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THE GREATER WORLD CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALIST CHURCH
THE ZODIAC MESSAGES
"GHOSTS AND THE EARTH WORLD"
An address by the celestial messenger 'Zodiac' (the
unnamed scribe of the Bible and a teacher in the Temple
of Jerusalem at the time of Christ), at Finchley on
Sunday, 26th August, 1950
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"SAVIOUR CHRIST, into Thy hands I commend the
spirit of this Thy child…
(The Aftermath of War: 1939-1945)
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…"MY CHILDREN, I know that in the thoughts
of those who are seriously-minded there is anxiety
in this same time, anxiety about threatened war, anxiety
about rising costs, anxiety about unemployment; and
over many years now there has been anxiety over homes.
Men and women at times ask themselves why it is that
a home has been denied to them, that they and their
children should be forced to live under dreadful conditions.
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"And the answer by those in authority is that
circumstances forbid anything better to be offered,
and in a measure there is some truth in this statement;
but, as you know, again and again conditions have been
controlled by human nature.
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"As you look back over the last war with its terrible
threat of annihilation, you can see so clearly outlined
that those entirely adverse conditions were conquered,
but in one way and one way alone - by concentrated
effort, by unselfish service, by a determination to
become a victor over circumstances, if humanly possible.
And because that attitude of mind became so widely
adopted, in due course events turned from the threat
of utter disaster, and slowly but surely good was seen
to prevail over the evil things that man would have
done.
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"I mention this as a little introduction, because
although it seems to you that to-day another nation
is being faced with that same great problem, if that
nation and those bound to it by duty-ties, adopt the
same measures as were adopted after all the mistakes
had been made, then the end can be the same. But men
and women in every part of the world are faced with
the proviso that unless they are prepared to put their
heel upon self and material desires, then the conflict
will spread, precious lives will be forfeited, and
much sorrow will fall upon that land and upon other
lands as well.
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"You cannot bargain with God. Spiritual Law is
a fundamental, and unless those concerned are willing
to face spiritua1 fact and to give the right conditions,
then sorrow and suffering must be prolonged.
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"But I do not wish to depress you. I have been
sent into your presence tonight to speak on something
which would seem to you a different subject altogether,
and I call it GHOSTS AND THE EARTH WORLD.
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"Now, my children, you are all familiar with that
term 'ghosts', and those who have been educated in
regard to an After-Life realise that there are many
kinds of ghosts.
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"There are some who represent earth-bound spirits;
and there is that form which is a materialisation of
thought.
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"Then there are the Bright Ones and the ones who
love you, the ones who have won something of spiritual
release. They all inhabit your homes, go with you on
your daily walks, and strive to help you in the toil
which you must do, however mundane that toil may be.
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"So you see that the subject of GHOSTS is a wide
one. As you go back on the past you remember many stories
of hauntings, and you have no reason to doubt that
they were true stories. There were souls who could
not give up their link with the old home, with the
old possessions, and they were not released simply
because those in the body did not understand the Law
that governs Life in this world and in all the worlds.
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"You must remember that when the physical body
is discarded, there is a privilege which you all have
offered unto you - to go into other states. Some are
very interested in the stars and planets, and I can
assure you that when sleep binds the body, and conditions
are suitable, at times the Spirit of that individual
passes through the earth plane and out far beyond that
which you name the etheric, and it is possible, by
a Divine dispensation, for that one to enter other
worlds. And because they go with an altruistic motive
they are able to help, they are able in a measure to
inspire; and, again, according to their aspirations,
they are able to gain inspiration from those there
who are more highly evolved than themselves.
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"But who are these people? They would appear as
'ghosts', they are people of another realm, people
freed from the casket of flesh, or body, in which they
are undergoing their experiences.
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"Some people have had illustration of this in
a tiny measure in regard to loved ones upon the earth
plane who have appeared to them, although their physical
bodies were far away in other lands. When these visitations
occur something of consternation seems to strike the
heart and the thought comes at once: 'Is he dead? Has
she passed into the Spirit World?' Sometimes you find
that the materialisation of that loved form in your
home takes place during a period of serious illness,
maybe of physical unconsciousness. But these forms
- and it has occurred through the link of love by thought-transference
- these images can be seen; but they are merely an
image or a thought-form. As you know, the ones concerned
are not free from the body, and if they were free from
the body, they would appear in a somewhat different
guise.
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"In regard to ghosts, there are many changing
images. Some appear as they were upon the earth plane;
and it takes a lot of thought and a lot of hard work
and a lot of power, to build up an image sufficiently
clear to the physical sight of others so that they
can be recognised.
