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THE GREATER WORLD CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALIST CHURCH
THE ZODIAC MESSAGES
"THE NEW AGE"
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), through the mediumship
of Miss Winifred Moyes at the Zodiac Circle in the
Greater World Sanctuary, London, on Sunday, April 8th,
1934
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"My dear children, this night I would speak on that
which I name 'The New Age'. Included in the New Age
there will be many things new to the mind of man; but
we have been instructed that because within is Divinity,
there is naught that is new - all is as old as God
Himself; yet now and again an influx of power is granted
to those on earth by which another inch of the long
furrow of experience can be opened and the seeds planted
therein.
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"The coming age represents this - albeit in miniature:
we are seeking to train those in the earth body in
order that their vibrations may be sufficiently refined
so that disembodied ones who have passed over a long
time ago may come back, and reclothed, as it were,
in flesh, give out their message to doubting man; and
more than that, bring with them gifts from the Most
High whereby not only shall the message be given, but
it shall be hammered into the consciousness of those
who once had strayed.
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"There are souls here, free from the earth body, who
have come back to give you that which they possess
- souls who are seeking instruments through which to
pass on the Divine Truth which they have won by suffering
in the past. But again and again their aims are frustrated
because of the impatient human mind, because of the
rebellious will, because of the wayward heart. Yet
I say, and I speak of that which I know, as time goes
on there shall be more and more souls in the flesh
who shall be willing to relinquish the things of the
earth - the many coils that would engulf them - and
to stand as freed spirits so far as worldly things
are concerned, so that those with the greater wisdom
can manifest through them and the Divine Pattern can
be worked in.
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"The New Age shall see a new Spirit being poured upon
all men (Joel 2:28), and there shall be those in touch with the sublime
spheres who shall bring with them something of that
sublimity, so that souls on earth may become aware
that they are indeed entertaining angels.
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"I come today to try and cast from you still more of
the bonds which hold, to impress upon your minds how
all-important it is to attune yourselves to finer and
finer vibrations of Spirit; for while sleep holds you,
so, by the Divine Will of God, there are spheres of
light thrown open to those who are willing to enter
in. Yet there are many who, on penetrating over the
threshold, retreat, horrified by the holiness which
they find there, horrified because it shows up in deep
contrast the limitation that is within themselves.
Thus time must pass before such as these can be acclimatised
to those conditions of love and purity and truth; and,
I say again, the Plan is delayed because of the unreadiness
of man.
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"Yet hope, like a mighty lamp, shines in front. There
shall be one culled from here and one culled from there,
and although in their hearts they may wish to be used
for this or for that, the ministers of God shall show
them in time that that which is God's way lies, perchance,
in another direction.
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"So to those who seek to be used and who chafe under
the restrictions of daily life, to such as these I
speak with a wide unbounded understanding, for when
I was upon the earth plane I too suffered. The path
I would have taken was not the path for me; yet the
path that I was forced to take was a path so sweetened
by the light of Jesus Christ that I thank my God that
I was sent out into strange places upon a lonely mission
even as old age had fallen upon me.
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"So to the disciples today comes a message from the
Christ, and within that message lies the great truth
of resurrection, for only by the full surrender can
man take up that which God has provided for him, can
man throw off that which the world has built up around
him, can man disentangle himself from the weakness
of the past, and manifest in something of his state
as a son of God.
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"I want you all to consider my words today, for the
time of the coming of the New Age depends upon those
who are here now, those who are willing to take the
steep path, those who can have the courage to look
into the Eyes of Christ and read there His sweet direction.
The New Age can be hastened and the New Age can be
hindered by man's freewill.
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"I speak to those who are conscious of so much going
on in their lives for which there seems no explanation.
For the most part man scarcely grasps the gift of omnipresence
which it is the Divine Will shall be his own, nor does
he understand the great network of Spirit Power and
the conditions of many kinds which are built up all
around. There have been those who have asked: 'Why
is it that when there seems no connection at all, my
thoughts are drawn back into the past; first they touch
on this and then flitter to that, and there seems no
connecting link.' Why is this? So plain it is to those
with clear vision, whereby they can read the scroll
of truth.
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"Little children, you have had many experiences, and
as yet you cannot see why these experiences should
have been your own. They have left deep marks upon
your consciousness, they seem to have bruised the soul
body, and that which you think represents your real
self has quivered and trembled under the 'blows'. The
time passed, and it seemed that no explanation was
given for these things which happened without apparent
rhyme or reason.
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"Listen to my words. There is naught that has happened,
either in your conscious or your unconscious state,
that has not its place in the pattern of your life.
