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THE GREATER WORLD CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALIST CHURCH
THE ZODIAC MESSAGES
An extract from 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).
"SPIRIT POWER"
A WARNING AGAINST THE MISUSE OF SPIRIT POWER CONCERNING
MEDIUMSHIP
"...Dedication, concentration, retreating into the
silence of the Spirit, shutting out the world and its
many voices and trying - ah, yes, trying to reach that
which is your own - the Spirit of God, within and without.
That is the way to unravel the secrets of the Bright
Spheres; that is the way to untie all those many knots
in the rope of physical knowledge; that is the way
to make Wisdom your own - the Wisdom of the Spirit
which shall permit you not only to enter into revelation
yourself, but to demonstrate that revelation to others.
"There is no other way. Many have tried,
many have got through the first portal, and then, intoxicated
by success, have forgotten the quest
- the quest of holiness, the quest which demands consecration
and devotion. Indeed they have gathered up gifts; but
when they come here they will see that those gifts
were but misrepresentations of the real, but travesties
of the powers. In that day they will go back - yes,
even to the portal gate - and by service, by prayer,
by faith make that which God holds out to all their
own. Without service, prayer and faith, the work that
is done has no stamina, dear children; and that is
the difference. Sometimes, from the outside, it would
seem that the results are greater. But go back to nature
- plodding nature, to the slowness of growth - and
then you will see how only the Spirit can emerge; and
until the Spirit is free, in some measure, from self,
from the world's way of thinking, so the work done
passes away and the power has been wasted.
"Children, I can't speak too seriously in regard
to this. The power of the Holy Spirit is used extravagantly
in order to demonstrate, not the Love of the Father,
but rather the powers of the physical mind - those
powers which walk hand in hand with popularity and
success. This, dear children, has a harmful effect
on that which is Divine within. Never think that Christ,
the Great Understander, does not enter into the natural
wishes of these, His little ones; but when they come
here they will see, to their anguish, that the good
gift, which is indeed of the Spirit, was not used to
demonstrate the Divine but rather to catch the attention
of the idle passer-by. Oh, think you not that I judge
others; yet being a servant of the Most High I should
be failing my mission if I did not seek to instil one
little word of warning. When you come here, seeing
things as they are, you will find it hard to forgive
your lesser selves if that power was not used solely
and only to bring the revelation of God's Love to suffering
humanity.
"Yes, the ways of the earth and the ways of the
Spirit often run in opposite directions; and yet those
on the Other Side are concentrating their powers in
order to bring the greater vision to all who know the
Truth. Yes, they know the Truth, but they understand
it not: they take, but they are scarcely willing yet
to give; they use it not for the furtherance of God's
work, but rather to comfort their own aching hearts
"Cannot you see the difference, and cannot you
see the responsibility as well? Only Spirit can contact
with Spirit; only the God within can reach out and
find the Great God who made us all. Yet the things
which stand for all time are passed over, and the pretty
toy at hand - the poppy of consolation, striking in
its brightness - satisfies, and they go no further.
"Yes! The patience of God is infinite, but the
patience of the Divine within you is another matter.
And there are many who, when they are free, will be
anguished indeed to see that they had the jewel of
price in their hands, but they used it for their own
adornment instead of holding it high so that the Light
of the Sun might shine upon it and others might see.
"My children, I hope I have not saddened you,
because I know that in your hearts the wish to be used
as God desires is foremost; and because of this a blessing
- an unending blessing - rests upon you..."
©GWCSA
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