High Falls, Ulster County, N.Y.
This glorious and inspiring Message was given by FATHER directly after the proofreading of the Sayville Message which had been given by HIM while visiting there on Thursday, September the twenty-first. It was indeed a Lecture well worth the consideration of everyone and served to prime the Pump of Wisdom, Knowledge and Divine Understanding once more on this beautiful, sunny morning at High Falls in the Promised Land.
In this Message FATHER further reveals the mystery of the real and Sacred Shrine and explains the secret of the Shrine-ship Degree of expression to the children of men, that they might have a clearer insight and a deeper conception of this Secret Place of the Most High, wherein the true and faithful are to abide, under the Shadow of the ALMIGHTY.
Take these thoughts to consideration and blossom forth in the knowledge of the truth that GOD ALMIGHTY, sweet FATHER DIVINE, has so freely and condescendingly given to the universe at large.
(The foregoing statements are those of the transcriber, after which FATHER Speaks as follows:)
PEACE, EVERYONE: We cannot detach ourselves in thoughts and in mind from the Message I gave, as the Message is one eternal Message combined. I thought of the mystery of the Message as given especially concerning living in Sayville.
Somewhere around about twenty years ago, going out in Sayville, yea, twenty or twenty-one years ago, making MY get-away apparently from the consideration of the masses collectively, hiding MYSELF as going in seclusion as the place for the Most High to hide; verifying that of which had been preordained and also had been predicted:
'He that dwelleth in the secret places of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the ALMIGHTY!'
This was one of the Secret Places of the Most High in which I did hide and veiled
MYSELF for many years--at least, twelve of them and more, before I allowed MYSELF
to be publicly known again that I AM on earth among men.
These thoughts are well worth considering and you should consider them, for the mystery of GOD has been revealed, and those things that have been hid, they are no longer hid for I have revealed them to the children of men.
'He that dwelleth in the secret places of the Most High
Shall abide under the shadow of the ALMIGHTY!'
Those of you who have been out there and actually did dwell in the Secret Place
of the Most High, the majority who have been true and faithful, they still abide
under the Shadow of the ALMIGHTY, under GOD'S Personal Jurisdiction, for they
live it and express it!
Oh, it is a privilege to observe the mystery and to see what GOD has actually done for this people! In the hiding place of the Most High, in the Secret Place where I had gone to hide, when the time did come that I could no longer hide, the mystery of GOD was revealed and mankind observed ME as I AM and was lifted and came and sought ME diligently. A good many found ME. Hence, when I speak of Sayville as a Shrine, it was made a Shrine after it had become to be a place where I could no longer hide. When it was revealed to the children of men and they came seeking deliverance and their emancipation of every kind, there and then by their concentrated thoughts and faith they had in GOD, for themselves and others they created a Shrine.
This is a mortal concept, as I continue to say; it is not that a Shrine is the highest order of things. A Shrine is an Expression of GOD'S Presence manifested, s some Special Place where the Spirit apparently appears and Blesses the people according to their faith. Can you not see the mystery? And this is done according to the faith of those who are living in mortal consciousness in a great measure, for Shrines would not be universally and in divers places collectively, saving by the mortal version of men as they observe things mortal-mindedly and seek from that angel of expression to receive some certain blessing. Because they seek from that angle of expression and seek it diligently with the spirit of sincerity, they usually receive the blessing when they seek it diligently. And when they receive the blessing at that Special Place of expression, they call such a place to their conviction to be a place where they can receive blessings. Can you not see the mystery? And if it is a Special Place where you can receive special blessings, more than where you could receive such blessings elsewhere, it is made a Shrine to you, even if you are not conscious of the Shrine-ship Degree of expression.
Therefore I say, Shrines are made by the material mind, metaphysically speaking, or by the mortal mind, minds that are not developed in consciousness whereby they are conscious of GOD'S Actual Ever-presence and Omnipresence in Reality, that they might receive the same blessing elsewhere and everywhere wheresoever they are. Therefore they go to some place geographically, and there the Shrines are established. Can you not see the mystery?
