Communication is based in communion.Communion is impossible without love; and love is impossible of experience without truth. There are various types of emotional intensity which human beings know. Some of those intensities are referred to as love; others may be anger, fear, hate; but all these are just emotional intensities, the sort of intensities which have dictated human behavior heretofore. Well I am sure none of us really want to have anything to do with that; it is betrayal indeed. But love is impossible of experience without knowing the truth. You cannot know the truth without the fact of participation in design and in control of the spirit of God. This springs out of heaven; it doesn’t come out of the earth; and the heaven is, for each one, closer than breathing and nearer than hands and feet.
So the concern always comes back to this matter of knowing the truth because one continues in the expression of the Word. The KING was quoted as saying on earth, “If ye continue in my word … ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” To continue in the Word of the KING is not so much to cock one’s ear, so that one might be able to hear it and reproduce it, as to be aligned with the expression of the Word in each moment. It is always present and we come to know it if we express it. We won’t express it if we are preoccupied with emotional binges or intellectual voyages of exploration.
So there is the Word to find expression, the truth to be known, love consequently to be experienced, the fact of communion to put in an appearance—communion with the First Minister [greatcosmicstory.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-king.html] but also with each other. Then there may be communication that has some meaning, that relates to heavenly matters presently taking form in creative expression. Most human communication is about past events. There may be some speculation as to future events, but people talk amongst themselves, write to each other, about the things that have happened: in other words earthly things. To that extent, of course, heavenly things are obscured; the consciousness is preoccupied, no longer a sea of glass clear as crystal.
We are really here to minister to the KING. This relates to the first great commandment, and when we actually do minister to the KING we find ourselves capable of ministering to His people, the second great commandment. But the first must come first; otherwise there is no second. If we do minister to the KING it is not because we are trying to please Him. Some human beings find themselves trapped in a state where they are constantly trying to please other people—they never succeed too well—but the attempt always brings them into subjection to other people. Other people control the way they behave. So we are not trying to please one another, rightly. I have had quite a number of people who try to please me. They never succeeded, because the very attempt is not pleasing to me! This is not a sound motivation: trying to please other people. There are those who utilize such tendencies in others to exercise control over them: “You please me or else I’m not going to be happy; and if I’m not happy I’m going to do this, that, and the other thing.” Go right ahead! The KING cannot be bought, neither can His Ministers.
I have been speaking of the Ministers of the KING. Another term with which we are familiar is an emissary of divine light—he is, or she is, a Minister to the KING. All that is transpiring on earth is within the responsibility and jurisdiction of those who are Ministers to the KING. We could say, in other terms, that this indicates the nature of the responsibility of an emissary of divine light.
What is it that has been lacking on earth? I am sure that you could all give an answer to that, pointing to the fact that there has been no true, manifest point of heavenly focus within the consciousness of mankind. There was one, of course—maybe more than one, but one we certainly know about. That was the focus that was provided because of the incarnation of our KING. Clearly it was not accepted. As is the custom with human beings, they throw away their greatest blessings and then try to get them back later, imagining that they have awakened to the value of what was thrown away. But you can never get it back, because the blessing is in the moment, not in the past. You cannot extract it out of the past. This is the attempt that has been made by Christianity, for instance, and by virtually all religions. The focus that has been lacking has been available in the past—I pointed to this one occasion—but whenever it did appear, obviously it was rejected. Otherwise things wouldn’t be the way they are now.
What is essential is that there should be this focus of orientation—focus of authority, focus of power—springing out of heaven but within the consciousness of mankind. It must appear in a way that cannot again be nullified. This is our business if we have any real awareness of being Ministers to our KING. It is because mankind has consistently rejected such a point of focus within the range of their consciousness that what we may speak of as the restoration has never occurred. Clearly, then, if that is to occur there must be an acceptance. There cannot be an acceptance of the point of focus if the point of focus isn’t there. So the point of focus must be there.
Those who become aware of the reality of that point of focus are those who participate in its expression, not those who do not participate in its expression—they cannot know. We may on occasion have been inclined to look around and wonder why people are so dumb as not to realize the truth, but perhaps one of the reasons they haven’t realized the truth is because it wasn’t really all that vividly made evident. And that comes back to our responsibility. However, if it is vividly made evident, is it to be anticipated that it would be received by all concerned with open arms? It never has happened in all the history of mankind.
What is emerging now is of such a nature that, if we let it continue and intensify, it cannot be nullified. The authority, the power, of unified radiation must be received by human beings everywhere, willingly or unwillingly. It is no longer left for human beings to nullify what is happening. They have had that ability heretofore. Of course they could only nullify temporarily what it was that the KING brought on earth.
It is because of what He brought that there is now the emergence into form and expression of what cannot be nullified. If, as this emerges, there is resistance to it on the part of some, what is your attitude likely to be? When accusations begin to be thrown toward the Ministers of the KING, will you become incensed about it, or feel badly because it is so unfair?—after all, whoever is making the accusations doesn’t understand. Well of course that person doesn’t understand, but you can’t make a person understand any more than you can make a horse led to water drink. Is the state of consciousness going to remain a sea of glass clear as crystal? It is not un-looked-for that there should be resistance. The question is, how do we handle what is present now? We are capable of handling these things just to the extent that there has been actual fusion between us, in other words that we are actually one. I don’t think you could say that that is the state of affairs right now, but you have a certain sensing of what it would be and what is necessary to let it be.
One of the things that maintains separation and conflict is the tendency to be competitive, to try to promote oneself in some fashion as somehow being more important or better or more useful than somebody else. We can see this individually where human egos are roaming around—clashes occur, people fly off the handle for one reason or another. Well certainly as Ministers of the KING we are not here for that purpose. We are not here to clash with one another. We are not here to fly off the handle. We are not here to be on the defensive at all. If anyone is on the defensive, obviously he imagines that there is something he must defend. What would that be? The reality of Being? Is somebody going to get rid of that, do you think? No. Obviously it must be some human invention, human ego for the most part. This is sometimes called a self-image. There is a good deal of concern about self-images these days. Why do we want a self-image? It would be false in any case. Why not simply express the truth? You don’t need any images. We are not supposed to be setting up images and then worshipping them, self- or otherwise.
So we are not in the competitive business. We are not trying to be better than anybody else—just simply to be what we are, and nobody can reduce that or make it any more than it is, so there is nothing to worry about. It has been kept quite clear at the core of things, but when it gets out a little way there sometimes seems to be competition arising and a failure to recognize that things only take on meaning and have value when the Ministers of the KING are present. And that, in human terms I suppose, would indicate when true emissaries are present. Because here is the focus.
There must be a point of focus. All that human beings have been able to produce is a most unpleasant dragon with—so we are told—seven heads, ten horns, all this, but a multi-headed beast that raises hell. What has been lacking is the factual presence, first of all, of a real point of focus representing the KING, actually the KING because His is the spirit of the point of focus. Here is the spirit of the KING, and if that is rejected the KING is being rejected. No one can reject the KING with impunity, as is being found out and will be found out increasingly in the days to come. All this can happen, however, only because there actually is the point of focus, something which is absolute.
