May 27, 2024
May 24, 2024
In These Pioneer Days On The Way Home
In These Pioneer Days On The Way Home
Young Explorers Training Course Paper #4
Uranda April 17, 1941
We come to a specific consideration of the landmarks to be found in the wilderness along the Way which leads Home. In the mountains, in the wilderness, or in the desert places, the one who would travel safely through should watch his landmarks and be constantly alert to the signs or evidences or indications relating to his safe passage in the proper direction along the Way. One who lives for many years in the mountains learns to read with understanding the vivid stories that are told on every hand by rocks and stones, by trees, by plants and bushes, by twigs upon the ground, by the grasses under foot, by the relics of bygone days, and by the habits of all the living things which dwell there. In the so-called “pioneer days,” as is well known, the Indians and Indian Scouts were able to read with understanding the natural signs along the way which they traveled.
It appears most logical and natural that there should be indications and signs along the Way of the Spiritual life, which may be seen and understood by those who are alert thereto, as surely as there are these more material signs which have been so intriguing to so many venturesome persons. [greatcosmicstory.blogspot.com/the-pioneering-spirit-martin-cecil-june.html]
Some years ago there was a boy who lived in the mountains under what might be called pioneer conditions. Though his life was filled with much hard toil there were times when, as he went about his work, he found relics of the days when Indians lived in that vicinity undisturbed by the so-called civilization of the white man. This boy liked to read the stories which he found in such places and things. Perhaps it was an Indian cave discovered while he was out cutting wood. In one such cave he found the remnants of an Indian bow, and other signs which indicated that a battle had been lost there. In another such cave he found rude walls built of stone to form fortifications against any enemy which might come charging up the mountainside. In many caves he found the hieroglyphics by which the Indians had left a story of their doings. Then again in some place high upon a hill, in a position commanding a view from every direction, he found evidences of an Indian camp—the hollowed-out stones upon which the Indians ground their corn, for example.
Looking about such an Indian camp site it was easy to locate the place where the Arrowhead Maker's tent, or wigwam, had stood. Digging about in the soil one could find arrowheads which had been spoiled in the process of making, and so discarded, and innumerable chips of flint telling of the way in which the arrowheads had been made. Since no flint could be found in that region, it was evident that the flint had been brought long distances to this Indian whose expert fingers had deftly heated pieces of the flint, and then with cleverness touched the stone with drops of water to chip out little by little the finished arrowheads. Yes, all these things, and so many more that a book could not contain them, were stories which this boy found in the mountains.
These things are of little importance now, though they may contain some interest for those who find them intriguing, but the important point is to be found in the fact that these fascinating hints of life may be seen by all who are alert to the signs on every hand. No, I do not mean that all of you can find Indian caves, or the place where the Arrowhead Maker deftly plied his art and trade, but I do mean that the things that are far more important to your present place in life, the things you need to know to allow the filling of that place, and the indications of that which is even now coming into manifestation in relationship to that place, are all clearly revealed to those whose understanding vision is alert to the signs along the Way.
Frequently the question is asked: What are the landmarks along the Way of Life,
and what are the signs by which I may know how to walk that Way?
It is well to practice the art of being alert in an outer sense, and of actually seeing that which may be seen; but unless that alertness extends to the realm of the implications of things to be, which may be found in the things that are, and unless the meanings of the things seen are readily understood, the practice of alertness will be of small value. Those who observe the reality revealed in each incident and experience along the way, and who learn the lesson with quickened understanding, begin to develop a sense of awareness that comprehends the important meanings of little things which most people overlook, and such Alert Ones find that the most frequently used landmarks are to be found in little things. Along the Way of Reality there are the Great Landmarks—, uch as the Eternal Principles and Laws—which relate to all things—and the generally recognized necessities of proper character and conduct—but there remains the question as to how these generalities may become specifically effective in the individual's own life.
