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THE GREATER WORLD CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALIST CHURCH
THE ZODIAC MESSAGES
"SUBLIME MYSTERIES"
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 Christian Spiritualist
Church, Torquay, Sunday, April 23rd, 1939.
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"Saviour Christ into Thy hands I commend the spirit
of this Thy child…
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"...I am instructed to speak to you upon the Sublime
Mysteries, for the World of the Spirit and the material
world are not two separate states - one impinges upon
the other. Because you are Spirit, even though the
flesh may hinder, you can participate in the Christ
Realm, which is your true Home.
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"There are many mysteries, which tease and torture
the mind of man. There are people going through trials
and troubles who question why some seem to go through
so much and others suffer so little and that all their
striving seems to be for nothing. Men and women struggle
from their beds of sickness by the combination of their
own will power and the grace of God. The medical profession
possesses many honest men who will tell you that again
and again men and women have recovered, when by all
standards physical death should have taken place. Those
who seek to do God's work by ministering to the sick
realise that there is a power stronger than anything
earthly science can produce and that this power does
indeed act when faith and trust in God is put into
action.
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"It is wise for the sick to recover and yet be weakly.
To those who question this I say: 'Wait patiently unto
the Lord'. Many who suffer do not realise that pain
can be a friend, it can bring the greatest treasure
any soul can have and rust cannot touch that treasure
nor the canker of physical life destroy it. That treasure
has been purchased by the effort of the Real Self,
seeking to be brave, by endeavouring to hold on to
faith. That treasure is of the Spirit and lasts for
evermore. So you see that some of the earthly mysteries
are Divine mysteries also.
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"I am sent not to minister to the mind of the body,
but to pass on comfort to the soul. Many will read
my words that are hungering and thirsting after righteousness
and still find that enemies press on either side.
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"Those who admire the abilities of the earthly mind
should beware. The knowledge of the earth is good when
it is rightly used and when the mind of man is dedicated
to the Master's work. But science has brought into
being much that cheats the soul, that robs the character,
that comes as a thief in the night to tear away from
humanity the most precious gifts that God could give.
So too is the mind of man used to tempt.
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"Think of the many with ability who employ their talents
to pander to the baser mind of man. When you consider
such as these you realise that what was meant as an
aid to further the Divine Plan, has so often built
the rocks which tear the builders to pieces in time
to come. Those who have healthy bodies and well-balanced
minds are custodians of much, and when the time comes,
as it states in your Holy Book, you will be called
to give account of your stewardship. You are all custodians,
but for the most part man does not understand his trust.
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"Today, they are perhaps able to put off the thought
of that future, to make excuses, to find due explanation
of that which they have done. But in the realms of
Spirit, spiritual fact can no longer be ignored and
each one can decide for himself as he reads the record
of his own past. The excuses that once came so glibly
are shown as the hypocrisy they represent. At last,
the individual comes face to face with Divine Truth
- that which man sows he must reap.
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"But what comfort comes to those who are struggling,
to those seemingly closed in by earthly darkness, who
are seeking for the Light. Individuals going through
crucial tests feel that they stand alone. But understand,
that if
another
fought the battle, then the victory would
not be your own.
When the angels of the Most High walk too close to
man, a wonderful exhilaration seizes his being. The
old troubles appear trivial and the pains of the body
can be defied. Angels are shouldering the burden and
man walks in the light of the effort of another and
not by himself.
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"As experience comes and the soul grows in knowledge
and Divine desire, the bright ones do not leave the
individual but stand back. Just as you would train
a child to walk alone, to conquer fear, to have the
knowledge, the inward consciousness that the ability
to walk has at last been made it's own.
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"To all of you who have been through troubles, who
have felt that hope was absent, who perhaps have lost
touch with God, remember, that God never loses touch
with you. You are His well beloved and He sorrows over
your sorrows. But He rejoices in the thought that you
will soon be strong enough to conquer sorrow when you
have won the strength to look upon earthly things and
to realise that they are your tools. Once you know
how to handle them, you are the master of your destiny,
captain of your soul, leader of your own boat, which
is sailing towards the harbour of your spirit's desire.
Sublime Mysteries!
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"Those who have stood beside a sorrowing mother while
she folds the hands of her child and have marvelled
at the strength of her soul when she says: 'God's ways
are best'. Sublime Mystery!
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"Love transcends the physical. The mother knows that
the child she suffered so much to bring into the world
is not 'dead'. In one of God's many mansions her child
lives on. What a wonderful triumph of faith, what glorious
renunciation of earthly thinking. For such a one, when
the earthly body is no more, the gates of revelation
shall be thrown wide open and more than that, they
shall be used to comfort the broken hearted, to bring
light to the mourner in the blackness of deep despair.
