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Discourse

No. 26

Spiritual Man

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Scripture Reading: 18th Chapter of Work

Blessings be with you, beloveds. We have been with you throughout the day. We would speak with you about the readings that were just given from your Holy Book. For it is this which man has constantly put way ahead of him or way behind him or refused to look at, due to fear in his heart. Mankind is moving rapidly toward the end of an Age and should be mature enough to face it. Spiritual maturity provides strength and balance, wisdom to meet the changes that come about in the natural sequence of cataclysmic events upon worlds. Long before anything of this nature happens on any planet there is always preparation and warning. Warnings have been ignored in the past. Thus, many went down in the great flood in the days of Noah. In this instance, the saving of lives is not so important as souls being restored to their purpose in God's Creation. Spiritual man must again take his place in the heavens from which he departed.

When God's will is moving that which He created into alignment, it is necessary that there be conscious cooperation from those who are coming into realization of their Christ nature. For God's work shall be done through those begotten of Him; those belonging to Him and not to themselves, yet having free will to choose when and where they will step in line with His timing. The transformation within is the necessary thing when a harvest is to be reaped of growing souls that were conceived in this nature. Then it is time that they come to the point of graduation. Thus the change of attitude, the change of heart, the change from self-centeredness to God-centeredness, This must take place before balance can come.

God is balancing the power in His universe. He is restoring to order that which man has turned into chaos, and He is giving man another chance-- those who are weary of being on the wheel of birth and rebirth, coming into and going out of the world, It is necessary for them to come to a point of realization where they can be lifted up into God's purposes.

This is not given to bring fear to the heart. It is to let you know the facts of what will be taking place on the planet. If one has stability, if he has faith in God, he will not waver because of Imowing these things; his fortitude will be strengthened through prayer, and his faith will increase. He will go from lack of stability into a greater realization and will know that there is Life Eternal,

It is necessary that those who do not have this realization have the "good news" (as it is called) that the Christ nature overcomes and frees man from his prison of suspension allowing him to move into the realization of his eternal life. Thus, those who are not yet ready will go over into a suspended state with that concept, that seed, in their consciousness. It will begin to work and will later spring forth, after they come out of that suspension and start to work toward their graduation in their own Harvest Age, just as you have been doing through these past ages.

So it is not only for those who are at the door, ready to move through the portals into the next dimension, literally ready to be citizens of

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God's Kingdom of Heaven on Earth, It is also for those who will not be citizens at this time, and yet they will go into an embryo state in which they shall be preserved until, in time, God will give them new opportunities. If this know- { ledge, this message of Reality is implanted in them now, though they turn deaf ears and are blind to the truth of reality, the seeds will be planted in them and will be carried into the suspended state. There they will be dormant for a time, and yet at a later time will flower into realization.

You have not known this before, for this is the first time we have put it in this manner. This is part of your working with and for others in His name. It is not that you would try to push anything at anyone, but you put this into the ethers and into the consciousness of all, as well as those who have ears to hear and eyes to see. Then they will be lifted into the oneness of spirit which you are coming to realize, more and more. You are literally experiencing it, and that which you experience can never be taken away from you. Thus, you have that degree of mowing within you. It is available to all who would take time to come apart from the world to seek greater understanding of their Lord and his mission to Earth, his kingdom that will be re-established.

All this is part of the work taking place during this “tarrying time of your Lord", as your Bible puts it. He shall tarry yet a little while. You have been given signs to know, the imminence of your Lord's return to Earth. He is no dream, You are in the dream when you are in the world. He is the reality drawing you into reality--realization with him. For so long you have been as though in a hypnotic state in the world, moving to and fro, coming and going with the crowds. Finally something dawned upon your consciousness and you felt the breath of God, even as He breathed that first breath into Adam and he 1 became a living soul. You became alive again, aware in consciousness, and you began to put into action the laws within you and your environment. It is time for mankind to stop and look up, to watch for the ;

appearance of those signs that the Lord promised to give. Do not be concerned € for those who have not promised to follow the Lord, those who within their souls

have not made covenant to be true unto Him. Many believe in their minds but do not accept in their hearts. Full realization must be present. For some it comes quickly; for others gradually. So in God's mercy, He has allowed time for

[ those who have the true desire to come closer unto the Spirit and the Lord of

Earth. He gives them the opportunity to grow in spirit, to become familiar with that nature, that they walk in it, function in it, live in it until finally past desires are put behind and they no longer want to go out into the world as such. They will say, as did Jesus, “ily kingdom is not of this world but another of

[ which ye know not."

