UNIVERSAL LAW, NATURAL SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY Walter and Lao Russell A Home Study Course UNIT 11-LESSONS 5, 6, 7, 8 Copyrighted 1950 by Walter and Lao Russell No part of thh nt(~ltu8~pt an k printed in any form without permit?& from thd author, except by a reviewer who my quote Waf pacleagea in 0 review to be lyrinted in a magazine or mepaper. ISSUED BY THE WALTER RUSSELL FOUNDATION SWANNANOA, WAYNESBORO, V1 R61NIA
70
Embed
Home Study Course Unit 2 Lessons 5,6,7,8 by Walter Russell
This document is posted to help you gain knowledge. Please leave a comment to let me know what you think about it! Share it to your friends and learn new things together.
Transcript
UNIVERSAL LAW, NATURAL SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY
Walter and Lao Russell
A Home Study Course
U N I T 11-LESSONS 5, 6, 7 , 8 Copyrighted 1950
by Walter and L a o Russell
No par t o f t h h n t ( ~ l t u 8 ~ p t a n k printed in a n y f o r m without permit?& from thd author , except by a rev i ewer who m y quote Waf pacleagea in 0
rev iew to be lyrinted in a magazine or m e p a p e r .
Thi s means t h a t God w i l l f u l f i l l your e v s ~ > y d e s i r e i f you
work wi th God t o f u l f i l l i t ,
The whole power of t h e un iverse w i l l work WITH you f o r i t s
f u l f i l l i n g b u t i t w i l l n o t work FOfi you while you do no th ing about
i t .
I n t h i s promise i s t h e key t o p r a y e r s a r e o r a r e n o t -- - 9 - - 7
answered. God t e l l s you very p l a i n i g t h a t He w i l l g i v e you what-
ever you d e s i r e - b u t = must r eg ive s q u a l l y by t h e a c t i o n of -- - s e r v i c e .
Think t h a t ove r . R e c a l l t hz m23y p raye r s you have u t t e r e d
and how d i sappo in t ed you were becauza they were n o t answered.
Most p raye r s a r e j u s t s e l f f s h ones, c o n t i n u a l l y a s k i n g f o r some-
thing t o be g iven wi thou t even the 2xpec ta t ion of g i v i n g some-
t h ing i n exchange.
Think of t he thousands of e n t r e e t i e s which a r e s e n t up t o
God with t he hope t h a t what i s aske.2 f o r w i l l j u s t f a l l i n t h e i r
l aps . You a s k God f o r money, God S S ~ S : "Yes I w i l l g i v e you
money, a l l you want of i t 9 b u t what a r e you youkse l f g i v i n g f o 2
i t? What t h e p r i c e you a r e payirg foia i t?" Aga i n quote
God's word I n His Message,
"He -- who d e s i r e t h r i c h e s of e a r t h a l o n e , deny ing Me i n h im - - - - 9
s h a l l dwe l l i n o u t e r d a ~ k n e s s of h i s own ma kin^, u n t i l he s h a l l , - --- - d e s i r e Me s t r o n g l y . -
en en t o him w i l l 1: g i v e a l l he a ske th w i t h o u t s t i n t i n g , ----- -- yea, and &van more: b u t he hav in slore than a l l he sought w i l l --- 9 d . & : - - -
have naught b u t wor th l e s s d r o s s of h i s e a r t h d e s i ~ e . - - -7
UNIVERSAL L A W , NATUFLAL SCBDCE ABC PHIE.OSOI)HY ~ a g s 69
I1 Things of eaiath whicri man d e s i r e s ar2e b u t t h i n g s of eai l th - -- -- -
t o be r e tu rned t o e a r t h wi;h bones of h im. B u t t h i n g s of e a ~ ~ t h , -- - -- - heaven b l e s sed by - Me, -- a r e 2s e t e r n a l -- i n t h e immor ta l i t y -- of h i s
S a l f r eco rd ing Sou l a s Light or Me i s e t e r n a l , "
You a s k God f o r peacs , happiness and p r o s p e r i t y t o be given
t o you, b u t you t a k e peacz, happiness and p r o s p e r i t y away f ~ o m
a n o t h e r by ma l i c ious goss i2 ing about your neighbop, t r e a t i n g your
s e r v a n t u n j u s t l y , t h u s tak lng he^ happ ines s away from h e r , o r by
m i s r e p r e s e n t i n g t h a p ~ ~ o d u c z you a r e s z l l i n g .
U n t i l you ba l ance y o 2 d e s i r e fok peace b x g i v i n g peac2, - o r
happ ines s g i v i n g happi-sss , - or p k o s p e r i t y g i v i n g p r o s p e r i t y ,
y o u r p raye r w i l l be voide2 9 you, y o u r s e l f , - - - The only way you can 'nave h a p p i n s s s g iven t o you by t h e
L i g h t of l o v e , which God iu, i s f o r you t o g i v e l o v e t o o t h e r s .
You cannot - t a k e happiness ok l o v e , You -- can only g i v e i t , I f you -- g i v e love i t w i l l a s su re ly be givdn t o you a s l i g h t shone i n t o
a m i r r o r w i l l Laef leet 1fg'r.c back from t h e m i r r o r ,
Witness t h e n a t i o n s -i-hfch ,have t r i e d t o become powerful ,
p rosperous , p e a c s f u l and 2appy by p lunde r ing o t h e r n a t i o n s .
Empires thus t a k e n by f c r z ~ wi thout hav ing been v o l u n t a ~ ~ i l y g iven ,
o r wi thout hav ing g iven 3;ual ly i n exchange, a r e h e a v i l y i n debt
and on r a t i o n s , and f o r eyisPy man k i l l e d t o t a k e wea l th and
happ ines s away from o the r s f o s themse lves , I n s t e a d of g i v i n g i t ,
t e n have paid t h e pkice i? blood and a thousand i n t e a r s .
Witness a l s o t h e g k e e t f o r t u n e s which have been b u i l t upon
t h a t p r i n c i p l e . No man hss e v e r yet been a b l e t o purchase happi- ---- --- n e s s p r o s p e ~ i t y , peace love wi th g o t h e r c o i n t han happiness , -3 --
UN IVEHSAL LAW, NATUfiL SCIENCE ANC PHILOSO?HY Pagz 70 ---_-_----_-------------------------------------------------------
peace and love.
The rice of lov? i s lova, The p ~ i c a of greed i s agony. - d ---- - - - You ask God t o h a a l your body from i t s i l l s which you, your-
s e l f c rea ted by over-ea t ing , by g iv ing vent t o - v i o l e n t anger , o r
by d ive r s a c t s which destroy nokmalcy of balance givzn you by
G o d . I t seems nevell :-50 o c c u ~ t o you t h a t you must r eg ive t h a t
which you ask f o r by e a t i n g propzr ly , by s u b s t i t u t i n g love f o ~ l
anger or c e s s a t i o n of the abuses which havz caused your d isorders .
Go no t misund6rstand me whzn I r a f e r t o only such unbalanced
condit ions a s angar o r over-eating a s being the cause of a l l d i s -
orders , f o r woilry and excessive g r i e f --yes and even l o n e l i n e s s
and i n t r o s p e c t i o n , w i l l cause glaave d i s o r d s r s ,
That which I wish t o impress upon you i s t h e one f a c t t h a t
any d is turbance of balanc2 t o thz body i s immediately recoLaded i n
the body by somz malady, or mal-adjustment which we t h i n k of a s
s ickness . Also -- I say t h a t any s ickness - of .ny kind i s s z l f - --- made whether knowingly o r unknowingly, whether I n t e n t i o n a l l y or - 9 - - un in ten t iona l ly .
God's laws ape never s e t a s fde a ps?ayer or o therwise , The --- - -- - -- - . - CAUSE of y o l ~ r i l l n e s s i s i n your breach of the l a w . You a r e suf -
f e r ing from i t s e f f e c t s and ask God t o e l imina te the EFFECT while
you continue t o r e p e a t the CAUSE.
MAN BLAMES GOD FOR PIAN-MADd WARS
Considzr the many prayers fop c 6 s s a t i o n of wars , "O Lord
we beseech Thee t o s t o p t h i s c r u e l war", we say, f o r g e t f u l of
the f a c t t h a t we make our wars ourselves by the f r e e w i l l t o a c t
them. War i s j u s t a s much an e f f e c t of a cause which man
c r e a t e d by h i s s e l f i s h n e s s a s a bus fness f a f l u k e i s t he e f f e c t of
a cause creat3d by man because of h i s unwfl l ingnzss t o ba lance h i s
g i f t s by r e g i v i n g ,
Wa n o t oxly ppay t o God t o l e t us b reak H i s law wi thout s u f -
f e r i n g f ~ o m i t s d f f e c t s b u t wz blame God f o p our own a c t i o n s i n
-/ break ing His Law, How o f t e n wt: heap people say : "How can a l o v -
i n g God i n heaven permi+, such @sue1 wars? It fs hakd t o b a l i a v e
t h e r e i s a G o d , e l s e Ma would n o t p,3rmit such wars ,"
We might j u s t a s w a l l 3 thake can be no God e l s e he w o u l d - -- . - - - - - -
n o t permi t us t o l i e t o O U P nefghbok, ----- God g ives us f ~ ~ e e w i l l t o do a s w e chooss i n t he making of
our Sz lves i n our own image, and He g f v a s us a l l of t h e powep of
H i s un iverse t o h e l p us b r e a k His law If we wfsh t o , b u t what-
e v e r g i f t s ws a c c e p t we m u s t e q u a l l y give t o balance our g i f t s ,
L e t us aga in quote @ o d g s Message In t h i s ~ e s p e c t ,
" ~ e r f l y has man f r e e w f l l t o cor i tsol h i s a c t f c n s , That my
Father-Moths2 has g iven t o man a s h i s i n h e ~ f t a n o e , . B u t t h e con-
t p o l of t he 2sac t ions t o t h o s e a c t i o n s man has nevep had ,
his my Fathek-Mother ho lds inviolate , These cannot b=com&
man's except thcough modifying h i s z e t f on3 u n t i l the r e a c t i o n s
a r e t h e i r exzct dqua l and oppos i t e I n e q u f l i b ~ i u m , "
G M V E M I S C ~ C E P T B U D I S FZGARDSNQ Pi??-CER
It i s g t n e k a l l y be l i eved among men t h a t onz who ?pays o f t a n ,
and with many words loud ly and p i o u s l y u t t e k e d , Is holy among man
and much fav3red of God, But I say t h a t he who f i n d s a n a c s t a s y
UNmRSAL U W , NATURAL S C I E N C E ANC PHILOSOPHY Page 72 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
of h a p p i n e s s i n h i s S o u l f rom t h a g i v i n g of h i s lovd t o touch the
Qoul of a d e s p a i r i n g n a i g h b o r is a n h u n d i > ~ i ? f o l ? i more h o l y i n G o d ' s
3 i g h t . To him t h a kingdom of heaven i s a s though he d w z l l e t h i n
t h e house of th* Lord w h i l e t h e o t h z r one of p i e t y and words s i t -
t e t h a f a r o u t s i d e i t s gailden w a l l s .
When you p r a y t o God s a y i n g " 0 God, p i t y us f o r wz a r e a s
d u s t b e n e a t h Thy f e e t " , God ! s S i l e n t Voicd w h i s p e r s w i t h i n you:
now thou t h a L i g h t which I am. Thou a r t man, e x a l t e d i n M e .
h l a t I am thou a r7 t . Thou a r t t h z L i g h t , "
F o r long a g e s G o d ' s S i l e n t Voice whispaiJs w i t h i n y o u r u n h e a r -
i n g e a r s . God, t h e r e f o r e g i v e s you your d d s i r e t o be what you wish
t o be I n t h e b u i l d i n g of y o u r S s l f . So l o n g a s you b e l i a v a your-
s e l f t o be d u s t b e n e a t h t h z f e e t sf t h e Almighty God yo11 a ~ = s t h a t
d u s t which you havz b u i l t i n t h e image of y o u r i m a g i n i n g .
Khen you p;>ay t o God s a y i n g : "God have melcy upon me, a
m i s a r a b l e sinn,-rl,( you h a v e n o t p raysd t o t h e One God of Love, --
Creator1 of H i s u n i v e r s e of l o v a - - C r e a t o r of you t o m a n i f z s t His - - -- love f o r you d o n o t know 52x1. You hav3 b u t pr1aye3 t o a God of' -' --- --- - wrath end f a a ~ of ~ O U T own making whom you have b u i l t i n you? own ---- - - - -- P
image.
He who b u i l d s gods i n h i s own image b u i l d s i d o l s f o r h i s
worashiping. Yz whcse i d o l i s f e a r 3 and wrath c a n n o t know thd God
oi Love , Z u t i l you know l o v e y?u a r e what youi2 i d o l i s , a mis- -- -- -- -- e r a b l a s i n c e ~ = t o whom msrcy must be shown by y o u ~ i d o l whom gou, -- -- -- y o u r ~ z 2 l f , 92e . A E . ~ you w i l l be punished f o r y o u ~ imagined 3 3 l f - - - -- made s i n s b~ gou, y o u i a s e l f , f o r t h e i d 3 1 ycu w o r s h i p w i l l show -- --- -- you no mercy u n t i l you arae f r e e d filom him Q knowing l o v a . - --
UTa IVEliSAL L A W , NATURAL SCnNCE AND FRILOSBPHY ?age 73 -----------------------------------------------------------------
When you ppay t o God r e s i g n e d l y , a s though p a t i e n t l y acc3pt-
i n g t h e punishment of gkfef a t t h e dea th of a lovzd one, and you
say : "Thy w i l l be done 0 Lord, The Lokd g i v e t h , and hd take th
away", you havz n o t y e t kcown the God of l o v e , f o p God g i v e t h
on ly . God neve r t a k z s t h a t which has n o t been g i v e n , y&at GoJ -- to reg iv5 t o H i m f o r His r e g i v i n g , ----
You r e j o i c e when God g i v e s b i r t h t o life g e t you deeply 7 -- - -9 -
-- g r i e v e when you g i v e ~ e b i ~ t h t o new l f f e - - f o p t h a t i s what daath --- ----- i s . -
It w f l l be many decades b e f o r e man as a mass conappehen3s
t h i s Idea which i s cornmonpl%@e th fnk ing t o cosmLc man, but you,
i n whom t h e seed of cosmf@ t h i n k i n g i s bding sown, w f l l go t o
your neighbor and sow fr , i n his Conu@iousness, and tas i n t u r n
w i l l do l i k e w i s e , u n t i l man i n the mass w f l l be t ~ a n s f o ~ m e d flom
Barba r i c man who stilk c k u @ f f i e s love to cosazlfc man who i s love, -- --- Tomorrow w e v f l l gfva thought tc! ths d e e p s ~ meaning of
The Wal tz r Mussell Foundat ion, Swannanoa, Waynesboro, V i rg in i a
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Copyrighted 1950 by Waltisr R u s s e l l
Con t inua t ion of
PRAYXR SCIENTIFICALLY EXPLAINED
RE;LATIONSHIP OF PRAYER TO MECITATION
"Let us u n i t e i n p r a y e r . " How f a m i l i a r t h e s e words a r e on
evary r e l i g i o u s occasion, and upon h e a r i n g them the congregat ion
a u t o m a t i c a l l y bows i t s head, bends i t s knee and words coma from
the p u l p i t i n e a r n e s t tones which may be s u p e r f i c i a l l y heard by
some, h a r d l y heard a t a l l by o t h e r s , whi la t h e vscy few who h e a r
i n t h e i r h e a r t s a r = deeply s t i r r e d by t h e , a r d o r of t he suppl ica-
t i o n t o God f o r foggivaness , os mercy, o r b l e s s i n g s upon the con-
g r e g a t i o n and var ious o t h e r human i n t e r e s t s ,
P raye r - i s j u s t meaningless words i f n o t f e l t i n tha h e a r t ; ----- j u s t - a s music i s no mom than sound i f i t does n o t reach the ---- ---- Soul. P raye r t o God i s t h e a p p e a l of t h e Sou l of man t o the Uni- ---- -------- versa1 Sou l . As such i t fs t h s m i g h t i e s t of man's powers, bu t
P
when ppayer i s b u t ~ o ~ i ? d s , n o t coming from t h e Sou l , i t i s no
more e f f e c t u a l than t h e hundreds of p r a y e r s w r i t t e n and d i s t r i b -
uted th roughout thz s t r e e t s i n A s i a , o r prjayelas w r i t t e n i n t o a
d i s c and whi r led t o r e p e a t themsalves by t u r n i n g t h e p layer
74
U N I X B R U L LAW, NATURAL SCBflCE A N D PHILOSOPHY Page 75 ------_-_--------------------------------------------------------
wheel s w i f t l y ,
Worded and fopma1 p r a y e r s , i s s u z d p d r i o d i c a l l y , l i k e morning
and avening p r a y e r s , paaayers of t hanks a t meal t imes , and p ~ ~ a y l 3 r s
on a r i s i n g and r e t i k i n g become h a b i t s which people obey automat-
i c a l l y . TheLae may be g r d a t e a r n a s t n e s s i n them, o r t h e r a may be
none. The h a b i t of p r a y i n g p e r i o d i c a l l y and wi th a sense of du-tg
t ands t o automa t i c p r a y e l r a t h e r t h a n d e v o t i o n a l ,
- Those who t h u s p r a y might j u s t a s w e l l n o t p r ay , f o p p l a y e r
i s a union of Sou l of man t o Sou l of God, and woiads a l o n e cannot
make t h a t un ion . -- Automatic, f o sma l and h a b i t u a l ~ p a y i n g from t h e l i p s , a l o n e
i n o n e ' s chambera, ora Ln groups i s of no a v a i l , P ~ a y e r , based
upon d e s i r e , - ar,d u t t e r s d w i t h i n t h e Soul of man word l a s s ly o r - - -9 otherwise , w i l l a lways command t h s whole un ive r sz t o f u l f i l l t h e - - - d e s i r e , b u t words a l o n e a r e n o t p r a y e r any mope than p a i n t i s th=
7 -- --- -- a r t i n a p i c t u r e , - - -
msn you p ray 'to God a s k i n g f o r a l l s f thd t h f n g s you want, --,
enumerating them c s ~ s f u l l y - - a v z n t o t fming t h e i r a k r i v a i a s your
d e s i r e d posszss ions-- -yea , aven in forming God 8 s t o His msthod of
g i v i n g them t o y o u - - d e t a i l i n g your b u s i n e s s and f a m i l y naeds--
never g ivfng though t a s t o your wor th fnes s t o r e c e f v ~ Ynem, o r
whether i t i s wise t o have them, o r what you s h a l l r eg iva t o
deserva them--= -- a r e b u t making youlase l f i n t o your own s a l f i s h - image and n o t i n the image of @ o d P s s p i r i t i n you, ---- - -
b%en your c h i l d p rays f o r a l ong l i s t of b i r t h d a y , o r C h r i s t -
mas p r e s e n t s , and ing up wi th "God b l e s s Papa--God b l e s s bIarnmaf'
you t e l l t h e neighboias how c u t e t h a t piaayer i s and then buy
averything the c h i l d wants t o uphold i t s b e l i e f i n p r a y e r .