The point of focus is One—in other words there has been fusion. And fusion comes because of love, but the experience of love comes because of truth, and the truth can only be known as there is a continuing in the Word of the KING. When the factual point of focus is present on earth human beings everywhere have an opportunity to orient to it. They either will or they won’t. Ultimately there is no middle ground. Everybody orients in fact in one way or another, willingly or unwillingly. The unwillingness was spoken of at one point as yielding at the point of the sword. But what is happening is absolute. I think you and others are awakening to this; you begin to sense it at least. None of us make it absolute—it simply is! And we can either be associated with that absoluteness or not. But no one can extract him- or herself from the results of acceptance or rejection. That comes quickly. It comes on the basis of the factual presence of this fused point of orientation. How many people need to be fused, do you think? If you have a fused point of focus there is just One Point. It is just One. Who shall participate in that fusion?
There is no such thing as human rights. Human beings have no rights. Of course one has to understand what that means, and most people wouldn’t. No doubt there are many, concerned with the matter of human rights, who are most sincere about their concern, and it may be a step in their awakening—so it is not a matter of judging people on this basis. But for ourselves we know there is no such thing as human rights. Human beings get what is coming to them. The Law works and anyone who tries to stand in the way gets clobbered. We do not involve ourselves in such foolishness but, certainly, we are concerned with ministering to our KING.
The first aspect of that ministry is to love Him. Well there are lots of people in the world who claim to love the Lord, love God, love Allah, whatever. It doesn’t seem to have made all that much difference, because it is something that cannot be proven out, the way things have been. One can make claims: “I love God!” Well whom are you loving? Where is He? “I love Jesus!” Okay, fine. Where is He? What does it mean? People delight to fool themselves. It is only when something appears in form in expression on earth that is a true revelation of the KING that things prove themselves out. And all the claims in the world mean nothing in face of a rejection of the manifest point of focus. This is the one thing that is essential on earth. Yes, I suppose there is a little human hesitancy to really accept the idea that one might be associated with that point of focus. “Perhaps so-and-so would do it well, but not me. I am too humble.” Well who is going to do it then? Those whose minds and hearts become aware of the Minister of the LORD.
One aspect of that in relationship to oneself is a recognition of the First Minister of the LORD and others associated with that One; not in some sort of blind faith, not because somebody told you that this was what was required and therefore faithfully and loyally you are going to do it. No—but because you yourself have awakened to the truth. You know it for yourself, and when you know it for yourself you won’t deny it. Clearly that fellow called Judas did not know it for himself. He discovered, finally, that he did not know it for himself. It was too late then. This is a very personal matter in that sense. Each one should know it for himself; otherwise it does not mean anything.
Perhaps tonight I seek to make even more clear than it has been heretofore what the one element that has been lacking has been, and how that relates to us. It relates to others too of course, but we can only assume responsibility for ourselves. The Ministers of the LORD take form in expression on earth to provide this fused point of focus for all people. Now this fused point of focus, as it becomes an increasing reality, is found in the consciousness of some people—not all people yet, by any manner of means, but some people. And there is what might be referred to as a ripple effect: according to the reactions of some people so will the influence be exerted upon the rest. Factually, as this is true that there is this point of focus, it is present in the consciousness of mankind, because the consciousness of mankind is One. People think of it in terms of little individual minds and hearts, but factually it is One.
So we are here to let this job be done because we know the truth. Knowing the truth by reason of the Word in our expression in living, we come to experience love—love for the KING, love for each other. And it is that love which allows for the close communion that is the fire of fusion. You could no more betray or criticize or put down another than you could obliterate yourself. Love! The unknown quantity, because the truth has not been known. But now the truth begins to be known and love begins to be known, and there is what we have called union. And this union, to become unified radiation, requires fusion, so that there is a conscious awareness of inseparability: the fire of fusion, the fire of love, known because of the truth. Then there is easy communion, and then there is fitting communication.
There has not been very much fitting communication yet, because there has not been all that much experience of communion, because there has not been all that much experience of love, because there has not been all that much experience of the truth, because there has not been all that much experience of the expression of the Word in living. Something, obviously—and I thank God for that something, but let us not fool ourselves that it is enough. We would, I am sure, all long that it should be enough. The way it is now, there is too little communion and still too much of the idea that if we communicate we will develop communion. It doesn’t work that way—that is backwards. To live the truth, to know love, to commune one with another and to communicate. This business of running from one side of the boat to the other—that is the way to capsize the boat. Let’s stay in the middle where there is the balance and rejoice in the privilege and the opportunity we have to be Ministers to our KING because we love Him. And we prove our love for Him by our love for one another. That is the way it is.
Some might feel that I speak too much—too much communication. How would it be if I didn’t say anything? That would suit me fine, mind you—but I wonder what would happen. No, there is a flow of the creative current of life which needs to move freely. I utilize words to let this happen. It needs to move freely, not only with respect to those who may be present but with respect to many more, so that all may participate in that flow and consequently, more easily, continue in the Word, in the experience of the Word in expression in their own living, for then the truth becomes known and then love increases. But don’t try to love one another by trying to please one another. Don’t try to love me by trying to please me. It won’t work. We love one another when we know the truth, and we only know the truth when it is the actual state of our own being, the quality of our own living. Then we know it, and love comes naturally.
We have been meditating on the basic theme of Heavenly Magic, the magic of living, and we can feel the pattern of that magic beginning to work in and through you. You have begun to have a true realization of the reality of Shekinah; and as the Shekinah Cloud of Glory is allowed to penetrate into the pneumaplasmic substance of your body, in that sphere you begin to be One—One with that which is of the Inner Reality of Being. Allowing this to take place you are in position to let the Light that Glows begin to have meaning in your mind, not merely an intellectual process as we ordinarily think of it but a process of illumination. And with illumination, with the correct acceptance of the truth by the mind and the illuminating process in the current of resurrection, the Fire that Burns begins to be a constant and continued reality in your heart—it begins to be the manifestation of the Fire that never goes out; it is a constant flame. Those who live and move and have their Being in God have this constant flame upon the Altar in the heart, in the Temple of the body. You are beginning to realize that your body individually is a Temple, and that all of us collectively have a part to play in the formation of the larger Temple—the Temple not made with hands. Your body was not made with hands; likewise the larger Temple of many members is not made with hands.
Yesterday, in our patterns of meditation together, we gave some attention to the secrets of sex as they relate to the Shekinah Pattern of Being [greatcosmicstory.blogspot.com/2022/01/shekinah-and-sexhere-i-am-lord.html] and our relationship in reality with God. Today, continuing in this cycle that has been opened to you, I would like to draw your attention to the record as taken from the 4th chapter of the Book of Magic, and we will begin with the 1st verse. Perhaps we will go back just a little to get connected up—we gave meditation to the message to Laodicea [Chapter 3, Verse 14]:
“And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God [that is, Shekinah]; I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.” In our meditations here we recognize that we can use patterns of response and patterns of opposition, but lukewarmness is something which we cannot use, it is something which we must ignore or work around. Only where there is response in the sense of yielding or response in the sense of opposition can we utilize the factors present. “Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire [the Shekinah Fire], that thou mayest be rich.” And can we hope to find any true riches in being if we ignore this Fire, the gold tried in the fire? Gold is the symbol of what? Love. Love tried in the Fire, “that thou mayest be rich”—the riches of heaven on earth at hand.
