Roots and Branches

Centered  in  the  Crown

from  Roots and Branches

Uranda  March 28, 1953  Class

Tonight let us meditate upon the Design divinely ordained, which permits the reality of control in daily life. We may recognize the necessity of the Divine control pattern, but until we recognize and accept the Divine Design we are not in position to experience fulfilment.

A clear vision of the principle of design is essential to an understanding of it; but, although we may be somewhat familiar with blueprints, so that they may be read with understanding, the blueprint still does not give one the experience of sharing in that which is outlined. Blueprints are important, but unless a building appears, unless a form appears on the basis of the blueprint, we can never have the experience of stepping into the building or sharing in the form. All too often the human mind, with an inadequate comprehension of the Blueprint of the Divine Design, jumps to some conclusion as to likes or dislikes and develops some idea which is not in harmony with the Blueprint, and then there tends to be resistance, which prevents the building of that which is to be. We cannot know that which is to be until it is made manifest, even as it is written, “Eye hath not see, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart or imagination of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love and serve him.” And so, when we begin to examine the design, let us be careful that we do not prevent the fulfilment of the Design of Life by jumping to conclusions, by resistance with respect to that which is not yet fully comprehended.

The reality of the Divine Design has been presented in many different ways. Within the scope of the Bible we find it outlined time after time, all dealing with the same thing and all emphasizing that basic truth which we have so often recognized: “Except the Lord build the house”—the house of being—“they labor in vain who build it,” whether individually or collectively. This that is being built, the Temple of God on earth, the One Body of many members, the One Vine with many branches, or by whatever words we might describe it, is something which seems ambiguous until we begin to actually feel what it means to be a part of that which is being built. It is not something which can be comprehended adequately on a purely intellectual basis. It is something which must be experienced. And so tonight I should like to center the pattern of our meditation in the record as contained in the fifteenth chapter of John:

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away; and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.”

Let us note a few fundamental truths. The words which were spoken through the lips of Jesus are too often attributed to Jesus as a man, although He Himself emphasized the fact that He did not speak them of Himself. In other words, the words that came through the lips of Jesus were the words of the Father, and it is that fact which makes His words important to us; and when He speaks about oneness in Me, in various passages, it is something very different from that which it is ordinarily considered to be. Human beings have developed various ideas and concepts by which they imagine that they are somehow sharing in the body of Jesus, the body that was called Jesus. Actually, that body, in the sense of the man, does not exist anymore. It is not needed anymore. The Being who was made manifest in the body of Jesus does live and serve in His appointed place in the cosmic scheme of things. He is our Focalization of Deity and, insofar as we are concerned about the absolute or the ultimate, He is the only focalization, in the higher sense, that needs to concern us. There are other Beings in the body of God, but that is the focalization for us from the standpoint of Heaven and earth, and we are not concerned about reaching on beyond, although we recognize the reality of the Divine Pattern.

In order to understand this we need to know something about God. The word God is not properly used to signify any one Being. It may be so used if there is a mutuality of understanding, but God is made up of many Beings. The God Being within you is a part of the Body of God, and that Being in you is perfect—always has been perfect, always will be perfect. That Being within you did not come into the world to grow or develop or learn something. That Being came into your body world to bring salvation, to use that word, to your body and to exert an influence in blessing to others through you the human being. But the limitations in the expression of life are never properly attributed to that Inner Being. Any limitations that may exist are with respect to the physical form of the human being, and with respect to the mind of the man or the woman, the heart, the means by which we perceive with the feeling nature, the realm of the spirit in man; for man is built, developed, designed, with a certain capacity with respect to spirit, and man cannot function except in relationship to spirit.

There is some spirit connecting up in man, regardless of what he may think about it or do about it in any human sense. If it is not the Spirit of God active in the control patterns, it will be some ill spirit like fear, hate, jealousy, resentment, or any one of the other many ill spirits. But these ill spirits are not entities, they are not beings; they are result of the misuse of the current, the life force that comes from God, and they are produced by human beings. There is never anything evil in what we speak of as the Inner Realms or Heaven or the Higher Realms, or whatever term might be used. It is only here on earth, in relationship to man, that we have these distortion patterns.

