Life and Teaching of the Masters of the Far East

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Emil continues:

"The next great truth to be revealed through this consciousness is that each individual, being a concept of the divine Mind, is held in that mind as a perfect idea. Not one of us has to conceive himself. We have been perfectly conceived and are always held in the perfect mind of God as perfect beings. By having this realization brought to our consciousness, we can contact the divine Mind and so re-conceive what God has already conceived for us. This is what Jesus called being 'born again.' It is the great gift the silence has to offer us; for by contacting the God-mind we can think with God-mind and know ourselves as we are in reality rather than as we have thought ourselves to be. We contact God-mind through true thought and so bring forth a true expression; whereas, in the past, perhaps through untrue thought, we have brought forth an untrue expression. But, whether the form be perfect or imperfect, the Being of the form is perfect God-power, substance, and intelligence.

It is not the Being of the form that we wish to change but the form that Being has assumed. This is to be done through the renewing of the mind, or through the change from the imperfect to the perfect concept, from the thought of man to the thought of God. How important then to find God, to contact Him, to be One with Him and to bring Him forth into expression. How equally important is the silence or the stilling of the personal mind, that the God-mind in all its splendor may illuminate the consciousness. When it does, then we shall understand how 'the sun of righteousness (right-use-ness) shall rise with healing in his wings.'

The mind of God floods consciousness as sunshine floods a darkened room. The infusion of the Universal Mind into the personal mind is like the entrance of the vastness of the outside air into the impurity of that which has long been held in some close compartment. It stands alone, supreme, and we realize that we are to build but one temple. The Temple of the Living God is the blending of the greater with the lesser through which the lesser becomes one with the greater. The impurity was caused by the separation of the lesser from the greater. The purity is caused by their union, so that no longer is there a greater and a lesser but just the one good, whole, pure air. Even so must we know that God is One and all things visible and invisible are One with Him. It is separation from Him that has caused sin, sickness, poverty and death. It is union with Him that causes one to become a whole Being or to become conscious of being whole.

"The separation from unity is the descent of the angels on the ladder of consciousness. The return to unity is the ascent of the angels upon the ladder. The descent is good, for unity then becomes expressed in diversity, but in diversity there need be no concept of separation. That which is diversity has been misconceived from the personal, or external viewpoint, to be separation. The great work for each soul is to lift the personal viewpoint to such heights in consciousness that it becomes one with the whole. When all can 'meet with one accord in one place,' that place in consciousness where it is understood that all things visible and invisible have their origin in the one God, then we stand upon the Mount of Transfiguration. At first we see Jesus and with Him Moses and Elias; or Law and Prophecy, and the Christ, (the power within man to know God); and we think to build three temples, but the deeper meaning comes. We are given to realize the immortality of man and to know that divinity is never lost, that Divine man is deathless, eternal. Then Moses - the Law, and Elias - the Prophecy, disappear; and the Christ stands alone supreme and we realize that we have to build but one temple - the Temple of the Living God within our very selves. Then the Holy Spirit fills the consciousness and the sense delusions of sin, sickness, poverty, and death become no more.

This is the great purpose of the silence. "This temple from which you may chip a piece and the scar will be instantly healed but typifies the temple of our body, of which Jesus spoke, the temple not made by hands, eternal in the heavens, which we are to bring forth here on earth."

After a delay of eight days, we broke camp on Monday morning and proceeded on our way. The afternoon of the third day out, we came to the bank of a larger river. The stream was about two thousand feet wide, running bank-full, and the current was at least ten miles per hour. We were told that this stream, in ordinary times, could be crossed at this place, without any inconvenience.

We decided to camp until morning and observe the rise and fall of the water. We were informed that we would be able to cross by bridge farther up stream, but to reach this bridge would necessetate a detour of at least four days' hard travel. We felt that if the water was receding, it would be better to wait a few days rather than undertake a long detour. It had been demonstrated to us that we need not take any thought as to our provisions for, from the day already referred to, when our provisions were exhausted, the whole company, consisting of over three hundred persons, had been supplied with an abundance of provisions from the invisible, as we called it. This supply was maintained for sixty-four days, until we returned to the village from which we started. Thus far, none of us had any idea of the true significance or meaning of the things we were experiencing. Neither were we able to see that these things were performed by definite law, a law that all can use.

When we assembled for breakfast next morning, we found five strangers in camp. They were introduced and it was mentioned that they were from a party that was camped on the other side of the stream and were returning from the village of our destination. We thought very little of this at the time, as we naturally supposed they had found a boat and had crossed in it. One of our party said, "If these people have a boat, why can we not use it to cross the stream?" I think all of us saw this as a way out of our difficulty; but we were told that there was no boat as the crossing was not thought to be of sufficient importance to maintain one.

After finishing breakfast that morning we were all assembled on the banks of the stream. We noticed that Emil, Jast and Neprow with four others of our party were talking with the five strangers. Jast came to us and said they would like to cross with the others to the camp on the other side of the stream as they had decided to wait until the next morning to see if the water showed signs of receding. Of course, our curiosity was aroused and we thought it rather foolhardy to attempt to swim a stream as swift as the one before us just to make a friendly call upon a neighbor. We felt swimming was the only way the crossing could be accomplished.

When Jast rejoined the group, the twelve, fully dressed, walked to the bank of the stream, and with the utmost composure stepped on the water, not into it. I never shall forget my feelings as I saw each of those twelve men step from solid ground upon the running water. I held my breath, expecting, of course, to see them plunge beneath and disappear. I found afterwards that that was the thought of all our party. At the time, I think each of us held his breath until they were all past midstream, so astonished were we to see those twelve men walking calmly across the surface of the stream without the least inconvenience and not sinking below the soles of their sandals.

When they stepped from the water to the farther bank I felt that tons of weight had been lifted off my shoulders and I believe this was the feeling of every one of our party, judging from the sighs of relief as the last man stepped ashore. It certainly was an experience that words fail to describe. The seven belonging to our party returned for lunch. While the excitement was not so intense at the second crossing, every one of us breathed more freely when the seven were safe ashore again. Not one of our party had left the bank of the stream that forenoon. There was very little discussion regarding what we had witnessed, so engrossed were we with our own thoughts.

It was decided that afternoon that we would be obliged to make the detour to the bridge in order to cross the stream. We were up early next morning ready to proceed on the long detour. Before we started, fifty-two of the company walked calmly down to the stream and across, the same as the twelve had done the day before. We were told that we would be able to cross with them, but none of us had the faith to make the attempt. Jast and Neprow insisted on accompanying us. We attempted to dissuade them, saying that we could follow along with the others, thus saving them the inconvenience. They were unyielding and stayed with us, saying that it was absolutely no inconvenience to them.

The subject of conversation and thought during the four days it took us to joing those that had crossed was the remarkable things we had seen accomplished during the short time we had been with those wonderful people. The second day the company was toiling up the steep side of a mountain with the hot sun pouring down upon us when our Chief, who had said but little during the last two days, suddenly remarked, "Boys, why is it that man is obliged to crawl and grovel over this earth?" We answered in chorus that he had voiced our thoughts exactly.

He went on to say, "How is it, if a few are able to do the things we have seen accomplished, that all men cannot accomplish the same things? How is it that man is content to crawl, and not only content to crawl but is obliged to do so? If man was given dominion over all things, he was certainly given power to fly above the birds. If this is his dominion why has he not asserted this dominion long ago? The fault must certainly be in man's own mind. This must all have come about by man's own mortal mind, to see himself crawling; thus he has only been able to crawl."

