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THE GREATER WORLD CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALIST CHURCH
THE ZODIAC MESSAGES
"THE PURPOSE OF THE EARTH LIFE"
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 Portsmouth,
on Sunday, 10th January, 1932
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"SAVIOUR CHRIST, into Thy hands I commend the
spirit of this Thy child.
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"MY CHILDREN, so gladly I come amongst you to
speak in this same way, and if there are those here
who find it difficult to believe that a spirit disembodied
for nearly two thousand years can come back and use
the physical tabernacle of another, then I ask them
to wait awhile, to wait until their own earthly body
is laid aside.
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"Then they will have revealed unto them many miracles
of God's grace, miracles so simple yet so strange -
those things which demonstrate that the laws of God
govern physical laws and even the disbelief of man's
mind.
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"To-night I have been instructed to speak to you
upon THE PURPOSE OF THE EARTH LIFE. At the outset I
want to bring in those economic conditions which are
causing distress to so many who have not the clear
explanation which God meant should be their own. I
want you to realise that those who are free from the
body are not indifferent to the plight of so many upon
the earth plane to-day; but freewill cannot be interfered
with. That which appertains to-day is the direct result
of what has been done by the free-will of man. You
may answer me: 'Yes, but the innocent suffer for the
guilty,' and I reply: It has been so since life was
first created.
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"But although the innocent suffer for the guilty,
God's law of restitution, God's law of compensation
goes on all the time; and although one here, one there,
nay countless thousands, may suffer through that which
is against the Divine Will, so again the Divine Will
and the Divine Law bring to the one concerned - or
to the many - that compensation which in the Life to
come shall show that God is not mocked and that His
protective care is around all who suffer.
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"In regard to the purpose of the earth life, I
want you to realise that there is no gift which you
possess, or anything upon the earth plane, whether
animate or inanimate in your language, which is not
treasured by God. There is something of God in everything
there could be, there is something of God in this material (platform curtain), there is something of God in the wood upon which
I walk, there is something of God in those lights which
seem so bright to you, there is something of God in
the vibrations around each one. Oh, believe that there
is naught that is common in the whole of creation.
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"But I must remind you that some of those things
brought into being by man have not been used as God
intended. Many with the gifts of the earth mind abuse
their powers; many with the gifts of the hands, of
creating music, portraying upon the canvas the scenes
of daily life, many have forgotten that there is a
life to come and that in that life to come there is
this great fact inescapable before each one: that the
past must be retraced in thought, that it must be retraced
in deed, and all that which is arraigned against the
law of harmony and of love must be righted before the
individual concerned can really progress.
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"Yet I would not sadden; the day has been over-saddening
to you - the dark sky, the storm, the wind which has
swept over house and hill, these things oft cast a
shade over the mind of those upon the earth plane;
but the storm and the tumult have their part in the
great constructive plan. The purpose of the earth life
must not be overlooked.
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"There are those who have taken on a physical
body, and when they grow to man's or woman's estate,
they feel that a so-called 'good time' is their right.
They turn from their lessons, they shrink from the
discipline of the daily round. There are the young
of every nation who long for that which they call pleasure,
and there are some who seek pleasure by ungodly means.
But forget not this: the earth life is of supreme value
because during this stage the vast majority know right
and wrong, the vast majority can exercise their own
free-will.
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"I would remind you of the far, far past. Man
was created in the Image of the Divine, pure, perfect,
but without the gift of personal experience. So it
was that long before the earth plane came into use
for the purpose and the plan, man was trying to learn
how to govern himself, to control those gifts granted
unto him, and to put to a right use the opportunities
around him.
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"I want you to realise that this little globe
- which seems of such importance to you - represents
one stage, and one stage alone. You have taken your
way in other spheres as a living soul, clothed in a
garment, not of flesh but of something finer or something
coarser than flesh. As a living soul you have had countless
lives in other conditions, in those worlds which are
beyond the imagination of man. Way back over the far,
far past you have lived your many lives, and now the
stage has been reached when you have learned sufficiently
to know the difference between right and wrong. Blinded,
held by many restrictions, you take your way on earth,
or so it seems to some, in loneliness of heart. But
that, again, is not the Will of God.
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"The Will of God is that there shall not be any
barriers between the many worlds or states of existence;
the Will of God is that man should commune with man
wherever the individual may be; the Will of God is
that you should hear the voice of the one
('departed' loved one)
who has gone on before: the Will of God is that you
should see that precious soul close beside you in the
home, but in a finer, lovelier body than the one you
treasured so much.
