Spirits And The Spiritualising Of Self

God and the Spirits know how much you long to get on, to work through the preliminary stages and to feel that the boat in which you are in can, by the effort of those at the oars, be sent swiftly on to the land of right desire.

There has been much movement and yet there is considerable work to do in order to close the gaps; to weld the conditions here into a solid whole. To you, it sounds rather strange that the Spirits should be limited in such a way. You have rather a happy attitude in regard to those who are free from the flesh which dismisses the things of the physical as of no account; because of the power which can be drawn upon at will from the realms of the spirit under God's command.

It is not quite like that. The Spirits power is only unlimited when they are given the conditions suitable for harmonising the physical and the material with the spiritual and holy. Once that contact is made; that weaving together, that sealing down of the condition, then indeed, as a gift from God, their power is almost unlimited. But they must have co-operation from you in thought, in action and in method.

It lies very much in your own hands! You have been told again and again that only in the Silence, in the quietness of the spirit, can the Voice of God be heard. More and more you must remember this, underline it in your mind again and again. Only in the Silence can you shed the physical sufficiently to contact with the real things of the Spirit. Here there is a very thick and broad line of separation between contacting with the things of the Spirit, and with those who are free from their physical bodies.

Nowadays, there is that tendency to class together as "Spirit" all those who have finished their earthly experience. But that is not the case in any particular.

In speaking of the things of the Spirit you are inferring that which desires to be holy or to contact with the things of God. Yet there are many who have passed out of physical life who still cling to the things of the material world and turn their face from those which are of the Light. These are not "spirits" in the sense in which the word is used. These poor mistaken ones are now even less of the Spirit than when the physical body was worn and desecrated by themselves.

Do not put this idea aside lightly. Remember that the gift of communion is a general gift to all. But in the individual lies the choice, the choice not only of good or evil, but of seeking that which is only half-good or that which is half-evil; which can impersonate the good itself.

There is much to do in regard to this. You see on every side that there are those who are not particular as to their friends. That condition of mind is the same when they pass over; they are not particular as to their friends, whether they are followers of the Master or not. So trouble comes of which you cannot comprehend, because it means not only delay but the piling up of forces and of powers which will call from them the most determined effort in order to free themselves in the days to come.

You will gather from this that communion with those in the spirit should be confined to those who do indeed, in some measure, represent "Spirit", and not that which is less advanced than the earthly body which they left behind.

In gathering you to their side the Spirits are anxious for you to have, not the second best, but the best itself. The only way to obtain the best is by dedication and by the separation of the bodily mind from the physical and material things of the earth! Before you meet in the spirit in this way endeavour to yourself, by God's help, to enter into the Silence; that holiness, that laying aside of self, that losing of the very soul in the holiness which is all around.

In gathering you to their side the Spirits are anxious for you to have, not the second best, but the best itself.

Could you but see what this free-will gift of yours could create you would throw everything else aside to offer it up unbroken, complete as is possible while physically bound, knowing that in so lending yourself to God's work you are bringing to the mind and the body powers and capacities absolutely beyond your comprehension now. You, so doubtful of yourself, with so many misgivings as to suitability and so on, have been chosen to demonstrate the power of the Holy Spirit working upon earth. Yet all are called to do the same, but very few interpret the call in its right sense, and so they forsake the highest and content themselves with the second, the third and the fourth best. Time and power, and a million things outside your range of thought are wasted, for the time being, and bring anguish to themselves hereafter.

But in your heart of hearts, those who have worked and striven and struggled to make communion possible, in the heart of each one is that spiritual ambition to be used by God as God wills. Because of this nothing in this respect shall be denied to you, but you must lend yourself in God's way and not in the way of the world. You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds; you cannot serve two masters, and more especially is this true with the things of the spirit. It has got to be all, and not half or a quarter, as the case may be. You have got to face the fact, and the time is hastening on when God shall want all the aid from you that He can get. You have got to face the alternative that having striven so far and suffered so much only the best is good enough for you. There is no alternative before you. The children of God are the children of God, and what the Father asks they will give unhesitatingly, because the spirit within has grown and developed to the extent that it will not let them rest until the surrender is complete.

Move on from this thought to another, and that is in regard to those problems of the earth which so fascinate and evade the mind of the body. The "eternal why"; those interrogations over science, over the construction of the human frame, over the many miracles of nature that are all around. As you grow ready for power and understanding so shall the illumination come. But to those who prefer to keep their eyes on the ground rather than raise them to the Light of the Spirit no answer comes, or if an answer comes it but bewilders and sends humanity once more on that circuitous journey which brings them back, in due course, to their starting point.