It i s no t c u t e , i t i s t r a g i c , It i s he lp ing the c h i l d build
i t s own s e l f i s h image. It i s a l s o he lp ing the whole wo~ald t o
build i t s own s e l f i s h , g ~ e e d y imaga, It i s he lp ing t o pe rpe tua te
t h i s Barbaric Aga of greed , s e l f i s h n e s s and f e a r of neighbor
agains t neighbor.
When w i l l p a r e n t s teach t h e i r c h i l d r e n t h a t they must g ive
love f o r love g iven them? N o t u n t i l they f i r s t know t h a t they --- themselves must n o t a s k t o ba given anything without a daep
des i re i n t h e i r h e a r t s f o r kegiving love 2qual ly f o r lova given.
Parents who know t h a t w i l l say t o tha c h i l d : "God w i l l givs
you a l l you d e s i r 2 because He loves t o g i v e , b u t what ail* you
planninq - t o r eg ive i n love t o God? You want God t o show His love ---- t o you by g iv ing you the things you want, b u t God wants love from
you. The can show your 1 ove love a l l things
which God pu t s on e a ~ t h . h%sn you a s k God t o b l e s s Papa and
Mamma you can h e l p God b l e s s them by g e t t i n g Papa v s s l i p p e r s and
hzlping Mamma dry t h e d i s h z s , That i s t h e way you can ba worthy
of rece iv ing a l l t h e th ings you a s k f o r , '' When a mother pLaays t o God t o extznd Xis loving p r o t a c t i o n
t o hep son from harm i n t r a n s i t on stolamy s e a s she h e r s e l f must
axtand h e r lovz e q u a l l y t o a l l o ther sons of a l l mothers of e a r t h , -- -- --- - and t o a l l t h ings of God v s c r e a t i n g . Her devout pray32 can alone --- - - -- be answeked t h a t w. -
When she prays dzvout ly , no mat ter how deep h z r s i n c e r i t y
i n asking love from hek moth22 h e a r t , then t u r n s a n g r i l y or
impat ient ly upon h e r f r i e n d , or neighbor, OP a s e ~ v a n t i n h e r
UNITi3kSAL LAF;', NAT'JI&L S C B N C E AND PHILOSO?HY %st 77 _-_________________- - - - - -_ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --
h o u s e s h e , h z i l s z l f , v o i d s h a ~ ~ plaayeia--as though i t n e v d ~ ~ had b z e n
u t t e m d ,
h%en you a s k God t o b l e s s yOUi3 b u s i n e s s and make i t p l ' o s p i a
God w i l l answar y o u r pidayei= whan you g o o d t i n t o you~l p l a n t an.d
b l e s s a l l i n i t and make them prospc=r . Idhen yo11 ~ e g i v e t o your
h a l p e i ' s t h e l o v e g i v s n you by God it i s G o d ' s l o v a g i v z n t o th2m
by God th rough you , T h a t i s what i s meant m a n i f a s t i n g GO:^ on ---- -- i/ e a r t h .
h%en you p r a y fo i ' God t o show H i s lovd f o r you by g i v i n g y o u r
good c r o p s must y o u r s z l f g i v t lova your
t o r e g i v e His g i v i n g , Youia l o v e g i v z n t o thzm i s Gcd ' s l o v e g i m n
t o you f o r r e g i v i n g . Your --- l o v e and GO$'s l o v e a r e ONE. I t s man- --- -- i f e s t a t i o n --- i s TWO i n p i v i n ~ and - r e g i v i n g b u t t h a t TWO ii t h z ONE: ------ Hl3AhTBEAT -- of God 's body, c=vzn a s t h e s w i n g i n g o f t h e pandulam i s ---- -- - t h e TWO of +,he mE s o u s c e of t h e i r m a n i f z s t a t i c n , ----- -
I f t h e fapmer would b u t s t a n d i n t h z m i d s t of h i s f i e l d s and
p r a y , s a y i n g u n t o them: ''I l o v e you my g r e e n f i e l d s , I lovz --
avelay p a r t of you, e v e r y g r a s s b l a d e - - e v s r y c o o t an3 h e r b and 2ar
of i l i p e n i n g coian, I l o v a e v a r y t r e e of ~ G U , e ach l z a f of you which
g i v e s l o v e i n oxygen f o r n i t r o g e n g i v e n you i n l o v e . I l o v z t h e
f r u i t of zach t k z e of you--and t h e ~ ~ e d - g o 1 3 you g i v e mz i n your
l u s c i o u s f i au i t fora t h e l o v e I givu? t o y o u r r o o t s , 'I I f t h a f a l m e r
would b u t pkay t h a t way--deeply--and i n h i s heas t - -ha w o c l l p r o s -
p s r a s h i s f i e l d s p rospe iasd w i t h h im. And h e would know no f a t i g u a
f o r l o v z g i v e n , f o r l o w g i v z n i s n e v e r wo2k--and t h 6 r e woul3 b2 e
l i g h t i n h i s 2ges and i n n e r j o y o u s n s s s i n h i s h e a r t which n a u g h t
b u t t h e m a n i f e s t a t i o n of l o v e g i v e n on e a r t h a s i t i s i n heavan
He who can say i n h i s h e a r t : "I and my F a t h a i a r e oner', and
f e e l t h e ecs tasy of t h a t u n i t y , i s c o n t i n u a l l y IN PRAYER, even a s
he i s con t inua l ly I N LIFE and c o n t i n u a l l y b r e a t h i n g , His prayer
i s l i k e unto h i s inward-outward bkeath which i s forever w i t h him,
forever v i t a l i z i n g him,
He who knows the Light of love i n him does no t beseech the
Father-Mother of the unive~ase f o r h i s next b ~ l e a t h , nor f o r h i s
next h e a r t b e a t , f o r he f u l l y knows t h a t h i s h z a r t b e a t i s one with
the un ive r sa l pulse , and t h a t f o r which he would needless ly ask
i s a l r eady h i s .
Therefore I say t o you when you a s k of me: "HOW s h a l l I
pray, ahd when?" I say t o you: As you l i v e and breathe cont in-
ua i ly so s h a l l you be - i n prayer cont inuously--as - gou a r e i n l i f e --- and love . --
And a s the a i r you b ~ e a t h e surrounds you abundantly, await-
ing your need of i t , so i s t h a t which you would ask f o r your need
await ing you i n abundant supply, yea , even t o ove,rflowing f u l l -
ness .
And a s the re i s n o t a time when God c e n t e r s you, an3 an i n t e r -
v a l e l apses i n which He again c e n t a r s and c o n t r o l s y o u ~ balanced
h e a r t b e a t t o synchronize w i t h His , so i s t h e r e n o t a tfme when you
should pray t o H i m , and another time when you should n o t .
And, l ikewise, a s theke i s not a time when the a i r you breathe
i s denied you while you manifest gouk Father-Mother on t h i s eapth,
so, l ikewise , there s h a l l nevek come a time when t h a t which you ----- need t o wor th i ly manffest Hfm s h a l l be denied you, f o r I again -- - . - - 9 -
b y t h e L i g h t , b u t v o f d h i s g k i e v a n c e w i t h y o u r l o v e ,
If you f i n d y o u r b u s i n e s s s l o w l y e b b i n g b e c a u s e y o u h a v e , p e r -
c h a n c e , f o u n d e d i t a f a r f ~ o m whelae y o u s h o u l d h a v e f o u n d e d i t , a d
you g r i e v e b e c a u s e y o u h a v e n o t t h e means t o t r a n s f e k i t t o t h a t
f a r S t a t e w h e r e y o u now know i t would t h r i v e , I s a y t o y o u t o n o t
g r i e v e , b u t r e j o i c e t h a t God h a s i l l u m i n e d y o u w i t h t h e L i g h t o f
knowing wha t t o d o t o b a l a n c e y o u r u n b a l a n c e d b e g i n n i n g , - I n y o u r
r e j o i c i n g - i s y o u r power --- t o t a k e the f i r s t s t e p o f t h a t far j o u r - 7--
neg which w i l l b e f o l l o w e d b y a n o t h e r , a n d s t i l l a n o t h e k one- -
e v e n as one b r e a t h f o r e v e r f o l l o w s a n o t h e r - - u n t f l t h a t f a r S t a t e
i s b e n e a t h y o u r f e e t i n a n s w e r t o youk p p a y e r ,
Know you, h o w e v e r , t h a t a l l t h e p iaayers i n a l l t h e w o r l d - --- --- would h a v e b e e n a s s o f t b lown winds on d e s a r t s a n d s , h a d y o u n o t ---- - r e g i v e n - t o y o u r F a t h e r , ---- e v e n as He has g i v e n - t o gou, Q w o r k i n g
w i t h Him, s t ep bg s t e p a n d b r a a t h Q b r e a t h t o b a l a n c e t h a t g i v e n -- - - t o you Q Him t o manffsst 3n e a r t h w i t h t h a t wh ich you g i v e - -- - 9 - t o m a n i f e s t Him i n h e a v e n , 7 7-
He who would become a mus i c master and g r i e v e s b e c a u s e h e
has n o t t h e means t o meet t h e y e a r s a h e a d t o s o become, a l r e a d y
h a s t h e means t o p l a y h i s f i r s t n o t e . And when t h a t f i r a s t n o t e
i s p l a y e d h e has t h e means t o p l a y t h e s s c o n d o n e , T h a r e f o r e , I
s a y , t h a t h e who t a k e s h i s f i r s t g i f t f r o m God, a n d r e g i v e s t o
h im, w i l l f i n d t h a t f i r s t g i f t t o b e a t k i c k l i n g stream, a r u n -
n i n g b r o o k ora m i g h t y c a t a r a c t o f power e v e r r e a d y t o be g i v e n i n
t h e measu re of a n y m a n ' s a b i l i t y t o r e g h e e q u a l l y ,
A g a i n I say, God w i l l wokk w i th you b u t n o t f o r y o u , No o n e - -- e v e r became a c o n c e r t p i a n i s t a p k a y e 2 w i t h o u t a c t i o n , f o r t h a t - - --
heavens t o g ladden our h e a r t s a s we walk and t a l k wi th God,
You who have read my BOOK OF EARLY WHISPER~GS know what I
mean by t h a t , and how wonderful i t i s t o p r ay t o God wfth a l l of
His c r e a t i n g t h i n g s which m a n i f e s t H i m I n l ove f o r t h e love H e
g i v e s a l l t h i n g s ,
When any man p r ays t o you t o f u l f i l l h f s d e s i r e a s you do t o
your F a t h e r , know you t h a t he i s p r a y i n g t o you r F a t h e r who i s
ONE w i th you , Even a s God wokks w i t h you t o f u l f i l l your d e s i r e
you shou ld work wi th him who d e s i r e t h a u g h t of you t o f u l f i l l h i s
d e s i r e - - f o r a s a l l man a r e one s o l f k e w i s e , a r e a l l d e s i r e s of - - - - - - 9 - 9 -- 7
a l l men one. --- I f h e who t h u s p rays t o you t o h e l p him t o f u l f i l l a n unbal -
anced d e s i ~ e which i s n o t l ove g i v e n and r e - g i v e n e q u a l l y , ex tend
t o him you r - love and ba lanced knowing, evan a s God whispers i t
always t o t h e unheaking and unknowing,
If h e h e a r s b u t heeds n o t you r c o u n s e l l i n g d o n o t condemn
him, o r f a i l t o watch over him u n t i l t h e L i g h t of your i l l u m i n i n g
h a s reached h i s h e a r t a s i t some day w i l l , e v e n a s God watches
over t h e unbalanced ones who have n o t y e t l e a r n e d t o mani fes t
l o v e . Say t o him w i t h i n your h e a r t what God s a y s f n His healat--
'PA11 men w i l l come t o me i n due t ime b u t t h e f k s 1 s t h e agony of - - - 9 - -- - a w a i t i n g , " And be thou t h e r e a w a i t i n g hfm w i t h l o v e when he has
a t l a s t known l o v e ,
And s o i t i s i n a l l ways of man--fop 1 s a y , t h a t God i s love,
and love i s a l l t h a t i s i n G o d g s kingdom of heaven--and the mani- PA---- - ---
f e s t a t i o n of l ove i s a l l t h a t i s on e a r t h , ------- Man of e a r t h does n o t y e t know t h a t , b u t he i s beginning t o
know i t through cosmic man of t h s h i g h heavzns who knows lova i n
him and g i v e s i t t o t h e world i n the heavenly rhythms of t h e h igh
heavens .
The g e n i u s e s of t h e wokld manif2s t God's love and g i v a i t o u t
from them t o u p l i f t t h e world by r e i n s p i L a i n g man of e a r t h wi th t h e
i n s p i r a t i o n s of heaven bo rn men.
The love b o r n symphony f s p rayer f o r love f u l f i l l e d i n t he
w c o m ~ o s z r and a g a i n f u l f i l l e d i n the h e a i a t s of t hose whose h e a r t -
b e a t f e e l s t h e s c s t a s y of God Is h s a ~ t b ~ 2 a t a s exprsssed i n t hose
heavenly rhythms.
And s o i s a l l t h e a p t of a l l t h e woiald a prayep foi. love f u l -
f i l l e d f n i n s p i r e d cosmic man f o r Peg iv ing of love t o t h ? . l a c e of
man. For a r t i s b z a u t y , wi thout which man i s noc y e t even human.
