My Spirit To Yours Dear Brother, Dear Sister
David Barnes March 31, 2024 Salmon Arm, B.C.
We leave behind religious conditioning that surrounds Easter commemorations, and move into a New Heaven that imbues our meditations with life and vitality, because of the presence of the Sons and Daughters of God right here right now. And thus everything is brought up to date, in the present moment of resurrection and possibility for the Christ Body. We remove the grave clothes, fold them carefully and leave them in the darkened place, and we move out into the Garden experience that is available to everybody who attunes to the spirit moving in the New Heaven.
When I use the term Christ Body I mean qualities of spirit that are being expressed through human beings—human forms with capacities of consciousness that each God Being created for a specific purpose, as part of the Archangelic Body and purpose. This, now emerging as the Christ Body, is a vehicle through which Creator Beings express and create, bringing the government of the spirit into the world.
I will read a few verses from a poem by Walt Whitman titled, “To Him That Was Crucified”. I'm not wrapped up in the crucifixion story at Easter; but I am very interested in what occurred spiritually at that time, when a seed was planted in the Garden consciousness, and over time it grew and became something quite different than the original seed itself. Now, we are aware that it is our responsibility to tend and keep the Garden, and let the planting flourish under our hand. Here is what Walt Whitman had to say about 150 years ago in a poem that is a direct message addressed to Jesus the Christ. He begins, “My spirit to yours dear brother”.
“My spirit to yours dear brother,
Do not mind because many sounding your name do not understand you,
I do not sound your name, but I understand you,
I specify you with joy O my comrade to salute you, and to salute those who are with you, before and since, and those to come also,
That we all labor together transmitting the same charge and succession …
We walk silent among disputes and assertions, but reject not the disputers nor any thing that is asserted,
We hear the bawling and din, we are reach'd at by divisions, jealousies, recriminations on every side,
They close peremptorily upon us to surround us, my comrade,
Yet we walk unheld, free, the whole earth over, journeying up and down
till we make our ineffaceable mark upon time and the diverse eras,
Till we saturate time and eras, that the men and women of races, ages to come, may prove brethren and lovers as we are.”
Here is the voice of one speaking to an intimate spiritual comrade, a friend who was as immediately present to him in that moment as if he had been back there 1900 years ago with the Master Jesus. But I particularly want to emphasize two things. First: “Do not mind because many sounding your name do not understand you. I do not sound your name, but I understand you.” The Name—recognizing that we are in heaven and on Holy Ground, we could say that the Name is the Body of the Son of God. We are “in the Name”. We are in the Body of the Son. We are in the Body of the Sun, that great orb that centers this solar system; and as human beings we are in the Body of the Son—the Body of the God Being within, and the Body of the Archangelic Son. Second: Whitman expressed, “My spirit to yours dear brother.” I could say that to each of you, in thanksgiving for what you bring of your own spirit: “My spirit to yours dear brother, dear sister.” I could say that to Stewart or to John, recognizing the fine stature and largess of spirit: “My spirit to yours dear brother.” Or I could say to Anne, “My spirit to yours dear sister.” We may not go about speaking those words out loud to each other, but walking on Holy Ground we acknowledge that, really, it is always so. And there are other phrases too, that we might use in the Body of the Son. Uranda mentioned that his preferred term to use, when speaking of the God Being, would be, “My Prince.”
When we move in a sacred atmosphere together, conscious of being on Holy Ground, and aware of the Burning Bush at the Core of the Body of the Son of God—the orb of the Sun is a symbol of the burning bush—there is opportunity for holy greeting, sacred interchange and acknowledgment, before we get down to business, the Father's business. Uranda gave a beautiful service in 1954 titled, “Co-owner In The Father's Business.” In the Body of the Son we are Sons and Daughters in our Divine human beingness, and from the standpoint of the God Being we are Lords of our creation, male and female, Lords who love the design of being that is evident in the clarity of the New Heaven and the New Earth that we know. We live in this Body of the Sun at the level of the outer world; but we also live in the Body of the Son that is the formation of God Beings coming into differentiated manifestation of the design in heaven, revealed through you and me and others.
