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Letters
From Edna Lister Foreword
Edna
Lister mastered Joy consciousness. Indeed, we could call her the Queen
of Joy. She knew just how to stay up and be Joy. We
extracted the letters in this volume from among the thousands Edna Lister
wrote to her friends and study groups in Buffalo, Cleveland, Tacoma
and elsewhere. They cover the Great Depression and World War II period,
a time of political tension and economic hardship that closely parallels
our world today. This book is meant to be read daily, to be reread often. Let Edna Lister fill your heart with God’s Promises of Joy. Let her profound knowingness reassure your hungry soul. Join her in the exhilarating journey home to God. Let her be your Companion on the Way. |
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Chicago,
IL To
my loved Group: Business
took me for a stopover in Milwaukee. From there I was sent back here.
Am staying with a friend until I know whether a lecture tour will be
opened up for me for the next six weeks. If
nothing comes of it now, I shall go on to my family, but please pray
that it may be arranged in the right manner. I
love you all more dearly than you can know now. Be
steadfast under the Light. Listen to hear God’s words dropped into
your minds and know that all is well and we are going to establish our
Christ government and our Temple as surely as I am writing these words
to you now. My arms enfold you all. I shall never be separated from you. I love you, Edna Miriam |
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July
15, 1938 Chicago, IL To my Glorious and beautiful and Loved Group: My promises to write many of you shall be kept, but when I tell you all I’ve been doing, you will forgive all delay. Please remember that for many months I’ve told you we must Crusade and carry God into the Heart of the Government. That we, who know how it should be run, must get out and help run it, that we may have our great Theocracy established before it is too late. I started West, but stopped off in Milwaukee to see a man who has been the Head of a great College and wants our whole educational system changed. He believed in me and sent me back here to Chicago to stay a few days with a friend of his to see if it were possible for me to do some needed lecturing to women. On Thursday next, I am Guest Speaker at a Luncheon for a Council of Women, broad in its scope, between 5:00 and 8:00 there. I am talking on "The Power of Women." It may mean other lecturing right away, and it does mean that I am to appeal to women to take a broom and clean up America! I have my "green light" on this, so I’m doing the next thing next. The Father has always sent me around overnight from place to place. Already I have had one small group for our work. They are so hungry for it. Please pray for the success of whatever the Father has in store for me to do. Pray that I may be Divinely Inspired in this outer work, which will reach thousands. The Father’s full Blessing be upon you all. May you be enfolded in His great Love and follow in His footsteps forever. Light lifts you. Love enfolds all you do. Your own, Edna Miriam |
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July
24, 1938 Chicago, IL To my dearly beloved Group: Today my love is even greater to enfold you. Your dearness, your love, your appreciation of our Path of Service for our one and only Lord, your ready obedience to the stony Path of our Master, all these make you so much more wonderful to me. Each one of you is a Torch of Light shining out to Bless each other of the group. Each one of you is an ensample for all the rest. All of you together form an ensample for the world to see, and by what they see and hear, they will judge your Teacher and Leader and Oracle, and also our Master and Lord Jesus. Remember this. Make each word you speak a word from the very heart of our Father. You are all considered as of knowledge and therefore responsible for your words and actions in any group. Be sure that you make great sacrifice of anything that comes to you for lifting. The greater your sacrifices, the greater your advance into the Light. Beware of giving anyone offense, even the "least of these children." Beware of taking offense. The Master forgave those who crucified him. Are you and I to hold ourselves of greater value to the Father than our Master? Are we to take upon ourselves the power of judging anyone else? Are we to declare someone else wrong when our Father declares them good and very good? Who would dare to cast a first stone? Which among you is to be the greatest lifter? Which among you will make the greatest sacrifice of self? Let this be your aim rather than to see who is greatest in Service or who is the strongest in Faith or who is the most right as to opinion. I say to you: Only sacrifice makes one great in God’s Kingdom. What have you to sacrifice today? Whom can you make happy? Whom can you exalt? Of what avail to declare another the greatest sinner? The greatest offender? Think not that our Father cares for our judgment upon any other of his children. He alone is Judge at all times and in all cases. Shall we not therefore declare ourselves good, all seeking to grow better? Shall we not therefore ever strive to lift all that any of us can do