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Discourse

No. 1

Prepare Your Retreat

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Our blessings are upon you. We welcome you to this place of assignment. This has been foreordained to be a place of a great charge of Spiritual powers This location, with the lake and the trees, has long had much in its favor to be conducive unto greater spiritual power. The electrical discharge in the storm last night has even enhanced the atmosphere. There are many factors that one does not realize concerning certain locations. The souls coming to this place are actually in obedience to that which was given some months ago; the spirit is drawing together those chosen of the Lord in various places to further his purposes, so that they might be prepared for citizenship in that kingdom of spirit that is promised.

You have come in great expectancy. The banquet table has been prepared before you, the spiritual feasting of the soul shall take place, and as you become more enlightened, the capacity to receive will increase and your souls shall be nurtured. The conditioning in the cells of your etheric body will be continued, and many things will be taking place simultaneously.

You have many invisible ones with you, and many of you have loved ones near. Do not confuse this with that called "spiritualism". This is not spiritualism; it is the heavenly realms drawing nigh unto those of Earth being prepared for their Lord's purposes. Many that have been working in the fourth dimension shall be enlightened and helped. There is a greater number of ones from cosmic realms coming in preparation, for this is part of that which has been planned through the ages to spiritualize the planet Earth and to lift up those elect of the Lord who, in obedience to Him, have followed through to the end of the Age.

And more and more shall be gathered together over the Earth, for the time is indeed short. There is much to be accomplished before the end of the century, and there will be much interference in the last years of the century due to cataclysmic chengese Thus the effective work must be done ahead of this, and those who prove themselves faithful and loyal unto their Lord shall be gradually lifted up into higher service. It is difficult for the finite mind to comprehend many of the things that do not appear in the Earth plane to be so significant, but the wisdom of your Lord lies behind any preparation. As you have come in expectancy, so shall there be the deliverance of much that shall be useful and helpful in these coming days.

The change of heart in mankind is most important, and as you are transformed within you shall go before many of those who have not yet reached that attitude in which they may be changed. The changes are coming by steps and degrees, until finally, at the particular time of change, in the twinkling of an eye many shall be drawn up into she clouds. This is the preparation that precedes that event. There are always those pioneering, exploring, scouting, and following through in ways to open *he way for others. Your Lord of many hosts went before you in great love. Then came the prophets and disciples of many orders. Channels such as ours go before those that would follow--disciples being prepared to open the way before this final stage. And you are coming up as disciples of the Lord, waiting for further instroctiu,

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It is not specific day-by-day instruction that is so important. Some of this will come later. But what really counts is your making ready, your attitude within, the learning of patience, the waiting upon the Lord and standing by in obedience; your preparation daily by having the focus remain on the goal, your practice in being receptive in mind and heart, and your prayer for discernment to recognize the difference, to separate true from false. All these things are part of acquiring equilibrium and the understanding of the ways of the Lord as He moves through the Earth. His Spirit shall fill the Earth. Many shall open up in the spiritual centers, shall dream, shall have visions, shall Bee with the inner eye, and hear with the inner ear. Many shall see so-called miracles", which are, in reality, natural in the realm of Spirit.

Most of all must they learn to maintain a balance and stability when not only great changes upon the face of the Earth occur, but when changes within each shall upset his equilibrium. There is a great need for more prayer for stability, balance of power, controlling of the emotions, and equalization of energies. Divine energies should be transformed into constructive action and into that which shall take form in new ways. This will occur when those coming together learn to meld, to blend, fuse with one another in spirit, transcending difference of personality, ages and the physical differences, all of which are incidental. With the focus on the purpose of the Lord, all things are bypassed and the spirit is energized and quickened and begins to grow toward accomplishment. It is the in-dwelling spirit within each that shall guide, and that shall bring forth the increase.

Those who have chosen to follow their Lord must learn discipline; control of themselves first of all, then control of the laws to move in wisdom with unselfish motive, to learn to surrender to God's will, and to be patient. Wait upon the Lord for further directions, but obey when the knowing comes within. Do not run hither and yon doing whatever might be heard from this channel or that channel, This is not the purpose. It is to establish communication, communion within, and to have faith in a God who created in His image. He shall bring it to fulfillment in that temple of you which has the indwelling Presence of the Most High. Therein shall be the union of the Father and son, that the Father doeth the works through the son in perfect alignment.