Many people seem to think that greatness depends upon some one great deed or achievement, or upon the recognition of some one great truth. They fail to recognize that greatness, in any and every instance, is, if it be true greatness, made up of an infinite number of little things which manifest in proper relationship one toward another. In the pioneer days of the West the successful Indian Scout was one who could see and recognize and appreciate the tremendous importance of little things—things so little that the untrained eye would not even notice them. So is it also with you, in these Pioneer Days on the Way Home.
First you learn to see the little things which others overlook, then you learn to appreciate their value. Next you come into an understanding of the way to use all little things in their proper relationship one toward another in the formation of the greater things of life. In all of this it becomes evident that such successful function may not be achieved by means of a few set rules of do’s and don't’s, but that careful daily practice in the art of harmonization with and in the Natural Spirit of the Divinely Created little things, provides the only way by which the Explorer may in season become expert in understanding the signs which are so profusely provided along the Way—the signs which the majority of wanderers in the wilderness never see, or seeing, ignore.
In considering nature we find that she is lavish in her giving, and that there is a profusion which seems to some to lack order. It is true that man's wayward actions and attitudes have disturbed the Divinely Natural Order of nature, but it is likewise true that the human concepts of order are usually so fixed, so hard, so unyielding, and so lacking in lavishness—with a poverty of expression which is in sharp contrast to Nature's Profusion—that the Spirit of Life in Vibrational Being, which requires flexibility of form and action within the natural ranges of its own vibration, is usually squeezed from out the form, so that all that remains is a dead and crystallized order which must be maintained by struggle and striving, and which must be zealously guarded by the sweat of his brow in a manner which precludes any possibility of true enjoyment. In the crystallized world which man has made, the dead forms of an arbitrary order destroy the sensitivity to the signs which are provided in the midst of Nature's Profusion. In this, as in all other things, there is the Central Way. Let the Faithful Ones walk therein.
We come now to the point of considering more thoroughly the way and the manner of the Divine doing of that which is to be done. In the world at large, excluding the proponents of all kinds of do nothing, and dependence upon others' ideas, there are two primary attitudes to be found—one, the prevalent idea of achievement by means of strenuous muscular and mental activity in the attitude of using force without regard to the Spiritual or Vibrational Nature of things. And second, those who think that they depend upon the Divine Power of God, but who expect God to use some magic means to answer prayer or grant requests, without respect to the individual's own actual function in the realm of whatever mysterious laws of God there may be, by which such results are supposed to be achieved.
The human idea of the proper way to measure the degree of Divine Power actually manifest in any instance or circumstance, is that of to what degree was it instantaneous. If there was nothing startling or instantaneous or seemingly miraculous, the popular concept is to reject any thought of the presence or action of Divine Power. Most human beings seem to think that God, in whatever form or fashion they may conceive Him to exist, must be by nature most impulsive, given to action without prior meditation, and expecting all action to be instantaneously complete, both as to the action itself and as to the results thereof.
They forget that God, in whatever form or fashion He may be existent, is eternal, and that living in eternity, God can well afford to take all the time needful for the completion of any given act. It is only the human being, in his futile attempt to hoard the fleeting moments of his brief life span, who thinks that the supreme evidence of Divinity is to be found in some Mysterious Power by which instantaneous results to every whim or wish might be had. To the degree that this is seen to be true, it is easy to consider the Divine as being unhurried and yet consistently effective in action; as being unlimited by the passage of time and yet considerate of the use of each moment; as being capable of the joys and privileges of meditation and considered reflection, as well as being capable of such instantaneous action in thought or deed as might be required; and as being capable of thoroughly enjoying the perfect work of His own hands, so that He has no need for the sufferings and strivings and futilities of wayward mankind to supplement the delights of His Own Being and Handiwork.