I watch the news and the public affairs programs on the internet and on TV. I've been surprised and delighted to see and hear the radiance beginning to emerge through many of those who are reading the news, and many who are being interviewed. As well, I can see the brutality and the destructiveness, and the inability to recognize the sanctity of life, and to say in attitude, “My spirit to yours dear brother, dear sister.” But I have been noting how the radiance is coming through many in the Body of God—for example, our head CBC news anchor, in whom there is such an abundance of competence and stability, compassion and deep care. It pours out of her and through the screen, and I say, “My spirit to yours dear sister.” She is just one among many. I mention this because here is evidence of what is taking place in the Body of the Son—not what is taking place in the tomb, but evidence of those beginning to emerge into the Garden experience.
A broader spectrum of representation is evident in this emerging New Nation, this part of the Body of God that is the focus of Son consciousness. It isn't visible to the same degree in and through each member in the exactly same way that it may be present in the conscious mind and heart of those who provide that focus, but the radiance of it permeates the Whole Body—those who are somehow catalyzed into agreement with its spirit, finding some measure of union with it. It is easy to see that the illumination of the Whole Body is showing, catalyzed by the illumination taking place in the focus pattern lodged in the Head of the One Body emerging on earth. And that is us in this service pattern; that is us in the Tone of Life service pattern; that is us through all the attunement gatherings; that is us and others. We have been called to this time, called to recognize and know, called to let the radiance of the Light of the City in the Son—and the City in the Sun—increase here on earth; not so much through increasing numbers of people, but through enlarging and amplifying the radiance of those who already know that this is why I am here.
We are the Holy City. Angels incarnate are a Holy City in the Son; the Body of the Son as it relates to this world—all of humanity being resurrected and moving in this restoration cycle—is a Radiant City in a larger Body of the Son. And so each of us can say, “I am a Holy City within a Greater City, within the Body of the Son”—the Body of the Son of God, and the Body of the Sun of the whole Solar Entity.
There are many things that could be considered in relationship to the design as we begin to discover it emerging in our own consciousness. It relates to our own specific purpose for being here; and no one can bring what the other one brings. There may be overlap in some who are working together within specific groupings of angels in the Body, but each of us brings something quite unique. The whole Body needs to be filled out, so that there is a functioning Being and Body here.
The Bhagavad Gita speaks about the nine gateways of the body; gateways for radiance and for response, gateways for assimilation and gateways for elimination. There are also three other primary gateways, related to the consciousness of the mental level, the heart or emotional level, and the spiritual expression level, in their responsive and radiant aspects. So we have twelve primary gateways in the Body of the Son of God, and the thirteenth is the Son Himself, the Wonderful One Within, who created the Body with its twelve gateways for the reception and release of spirit in accord with the purposes of the Father. And of course, in the Body we have seven other primary gateways, representing the Archangelic focal points that are present in the City in the Son. So we have the seven and the twelve in our individual makeup, and in the makeup of the developing Body of the Son of God. All these things begin to dawn on us.
I am sharing some of what I am becoming aware of, flooding into consciousness through this crossover point, this human being; and each one of us will have different things coming into consciousness from On High, thoughts and ideas that relate to our specific responsibility; and ways will naturally appear to blend with other members of the One Body who share related fields of function. This is happening. The little tribulations that arise between us from time to time are no big deal really. The development of this Body is well underway! It is not going to disappear. And what appears as points of difference or misunderstanding can quickly dissolve as attention is given in the right place, and we proceed. We will have to make adjustments, but these things that come and go in the purification that we share in this resurrection cycle, these cloudy areas will pass away. And we can help them pass away more quickly—or maybe not. Sometimes it is best to leave them alone for a little bit, and not misinterpret what's going on.
