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"Saviour Christ into Thy hands I commend the spirit
of this Thy child...
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"...I want you to remember that those who are free
from the physical tabernacle can, by the grace of God,
come back in this sweet way and, as it were, clasp
hands with you who are still bound by the flesh. We
see what must be faced by all. We know what life, in
its real sense, represents.
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"It is the Father's Will that you should have knowledge
in part. But as you become aware, as you prepare your
heart and mind, vision is opened before you - life
as it is, health as it was meant to be, happiness,
as it is God's Will, should be your own.
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"When we pass amongst those who are cabined in the
body of flesh, we see their desires for this and their
cravings for that. We see how little satisfies them,
and we feel sad. What do you know of Life? You may
say that you are much troubled, that you have experienced
the ills of the body, that you are faced with the anxiety
of creating a livelihood for yourselves and others.
That represents life to you. But I say that when the
earth experience is no more, you shall go back upon
the record of the past and see how you were deceived
by the outward life. You forgot to probe beneath the
surface and find the real life which ran on uninterrupted
by the so-called vicissitudes of the day.
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"When things go wrong, perchance those you love turn
from you and betray your trust, when the body suffers
sorely, when anxiety faces you day by day, that is
only the outward. The life which is drawn out of these
experiences is in those realms which you name Spirit.
Sorrow today is translated into joy in that life which
is life indeed. The worried thoughts, the consideration
of ways and means make you feel chained to the earth.
But if you had sight you would see that you had wings
and could soar, for out of that with which you wrestle,
power is built. Resistance, opposition, persecution
and all other tests are a treasure to the soul who
has seen God and who recognises Christ as his Leader.
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"Therefore, I come to give comfort and explanation.
There is a revelation for those who have suffered and
yet wish to be strong. Life as you recognise it represents
death to us. But death in the earth sense has no meaning
at all to those who see and know. For a while they
die, as it were, to beauty, to joy, to peace and to
strength and health. But out of the bondage represented
by the earth life comes the next stage which represents
life in greater measure, joy in a form you might find
strange and power inconceivable to the mind of man.
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"When you were created in the far past, it was in the
image of God. Each one was given fragments of His unlimited
power. Sight, hearing, understanding, the power to
do, the capacity to create. But by the abuse of Free
Will we cast our gifts from us and the time came when,
bereft of that which signified the God within, we trod
the valley of desire and the hills were never climbed.
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"Yet God is God. Do not forget that in other planets
or conditions you have had innumerable lives and eternity
lies in front. Because God is God even though man may
cast aside his great inheritance, out of the suffering
that he brings upon himself, that which was lost is
drawn back. So it is that I can speak with joy to those
who recognise the Master who is of God.
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"Though sorrow may have been your portion in those
lives which are hidden from your consciousness now,
you learned many bitter lessons, you suffered many
grievous blows. So with something of knowledge and
something of explanation, you desire to blend your
will with the Will of the Divine. The future is glorious
indeed. Life as we recognise it in the World of Spirit
is being prepared by each and every one. When the earth
garment is cast aside, in a body which bears resemblance
to the body you now wear, but glorified, charged with
health and strength, God shall set you to work anew
and you shall create that which is the Spirit's desire.
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"Now we come to Spiritual health:
Life, Health and Happiness in the God sense.
There are some who thank God that they wake morning
by morning and feel healthy blood course through their
veins, feel that they have the will and the capacity
to live life to the full. Others envy them because
perchance that same gift of health is not their own.
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"It is God's Will that each garment worn by the evolving
soul should represent perfect health. But remember
that there are many brave souls in weak and maimed
bodies. There are many courageous spirits who do not
have physical health.
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"This is not God's Will, but the abuse of Free Will
by man in time long past. When man was created he was
perfect as his God, and perfection includes all the
gifts of the mind and all the gifts of the spirit.
But by turning from the light, by seeking the lesser
and forsaking the greater, so the garment that was
worn was injured. When the individual cast the garment
aside he found to his exceeding amazement that he was
in a body less healthy, less beautiful to look upon
and with powers less powerful than those which he had
before.