“I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed…” And what is the clothing? The Light that Glows, that relates to the reality of illumination and the function of the mind. “… and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear…” What is it that clears away the shame of nakedness? The white raiment, the Light that Glows. “… and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.” Now here in this particular pattern we have the emphasis placed upon seeing—"anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.” The clothing, the Light that Glows, and the Cloud of Glory are so closely interrelated here in the pattern of symbolism that we see them really together in their oneness. The outer manifestation of the white raiment is of course the Cloud of Glory, but the Cloud of Glory has meaning and provides the raiment, the white raiment, because of the Light that Glows. And when we have our eyes anointed with eyesalve, that we may see, we begin to see the Cloud of Glory by reason of the Light that Glows.
“As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten…” Did you ever notice how I love you? “As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.” With my Father—not only the One Who Dwells but the Shekinah Pattern of Reality. “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.” Have you ever known the experience of hearing the Voice inviting you, “Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter”?
“And immediately I was in the spirit…” There is one of the great significant keys. We noticed it briefly earlier in this Book of Magic, where we find the statement, “I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet… And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw.” And here we have the Word, the invitation, “Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter,” things which must take form, things which are to appear on earth. “And immediately I was in the spirit.” Now when you begin to hear the Voice that speaks with you, what are you in? Are you simply a human being in the flesh? Or are you just in your mind trying to intellectually comprehend that which the Voice is speaking? Or are you in some place far away, some place of the past or some place somewhere else on the globe? Are we all together individually, with one accord in one place—body, mind, heart and spirit, in alignment, in one place? And where is the centering of you? In the flesh? In the mind? In the heart? Let it be in the spirit, for when you begin to hear the voice you should immediately be in the spirit.
“… and, behold, a throne was set in heaven…” And where is heaven? In some far-off sky? It is at hand, here, now. “… and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald. And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold”—Crowns of God's Love. And they had on their heads the Crowns of God's Love. “And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.” We have been introduced to these Seven Spirits before. “And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.”
”Four beasts full of eyes.” I wonder what vision that conjures up in your mind, in your imagination? Don't be too quick to picture these beasts that are full of eyes before and behind. “And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.”
Here we see the four primary focalizations in the pattern of the relatedness of heaven and earth—four of the seven, the four of the firm foundation of reality in Being, the four which correlate with the four forces. And the first beast, the high point of focalization, was like a lion. We recognize there the focalization of the LORD of Lords and KING of Kings. And the second beast like a calf. And the calf is what? A young bullock. And the ox or the bullock symbolizes the mind, the self-active, lumbering mind of man; but the calf symbolizes the childlike mind that is supposed to manifest in those who are responding, the mind that is willing to learn, willing to be led along the way. And so the calf aspect here, the calf beast, symbolizes the second focalization working from within outward, the mental level or the Lord of—what? The Lord of Life. Now what did we learn about the reality of the three primary aspects of spirit? That life is the child of love and truth. There must be the union of love and truth in order for life to be born. And the reality of life takes on meaning in relationship to the mind or intelligence; and so at the point of the calf we have the mental level and the manifestation of the Lord of Life, just as at the focalization of the beast like a lion we have the presence of the Lord of Love in the focalization of the reality of love. And then the third one mentioned is the first, speaking from the level of human beings looking upward, and this first, who is the third in the pattern, had a face as a man—a beast with a face as a man. Now how many beasts are there in the world with a face as a man? Quite a few I would say. Immediately we see that it relates to the human pattern of being, the formation of the one body of mankind in the Divine Design—the face as a man, the One Body, the Christ Body, the body of mankind. However we may put it, you are supposed to be a part of this beast with a face as a man. You are called to be a means by which this beast may take form on earth.
”And the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.” Now we go back to our Inner Trinity Pattern and we find here the third point, from the outward moving inward, and this is the position of the Lord of Truth. The union of love and truth allows the birth of life; and love and truth and life must manifest in the body of the man, or the form that has the face as a man. Here then we begin to see the nature of the symbolism: the flying eagle. Is it by chance that the eagle is used as one of the symbols of the United States of America? It is not by chance. But here we have the flying eagle, and that is the symbol of the Lord of Truth. When we begin to be acquainted with the reality of truth, what do we find? There is the ability to move in the air of the spirit: the flying eagle—not something that is earthbound, not something that is limited to one little point here or there. And what is the nature of the eagle? The eagle is called the king of birds; the eagle carries a very positive pattern. Did you ever see an eagle? Did you ever look at one, even one in a cage? It is a pitiful sight to see an eagle in a cage. But the nature of an eagle—perhaps you have seen pictures—the bearing of an eagle, what it suggests in relationship to the positive expression of Being. [A diagram was placed here showing a double triangle with “HEAVEN” in the top triangle and “EARTH” in the bottom (inverted) triangle. The apex was labeled “LOVE (Lion),” the ends of the common side “TRUTH (Eagle)” and “LIFE (Calf)” and the bottom (inverted) apex “CHRIST BODY (Man).”]
So here we have the four points of the creative field, recognizing the blending of two creative fields to make one. The points of the eagle and the points of the calf function both from an inner and an outer standpoint. The point of the lion functions from an inner standpoint, and we have the Inner Creative Triangle. And then extending outward in this square, the city foursquare, the creative field foursquare in relationship to the four forces, we have the fourth point, which is the first or the third, depending upon the patterns of relatedness, which has the face as a man, the formation of the body of mankind as the Christ Body or the Body of God on earth. And you are called to be a part of that Body.
Now these beasts were spoken of, or are spoken of here, as being full of eyes. It will be easier for you to see this in relationship to the Body that has the face as a man; for this Body has many members, and you are to be one of those members—many members—and each one has two physical eyes, to say nothing of the eye of the heart, the eye of the mind, the ability to see, to perceive, and to recognize. And so the Body that has the face as a man is certainly full of eyes before and behind, and all the way through.
Now let us note something of the peculiar nature of these four beasts. “And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him…” Six wings. Now, like a flying eagle, but an eagle in the ordinary sense has two wings. But the four beasts had each of them six wings. That would make twenty-four wings, wouldn't it? “…six wings about him; And they were full of eyes within…” Now first, the four beasts full of eyes before and behind. And here we note they were full of eyes within.
“…and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever; The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne [and cast their crowns of gold, of love, before the throne], saying, Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.”
“And for thy pleasure they are and were created.” How much pleasure has man given to God in recent millennia? Not much. But these things on earth are supposed to give God pleasure. Now can we imagine God having pleasure without sharing pleasure? I cannot. I cannot imagine God having pleasure without sharing pleasure and giving pleasure. “And for thy pleasure they are and were created.” Now that includes you. You were created for God's pleasure. If you so function that you give pleasure to God, do you think you will have pleasure? Do you think you will receive pleasure? And to what extent will this pleasure be limited? Just for a few minutes of meditation, with this little experience or that? Or will we begin to share God's pleasure all the time?