Then Jast took up the thought and said, "You are perfectly right, it is all in man's consciousness. He is limited or unlimited, bound or free, just as he thinks. Do you think that the men you saw walk across the stream yesterday to save themselves the inconvenience of this trip are in any way special creations any more than you are? No. They are not created in any way different than you. They do not have one atom more power than you were created with. They have, by the right use of their thought forces, developed their God-given power.

The things you have seen accomplished while you have been with us, you, yourselves, can accomplish just as fully and freely. The things you have seen are accomplished in accord with definite law and every human being can use the law if he will." The talk ended there and we went on and joined the fifty-two who had crossed, then proceeded to the village.

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Located in this village was The Healing Temple. It is claimed that only words of Life, Love, and Peace have been given expression in this temple since its erection, and the vibrations are so potent that nearly all who pass through the temple are instantly healed. It is also claimed that the words of Life, Love, and Peace have been used and sent out so long from this temple and the vibrations emanating from them are so strong that, should words of inharmony and imperfection be used at any time, they would have no power. We were told that this is an illustration of what takes place in man. If he would practice sending forth words of Life, Love, Harmony, Peace, and Perfection he would in a short time not be able to utter an inharmonious word. We attempted to use inharmonious words and found in each instance that we could not even utter them.

This temple was the destination of those of the company who were seeking healing. It is the custom for the Masters who are in the vicinity to congregate at this village at certain intervals for a season of devotion and instruction to those who wish to avail themselves to the opportunity. The temple is dedicated entirely to healing and is open to the people at all times. As it is not always possible for the people to reach the Masters, the Masters encourage the people to go to the temple for healing. This is the reason they do not heal those that congregate for the pilgrimages. They accompany the pilgrims to show the people that they are no different than themselves, that all have the same God-given power within. I suspect that when they crossed the river that morning they did it to show that they could rise above any emergengy and that we should also rise above any emergency.

In places not accessible to this temple all who come to the Masters for help are greatly benefited. Of course, there are the curious and those who do not believe that do not seem to receive any help. We witnessed a number of assemblages of from two hundred, to two thousand people and all those desiring healing were healed. A great many told us they were healed by declaring silently that they desired to be made whole. We had the opportunity to observe a large number of those healed at different times and we found that about ninety per cent of these healings were permanent, while all the healings in the temple seemed to be permanent.

It was explained that the temple is a concrete thing located in one place, representing the God center, the Christ in the individual - just as all churches should typify this God, or Christ center, in the individual - and that it is always accessible to those desiring to go there. They could go to the temple as often as they chose and stay as long as they wished. The ideal is thus formed in the minds of those who come to it and the ideal becomes fixed in mind.

Emil said, "Right here comes the suggestion that has led to the idolatry of the past. Men sought to grave in wood or stone, gold, silver or brass the image of that which they idealized but any idol can only imperfectly picture the ideal. The image, the idol, is no sooner formed than men become conscious that the ideal surpasses the idol and they are shown that they must gaze upon love and idealize for themselves that which they wish to bring forth from the within, instead of graving any idol in outer form of the ideal they would express A later form of idolatry is to idealize the personality of the one who expresses our ideal.

We should idealize the ideal which he expresses and not the personality which expresses it. This is true even of so great a person as Jesus. Thus, Jesus chose to go away when He saw the people were idealizing His personality instead of the ideal which He represented. They sought to make Him their King, only realizing that He could supply them with every outer need, not recognizing that they within themselves had the power to supply their every need and that this they must do, as He, Himself, had done. He said, "It is expedient that I go away for if I do not go, the Comforter will not come." meaning that as long as they looked to His personality they would not recognize their own powers. For they must look within, within their very selves "Another may teach or tell you, but you of yourselves must do the work, for if you look to another, you build the idol instead of bringing forth the ideal."

We witnessed wonderful healings. Some sufferers only walked through the temple and were healed. Others spent considerable time there. At no time did we see anyone officiate as the vibrations of the spoken word were so potent that all who came within the influence were benefited. We saw one man, who was suffering from ossification, carried into the temple and completely healed. Inside of an hour he walked, completely restored. He afterwards worked for our party for four months. Another man who had lost the fingers of his hand had them completely restored. A little child with withered limbs and distorted body was instantly healed and walked out of the temple. Cases of leprosy, blindness, deafness and many other diseases were cured instantly. In fact, all who went into the temple were healed. We had the opportunity to observe at intervals, two to three years afterward, a number of those that were healed at this time and the healing was permanent. We were told that if the healing was not permanent and the infirmity returned, it was on account of the lack of true spiritual realization of the individual.

our potential only limited by the ability of our mind to comprehend and accept.

The day we arrived at this village was very rainy and we were all drenched to the skin. We were assigned to very comfortable quarters, with a large comfortably furnished room that we could use as a dining and sitting room. This room was exceedingly warm and cheery and one of our party asked where the heat came from. We all looked around but could not find a stove or any place where the heat came from, although there was a warm glow that was very noticeable. We wondered at this but did not say much as we were becoming accustomed to surprises and were quite certain that all would be made plain later on.

We had just seated ourselves at the dinner table when Emil and the four came in. We did not know where they came from. They all appeared at one end of the room simultaneously and at the end of the room where there were no openings. They appeared there without any noise or display and walked quietly to the table where Emil introduced the others. Then they sat down as though perfectly at home. Before we realized it the table was filled with good things to eat but no meat. These people do not eat meat nor anything that has had conscious life.

After the meal was finished and we were sitting around the table, one of our party asked how the room was warmed. Emil said, "The warmth that you feel in this room comes from a force that we are all able to contact and use. This force or power is higher than any of your mechanical force or power but can be contacted by man and used as light, heat, and power even to the driving of all mechanical appliances. It is what we call a universal force. If you were to contact and use this force, you would call it perpetual motion. We call it Universal Power, God Power, supplied by the Father to work for all His children. It will turn and move every mechanical device, furnish transportation without the consumption of fuel in any way, and will also furnish light and heat. It is everywhere present without money or price and can be contacted and used by all."

One of our party asked if the food had been prepared by this force. We were told that the food came prepared as we had eaten it, direct from the Universal, just the same as the bread and other provisions had been supplied heretofore.

We were then invited by Emil to accompany the group tp their home, about two hundred miles distant, where we would meet Emil's mother. He went on to say, "My mother is one who has so perfected her body that she was able to take it with her and go on and receive the highest teachings. Therefore she is living in the invisible at all times. She is doing this from choice as she wishes to receive the highest; and by receiving the highest teaching she is able to greatly assist us. In order to make this clear to you, I might say that she has gone on until she has reached the Celestial Realm, as you would call it, the place where Jesus is. To you I suppose this suggests the mystery of mysteries. Let me say that there is no mystery about it. It is a place in consciousness where every mystery is revealed. Those who have reached that state of consciousness are outside the mortal vision but they can return and converse and teach those who are receptive. They can come in their own bodies, for they have so perfected their bodies that they can go where they will with them. They are able to return to earth without reincarnation. Those who have passed through death are obliged to be reincarnated in order to return to earth with a body. This body was given to us as a spiritual, perfect body and we must so see and keep the body in order to retain it. Those who have left the body and have gone on in spirit now realize that they must again take up a body and go on and perfect it."

It was arranged, before leaving the table that evening, that the party should divide into five groups, each group in charge of one of the five that had appeared in the room and taken dinner with us. This would enable us to cover a larger field and would greatly facilitate our work; and at the same time it would enable us to verify such things as traveling in the invisible and thought transference. This plan would give us at least two of our men in each party and one of the five as leader. We would be quite widely separated, yet we were to keep in touch through those who were so greatly befriending us and giving us every opportunity to prove their work.