Just as there is radar communication to keep planes on the beam and at certain altitudes, so must the consciousness, the soul maintain its altitude and its rate of vibration. Move in that frequency of light on the great cosmic highway, and in this attune to that communication within--that divine radar. When one loses sight of self in the human, he comes into the reality of the identity of the divine self in the ocean of spirit, and in this realizes the oneness with all life. Souls are individual and eternal, yet are one in the great tide of Spirit in action. Consider the flight of a flock of birds, such as geese. Instinct carries them in the same direction together and enables them to know the seasons, to know when to start and when to stop, to know to a great extent how to protect themselves and to keep in formation. The divine radar guides the flock, You are the flock of souls following the Shepherd, Come together in formation as he calls his elect into groupings so that they can move together in unison. Learn to develop that immer radar that keeps you in line and in formation, you might say, with those of like kind, like purpose and like direction. The law of attraction draws souls in the same vibration to move together in the same direction. You do not call it “instinct” when referring to souls, but rather intuitive knowing; the souls are in tune with the Infinite and, with practice, they become selfless.

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Then the individual presence in each is the eternal God-life that has the wisdom and knowing integrated with the truth of Life and the timing that brings about the intuitive knowing. Thus it is important to move with the tide and the flock in the direction that the Shepherd leads, knowing the right time and the ways and means to go about bringing into action that which God reveals. Then the perfect pattern and the perfect kmowing are finally established. It is created within you but has been dull from lack of practice and lack of use. So in the silence you learn to still and quiet the body, the mind and the emotions, so as to be in a timeless dimension without space or distance. Then there is & quiet knowing that you are eternally one in the life forces of God's pattern of creations

Does the tide in the ocean worry about how long it will take to reach the banks, or who will be there when it gets there? It moves in great force according to the rhythms and the rate of vibration in which it is moving. It all moves as one. In this manner you shall learn to move more and more as one in God's Spirit, losing sight of the human personality and the human differences. This is secondary. The similarity of soul purpose and direction and goal you have in common, and you move as one toward that goal. It does not matter whether you appear to be different from one another--different looks, different ages, different traditions, different customs, and habits. Those are of the world. Your Heavenly Father mows every part of your being, and you were created in spirit, in His likeness and image. He shall bring it to the perfected state of being for which He sent it forth, in spite of all the human differences. These shall fall away ‘and you shall return, one day, to the cosmic realms and the abundance of Life Eternal from which you came.

The time now, even though it is short until the end of the century, is still a time of preparation in which man can learn to control ard discipline himself according to the wisdom within him; learn to overcome the excitability that is in his nature, humanly, and learn the great spiritual poise which comes with deep, abiding faith and true dedication of soul to God's purposes. Man has become disillusioned in the world, He finds there is no purpose in living, as far as the world viewpoint goes. But as he gives up he finds himself. The soul does not give up, but the humanness does, for it is but a shell. He then finds the eternal self of great beauty and divine energies and learns the laws which enable him to transmute, transform, and convert these energies into other forms; into plens of action that the Lord would reveal in the greater light of his consciousness.

It is not the brain-power upon which man should depend but the wisdom of the ages--the Divine Intelligence of God within his being. When man can put aside the human intellect and use this Divine Intelligence, it becomes as @ deep well of all the resources into which one may reach and draw upon, all the soul memories going back unto the very Creation. The light then reveals the plueprint of the Divine Plan for the manifestation of the Kingdom of God upon Earth.

