Blessed Are They That Mourn
Sermon On The Mount
from Secrets of Being
Uranda April 16, 1953 Class
The Master continued in this pattern of Meditation which is spoken of as the Sermon On The Mount: “Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.” “Blessed are they that mourn.” Does this mean that one should go about seeking some cause for mourning, something about which to be sad? If one can find no other thing, perhaps one can indulge in a bit of self-pity, and become exceptionally sad and mournful. Is this what it means? Obviously not. We remember the Master’s word, at another time, about His joy—“that their joy may be full”—conveying the reality of joy. But what does it mean here?
We recognize that the process of translation always tends to limit the original significance, and what the Master said here refers to those who are not satisfied, those who mourn, those who are sad that the conditions in the world are not as they ought to be, that the things of Heaven have not yet appeared, that the beauty of Being is not evident, that the wonder of God’s Love is not fully revealed, those who mourn because man has been separated for so long from God, those who mourn because their own lives have not yet come to the pattern of fulfilment by which they might know the joys of living creatively, those who mourn because the Power of God has not been permitted to clear the ill things from the affairs of men.
“Blessed are they that mourn” because the Kingdom of God is not yet fully manifest. “Blessed are they that mourn” because the boundaries of the Kingdom have not been fully received in the world of the children of men, “for they shall be comforted.” And what would it take to comfort one who so mourned? Simply that the Kingdom of Heaven should take form on earth, that the Power of God should manifest in human lives, that the Beauty of God’s Truth and the Wonder of His Love might express in true Living.
So, you have come to know, as you have moved along the Way to this hour, that when you respond to some condition, some vibratory factor, that is not of God, you begin to feel uncomfortable within, you begin to lose your peace, you begin to know that in human strength you cannot accomplish that to which you are called, and you begin to need comforting. If, in such a moment, you become self-centered and begin to pity yourself, your state is sad indeed. But if, under the influence of such pressures, you turn deliberately to God and yield anew to Him, you find that the Power of God is sufficient for the moment, is sufficient always, and you have the privilege of receiving that Power, the Power of the Kingdom, into manifestation in relationship to your life and your condition. The futility passes, the sense of weakness vanishes, and you are comforted, comforted in a realization of what it means to be a member on earth of the Body of God Almighty, and that you have the privilege of letting His Shadow, the evidence of His Presence, find expression on earth in thought and word and deed, to His Glory and to the Blessing of all who will receive.
I thank God tonight for the Holy Privilege of sharing such an adventure with you, such a joy, such a creative accomplishment, that we may receive the reality of the Kingdom of Heaven, and that we may be truly comforted as we let this fulfilment appear in our lives. Blessed Ones, the privilege of serving God and man is ours. Let us make use of every opportunity, that we may share the privileges of dwelling in the Secret Place of the Most High and abiding under the Shadow of the Almighty—for this is the Victory, and only by such Victory can we be comforted. This is the Will of our LORD and KING for you.
Heavenly Father, we thank Thee for the privilege of relaxing into the Spirit of Thy Presence this night, that we may so receive refreshing in body and mind and heart that we may on the morrow arise with the dawning of a New Day; ready to let Thy Kingdom take form on earth because we live; ready to take another step along the Way; ready to see more clearly the beauty of Thy Truth; ready to share the Victory of Living and letting Thy Kingdom come, and Thy Will be done on earth as it is in Heaven—for Thine is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory, forever. In the Christ. Aum-en.
© emissaries of divine light
