Joyful Living

Lesson 10

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We have already discussed the following points : –
When a Teacher, or initiate, makes a breakthrough to a higher level of consciousness he releases energy from that level and is therefore able to ease the process for his students. Because there is no law that says that this is attainable only by one person during a given period it makes it possible for anyone to reach the same state. If we believe the nature of the Universe to include supreme justice then are all things possible to you and your efforts are rewarded – not as a reward bestowed upon you by a benevolent donor but by the very fact of your embodiment of the principles involved.
If we liken our physical bodies to the protoplasmic mass of a cell and our real self as the nucleus it can be seen that the radiating energies, from our self, vivifies the body organism and keeps it operative. When we have finished with this body its mass returns to the earth’s protoplasmic mass which in turn remoulds it by virtue of its own nucleus. (Not forgetting that it fashioned our bodies for us in the first place by an inter-play from the Sun’s forces. This is why our earth has been called the Earth Mother.) The physical earth is again in turn part of the protoplasmic mass of our Sun and so on – the solar system being the physical effect of a greater system.
Thus when we are in perfect control from within our own centre we radiate harmonious energies that produce like results. The reactions of hatred, envy, greed, self-importance, refusal to grow, etc., moulds our pure energies as they take form and we experience disease, unhappiness and such like ills. We have to learn that there is no compromise with Divine Law – only through Its Mediators.
There are those that argue that we, as humans, must seek this truth for ourselves only and that one’s experience of God cannot be shared by another. This is true inasmuch as one has to open himself up to the spiritual energies – for this is a personal effort – but because the human element is part of the whole this experience can be shared as a whole otherwise there is no foundation or meaning in the brotherhood of man – or as man as a unified organism. The
heart has to share its work, in the body, with the liver and lungs and the liver with the kidneys and so on.
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This next part is taken from a message given personally to the writer by his own Teacher that in turn is passed on to all sincere helpers of mankind and to you who is reading these lessons.
“You are stood on a high plateau in beautiful surroundings. Its inhabitants, trees and buildings possessing a translucent glow – and you are at perfect peace with your environment. You then look down from the edge of the plateau and you see dark swirling mists with shadowy figures rushing hither and thither appearing lost. Let your attention stay on the nearest of these shadows and a dart of compassion strikes your heart. A stream of loving energy is released from your being and the shadow looks up into your face. This is how our world is as compared with yours. When your consciousness is focussed towards us then you become attuned to our level. The description of the laws operating throughout the universe have been taught you and now you should be able to maintain the link. As long as this link is maintained by pure living so will you be our emissary in the mists (the world of human bodies.) Teach others to learn that they need not be bound to the circumstances that prevail in the mists (world) but can, through sincere effort, let the darkness dissolve around them. As long as humans believe that the conditions existing in the mists are real, so will it be unto them. Now is the time, however, that the realities of our plane, or world, can be made real unto them as it is now to you.
“When our level of experience has once become a concrete experience on your level then we, too, will be able to make concrete the more beautiful level above us. This process is eternal. We have built and established a kingdom here. Now we pass it down to you. Inasmuch as it is but a dream to humans it becomes real by imbibing the principles which makes its manifestation possible. Thus accomplished, we graduate yet still further to enjoy that which has been prepared for us by other beings – which in the future you too will inherit.
“Because you beings in the mists refuse to be honest in respect to the principles you secretly hold to be true you perpetuate the conditions which bring about your suffering. Your religious leaders have frequently made an effort to enlighten you – yet the results are few. Because your reasonings are false, so is your world. Purity begats purity – and where you disagree on this point you again lack honesty.
“Man is taught the basic principles to freedom in his religions, of whatever sort, yet still does he argue and believe he has right to his own opinions. He is like the engineer who has the blueprint of a perfect working model before him and does not want it in that particular way. He knows it will work but he wants to make it fit into what he thinks will do.
“So too, humans have been presented with a perfect pattern for living but close their eyes to it. To succeed you should keep a memory of this blueprint ever before you – as you call it – a concept. Maintain an unwavering faith in its reality. It is Real – it is already established and a concrete fact. Because it is true and real it cannot fail you. The values you possess in your world are unreal and possess no substance – that is why nothing works for you. The pattern we have established will work because it is designed from things that are Real and True. Whilst you are tied to physical bodies you can enjoy the fruits of our labours. You can have peace, wholeness and joy. You can have healthy bodies in the place of diseased ones. You can have harmony among your fellows and you can have an end to your wars. Our world can become your world – and what is
more – it is our pleasure to give it to you. You can share in our joy as we share in your joy – and with the joy of all creation. What we offer is your right. It is the right of every being to graduate from one sphere to another without pain or suffering. Why do you believe that you cannot have peace without suffering?
“The earth groans, as it were, at your labours and the stones cry out in pain because you persist in waywardness. Harmony on earth is hinged on humans – and as long as you muddle about in your own pursuits so do you hold back your glory and the glory of those worlds below you. This is sheer selfishness – and how great is that selfishness? Be not foolish! You have nothing to regret. The things you seek are here. What more can you have? Stay your mad rush for what you call “living it out” – ironically we state you are in death. So wake out of your wild dreams and learn to know that which is real and true – and permanent………
“…….. Remember, when we raised you out of the mists and you gazed back into your own world and the face of the shadow you looked upon in the mists was your own. So it is – you belong to us – we belong to you. Such is the oneness of life. Our dream is your Reality and your dreams are the realities of the kingdom of Pan.
“All the spheres are but dreams in themselves for it is the denizens of the spheres that divide. The Reality exists for all time – what it is – unchanged, untarnished, indestructible – yet available to all.”
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To pray to that which is Love Implicit for forgiveness of sins is like asking the fire to stop burning the wood or the sea to cease being wet. That which is pure love is not affected by circumstances or conditions. This quality of the Godhead is radiated from its source continually – it is we who decide whether we accept it or not. To misunderstand the nature of love makes the way open for self-deception. To pray for peace and harmony or perfection is to deny its all-presence and this attitude of mind prevents one from enjoying that which is already there just to be lived out.

Because the inner sanctuary of yourself is motionless its activity is manifest in its radiation – and by placing your whole reliance on this centre the radiation extends more efficiently through your bodily organism. Thus, you radiate from within instead of clamouring for sustenance from without. This radiation, from within outwards, will inform you, sustain you and motivate your actions. When calamity occurs in worldly conditions you will either not be there or by some means be protected – because that which has no power over you possesses no substance. The effects have no power over the source.
Those who accept their diseases and unpleasant conditions as their lot to be put up with – and those who believe that they have to accept what are called “karmic” conditions deny the power of their Godhead. To say that one has to suffer his “karma” until he has paid it off is like saying that Divine Love and Justice has ceased to operate and that wholeness has been temporarily suspended. What we do in these circumstances is to get back to our centre – readjust our attitude and allow the Reality to manifest itself. It is true, as we have said, that we create our own suffering but it is not true that since we have acted in opposition to truth we have to suffer until we have paid “the uttermost farthing” – for that would admit that the effects contained substance of their own. A sculptor or artist once he makes a mistake destroys his error and starts again. The pilot of a ship realising he is off course corrects his position and all is well.
The terms “balance” and “imbalance” relate to the effects in the world only for in the world of reality all things are complete.
If you stand on the seashore you will notice that whether the tide is ebbing or flowing the waves still come rolling outwards. You could then liken the flow of energy from within like this therefore relax in your troubles and look within and then will the gentle “waters of the spirit” wash away all your cares.