Discourse 27 — The Be-attitudes
The Wastena Retreat, Volume Three — Entering the Door into Paradise
Discourse
No. 27
The Be-attitudes
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Scripture Reading: Matthew, Chapters 13-14
Greetings, beloveds. The vibrations are very excellent when you have meditation prior to the session. As you come apart from your everyday world it helps to quiet your bodies, minds and emotions so that you come more receptively into the higher state of consciousness. For even in the vibrations at this wonderful place you still get into the human traits during the day. Some day you will be free of them.
We have always used the symbolism of the freedom and independence that July 4th has represented for so many years--a new country built upon 4 foundation of freedom and a desire for expansion. We have used this in the higher sense to represent that which is the Kingdom of God. Coming apart, as you do, from @ world that is sinking, you will be part of this other Kingdom and there will be more freedom and independence as you transcend the limitations of the third dimension, as you rise up in consciousness.
The most difficult of all is to find those who are willing to give up the habits to which they have become accustomed. They like them. So there must be searching of the soul: the things that seem to be innocent and harmless are still those holding you to an earthbound condition. Habit is strong. Even your harmless habits keep you looking at the ground, trying constantly to justify your motives, your actions, your reactions, your holding to things or conditions or traditionse Traditions can be dangerous as well as wonderful, in some aspects, but the Spirit must separate you from these when you allow this. choose the Kingdom you will be moving away from things that,in themselves, are harmless, for you could live a fairly happy life in the third dimension, if the third dimension, a temporal state of being, is what you want.
But if you desire that which is eternal, then you must put away the playthings, the things that you have become familiar with, that seem to you to be security. They are not that at all! That is what shocks you when they are removed. It is natural to your human state that you desire that with which you are familiar, but this is not your true states You can become accustomed to anything, but it does not mean that it is the most desirable thing for you. Justifying all the things with which you are satisfied may be.fine and keep you in that state, but it will not help you to achieve that which you profess to desire. If you intend to claim your inheritance in the divine state, then the Kingdom of God is Spirit and not matter, and you have to make a choice. When you do, you have to look toward and move toward, desire those things that are of the Spirit. You cannot be like Lot's wife in your Holy Writings--running forward to the mountains reluctantly, and looking back after being told not to, thinking of the home that was being destroyed, the friends, the ways of life that you were living and leaving. Her focus, her thoughts and her heart were still there. Therefore she was suspended and could not.go forward.
This could happen anywhere along the line. That which one becomes content with and satisfied in becomes a deep rut in which to be buried. Now this may seem a paradox, for it is true that one should not be in an attitude of
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Page 203discontent all the time. There are certain things that you have to accept for the time as being a phase you are moving through toward something else. But it is the attitude in which you do it that makes the difference, and the desire in your heart can still be for the other. Then you can go along in a quiet manner moving toward the greater.
Self complacency, however, will cut off the freedom of expansion and growth. There must be a pioneer spirit within one to explore, to go farther into that unknown to them for the moment, for their memory is cut off. You would not think it desirable that one with amnesia continue to roam the streets, unaware of his identity, not knowing his home--the place that would be his true security; having no purpose, nothing but that suspended moment. Might he not even find it easy enough to be content that way? But would this be desirable? Would this be development and progress? Rather you would rejoice when he began to remember who he was, where his home was and move into his true place in the plan of things.
Far greater then is the Divine Plan--the identity of the lost sons of God who could not remember who they were, from whence they came or where they were going; who were suspended in a purposeless, artificial life--getting nowhere--having to die and come back to go through the same things over and over, lifetime after lifetime, until finally the light began to dawn as the consciousness began to expand. Some began to remember; others were reminded. Deep in the inner being, memory began to come to the surface of the waters of the consciousness.
Some are only now realizing what the Master said to them nearly 2000 years ago. Slow development but sure; arrested development, blindness due to choice (the law of cause and effect), but the blindness would not have come had they not disobeyed God's laws and pulled away from His will. If you touch fire it will burn you. If you have been warned and told not to, but you chose to do it, then you have brought it on yourself. Yet the pain will be just as great, and it will not be God's doing; it will be your responsibility because of your choice, your disobedience.
