Uranda and Kathy
August 4, 1954
Bishop Martin Cecil: Our most gracious and loving Heavenly Father, we thank Thee for the privilege of sharing together in the invisible things of Thy Spirit, that these invisible things may begin to take form and become increasingly meaningful on earth by reason of our lives, for we know that all things work together to perfection for those who love and serve Thee, and we would let our lives be dedicated to that purpose more fully than ever before, so that we may be in position to become what we ought to be, what Thou didst create us to be, and to fulfil those purposes for which we came into the world, to Thy Glory and to the blessing of all who will receive.
We thank Thee for the lives of these our loved ones, their precious lives, so precious to us, and let us keep them precious and sacred so that the same Spirit which was in them may be in us, and the same dedication that was in them may ever be our dedication, that Thy Kingdom, O Lord, may come on earth because it is given form, something invisible given form, something that is at hand which may be given form. And Thy Will may be done in earth as it is in Heaven, in the invisible realm. For Thine is the Kingdom, the Power and the Glory forever, IN the Christ. Aum-en.
Like A Man
Martin
Cecil May 8, 1977
As individuals, how great is your
sense of destiny?
This ministry has meaning and
effect to the extent that those who compose it are keenly conscious of a sense
of destiny. How aware are you that
individually speaking you each play a part which is absolutely unique and
essential in the achievement of those purposes for which this ministry
exists? It isn't only a matter of the
other fellow having a sense of destiny, so that you might ride along upon what
someone else's experience is. That sense
of destiny comes to the extent that our involvement with the earthly state
recedes in our experience. If we are
wrapped up in the world, which certainly seems to be present all around us,
then amongst the four billion other human beings on earth we become equally
meaningless; there is no sense to our continued existence. So it is reasonable to suppose that we would
feel rather futile. Most people try not
to think about it, but presumably we have seen something of a vision which
transcends the outlook of most people.
The voice of the Lord has spoken,
and in varying measure we have heard that voice: "Rise up, my love, my
fair one, and come away"; remember who you are and why you are here on
earth; let the sense of destiny be known. His voice speaks this morning as we share this hour, to call the truth
to remembrance. We may hear it, even as
Job heard it long ago speaking out of the whirlwind and saying, "Who is
this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?" Who is it that
has usurped the position of the truth in your experience to bring a sense of
meaninglessness? Who is it that has
attempted to control and direct your living by the knowledge of your mind and
the feelings of your heart? Who is it
that has held sway in your experience so that the sense of true destiny was
obscured? As long as this one continues
to exist in your experience, of what real value could you be on earth? Do you remember now, and in each succeeding
moment, that you were sent as an emissary of the Lord into the earth to
manifest and live in human form—your present human form?
"Gird up now thy loins like a
man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me."
Remember that man was created male
and female. Man is not just the positive
aspect of the combination, or the one who should occupy that position, nor
indeed the negative aspect, but both—there is no man without both. "Gird up now thy loins like a man." Be prepared to
remember what it is to be a man, for in man is the sense of destiny. Man was created in the image and likeness of
God for a purpose. Without the experience
of man there can be no experience of true purpose. Human beings have invented purposes for
themselves to try to fill the void which they feel. If they succeed they have succeeded only in
deluding themselves. "Gird up now thy loins like a
man," male and female, and hear the question that is asked of you—as it
has been asked of all generations of human beings to this hour: "Where wast thou when I laid
the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding."
If you have made any claims to
intelligence, if you thought you knew something, answer this question. The question is not asked merely to prove the
ignorance of human beings but to emphasize in human consciousness what
naturally should be known. "Where
wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?" What are the
foundations of the earth? This is not
talking about the earth itself but about the foundations of the earth, the
reason for the existence of the earth. The question might be seen as relating to the planet but it can be seen
as relating to what we call "physical form," great or small. What is it that causes the existence of
physical form? What is it that has
brought forth the dimensional universe? What is it that maintains the existence of this planet and all that is
present upon the surface of it? What are
the foundations of the earth? The heaven
is the foundation of the earth; without the heaven there could be no earth. What is it that you know of the heaven?
