These, then, are in expression from the lack of tolerance in
certain directions. And tolerance should be cultivated in
the experience of the entity for that which will make more
and more harmonious experience. For a grudge or a hurt that
is a portion of the inner self must be met. And though it
may be cast aside, it must not REMAIN as cast aside unless
forgiven. THIS should be, then, a portion of the entity's
application within the inner self; not only forgive but
FORGET! For this is the basis of love as given by Him who
was, who is, the Prince of Peace, of harmony, of love, of
beauty in the experiences of individuals, of entities, in
the expressions of same in the material world.
As to the experiences in the earth, then, as appearances that
come as emotions and as things or conditions that become as
of aiding or abetting in the INNATE urges, and find
expressions rather in the emotional life or experience of
the entity:
Before this we find the entity was in a portion of the land
of the entity's present nativity, about what is now known as
Salem or Provincetown; during those periods when there were
the combinations of those who set THEMSELVES in the
activities of the first settlers - or the Puritans in THEIR
activity in that portion of the land about Plymouth.
Or it was during the extending into those periods when the
entity, as Joseph Conrad, was among those peoples who made
for the combining of the people in the activities that made
for a union of the service of defense first, of the union of
activity as related to that which has grown in this land to
what may be termed the political parties.
Hence economics as related to the political influence becomes
a portion of the entity's activities in the present. And
those things that deal with such activities become now as
expressions, manners, ways and means in which there may be
had the greater action in the experience of the present
entity.
Hence not what may be said to be wholly a political
influence, or of group or class or mass activity, but those
actions in the material world - when these deal with parties
and parties' affiliations, and parties' activities, the
entity may engage in same in such ways and manners as to
become an influence that may be most helpful - so long as the
IDEALS are held. Though these have from the material
experience become rather tabu, rather should the entity
reconsider for the good not only for self but for the
benefits that may be derived by the masses, the groups,
the states, the various associations. For these should
become, as we find, a portion of the entity's activities.
For THROUGH that experience the entity gained even during
those periods when there arose persecutions in the activities
of those that would BIND individuals for their religious
thought. For the entity's experience covered a portion of
what may be said to have been the religious war, or those
periods when phases of experiences of individuals were
questioned. Yet none of the public found fault with the
entity as he judged or questioned those who were engaged in
such, in or during those periods when he counselled with the
various groups regarding the necessity of changes in
environs.
Before that (among the experiences that influence the entity
in the present) we find the entity was in the English land,
when there were those preparations for the Crusades that
made for the activities in which definite stands, definite
purposes were being taken by the peoples during that
experience; that made again for what is now termed the taking
of sides, the making of influences that made for DESPERATE
activities on the part of individuals and groups for an
ideal.
Then the entity was in the name George Bruce, being during
those periods among the leaders that attained to the activity
even into the Holy Land. Yet owing to those mis-concepts,
misunderstandings, of those activities that made for periods
when through dearth there came illness, sickness, and the
change from the climatic reactions, and the foods and the
waters during the experience, the entity became a charge of
those of the Moslem faith - that KNEW rather the application
of the tenet than the tenet as a rote.
These made for great alterations in the experience of the
entity during the sojourn; and SHOULD have made for the
abilities in tolerance in the present. These ARE expressed
in the SPIRITUAL thought, but RARELY expressed in the mental
or the material thought in those same relations.
The activities from that experience make for the abilities
in the coordination of thought of individuals in various
sections; or of the motivative influence in the home life,
the economic life, the social life, under varied
environments. These make for a field of activity in which
interest is aroused, and in which the entity may employ self
in the present for not only material but for soul and mental
development.
Service, then (as it should be in the experience of every
soul), is the OUTLET through which the inner self may find
the greater satisfaction.
Before that we find the entity was in the land now known as
the Persian or Arabian, during those periods when there were
those activities in the 'city in the hills and the plains'
where much good was being given, especially in the healings
for peoples of many lands, of many nations.
The entity was among the Grecian peoples that JOINED in the
activities, being healed himself then, as Pholius.
In the experience the entity became one upon whom those
activities in the city depended for the keeping of order,
for the cleansing and lighting of same. Or, as would be
termed in the present, the entity was the mayor; THEN as the
burgomaster or the lord. Not as one lording over others, but
one to whom others came for authority in the various
activities during the experience.