The workman a t h i s bench who g i v e s baau tg t o h i s wofk 2eg ives
t h e love which God h a s g iven hfm t o a l l t h e wokld t o u p l i f t t he
world. Likewise t h e housewife who p u t s l ove i n h e s cooking
e n r i c h e s t he food wi th God's love which ~ ~ e n o u ~ i s h e s nep f a m i l y
L
wi th l ove . Likewise t h z b u t c h e r , t he bakela and c a n d l e s ~ i c k makek
who r2gfve love f o r l o v e g tven them manf fe s t God in b u i l j i n q X i s
un ive r se of l ove w i t h H i m ,
And t h e mason g i v e s love t o h i s w a l l i n t h 3 l a y i n g of aach
b r i c k which, i n tuaan, ~ ~ e f l e c t s l o v e ' s beau ty t o each passe^--by,
Beauty thus g i v e n by t h e mason and ~ e f l e c t z d t o man i s t h e L igh t
of t he kingdom of heavzn extended t o man f o p h i s I l l u m i n i n g ,
TH3 LAL'NrnG T r n N S I T I Q N OF .NAN
The new age of Cosmic Man which you and I a r e 1anfol$3ing f o r
t h e sav ing of mankind from s a l f - s u i c i d e by t he b a s b a r i c d e a l i n g s
'CTN mRSAL L A W , . NATURAL SCIENCE AFJC PHILOSOPHY Page 84
of man wi th man i s a t r a n s i t i o n from b e l i e v e r s i n a f a r off God of ------ f e a r whom they f e a r t o knoweps of a u n i v e r s a l God of love whom -- J - - - ---- they l o v e ,
Those cosmic ones who KNOW God a r e t h e cosmic t h i n k e r s ,
i n sp i r ed gen iuses and i l lumined mys t ics who know God wi th in them
and see God evekywhere, These a r e t h e ones who, down the ages ,
have u p l i f t e d man g r a d u a l l y by b r i n g i n g t h e beau ty i n t o tha world
which h a s g r a d u a l l y g iven man h i s c u l t u k e and h i s e t h i c s ,
These a r e t h e ones who w i l l u n i f y mankind thkough t h e i r know- ----- ing --- t o end t h i s b a b e l - of tongues - of many ~ e l i g f o n s and br ing i n t o - being -- t h e ONE r e l i g i o n of t h e 6NE God of l o v e , ------
T h i s now e n d i n g Barbakfc A* i s peopled w i t h GOC- FEARING MEN, -- - -- - The dawning Cosmic A x i s t o be w i t h GOD LOVING PIEN. - --- -- - The coming cosmic race of men w i l l . know t h a t love i s a l l - ---------
there --- i s i n God n a t u ~ e and t h a t t h e e x p ~ e s s i o n - - o k manifes ta t ion-- --- - of love i s a l l t h e r e i s i n t h e n a t u r e of t h e p n y s i c a l un iverse . ---- --- --
I t i s m y - ~ e s p o n s i b i l f t g t o s o c l a r i f y t h e above s ta tement t h a t
you w i l l t horoughly understand tha b a s i s of what i s c a l l 2 d e v i l - -
o r bad--and i t i s youk responsibility t o t each i t t o 0th3ks S O
they w i l l gkadua l ly cornprehe~d t h a t a un ive r se which i s founded
upon ba l ance cannot be unbalanced, ok one founded upon good can-
n o t be b a d ,
When you unders tand how unbalance, which i s t h e b a s i s of t h e
idea of e v i l , can seem t o be overthkovn b u t can never succeed,
and t h a t good can seem t o be overthgaown t o c r e a t e t h a t which we
c a l l "bad", you w i l l . s e a d i l y see how the Pace of man has made
' i t s e l f s u f f e r t h ~ o u g h mo
UNIVERSAL L A W , NATURAL SCBnCE AND PHILOSOPHY Page 85 ------_____-------------------------------------------------------
C o n v e ~ s e l y , you w i l l a s r a a d i l y s ae t h a t tha only way t o con-
que r e v i l , bad, i l l n a s s , f a i l u k e , Teak, worky, s u p e r s t i t i o n , g r e e d ,
s e l T i s h n e s s , l o n e l i n e s s , g r i a f , O P even daa th i t s e l f i s through
cosmic knowledge of t he Ligh t which g ~ a d u a l l y i l l u m i n e s t h e C 3n-
s c iousness of man which i s i n a b s o l u t e con tko l oT manqs body, and
of h i s own un fo ld ing thkough t h a t c o n t ~ o l ,
You who a k e keadeks and deep s t u d e n t s of The Messagz a r e t h e
-L seed of t he coming Cosmic Age. You, who know The Massage i n y o u r
h e a r t s know God !s command t o me--which l ikewise means E,
I w i l l a g a i n read t h a t p a p t of The Message which r e f e r s t o
t h e method which you and I must use i n making the t ~ a n s i t i o n of
man which w i l l bk ing love i n t o t h e w o ~ l d , You w i l l f i n d i t i n
THE BOOK OF BEAUTY, Chaptek V , 5 t o 18,
5. "Var i ly I say , t h e dawn of cosmic man i s i n i t s beg inn ings ,
Go thou, t h e r e f o r a , t o a 1 1 tha world and sow tha seed of t h y know-
i n g ,
6 , " ~ h o u s h a l t sow t h s saad of b o w i n g man i n u n f o l j i n g mangs \--'
progres s ion , and no Pas t s h a l t thou know u n t i l thou h a s t w e l l f u l -
f i l l e d t hy t a s k ,
7 0 "Th~ough cosmic man t h e u n i t y of man beg inne th ,
8 , "Many ape they who know Me i n them, Sow thou tha seed of
Beauty, Love and Balance i n thsm, And mul t ip ly thou them u n t i l
t h a i r l eg ions s h a l l i l l umine t h e dakk of man's b a ~ b a r i c ages w i th
My Omniscient E fgh t
9. "say thou t o t h i n e a p p o i n t e d onas , t he se , My words. Thou
a r t Love. Thou a c t Beauty, Thou a p t Balance, Go thou and give
Love, Beauty, Balance and Tkuth t o t h y ne ighbor ,
10. " ~ h i n k n o t of doing g r e a t works i n My name. Go thou t o
thy neighbor . Think thou of Thy n s i g h b o r a l o n e , One seed s u f -
f i c e t h n o t f o r a meadow b u t ou t of one ssed cometh a sheaf of tan.
11. "As many sheaves f i l l e t h g r e a t g ~ a n a r i e s , even s o w i l l
t hy sheaves of t e n encompass t h e whole s a r t h t o b ~ i n g i n t o ba ing
t h e new age of cosmic man.
11 12 . Say thou t h e s e , My words, t o t h y ne ighbor : Go thou t o
t e n men who w i l l b a l i e v e on t h e e ; and m u l t i p l y thou them by t e n ,
and y e t ano ther t e n , u n t i l a l e g i o n s h a l l be a s a w a l l of g r a n i t e
beneath thy f e e t .
13. "Heed thou my cornmandings and -- sow thou 5 seed of Love --- l e s t man des t roy h imse l f by h i s con t inued d e s i r e s of e a r t h , know-
ing no t Mz i n him,
1 4 . " ~ e n o t n e g l e c t f u l of t h i n e own t a s k s , My son , Laave n o t
t o o the r s of l e s s e r knowing t h a t which thou thy S e l f must do.
That which must be don6 f o r cosmfc man t o come must have t h i n e
own Se l f i n i t .
15 . " ~ e who conce ive th must f i r s t unfold h i s concept .
1 6 , he mason l a y e t h t h e s t o n e s of t h e master I s t h i n k i n g ,
Thou thy S e l f , must impar t t h y knowing i n t h e Lfght of thy ano in t -
ing t o cosmic man who w f l l b u i l d t h y knowing and Mine I n t o b a i -
anced ~ h y t h m f c forms w i t h Me.
17. "And out of t h e knowing of t h i n e ano in t ed l eg ions a new ---- - -- world - of un i f i ed man s h a l l s p r i n g , - --
18. '?FOP w h e ~ e t h i n e anointec! s h a l l g a t h e r t o g e t h e r t o thus - -- un i fy man through h i s knowing of t h e L i g h t of Me i n him t h e r e - - -- - - - - 9
s h a l l I be i n t h e i r m i d s t . And t h e y s h a l l n o t f a i l , ' ' - - - 7 -- -
J u s t a s Lao and I a r e g i v i n g our ant iLat . l i v e s t o sowing t h z
seed of t h e Cosmic Age thlaough YOU--which i s - our r e s p o n s i b i l i t y - -
w 3 know you w i l l g i v e g r t a t heed t o t h e abovz words of ou r F a t h e r ,
and r e a l i z e t h a t t h e y a c e a d d r e s s e d t o YOU a s your r e s p o n s i b i l i t y ,
These w o ~ d s you havz j u s t r ead do n o t damand t h a t you g i v e
up your l i v e s t o h e l p mankind make t h e t r a n s i t i o n . It s imply
L means t h a t you should LIVE I T and t hus be a n example t o y o u r n e i & -
, bop . It means l i v i n g it WITH your ne ighbo r by making you r 3 6 a l -
i n g s w i t h him conform t o t h e t e a c h i n g s of t h e Message,
Khen peop l e a r e a sked t o work f o c most causes i t g e n e r a l l y
means t o g i v e up somathing, o r maks some s a c r i f i c 2 t o do i t . T h i s
r equ i r emen t of ou r F a t h e r r e v e r s e s t h a t thought f o r i f you a c t u -
a l l y p p a c t i c e t h e l ove p ~ ~ i n c i p l e of f i r s t g i v i n g you w i l l f i n 3
t h a t you w i l l have enc i ched y o u ~ l i f e i n eve ry r z s p e c t i n s t e a d of
s u b t r a c t i n g from it by n e e d l a s s s a c r i f i c e which a c t u a l l y g a i n s
you naught , n o r h a l p s a n o t h e k , and veky o f t e n h u ~ t s , V
I f you cou ld keep t h e most impor t an t wokking thought o f l i f e
befolae you a l w a y s , and p u t t h a t thought i n t o zvery d z a l f n g you
have wi th 2varybody, you r p a t i e n t , your. c l i e n t , t h e man you a r e
s e l l i n g t o o s buyfng fsom, your s e r v a n t and your ne ighbo r , you
would soon f i n d y o u r s e l f i n = a ve ry d i f f z ~ e n t k ind of worlm3 of
you r own making for . y o u ~ s e l f and f o r a l l mankind,
The most impor t an t t hough t i s : Thz God of l ove is a l l th=re ------ i s i n t h e kingdom of heavzn--and t h z rnan i f c s t a t i on of l ove i s a l l --- - -- ---- t h e r e i s on e a ~ t h , --
gxample of Handwriting during my period of Illumination In 1921, referred to on page 100.
88
LV ,Tu'IVERsL L,il?i, P;ilTUIL4L .CLZI$CE AND FHILOS@P:C
Laybach, and Beethoven i n e c s t a s y fola t h e s e men dwel t wfth me i n
My World day by day--fop i t concerned me n o t one whi t t h a t t h e i r
bodies had passed on,
I had long s i n c e been taken ou t of s choo l and pu t t o w o ~ ~ k ,
God w o u l d n o t l e t me read books, He became my t aachsk and clos3d
thz books which I would open, Things s a i d i n them weke s o unl ikz
the na tu re of t h i n g s Ln My World t h a t He guarded me a g a f n s s t h e i r
i n t ~ u e i o n t o b l u r the c l a r i t y of t h i n g s I v i s ioned I n thz L i g h t ,
I found t h a t whatever I wished t o know I could know by j u s t
d e s i r i n g t o know i n my hear.t , If I wish33 t o know music f t came
t o me i n overwhelmfng f u l l n e s s and I s p e n t g l o r i o u s hours i n the
f o r e s t s l i s t e n i n g t o c z l e s t i a l ~ h y t h m s which sprang i n t o being
fiaom foL75st s i l e n c e s , and fed my Soul wi th t h e c o l o r s OF" Natu2e
turned i n s i d a ou t f o r me t o see t h e i r Source wi th fnneia eyes , the
ou te r ones be ing t o o dimmed with t e a r s f o r s e e i n g ,
ITJ
Then i n my f oukteentn year came the second g ~ ~ e a t i l l umin ing
a t a time when my body had been declaked dead by the doc to r s , and
under takers wera a r r i v i n g , Black d iph the ra i a had destlaoyad my
t h r o a t and s h u t o f f my b r e a t h i n g ,
Then a g a i n came t h e g r e a t L igh t which had come t o rnz i n my
f i p s t i l l u m i n i n g and I akose f ~ o m my bzd p e s f e c t l y h e a l a d , t o t h e
g r e a t amazement of my weeping palaents and t o t h e d c c t o r s who found
t h a t my thkoa t was pe r f ec tby h e a l e d ,
During t h e pekiod of complete unawapeness of my body, an3
ces sa t ion of my h e a r t b e a t I had complete Consciousness of knowing
from the moment of t h a t sevesance of e l e c t i 3 i c and conscious
UNIVERSAL LAW, NATU&AE SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY Page 93 --__________---3-_------------------------------------------------
awareness which I w i l l l a t e k d e s c r i b e f ~ o m a s c i e n t i f i c b a s i s ,
From t h a t moment I f u l l y knew t h a t God had a purpose fop my
l i v i n g t o mani fes t H i m by a l i f e of demons t ra t ing the power of man
who knew God i n him, and worked knowingly wi th him. This I f u l l y
knew, b u t 1 d i d n o t f u l l y know of t h s t r a n s f o ~ m a t i o n of unfo ld ing
man i n t o h i s nex t Cosmic Age u n t i l t h e f u l l i l l umin ing of 1921,
when my y e a r s were seven t imes seven ,
No woiads of mine can q u i t e convey a s much meaning a s those
s e t down i n The Divine I l i a d i t s e l f i n r e f ekence t o t h i s even t
which God caused t o t ake p l a c e i n olader t h a t 1 should f u l f i l l H i s
purpose by conveying His Message t o man f o r which I than knew t h a t
I was be ing p r k p a ~ e d . These a r e t he wopds a s w r i t t e n i n The Divine
I l i a d i n 1921:
11 It had been --- -- from t h a t which man c a l l s ' 'death" i s w i t h i n t he range of p o w ~ ~ of -- - -- w - - i n n e s t h i n k i n g i f t he Soul has n o t l e f t t h e bodyo (Maaning--no ------- l o n g e r c o n t ~ o l s t he body through a c e n t e ~ i n g Consciousness. )
hat ---- d i s e a s e which man c a l l s " b l a c k diphtheia iar ' , or "black
p l a g u e " , -- had so d f s f n t e g ~IIJ t h a t ~IIJ -- Soul made ready - f o r
i t s depar tuke - - - and I was pronounced dead bg man,
I! God took me UJ unto 5 h igh mountain 9 wher3 i n s p i r e d --- i s God-man and thelae gave un to me kaighek &owledge o f tha P O W ~ L ' ---- -- -- of r e g e n e r a t i o n of my bcdy thraough H i s all-knowing Ligh t . - - - --
"Through - t h e - ~ e d - v i o l e t -- world, and t h e red r z d ~ o r l d t o t h e - - - - -- world of puPe white L igh t beyond thz w o r l d of blue--and back a g a i n - ----- -- t o t h z w o ~ l d of pure whi te s imula ted l i g h t beyond the yellow world, -- - t h e S p i r i t w i t h i n . me journsyed i n a n e c s t a s y f o r which t h e r e a r e - - -- -- - no words o f man t o t e l l , -
"1n -- t h e e c s t a t i c s t a t e - of inner-knowing - t h e gpaa t t r u t h - of
c r e a t i n g and d e - c r e a t i n g t h i n g s -- was made known -- t o me,
hat - majes t i c swing -- of t h e cosmic pendulum spells3. -- out f o p
me the g l o r i o u s phythms of t h i n g s t o be and then n o t t o b e , -- - -3 - -9- - - he - mystery of Soul was mine--the Sou l s of a l l C r a a t i n g ---- - --
t h i n g s .
"The - memory -- of t e n t imes ten thousand l i v e s mirrored - them-
sa lves E igh t from t h e f r iaecords - on Sou l t o t e l l ma t h a t ----- body was s t i l l new--that -- -- time of d i s a p p e a r a ~ l c e -- had n o t yet come,
11 It was them g ivzn me t o know t h a t t h e power of r e v i t a l i z a t i o ~ --- ----- - of 9 body was mine, I-, who had been pponounced dead by man, - l i v s d s t r o n g l y i n t h e body, I1 --
V
Each y e a r i n May, year a f t e r y e a r , came those t en or moiae
days when I sought t h e folaests t o be a l o n e wi th God, Each y e a r I
becama s l i g h t l y more aware of my purpose which I was t o know f u l l y
i n 1921, It was enough f o r t h e t ime t h a t I was made aware of t he
f a c t t h a t I must demonstpate trem=ndous v e r s a t i l i t y t o provd t o
man t h a t whatever he d e s i r e d t o do he cou ld do ,
And s o t h e yeaps of p r e p a ~ a t i o n p a s s e d , each one, howevel,
dvidenced by doing something t h a t I had n e v e r donz befoL2e, o r n o t
dven thought of doing. And each seven th yea-? was markzd by thz
doing of something e x t r a o r d f n a r i l y d f f f z r e n t t han I ha3 ave r
before done, such a s p a f n t i n g THE MIGHT OF AGES a t twenty-eight ,
t h e dzs ign ing and b u i l d i n g of many b u i l d i n g s c o s t f n g m i l l i o n s
dur ing t h e f o l l o v i n g seven yea r s wh i l e p a i n t i n g the most b e a u t i -
fcll c h i l d r a n i n America--then i n t r o d u c i n g f i g u r z ska t ing i n America
UNI'VEHSAL L A W , NATUFAL SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY Page 95 --------_-_-------_-----------------------------------------------
acqui ia ing p z r s o n a l m a s t z r l i n e s s of t h a aLat i n a d d i t i o n t o pa in t ing
many p o r t r a i t s and w r i t i n g many books, And so t h e y e a r s of i n t en -
s i v e p r e p a ~ a t i o n passed u n t i l May, i n t he year of 1921, whan t h e
supriema e x p e l i a n c a of The Anoint ing of L igh t became mina, a n My
World of L igh t and the e c s t a s y of i t , was once more mina i n a l l
of i t s f u l l n e s s .