"Who hath laid the measures
thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
Whereupon are the foundations thereof
fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof?"
Do you remember? Or are you in darkness? There are many human beings who might say,
"The Lord did this." But do they know? Do they know what their words mean? Is there in reality any separation between
heaven and earth, between the Lord and the truth of man? Who is the Lord? Pharaoh asked this question and then
proceeded to answer it, "I know not the Lord." Apparently in that
instance he was at least honest. He
acknowledged the fact that he did not know the Lord. It would seem that all too many human beings
are not that honest. They think they
know when they don't. They have a
concept of the mind, they have an intellectual belief, they might even have a
belief of the heart, but what is known? What is known of the reason for all existence? Some of the facts of existence are seen and
experienced, but what is known of the reason for those facts? If we are capable of girding up our loins
like a man the understanding would obviously be present that characterizes a
man, and that understanding includes the truth of being, an awareness of the
fact that there was no separation between the truth of one's own being and the
truth of all being; there was and is no such separation.
What is known of this? Insofar as you are concerned, doubtless you
have many ideas about it, but what in heaven do you
know? That knowing is based in a sense
of destiny, in a sense of eternal purpose, in the fact of one's own being. The Lord says, "Where wast thou when I
laid the foundations of the earth?" Are you capable of giving an honest
answer? "I was there. I was with Thee. I was and am a part of what Thou art."
When the creation of the earth is
mentioned most people think of it in terms of the past; sometime in ages past
something happened. The solar system
took form somehow and in due season the earth appeared. This is idle speculation in the field of
imagination. What do we know? We know that the earth is here; we know that
we are here; we know something of the vastness of the form of creation. Has creation ceased? It's still here. If there is creation there is a Creator. Without the Creator the creation is not. The creation is; it certainly has not
ceased. It's here and the Creator is
here. Now is the day of creation. The creation is known in this present
moment. It may only be speculated about,
insofar as human consciousness is concerned, as creation may have related to
the past. Whoever may have been present
at a particular point of creation in the past may be capable of remembering it
but what is known is what is present now, the creation that is here now. In human consciousness there may be idle
speculation, imagination; in the true consciousness of being there may be
memory.
But what is it that is
needful? Merely to speculate, or
conceivably to remember? I think
not. What is needful is to know now the
reality of creation, the reason for creation now, the foundations of the earth
in all its myriad forms now. The truth
is present now. The truth can only be
known now. Certainly the creative
process was clear to man somewhere in the past. Man participated in that creative process once: "When the morning
stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy"—when there
was harmonious expression by reason of the mind of man on earth, by reason of
his thoughts and his feelings. "When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God
shouted for joy"—when the sons and daughters of God incarnate on earth
were filled with the joys of creation, and there were the beautiful
sounds of creation on every hand. Let
this sense of destiny rise up in you, that you may begin to know the truth of
creation now, as the morning stars begin to sing together once again and the
sons and daughters of God shout for joy.
For this to occur there are many
questions to be answered, not for you, but by you. Human beings are always demanding answers;
there is what is called an insatiable quest for knowledge. They have been so busy trying to find answers
that they never heard the question that was being asked of them: "Gird up
now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me." This begins to put man back where he belongs—capable of answering the
questions of the creative process on earth, capable of handling his field of
responsibility in creation. Human beings
have imagined that they would know these things by asking questions, by seeking
to multiply knowledge, the idea being that when one has all the knowledge then
one would be able to answer the questions and do what is required; but who
would be doing it? The Creator or an
imitation?—namely human beings exalting themselves into the position of a
creator.
