuse to so harmonize act as the points of resistance which allow an ever-increasing expression of what may be called “pressure of power,” that through such resistance the necessary power may be generated within the formation, which will allow the transformation and transition to a higher plane for the entire harmonized unit. Therefore, we do not look upon any person or condition as being against us and Reality, although we recognize the fact that all who refuse to harmonize in the Cosmically ordained unit are against themselves. However, since this is their own choice, we have no reason to be concerned in the matter other than to so perfectly fill our appointed places that all people everywhere may have the opportunity of perceiving and responding to Reality, and that if they refuse, they may, in that refusal, stand self-condemned.

Recognizing this Truth, we see that those who are apparently against us are really for us, although they are against themselves, and understanding this we know that every action and expression in the earth is facilitating the outmanifestation of the Reality which shall ultimately transform the three-dimensional world into such a clarified and coordinated state that the positive Reality shall be given full and free expression through this phase of creation. He who knows this to be a Truth cannot be concerned about any activity which is seemingly contrary to the outworking of the Great Plan, for he knows that there is no power on earth that can stop the fulfillment of the Plan, nor prevent the out-manifestation at the appointed time. So it is that the Blessed One can truly rejoice and give thanks, no matter what takes place, and to the degree of sincerity in this recognition, the individual's expression of rejoicing and thanksgiving will be effective in releasing Reality.

The idea of equality has long been a source of satisfaction to those who were imbued with the Spirit of Universal Brotherhood, and it has been a source of disturbance among those who have been violently dissatisfied with their situation in life without being willing to make the necessary changes of expression which would allow an altered and more satisfactory out-manifestation. It may be said that “all men are born equal,” if it be recognized that all people are born into the same world, under identically the same Cosmic Laws, with the same potentialities of Divine Expression, and therefore, enjoying equal opportunity. However, it must likewise be recognized that with every individual there is an individual capacity to receive of those available opportunities and to participate in the essential activities of Cosmic expression. Those individual capacities of function in that which is equally available to all, are that which allows individuality, and without this variation there could be no individuality, for all would be the same, in the same place and way, and there would be no delight in Being. Those who have thought themselves to be in a low estate have complained of bitter limitations and have thought themselves to be abused, while those who have thought themselves to be in a high estate have been filled with arrogance and pride in thinking that they were better than those who are judged to be in the low estate. So long as our attitudes are colored by such concepts, we limit our joy of Being to that degree.

As the out-manifestation of the Divinely ordained formation moves on apace, the responsiveness of negative Reality to positive Reality allows increased expressions of that which has heretofore been beyond comprehension, and these expressions are given to all alike, for they are properly secret only insofar as each individual lacks the capacity to comprehend them. This has always been true of all Truth. Those who have thought to keep Truth secret, and have thought to judge as to another’s readiness to receive the Truth, have thereby proven that they knew not the Truth, else they would have known that the Truth is not secret, nor is it withheld from anyone, but that each individual determines for himself the degree and quality of his own ignorance. So it is that the Truth cannot be revealed to those who refuse to receive it, no matter how many times it may be spoken or written and made available to them, and likewise, the Truth cannot be kept from those who are ready to receive it, no matter who may think himself to have a monopoly upon the so-called secrets. So it is that we see that there are two factors which determine the degree of any individual’s understanding at any given point of his expression in Being.

These two factors are: first, the individual’s capacity to utilize that which is equally available to all, and second, the individual’s willingness to take advantage of the capacities of his own nature. When the Cosmic point in Eternity arrives where every individual is functioning perfectly and fully to the extent and nature of his individual capacity, it will be found that every individual is in that capacity perfect, and that all individuals are in that state perfectly coordinated, harmonized, and unified so that the activities of each individual are essential to the whole and are a complete delight to himself and to every other individual within the whole. Recognizing this, we see that it is utterly futile to attempt to increase anyone’s capacity, and that the only thing that we can do in true Service is to assist each individual to function completely in accordance with the nature and extent of his individual capacity insofar as such an individual is vitally interested in expressing the fulness of his own Being and is, therefore, willing and ready to take advantage of that which is eternally available to himself.