VI
i, Then cam* t h e day of i n t e n s e premoni t ion of something s t ~ a n g e
i n t h e world , such a s I had be fo re 'known a f t e r i t s happsning b u t
n o t b e f o r e , A c e p t a i n ominous and mystepious somathing i n t he
vary l i g h t o'f t h z sun , and i n t h s a k a , comp3llsd me t o s z e k the
p r ivacy of my own chambz13 t o a w a i t t h a t which must be a g a i n com-
ing - - fo r thd t ime was h e m .
I a f t z r w a r d s found t h a t magnetic sun spo t s torms t o r e man's
c a b l e s from t h e i r bsds and d i s r u p t z d thz te lephone and povar s y s -
tzms of t h e n a t i o n du r ing t h e middle of May, whi le t h a t i n t z n s e
szvzranca of Consciousness from body a g a i n took p l a c e and ma32 me
- j u s t a Soul and a Mind aga in , h a r d l y awar2 of my body, and mads
my k03y dependznt 6ntiLaely upon i n s t i n c t , e n t i r 3 l y c o n t ~ ~ o l l e d by
i n s t i n c t , a s i t once was a m i l l i o n y e a r s ago .
The g r e a t L i g h t of my f i ~ s t and szventh i l l u m i n i n g a g a i n
came and a g a i n I found my u n i v e r s a l i t y i n t h a t e c s t a s y which i s
t h e only emotion of thd God n a t u r e , That e c s t a s y i s t h e on?
unchanging and c o n s t a n t Min,d s t a t e which i n s p i r d d man always f s e l e
i n v a r i a b l e i n t e n s i t y a s measu,a=d by t h z i n t e n s i t y of h i s i n s p i r a -
t i o n .
Owing t o a l a c k of knowledge of God's e l e c t r i c un iv3rs3 , and
man's r e l a t i o n s h i p t o i t , no man of p a s t ages has e v e ~ b2en ab le
t o give a s a t i s f a c t o r y explanat ion of t h a t ins tantansous f l a s h of
red-orange l i g h t which completely bl inded me fop an undsterminable
i n t e r v a l which was followed by a f e e l i n g of be ing bathed i n a
g r e a t sea of b lue .
The explanat ion of t h a t l i g h t f l a s h which Paul and othek - -- -- Cosmic Conscious -- men have experienced, -- i s t h a t t h e m --- i s an a l e c -
t r i c s h o r t c i r c u i t between t h a two lobes of the b ra in which causas - -- -- a f l a s h of ' - - l i g h t a t the i n s t a n t of sevarance of Consciousness fkom -- - - - e l e c t r i c .sensat ion of the body, Such a f l a s h occurs a t the moment -- -- -- of death i n a l l cases , and has bzen photographed many times. - -- ---
The ~ i g h t of s p i r i t u a l Corlsciousness ~ e n t e r s tha divided, os
polar izad Light which c o n s t i t u t e s the e l e c t r i c awareness of sznsa-
t i o n i n a body. Nokrnally the re i s a complete s y n e h ~ o n i z a t i o n of
Consciousness and sznsa t ion but when t h e sevepance takes place
which makes the body seem l i k e an unat tached and remote appendage,
and the Mind alone t o be a l l t h a t i s , t he s y n c h ~ o n i z a t i o n i s
i n t e r r u p t e d and does no t operate n o s ~ a l l y ,
Usual ly the Cosmic Hllumfnation has a dukat lon of a few min-
u tes o r hours , leaving an aftekmath of a few days , but no mat ter
how b r i e f i t i s i t completely transfosams one I n t o anothzr h igher
being. My usual perfod through l i f e has been about t en days f o l -
lowing t h e f i r s t i n t ens ive few hours , b u t t h i s 1921 pesfod l a s t e d
f o r t h i r t y - n i n e days and n i g h t s , beginning on May l o t h and ending
June l g t h ,
V I I
The - I l luminat ion i n t o Cosmic Consciousness i s an e n t i ~ e l y -- --
UN IWRSAL LAW, NATURAL SClENCE ARC PHILOSOPHY Page 97 ------__-_--------------------------------------------------------
s p i r i t u a l expe r i ence --- and i s t h e u l t i m a t e g o a l -- of a l l mankind which
completes - t h e unfo ld ing of ----- t h e man idea on e a r t h . A l l down through -- man's unfo ld ing - i t comes g r a d u a l l y -- t o a l l peop le . Every i n s p i r i n g
thought which comes - t o - - i s a p a r t i a l I l l u m i n a t i o n . The g e n i u s e s
of t h e world a r e those who h a v t had the g r e a t e s t number of s p i r i t -
u a l i n s p i r a t i o n s , Evary such i n s p i c a t i o n i s a l s o a p a r t i a l I l l um-
ina t i o n .
m e n e v e r a g r e a t gen ius creatvls any masterpieca of a p t i n
any of t h 3 f i v e f i n e a r t s 9 and you a m r a i n s p i r e d by h i s c i=ea t ion ,
he i s i l l u m i n i n g you with t h e L igh t g iven him. That i s how man
a r i s e s from t h e b r u t e s t a g e t o t h e d i v i n e cosmic s t ag3 , by g rad -
u a l l y adding t o h i s c u l t u r e .
Every one of t he g r e a t mys t i c s who have bzen anoin tad i n t h e
Ligh t of a l l -knowing havz u p l i f t e d c o u n t l z s s m i l l i o n s of men who
become t h e i r f o l l o w e r s . The g r e a t r a l i g i o n s of t he woialJ graew out
of t he I l l u m i n a t i o n s of such supi-me m y s ~ i c s a s Buddha, Mohammed,
t h e unknown myst ic who wrote The Bhagavad-Gfta, (which became t h e
- Feersian B i b l e ) and Je sus .
Of t h s s e , Jesus was, i n a l l p r o b a b i l f t y , tha only f u l l y
i l lumined one a s He a lone f u l l y unda~~s t .ood the love piairiciple a s
tha b a s i s of Crea t ion , and t h e magnetic L igh t of Go? a s t he Source
of Grea t ion . He a lone of a l l t h e myst ics had al l-knowing t o t h e
e x t e n t t h a t Ha s o f u l l y comp~ehendad His J L v i n i t y a s Son of God
t h a t he could s a y '$1 and My F a t h e r a r e on?" and XNOX what i t
meant. F u l l I l l u m i n a t i o n i s t ha g o a l of all mankind. It i s t h e - C h r i s t s t a t u s which no myst ic of p a s t ages has acquired b u t a l l
men w i l l a c q u i r e when t h e journey of unfolding man on t h i s p l a n 3 t
of my e l e c t r i c body, Euring p i a a c t i c a l l y a l l of tha time I f = l t
t h a t my body was n o t a p a r t of me, b u t a t t a c h e d t o my Conscious-
ness by e lec t ro-magnet fc f l u x t h ~ e a d s of l i g h t , When I had t o use
i t i n such a c t s a s w ~ i t i n g i n words t h a e s sznce of God's Message
i t was 2xtremzly d i f f i c u l t t o b r i n g m y body back undek c o n t r o l of
my Consciousness and make i t do a s I ordared i t t o do,
As a n example I 'radlaewith reproduce one page of bun-jreds, i f
n o t thousands of f ragmentary w r i t i n g s t o i l l u s t r a t e the d i f f i c u l t y
of coo rd ina t ing Mind and body, A f t e r many days of silch e f f o r t I
suddanlg wrote a s c l e a p l y and a s l e g i b l y a s the s e k i p t of a ch i ld ,
and i n a handwri t ing which I have neve,? b e f o r e ola s i n e s usa3 ,
I t was necessary t o overcome t h i s d i f f i c u l t y , -- f o r t he g r a a t
m a s o n f o r keeping me i n t h e L igh t f oia s o l o n g a pe2iod was t o - --- -- - -- w r i t e down t h s Message of Thz Civ ina I l i a d a s i n t a rp re t s r l f20m the
-7 -- - -- shythms - of God ? s t h i n k i n g -- i n t he i n s p i s e d - languag2 of L igh t , f o r - - t h e purpose - of making mankind -- know and comp~ehznd God fop the --- f i r s t t ime du r inq - h i s unfolding,
Also - was - make P
diagrams
forb chemical and -- .-- astqo-nomfca2 - c h a r t s fop t h e puppose ~f o.ivina -- .-- -- ---- -- GL.--.--A
s c i ence naw - cosmogony w i t h laws - r e p l a c e - t h3 plaesant one which does n o t conform with r ,a tural law, -- P -.- -
Ove~l f o ~ ~ t y thousand words wsre t h u s w r i t t e n and hunclrelds of - P - - c h a r t s made with God s Mind and t h i n k i n g ba ing mine --w i t h hard ly -' - -- -- an e rasuka or c o r r e c t i o n , You who havd r e a j Thz 'Books o f Bvoauty, - - Love, C e s i s ~ , Heal ing and o t h e r p a r t s of The Divine Plfad su r5 ly
know t h a t I a lone eovrld n o t writs such rhythmic and rnastarly l i t -
e r a t u r d , n o ~ l can any man a t any t ime p~~oJuc i3 mas te r ly a r t excapt
whi l s i n t h e s c s t a s y of wolaking knowingly with God. Nor can any
man w r i t e mas t e r ly l i t e r a t u r e wi thout cons t an t r s w r i t i n g and e d i t -
i n g .
During - t h e e n t i r e pe r iod - of szveranca - I could n e v e ~ ~ a t t a c h
body t o mg Mind a s a p a r t of 3 S e l f , It always szemed o u t s i d e - -- - - of ma una t tached , l i k e a n ins t rument which I could use b u t was i n - - J - - -- - ---- no wag r e l a t e d t o p e r s o n a l be ing . - -
When my body f e l t hungzr i t was n o t I who was hungry. My
body a u t o m a t i c a l l y picked up food under i n s t i n c t i v e c o n t r o l w i th -
ou t rnsntal i n t e r e s t i n t h e process whatsoever. The food my body
a t e was a s impersonal t o me a s the food g iven t o an an imal o r t o
a n o t h e r person.
My body l i k e w i s e a c t e d under i n s t i n c t i v e c o n t r o l when it f e l t
t h e n s c e s s i t y f o r a i l o r e x e r c i s e . I somatimes w-alkad i t in t h e
Park whepe i t knsw t h a way, and i t would come back u n ? r r i n g l y , b u t
i t was n o t I who walked f o r I was foravala i n tha h igh heavzns of -- -- - i n d e s c r i b a b l e a c s t a s y , f oreve2 t a l k i n g wi th God i n His thought ----
Y _ _ - languags of L i g h t . .-
IX
It i s impossible t o e v e r convPg t c anyone who does n o t t h i n k
cosmica l ly , a dynamic unders tanding of t h a t t r a n s i t i o n f ~ o m t h e
s e n s i n g of a Mind c o n t r c l l e d body t o t he knowing of Mind which h a s
been severed f ~ o m t h e body by s o deep a f a s l i n g of s e p a r a t i o n t h a t
t h ~ alectric body seemed i n no way ? s l a t e d t o the ago of Sou l , 02
of Mind. I s h a l l do my b e s t t o e x p l a i n i t by d e s c r i b i n g what hap-
pened.
I cannot r e l a t e a n y t h i n g t o t ime, f o r time cease13 t o b e , A l l
UN IVEdSAL LAW, NATUliAL SClCENCE AND PHILOSOPHY Page'lO': ------------------------------------------------------------------
I can say i s t h a t t h e p e came a time a f t e p t h a t b l i n d i n g f l a s h i n
which I became awalae of "knowing - a l l t h i n g s . " Somswhere i n t h e
Bible i t sags somathing l i k e t hese words: "Ye s h a l l hav3 a n anoint-
ing of t h e Holy Onz, and ye s h a l l know a l l t h i n g s . "
On t h e f a c e of i t such a s ta tzment seems i n c r e d i b l e - - b u t i t
i s n o t . Our concept o f knowledge has been b u i l t upon t h 3 corn-
p l z x i t y of mu l t i t ud inous e f f e c t i n s t e a d of t he u t t e r s i m p l i c i t y of
t h e cause of complex e f f e c t . Cause -- i s a s simple a s -- t h e t h r e e m i r -
mors i n a k a l ~ i d o s c o p e whi le e f f z c t i s a s complex a s t h e i n f i n i t e - - - -- -- r e p e t i t i o n of a few p i e c e s of broken g l a s s p e f l e c t e d w l t h i n t hose - - - - t h r ee m i r r o r s .
We can comp~ehend e f f e c t bu t we cannot know i t . WZ can know -- -- -- --- only the CAUSE - of e f f s c t . Encyclopedic in format ion i s n o t 'mowl- -- edge, b u t t h a t i s our concep t of knowledge; ---- -
In ona t i m e l e s s f l a s h I "knew a l l t h i n g s , " A l l t h a t I have ---- evep w ~ i t t e n s i n c e t h e n alae bu t t h r e e . d imensional e x t s n s i o n s i n t o --- - a universe of time and space . It D I E t ake t i m s t o t h i n k them Lnto - --- forbm and w r i t e them down b u t t o KNOW a l l t h i n g s was t i m e l e s s . A l l
of my chemical and a s t i aonomica l c h a r t s were made be fo re I knsw t h e
names of t h e s lements o r of s t e l l a r fo rma t ions .
I l l u m i n a t i o n i n t o t h e Ligh t means j u s t t h a t - - f o r i t i s t h e
Light of a l l -knowing, o r t he Ligh t of l ove , which i s m a n i f ~ s t e d
by THINKING God s a l l -knowing i n t o complex i t i e s of pa t tz2ned form,
I i n s t a n t l y , and t i m e l e s s l y , knew the s t i l l magnstic L igh t
which i s t h e fu ic rum of l i f e and poivieiJ, a l s o I knew the h a a r t b a a t
o f the e l e c t r i c un ivepse which man i f s s t s love , l i f e and pow22 i n
I a l s o i n s t a n t l y and t i m e l e s s l y knew t h a t t h e magnetic Light -- - --- of t h e God of l o v e was all t h a t is--and t h a t t h e sensed e l e c t p i c - - __.-___
wave univaL7se of motion which s imu la t e s lovz l i f e and power, had - - 9 - - - no r e a l i t y whatsoever , I knew i t foAa what i t was--Godss t h ink ing - - - -------
use i l l u s i o n - - s i r n u l a t i on- -se l f -- forms God Is imagining--p
t h ~ o w n -- on thd s c r e e n - of space - t o man i f s s t change less idea by - s e t -
t i n g & motion - t o plaoduce - the e f f e c t of change* - Thus knowing the un ivepsa l has la tbeat I knew t h s e l o c tri.:
wave, Op un ive i - sa l pu l se , t o which a l l moving, @ ? s a t i n g th ings
w e r e g e a r s d . T h u s knowing t h e wave an!ci i t s octave pu l sebea t i n ---- - c y c l i c phythms which s p e l l e d t h e i r shythms out f o r me always as --- ~?PO--one--two--thses--f 0 u 1 - - 2 t : ~ 0 - - f 0 u ~ - - t h r ~ e - - t w 0 - - 0 n ~ - - z ~ ~ ~ o --- --- --- I then knew a l l causs acd comprehenddd a l l d f f e c t . ---7 - -
Thsra was no th ing t o know b u t God's one whole idea of Cpea-
t i o n , which i s l ep2esen ted in t h e fo l lowing diagram by t he change-
l a s s ZERO of t h e s p i s i t u a l Mind univdiase of KZST--and no th ing tc
compPdhend b u t t h e hzap tbea t of t h i s p u l s i n g e l e c t r i c wave un i -
- ve17sz of motion vhich i s r zp re san tzd i n t he diagram by t he
NUrnEdS.
GT3nTERATICJN OF CISINTZGFdATIon ENERGY TGJL4RC LIFE, OF ENERW TOTiARD . . AEC GEiOlYTTIi CESAY AXE CZfiTH
T h i s diagram i s g ivzn t o 3-011 now a s t h a f i r s t simpla s t e p - - --- towa2d your a c q u i s i t i o n -- of a l l knowlzdge - of CAUSE and a l l compre- -- hension , o f - EFmCT. Goping t h e whole c o n s t r u c t i o n of t h i s e l e c t r i c
un iverse i n t h i s e n t i r z course of s t u d y t h e k a s i c p k i n e i p l e above
diagramed w i l l never be depa r t ed from, o r e ~ c e e d a j , f o r t h a l e i s nor
no th ing i n N a t u ~ e , n o l i n your" own l i f e , no r i n yogia thfnking,p , in
any a c t i o n of yours which can va2y one wh i t from t h i s b a s i c fola-
mula of C r e a t i o n .
