Wood Paneling, Chapel Dining Room,
The Mount of the House of the Lord
FATHER had not visited this particular Extension for some time and a great demonstration of joy greeted HIM. A beautiful Banquet was prepared, and as HE served HE patiently listened to the praises and confessions of those present.
After a while, still seated in His chair, HE began speaking in a very soft Voice, giving counsel and advice to individuals. However His Remarks developed into a beautiful Message, which is herewith transcribed.
FATHER speaks as follows:
Now coming down to facts and figures, and considering the ingathering of the
children, it is something like many people in business, profession and trades,
there are those who may be very practical, and there are those who may be impractical,
yet, there are those who are practical who are very unprofitable, because they
do not direct and control their practicality in the Positive and constructive
direction, that they might be profitable. There are those who are impractical;
and then comes along one who puts forth this same expression and the same working
machinery into action, and causes that identical expression to become to be
real profitable as well as a continuation of practicalness. Then some may think
and say at times, "Well I wonder why is it I cannot do this, that or the
other? Why is it that GOD does not bless me like HE does some other person?" Naturally,
if a person does not work, he cannot expect to have lots of money, and if he
works and does not know how to accumulate by putting his talent to an exchange
and using his practicality in a profitable and constructive way of exercising,
why they cannot expect to receive the same results that those could and would,
who would use their talents and practicality constructively and in a way to
be profitable.
Suppose you would stop to consider yourselves as an individual and individuals, each person may have the same chance in a way; each have the same chance in the world of materialism, one may be successful and prosperous, another -- in other words, the other may be unsuccessful and unprofitable and impractical, while yet, some be practical and yet be unprofitable; so that is the way it goes in life; but if everyone would fill themselves with the Spirit of My Magneticness and express the Perfection, in other words, the feelings of My Magnetism, according to the psychology, and attract all things to themselves, how profitable and how constructive would their words and actions be. So it is a wonderful thought.
I steal in at times, both here, there and elsewhere; if I do not hold them out, by actually coming at a time as I did tonight, when they could not, or would not ordinarily come, I will attract them and draw them without telling anyone anything. The Magneticness of My Infiniteness as being termed Magnetism by the children of men, I will attract them and draw them to ME, and as I AM, so can you be, if you are all of ME. Isn't that wonderful?
It is a privilege to realize, if you do not have anything within yourself to attract and draw to you more of the mental and spiritual riches of GOD'S Infiniteness, you will not produce that Magnetism or Magneticness of Mine as in ME, to attract others, and to draw them to you, but if you live and do so, as I AM, so can you be, as far as those things are concerned. You will attract and draw to you, the Abundance of the Fullness, for you carry in your concept and in your consciousness, the Abundance of the Fullness of all good things; therefore, the good must be attracted and drawn.
It is a privilege to observe it. Now suppose someone would stop and say as some have said, "Why is it FATHER does not bless me like HE does this one, or that one, or the other one, to have plenty of automobiles, co-workers and friends, as being termed servants, and such like, with the Abundance of the Fullness at My disposal, as at the disposal of others." But if they would stop and consider, it is in themselves as individuals, and in themselves as an individual. It is to be manifested in you and your experience according to the way you conceive things, and them forth into expression. If you sow sparingly, you must reap sparingly, but if you sow bountifully, you must reap Abundance, according to the seed you have sown. If you sow in a way of subtraction, yea, even in a way of cancellation, you will produce the Spirit and the characteristics of subtraction and of cancellation until you can, and will cancellate everything constructive around you, and become to be dormant apparently. Compare yourself with others.
People say at times, "Such is a hard town for business, profession and trade -- a hard country -- a hard place." But the Spirit of My Presence with its Magneticness and Infiniteness is Eternal, and Omnipresently, or Omnipresent, the same. With this Understanding, it matters not where you go, where you be, you can, if you will, be a center of attraction. My Spirit can and will attract men and mankind generally, and bring them in the direction in which you are going. So it is a privilege to realize that as you live it, and express it, and refuse to be yourself as an individual, refuse to be that old self, because that old self as you expressed yourself, has lost all of its tension -- whatsoever you may call it. As a person you may call it Magnetism as I aforesaid, but as metal or something of that sort, you may call it something else.