It is no myth; it is an actuality that is even now taking place by degrees as you are prepared to the point where you will remain faithful and true with unselfish motives, ready to respond and obey your Lord. Then you can be ; used for greater things. This time of probation is more or less a provingground. Meny have said, "Yes, Lord, take me. I will obey," and at the first difficulty have turned back, Many forget; many shift their focus. They move into that at which they look; they grow into that upon which they feed. You can only follow one master. You have made the choice; then follow through, for your heart desires to do this. For this very purpose you are here, to come together that the Spirit of God be magnified in your midst. "

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‘ Power is to be used by those who learn to receive and to convert energies, to transfer them--to project them. You practice becoming that which you desire. Patience is required, for it seems to move slowly; but until one is established in an equilibrium, that he may handle whatever comes without being upset, time and testing are needed--as well as the working with the etheric body. Preparing and conditioning are necessary, that it may receive the greater frequencies of light. You are being mercifully worked with, that you may match the intensity of the ray of light into which you will be drawn. When the moment comes for the change in the twinkling of an eye--when you are drawn up into the celestial ships in the clouds of the heavens--there will not be time, then, for testing and matching to see whether you can meet certain frequencies. This is all being done ahead of time, in spite of you and many times unbeknownst to you. When you are sleeping at night, your soul is drawn forth and patiently worked with by hosts of ministering angels under your Lord's supervision.

How merciful; how much to be thankful for! And yet the average human says, "Nothing is being done for me. Why don't I get things more quickly?" Souls such as you have gone beyond this attitude, but you do wonder at times, or you become discouraged, believing that you have not made progress. You are indeed making progress, beloveds. Keep the humility, keep the thankful heart, keep the love end patience and the forgiveness. So many are moved to various parts of the Earth and immediately want to know the answers then and there--the purpose and what they are to do, just as though they would be given everything at once! It is to see whether they obey and whether they can be steadfast in their purpose, to see whether they can withstand the trials and testing. This cannot be given in words but must be proven by experience. This is growth. You cannot tell a child how to grow that he might take steps the next day. You love him, you feed him and he grows. You cannot tell him what day he will take his first steps, and when he takes the first steps, you cannot tell him when they will be complete It is by daily moving through that all is accomplished.

So it is with the souls and with those of the elect drawn together for God's purposes. It is not that tomorrow He will show you His plan. You aro proving yourselves acceptable unto Him. This may take days or months or years. Day by day acquiesce to His will, grow in faith and thanksgiving and remain meek and humble, even when you develop more understanding and spiritual growth. Does the humility last? No one knows until you have moved through. Does one coma into spiritual pride or self-righteousness as he goes up the steps? No one knows, Each moment you are the proof. No one can judges no one can measure, but every hour you are proving yourselves to be either acceptable or unacceptable unto God, No one can give you the promise that you will arrive, but you are on your way. You have all the possibilities of Heaven, but with one change of attitude you could move the other direction. Who is to know how long yours lasts? It is for each to govern within, for each to rely on the Divine Intelligence and the creative forces within. The greatest revelations of all will come with the quiet xynowing within you. You are the temple of God. You do not have to find Him elsewhere. Find Him in you.

By moving together in the same purpose with other souls you are loving your neighbor as yourself. You will love your neighbor according to the degree of self that you are. If you are human self and you try to love your neighbor in the human self, it will boomerang. If you are a selfless, divine God-self, and through those eyes you love your neighbor, you see a different neighbor--you see the divine in the neighbor and you see in him what you are. His soul reflects the divinity of you, for you are divine nature as you manifest in that nature. But if you orient around the self-centered human, it begins to wind around that and becomes a distortion. Ulterior motives spring from this!

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As you learn the difference between the two you choose and act Scoordingly. Observe, and you keep your orientation. You learn to simplify your lives, your homes and your affairs down to bare essentials so that you are not So involved. That is the difficulty for the rich man who would enter Heaven; he has so many involvements he would scarcely have time to go through the door. The poor man has few involvements. It is true that he is yet working for a living--by the sweat of his brow, many times--but if he desires God's Kingdom he will soon be free from this prison, and he will come out of bondage into the freedom and expansion of a soul in its eternal life of spirit. He will lose nothing, for that left behind is not worth taking.

Grieve not for that which is passing but rather look to the new Kingdom, and let there be joy in the heart that knows that the great prayer, "Thy Kingdom come on Earth as it is in Heaven," is being answered because man is finally meeting the conditions to bring it about. He is finally willing (at least the remnant of mankind is willing) to let go and let God's Kingdom rule in the Earth. He finally surrenders to God's will and allows God to unroll the blueprint. Now the power of God is always supreme, but sending His sons forth in free will was the mercy that provided the way for them to grow in full stature of spirit and become those who through testings and trials would be capable and worthy of governing worlds without end. You can be thankful that He is not giving you too great an assignment just yet; rather be willing to take the time to be prepared.