Recognizing these Truths, we see that all previous activities which were designed to bring Spiritual enlightenment to mankind have willfully or ignorantly undertaken to assist those who did not wish to be assisted and to uplift those who did not want to be lifted up, and in so doing, such activities have taken upon themselves a useless burden which has benefited no one, but which has always spelled doom to the usefulness to mankind of such a service. Because of this, man’s activities in so-called service have been largely futile, even though rightly intended at the outset. Those who began to serve in the true attitude, and then, without an understanding of the Law, fell into this error have taken one of three paths: first, some few have struggled on blindly and ineffectively trying to render that service to which they felt themselves called; second, a large number became discouraged and turned into other fields of endeavor; or, third, altogether too many, seeing the futility, and being discouraged in trying to do right, have established dishonest methods and practices whereby they sought to gain control over their brother man for their own self-aggrandizement. Knowing these things, we have an unprecedented opportunity, not only from the standpoint of our present relative position in the unfolding of Eternity, but from complete knowledge of the situation and of the necessities of our activity therein, together with the ability in the Spirit to utilize such knowledge and understanding effectively in accordance with the Father’s Will. As this is true of our activity collectively, it is likewise true of our activity individually. To the degree that any individual falls into the above-mentioned grievous error in his attempts to render service, he becomes a burden to himself and to everyone else. Also, to the degree that any individual in this activity wishes to be upheld and assisted in a way that is unnatural, he becomes, through such an attitude, a menace to himself and to the entire activity insofar as he may influence those around him.

So it is that we come to appreciate the great gift of individuality, and we rejoice in the privilege of being ourselves in Reality, no matter what judgments may be passed from a world standpoint. Also, we begin to appreciate what true individualism is. It is evident that a person is expressing his own individuality only to the degree that he is functioning in the full capacity of his ordained place in the Cosmic Harmonization of Being, and it is further evident that the one who is functioning in the full capacity of his individuality cannot be judged to be better or worse than anyone else who is so functioning, any more than one might say that a rose is better than a pansy. A rose is a better rose than any other flower is, for only a rose can be a rose, and likewise only a pansy can be a pansy; and no matter how many roses there might be, they could never take the place of the pansy. So it is that each one is perfect in his own appointed place and way to the degree that he is functioning in the full capacity of his own Cosmic Reality. Understanding this, we recognize that each one is absolutely essential, insofar as his Reality is concerned, to the perfect function of the whole. Likewise, we see that the outer manifestation of any individual ceases to be essential to the degree that such a person ignores the functions of his own Inner Reality, and that the person who refuses to function in that Reality thereby, and to that degree, sets up those processes whereby he eliminates himself from the manifest picture, and this is the one and only cause of death. So it is that whatever person, place, or thing may be eliminated through a refusal to harmonize with Reality, we rejoice and are exceeding glad, knowing that it is only the unreal that passes away and that the real is coming into manifest expression with absolute surety. This leaves us without time or cause for regret, no matter what may take place.

In time past the primary attention of such sincere spiritual activities as have been in the earth has been directed toward individual development, so-called. Because it has been virtually impossible for a single individual to transcend the limitations of the world consciousness, the complete individual release of Reality has been accomplished within the period of our present world history only by the LORD of Lords and KING of Kings—although there has been a sufficiently complete release to allow ascension in a few other instances, such as are illustrated by Enoch and Elijah.

Under the influence of the Cosmic vibrations which are now being made manifest, the world at large has responded to a degree that allows it to function as a unit in those planes of consciousness to which it has been accustomed, namely, the physical and mental. As this is true, we see that even in the so-called physical things it is necessary to recognize the world as a unit if any true understanding of existing situations is to be entered into. Since the world has thus allowed manifestation of oneness in the physical and mental planes, and this can be comprehended by a person of average intelligence, it is at least reasonable to suppose that such influences of unification are of Divine origin, and that those who are responding to the spiritual influences are being drawn into a unit of life expression which will allow a perfect out-manifestation of Reality as an integral unit.

To the degree that we can recognize this, we are filled with an absolute assurance that this present spiritual activity is designed to function as a Focal Point of that formation whereby those who are responding may find their places in the unified expression of Reality, and that in such harmonization in the unit each one may find and function in the fulness of his own individuality, which means individual perfection. However, before any individual can become an effective part of the unit he must be so filled with brotherly Love that he is willing to let go of all ideas of individual development and attainment of a selfish nature in a conscious harmonization in the unit for the benefit of the whole. Any person who attempts to carry selfishness, even though it be a desire for so-called spiritual development, into his active function in the unit will find that to that degree he prevents himself from becoming a part of the unit, for the one great element which establishes the absolute cohesion in the unit is what may be called Selfless Love.