It has been said by those of modern old times, just a few years back, and it has been reiterated from time to time, "Wheresoever and whensoever an iron loses all of that something, a natural smoothing iron, an old-fashioned flat iron, when it loses all of that something out of it, it cannot hold its heat. It cannot heat up." Whatsoever it is, you may know what it may be called. One may call it one thing, another may call it another -- in other words, the other may call it another -- so the Spirit of GOD'S Presence can and will make you the center of attraction, if you will produce GOD'S Magneticness, and stay in the vibration, and keep ME uppermostly in consciousness; especially, if you keep ME uppermostly in consciousness harmoniously, and recognize and visualize ME to be the Ideal, in reality. As an Idealist, I will attract that which would be your ideal, or that which would satisfy, and will draw it to you effectively, and it will express when it is drawn from that angle of expression harmoniously. So it is a privilege to live in this actual Conscious Concept of GOD, and of all things that are good.
You need not live in limitations, as far as the Abundance and Limitless Cooperation, Participators and Co-workers together with you are concerned, no more than you need to live in lacks and wants, for Joy, Peace, Health and Happiness and other expressions, they are coming from the invisible realm. As the invisible Health and Happiness and Vigor come forth into expression, even so the visible of the substance and other expressions which are for your comfort and convenience and cooperation and for your help and for your aid, all of those things will come forth into expression as readily as the invisible coming from the invisible realm, by your Faith in HIM Who liveth forever. That is the mystery.
So it is a privilege to live in this Life. It is a privilege to know wheresoever you go, and wheresoever you be, if you are with ME, as said the Scripture,
'I will draw all men unto ME.'
It is indeed wonderful! It reminds ME of pastors of churches, at times, the Bishop
will send them to one place, and some good ministers will go to a place and build
up a church in mortal consciousness, after the manner of men, build up a church
in a little while, and then they may take them away from there, and send them
somewhere else to build up, while others may go to the same church which is built
up, and cause it to go down instead of increasing it and multiplying it. So you
can see the way the Spirit works. Of course, as I have manifested in a great
measure on some grounds, demonstrations transcending your fondest imaginations
concerning demonstrations, and in the way of demonstration, you could not imagine
the things I have demonstrated, and AM demonstrating through and by some apparently.
You could not imagine it, if you see it. It would be unbelievable. It would be
astounding, if it could be to HIM Whom it is due, just because HE does it in
another, apparently. If it could be, it would actually be astounding.
When you see those brothers in the Promised Land, the way I have worked and AM working through them on the "Izzy Side" of the main street of the Divine City, and observe the great demonstration, the advancement and increase and the multiplication of things, it would be unbelievable, and it would be astounding to the most advanced mind of our present civilization. The mind that has a mental magnifying eye, yea, the mind that has a mental Minimizing eye, it would be astounded at the unfoldment of the great demonstration of what that minimizing eye could observe. A criticizing eye could not actually criticize the Mystery of the increasing and the multiplying unfoldment that GOD is putting forth into expression. So it is unbelievable, but yet it is true. You have to stop and stand, and sit and consider at times, at the unfoldment of My Mystery, and yet there is something lacking.
Perfection has not yet been attained, even by such an expression, according to the concepts of man and every one. Perfection lies ahead. Perfection lies in HIM only through Whom these blessings, and from Whom these blessings come. Now isn't that wonderful? That is the concept of some, nevertheless, the unfoldment of the limitlessness of GOD'S Infiniteness still remains a fact that GOD can do that. HE can express limitlessly and infinitely through any individual, if they will allow Him to. It may be that they must needs get into that place to know the nothingness of self, to cancellate self until self shall have been completely cancellated and dispelled completely from the observation of their own observation, and cancellate it from the consciousness and the consideration of others, and dispel it once and forever.
When this is accomplished, there is a great work done. GOD in His Own Omniscience can reveal to them, things beyond the comprehension of the understanding of men; yea beyond the understanding of men, so it is a wonderful thought to be considered. The Mystery of GOD'S Presence can be universally expressed -- can be universally established here, there and everywhere as well as it can, and actually is wheresoever I AM Personally.
