Being aware that the key to the true gnosis of God is that everything works from within outwards, indicates to the Priest that the innate Sonship or Daughtership of God needs to be externalised into “worldly” realities. We transmute the lower nature of the mass subconscious into the Divine Nature. Note we never destroy anything: we uplift everything into a new dimension of a more beautiful and refined experience so that our external world becomes a real pattern of the inner “heavenly kingdom” in our everyday experience. No longer do we dream or hope for the manifestation of a Divine Pattern on earth – we actually project It into a three dimensional Reality. This can be achieved by complete submission to the Divine Will in each one of us – that our personal will be illumined by the Greater Light of Truth from within. No longer do we chase after rainbows or ‘inner’ states of peace and harmony; but bring these things into the whole range of human experience – the God made ‘flesh’. “In Him (the Divine Reality) lies the fullness of the Godhead bodily,” writes St. Paul.

If you are already following a philosophy of life and you do not find fulfilment in it, or it does not help you to overcome your own weaknesses, then you should use your powers of discrimination and be honest with yourself that you are not really succeeding. Too many students of Truth – or whatever one calls it – fall by the wayside because they try to uplift themselves from the point of their own limited understanding and refuse to look at their blockages or limitations through the eyes of their teacher or elder brother. Although we are each personally responsible for our own rising and falling the Hierarchy provides an Elder Brother or Sister to assist us when we reach “blind spots” in our own perception. Some students are afraid to face up to their own pitfalls and therefore remain unfulfilled and unhappy.

In this new society we have no personal life – this is given over to God who fills it in for us. The new age community functions as one whole unit and everyone shares each others experiences and become a closely knit Holy Family externalising the Inner Kingdom in their everyday life: in their minding of babies, household duties, wage-earning and everything over the whole gamut of human experience. In this kind of situation one discovers the Real Person within oneself and a sense of satisfaction and joy is the result.

We have met those who are afraid to take this step because they fear that they will lose their individuality and just exist like a “vegetable.” This is only a concept maintained by the fear that they are going to lose the ‘lower nature’ attachments. The truth regarding the situation is that one becomes more of an individual because one discovers one’s own level and is able to express themselves more fully in contributing their personal gifts to the community. In fact in the sharing of joys and disappointments one is able to grow into a state of maturity in the very work of becoming a server of God. By “community” we do not mean a number of people settled in a kind of ‘Campus’ as is the usual practice. In our work we lead our lives where we are in our own homes serving our family, then at times come together with the other members to learn, share and refresh ourselves. This indicates that wherever we are the idea of community exists – even in the seemingly ‘divided’ world, we are living right where we are yet knowing that we really belong to the Real Kingdom which manifests from within outwards. We subscribe only to the kingdom in philosophy and practice and regard the ‘religio-political’ state of the world as alien to the true nature of mankind. This Inner Kingdom will gradually emerge Principality by Principality in the outward area until the whole planet vibrates to the full power of Love.

What can we do to help ourselves further on the way to the Christos?

First, all we should ever keep in mind is that all there is in Reality and Truth is God and God meted out in Its Creation. Thus God is the All-inclusive Principle in the Cosmos and This Principle is manifested in Its Wholeness and Completeness in each one of us. There are no favourites – not even with Saints or Priests, Bishops or Popes, or even Sun Priest Kings: God is no Respecter of Persons but He/She emanates Its qualities and nature evenly throughout all space. Thus, as we mentioned earlier, in this knowledge (Divine Gnosis) it is possible to experience the fullness (Pleroma) of the Godhead bodily. When we are able to externalise this Life within to the full then we make a ‘Quantum” leap in our spiritual enlightenment. Because that which is Ever True and is the Reality of Being can never be destroyed – for it is the Permanent Spirit of Life. All we have to do then is to remove all the dross of human supposition and conjecture about Life and Reality then must be in evidence for you. This is an individual task and therefore we follow Jesus’ instruction when he taught, “Work out your own salvation.”

Each of us has to be born again in the Light that each of us has to clear away our own dark clouds which obscure the Inner Light (mentioned in St. John’s Gospel). As we clear away our clouds of doubt, fear and selfish pursuits the Light of Truth fills the areas which are purified by Love and Wisdom. The more practice we get at emptying ourselves, the more the Love and Wisdom of God shines forth. This is not an easy path otherwise we would have the Kingdom of God realised on Earth in a very short time.

Because each one of us is unique to God it behoves us to unfold our own personal gifts which He/She will use within the whole community to that which is required to maintain harmony. Not one of us has to be lost because each of us is rather special inasmuch as we each represent a facet of God’s own Life and therefore are needed to complete a wholeness of Divine Function here in the world. We are not here just for a “willy-nilly” existence!

Every effort you make towards your own Divine Self is met by help from God’s own Hierarchy. This Hierarchy is made up of special ‘people’ who have trod this path before you and are in a special situation to help you – or offer you a brotherly or sisterly hand over the sticky patches through which you will often find yourself. God meets you at every level through one of His/Her representatives or Elders when you sincerely and honestly need help. In this light it is unwise to judge or formulate (pre-conceive) the way in which help will come to you. If you try to envisage how help might come – you will either keep it away or fail to recognise it when it comes your way. In all things then live in contemplation of God’s ever-presence and get on with doing the things you have to do – to shoulder your everyday responsibilities to your family and those around you. God is realised in every situation no matter how trivial it might seem.

One might ask “Why do we need Priests in a New Age – since the institutionalised religions cannot provide effective spiritual teaching anyway?”

It seems that there is a need for a new type of Priesthood – the type envisaged by the Order of Melchisedek – where every person becomes a priest in their own right. This does mean, however, that they need to be trained at this point in the right Cosmic Laws wherein to bring up children and apply their energies to an upliftment of society in general. Unless we are aware of the right conditions we muddle along in ignorance of our calling. There are those who are claiming that they are being guided from within yet their lives show a different story. If one is still applying the current understanding of Truth as indicated by the establishment one is still in the dark for there is only a “false vestige of Truth” which is perpetuated by those tainted by worldly pursuits.

A practical working truth which can bring real changes in one’s life is one which has to be learned at this time until one can discriminate between that which is designated as truth and that which constitutes the Reality of Being. There is a vast difference. In fact the human concept of Truth is alien to that which Really Is. For some time yet people will need guidance from the Elder Brothers and Sisters sent out from the Hierarchy. Whilst we are all equal in the economy of the whole we still need guidance – for as we can see around us there are some people more experienced than others in all kinds of things. This same rule applies in Spiritual matters – although the Elders say Spirituality is really another human concept. We all need just to become our pure natural selves.

“It can be found that when people are allowed to live nearer to nature – the harmony it produces, enables them to acquire more accurate information about the Universe itself; whereas the minds that are following set doctrines and dogmas, when feeling the need to break free, find themselves revolving within a mental boundary beyond which they cannot pass. Our knowledge regarding the Universe and man can only equal that amount according to the limits we place upon it. Knowing, therefore, the precise area of investigation allowed us by our five senses, we should enquire into those areas of seeking which demonstrate that man is not limited by his senses and that other forces and energies, farther afield, are in operation.” – The Ancient Patriarchs and Their Teachings.