Susannah Light, Costa Rica and Carol Travis, Eastland, Texas
June 23, 2022
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the eternal heartbeat
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a wondrous woman appearing
clothed with the radiance of the sun
with the full moon in her belly and twelve nations gathered round
bearing gifts from the past
promises for the future
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Susannah Light — Thank you David. I'm really pleased and grateful to be here with you this morning, with gratitude from a very deep place in my heart. I greet you from my tropical garden home in Costa Rica. It's a lovely morning here, and as spoken in the beautiful poem that we just heard, we're in the season of the summer solstice, a new morning, as I like to say—a morning that's filled with wonder, power and grace. It is so good to be with you in that wonder, power and grace. It's good to pause and breathe this breath of life, together in one accord as it has been said. This is truly a gathering of kindred angelic spirits. It's a privilege, is it not, to bring our beings and our beingness together into this radiant circle. May something be lifted up among us today, that is a sweet smelling offering to the LORD. I've had in-person connections with some of you, especially while I lived at Sunrise Ranch, and I trust that the good LORD will bring us more of those opportunities for in person connection in the days to come. Today I present myself to you in this Temple of Light, to be known by you, and to join with you in a radiant offering upward to the Almighty.
There is a phrase from author and teacher, Dan Millman, that comes to mind: “There are no ordinary moments.” I can tell you that in recent times I have felt extraordinary inspiration and spiritual potentiality stemming from these precious Zoom-room Communions. I have felt extraordinary awakenings of vibrancy—rekindling within me the fires of my first love. My time of preparation for this service today has been a heartful journey deep into what I value the most. Carol and I have shared considerations of the finest essences. I think I visited every chamber of my heart!
I'd like to visit the word “inspire” with you. When we are inspired, we tend to feel good, but I'd like to visit a place far beyond that. All of us here have a deep and solid connection to the good Lord within us, with our point of response. I'm also aware that within me there are places and times when parts of my potentiality, even my consciousness, lie inactive. In recent services we have heard the call to action, in such deeply moving phrases as: “Finishing the work”, “Loving with all”, and “fulfilling the prayer and invitation of the LORD” in John 17. This stirs inspired action and awakenings in me, that also reverberate out from me. The verb form of “inspire” is in some definitions as follows: “To fill (someone) with urge or ability to do or feel something, especially to do something creative.” Imagine how powerfully we can literally bring something to life, bring movement and creative action into the world through the very simple gift of bringing inspiration.
When in April the prayer of Jesus in John 17 was brought by Stewart Berger and David Barnes [templeoflightservices.blogspot.com/my-spirit-to-yours-youtube-video.html] on Easter Sunday in a Temple of Light service, and later expanded in great depth by Yujin Pak, my spirit was exceedingly uplifted. I felt as though the breath of life had filled me, animated me once more. I have always treasured this prayer and retained it in my bosom as a sacred promise already fulfilled, throughout my years alone in the desert. The desert for me was my journey out from the mental confines of my family church structure. This highest of prayers in John 17 stood as a beacon of light as I reached for truth that was not dictated or filtered by the mind of man. In it was the LORD's fervent petition on my behalf to be received into the oneness, and the Eternal Love that He and the Father have had always, before the world was.
This invitation to be with them in that Greatest Love and Greatest Union ever known, to me, penetrated every barrier of strife or confusion created by human ideas of what would “save us” or what, for instance, Christianity might look like. I came to love that farewell message of Jesus above all else. I'm not sure whether I knew that anyone else valued it as I did—our LORD's final Will, witnessed by His Father and heard by us. But hearing these verses raised up through your voices and your presences, ignited once more the fires of the LORD's risen nature within me, very appropriately on Easter Sunday. This passionate prayer reviews not only the extent of the LORD's love for us, but also the reality of our true home from before the beginning of time, where we have always been—compelling me and us, drawing me and us, forever upward into the place of transcendent expression.
On April 14th Yujin brought Temple of Light message entitled “To Fulfill The Prayer of Oneness.” [templeoflightservices.blogspot.com/to-fulfill-prayer-of-oneness-yujin-pak.html] Again I felt the ancient and ever new voice of Love and Truth speaking Life Everlasting into the reality within me. Isn't it amazing that we have that capacity, in this world, to activate life, to inspire in a way that can fill someone with the ability, in this case, the ability to bring to life a latent potential of great significance. What a beautiful thing.