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"I would ask the men to weigh up in their minds the
relative value of the things of the earth and the things
of the Spirit. It is wise to be sane, even though it
seems to you that there is much that is insane in this
plane of existence. Mediumship is a gift of God, but
alas, tragedy comes because so many,
denying the gift of Mediumship,
are used by the enemies of Christ to cast conditions
of hatred and jealousy and the consequent treachery
that follows.
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"You are meant to employ your abilities to gain a living
for yourselves and those dependant upon you. The man
who runs straight is nearer the Kingdom of God than
he can grasp while the body lasts. As you strive and
plan by legitimate means to earn your living, do not
forget to pray, for God understands your material needs.
In the same way, He understands your spiritual needs.
Many a good businessman, by arguing that it is impossible
to obey Divine Laws and still become successful in
the material sense, has dug a pit into which he has
fallen by his lack of vision and understanding.
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"What kind of man do you turn to when there is some
enterprise to be brought into being? You look for an
honest man, a man you can trust. That is a spiritual
instinct and a wise business instinct to create in
the minds of those with whom you deal. Even in this,
there is tuition for your heavenly home. In the next
stage of being men who have used their minds aright
are wanted desperately; there are greater problems
there than those upon the earth plane. Do not forget
that, you are face to face with your reality; in the
next stage there is not the same opportunity to deceive
or be deceived. There is no way to hide the rotten
sores that lie beneath a beautiful facade.
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"You must face facts as they are. Those men who have
sought to honour their word and their obligations are
the disciples of the Christ. When they pass hence,
in the degree that they have struggled, they shall
penetrate some of the Sublime Mysteries of the World
of the Spirit. They shall be set to work anew to do
that which they longed to do when upon the earth, but
conditions forbade.
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"I yearn for everyone to pass into freedom when this
dim veil is over for him or her. What is freedom? You
have such a distorted view of freedom here on the earth
plane; it means physical liberty; so often it means
material possessions or to be able to follow the whims
and fancies of the mind here and there until at last
earthly desire is worn out. Is a man or woman free
when released from the flesh if memory tortures? What
if the man or woman goes back upon the incidents of
his or her life and remembers their short comings,
letting down a faithful friend, breaking promises and
making excuses for themselves, things left undone that
they promised to do? Memory can be a great gift; but
on the other hand it can be as a sword that pierces
the very heart.
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"Remember Divine Law: if man does to the best of his
ability then God finishes what man has begun. There
are many who cry in their inner depths: 'I have failed',
but they cannot judge. Besides, if a man or woman is
certain that they are a success, does this not show
a failure in itself? I speak to those who want to accomplish
so much, but it seems that humanity is too strong.
You hope that strength will come, but as the day draws
to an end, despair overcomes your being; you feel that
the precious effort you made is lacking something.
Many a faithful soul goes to his rest wondering what
God is thinking of him.
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"Be of good cheer. Our heavenly Father understands
our frailty. If you were able to overcome all that
you desire, then the earthly stage would be finished
for you. The Sublime Mystery which encloses our life,
is the Love of God. Remember that within you is a fragment
of the Love of God, for you are Him and that which
is His can never die. Some feel that they have loved
and it has brought them deep sadness in their lives,
that which they gave is spurned. There is around you
a band of Holy Workers loving you in the Christ way,
seeking to close the wounds in your heart and minds,
placing over them the balm of their own much deeper
love; you had forgotten them. Do they reproach you
for this lack of remembrance? No! They understand.
I bring from them these words of consolation. Even
though love has brought so deep a pain, love on, because
love is a Creative Force which has never been understood
by man. The Witnesses of Light are seeking to come
back and explain the miraculous power of Love that
is within the reach and possession of every soul in
every plane of existence.
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"It is a well-known fact, that a builder to build truly,
must love his work. It is an unassailable truth that
no artist, no musician, can give out to the world the
desired effect unless there is love of the task at
hand. This in miniature underlines the spiritual law
that is the guiding principle of life in all realms.
When you pass into the next stage it will be shown
as gifts that are around, by the way in which you loved,
how much you loved, how often you arose from the grave
of love and brought new life by giving out love again.
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"Just think, when you are in a state where earthly
minds are no longer of any account - for only the effort
is saved from the earthly mind - how will you feel
as you look over your equipment? For when you are seeking
for something to do you see this great Creative Force
bringing into being miracles of grace.
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"Many will rejoice! They pass out of the earthly stage,
unwanted and alone, they have had their little day,
the young ones are coming on, the old are despised
and broken-hearted. But they leave this veil of sorrow
and pass into the Light. Waiting to greet them is a
vast company; they feel that there is some mistake.