} The contrast is great, yes! And you will suffer many discomforts until the Kingdom that has been at hand comes, It has been within the disciples, who have carried it all this time until choice would cause them to humble themselves, to acknowledge that man has made chaos of the world They had to desire that the Lord of Earth should come, and that the prayer prayed by so many and believed by so few, be fulfilled. (",..Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, in Earth as it is in Heaven...") This is to become a living reality as the disciples, the followers of the Lord assemble and together pray for the return of their Lord, Until this happens there is no magnification of power and action is delayed. But when this is done, those coming together strengthen the faith in each other, sustain one another, help to lift those ascending into higher vibrations.

You are on your way up and out, yet it must be with honest motives in the heart, a true application of the laws of God and the perfect dedication

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et Raa ee rh a aT al -- 7a ‘2 of a soul that desires to be about its Father's business. All else is artificial, counterfeit, temporal, Those who love their Lord will focus upon him, watching €nd praying, making ready in preparation for his return. If this be not true, then beloveds you have nothing, hen you realize this is true, you are raised up in that truth. Enter more fully into the consciousness of the Christ nature in the Holy temple of you. This, filled with the power of the Spirit of God, shall do the works through you. Then you shall partake of an abundant life in the Kingdom of Spirit that transcends matter, It interpenetrates until you might say one finally swallows up the other.

This is a tremendous realization if you have the capacity to receive it and if you have the faith to live in it, believing. This is the greatest challenge of all times, but many will not pay the price, for it means giving up self, This is your measure of how much you love your Lord. Give up the self-will that His will be done in you, through you, on Earth as it is in Heaven, Earth shall be made new when you cease to try to understand things of Spirit with your intellect. Then you can make progress. Intellect cannot interpret Spirit. It is the mind of God, the intelligence of God that opens, illumines and reveals, The soul, in the awareness of Spirit, understands the mysteries of God. Spirit shall reveal unto each that which they desire to know and grow toward. Your sincerity will bring the realization.

Always keep this before you. Sincerely desire to Imow God and to realize that He dwells in you. Then you shall begin to learn and understand, for the Spirit of Truth within you shall bring revelation, As you are exposed to that Spirit you will respond, you will come into rapport with this, for the spirit within you shall bear witness to the truth. That of spirit recognizes Spirit and opens to it. The spirit in each one recognizes that in another. Thus, you find rapport, one with the other, for Spirit has revealed it.

Know that your Lord has led you this far and shall lead you on to the end of "time", into the timeless fourth dimension of spirit--energies moving in line with the Father's will--rivers of energies. We give this to you slowly, gradually for a purpose: that the intelligence in the nucleus of each of the cells of your body open, reach out, be permeated with Spirit. Spirit brings these words forth and the light of Spirit enters where they fall. It is spirit energy that is the creation, the renewing and the reforming. Activated, it sends transforming power through those who heve opened to the contact. One day you will begin to find strange things taking place where you walk. There will be healings, for the Spirit of God is within you, and It walks where you walk,

When you are out of the way it can come forth in God's will and manifest in various ways. God is in action in and through each one.

So as you learn to be still, learn to govern and control yourself, open, that the spiritual centers may function in a greater way. Feel the changes of the endocrine glands within you, the chemical changes within the body, and know that power is building up in you. Remember that you are the holy temple of God. Let it sink in and know that His holy temple is not to be in vain, nor wasted, nor misused, nor ignored. When the personality self is out of the way and the God-center within is given consent by the consciousness, then it moves into action. As you learn to quiet yourself within you are in-training as disciples, making way for God's action in you, allowing it to take place more effectively. Later it shall come in great powers

Now you are learning control and balance. You are not yet ready for earth-shaking power, for first you shall learn to control yourselves, to discipline your emotions, your thoughts, your behavior and let go the self-will. Surrender unto God Who created you. Then be prepared to keep in balance when

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His power moves through you. Balance in all things. Be stable, keep your head about you, for many shall be turned away, many shall go off on tangents and eo detours into excitement and confusion. For those who love confusion and chaos shall have them. Your Lord waits for those who love him and he offers them the Kingdom, an abundant life, joys of the heavenly state. ; .

It is quite important for you to let these realities sink into — your etheric souls. You are being prepared, your soul bodies are being fortified and strengthened so that you will be able to walk in that. It will not be the same flesh that you have, but that of Spirit, that of energies that shine forth in great Light--the “glorified body" which the Master showed you. We have told you that you were there at that time, Remember this. We are working with you in a therapy that would bring forth soul remembrance. That is why we 60 slowly so many times. We do not explain too much of this, for your intellects would not understand, but your souls understand and we are working with theme — lie try to give your consciousness enough so that you cooperate, collaborate, with the purpose of the soul. As these things become living particles in your being many other things will change.

You are, as we have said so many times, being raised up from this foundation into the nature of the Christ which is an extension of the Father's / will through the begotten Christ principle. Pick up your identity and move in it, live in it, manifest in it. Be more faithful in your prayer life; turn to the words of the Master in your Holy Writings, The time has come for these to be realities. But the attitude in which you live shall heve been in that nature all along, if you have heeded, Let the heart be transformed and the Father shall do the works through you. Each one must desire, above all else on Earth, that he return unto contact with the Father-Creator and serve jn His Kingdom. So it is that you come to the end of the road of a long Age.

