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Discourse

No. 33

The Mystical Body

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The dJe-attitudes Scripture Reading: Matthew, chapters 13-14. ©(Phillips' translation)

Blessings, dear ones in the body of Christ. We have been with you throughout, but we desired that Saramya bring this forth to those that now’know themselves to be of the mystical body 4 of the Christ. There has been so little understanding of this which will bring you closer to the vision through. the use of your Bible and prayer inthe attitude of spirit, as you spiral into higher consciousness. And as you read the lessons that we have brought forth unto you and hear the tapes, all these are used for one purpose, helping you to open to the comprehension and to receive in greater degree. You have been as adolescents in the physical, and at times have been as souls not knowing whether you were children or adults, mature or immature, and yet reaching the place, as an adolescent does, where you begin to realize greater potentials for productivity. Thus at times you react as a child, then at other times as one: with more maturity. But you vacillate--one moment a step into the Kingdom of Spirit and the next down into the Earth, just as a child y learning to walk--running, stumbling and: falling down, then trying

At times the mind becomes saturated because you do not have the full comprehension. Therefore, you reach your capacity. It has not expanded enough, so you develop it through desire. If your motives and desires are true, you will progress and expand so that your capacity is greater. Then you may receive and comprehend in a new light. This happens to -those who are persistent in purpose. Then they can grasp things that they could not previously. Do not give up if you do not grasp it all at once. Keep praying and desiring that you can grasp and understand more. Then it will come. But it is the true commitment that means the most, so that you be in the mystical body of the Christ, caught up in the rapture of the Church--the bride meeting the bridegroom in the air, the uniting of your Christ nature in him--thus giving you the powers of complete oneness with the Father. But you must hold true to the commitment. ‘As his Spirit is poured out over the Earth, those who have opened and responded: become part of that mystical body of which he is the head (one with God)--the host or flock of those being raised up in the Christ nature to receive directions for the Father's Plan.

You can see now the necessity for repetition. The "intellects" will not understand; they will resist, and will be tired of the repetition. But the soul that is truly moving into line with the mystical body of Christ will rejoice and be thankful for God's mercy that extends the period of grace a bit longer, unCe a til finally you can grasp the vision and move into it. Many of you have come far in understanding, but in this area it has not been

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enough, so we are working seriously with each one who has come this far. Now it must be accomplished so we would do everything possible to assist you in coming into this realization.

‘ You have learned the meaning of oneness in Spirit. You experience it and it lasts for perhaps two hours, but when are you going to remain in it so that you can live? What if you had only an hour's air or oxygen left? You wouldn't say happily, "Oh, that's all right; I've found how to live--I can breathe? So you breathe for an hour or two and cut it off. Do not do this to Spirit. The unpardonable sin is to cut off the circulation of the Holy Spirit of God moving within your soul.

: You have spiraled into the higher consciousness many times during this retreat. In the first group that attended we brought about a spiraling and then gave them respite for they could not bear the increasing intensity, being not yet strong enough to meet it. Then when others were brought together, a new spiraling began and a higher level was reached. Each day brings a higher spiral. It is unfortunate, in a way, to break this, but it must needs be. As you carry it with you wherever you go, close your eyes and think of yourself not as a person on Earth but as a Temple of God with indwelling spirit. You, the voluntary carrier, are the vehicle through which it moves. Know that wherever you go--where you walk--is holy ground under your feet because God, indwelling in you, is present.

Realize this, for it overrules the rest of your environment. You do not have to be a prisoner to your circumstances. You can begin to see them in new light, in wisdom, changing that which you feel can be changed. That which cannot be changed at the moment, you. rise above and move on, knowing that you are literally walking on higher ground, that your focus is high and you will not lose sight of your goal, even in the midst of your enemy.