There is naught that is impinged upon your more sensitive
self which has not been worked in for good or for ill.
When seeking to fix your mind on that which should
claim your full attention, you find that for no apparent
reason a thought of a past time or scene rises up which
you imagined you had forgotten; this is the weaving
in of the golden strands - or the strands which were
meant to be golden - of experience.
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"Again and again we have to build, in co-operation
with the spirit within, for a time far ahead. The guides
and helpers have to see that in time of strain or in
time of temptation, there shall be forthcoming just
that little extra power which is necessary to carry
the earth child through. And when in weariness you
take your way, when it seems to you that the hill is
over-steep, when you pray for help and help seems so
far from you, then, by God's most mighty provision,
we are allowed to draw in, out of the past, a strand
of power, and the test is turned into another strand
of strength.
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"Man functions in many planes, and the spirit within
still holds its close contact with the Lord God of
all. By that contact mighty things can be accomplished,
by that contact not only can the aura of each one be
purified and strengthened, but there can be thrown
out from that aura - to impinge on the auras of others
- understanding, strength and endurance.
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"So I plead with each and every one. Is it still so
hard to blend the physical will with the Divine Will?
Be of good cheer; the process of growth necessarily
must be slow, you cannot throw off all the chains of
the past even though your heart and mind be set on
freedom - it takes time. Little by little so the garment
of the next body is woven together, so the pains and
the tests are worked in, so hopes and fears are either
strengthened or weakened according to the effort put
forth.
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"There are many disembodied souls who take their way
up and down the land seeking for instruments, not necessarily
instruments to be used as I use this body today, but
seeking for those sufficiently sensitive who can pick
up the finer vibrations of Spirit and be used, in equal
measure, to bring about the coming of the New Age,
the New Age when man, sublime man, shall be able to
manifest - even in material conditions - because so
many barriers will be broken down.
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"My brothers and my sisters, it is not mine to give
unto you that greater consciousness which one day you
must make your own; yet it is mine with all the force
of my being to urge you still more to further the progress
of the Divine Plan by your single-hearted devotion
to God's Truth. There are those here who have tasted
the joys of the world, who have drunk the cup of success
to its dregs, and then the thought has come: 'I am
not meant for this; there is something better which
God intends shall be my own'. The real self is fighting
for its freedom, and slowly the desires of the earth
are laid aside for the desires of the Spirit; slowly
the physical will is recognised as the enemy of spiritual
attainment, and the prayer goes up from an earnest
heart: 'Not my will, but Thine be done, oh God!'
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"Then so often it seems that failure comes; the old
Adam or the old Eve rises so strong again and despair
creeps close. But by setting the will towards the highest
and the best, by prayer, by effort, so at last something
of a miracle is wrought; and the man and the woman,
no longer a travesty of a son and a daughter of the
Most High, are able to demonstrate something of that
sublime power which is within, and although he and
she know it not, the golden cross of service is imprinted
upon their brow.
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"One state of evolution only, maybe, but that state
brings the power so that when the casket of flesh is
no more a new comprehension, so it seems, is made their
own. They look back over the past and wonder at themselves;
they see what they represent in the present, and although
to others they may appear as bright beings, their hearts
are torn, for a grander ideal has been made their own,
they see something of the planes of true Spirit and
they know not rest until at last their vibrations are
such that they can penetrate into those Bright Realms
without being overcome.
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"I speak of big things, perchance of the far future
to some, yet there are those gathered here who, when
they say 'good-bye' to all that the earth represents
so far as the physical body is concerned, shall prove
my words; they have been instrumental in bringing nearer
the New Age, the mature man in the God sense - not
the earth sense - a sublime being, able to demonstrate
its Divinity even though the flesh may hold.
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"So, my children, I must use the old, old words: let the surrender be complete, or else, being partially awakened souls, your sufferings
will be great in the life to come; the full surrender
of your hearts and minds, the employing of your energies
to God's work even while you do the mundane necessary
tasks of the day. Think not that the disciples of God
need cast their nets aside, they can help their fellow
men as they work to bring unto themselves that which
their dependants must have.
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"My eyes are opened and I see into the little future,
and my heart is glad, for I know that there shall be
many of those I am privileged to call 'my children'
who will indeed be thankful and grateful to make the
full surrender, to hold aloft the Golden Cross of Jesus
Christ, to be acclaimed as Crusaders and to see that
the holy war against selfishness is carried on with
unremitting vigour and dedication.