What are the foundations of the
earth? There is a great deal of
awareness of the earth and of the multitude of forms it takes, but what of the
reason for all these things? Why do they
exist? For what purpose? What is it that should exist in this way and
what is it that should not? Do you not
suppose that there are many things on the face of the earth that shouldn't
exist? I am sure that human beings
everywhere think that there is much that should not exist according to their
view of the matter, but those views are usually contradictory—nobody
knows. But there are those things that
should exist now and there are those things that should pass away now. This is the creative process and it relates
to the foundations of the earth, what is back of the forms everywhere around
us. We are not properly dealing directly
with the forms but with the foundation of the forms, for the foundation determines
what the forms should be. The heaven is
the reason for the earth, and there is One who is the reason for the
heaven. When the earth reveals what the
heaven proclaims, then the true creation is made known; and man is an essential
part, not only of the creation but of the Creator. Creator and creation blend in man.
"Gird up now thy loins like a
man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
Canst thou bind the sweet
influences of Pleiades?"
Have you ever experienced any
sweet influences? There are many experiences
on earth which human beings have deemed to be sweet. How much influence do these sweet things have
over you? Your experience in the world
has been largely subject to the influence of sweet things, the things that you
deem to be sweet in your experience. Unfortunately human beings are very much aware that the sour comes with
the sweet. Perhaps they may suppose that
because of the sour the sweet tastes all the sweeter and therefore it would not
be possible to know any sweetness if it were not for the fact of sourness. The question put is, "Canst thou bind
the sweet influences of Pleiades?" Are you capable of handling those sweet
influences without being subject to them, or is your experience one of a
desperate chase after what you deem to be sweet? I suppose these things could be summarized
with respect to eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage—sex, in
other words. Certainly human beings have
devised a vast array of methods of generating sweetness, synthetic sweetness,
saccharin. It is interesting that
saccharin is now being banned, one method human beings have invented to bind
the sweet influences.
While this question is asked of
man, male and female, we may see how it particularly applies to the male,
because one of the primary sources of the sweet influences is considered to be
that which is provided by the female. Where are the men who are capable of binding that sweet influence? The voice of the Lord has long called for men
on earth. The very fact that the One who
came to offer salvation to the world in the direct sense was a man is
indicative of the vital role to be played by those who might be classified as
men. It is said that woman was taken out
of man. The word "rib" is used
to describe the basis for what occurred. A bone of the head wasn't used, neither a bone of the foot, but a bone
of the apparatus which keeps safe the heart and the lungs—but we
may think of it particularly in terms of the heart. Male and female were supposed to be one
flesh, one being, a proper role to be played by each in relationship to the
other; but the female was designed to keep a man's heart, a
male's heart, safe. She has failed
dismally in this. She is rightly the
keeper of his heart, of his home, of his heaven. The male has been left without this
protection. The female has been
concerned for her own heart, her own home, and mostly her own hell.
Man is male and female. The female was called womb man, the
means by which the heart, the home and the heaven might be kept safe. The female purpose was not to try to get
anything from the male but to provide that essential enfoldment. She may consider these things, but the man
may consider them also, because his responsibility is to bind the sweet influences
of Pleiades in his own experience. This
is not an instruction to try to dominate women. This is something which relates to men and what they know from within
themselves. What is the nature of their
attitude toward women? What is the
nature of their own feelings toward women, and how much are those feelings
allowed to determine what a man does? The world has been filled with violence, principally because of the
weakness of the male. Weak people act in
desperation. Desperate action brings
violence, and the world is filled with violence, a reflection of the weakness
of the male. Of course he displayed his
weakness in the first place by forgetting his manhood and pandering to the
female. That is the story of the fall,
as it is called. He went along with the
female who had lost her integrity, and fundamentally the male of the human race
has continued this evidence of failure and weakness ever since.
"Canst thou bind the sweet
influences of Pleiades?" Can you stop being controlled by your desire,
your lust for what you deem to be sweet? This not only applies to men. I
have brought it to point with respect to the male attitude toward the female,
but the female doesn't lack in desire and lust for what she deems to be
sweetness. That's what she wants
too. So her attitude needs to bind those
influences so that they are not dominating the experience of existence.