Just as your physical body is made up of many cells and the body of humanity is made up of many human beings, so is the body of God made up of many God Beings, or angels, or whatever term you might wish to use. All of these Beings function on a Divine basis. We recognize that a physical body without a head is a gruesome thing, it is of no value. There must be a head if the body is to have any meaning. So the body of God Beings must have a head, a point of Focalization, a centering point—and the One who manifested in the body of Jesus was and is the LORD of Lords and KING of Kings, the focalization of Being and Deity insofar as we are concerned. And unless we recognize and acknowledge that Central Focalization of Deity we cannot properly find fulfilment in life. But, that which is of the Inner Realm, in the sense of the Divine Design, must be made manifest in the outer realm, in the realm of the physical form, because the body of humanity is supposed to be the means of manifestation for God, that is, the Body of God on earth—not one Being only but all Beings, not one race only, not one group, but all human beings put together are supposed to provide a means for the manifestation of Deity on earth.

It is evident that the present situation is a far cry from that ideal, but we need to recognize the ideal. Here we have the statement: “I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.” What does the husbandman do with respect to the vine. The vine has branches. It is not just one single individual, it is not one form only, it is not speaking here merely of the body of Jesus. We find, as we meditate upon the truths and principles here revealed, that the Design that was outlined was supposed to permit the continued manifestation of what we ordinarily speak of as the Christ Body on earth, a body which was supposed to be made up of many human beings.

Why did the Master say, “He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father”? Because the manifestation insofar as that body was concerned was of one man, on an extremely limited basis, something that provided a starting point, the essence of that which was to find fulfilment. But one body, one man, could not do it all, could not accomplish all that needed to be done. He initiated the cycles, opened the door, established the pattern so that all of those who should follow and share in this particular Design might be a part of the body through which the Divine action should appear on earth in the accomplishment of those things essential to the manifestation of the Kingdom of God, so that Heaven and earth might be one. This Design, which is so important, must be made manifest in the realm of form.

So often human beings seem to imagine that they can somehow individually respond to something vague and ambiguous in some high heaven or some other sphere, and that is all that is needed. It isn't—because until there is a form on earth which corresponds with the form in Heaven, that which is in Heaven cannot manifest on earth, and the will of God cannot be done on earth except as the beings on earth conform with the patterns which are established with respect to the Beings in Heaven. The Master instructed that we should pray, “Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as [in exactly the same manner] it is in heaven.” The manifestation of the Inner, then, through the outer is important. It is not that the outer should somehow get up to the Inner.

Many human beings have been sidetracked into various delusions which make it seem important that either man as such, or some spirit of man, should get out of earth into some heaven or other and do some growing or developing, that that was the goal somehow. No, it isn't true. The goal is for the Invisible Realm of Heaven to have a means of manifestation here on earth, here and now—not for us to get out of the earth into some heaven, but for Heaven to come into the earth and express through the forms of our bodies, our circumstances, our patterns of life. When we recognize that there must be an organization from the standpoint of the God Beings, or angels in Heaven, that there is a coordination, a harmony, a purpose, a Design—and we recognize that God's will is done in Heaven, that the Divine Pattern is fulfilled there, within the scope of that arrangement, and it is to be exactly the same on earth—then that same Design, that same pattern, must be meaningful in relationship to our lives.

We cannot hope to accomplish something without the machinery of accomplishment. It is utterly unreasonable to think that scattered human beings, disorganized, without coordination and centering and unification, can do something which the angels of Heaven cannot do on any such basis. If it is to be done here we must do it on exactly the same basis as that which holds in the Inner Realm, or Heaven. And that means organization. That means that, as there is a Head in Heaven, there must be a manifestation of that Head and form in earth. If there is to be a body there must be all the members of the body. If you have a complete physical body and you have never had any of it cut away, you have two feet, two arms, two ears, two eyes, two nostrils and a mouth, and all of these things are essential. You would not want to part with any member of your body if it could be helped. If it meant the loss of the whole body, better to part with a member than to have the whole body lost. But the normal design of the body is this, and all the members are important to the body as a whole. That body is not just a torso with legs and arms. It includes the head. The head makes the body meaningful—the body makes the head meaningful. Either one without the other is no good. In the head we have the various means of perception, seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, even touch or feeling, although that extends to the rest of the body also.

