That there may be made known in the own self that the
abilities of self to manifest that love, that hope, that
faith that is in Him, as we find in the experience of self as
He walked among men - as those of that experience, made for
the influences under trials and tribulations, and those
things that made peoples afraid for their very own
expressions of Life's sake - while in the present, under the
varying circumstances that have come into the experience of
this soul, in the trying hours of the influences that made
for duty, for obligations, yet these found to be in
expressions rather of those things that pertained to the
earth-earthy, found in the loves of expression to the fellow
man the means of showing forth in the heart and the soul of
self those very things that are making known His love in a
material world. And, as He has given, the entity has found
in self that necessary for the expression of self: "In
patience do ye become aware of your own souls and their
abilities for expression." So, in patience, in earnest
seeking, in looking within self, and above all keeping that
balance - even as He manifested, in being all things unto all
men that there might be the awareness in self in the
expressions of self that He lives and finds expression in the
hearts, in the minds, in the activities of those that love
His ways and His coming. Even as in the finding of self, in
these expressions of self, does this soul find - even as
during those periods of manifestation in the earth - that not
only being good is required, or the desire of the heart of
those that would know the Son of man, but those that DO good
unto others, that bring to those that are weary in body,
comfort - those that are disturbed in mind, the counsel that
makes for a quieting within that brings, from the turmoils of
the day and of the experiences in the associations of men,
peace and quiet from within that makes for the abilities for
those souls to carry on, looking to the author and the
finisher of life and love in the expressions that they, too,
may give in their activities in the earth, that the world -
the WHOLE of the world - may know that He has come in truth,
and that His promises are faithful. And, as He has given,
"As ye love me, and as ye do it unto the least of these - my
little ones - ye do it unto me." For, these are His very own
- those that have named the Name. Hence to the soul, to this
entity, has been and is the experience of entering into this
sojourn that the world may be a better place, that those the
entity meets may be shown the love of the Father; for each
soul is a world, and - as was given of Him - let each know
that he who has saved a soul has covered a multitude of
errors in himself. Hence the entity has been enabled,
through the very acts in self, to be given those forces that
may enable others to look into themselves and to aid others
in finding themselves, in health, in strength, in hope, in
all those attributes that are the fruits of the spirit; in
patience, in brotherly love, in long-suffering, in endurance,
in those things that make people and souls not afraid to meet
the conditions that arise in their lives day by day. To be
in the world yet not of the world, to use those influences in
the activities in and among men in such ways and manners as
to become more and more aware of those glories that may be
with Him through the kindnesses, the gentleness, the
loving-kindness that may be shown, even to those that would
speak evil or unkindly or hard as to the very purposes and
aims and desires of the heart to manifest that influence in
the life.
As to the psychic forces that are sought, that bespeak the
expression of the soul in the manifested activities in a
material world, and how these may be developed to the
awareness in self that others may receive those blessings
that may come through the associations or contact with self
in the activities through the earth:
As the entity has found, as the soul has experienced, in
entering into the self - in allowing that spirit of the truth
that makes aware as of very Life itself within the activities
of the physical forces of the body - there may be raised the
consciousness of the Christ, He that gives life in expression
in the earth to such measures as to bring into the experience
of others those understandings of life. And these are the
ways, the manners in which the entity may bring to others
those things that bespeak of the soul's companionship with
that spirit, that life, that presence, that consciousness
that He has promised to all: "I will not leave thee
comfortless, but will come to thee, and will show thee the
ways thou shalt go," and as the entity has experienced in the
secret chambers during those experiences when there has come
to the entity the guiding forces, the influences in self that
have meant to quickening of self in its activities in a
mundane sphere, yet to such measures, to such ways and means
as to bring to self hope, to others peace, and to those that
have faltered strength in their inner self. For, as has been
given of old, "Man looketh on the outward appearances but God
looketh rather on the heart."
So, in entering into the inner self and being guided by those
influences that arise from the presence and the consciousness
of His indwelling with thee, there have come those abilities
to look rather into the hearts and souls of those whom the
entity has contacted - and may contact - to bring to them
that necessary for the awakening of their souls, though their
outward expression of same may in the minds and in the eyes
of others become that which would even be blasphemous to
those who have set themselves as judge. Yet as the entity
sees and judges not, rather leaving - as should be - the
developments and the increase to the Father who alone may in
any manifested form, whether in the lowest forms of
expression or in the highest of spiritual development, bring
the increase to each soul according to that it has need of,
so - as the entity enters in, as the soul seeks those
counsels and into the Throne of Grace itself - let it ever be
with that experience that HIS consciousness, His presence
will guide, and in the ways that He sees fit, in the manners
as He will understand. And may the counsel ever be even as
He gave, "Not my will, O Lord, but thine be done in and
through me, and in the activities of those whom I would seek
counsel for before Thy face, that thou usest them as thou
seest they have need of, that they may be one with thee even
as the glories of each soul were before the worlds were."
Hence may the developments come in the experience through not
only seeing, not only hearing, but FEELING the effects, the
activities upon self that may be poured out among others.