Yujin presented us with two questions relating to our place in fulfilling this great prayer. He asked us: Do you think that it is possible? Do you think that the LORD thought it was possible? And I felt the presence and the love of our LORD revealed right here among us. Who can say that we don't have what it takes to finish the work, and what it takes to inspire this in each other and in our worlds!
On this journey of human experience it does seem necessary to be reminded of what is possible, especially in the sense of the eternal I AM. When I hear the voice of spoken Word, as I have here over the months in these services, by many beautiful voices, it breathes the fresh reality of Everlasting Life into my moment-by-moment thoughts and movements. Can we be the bringers of Holy Presence for each other, and in our daily connections for those around us? The bringers of Holy Presence and of the Word refreshed—refreshing and resetting the patterns of consciousness in our own living, even and especially in our moments of vulnerability or inquietude of heart. In so doing we inspire the finishing of the LORD's work, bring the revelation of God on earth through us, and bring our consciousness into union with His. Is this not the ultimate purpose of our incarnation? This is my first love, my greatest passion.
I have asked at times for the Lord to give me a little more time on earth—another chance, please, to fulfill His Prayer of Oneness in John 17 [youtu.be/JyiGv51LB_Q] within my own consciousness. I have seen the brevity of life and I know it's fragility of outer form. When my mother passed into spirit land many years ago, I was beside her with my head resting on her heart. I listened in greatest reverence as her heartbeat softened, and softened, until there was complete stillness. In that moment of eternal silence I felt awe, and I felt a transfer to my own heart of continued purpose. Times and years later I had my own experience of facing medical reports that didn't seem to give me a lot more time. I had only one prayer: “Please Lord, give me a little more time, and I will fulfill your departing prayer of union; to know you as I am known.” At least within myself, if I can find no other with whom to know You in this way.
I have always had a great care for the Garden restored, for that Holy Place on earth. But I have not always known if it can be so. I haven't always kept that faith. During certain eras of my life journey, the disappointments and wreckages have seemed too great, and the wells of sorrow too deep. During one such era, Carol came to visit me. She was beside me on my living room sofa. I was about as near out of faith as I ever hope to be. Carol said, “Susannah, this might help you”—and she pulled up a YouTube video of Marsha Boglin giving a presentation in Korea on the subject of our angelic being. I felt the attunement current of highest love, and I remembered the truth of what is possible on earth.
In recent times, my consciousness has been increasingly refreshed as to the recognition of the presence of a sanctified body on earth. My faith is restored not only with hope for what is possible, but in that which is absolutely present among us, right here, right now, meeting our LORD where He is. Today, may the heavens rejoice in our presences in the Garden.
Carol Travis — Thank you, Susannah. I love your spirit so much and indeed you are a Priestess of the Sun. I have known many of you for the better part of 50 years. During that time it has been my privilege to live and serve with you, oftentimes in multiple locations, in different eras. Today it is very special to speak with you again in person. I will begin with a poem I wrote, and I offer it to each of you in honor of your angelic expressions and presence.
How shall I greet you, my brother?
Who yet stands regal in the morning sun.
Strong home of my heart,
Whose truth no storm can sway,
Nor roots be swept away
In floods of tears.
Whose love remains
Through all the swirling visions of the dream,
Whose spirit revels in the hills
And mountain streams —
Truth of Man!
And how shall I greet you, my sister?
Lithe as summer breezes,
Softly dancing …
Lifting fragrant essences,
Sweetly in the evening .
Moving, shaping, weaving courtly magic.
Mistress of the Temple’s holy art.
Thy countenance bespeaks
The purity of a sacred heart —
Entrusted to the keeping of the ONE
Truth of Woman!
Oh dearest friends,
I greet you in the Light,
Clear dawning of this day
Brings knowing
Of the right we share
To walk together in the earth,
A blessing to our King.
For we are One.
I share that with you, to convey my deep appreciation for who you are and what you have brought into this world. I have such a gratitude for our ability to be together in this sanctuary, where we can meet face-to-face from anywhere we are in the world. What a miracle! We have kept this space inviolate and sanctified and we have increased the generation of the finest spiritual substance every time we meet. Preparing for today was humbling, as I reviewed our past several months in the Temple of Light, and the quality of previous offerings. So stunning! I would preface my time by acknowledging my spirit of celebration for the insight, wisdom and spiritual maturity of what others have brought. My prayer is that I might bring something worthy to add to what has gone before. This time being with you and communing in this way is very emotionally deep to me, so if I get a little teary, please forgive me. I will carry on!
