The Virus Is Not The Cause
from The Burning of Corruption
Martin Cecil November 27, 1983 am
In the beauty of holiness, clothed in the garments of our flesh bodies, minds and hearts, thankfully and humbly we bow before Thee, most gracious Lord and King. Representing Thee on earth we represent the children of men to Thee, letting our garments be sanctified in the truth of Thy Word and purified by the fire of Thy love. So may it be for all the children of men. Accordingly it is done.
We readily acknowledge that what is to be done is done in ourselves here and now. It always is here and now. In imagination you may have been somewhere else at some other time, but never in fact. If we assemble as we have this morning in our Chapel, this then is the here and now for us together. The sounding of the Tone we have heard and hear; the fire of love has been and is known to us. In symbol this fire is present at the core of the earth and in the core of the solar system. In our own experience
there is the fire at the core of our own beings and the fire which we acknowledge to be above us, the
ascending and the descending fire respectively. Fire is the symbol of love. These two aspects of love
rightly blend and fuse in us here and now.
We are well aware that man was created to be at this point of fusion, standing upright in the air of
the spirit on the surface of the earth. I think it was Paul who said something about being caught up into
the air at a certain point. This has generated some rather fanciful ideas. But we are rightly caught up
into the air of the spirit, where the fire from above and below blends. This is the positioning of man,
certainly not the experienced positioning of human beings at the present time or in any historical
memory that we might have.
The rising up into the air of the spirit is out of the subconscious crust of corruption that is presently
known in human experience. We cannot do this by some sort of application of will. It is in the process of
being done by the application of the ascending flame of love in concert with the descending flame of
love. It might be said that the atmosphere is clear above. There is a thin layer of corruption at the
surface and below the surface. I say "thin" relatively speaking. In symbol there certainly is a lot of
apparent space above us in which there is no evidence of human corruption. Mind you, in recent times
human corruption has been catapulted into the immediate space in the vicinity of the earth, so that
here, it might be said, there is toxic substance present in the cell of the solar system. Our own physical
health is very largely dependent upon the clearing of toxic substances from the cells of our own bodies.
In this connection I might share a portion of a letter with you that came from Dawn Blechman, who
is, as you know, a professional in the field of nursing. She says (and incidentally the title to this particular letter is “Observations on Illness.” Are you ever ill? Are you really, now, ever ill?):
“In this process of transformation and transmutation, most have agreed that a 'letting go' is necessary,
letting the old pass away, or letting that which does not belong pass away. But when it happens, why is it
called 'illness'?
“For a while now we have had moving through our population what is referred to as a ‘bug,’ which I
understand is not confined to Sunrise but is moving in many across the nation. Each person is handling this in
different ways. One is vomiting and has diarrhea, another has a sore throat and swollen glands, and yet
another has a heavy chest cold—all indicating an attempt by the body to rid itself of toxins. Doctors call it the
“flu,” but what has heretofore been diagnosed as flu has a virus strain which is given a name (Asian flu, etc.).
Although we haven't done so, I'd be willing to bet that there are very few virus strains present, if any, but
ninety percent of any exudate put under the microscope would have neon lights blinking Fear or Shame or
Judgment, etc—toxins being released from the vibrational surround of the physical cells, a letting go of the
old.”
I wonder how many of you actually have such a view, for instance, of the flu which may attack you? This is the usual human way of seeing things: We are always being attacked by this and that, so that we
have to raise our defenses. We see this well reflected in the world around us, even on the international
scene, where everybody fears attack and everybody raises defenses. Certainly we do not need to look at
things in this way and should not be doing so. Dawn has pointed to something here of which we are all, I
am sure, well aware: that there is the need for cleansing in the water of truth and for purification in the
fire of love. This in times past has been spoken of as baptism. Most people seem to be afraid of being
baptized and are inclined to fight the process tooth and nail. Do we need to fight and resist? We know
better but probably we still do it, at least in this particular area if in no other.