Oh! It is a privilege to observe it; but let go, and let GOD. In this Demonstration of which I AM now speaking, it happens to be that I can use this method in bringing out the Allness of GOD, while the nothingness of matter is a reality, and the Allness of GOD cannot be established as long as there is a concept concerning the matter, or the reality of matter; but the more you can work cancellation on yourself as individuals, as a person and as persons, and as characters, matter can, and will eventually be completely dispelled and the Spirit -- GOD, the Universal Mind Substance will be brought forth into expression and will be the only thing that will be reckoned.
Suppose a thought would come to you: "Well, why is it I cannot have such things as others have who are supposedly followers of MINE?" Why is it I cannot do through you as I can through others, that I might through you produce such things that you might enjoy them? I say, "If you sow sparingly, you must reap sparingly." It is wonderful, isn't it? You must reap what you sow. How can you expect to produce a great crop of corn, if you do not plant it? From the Invisible Realm, yea, even from the Visible Realm, you would not expect GOD to Personally come and plant your corn, if you did not plant it, or make preparation for same. The person or persons who will plant a great field of corn and cultivate it, they can expect to reap the fruit of the same, according to the kind of grain they have planted. So the mystery is revealed: Sow whatsoever you expect to reap, produce it and develop it; advance it, increase it and multiply it through cultivation, improve it by science and by the inspiration I give you, for I will give you inspirations to give you more information how to increase it, multiply it and improve it. It is indeed wonderful!
If you be mere folks as many, and not a people, not even folk as one, it is a matter of impossibility to attract and draw to you the Abundance of the Fullness in harmony, and the desirableness of the desirable, for the many peoples and folks as many, collectively, their thoughts and their minds are divided, and they will bring division in your midst through transmission by being folks as many, by nature and by characteristics; but by being even so much as a folk, yea, a people, and then One in reality, you will attract the Spirit of Unity, and such a Spirit of Unity with words, deeds and actions going out in unison, will attract them and draw them, and they cannot prohibit it.
The Unity of Spirit, of Mind, of Aim and of Purpose is that great Magnetism of which I AM expressing. The kingdom that divides against itself, it cannot stand. If you are divided in yourself, in your individual concept of things, namely divided in mind, and those with whom you come in contact daily as co-workers are divided individually and collectively against each other, and all think differently, and all thoughts are selfish, it is a matter of impossibility to be prosperous. Prosperity and success will come forth into expression by harmonization and by the Unity of Spirit, of Mind, of Aim and of Purpose, and by denying yourselves of all selfishness completely.
You may wonder at times, why is it that you cannot be as others are from another angle of expression, such expression as you may be seeking. You cannot reach those expressions in reality unless you harmonize with ME. If you deviate from ME in the least, in words, deeds and actions, you are not with ME, in reality. You are only with ME when you think with ME harmoniously. You are only with ME when you agree with ME harmoniously and completely. If you do not agree with ME in every idea and in every opinion, in every thought, and in every version, every deed and every action, every fancy, tendency and pleasure, it is a matter of impossibility for you to be with ME.
'These are they who follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth.'
"These," meaning you who will go with ME Mentally and Spiritually --
in short, I could say, "opinionly," thoughtfully, "ideally,"
and in every mental expression agreeing with ME expressly from every angle; then
and only then, can you be with ME, as you declared: "These are they who
follow the Lamb whithersoever HE goeth." Do not see the mystery?
Following ME Personally is not the true following -- in other words, it is not the true way of following. The outward expression of your mental and spiritual conception, is a reality, when it is established by the Unction from the within, by the volitionated expressions as they are manifested from the within, and expressed in the person; nevertheless, such an expression must come from the within firstly through harmonization by going with ME here, there and everywhere mentally, as far as your conscious concept can carry you; then and there, you are with ME in reality. If you are not with ME Infinitely and Universally, you are with ME as far as your conscious concept can carry you; and your conscious mentality may carry you distantly, but it is limited, for your conscious mentality may be human. It may be Adamic; nevertheless, if it is converted, even though it is Adamic, it will be a blessing, and it will be blessed together with the faithful, when it is truly converted, and follow ME. Therefore, if you go with ME in consciousness as far as your conscious concepts and thoughts can carry you, that is all that is required of you as a person, or as an individual, for your conscious concept of things, and your conscious contact of things from a mental point of view, would be, and it is all that is required of you, to present yourself in consciousness to the fullest and the fullness of your ambition and your ability.