As I was preparing for this service I had a personal spiritual life review, and I thought I would share some of that, and also include some of our shared spiritual history. This journey for me has been happening consciously for over 50 years. But my journey toward the truth started when I was about 6 years old, and first experienced a conscious relationship with God. I remember lying in bed at night and having these deep conversations with Him, saying things like, “You know, there just shouldn't be witches or wars in the world. Not okay!” This was my child mind touching the reality that there was truth that wasn't completely manifesting here in this world. When I was thirteen I moved to Barcelona, Spain where I was whisked away from everything that was familiar to me of my home in Dallas, Texas. I feel that situation was a bit like Abraham's experience. I left my country, and landed in a place with a foreign language, foreign religion, and even had to attend a Catholic girls school—whereas I had been raised in public co-ed schools before that. So that year, taken away from all that was familiar in my former life was quite a time of isolation for me; however it was also very spiritually productive.
At school, it was a beautiful setting, like a college campus, set up on the top of a hill overlooking the Mediterranean and the city of Barcelona. I had a very spiritually inward focus during that year and during that time I developed a close relationship with Jesus. I boarded for a little while at the school, and I would go down to the chapel every night and pray on my knees, and I wondered during that time if I would recognize Him if He was on earth today. I knew He wasn't going to be wearing robes from the Middle East; He would be in regular modern clothing—so how could I recognize him?
Time went on; I grew up, and got married. My husband was in the Air Force and we were transferred to Phoenix, Arizona in 1973. It was there that I found myself stumbling into an Art of Living class that John Gray was teaching. I didn't really understand what was being offered. I developed a relationship with the people at the Center and within a year Pamela Gray sent me a brochure and a personal note that said, “You can't miss this!” The brochure was for a one week Art of Living class taught up in the mountains of Flagstaff, Arizona. At that seminar that I first heard Martin's and Uranda's services, and bells started ringing in me. By the end of the week I realized that this was the LORD's Ministry. I knew that Martin was not the incarnation of the LORD of Lords, but I sure recognized that it was His Spirit that was coming through Martin, and of course Uranda. At that point I knew that this was my family and I've never left.
In 1985, I wrote that poem after attending a service with Martin on Easter Sunday at Sunrise Ranch. It was attended by 300 or more people. The Shekinah Cloud of Glory was so vibrantly present in the Dome chapel that it was like looking through a fog to see Martin delivering that service. Those years were a wonderful time of the Emissary Program burgeoning in the world. I call it the Golden Era. Wave upon wave of newly responding angels washed up onto the shores of EDL in the mid 70's. It was a time of exuberant young energy; lots of baby boomers and hippies, and we were so dedicated and excited! We would do anything necessary to fulfill our newly discovered participation in our purpose of bringing the LORD's Kingdom on earth. We achieved herculean feats—for which we had little or no real training. It was a time of great building. One of my experiences during that time, a herculean feat for me, was to provide lunch for 300 people at Glen Ivy because Martin was there to give the very first service. I had never cooked for more than 10 people! So, it was quite an intense experience.
During that time, we did a lot of physical building, and it was simultaneously being matched by the rich spiritual generation that was also happening. We added ten more regional communities to the original two sister Units—Sunrise Ranch and 100 Mile Lodge; we built the Dome and the Pavilion at Sunrise. And we renovated a dilapidated Hot Springs Spa at Glen Ivy so that we could hold our One Month classes there. Eventually Glen Ivy developed the spa business to provide financial support for Sunrise Ranch. And it was a time of people connecting from all over the world, visiting North America and attending classes. Those were glorious days full of our youthful enthusiasm and spiritual commitment. Our love for God was so optimistic in our youthful exuberance that we thought that the restoration was right around the corner—maybe within the next decade. But it didn't happen that way.
After Martin died, we went into an era of change; much of what had been drawn together under Martin's leadership changed and many of the forms we knew are no longer present. Over the years I felt some sadness to see what had been so lovingly built fade away. But Spirit has been, and still is, constantly on the move; it never stops. Forms come and go, but our purpose has never changed, and although our outward spiritual associations seemed to go underground for a while, the truth of our Spiritual Commission was not lost. Some, and I would include all of you, kept the flame of understanding and remembered what Martin and Uranda brought to us. We protected it and nurtured it in our hearts and minds and in the sanctity of our living. So, that brings us to how we are together now.
