Irrespective of what the environs or circumstances have
brought into the experience, the entity has looked upon such,
and hoped, wished, acted in that manner - in its dealings
with its fellow man - as it would that there be shown unto
self. Not as one attempting to impel or control without a
purpose, but in a manner in which it has attempted - through
its voice, its abilities, its purposefulness - to bring into
expression, into the experiences of others, that as would
give a more hopeful outlook, - as in its music; in its
abilities to create, manifest or express the GLADNESS in
the heart; that others might take hope, might put away FEAR
and know that God is in His holy temple, let the earth and
the earthly things indeed keep silent!
Not that disappointments have not come to the entity; not
that individuals have not broken their word with the entity;
yet in its experience, in its dealings with others, the
entity has so lived, so acted, as to indeed merit that which
is the promise of the GREAT COMMANDMENT, that carries with it
the first promise from the Maker!
Then, who is thy mother, thy brother, thy sister? He that
doeth the will of the Father!
Hence the entity has manifested and brought hopeful, helpful
experiences to others; through its abilities manifested
in its art, its temperament, its artistic activities, its
musical temperaments; its abilities towards interpretation
of verse, of song, of music, of nature and its relationships.
Hence the entity has thus enjoyed, and does enjoy in its
experience among its fellow men, not only respect, not only
worshipfulness and respect, but LOVE, - love that maketh the
world of men's affairs more harmonious, that puts away hate
from the heart and mind.
Thus the entity attempts to give that activity into the
experiences of others in such a way and manner that they,
too, may know the freedom that such brings in its experience.
That astrological sojourns have had their URGE is indicated,
but little of such becomes of great meaning in the experience
of the entity. For, as indicated, much MORE is brought by
that which the entity HAS used and applied of its abilities
through its sojourns in the material plane.
Thus, the entity has experienced in this sojourn a great
EMOTIONAL life, - through those periods of associations where
sorrows from every phase of man's experiences have touched
the entity; yet the entity has raised its voice (though at
times appearing to self as weak) in hope that is found in
those promises of the truth expressed in, "Be ye faithful
unto the end, that the joy of the Lord may indeed be thine."
FEW have so expressed this in and through their periods of
temptation, their periods of sorrow and disappointment, their
periods of GLADNESS and the enjoyment of the good things of
life; yet the entity has held these as the principles, the
purposes, the aims, - from which ALL, every one, may take and
learn a lesson, - that INDEED the good things are those that
may not be bought with the specie or gold or silver. While
these are judgments or measures in the material associations
that are necessary in dealing with one's fellow man, that
which brings happiness for which the world cries; that which
brings harmony for which people are calling; that which
brings peace among brethren of a household, a city, a
nation; lies not in the seeking of such.
For, as has been indicated, it is the love of that power
and might which such gives that brings sin to the more
individuals, to states, - yea, to nations, and to those
in political power.
Though the entity has seen and experienced in its
associations the feeling of same, it has tempered all in such
relationships, in its dealings with others, with mercy and
judgment.
Thus the entity finds itself now in those periods of activity
in which it may look back upon its sojourn in this material
plane and say, "Lord, thy humble servant hath kept thy
promise. Keep thou, show thou, the way."
This is indeed one in whom many, many may take thought, and
learn to pattern their lives, their ways, by that counsel
which the entity has given, does give, as it meets those in
its relationships day by day.
Thus may the entity in these periods of activity in this
sojourn give help and hope, and YET bring to fruition - by
the counsel to others - the helpfulness that lives on!
For, know, - only the growth in grace and mercy lives
forever. ONLY such is eternal, - love that passeth
understanding!
And to create hope and harmony in the minds and hearts of
those ye meet day by day is that purpose for which each
soul enters a material experience.
Thus does it grow to fruition by or through the seed of the
spirit of truth.
As to the appearances in the earth, - we find these have been
quite varied, and quite far apart in some, yet quite close
together in others, as may be indicated by the periods of
activity.
Before this the entity was in the French land, during those
periods when there were rebellions in the land, when there
were those activities that had been known or heard of that
brought those influences and forces into the land of the
entity's present nativity.
Hence the entity, with some of its kin in those experiences,
journeyed to the land of the present nativity; in the name
then Jean Paulusa de Lafayette.
In the experience the entity gained; for as it sought for
itself, for its fellow men, the spirit of freedom of speech,
the freedom for the worship of God according to the dictates
of its own consciousness, so did the entity encourage those
of that period and of that land.
So did the entity bring into fruition a land that bears the
stamp of those who may bring greater and greater knowledge to
a sin-sick world.
Blessed indeed are they who harbor and manifest, in their
dealings and relationships with their fellow men, God's own
purposes with mankind.
Thus may the entity find, in these experiences and these
stirring times when there are men MAD for power, that might
which comes in the still small voice within of "Keep thine
own skirts clean! Condemn not thy fellow men that ye be not
condemned!"