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The next day all details were arranged and three of our party, including myself, were to accompany Emil and Jast. The morning following found each party with its guide and attendants all ready to depart in different directions, with the understanding that we should carefully observe and record all that occured, and should meet sixty days later at Emil's home in the village just spoken of, two hundred miles distant. We were to keep in communication with each other through our friends.

This was accomplished each evening by these friends conversing with each other or traveling back and forth from party to party. If we wished to communicate with our Chief or with any other member of our party, all we need to do was to give our message to our friends and in an incredibly short time, we would have the answer. In giving these messages, each would write them out in full and note the time to the minute on each message; then when the answer came we would do the same. When we came together again, we compared notes and found that all notes corresponded.

Aside from this our friends would travel from one camp to another and converse with us. We kept accurate records of these appearances and disappearances; also we noted the time, the place, and the conversations and all checked fully when we compared notes later.

At times after this we were widely separated; one party would be in Persia, one in China, one in Tibet, one in Mongolia, and one in India, always accompanied by our friends. At times they traveled in the invisible, as we called it, distances as great as one thousand miles and kept us informed as to the happenings and progress in each camp.

The destination of the party to which I was assigned proved to be a small village to the southwest, located on an elevated plateau well up in the foothills of the Himalayas and about eighty miles from our starting point. We did not take any provisions for the trip but we were amply provided for at all times and had very comfortable quarters. We arrived at our destination early in the afternoonof the fifth day, were greeted by a delegation of villagers, and shown to comfortable quarters.

We noted that the villagers treated Emil and Jast with the utmost reverence. We were told that Emil had never visited the village but that Jast had been there before. The occasion of his first visit was in response to a call for help to rescue three villagers from the fierce snow-men that inhabit some of the wildest parts of the Himalayas. This present visit was in response to a similar call and also to minister to the sick who could not leave the village. These so-called snow-men were outcasts and renegades who have lived in the snow and ice regions of the mountains until they have developed a tribe that is able to live in the mountain fastnesses without contact with any form of civilization.

Though not numerous, they are very fierce and warlike and, at times, capture and torture those who are unfortunate enough to fall into their hands. It proved that four of the villagers had been captured by these wild snowmen. The villagers, being at their wits' end to know what to do, had sent out a messenger to get in touch with Jast and he had come to the rescue, bringing Emil and us along.

Of course we were all excited, thinking we were to get sight of these wild people, whom we had heard of but supposed did not exist. We at first believed that a rescue party would be organized and we should be allowed to join, but these hopes were shattered when Emil announced that he and Jast would go alone and that they would go immediately.

In a few moments they disappeared and did not return until the second evening, with the four captives, who told wierd tales of their adventures and of the strange people that had captured them. It seems that these strange snow-people go entirely naked, that their bodies have become covered with hair like that of a wild animal, and that they can withstand the intense cold of the mountain altitudes. They are said to move over the ground very swiftly; in fact, it is claimed that they are able to pursue and capture the wild animals that live in the region that they inhabit. These wild people call the Masters, "The Men from the Sun," and when the Masters go among them for prisoners they do not resist. We were also told that the Masters had made a number of attempts to reach these wild people but these attempts had come to naught because of the fear in which the people held them. It is said that if the Masters do go among them, the snow-men will not eat or sleep, but stay in the open night and day, so great is their fear. These people have lost all contact with civilization, even forgetting that they had ever contacted other races or that they are descendents from them, so far have they separated themselves from others.

We were able to get Emil and Jast to say but little about this strange wild tribe, nor could we influence them to take us to them. When questioned, the only comment was, "They are God's children, the same as we are, only they have lived so long in hatred and fear of their fellow-men and they have so developed the hatred and fear faculty that they have isolated themselves from their fellow-men to such an extent that they have completely forgotten they are descendents of the human family, and think themselves the wild creatures they appear to be. They have gone on in this way until they have even lost the instinct of the wild creatures, for the wild creatures knows by instinct when a human being loves it and it will respond to that love. All we can say is that man brings forth that which he gazes upon and separates himself from God and man, and in this way he can go lower than the animal. It would serve no purpose to take you among them. It would, instead, harm those people. We are in hopes some day to find some one among them who will be receptive to our teaching and in this way teach them all."

We were told that if we wished to make the attempt to see these strange people on our own initiative, we were at liberty to do so; that the Masters could no doubt protect us from any harm and, if we should be taken prisoners, they could in all probability secure our release.

We found that evening we were scheduled to leave the next day for a very ancient temple about thirty-five miles from the village where we were then stopping. My two companions decided they would forego seeing the temple and try to get a closer view of the wild men. They attempted to influence two of the villagers to go with them, but in this they met flat refusal, for none of the villagers would leave the village so long as they thought the wild men were around. My friends decided to attempt it alone so, after receiving instructions from Emil and Jast as to the trail and general direction, they strapped on their side-arms and made ready to start. Before they left, Emil and Jast had exacted a promise from them that they would shoot to kill only as a last resort. They may shoot to frighted as much as they pleased but they must give their word that if they killed it would be the last extremity.

I was surprised that we had even a 45 Colt with us as we had not carried firearms about us. I had discarded mine long ago and did not know where they were. It so happened that one of the coolies that helped to look after our wants had put two pistols in the luggage and they had not been removed.

Emil, Jast and I started out later in the day to go to the temple and arrived there the next day at 5:30 in the evening. We found two elderly men in charge and I was made comfortable for the night. The temple is located on a high mountain peak, is built of rough stone, and is said to be over twelve thousand years old. It is in a perfect state of preservation and repair. It is one of the first temples erected by the Siddha teachers and was erected by them as a place where they could go and have better perfect silence. The site could not have been better chosen. It is on the highest peak in that part of the mountains; the elevation above sea level is 10,900 feet and it is over 5000 feet above the valley floor.

The last seven miles it seemed to me the trail was straight up. At times it led over poles that were supported by ropes fastened to boulders above, then thrown over the cliff's side; and these supported the poles that served as a trail. As we walked over these poles, I realized that we were at least six hundred feet in mid-air. At other times we were obliged to climb pole ladders supported by ropes from above. The last ascent was perpendicular for about three hundred feet and was accomplished wholly by pole ladders. When we arrived I felt as if I were on top of the world.
We were up before the sun the next morning and when I stepped out on the roof of that temple I forgot all about the ascent of the night before.

The temple was so situated at the edge of a bluff that, when you looked out, you could see nothing for three thousand feet below, and it seemed as if the whole temple were suspended in mid-air. I had considerable difficulty in persuading myself to believe otherwise. In the distance we would see three mountains upon which, I was told, temples similar to this were located, but they were so distant I could not make out the temples with my field glasses. Emil said that one of the other parties should have reached the temple on the farthest mountain at about the same time that we arrived here last evening and that our Chief was in the party. He said that if I wished to communicate with him, I might do so, as they were at the time standing on the roof of the temple a good deal like we were doing. I took my notebook and wrote that I was standing on the roof of a temple 10,900 feet above sea level and it seemed to me as if the temple were suspended in mid-air; that the time was exactly 4:55 a.m. by my watch; and that the day was Saturday, August 2. Emil read this message and stood silent for a moment; then the answer came: "Time 5:01 a.m. by my watch; place, suspended in mid-air 8400 feet above sea level; date, Saturday, August 2. View wonderful, but situation most remarkable."

Then Emil said, "If you wish, I will take this note and bring the answer when I return. I would like to go and converse with those at the temple if you do not mind." I gave him the note willingly and he disappeared. In one hour and forty-five minutes he returned with a note from the Chief stating that Emil had arrived there at 5:16 a.m. and that they were having a wonderful time speculating what would come next. We stayed at this temple three days. During that time Emil visited the other parties, carried notes from me, and returned with answers from them.