The question came up in my mind, “How do we give the LORD glory?” Instantly my heart said, “Magnify the Lord!” So, we are here to increase the presence of His Spirit in every moment of every day. This is not new to us; it's been the foundation of our ministry from the beginning. But what does moving forward look like now? What is needed to finish the work, as we have recently considered? In reviewing our recent Temple services, my assessment is that we are moving forward—we are really stepping up to the plate. I am thrilled by the beauty, the vision and the tonal clarity that is being demonstrated amongst us. It is so delightful and inspiring, as Susannah said, to move together in the transcendent spirit of our service offerings, as each one brings their unique voice into the midst. It's happening. We are moving forward, consistently—jogging up that golden spiral pathway.
There is evidence of various spiritual movements developing in the world. I would especially underline all the attunement work happening—vitally needed in the world today. We have been serving in this ministry, true to its purpose, as a vibrational offering to the world, bringing to focus radiant love and the purification of Spirit for many, many years. I do believe that we initiated something years ago, that's beginning to show in a new way in the world. All these creative activities and groupings are adding to the generation of the critical pneumaplasmic matrix that connects the earth with the design and control of the invisible Heaven. Because of this, I believe the greater works are being done. It is so important to build a safe, inviolate heavenly space together in our individual and collective world. This is the only way we will finish the work. In the last 50 years, we have proven that the One Law works in both directions, and generates clear, refined spiritual substance and something grows. If we assume that it's just going to happen by magic, without our deliberate conscious participation, then the critical connection to the patterns of truth, of design and control, will become obscured, and forms will die on the vine.
A couple of years before Grace van Duzen left us, she told me personally, “It's in your hands now.” This is an awesome responsibility! But I believe we are stepping up to the task more clearly every day. Finishing the work doesn't have to be an arduous experience. As we know, “In joy the works are done.” Finishing the work is done in the ease of spiritual expression. And spirit always precedes form. This is the way the New Earth comes into being. I would like to share an excerpt from one of Martin's services, given on April 30, 1980, [greatcosmicstory.blogspot.com/2024/06/the-coming-of-spring.html] because it's one of Martin's portrayals of how we might move forward in the cycles of resurrection. It is particularly exciting to me, because it is also a portrayal of what I believe we are actually doing together now. Here's Martin:
“Let us look at this matter from the standpoint of initiating the true creative cycle by which the resurrection may take place. We have some awareness of the quality of the natural behavior of the Son of God. And we would associate ourselves with that… If we do, we are not trying to set the world straight… It is impossible to set this world straight. Its natural condition is crooked; it can’t be made straight. But something needs to be done. We recognize there is some necessity for a disintegrative aspect to what is happening, but there is another aspect: the true creative cycle which leads into the experience of what we have referred to as the heaven, sacred space, which allows the atmosphere of what we might call spring to begin to put in an appearance. There is a new spring here, isn’t there?
“The first heaven and the first earth are passing away, and a new heaven and a new earth are putting in an appearance. We are responsible for providing a focus of the creative power of God, of light, to operate in doing what needs to be done. And what needs to be done first after the light puts in an appearance is described as the creation of a firmament, of a safe heavenly place, containing the essential atmosphere which allows the snows of winter to melt. And when they do, the waters are gathered together unto one place, and the dry land appears. The dry land appearing, together with the light, the warmth, the atmosphere, allows for something to begin to grow out of the earth. Here is the natural, the true, cycle. Something is to grow. Seeing that this is the first spring of our experience in this sense, we have no idea as to what it is that is going to grow. But presumably we have reached a point in our close association with the light so that we are able to trust the creative cycle. And the spring comes.
“We don’t imagine that we should go out and start laying concrete all over the ground and putting up arbitrary structures of various sorts to suit ourselves. We let God do His thing. We don’t have to try to make anything over, because it isn’t something that is being made over. “Behold, I make all things new.” It is a new spring, and things are to grow on the earth that have been unknown in the memory of the son of perdition, things that have been hidden under the snows of winter for a very long time. When we share the responsibility of providing the atmosphere of heaven and keeping this clear because we love one another, then the creative cycle can work. We are not saying how it is to work. It will work the way it works. Let it work. We don’t have to push in our bright ideas, although we may examine what it is that is beginning to emerge.