As you let your consciousness and function become adjusted to this New View of that which is Divine, you will find yourself in position to relax into the nature of the Divine, and thus begin to allow the Profusion of Divine Expression through you, not according to some fixed and soulless concept of human order, but in a Divine Order that allows the seeming confusion of creative activity which is as yet incomplete, and in which you begin to find the joys and delights of Being which may be known in no other way. In this you begin to be a true contact point between Heaven and Earth, and you begin to be understandingly alert to the infinite detail of the little things by means of which great creations are made manifest. [greatcosmicstory.blogspot.com/from-kingdom-of-little-things-martin.html]
Thus may you begin to see the untold value of the outer provisions which God has made for your delight, and to recognize the Spirit of the Divine Expression contained within each part and phase of the whole creation, which the blindly rushing mortals overlook in their haste to achieve greatness. If one fails to see the little things which indicate the trend of any given outworking, and waits until he can see some big thing to tell the story, he will find that it is then too late, and that the circumstance is upon him before he is aware of its coming—and then he bemoans his hard fate, bewailing the supposed fact that he had not been warned in time.
Some individuals seem to think that they should be able to let the Divine Expression of God manifest through themselves perfectly and completely, if they respond enough, without having gone through any period of practice. This is a false concept. The Temple of the Lord has to be trained in the service and function of the Lord. The right response to the Lord includes a complete willingness on the part of the Temple to undergo long and careful training, so that the Temple may become so perfectly polarized in reality that it may be a perfect channel through which the Lord may accomplish His Works in the earth.
The importance of the present daily activities is primarily contained in the fact that they afford each one the opportunity to practice the Art of Letting the Lord express through and under varying, and sometimes difficult, circumstances. It should be realized that every thought, word and deed affords an opportunity for practice in right response, and for practice in the Art of Letting the Lord do the Work. So if the consciousness of the body is not alert to the little things, and the Spirit of the little things, how will it be able to let the Lord's expression concerning the little things come through?
The fact that the Lord knows and is perfect in expression is not enough, insofar as the outer is concerned. That is only the Positive Phase of the operation. Unless the Negative Phase is trained to respond easily on the Right Vibration at the Right Time, the fact of the Positive Radiation of the Right Expression at the Right Time, from the Lord, will have no meaning in the outer. It is only that which comes through from the Lord into the outer that can influence events and conditions in the outer world. Therefore, the outer Temple must be patient and let itself be trained day-by-day in the Art of Right Response on the Right Vibration at the Right Time in letting that which is of the Lord come through into manifestation.
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May 20, 2024
The Authority And Glory Of The Father Made Manifest In The Son
The Authority And Glory Of The Father
Made Manifest In The Son
an edited excerpt
Martin Exeter March 18, 1984 p.m.
“And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.” [John 17:23] “… that the world may know that thou hast sent me …” The world does not yet know this insofar as the One who spoke these words is concerned. That certainly was not known by those who were in His vicinity when He was on earth. There have been those who subsequently assumed that they knew that He had been sent by the Father, but insofar as they were concerned it has been a theory. It is not something that is known; it is thought of in terms of this one man who, when He was on earth, was rejected. There was no way by which He could be accepted subsequent to His rejection.
The acceptance of the truth had to come in a new way. This new way was pointed to: “… Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.” [Matthew 23:39] It has been anticipated that somehow He would put in an appearance in the future; this has been defined as the second coming of Christ, believed in earnestly by many sincere people. But whatever that might mean, factually, would not be known until there were those who would say, “Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.”
When Uranda was on earth he pointed to these truths and presented himself as one who came in the name of the Lord. This presentation was based in the quality of his character and his living, and there were those who at that time said, in effect: “Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.” I personally was included amongst those. On this basis the One who spoke the words originally, “Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord,” began once again to be seen, once again to be known. [greatcosmicstory.blogspot.com/2024/05/letting-father-live-on-earth.html]
After Uranda left, I presented myself as one who came in the name of the Lord. These things may not have been specifically said but the proclamation was made on the basis of character and living, to be proven out over a period of time. And there have been those who have said, “Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.” To the extent that this was honestly said, it became apparent to those that the Lord could be seen once again. This provided an essential beginning point for the drawing together and the manifestation of a Body for the Lord, the Body of the Son—a New Body. To the extent that this is actually taking place—and you, amongst others, know in your hearts what that extent is personally speaking—there has been present One who comes in the name of the Lord. This One is not one person, but there is One Body in whom the One Spirit is incarnate, revealing the fact that the Son, once again, is appearing on earth to reveal the Father. This could be called the second coming of Christ, but it is a very natural process. It doesn't seem to fulfil the expectations of what is looked for in the sky, but it does fulfil the expectations of what is rightly looked for in the heaven. And so there is One who comes in the name of the Lord.