You yourselves are not the elect, but your souls, which God brought forth in His likeness, are elected, called forth from all parts of the Earth, to come together to be the functioning organs of that great body of the Christ nature--the Father in action through His likeness. Draw away from looking at the personal self or your personal involvement in the affairs that are close to you. Do what you can to set them in order, simplify them, cut out all that you can+-they are of the world--and realistically follow your Lord. Put childish things behind you and walk toward your maturity of spirit. You are being raised up for God's purposes; give thanks unto Him constantly for this and take no credit unto yourselves. Your conscious voluntary choice, to cooperate while you are in this dimension, is good and lends support to the commitment of the soul. It shows that your desire is great and you are chosen, then, to follow through with this because you have shown your dedication.

Many times we encourage you a great deal, give you reassurance, but we praise only the Father. If at other times we seem to"set you down a bit", as you might say, it is not with that intent but because this is also part of God's way of helping you to walk the course of humility, helping you to set higher aims, knowing that you have the strength of God within to accomplish them. The Father will accomplish that which you desire and move toward.

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90 we would encourage you to lift up your eyes. Know that your redemption draweth nigh. It has been words and words in your ears for so long, but your souls are restored, are redeemed, as you, the gathering flock, are brought into the fullness of the mystical body of the Christ. But so many of your habits and perspectives are keeping you suspended in certain areas. Your will, your thoughts, your mind, the intelligence of every cell in your being, must all be released unto the Father. With the proper attitude of soul and heart, you can meet this. God does not expect anything of you beyond that which you are capable of meeting.

It is dawning in your consciousness that you are being raised up into the reality of the element in which you live--your true habitation. You are born of Spirit. You are not an Earth race. Spirit entered in and partook of a false kingdom of Lucifer through disobedience. Thus you had to work as slaves of Lucifer rather than willing servants of the Lord. Now, the Lord has said he will no longer call you "servant" but "friend"; he will take you into his confidence and reveal the mysteries to you. You are one with him as you come into the mystical body. Therefore, you are not as servants, at a distance. He is close beside you, close within you in spirit, and he makes his presence known to you in a form that you can recognize. His sheep shall know their own shepherd.

If we startle you or shock you at times by being harsh with you, it is only as you would arouse a child that you love so dearly, to keep it from harm, to protect it, to guide it into greater things. If a sleeping child were in danger, you would, without hesitation, awaken it, possibly even scold it at times, because of your love for him and your desire to protect him. In this spirit of love we try to arouse you enough to realize further. You have been awakened to many things that others have not. Thus we are constantly bringing you more. Every once in. a while--another rousing--so you can spiral higher and higher and higher, increasing the rate of vibration of the atoms of energy, the God energy that is you. Then you can break through the barrier of time, space and distance to take conscious control, when it is the divine mind operating. When you can realize the difference between this and your human intellect, which is so crammed full of man's so-called "knowledge", so much will drop away. A few years later it becomes false anyway,

Many men studied about the Earth being flat and other things that weren't correct, so they had to put down the old beliefs, empty their minds and start over with new concepts, This is what you have to do. There is much to be done. That is why, even as you work with a child, perhaps on something serious with a time factor involved, you must hurry to complete the project. The child might ask a thousand questions of you, many irrelevant, many foolish, sometimes not waiting even to hear the answer until asking ten more.

This can be good in the sense that it can finally bring expansion of an inquiring mind, but there may not be time for it.

We are obeying our Lord during the preparation for things coming to pass very shortly; this is why we draw out those who are committed to their Lord and are forming the mysticl body.

We do not have time, in your sense of the word, to answer all the questions of the curious minds of those just beginning to get a glimpse. There are many ways in which they can have some of these

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questions answered, but the serious souls, that have truly grown, a understand. They see a larger picture from a new perspective; as the scrolls unroll within them, they begin to see with greater viSion the larger Plan. Then they can expand and move further into this. God shall move through His own and the Lord shall walk closely with those who are part of the mystical Church. How far away so many of the organizations that took on the name of "church" have been from their Lord's purpose and plan. There had to be division among them, for the power of the Holy Spirit was quieted so that it was ineffective. God, Himself, stated that they would be so lukewarm that He would spew them out of His mouth. They are not effective in Spirit. Now there is a nucleus of those in the many organized religions who are suddenly waking up to the realization of the Holy Spirit in them, and they are having new pentecostal experiences. Many are being put out of the organized churches because of this.