The American Constitution says
something about the pursuit of happiness—the pursuit of happiness, the lusting
after sweetness. Man was designed to lust after the Lord. "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God, and
him only shalt thou serve." It leaves no room at all for all the worldly
things after which human beings lust. The beauty of life for man could never be known on the basis of such
reversed polarity, and yet how many have awakened to the truth of this, not as
a theory but as a fact in their own living? What are the things that you want? What are the things that you think you must have? These are the things that control you, and
human beings are controlled by things. No wonder they have become things themselves, pawns to be manipulated by
other human beings; just things. Maybe
this is what we should call human beings collectively: "things." But
a thing has absolutely no basis for comparison with Man.
The sweet influences of Pleiades
must be bound by those who have been willing to let this experience be known
for themselves. We can theorize about it
as long as we exist and nothing whatsoever happens. It only begins to happen when someone is
willing to experience it, and again we come back to that little word
"willing." That's all it
is! Most people, if they were honest,
would say, "Well, I don't want to experience it." They try to delude
themselves with a surface display of theory, but underneath, "I don't want
to experience it," is the attitude. "I like to be dominated by these sweet influences. I like to have my life bring the experiences
of sweetness, even though the experiences of sourness also come." You
can't have one without the other as long as these constitute the god, the lust
after the things of the earth, particularly those things which are deemed to be
sweet. The sickly sweetness of what may
be experienced in this way bears little relationship to the natural sweetness
which comes in the experience of Man.
"Gird up now thy loins like a
man" and answer the real questions that are being asked. And when we answer these questions correctly
we find ourselves as true male and female components in Man.
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The Body of Women Must Have a Focus Point
History — Destiny
Martin Cecil June
23, 1962
It has been recognized by all of
you, I am sure, that in the cycles of restoration the way has to be led by
women. Probably some thought has been given to this matter, but it is likely
that most of you have very little idea, even yet, as to exactly what that
means. I thought I would take a few moments this morning to speak to you on
this subject, so that you may begin to move into a clearer vision of exactly
what it is that is required. Even now I can only touch it. I am reminded of the
words our Master spoke long ago: "I have yet many things to say unto you,
but ye cannot bear them now." The bearing of those things which should be
said and must be said is not simply a matter of the capacity to understand;
this depends upon the extent of trustworthiness—trustworthiness in the
vibrational sense, trustworthiness in the collective sense.
Obviously, if there is to be a
return to the divine state, there must be a moving out of something into
something. It is interesting to note how it is put, "Come out of her, my
people." This has a particular reference to women, amongst other
things. "Come out of her."
Because woman initiated the cycle of the fall, she has a very keen sense of
insecurity. That sense of insecurity has engendered what might well be called
female arrogance. The arrogance we might
say is a cover-up; but it is this pattern of female arrogance, based upon the
fact that there is this deep feeling of insecurity, that must be met. It must
be met by all those women who aspire to serve the Lord because they love the
Lord.
Sometimes this particular
pattern is more or less obvious, except probably to the one who assumes it. It
has not been obvious to many of those who have assumed it in an arbitrary
sense, where it can easily be seen by others. Sometimes it is there in a more
subtle way, hidden to some extent at least. It is there, nevertheless, in all of you, all of you without
exception, and we can recognize the basis of it in the sense of
insecurity. We can see how it works along the lines as outlined in the story of
the fall in the Book of Genesis, where the idea came that, while the Lord was
very wise, while He had an understanding of many things, He did not quite see
it all and therefore He needed a little help from a woman
to enlighten Him.
Now if we look at that simply from
the standpoint of the Lord in the invisible sense—which it was not, at that
time certainly—the Lord was manifest on earth—we are liable to lose the point.
It can be seen insofar as you ladies are concerned, and others in this ministry,
as it relates to me. The attitude may be taken that I have a certain vision, a
certain wisdom, a sense of the fitness of things by and large, but there are
those fields where perhaps I am a little naive, a little uncomprehending, where
it needs a woman to fill in the gap, so to speak. While this may not, in the
general sense, be done with consciousness of doing it, nevertheless, if you
will examine your attitudes, you will find, if you are honest, that such a
viewpoint is actually there, as revealed by what you do and what you say. This
is the female arrogance of which I speak. She has the idea that she can improve
on things somehow, and that the Lord is a little unfair and He does not really
see the picture quite as it is, and therefore she needs to slip in her two
bits' worth, as they say. Who shall emerge "out of her," out of this
female pattern of arrogance? Woman has a tremendous part to play in the divine
design, but scarcely any female has begun to see it yet. There have been many
fancies in that regard which have, generally speaking, little relationship to
the truth. But first this must be met.