The verses out of the 17th chapter of the Gospel according to John are indication of what should be: “That they all may be one … and that the world may know that thou hast sent me.” Heretofore the world has not known that the One called Jesus was sent of the Father—in spite of what has been called Christianity, that has not been known. It has been an idea in the minds of many people that it was so, but the only time that it could be known, insofar as He personally was concerned, was when He was present on earth. After He was no longer present in the form that was then known of one individual, that truth could no longer be known. The Christian world has tried to recall the past but it cannot be done. Factually, when Jesus was on earth, it was not known that the Father had sent Him. That was rejected, and as it worked out He was crucified in consequence.
But this is something that must be known. The only way it can now be known, which was to be anticipated after His rejection, was by reason of a New Body, a Body in which He might be incarnate on earth, carrying authority. This would certainly not be as it was before, when it was possible for human beings to reject Him as an individual without at that point sealing their own doom. Another chance was given—relating to the Third Sacred School. When the opportunity of His presence on earth was rejected, that finished that insofar as that personal body was concerned. If there was to be another chance there would have to be a New Body for His incarnation; and this New Body would carry the authority of the Son—the authority which would require that it be accepted or, on the other hand, rejected. But the situation would be quite different to what it was before.
“… that the world may know that thou hast sent me …” How will the world know? Because there is the evidence of the One who has been sent, in the Body with which we ourselves are becoming increasingly familiar. The world may know. They may accept or they may reject, but the world must know, and that knowing comes because the authority of the Son is present on earth. We can see this as the dominion of God restored—man was created in the beginning to have dominion. The Son has the dominion of the Father. The Son is restored on earth by reason of the body of mankind. All come to know that the Father has sent the Son. We are not anxious to go out and try to proclaim these things; there is no need. The fact becomes obvious, increasingly so, as there are those who share in coming in the name of the Lord. Then the opportunity for anyone to say, “Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord,” is available. Some will likely say, “Cursed is he”—that is up to them.
The distinction, from what happened before, now is that the authority is emerging in such a way that it cannot be set aside. It could be set aside before when this one man came. If there had been those available to Him who would let His New Body be established then, it could not have been set aside then. But because He was left alone and He only had His individual body, then the authority could be set aside, and He allowed it to be set aside. It was at that point that He established the basis for the re-emergence of a Body in the days to come. The days to come are now—they have come. We have some increasing awareness of this in our own personal recognition of having been sent. We no longer play human games anymore—these are no more for us.
There is something to be done;
it is done by the Son who is the Father living on earth,
and therefore has the authority.
Only to the extent that the Son is living on earth is there the authority, and that authority reestablishes the dominion of the Almighty on earth. In the passage which I read are these words: “And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.” We all are aware of what that statement “in my name” means: it's in my Body. “If my authority is being expressed in my Body, then whatever is necessary is done.” There is no question—the restoration of dominion puts in an appearance as the Body is proven—which means, as those individuals who aspire to compose the Body are proven. Obviously the authority is not for human purposes.
Someone mentioned the occasion when the Master was asleep in a boat and a storm came up. The disciples were afraid, so they woke Him, and He rebuked the wind and the waves. Peace, be still, and there was a great calm. What sort of a man is this who could rebuke the wind and the waves and be obeyed? That looks like a rather farfetched story, doesn't it? After all, the weather is unpredictable! Would it be such a strange thing if the authority of the Father was reestablished on earth for even the weather to be controllable? The weather is the way it is, apparently unpredictable, swinging to extremes in remarkable ways, because of the state of mankind. What human beings do on earth affects everything, and so we have troubles and tribulations of all sorts.