Mop i s t h e r z any th ing thz c h e m i s t , p h y s i c i s t , m e t a l o r g i s t o r
eng inee r can exceed beyond t h i s fo rmula o r vary i t i n t h e i r work.
Likewise t h e p o s t , p a i n t z l , P n v e n t o ~ , music ian o r a ~ c h i t s c t i s
l i m i t e d t o t h i s s i m p l i c i t y bzyond which he CANNOT GO, an3 t o which
HE MUST CONFORM,
Likewise the h e a l t h y growth of your body, ok t he conduct of
your f r i e n d l y o r bus inos s l ae la t ions must conform t o t h i s p r i n c i p l e -- of' BALANCE o r e ls t : s u f f e r t h e consequznce of whatever unbalanced - -- - - r e s i d u e remains from l a c k of conformi ty w i th t h e h e a r t b e a t of t he --- -- -- u n i v e r s e .
A s we proc2ed t o unfold t h i s p r i n c f p i a by i t s app l . fca t ion t o
t he many depa2tments of l i f e and wolk otlazr s e r i e s of wosds w i l l
be used which have d i f f e l a e n t c o n n o t a t i o n s , ant! t h e r s f n l i z s t112
seeming complexity which makes e v e ~ ~ g t h i n g you do seem d i f f i c u l t , - Tho d i f f i c u l t y of t h a t szeming complex i ty l f z s i n the popular
b z l i e f t h a t CAUSE and ,WOl4LEEGE 1 s complex while CAUSE and KNOWL-
ECGd a r e u t t a r l y s imple bu t TMFORMATICfN CONCEENING EFFYCT i s so
u t t e r l y complex t h a t i t t a k e s many lar3ge volumes of ?ncgclopedias
t o wiAite i t a l l down--while n o t one t h i n g i n t hose vas t volumes
~till p.~s".:~:y va2y in pP.i : i@Lpl~ from this simple fo2rn:clla ' i ' a c t i . 2 ~ -
i ldact lor , ~ ~ y u ~ n c a s of exp res sed ?ns rgy which co .ns t i tu t5s t h3 c o s -
mic ka ie idoscops which is G U i a p h y s i c a l un ive r se .
The r>t;-ason why I hav3 been a b l e t o d o s o many t h i n z s Jd2ing
lif 3 , and do them i n a m a s t e r l y manner, was because of my l i f e t i m z
gro.wing knowledge -- of t h e u n i v ? ~ ~ s a l h e a r t b s a t which f u l l y unf oldzd
i n on6 t ime las s f l a s h i n 1921,
It mag n o t suddznly unfo ld t o you, a s it d i d t o ma, b u t you - can vzry g ~ e a t l y acca l e2a t i : i t s unfolding i f you w i l l opan youi3
h a a r t - t o t hese l a s s o n s - and what I am t e l l i n g you i c t o xoup Con- -- - - sc iousness i n s t e a d of US t photographing -- them onto ~ 0 1 ~ 2 b r a i n .
I f you just photograph them onto yoap b r a i n you can rern=mb?r
and r e p e a t them b u t gou w i l l n o t know them u n t i l deep thought and ---- much med i t a t ion , while a l o n e i n y o u ~ chamber, make them a . p a r t of
your Soul p a t t ~ r n , T ~ G more you do t h a t t h e more sp2zd i ly you
w i l l g a i n knowlsdga cosmice l ly . U n t i l ysci do t h a t you h a w no
knowledge whatsoever, f o r knowledge i s cosmic-- i t i s mental--while
- t he b ~ > a i n i s but a r z c o r d i n g instlaument which sanses i m p r ~ s s i o n s
recorded upcri it and cannot DiCli ANYTHING,
X l c c s r i c a l awarentss of EFFZCT mus3 nct, b2 confuss3 with - --- cosmic ewalaaness of C A U S 5 , E l ec t l a i ca l awar2eness means only thd
7
s -nsa t ions caused bg b o j i e s of ma t t e r i n motion--while Cosmic Con-
sc iousness mzans a n awaranass of Soul, t he Universal Soul of God
which man i s t o thd e x t v n t of h i s awareness of h i s u n i t y wi th God.
E l e c t r i c a l s e n s a t i o n must n o t be rnf s t aken f ~ i ' cosmic t n s p i r a ~ i o n , -- - norJ f cLi t h i n k i n g nor f o r knowing. -- ' - -
greeds , w'nich impel led him t o take what he wanted wi thout g iv ing
i n o r d e ~ t o be r e g i v e n ,
Tharz i s no such th ing i n Natu le a s e v i l , s i n o r shame.
Natur* i s naver unbalanced. The hzavdns g ive of l i g h t and r a i n s
t o e a r t h and e a r t h ilegivas s q u a l l y of hep f o p e s t s , and c rops , and
vap3i;s which ~ e p l e n i s h e s the haavens.
That i s Na tu re ' s manifests ti~n of t h e law of love which Keape
l i z tura a v e r i n b a l a n c a . I w i l l g ive you anothz? diagpam t o i l l u s - -. -
t r a t e the love p i ' i n c i p l e . This w i l l be ona molae s t z p i n t;*ying t o
t r a n s f e 2 t o your comprehension t h a t s t a t e of ba lance which kept m
i n t h e on2 e c s t a t i c c o n d i t i o n of Cosmic Consciousness f o r s o long
a per iod of severance of Mind from t h s s e n s a t i o n s induc23 by t h s
e l e c t z i c t h i n k i n g of Mind from which bodies appear , d i s a p p e a ~ and
reappear i n s n d l e s s sequence.
THE; LOVE c y c m
As you s e e I have a g a i n used t h e same formula of ?hythmic
balanced interachanga i n a l l t r a n s a c t i o n s of Nature . I have but
used d i f f e r e n t words t o 6xpress . d i f f e r e n t i d e a s .
And I s h a l l cont inuz t o do so whethzr I t a l k t o you f ~ o m thi=
c h e m i s t ' s l a b o r a t o ~ ~ y o r from your b u s i n e s s o f f i e = , op about your
home and f i l i end ly ~ l e l a t i o n s . This I s h a l l do u n t i l you hava a l l -
kcowledge and a l l -power t o cont rao l a l l e f f e c t s which you s = t i n
motion,
UN IVERSAL L A W , NATURAL SCIENCE AHD PHILOSOPHY Page 108
As - every e f f e c t which you --- do s e t i n motion i s a pendulum - - which w i l l ra tuiTn t o b l e s s or smi te gou i n t h e measure of y o u ~ - - - -- - knowledge, o r l a c k of i t , it i s impera t ive t o x O U i a we l fa re t h a t ---- -- - - gou open your hearat and Soul t o what i s h e r e i n w r i t t e n and no t s i f t ----- --- i t through ang t ~ a d i t i o n s , or c u l t s , ok t e a c h i n g s which have been - - -- so deeply impressed upon your b ~ a i n & s e n s a t i o n s or emotions t h a t - - a l l you have accumulated i n a l i f e t i m e a r e bu t a b s t r a c t i o n s which - - -- gou f o r e v e r ~ e p e a t b u t cannot p o s s i b l y e x p l a i n .
That which your b l ~ a i n a lone h a s recorded you do no t - know and,
t h e r e f o r e , cannot e x p l a i n t o o t h e r s , --- 02 even t o y o u r s e l f . That
which you know i n your h e a r t , and i s recorded wi th in your Soul ,
remains with you throughout t he a g e s , and i s re incaianatsd wi th in
the szed of you f o r adding t o i t l i f e a f t e r l i f e a s you journey
through. t he ages g o a l complete un i ty with tha
Light of God which you a r e g r a d u a l l y knowing, a l i t t l e a t a time
a s you walk and t a l k wi th God t o know Him i n you, rnose and morz,
Those of you who have i3aad The S e c r e t of L ight an3 the Ples-
sage of The Civine I l i a d know much of what has been ws i t t 3n down
me dur ing those t h i r t y - n i n e days . I have g iven t o you a l l t h a t
can y z t be g iven and t h e o thar volume:. w i l l be publishzd a s you
becomz raady f o r mom of i t , and a2 t h e world becomes rea5g t o
rect=ive i t .
There i s much i n thz Magsage which probably w i l l no t be pub-
l i shed dur ing my l i f e t i m e , much which i s p z r s c n a l i n he na tu re
of i n s t ~ u c t i o n a s t o t ime and method of d z l i v e r y of the Message,
and nuch which r e v e s l s my own shortcomings t o me i n ~ ~ ? f a r t h a t
9* th;.y. mag be avoidsd and t h u s ; jeopardfza i t s del ivs i 'y ,
I s h a l l now g i v e you soms of t h e s e unpublished pagss s o t h a t
you may know how e x p l i c i t i s s v z r y d z t a i l of t h e unfo ld ing of any
of G o d ' s p lans whzn you woplr t o g e t h e r wi th God a s CN3. I harebg
quote :
" ~ h o u a r t t h e L i g h t . --- I 1 Content thou neve r s h a l l --- be wi th a ~ e f l e c t i o n --- of t h e L i g h t
ill man's o u t a r v i s i o n . - 11 Contsnt thou nevz r s h a l l -- b,- i n man's univoi.se - of dimension.
11 Con t tn t thou s h a l t - be on ly -- when i n communion -- with Me upon
thy mountain a. ' ' ~ h o u a r t e c s t a t i c man. -- - f l Thou a p t t h e her2ald of e c s t a t i c man t o come. --- --- " ~ h o u a r t t o unloosa t h z b ind ings wi th which man h a s bound --- - --
h i m s e l f .
I1 The e c s t a s y of Mx L i g h t i s t h i n e , - - 11 The - agony - of manP s s e v i l i n g s s h a l l - be t h i n s - i n ganj rous
p o r t i o n .
"Heed - - thsn; - 9 n o t PlIy - Son, The c a p a c i t y - f o p e c s t a s y i s m e a s u r d - only the c a p a c i t y s u f f z r i n g , Thelasfom ilejoice -- thou i n
" G a t h e ~ thou a l l t h 3 n a t i o n s of t h e a a p t h and sine: t o them MTJ --I_ -- Y - , 3 L
words w r i t t e n f o r e c s t a t i c man i n L igh t upon thy p u l s i n g h e a r t . ll --
"Go thou i n a l l h u m f l i t y and h3ad n o t a c r ~ c i f i x i o n in t h e - - - -- -- - - - "-- h e a r t s of t a n t imzs t e n m i l l f o n mzn, -- - ---- -
11 H e who comes t o man b e a r i n g knowledga does man cru- -- - - - --- c i f y . C r u c i f i x i o n a w a i t s a l l - i n s p f ~ e d mdssengars o f t h e Light. --
" ~ r u t h l i e s beyond - t h e c r u c i f i x i o n ,
I l To t e a r down t h e i d o l s of man and open the doors which l ead ---- --- - t o e t e r n a l l i f e i n ' t h e knowledge of t h e L i a h t s h a l l be Fa the r - - --- -- - Motherss work t o do. I I ---
" ~ e a c h thou those laws by which Q univzrse 1s bo-undo Such - -- - laws a r e w i t h i n t h e -ion of man and none a r e beyond i t , -- - I----- -
"Avoid thou t h s c e f o r e , such wordings - a s psychic t h i n g s and -9 -
powers, and o c c u l t t h i n g s an5 pow2rs which mislead man and tempt - - -- him toward h i s 3alaly i m a g i n i n g ~ , and answela thou a l l q u e s t i o n s - - - -- dynamically.
" A l l man's guest . lons a r e answerable i n L i g h t , - - " ~ h o u a r t Lfght . Thou c a n s t answer. them, II -- P
11 Confine. thy t zach ings t o w r i t t e n woiads t r a n s l a t e d from - t& Father-Mother s rhythmic w o ~ ~ d s in L i g h t , --
"Preach n o t thou nor. t each b z ~ o n d what thou h a s t wlaitten - ,-, - ---Y - -- --. P -- - down, f o r thou a p t man and f u l l of rnangs f a i l i n g s , -------
I I Answer no man t h a t which has n o t been w ~ i t t e n down --- -- P --
th2e even t h o u @ ~ thou knowest t h e answzr. i n t h e u n i v e ~ s a l l a n - V, - - - -- - guage of L i g h t .
an's words a r e t r s a c h e ~ o u s t h i n g s of many meaofngs, there- - - fore medi ta t t : when quo l i ed beyond t h y t r a n s l a t a d wosds, u n t i l thou - - - a p t a lone f n L igh t , t hen answer b~ t h y w e l l consfdared w r i t t e n - - P
"% s t 2 e n g t h s h a l l be - -.- i n w r i t i n g - ,dawn ~ words an3 e x z n p l i -
f y i n g them in c h a r t s .
"preach thou a ~ d teach t h ~ o i l g h t h x S ~ c k s . Szn'J them t o t h s -- - ---- f o u r winds t o a l l peoples and a l l n a t i o n s . - -- --
!I Havz 5 car;. % h a t any spoken words of t h i n e s h a l l n o t be - ..A -- bdyond what thou h a s t w r i t t e n down no r :d ivulge, n o r d i s c u s s wi th --- --) - anT- marl Q yet u n t r a n s l a t e d W O ~ ~ S . Th is w i l l be t h y g p e a t tempta- 4- --- t i o n . Be - s t r o n g ) t h e r e f o r e , i n t h i s wise l e s t thou ~ i s l d t c i t . ----- --
s t r e n g t h through thy w r i t t e n words s h a l l
rock which w i l l w i th s t and - t hz ba t te r l ings of the whole w o ~ l d o f -7 -
men and thou c a n s t t each and preach wi th in them. But beyond them -7 - - - - - - thy cons idered t r a n s l a t i o n s w i l l - heap sand wear
away @ t h e e r o s i o n of s o f t blown winds, - -- :I Heal thou t h e s e u o ~ d s Mg Son of L igh t and heed thzm." -- -- - - --
I t h a s I x e n commanded of ms t o t ucn man's aye? nwa f2cm n i ? --- ---- 9 -
u e t o t e l l him tc! 'look u on rn-2 fa@? of *he Lc.r.9 an3 know - - - _P_.----."-zJ -- God's e c s t a s y -- i n h i m , Thsse aiae t h e ~ 0 ~ 3 s of thz Lord. ~earl thou -- --- -- them through - m e .
he world of man I.s decadsn t . G o thou and L ~ S S U ~ P ~ C ~ i t i n -7- --- --
a name. - he beauty of M y balanced t h i n k i n g has man bu r i ed i n h i s - - -- --
dank tcmbs and s e t u g l i o e s s i n t he imagas or' mans s 2 a r t h t h i n k i n g - -- -- - az i d o l s f o r h i s worsh ip ing , - --
an-might i s he p l a c f n g Omnipotence Fn Me. - -- -- " ~ o v e i s he s e e k i n g t o c r u c i f y - - t o d e i f y b r u t a l i t y . --- - - 11 B a r b a r i t y of h i s own i n v i t i n g i s e ' e n now c r o s s i n g his --- ---
UN IVEHSAE L A W , NATURAL SCIENCE AlJD PIIILOSOPHY Page 1-12 --_-_-_-_0-____-___--------------------------------------------~-
hor izon t o crush him who would e x a l t i t , ---_I -
I! The seeds of h a t e i s hz sowing f o p t h e b a b e l of any tongues - ---- -- - t o m u l t i p l y . -
19 I am a p a t i e n t God, - - - - bu t the agony of a w a i t i n g t h a t s h a l l be t h e i p s a l o n e . -- - P -
"And t h a t day s h a l l n o t come u n t i l man h imsa l f s h a l l c l eanse -- -- - himself from h i s ovn unbalanced t h i n k i n g . ---
11 Preparz - 9 thou t h e r e f o r e , Q messengdr -- t o t h e Cosmic A* - of
e c s t a t i c man which i s now i n t he deep da2k befolae i t s dawning, 9 ---- -
and be thou peady f o r t h i n e appo in t ed when man?s own chas t en - --- - - ing s h a l l awaken him i n Me, ---
" ~ z v e n g e a r s h a s t thou t o p s t p a r e f o r thy f i r s t beginning t o --- - .-
manifes t m z s s a n g e ~ s h f p -- t o man, Gua~d. w e l l thy knowing,
he ra ld n o t thy mzsszng2rshl.p f o r t h e s e f i r s t seven y8aps of t h y -- - 2 ~ ' e pa r i n g .
