Journey To Siomra

Summer  Solstice  2024

Journey  To  Siomra

Uranda

April 23, 1939 — October 15, 1939

excerpts from

Young  Folks  Explorers  Papers

Number  One

Divine  Broadcasting  Station

Again we gather around the Altar in the Temple of Light, and in the Holy Name of our Great LORD and Master I bid you welcome in all Love. As I look into your eager faces, and see the Light of Love shining out through you, I praise God, for you have a great part to play in the outworking of the Cosmic Plan.

As you have been coming into the realization that your bodies are the Temples of your Lords within you, you are likewise becoming aware of the fact that there is a Lord, or Master-Self, within each and every one of you. The Lord within you is different from every other Lord or God Being in the Whole World. The most important thing in your Life is for you to so respond in Love to your own Lord within you that you may come into His Presence and let Him fill you, His Temple, with Himself. Your Love becomes the Open Door through which you may meet and know your Lord, and through which His Love for you may come forth and fill your body and mind and heart, and all that you feel, think, say and do.

You are like a radio receiving set. Your Lord within may be likened to a Divine Broadcasting Station—and the program He radiates is that of the Christ Light, Love and Life. If a radio is not turned on, no sound or music comes forth through it, no matter how many broadcasting stations may be sending out programs. The radio must be turned on, and then it must be tuned to the station from which the program is being radiated. You are eager to learn how to tune in on the wonderful Program of Life being broadcast by your Lord within you. You know that the things in store for you are much more wonderful than anything you have ever dreamed about. When you turn the radio on, you know that you are making the connection which allows the electric current to flow through the radio, so that it becomes “alive.” If the radio will not turn on, you say it is “dead.” But just having it turned on is not enough. So it is with you. The fact that you are alive proves that you have been “turned on,” so to speak. The Life Force is already flowing through you. But just being alive is not enough. You need to know how to be tuned in on your own Life Program as it is being radiated by your own Lord.

The world is full of human broadcasting stations, all trying to make other people tune in on them. They promise all sorts of things, and many people are deluded into trying to keep tuned in on programs that lead to death and disappointment and sorrow of all kinds. Just look around you. What kind of Life Programs do you see and hear coming forth from the people on every hand? Are they Programs of Joy and Happiness and Perfection and Love and Beauty and Creative Expression and true Service and Eternal Life? No. Most of them are programs that are not pleasant to either see or hear—most of them are futile tragedies. That is because they are tuned in on the wrong broadcasts—they are trying to bring forth life programs that are planned, designed and expressed by human beings, instead of tuning in on their own Life Programs which are being radiated from within them by their own Lords.

Your Life Program can be the wonderful experience and blessing that it should be, only to the degree that you tune in on the Broadcast from your own Lord. You have heard the confusion on the radio when it is partly tuned in on two stations at the same time—neither program is pleasing. So it is that you cannot have a pleasing Life Program if you try to tune in on both the human and the Divine programs at the same time. This shows how very important it is for you to learn how to tune in one-pointedly on the Life Program that your Lord has prepared just for you and that He is Radiating to you every moment of every day. Briefly, as you turn your Love toward your Lord, He tunes it into His own Love for you, and through your Love for Him He pours His Love for you. If you do not respond in Love to Him, there is no way in which the wonderful Life Program He has prepared for you can be released through you. This is why Jesus said so many times that you should love your Father within you with all your body and mind, and with all your heart. Then He can begin to live His Life in and through you, and His Life will become your Life. That is the only Way that you can be truly Happy and let your Life accomplish all that it should.

Number  Two

Creation  And  Cosmic  Ages

It is with great joy that I salute you in the Light, anointing you with the Oil of Love, and blessing you in the Holy Name of the LORD of Lords. Now we are going to consider many things which will require close attention on your part. It will not be “hard” unless you make it so—for the Way is easy! You will not be expected to be able to read it over just once and “know it all.” No indeed! You will find it a joy to read each paper over many times, and you will find that each time something new and wonderful will be revealed to you. With each reading it will be easier for you to understand. All I ask is that you do your best.

People of all ages—and in all ages of present recorded history—have found it hard to understand the Creation, the Fall of Man, and many other things that took place before our present record of history began. These things have been a mystery only because human beings have ignored the simple truths which God has made so obvious, and they have tried to make a great mystery out of nothing. The picture that I am about to reveal to you has been here all the time—and many there will be who cling to human fancies of intellect, and so will be inclined to refuse to see the picture as it is. Man thinks he knows so many things which he does not know. Man thinks he has great knowledge, and he does not like to find that he has been believing in stories and ideas that are not true. Human beings like to demand “proof” for everything new, and very often their very attitude keeps them from understanding and seeing a very simple truth, just because they think it is something that it is not.

For those of you who are willing to carry through, the proof will be given in due season. A student beginning the study of any mathematical science must accept as facts certain fundamental statements without proof, and then, as he continues on, he begins to understand why those statements are true. If he had demanded proof before going on he could not have understood the proof, even if it had been given to him. So is it with this present consideration. Proof is proof only to those who understand it—and so you must let understanding come first. Also, you must not keep trying to inject human concepts into the picture if you wish the result to come forth clear and true. When we are considering one problem, you should not try to mix it with some other problem. Let it all work out a step at a time. If you are doing a problem in addition, and someone keeps insisting that subtraction is true and should be used, it would not help matters. You know that the fact of addition does not deny the fact of subtraction, but you know that the two must not be confused. These points are very important. If, after you have read this paper through once, you stop to say, “But I thought so-and-so was true,” and “I heard such and such a teacher say something else was true,” and so on in a score of ways, you will find that you only becloud your own vision and help matters not at all. It is necessary that you be content with a careful examination of the Truth, and then, after you have become acquainted with the facts, if any questions remain they will be answered in due season. It is perfectly all right for you to ask questions as they arise, but do not expect us to stop and examine a thousand and one human concepts along the way. That would take too long. We are only interested in the facts. The world is full of books. There have been tens of thousands of teachers who have taught as many different ideas. If you want to stop and study all of them, instead of giving full attention to the Truth, you will find that you will not have enough time, and you will waste your life. The thing you should now be interested in is this: What is the truth of these things as taught in the Third Sacred School?

Do not expect to fully understand all the dates and figures which I give in this lesson—at least not until you have come to understand the rest of the papers in this series. These dates are our starting points, and in due season you will understand them fully. Until then, it is best that you accept them as being true until they have been proven false—and you will find that they cannot be proven false, for the simple reason that they are true. It must be recognized that figures and dates of the distant past must be considered as being approximate, and that a factual variation of ten or a hundred years one way or the other is of no importance. Also, that most of the dates are given as being Before Christ, or B.C., so that if you wish to find out how many years ago any certain event was, unless it is so stated, you must add 1939 years [this was written in 1939, so you must add 2024 years now] to the figure given, because it is now 1939 years [2024 years] since the time usually considered as the Birth of Christ. However, Jesus was actually born four years before the accepted date, so that He was born 4 B.C., but this fact does not enter into these calculations, though it is noted in passing. Be very careful to note what is actually stated about any given figures, and avoid jumping to conclusions. If you read what I write, instead of what you think it ought to be, you will find it all comes out clearly and easily before very long.

There are three different kinds of Ages, or periods of time, about which you will need to understand. The first is what we speak of simply as an Ordinary Age, and it is a period of 2156 years. The years of which I speak are the ordinary ones with which you are acquainted, consisting of 365-and-a-fraction days which pass from one New Year’s Day to the next. Whenever I speak of an Age, you will know at once that I mean a period of 2156 years—and an Age is the period of time it takes for this earth in our Solar System to move from any given point out through its cycle and back to the same relative point and position in the Universe. You will understand all that this means after you become more acquainted with Creation.

The second Age about which you need to know is the Solar Age, and it is a period of twelve Ordinary Ages, which makes a period of 25,872 years. So it is that you will know at once that whenever I speak of a Solar Age, I mean a period of 25,872 years, which is made up of twelve Ages, in just the same way as twelve months make a year.

The third Age is made up of twelve Solar Ages, and it is called a Universal Age. You will see that 144 Ordinary Ages make one Universal Age. This means that when I speak of a Universal Age, you will know at once that I mean a period of 310,464 years. The secret of the 144 Ordinary Ages is very interesting, but first you need to understand many other things. Be certain to keep these three different Ages clearly in consciousness, so that you do not confuse them.

Just 388 B.C. was the close of the first Universal Age since the beginning of the Creation of this world. That means that the beginning of Creation, as the Story is told in the Bible, was 310,852 B.C.—or, put in another way, the Creation of this earth began 312,876 years ago. [310,464 + 388 + 2024 = 312,876] I know that some will say: "But I thought the Bible says that Creation began about 6,000 years ago.” To them I give assurance that the Holy Bible does not make any such statement. Then there will be those who will say something about thinking that this world had been here for many millions of years. No, it has not—no matter what “scientific” evidence to the contrary man may think that he has found. No matter what anyone has thought or taught, this teaching of the Third Sacred School is the only truly scientific statement concerning the age of the earth, the period of Creation, and that which took place before present recorded history began about five or six thousand years ago.

This earth was just one Universal Age old in 388 B.C., so Creation began 310,852 B.C. The Bible tells us that Creation took place in “six days,” and because it says that “the evening and the morning were the first day,” many people have jumped to the conclusion that the "day” mentioned was just twenty-four hours long, just like our days of today. However, the key by which we may understand this is given when the Lord told Adam that “in the day” when anyone ate of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil they should die. The Bible makes it very clear that Adam lived many hundreds of years after he ate of the forbidden fruit. This makes it clear that the word “day”, as here used, means simply a period of time. The length of the period of time is not indicated beyond saying it was the “evening and the morning.” Light and darkness are the positive and negative phases of the same thing, and that means simply a “complete whole”. What that complete whole of a period of time was, we must determine by other means.