in blunder and mistaken ideas? Let each of us struggle on that we may all reach the High Goal of Christ Jesus — loving one another, making sacrifice of self for each other and above all, giving to each that glorious understanding which means the perfect Temple. Our Sun is Rising! It shines upon all alike unless one desires to stand in the shade! If one of us wants shade, is it not well to say, "We love to have you happy your own way. Always we stand ready to make room for you in our share of the Rising Sun’s Rays." What we share, we have forever as part of the soul itself. When we judge another unjustly, we send out a part of our own soul on a Pilgrimage of Darkness and it may be centuries before we can recall it. If we send part of our soul out in anger or unjust accusations given in blindness, we may have torn off a precious part of our self and cast it into darkness. For even when the one accused is wrong, they have their debt wiped out when they grieve over what is said, and when they sacrifice the hurt and grief. Why then, by speech, put others in a place we ourselves should occupy? Let us "forbear with one another." To "bear for" is its meaning. Let us Vow never to cause a tear in another eye, nor a hurt look on the face of one of God’s children. No justification is worth that. My sermon to you this day therefore is "This one thing I DO NOW. Reaching forth into the Light for my Master’s hand. Pressing onward into the Light that in all ways I may be a fitting Representative of His Glory and that I may SO surrender to be used by the Power of Love that the whole world, including my family and my Temple shall be a Radiant Light shining out to Bless, and enfold, and Lift ALL." My deep love and my glorious Joy I send to you all. My arms around you always. Your own Leader, Edna Miriam |
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July
29, 1938 Chicago, IL Dear __ : Have been awaiting Master’s Orders for the Temple ever since our moving May 1st. Couldn’t understand ‘why’ the delay until the past two weeks. Remember me cautioning and urging surrender and Selflessness, particularly during May, June and July, telling everyone that November Initiations would be partially gained by the practical application of Laws gained throughout the winter months? It has ever been so, and now definite Orders are coming through, for those who cannot follow the few simple Rules I’ve laid down as their Teacher and Leader. The Rule most often disobeyed by all during these three months has been: "What is that to thee? Follow THOU me!" One general rule, "Eyes single on the Light!" Each one had opportunity to advance years, literally years, above and ahead of where they were. Each one was lifted at Easter time very High. Some have gone even Higher through Sacrifice of Self. Some have held fast that bestowed, while a few others have slipped back into a place more comfortable for their watching of what everyone else is doing. So, these are to be considered as your Instructions in the following matter. Please read this full ‘Letter of Instructions’ and pass this letter around so there can be no further misunderstandings. Most of the ‘Orders’ which I herewith enclose, have been given by Word of Mouth many times. "He who hath eyes to see, let him see; he who hath ears to hear, let him hear." It is only when some small traits of men enter in that confusion reigns. When each one lives by the Laws of the Christ, then all is well with all. When each one of our Beloved Temple Group will forgive all debtors first, then, indeed, will it rise into great prominence and Glory. As long as one refuses to ‘forgive debtors’ first, just so long will the whole earth have debts to pay. Therefore, let each be the first to forgive all debts and first to release Light and the first to prepare the way for the coming of our visible Great Temple. Let not desire for reward be the aim, but know that reward is yours for having no enemies within the Citadel of your own Soul or in your own Kingdom. Build no barriers of over estimation of the little self between yourself and the world, but in all ways truly seek to be the Servant of all. Hold fast all that which you have and in all ways make way in your hearts for more of Greatness. From time to time there may be further ‘Orders’ added and given according to the needs and the growth of our Temple. Knowing that this will cover all needed ground and tend to the clearing of any clouds of mist, and in deepest devotion and love, I sign myself Edna Miriam |
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July
31, 1938 Chicago, IL To my dearly loved Group: The Glory of the Father be upon you, and to all of you Joy without end. My Message to you this morning comes to you from above. There is much to tell you when I return. There are still higher and greater Responsibilities. Go forward then, strong, courageous and blessed forever. My deepest love enfolds you, my fondest hopes lift you, and in all ways I declare you filled to overflowing with Light and Love, which draws all darkness upward, to be transformed into Light. I love you most dearly, and thank you for the Group Wire. It had tremendous uplifting Power. Hold fast to our Father and His Power. Surrender in ever greater perfection. Let the Power lift and serve AS you. Lovingly, Edna Miriam |