Now always when there is the need
to achieve the divine purposes it is necessarily brought to focus somewhere. I
provide something in focus, representing the Lord; in this instance we are
seeing it as representing the Lord to you women and others, so that you may, if
you will, begin to find a balance which no longer feels that it is necessary to
instruct the Lord. In the return in the processes of restoration there must be
a body of women who are willing to come out of her. That body of women must
have a focus point, an absolute focus point. The one who provides that focus point
is naturally very carefully selected by the Lord because she is the one who can
do it. Her particular position would quite easily be recognized as being in many
respects extremely difficult. It is not something that the Lord has required
anyone to do alone. I would be inclined to feel that it would be impossible
alone.
Lillian, in this cycle, provides
that focus point. That which is characteristic of her, that which is present in
her nature, that which underlies and is back of the external expression, all of
these things, are exactly right for that which needs to be done. It is her
responsibility in this sense; but, as I say, she cannot do it alone. That which
she is required to do is something which other ladies are inclined to object
to. Why? Because it brings to focus those things in themselves which need to be
faced.
Now there are those who have taken
a neutral attitude, so to speak, insofar as Lillian's task is concerned. There
are those who have recognized something—probably chiefly in feeling—of what it
is that is being done and have offered support. I praise God for those. And
there are others who have done everything in their power to make it as
difficult as possible. Because that which needs to be done is as it is, and has
of course never been done by any woman anywhere thus far, since the fall, in
relationship to what is required for the restoration, and because of the
consequent tendency of women in general to try to destroy it, it has been most
necessary that there should be one who played a vital part in relationship to
this point of focus, in extending to her agreement and support, an enfolding
something, and also offering to the responding ladies something which would
provide an easy focus point to hold them steady while they were drawn into
position to share the necessities of meeting this "thing"—it is the
politest word I can think of—which is present in the fallen female nature:
Gracie plays that part.
I wonder how much of these things
you have seen. This relates to what is called place—not a fanciful, airy thing
which has no substance, but actually doing something. And that which needs to
be done can only be done as others share in it by giving their support and by
recognizing that they, individually, have to meet exactly the same thing in
relationship to which Lillian is leading the way for all. This is the way it is. It requires two to
agree on earth to permit something to be done, and that is why we have two providing
a focus in this sense. It is not supposed to be limited to two. Because of the
deep sense of insecurity in women, because there has been a fundamental
dishonesty which needs to be faced, there has been a general unwillingness to
face this thing in themselves, and therefore the tendency to rebel in
relationship to the one who provided the point of focus for doing it.
As I say, I am just touching upon
these things this morning, because in many respects you are not in position to
bear the truth in its fulness; but you need to see something, and not function
on a blind basis as has tended to be the case. Every time you rebel against
that which is working through the focus point, you rebel against the Lord. You
rebel against the one way by which the restoration may come, and women have
been adept at finding remarkable schemes by which they think to avoid this
necessity, indulging in all kinds of fanciful attitudes and ideas in order to
get around it. Of course patterns of personal like and dislike come in, but
there is very little recognition of what it is that underlies these things.
So here it is, open for you to see
in the measure that you have purity of heart, in the measure that you can be
trusted And there are those who have of
course played particular parts in support. I could mention names here, but I
would particularly emphasize those who have been willing to stand in the
limelight, so to speak, in what we have called positions of focalization in the
Unit. There have always been plenty to rebel against that and condemn that, but
all who indulge in such selfishness, self-centeredness, can have no part or
place or understanding of part or place in the fulfilment of the divine
purposes, because these things are absolute. They are not based upon human
likes or dislikes, your ideas or anyone else's, but upon that which is fitting
and right and required for the fulfilment of the divine purposes. That is all. If
you do not like it, you either need to learn to like it or depart. This is absolute.