Each Day of Creation was a Solar Age, or a period of 25,872 years. Just as the daylight period from morning to evening averages 12 hours each day, the day of Creation must have twelve periods, which, in their positive and negative phases, would be that which is symbolized by the 12 hours of light and the 12 hours of darkness in the ordinary day of 24 hours. So it is that the Solar Age is divided into twelve Ordinary Ages of 2156 years each.

The Six Days of Creation, each being a Solar Age of 25,872 years, lasted about 155,000 years. As you read the Story in the first chapter of Genesis, you will note that on the First Day “the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.” The word “water” here gives us a key to two things. First, Water is the symbol of Truth, and so it was the action of the Spirit of God working through the Eternal Truth that began the process of Creation. Second, each cycle of twelve Ages always begins with a Water Age; and also the cycle of Solar Ages which made up the Universal Age began with a Solar Water Age. The proof of this you will understand in due season—but to begin with you can accept it because the Bible clearly indicates that it is true. On the Second Day God “made the firmament” and the firmament is the Air. Now Air is the symbol of the Spirit of God, and also we find that the Second Age in any Solar Age has always been an Air Age. Further, the Second Solar Age of the Universal Age was a Solar Air Age. Thus, we have another proof from the Bible.

Before we consider the Bible Story further, I would point out that each Solar Age is divided naturally into three parts, and that each of the three parts is divided into four parts, making a total of twelve parts, or twelve Ordinary Ages. The same thing is true of a Universal Age, which is made up of twelve Solar Ages which fall into three groups of four each. The order in the group of four Solar Ages is always exactly the same, namely: first, a Water Solar Age; second, a Solar Air Age; third, a Solar Earth Age; and fourth, a Solar Fire Age. This is the first group of four, and the second and third are the same, so that the fifth is a Solar Water Age, the sixth is a Solar Air Age, the seventh is a Solar Earth Age, the eighth is a Solar Fire Age, the ninth is a Solar Water Age, the tenth is a Solar Air Age, the eleventh is a Solar Earth Age, and the twelfth is a Solar Fire Age—which completes the first Universal Age that ended 388 B.C. That would mean that the First Solar Age of the Second Universal Age, in which we are now living, would have to be a Solar Water Age, and that this Solar Water Age would have to begin with an Ordinary Water Age. The Bible proves this to be true, as the Great Master based His ministry on the Water vibration—baptism by water—His first miracle changing water to wine—walking on the water—fishermen for disciples—and He made them Fishers of Men. Consider these things well.

Number  Three

We  Were  Among  Those  God  Beings

Again I greet you in the Garden of God, that you may truly understand the Secrets of Creation. The blessings of the LORD of the Sacred Seven are ever resting upon you, and are released through you according to your response in love to Him. Remember that the Way is easy—and that the burden of light will dispel all darkness from before you as you truly trust in your Lord, and obey His will.

In Paper Two, you were introduced to many interesting facts, and we shall now continue our consideration of Ages. I pointed out to you that the First Universal Age was a Water Age, as indicated in Genesis 1:2. We saw that all the Ages, whether ordinary Ages, Solar Ages or Universal Ages, always move in the same order through their cycles, and that the cycle always begins with a Water vibration and closes with a Fire vibration. We found that the order of the four vibrations is always the same, and that they are: 1st, a Water vibration; 2nd, an Air vibration; 3rd, an Earth vibration; and 4th, a Fire vibration. These four vibrations may be spoken of as the Four Forces. Everything that manifests in this world is related to these Four Forces in various combinations of vibration.

If you understood all that this means, you would understand all that there is to know—so do not be discouraged if you do not yet see why these things are so very important. Just read them over until you have these facts clearly in consciousness, and as we continue on you will learn to understand them. The main thing for you to realize now is the fact that the names—Water, Air, Earth and Fire—as used with vibrations in connection with Ages, mean much more than they are usually thought to mean in ordinary use of them. In other words, these names are applied to the Four Primary Forces, or Creative Vibrations in Reactive Form, as symbols that give keys by which the secrets of the Four Forces may be unlocked and easily understood.

As the first Universal Age was a Water Age, and it closed 388 B.C., it is evident that we are now living in the second Universal Age, and that it is an Air Age. The Universal Air Age vibration, in that Air is the symbol of Spirit, is clearly seen as the background of our Great Master’s ministry. This present Universal Age began 2142 [2024 + 388 = 2142 years ago] and from a Cosmic standpoint our dates should figure from that point, rather than from the supposed time of Jesus' birth. As the Universal Air Age began with a new cycle of Solar Ages—just like the hour hand on the clock begins a new cycle every time it reaches twelve o'clock—we can see that the Universal Air Age began with a Solar Water Age. Also, that the Solar Water Age, which will not end for 23,848 years yet [25,872 - 2024 = 23,848], began with an ordinary Water Age. As an ordinary Age is only 2156 years long, you will see that the first Water Age of this present Solar Age, came to a close in 1768 A.D., or just 256 years ago [2024 - 1768 = 256]. That means that the second Age of this present Solar Water Age began with the close of the first Water Age in 1768 A.D., and that now we are living in an Ordinary Air Age.

Mankind as a whole is somewhat sensitive and responsive to the vibrations of the ordinary Age in which it is functioning—as evidenced by mankind’s present function in relation to the air, in which man has developed airplanes, radio communication, and the many other uses of the air which have been devised during recent years. The mass of mankind in the fallen state does not recognize, or respond to, the vibrations of the Solar Age to any great extent. This failure of true response on the part of fallen humanity is that which prevents mankind’s right use of the vibrations of the ordinary Age.

In other words, the vibration of our present Solar Age is that of the Water classification, and Water stands for Truth. If man, then, were properly responding to the Solar Water Age vibrations, he would make only true and perfect uses of the vibrations of the Air Age into which the world entered in 1768 A.D. Man has still less response to the vibrations and forces of the present Universal Age, which is a Universal Air Age, and this means that the true Spiritual application of the Air vibrations released through the ordinary Age has completely escaped mankind as a whole, and the human application has been from an unbalanced standpoint of the physical plane only. That is the reason why the inventions which mankind thinks to be so very great are really of little value—they are not the perfect blessings which God intended man should have through the vibrations made available to him.

In the New Age, into which we have entered, all that is humanly conceived of evil and limitation must fall away, and evil will be destroyed from the whole world. As you consider carefully the things that are being revealed to you, you will find it easy to understand how these things will be.

You will note that the three different Ages relate to the three phases of yourself. You have a body, a mind, and to the degree that you respond to your Lord within yourself you have a spiritual expression phase—and these are the three phases of your own being as a Temple of your Lord. In perfect Divine Man, as God first created him, his physical body was attuned with the vibrations of the Age in which he lived; his mind was tuned with the vibrations of the Solar Age in which he lived; and his spiritual expression was attuned with the vibrations of the Universal Age in which he lived. In the fallen state, as humanity now is, man’s body is attuned to the uncertain vibrations of man’s own making in his outer environment; his mind is partially attuned to the vibrations of the ordinary Age in which he lives, and he has almost no spiritual expression of any kind—though he often thinks his mental gymnastics to be spiritual. Thus you see how man is all out of tune with the Cosmic Forces, and no one can hope to enjoy the perfect life God has provided for Divine Man until he has allowed himself to be properly “tuned up” with the Cosmic Vibrations.

The present purpose of the Third Sacred School is to assist all who respond in the process of allowing themselves to be attuned to the Cosmic Vibrations of the three types of Ages through the Four Forces. Only those who carry through in response can be lifted up into that perfect state.

As you realize that you are now living under the vibrations of three different Ages—1st, an ordinary Air Age; 2nd, a Solar Water Age; and 3rd, a Universal Air Age—you will see that the triple vibration of Air-Water-Air contains the secrets of release which allow rebirth into reality here and now. This Triune Vibration is Spirit-Truth-Spirit in full and free function through all three phases of your outer being—that the Triune Vibration may fill your Triune Temple. When this takes place, the Lord of your Triune Temple will take full control of the Four Forces by which His works may be accomplished in the earth through you. This is that which the Great Master revealed in the Two Commandments He gave.

Now we will return to the Bible story of Creation. You have seen that the First Day was a Solar Water Age, and that the Second Day was a Solar Air Age. If the order of the Four Forces as they work through the different Ages is correct as we have outlined it, it is evident that the Third Day should be a Solar Earth Age, and the Fourth Day a Solar Fire Age, and then the Fifth Day should again be a Solar Water Age. Let us check this with the Bible and see what is revealed.

On the Third Day God gathered the waters into one place, “and let the dry land appear,” and “God called the dry land Earth.” So we have proof that we are right so far, and that the Third Day was a Solar Earth Age. Now consider the Fourth Day. As the dry land had appeared, the mists and clouds around the earth were condensed, the atmosphere was cleared, and at last, on the fourth day, the light of the stars and the sun and the moon reached the earth’s surface. The heat and light of the sun began to work its wonders on the earth's surface—and so we again have proof that a Solar Fire Age was the Fourth Day of Creation. Next is the Fifth Day, and lo, we find that it was on the Fifth Day that God said, “Let the waters bring forth abundantly both fish and fowl—and “it was so.” Here we have, then, five proofs in succession, which no one who believes in the Bible can possibly deny without denying the Bible itself. What of the Sixth Day? On the Sixth Day the creatures of all kinds, including man, which breathe air, and which must have a constant supply of air in order to live, were created. The average human being cannot live for even three short minutes without air. Man may go for days without water, or weeks with out food—but air he must have all the time. It is clear, therefore, that Divine Man was created in an Air Age—and in a Solar Air Age. Of all the Four Forces, it is evident that Earth would be the one most natural to a Day of Rest—and we find that the Seventh Day of Creation was a Solar Earth Age of 25,872 years duration. God Himself made this clear in His instruction to the Children of Israel that they should let the earth rest every seventh year.

Now that I have shown you how the record in the Bible proves the Truth of the Ages, and reveals the Keys by which we may fully understand Creation, it is possible to tell you the Story of Creation that you cannot find in books. This Story is one which you cannot find from any source in the whole world outside of the Third Sacred School. Each one will have to look within himself to find whatever confirmation, or assurance of Truth, he may require in order to let go and allow himself to relax into the New Vision of Reality which is now revealed for all who are ready and willing to respond.