Viruses are interesting. It seems to be supposed that they cause various kinds of disease, illness.
They do not. They may be present when various kinds of disease are present, but they are not the cause
of them. They do give evidence of the fact that there is a cause, an invisible cause, one might say. The
viruses themselves are almost invisible. Some of them apparently still are; they can't be located. As I say,
these are evidences of what is over the edge of the visible in the realm of the invisible. We are aware
that this realm of the invisible is related to the subconscious crust, those toxic vibrational factors that
are present at the subconscious level in all human beings. The level at which they are present is
relatively a narrow band, but here is the corruption. Here is the realm of vibrational decay which is then
quite naturally reflected in what occurs at the level of physical form, particularly with respect to the cells
of the human body.
The cells of the human body are bathed in an invisible substance. This invisible substance, as we
have just noted, at its lower edge is quite corrupt. As there is movement beyond that layer of corruption
there is increasing clarity. The fire moves freely in the clear atmosphere, but when it reaches the
corruption the fire begins to burn it. In theory I am sure that we can all rejoice in the fact that this is so.
This is one way by which the corruption is disposed of. But the heat may seem to be uncomfortable at a
level which we cannot define until the corruption spills over into the physical cells of our bodies, which
then proceed to become well saturated also with corruption, toxins. The cells, apparently, at some point
proclaim that they have had enough and proceed to eject some of this toxic substance. Then we claim
that we are sick. “Poor me! I am sick. This is an increase of the discomfort that I knew before I was sick.
Now it is compounded in the physical realm.” And we look around to see who can do something about
it. Of course, in the general pattern of things, I suppose the doctor, of whatever ilk, is sought out and the
individual says, "Free me of this trouble."
While the trouble has all kinds of fancy names in the medical dictionary, it is all basically the same
thing. Of course the variation comes, at least partly, because of the particular cells in the body which are
crying out in their discomfort. The cells may be in one of the organs of the body, they may be in the
throat, they may be in the chest, they may be in the intestinal tract, they may be almost anywhere. So
we have various varieties of so-called flu, for instance, but the cause of the trouble is always the same;
at least it springs out of the same place. The trouble is invisible, and the poor cells of the body
eventually have to be crucified if the body as a whole is to continue to live. So human beings, ourselves
included, get sick—probably feel inclined to complain about it. We may not rush immediately to the
medical doctor as heretofore, but we call on somebody, I am sure—the ever-willing server, no doubt. If
we do this, why do we do it? “Come on, server. Help to clear the cells of my body of these wretched
toxins.” Well of course people do behave unwisely; the truth doesn't control in their living as a rule; so
they are inclined to eat what they feel like eating and do what they feel like doing without regard to the
fact that this may intensify the troubles in their cells. Maybe that's a good thing; it makes them aware of
it at least, if there is trouble there.
But we ourselves, I am sure, are concerned to allow essential transformation to occur in the
invisible realm of the origins of so-called illness and disease. This is the realm of the subconscious corruption which has dictated to human beings how they should behave. As we have noted many times
before, the conscious mind then comes along and justifies the behavior. Human beings are well fooled in
this regard, imagining that the conscious mind was there first and decided upon the behavior. No, all the
conscious mind does is to explain the behavior, to justify it, to give reasons for it. It sprang out of the
realm of corruption. Seeing that it sprang out of that realm, there is no way by which it can be justified.
Nevertheless the conscious mind has become expert in this field of justification. Virtually anything can
be justified by the conscious mind; it has had long centuries of practice. But the fact of the matter is that
what occurs erupts out of the corrupt state of the subconscious mind. The conscious mind is uncomfortable about that and so it has somehow to explain it away. Obviously the detoxification of the
cells of the body is important, but they are going to be retoxified unless something happens in the realm
of the corruption, the real corruption, the invisible corruption.