One can only worship God in spirit. Sitting in church with a good attitude and expecting nothing more is not enough. Many have been raised in the churches and have become complacent, feeling a false security, believing because they are under the church roof and on the membership that they are safe. They are not until they come into the reality of the baptism of the Holy Spirit of God in the temple that is them.

The more dedicated you are, the closer you are to entering in and the greater is our endeavor to assist you. Your shepherd leads you step by step, waiting patiently for you to realize ! this much and to know him when he is in your presence. This has been a great step and you have gone far, but we are stimulating that faith and encouraging you to be expectant for much more, just as those that ¢€ sat in Pentecost. How many today are afraid to sit in a group asking for the Holy Spirit?’ Gr they cannot take the power that comes over them. Do they want Heaven or Earth? If obedient, the disciples will be conditioned so that they gradually enter into more and more and more until they can take it without being overcome. Others would say, "why don't the ships land; why don't they do this and do that?" Why don't you tell God how to run His business? Are you with Him or against Him? Then relax and let His will be done. However it may look to you, even so, let the Kingdom come quickly, let His will be done in you, let it be according to His Plan as to how the divine intervention takes place.

Pray for discernment; be true to the commitment of your soul; follow Him in obedience; rise up to meet Him so that He may do the works through you. Release the plan that you had in mind and move completely and totally with the Father's Plan. Your eternal life is sustained by the strength, the wisdom, the power, the love of the Living God in you and in each. Thus the sons in His likeness that he sent forth are the temples holding the indwelling Spirit of

God. When you realize it, come into contact with it. How much more can we say? Be in a prayerful attitude without ceasing. Be not anxious for your food,for your drink, for your clothing; concerned as to how and what you shall have. The main thing is to know that the Father cares for His own, that your shepherd is leading you until he comes in as Lord of Earth. Then shall you be with him wherever he is. As he goes to cosmic realms ‘we he still shall have control of the Earth. For a thousand years he

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shall sit upon his throne on Earth. Then he will carry you with him in the second resurrection. But you must be prepared and reconciled so that you turn loose and go, whatever the change or whenever it is. God's Plan is in action through the Lord of hosts. You are being raised up to the oneness of the Christ nature in you, through his Spirit. Comprehend this. Let it be a living reality.

: You can see, thus, the importance of the Father directing the angels of Heaven to gather together from all over those that are of the mystical body of ‘the Christ, that they be caught up in the air before greater tribulations, the cleansing of the Earth, the purifying of the Earth, takes place. You are not concerned when a body is cremated. Do not be concerned when the Earth is burned. Love all, forgive all. Move in ‘obedience’ to the Father. Who speaks to you in your Christ nature. . Until you have come into the full realization of it, keep your eyes focused on your shepherd and he shall put you into contact with it. All these things work together for good, for the fulfillment of the Father's Plan.

You have spiraled high in consciousness, your spiritual centers are opened wide, the pineal gland and the pituitary gland are quickened, the solar plexus is opened; they are expectant. You-are sensitized, you are receptive. So must your mind and heart be expectant for the delivery of the Earth--the emerging of the soul in the fullness of the body of the Christ. Feel and experience. Feel the nerve centers in the solar plexus opening to receive and draw in vibrations. This is what happens when you listen to a tape. You are drawing in. This is part of the conditioning to make you ready to be lifted up into the ships.