I tell you this Story as it was, because I was there and I took part in all of the events of which I speak. It is not by “memory,” as human beings think of memory, that I am able to reveal this picture to you. It is not some strange and “mystic memory” which has been conjured up by some strange experience. It is not something that anyone has told to me—and, as it has not before been written during present recorded history, it certainly is not something that I have read somewhere. Neither have I any ancient and mysterious “tablets,” or writings of any sort whatsoever. Some there are who will attribute my story to imagination, and they will look upon it as fiction—and to all who so think, I give assurance that I have no objection to their attitude. This Story is to each one according to his response thereto—Reality to all who respond to Reality; fiction to all who respond to fiction. I ask no one to believe it; for spiritual things must be spiritually discerned in the Light of the Fire of the Christ Love.

The Cosmos is without end and without beginning. Your Lord within you is eternal—He never “began,” because He has always been. Seek not to comprehend the things of God which go back into the eternal past, or on into the eternal future. It is enough for you to be assured that your own individual, personal Lord within you now, has the Eternal Identity which He has always had, and which He always will have—but I speak not of that which you think yourself to be, nor of that which the world has called you.

Your Lord was with me in the beginning, before the world was—this I assure you; but be not concerned about “trying to know it” for yourself. Many hundreds of thousands, yes millions, of years ago, your Lord was one of a vast company of millions of Lords, or God Beings, who were all working together in the creation and transformation of a huge world which became our Sun long ago. Your own Lord was, and is, one of the God Beings about whom this Story is told—but as we continue it is to be understood, without my repeating it, that your Lord was one of those of whom I speak when I say “we.”

In the creation of the huge planet which is now the Sun of this solar system, we created wonderful plant and animal kingdoms which were marvelous beyond all the imaginings of men. In that whole creation there was no evil; no suffering; no sorrow; no death. The magnificent race of Divine Men and Women who lived in that huge world were always perfect and without sin of any kind. Their beauty of body, their symmetry of form, and their magnificence of stature were more wonderful than you can imagine; and they always functioned in perfect Wisdom, in full Harmony of Oneness With the God Beings who dwelt in them—and we were among those God Beings.

Number  Four

Language  Of  The  Gods

As you accompany me on this Great Exploring Expedition into the Cosmos, that we may learn the Secrets of Creation, you will find it necessary to face one of the problems of all explorers in this world—the problem of language; for you will need to learn an unknown tongue, that you may speak a new language. This new language is that expression of words that issues forth out of the Christ Love, and it is born of reality. We will as much as possible use the words of the English language, but you must realize that I am faced with the necessity of translating what we may speak of as the Language of the Gods into the language of this world, and at best such translation will be inadequate to express the full reality, yet it will be sufficient for our present needs in helping you to see the New Vision.

Some of the words which we shall use may be called “coined words” which are authored by myself, and authorized for use in the Third Sacred School only. These special words are necessary in order to give even a hint of the Beings and places about which our story deals—for we are truly considering the Romance of the Gods. These words contain special keys to inner meanings, which will be clear to you in due season—but all you need to do is to learn the simple meanings which I shall outline for you in this lesson. The keys to proper pronunciation of these special words are given with their simple definitions, and as you continue on you will find that greater meanings begin to dawn upon you from within the words themselves, and from within yourself.

In the keys to pronunciation, "a" will be long, and short "a", as in at, will not be found—but usually an "a" is to be sounded as ah, or "a" as in all. The letter "i" is generally sounded as long "e", as in see, and will be so considered unless otherwise indicated. Remember, an "i" is to be sounded as long "e". The letter "e" is generally sounded short, as the first "e" in entire, or enter. The letter "s" is always soft, as is also the combination of letters "th'. The "r" should be sounded clearly, yet softly and vibrantly. These keys apply only to the special words given as names of Beings and places and are not to be considered as applying to the usual words of the English language, in which the best and most correct usage will be expected.

If you are uncertain about a word, consult your dictionary. Correct language is necessary to true expression. For the special or “coined” words, I have made use of the Motherland Tongue as a means of connecting the Cosmic language and that of the English tongue, and in so doing I have taken advantage of “poetic license” in order to indicate meaning in the limited range of the language in which I write. In the Motherland Tongue, or the Language of Lemuria, the words are not subject to definite limitations of meaning. In some instances, one Lemurian word will convey more real meaning than could be given in a hundred English words dealing with the same subject. The spirit of the word is the important thing in Lemurian, and the same principle is true of the Cosmic Language of the Gods. The point of emphasis will be indicated by a ' mark.

LORD Raisara (Rah-e’-sah-rah): LORD of the Sacred Seven, who manifested as Jesus. He is the Supreme Being of this Seven Plane World.

LORD RaiRa (Rah-e’-rah—modified form) Supreme Being of this Solar System, who has His dwelling place in the Sun, and He is Ruler of the Sun. He is next in authority over Lord Raisara.

LORD Raithra (Rah-e'-thrah): The Supreme Being of this Universe, next in authority over Lord RaiRa. He dwells in the Central Sun of this Universe.

LORD RaEnRa (Rah-en'-rah): The Supreme Being of the Universe of Universes; the Central Figure of all Being; the GOD of all Gods; and His Most Holy Throne is in the Central SUN of Suns.

QUEEN Raisoma (Rah-es'-om-a—the o and final a are long): She is the Eternal Mate of Lord Raisara, and She was manifest as Mary of Bethany at the time of Jesus. She has not incarnated since that time. She ascended with the Master Jesus.

Rasunrai (Rah-sun'-rah-e'): This term is seldom used; but it means the entire Cosmos, or all of Creation. It is the Universe of Universes, which includes all the stars, which is the entire Realm of LORD RaEnRa, our Most Holy One.

Aensthra (A-en'-sthrah—first a long): This Universe, which is the Realm of Lord Raithra. The Central Sun of this Universe.

Siomra (Se-om'-rah—long o): The City and Realm of the Sun, the Fatherland of this Solar System. By inference this whole Solar System, which is the Realm of Lord RaiRa, is included, but specifically it means “The Place of God in the Sun.” It is the same as saying, “The Royal Capital of this Solar System.”

Poisenra (Poy-e'-sen-rah): The Whole, Holy World, which is the Realm of Lord Raisara. The physical earth is the lowest of the Seven Planes which make up this World. It is that which is spoken of in the Bible as the New Heaven and the New Earth. Primarily, as used herein, it will mean the Heaven Part of this Whole World, or what we may call the Three Inner Planes, over which the Seventh Plane is established.

Triumra (Tre'-oom-rah): The Three Outer Planes of this Whole World. This includes all that man thinks of as this world, and much more. This is the Negative part of this Seven Plane World, and includes every thing and place and substance known to man.

Lord Tiunra (Te-oon'-rah): The Lord of the Sacred Three, who is the Supreme Ruler of Triumra. He is directly under the authority of Lord Raisara. High Priest and King of Triumra.

Queen Senria (Sen-re'-ah—short e): The Goddess who is the Cosmic Mate of Lord Tiunra. She is Queen of Triumra, and stands as High Priestess in the Temple of the Three Outer Planes.

Traio (Trah-e’-oh): The Capital City of Triumra. Traio is at present invisible. In the perfect state, as the World was first created, Traio was in two parts: first, the positive, invisible part, and second, the negative, visible part. The visible part was the Third Sacred City. Traio will again become visible when that which the Bible calls the “New Jerusalem” is made manifest, for Traio and the New Jerusalem are one and the same. You will learn more of this later.

With this brief introduction of the central figures and places with which our story deals, we are ready to begin the story. You will be introduced to other Beings and places in the course of our story, but it is now important that you become so acquainted with the names I have given that you will know instantly what I mean when I use any one of those names. Also, it will be well for you to practice pronouncing these names until you can speak them correctly. Be certain that you watch the keys which I have given you.

Also, I know that you will realize that all these names are sacred, and that you will use them reverently, with all love. If you will copy these names, with pen or pencil, marking the correct pronunciation, so that you can carry them with you and think about them during the day, you will find them to be wonderful Windows of Heaven for you. Blessed Explorers, you now have something to explore that will never end. If you are as interested as you should be, you will find it a joy to make these preparations so that you may enjoy our Journey to Siomra. Enfolding you in the Light, that you may see, I AM Uranda

Number  Five

Our  Ancient  Home

Come, and let me enfold you in the silent melodies of the spheres, and as you relax into the spirit of my presence with you, you will see my Magic Word. In my Magic Word there is a door—and now the door opens wide for you. Come, and rest within my Magic Word. Now all of you are inside, and as you find your places I close and seal the door to the Magic Word. There is a comfortable chair for each of you, and as you relax you begin to feel a soft warm glow inside of your body and all around you. On the inside of the Magic Word you notice a soft radiance of light that seems to change in color as the vibrations change around you, and as your realizations change. Sometimes the light is almost white, then it takes on a golden hue, which changes to a lovely blue, and then to rich purple as a surge of power flows through you. Do not “try” to see this light or you will fail—and if you see it not, be content to feel its gentle radiance.

Resting peacefully within the Magic Word, we are ready for our journey in eternity. Time no longer holds us, and I now take you back along the way that we have come to this present time and place in eternity. It is not that we will change things from the way they now are—but we will see them as they once were, long centuries ago. You will see that the picture forms within the Magic Word before your very eyes, and all this that seems so strange and mysterious will be as plain and simple as anyone could rightly wish.

The things of this present world fade from view as our Magic Word moves swiftly out into space. Suddenly you realize that distance is no obstacle to the Magic Word, and we draw close to the Sun of our Solar System, and you are thrilled and filled with awe as you contemplate the prospect of our visit to Siomra. But wait! What of those huge flames of fire that come leaping out toward us? Almost fearful, yet not afraid, you watch those flames of livid fire that leap out into space for tens of thousands of miles. You know that if our little world should ever come in reach of such flames of fire as these, the things that man now knows would surely be all burned away.