As this is true, no one can rightly say that we have attempted to keep anyone out or to bring anyone in. The one thing that we are doing is assisting each one who will respond to a recognition of his own capacity in Reality. It is evident that vows and promises in such an activity as this would be absolutely futile, for each one automatically places himself in accordance with his own response to Reality, and each one is that which he is. The person who is responding to Reality will not respond the more because of a promise, and the person who refuses to respond to Reality will not respond, no matter how many promises he may make. The person who is truly a part of the one spiritual formation will recognize his obligation to his brother man, and he will fulfill his obligation, not because it is his duty to do so, but because he is so filled with the Love of Service that he cannot do anything else.

It matters not what religion or school of thought or creed one may have harmonized in, those who are Divinely responding to Reality will recognize the Reality of the formation and they will give whole-heartedly of their expression in every phase of life to the activity which allows a still greater out-manifestation of Reality. As this consciousness is entered into, those human and petty things of the passing form, which have seemed to make up individuality, are allowed to drop away as an old garment, that the Blessed One may appear in his true individuality which is an out-manifestation of Reality. The human seeming-individuality is primarily concerned with getting something for itself, whether it be material substance, intellectual understanding, or so-called spiritual development. The Divine individuality is interested only in giving of its own Reality by the process of releasing the positive Radiance through those peculiarly established channels of expression which are established in accordance with the individual capacity in the Cosmic Harmonization. Those who cling to the human individuality will be a part of that which is eliminated when the whole world as a unit lets the old garment of human limitation drop away, that the new garment of the Christ Consciousness may clothe the whole world in its manifestation as the New Earth. We are no longer interested in attempting to find the line of demarcation between the physical and the spiritual, for there is no such line, for all is a unit and the Reality of the unit in every phase is essential to the whole.

The unit is composed of positive Reality and negative Reality. In the negative Reality there has been a failure to harmonize fully with the positive Reality, insofar as the outer form is concerned, and so it is that the world has been filled with what we call evil. In this world the out-manifestation of positive Reality is set in accordance with certain laws which were brought into operation at the beginning of Creation. The entire Plan for the formation of the outer half of the unit, in accordance with the positive Reality, was and is fully revealed in the Book of Revelation, and for those who have eyes to see it will be clear that every step in the activity of formation in Reality is in accordance with the Plan that is there revealed. The Plan meant nothing so long as the world was not ready to have the Plan put into execution, and the Plan had to remain as a mystery until those who were ordained to put the Plan into execution arrived on the scene of action. When the world itself was ready and was sufficiently unified in the physical and mental planes to allow an effective outworking of the Plan, the activity was begun, and developments since that time have been moving with such rapidity that an understanding thereof has been completely beyond the concept of the human mind. With the world condition becoming more and more intense, those who are not fully polarized in Cosmic Reality find themselves being drawn into the vortex of the disintegrative forces whereby evil is being removed from the face of the earth, and those who see this sudden destruction coming upon the wicked, are filled with fear to the degree that they have not learned to abide in the Christ Consciousness.

The out-manifestation of positive Reality through the negative Reality is accomplished through the Seven Rays, which are One. Insofar as the whole world is concerned, there are two Trinities, with the Inner Trinity manifesting as what we call Heaven and the outer Trinity manifesting as what we call the earth, and the two are blended in Oneness through the Seventh Ray, which is the Christ Love. The Inner Trinity is positive Reality and the Outer Trinity is negative Reality. We are primarily concerned with the outer Trinity, that we may be so harmonized with positive Reality as to allow the out-manifestation of the Inner Perfection. As the entire world manifestation, in its positive and negative aspects, is functioning in accordance with the Law of the Seven, so also is the Inner Trinity, in its individual expression, harmonized on the Law of the Seven, and likewise the outer Trinity is ordained to function on the Law of the Seven, and here we begin to understand the Mystery of the Triple Seven.

Those who are at the present time functioning in a consciousness of the Seven Rays of negative Reality are established as the points of consciousness in the out-manifestation of the new world Spiritual Body. It is not yet necessary for the masses of humanity to have a consciousness of that which is taking place, for each one will respond to Reality in accordance with the depth of sincerity and earnestness which are out-manifesting in his nature, irrespective of whether or not he understands the purposes of life, and those who subject themselves to the disintegrating vibration of the Flaming Fire would do so, no matter what opportunity of understanding might be available to them. So it is that we can rest assured that those who will respond to the ascending phase or vibration of the Flaming Fire will do so through their earnestness and sincerity, no matter what their degree of conscious understanding may be, in whatever religion or school of thought they may be harmonized.