We continue to move in a purification cycle, allowing more of this Body of the Son to come forth and be effective in function through each individual member, and through the whole. And every person, all of the creation—animal, vegetable, mineral; and the crowning creation, the human being—all of it is moving in this one grand restorative cycle, with its purpose being to bring as many as will come into a totally new experience from what has heretofore been known in the state of “fallen man.” Although we are in the world of mixed up, confused and imprisoned human beings, we ourselves do not have to be imprisoned. As Whitman said:
“Yet we walk unheld, free, the whole earth over, journeying up and down
till we make our ineffaceable mark upon time and the diverse eras,
Till we saturate time and eras, that the men and women of races, ages to come, may prove brethren and lovers as we are.”
This is the Word of the Third Sacred School. This is the Word of Emissaries of Divine Light. This is the Word extending from the Temple of Light. This is the sounding of the Tone of Life and Love. It has never been exclusive; even though I know that in my human makeup I've been exclusive in times past. One of the greatest blessings the Master brought throughout His Ministry was a continuous spirit of forgiveness. His last words were, “Father, forgive them.”
That phrase, that Word, is resounding in my soul over this Easter season. “Father, forgive me, for I did not know what I was doing in those moments. My human soul speaks these words directly to the Father of All, and to the Mother of All, for not being the true Son of Father and Mother God—or for not being the true Daughter of Father and Mother God. “Father, Mother, forgive me, for I did not know.” And there is forgiveness for what may yet transgress in the future, as we move onward through the cycles of purification and regeneration together. But the word is, “Father, forgive them”—forgive all those that we can see in the world who slip and slide in the mud of human nature.
And it is so, as we move ahead together. It is One Spirit, One Body, no matter how many formations emerge, formations that are differentiated aspects of this Body, formations that are required to accomplish certain things in the world, through the release of the spirit of this Body. We're in a new time. This is the time for the Sons and Daughters of God in this Body to come forth, and bring what is theirs to bring into the body of mankind, with whom each one has particular connections and responsibilities that maybe others don't know anything about; and don't have to know anything about just yet—but you know that it is so for you. There is One Vine, One Vehicle, One Body differentiated to enfold and serve multiple opportunities that are at hand—and more will come as we use these ones rightly.
This is some of what I feel emerging in the Garden experience—out of the tomb, and into the experience of the Son, who was never in the tomb but is always in the Garden. It is only the human facilities that have been entombed. “Imprisoned Splendor,” Robert Browning called it, the human condition—imprisoned splendor now released from the prison, walking out of the tomb and into the Garden. And so, may these words provide assurance that we are working together no matter what formations we may find ourselves a part of. We each bring the spirit of the angel into the Body just as it is right now. My spirit to yours, dear brother, dear sister. Forgive me my trespasses. I see you and I know you.
“Forgive them Father, their trespasses—this is now my responsibility. My responsibility is to release the spirit of forgiveness, and then the prison doors may open, and people make their choices. We know we've gone in and out in times past; not so much anymore. “My spirit to yours”—to each one here, the ones I'm with right now. “My spirit to your spirit, dear brother, dear sister.” On this Easter day—in this Grand Easter Day of the Ages—where the resurrection and the restoration of the Body of the Son of Father and Mother is happening, and we're a part of that happening. On this Grand Easter day, “My spirit to yours, dear brother, dear sister.”
Gary Courtland-Miles — Greetings Angels, brothers, sisters. Thank you Father for this strengthening, this powerful spirit that has been with us, strengthening us in our Priesthood, our Priesthood that blesses the whole earth and also blesses each other. We bless each other, we lift each other up, we recognize the beauty and radiance of each one. So let us continue to do a new thing, let a new thing be done. Turns out that new thing is that Glory we had in the beginning with Father and Mother God before the foundation of this world. So let us continue to rise up and let it be done.
My spirit to yours, Dear Brother, Dear Sister