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"That is one side. Then we come to the earth condition.
You know that you have the capacity to pass on to your
children good and bad characteristics. The scientists
have made much of this. Some have sought to trace man
from the animal state and have satisfied themselves
that they know everything to be known about the origin
of man. But when they are free they will see that although man at one stage represented that which was
animal and lower than animal, yet man came from God,
he was created in the Divine Image.
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"Men and women going through the earth stage, create
physical bodies, characteristics of which will be passed
on to other generations. Maybe the weakness and folly
of the past have damaged that garment and the spirit
which is anxious to continue the long journey of experience
comes into a physical body that has been ruined for
it by those who should have guarded and protected.
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"Countless thousands today suffer with poor physical
health. There are many with strong bodies who are damaging
their soul body in a terrible way. They have physical
health and strength but they abuse their gifts.
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"There are countless thousands suffering, awakening
day by day to pain. They struggle to keep up with the
great army of workers who are building for the next
stage the strength and the power which no physical
garment could possess. Here we come to reality. Do
not say to the sufferers: 'I pity you'. Say instead:
'In time to come you will be the winners; I congratulate
you on the strength of the spirit that is within'.
The spirit has chosen God, the desire of the spirit
is to be as Christ.
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"There are some who
must
enter the bodies damaged for them by their forebears.
Who is likely to take on such a burden? Brave souls
who have seen God and who do not flinch from the Cross
and all it represents.
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"Then I speak to those who have physical strength and
who seek to draw down to them the rays of Divine health
as well. How can this be done? If you are strong, give
out your strength to those who are weak. Thus you demonstrate
God Himself. For God, All-Strength gives and gives.
His example is always there for all to follow. If your
body is strong, thank God, then seek to do His work.
Go to the weak and pass on to them the strength which
is housed within the physical tabernacle. Then when
the earth garment is no more you will find that you
too have a soul-body glorious to behold.
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"Why is it that the truth has not been given to man?
Why is it that the shepherds do not lead the flock
up the steep hill to God?
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"Alas, so many have no light within. They go to the
sick and to those in trouble and say 'God knows best'.
Those who suffer ponder on these things, wondering:
'Are my pains of God Who is Love? Is my loss due to
the One whom I am entreated to regard as Father and
Mother?' Doubts chase through the physical mind.
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"God is Love. Health comes from God. Disease, weakness,
pain, that is man's own doing. Over the past, by the
abuse of Free Will, suffering fell upon him and upon
the generations that followed after.
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"God is Love. Out of the pains which some must suffer,
who reach out for the power of the Holy Spirit, comes
that which is Life for evermore. God rectifies what
we have done out of wilfulness and blindness and disregard
for others.
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"Happiness! What do you know of happiness? Of the happiness,
the joy, the peace which cannot pass away! What do
you know of true happiness, joy and peace? The happiness
of the earth often hides the sleeping viper beneath.
The young snatch at pleasure; they are not condemned
because they do not know what lies within them.
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"There are many who say: 'Enjoy your youth while yet
you may, for time shall steal sweet youth away'. Yet
we who are free seek to gather close to the young in
order to safeguard and warn. I speak to the boys and
the girls. What is your definition of happiness? Is
it the pleasure of the few hours which brings weariness
in its train; the clutching of something belonging
to another which has to be given back; the drowning
of anxiety in the lights and the noise of the dance
hall? Remember that Christ is there even as in the
churches dedicated to His Name.
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"You know so little of real pleasure. The restless
urge within to seek this and that distraction in order
to forget - many call this happiness because they do
not know the sweet joy of the spirit that is linked
to God.
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"I speak to the busy mother. Perchance she might say:
'I have no time for pleasure. My days are full of care.
I must work and work'. I say rejoice! For although
you do not know it, around you even now is a happiness
which no one can take from you. You are building your
spiritual home and if true sight could be yours, you
would be amazed at the beauty of the conditions in
your humble home. Christ is there! The Angels most
high keep step with the tired mothers who seek to stem
the tears of an ailing child. Happiness? Such as these
are drawing to themselves the joy that has no end.