Thus may the entity find that those turmoils and strifes,
too, will pass away, and only love and hope and harmony
remain. For out of turmoil and strife, as the entity saw and
experienced, has grown a hopefulness that has provided and
does provide shelter under the wings of Him who has given,
"Be ye perfect, even as thy Father in heaven is perfect!"
Thus may the entity take hope, and bring into the experiences
of others - with its abilities as were gained in that sojourn
- the right of each individual to give the expressions of
itself in a HELPFUL, HOPEFUL way and manner.
Before that the entity was active in those periods when the
Master walked in the earth; among those of that land where
strife had arisen, and where the peoples of the land had
hoped for a redeeming power in the affairs of the peoples
of promise.
As the entity was among the holy women in the temple, it
brought comfort and consolation, and proclaimed ever to the
peoples of that period, "Harken to the voice of Him who has
called, If ye will be my people, I will be thy God! Turn ye
to that way in which ye may bring AGAIN the sunshine of God's
purpose among this people!" This was the message the entity
gave.
And as the entity had prayed, as the entity had lived that it
might indeed see the day when that promise was fulfilled, -
thus when the mother, Mary, presented the babe in the temple,
the entity blessed same, and saw that face!
Thus we find in the present experiences of the entity the
periods of the call to those to look deep within their own
hearts to find His face. For He is not afar off, but within
thine own heart, thine own conscience, if ye will but open
the door of thy purpose and thy way to His! For indeed He
answereth those who call on His name, and LIVE same in their
dealings with their fellow men!
So the entity gained through that experience, not only by its
waiting upon the activities in the temple in the Holy City,
but as it ministered to the peoples in many of the lands
thereabout, through that particular sojourn.
The name then was Ananan.
In the present from that sojourn we have the visions which
have been a part of the experience, as the entity has
attempted to put nature into song, or has attempted to depict
upon china or upon canvas or with the pencil or brush the
harmonies in God's NATURAL laws among men, and how they
bring harmony, and how that the clashing of same is but man's
feeble attempt either to override or to follow same. These
have been a part of the experience of the entity.
Before that the entity was in the Persian and Arabian land,
in those activities within the schools of that leader or king
in the Persian land.
There the entity was acquainted, as the sister superior (if
termed in present day language), with the purpose for which
the teacher in the 'city in the hills and the plains' brought
to man hope from physical disabilities, hope for better
environs for their children, hope for an after life of
harmony and peace.
Thus we find the entity in the latter part of its sojourn
became affiliated with those activities in the 'city in the
hills and the plains,' with that phase known as the teaching
and the hospital activity.
Though the entity was acquainted with the attempts of the
Grecians to undermine, though it was acquainted with the
rebellious forces among its own peoples and the nomads, yet
the entity remained true throughout its sojourns to those
purposes that were being implanted and propagated by the
teacher in that experience.
And has not the entity in its present sojourn seen its
household divided against itself? Has it not seen its own
nation rise as against itself? Has it not seen the flower
of its country offered upon the altar as a sacrifice to
a purpose for that which was founded in an UNTRUTH, and
yet partially true? These are, as it were, a part of the
experience that it may, this entity, warn others - here,
there, as it meets them - that the way of the Lord is not
past finding out, but is indeed the heritage of those who
seek to know His face.
The name then was Agaberta. In the experience the entity
GAINED, in its love for its fellow men.
Before that the entity was in the Egyptian land, when there
had been the turmoils through the rebellions raised among the
Natives as well as the people who entered from Atlantis.
The entity called upon those who were a part of that
experience, that there be the recall of the Priest for
the tempering of those purposes as had been wrought by
the Natives as well as the household of the King.
Thus there came that period in which the entity fostered
and aided the Priest in establishing that which became the
Temples of Sacrifice; also Temples of Beauty. These were
the experiences and activities of the entity.
Thus the needs at times, as the entity has proclaimed and has
experienced, for individuals to sacrifice within their own
lives, their own bodies, something that has been near and
dear; and yet is of the earth-earthy, yet apparently as a
prop to the spiritual life, - yet necessary that their lives
be filled more and more ONLY with the love of the Father that
is manifested in that blessed way which man hath been given
in the earth!
Throughout the experience we find the entity maintained
harmony among its peoples of the land.
The name then was Ameliel.
As to the abilities of the entity in the present:
Who would give color to the rose? Who would give incense
to the violet? Who would dare give color to the lily, or
beauty? for it is a part of God's own purpose with same.
Then to the entity: Hold fast to that which is and has been
thy purpose in Him.
Give to others the bounty of thy experience, that it may be
precious also in their lives. For the Lord loveth those whom
He has cherished in these days of adversity, as well as in
the days of plenty.
Rejoice ever in the Lord.
We are through - for the present.
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3/27/40 Letter: "Mr. [
2091] and Miss [
1779] have both told
me of your wonderful psychic gifts and I should like to make
an appointment with you to have you give me information in
regard to three of my incarnations when you come to N.Y. in
April."
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