If this Inner Design is to manifest on earth according to the Plan of God we must have a body of many members, coordinated, centered. There must be the form of the head, as well as of the torso. And the Divine Design for man as an individual is the same as the Divine Design for man as humanity. With respect to man we have the record: “Let us”—note the plural—“Let us make man in our image, after our likeness,” and it was done. The plural is an absolute necessity in this particular statement from the Divine Record, and it is the plural which is the reality in you, the plural of the members, of the parts, individually or collectively. And that Design which is used in you as a human being, individually, carries the same principles as are used in the development of the body of humanity, as that body is drawn into the form, the pattern, the Design, which God intended.

The Master here used the illustration of a Vine. Other illustrations were used in various ways at various times. But notice—a Vine. It has roots extending into the earth. It is that which is manifest above the surface of the earth, the branches of the vine, which brings forth fruit; and on the branches we have the leaves as well as the fruit—all the different parts, such as the blossoms. As you know, if you have studied trees or shrubbery, the roots correlate to a remarkable degree with the branches. There is a primary root where there is a primary stem in the development of the tree or shrub or vine. There are various patterns involved. But that which is beneath the surface is very much like that which is above the surface.

The roots, the Invisible part, extend into what we speak of as Heaven, or the Inner Realm, or the Invisible Realms of Being, whatever one might use to express the idea. The roots of the vine of which He was speaking do not extend into the earth—they extend into Heaven. There is that with respect to any vine which is not immediately visible, and so with this Vine. We are concerned with the visible part of the Vine, primarily, but we have to recognize the reality of the invisible part. It is from that invisible part, whether of the vine that brings forth crops here on earth or the Vine that brings forth the fruit of the Spirit of God, that the sustaining strength must come. Cut any branch from a vine, disconnect it from the root, and it is no longer of any value. It is only as any given branch is connected with the root system that it can have life and bring forth fruit. So it is with us.

That Inner Reality of your own Being, that eternal part of what you really are, is the root as far as you are concerned. But you have to be aware that there is a root and that it extends into the Invisible Realms. You are not disconnected from Heaven now, regardless of what ideas or opinions you may have, for ideas or opinions cannot change the basic fact. As you begin to become aware that you do have a connection with the roots that extend into the Divine Pattern you begin to know what it means to let Heaven and earth be one in you as an individual. This root that extends into the Invisible Realm of Being is not alone. That Body of God, made up of many Beings, is the Root Pattern. It is the sustenance pattern, the Source of Life. Only as the roots work correctly can the Life Force, the sap, flow freely. But that physical life stream can have no meaning unless there is a spiritual life stream. Then, as the outer form of the Vine, with its various branches, begins to have an awareness of the root system of the Vine so that it does not seem to be separate, we begin to have a basis of understanding ourselves, our purpose in life, the Divine Design.

The point where the stem or the root or the branches come together and establish a correlation with the root system is commonly called the crown. The crown is just at the surface of the soil with respect to the plant. The crown is the point where it all comes together—that which is above and visible and that which is underneath and invisible to the human eye. No matter how many roots there are, no matter how widely they are scattered, no matter how many branches there are, no matter how many leaves on the branches, they all come together at the crown. So it is in the Pattern of Reality. That which provides the centering, both within and without, with respect to all, is the King, the One who wears the Crown. That Crown—that point or Focalization of Authority—that point which brings it all to a point of togetherness and establishes relatedness is important both within and without, both to the branches above and to the roots below.

When we think of it, in the Divine sense, we have to remember that above and below are purely relative, merely an expression of convenience from the standpoint of our function on the surface of the earth, referring to the earth upon which we stand. But, actually, up and down are completely relative, because any direction which we may deem to be up if we go far enough it will be down, and no matter how far down we go it will be still be up from some other point below us. The crown, then, brings all of the parts of the vine together at one point in the plant and establishes the meaningfulness in relatedness to that which is seen and that which is not seen. It is the Crown of Authority, of centering and Kingship, the Crown of Deity, which provides the same pattern of centering and principles under the Law for us.