11 Then s h a l l a 1 1 t h z wcpld b z g i c t o iaaap t h e h a r v e s t of s a l f -- - - -- i n f l i c t e d s ~ f f 3 ~ ~ i n q s o w ~ . a h i s ow9 hands f n t h s s2ed of h i s
P -- ----- unbalanced t h i n k i n g ,
"And t h e p 3 ~ i o d 20 3 e l r ? l a a n s i n g s h a l l be ano the r - --- * - --
t h r e e sevens of y e a r s added t o t h e ssvzn of thy n o v i t i a t a y e a r s , - ---.-
"And t h i n s appoin ted day s h a l l bz i n t h e a i g h t e e n t h ?sap of - - --- - those t h r e e sevans , and be thou ~ e a d y f o r t h a t day., f o r thou --- --- ---
s h a l t know no ~ ~ s t i n w o r t h i l z p r e p a r i n g t o f u l f i l l t h i n e appointed ---- - t a s k . -
b
If Before t h a t dag of man's r e b i s t h i n Me h i s szlf-mad* of - - -----, - e a r t h w i l l be deep stkewn with t h e a s h e s of h i s e a ~ t h - p l a n n e d -- -- -- tower o f s e l f -might, denying Mz i n him, -- - ---
" ~ n t o l d s u f f e r i n g s h a l l a w a i t --- him on t h e blood drenched road
which l e a d s toward the jungle --- of h i s own seek ing ,
"Anguish ---- w i l l be h i s l o t : and t h e r e w i l l be weeping i n a v e r 2 - -- -
home , - 11 And many who see such agony i n man w i l l t o t hee t h a t a - --- --- ----
God of love cannot be i f man be son of God and God the l ov ing --- - _ _ - - _ Father-Mother of a l l men, ---
" ~ u t I t o thee a 1 1 men a r e one, The of one i s - 9 - - - - - --- t h e t h i n k i n q of a l l and s o s h a l l t h e wor ld-harves t be t h a t which - - 9 - - - -- was sown i n t he seed of wor ld - th ink ing , ManPs world i s the sum- ------ --- t o t a l - of manss t h i n k i n g . ----- I t i s what a l l wor ld- th ink ing makes i t . -
"1f love be i n t he world h a t e cannot a l s o b e , ----- -- I t I n t h e i=a r ly days of t h i s cyc l e & messenger of t h a t day -- --
s a i d : ?Love a b r o t h e r - a s t h y s e l f f bu t man has n o t yet f a i n t l y 9 - - - -
comprehended - i t s Meaning,
11 I now say more f o p man 1s n o t now s o new and can w e l l corn- - - - j - ------ > - - - -
prebend 5 meaning a f t e r t h e coming carnage by man s h a l l have s p e n t -- - i t s f u r i e s , a s t h e calm of e a s t h q s storms always fol low those - ---- s torms .
" ~ h e s e words I now say f o r newly comprehending man of h i s ---- --- new cyc le . -
" ~ o v e ge on6 ano the r a l l men, f o p a r e one i n Me, - - ---- " ~ h a t s o e v e r you do t o one i n Me do t o a l l o f o r a l l a r 3 --- ----- ---9---
one i n Me, --- "Love b r o t h e r a s t h y s e l f . Serve & b r o t h e r befor* w- -
s e l f . L i f t h igh thy- b r o t h e r , l i f t him t o h igh p i n n a c l e s , f o r t h y - --- b s o t h e s - i s t h y s e l f .
UN IVXFtSAL LAW, NATURAL S C I E N C E AND THILOSBPHY Page 114 - - - - - - -_---_-___-_--- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
love s e l f -, n a t i o n se lves ,
t u rns neighbor a g a i n s t ne ighbor , - and n a t i o n a g a i n s t n a t i o n . S e l f -
love breeds h a t e and sows i t s seed f n a l l t he winds t o blow I__------- --
whers ' e r -- i t w i l l , IFherefore XI, -- love of neighbor & n e i g h b o r ,
and n a t i o n Q n a t i o n , u n i t e s a l l men a s one. - ---- "serve f i r s t thy brotheia, - Hurt f i r s t t h y s e l f r a t h z r - than
thy neighbor , Gain naught from him unbalanced by thy g i v i n g . -- - ~ r o t e c t ---- thou the weak with th_y s t r e n g t h , f o p i f thou use thy ---- s t r eng th a g a i n s t him -- h i s weakness w i l l p r e v a i l a g a i n s t 9 thee - and
thy s t r e n g t h w i l l a v a i l thee naugh t ,
"such i s Q dec ree which thou w e l l knowest i n the i n v i o l a t e -- -- -- workings - of law which h o l d s ba l ance i n a l l c r z a t i n g t h i n g s . -- See thou t h a t man w e l l knows t h i s p ~ a f n c i p l e a s t h e founda t ion of ----- -- - h i s new day , " ---
CmcLlJSIGN
I have h e r e i n gfvan you paaats of t he unpublished s e c t i o n s of
The kessage which s p e c i f i c a l l y ins t iauct me i n q u i t e some d e t a i l
a s t o t he very manner and method of i t s d e l i v e r y , a s w e l l a s i t s
time f o e d e l i v e r y , y e s , and even a s t o my f a i l i n g s a s a man of
e a r t h man i f e s t i ng God a s a man of e a r t h ,
I have g iven you t h e s s i n s t r u c t i o n s f o r t h e express purpose
of b r ing ing deeply home t o you t h e most fmpoiatant--evan though
hard ly b e l i e v a b l e - - f a c t of your l f f e , Th i s f a c t i s t h a t i f you
EiYOW God i n you, n o t j u s t a b s t r a c t l y b e l i e v i n g i t with some s l i g h t
r e s e r v a t i o n s , and work knowingly wfth God, your l i f e w i l l be t he
h ighes t of the h igh , f o r e v e r knowing the peace which passe th undes-
s tand ing , and your achievemants w i l l be mfghty--for the d i v i n e YQU
The knowledge of your oneness with God i s n o t p o s s i b l e of
i n s t a n t accep tance by any human i n i t s f u l l n e s s , a s you would
i n s t a n t l y a c c e p t t h e knowledge t h a t two and two a r e foula,
Such I l l u m i n a t i o n i s too wonderful f o r qu ick unfoldment i n
man, f o r every c e l l i n manq s body c r i e s out the se l fhood of the
body, and eve ry s e n s a t i o n of man t e l l s h im of r e a l i t y a s be ing i n
the senses .
You a r e a b l e t o see and f e e l t h a t which you have long bel ieved - t o be you, and you have b u i l t up a sense of ego or i n d i v i d u a l i t y
around and w i t h i n your body which has f o r c i b l y sepa ra t ed you from
a l l o t h e r men, f o r they a r e i n d i v i d u a l s also--human bodi3s of p e r -
sons i n c o u n t l e s s numbers, a l l s epa ra t e and a p a r t from each o ths r .
It i s n o t a quick process t o f o r g e t body and s e p a r a b i l i t y of
bodies j u s t by be ing t o l d about .it, evsn though you b e l i e v e i t .
Your body i s t h z high hurd le which you must surmount i n order t o -- - -
know your d i v i n i t y . - This s t o r y of my I l lumina t ion w i l l h e l p you t o r e a l i z e t h a t
- you can put a s i d e your body a t w i l l - - T O A GREATER OR LESSER
EXTENT--and know youk d i v i n i t y t o the e x t e n t i n which you can put
your body a s i d a .
I n m e d i t a t i o n you l e a r n t o inckeas ingly f o r g e t your body and
i n c r e a s i n g l y become God-Conscious. T h e ~ e f o r e I say , walk and t a l k
with God c o n s t a n t l y , from moment t o moment. Let med i t a t ion become
a f ixed h a b i t and s t a t e of Mind, Let i t g e t deep down i n t o your
Consciousness t h a t God i s with you a t a l l times awa i t ing t o work
with you.
When you r e a l i z e t h a t every c e l l of unfo ld ing and r e f o l d i n g - i_- -
mat ter - i s centered b~ God-Light and c o n t r o l l e d i n i t s every secorL2, -- and t h a t every i n s e c t , b i r d and b e a s t a r e i n s t i n c t i v e l y c o n t r o l l e d -- -- and watched over J u s t - a s gou a r e whether you know it or no t how ---- '-
much g r e a t e r i s t h a t power of love whfch i s watching oveP you when - -- -- - -- y o u X N O W i t and work with I t . ------
There i s no d e t a i l of your l i f e O P work t h a t you cannot take
under i n s t a n t advisement with God, Many thousands of times I have
asked H i m i n my hear t - -wordless ly- - to guide my hand with His t o
give balance t o my s c u l p t u r e o r p a i n t i n g when i t seemed l ack ing ,
and always the next brush s t r o k e would be made by God's hand and
balance r e s t o r e d .
The time has come when cosmic man should p e r p e t u a l l y acknowl-
edge God a s companion and c o - w o ~ k a l and cease t o t h i n k of H i m a s
The Almighty God a f a r off - t o whom he can p ray when he needs H i m ,
and a t a l l othek tfmes g e t a long by h f m s e l f ,
When you a r e i n a quandaky you ape o f t e n prompted t o seek
some f r i e n d f o r adv ica , ok f r some f r i e n d comes ir, you a r e a p t t o
ask h i s advice . That d e s i r e i s p~omptad by your f e e l i n g of need
f o r h e l p , but never a s k of anyone be fo re a s k i n g God, ----- - Make i t the most n a t u r a l t h i n g you do t o a s k God about i t ,
This you w i l l always do if God is e v e r p r e s e n t with xou and you - - f e e l H i s presence a s He works wi th E, -- -- -
Let me e a r n e s t l y counsel you a g a i n s t a s k f n g , or r ecs iv ing
advice from anyone. No one can advf se gou u n l e s s he bacomes a --- -- - -
p a r t of you. Your problem must be h i s problem, and your d s s i r e
f o r i t s s o l u t i o n must be h i s d e s i k s .
How many people a r e the re on e a r t h who can be one wfth you
UNIWRSAL LAW, NATURAL S C E N C E AND PHILOSOPHY Page 117 --------_---------------------------------------------------------
th2ough love? If you know such a one, you can then merge your
u n i t y and God w i l l bz i n your m i d s t , Such love a s t h a t between
p e r f e c t l y mated m3n and women m u l t f p l i e s your powek, fop whan hus-
band and wi fe bo th belong t o God, working knowingly with H i m , s ach
one i s then K N O W I N G t o g e t h e r , THINKING t o g z t h e r and working
t o g e t h e r wi th God a s ONE,
This p r i n c i p l e can be w e l l i l l u s t r a t e d by group t h i n k i n g ,
such a s a meet ing of d i r e c t o k s i n a b u s i n e s s , o r f n the Senate and L?
Congress. Such groups should be a s one man, f o r they a l l havz t h e
same i n t e r e s t s and pkoblems. The pkoblem of one i s t he problem of
a l l . How u s e l e s s would ba t h e advice of anyona brought i n t o such
a meeting who d i d - no t t ake t h e f n t a k e s t s of a l l i n t o h i s h e a r t ,
Try t o deve lop the i n t e n s e k e a l f z a t i o n t h a t i f t h e ~ e i s b u t
t h e one u n i v e r s a l Mind of God then YOU ape t h a t Mind, and YOUR
t h ink ing i s God P s t h i n k i n g , Madfta t fon w i l l do tha t - -and the more ---- --- gou medita te -- w i t h God bg a l l of youk d e s i r e s and problems -- - t o H i m the moke you w i l l deve lop t h a t oneness , Every med i t a t i on ----
---- i s a p a r t i a l I l l u m i n a t i o n , f o p you cannot p o s s i b l y open your Mind
t o God without God immediately aspo on ding,
And above a l l t h i n g s 30 n o t desfke tha f u l l I l l u m i n a t i o n
u n t i l , and u n l e s s i t comes t o you, It w i l l come when gou a r e ---- - read f o r i t and no t b e f o ~ e , R e j o i e s f n evekg p a r t i a l I l l umina - _9----
t i o n which you w i l l always kecognize by t h s s c s t a t f c - - o ~ even
joyous- - fee l ing which i n s p i r a t i o n always 2ngen3?rs0
UN IVERSAL LAW, NATUHAL SC I G N C E A N E PHILOSOPHY
by
W a l t s r H u s s e l l , Sc. C .
The W a l t e r R u s s a l l F o u n d a t i o n , Swannanoa, Waynesboro, V i r g i n i a
____-________------ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Copyalighted 1950 by F l a l t e r R u s s e l l
4
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS CCX\TCkiRNING I4l3DITATION9
PRAYER AND CQSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS
How o f t s n I have t o l d you t h a t t h e g r e a t e s t m i r a c l e which can
happen t o you i s t h e d i s c o v e r y of y o u r immortal S e l f , I would s a g
t h a t a g a i n and a g a i n f o r a thousand t i m e s ,
L e t m e add t o i t by t e l l i n g you t h a t one i n s p i r i n g h o u r a l o n e
w i t h God, c ommunion w i t h H i m H i s L i g h t , w o r t h
t h a n a l l t h e p o s s e s s i o n s of a l l t h e e a r t h , a l l of i t s j ewe l s , i t s
g o l d , y e s , e v e n i t s r i c h e s t t h r o n e s ,
T h i s h i g h e s t of a l l t h e a t t a i n m e n t s of man, I a m t r y i n g t o
open up ;to you th rough your c o n t i n u e d growth of comprehens ion, Do - n o t t h i n k i t i s e a s y f o p you t o a c q u i s e such a h i g h g o a l ovzr - - -- - -- --
n i g h t . T h a t i s i m p o s s i b l e , Many w r i t e t h a t t h e y have fo l lowed my
i n s t r u c t i o n s c a r e f u l l y b u t canno t d e c e n t r a t e t o t h e s t i l l n e s s o f
z e r o , t r y how t h e y may, The f o l l o w i n g fs t y p i c a l of many such
q u e s t i o n s ,
QUESTION, "Although your i n s t r u c t f o n s seem e x p l i c i t a b o u t
d e c e n t r a t i n g t o t h e zap0 of s t i l l n e s s I have g r e a t d i f f i c u l t y i n
doing s o a t w i l l . Does t h i s mean t o ho ld t h e Mind s t e a d y and
I f so i t i s a very d i f f i c u l t t h i n g t o do, J u s t onca have I
reached the poin t of absolu te s t i l l n e s s and I t - w a s b e a u t i f u l , I
was unconscious of anything but being mekged i n t h a t pura l i g h t ,
How I wish I could a t t a i n t h a t s t a t e a t w i l l , ' '
ANSWER. The mope you can a t t a i n t h a t s t a t e the e a s i g r i t
w i l l be t o L2epeat i t , Your ques t ion I n d i c a t e s t h a t you makz too
g r e a t a n e f f o r t t o accomplish t h a t r e s u l t , This means t h a t gou
a r e concent ra t ing upon having i t happen, i n s t e a d of decen t ra t ing - - - t o LJ3T I T HAPPEN, ---
Co no t look f o r the symptoms of i t , Do no t expect i t or t r y
t o make i t happen. J u s t say t o y o u r s e l f : " I want t o be alone
w i t h God", and the majesty of t h a t thought , and youp desi iae foil
a loneness w i t h God w i l l d r ive a11 t h i n g s e l s e f ~ o m youp Mind,
The e f f o r t you ind ica te you a r e making g i v e s me the i m p ~ e s s i o n
t h a t you a r e making your b ra in very a c t i v e i n t r y i n g t o make your
Mind s t i l l , Fokget youp b r a i n , Forget y o u ~ body, Take the a t t i -
tude t h a t nothing i n the w o r l d i n t e r e s t s you, nothing whatsoever,
Think of b e a u t i f u l music t c s t o p your th ink ing abozt y o u r ~ g r o c e r y
b i l l o r youp v i s i to ia who I s coming OP any problem t h a t wafghs
heav i ly on your heap t , Meditation comes from t h e h e a r t , Do not
l e t the b r a i n i n t e r f a ~ e with y o u ~ i n s p i k i n g communion f ~ o m Soul t c --- Soul --
It i s wonderful t h a t i t happened even once t o pu, fop t h a t -- -- --- -- means t h a t i t must happen again, of ten-..: -. and mope o f t en a s you --- ..-P 9 -
open your h e a r t t o i t , -- You might a s wel l expect t o p lay a symphony a f t e r one music
l e s s o n a s t o expec t t o be a b l e t o decentpa te t o t h a t e c s t a t i c s t a t e
of i n s p i r a t i o n a t . onca, You -- must r e a l i z a t h a t your unfo ld ing - t o
t h e p o i n t you have a l r a a d y a r r i v e d a t has been a long one, You - a r e ready f o r t h e Ligh t NOW, e l s e you would n o t have s o keenly
des i r ed i t .