I assure you that while the flames are burning hot to that which is not of perfect reality, they do not endanger the earth, and all Poisenra is safe enough. I see a question forming in your eyes—no, you are not yet perfect, but so long as you stay within the Magic Word the flames will not touch you, and we will pass right through them. Another question do I see coming forth and taking form within your eyes—these flames you see are the result of what we may call the physical radiation of pure Sun-Substance.

As the Ascending Substance that is drawn from the various worlds comes within the active orbit of the Sun, the flames reach out to receive it, and there is a chemical change that releases what we may call gaseous substance which immediately appears to burn. This burning produces an actual flame that is far hotter than anything known in man’s world; but from the vibration of ultimate Sun-Substance, that flame feels cool and soothing and is, actually, in its own plane, a heatless flame. The radiation of that flame does not generate heat until it is reflected from the surface of some substance that is lower in vibration than the vibration of Sun-Substance. The human scientist of man’s world, who journeys out into space as far as he can, which is only a few miles at best, finds that the rays from the Sun do not appear as light, nor do they give heat. Those rays must be reflected by the earth’s surface before they appear, and function, as the light and heat which man knows and uses. So it is that you begin to understand the simple facts which have before been hidden in mystery, and the questioning in your eyes begins to fade away.

Next you notice that while I have been explaining these things to you, our Magic Word has been moving, more slowly now, through the flames of the Sun, and as you watch you see those surging flames moving in many directions as they envelop us, and a constant play of colors more vivid and gorgeous than any known in the human world holds your vision entranced. Such colors as these your human eyes have never seen before, but from within yourself you have the deep assurance that your Master-Self is at home here and can read the meaning that is revealed by every changing hue. Soon, out of the seeming confusion of movement and color, you begin to detect a wonderful order and rhythm of change, and as you watch you begin to see deeper and deeper into each passing flame—until you know just how and why it is that human language is all too small and limited to allow more than a hint of that which is to be revealed. Now you see why you have to be inside of the Magic Word before you can understand the glory and the beauty of all these things.

A strange feeling begins to fill you, and you feel every cell of your body becoming more alive. Gradually it begins to dawn on you that you are enfolded in a sea of soft music that lifts you to heights you have never dreamed of before. Yes, you are now hearing the lovely colors which were only seen by you before. As you watch, and listen to, the ever changing colors of these wonderful flames, you begin to realize that the flames themselves are no longer moving—only the colors are moving now! How clearly the lovely music now sounds within your ears! Again I see a question forming, and I answer it before you get it into words—only the tip ends of the flames, which form the outer covering of the Sun, are moving. The deeper layers of the Sun are permanently fixed, created out of Sun-Substance which endures for all eternity; and it never grows old, it is always new! Truly, we are at last moving through the outer boundaries of Siomra!

As your eyes become more accustomed to the light, you begin to realize that you are just beginning to see things that have been there all the time. The seeming development of that which surrounds us has only been a gradual expansion of your vision! That which seemed dim to you a little while ago now stands out with vivid clearness, and you feel as if you were under some great pressure which seems to be pushing you out of yourself. You can no longer think of yourself as that little human being which man’s world has thought you to be. The human part of you has been absorbed into the Being of your Eternal Self—and you are the ONE!

As the unknowingness of your old human consciousness has grown more dim, and has faded away, the knowing of your true reality has filled your whole body. Now you enfold the human part of you inside of yourself, and let it look out through your eyes, so that it will be able to return to the functions of the earth and tell the Tales of Siomra to those few who will be eager to listen to your words. Your human identity is not lost—and when we are ready to return to man’s world the human part of you will come forth again and you will be as you were before in many ways—yet there will be a difference, which I shall leave for you to find and know in the day of our return. As you think of the earth in your little human mind which has now been absorbed inside of you, the earth seems far away—but as you think of the earth in your Eternal Mind, you find that all you need to do is to turn and look, and there it is, almost at your fingertips! But now we are to give our full attention to Siomra, and I see the joy that surges through you as you arrive for a visit in your Ancient Home, where you lived and worked so long ago.

Carrying your human self safely inside of you, your purpose now is to reveal to its human mind, as rapidly as it can receive it, the truths of Creation which you know so well. So it is that you now have your own Magic Word, which you will use while we stay in Siomra. So I now open the door to my Magic Word, and as you step out of it into the atmosphere of our Ancient Home, I draw my Magic Word closely around me as the Garment in which I am clothed. As you thrill to the sights and sounds before you, you draw your own Garment about you, and enfolded in your Magic Word you are dressed in the Robe which you wore in the Ancient Days, and which you see worn on every hand here in this glorious City of Light.

As we step forth upon the Crystal Way, moving naturally into formation, the Welcoming Host begins the Song of Greeting which swells into a glorious refrain which issues forth from the lips of the Wondrous Beings before whom we stand and echoes in rhythmic response from every part of all the created things surrounding us. In recognition and response, we bow low before the welcoming Representative of our great and beloved Lord RaiRa, and deeply do we Rejoice.

Number  Six

Romance  Of  The  Gods

Again review the story as told in the last Explorer’s Club paper, that we may all be in our proper places as we resume consideration of this Cosmic Drama—the Romance of the Gods. Listening now to the Song of Greeting that welcomes us to Siomra, we find ourselves bowing low before the radiant and glorious Being who welcomes us to our Ancient Homeland in the Holy Name of Lord RaiRa, the Supreme Being of this Sun and Solar System.

Lord Tiunra is in our company, and now you note that he has taken his place as leader of the expedition, and that he is standing directly in front of the Leader of the welcoming Host. Slowly the Song fades away into a silvery ripple of echoes. Silence follows. There is not a sound to be heard. It is a silence such as your human-self has never known before—a silence that is alive with silence!

At first your human-self feels as if it cannot stand that silence any longer, even though it is enfolded within yourself. Finally, under the awful pressure of this Living Silence, that human form that you are carrying within yourself begins to relax. Then it begins to see and know and hear the things that you see and know and hear. Now you begin to feel a gentle ripple in the silence. There is no sound, but it is as if a sound were preparing to come forth, and in that advancing ripple you know what the sound is going to be. This ripple in the silence thrills you, and you can hardly wait till your ears actually hear the sweet music of the sound that is to be. A Voice, softly vibrant, yet majestic, begins to speak, bringing sweet fulfilment of all the seemingly unutterable things that you have been feeling in the yearning ripples of that vast silence.

“Welcome Home, beloved ones; our blessed Lord RaiRa bids you welcome Home.” Spoken in the Language of the Gods, these simple words tell unspoken volumes, and the heavenly music of that Voice satisfies your yearnings, and fills you with Peace and Joy unspeakable and full of glory.

As the sound fades away, and the ripples in the silence are stilled, you know that Lord Tiunra is ready to give answer to those holy words of welcome, and now He speaks in a voice that carries all the joyous response that you feel, blended with a note of solemn, long-waited victory in the one sad drama of all Rasunrai: “Our deepest love response to beloved Lord RaiRa. Greetings of the Ages to thee, most noble Lord Sira. The reverent, joyous love of all my company to thee and to all this blessed Host. Our beloved Master, Lord Raisara, sends a sacred message to Lord RaiRa, and his love to the Holy Ones of all Siomra. Truly, it is a blessed joy for us to come again to our Ancient Home, and the welcome you accord us gives assurance that we are not strangers here. Thy Will be done.”

“Come with me, my eternal friends.” With these words Lord Sira turns to lead the way toward the palace where we are to live during our visit to Siomra, and Lord Tiunra walks beside him, while the welcoming Host joyously mingles with our company. Soon all are talking happily in the Language of the Gods, or watching and listening in happy silence.

Moving along the Crystal Way, with your companions of Siomra, you note that Queen Senria is walking beside a most beautiful Goddess, and that the two are just a little way behind Lord Sira and Lord Tiunra. After watching them for a time, you turn to the Radiant One beside you and ask as to who is this lovely Goddess, and the Radiant One replies, “She is Queen Sirais, Cosmic Mate of Lord Sira. They are the Holy Ones who rule Siomra, under Lord RaiRa. You see, Lord RaiRa is our Beloved King of this Solar System, and so he is the Supreme Ruler of Siomra and all our planets, of which your Poisenra is one. Just as your own King, Lord Raisara, is Supreme Ruler of Poisenra under Lord RaiRa, so does Lord Sira govern Siomra, the City of the Sun, under our Great KING. As you see, Queen Sirais is very beautiful, and we all love her dearly. She is a most gracious, wise and loving Queen. She is your Hostess for your sojourn here, and one of the royal palaces has been prepared for you and your company. You will find everything in perfect order, and we will always be nearby, ready to serve you in every way possible.

“See! There are the palace grounds now. You will notice that there is one Central Palace which towers high above the others, and it shines with golden light. It is surrounded by lovely gardens and fountains which you cannot see from here. Perhaps you may visit those gardens before you return to Poisenra. That is the Palace Home of Lord RaiRa, and though you can see its towers, domes and spires so plainly, it is still a great distance from here. Directly this side of the Central Palace, you see another—the Palace Home of Lord Sira and Queen Sirais. You also see all these other palaces, placed in a great circle around the Central Palace. These palaces are the headquarters, in Siomra, for all the different planets of our Solar System. There the Palace of Poisenra over there to our right. You will visit it later, but that is not where you will stay during your visit this time.

"As we draw nearer, you see that the Palace of Siomra is not just one great edifice. It is made up of seven separate palaces, arranged around a large, lovely garden, in the form of an oval. Then, at each of five points around this great oval, you see another palace. You note that these five palaces give the whole an appearance as of a great Five-pointed Star, and within the star are the seven palaces. The five and the seven make Twelve Palaces in all, in the one great Palace of Siomra. See, we have now come within the great oval of the palace grounds. Straight before us you see the Seventh Palace of Siomra. That is the Home of Lord Sira and his lovely Queen. Here to our right is the palace that has been prepared for our company. It is the Third Palace of Siomra. Already Lord Sira and Lord Tiunra stand at the door of the palace. Let us ascend the steps in silence and find our appointed places inside. I will explain many other things to you at a later time. It is a joy to walk with you before our waiting Lords, who stand at the open door that we may pass through, aide in silence.”