You are weary, you are impatient, yet you are desiring and t rusting < and you come as little children seeking refuge in your Father's house, seeking +o know His will. The meekness and love in which you come are the keys that open the door and allow you to step through, So it is that desire grows in your hearts and you begin to draw close to the inner life. And finally realization comes and you put down the human will and offer yourself unto God. As you do, you begin to see how He uses you and you develop and grow in this higher nature, the fulfillment of which shall be the glorification of the Father. For that which He begot and sent forth in'His image shall rise up and know its identity and shall become perfected in the mature state of the Christ natures

When you have seen the Christ nature you have seen the Father. Very few could see it in the Master, fewer still can find it within, The Father gave it to you with only one requirement: that you put down the self-will and let His will be done. Now you have come to the crossroads; either you choose your will and go your way, with the world, or you choose His will and subdue self. Come forth and conquer; overcome by identifying with His nature, gift from the heavenly Father unto the begotten--you. Take it not in vain; give thanks, accept it, identify with it, stand up and take authority in the higher nature of your being, in that name and nature of the Christ which Jesus, your Lord, presented to you.

This is the mystery of the Trinity, the seeret within the heart of God which He would reveal unto all, He has been revealing it ever since your Lord demonstrated the great law. It has taken this long for your eyes to opens Now that they are open, walk in that sight, believe that which you really see. * This is the transmutation which is bringing you out of the dream state of unreality (the state of density and matter) into the purity, the reality of the

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€ Father's Kingdom of Spirit. Great confusion resulted when mankind became entangled in the lower astral planes and psychic phenomena, when they began to think of the astral plane as the realm of Spirit. Lucifer used this deception to fog your minds, that you not desire the world of true Spirit. Then you were ‘ "seeing through a glass darkly", as your Scripture gives. Now the veil is being torn away and you are drawing closer to the great sunrise of the cosmic sun. The Earth is moving into the aro of greater light bringing you into the realization of Spirit and its power over matter and all upon Earth. With that spirit within, you too can overcome, because the Christ, with whom you identified, is your Lord who leads you on to be like Him. He goes before, gradually bringing you into the clear light of understanding so that you not be blinded. Even the countenance of each of you shall be changed. You shall truly see your Lord, face-to-face. Move in the attitude expected of you and let disillusionment with the world fall behind you. Finally, one day it will be but a dream passing quickly from memory, for you will be living the abundant life of the spirit in the Kingdom of God on Earth until the thousand years is finished. Then many shall remain while others move through the second resurrection into greater cosmic realms. Be about your Father's business by realizing His law of creation, His law of begetting, His law of dispensation of grace unto you. Let your interest be in heavenly treasures rather than the corruption of the world. Those who offer themselves unto their God will be preserved for the purposes of His Kingdom, which they have inherited, God shall raise up and make perfect, through His Spirit, all those that now appear imperfect. You cannot make yourselves perfect, but in meelmess, humility and love you can walk in the spirit that will ¢ transform you. Joyously anticipate that kingdom for which you have been praying so long: “Thy Kingdom come on Earth as it is in Heaven..." Are you feeding on the \ daily bread of the Spirit of Life within you, the substanco of which you are truly made? Let that spirit of the Living Christ be raised up in yous manifest it knowingly as a child of God, one with Him. Then the power of all Creation shall do the works through you to glorify His name. This is your purpose and your mission. Desire it and the Father shall bring it to fulfillment, Bless you, beloveds. You are making progress daily. Souls are going forth in soul flight while the bodies rest and the minds are out of the ways Your etheric bodies are being worked on, conditioned and nurtured, strengthened in the spiritual processes. Have greater faith in your God; be ready for His promptings so that He may use you, for the promptings shall comee Instead of asking and asking and asking that the Father use you, show your willingness to obey, no matter what the cost. Offer yourself unto Him and then be still and listen. Turn within to recognize the promptings or the intuitive feelings that shall come, Spirit nudging you into action. Follow no one but your Lord until you have the full realization of your oneness with the Father, and He shall do the works through you. Peace abide in your souls. Bless you; His love enfold you and fill you until a transformation takes place within. Selah,

So shall it ever be! Your Master walks close bye Continue to walk in dedication. Be true to that within and you shall be true unto all. Practice the presence of the Living Christ within and come alive! Watch for symbolic messages that may come in your dream state at night. The soul is being taught and worked with and tries, many times, to remember this consciously, Relax the

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Merk let go the tensions, release idle thoughts of mind. nat you move out into greater realms, We shall be with you. Selah.

Pray unto the Father