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The morning of the fourth day, we prepared to return to the village where we had left my associates. I found that Emil and Jast wished to go to another small village, located in the valley about thirty miles from where our trail left the valley trail. I suggested that they go and I accompany them. We camped that night at a sheepherder's lodge and were up and started early next morning in order to reach our destination before dark the next day, as we were walking. We were not able to use horses on the trip to the temple and so had left them at the village.

About ten o'clock that morning there came a heavy electric storm and it looked as if there would be a downpour, but no rain fell. The country through which we were passing was quite heavily wooded and the ground was covered with a heavy, thick dry grass. The country seemed exceptionally dry. The lightning ignited the grass in a number of places and before we knew it, we were virtually surrounded by a forest fire. In a few moments this fire was raging like mad and closing in upon us from three sides with the swiftness of an express train. The smoke was settling down in thick clouds and I became bewildered and panic-stricken. Emil and Jast seemed cool and collected and this reassured me somewhat.

They said, "There are two ways of escape. One is to try to get to the next creek, where there is water flowing through a deep canyon. If we can reach this canyon which is about five miles away, we can in all probability make ourselves safe until the fire has burned itself out. The other way is to go on through the fire with us if you can trust us to take you through."

Instantly all fear left me, as I realized that these men had proved true in all emergencies. Throwing myself, as it were, wholly upon their protection, I stepped between them and we proceeded on our way, which seemed to be in the direction the fire was raging the most.

Then immediately it seemed as if a great archway opened before us and we went on directly through that fire, without the least inconvenience, either from smoke or heat, or from the burning brands strewn along the trail under our feet. There were at least six miles of this fire-swept area that we passed through. It seemed to me as if we were as calmly walking along that trail as though there were no fire raging around. This went on until we crossed a small stream and then were out of the fire.

While we were going through the fire, Emil said to me, "Can you not see how easy it is to use God's higher law to replace a lower one when you really need the higher? We have now raised the vibrations of our bodies to a higher vibration than that of the fire and the fire does not harm us. If mortal senses could see us now, they would think we had disappeared, when in reality our identity is as it has always been. In reality we actually see no difference. It is the concept of the mortal senses that loses contact with us. Could they see us as we are, no doubt they would think we had ascended. In reality that is what happens.

We do ascend to a plane of consciousness where the mortal does lose contact with us. All can do the same as we are doing. We are using a law given us by the Father to use. We are able to use this law to convey our bodies through any space. This is the law we are using when you see us appear and disappear or, as you call it, annihilate space. We simply overcome difficulties by raising our consciousness above them and in this way we are able to overcome or come up over all limitations that man in mortal consciousness has placed upon himself."

To me it had seemed as if we were going over the ground with our feet just touching it. When we were safe across the stream, out of the fire, my first impression was that I had awakened from a deep sleep and had dreamed this, but I gradually awoke to the realization of it all and the real meaning of it began to dawn upon my consciousness. We found a shady place on the bank of the stream, ate our lunch and rested for an hour, then went on to the village.

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We left the village the next morning and two of the villagers who seemed to have taken up the work accompanied us. The evening of the third day we came to a village about twelve miles from the one where I had been and had looked over the records regarding John the Baptist. I was very anxious to have my associates look over these records, so we decided to stay over, and Jast accompanied us to the village. After going over the records, my associates were deeply impressed and we laid out a plan to map and follow out the travels as outlined in the records.

That evening the Master, who was with the fourth party, spent the night with us. He also brought messages from the first and third parties. He had been born and raised in the village; his forefathers had written the records and they have been in the family from that time on. It was claimed that he was the fifth generation removed from the writer and that not one of the family had experienced death. They had all taken their bodies with them and could return at any time. We asked if it would be too much trouble for the writer of the records to come and talk with us. He said that it would not and we arranged for the interview that evening.

We had been seated but a few moments when a man whom we judged to be about thirty-five appeared suddenly in the room. He was introduced to us and all shook hands with him. We were all spell-bound at his appearance for we had imagined that he would be very old. He was above medium height, with rugged features, but the kindliest face I had ever looked upon. There was strength of character back of every move. His whole being emanated a light that was beyond our power of comprehension.

Before we were seated Emil, Jast, and the two strangers clasped hands in the center of the room and stood in perfect silence for a few moments. Then all were seated and the one who had appeared in the room so suddenly began by saying, "You have asked for this interview in order to get a better understanding of the documents that have been read and interpreted for you. I will say that these records were made and kept by me; and those referring to that great soul, John the Baptist, which seem to surprise you so greatly, are actual occurrences of the time he was with us here. These records show that he was a man of wide knowledge and wonderful intellect. He perceived that our teaching was true but he apparently never came to the actual realization for, had he done so he would never have seen death.

I have sat in this room and heard John and my father converse and it was here that he received much of his teaching. It was here that father passed on and took his body with him and John beheld his passing.
"There is none of my family on father's or mother's side that have not taken their bodies with them in passing. This passing means the perfecting of the body spiritually until one becomes so conscious of the deep spiritual meaning of Life or God that one sees life as God sees it; then one is privileged to receive the highest teaching and from this realm one is able to help all. (We never descend from this realm for those who have reached this place never wish to descend). They know that life is all progress, a going forward; there is no turning back and none wish to do so.

"All are reaching out to help those that are striving for more light and the messages that we are continually sending out into the Universal are being interpreted by God's children who are receptive, in every part of earth today. This is the prime object of reaching this realm or state of consciousness, for we are able to help all in some way. We can and do talk with and instruct those who are receptive and who raise their consciousness, either through their own efforts or the assistance of another. Another cannot do the work for you nor can another carry you along indefinitely. You must decide to do the work for yourself, then do it. Then you are free and self-reliant.

When all come into the consciousness, as Jesus did, that the body is a spiritual body and indestructible, and hold themselves in this consciousness, then we shall be able to communicate with all and give out the teaching we have received to a greater number. We are privileged to know that all can accomplish all that we have accomplished and, thereby, solve every problem of life; and that which has been looked upon as difficult and mysterious will be found simple.

"I do not seem any different to you from any other man that you meet every day, neither do I see any difference in you." We said we thought we could see something far finer in him. He answered, "That is only the mortal as compared with the immortal of man. If you would only look for the God quality and not make any comparison, you would see every human being as you see me; or by looking for the Christ in every face you would bring forth that Christ, or God quality, in all. We make no comparisons; we see only the Christ or God quality in all at all times and in that way we are out of your vision. We see perfection or have perfect vision, while you see imperfection or have imperfect vision.

Until you are in contact with someone who is able to instruct you, until you can raise your consciousness where you can see and converse with us as you are now doing, our teaching seems only inspirational in nature. It is not inspiration when we are conversing or attempting to converse with one. This is only in the nature of instruction leading to the point where the true inspiration can be received. It is inspiration only when it comes direct from God and you let God express through you; then you are one with us.

"The ideal image of the flower in minutest detail is within the seed and must expand, multiply, unfold, and be wrought into the perfect flower by hourly preparation. When this inner image is complete in minutest detail, the flower comes forth beautiful. Just so God holds the ideal image of every child in mind, the perfect image through which He wishes to express. We can get more out of this ideal way of expression than the flower does if we will but let God express through us in the ideal way He has conceived for us. It is only when we take things into our own hands that the problems and difficulties begin. This is not for one, or a few, this is for all. It has been shown us that we are not different from you. It is a difference in understanding, that is all.

"All the different isms, cults, and creeds, all the different angles of all beliefs, are all good for they will eventually lead their followers to the realization that underneath all there is a deep factor of actuality that has been missed, a deep something that has not been contacted or they have failed to contact that which rightly belongs to them, which they can and should rightfully possess. We see it is this very thing that will eventually drive man to possess all. The very fact that man knows there is something to possess, which can be possessed, and which he has not, will goad him on until he has it. It is in this way every step in advance is made in all things.