With these softly spoken words of the Radiant One still sounding in your ears, you come to the door where, following the example of the Radiant One, you pause a moment to bow before Lord Sira, whose hands are extended in Blessing to you. As you stand within the portals of this heavenly palace, you are filled with awe and wonder at the beauty on every hand. You are thrilled by a touch upon your arm, and you realize that the Radiant One is waiting to take you to your quarters.

You are guided toward a large golden pillar that appears to be alive. It looks like a pearl, ingrained with gold and bands of fire which move and change while you watch. As you draw near to it you pause—for your Eternal Mind, which knows these things, has tuned itself to your human-mind, and functions as an extension of your human-mind through which your human-self may learn to know and understand all these wonders of Siomra—but you are surprised to see the Radiant One walk right into the pillar as if it were only mist, instead of having the appearance of solid pearl. You pause for only a moment, and you too step into the pillar in which there is no door. Inside, you cannot be seen by those outside, nor can you see out, but now you can see the Radiant One smiling at the wonder in your eyes. Though there is no discomfort, or sign of any moving thing other than yourself and the Radiant One, you move swiftly downward.

The Radiant One explains, “Here we are already. Step outside with me. This that appeared to you as a pillar made of stone is but one of the transportation tubes of Siomra. This one is vertical, and we have come straight down several thousand feet in just a moment. Through these tubes it is possible to go, almost instantly, to any part of Siomra. Remember that Siomra is about 900,000 earth miles in diameter, while the earth part of Poisenra is less than 8,000 miles in diameter, so some of these tubes are hundreds of thousands of miles long. You will learn more of them later.

Now here is your apartment. Each one, or each couple, in your company has been given an apartment some-thing like this, yet each apartment is distinctly individual, and especially suitable for the one, or ones, who occupy it. I am here to serve you, but you will have complete privacy. You are to relax here and enjoy yourself for a little while; for Lord Tiunra has a message from Lord Raisara to deliver to Lord RaiRa, and Lord Sira has gone with him on that holy mission. After Lord Tiunra returns he will have much to tell you.”

Number  Seven

Everything  Is  Alive

As you rest in your apartment in the Third Palace of Siomra, considering the wonderful events you have experienced thus far in your journey of exploration, you find yourself meditating on the luxurious sense of perfect peace which fills your whole being. Again you let your eyes rove peacefully over the appointments of your quarters. You begin to analyze the striking simplicity which gives you such a peculiar feeling of rich luxury. While you watch you begin to realize that all the things around you are alive—yes, even the walls of your apartment are alive! It dawns on you that there are no dead forms, or dead crystallizations of substance, anywhere in Siomra.

You compare it with the earth for a moment. Before man builds a house of wood, he kills the trees from which the wood is taken. The boards are all dead forms, and in due season they will decay and go back to dust. Nearly all the things which men use are dead. All machinery is dead. All the things that man makes are dead. With a peculiar sense of faraway horror you realize that nearly everything that man does is either killing something or is working in some way with something that is already dead. Man, down on the earth, with all his blessings and opportunities and God-given powers, gives nearly all of his attention to dead things, or to the killing of things that are alive.

How different are your surroundings here in Siomra! There is nothing dead anywhere. Everything is alive. All that is being done around you is related to life—eternal life—and every action is creative. In your mind you compare the most beautiful of the palaces and mansions, and other buildings, with the apartment in which you find yourself, and you have to admit that there is nothing on the face of the earth that can begin to compare with the beauty and luxury and convenience with which you are surrounded.

Presently you are called from your reverie by the glowing of a lovely light above the door to the room where you are, and the moment your attention is focused on the light you find that you can see what is going on in some distant place, and you can hear the words that are being spoken there. To test the function of your senses you look away from the light to the other side of the room, and instantly all sound vanishes and you can see nothing outside of the room where you are. There is not a sound to disturb the perfect quiet, although you are aware that the lovely light is still above the door. Once more you look toward the light, and at once you are aware of what is going on in that distant place. The novelty of this strange experience begins to pass and you realize, with a little start, that the voice you hear is that of Lord Tiunra. You see him as he speaks with those who are gathered near him, and you find that he is talking to you also. Yes, you are being called to attend some special gathering immediately.

As you open the door you find that the Radiant One is waiting for you, ready to usher you to your appointed place. You have no more than enough time for a loving greeting before you step into the transportation tube, and in a moment you find yourself stepping through the seemingly solid wall of the tube into a large and beautiful hall. You are greeted by other members of your party, and with them you enter a room of moderate size, the walls of which remind you of mirrors, though you notice that they do not reflect the images of the people who are moving about the room. As in the other rooms of the palace, you cannot see where the light is coming from, but the room is filled with a soft, restful light that casts no shadows anywhere. In fact, you suddenly realize that you have not seen any shadows anywhere in Siomra.

In a moment you find yourself ushered to a place beside a peculiar table, and as you sit down you notice how soft and comfortable the chair is. Also, you notice that quite a large number of Radiant Ones who live in Siomra have found places around the room, though only members of the party from Poisenra are seated at the table. Shortly all sound ceases, and all those present are comfortably relaxed in their proper places. Lord Tiunra is seated at the head of the table. Queen Senria is seated at his left—on your right, as you face them. Behind them Lord Sira and Queen Sirais are seated on a dais of simple beauty. You observe that all eyes are being turned toward Lord Tiunra with keen, but silent, anticipation. When all in the room are fully focalized in responsive attention to him, Lord Tiunra stands and begins to speak.

“Blessed Ones, we are here on a most important mission, and the service we are to render is destined to influence the functions of our whole Solar System, and especially are we concerned with the destiny and function of our own beloved Poisenra.” The melody of his words sends a radiant thrill through your whole being as Lord Tiunra continues. “By the authority of our Beloved KING, LORD Raisara, have we received this commission, and by the grace of Most Holy LORD RaiRa have we come to Siomra—and through the loving cooperation and assistance of our radiant Host and Hostess, Lord Sira and his lovely Queen, are we gathered here with all things needful to our successful function and accomplishment fully provided. In all Aensthra there is great rejoicing in this hour, because it has long been awaited as the beginning of the manifestation of the victory of true freedom in Triumra.

“I bring you a message from Lord RaiRa, which I shall deliver to you in due season. I have much to reveal to you, and we have many things to do—but first it is in order that your immediate needs should be cared for. I know that in your keen interest you have forgotten the hunger for food. However, as we are to remain here in this room for a period of time that would equal several days in Triumra, and there will be only a few short intermissions until our work here is completed, it is well that we should pause now for refreshment of the body temple.

“You have noticed many interesting things in the few hours since our arrival here in Siomra, which I would touch upon lightly. One such point is the absence of the kind of shadows that are common in Triumra. Man is able to see and distinguish form primarily through light and shadow; but such vision is dependent on the reflection of light from the surface of that which is seen, so that it is the reflection that is seen, rather than the thing itself. In Siomra the light is present everywhere, and is so evenly distributed that no shadows exist as man knows them. In this light, and in this state of being, visual perception is not through reflection of light from the surface of the thing seen but is experienced through the radiation of light from within yourself to that which is seen.

Here you see over radiated light. Every object, as well as every being, in Siomra radiates light, because, as you have already noticed, everything here is alive. Because you are in harmony with all the vibrations of which you are aware in your present environment, the radiations of light from yourself interpenetrate with the radiations from the beings and things around you in a manner that eliminates the need of reflections and allows you to actually see the thing, or being, toward which you look.

For the present we will not dwell further on the point of seeing. Let us turn our attention to the fact of the active living function in all things around you. Consider the chairs in which you rest. You are aware of the fact that in some strange way you have actually absorbed the vibration of your chair into your own vibration. In other words, it has blended with you and for the present is part of you. On testing it you will find that you can control the action of your chair in much the same way that you move your hand or turn your head. In your chair you are relaxed in the natural life currents and cycles of Siomra; but more than that is needed.

“The pleasure of eating good food is enjoyed here in Siomra. The food of which we shall soon partake is alive, and in eating it we do not kill it—we only transmute it into the vibration and form of our own bodies. The Radiant Ones who have prepared our food are bringing it now, and while they are giving each one the appointed portion, you will notice that these lovely products of tree and vine are unlike any on earth, though you will notice some points of rather faint similarity. Later I shall tell you more of this. I know that you are eager to taste that which is set before you, and you will find that each of you has exactly the right amount, so that there will be no waste. After our Beloved Lord Sira has given the Blessing, we will eat together of this life-giving food.”

Number  Eight

Thy  Sacred  Mission

Our Story continues. The heavenly feast is over. You have enjoyed the wonderful fruits and nuts. You have been refreshed with the sparkling liquid which is nectar yielded by certain gorgeous flowers which grow in the gardens of Siomra. You agree that in man’s world you never tasted such a perfectly satisfying meal, and you are ready for the important service for which you are in Siomra. As you have found that the food in Siomra does not need any cooking, and that the work is with living things, you are more eager than ever to know more about the creation of the world from which you came. You are functioning from your human consciousness so that when you go back to the earth your human mind will know what took place. Otherwise the human part of you would not know anything about the trip to Siomra. So it is that you relax now in your living chair, in joyous anticipation of what Lord Tiunra has to tell you and show you.

As a hush falls over the room, the light begins to fade away until it is about like the hour of dusk back in Triumra. Then you notice that the whole side of the room, on Lord Tiunra’s right, begins to glow. The wall gives you the impression of being alive and as if you could almost see through it. It looks as if a sheet of crystal glass were in the background, with a sort of dusk-like darkness back of it and with a moving wall of soft light in front of it. Out of the stillness comes the sound of Lord Tiunra’s voice.