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"But the Will of God has been turned from because
those upon the earth plane followed the path of personal
indulgence, those in the physical body forgot the simple
laws laid down by God as Christ.
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"Yet here again I have words of hope, words of
great inclusive cheer. The purpose of the earth life
shall be made plain to man as time goes on, and then
it will be seen that the troubles, the pains, the disappointments,
the carping anxieties, that these are restoring to
the individual what the individual has lost through
his own ignorance or folly; then it will be seen that
the gifts of the mind and the gifts of the hand were
given for a purpose far beyond the imagination of man
now or in the time of long ago. Oh forget not this
- the gifts that you possess today are as echoes of
those gifts which have been bestowed upon the children
of the Most High.
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"Then I would speak to the wiseacres, to those
who prize their intellect, to those who say: 'Give
me facts!' I speak to such as these in tones of love,
even if my tones seem stern. Brother, be not over-confident
regarding that which you believe. Forget not that the
time will come when the body of flesh will be laid
aside, when that mind of yours, which seems so all-important
now, will have lost its cunning, when the sight of
your physical eyes will have grown dim. Then, brother,
it will mean all in all to you how you lived your life
upon the earth plane, whether you were compassionate
and just, or whether you were ambitious in the earth
way and forgot to be ambitious in the God way. In the
time to come when sight is made your own, then point
by point shall be vouchsafed to you the study of the
past, and in your new-found liberty a truer sense of
values will be made your own, and the value of a tender
heart, the value of an upright life will seem of first
importance.
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"The purpose of the earth life is so great, so
merciful, so inclusive, that I can but indicate a trend
of thought, and you in turn must follow that trend
of thought and make the truth your own. Within you
is the Holy Spirit and by seeking you shall find. Within
you is God and by applying Divine laws to the things
of daily life, so it shall be proved to you that God's
laws are true and God's laws are justice itself.
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"Now I wish to speak to the toilers, to those
who are hard beset; yes, I speak to the tired mothers,
and to the boys and girls who have seen the ambition
of their heart laid aside for the ambition of the spirit.
Be of good cheer, the purpose of your earth life is
being worked out! If your earthly desires had been
worked out, then the desire of the spirit must wait
a while for fulfilment. If there were no storms and
tumults, how could man grow? If there was no effort
given forth, how could the seed planted in the darkness
force its way into the light?
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"So it is with you. The troubles of the earth
plane are great and they must increase, but out of
the troubles, out of the sorrows, so shall come the
resurrection of man. Out of the darkness so a great
light shall be shown, and in that light shall be manifested
your true Master, your truest Friend, Jesus the Christ,
the One Who trod the earth plane and suffered not only
as you suffer now, but suffered in a way you cannot
understand while the earth mind holds.
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"So I want you all, especially those who are troubled
at this time, to arise in spirit, to allow something
of explanation to filter through to the mind of the
body and to realise that what a man sows he must reap;
and this applies to countries, to nations and to worlds
as well. What has been sown must be reaped, but in
the reaping - though there are tares amongst the wheat
- in the reaping there shall be shown many sweet flowers
of the Spirit which were overlooked by searching man.
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"I would that I could show you - who are so hard
beset - that the processes of release, the processes
of spiritualization, they are ever the same, whether
in this world or in those many worlds through which
you will pass. Out of that which is given up, so you
take; out of that which seems to go wrong, so a mighty
'right' is given instead; out of that which a man does
in faith, so something is constructed for evermore,
and I would that you could take this thought to heart.
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"You look out upon the world to-day and you see
that which calls out exclamations of admiration. There
is the inventor, the constructor of earthly things.
What has he done? What of those great ships in the
harbour? Are they safe from the storms of earthly life?
What of those inventions which would defy time and
space and the vibrations which govern the earth? Does
not the thought of those things constructed by man
make you pause to ask: 'What of the constructor and
of these constructions when the earth life is no more?'
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"I answer you with words of cheer. In those great
constructions many have toiled, many have given their
best; and when the ship or the vast building is no
more, so in the conditions, there for evermore, is
the beauty created by the patient worker. By that which
has been torn from man, by the stilling of the word
of complaint, by hearkening to the voice of discipline,
so when earthly things are no more, beautiful, strong
vibrations of Spirit remain as a demonstration of the
Divine within man.
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"Much I would pass on, for there is that which
tortures the mind of man. The earth life, which seems
so full of injustice, so full of sorrow - what is the
meaning of it all? The meaning is glorious, the meaning
is so constructive, that man has never grasped it.