But oh, how glorious it is to lift you from that degree of unfoldment and let you see and know definitely, a real Shrine that shall stand and last throughout all eternity is the Shrine of MY SPIRIT, this state of consciousness, when you are lost in the Will of your FATHER! Can you not see the mystery? Then you are always at that Shrine and you are always living at the Shrine when you bow in hearts and mind to the INFINITE ONE in obeisance to HIS Holy Will. Aren't you glad!
The Shrine-ship Degree is a living reality, but geographically the divers Shrines in evidence manifested, they are only a sketch and a reflection of the reality of the Shrine that I have actually given--a Shrine eternally in the heaven in this state of consciousness where I AM!
Now kneel at the Shrine in the Shrine-ship Degree of your mind at any and at all times, and know within yourselves once and forever, even though the abstract expression and the materialization of that Shrine firstly was even a place geographically, outwardly manifested as a place for the Most High to hide,
'He that dwelleth in the secret places of the Most High
Shall abide under the shadow of the ALMIGHTY!'
But when the mystery is revealed distinctly and all humanity observes it and
seeks ME diligently, they all will see and know definitely GOD is Ever- Present
universally and HE does not have to go to a place to hide, no, never; for GOD
HIMSELF, HE Came to abide with you now, henceforth and forever!
Oh, what a privilege to observe such and to bring into actuality the reality of that supposition of GOD'S Presence as a Shrine in some place geographically, for it was merely a sketch and a reflection, yet you did receive the blessing, for it was a Shrine-ship degree for the conscious mentality of those who were living in mortal consciousness. But when you arise and put off the mortal consciousness, in other words, put off the Adamic state of consciousness and put on the CHRIST Consciousness, you will find you have the Shrine in the spirit and the mind wheresoever you are, and you can kneel at the Shrine in consciousness and there meet your GOD, wheresoever you are.
Then the Scripture is fulfilled, yea, the Gospel prediction of JESUS:
'The time cometh and now is, you do not have to go up to Jerusalem to worship, neither in these mountains, but they who worship GOD shall worship GOD in spirit and in truth,'
That is ever with you and you need not go any place! But it is beautiful when
you are lost in the Will of GOD! Aren't you glad!
'Oh, to be lost in the Will of GOD!'
This cannot be stressed too vividly, for there and then you will have GOD with
you and GOD'S Will will be your will and your will will be GOD'S Will when you
are lost in GOD'S Will, and then you feel good, do you not? You feel mighty good
when you love the LORD and when you are actually lost in HIS Holy Will!
'Oh, to be lost in the Will of GOD!'
That is the only place to be; where you will find peace and sweet rest throughout
eternity with ME; where trials and where tribulations cannot come; where you
shall have scaled the mountains and got home where CHRIST is and shall remain
throughout all eternity!
It is a wonderful privilege! Just think of the Shrine with you, carrying the Shrine with you throughout all eternity! A Shrine that passes not away! The Shrine-ship Degree of expression according to the mortal version such as they are making, they are considered in the making, and the passing is also considered in the making. Whilst they are making these Shrines GOD also considers the passing of the making of these Shrines, knowing that they will not last all the time. For the time will come when you will contact the Real Shrine-ship Degree of spirit and mind in this state of consciousness where I AM, where you will be able to bow at the Shrine or at the Throne of GOD at any and at all times, for the Throne and the Shrine will be at all times wheresoever you are, where you will always be in fellowship with your GOD.
But the secret place of the Most High, the place where I went to hide, is the place where for twelve or fourteen years I did abide an kept MYSELF hid until I did reveal MYSELF to the children of men that they might see ME as I AM and tell the story, saved by grace! Aren't you glad! Now it has been fulfilled; the Shrine has been revealed and the mystery thereof! The interpretation of the Shrine has been made plain to the children of men, for GOD is HIS own interpreter and HE has made it plain.
But in bringing an abolition to the Shrine in consciousness, this is not done for the purpose of those who are mortal-minded, maliciously and antagonistically ignoring the Secret Places that have been Sacred to those who observe such sacredness. For those who are in mortal consciousness and have not yet been redeemed, it is essential for them to see something like a Shrine, that they might honor and respect and bring themselves into subjection by coming meek and lowly in mind and observing the Sacredness of such a Shrine, that they might not lose control of themselves and of their minds! I thank you!
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