“Judge not. Just let the Garden grow because the atmosphere is kept the way it should be. And of course as spring moves into summer it gets hotter. There is an increase in the intensification of the truth of love—a reality between people, not a concept of the mind … but the actual experience. Here is the warmth. Here is what is absolutely essential to let the Garden grow. We can’t make it grow but we can provide what is necessary to let it grow… We know that human nature behavior must pass away and we are willing to let it. We don’t need to clobber it to get rid of it. That warmth is there as there is a consistency of the behavior of the Son of God brought to focus in each of us and shared between us and beyond us. “Behold, I make all things new.” Here is the Garden of God putting in an appearance, that we may keep it as it should be kept, that we might share the responsibility of letting everything be right in the expression of the Son of God on earth. The yoke is easy, the burden is light. How little human beings have acknowledged this to be true. They think that nothing worthwhile happens unless it is hard. But the beauty of the earth restored, with man in the midst of the Garden, comes easily. In fact it comes easily or not at all.”
So those are Martin's beautiful words. After working with that service and preparing for this one, I had a meditation that I would like to share with you. Here is what came from my heart:
It is my experience that we have been participating in this process together over the last years. After Martin left, there was turbulence and turmoil that produced a long winter in our midst. But because something of our spiritual purpose was held tenaciously, by at least some who walked with Martin, there was a proving out of true, spiritual stature over many years. And the magic of the creative process has worked to bring us back to a place where we can once again share our holy communion in person collectively. As this has been so, genuine love and appreciation for one another has become increasingly evident, with no human nature agendas or manipulation; simply the natural unfolding of what has emerged from the increasing magnification of the Lord's Spirit through us. To me, this has been an easy and joyful process, full of light and beauty, that has been taking form through the many glorious expressions of our angelic friends. This is the reality of the spiritual authority that is so vital on earth today. In the holiness and wholeness of the LORD's character, there is room for unlimited forms of creative expression. As they are revealed, new life emerges on earth and the glory of His Garden returns. This is the ultimate Climate Control. These are my thoughts and I'm happy to have had the opportunity to share them with you. It has been so important to me that we have come back together in this way and I want to thank you and bless you for what you have done to make this possible. I'll open up the space now, if there's anyone who'd like to say something.
Gary Courtland-Miles — We certainly thank you and bless you two radiant Priestesses, for providing such an atmosphere born out of your love for the LORD, love for the Truth of Love. I'm so thankful to be here this morning with you—and what a lovely atmosphere is present—thank you for letting it generate so richly. Personally I look forward to offering the next Temple of Light service, and I'm certainly in a cloud with this one. Thank you so much, both of you, Susannah and Carol.
Anne Blaney — I think this year the solstice has had more meaning—because there is opportunity to recognize larger cycles, there's more understanding and meaning to it. We've just seen it demonstrated by Carol and Susannah, who have presented themselves and actually said this. That they are Priestesses of the Fire—the Fire at the Center. That's why the solstice has more meaning, because there are Priests and Priestesses who have been tending the Fire. When you nurture a fire you blow on it. And I thought Susannah’s “inspiration was noteworthy. She asked, “Isn’t it wonderful that we actually have the ability to inspire?” So we're now here tending this capacity, the flame of inspiration in times when there is pressure in our lives. We are the ones to provide that inspiration in a very focused way. And we're very visible, vibrationally, for those who are looking. I appreciate using the energies of the solstice this year in a real way; and as we go into this last cycle of the year, approaching September, let's keep that Fire alive and magnified, activated, with the inspiration to act. And we know what that is; we know what it is like to be inspired; we greatly appreciate it, and we know how effective it is. Thank you.
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Carol Travis — Well thank you all for what you have contributed to magnifying the LORD today. I feel very blessed by what you have brought; and one of my greatest experiences in this grouping is the love that is so genuine—it's so non-conceptual. And to be in this place together, being able to still serve together, is such a privilege. Suzannah, would you like to add anything.
Susannah Light — Thank you. I just want to acknowledge the richness of spirit and presence with all of us, and the gratefulness and the eagerness that I feel in what can yet be tended and cared for; and what is here present now for us to tend and care for. So with a heart full of both excitement and gratitude, much love. Thank you.