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August
7, 1938 Chicago, IL Greetings to my own Beloved Group: Remember my Joy in the fact that I have YOU! Remember how dear and precious you all are to me. Remember, I hold you high. I love you dearly and I love your letters and even the short notes you write me. I am interested in the slightest thing that interests any one of you. I love lifting and helping all the time. The time of our separation is shortening. Soon I’ll stand with you face to face. Soon I shall see the smiles light your eyes and feel your love enfolding me. Until then, hold fast to our Master’s hand. Hold fast to the Father’s Light. Hold fast to all that we have gained together during a year of steadfast standing. My Service progresses, and the further I go and the nearer the heart I reach, the more I know that we have the full and only answer to the chaos of today. Stand therefore, and help me Release enough Power to further our Service to the final, necessary Goal. Alone we can do nothing. Together we can do all things in deep perfection and understanding. Remember, my love for you is an unwavering, loyal and permanent thing. No loss shall be to any of us for our complete and absolute giving up of the little self in surrender to the Heart of God, the Source of all Power. I love all of you very dearly. Know this, and hold me in love as I hold you, unto the full Grace of the Stature of the Christ. "Beloved, now are ye the Sons and Daughters of God, and in His name do ye serve forever." Your Leader, Edna Miriam |
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August
14, 1938 Chicago, IL To my dearly loved Group: The time grows short until my return to you. Many things have gone past which mean much experience for all of us, and we still stand one before the Father, one with the Master and one with each other. "Love never faileth." Shall we all decide now to use more of it, lest we do not appropriate enough for our needs and lest we do not collect our share? Shall we now Declare a greater and greater abundance of love and praise for each hour? Remember the one answer for all problems is: A little more Love. A little more Praise. My love abides with you, surrounds you, fills you and works for you forever. I miss you more and need you more. Thank you for your continued prayers. They are "bringing to pass." All promises shall be fulfilled after "their degree and kind." Choose well, therefore, and then stand and love. It will open to you, whatever the door or need. Deep love and devotion, Edna Miriam |
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August
15, 1938 Chicago, IL To my Beloved: Greetings. The ways of the Righteous are not made too easy lest through satisfaction they forget God. The ways of the Righteous are planted in those desert places of earth to make them blossom into beauty through Creative processes within the Soul which the Soul calls forth upon need. Be therefore glorious and free. Be Joyful and in a Prospering Consciousness. Hold your torches high, see well to the lifting of your own Path, and allow all others equal choice in their own direction. Be, each one, a shining light for the world to see and follow. Fear not that which will pass away. Glorify that which is of God and lasting. No harm shall come near you and no sorrow shall touch your hearts. The ways of God are for Joy at all times. When you have learned well that which must be learned, lessons of experience which you have come to gain, then shall your tears be wiped away and sorrow erased from your hearts. It is of earth only, and in no way of Heaven. Hold each other’s hands and do your daily lifting and the Father declares food for your Soul, Peace to your Mind, Joy to your heart, Understanding to your little self and the White Light over all your doings. Great rewards and have been your earnings. Fret not, complain not, destroy nothing of gain to you from your trials, tests, tribulations and temptations. Hold fast your gains in rewards and you shall remain under Law of Love. Protection, Power and Life sustain you. Feed the Master’s hungry sheep from the fullness of your own store. Your own, Edna Miriam |
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August
19, 1938 Chicago, IL To my dearly beloved Group: My love flows forth to you in a never-ceasing stream. Two weeks from today and I’ll be with you all "in person!" And I cannot tell you just how happy that will make me. My heart is singing with Joy today. Let your confidence in God’s Power be exalted. Let your Praise ring forth in Prayer and devotion of Love to God, Masters and each other and the whole world. My words to you have been so simple and so oft-repeated: "A little more Love, a little more Praise." Yet they, with "It is now good," will bring to pass all your Desires of the Soul. The Master’s idea, "Let us Love one another," still holds a key. May I say to you this day: "Let us understand one another, for of this is Wisdom born." My heart is with you. My arms hold you high. My love enfolds you, and all is well, and all is good now. Believe, ask, praise and thank, and the windows of Heaven shall open unto you. My deep Love and Abiding Devotion forever, Edna Miriam |
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August
