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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