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"But a point which so many people forget is this:
when they do not see the forms of their dear ones,
it does not mean that those Spirits are not with them,
nor does it mean when these thought-images or thought-forms
are seen, that the real self of the one so dear is
there in a greater measure than at any other time.
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"As you can understand, my children, while you
are in the flesh you are governed to a great extent
by the physical mind, by the physical eyes and by the
physical hearing. These are crude tools to us, extremely
so, but they are very useful to you; and when you see
or hear someone who has passed into the Great Beyond
you feel, according to your spiritual education, either
elated or a sense of consternation comes over you.
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"Many people repudiate the thought of Spirit Return
and Spirit Communion; they will have none of it simply
because of this fear element. Some are extremely psychic,
as you name it, and although they would not admit it,
they are conscious that there are presences around
them, and in the desire to be free of that which they
do not understand and do not want, they say that such
a thing cannot exist.
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"Have patience with such as these because fear
is a very terrible thing to possess anyone in whatever
guise or whatever matter it concerns. Fear has a way
of changing human nature as quickly even as jealousy,
and these two failings are linked together; they are,
as it were, a twin walking hand in hand.
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"Why are people jealous? Because they fear that
someone else is going to be preferred before them either
in affection, in position or in possessions. You see,
beloved, jealousy cannot live where there is no fear,
because even as the instinct arises within - the instinct
of self-preservation - it is killed by faith in God,
by a desire to contact in a more real way with the
brotherhood spirit.
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"So you see that fear can strike a human being
in many forms; it may appear as something righteous,
it may be shown with another as proper pride, more
often it manifests as something which is 'not fair',
something which seems totally unjust. Think over this
matter because at times you will be conscious of fear,
fear of the unknown, fear of the future, fear in regard
to unseen enemies.
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"I want to give you the Law that should help you
to overcome this fear. When a man or woman has tried
to live a life as near as possible to that laid down
by the Master Christ, fear should never touch them.
Faith certainly has many assaults, because how can
faith be tested unless there are those thrashings that
go so deep? But I say unto such as these who have done
their best over the years, that they must regard fear
of attacks by seen and unseen enemies merely as temptation.
In the first place, it is a denial of God's Love.
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"But you may say to me: 'Many good people are
attacked, they have dreadful troubles to bear!' And
I answer that this must be the case because they are
evolving souls and they are upon the earth plane to
learn, and how can they learn if these valuable experiences
are kept from them? Naturally there must be those assaults
on faith; but the point is, beloved, that they are
merely 'ghosts', phantoms built up partly because this
is a material condition, and so from an outward point
of view material things are favoured.
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"I am sure that many of you can look back upon
your lives and find that at a certain period, phantoms
of this kind stood upon your path, phantoms which seemed
at the time so real, so positive, that fear held your
being. There did not seem to be any chance to overcome
the dark shadow of trouble that had crept so close
unto them; and yet the travellers were forced to go
forward, they had no choice, it was the pathway of
their own life. But as they stepped forward, to their
amazement, after a certain amount of suffering and
the withstanding of suffering, they found that the
phantom was behind them; they were victors through
the necessity of finding the courage to go on.
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"Now if there is one here to whom this applies,
then I speak with the greatest emphasis. I say to that
man or that woman that their test is not the trouble
that seems to threaten them; their test is to kill
the fear - the thought of the trouble falling upon
them. And as they pray for strength the strength shall
come in mighty measure to overcome, and they shall
forget.
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"You see, my children, when we speak of 'ghosts'
we have to take in a far wider area than the accepted
term, which means so much to the majority to-day. You
will find that a home which has the reputation of being
haunted is left severely alone, even in these days
of shortage of accommodation. There is something uncanny
in individuals sharing a home with ghosts; but how
foolish this sounds when you think that there is no
one who is not sharing their home with many ghosts.
They come and they go, they bring their treasures and
they try to sweeten the conditions.
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"True, because free-will is not interfered with,
there are those ghosts who come on mischief bent, and
those in the flesh may be influenced in great or little
measure unless they are on their guard. There are many
ghosts who try to destroy the harmony of churches,
the harmony of communities, and the harmony of homes;
but the point is: who is to be master - the one who
owns the house or the ghost who has come to destroy
that which is so precious to human life?
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"It is a grave thought, and it is a reality; and
when you take your homeward way you must remember that
you are not the only occupiers of your homes, of your
cars, or your trains, or any other conveyance which
you use. There are those you see who are in the flesh;
but there are many, many you cannot see.
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"Every particle of this world, is, to use an earth
term, haunted by Spirits, some who should have become
freed from the bondage which holds them to the earthly
plane, but many, many more who are here on missionary
work, or, if not missionary work, upon the task entrusted
to them specially to do.