As we look at the branch above the surface of the earth we think of the crown, in relationship to the plant, as down. Very well, but that down is up in the sense of the principles of reality and though you think of the roots as down they are up. So let us recognize that the point of union, the point of blending, the point of centering, between the Inner and the outer, is the point of the Crown, the point of authority, the connecting link. That which is focalized in the Inner Planes has many members, many branches, many roots. So it is out here, but all of that has meaning because of its Head, and the branches here in outer form have meaning because of the same Head.

However, in order to have meaning, that Head must have form out here. If it is to have meaning in the other planes that Head must have form in those planes, and that takes coordination in the Divine Design. We have all seen human beings who have been stricken with palsy. The body shakes and the extremities are not under the control of the Divine Design. There is no centering, no coordination, and it is not a happy situation. It destroys meaningfulness. Meaningfulness is destroyed, then, with respect to the body of humanity unless the members are coordinated, centered through the Crown of our Lord and King, who was made manifest on earth as Jesus Christ. But He said, “It is expedient for you that I go away,” and He promised to provide you with an outer form of manifestation, another Focalization of Being, another Pattern in the outworking, so that you could have a body manifest on earth, a body that would endure, that would not pass away even if the cells in it changed as human beings are born and ascend.

Did you ever stop to consider the fact that the body of humanity has never died? Since man was first created, the body of humanity has not died. Individual cells in that body of humanity have come and gone, but from the day when man first appeared on the surface of the earth, until this present time, the body of humanity has continued to live. Sometimes there were comparatively few human beings in that body, and now there are many. But let us remember that the body of humanity does not die. If it is worked from the standpoint of the Divine Pattern, it will not die—but the body of humanity is under the sentence of death because it has violated the laws of God and is not centered at the point of the Crown. So, as a vine, as an outer form, it is bringing about its own death. But a period of time has passed and that body has continued to this day, although the cells, the human beings in it, have come and gone.

It is important that we begin to realize that there are two bodies—one, the body of humanity, which is not related in outer form, in function, in control, pattern, and design, to the Will of God; and another body that is so related. That which is related to the Will of God is comparatively small. It has a small beginning, like a mustard seed, as the Master put it. But there must be that coordination of human beings which will let this body truly manifest, and the members of the world body of humanity can be drawn into this body if they will but come and share in its development, that it may be increased in size and effectiveness. The body of humanity, in the sense of the self-active body, must die. Now, it can die without causing human beings to die. A human being who is in that body that is subject to death can move out of it and into the body that is subject to Life, right here in this life span, and so be a part of the Body of God, centered in the Crown, centered at the point of true Authority, true centering.

Any other method which man may attempt to use must end in death, individually and collectively; for those who refuse to share in the development of the Vine—the True Vine. What happens when you as an individual, or anyone, begins to move out of the old world pattern of the body that is subject to death, the body that is condemned to die, into the body that is subject to Life and through which the reality of God's Kingdom and Power and Glory are to manifest? First, there must be the centering, there must be the sharing in this particularized Design of the Vine, and “every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away.” Those are the branches that do not accept the true centering in the Crown, the point of Authority. “And every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.” Changes are necessary. That which is of a limited condition must be changed so that the fulness of Life may appear.

The human being is inclined to resist the purging, the changing, the cleansing; but we must reach a point where we are whole, not just physically but mentally and spiritually—all in alignment. Then we bring forth fruit in the true sense; that is, we accomplish that for which we came into the world. It is expressed in the Divine Word that purging, correcting, is an evidence of God's Love. Any human being who has not been subject to some pattern of purging or cleansing can be recognized as not being within the scope of God’s Love; for those who are yielding to God’s Love are subject to purging, cleansing, changing, until they shall be that which they ought to be. The purging comes for what purpose? That you may bring forth more fruit.