25, 1938 Washington, D.C. My Beloved Group: Today is especially a great day to agree and adjust in newness, to tie Heaven to Earth in Power, to Spiritualize our Individuality and Unite it with its Source, to start a Vibration of Success for our Earthly Temple, counterpart of the Heavenly one, to lift all for the new College year. One week and I shall stand before you and in your midst with a consciousness of a great work well done, and an advance made which means the opening Vibration in our Theocracy. Today marks the opening of a new Era or Epoch. Forget this not. Cease all vain babbling for and against. Open your hearts to the influx of Power from on high. Every word of promise spoken shall be fulfilled in due season by those with the ability to make sacrifice of self entirely. To love one’s life means to gain it in the fullness of its beauty and power. The coming week, to those who accept, will mean a coming forth of new ideas and ideals in all Creative work. Lay down all self, immolate it upon the Altar that your life may be renewed at this Source. Once the snow and ice melts in the hills, there is no holding back the life-giving water. When it is directed into right channels by right thinking, it brings forth life abundant. When it is allowed to go its own way or is dammed up by darkness, it destroys all within its path. Watch the life within you. Let no darkness destroy that which you have been long in building. My declaration for you is that all is good now, and all shall come to pass after the Desires of your Hearts that only Light moves through you into your Creations forever. Love and Blessings from your Edna Miriam |
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September
8, 1938 Cleveland, OH Beloved Ones of My Heart: No group or idea was ever born on earth without much travail and pain. Be prepared, therefore, in minds and hearts to meet all tests with deep Devotion and Consecration unto the Father. Do this in remembrance of our Master. Loyalty to God is our first Commandment. Live all it teaches: "To love Honor above all things." Drag no empty shell along, lest it retards your growth and hampers the expansion of your souls. Shed Light on all alike. Leave no one out. Your answer shall be "yea, yea" and "nay, nay," or perfect Silence under all things. Our hidden purpose is to Lift, in the Master’s name, all darkness. Let nothing interfere. Hold a high Vibration that nothing of the outer may enter your lives. Lift in sacrifice before the Altar each outer vibration as it approaches. Heed well all Foundation Principles. Light does overcome all darkness. Be sweet and firm and final. Stand steadfast under the true White Light of the Christ. Let your Light so shine. Be selfless, less and less of petty self. Each be strong for the other. Bring in darkness only to lift and not for gossip. Lift also your heart’s desires that they, too, may be fulfilled. Desire shall exalt you and your purpose. Imagination shall make form for you from the void. The Spoken Word, "Let," shall open the Vibration to pour forth. Full Surrender of self to all the Power shall make you a perfect Instrument of Light. Full Devotion to the Father and the Master shall make for your Strength. Full Praise shall make you a Pillar in the Temple of Christ Anointed. Full use of the Master’s Joy shall be your complete Illumination forever and so, "loving one another," shall you be full fed and satisfied. I love you. I love you so! I am still in a daze over being with you now. I’ve known it would come for three years! Am so happy. Love, Edna Miriam |
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September
14, 1938 Cleveland, OH To My Beloved Group: Your letters have reached me, and I’ve been that busy! Shall tell you about it next week. Your week’s words are Faithfulness and Steadfastness under the Light, Loyalty to the Light, Surrender to the full Light to send it forth. Pay no attention to seeming foes. They have no power of any kind but run around in their conceits. May the Love of God surround you, His arms lift you, His Voice be heard by you, His Peace possess you, His words move you to direct and sweet speech always. Be also firm in your stand at this time. So shall your reward be in Heaven. Edna Miriam |
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September
28, 1938 Cleveland, OH Dearest folks in the world: I love you! To know we are all back together again gives me tremendous joy. I’ll be with you! Much work was necessary to build the right Vibration to gather you into one place for this very hour. Many lessons for experience had to be accomplished before this date. Your great, strong desires for God have brought you where you stand now. Nothing except your own false desires for more of earth can move you thence. It is not knowledge of the intellect, vain knowing or reading that opens the Gates of Heaven. It is the depth of honest desire in the heart and mind that opens all doors within and without. Sacrifices made with the mind only involve you in much confusion and discussion. Sacrifices to stand and to hold place must be made from the heart, backed by the mind, which means that reason and judgment both rule and hold the heart’s vain emotions under control until they may be conquered. The difference between living by self-expression and soul-expression