This is the price you are now paying, the price of disobedience. Realize that there has been this deviation from the perfect plan, and repent. God, in His intelligence and wisdom, knew of this possibility perhaps even the probability, but at the same time He allowed for it. He allowed for the dispensation of mercy to extend even unto the disobedient; He offered man a chance if he would accept the great, loving sacrifice of the Master which had to be greater than the disobedience of the sons. You were allowed a way in through forgiveness, and if you took this way you were to progress and come back into obedience. This may not be just as you desired, but you could never have met your karmic debts, they had piled so high. Now you put yourself in a position far worse than before if you disobey after accepting the great gift of mercy and forgiveness.
And so the consequences were modified; the blow was softened. In accepting the gift you also accepted the requirement of obedience. It would be far better had you stayed outside if you did not intend to obey. But obedience must not be to some dogma or doctrine or creed of man, but to your God and to that which He gave you in your hearts and in the preserved "Writings" that the Master gave you in parable form. Read them more often. Identify with them. Read them with the soul, not the intellect. Step into line more and more by desiring, by obeying the commandments. Love thy God first of all, above all else, with all thy being; and then love thy neighbor as thyself. In love you expand. If you are narrow, unloving, resentful, difficult in your ways, inconsiderate of others,
Page 204then the expansion stops and one begins to shrivel and become warped y selfcentered. When you are loving, God-centered, you expand, you make @& bargain with Life. Consciousness is great light expanding, love expanding and lifting the form which carries the light. God dwells in His holy temple. As you walk forward, He doeth the works through you.
Put God first. Do as tho Master did. He walked with his disciples at times, but,then he would leave them and go off alone for hours and days at a time, to talk with his God, to be replenished in spirit by the angels. During those times he did not rely on himself in the physical sense. Yet there were other times when he definitely needed, and asked for, the sustaining of the twelvee And they fell asleep in his time of greatest needs they depended on him to do all by himself. But he needed their sustaining, even though he had angels ministering unto him on that level of vibration in which he was functioning.
Many of these things are not understood by the human mind. Faith must increase that the divine nature come into action. Then will come freedom, independence in the life of spirit--freedom from limitation. The lack of faith in the disciples brought many rebukes from the Master but he gave them further opportunities to test their faith.
Man literally has to give up, in the human sense, give up the will, be disillusioned with himself and with the faults of the world. Then as he recognizes his own naive and gullible state, shall see how he was led into deceit and disobedience. And he shall be humbled. Then he shall accept God's forgiveness, God's mercy and love, and come in new strength to gain a new perspective.
He shall rise to greater heights, for God in him can then work and functions Man keeps wondering, "Why cantt I heal? Why can't Ido this and have that?" Because he is still trying to do these things in his human will. Surrender and pe free! Surrender in attitude. Be the attitudes of the Divine Nature. You do not quite know how, or you think you do note But again, it is giving up; it is not using your energy to push. Relax, release, repent and surrenders Then reclaiming the divine nature from which you fell. To put it another way, we might say it is as though you have become a split personality--a house divided against itself, pulling one way and then the other, until finally the divine nature became dormant. But all the potentials are there awaiting release when you make up your mind to come out of the old habits, the old attitudes, the old reactions and the holding to everything you think so dear on Earth,
Not one thing shall you carry with you into the Kingdom except a heart of love for your God--your desire, above all, for His Kingdom of Spirit-- being willing to make the change no matter how different it may seem to you. Your desire will lift your consciousness. In your prayers you desire love for God in an unselfish way. You do not seek information from on High so as to gain more advantaze in the third dimension. This is not the motive for seeking your God. Seek ye first the Kingdom of God--the Kingdom of Heaven in you, the God Intelligence in you. Go to this God-center. Then you shall begin to receive, marveling all the while.