“Abide in me, and I in you.” Who is that speaking. If we accept these words merely as the words of Jesus and the human being says, “How can I abide in Him?” we run into difficulty. But that is not what He was talking about. It is not the body of Jesus of which we are to be a part—it is the Christ Body of many members. And as the Father is the centering of all the God Beings that form the Root Pattern in Heaven, so do we accept the same centering from the standpoint of the Branch Pattern on earth. The Branch Pattern on earth is necessary if the Root Pattern is to have any meaning, and the Root Pattern in Heaven is certainly important if the Branch Pattern is to have any meaning. The idea that Heaven does not need the earth is ridiculous, and the idea that the earth does not need Heaven is likewise ridiculous. There is the visible and the Invisible, and the roots and the branches must all come to point in the Crown and share the victory—that is, share in the fulfilment by which the beauties of Heaven are made manifest on earth, the reality of Life is revealed on earth, the healing power of God that transforms and makes it possible for you to be what you ought to be, to accomplish that to which you are ordained as a part of the Body of God on earth, not Heaven and earth separate but together, meeting, centering, in the Crown—the Crown of our King.

And so, Blessed Ones, we have here a glimpse of the principles involved in the Divine Design, in the blueprint. That which is builded on earth must be in harmony with the Blueprint or it will be of no value, it will not be stable, it will not take form and grow. Any effort to accomplish anything on earth which disregards that Blueprint is bound to fail. Only in this one way can our lives have true meaning on earth, to the Glory of God and to the blessing of the children of men.

© Emissaries of Divine Light

Power And The Emotions

from

Power  and  the  Emotions

Martin Exeter   November 18, 1984

The translation of spiritual power into essential action in the realm of form requires the equipment which we are in position to provide. Many people imagine that the power of God comes thundering down out of the sky somehow, without any necessity for an intervening facility for it to happen. We are necessarily the facility for the power of God, which is said to be Almighty, to come to focus and go to work in a creative way within the range of our field of responsibility. We must be on hand for that to happen. There must be the fact of a flesh body which allows for the fact of the consciousness of that body to be present.

Obviously these are two aspects of one facility. We can look at consciousness and see it in various ways. We may recognize the element of emotion, for instance, and the ability to reason consciously. We recognize that there is the factor of memory, and there are various things that relate to this human consciousness which is on hand because of the physical body. But it is there not alone because there is a physical body—there is something that is allowing that physical body to be present. We have inert bodies from time to time that have to be disposed of because evidently there is nothing present to make the body useful or to sustain consciousness. So obviously the missing element did not derive from the physical form, but it was there clearly enough; and we have the experience right now in this minute. There is something present which activates our bodies and which generates what we call consciousness. So there is a facility here for some reason. We recognize that the consciousness aspect has tended to take over, as though it was the fount of all wisdom and capable of directing affairs and causing the physical body to do this and that. We know better, finally. There is the activating factor, and we call it spirit.

Spirit has a connection with the physical flesh through an intervening substance which includes the element of consciousness. That substance is present, so we have this varied experience of consciousness. One aspect of this, as I mentioned, we speak of as emotion. We talk about the heart—it’s been kind of a vague thing, I think, in the awareness of most. Some have thought that the heart was the same as spiritual expression. It is no more the same as spiritual expression than the body is, or the mental aspect of consciousness which deals with thinking and memory and so on. There is something above and beyond that. We are aware that this is so. We have some little experience of the truth of it.

When minds and hearts are utilized by spirit for a purpose, the body goes along. The body doesn’t have much choice. It may seem to act up on occasion, and people get impatient with their bodies. But the reason the body acts up is not far to find, and it all is consequent upon whatever the content of consciousness may be which interferes with the activating factor; then the body suffers the consequences, and what caused those consequences to put in an appearance begins to judge and be impatient with the body. It is the usual human habit of looking for someone else to blame rather than examining its own state. We have done a little examination of our own state because we have awakened somewhat to the fact that there is someone present who can do that examining. The attempt on the part of the mental apparatus to examine itself is a most futile undertaking—it leads nowhere. But there is someone present who is quite capable of utilizing these facilities for the real purpose of their presence, and part of that is the generation of spiritual power.

We speak of spiritual expression—that includes power. It includes, as we well know, common sense; but it includes the factor of power, power which initially is invisible, we would say. It is somehow formless, but it does come out in various ways. We can observe its coming out. We are aware that there is a certain amount going on in the sun, for instance; there is a radiation of something or other. We wouldn’t exist if there wasn’t that radiation from the sun; at least we wouldn’t exist on the surface of the earth. So there is power, and initially it is invisible power. The radiation includes the spectrum of visible light, but that is only a very small part of the radiation. Most of it is quite invisible, but nevertheless it is power—it has effect. One aspect of it is heat. We are thankful for that; here again is a requisite for the continued existence of the human body on earth. Today we enjoyed a mild fall day in the Cariboo. The atmosphere was acceptable to most.