“Blessed Ones,” he begins, “you are granted a great and holy privilege in the opening of this service. The wall here on my right is, as you see, a living thing. Later when I am talking to you, you will be able to see the things I am talking about. For the present this wall is perfectly tuned to my mind, and even my thoughts may be pictured there if I wish it be so. You will be able to observe that which I tell you about, just as if you were watching the original happening. In fact, as we continue you may from time to time see yourselves portrayed just as you were when you took part in the activities which we are here to consider. I have told you this now only to give you some idea of the use of this vision panel. But it is not limited to a reproduction of scenes of the past. On this panel I can show you a picture of present happenings anywhere in this Solar System, and with a little adjustment I could give you an opportunity to see any thing or person, or happening in this Universe, or even beyond, if it were wise or necessary.

“While you are functioning from the standpoint of your human minds it would be very dangerous to have this panel attuned to your mind, because human beings have so little control over their minds and the result would be a picture of chaos on the screen, and if you tuned in to a great power current through the panel, without being ready, the human part of you would be burned up. Now, however, it is my great joy and privilege to use this panel as a means by which you may be given the sacred and holy opportunity of seeing and hearing our greatly beloved Lord RaiRa. He will not be revealed in all his glory, for your human vision could not stand it, but you will see him just as he is, as he is sitting in his palace garden, waiting to appear to you through the panel and to speak to you in the opening of this important service for which you have come on this thrilling expedition to Siomra. Beloved Ones, in great reverence and in all love for his Holy Being, I present you to the Supreme One of Siomra, Lord RaiRa.”

When the sound of these words has faded into a solemn hush the lights on the panel begin to scintillate and a most beautiful picture begins to take form. First you see the lovely garden, with its beautiful trees, flowers and fountains, and then against this background you begin to see the figure of the Holy One. The beauty of his features and the majesty of his bearing are beyond words to describe. In reverent awe you bow before him, until the sweet sound of his voice recalls you to the vision. His words thrill every fiber of your being as he speaks:

“My Faithful Ones, rest in peace and lift up thine eyes unto me. Thy sacred mission is to again release the Truths of Being to the fallen ones of Poisenra, and for this cause hast thou come hither; for this cause do I bless thee. All things are prepared for thy successful accomplishment. By my decree, and by the proclamation of thine own Beloved Lord Raisara, the hour of judgment has come upon mankind and the time is at hand of which I have said unto wilful man, ‘Thus far shalt thou come, and no further.’ Man must now respond to the Cosmic Plan or bring destruction upon himself.

“To open the Way for all who are willing to follow in the path established by Lord Raisara, my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased, thou art ordained to this work. I commend thee to the leadership and direction of Lord Tiunra, who so faithfully represents and serves thy KING, Lord Raisara. As thou art obedient to his word, my power of the Cosmos shall be released in and through thee according to the necessities of thy service. The facilities and resources of my entire Kingdom are at the disposal of Lord Tiunra as he draws the fallen ones who respond into the Realms of Light. Thrice blessed are they who hearken to his word and keep his commandments, for I have sent him forth to do my will and fulfil the Cosmic Plan.

“My blessings rest upon all of thee, and through the leader of thy expedition I send special greetings to my Beloved Son, Lord Raisara, and his Beloved One, Queen Raisoma. Abide in peace and expand in service. I give the victory unto thee, and to all who will receive it of thee. When thou shalt return to the children of men, those who receive thee shall I receive as the Children of God; and those who reject thee, reject me also. Rejoice in the perfect love with which I enfold thee, and as my Beloved Son hath said unto thee, even so say I, ‘By this shall mankind know that ye are my Children, if ye love one another.’ As thine eyes have seen me in the garden, so does the Garden of Eden await all those who shall find it pleasing to behold the truth that is released through thee. In oneness with my Son I say unto thee, ‘Lo, I am with thee alway, even unto the day of the new dawn, wherein evil shall be no more,’ and I give thee my peace in Love.”

While you feel those words as living flames within you, the vision of the garden vanishes and on the panel there appears the picture of the palace in Poisenra, and then you see the glorious, radiant faces of Lord Raisara and Queen Raisoma as they give their blessing to our undertaking. Resting in the glory of their love, again you see the vision fade away and the panel is as it was at first. After a period of silent joy the vibrant voice of Lord Sira begins to express in a devotional period fitting to the holy hour. When his words of prayerful blessing have ended, you know that the time has come for Lord Tiunra to begin to speak to you, unveiling that which has been a mystery to fallen man.

Lord Tiunra stands and begins to speak: “For all of you I would express our deep appreciation and love to Lord RaiRa, Lord Sira, and Lord Raisara, for their glorious blessings upon us in the work for which we are gathered here. It is only in the fulfilment of the commission given unto us that we can prove worthy of their blessings and the confidence they have placed in us. It is only through the power of the Christ love that we may achieve divine success.

“It is my purpose to give you the Story of the history of the world from before the beginning of creation to the present time. As I talk to you, the whole picture will unfold before your eyes here on the panel. When the recorded outline of my words shall have reached the children of men in Poisenra it will be found that only through spiritual perception and understanding can they realize the fullness of all that I reveal. Those who attempt to understand through intellectual approach, on the basis of knowledge gained from outer world sources, shall surely find that my words are without meaning.

“When the record of our activity here shall reach the Responding Ones, they should not attempt to try to come here in imagination at that time but rather they should relax into the realization of my words, as they might go over a pleasant memory. Let the record be read and considered as an outline of that which has been done, for then this phase of our work shall have been finished.

“We have come to Siomra because it is here that the beginnings of the creation of our world took place, and it is here that we find all the necessary facilities for giving you a true and complete picture of that which has taken place in the past. Also, you will gain something of a vision of that which is yet to be. Rejoice that it is so.”

Uranda

A  Home  Among  The  Stars

From the Shining Citadels

Of Raira’s eternal sphere

Where we had lived and served for countless ages

We journeyed forth

into the deep of space unlighted

Into the vast void of nothingness

The desert places of the Cosmos

The unused wilderness between the suns

That we might build a place of habitation

A mansion in the boundless heavens

And a home among the stars.

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God Almighty

God  Almighty

Martin Cecil   December 6, 1970

Properly speaking, emphasis is placed upon the idea conveyed through the words, “Glory to God in the Highest.” Too many get hung up on the following words, “On earth peace, good will toward men.” [greatcosmicstory.blogspot.com/exact-alignment.html]

In our recent meditations we have concerned ourselves particularly with what is meant by the word Jehovah. In looking to God we have looked to the true character of Being in our own experience. We have examined the nature of Being to some extent and recognized the honorable character that results in our expression on earth when we accept the Divine character into our own experience. Our view of God has been primarily of God in action on earth through our own specific Focus of Being. It has been essential that we should experience very much in this regard, and there is much more to experience, but it is also important that we do not lose sight of God Almighty.

Human beings tend to have a reaction of contempt for what becomes too familiar. In other words, if the dawning experience of the aspect of God which comes to focus in ourselves as individuals is thought of as being supreme we lose sight of what really is supreme. “Glory to God in the highest.” Obviously God is much vaster than the individual. There needs to be a balance in other words, in our consciousness and in our experience, in this regard.

There may be a tendency to lose respect for God as He really is by reason of our limited experience of God in the sense of personal being. That experience, compared to the whole, is a very very little thing, isn't it? From the standpoint of a distorted human it may seem like a tremendous thing. In fact the usual view is that we can't be perfect, for instance; therefore if as an individual it is anticipated that we must be perfect, that seems like a tremendous undertaking, such a vast thing. But if we consider God, how really insignificant that undertaking is! No problem at all. Let us not therefore lose sight of God in the Highest, with respect to Whom, in our consciousness of God in individual being, we may be deeply humble.

“Glory to God in the Highest.” God's will is done in heaven, not only the heaven as it relates to this little speck in the universe but the heaven which relates to the whole universe. What comes to focus in our particular field of responsibility is a relatively small thing, but vitally important to the whole. But we need to have a balance in our own consciousness and experience as it relates to God. In the Bible there were many occasions when different ones became conscious in some measure of the greatness of Divine Being. Fear ensued, and those concerned felt inclined to repent in dust and ashes because they became conscious of how corrupt they were in the human sense and how unholy their attitudes and actions and ways had been. As long as we have an inflated idea of our own worth, somehow, without ever having experienced our real relatedness to the truth of God, we need to repent in dust and ashes.

There is a very beautiful allegorical story at the conclusion of this booklet of ours, The Bhagavad-Gita, [The Song Celestial] where Arjuna had accepted the instruction of Krishna and had begun to experience something new in relationship to himself. There came a point where he longed to see God—“Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God”—not just to see God in the sense of his individual experience of being but to see the wholeness of God in which his individual experience of being was contained.

Krishna offered him the opportunity of letting his consciousness expand so that he might share a greater balance in his experienced awareness of God. If we do not have this balance we almost inevitably lack the sacred respect which is essential to the true knowing of our own Divine Being. God has been described as “awe-ful.” Those who become aware of God are filled with awe. This is not very characteristic of human beings in relationship to things Divine: they can take them or leave them—“God, who's He?” Even when there begins to be a consciousness of the reality of Divine Being, the real nature of God Almighty tends to be obscured by the concern of the individual with his own expression of rightness. I am not saying we shouldn't be concerned with that expression; we should. But we need to have an awareness of God which is vastly greater than this. Even if we come to the point of the fulness of the expression of Divine Being on earth, it would seem such a little, insignificant thing, scarcely discernible in the Wholeness of God. And if we have that fulness of Divine expression on earth we naturally would experience this balanced awareness and humility with respect to God.

Let me read to you from this passage from The Song Celestial:

Arjuna says:

Fain would I see,

As Thou Thyself declar'st it, Sovereign Lord!

The likeness of that glory of Thy Form

Wholly revealed. O Thou Divinest One!

If this can be, if I may bear the sight,

Make Thyself visible, Lord of all prayer!

Show me Thy very Self, the Eternal God!

Then the word of Krishna came:

Gaze, then, thou Son of Pritha! I manifest for thee

Those hundred thousand thousand shapes that clothe my Mystery:

I show thee all my semblances, infinite, rich, divine,

My changeful hues, my countless forms. See! in this face of mine,

Wonders unnumbered, Indian Prince! revealed to none save thee.

