Then the basic or first causes, as Spirit came to
materiality, must be sought out. And to be understandable to
man, to be comprehended by all, they - the first causes, the
answers - must conform to that which has been ever given, in
ANY condition, in ANY experience of man in his seeking in
this material world. They must answer for that which was,
that which is, and that which will be.
Then we must know from whence we came; how, why; and whence
we go - and why.
In God's own purpose, Spirit is His presence then. For the
Spirit of God moved and that which is in matter came into
being, for the opportunities of His associates, His
companions, His sons, His daughters. These are ever spoken
of as One.
Then there came that as sought for self-indulgence,
self-glorification; and there was the beginning of warring
among themselves for activity - STILL in Spirit.
Then those that had made selfish movements moved into that
which was and is OPPORTUNITY, and there came life into same.
Then what was the Spirit that moved that made rebellion? The
Spirit of God or the Spirit of Self?
This becomes self-evident even when we look about us in our
own experience day by day. They that have the Spirit of God
have the Spirit of Truth, have the Spirit of Christ, have the
Spirit of Construction.
They that have the Spirit of Rebellion have the Spirit of
Hate, the Spirit of Confusion; and seek self-glory rather
than peace, harmony and understanding.
Thus as has been indicated, the Spirit pushed into matter -
and became what we see in our three-dimensional world as the
kingdoms of the earth; the mineral, the vegetable, the animal
- a three-dimensional world.
And that which beareth witness is the Spirit of Truth, the
Spirit of Light. For He said, "Let there be light; and there
was light."
Then indeed there is no power that emanates that is not from
God.
Then what is this Spirit of Rebellion, what is this Spirit of
Hate? What is this Spirit of Self-Indulgence? What is this
Spirit that makes men afraid?
SELFISHNESS! Allowed, yes, of the Father. For, as given, He
has not willed that the souls should perish but that we each
should know the truth - and the truth would make us free. Of
what? Selfishness!
Then we should each know that the sin which lies at our door
is ever the sin of selfishness, self-glory, self-honor.
Hence as the Master has said, unless we become even as He, we
may not in ANY wise enter in.
Enter to what? To the consciousness that our Father would
that we be even as that Spirit of Truth manifested by the Son
of Righteousness, that - even as those souls took on flesh in
this three-dimensional world; becoming a part, a parcel of
what? Those kingdoms of which the earth is a part; or that
by their very presence is in existence.
Hence we find He had come, is come, ever has come into the
experience that He might through love - not force, not hate,
not by command but by edification and justification - bring
that soul that is dominated by the Spirit to understanding.
Thus we find His intervention in man's attempt throughout the
eons of time and space. For these (time and space) become
portions of this three-dimensional plane. And what is the
other? Time, Space, Patience!
For God has shown and does show us day by day, even as His
Son gave, that in patience we become aware of our souls, of
our identity, of our being each a corpuscle, as it were, in
the great body, in the heart of, our God. And He has not
willed otherwise.
Then what is the Spirit of God? PATIENCE, TIME AND SPACE in
the material understanding.
This then is our first premise; that God IS - in the material
experience of man - TIME, SPACE, PATIENCE!
For have not even our own wise ones conceived that those
elements between that which is and that which will be are of
the same? What? God, the Spirit!
We in our seeking then have seen the movements in the earth,
by the very activities of those influences, by what? "Where
two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in
the midst of them." Either to do good or to do evil,
according to our individual application of the Spirit of
Truth or of Creative Force in our material experience.
Who then is the aggressor? He that seeks to glorify self, to
make the selfish motives guide the progress.
And as has so oft been given in times past, God has winked at
and God has allowed such things to pass; yet ever is calling
- calling - to the sons of God; that we make straight the
paths! For He will not ALWAYS hold to those things that rend
the heart of God.
For when we are raised in power we know, as we have seen,
that our spirit beareth witness with HIS SPIRIT that we are
His children.
What then is the Spirit of Patriotism, the Spirit of Christ -
yes, the Spirit of Knowledge, but that - as they are
individualized by the activity of those that seek to know and
make the paths straight - they take on that power, that
might, yes that glory, that is the magnifying of that Spirit
of Truth that is God in any individual group, nation or
experience of man?
These then become those basic beginnings.
Now we, in our individual selves, seek - for what? Self-
glory, self-understanding; or that we may be in His place as
an emissary, a missionary, a CHANNEL through which OTHERS,
too, may know that the consciousness of Christ is but that we
have effaced self and are again one with Him - to be a
purpose in the scheme of redemption for those souls whose
spirits are a portion of the God as ourselves?
Let us indeed know then that God is not mocked, and that what
we sow we must meet in our own selves. For He calls always
unto all men to Come - COME - and take of the water of life.
What is this water of life? What is this that the Spirit and
the Bride, or the Spirit and the Lamb, say to come and take
of freely?
PATIENCE, TIME, SPACE! That we may know ourselves to be His;
that our spirits, our souls, bear witness in the things that
we do in which we bear witness of Him.
For that which has a beginning must have an ending. Hence
rebellion and hate and selfishness must be wiped away, and
WITH IT will go sorrow and tears and sadness. For ONLY good
shall rule. For it is the Spirit of God that will move over
the face of the earth, and Lo, His Son - even Jesus, the
Christ - has borne in himself all these things, and has
committed unto us the keeping of His sheep, His lambs, till
He come to make an accounting with each of us.
WHERE - WHERE - WHERE will we be?
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