The idea is first pressed out from God's into man's consciousness and he sees there is something ahead if he will but go on. Here man usually blunders and fails to recognize the source from which the idea came; but thinks that it came wholly from within himself. He gets away from God and, instead of letting God express through him the perfection God sees for him, he goes on and expresses in his own way and brings forth imperfectly the thing which should be perfectly wrought or manifest.

"If he should but realize that every idea is a direct, perfect expression from God and, as soon as this idea comes to him, he would immediately make it his ideal to be expressed from God, then take is mortal hands off and let God express through him the perfect way, this ideal would come forth perfect. Here we must realize that God is above the mortal and the mortal cannot help in any way.

In this way man would learn in a short time to express perfection. The one great thing man must learn is to get forever through and out of the psychic or mind forces and express directly from God, for all psychic forces are created wholly by man and they are likely to mislead."

[Randy]

Here the talk ended with the understanding that all should meet at breakfast. We were up early next morning and ready for breakfast at 6:30. As we left our lodging, we met our friends going in the same direction, walking along and conversing the same as ordinary mortals. They greeted us and we voiced our surprise at meeting them this way. The reply was, "We are only men the same as you. Why do you persist in looking upon us as different? We are in no way different from you, we have only developed our God-given powers to a greater extent than you."

We then asked, "Why can we not do the works that we have seen you do?" They answered, "Why do not all we contact follow on and do the works? We cannot and do not wish to force our way upon anyone; all are free to live and go the way as they wish to go. We try only to show the easy and simple way, the way we have tried and found very satisfactory."

We went to breakfast and conversation drifted into the ordinary everyday occurrences. I became lost in wonder. Here were four men sitting opposite us at table. There was one that had lived upon this earth about one thousand years. He had so perfected his body that he was able to take it with him where ever he desired; his body still retained the buoyancy and youth of a man of thirty-five years and this perfection had been completed about two thousand years.

Next to him sat a man that was fifth in line or regular descendant of the family first mentioned. The second had lived upon this earth for more than seven hundred years and his body did not appear to be a day over forty. they were able to converse with us the same as any other men would converse. There was Emil who had lived for over five hundred years and appeared to be about forty; and Jast who was about forty and appeared to be about that age. All were conversing together like brothers with not a hint of superiority, all kindly, simple, and yet well-grounded and logical in every word uttered, with no trace of the mystical or mysterious about them - just plain human beings in daily intercourse with each other. Still I could scarcely realize that it was not all a dream.

After breakfast, when we arose from the table, one of my associates started to pay for the meal. Emil said, "You are our guests here," and held out to the lady in attendance what we thought was an empty hand; but when we looked a second time, there was just the amount of money necessary to pay the bill. We found that our friends did not carry money with them, neither did they depend on others for their supply. When money was needed, it was right at hand, created from the Universal.

We walked out of the house and the man that was with the No.5 party shook hands with us, saying that he must return to his party, and disappeared. We made a note of the time of his disappearance and afterwards found that he appeared with his party within ten minutes after he had left us.

We spent the day with Emil, Jast and our friend of the records, as we called him, in wandering over the village and the countryside, our friend recounting in detail many instances which happened in the time of John's sojourn of twelve years in the village. In fact, so vividly were these instances brought to our minds that it seemed as if we were back in the dim past, walking and talking with this great soul, who, to us before this, had seemed but a mythical character conjured from the minds of those who wished to mystify. From that day on, John the Baptist had been a real living character, so real to me it seems as if I can now actually see him walking the streets of the village and countryside and receiving the instruction of those great souls about him, the same as we walked the streets of the village and countryside that day, yet not able to grasp the fundamental truth of it all.

After tramping all day, listening to the most interesting historical occurrences, and hearing records read and translated on the very spot where the incidents took place thousands of years before, we returned to the village just before dark thoroughly tired. The three friends who were with us and had walked every step of the way as we had walked were not showing the least sign of fatigue or weariness. Whereas we were begrimed, dust-laden, and perspiring, they were cool and at ease, their garments were as white and fresh and spotless as when we started out in the morning.

We had noted during all our journeys with these people that none of their clothing became soiled. We had remarked about this a great many times but had received no reply until this evening when, in answer to a remark made, our friend of the records said, "This may seem remarkable to you but it seems far more remarkable to us that one speck of God's created substance adheres to another of God's creations where it is not wanted and where it does not belong. With the right concept this could not happen, for no part of God's substance can be misplaced or placed where it is not wanted."

Then, in an instant we realized that our clothing and bodies were as clean as theirs were. The transformation, for to us it was a transformation, had taken place instantly to all three alike while we stood there. All fatigue left us and we were as refreshed as though we had arisen from bed and had our morning baths.

Here was the answer to all our questions. I believe we retired that night with the deepest feeling of peace we had experienced at any time, thus far throughout our sojourn with these people; and our feeling of awe was fast giving place to the deepest love for these simple, kindly hearts that were doing so much for the benefit of mankind, or their brothers, as they call them. They took no credit upon themselves, saying it was God expressing through them. "Of myself I can do nothing. The Father that dwelleth within me, He doeth the works."

[Randy]

Some times when a man is up against a stone wall, so to speak, due to serious problems which he cannot seem to solve, his state of exhaustion appears to quiet the outer and very often the solution comes through. He has merely carried on the false practices of living until he has contracted his being as far as he can. It is just the same as if he had gone to sleep. The cessation of activity through exhaustion caused his mind to let go of the condition and then the solution came through.

The method of relaxation which the Masters use is to let go completely of any outer condition and always project their thoughts to a perfect activity. The physical, emotional, and mental must be stilled by directing the attention higher.

the difference between the ordinary dream and a nightmare is that in the nightmare you have the psychic phenomena in evidence becoming connected with an outer activity and always thus permitting anything to come in, the same as in psychism or mesmeric influence. I have seen people hypnotized and they were not themselves at all. They would act like monkeys or go about barking like dogs. This is quite similar to the nightmare.

When you are in the nightmare, it is possible to come out of it if you will think of what you would think if you were in the waking stage. A patient has been know to cure himself entirely of extreme cases of nightmare by thinking while experiencing the nightmare. "just what would I do if I were in the waking state?" He would have accomplished the same result more quickly has he thought what he would do were he in a perfect state of spiritual consciousness and would have raised himself nearer to that state. If he would ask himself what he would accomplish if he could see directly through to the Spiritual, it would become much simpler and more beneficial because it would be permanent. The breaking up of a nightmare becomes automatic if just before you go to sleep you declare that you are one with perfection. It has no chance to enter when you are in this state.

The same practice can be applied equally to the so called waking state. All negative conditions and difficult problems can be corrected and solved every time by this method. You will find it very practical to ask yourself. When faced with problems or apparent negative conditions, what you would do if you were in Spiritual Consciousness. Get rid of the complexities of earthly living in this way. It is really just as simple as that.

[Randy]

Hey guys, was re-reading some of the information from this series and came across this info. It was a good lesson to me regarding holding onto anger and what my spiritual journey is truly about. Sometimes I think we get caught up in how we should "act" or what we "show" others and deny what we are feeling and how it affects others as well as ourselves. Surely something to ponder as the world spins.

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That evening we talked to our hostess about the possibility of the formulation of some plan to aid the villagers and voiced our surprise and wonder at the absence of our friends. We were told that, as an appeal for aid had been made by the messenger, the bandits would be obliged to stop their raids or they would destroy themselves.