But we have another sort of atmosphere that we live in—a self-generated atmosphere. No one ever imposes that atmosphere upon us. We generate it ourselves. Sometimes the atmosphere we generate ourselves doesn’t fit with the atmosphere that is generated by others in the vicinity, in which case there may be thunderstorms. But there is the matter of atmosphere which relates to the generation of power. We have noted the flashing lightning and the rolling thunder; that seems very impressive. There is considerable power in a thunderstorm, more than many nuclear bombs very often; but it’s a more benign power as a rule, if we stay away from it. It doesn’t produce lethal radiation, at least. So there is this matter of power which in these instances seems to be rather haphazard.

There is haphazard power but there is also a power that is very rhythmic. We have the rotation of the earth for some reason. I don’t know whether one should suppose that there was the finger of God which gave the earth a poke somewhere along the way and started it to spin—but, whatever the reason, it started to spin. And there are other planets which spin likewise. One planet, at least, goes the wrong way. So there is evidence of the fact of power. And here comes the earth around in its orbit, and all the other planets around in their orbits, and the sun is moving along itself. The whole solar system is in some sort of an orbit within the galaxy. And the galaxy holds together for some reason, and there is an interrelatedness of the substance of which it is composed. There is power present—invisible power.

There has recently been some dawning awareness that there may be a considerable source of electromagnetic force at the center of the galaxy. No one quite knows what that source might be, but it evidently has an influence upon the whole galaxy; it’s something pretty powerful. There is something pretty powerful even in the solar system. There it is usually called gravity, but what it is nobody knows. We don’t need to explain it. It holds things together. We have called that power Love. I think that’s a better word than gravity, actually. Love includes far more than that particular aspect of a seeming force of some kind which keeps us sitting in our chairs this evening rather than floating to the ceiling.

So there is power evident. How does this relate to our own personal experience as we move into alignment with the creative process? The very fact of a creative process indicates the fact of power—something happens. We are aware that many things are happening and we can't really see what it is that makes them happen. We begin to understand why they happen; we begin to become aware of this invisible power which is at work. We just participate in the working, and it’s none of the human mind’s business to try to figure it out. The human mind has another reason for its existence, a reason that seemingly it has long forgotten.

But this power requisite to the operation of the creative process comes to focus in man, where the control should be, through what we call emotion. We can see what havoc emotions seemingly out of control produce: disasters of all kinds. Yet human beings, subject to their emotions, have not apparently considered it necessary to discover what it is that should be controlling them. Of course there is the human effort: “I have an iron will; I am going to control my emotions.” It doesn’t work, for very long anyway. Emotions are a facility for the expression of the creative power of spirit. They are useful that way. We are aware that emotions, or feelings we call them sometimes, have an additional purpose—but at the moment we are thinking of power. And you know how destructive emotions can be very, very powerful. They cause human beings to do all sorts of things that, without the emotional content, they would never do. So here is a power available, but evidently not moving the way it should, seeing that it produces so much disaster.

So we are concerned with emotion as the facility for the expression of the creative power of spirit, not as a facility for the power which is produced by reaction to external circumstances and people and whatever else goes on in human consciousness. We are aware that there must be the control of spirit present if emotion is to come into line and be useful in the expression of creative power. The alignment does not only include emotions. There are all the other aspects of consciousness that are present which properly come into the picture—they are part of the facility for spiritual expression. Emotion is not spiritual expression but merely the facility by which spiritual expression may put in an appearance. It seldom does in most people because they are so busy reacting emotionally to all the things that are not the spirit of God. But coming into alignment with the spirit of God, then emotions begin to be reflective of what it is that is moving spiritually.

There are those who have been afraid of their emotions; most people are, because there certainly is an awareness in all of us how much havoc emotions out of control can produce. So there is a sort of damper kept on emotions as far as possible. There are those who are said to be extremely emotional; that means that their emotions don’t have much of a damper. But the more phlegmatic people are those who have somewhat of a damper on their emotions. The damper of course doesn’t eliminate what is being felt; it merely subdues it into a more subterranean realm. It is going on down there and wreaking havoc anyway, so there is no advantage to being phlegmatic rather than emotional. There is one benefit to an emotional person: he at least gets it out for the moment—of course there is more to come later.