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"For instance: we have the Little People, we have
the fairies and gnomes, and a vast host of Life recognised
by only the few, but nevertheless there in very truth.
If your eyes could be opened you would marvel at the
scene portrayed in your own garden and even among the
few pots of flowers that adorn a tenement dwelling.
The fairies are ever doing what they can to stimulate
the life of the flower-world, the life of the tree-world
in the parks, and in the gardens, the life in the sea;
yes, to sweeten its conditions and to keep it in a
measure of health.
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"As you can recognise, much goes into the deep
waters which could bring epidemic and scatter the inhabitants
of this little world, were it not for Nature's laws
ordained by Divine Law, which makes it possible that
streams shall be purified in a certain length to a
certain extent; and that there shall be creatures in
the deep waters to clear up that which would become
a menace to mankind. I can but touch upon the outer
edge of this great truth, but I want you to open your
hearts and minds more and more to what is, because
that is one way to kill fear for evermore.
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"I know, children, that those in authority are
tempted in many ways, but temptation could not come
if they were aware of, and recognised, the truth of
Spirit Return and Communion, and were more on their
guard. The trouble is that many are self-confident,
they ignore the spiritual instinct to walk warily during
the earth life, and to remember that the Laws of Christ
are not only the laws of material safety but of spiritual
health as well.
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"So in regard to your own lives, what is the 'ghost'
that sometimes seems to keep step with you in spite
of all that you would do by prayer and by work to forget
the unwelcome stranger? My children, it may be fear
of poverty in old age; or it may be the fear that many
sick people experience - will the pains of the body
become more than they can bear? It may be the fear
of losing a dear friend, or a relative, by physical
death, or fear of the unkindness or treachery of others;
it may be fear of war, fear of the fire that pours
down from the heavens, so it seems to those who crouch
in the darkened shelters.
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"All these ghosts have to be met and challenged;
they have to be analysed, and one of the first factors
which should despatch them for ever from your home
is this - that you as a spirit have come into the earth
body to take on certain experiences, and if those experiences
were absent, the purpose of your life upon earth would
never have been worked out; and those lessons, neglected
or refused in one stage, are presented in a far more
difficult form in the next stage into which the soul
must pass.
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"So is it not reasonable that you should argue
with your own mind in this way - that you are surrounded
by not only your own ghosts, but the ghosts of humanity?
You do not pass an individual in the street who is
not troubled by some 'ghost' - Can I get through this
year? Will my employment last through the winter? Will
old age bring poverty and loneliness? Will God forget
my plight? You see, it is not only you individually:
you are only one of millions of people, and those millions
of people are not only in the flesh.
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"What is it that brings disembodied souls who
are earth-bound back into these conditions? It is fear,
fear which prevents them from seeking, when they would find; and that same fear when they
were in a physical body has brought about their present
state.
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"Have you ever considered that there are many
disembodied souls who are just as much afraid of you
as you would be if you could see them? Many of them
do not understand the forms they see working and walking
upon the earth plane. They passed through the change
called death without any knowledge or any wish for
knowledge of a Hereafter. Their memories are entirely
confused, for they are still bound by the memories
of the earth plane.
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"And some spirits, because they are earth-bound,
are filled with fear when they see those in the body;
they are wondering whether someone in authority is
going to punish them, knowing perhaps that the punishment
is deserved.
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"I ask you to try to enlarge your ideas about
the different forms of Life and the different images
which Life represents, and which are manifested to
those in the body and free from the body. Some of you,
perhaps, are tormented by your memories of the ghosts
of happy days, which at times draw very close - 'Oh,
to be young again!' 'If only I could re-live my life
and taste the joys of yesterday!'
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"To 're-live' your life, my children, is possible,
and remembrance is a very useful tool; but also it
can be a very dangerous weapon. What are your memories
like? Do they bring regret; do they bring a sense of
peace, or are they shattering to the little harmony
which you may possess? All these things are merely
ghosts, ghosts of other days, and they have no life
at all except the life that you yourselves give unto
them.
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"And I want another point to be remembered as
well. Those grievous sorrows or terrible illnesses
from which you shrink even in thought, they also are
numbered amongst the ghosts of yester-year; but in
this form or image they will never be seen again, for
when you pass into the Light and you look back over
the past you will find that instead of something bearing
the image of a phantom or a shade terrible to behold,
in place of that will seem even as a bright angel,
because, my children, sorrow on earth is turned into
joy in the Life to come; but the measure of that joy
depends entirely upon the fight which was put up to
work through the sorrow or the trouble or the illness.