We retired that evening fully assured that we had been over solicitous of our own safety. We arose early and were preparing to resume work, when the same messenger appeared with the news that the raids had ceased upon the inhabitants and that the band had concentrated their entire force about twenty miles down the valley for an apparent concerted last drive on our little village.

As our hostess and little party stood talking to the messenger, who was surrounded by a group of the villagers, a horseman rode into the village and came toward us. In coming toward us, as he passed smaller groups of congregated people, he was apparently recognized. They immediately dispersed and fled in terror. As he neared our group, the messenger called out the horseman’s name and then, the messenger as well as the others took refuge in flight, evidently fearing that the horseman was being followed by the band.

Our hostess and ourselves were the only ones left as we awaited the nearer approach of the horseman. He reined in his horse and with much gusto addressing our Chief, began to speak, saying that the bandits were fully aware we were strangers and that they were acquainted with our mission. He spoke in a tongue that none of us understood. He saw our bewilderment and asked if there were not some one that could interpret. Our hostess turned and faced the man as he sat upon his horse and asked if she could be of service. At first he looked as though he had received a severe electric shock. He, however, sufficiently recovered his composure to fairly spring from his horse. He rushed toward her with outstretched hand, exclaiming, “You here?” in the language that we understood. Then he placed his hands to his forehead and prostrated himself before her, begging her pardon. Our hostess directed him to arise and deliver his message. We could see her form stiffen and, for a moment, her features almost blazed with anger. So intense was her display of emotion that, for an instant, we, as well as the man himself, were absolutely startled out of our composure. The words “Coward, murderer, stop forth and deliver your message” almost leapt from her lips. The man again went to his knees. Again the words blazed forth, “Stand up! Are you so debased that you dare not stand?

We did not wonder at the man’s abject terror, for we, as well as he, were absolutely rooted to the spot, unable to move.

I am certain had it been humanly possible for the man to have done so, he would have fled from the scene. For the moment he, as well as ourselves, had lost all power of speech and action, he crumpled to the ground, limp and apparently lifeless, his eyes staring and his mouth agape.

This was the first and only time in our experience with these people of superior powers that we had seen one of them give expression in any way to violent emotion. We were as terrified as the bandit. The vibrations hit us just as distinctly as the force of a tremendous explosion, accompanied by an electric shock that not only paralyzed speech but our muscles as well. That is the only way I can describe the sensation. Coming from that slight and unassuming fragile form, do you wonder that these vibrations paralyzed us into inaction?

Although this situation lasted only a moment, it seemed hours before the tension relaxed. We were as transfixed as statues; yet there flooded over us in that instant a great pity for the bandit and we found ourselves longing to go to his assistance. This was the reaction of all; yet we only stood and stared at our hostess.

Almost at once the condition changed. At first a startled look came over her face, than it changed to the same kindly expression that we were accustomed to, and there swept over us such a wave of compassion that we rushed to the prostrate form on the ground. Our hostess was bending over him, her hand clasping his. Again we were mystified and could only say, “will wonders never cease?”

The man soon regained consciousness, was helped to his feet, and was made as comfortable as possible on a bench near by. He absolutely refused to enter any of the houses.

Our hostess then apologized for the vehemence which she had expressed, noting the effect it had upon us. Our flesh was quivering and it required some time for us to regain our composure.

She explained that this man was the leader of one of the most notorious bands that infested that portion of the Gobi. His name, If mentioned at all, was spoken with awe, as he was the most fearless and ruthless of characters. His familiar title literally translated meant “Consummate Black Devil released from Hell.” His features portrayed “en masque” were kept in many villages and worn by those participating in the ritual of driving the evil spirit from the village and it’s inhabitants.

Our hostess had contacted this man on two former occasions when attempted raids had failed and each time he had evidenced the deepest hatred for her and our friends in general, going out of his way to harass them and sending violent messages from time to time, which they ignored completely. His sudden appearance alone had brought the past indignities to forcibly before her that she, for the time being, had lost control of her emotions.

Having full regained her composure, she walked over to the man. At her approach, he made a futile attempt to raise, but was only able to draw himself together and sit more erect, the picture of abject fear. Hatred was delineated in every movement of his body, which was trembling as though stricken with palsy. Our hostess, now cool and collected, with no trace of fear or emotion, her face, features, and body as wonderfully cut as the most delicate cameo, presented an amazing contrast.

We wanted to remove the man at once and, although his thought was not expressed, our hostess raised her hand commanding silence. Our Chief realized that she was in charge of the situation and that anything we would attempt to do would only place us in a ludicrous position. We withdrew out of hearing while our hostess talked in low and quiet tones for quite some time before the man answered a word.

As he spoke, the lady motioned us to approach. We sat on the ground before them, glad to make any move that would relieve the tension of suspense. The bandit explained that he had prevailed upon his superior leaders to allow him to come as a peace emissary to treat with the people for the surrender of the supposed treasure that was concealed in the Tau Cross Temple. If the inhabitants would surrender the treasure, the bandits would agree not to molest them further, would agree to release all their prisoners (of which they claimed there were over three thousand) and would immediately leave the country and never again molest the inhabitants of the valley.

Our hostess told him there was no treasure that would be of any value to them. A thorough explanation of the fact was gone into, with an offer to conduct him through all the rooms of the Temple or any place he wished to go. He flatly refused this proposition, saying that he feared they would hold him as hostage, and no assurance upon our part could break down this fear.

Our hostess reassured him of our sincerity and he suddenly became convinced that we were honest in our statements. Then a situation difficult and alarming for him arose. He told us that he was the instigator of this plot and had fired the imaginations of the other bandits with the zeal for possessing the treasure and that he had painted a lurid picture of the fabulous wealth that would be theirs should he succeed. In fact he and his father had held their band together with promises of the possession of this treasure. He was the chief of the band that had consolidated with five other bands to carry out this raid.

The crux of this situation was that if he should return to his band with the information that there was no treasure, he would immediately be branded as a traitor and, as such, would be dealt with accordingly. He could not deter the band from the contemplated attack, as they would not believe him on account of his zeal in pressing the situation up to this point.

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The rest of this story can be read in Vol 3 pg 29 Even those expessing the divine within can loose composure at times. It's what we do with it after that makes all the difference in the world. Do we hold into it? act out upon it? bury it deep inside so it hurts us? Many things to consider as we continue the journey

[Randy]

Hey folks. gotta acknowledge an individual at GLP, of all places for this post. her name is AmericanGirl.

The time is NOW for all of us that care about our beautiful Mother Earth to become Ascended Masters and use our powers of Manifestation to protect and provide. TPTB have no hold over us unless we allow them to take our power. Please read this with an open mind and join in the life you were meant to have and enjoy.

Baird T. Spalding went to India-Nepal-Tibet in 1894 with a group of eleven scientists. He stayed for three and a half years researching and translating the text of their ancient spiritual scrolls. During this time Mr. Spalding lived and worked with the Great Masters of the Himalayas and recorded how they lived and the principles they lived by. He published the first year of his notes in volume I. of, The Life and Teaching of the Masters of the Far East, in 1924. This was the beginning of a six volume series.

Mr. Spalding notes were taken stenographically, so the quotes are the exact words as spoken by the Masters. Mr. Spalding editor states that "There is nothing in the, The Life and Teaching of the Masters of the Far East, that is not contained in the most ancient religious writings of the Hindu philosophy. Nor is there anything that is taught in these writings that is not taught or implied in modern religion or metaphysics. There is nothing in Mr. Spalding's writings that is not duplicated in the Bible or the practices of Jesus Christ. "In the final paragraph of the Forward to volume I. Mr. Spalding notes:

"The Masters accept that Buddha represents the Way to Enlightenment, but they clearly set forth that Christ IS Enlightenment, or a state of consciousness for which we are all seeking---the Christ light of every individual is therefore, the light of every child that is born into the world."
I have taken some small liberties in transcribing the following excerpts from, The Life & Teaching of the Masters of the Far East, to clarify their meaning and to make them more readable.