In the activities of the body-physical there are those
influences that must be made more aware, that even that which
is good may not be evil spoken of in self. For, as
expressions arise to be given out into manifested activities,
what meaneth these in the very attributes of the physical
body? The body is the temple of the soul, and as the
attributes then become rather tools through which expressions
may come into a materialized form, may there become as He
seest fit those things that may heal the physical body, may
cleanse the physical in such measures, in such manners, as to
bring to manifestation the more beauteous life in its
expression through this soul.
Ready for questions.
(Q) Are there any suggestions regarding the physical
conditions which need attention?
(A) In the physical forces of the body, as in the mental
body, there is needed a perfect coordination between the
organs and their attributes for the more perfect functioning
of a physical organism. If there will be taken, then, those
mechanical applications as related to coordinating the organs
of the body, there will be found that a better balance will
exist - and there will be less of the disturbance in any one
particular portion of the body by the overactivity in others.
For, as the nerves in manifested form traverse the whole of
the physical body and give impulse to the activities in the
various functionings of organs, we find that if there is
strain on any one to the excess to such measures as to
require the activities or impulses to be drawn for an
equalization, some portion suffers. Then, as we find, for
this body, if there would be taken the general massages for
certain periods; that is, once a week or two to three times a
month, in such measures as to make for the better
coordination, we will find the better physical responses in
such a manner as to make for better physical reaction - thus
furnishing the better channel for the activities of the
mental and soul experiences through this sojourn.
These, as we find, may be the more properly done through the
offices of those that function under the classified
osteopathic adjustments and manipulations, creating for this
body a better metabolism, a better activity to all organs of
the body. For, at times there arises - with the activity of
the adrenal glands - an overflow to that activity in the
emunctory and lymph circulation, bringing to various portions
of body expressions that make for unpleasant - though not
derogatory - reactions in the present, but if allowed to
remain must build in themselves, as the ability for self
adjustment without outside aid is gradually increased.
(Q) Do you find that this body would need a complete
physical reading through this channel?
(A) Rather, as we find, if such applications are given to
the body, stimulating those areas in the lumbar and the lower
dorsal area to function with the activities through the upper
dorsal and cervical area, making for coordination, these
would be the more perfect reactions. Hence this is complete,
if it is followed in its completeness.
(Q) Please interpret the experience which I had on Friday,
Jan. 19th.
(A) As has been indicated, here we find - with the entering
into the inner self through meditative influences - the
visions that beckoned the mental and soul forces into
activity were from the Throne of grace itself. The Christ
Consciousness, through those forces raised in self, and that
promise that He has given, "I will not leave thee comfortless
but will come to thee and abide with thee - a new commandment
I give, that ye love one another." The impersonality and
unselfishness of self in pouring out to those who are needy,
even as He brought into the experience of self that of the
very presence of the Christ in this life.
Be faithful to that experience. Dwell not upon that of
seeking, but rather know in self that as ye do - not hearers
only, but doers of His word - that which is needed, His very
presence will come and abide with thee, even as in that
experience. For, He is not short-armed as men count, neither
is there any guile in His presence. Rather that as the very
breath of the life itself that brings to everything, that the
BODY in its expression may reach out to others, of hope, of
faith, of love, that is found only in Him who gave His life,
who experienced all things that ye have experienced that He
might furnish to all that comfort as is the desire of the
inner self for its expression in showing the love of the
Father in the earth.
(Q) What was the connection between this experience and the
message given through this channel on the same day?
(A) Rather that as was given there; would ye show love, be
lovely; would you find God, be the hope to some soul; did the
entity open self rather as to show them the way, and as He is
and has been the way, gave expression to this soul in its
inner self.
Blessed art thou, and thy ways are acceptable in His sight.
Keep the faith thou hast found in thy activities, my
daughter, that thy days may be called blessed by many in the
name of Him that gave Himself as a ransom for the world that
we, through Him, might have the access to the Father of
light. Hence keep, KEEP thine balance in all ways, all
things, even as He.
(Q) Just how can I develop my psychic faculties in such a
way as to bring renewal rather than strain to the physical
body?
(A) As indicated in the seeking in self, first cleanse the
body in that way as seemeth to represent to thine own self as
being the concentration and consecration of the inner self to
His service. Then surrounding self with that will of Him,
bring into self those forces that may bring His spirit into
thy soul.
We are through.
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BACKGROUND
See Life Rdg.
489-1 on
1/17/34.
REPORTS
GD's memo: We referred [
489] to Dr. Frank Dobbins.
2/13/34 She ordered all the mimeographed lessons in A SEARCH
FOR GOD series, Book I.
2/21/34 Dr. Dobbins' letter:
"Mrs. [
489]. There seems to be a general tightness of the
muscles of the back from the 1st to 12th dorsal which as yet
has not responded to treatment. I feel sure we will have a
favorable report next time."
3/01/34 She referred Mrs. [
529] for a Physical Reading.
5/10/34 She requested a Physical Reading for sister,
Mrs. [
586], and a Physical Reading and a Life Reading for
friend, Mrs. [
557].
5/17/34 Dr. Dobbins': "Mrs. [
489] was pleased with outcome
of her tr."
5/24/34 See
489-3, a Ck. Life Rdg.
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