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"You see where I am leading your thoughts, and
how much depends upon you. First you have to take this
into consideration - that God is your Father, that
God has provided every protection for the Spirit within
you; but the Spirit within would not be protected if
it was able to extricate itself from the lessons which
the earth life has to teach. God is working with the
real Self within you; He cannot betray His trust to
pander to the mind of the body. So you see that even
in regard to those things which have gone wrong from
your point of view, they represent stepping stones
to better things; they take you, as it were, across
the deep river of experience. Sometimes you are so
frightened that it seems you must fall in, and you
say to yourself and others: 'How I got over that I
do not know!' But when you are free, once again you
will see that although you had to step from stone to
stone over that rushing river, those who can walk on
the waters were with you, safeguarding your footsteps,
cheering you when the heart would faint, restoring
your courage when the phantom of fear would have destroyed
you so far as that little journey was concerned.
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"Have I been able to make things a little clearer
for you, and are there not some here who in future
will face fairly and squarely this subject of ghosts,
ghosts upon the earth plane, ghosts in the planets
and stars, in all those wide constellations, which
perhaps you regard as the World of Spirit. Ghosts everywhere!
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"But you, beloved, are the one to prove whether
your ghosts are realities or merely phantoms of imagination,
phantoms of temperament, phantoms of the past. You
are Divine, and what some of you see to-day, one time
will be found to have been so spiritualised that the
natural sight will be lost to view, for Nature has
to give way to Divinity.
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"You are sons and daughters of the Most High,
and you are called upon to lay your own ghosts and,
also, to pass on that information which will allow
others not only to conquer the ghosts which perhaps
have haunted them over the years, but to realise that
they have been attracted by things that seem, whereas
it was possible for them to contact with things that
are.
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"And now I come amongst you, for I know that there
are some here who have been tormented beyond their
deserts, so they feel, and certainly far beyond the
Will of God. Will you not from this day onward consider
that which, in outline, I have sought to pass on, to
say to yourselves: 'What is it that I am afraid of?'
And then to analyse the roots of that fear and to argue
with the mind of the body so that you become master
of the ghosts that inhabit your home. And then with
gratitude to recognise those other kinds of ghosts,
the ones who come bringing for you that which the spirit
desires the most, but not necessarily what the physical
mind wants to have.
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"You see, my children, I must always make this
great distinction because if you had what the mind
of the body wanted to possess, then I could not say
unto you that in due course you will become victor
over your circumstances, master of your own destiny,
arbiter of your own fate. That is God's Law, but free-will
cannot be interfered with and you must work through
in your own way until, by experience and perhaps by
the suffering which experience brings, at last the
arguments which failed to convince you in the past
are seen to be true.
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"Those who have done their best, those who have
sought to be brave, those who have fought against adverse
conditions, they have nothing to fear! Tests will come,
they must come because their spirit has invited them;
but they are only tests, only seemingly dark objects
upon their horizon; and those concerned, as they step
forward with a valiant heart, shall prove to their
entire satisfaction, and to the satisfaction of those
around them, that all was well. They were climbing
and they had grown a little breathless through the
climb; and because the physical was beset upon, so
perhaps anxiety came very close. But the will held
firm, the determination to do the best prevailed, and
such as these, as I have said before, are masters of
circumstances, because God's angelic ones walk close
beside them.
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"So I ask you in regard to threatened war, to
remember my words. Pray, certainly pray! But above
all work for peace; see that your contribution in the
home or in the wider field of toil is on the side of
harmony. You cannot do much individually, but collectively
you can do far more than the physical mind can grasp.
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"Every fear met and mastered with what courage
you can find, means that when you are free from the
flesh, the One Who loves you best can at once confer
upon you something of leadership, and with the cloak
of a true Crusader upon your shoulders, you shall learn
then to grapple with those ghosts so badly in need
of help, and bring to them peace in God's good time.
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"So we part in this same way, but always remember that what is said today stands for
all time. As you think of the future and plan for the future
in regard to this little temple of peace, so you will
find that the ghosts of yesterday may seek to erect
stumbling blocks which will cause your heart to ache;
yet they are but 'ghosts', and the time will come when
by determination and personal sacrifice and effort,
the Spirit's desire will be accomplished.
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"The testing stages are of full importance for
they are building up the power, trying the temperaments
of those concerned, and weeding out the ones who are
weighed in the balance and are found wanting - wanting
in the full surrender which alone can ensure God's
work being done in God's way upon the earth plane.
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"I bless you each and everyone, and I remind you
that as sleep holds the body this night we can meet
again in God's wide World of Beauty, but only if it
is your desire and by an act of your own free-will.
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"Farewell! Once again Christ has blessed us as
we seek to do His Will and to bring the Kingdom of
God in a measure upon the earth plane. Farewell, beloved,
farewell!"
©GWCSA
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