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"Think you of the many who have passed hence who have
had a measure of truth; yet because the cries of the
world were strong, that measure was not increased but
the talent was buried beneath the earth itself. Sweet
opportunity passes our way only once in the self-same
form. Countless opportunities there may be, by the
grace of God, but they are all different. Great is
the privilege of my mission, and if it seems at times
that I give you 'instruction' as to your daily life,
bear with me for I crave for you the very best. I long
for your freedom, it is my earnest prayer by day and
by night, that those whom I have been allowed to contact
may be heralds of the New Age, may be the ones to blaze
the trail, may be those who shall stand for ever as
examples to others.
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"But, my little ones, the tests must come. Love is
tested by that which is so unlike love. Faith is tried
by that which seems to cut at the very foundations
of a faith built up over the years by sorrow and anguish.
Hope seems to wither under the vicissitudes of daily
life, but how can the lamp of hope be trimmed except
by the experience of protecting the flame while the
storms rage around? All these things are so simple,
but over the centuries man has not been taught aright.
There has been the closing in of explanation, and thus
illumination has been delayed. The New Age has been
regarded as a treasure held for a far-off time; but
it is only waiting for those who have so attuned themselves
to the finer vibrations of Spirit that they have the
power to draw into the earth conditions that holiness
and purity which is essential for the resurrection
of doubting man.
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"My little ones, love pours through me on to you all,
for I know your lives, I know your struggles, I know
at times it has seemed that your heart has been seared
with the Cross, but had that not taken place, the Cross
would have remained darkened over the years, and the
golden light which God meant should be its own would
have been delayed. Blessed are those whose hearts have
been seared by the Cross! There is much spiritual power
in these conditions won by the experiences of the past,
won by pain, by loss, by many disappointments. Yet
without that Spirit Power how could the Christ Mission
be launched, where would come the driving force to
send it over the earth?
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"On the waters of sacrifice so that barque must travel;
and those with the rebellious will, those who want
their lives to be framed on another pattern, they act
as the storms which seem to threaten the barque, yet
they cannot do more than threaten, for the Pilot which
is Christ is on board; and although at times the little
craft shall seem to be swamped by the materialism of
this age, yet it shall ride over the waves and the
message shall be taken into those climes which have
not the simple truth which the Master came to bring.
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"Your part is so clear, and if the part is hard, is
it not a sign of the honour that has been bestowed
upon you? The little ones are given the light burdens;
those whose spiritual sinews are strong are entrusted
with that which must be carried by some of the children
of God during their earthly stage; and when such as
these pass through the little gateway of death into
the Better Land, the load which pressed them down shall
be shown to them as the cloud of power which has brought
well-nigh their spirit's desire.
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"The New Age awaits the readiness of man, when a new
type of man and woman shall also come, because of those
who today have struggled, because there have been some
who, hearkening to the Voice of God, have responded:
'Use me, according to Thy holy Will!'
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"If my words are solemn there is also the strain of
joy which runs throughout the message that I bring,
joy because there shall arise more and more disciples;
joy because there shall be more men and women who shall
resist the dictates of the flesh to answer unto the
calls of the spirit; joy because I see that a new country
shall take the place of the old, and the new country
of spiritualised effort shall show up the ugliness
and the tawdriness of the old country of self-interest
and self-indulgence. The time can come when this earth
represents a miniature Paradise, because the light
has been given unto man and because there shall be
those who will kindle and tend the light of others.
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"Beautiful is the future that lies before us, holy
is the path upon which we tread! The way is sanctified
by the sufferings of those who have gone in front,
who have laid their most precious treasures on the
path to bring comfort and reassurance to others. Glorious
is the future that lies in front of aspiring man!
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"How good is God, how understanding is His love for
those who must seem to Him so limited and so frail;
yet even as I give out these words, so over the vibrations
comes the message of Love: 'Ye are My well-beloved,
My happiness lies with you'.
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"We part with peace holding us fast, for in these conditions
something of holiness has found its place, brought
hither by the dedication within the heart and mind
of each one present. I entreat you, my children, to
make your vows anew; to promise the spirit within that
is seeking for its freedom, that freedom shall be made
its own; to link hands, as it were, with the helpers
who are all around, to count the world well lost for
Jesus Christ, knowing that loss is turned into eternal
gain.
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"Pilgrims on the long journey home to God, pilgrims
are needed in a way that the human mind cannot grasp,
so that by their own sweet example others shall be
induced to follow on. Thus comes nearer the New Age,
the New Age which even now, as a faint streak of light,
can be seen over the far horizon of time - the coming
of the Holy Spirit in greater volume still. Now I take
my leave. Farewell, farewell!"
©GWCSA
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