Many coming together in one spirit, in ane accord, as you are now, open-the door wide, inviting the Master into your midst. "Two or more coming together in my name," he has said,"and there in the midst shall I°be." Not minds that come together to ask it, but souls capable of receiving it. Let those that have ears hear, let those that have the spiritual eye open see in the higher vision. Practice experiencing the presence of your Lord.» Then you will be at home with him when you are drawn into the full awareness. You are even now experiencing this, walking into Paradise, into the fourth dimension, in the simplicity of your homes, in the hearts of a few souls humbling themselves before him. There you will find him; not where the crowds are. He comes.as you reach your highest attunement, as you are all one in expectancy, amidst that great Light which, in faith, you have believed to be surrounding you, and yet could not see physically. Learn to rise up in the higher nature, and one day your eyes shall see loved ones that you thought invisible, angels in your midst, ethereal beings and the Lord of Hosts who would draw nigh unto thee. Our Lord governs in the heavens around the Earth and in the Earth.

We all give thanks unto the Father that the Plan is moving forward and that we can be a small part of it. So must your hearts be filled with love and thanksgiving for the mercy God shows you, for the privilege of carrying further the messages of His Plan. You are feeding on Spirit as you hear these sessions; as you read them identify with It. They are not the words of philosophies of the Earth; they are of the very life, the vibrant quickened Spirit of the Holy One sent to Earth--the Spirit of the Living Christ--

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poured out until your souls are permeated in the many ways that can be accomplished. Through these vibrations--the sessions themselves and on tape and in printed form--the power of the Christ goes forth p through the ethers, penetrating your bodies, into the very soul of each. Feed on it...feed on it. Be made whole by the presence of his Spirit sent forth into you as the breath sent forth. Love goes forth, opens and lifts your consciousness, ushers you into the new dawn, the sunrise of your souls.

Bless you, beloveds. Our love will be with you. In this network of heart centers we will commune with you, bring telepathic thought through from one to another. The prayers, the sustaining--these same life energies which go forth on the tapes through the voice box--through you shall continue through this network of arteries that you open through your identification with one another in him, because you are the "mystical body". The arteries must be opened that Life flow through, connect, integrate, make perfect according to the will of the Father.

The Father sent forth His own. They became separated, scattered, lost. The Father sent Jesus, who became the Christ (the first one to overcome), to raise man up. He sent forth the Holy Spirit to restore the souls, and He sent His angels to draw them together from various parts of the world. They all come into one spirit in Him, the Divine Mind within them functioning as one with the Christ they follow. This shall be in you, as individuals coming up into Christhood. In that Christ nature you shall be raised up to the perfect state of being that the Father's Plan had in store for you as He sent you forth. He is drawing you back unto His purposes.

You know one another because you are of that flock and you know your shepherd. He leads you out of the wilderness, out of the valley of shadow and deception, out of temptation, closer and C¢ closer to the reality of your Eternal Home and Life in the Father.

Bless you, beloveds. The entire area is charged with great intensification of light. You have been faithful stewards of that which God had in store for this retreat; we thank you for your cooperation.

Much has been brought forth through your group consciousness in these thirty-three special sessions. They have the power of Spirit in them. Each one of the thirty-three represents a year in the thirty-three years of the Master's life on Earth. Treasure them always. He is in your midst; he has spoken to you. He is with you. Rise up and go forth with the power of God in you. Let the Father's will be done, and His Kingdom shall come. Selah

So be it, beloveds. Much has been accomplished. In higher consciousness carry this with you when you go out into the world affairs again, but rejoice in your hearts. You are closer to the rapture of your Lord--the drawing up to be with him in the skies, More than that, you are closer to the realization of his presence, for he has indeed been in your midst and is now. We bow before him and step aside. Look only unto your Lord who shall raise you into the fullness of the power of God in you. Bless you. Selah.

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My children, follow all the way. The sands of time are running out. Walk with me through Gethsemane, through Calvary. Accept my love. Lay self upon the cross. Come forth in new life, those begotten of the Father, and follow me. I shall make you not only fishers of men but glorification of the Father, for the Father doeth the works through each. His will be done. Take comfort, reassurance. I have left you the Spirit of Truth within. This bears witness. Take comfort in me. I give all that you might know the Father. Endure unto the end of this dispensation, and you shall rejoice in abundant life. Believe. I bless you. I will be with you always. May this holy ground be dedicated forever unto the Father. My love remains with yoa, my flock.