We have had, no doubt, the theory about disease being a means of healing, but you would have to
admit it has been mostly theory. There is one way by which everything can be detoxified very quickly:
thermonuclear war, it is called. All cells would rather rapidly be detoxified; at least it is heading in that
direction. This has it backwards however, just as the nutritionists tend to have it backwards. They want
to detoxify the cells through physical means, by diet, etc. However, one can never keep up with the
retoxifying process as long as the invisible corruption remains. It brings it back faster than the diet can
get rid of it. “Man shall not live by bread alone, but” by the process of invisible detoxification, “by every
word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.”
In this process of cleansing and purification of the invisible substance, which we would perhaps
refer to as pneumaplasm, it is achieved by reason of attunement—here we are back to attunements
again—by the vibrational Tone of the Word. However, the vibrational Tone of the Word in oneself must
proceed from oneself. It may be inspired perhaps or encouraged by somebody else, but unless it
proceeds from within oneself it doesn't work, or it only works momentarily.
We have the record of many healings at the hand of Jesus. He was present with the people. He
didn't heal everybody indiscriminately. The fact is He didn't heal anybody. They either came into a level
of agreement with Him, subconsciously mostly, or they weren't healed, because the healing proceeded
from within themselves. We have often referred to that poor gentleman who had been in a sad state for
a long, long time, lying by the pool, hoping for somebody to put him in—to get washed up I suppose.
The word of Jesus was—having asked the man whether he really wanted to be healed, he professed that
he did—“Take up your bed, and walk.” Get up! Stop lying around! And there is obviously something
present in a person, revealed through that man, which agreed with the point. So he got up. How long he
stayed up is another question. We do not hear particularly of any who in fact did stay up. Something
happened momentarily, there was momentary agreement with the truth; but, as is customary with
human beings, they usually revert into the old state. So the troubles reoccur, because there was no
adequate cleansing and purification of the heart, of the invisible level of corruption.
Human beings for a long time have had many self-improvement programs. These have been
emphasized in recent years, but they have been present in every generation all down through the ages.
There have been many theories, many techniques, many methods used, but human beings quite
evidently, while they may have benefited momentarily I suppose, did not succeed in what is clearly
required in human experience. This is about as far as anyone has ever gone: improvement. There may
be some value to human improvement, provided a person doesn't become self-satisfied in it. It may
open a window to the awareness that the true state of man resembles not at all the state in which
human beings now exist and you can't improve the state in which human beings now exist, so that that
state becomes the true state. It simply cannot be done; it isn't the true state, no matter how much it is
improved. The true state is something entirely different, entirely unknown, insofar as human memory is concerned. Because of the substance of corruption that is present, any conceivable memory of it can't
get through. But it isn't really such memory that is required anyway, because each moment is sufficient
unto itself. This was just as true of the moments of the past as it is of the present moment and of the
moments of the future.
So it isn't a matter of repeating something out of the past. This is the habit that human beings have
gotten into, isn't it? They are repetitious creatures, constantly repeating the things that kill them. There
is really no sense to that. It takes a lot of conscious mental effort to justify it. This has apparently been
successfully done over the millennia, even to this very hour, but what's the point? The conscious mind is
not there to justify the corruptions of the subsconscious mind. That's a vicious circle, isn't it? It just
maintains the corruption. The conscious mind is always justifying that corruption by trying to make it
look as though it is very commendable. Of course there are those things which are not commendable,
and the conscious mind will not hesitate to point to all the terrible things, particularly if they are present
in other people. But this is not the purpose of the conscious mind. It's a purpose in which the conscious
mind has become trapped. It has become so habitual that it is not noticed anymore. And all its brilliant
ideas are brought forth by reason of the corruption in the subconscious mind, in order to explain and
justify that corruption, make it look as though there was something right about it.