We remember that just before the betrayal and the mockery of the trial, all the things to which our Master was subjected on earth, He gave a great prayer, a prayer that you might well meditate upon, how many times? Ten times? A hundred times? Would that reveal all of its significance to you? It might pay to do it a hundred and one times, or even more. But in any case, there He emphasized the reality of oneness; He mentioned His joy, He mentioned extending His joy to others, His joy by reason of oneness, by reason of union with the Father: the inner and the outer, one; and the inner and the outer together, one with a higher pattern of focalization. And He said that He was going to leave His joy with us, give it to us. In another place He said, “Fear not, little flock”—little flock; it doesn't have to be a big one to begin with; even a little flock like this. “Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom,” the Kingdom made manifest on earth, in body and mind and heart.
Wherever we turn, the patterns of oneness, the patterns of union, the reality of blending—not in the limited sense which human beings ordinarily think of, not just two bodies blended, but the bodies of all, blended in the reality of God's Love, blended in the pattern of love response to the KING, with the crowns of gold cast before the Throne. And we begin to sense something of what it means to be with one accord in one place; for there is that spirit of blending now. “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.” And there is the Spirit of Love, the Voice of Love; and there is the Voice of Truth, the Spirit of Truth; and there is the Voice of Life, the Spirit of Life. Projected where? Into the Body that has the face as a man. All of these things, in their aspects and in their blended form, projected into the Body that has a face as a man. Again, you; again that blending. And what is the result?
“And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.” How much pleasure do you give to God day by day? How much pleasure do you give to God? The pleasure you give to God is the measure by which you receive the pleasure which God would give to you.
Let us go back a bit now. What about these six wings round about? There are six wings, there are four beasts; there are therefore twenty-four wings, and there are likewise twenty-four elders. A wing is that which is necessary to the bird to fly in the air; but a bird with one wing is rather handicapped. It takes a pair of wings, and generally speaking those creatures which fly have two wings. There are creatures on earth which have four wings: one set to be as the wings of an airplane, fixed in a projected form, and the other set to work as a propeller, to carry the creature through the air. So the principle by which man finally built the airplane was used in the insect world long ago—fixed or stable wings, and the moving wings. But here we have the four beasts with six wings, and the wing is something to move in the air, and the air is the symbol of the spirit. And there are four and twenty elders and there are four and twenty wings. But the wings need to work in pairs. Let us note carefully: "And the four beasts had each of them six wings ABOUT him." Now the reader might not be alert enough to see the difference. It did not say that each beast had six wings, did it? It said each beast had six wings about him. There is a difference. I have seen people try to portray what they imagined these four beasts to be, and they had eyes stuck all over them in a peculiar fashion and they tried to work it out so that there would be six wings attached to each beast--peculiar-looking creatures. Try putting six wings on a lion, and try putting six wings on an eagle that already has two wings. And eyes before and behind and within. And each beast had six wings about him. It does not say, as some have supposed, that each beast had six wings. Now where are the four beasts? Let us go back.
“And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald. And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold. And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.”
One could very easily suspect that the four beasts were the Throne. And there was One sitting on the Throne. We begin to see a pyramid: four beasts, four corners, and a point extending upward to an apex, a pyramid. And the pyramid touches what? The next higher focalization of deity, the next higher level. You do not need to be too concerned about that at the moment, but there we have the connection with the next higher level of deity. But here we have something we can begin to see in relationship to the oneness, in relationship to the reality of Being which we are to share, and the functions in that state of Being.
“And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal…” The sea of glass—before the Throne there was the sea of glass. The sea suggests that it extends out quite a ways from the Throne, that it is not limited to a spot just near the Throne as such. And we have recognized that the sea of glass is the pneumaplasmic substance of the physical realm of creation. “…and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him.”
“Now there were likewise four and twenty elders, four and twenty wings. We have recognized that the four and twenty elders are made up of positive and negative aspects of being, forming the twelve—back again to the twelve segments of humanity, the twelve in the pattern of formation, creation, the cycles of twelve in creative patterns. In other words we have within each cycle of twelve three cycles of four, and we have three-phased beings—three-phased beings—and there are three cycles of four to make twelve, and the cycle of four relates to the four forces. But if there be four forces there are four focalizations of force, four points of being to provide meaning, direction, control, with respect to the four forces. And so the four beasts, full of eyes before and behind and within, each had about him six wings. There are, then, the pairs of wings relating to the four and twenty elders—the pairs of wings. Each of the four and twenty has one wing.
The four and twenty elders are round about the Throne. And the Throne itself has within it the formation of the four beasts, and there are six wings around each beast, at each corner of the Throne. There are four groupings, then, of the four and twenty; and the four and twenty would make the twelve; three pairs of wings make six; so at four points there are six elders, making three pairs. Now the significance of all of that you will not grasp in a moment, but it begins to give you an understanding of some of the fundamental, basic principles relating to the expression of the divine into the world of man. But in order for this fulfilment to take place there must be the manifestation of the fourth beast, which has the face as of a man, and this fourth beast is the One Christ Body.
Our Master came into the world to begin the manifestation of that Body, but He could not remain here to be all by Himself the reality of that Body. How did He receive the power of God into the world to do the things which He did? By providing a Body with a face as a man. That Body, with its face as a man, was called, or is ordinarily called, Jesus. But that was supposed to be the beginning point for the formation of a Body with many members. And so this Body of many members is to be the Body with a face as a man, full of eyes before and behind and within. The eye is the pattern of perception.
Is the reality of truth, or the Spirit of Truth, limited to one point of Being? There is the focalization point of Being, the Lord of Truth, but that spirit works in all beings who yield to truth, who are honest enough to be true. And so all beings, having eyes within—what eyes do you have within? The eye of the heart, the eye of the mind. They all become one eye but there are aspects of these eyes, the means of perception, of seeing. So individually you have eyes before and eyes within, and if there is someone standing behind you in the form, there are eyes behind you too—not that you as an individual must have a set of eyes grow in the back of your head. You are not supposed to be the whole thing all by yourself; you are supposed to be a part of the whole thing. So there are eyes before and within and behind. And whether we consider it from the standpoint of the pattern of truth or the pattern of love or the pattern of life, the same is true.
The patterns of perception. The patterns of perception must be of great importance, of great use. People take their eyes, their physical eyes, for granted and often abuse them. But if anyone has lost the use of the physical eyes there is the realization that, while one may live a full life in many respects, something important to the physical organism is gone: the reality of the eyes to see, to perceive. When we stop to think about it, what priceless treasures we have in our eyes. And we learn to see the importance of perceiving, alertness. I mentioned in the earlier class this morning something about the development of seeing, the development of alertness, of recognizing that which is to be seen.
“And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever.”