Behold! this is the Universe!—Look! what is live and dead

I gather all in one—in Me! Gaze, as thy lips have said,

On God Eternal, Very God! See Me! see what thou prayest!

Thou canst not!—nor, with human eyes, Arjuna! ever mayest!

Therefore I give thee sense divine. Have other eyes, new light!

And, look! This is My glory, unveiled to mortal sight!

Servant: Then, O King! the God, so saying,

Stood, to Pritha's Son displaying

All the splendour, wonder, dread

Of His vast Almighty-head.

Out of countless eyes beholding,

Out of countless mouths commanding,

Countless mystic forms enfolding

In one Form: supremely standing

Countless radiant glories wearing,

Countless heavenly weapons bearing,

Crowned with garlands of star-clusters,

Robed in garb of woven lustres,

Breathing from His perfect Presence

Breaths of every subtle essence

Of all heavenly odours; shedding

Blinding brilliance; overspreading—

Boundless, beautiful—all spaces

With His all-regarding faces;

So He showed!  If there should rise

Suddenly within the skies

Sunburst of a thousand suns

Flooding earth with beams undeemed-of.

Then might be that Holy One's

Majesty and radiance dreamed of!

So did Pandu's Son behold

All this universe enfold

All its huge diversity

Into one vast shape, and be

Visible, and viewed, and blended

In one Body—subtle, splendid,

Nameless—the All-comprehending

God of Gods, the Never-Ending

Deity!

But, sore amazed,

Thrilled, overfilled, dazzled, and dazed,

Arjuna knelt; and bowed his head,

And clasped his palms; and cried, and said:

Arjuna: Yea!  I have seen!  I see!

Lord! all is wrapped in Thee!

The gods are in Thy glorious frame! the creatures

Of earth, and heaven, and hell

In Thy Divine form dwell,

And in Thy countenance shine all the features

Of Brahma, sitting lone

Upon His lotus-throne;

Of saints and sages, and the serpent races;

Yea! mightiest Lord!  I see

Thy thousand thousand arms, and breasts, and faces,

And eyes—on every side

Perfect, diversified;

And nowhere end of Thee, nowhere beginning,

Nowhere a centre!  Shifts —

Wherever soul's gaze lifts —

Thy central Self, all-wielding, and all-winning!

Infinite King! I see

The anadem on Thee,

The club, the shell, the discus; see Thee burning

In beams insufferable,

Lighting earth, heaven, and hell

With brilliance blazing, glowing, flashing; turning

Darkness to dazzling day,

Look I whichever way;

Ah, Lord! I worship Thee, the Undivided,

The Uttermost of thought,

The Treasure-Palace wrought.

To hold the wealth of the worlds; the Shield provided

To shelter virtue's laws;

The Fount whence Life's stream draws

All waters of all rivers of all being:

The One Unborn, Unending:

Unchanging and Unblending!

With might and majesty, past thought, past seeing! ...

Father of all below,

Of all above, of all the worlds within

Teacher of teachers; more

To reverence and adore

Than all which is adorable and high!

How, in the wide worlds three

Should any equal be?

Should any other share Thy Majesty?

Therefore, with body bent

And reverent intent,

I praise, and serve, and seek Thee, asking grace.

As father to a son,

As friend to friend, as one

Who loveth to his lover, turn Thy face

In gentleness on me!

Good is it I did see

This unknown marvel of Thy Form! But fear

Mingles with joy! Retake,

Dear Lord! for pity's sake

Thine earthly shape. which earthly eyes may bear!

Be merciful, and show

The visage that I know;

Let me regard Thee, as of yore, arrayed

With disc and forehead-gem

With mace and anadem,

Thou that sustainest all things! Undismayed

Let me once more behold

The form I loved of old,

Thou of the thousand arms and countless eyes!

This frightened heart is fain

To see restored again

My Charioteer, in Krishna's kind disguise.

Let true perspective be restored

and know the greatness of our calling!

O Great LORD of the heavens, Who art LORD of the earth also, wherever the earth appears in all the universe, we are in Thine Hand. Without Thee we are not. With Thee we know the truth and we are true to it. In humbleness before Thee we kneel in spirit with head bowed to the earth, but nevertheless looking upward to Thee. For Thou art our Master, our LORD and KING. Present on earth we are here for Thee, and for Thee alone. Into Thy hands we are committed. How great and glorious is Thy Being. How insignificant is our own, and yet inseparable from Thee. So it is, now and forever, in the Christ. Aum-en.

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The Shekinah Fire

The  Shekinah  Fire

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Uranda   June 14, 1953 p.m.

And so we gather this lovely Sunday evening of June 14 to have our Sunday evening service. Let us have a moment of devotion. “Our gracious LORD, we thank Thee for the privilege we have of yielding to the spirit of Thy Presence, that Thy Presence in us and with us may be made evident to all who have eyes to see, that there may be in the living of life the manifestation of Thy Temple on earth and the evidence of Thy Presence in the Temple; for Thine is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory forever, in the Christ. Aum-en.

This morning our pattern of meditation introduced the significance of the Ark of the Covenant, sometimes spoken of as the Ark of the Testament, and tonight, as we begin our meditation, let us pause to examine something of the significance to be found in this particular pattern of portrayal as it comes to us from out of the past. This morning we spoke of the Fire that appeared over the mercy seat between the cherubim above the Ark of the Covenant. This Fire did not appear as a flame but more as a glowing ball of Fire surrounded by what is spoken of as a Cloud. There are many evidences, from the standpoint of the story, the historical pattern, to show that there was a great focalization of power present in relationship to this glowing ball of Fire, surrounded by the Cloud, between the cherubim on the Ark of the Covenant. There were those not properly attuned vibrationally who came before the Ark, or touched it, and died as a result of their actions. This particular outworking tended to fill the people, who were somewhat superstitious in many ways in any case, with a superstitious fear. As a result there was not an adequate development of the true meaning and significance of the Ark as a connecting link between man and God.

The Ark was designed as a means of establishing a connecting link between man and God. We may say that in the fulness of the Divine Pattern such a connecting link should not be necessary, and yet man has, since the dawn of history, utilized some particular object or place or building as having special significance in providing that connecting link. In history we can find the report of many such instances, but the Ark of the Covenant in relationship to the Tabernacle, and later the Temple, or what is often called Solomon's Temple, provides us with perhaps the most outstanding of such instances—the actual focalization of power, the Cloud of Glory.

This morning I mentioned the Shekinah Fire. I might mention here that according to the scholars the accepted pronunciation is She-ki-nah (long i sound), and within the scope of that particular pattern of use it is perhaps permissible to say She-ki-nah. But as with many of the words in the Hebrew language, there is a very close relationship to the Motherland Tongue and, even though from the standpoint of Hebrew, or the view of the scholars, the pronunciation is accepted as She-ki-nah [eye sound], I like to use She-ki-nah [ee sound], because it carries more of the Motherland vibration of the word from which this word originally came, from which it was derived.

The Shekinah Fire is something which we here today need to begin to understand. The word basically signifies the Presence of One Who Dwells, or, since the reference is to the Ark or the Tabernacle or the Temple, the inference is the Presence of One Who Dwells in this particular place. In many of the passages in the Old Testament which are translated as containing the word “glory”—as, “The Glory of the Lord filled the temple and shone round about”—the word is found in the original as Shekinah: the Glory of the Lord, the Cloud surrounding the Shekinah Fire. And as we consider the Glory of the LORD, we must recognize that that Glory, whatever it is, however it may be perceived, is certainly evidence of the Presence of God; but from the standpoint of the meaning of the term as it is used in the Hebrew it is not to be taken as a name of God, although it was often substituted for the name of God.

In the true patterns of Heavenly Magic the name or names of God are not used lightly, and there are those names that are not supposed to be spoken audibly. All of this should impress us with the vital importance of correct function in relationship to that which signifies the Presence of the One Who Dwells. Where? In heaven? Yes. On earth? Yes. In those human beings who yield to God's will? Yes. The evidence of the Presence—a Cloud and a Fire, or a glowing Light. In some respects the centering of the Cloud might be better described as a glowing Light, but a glowing Light indicates a source which is spoken of as Fire, and Fire is one of the four basic forces. The manifestation of this particular focalization of force as it relates to Deity always appears in relationship to a Cloud, or within a Cloud. And what is the Cloud? We have recognized that a shadow is the evidence of the presence of something; so likewise is the Cloud, in its spiritual sense.

The Cloud is the focalized essence of the substance of Truth—the focalized essence of the substance of Truth which gives body to the Fire. The Cloud is the essence of this substance undifferentiated with respect to design, because man, with his physical vision, could not stand the spectacle, the majesty, the glory, of the Unveiled Reality of Deity. So, with respect to the manifestation of the evidence of the Presence of the One Who Dwells there is the projection of the essences of the Spirit of Deity. It is not necessary for man to see beyond these essences of the Spirit insofar as his physical vision is concerned, but it is necessary, if we are to accomplish our heavenly purpose, our high calling on earth, that we should begin to more fully realize and experience the reality of the essence of the spirit in focalization, which makes possible our clear perception of the Presence of the One Who Dwells.

Let us note for a moment the manner in which this particular pattern worked out in the New Testament period. In one of our periods of meditation we noted that the story of the day of Pentecost clearly signifies each of the four fundamental forces in the cycle of manifestation. “And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.”

“And when the day of Pentecost was fully come…” And why did it come? Because they were all with one accord in one place. The manifestation of the essence of the spirit which reveals the Presence of the One Who Dwells eternally cannot appear where there is any discord, where there is any vibratory inharmony, where there is any conflict, where there are patterns of opposition or distorted vibratory factors, such as with fear. “They were all with one accord in one place.” We cannot overemphasize the vital importance of these few words. “They were all with one accord in one place”—nine words upon which you might well meditate much. “They were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.” There we see the manifestation of the Cloud. And within the Cloud where they were sitting there appeared unto them “cloven tongues like as of fire.” But the statement clearly indicates that it was not fire as fire might be thought of in the ordinary sense. The Cloud and the Fire.

