(Q) Explain and expand fully the thought that the Christ
Spirit, not the man, should be the door, the truth, the way.
(A) That which has been given may be used to illustrate the
difference that may be felt by a soul that has become aware
of itself, as the Christ, or as Jesus the man became aware
of the Spirit of the Father through those experiences of the
man as he "went about doing good," and at those periods when
there was received those acknowledgements of the Father that
he WAS the one who could, WOULD, through those activities,
become the Savior of man. First, as "in whom I am well
pleased;" then as "This is my son; hear ye him!"
In the overcoming, then, He IS the way, the manner in which
individuals may become aware of their souls that are in
accord with that as may be one with the spirit of truth; for
corruption inherits not eternal life. The Spirit is the true
life. Then, as individuals become aware of that ability IN
HIM to be the way, so they become the door, as
representatives, as agents, as those that present the way;
and the door is thus opened; and not to the man but the
spirit of self that bears witness with the spirit of truth
through Him that overcame the world, thus putting the world
under His feet.
So we, as heirs of the kingdom, as brothers one with Him, may
enjoy that privilege as He has given to those that hear His
voice and put on the whole armor; that we may run the race
that is set before us, looking to Him, the author, the giver
of light; for in Him ye live and move and HAVE their being.
Do ye become rebels? Do ye find fault one with another, that
are as self heirs to that kingdom? Rather be in that
humbleness of spirit, that His will "be done in earth as it
is in heaven." Thus do we become the children of the Father,
the door to the way, and joint heirs with Him in glory.
Let thy yeas be yea, thy nays be nay. "Let others do as they
may, but for me I will serve a LIVING God," who has shown in
man - ALL men, everywhere - that image of the Creator, in
that the soul may grow in grace, in knowledge, in peace, in
harmony, in understanding.
Be ye doers of the word; not hearers only. Thus ye become
the door that the WAY, the Christ, the Savior, may enter in;
for HE IS the way, the truth, and the light.
(Q) As it was given in the last reading "Let none be
afraid," clarify and explain the cause of fear and tell us
how one seeking to awaken the soul forces may conquer same.
(A) SELF awareness, SELFISHNESS, is that that makes men
afraid. The awareness of the necessities of the carnal
forces in a material world seeking their gratification.
Know ye not that whether ye live or die ye live or die in
the Lord? As He gave, "If thine eye offend, pluck it out.
If thine hand lead thee in error, cut it off."
When one has set the ideal, and knows what the ideal
represents, and then knows self measured by the ideal,
one sees, is aware of that lacking or that overdone in self,
and plucks it out, and beholds NOT the mote that is in his
brother's eye but considers rather the beam that is in his
own eye.
Then, when one is set in the manners that there is fear cast
aside by the wholly relying upon His promise, one may demand
that to be fulfilled in that He said, "He knoweth what ye
have need of before ye have asked," and he that trusteth in
Him, though the heavens may fall, though the earth may pass
away, His word faileth not; yet MEN act rather as if all
depended upon whether tomorrow was the day of reckoning.
Know ye not that he that watches lest his own feet stumble
is in the way that the Father, the Son, may guide day by day?
Not that ye would sit and wait for the morrow, but use that
opportunity, that privilege, that birthright, that promise,
TODAY! Be joyous in the labor that is before thee! Be the
BEST of whatever position thou doth occupy; as a wife, the
best WIFE in the whole community; as a friend, the BEST
friend; and there is the friend that sticketh closer than
the brother; yea, the friend that gives rather his life for
a friend. Ever gave ye the truths that thine brother might
enjoy even a moment's rest in the Lord?
Peace be to him, peace IS with them, contentment is in thine
hand, that becomes not afraid, but trusts rather in Him.
(Q) [
295]: Please give me a message on THE OPEN DOOR, that
I may contribute to the lesson.
(A) Learn first that lesson of cooperation. Become less and
less selfish, and more and more selfless in Him. Be not
afraid to be made fun of to become aware of His presence,
that self may be a channel through which the glory of the
Father may come unto men in a manner that all may know there
is a glory, even an Israel, of the Lord.
(Q) Is there any message for the group as a whole at this
time?
(A) Be patient, long-suffering, bearing one another's
burdens. Be joyous in the Lord. Be not tempestuous in
manner, thought, act or deed; rather SERVING in humbleness
of spirit. Enjoy the labors. Enjoy those things that make
for the unison of thought in Him, knowing ye have been
called, and that "By HIS power I, as a member of such a
group, called to give myself first, called that self may
become a channel, called that I as an individual may
cooperate with my brother EVERYWHERE in making known the
joyous words of the Lord; "for the Lord is in His holy
temple, let all the earth keep silent. Who IS this Lord?
Where is His temple? Know ye not that your bodies are the
living temple, holy and acceptable unto Him, would ye walk
in His ways?
HARK! O YE CHILDREN OF MEN!
BOW THINE HEADS, YE SONS OF MEN:
FOR THE GLORY OF THE LORD IS THINE,
WILL YE BE FAITHFUL TO THE TRUST
THAT IS PUT IN EACH OF YOU!
KNOW IN WHOM YE HAVE BELIEVED!
KNOW THAT HE IS LORD OF ALL, AND
HIS WORD FAILETH NOT TO THEM THAT
ARE FAITHFUL DAY BY DAY: FOR I,
MICHAEL, WOULD PROTECT THOSE THAT
SEEK TO KNOW HIS FACE!
We are through.
[GD's note: Tears, silence and beautiful attunement followed
above reading. EC on waking had a vision during the reading,
had to leave the room a while; said he saw each of us as we
should be and as we are.]
BACKGROUND
Subject of Reading 262-29 - "Study Group #1."