What is probably more important than the weather is what is going on with the winds and the waves in human experience, in human minds and hearts. This has apparently become uncontrollable. There are some who try to manipulate it this way and that. They succeed perhaps after a fashion, but in their success they generate forces which are beyond their control. So there are many things happening in the body of mankind that are apparently quite destructive, and seemingly nobody knows what to do about it. It is good that they should find out that they don't know what to do about it. But we know—we are aware of what should be done. We came to do it, after all: to give form to the Body of the Son on earth. That requires something very specific of each one individually. The quality and character of living must prove it out. It is quite clear in the consciousness of all concerned that there are no justifications for anything other than proving it out. That is what we are here to do: to provide a Body in which the authority of the Father may be present.
This is a drastic change [greatcosmicstory.blogspot.com/2023/05/christ-spiritonly-begotten-son-of-god.html] in the world that has been known. There has not been anything like it heretofore. There was a very small indication of something when Jesus was here. But what would it be if the essential Body of the Son is present and in action on earth, carrying the authority of the Father? Well let's find out.
We are in the process of finding out, but let us be assured in the matter, so that we don't feel it is necessary at any point to revert into the old ways of separateness: “Oh I have my affairs to attend to.” We all have our responsibilities but they are not outside of the Body of the Son. Everything is within the Body of the Son, so in that sense they are not one's own personal affairs. One may have a personal responsibility for handling what needs to be handled, but it is handled by reason of the presence of the Son, by reason of participation in that Body. I see people still trying to live their own lives without regard to what it is that is needful by reason of the presence of the Son on earth in His Body. We are beginning to awaken to what is needful, so that we are able to act intelligently, and we do not see anything that comes within the range of what has heretofore been thought of as personal as being outside of the Body of the Son. It's all contained, or we are not contained! There is nothing outside of the Body of the Son.
I made mention of this remarkable book, the Bible, this morning, particularly with respect to the words of Jesus, but there is much that warrants attention and understanding throughout this book. I am sure you recall the words of the 91st Psalm, for instance. We have been considering them recently: “He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.” These words usually are thought of simply as applying to the individual. Could it be that the word “he” is used as indicating mankind, or as indicating the Body of the Son? It isn't an individual matter alone; it's something that relates to the Body of the Son, and that Body must be there for it to happen. It's interesting to read this Psalm with that in mind: “He [this collective body] that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.”
And then the Body speaks: “I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.” This requires that each individual says that. But the effectiveness comes because of the Body. “Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.” Reference is here being made to the Body. Something may need to happen within the cells of the Body to restore the health of the Body. Certainly this is true of our individual bodies; all the toxic wastes need to be cast out, and sometimes that is rather a painful business, a noisome business even. So there is the need for the purging individually if there is to be the Body collectively. So it's not such a bad deal that we sometimes suffer so terribly! Purging. Let it be that. Don't become self-centered in the matter: “Poor me, I feel so miserable. Somebody help me; somebody understand what is happening in me and give me the right treatment.” Let's be willing to be purged.
“He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.” This relates to the Body of the Son. “Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.”
“Oh goody, I'm going to be protected!” It doesn't really say that. It says that the Body of the Son of God is secure. Abide in that Body and maybe we will experience what that security is. “Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.'' The heart doesn't become involved. Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.” This is true of the Body of the Son of God. “For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.” Who are the angels? You and you and you and you and I. We are responsible, as angels, for the Body of the Son of God. “They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.” There is our responsibility for the Body.
And finally here is the Word of the Father spoken by the Son: “Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him. With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.” All this pertains to the Son incarnate on earth in His Body, carrying the authority of the Father, that whatsoever is asked may be done; not asked by some human mind or some impure heart but asked by the angel of the Lord incarnate. And it is done; the authority of the Father is present and increasingly known. We just let it appear. I think we know something about it already. Things come together; things work. There is a natural operation in consequence of the presence of the Son in His Body on earth; and we discover what the greater works are as we continue to let it be.