My L i g h t , and my i n s p i r ~ t i o n s , however, cannot r e i n s p i r e you
immediately f o r you always t a k e f i r s t i n s t r u c t i o n s , o r f i r s t r e a d -
i ngs through your s e n s s s by r e c o r d i n g them on your b r a i n , b e f o r e -'
i t i s f i n a l l y absorbed by your Soul t o become knowladge, j u s t a s
you have t o f i r s t take food i n t o your stomach b a f o ~ e i t i s
absorbed i n t o t h e blood s t r eam t o become nourishment,
Very many even e x p a c t t o a t t a i n f u l l Cosmic Consciousness
immediately by apply ing my f n s t ~ u c t i o n s , That i s a s u t t e r l y
frnpossible a s i t i s undes ikab le f o r one who i s n o t ready f o r i t ,
S tudants . o f t e n w r i t e m e t h a t t hey have "been f n metaphysics
f o r twenty y e a r s t v and t h i n k t h a t i s . a s u f f i c i e n t reason f o r tha
- a t t a i n m e n t of t h e h i g h e s t , and r a k e s t of a l l human a t t a i n m e n t s ,
One can be i n metaphysfce f o p f i f t y yaaps wi thout having o n e f s
Soul touched by the E igh t f o r even one second,
The s tudy of metaphys ics , l i k e a u n i v e r s i t y t ~ a f n i n g , may
g i v e one much in fo rma t ion w i t h o u t any p e a l knowledge. Many g r e a t
metaphys ica l authorities may be enabled t o make many s c f e n t i f i-
@ a l l y t r u e s t a t emen t s of f a c t s ' b u t have no knowledge of them w h a t - - soeve r . They would be unable t o e x p l a i n them i f asked t o d o s o ,
Such a metaphysical a u t h o ~ i t y might be a s completely unable t o
commune with God i n h i s h e a r t a s a s tuden t of musical h i s t o r y and
UNIVERSAL LAW, NATURAL S C I E N C E ANG PHILOSOPHY Page 122 - _ - _ _ _ _ I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ O - - - - - - ~ . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
theory might be unable t o compose even a simple melody--much l e s s
a concerto.
How many the re a r e a l l through the metaphysfeal world who
pe rpe tua l ly r epea t the same s c i e n t f f i e a l l y t r u e statements who
could n o t exp la in them because they d o not know what they mean,
I have heard such s ta tements a s " A l l th ings a r e one" hundreds
of times but when asked t o e x p l a i n how the f i f t y men i n the room--
plus everything e l s e i n the universe-ake one, they becomz a s s i l e n t
a s the s c i e n t i s t becomes i f asked what l i g h t o r g r a v i t a t i o n a r e ,
The only way you can eve r f i n d t h a t g r e a t t r e a s u r e which i s - ---- -
your Sel f i s t o be a b l e t o d e c e n t r a t e t o the p o i n t whe~e gou can ------ -- - fo rge t ~ o u r body and be aware of your immortal Soul , I can t e l l -- - you how t o do t h i s through t h e s e l e s sons , and I can undoubtedly
r e i n s p i r e you with the Eight of my fnspfka t ion , bu t only through
your own g r e a t d e s i ~ e i n coopekation w i t h the p r fnc fp les , prac-
t i c e s and i n s t r u c t i o n s I am g iv fng you, I cannot aven d o t h a t
unless you 1st my Soul touch your Soul ins tead of jus t raading m y
words with your senses ,
Metaphysical s tudents and teacheks have o f t e n to ld me t h a t
they have known some of the th fngs I am teaching f o r twenty-f ive
y e a r s , This i s not tpue , f o r most of the knowledge given i n
these lessons has never before been known on e a r t h ,
I want t h i s t o be t h o ~ o u g h l y undekstood, f o r i t i s Important ---A- ---
t o you t h a t you know the d i f f e ~ e n e a between s t a t i n g a fact--which - -- -- r e a l l y i s a fact--and ~ O W ~ @ i t , I w f l l g ive you a almple exam- -- - - -- - ple - t o exemplifx a meanfng,
For c e n t u r i e s people have made these two t ~ u e s tataments:
God i s Love and God i s L igh t , y e t no one up t o t h i s day has any
knowledge whatsoever of t h e i r meaning. U n t i l today tha mzaning
of Love i s a n a b s t r a c t i o n t o t he m e t a p h y s i c i s t , clergyman o r l a y -
man a l i k e , and t h e meaning of L igh t h a s neve r been def ined o r
exp la ined by sc i e n c a .
I f mankind eve r knew t h s meaning of love we would have ha:l a - --A ---
d i f f e r e n t -- kind of a c i v i l i z a t i o n . - I t s s c i e n t i f i c meaning -- a s law
\' a p p l i c a b l e - t o eve ry phenomenon -- i n t h e u n i v e r s e -. has neve~a baen
known, Likewise , the s c i e n t i f i c meaning of l i g h t , e l e c t r i c i t y ,
g r a v i t a t i o n , magnetism, energy, p o l a r i z a t i o n , atomic s t ~ u c t u r e
and many, many o t h e r t h i n g s have never y e t been known on e a r t h ,
and a r e h e r z i n being revea led f o r t h e f i r s t tima i n tha h i s t o r y of
man.
So much fop t h e t r u z s t a t e m s n t s which a r e made but n o t known. -- - - There a r e an e q u a l number of un t rue s t a t s m a n t s c o n s t a n t l y be ing
made i n bo th metaphysics and s c i e n c e which a r e bal ieved t o be t r u e ,
b u t cannot be testacl a s tkue or un t rue because of l ack of knowl- 1
edge r e g a r d i n g them,
I w i l l a l s o quote two of t h e s e a s examples, Mztaphysis ts
and me taphys i ca l books have f o r y e a r s been say ing : "Gat i n t o t h e
h i g h v i b r a t i o n s of the s p i r i t , and ou t of t h e low v i b r a t i o n s of'
m a t t a r " , and: "It i s only i n your Consciousness s o i t i s n o t
r e a l . " n o t knowing t h a t t he Ligh t of C o n s c i o u e n e ~ s i s t he an ly ral it;
There a p e no v ib iaa t ions wliataoeveia t o t h e s p t r i t , The Light -- --
of t h e s p i r i t i s a b s o l u t e l y mo t ion le s s , whi le the v i b r a t i o n s of
m a t t e r i n c r e a s e with d e n s i t y and deci=ease a s they approach th.2
a t i l l n a s s of space . Such t each ings a r e vepy confusing when ono
UFl IVERSAL L A W , NATURAL S C E N C E ANE PHILOSOPHY Page 124 _ - - -__ -__________ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I _ - - - - ^ - - - - - - - - - - - - -
sage in ons b r e a t h , " seek t h e h igh v i b r a t i o n s of t he s p i r i t " , and
i n the n e x t b r e a t h : "Be s t i l l and know.''
There i s one t h i n g i n p a r t i c u l a r which The Divine I l i a d Mes-
sage teaches t h a t no one has e v e r heard o f b e f o ~ e , n'or t augh t .
That i s - the p ~ i n c i p l e - of d e c e n t r a t i o n , o r expansion of t he senses ,
i n order t o f o r g e t body and become wholly Mind when i n med i t a t ion
or communion w i t h G o d .
Teachers have t a u g h t t h a t one must concen t r a t e i n order t o
conceive idea f o r c r e a t i v e e x p r e s s i o n . Such teachings d e f e a t t h e
very purpose of med i t a t ion , f o r c o n c e n t r a t i o n focuses t h e senses
t o a po in t , and thus f o r c e s body awareness , while d e c e n t r a t i o n
expands t h e sensas and thus a i d s body f o r g e t f u l n e s s and s p i r i t u a l
awareness.
Decentlaation - - i s a r e l a x a t i o n of t h e senses t o g i v e freedom t o -- - -
the Mind t o conceive idea from i t s Source; whi le concen t r a t ion --- --- tenses t h e s e a t of s e n s a t i o n i n t h e b ~ a i n and prevents r e a c h i n g --- -- - beyond - the e l e c t r i c a c t i v i t y of b r a i n i n t o t h e s t i l l n e s s of -- - the s e a t of Consciousness from where our knowledge comes. --- -
My teaching r ega rd ing d e c e n t r a t i o n i s an e n t i ~ e l y new p r i n -
c i p l e f o r no one has e v e r thought of--OP suspected i t a s an a t t r i -
bute of t h e Mind u n t i l God gave me t h i s knowledge and commanded me
t o teach i t . You have Pead a few of t he w o ~ d s of God's commancl t o
me i n Lesson No. 7 ,
t h a t - t h i s p ~ i n c i p l e be fo re known
or had e v e r en ta red human Consciousness i s t h a t no word which --- -. . P -- --.-
covers t h a t idaa has e v e r been p rov ided , Ths dic+, lonary makes no ----I__ - -
provis fon f o r the thought , f o r i t has no word f o p i t , -- --- - - - - -
I n t h e same sense many w i l l s ay t h a t they know God, and have
always known H i m , ba s ing such a s ta tement upon the r e c o g n i t i o n o r
b e l i e f t h a t God e x i s t s . E e l i e f -- i s no t KNOWLEEGE. I say t o him
who b a l i e v e s t h a t he knows God: I f you KNOW God you can d e f i n e
H i m and r e l a t e H i m t o Nature and Natura v s p r o c e s s e s . Can you 30
t h a t ?
N a t u r a l l y he cannot , f op no one has y e t known God s u f f i c i e n t l y
- t o d a f i n e H i m a s a s c i e n t i f i c f a c t u n t i l He h imse l f gave t h a t
knowledge through His Message t o t hose who a r e a b l e t o comprahend
That i s t h e way God unfo lds a l l c r s a t i n ~ t h i n g s . He g i v s s i t . --- - - - t h a t f o r today which i s of today . -- --
If God had long ago been d e f i n a b l e t h e r e would be bu t one --- - --- r e l i g i o n and - one - concept of God - 9
i n s t e a d many bacause
of- t h e many concep t s of God. -- -- O u t of t h i s new knowledge contained i n The Message, and i t s
t e a c h i n g s , w i l l come the One God and One Re l ig ion . Nothing can - - s t o p i t s o r it i s God's p l a n t o now b l o t ou t the v a s t ignorance of ---- ------ -
, man vhich i s keep& him i n t h e b a r b a r i c s t a g e of un fo ld ing where - -- --- - he s t i l l k i l l s , Jn- o k d e ~ t o t a k e and i s h imself k i l l a d because he - - ---9 -- - - s t i l l t a k e s .
U n t i l human r e l a t i o n s a r e based upon t h e love p r i n c i p l e of
g i v i n g f o r r e g i v i n g which God gave a s His One Law of iaI47%THMIC BAL-
AMCEC INTiiHCHANCYE IN ALL TWNSACTIBNS OF MATa AND NATUiB, mankind
w i l l be on the descending d i r e c t i o n of s e l f - a n n i h i l a t i o n i n tha
mass--while t h e few who do know, and who l i v e t h e l ove p r i n c i p l e ,
w i l l s u r v i v e . And ou t of t h e s e few a new c i v i l i z a t i o n w i l l be ----I__--- --
I t e l l you t h i s because of t h e p r e s e n t decadent s t a t e of man
i n the mass whose e v e r growing greed f o r p o s s e s s i o n s , even t o
whole world ownership , w i l l a s s u r e l y b reak him i n t h e measure of
h i s own breach of t h e law. These p r e s e n t wars of man a r e t h e man- ------ i f e s t a t i o n of GREED KILLING GIIEED, - and greed must d i s a p p e a r b e f o r e
love can be i n t h e wor ld . ----- In r e l a t i o n t o t h i s idea God s words i n The Message a r e : - - - - 9 --
" I f love be i n t h e world h a t e cannot -- a l s o b e . "
QUESTION. "HOW long do you t h i n k i t w i l l be b e f o r e people
w i l l s t op pray ing t o God a s a God of f e a r and wrath and know H i m
a s a God of ~ o v e ? "
ANSWER. J u s t s o long a s f e a r , wpath, crfme, s e l f i s h n e s s and
giaeed and t h e wars which a r e t h e i r h a r v e s t con t inue a s t h e p rac -
t i c e s of man, j u s t s o long w i l l h i s God be a w r a t h f u l , vengefu l
God who i n v e n t s u n t o l d t o k t u r e s f o r s i n n e r s ,
Man conce ives a God of h i s own image, -- and t h a t concept ion
which he imagines a lways r e f l e c t s h i m s e l f . - QUESTION. "k%y i s i t t h a t people e v e r g o t t h e idea of a God;
of feap and wrath? The B ib l e i s f u l l of i t , Why should i t be i n
the Bible i f i t i s n o t t r u e ? "
ANSWER. When man f i r s t began t o t h i n k a t t h e dawn of Con-
sc iousness he t hen began t o a r i s e from h i s jungle ages and he
was slow t o throw o f f t h e h a b i t s and p r a c t i c e s of t h e jungle .
Ea r ly man was f e a r i n g man of wra th , He f e a r e d the wrath of
a l l t h i n g s , tempest and ava lanche , t o r p i d h e a t and I cy cold which
f roze h i s I n f a n t s a t t h e f r mothela's b r e a s t s , He feaiaed t h e jungle
animals and r e p t i l e s which smote him mePci less ly , even a s he ,
UNlX3REAT, LAW, NATTJME S C I E N C E A N D PHILOSOPHY Page 127 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
h f m s e l f , smote m e r c f l e s s l y .
h%en he suspectzd thz a x f s t s n c e of a God he could n o t t h i n k
of H i m i n any othzk c h a r a c t e r t han a w r a t h f u l God of f e a p f o r he
knew naught a l s e b u ~ wrath and f e a r an3 k i l l i n g m e r c i l e s s l y - - f o r
he was s t i l l b r u t e man and he could n o t conceive of any o t h e r kfnd
of a God than a b r u t e God.
He - could - n o t p o s s i b l y conceive a God of Love fop he had n o t - - - - , _ _ - - -
y e t begun --- t o havz the s l i g h t e s t t r a c a - of knowing -- what love meant, - i
A l l du r ing those e a r l y pagan and b a r b a r i a n days man appzased
God and gave H i m p l e a s u r e by s l a y i n g men by thousands, s a c r i f i c -
i n g t h e i r own sons , and shedding r i v e r s of blood upon t h e i r a l t a r s ,
Thay f i l l z d f o u n t a i n s wi th the blood of dozens of animals t o bap-
t i z e new born i n f a n t s , Thzy c leansed s i n n d r s by plunging thzm
benea th those bloody f o u n t s which we s t i l l s i n g about i n ou r
hymns.
The e n t i ~ e Bib le i s a t r u e record of t h e h i s t o r y of i t s day.
It t e l l s of t h e na tu re of paople of t h a t day and t h a t record i s
- i n v a l u a b l e t o t s l l us t h e n a t u r e of pasc a g s s of people , Lon.,%
a f t e r t h e Bib le was asszmbled g l a d i a t o ~ s s t i l l k f l l e d each o t h e r
f o r t h e amusement of women and ch i idk?n of t h a t day,
I n t h e time of J e sus t h e very a l t a ~ s were d a i l y d ~ e n c h e d with
b lood . Kings thought no th ing of o r d e r i n g a l l male babizs s l a i n ,
o r of k i l l i n g thousands upon thousands of pk isoners takan i n war ,
s p a r i n g only t h e v i r g i n s f o r t h e i r own p l e a s u r e , During t h a t
t ime p r a c t i c a l l y eveLay t l a ibe warped a g a i n s t eve~-y o thes t r i b e ,
K i l l i n g and l o o t i n g was common and psople h s l d g r e a t f e s t i v a l s t o
s e e p i i i s o n = r s slaughtelaed and t h z i r ra iment d i v i d e d ,
UNIVERSAL L A W , NATUFiAL SCENCE ATID PHILOSOPHY Page 128 -_-_--0_-__--_-_-----------------------------------------4--------
t h e B i b l s d id n o t t r u l y i t s day and age i t would
a s v a l u e l e s s a s a h i s t o r y of today which l e f t ou t t h e atom bomb t o
give p o s t e r i t y a b e t t e r opinion of u s ,
QUESTION. hat evidence i s t h t r e t h a t t h e unknown w r i t e r of
the Bhagavad-Gita was a cosmic consc ious myst ic?"