Here we have the dichotomy of good and evil, don't we? “Well there is a good side. There are some
good things about human beings in their present state. There may be some bad things—we'll admit
that—but there are some good things too.” As long as you can justify this corrupt state merely by
pointing to what are supposed to be good things there is the maintenance of the corrupt state. In fact it
is this that has maintained the corrupt state more than anything else. It hasn't been maintained by the
bad people; who are they anyway? Maybe there are a few of those who have, as it is said, committed
the unforgivable sin, the unpardonable sin, and therefore they are really bad. But did you really come
across any such? Oh there may be some historical figures. Hitler is usually a pretty good scapegoat in
that regard. We can get all our corruption out and put it into Hitler. Well maybe he had few redeeming
features as it turned out.
But it's none of our business anyway, to judge other people—just to permit something to happen
here in ourselves because we stop trying to justify good things. You don't try to justify bad things, do
you? You say, “Oh no. They should go away. They should be somehow cured.” Let's not have any cured
bad things around; that's preserved bad things, isn't it? People are always wanting to cure their
diseases—what a horrible thought!—preserve them indefinitely. Of course you can't do it. No. No more
justification. I heard that before somewhere. Maybe it was in the teachings of the Third Sacred School.
It's wonderful to have teachings, isn't it?
No more justification, no more judgment. “But this, after all, is pretty good.” Well it may be
deemed to be good in this state, but what about the true state? It wouldn't be there at all. It's a
different state, it's a different experience. This seems so revolutionary to most human consciousnesses
that they won't even look at it; but we recognize that the former things must pass away if all things are
to be made new. And this is the creative process. It is more profitable to be aligned with the creative
process than to resist it. Resisting it is done very largely by attempting to maintain what one deems to
be good, and of course you can't do that without endeavoring to get rid of what is deemed to be bad.
But you have both of them; they are both present, as the two ends of the same stick. You don't need the
stick!
There is a true state, the state which comes as there are those present who are willing to allow the
ascending flame to rise up and to burn the invisible corruption. As the invisible corruption is burned,
that purified state is reflected then at the visible level. This is the way it should work, the way it was designed to work. It can be done the other way around, as we noticed. You can dissolve all the visible
corruption, and that would take out the invisible at the same time. But then there would be nothing left! So the invisible corruption is to be purified by fire. And we find that various things rise up into our
awareness as this process proceeds. But having accepted the truth, we no longer try to excuse ourselves
by projecting what is simply coming up in ourselves out into our environment, onto other people, onto
the circumstances there. “These are at fault.” Never! Here is a beautiful restoring process occurring. The
fire is rising up. It is disposing of the corruption in the invisible sense, and that will be reflected in the
visible sense, so that the toxins in the cells, for instance, may be released.
Of course, because the truth is controlling in your expression, you will not deliberately bring into
your body again physical elements that could become toxins. You will be cautious about that. It's not too
easy these days, mind you, but there will be some thoughtfulness, in the assurance that what is coming
forth by reason of the purification of the invisible corruption will be clear insofar as the cells are
concerned, so that when the toxins go out there will be a clear cell there. You welcome that experience!
You give thanks—we heard something about that too, didn't we? In all things give thanks, because it is
the creative process by which all things are made new. We never look upon illness as an enemy. If you
look upon illness as an enemy, that's what it is to you, and sooner or later, out you go! Your enemy
prevails—triumph! It's not the right sort of triumph. Illness is a friend. It gives evidence of something
creative happening, if you will let it happen. If you interpret it as disease, then it is terrible and awful and
you shouldn't be suffering this way; you need to find someone to make it all better. That's a childish sort
of approach, isn't it? “Kiss me and make me better, so that I can still maintain my corrupt state”—that's
what the individual is saying—“so I can still enjoy my corruption.” But then it's not always enjoyable, is
it?
So we let it clear out because we are willing once more to assume the position where we belong,
here and now, upright in the air of the spirit, standing upon the earth—the connection, the point of
union, the point of blending between heaven and earth—so that all in the earth may be cleansed and
purified to reflect perfectly the beauty and the order of the heaven. Here we are to let this happen,
because the fire from above allows us to maintain steadfast polarity and attunement in the fire, the
same fire which is working from below. And it is all to the glory of God.
With thanks to Bill Bahan Jr
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