It is clearing the path for you, my brother; it is
clearing the path for you, my sister, so that when
the earth garment is cast aside you shall walk, free,
into the home which God has prepared for you, and the
entanglements of the earth will hold you no more.
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"There is many a man and many a woman who when
the earth life is over, still cling to the earth. Yet
those with spiritual power shall release them in time
from the bondage which holds.
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"The roses bloom and the roses fade away. The
sunshine comes and then a cloud obscures the sun. The
warm winds of the west are changed to the cold winds
of the north. Each and every one has its place. If
the rose did not die to this state, it could not bloom
in the brighter planes of Spirit. If the body that
holds you now were not cast aside, what would you know
of real truth, what would you have of real gifts, what
would you experience of joy?
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"The mind of man to-day may seem great. It is
a valuable tool; it is a tool that can be used for
a Divine purpose, but when man passes into Reality
he finds that the finest brain upon the earth plane
is as a child's intellect in comparison with the mind
possessed by those who trod the path of duty while
the physical body held.
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"So I say unto you: Children, prize the earth
mind in this sense: it is something which will allow
you to have something better when you are free. Prize
the strength of the physical tabernacle in one sense
alone: the physical tabernacle, if used for the spreading
of God's truth, if used for the protection of others,
that physical tabernacle will lead on to a 'body' charged
with power; and then, even as God desires, by thought
you shall create some of the wonders of the Spirit.
By holy desire you shall set into the conditions harmony
of sound - the music of the spheres. By dedication,
again, you shall bring into life those things which
you love the best.
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"So I ask you to be practical in the Spirit Way,
to use that gift of commonsense which is your own,
and to commune within. To-day passes, tomorrow must
come; the earth life - so short, so brief to us - the
earth life will soon be over for you, and then as men
and women imbued with power if you have striven, or
if you have not, with feebleness of mind and a feebleness
of garment, you will take your way.
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"Is it not worth while to have a little struggle,
a little pain now? Is it not worth while to go without
to-day so that in the sweet by-and-by you may have
and hold for evermore? The way of the Divine within
you is brighter than you can imagine. You strive and
it seems, perchance, that you fail; but in God's sight
and by the law of the Spirit, you strive and you attain.
What seems to happen upon the earth plane is of little
importance in comparison with the real Life of the
soul.
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"The days are speeding fast. By the power of the
Holy Spirit I have foretold that certain things will
come to pass. In that hour, in that day, let it be
that you are among the pioneers, among the brave souls,
the leaders of others; that you stand unafraid, confident
not in yourselves but in your God, knowing that one
step to the left or one step to the right means that
you can contact the companions of the Spirit. They
are enduring with you, protecting so far as possible
and ever leading you out of the things which seem into
the things which are.
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"There must come upon the earth plane that which
man calls catastrophe, but do not think of this with
fear in your heart. With Christ in your heart and mind
naught that is evil can touch you. And more than that,
your part shall be the man's part or the woman's part
in the God sense. You will be able to go to others
with your sure protection and calm their fears.
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"The purpose of the earth life must be worked
out for you as in the time of long ago it was with
us. Persecutions were many, but we were content to
meet them as part of our portion and as part of the
Holy Plan. There are persecutions to-day, but they
are of a different character, persecutions which attack
man, persecutions which attack women - the persecution
of anxiety, the persecution of poverty, and the persecution
of a wavering faith. But to-night a glorious future
is held out before you, if only you will do your part.
Great things must come to pass. Great things can come
to pass in the human soul and in the human mind. You
each one can demonstrate that the Holy Spirit governs
the earth laws, the earth life, and even those things
which man has done against the Divine Will.
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"The time has sped. I must leave you in this same
sweet way, but I would reassure again and again. The
purpose of the earth life is so clear when the earth
life is over, but while the body holds, many, as blinded
children, wander hither and thither, fearing what lies
in front. The purpose of the earth life is to set you
free from that which binds; the purpose of the earth
life is to show to man, if man is faithful and true,
that though bound by the physical, he can demonstrate
those God-like gifts which are his own.
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"Peace be amongst you! In front, glorious in its
radiance, is the Cross of Jesus the Christ, protection
for each and everyone - the protection of the power
of sweet simplicity. So then, my children, as you take
your earth way, I entreat you to be practical in the
Spirit sense, to build not for the earth life, but
to build for your spiritual future in the little to-morrow
which can represent Eternal Day!
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"Farewell, dear children. I would that I could
have come amongst you to give that which is my gift
from God Himself.
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"Farewell, but we shall meet again."
©GWCSA
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