We have come to an absolute point.
I am not interested in
maintaining a house-divided state in the pattern here—or anywhere for that
matter, but it starts here because this is where I am at this moment. There
must be agreement and support. There must be the beginnings of understanding of
what it is that we are engaged in, so that all the pattern of foolishness is
relinquished. And this morning I have spoken to you in a way that I have not
spoken before. I have pointed to something of which I have not said anything in
this direct sense before, although from the standpoint of principle it has been
there, waiting acceptance—and it is something no one can evade, no one can get
around. I praise God for each one who has been providing support in this
outworking to enable it to come this far, in spite of all that has been done to
prevent it. Perhaps you can search your own hearts to determine how much you
have participated at any time in trying to prevent it, for that is contending
with the Lord and it brings its own reward—not a very pleasant one.
What unutterable foolishness to
contend with the Lord. He cannot be defeated, and those in the female pattern
who are willing to face honestly the truth of what it means to serve, and to be
in place, must necessarily pass through some very rigorous training. None of
you have had to experience such training as Lillian and Grace have necessarily
had to experience. None of you have come anywhere near it, and here we begin to
see how the female arrogance projects itself forward on the basis of the human
pattern, never having experienced what is required. The beginning point of
that experience comes as there is the acceptance and the support of those who
have the foundation upon which to stand. Only in that way can there be a
sharing of that foundation—no other way. It cannot be done any other way. Anything
else merely projects human arrogance into the picture.
And so this is that which is
offered to you this morning, and through you to all responding women
everywhere, that there may begin to be that true, understanding willingness to
come out of her, to come out of that arrogant, fallen female—the body of
fallen women. Lillian and Grace have been chosen by the Lord, trained by the
Lord, brought into position by the Lord, actually from the moment that they
came into the world, to do a specific job; and it is obvious, in view of the
fact that this job has never been done, that the vast majority of women—all
women, to start with—will seek to prevent it from happening. There needs to be
a recognition of these things so that that which is inside may be seen for what
it is and met whenever it rears its extremely ugly head.
Woman, as God created woman to be, is perfect—wonderful, beautiful, lovable—but from my standpoint
the arrogant fallen female has absolutely no attraction or appeal to me. I do
not care how beautiful her form or features may be. She means nothing to me.
Only those who are willing to come out of her begin to mean something and begin
to become the beautiful creation of God. I recognize that that creation is
present in relationship to each one, and there have been evidences of its
emergence through you in various ways up to a certain point, but out of her you
must come if you are to be of the smallest value to the Lord—to me. You cannot
come out of her without accepting that focus point which represents the process
of coming out and clearing through, and giving it support, understanding
support, so that you recognize that, if at any moment something appears in you
which attempts to persuade you to rebel and to take away that support, you know
exactly what it is: the focus of evil in the world, what we might well call the
antichrist.
God chooses. What was it our
Master said? "Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you." God does
the choosing, no one else; and He chooses right. He is not uncomprehending. He
is not naive. He is not foolish. He knows exactly what He is doing, He knows
exactly how to do it, and no fallen female does.
Trust!
Trustworthiness!
Blessed
be those who trust the Lord.
Blessed be those who acknowledge the wisdom of the
Lord.
Blessed be those who give themselves to the Lord,
for through them shall
the fulfilment of God's purposes come,
through them the way shall be
opened.
So it is established unto you
and unto all who will receive it.
Most gracious Lord, Thou hast
appointed and established that which is needful for the fulfilment of Thy
purposes, and that appointment is made manifest under Thy dominion through Thy
servant who speaks these words. Blessed are they who hear these words and
understand. Woe unto those who reject them. In Thy holy name, my Lord and King,
I welcome each divine woman who relinquishes her arrogance and receives at my
hand, that that which is extended by Thee through me may be known on earth to
Thy glory—to Thy glory, O Lord, in the fulfilment of Thy purposes, in the
Christ. Aum-en.
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