When this is accomplished, why then you are with ME, in reality. It is such a privilege to observe the truth and see all things work together for good for you if you will be whole-heartedly with ME, as far as your conscious concept and understanding will permit you to be. Some say they love ME, and yet they are mentally and spiritually conceptingly far from ME. In their concepts concerning things, they are far from ME on the mental plane. They are not harmonizing with ME. They think it is invisible, but it is very observable and very explicit to HIM Who liveth forever, who can tell you definitely if you are with ME.
A make-out is not sufficient, and it will keep you inefficient. You cannot be eligible by merely a make-out, or by doing just partially; you can only be eligible by producing Perfection, and by being perfect in your expression, in whatsoever expression you are expressing -- not only whatsoever expression you are expressing, but in all expressions which you are expressing, express the Perfect and you will be with ME, for you will be like ME, by being with ME, and you will be with ME by being like ME. If you are not with ME, you cannot be like ME, and if you are not like ME, you cannot remain with ME.
'Two cannot walk together except they agree.'
Do you not see the mystery? This agreeing must be within. This agreeing must be mental. This agreeing must be spiritual. This agreeing must be invisible. Such an expression of agreeing or disagreeing can be an expression good for deceivers, and good to help you to be a deceiver, because you think the agreeing is invisible, and you think I cannot see you. You think the agreeing or disagreeing is invisible and you think it cannot be seen visibly, therefore, agreeing and disagreeing are expressions that can be expressions for deceivers, unless you are conscious of the Allness of GOD and the Allness of GOD'S Omniscience, and the nothingness of human wisdom.
There must be some getting together done. If you are going to get together with anyone, while it must be done, get together with the Best One. Aren't you glad? It is a privilege to know you can, but this can only be accomplished by working cancellation on yourself as an individual, and allowing yourself to become to be completely invisible as far as you are concerned, that you might no longer be seen -- that you and all mankind might see HIM of Whom you say I AM in your stead.
Cancellation of self will bring into outer expression the observation of the Spirit and the disrecognition of the flesh and self -- will bring into observation the recognition and the realization of the CHRIST. By dispelling self and the versions that exhibit self, or would desire to do it, it will bring into observation the Presence of CHRIST, that you might observe GOD'S Presence Personified. The recognition of the Personification of CHRIST will bring Perfection to your body and your mind in consciousness in this life. Through concentration, the reaction of it will produce such a quality and character as that on which you are concentrating. Negation Will Produce Chaos
If you concentrate on the negative, you must produce and express that character of the negative and the spirit of it, of which is negation, and negation will produce chaos when it is made visible in your physical system, but negation is an expression of the spirit of negative thinking and of the negative conditions. Negation is the spiritual and mental condition of your conscious and sub-conscious mentality, and your physical body will produce it and manifest it, if you will allow negation to have access in you; and negation when it is manifested in the physical system, it is chaos of which I have so long been stressing -- but by the disrecognition of such an expression, and by recognizing the Positive and copying after it by concentration, you will dispel all such influence and feelings as negation is bringing. Your bodies will express that which you shall manifest, for your bodies are the reflectors and manifestors of that which you are vividly stressing.
When this is accomplished in the conscious mentality of humanity universally, all will learn, or shall have learned at that time, it was best to visualize the Positive and to dispel the negative completely, by filling all seeming vacant space with the consciousness of the Positive, the reality of GOD'S Presence.
Oh! How marvelous it is -- as the consciousness of men can be filled with the Abundance of the Fullness of all good things, even so can all such be brought into outer expression and be visibly and materially manifested! When this is established, the spirit and the mind of narrowness will have no longer an existence, or neither a place in this world of existence where we are living.