Daily, men's wills are clashing over the Earth (just as swords), each to prove himself stronger than the other. Even those desiring the Kingdom of Heaven are still claiming both kingdoms, but God shall move through the Earth. Do not wait until you die, and do not wait until the cataclysms to begin to live in the higher consciousness. Do it now. And practice staying in that consciousness, holding your attitudes there. You can control your thoughts; you can go from the gutter to the sublime, in your thoughts, and anywhoroe in-between. Why settle for small talk when you can speak of heavenly things? Be in a heavenly frame of reference, looking from the mountaintop over the valley. You are
Page 205still the same individual with a new perspective, with better control, because you have reached heights where you can live in your divine nature consciously rather than shutting it away as an old suit of clothes, or even a new suit of clothes that you would put away for some far-distant time.
The time is now, even as it was when Jesus gave this same message. It is even more so because the larger Kingdom is near at hand. It can come in each one individually, but the Lord shall rule the Earth in his glorified body when those that are ready for the fourth dimension are gathered in. Man has misunderstood. He thought of living in the Kingdom as walking with his head in the clouds, unable to cope with things of Earth. This is not the case. One uses higher intelligence which brings greater patience, greater insight, greater control, authority to use the potentials of the divine nature for God's purposes. He is going toward a day of freedom. Know the truth and the truth shall set you free. The truth is in the understanding of the laws of God within the kingdom of you. God will reveal those as you turn to Him, more and more. Some spend five minutes of the day with God and demand immediate answers. Others have gone for years, quietly communing, gratefully receiving whatever glimpse they are shown. And they realize that their prayers are answered, that they are receiving much guidance and protection. Guardian angels are walking with them (as the law provides) and yet are not taking responsibility and doing all things for them.
Man must learn to take responsibility, evaluate carefully, and make decisions, but it must be done in his higher nature. Consciously practice, with levers that would help remind you. Think of your consciousness as an elevator, going up and down, and if you feel that you are in a lower state of consciousness than you should be, push the button, deliberately choose. Say, "Lord, lift me up onto higher ground." And you will be, through your very desire. The Lord is there; the power is in you, lifting when you turn your thought unto God and to His plan as exemplified by the Christ in the form of the Master Jesus.
Lift up your eyes unto the hills, and know that your redemption draweth nigh. See the signs in the sky, the many signs, including celestial ships coming to your planet. There has been plenty of proof of them whether you have seen them or not. Massive sightings or landings have been delayed by God's wisdom. The time is not right but yet not far off. There are other signs: comets, asteroids, even the satellites. The earth, which has for a long time been out of its original orbit, shall move back into place. But most essential of all is that you re-orient around the true Center, and let your consciousness and your focus be upon the Christ who is one with the Father. Desire that the Father's will be accomplished in Earth and in you, and do not complain when it takes place. This is the only way back through the kingdom of darkness, the state of deception.
Souls have been sleeping, and the Master came to touch Earth, to make contact with the souls, to restore them to life. It is the story of the "Sleeping Beauty" in your children's fairy tales. It was preserved for the souls of the children. Their mothers would read the story to them and it would enter their souls, bringing to remembrance the love of the Christ who made contact with the sleeping bride (God's true church) being made ready for the bridegroom. And that union shall bring the Kingdom into full function again, as though the past time had never been. Many times we have made reference to the stories preserved for your children; they are pearls of great price, buried and preserved in parables, that they be available when the souls that had "eyes to see and ears to hear" could pick them up and move forward. Many times in the past everything possible was burned or destroyed. People were persecuted; they could not carry these things safely, for they were in great danger. Spirit provided many ways to
Page 206preserve the truths for those coming after. The fairy tales were one were Some more than others present great truths of life. You can find not only wisdom in them but you can find the Adamic race, its deception, its fall, and its coming &gain into new life.