Now here we begin to see the working of the pattern of response: The outmoving from the apex of the pyramid out through the base and into the surrounding pattern is obvious. But there is the One at the Apex, there are the Four at the Base of the Throne, or of the pyramid; and when the four beasts are giving response to the Apex of Deity immediately present in the creative field, then the four and twenty elders follow suit, and those who are attuned to the four and twenty elders follow them, and there is the cycle of response to the Apex of the creative triangle. For if there is a creative field at the base of the triangle, made up of two triangles, we also have the four triangles forming the faces, the four faces of the pyramid, so the pyramid has six triangles. Does not every pyramid have six triangles? Two in the base; four on the sides. Let me use a little illustration here. We look at the base first; that is, looking down upon it. [A diagram was placed here, showing a double pyramid (i.e. two pyramids with the same base, one upright, one inverted).]
So we have two triangles; the focalization in the inner vibration, the focalization in the outer vibration—the lion and the face of the man, the calf and the eagle. So here we have, looking down upon it, the base, two triangles in the base making the four, the city foursquare, the place of abiding. A city is a dwelling place, isn't it? A dwelling place. So the city is the abiding place for the working of the things of God. Human beings have thought about the city foursquare, the new Jerusalem that is to come down from God out of heaven, simply as some golden streets and some houses, a place where they are going to go and live after they are dead. But what is the city? It is an abiding place. “He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty,” and the Almighty is at the Apex of the pyramid, always. Wherever we are in the levels of being, the Apex of the pyramid is, for that which relates to the pyramid, the Almighty.
Why is the capstone gone from the Great Pyramid of Gizeh? Because the capstone is invisible, symbolizing something for us—the invisible capstone. Always the focalization point of a pyramid is, for that which is focalized, the Almighty. And so that which is contained within the city foursquare, in the creative fields involved, in the inner sense and the outer sense, is dwelling in the secret place of the Most High and abiding under the shadow, the evidence of the presence, of the Almighty.
The pyramid has its four faces, in the surrounding sense, and the two triangles in the base, making six. We have in this pattern, then, the reality of the inner, the reality of the outer, the patterns of their manifestation and their focalization in that which is higher. And this provides the focalization for that which is lower; for if we saw this from the lower level, instead of seeing the apex up here we would see a similar pyramid projected downward into the lower levels of being, and then there would be twelve, twelve creative triangles in the double pyramid, two pyramids having the same base, one pointing upward, one pointing downward. Now, instead of just looking at the base of the triangle, you are looking at one side of the double pyramid. This is the apex of the pyramid, this is the base of the pyramid, and this is the pyramid pointing downward, because you can only see it from one side at a time.
There is a great deal in that little city foursquare that you may not have explored yet. And where are the golden streets, the streets of love? In the city foursquare? You think they are going to be streets paved with gold? Paved with love, the streets of love in the city. Are there streets of love in that city? If it is manifest you will find there are. And you have to walk the Golden Path, the Golden Path of what? When I talk about the Golden Path that leads to the Tree of Life, what do I mean? The Path of Love that leads to the Tree of Life. And what happens to the Tree of Life? It brings forth twelve manner of fruits, each in its season, one fruit each month. Twelve months—back to the twelve.
There are many twelves. You have not found them all yet. But the twelve, the twelve segments of humanity. Now we begin to see that there are the four and twenty elders, or the twelve; and the twelve provides us with the focalization of the twelve segments of humanity. And twelve has three cycles of four, four relating to the square, the four forces, or the four that are called beasts, points of focalization, and that manifests in relationship to each of the three levels of the Trinity of Being, all of these things being interrelated. You cannot segregate some part and say, “This I'll take away, and I'll have something.” It is an integral thing. It must be an integrated thing to have meaning, all of its parts.
We cannot separate the Lord of Love from the rest and have true meaning—or the Lord of Truth, or the Lord of Life, or man, the manifestation of love and truth and life. The first manifestation is life at the birth of the body, but then we begin to have the evidence of the spirit of love, and as the pattern of intelligence develops there is likewise the beginning of the integrity of truth, and the patterns and designs and control factors begin to manifest. The babe becomes a child, the child becomes a youth, the youth becomes a man.
The growth, the development, the unfolding of the things of the invisible realm into the visible, the revelation of deity through you, the oneness of heaven and earth, the pleasure of that union, the reality of the Divine Design, the interchange of all the forces of Being, oneness. Not something separate and apart, but something that is a part of the whole. We have to have the whole to have wholeness. Would you be whole all by yourself? Then you would be the “allness” and supersede God. You cannot be whole by yourself. I cannot. The Lord of Love Himself cannot be whole all by Himself. In order to have wholeness we must have relatedness to the whole, and the whole is the Cosmic All That Is.
So the patterns of blending, the working of the Law, the secrets of youth, up and down and round about. When we remember that all things on earth were made for the pleasure of God, we do not imagine that He is trying to have pleasure by taking pleasure away from us. God is wise enough to know that if He is to have pleasure in us He must give us pleasure, and that is a secret some people on earth have not yet learned, the secrets of oneness, that we may live and move and have our Being in the Body of God.
Thank you each one, in your beautiful check-in. What a privilege it is to stand here with you on the Temple Steps, figuratively speaking. I was thinking as you were checking in, as we were all checking in, yes, we have 42 stations, but how many stations are represented by virtue of the substance brought to these steps this morning? How many generations of generating are carried in our hearts, our bones, our pneumaplasm—the longing, the sacred longing, the longing of the millions? Our numbers, in terms of physical form, relatively few. In terms of representation, immense! And in this, as we prepare to enter the Temple, let us declare through prayer our appreciation for Whose home this is:
O magnificent LORD and KING, how honored we are to have been called from the Four Winds this day to enter herein and commune with Thee and Thy QUEEN, allowing our hearts, our minds, our spirits, our very bodies to open fully to Your creative impulse, all to the end that Your Temple might be filled with the unabated results of the working of the One Law. We avail ourselves to Thee in joy and in absolute resonance. Thank you, O LORD, for this unique opportunity today. Aum-en.
So, moving with this imagery, let’s file in and take our places in the Temple of the Living God.
I’m reminded of the experience—not to be nostalgic; but I think it represents a point—of what it was like to walk into the Dome Chapel at Sunrise Ranch and take my place in preparation for Martin to speak. And I must admit, I was fascinated with the ceiling, not while he was talking, mind you, but beforehand. The beautiful design was contained therein, intricate combinations of triangles and other shapes, merging at the top around five beautiful circular windows distributed around a pentagon. I used to imagine that above that was the Capstone of the Pyramid, the Christ Consciousness, and flowing into our sacred setting there through the five windows, representing (for me, anyway) my five senses as a human being, indicating and proclaiming that this human equipment, in which I live and breathe, is designed to carry the impulse of Christ Consciousness from the Capstone into the three dimensional world through the course of what we refer to as a human life. As we were privileged to hear and participate in the Word, I was aware that not only was the light flowing in from above, but it was also flowing back out through those windows into the entire world—a radiant pulsation begat through Radiation, Response, Attraction, Union, Unified Radiation.