Oh it is a privilege, I say, to observe these mysteries as I reveal them, and how the Word will set you free from all superstition, yea, from all superstitious ideas and opinions, will set you free from all undesirable conditions, by the accurate and positive application of positive and perfect thinking. Perfect thoughts with a perfect mind, especially a Godly mind from that angle of expression, is the purification of your body and your blood in your veins. It will purify the impure blood and will kill of the contagious germs therein, and will cause you to express Perfection in your physical system by thinking perfectly and positively concerning all things.
I heard one say and I heard them sing, as many joined in with the song they sung:
'GOD shall open the Secret after awhile.'
The Secret has been opened and every door in connection with it, has been opened
wide, for the Comforter and Teacher has come to abide. Aren't you glad? Apparently
for the love's sake exhibited and manifested, your mind would be obliged to be
completely converted to Righteousness, Truth and Justice, to My Versions, Ideas
and Opinions and harmonize with them.
When you deviate from My thoughts, My Ideas, My Opinions, when you hold ME in consciousness, your pre-conceived ideas and opinions, especially if you are trying to stick to them through secrecy, you are separating yourself from ME, in reality, and getting to that place where you cannot mentally and spiritually touch ME, of which is much easier to do than to touch ME Personally, in the way of being closely connected with ME, to receive My Compassion, My Pity, My Mercy and Sympathy. But oh! how marvelous it is, as I was saying this afternoon, yea, this evening, when you have DENIED yourself wholeheartedly, and have worked in every way harmoniously or harmonious to ME whichever, and have tried to cooperate with ME harmoniously from every angle expressible by seeing the nothingness of yourself as an individual, it is a matter of impossibility for you to be a loser. The true and the faithful are now coming into possession of material blessings and material inheritance, not for and by asking, but for the self-denial and consecration and by the trusting in HIM Who liveth forever to reward you according to His Own Will and Good Pleasure.
If you can wholeheartedly trust in ME in reality, it is an open expression, others can see it, but if you cannot trust ME wholeheartedly, you have not made an unconditional surrender. An unconditional surrender is the great essential. It is the request of GOD for all of His children to make an unconditional surrender of; no longer to say as one said as recorded in the Scripture: "LORD, if YOU will only save me or my son, I will serve You all the days of my life."
Such an expression and such an assertion would not be an unconditional surrender, but an unconditional surrender would be on thuswise firstly for consideration:
'Even though YOU slay me, yet will I trust YOU.'
'Not my will, but Thy Will, be done,'
lastly, and the perfect state of expression, for it was an expression made by
Jesus your Savior as a Sample and as an Example for others. Your will must be
done away with. You must present your body, your mentality and all of yourself
in reality, as a Living Sacrifice wholly, as did Jesus, for the same purpose,
that you might copy after His Fashion through which He can save you. Isn't that
wonderful?
Upon this Foundation if you will stand, and live in the actual conscious concept of GOD'S Presence by being the same in thoughts, words, deeds and actions, at GOD'S Personal absence as you are in His Personal Presence, GOD can, and will express for you the same on such grounds, on such terms at His Personal absence as HE is now doing for you in His Personal Presence.
Truly might have Moses said: "And the LORD God spake all these things, saying thus and so, and such." These expressions as given by Moses and the prophets and the apostles concerning GOD and Jesus were to be brought into consideration in this dispensation, by the very Nature, Characteristics and Actions of GOD among His children. One Writer declares: And Jesus went upon the mountain, and when He was seated He spake all of these Words, saying: -- then it goes on to say what Jesus said. If you notice carefully when I have sat down and relaxed MYSELF, and your minds, then and there I will speak as I have been speaking. I will bring forth Mysteries that have been hid for Ages, as being termed Secrets, and I will speak them so plain into consideration, you will be obliged to understand them, for I will speak them in your own language. I AM now proving to the world conclusively:
'CHRIST is rich and all you need'from every angle expressible."
Through the relaxation of your conscious mentality, through you stilling yourself as an individual, CHRIST can, and will meet you in the place most needed, and will bless you accordingly, if you will accept it, by seeing your nothingness and recognizing the Perfect Picture as the Perfect, as the Sample and as the Example, and as the Copy and as the Figure by which you should copy after. I thank you.
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