The entity gained much; lost when these abilities were turned
to self-indulgence, self-aggrandizement. But in the main the
periods brought prosperity not only to the dwellers in the
city but to those who came for aid, help and comfort during
those periods of the sojourn there.
In the present from those experiences, then, the abilities
that lie in such directions of directing the activities of
others become innate; and may find manifestations in these
relations that may be established or brought about in the
experience of the entity,
Before that we find the entity was in the land now known
as the Egyptian, during those periods when there was the
building up of those correlated influences from the various
teachers; during the age of the application of same
pertaining to the classifications of the activities of
individuals befitted for certain group work.
The entity then was among those from Atlantis who aided in
such; for the entity then was born in the Egyptian experience
but of the Atlantean activity.
Hence electrical forces, those that have to do with LIFTING,
those that have to do with the application of same to bodily
functioning, those that have to do with the making of color
or its effect, have been in the experience.
Hence the entity MIGHT have made for a delving into chemical
or electro-chemical engineering, that would have made for a
development in an INDIVIDUAL way and manner.
Yet those influences where the entity's activities may
influence groups and masses of people greatly overweigh
same in the present experience.
The name then was Huel-la.
As to the abilities of the entity in the present, and that
to which it may attain, and how:
Either in a political association or affiliation, or that in
which the entity may analyze for others, for groups, for
activities, that in the economic life, the material life, for
the greater benefit of the greater number, may the entity in
the material world find satisfaction.
And in the mental and spiritual, know that though man is a
mental body, a spiritual body and a physical body - divided
for the purposes of understanding - these are EVER as one,
or remain as one. Hence let the thought of the body (for
Mind is the Builder), the purposes of the body, mind AND
physical, ever be motivated by the spirit of truth that is
of the constructive nature for the greater numbers.
Thus we will find that in whatsoever becomes the chosen
field of activity or service, HARMONY and contentment will
follow in the wake of the entity's service.
Ready for questions.
(Q) Is my present endeavor, i.e., the study of law and its
application, suitable to my mental and physical make-up?
(A) SUITABLE. Especially if it will be applied later in the
POLITICAL affiliations or associations, which is ordinarily a
NATURAL tend [tendency?]. Yet, as indicated, in those fields
where such abilities become a service to the greater number
of individuals will there be offered the channels in which
the greatest material and mental gain may be had - and thus
harmonious satisfactions.
(Q) Is it advisable for me to take the Bar Examination this
coming December?
(A) WELL - to take the Bar examination - this coming
December.
(Q) Will I pass the Examination, if I take it?
(A) We wouldn't have advised it unless the indications were
such that you would pass!
(Q) Along which line must I apply myself in order to be
successful in attaining admission to the Bar?
(A) Along the lines as indicated in the information here
given; dealing rather with the State and municipality, or
those things that would be termed - not wholly for
CORPORATIONS, but the corporations of the municipality or
the State which represent peoples rather than individuals,
see?
(Q) Are there any adverse influences working against me in
the organization in which I work?
(A) None above that of the ordinary, that comes or arises
from animosities or these things. In such things know you
are right and forget the others. In the manner as indicated.
Forgive those who would do thee harm, if you would be able to
be their ruler.
(Q) Will this latest move which I have made in my working
conditions prove more advantageous than the past
circumstances under which I was working?
(A) The indications are that these will prove most
advantageous. While there will arise, as we find, a little
later, some misunderstandings; hold fast to the PURPOSES you
have set - and these will go.
(Q) Will I be able to develop and attain the goal for which
I am striving, in this new position, and will it be
recognized and rewarded?
(A) Let the purpose and the desire of the heart be
maintained; not that self may lord but rather that self
may be of the greater service to the fellow man through
those channels that are as a portion of the entity's
experience to be had in this choosing. For not only be
the law by the compliance to all of the psychological and
economic and penal laws in their various phases but let LOVE
be without dissimulation. MAKE thyself friendly if ye would
have friends. Make thine self INDISPENSABLE not only to thy
friends but to thy foes, and ye will find it will bring
harmony and contentment - and a voice as within, "Well done!"
We are through for the present.
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