Sometimes I meditate on how unique that opportunity was among generations. Really! To have incarnated at this time, to have been demonstrated by a Priest after the order of Melchizedek the way it’s done: What an entrustment! What an amazing turn of events! What an immense responsibility.
I’m thinking back again on the design of the Dome ceiling. I couldn’t help but think about our design in the Kingdom of Heaven in these 42+ stations, some with multiple participants, how though we are few in numbers, we are strategically placed about the Kingdom. Strategic in vibration—we are each made uniquely. Aren’t we?—and strategic in geographic location, as well. I’m keenly aware at this moment that due to our time zones, etc., that our friends in Korea are not physically with us. At least I didn’t notice them on the screen, and yet, the East is represented, as well, perhaps through you, Marsha. [As it turns out, Jae Hyoung Lee, from Jeju, South Korea, had logged on after check-in and was in fact able to attend in spite of the time difference! It was 2:00 a.m. in Korea when the Temple of Light service started.]
An example of the Lord’s strategic mastery is represented in the story of Gideon, wherein out of thousands of warriors he chose 300, to surround on the rim of the bowl of a valley, tens of thousands—way outnumbering the Children of Israel. To achieve the Lord’s purpose. In moving in sensitive attunement with the Lord, and with the agreement of the 300 he selected, the valley was surrounded strategically at night. Each was with a lantern on, but cloaked with, I think it was a terracotta pitcher, as it was described; (The Bible doesn’t use the word terracotta—my guess) but you couldn’t see the light until the pitcher was broken. When the pitcher was broken, all the warriors strategically placed around the valley were instructed on Gideon’s cue with his trumpet to sound their trumpets. And all sounded their trumpets. And all yelled like crazy! The enemy thought they were surrounded by hoards of who knows how many. They panicked. They ran and sometimes slayed each other; got the heck out of that valley and were defeated.
I see a great parallel here with us today. Not that we are about achieving any kind of military undertaking. Think of the size of about 8 billion people on the Earth today, greatly attuned to death, greatly attuned to fear, even with the best of intentions, so many people of integrity, so many noble souls, but hypnotized since the Fall. And here, by reason of the working of the One Law, we have been drawn, not any better than anyone else—that’s for sure!—but called nevertheless, strategically, for the purpose of letting our lights so shine, that irrefutably and inexorably the substance of the world might be drawn into Love’s control today.
How thrilling to rest in the knowledge that this process is at work, even as we speak. And it appears that in the Bible that there have been those who have possessed something of this vision along the way. And yet, here we are with 8 billion people, many hypnotized and operating under counterfeit control. And that’s putting it nicely. It strikes me that what has been missing is the requisite power: the power that is required to call unto remembrance the resonant substance contained in the fallen world, to have a sound, a tone strong enough, durable enough, reliable enough to trust, to attune to and to remember by the music of the spheres.
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In the One Law, my sensing is response is what has been a bit lacking. Not that we’re here to dwell on lack. I think we are here to dwell on victory and opportunity. And here is, as I see it, a great opportunity to power up so that the coordination of the LORD might be complete, and full resonance might be steady, sure, and immovable within a Core, a Radiant Core that is adequate—adequately placed, because we move with attunement with the One Who Dwells, and adequately powerful because it IS the Irresistible Force. Here's a piece that I wrote while meditating on these things dedicated to Response. It goes like this:
“As the Fire and the Spirit move round about, creating by LETTING all called substance move perfectly, poetically, rightfully into place, the True Body of His Word is formed, and it is Holy—pristine—perfect in organization and flow. All you said was, ‘YES! Emphatically YES! It is Thee, my Eternal Beloved!’ Through the Single Eye in you, laced with true love’s response, you merely asked, ‘How could it be any other way?’ And a Great Voice in Heaven, CALLING ALL to remembrance, sounded in and through you, from within and without, from above and below. Holy, Holy, Holy! Come unto thy KING, for the appointed time to SURRENDER your world is NIGH! And the Wondrous Light of His Gaze comes upon thee, harmonically illuminating the Temple with audible light, joyously creating, and recreating your story. Lustily chanting, all the voices of Heaven sing once again your true song. Through updraft of Pure Virtue, IN the Vibration of our Lord, thy response USHERS you into His True Heart’s Ultimate Furnace, wherein the One Way of Love’s sacred fusion is eternally walked, and in that Holy Flame, in thy precise Temple place, the Humble Authority of the Word made flesh is eternally revealed—compelling, drawing, reshaping, even unto Paradise, all the substance of this One World, into HIS BODY, through which NEW SHINING WORLDS are uttered into existence. The KING winks, and His QUEEN smiles knowingly. All is well.”
I wonder how much response is enough? “Oh, that’s enough Response.” “Good. We did it.” “I did it this morning during sanctification.” “I did it last night at sanctification.” Was that enough? I know this is a speculation of the mind, but I’m thinking it might be enough when my vibration is so centered in the Lord, due to complete Response of heart, mind, body and spirit that my very presence proclaims to a world attuned with death and fear, “Surrender! Resistance is futile!”
Sounds audacious, doesn’t it? Well, I suspect that the LORD’s audacity relative to human nature is not to be equaled. And here we are with the opportunity of powering up, strategically placed, to the end that all might be brought to remembrance, and that that grid, represented by all those junctions in the ceiling of the Temple, might light up like a Christmas tree. And ALL is brought to remembrance. What could be more joyous work? Martin speaks about that kind of power. On July 3, 1977 [greatcosmicstory.blogspot.com/2018/01/core-pattern-positive-action-martin.html] he made the statement:
“The immediate concern is that there should be this core composed of human beings who are ministering, who are providing the facility for the positive action of the One Law at the level where human beings are. That is the experience of the Holy Ghost coming upon you and it is stated: ‘Ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you.’ There is the power, the creative power of the positive action of the One Law, and it is this that transforms the world. We begin to allow that positive action of the One Law which is already in operation to be brought to focus and to find release in radiation, in action, in living, because we have assumed the responsibility for letting it be so. Then we might say the job is done.”
What that might look like, in the grid of the true Design, with all of the junctions of all the connections lighting up was so beautifully articulated in the invitation that David Barnes sent out for this Temple of Light Service, with Anne. Thank you, both!