The one thing that is of importance to us at the present time is the activity of the points of consciousness which represent the focalized expression of the outer world. As we have now established a definite Focal Point of consciousness in the world, in accordance with the Seven Rays of negative Reality, as Divinely ordained in Positive Reality, there is an equal opportunity in the earth for all in accordance with the individual capacity to respond. The only thing that prevents the full out-manifestation of Perfection at the present time is the focal point of consciousness which has been established in the earth in accordance with human concepts, and which holds sway over the great masses of the earth through the tendrils of human desire. As we individually and collectively allow positive Reality to radiate through us into the world, the Radiance of our focalized point of consciousness must necessarily touch the focalized point of human consciousness that is in the world.

The Law is that two positives repel each other. The human point of consciousness is positive, else it would have long ago harmonized with Divine Reality. Our point of consciousness is positive in a harmonization with positive Reality and is, therefore, absolutely immovable. That which is in the world consciousness that will not respond to the Focalized Point of Positive Reality must necessarily be repelled therefrom, that in its fighting against Reality it may destroy itself and eliminate its formation from the face of the earth. Let us continue with one accord in allowing the positive release of positive Reality into the world consciousness, for the more rapidly we do so, the more rapidly will the world consciousness begin to fight against the Divine Order. To the degree to which the world consciousness fights against the Focal Point of Positive Reality, as it is made manifest in the consciousness of negative Reality, it will eliminate itself; therefore, we can truly say that we rejoice and are exceeding glad when those who are focalized in the world consciousness begin to fight against Reality, and in this connection we remember the words of the Great Master as recorded in Matthew 5:10-12.

To the degree that we have learned, individually and collectively, to abide in the Christ, the turmoils and disturbances and persecutions and misunderstandings and revilings of the outer world cannot move us, but rather do we rejoice with exceeding great gladness that it is so, for as we remain centered in positive Reality we know that every positive expression of the outer world is automatically repelled from the positive Reality in which we are centered.

As you give prayerful consideration to these words, letting go to the Spirit, that you may understand the Inner Meanings thereof, you will surely be filled with an overpowering surge of Love for your Father within, and for the LORD of Lords and KING of Kings, in that you are granted the privilege of harmonizing in this Reality and of coming into an understanding of your appointed part therein. Also, you will be filled with a sense of the utter uselessness of the human individuality, so-called, that you may be filled with a deep sense of the sacred privilege of allowing your own Cosmic Individuality a full release out through your body Temple. You now see that this transition can take place only to the degree that you love the Lord, your Father within.

Therefore, let us all with one accord rejoice and give thanks with exceeding great gladness for the sacred privileges of Service that are granted to us, and let us let go of all those things which have heretofore weighted us down, that we may effectively function in those places to which we are ordained in that activity which is directed of the Spirit. Your own response to these Truths will reveal your present degree of harmonization in the out-manifesting formation of the new world Spiritual Body, and to the degree that you recognize yourself as a part of the unit you will function in true Oneness with the unit and no longer attempt to walk in a way that is separate therefrom, for you will see that it is in this false idea of individuality that you have heretofore wasted the opportunities, facilities, and energies which have been granted to you for your active use in the outworking of the Cosmic Plan; for your human consciousness is but a steward of the body Temple and all of the things and opportunities and facilities which are available to and in and through the body Temple. So it is also that you see with clearer vision than ever before, the glorious opportunity you have of letting go in the positive Reality of your Father within, that you may thereby render your appointed Service in assisting the outer world to let go in a perfect harmonization in the positive Reality of the Inner Planes, whereby the New Heaven and the New Earth may be fully and perfectly established in the Christ Love, which is the Seventh Ray of the Whole Holy World.

Beholding you enfolded in the Flaming Fire of your Father’s Radiance, whereby you come to know the Lord of the Sacred Three, under whose direction you may learn the secrets of the Third Sacred School of the Motherland and enter into the ultimate of your own Reality whereby you know that Joy of joys which comes from that creative expression which is in accordance with your appointed place in the Cosmic Plan—I salute you in the Spirit as I AM. Thus may you find your place in the Flaming Fire, and know the Source thereof. Peace be unto you at all times wherever you may be, through the revelation of the Father's mystery, which is the Christ Love.

© emissaries of divine light