"Life lived by the average individual is hypnotic; that is, the majority of men and women are not living life as it was intended at all. Not one in a million feels the freedom to live how he or she inwardly feels they should live. They have come under the world opinion of themselves and this is the opinion that they obey, rather than the law of their own being."

"They live under the delusion that they are mere human beings, living in a merely material world, and the only hope of escape is to die and to go on to what they call heaven. This is not what was intended in the plan and purpose of life. Obedience to one's inner nature, the expression of life as they instinctively feel it ought to be expressed, is the very foundation of life and the only true mode of living. True mastery is living the instruction of the inner teacher, the inner self, and not seeking the opinions of the world."

The average 4 year old child laughs 400 times a day.

The average adult laughs less than 16 times a day. Some don't laugh at all.

Why do 4 year old children laugh?
Maybe because:
They live in the here and now.
Everything is new and a delight.
They harbor no grievances.
They are hard to offend.
They have no cares.
They feel no guilt.
Most adults love them...
And their Mother and Father,
Care for and comfort them.

And adults don't laugh anymore because they are care worn and guilt ridden and are world weary of it all. To be free again, as a child, adults need to learn to laugh again and live in a fashion that laughter implies.

Jesus said:

"Verily I say unto you. Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 18:3

"Let the little children come to me, and do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs." Luke 18:16

"The gathering of thoughts from teachers and books, building them into the conscious nature of one's being, is to establish a false understanding which is largely hypnotic. The mere making over of one's consciousness according to the thoughts evolved by another's mind is to impose a false condition on the individual."

"Instruction received from without must be taken into the mentality and assimilated, analyzed, checked with the deepest facts of one's own inner nature in order to determine if it be true to the Self. The reality of life is that which moves out from the very center of ones being."

"Mastership is everyone's possibility but this state is not achieved through reading, study, or theorizing, but by actually living the life which the masters live."

"Have you not noticed that when you speak what you feel, just as when you do what you feel is right, that you are free? Also when you speak that which does not meet the sanction of your innermost feelings, you feel you have limited or bound yourself. Notice the difference when you act according to someone's instructions and when you obey what you instinctively feel to be the right thing to do. This of itself should teach us that the way of life is from within out."

From: The Life and Teaching of the Masters of the Far East

"Seek not the law in your scriptures, for the law is life, whereas the scripture is dead. For I tell you truly, all living things are nearer to God than the scripture which is without life. God wrote not the laws in pages of books, but in your heart and in your spirit. I tell you truly, that the scriptures is the work of man, but life and all its hosts are the work of our god."

"You do not understand the words of life because you are in death. All manner of abominations have their dwelling in your body and your spirit...so the word and the power of God enter not into you...for the body is the temple of the spirit and the spirit is the temple of God."

"Overcoming is all a matter of learning to drop all seeming conditions of mind, body, and affairs and to begin life over again at its beginning. Start with the idea that you are that Self which you inwardly long to be and so devote yourself to being that Self that everything else is forgotten. Once you have found your Self, and have become that Self, you are the Master."

"Mastership is bringing to the surface what is buried within. This is brought about only by deep meditation and consulting with the self, which is the only master one can ever find that will lead them to the goal of life."
The Life and Teaching of the Masters of the Far East

A person can train themselves to be calm by avoiding all things that stimulate the body and mind. They can re-educate the mind by repeating affirmations and calm the mind with meditation. To be at peace one must maintain an optimistic attitude and do some worth while work or service for others. Changing oneself is a slow process but with determination one can become anything they want. "I am the Christ, I am one with God."

"The grace of God is divine love that is blessing me every day of the year."

"The forces of life are silent and that is the main reason for the silent nature of the masters. That is the way they keep in harmony with life itself. Even the Scriptures teach in substance that a multitude of words is not without sin. Only when we speak in harmony with what we inwardly feel do we let ourselves out into complete harmony with the true determination of life."

"The mind is completely unified and harmonized by denial and rejection of every thought that does not spring from one's innermost nature. This clears up the entire stream of consciousness that leaves the individual free to think and act as he should in perfect harmony with the Universal Mind. This is the very essence of mastery."

"Speaking and living in this oneness without a sense of division is the greatest gift to man for he was given " a sound mind ", according to the scriptures. In other words, he started out being in perfect oneness with his source: he was sound, whole, and Jesus said we must return to this state of sound-minded-ness. "Tarry at Jerusalem until the Holy--whole-- Spirit comes upon you," or until you return to the sense of oneness with the Universal Mind."

"This life of oneness is the life of the masters and anyone may live that life if he will drop his alliances with institutions and religions and races and nations and accept his alliance with the Universe."

From: The Life and Teaching of the Masters of the Far East

Happiness for one and all
Or...
Happiness for none at all.

"All separation is purely a matter of individual hypothesis. One cannot really be separated from the whole for they are created within it, are a part of it, and are like unto it. Love is the great unifier in the consciousness of man and to keep oneself always in an attitude of love is to progress toward oneness. It is the only preserver of life and health and ability."

"One need not try to love everybody but they must eternally seek to keep their nature whole through the increase of love. When one's nature expands in love, they will sooner or later find themselves in a loving attitude toward all men and, in this attitude, they not only lift themselves but all those around them into that same oneness. There are no divisions in an awakened sense of love."

From: The Life and Teaching of the Masters of the Far East

"FOR YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER IS LOVE
FOR YOUR EARTHLY MOTHER IS LOVE
FOR THE SON OF MAN IS LOVE"

"It is by love, that the Heavenly Father and the Earthly Mother and the Son of Man become One. For the spirit of the Son of Man was created from the spirit of the Heavenly Father, and his body from the body of the Earthly Mother. Become, therefore, perfect as the spirit of the Heavenly Father, and the body of your Earthly Mother are perfect."

"And love your Heavenly Father, as he loves your spirit. And so love your Earthly Mother, as she loves your Body. And so love your true brothers, as your Heavenly Father and your Earthly Mother love them. And then your Heavenly Father shall give you His holy spirit, and your Earthly Mother shall give you Her holy body."

"And then shall the Sons of Men like true brothers give love one to another, the love which they received from their Heavenly Father and from their Earthly Mother; and they shall all become comforters one of another. And then shall disappear from the earth all evils and all sorrow, and there shall be love and joy upon the earth.

"And then shall the earth be like the heavens, and the kingdom of God shall come. And then shall come the Son of Man in all his glory, to inherit the kingdom of God. For the Sons of Men live in the Heavenly Father and the Earthly Mother, and the Heavenly Father and the Earthly Mother live in them. And then with the kingdom of God shall come the end of the times."

"One does not gain mastery or illumination by going to India and sitting at the feet of a master. One gains mastery by listening to the deepest facts of their own nature and obeying what they learn. There is no help that is needed that is not available instantly if one but turns in this direction and proceeds from this fact. All the power of the Universe is back of every high motive, every true impulse that stirs man's inner nature."

"It is like the germ of life within the seed and all the forces of nature move to bring it forth into its full expression of all its potentialities. This is the manner of the masters and their instruction is always that you must be true to the Self, live a life of the Self, express what is inherently true until you are outwardly what you inwardly long to be."

"When we return to this motive of life, all that there is in the Universe begins to move in upon us to manifest itself through us. There is no lack, except in the realm of hypnotic ideas that have clouded our mind from reality. Back in our native oneness, where we consciously receive what the Universe is pouring out upon us, there can be no lack in any phase of our being nor in our affairs."