But no! The bright ones are there for them. Gone the
desolation, forgotten the old betrayals, the heart
can ache no more, happiness within and around, as they
enter their own garden, they see a Sublime Mystery:
Unravelled before their bewildered eyes, the sorrows
are turned to blossoms and the troubles to sweet fragrance
that is a healing power, unlimited, for their use as
well as for others.
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"How unwisely man has been taught and how base is his
definition of values! In the Heart of God the truth
that makes us free is shown for all. I plead with you
as travellers on the long journey home to God, if you
are not already a disciple of the Christ, make your
vows now. Look at life with a clearer vision than ever
before, look at individuals and try to understand what
their lot has been. Then because of your own knowledge,
purchased by dedication to God, push aside reserve
and shyness and go to those who are heavy laden and
show them through their imagination the glorious future
that awaits them. It is their Divine Inheritance. No
one can snatch it from them for they are the children
of the Most High, sons and daughters of the King of
Kings.
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"The Sublime Mystery of Life and being, the Sublime
Mystery of the unfolding of fate. Many men have respect
for the humble worker, the sorrowing brother, despised
and rejected because of economic conditions, because
that man still believes in God.
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"But the sadness that tortures us, in the Spirit World,
is that
explanation
is not given to these sorrowing souls, they walk in
darkness. They cannot realise, because they do not
know, that the Divine Law of Compensation is being
worked out moment by moment in their drab and mundane
lives. This is our responsibility, the reason why we
come back, to give explanation so that God and His
Love can be made clear to wondering, blinded man. Sublime
Mysteries can be unravelled by a word here, by an understanding
look there.
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"To those who have suffered I say that it is good you
have bought the experience, otherwise how could you
lead someone else out of the slough of deep despair?
So you see that man's ways in the material sense are
not God's ways; yet man belongs to God.
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"It is only that man has imprisoned himself; but the
time comes when the stone is rolled away from the tomb
and the Master shall say: 'Lazarus, stand forth'. Then
man shall be born to a greater understanding and a
realisation that he is Divine, that his Home is not
here, but in God's Fair Land.
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"To those looking for opportunities, I say that you
are where God has placed you and your opportunities
are second to none, for within you is Divinity. Also,
do not forget that fragment of Divine Love, that great
Creative Force which allows you to link up with Spirit
in all conditions and in all planes, to touch the hem
of the garment of Christ and be made whole.
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"Man limits himself. But God's Will is that there should
be perfect freedom. Through the Divine spark within
you there can be perfect freedom. When you pass through
the doorway of physical death into Life, you shall
look back over the days that have been. If you lifted
your heart to God, if you sent out your sympathy to
those around, you shall see that you did missionary
work far beyond the little earth plane. You were sending
forth a great force, a healing force, although you
did not know it. Strangers, those far from your imagination,
came into contact with that force, because it was love.
Love raised them and they came a little nearer to the
Kingdom of God because of you.
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"We understand so little while held by the body of
flesh. But through the graciousness of God it does
not matter whether we understand or not, so long as
we act. We must take up the duties of the day, seek
to make the home a citadel of peace, giving out love
to those who are lonely, to those who have lost loved
ones. Such simple ways, the Christ way, open to you
all.
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"Do try and grasp that moment-by-moment, you yourselves
are demonstrations of Divine mysteries. But one day,
the veil will be parted and all will be made so clear.
If only you were a true custodian of the mind and the
body, of that which you possessed, then flowers will
line your way; there shall be nothing between you and
the Loving Christ. As you seek to reach Him, so His
Love-Ray will go out to meet you. The unity will then
be complete, for you are His and He is yours and God
has ordained that for each and everyone of His own
creation there shall be pure joy and the peace that
passes all earthly understanding.
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"So I bless you all. Let not your hearts be troubled.
Whatever events take place, raise your consciousness,
try to stand as those who are soldiers of Christ. These
are the ones you can depend upon in time of need, the
ones who have won their courage. If there are those
around needing consolation, point to the Cross. The
Cross is theirs and it is yours, and from the Cross
the Light that shall never fade. When you are free
from the flesh, something of the power of the Cross
shall be shown to you and you shall borrow of that
power, for God has promised and God will fulfil.
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"As I take my leave, I bless the workers. In the quiet
hour it is good to meet together and feel the rays
of the Holy Spirit upon us and realise that between
us and the World of Spirit there need be no barrier
at all. Within us is the unfailing link, the unbroken
link, the gift of God and the knowledge that through
His Son, Jesus the Christ and through the Power of
the Holy Spirit we are all one family. In time to come
we shall work together for the coming of the Kingdom.
Peace be with you all. I thank the Father that it has
been His Will that this further link should be made.
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"By the Cross of the Holy Master I bless you. Do not
forget His Love, His unfailing Love for you all."
©GWCSA
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