But all this nonsense of human experience simply passes from the picture when the control of spirit becomes known because that quality of spirit is in focus in our own living. Then it will be in focus with respect to what happens in our emotions. When that is the case there is something of spirit flowing and being given some sort of an expression emotionally speaking. It is not only doing that; it does it through all—it’s a holy spirit, after all—it does it through everything: through the conscious mind, the subconscious mind, the emotional realm. All is part of the one whole of equipment capable of accommodating the whole spirit. And one aspect of that spirit relates very particularly to power, and the aspect that relates to power relates very particularly to emotion.

So there is something to be expressed emotionally. But the fear of letting emotions get away is very prevalent in human experience, and of course they will get away unless spirit is allowed to assume control in the emotional realm. For spirit to assume control in the emotional realm the emotions must surrender completely to spirit. They must let spirit get away, to speak, with what happens in the emotional realm. Most people have this damper on more or less and they are very cautious—I suppose is wise that they should be—about letting emotions be stirred too much because who knows what disaster might befall? But if emotions are controlled by spirit they can be released utterly—abandoned to spirit.

There is something in all human beings which longs to abandon itself somehow to some—well, to God presumably. Of course this is interpreted in various destructive ways too by the mental apparatus. The abandonment comes in this business of falling in love, for instance, and that’s assumed to be all right, you can abandon yourself to that—but it’s very destructive. The abandonment is only safe when it is to spirit. For anyone to begin to be assured in this regard, seeing that the custom has always been to have the emotions somehow moved by external factors, there should be someone present who is providing that focus of spiritual control which would allow emotional abandonment to it. This of course opens doors of danger, I suppose you may say, because there have virtually been no stable absolute, spiritual points to which anyone could abandon themselves.

There was One on earth quite a while ago in the person of Jesus, as we know, and there were a few who began to abandon themselves to this One; but it didn’t amount to very much. So one can see how essential it is that there should be a spiritual focus that is absolute. I am not speaking about just one person. I am speaking about what we presently call the Spiritual Body—to be absolute, at least a Core of Absoluteness, so that there may be abandonment emotionally speaking and it may be safe to let that happen.

Obviously there is a cycle of movement in this regard to reach a point where that would be possible: first of all establishing something absolute spiritually, and then allowing these layers of fear, which are present around the hearts of people, to be dissolved so that finally: “Ah, finally, at last I can trust.” It’s all clear—abandonment may be complete. And abandonment in that way is a representative thing, because ultimately the abandonment is simply related to the focus of spirit in oneself, so that emotionally speaking there is union with the truth of oneself. Then on that basis emotions can be generated in any way that they should be generated and provide the power for the accomplishment of what it is that is needful throughout the body of mankind.

Here is an element of what well may be called government—one aspect of the way of government. There cannot be government without a pure heart, without a heart that is stable because it is absolutely centered in what is absolute. Then there is all the power that is needed to achieve whatever it is that should be achieved, and that quickly. This is not something new, although it is introducing something in a different way perhaps. It is simply an introduction.

© Emissaries of Divine Light

Let  Us  Not  Waste  Time

from  The Point of No Return

Uranda  March 29, 1953  Class

Blessed Ones, there needs to be a period in each individual life where one does something in relationship to the manifestation of the Kingdom of God on earth so that one can actually share in that fulfilment.

With things the way they are in the world—remember, judge not—for if a person lives a lifetime on a basis that allows that real vital expression of service for only five minutes, but it is at the right time, and the right place, in the right way to build, to make real something that others are doing, that God is doing—then judge not. There may be some, where that basic purpose is already largely fulfilled. There are some where it is not yet manifest. There are some where it is beginning to take form.