Now the day of Pentecost was not the first time this manifestation of the Holy Spirit, or the spirit of God, was known to men. It was known many, many times during the Old Testament period, and when it was known, where it was known, the blessings of God were made abundantly evident. We have the story, for instance, of the time when David determined to move the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem, and he undertook to use appropriate measures. They were taking the Ark on a cart, and as the cart was passing over a rough place the Ark was badly jolted upon the cart, and one of the men present thought to steady the Ark, to see if he could prevent any possibility of the cart overturning. And when the man in question stretched forth his hand and touched the Ark he died instantly, and David was much troubled. So he arranged to leave the Ark in the home of a man nearby and David returned to Jerusalem. But it was reported to him after three months that the man in whose home the Ark had been left had been very greatly blessed of the LORD, and so David determined to go and get the Ark and bring it to Jerusalem, which he did.

I mention this incident because the factors involved apply with great importance to the subject of our meditations. The blessings of the LORD were made manifest in the home of the man who accepted the Ark to care for it or protect it, to give it a resting place. He was greatly blessed. Wherever the Shekinah Fire is allowed to actually manifest and to be maintained in manifestation, the blessings of the LORD are abundant. If one attempts to so function that he may cause the manifestation of the Shekinah Fire in order to get such blessings, he will of course fail. It is not to get the blessings, but the blessings are mentioned as further evidence of the reality of the Presence of One Who Dwells. And we would allow the manifestation of the Presence of the One Who Dwells, so that there may be evidence of the reality of His Kingdom on earth, that there may be evidence of the reality of His Power, that there may be evidence of the reality of His Glory.

The Cloud of His Presence is the Glory. We have noted that Glory relates to Life, which is, as it were, the child of the Fire of Love and the essence of Truth. In the expression of Life, the revelation of Life, we have actually the expression, or revelation, of the evidence of the Presence of the One Who Dwells—the One who Dwells in your body, the One who Dwells insofar as the Unit or group pattern is concerned, the One who Dwells insofar as the whole earth is concerned, and the One who Dwells insofar as heaven and earth are concerned. The significance of the One Who Dwells, whom our Master on earth spoke of as the Father, is that there is no limitation to the realm of His dwelling—the One who Dwells in all, through all, and above all. Recognizing these things, we can begin to see that our Master on earth utilized the Heavenly Magic, giving evidence of the Presence of the One Who Dwells. “He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.”

Let us consider for a moment the particular pattern or design which was utilized in relationship to the Ark of the Covenant: the two cherubim, one standing at each end of the Ark, and between them the mercy seat, manifesting as the top of the Ark of the Covenant. Individually we can readily recognize that the formation of the brain in the skull is upon exactly the same pattern. And individually we have that which is spoken of as the pineal gland, which forms the centering in the human body of the Shekinah Fire, the central place of Light, surrounded by the Cloud. Brain substance has in its physical appearance characteristics which suggest to our consciousness that it is more or less the condensed substance of the Cloud, although the two halves of the brain symbolize the cherubim, or are symbolized by the cherubim, depending upon the way you look at it. But brain substance has an appearance as if it were the condensed substance of the Cloud. And in the midst of the Cloud there is the glowing Light, or the Shekinah Fire; and to the degree that the body yields to the Presence of the One Who Dwells, the reality of the manifestation of the Fire and the Cloud increases.

We can on occasion, even in the distorted level of man's function, see evidence of this. You have seen it perhaps in a young girl who, coming to the age of maturity, begins to know the reality of Love, and her whole body and being begins to reveal the glowing of the Light. We say it is the Light of Love. It shows in her eyes and it manifests as a glow of health in her whole body, and one can sense in and round about her a Cloud, a Cloud not of something dark and forbidding but of something of the heavenly atmosphere.

So whenever the Law is fulfilled, to whatever degree it is fulfilled, so long as life remains and the functional processes are possible, we have the evidence of the Presence of the One Who Dwells. But we are supposed to let this evidence appear in relationship to the fulness of being on a higher or spiritual scale, as well as in body and mind and heart.

We begin to see, then, how the body itself reveals the pattern of the Ark of the Covenant. The spine in the individual sense is symbolized by Aaron's rod that budded, and there are many other patterns of application, which we will not take time for at the moment. But we wish to emphasize the fact that the body, of the man or the woman, or of the child, is supposed to be an Ark of the Covenant, an Ark of the Testament, a manifestation of the Temple of the Living God, a specific place that is supposed to be holy and sacred, within which no ill vibrational pattern may be found; for wherever there are stress patterns in the vibrational factor, at any level, the evidence of the Presence of the One Who Dwells is withdrawn, and only when the patterns of accord and true peace are again made evident can there begin to be the restoration of the manifestation of the evidence of the Presence of the One Who Dwells.

This manifestation is something which must be allowed to grow. It is something which appears in a creative field and does not manifest in its fulness in the instant. When it begins to appear, when the glowing Light is first seen, we have evidence that the Presence has been there for a considerable period, that the creative field has been maintained, that there have been no adverse vibrational factors, no discords, no resentments, no critical attitudes, no conflicts, no fear; for where these things rule we never see the beautiful Glowing Light or the Cloud of Glory revealing the evidence of the Presence of the One Who Dwells. As we meditate upon these basic factors we can begin to appreciate the great significance of the simple words: “Be still, and know that I am God.”

“Be still, and know that I am God.” Generally speaking, human beings are not still enough long enough to permit any real beginning manifestation of the Shekinah Fire. Human reactions, patterns of attitude such as resentment, and the whirring of the endless rounds of meaningless thoughts, or so-called thoughts, maintain a condition which prevents the manifestation of the Light That Glows and the Cloud that forms, that in season the Cloud may become still more dense and the glowing Light begin to appear as if it were a Fire. As long as human beings are more concerned about the expression and manifestation of their own ideas and concepts and desires, their own patterns of thought and word and action, yea and of feeling, than they are about the manifestation of the evidence of the Presence of the One Who Dwells, they will have their reward: the privilege of expressing that which they think they think, which they think they feel, which they think they believe, which they think they wish to do; but none of these things bring peace or satisfaction or the glory of living, only the futility and the emptiness of the processes of dying.

So it is that sooner or later, somewhere, somehow, we shall surely find among you, or among some people somewhere, those who are willing, yea eagerly willing, to be more concerned about the manifestation of the evidence of the Presence of the One Who Dwells than they are concerned about making evident the expression of their own thoughts and feelings and words and deeds. And when at last there are those who are willing, yea eagerly willing, to be with one accord in one place, and to remain so, there shall surely be the beginnings of the manifestation of the Cloud; and within the Cloud, finally the beginning of the glowing of the Light; and within the Light, finally the reality of the Fire. And these reveal the evidence of the Presence of the One Who Dwells.

We note that in the structure of the Ark of the Testament there were two cherubim, one at each end of the Ark, establishing the points of polarity in a creative field. And the appearance of the glowing Light, or of the Fire within the Light That Glows, was between these two poles in the creative field. When it shall be that human beings, yielding to the spirit of God, shall reach a place where they begin to be in place as angels of God on earth there begins to be established a pattern of polarity, the beginning of the manifestation of a creative field. And under the working of the Law there is the beginning of a glow of the Light That Glows between these two poles within the creative field. When human beings first begin to feel the glow of the Light That Glows they imagine they have attained to something great and wonderful, and they have, in the sense of the beginning of things; but generally they do not let it go beyond that point, for at once they begin, as Peter did, to want to use the glow, and the power that they feel in the Light That Glows, for their own purposes, for their own desires. And they may have a little power for a little time, but soon self-centeredness and misuse causes the glow to vanish and the Light to disappear. And when the glow is gone and the Light is no more, there is a coldness and a hardness and a darkness, that tells of the tomb that is at hand. For it is not only the Kingdom of the KING of Heaven and Earth that is at hand. Likewise there is the darkness of the tomb that is at hand.

So each must choose for himself or herself the direction in which he shall go, the place to which he shall come: to accept the privilege of learning to be still, ceasing all self-activity, letting the heart be made pure. What was it the Master said? “Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.” It is written that Moses saw God and talked with Him. What did Moses see? He saw the Shekinah Fire. He saw the Fire within the Light That Glows, and he was enfolded in the Cloud, the Cloud that reveals the Presence of the One Who Dwells. So it was, and so shall it be for those who are willing to let it be so, those who are willing to sacrifice the ox of their own stubborn minds and the lamb of their own patterns of life, yea and the doves of their own thoughts, that their hearts may be made pure, so that they may come at last to the place where all are with one accord in one place, the place of being still, the place where the human mind and heart are no longer concerned about expressing that which they think they are. For then the human being has but one concern: that he may share in the revelation on earth, the revelation of the manifestation of the Presence of the One Who Dwells.

So shall it be for those who truly respond. And for those who respond not, the joys and the wonders of the Kingdom of Heaven shall not be known; or if they be known, if they be touched upon and seen, and such an one does not remain faithful and true, that which was known shall be taken away and such an one shall never know the Kingdom of Heaven that is at hand. Blessed are they who are willing to relinquish the meaninglessness of human expression, that they may come at last to see the Cloud, and within the Cloud the Light That Glows, and within the Light the Shekinah Fire, the evidence of the Presence of the One Who Dwells. And from within the Fire, the Shekinah Fire, we hear the words: “Be still. Be still, and know that I am God.”

O LORD, I thank Thee for those who now respond, whosoever, wheresoever they may be, that they may be enfolded in the Cloud and begin to see the Light, the glowing of the Light That Glows; and yielding, they may come to know the Fire, the Fire of Thy Everlasting Presence, that all who will, of every nation and kindred and tongue and people, may of a truth be drawn with the irresistible cords of Thy Love to enter the gates of Thy Kingdom that is at hand, that they may be citizens of Thy Kingdom now and forever, acknowledging with joy and with thanksgiving the truth, the enduring truth, that Thine is the Kingdom and the power and the Glory forever. Aum-en.

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