Man is accustomed to feeling so important, that he desires to be prepared in a short time and immediately have.an important assignment so that he can boast of it. This is true of so many, unfortunately. But those of you who wait patiently upon the Lord are showing your willingness and your dedication to Him, and it shall not be in vain. But it does not need to show, at once, as an important assignment, All things are important in the sight of God, even the very small and insignificant ones. The most difficult thing of all is to quiet the human to let the soul come forth and realize its identity, and then be willing to cooperate and take the preparation.

' . So it may seem to be a passive period, but it takes this for man te learn to obey. Remember this when it seems that there is not much going on: you are being tested. Can you meet the passive time; can you obey when God says, "Be still and know--know who you are, know that I AM THAT I AM consciousness within you"? Be still and wait upon the Lord; not just a few minutes, nor a day, nor a few weeks, but wait upon the Lord. There have been times when He took years to raise up a prophet or a leader. Whatever it is, know that His wisdom is far superior to any impulsive plan of action that you might have, even though you might think it to be furthering His work. Wait for the knowing within you that shall surely come if you are quiet and have learned to obey Him. Be still and know

If you do not know today, then be still today, tomorrow and the next day--and the next day--without becoming antagonistic or impatient, without wondering why the Lord does not show you. In patience, wait. Then you have proven your obedience. Others may move past you in a frenzy, working for the Lord, but it may be their impulsiveness which will bring them unto a fall, a setback, or disillusionment, for they have gone ahead of the Lord. It is He Who leads. These things come slowly into the nature of the being; thus you see why we have repeated it so many times. Yes, you've heard it before. Have you done it completely? Have you experienced it? Have you truly waited, or have you become overanxious and jumped ahead?

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Practice not dependency upon another, or books or 4 horoscope; depend upon that within you. Return to it often and be in constant prayer for discernment, for recognition. That within you does not mean telepathic thoughts coming to you nor psychic development. It means deep in the soul of your-the throne-room of the Living God in the temple called "you". The I Am magnified, projected, sent forth became YOU ARE as I Ali--tho extension of Eternal Life into various dimensions to experience, to be filled, to return in fullness and in greater power go forth to govern that created.

It is a sacred trust when you come into the mowing that you are, you might say, the extended arm of God. You are of His Spirit, of His Life. His breath He breathed into you and you became a living soul. You function, with His plan, one with His wisdom. You have access to the storehouse of all power, all knowledge, all supply, all knowing; the ability to transform or convert energies into other forms of the very creative forces; ability to govern, to alter and to modify. Tremendous power is yours. Have you the equilibrium and the balance to use it wisely? Have awe and respect.

There is a certain insecurity until you come into balance--the balance of power, the balance of energies, the chemical balance, the pure motives and obedience to your Lord--alignment with His will. These are the things you are to ponder in your heart, to meditate upon. And you will see the vastness of the Plan. It will not surprise you that God has not shown you whether to do this or that, today or tomorrow; it is far greater than that.

You are being formed and reformed, shaped and moulded, refined, purified, and taken from the raw ore to the finished product of Christhood, which ig oneness with the Father. So do not be impatient in the midst of it. It is a tremendous plan, and it is the Father who shall do the works through you. The plan is, with your consent and surrender to His will, that you move in line-- knowing your identity, acquiescing, relaxing physically, releasing mentally, and controlling emotions, Find equilibrium, and pray for the discernment to know the true from the false. Pray for the wisdom to wisely carry forth any plan of action that may be revealed, and pray for the love in which to do it.

When you have all these you will be ready to ask, "What next?" But it has taken many lifetimes to complete even this much of your preparation, and to find you dedicated and dependable--relisble. How many have been true to small responsibilities so that they may be true to greater ones? There are weaknesses that have not been overcome. There is a balancing taking place, a shuffling and a reshuffling--an equalizing. Certainly you do not know how to do all this yourselves, in this third dimension. Therefore God's mercy has provided ministering angels to work with you, to walk beside you, to assist you as you consent to move in line with His will.