The dominion of God is reestablished on earth by reason of the Son, the dominion of the Father revealed through the Son because He has an obedient Body on earth. How obedient is your individual body to the angel who you are; not to the demands of the impure heart or the insistence of the mind, but how obedient is your body to the spirit of the Father? The only way your body can be obedient to that spirit is through a sanctified mind and a pure heart. The body cannot be acted upon directly. The intervening substance must be clear, the intervening substance of consciousness, so that the authority of the Father may be made manifest in the Son. And that authority is very real.
There was one, at the time when Jesus was on earth, who had some recognition of this. He was a Roman, a soldier at that. “Speak the Word only, and my servant shall be healed.” Here was one who, according to his understanding at that point, was aware that the authority of the Father was present. He was one point in the world who knew that the Son had been sent by the Father. Presumably he had been aware of some other of the actions of Jesus, but I suspect it was something that he himself sensed from within himself, an awareness of authority. In fact he pointed to that fact. He had some awareness of authority himself, being a soldier. He had authority over others and there were those who had authority over him, so he knew how it worked. But he sensed the authority, the spiritual authority, that was present in this man, Jesus, and acknowledged it.
The world must know that authority. Some will acknowledge it, some will reject it. But it doesn't matter anymore which way it goes because the authority is present and cannot be set aside. Those who acknowledge it and receive it into their own experience find themselves a part of the creative process which is occurring, the resurrection which is taking place. Those who become aware of it and reject it are moving in the other direction. The point is now that the Son cannot be denied with impunity. Of course He never could be. Human beings have been proving that out in their experience all down through the millennia. But ultimately there is a point reached for mankind where the issue is brought to resolution, and that is in these days. That is our responsibility.
I am so very thankful that there are those who know these things and have reached a point where they cannot do anything else in their living, through body and mind and heart, than to allow this authority to find expression. It isn't a matter of choice anymore; it's just a matter of obedience. We may have thought we had a choice somewhere back along the way but we discover, somewhere, sometime, if we keep moving along, that we really do not have any choice. We just simply do what is required of us. The fantasy of choice vanishes from human experience. The reality of the compulsion of spirit brings forth what is required in the moment, and we would under no circumstances try to stop it. So we share this absoluteness increasingly. We have no experience of life, rightly, but the life of the Son. We all individually have a unique part to play in that experience, but it is all the life of the Son. Whether we are male or female, this is what it is.
The Father is glorified on the earth because of the Son
And that Glory, when allowed to appear through the Body which He built, is undeniable. It may not seem like Glory to some, it may seem like a consuming flame, but it is the Glory which is natural in the expression of the Son on earth, revealing the Father. We rejoice in that revelation, sharing it as one. The evidence of authority, is made manifest in an increasing variety of ways. This requires some care in the way we handle our affairs, for we recognize that there is the requirement of excellency. We do it right, as we use all things to advantage under the authority of the Son.
We are capable of allowing the Glory of the Father to be revealed by the Son, according to our present ability to so do. But let us allow our present ability to be occupied one hundred percent. When it is occupied one hundred percent, then that ability can expand. If it is not occupied a hundred percent there is no point in expanding it, is there? There is still space. Let us let it be filled full, pressed down, shaken together and running over, and behold the capacity expands, so that the Greater Glory of the Son in the revelation of the Father may be known on earth in practical ways, in the living of our own individual lives where we do what we have to do. And we do it in the name of the Son, because we abide in the Son, and behold the authority of the Father fills our field of operations. Our field of operations is part of a greater field of operations. We are not in position to see what the extent of those greater operations really is, of which our smaller operation is a part, so there is no point in judging anything. We let it be whatever it is and allow our expression of living to be a revelation of the Father, and the authority of the Father made manifest in the Son.
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