God is willing, is anxious, that His children should understand the Father-Mind and what that Mind has produced in these various forms. But the dedication is not there, and when you touch the things which are Divine only Divinity can turn the key. That Divinity is within; the Spirit of humanity stored here in the body, as a precious jewel, unknown and uncared for by many. But the jewel is there, a gift from the All-Knowing, All-wise. If you will tread the path in quietness, in sanctity of spirit, endeavouring to shed self, then, then you shall know. But the knowledge will come from within and not from without, as humanity thinks. Only Spirit can contact with Spirit; and the things of the surface are not Spirit at all. It is in the hidden, the buried, the unfound; in all those unknown things which torture the physical mind of humanity, it is in these the Spirit lies. Just as beneath the physical frame is the soul, that which protects the Divinity; that Divinity which is unfathomed and absolutely unexplored from a spiritual point of view.

It is to the higher ranges, not only of thought but of understanding, that the Spirits would lead the children of the Light. As you climb, mentally and spiritually, so shall the horizon open and the things which are of God be revealed. But the revelation does not come to those whose eyes are upon the earth. That greater, nobler, self within does understand, does not faint and is never weary; that courageous, determined, spiritualised self which is in direct contact with its Maker with nothing in between.

It is to the higher ranges, not only of thought but of understanding, that the Spirits would lead the children of the Light. As you climb, mentally and spiritually, so shall the horizon open and the things which are of God be revealed.

You have worked together with the Spirits through sad days and bright days, through storms and those brief calm periods which you love so well. You have worked and suffered together. As a grown man or woman consider the invitation which the Spirits pass on to you from the Master. It is yours to decide. Free-will is never interfered with, but there must be that within which is willing to give if the heights are to be reached and held.

Turn your thoughts from exhibitions and demonstrations of power upon the material plane. These serve their purpose but they are not for you. You have no time to linger upon such things. You have to dwell upon that which is the essence and not the outward and the visible. You are called to study the things of the spirit in its highest sense of holiness and of purity, and have a lot to do in a very short time indeed.

To old and young, experienced and less experienced, the call is sent out. Volunteers are asked for; those who will be willing to leave the trivial, the earthly, and the seemingly physical attractive. Volunteers to climb the hill. Thank God that the response is sure, that the voices of the valley will grow fainter and fainter, and the sweet Voice of the Spirit more definite, more penetrating as the years go on. The last chain will be snapped apart, the ropes of desire will give in the end, and in the place of bondage will be freedom and the capacity to understand! You are being offered what no words can portray. As an emissary of God take part, not only as a guest, but as your own right as a son and daughter of the Most High. Take your own place in the Heavenly Spheres, which has been prepared for you. By God's grace and beneficent power, you shall rise and come!

Send out power and sympathy and thoughts of holiness and you shall reap what you have sown. You are, in your heart of hearts, pledged to God and pledged to the work.

As you go your separate way think of your weaknesses and failings, for as you grow these things seem terribly prominent in your mind. But even with your weaknesses and frailties you can be used for work for God. You have your part to play in the Great Plan for lifting up humanity and setting it forever on that high plateau of Peace, where storms beat in vain!

It is a great, grand journey you are on. Some, of course, who thought in the beginning that it would soon be finished have been disappointed, but it is the thought of the length of that journey which inspires you so. No question of milestones, even of birthdays. Once you pass a certain point then each step will be met with joy, and even each pain will be counted as treasure as well.

Rise from your thoughts of the world and what it can offer. Stir that which is within and make room for the spirit to grow. Remember that however hard, however steep the path may seem, it is simply in imagination only. You will get this view yourself as the days go on; you will see that those deep anguishes of the heart, those torturing thoughts, were imagination. They were built up by the physical mind alone. For all the time the spirit, free and separated from everything that speaks of pain, joys in its God; rejoices in its togetherness with the Great Spirit and draws to itself the power which is of Him.

Set your house in order. Be watchful over the little things, prayerful over the big. As each night falls and as each morning's work begins know that within you is the strength and the courage which will carry you through. As an army there are the helpers around you, inspiring and encouraging you to answer to the Voice that calls you on. Do not be distressed if the enemy makes a noisy outburst, they are not on the gaining side. Although at times it seems to you that the forces of evil can trample the good underneath you shall see that all the while the good was only pushed on one side, and, when the evil had exhausted itself, rose up untouched, supreme!

So make your way in contentment, knowing that you will not only hold your flag up but that the weariness you have experienced sometimes will fall from you and you will go forward rejoicing in the banner that you carry and certain that the Master goes in front.

The blessing of the Spirit of Love rests upon you and keeps you in harmony now and for evermore!

This message was first given in 1924 through Winifred Moyes.

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