Through great love this is accomplished. Love Him because He first loved you and provided all the ways and means to bring it about. Surrender and give assente Obey; obey by being still and waiting upon the Lord. It may not seem sensational or very important, but that is your measure. In wisdom, a different picture is shown. "In quietness and in confidence shall come your strength." We have quoted this many times. This was an instruction given you long ago: be quiet and mow. Let that faith increase. In patience wait upon the Lord. Can one be more specific? In faith move to bring about that which is shown you to do.

Practice recognizing the intuitive promptings that come in the stillness. Do not disregard the promptings from within because they do not fit in the intellectual mind. Give thanks and accept thems; then act upon them. But learn the difference between the practice of this and the acceptance of mental one

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things coming from psychic planes. There is a great difference. It is in the heart of you that you receive the mowing. The Intelligence directs from the Divine Mind. Faith and peace come from within as you move into alignment with God's will. But it is the experience which makes this reality.

The upper room instruction for the disciples of this day draw together those of the most serious intent to follow their Lord. Know that he is in your midst. The days of preparation, during the time of his talks with his disciples in the upper room, were times of great sadness. It was the ending, the closing of a period, preparation for his going on. If they focused upon the death, it seemed sad; if they focused upon the resurrection and his promises of Life, it was joyous. You may focus on either one and get a like result. And as you see the collapsing of all around you in the world--the kingdoms, the nations and the systems, you may go down with them by clinging to them or grieving over thems or you may pray for the sustaining of all those connected with it who would come apart from it. Look to the promises of the new Kingdom of Spirit, with the Lord of Earth taking the government upon his shoulders. Is that not far more hopeful than your next election?

All the prophecies of the latter days that are given in your Holy Writings shall take place in the next few years. It is a time of fulfilment.

It was a time of fulfilment when Jesus was born upon Earth and when he was resurrected. You were there then. You have experienced fulfilment; you should know the joys of it. And you have been part of those watching for the Lord's return. You knew of the promises then--that even as he went, in that same manner would he return wto the Earth--so why should you be surprised? Why should you doubt?

Why should you wonder at the various ones over the Earth that prophesy? Many false prophets have come unto the Earth. You can read their signs and know their falsenesse Follow only those that follow the Lord whom you follow. Give thanks daily that you are being prepared day and night for that which is coming. You, and many like you, are to be the citizens of the millennial age. Once they have lost sight of self they will be renewed.

It is with great joy that we attune to you in this Wastena, place of the sparkling waters. The energies here are great. We shall talk with you further, for we would have you use the energies that flow through for many purposes of God. We would have you direct these energies unto others--unto points of need--individuals, nations and the Earth. Send out the forces of energy that are collected here in this vortex. Direct them out through the mind that is God's mind in you. Through the eye of the spirit shall you visualize and send forth by command of the Christ in you, whether it be for healing, for peace, for light upon Earth, or for tho manifestation of the Kingdom. As the prompting of the Spirit leads you, send forth the Light of God unto the Earth and all upon it.

You are learning to govern and direct according to His commandments within you--to channel it forth--just as we direct a ray for your benefit. You direct a ray unto the Earth, a light unto points of need. You are the sons learning to come into alignment with the Father, that He do the works through you. This is part of your practicing of this and it is from God's supply that you send it forth in His name. Bless you.

Ce ae, ee Some So be it! We shall work with you. Send forth this light. Blessings shall go forth with it. We shall speak with you again at another timo. Bless you. Let God's love move through you. Send it forth for these next

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few moments and we will be quietly beside you. Selah

Strong is the light; you are sending it forth well. Practice while sitting in meditation in the silence: sending forth love from the heart throug the solar plexus, and the light through the spiritual eye. The soul takes dominion and you then have control, A

We dedicate this wonderful place--Wiastena--to greater service for the Lord. It is rich in beauty, vibrations of love and true light. qt was donated freely unto Him and for His purposes. It is acceptable unto Him and shall greatly glorify His name. Blessed are those who have offered this place. Blessed are those who come in His name to receive. Blessed are all who give forth, that His Name be glorified. We are one with you in love and service. Peace--selah.