“Just suppose every man, woman and child upon the face of the whole earth were centered in God, completely under the Kingdom Control of the Spirit, letting Life truly manifest—the Shekinah Light is the Life of men—there would be then, around the entire surface of the earth, wherever there is land at least, the manifestation of millions and millions of particularized focalizations of Shekinah. There would be a particularized Shekinah Pattern between any given individual and each of his true friends. Suppose some person had one hundred friends. There would be one hundred balls of Fire and glowing Lights and manifestations of Cloud in relationship to that one individual who centered the hundred friends; but they in turn would have other friends, and each might have anywhere from, what shall we say? one to a hundred, more or less, in some cases many more, manifestations of Shekinah, and it would cover the earth's surface, and everything that would be done, every word that would be spoken, every action, would be on the basis of the expression of Shekinah in actual fact. The earth would then be a Sun, glowing, shining, in its place in the Solar System and the Cosmos—a Sun, a manifestation of the only begotten Son of God. So we begin to realize that if all those who dwell on the face of the earth were as they ought to be, there would be many more manifestations of the Shekinah Pattern than there would be individuals on earth, many more, and all things would be the expression of Shekinah, and without Shekinah there would not be anything done. The Kingdom of heaven is at hand, the Kingdom of Shekinah is at hand. Let it appear to the Glory of our KING and to the blessing of the children of men.” [greatcosmicstory.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-nature-and-work-of-shekinah.html]
What a unique opportunity! There are 8 billion people on this planet right now. Hey! What could be better? What could be better—the One Law and 8 billion people? What’s that story about, in the Bible? “Oh, but there are giants in the land!” Oh there are so many people! Well, “Big deal,” the LORD says. “I am with you, even unto the end of the earth.” How much response is enough? Can we say to human nature—Robert laughed—“Human nature, resistance is futile. Surrender.”? Of course, I’ve been talking about the world. It starts within oneself. Doesn’t it? The surrender of everything. I think that’s what’s required for the “power-up” experience that we’ve been talking about. In the Book of Revelation, Chapter 4, it’s described like this:
“And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to Him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.”
Grace Van Duzen points out the symbology here with those crowns that they relinquish—those “crowns” represent our own self-centeredness of the mind, our own achievements, our own things about ourselves that we think are pretty cool and comfortable. “Hey, I’m a great talker. I can talk all the time in any conversation.” Well, maybe that’s one’s “crown”, and it could be let go of. Maybe, “I’m really good at achieving a lot of things in this world and I’ve got a lot of stuff cooking and I really don’t have time for this meditation stuff, and this full alignment and response!” Well, maybe that’s a crown that could be let go of. Maybe some space could be made in one’s time management for more meditation.
We each know our capacities pretty well, and if we have the capacity to be honest, we begin to see what they are, not by endless self-analysis, but by responding to the original, Prime Source of the Focus of Love for this planet, the Prime Source for that vibration. And by giving ALL to the Prime Source of Love, the KING, it’s described as “fire falling from Heaven”, we may each then be enveloped fully by the Flame of Love, the vibration of that Flame, and live and walk therein all of our days, allowing everything that comes into contact with us in the three dimensional world to come in contact with the KING, and His QUEEN, and the vibration that relates thereto. Is that too much to ask? It does involve giving up everything, doesn’t it? And yet without it, where does the power come from to get the job done? What does that one talk show host say? “How is that going for you?” The LORD could say to mankind relative to our insistence of sitting on our idols, holding on to our crowns, “How’s that going for you? Is that working?” We think not.
I love where we’ve been in this consideration, so high, such a communion with our LORD. And yet, we’re admonished to do more, to actually land this vibration that we’re sharing now in the nitty-gritty, sweaty, grungy experience of walking on Earth at this time in a world where much is not aligned with Heaven.
In his service, “Focalization of Creative Cycles”, Uranda was speaking on July 30, 1946, to I think it was the first class at Sunrise Ranch. [greatcosmicstory.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-one-great-intercessor.html] And they were working with what it was like to dwell in meditation with Uranda, and then go out and fix the tractor, weed the garden, or work with personalities in the kitchen that might not be your first choice. Here’s what he had to say: “These are the creative cycles, and the way you have been carrying through this period of the cycle has been definitely improving. You have been letting that outward pulsation take place, accomplishing that to which you were called, and coming together again without losing the Current, as you used to.” He goes on to say, “That is not to say that you are doing it to perfection yet, but it has very markedly improved…” We all have to start somewhere. Don’t we? But without willingness to give it all up to the Vibration that created this planet in the first place, where does the power come from? I think the answer is: It doesn’t. And that is, in fact, what it takes.
I loved Marsha’s description, in her recent service, about “the pause” during the day when her printer went off-line when she had critical work to do. She just paused and checked in with the highest vibration, and then appearing in her very non-technical consciousness was the technical answer. Viola! So, as we exercise our muscle of trust, more comes of the magic, in particular knowledge and confidence in the Lord, which becomes part of our flesh, which our world can sense.
It’s between the lines. We don’t talk the way we’re speaking right now among most people we engage with. At least, I don’t have the opportunity. It wouldn’t be fitting. Would it? But to the degree that I am in His Vibration, it’s between the lines. It comes out through the eyes. There’s a presence. There’s something that in a very relaxed and beautiful way gets called to remembrance. And like I said, the world is obviously not aligned with Heaven at this point. So, there are things through which we have the opportunity of proving these principles to the world.
Not that we’re trying to impress anybody. Goodness knows, the part of any of us that would want to impress or be recognized is NOT the Lord. But there are places where the authority of our Lord may have its final say in our very actions. Some of our friends on-line here, their computer was recently hacked, and all the trauma that can go with having your world of information up-ended, financial, and otherwise, who knows, was up for them. They got to apply the Kingdom of Heaven to that circumstance and that circumstance got to feel the Kingdom of Heaven through them, being in place, staying centered, which I understand may have had to take place in pulsations. There’s a lot to feel. Isn’t there? And we let those feelings come. As Roger de Winton used to say, “Praise God for perception!” But we’re never ruled by it. We eat “perception”, as angels, for breakfast, because we transform those perceptions into the Holy vibration of the KING through our living.
This is something we’ve shared before in the Temple a couple of times, but I think it’s worth repeating. It’s from Revelation 15. Those elders that were lying down in worship, casting their “crowns” before the Throne of the One Who Dwells on the Throne, at this point are standing up on the sea of glass as clear as crystal: “And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire [and Grace states in her book, that is ‘a state of pure vibrational substance alive with radiance’]: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.”
You might say in the process of restoration we exchange our self-centered crowns for the “harps of God”. We’re not left without something to hold. And what are the “harps of God”? They are the instrument of our human lives, used to play His Song through ALL of the circumstances in a human life—good, bad, and indifferent. Aren’t the circumstances the strings? And in true consciousness, oneness with the Father in Heaven, each time one of those strings, one of those circumstances is touched and plucked, BAM, the POWER of the music of the spheres, the Living Word, spoken through a human life transmits out, through the entire grid, lighting it up like a Christmas tree, calling ALL to remembrance, calling ALL into Oneness, letting the sorting out process be done once and for all. Then the KING has His Body to walk in with His QUEEN. And it is safe. And it is luminescent. And it is POWERFUL. Through it, New Shining Worlds are created in His Name by His angels who dwell in Heaven with Him and who are part of His Body. How wondrous, O LORD, is Your Holy Name, Your Vibration, which makes Thy Restoration on Earth possible!
I wonder if the Voice of Many Waters would join in on this Holy conversation.
Christina Pivarnik — Robert, I come with the deepest thankfulness for your elegant, exquisite focus for us in this Temple. It is such a privilege and an immense blessing to have this space where we can consider these things of great magnitude, and offer our whole hearts, our whole being in complete service to the One Most High, to our KING, to our QUEEN. I'm so humbled, and offer my crown wholeheartedly. Let it go, because there's such work to be done in clarity. This time is a time of nourishment—this safe and sacred place where our hearts can just open wide and be in total response. We do this independently, individually, in our days, in our meditations, but to be able to do it as a collective in the sacred space is something very, very precious. I give thanks for each one here who participates in this Temple, in this worship to the Lord, and I for one, and I think everyone here runs to do that! So thank you so much for your beautiful words, heart, focus. I am deeply appreciative.