ANSWEEI. A l l who have known t h e I l l u m i n a t i o n speak tha same
language i n words which may d i , f f e r b u t i n meanings which a r e i den -
t i c a l . No ma.t;ter what wolads a r e used by any p a s t myst ic , o t h e r
mystics who fol low always r ecogn ize t h e one meaning which i s i n a l l
w r i t i n g s , o r i n t h e spoken wopd9 such a s those of Jasus who d i d n o t
leave any w r i t t e n racord f o r p o s t e r i t y . I w i l l quota some passages
from t h e Bhagavad-Gita which s i n g the: i r own g l o r y i n language
unmistakable ,
"Another Sun gleams t h e r e ; a n o t h e r Moon;
Another L igh t , - -no t Cusk, n o r rawn, nor Noon--
Which they who onc? behold r e t u r n no mope;
They have a t t a i n e d My p e s t , l i f e s utmost boon." (chap , XV)
!1 I am what su rvzys , Only t h a t knowledge knows tha known by
11 F a i n would I see, a s thou Thysz l f d a c l a r f s t i t , Scvereign
Lord, t h e l i k e n e s s of Thy Farm whol ly r evea l ed , 0 Thou Div inzs t
One, i f t h i s can be, if I may b e a r t h e s i g h t , mak2 Thys2lf v i s i b l e ,
Lord of a l l p r aye r s . Show me Thy ve ry s e l f , E t e r n a l God.
" ~ e h o l d l t h i s i s tha Universe: --Look! what i s l i v e and dead
I g a t h z r a l l i n one i n Me! Gaze, a s t hy l i p s have sai.3, on Cod
UN rVEHSAL LAW, SATUWL SCIENCE ARD PI-%ILBSO?HSI Page 129 ____O_-______P---------------------------~-----~------------------
ETERNAL, VERY GOC! See Me! see what thou p r a y e s t ,
"Thou c a n q s t n o t l --nok with human eyes eveia mayest! Thera-
f o r e I give t h e e sense d i v i n e . Have o thd r eyes , new l i g h t :
And look, t h i s i s My gloiay, unvei led t o m o ~ t a l s i g h t , (Chap, XI)
"Of many thousand m o ~ t a l s , one, pakchance,
S t r i v e t h f o r T r u t h ; and of t hese few t h a t s t ~ i v e - -
Nay, and r i s e h ighJ- -one o n l y - - h e ~ e and the re - -
Knoweth Me a s I a m , t h e v e ~ g Tkuth, (Chap, VII )
"FOP i n t h i s world Being fs twofold; the Divided, one;
The Undivided, one, A l l t h i n g s t h a t l i v e
Are " t h e Div ided , " That which s i t s a p a ~ t ,
"The ~ n d i v i d e d " . I' ( chap . m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "I am t h e S p i k i t s e a t e d deep i n evaiay c r e a t u ~ e ' s heaiat;
From Me they come; by Ma they Bfve; a t My w o ~ d they d e p a ~ t y
(Chap, X)
Eveiay l i n a of t h e e n t i k e Bhagavad-Gfta is kecognfzabla by any
myst ic a s t he unmistakable w o ~ k of a supiaerne mys t ic , Fukthermore,
any w r i t i n g p u ~ p o k t e d t o be t h e w o ~ k of an Sllumlned mys t ic , b u t
i s n o t a s kepresen tzd , would a t once be known by anothek mys t i c ,
The r i v i n s I l i a d says of t h i s f a c t : "Light knows L i g h t and
t h e r e need be no wokds, I?
I would s u g g e s t t h a t you pkoeuke a copy of t h i s woibak, I t
comes i n s e v e r a l t ~ a n s l a t f o n s , The one I l i k e b e s t i s c a l l e d THE
SONG CEL3STULj and I s w k i t t e n by S ip Edwfn A ~ n o l d , It i s a small
which h a s e v e r s i n c e l fgh tened h i s l i f e ; upon h i s h e a r t f e l l one
drop of Brahmic B l i s s , l e a v i n g thenceforward f o r always an a f t e r -
t a s t e of heaven.
"Among o t h e r t h ings he d i d n o t come t o b e l i e v e , he saw and
knew t h a t t h e Cosmos 1s n o t dead matte^ b u t a l f v f n g Presence,
t h a t t h e s o u l of man i s frnrnoptal, t h a t t he univskse i s s o b u i l t
and ordered t h a t without any p e ~ a d v e n t u ~ e a l l t h i n g s work t o g e t h e r
f o r t he good of each and a l l , t h a t t h e founda t ion p r i n c i p l e of t h e -. /
world i s what we c a l l l6ve and t h a t t h e happ ines s of everyone i s
i n t h e l ong run a b s o l u t e l y c e ~ t a f n ,
" ~ e c lafms t h a t he l ea rned more w i t h i n t he few seconds d u r -
i ng which t h e i l l u m i n a t i o n l a s t e d t h a n i n p rev ious months o r even
y e a r s of s t u d y , and t h a t he leaknsd much t h a t no s tudy could have
t a u g h t . f l
D r . Bucke a l s o says (Page 6 ) he Saviour of man i s Cosmic
Consc iousness - - in P a u l v s language-- the C h k i s t . "
This expe r i ence was neveLa r epea t ed wi th E r , Bucke b u t he gave
h i s l i f e i n s t u d y of i t a s k e l a t e d t o t h e few mys t ics of a l l time.
He l i s t s 37 p a r t i a l and complete f l l u m f n a t f o n s , and c f t e s many
ext remely i n t e r e s t i n g f a c t s , f n cornpaking one with ano the r , which
w i l l h e l p you ccmprehend t h f s supreme happenfng much b e t t e r o
When you read of those very few eases ou t of b i l l i o n s of men ---- -- -- -- born on e a r t h duping the l a s t thkee thousand -years i t should n o t -- -- - - make you wonder + f t does n o t happen t o gou Immediately a f t e r - becoming awake of f t a s a n e x i s t e n t f a c t , Nok should you f e e l ---- - d i sappo in t ed because I cannot open t h a t dooia a t once f o r you - _ _ I - - -
I V Z R U L LAW, NATUIiflL SCDNCE AnD PHILOSOPHY Yaga 132 _ _ _ - _ _ P _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ - - ~ - - - - - - - - - - - " - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
which_ gou a l o n e c a n open. - R e j o i c e , p a t h e r , t h a t t h e L i g h t comes t o you a l i t t l e a t a
t ime more and more, a s f g n o ~ a n c e i s vo ided w i t h knowing a s compre-
hens ion of The Message g r a d u a l l y p e a c h e s y o u r h e a r t and S o u l ,
T h a t i s why I keep p e r s i s t i n g t h a t you t a k e one p a r a g ~ a p h a t a ---- -- - - t ime and m e d i t a t e upon i t u n t i l y o u ~ S o u l KIVOThrS what y o u r s e n s e s -- - -- have read i n words and iaecorded upon y o u r b r a i n . U n t i l i t g e t s --- - beyond your b r a i n i n t o y o u r C o n s c i o u s n e s s do n o t F 3 O W i t . ----
Swannanoa, Wayne sboko, V i r g i n i a
Treasured Cosmic F r i e n d s :
To a l l of you who have RE-GIVEN t o us so s i n c e r e l y and dzeply
for> t h a t which we a r e g i v i n g t o you i n these cosmic l e s s o n s , which
God gave through my b l e s s e d husband f o r His messengers of today,
we send a g r e a t b i g THAPIK YOU. The l e t t e r s have bzen so r i c h l y
rewarding a f t e r the f i r s t f o u r l e s s o n s and mean more t o us than
words can ever say. Through you we hea r Godss Voice t e l l i n g us
t h a t by g i v i n g t h i s course of s tudy i n t h i s way t h a t t h a t i s what
. He wants us t o do - and N O W . . . . . . . . .. We heard HIS c a l l t o g i v e The Message i n t h i s manner through
you f o r i t was the r epea t ed r e q u e s t s of s o many who were unable t o
come t o Swannanoa t o s tudy w i t h Coctor t h a t made us dec ide Th*
Massage must be g ivan th rough an INTIMATE HOME STUCY COURSE so tha t
t h i s need could be met.
Thus does God d i r e c t us - a l l and every one in- unfo ld ing H i s
g r e a t p l a n .
You w i l l remember r e a d i n g i n l e s s o n seven how God commanded
my husband t o spread The Mezsage through h i s w e l i chosen w r i t t e n %.-
word t o a l l n a t i o n s and peop le and i n g iv ing t h i s Home Study Course
he i s obzying t h a t s ac red command.
So t h a t we may sha re w i t h you t h e words w r i t t e n t o us by
o t h e r cosmic messengers - of whom you a r e a l l such a t a n g i b l e
p a r t - we w i l l g i ve some b r i e f e x c e r p t s from some of t h e p r e c i o u s
l e t t e r s iaeceived. The most g l o r i o u s human exper ience i s t h a t of
s h a r i n g and while i t may be many months before we can know t h e
touch of your warm handc la sp we CAN shar3 the warmth of t h i s l ove
F!ish we could share a l l t h e r e c e n t l e t t s r s wi th yo:^ foia a 1 1 arc: sc
wonderful s ince they p o r t r a y ari ~ n d e ~ s t a r l r l i n g and a p p r e c f a t i o n t h a t
only comes w i t h Knowing, However space w i l l only permit t he se fsw
and l a t e r we w i l l share more wi th you,
( ~ h e s e e x c e r p t s a r e frcm a c lergyman, lawyer, d o c t o r , bus ines s
men and women and homemakeks , )
I1 The lessons a r e t r u l y wondekful , I havz read and re read tham with much joy and i n s p i r a t i o n , and I am g lad t o say wi th cons tan t l y increas ing unders tanding . These l e s s o n s a r e ve ly prdc ious t o ma a s i n s t ~ u m e n t s f o r deve lop ing Cosmfc Consciousness , I want t o be i l lumined t o know my onenass wi th t h e E t e r n a l L igh t , These l e s sons a r e moving me toward t h a t g o a l , I f tha f i r s t l e s m n s a l e a prophesy of t he f ortheoming ones then I am a l r e a . 3 ~ a s s u r s d of complete anvalopment i n t h e g l o r i o u s L i g h t , The l e s s o n on medi ta t ion i s a m a s t e r f u l pLaesen ta t ion ," 3, H. A ~ i z o n a .
I l Your Home Study Course i s most i n s p i r i n g . I t 13 j u s t what I nzeded , It i n s p i r e s me with con f idence and s t r o n g f a i t h t h a t I s h a l l com- przhend dvery b i t of i t and beg in t o l i v e dverg minutz i n a c s t a s j and in ba l ance , Even t h e s t r u c t u ~ ~ ~ of th\= coukze and the mannar i n which you express your knowledge seems t o c o n t a i n an,i zxp res s t o us your i n f i n i t a ba l ance and lov fng ~ c s t a s y , ' 9 HOT, C h i c a g o , I l l .
If You c e r t a i n l y know and show t h e s c i e n t i f i c and t ~ u e reasons f o r the "WHY" of t he un ive r se and cove r them a s no t eache r has a v z r dona o r evsn af,f,t=mpt,ed kc e~ from a n y t h f ~ ~ g I have h e k . ? t ~ f ~ ~ * t = 1 t aC I hcpe t h a t by cake fu l s tudy of what you have so c a r a f u l l y w r i t t e n t o somsday g e t a f e e l i n g r e a l i z a t i o n of your wfsdom,"C,L, J , N o Jer sey
" ~ l t h o u g h I 1 v z bzen an e a r n e s t s t u d e n t of metaphysics an3 p h i l o s q h y f o r 24 years g e t I was n e v e l t o o s u m about my founda t ion , Your
I f l essons a r s elealaing up many misundeks t and ings , M,L,F, Molin?, I11 . L-#
"we want t o thank you bo th wi th a l l oilia h a a r t s f c r The Home Study Course, I t f s the most wondeLaful Tcacning of God and His L O V ~ f o r man we have evP2 hzard i n our l i v e s , >;a thank you with a l l our h e a r t s f o ~ ~ shoving ds t h e L i g h t and how t o h o w O ~ P Go?, 11
"1t i s s o tramendous i n i t s a p p l i c a t i o n yd t you make i t so sfmpld, I?
J.V.M. L e t P o i t ,
I wish I could t a l l you what such l s t t e l a s mean t o my husband
pzrsona l ly f o r t o know t h a t t h o s e have come who a r e beginning t o
comprehend the $ 2 2 ~ Nature of God 1 s a t~~emend0v.s f n s p i i a a t i o n t o
him. The comprehensicn and t h e l i v i n g of God s Univarsa l Law
134
must and w i l l come and y0.u who a r a thz fosei2unners and l s a , f i ~ r s of
t h e N a w Cosmic Age w i l l havvi t he knowled@;= fok t h e founding of an
o rde r of world peace and happiness naveiJ bsfoka known on e a r t h ,
Your nzx t f o u r l e s s o n s ape ;3x t~~emely impoptant f o r i n thzm
Goctor w i l l e x p l a i n t he h e r e t o - f o re unknown meaning s f what Father -
Mother mean when wa speak of God t h a t way, No one g e t knows what
i t means, nor how b a s i c i s t h i s traemendous Idea of t h e Cpsa to r a s
be ing FATHER-MOTWR, of t h i s s e x a d - e l e c t r i c unfversa . \,'hen you
g e t t he se l e s s o n s --- you w i l l r e a l i z , e t he fundamental irnporpt of tha
-..... fat he^-Mothar p r i n c i p l e i n s v e r y thought and a c t i o n of your l i f s
and of a l l Na tu re s phenomena,
You w i l l t h e n bsg in t o know t h e mystery which shkou.ds t h s
e l e c t r i c t h i n k i n g prpocess which zx tends from t h e L i g h t s f Mind t o
m a n i f s s t t he knowledgd of Mind, and how motion seemingly emzrges
from s t i l l n e s s t o c r e a t s t h i s p h y s i c a l un iversa of form,
You w i l l b e g i n t o have the veiay founda t ion of t h i s majes t i -c
i l l u s i o n of u n r e a l i t y which amelages from t h e One R e a l i t y . Gradually
t h i s idea w i l l b e c sns tkuc t ed by simple diagsams and s imply wokded
p o s t u l a t e s , ax ioms and exampl2s which w i l l g i v s you s o v i v i d an,3 -
c l e a r a comprehension of t h i s s e x e d - s l a c t s i c un ive r se t h a t yoi.~.?
i n n e r v i s i o i ~ w i l l s e e God f a c z t o f'acz, and h e a r H i s i n s p i p i n g
I n n e r ' ~ o i c s i n @ommunion with you i n a manner which would be i m -
p o s s i b l e wi thout t h a t comprehension,
My husband b e l i z v z s t h a t he can now makz you f u l l y c o r n ~ ~ e h ~ n d
why t h i s p h y s i c a l un ivdrse i s n o t m a l , being b u t a n i l l u s i o n o f
God Is imagining, How comfort ing whsn on3 compsehznds t h a t i n t h
u n r e a l i t y of ma t t22 t h z s s can ba no d e a t h , s i n O F z v i l l 3av ing
naught bu t lovz and st51-nal l i r a , H e has long f z l t t h a t i t coul.rl 135
n o t be 5xplain2d t o one who has n o t h imss l f known the compl3tc
I l l u m i n a t i o n Cosmic b u t
t h a t l a y i n g f ouncta t ion p o i n t
now
p o i n t
t h3 u n r z a l : ~ n i \ ~ d ~ ' . _ i czn b? comprahand~3 f o p t h 2 un?eali t ,y i i . a c t m l l g
IS.
The undivided Fathar-Mother p r i n c i p l s f lom which 3 ~ 1 3 ~ g . 2 3 t 'n2
d iv ided F a t h e r . A N C Mothei? p i ' i nc ip l3 of pa i i a s of saxed oppos i t s s
w l l l be t ha f i i l s t simple s t z p i n thd d i r e c t i o n of t ransforming you
i n t o a n advanced s c i z n t i s t ,
Remembsr my husband i s 3 n t i ~ a l y God t a u g h t and pz13haps i s the
only man who h a s zvar o?a2nad a Coc tc i a ' s Cagree of Scii=ncs wi thout
going through c o l l s g 2 , f o r a s y o l ~ know he was fo2cs3. t o leave
school a t n i n e yea r s of age .
So, bg t ak ing h i s t each ing one s t e p a t a tima you w i l l n o t
only unfold f n God-awareness, which m3ans p e r s o n a l happ ln t s s t o t h e
' n t h deg ree , bu t you w i l l f i n d youlas3lf b5comin.g a n a t u p a l sc ic3nt i s t
and confounding p r o f e s s o r s i n phys i c s a s some of C o c t o r ' s stu.2dnte
writs him t h a t they havs a l r e a d y done,
Always remembar t o t a k s t h e s e l z s s o n s s lowly f o r on f i r s t
r e a d i n g s you may wel l miss t he d2ep impoiat of a n exp lana t ion which
may appea r t o o simple t o pondzr on. As I o f t e q h e a r my husban'l s y :
"A s implz s t o r y i s t hz harclast t o t s l l " and I would add i t i s th2
simple s t o r y of l i f s t h a t man has mad2 cornplzx by h i s unawar2n;ss
of i t s b a s i c s i m p l i c i t y .
Know our avepy thought i s wi th you always and know too w s
t l 3 : a su re you s o daeply f o p your h z l p i n s p r e a d i n g Godvs Messaga