Are you content with what you have done toward letting the Kingdom of God take form on earth? How long is it going to take you if your true life potential has not found expression in giving form to the Divine estate on earth? The human being is so inclined to procrastinate, to put it off, to think, well I cannot do anything else than I am doing now. I know I am not making very much progress along the way. I certainly have not allowed the resurrection and the life to be what it ought to be in me, but then I have this excuse and that excuse and I cannot be expected to hold steady, I cannot be expected to—to what? Our purpose in life is not merely to get you to a point where you can die in peace. What are we going to do while we live? Are we just getting ready to die hoping to get ready in time to die? Or are we going to actually reach the point of serving God and of doing something with respect to the building of the Kingdom of God on earth?

In the period of our togetherness as we have walked along the way to this time and place, each one here can say that he or she has done something. Yes. But how consistently has it been centered? How truly has it been God centered? Or how much self-centered—trying to do something on the side, as it were? Or standing on the sideline waiting for the day of Divine fulfilment? We must allow ourselves to develop under the care that God gives, under the leadership by reason of the provision, to a point where when pressures come, when we need to be doing the right thing, when we need to be serving, we will be serving, we will not be running around saying, “Well now who can I get to serve me, to help me, to listen to my troubles, to support me? I am needing help. I really am. I need an attunement. I need this. I need that. I need the other thing. Poor me! Woe is me! Where is the server? Where is someone to minister to me? Oh, give me a server quick. I need somebody to help me now. Oh the pressures have come. Who is going to help me.” And who is? Why not you be helping someone else? Always wanting someone to help you, poor you!

The point is, are we going to do on earth what God sent us into the world to do. Are we going to reach the goal of letting the things of God cross over into the earth? Or are we going to waste all of our time getting ready, or standing on the sideline or waiting for this or that or the other thing? How long will it take for you to wake up and settle down and go to work and live according to the Divine Design for a Divine Purpose? I am willing to minister to you, yes, willing to assist in every possible way, holding the right vibrational pattern, holding steady. It is not a matter of age. Whether you are ninety or a hundred or fifteen, it does not make any difference—or anywhere between.

Are you moving into the vibrational factors where you need to be helped all the time? Oh, there is nothing wrong with needing some help once in a while. I do myself. The point is, what is the pattern of your attitude when you do need some help? Are you trying to make it more difficult for those who would minister to you? Or inside, regardless of what is happening outside, are you centered, tranquil, serene, refusing to turn away from the King merely because there is a little pressure? Are you a destroyer? Or are you a builder?

Our purpose here is to let the Kingdom of God extend into the world and have meaning on earth. From the standpoint of some religions it would appear that their business is gathering people up and sending them happily on their way to Heaven, getting them through the gate regardless of what they do on earth. That is not our business. We have a job to do here. And it is up to you whether you really want to do your job here or not. If you do, let us not waste time. Let us not hold back and just stand on the sideline and wait to see how it works out with somebody else, or wait for somebody else to do it

The vibrational factors are the primary necessities. What is your attitude? It is not just what you can do with your hands yet. It is not a matter of whether you can get up and preach a sermon or not. It is not a matter of whether you can be a teacher yet or not. It is a matter of what is your attitude inside? Is it serving God? Or is it scattering abroad? Is it true to God's Love and Truth? Or is it denying the reality of God's Love and Truth? Is it walking steadfastly with the King? Or is it saying, “I am afraid. I am going to turn back. I am going to get out of sight somewhere. I don't like this, I am going to…”

Where do you suppose they were all hiding when the time came when they needed to stand with Him? They found places to hide. They said, “Halleluiah to the King,” and then they ran for a place to hide. They did not want to be caught with Him. They might be in trouble. He was in trouble because those who followed with Him, most of them, neglected their opportunities to grow and develop to the point where they could stand with Him. When it came to the point of pressure there was not enough time left for them to learn how to serve Him, to stand with Him, and then to do it. At the end one disciple and three women stood by the cross and that is all—just four people in relationship to their lives in the Master's ministry, and that is all. All the rest could not learn how. They could not grow and then do it. It was too late.

Blessed Ones, we have a job to do. We are here for a purpose. I thank God for all of you. This meditation is designed to help you to face up to the facts as they are so that you may not delude yourself, so that you may do that to which you are called in the Holy Name of our Lord and King, so that the unknown quantity may become the Man or Woman in Christ through whom the things of God are crossing over into the world in the victory of our Lord and King. So let it be.

© Emissaries of Divine Light