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"Then I speak to the men who are immersed in business.
God can be demonstrated in the humblest, most unpleasant
task; in all that which raises such swift and fierce
rebellion in your mind - the injustices, the hatred
of the work at hand and the longing to build that which
is your heart's desire. Be as men! Square your shoulders!
Look up! What has happened? You are taking the rough
road today so that tomorrow you shall see the beauties
of the Spirit and the glories prepared for you by the
One who loves you best.
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"Remember the anxieties of the Master and His life
upon the earth. You are blessed because your day represents
strain and privation which is so close to that experienced
by the Master Christ. There lies your link with Christ
our God.
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"You sorrow in one stage to joy in the next. Those
who snatch the earth happiness now must sorrow in the
life to come. But out of the sorrow in the next stage
to that, joy comes back and all shall be as the Father
intends.
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"We are here on a great and glorious mission. The Truth
we have! The sight we have borrowed! All is to be used
for others. Perhaps you say: 'I have so little sight
and I have not learned the theory of life as it was
meant to be'. To such as these I say all is well: Seek
and you shall find, knock and the door shall be opened
to you. The humble heart, the dedicated will, is a
greater gift than that which you name clairvoyance.
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"Remember that the desire to heal the sorrows of another,
the will to go out and work for another when weariness
holds you, in the sight of God is an achievement second
to none. All can be blessed in the same grand and great
equality. You are sons and daughters of the Most High,
equally loved, equally blessed, equally surrounded
by protection. Why weep over that which will pass from
you?
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"Life, Health, Happiness in the God-sense - all can
be yours now. There are many around you who love you
dearly. Can you feel their presence? What is their
message to you? The same old familiar word: 'Seek and
ye shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you'.
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"Nearly two thousand years ago I trod the earth plane.
There are those of you who, thousands and thousands
of years ago, went through the physical experience.
There are no barriers where God is concerned. Spirit
calls to spirit. Where the need is, so the disciples
of old draw close. What does it mean? It means that
you are linked, not only to those you love and honour,
not only to those who made spiritual history, but the
Angels of God. You are linked to them for ever and
Christ blesses their spiritual work among you.
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"So I entreat you to commune with the spirit within
you. Do not push the truth from you, but face facts
as men and women. What is it all about? You are a spirit
with life evermore. Therefore, you must provide for
your future. You must work today. You must take up
your burdens. You must carry your cross and then when
the physical life is over, joy, peace, health and life
in the God-sense shall be your own.
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"I would have everyone of you feel the power of the
Holy Spirit, sense the wings of peace - both within
and without. Yet all those who work for God know that
the only way to hold peace is by going where turmoil
abounds and giving out peace to those who are in need.
We who are free know that the health which is our own
in so great a measure cannot remain unless we go to
those who are bereft, those crippled and terrible to
behold and try to help them release themselves from
their turmoil. Then peace like a garment will enfold
them once again.
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"The time will come, when, free from the earth body,
you will mingle with those still bound in a temple
of flesh. Your one desire then will be to give of the
life which is your own, to give of the health which
you have purchased, to pass on the joy which God has
be-stowed upon you.
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"The blessing of the Holy Spirit, the power of the
Cross of Christ be upon you. Raise your hearts and
minds and rejoice for to you truth has been given and
henceforth you can be disciples of Christ. By the power
of the Holy Spirit, under the direction of my Master,
I bless you in His name.
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"Never forget that we who come back in this way are
dependent solely upon the Christ for power. Without
His gift I must be dumb, indeed the instrument could
not be mine.
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"Through our Saviour Christ the blessing comes to all,
take and hold and seek to pass it on. In the measure
that you give of the Holy Spirit to others so indeed
your own treasure shall be greater. We hold only by
giving. Those who seek to restrict or restrain suffer
the loss of the treasure as time goes by. Only by giving
to others can you draw down to yourself the power which
is of God.
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"The Cross is upon you all. Feel its warmth, feel its
strength, feel its health, its joy, its peace, its
life. The Cross is the gift of Christ to each and everyone.
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"Farewell, it is the Will of God that we shall meet
again."