You can also find the story of the Adamic race in the Book of Job, and the attitudes of the heart and advice from those who would give counsel without wisdom and bring more confusion. Or higher truth can be found as the soul sought its God, endured all to be true to the one God of love. :
As you go back into Paradise, you shall go back to the point which
During the millenium you will complete the mission you left in your assignment. You which you failed to complete, that for which you were sent into Paradise. shall work your way back to higher and higher cosmic ground. It will be a ’ Graduation from this third dimension. Then do not fall short by again succumbing to deceit. You will not have the "tempter" during the millenium, At the end of that time, when Lucifer is loosed from suspension, those who have been suspended shall come forth, reincarnate once more and come into new opportunities. Some will again turn back to the old ways. During the thousand years many others shall enter and learn many higher truths of the cosmic realms beyond, and shall come to know the meaning of the Kingdom of peace and order under the rule of the Lord of Earth. This will be a Kingdom that will give you far greater freedom than any you know now--a new day of independence for you. Let each day that you call your "Independence Day" remind you of the greater freedoms toward which your soul is moving. Aim toward that and be not surprised when the systems of your world Crumble. This has been coming through the ages. Thrones have toppled, kingdoms have been lost, systems have fallen, and hate that is still on the Earth is bringing forth great weeds. But the reapers shall appear. Use discernment to separate from the fast-growing weeds of the world. If you are functioning in the Christ-nature, your true identity, then you have the ability to separate the wheat from the chaff, the true from the false, the genuine from the artificiale Come out of the hypnotic state. Come into the full realization that comes with your higher nature. See through the divine mind and let that mind build the soul body, Picture, visualize, for the Spirit of God in you will do great works through you. You do not have to believe in order for Him to be there, but you do have to believe and have faith in that which you believe in order for Him to function through most effectively, Be in the love of God and with God, and you shall think accordingly, you shall act and react accordingly. In His nature shall you speak and in His nature shall you act and His will shall be done through you. He shall perform mighty works through His begotten sons, This is your identity. This is your destiny, your heritage. Claim it and begin to live in it, consciously. There is nothing to stop you except you. Relax, let gos let your bodies and minds be at ease. Stop racing the intellect. Release your thoughts and claim God's inspiration. In your hearts desire that His love fill you, His light illumine you, throughout all parts of your body. Then remember, the Father, not you, shall do the works through you. However this manifests, give thanks, for He is directing the final act in the Great Drama--the transmutation of the energy in matter into Spirit. Man is busy trying to decide how God is going to take care of everything through the coming days. Man still must try to run the show. It is God that shall give the thousand years of life in the Spirit. It is His will that shall accomplish this and not man's, God did not create Illusion. He created the energies and the solar systems and spiritual man. He did not plant the weeds, But He must burn out all that is not of His plan or of His planting.
Page 207You must be willing to accept this if you are going into His Kingdom as citizens th the Kingdom of Spirit who are in training, under discipline of the Spirit. Those who are sincere and faithful God will raise up in spite of their blunder- s INESs Hold to that truth, Do not strain or struggles When you feel the struggling within, let go. Put down the human ways, the human will. Recognize them as such and command that they depart from you: “Get thee behind me, Satan, and all your deceits ! Then let the soul come forth in remembrance.
Remember the kiss of love, the contact with the Lord Jesus. Remember his touch, whether it be of the hem of his garment or the look of his shining countenance, or whether you feel the love of his heart. Be ye one in him who is One with the Father, and recognize that you also are One with the Father the moment that you identify with the Christ-nature which was begotten in you. You may search the Earth, but you must return home to the center of you to find your true identity. Step up and claim it. Emerge from the cocoon and go forth, free from the limitations of the dimension into which you entered through disobedience.
Bless you, beloveds. Peace is in your midst. Identify with it. Selah.
My children, you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free. Walk no longer in darkmesse Come forth into the Light which is your nature, through the door of love, love of the God-nature, and you shall be drawn up in that nature. Peace shall be yours in that realization. Your Master goes before you. Do not stumble, but walk surely through the door of new life. Great is the power in the magnification of Spirit among those assembled together in my name.
So be it, beloveds. We shall be with you. Praise God in your hearts. Selah.