The Life and Teaching of the Masters of the Far East

I went to India Seeking wisdom
I was taught Many truths
And gained Much knowledge
I returned home To live quietly
And found that The wisdom
I had sought Was always
Right within me.

"The Quantum Theory is the approach of Science to this basic fact of life and there can be no true science, religion, social structure, or successful living outside the undefeatable and indissoluble oneness of all things. This is the road to mastery, the life of the masters, and the only true life there is. It is to be found just where you are in the secret places of your own inner nature."

"The masters teach that liberation is to be found in this and in no other way. Christ, speaking in the man Jesus, said the same thing when he said, "no man cometh unto the Father but by me." The same Christ in you, speaks the same message to you.

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[Randy]

Below is a quote from Life and Teaching of the Masters of the Far East by Baird T. Spalding Volume 2, pages 24-29.

While we were returning to the first room, our Chief asked if a desire could be fulfilled as soon as it was expressed. Our hostess answered that if the desire were put forth in true form it would be fulfilled. She then went on to say that desire is but a form of prayer, that it was the true form of prayer which Jesus used, as his prayers were answered; that prayer which is always answered must be true prayer, therefore must be scientific and, if scientific, must be according to fixed law.

Continuing, she said, “The law is ‘As you know, your prayer is granted,’ and ‘what things you desire, when you pray, know you receive them and you shall have them.’ If we know positively that whatever we have asked for is ours already, we may know that we are working in accordance with the law. If the desire is filled, then we may know that the law is fulfilled. If the desire is not filled, then we must know that we have asked amiss. We should know that the fault is with us and not with God.

“then the instructions are, ‘you shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ Now go deep, deep down within your own soul – not with forebodings, fear and unbelief, but with a glad, free, thankful heart, knowing that that which you stand in need of is already yours.
“The secret lies in getting the at-one-ment; getting the consciousness of it and then holding firmly and never deviating, though all earth should oppose. ‘Of myself I can do nothing,’ said Jesus, “the Father that dwells in me, He does the work.’ Have faith in God. Have faith and doubt not. Have faith and fear not. Now remember there is no limitations to God’s power, ‘ all things are possible.”

“Use positive words in making your request. There is naught but the perfect condition desired. Then plant in your soul the perfect seed idea and that alone. Now ask to manifest health and not to be healed of disease; to express harmony and realize abundance – not to be delivered from in-harmony, misery and limitations. Throw these off as you would discard an old garment. The are old and only outgrown things; you can afford to discard them joyfully. Do not even turn to gaze upon them. They are no-thing – nothing.

“Fill the seemingly blank spaces about you with the thought of God, Infinite Good. Then remember the word God is a seed. It must grow.

“Leave the how, when and where to God. Your work is merely to say what you want and to give forth blessings, knowing that the moment you have asked, you have received. All the details of this bringing forth is the work of the Father. Remember, He does the work, do faithfully your part; leave and trust God’s part to Him. Ask. Affirm. Look to God for what you want; then receive God’s fulfillment.

“Keep the thought of god’s abundance always in mind. If any other thought comes, replace it with that of God’s abundance and bless that abundance. Give thanks constantly, if need be, that the work is done. Do not go back again to the asking. Just bless and give thanks that the work is done, that God is working in you, that you are receiving that which you desire, for you desire only the good that you may give out the good to all. Let this be in silence and in secret. Pray to our Father in secret, and your Father who sees the secret of your soul will reward you openly.

“When the demonstration is complete, you will look back upon the time faithfully given as one of your greatest treasures. You will have proved the law and you will realize the power of your word spoken in faith and blessing. Remember that God has perfected His plan. He has poured out and is continuously pouring out, lovingly and lavishly upon us, all good and every good thing that we can desire. Again He says, “Try Me and see if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out such a blessing there will not be room to receive it.”

With All My Heart

“In the heart of my being, Father, I am one with You, and I recognize You as Being, the Father of all. You are Spirit, Omnipresent, Omnipotent, Omniscient. You are Wisdom, Love, and Truth; the power and substance and intelligence of which and through which all things are created. You are the life of my spirit, the substance of my soul, the intelligence of my thought. I am expressing You in my body and in my affairs. You are the beginning and the end, the very All of the good which I can express. The desire of my thought which is implanted in my soul is quickened by your life in my spirit; and in the fullness of time, through the law of faith, it is brought into visibility in my experience. I know that the good I desire already exists in Spirit in invisible form and but awaits the fulfillment of the law to be made visible and I know that already I have.

With All My Soul

“The words which I now speak outline to You, my Father, that which I desire. As a seed it is planted in the soil of my soul and moved upon by Your quickening life in my spirit. It must come forth. I allow only Your Spirit – Wisdom, Love and Truth – to move in my soul. I desire only that which is good for all and I now ask You, Father, to bring it forth.” “Father, within me I ask to express Love, Wisdom, Strength, and Eternal Youth. I ask to realize Harmony, Happiness, and Abundant Prosperity; that I may have the understanding direct from You, of the method of bringing forth from the Universal Substance that which will satisfy every good desire. This is not for self, Father, but that I may have the understanding so that I may be of service to all Your Children.”

With All My Mind

“That which I desire is already in visible form. I form in mind only that which I desire. As a seed begins its growth underground in the quiet and in the dark, so does my desire now take form in the silent, invisible realm of my soul. I enter my closet and shut the door. Quietly and confidently I now hold my desire in mind as already fulfilled. Father, I now await the perfect out picturing of my desire. Father, Father, within me, I thank You that now in the invisible the fulfillment of my desire is always established and I know that You have poured out lovingly and lavishly to all an abundance of Your treasure; that You have filled every good desire of my life; that I may partake of Your opulent supply; that I may realize my oneness with You; that all Your children may realize the same; and that whatever I have, I may pour out to help all Your children. All that I have I give to You, Father.

With All My Strength

“No act or thought of mine shall deny that I have already received in Spirit the fulfillment of my desire and it is now brought forth into perfect visibility. In spirit, in soul, in mind, in body, I am true to my desire. I have perceived my good in Spirit. I have conceived it as a perfect idea in soul and I have given true thought form to my desire. I now bring into visibility, or true manifestation, my perfect desire. “I thank You, Father, that I now have Love, Wisdom, and Understanding; Life, Health, Strength and Eternal Youth; Harmony, Happiness and Abundant Prosperity; and the method of bringing forth from the Universal Substance that which will satisfy every good desire.” “Said I not unto you that, if you would believe, you should see the glory of God?”

After our hostess had spoken, there was deep silence for a moment; then she continued: “Understand that, if it is not finished and your desire is not now visible, the fault is within yourselves and not with God. Do not go back again to the asking but like Elijah, persist, hold out the cup until it is filled; pour out blessings and thanks that it is done now, though every mortal thought of error beset you. Go on, go on, it is here now, and believe me your faith is rewarded; your faith becomes knowing.

“We will suppose it is ice you desire. Would you begin by speaking out the word “ice,” all about you indiscriminately? If you did, you would scatter your forces in all directions and nothing would come to you. You should first form a mental picture of what you desire, hold it directly in thought just long enough to get the image, then drop the image entirely and look directly into the Universal God Substances. Know that that Substance is a part of God and, therefore, a part of you and in that Substance there is everything you need; that God is pressing that Substance out to you just as fast as you can use it; and that you can never deplete the supply. Then know that everyone who has created that supply has brought forth from this Substance, whether they have done it consciously or unconsciously. Now with your thought and vision fixed on the one central atom, God, hold that atom until you have imprinted that atom until it becomes ice. Then all the atoms surrounding that one will hasten to obey your desire. Their vibration will be lowered until they will adhere to the central particle and in a moment you will have ice. You do not even need any water about you. You need only the ideal.”