Suzanne Core — Robert, I, too, am deeply appreciative, and my heart echoes Christina's words as well. How much response is enough? All of it! All of it! Now I have a mental facility that would be probably say, “Wait, you want me to trade a golden crown for a harp that I have to play, that I probably can't sell.” And I say, “Hush! That's not who we are. That's not who we are.” I love that you said “the KING winks. I can't get that out of my head. It raises, “My yoke is easy and my burden is light” to a whole different level of light for me. It is light, it is easy, it is fun. The KING and QUEEN have senses of humor. They make it so easy to cast down that golden crown and exchange it for a harp that can sound like a trumpet. So I join with you and everyone here in this moment to say, “Surrender all.” Thank you for a wonderful hour.
Davina Misroch — Robert, I have three words I wrote down which to me describe your wonderful offering this morning: levity, passion and spiritual backbone. That radiated through everything you offered today from the beginning until this point—the spiritual backbone in everything you were saying, suggesting, calling for and inviting us to share in. Without that backbone, it comes to nothing; it's very wishy-washy. So thank you for bringing that to the fore at every level, and you can be assured I'm very much alongside you in that. Thank you.
Marsha Bogolin — Robert, I also rejoice in what has come through you. I loved how you described the Lord's strategic mastery with the story of Gideon, and the opportunity that is present for us today. What I'm particularly struck with is your demonstration how, when we truly have no limit to response, fully respond, cast down our golden crown of self-centered achievement, or whatever is our particular version of it, what we receive in exchange, as you so beautifully demonstrated, is the ultimate power of experience. You know Robert. your vocabulary and imaginative way of expressing which heightens to another level when the current is coming through you, is just an example of the harps that are played through our facilities. So I trust that both the exquisite nature of your example and the deep prayer behind it—which is what the Lord needs now—will encourage us to fully give it all, because in so giving we're not losing anything of value. What we receive instead is who we truly are. So. Thank you, my brother, I am thrilled.
Anne Blaney — Robert, you mentioned the Korean group that we're aware of now, who speak—what was it you called it?—audible light. One of the things I've noticed with those newly awakening ones, is that they always speak from their immediate experience. It's made me realize how our Western minds have this tendency to separate from and to talk about something that has already happened, even if it's just a moment ago. I've been brought to humility in that regard: to challenge awareness in how I offer response, to express what is happening, right now, current! That's what I loved about our time together. We were all together in an exquisite heaven, and the heaven was pouring through those five windows, these five windows in our heads that you mentioned. The world can be assured that there are those right now who have blessed them. But we were certainly blessed, and here I am again talking about something that was in the past! I so enjoyed being present with you every step of the way, and that presence, as you were saying, continues, because we are all present, and now we're all aware of this exquisite connection, that we began, in the Word this morning—the beginning for our moments ahead. Thank you so much.
Laura Fisher — How wondrous and great are the works of our God. How wondrous and great Robert, are your works this morning, and our works that join you. Let's be audacious. Let's listen to the promise of the Lord our God, and be it. Your poem, your writing was exquisite. Such life and color in it. Exquisite! How I appreciate you, my friend, always, and particularly in this hour. Well done, our good and faithful servant! We are one in that expression. Thank you.
David Barnes — Hey Robert. It is such a rich and heart-opening hour that we spent together, brought into the substance of the KING of Love more fully, because there's more of us here to be in that enlarged heart realm, full of love for the KING and for those who compose His Body on earth. I found myself scanning the Zoom gallery view throughout the hour looking at the faces and feeling the current of love moving from each one of us here as individuals, and found it so easy to love each one in the love of the KING—sharing His love. And even though we talk about casting down our golden crowns of whatever human nature impression that may linger and wants to make itself known, make itself impressive, at the same time, when the crowns of self-centeredness are cast down, we immediately are aware that this is the Body of the Crowning Creation. So we discover that there really was no loss, and the crown is still here, but it's of a different nature—for Thou hast crowned him with glory and honor, made him a little lower than the angels, that angels might walk the earth in human form. So this Body, which is a representative sample of the Body of the KING growing on earth, wears a crown, naturally, which isn't of the human nature variety, but it's the crown that is natural to the Body of the KING. It's His Crown. And I feel, through what you have brought us into this morning Robert, so exquisitely, that we're all feeling something of our own Royal nature, as we look at each other and recognize the presence of the KING and QUEEN of Heaven incarnate in this Body— in this representation of the Body right here, right now. I am so thankful for all that you brought us through—bold, daring I would say, to go where many fear to tread. But not here, because it's the place of the love of the KING, for the KING, in His Body, now present here, in us and others here on earth. Thank you my friend.
Robert Merriman — Thank you each one, for your creative participation in both listening and in speaking. We have a little time left and it feels that the substance is present to read a poem that Yujin Pak wrote, presciently, about 43 years ago. It's called The Temple:
In the womb of earth's silence stands, finished,
a fused new holy temple
... delicate and shimmering, of the living Word,
born of the fresh winds of creation.
On crystal-fused edges of temple steps
fall the first dew drops of a sacred new earth;
and holy nectared flowers unseen by earthly man
bloom in the temple's sunlit court.
In morning glory shines the new conscious temple,
built without human hands:
One Mind, One Heart, fused in divine proportion,
a One-splendored Arch of angels,
spinning the One Fire of holy creation …
Completed is the temple.
And from the core of its silence, its immovable mass,
goes forth an incandescent beam,
a signal from the Lord Most High,
to the waiting flame in the earth's molten core.
Beloved Earth,
Fair Goddess of ancient of days.
Glow again thy passion's sacred flame.
Once again there is, on earth, a holy place,
where Lord meets Lord ... in blended flame.
Sacred heart,
though earthen veils hid thy countenance fair,
thine was the holy nectar that filled Eden's air,
the music that graced the heavenly spheres.
Beloved Earth,
New Jerusalem’s sacred bride.
Brace thyself in passion's deepest molten flame,
and remember this day ... thy spirit’s true name.
Rise, sacred flame!
Release thy veil, and return to thy place.
The temple is finished. A path is made.
Speed thy way.
... The Lord awaits.”
Robert Merriman — A regality is the reality of Spiritual Expression. Let it be so.
Steve Ventola — The moments we shared are precious indeed. Robert, you've talked about powering up into a rarified atmosphere. But the simplicity of it is that we just have to say “Yes”—yes to playing our harp. If we've played it off chord at times, we just need to tune it and say, “Yes, let go.” Let the influences extend into the earth, that our earth may become a sun, that we may share radiantly, with each of us in appreciation from the heart of love. Our next Temple of Light service will be led by Gary Courtland-Miles on May 28th. I is a pleasure to be with you all.