is to be clearly defined. Hold fast to all gains. Pray much. Praise more. Love all people. Love God. Let no vain discussions enter this group. Hold all high in the Upper Chamber. Let your hearts be at ease and your minds at rest. Let no clouds of darkness or doubt steal your high Courage. Allow no vain repetitions of words from outside sources to set you aside from your chosen and well-directed Paths. Pay no attention to aught of darkness. Be again these four: "Speak gently. Walk softly. Be cautious. Be silent." When Principle and God are to be defended, speak wisely, sweetly, firmly and finally. Hesitate not to withhold speech and hesitate not, at the right time, to speak. Seek balance in all ways. Seek to increase the quality of your desire always. The fulfillment of your dreams, your Visions, the reaching of your Goal, the clear Path before you all depend upon the quality of your desire to sacrifice the little self to the growth of the Soul. Peace to your Souls. Tranquility to your Spirits. Rest to your minds. Ease to your bodies. I love you. I’ll see you next week. Devotion, Edna Miriam |
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October
1, 1938 Cleveland, OH Beloved of the Father: Each has faced problems seemingly insolvable. Each has also prevailed over the little self to the glorification of soul. Thank the Father for lifting you to such heights and pray for fortitude and endurance to continue in the Way of the Soul’s Ascent. There is only one Way: Sacrifice of the "little" of earth to gain the "much" of Heaven. You have gained. Be ever alert to gain more. Your loyalty, discrimination and full desire for ultimate Truth has brought you through the Gates of Heaven. You are not found wanting, but have received your rewards. Hold fast your place. Allow no one of earth to disturb your long-sought gains, your hard earned Crowns. What you have earned, keep, hold, treasure and add to it. All promises shall be fulfilled as you express staunch faith of Law. It awaits you. Push it forth by and through love. I stand beside you in this very hour. My love o’er-shadows you always. My love lifts you. Peace to you, Edna Miriam |
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October
12, 1938 Cleveland, OH To my dearly loved Group and extra special friends: One week is such a short time, and so long. I love you all so very dearly, and am SO happy to have you folded close in my heart once again. Also, to be securely folded in your hearts. Search all secret places of your souls for hidden, menacing things of slow detriment. Lift up all vain emotions, opinions and prejudice that your hearts shall stand free in Joy for the greatness of your Service to be rendered unto your Father. Cleanse your imaginations of all vain images, all false gods. Pay no more tribute of fear, doubt or worry to false gods in the world. Arise, shine! You have been given much Light for use in dark places. Use it and be happy in Peace. No one pushes another to the bottom. Each arrives there of his own soul’s consent and each has the privilege of climbing from the bottom. See to it that your souls consent not to any form of darkness. Leave all free to follow their choice of direction while your choice remains with the Light. Follow the Master, steadfastly overcoming. So shall all promises be fulfilled. Remain in a prayerful state of full Grace, with your Lamps all trimmed and burning. Keep your eyes fixed on the Light. No darkness may penetrate the blinding Light of Glory surrounding you. Nothing of darkness shall hold back the full Ascension of your souls into full Communion with the Father. The time has come to lift all darkness from the face of the earth. No one shall remain in all its broad acres who has decided upon darkness as a Goal. Your Goal shall be Light and only Light. Keep your Vows of Silence. Keep your hearts clean. Remain under the Light. Continue your lifting. No one shall be gathered in except under high Loyalty, Sincerity, Devotion and perfect Desire to be high in Selflessness and Sacrifice. Endure in Love and Sacrifice always. Stand ready to come higher. Allow no personal idea of what God desires to enter this group. Keep minds clear and hearts clean of all self and of all personal opinions of right and wrong. All shall be good and very good. My arms are about you and my prayers are enfolding you in Light. Our next meeting shall be one of great Illumination for all. It is a beginning on a much higher Vibration for all, so keep close to your Father and the Master. Stand close under the Light. I love you and bless you in all ways, Edna Miriam |
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October
25, 1938 Milwaukee, WI Dearest Friends, this note must do for all of you. I’ve been writing folks and in conference all afternoon and must mail this even if I do not get any dinner, for I have my first group meeting tonight. Cannot tell yet exactly what we will strike out on but I am here and ready to shove off. Shall keep you posted on exactly how things go, what I am doing and where. Lesson: Great is the Joy over the Redeemed. Great is the grief, also, over those who retrogress into loss of all Identity. Prayers for such send the lifesparks back into the Consuming Fire with greater Purity, although Identity cannot be held. Therefore, pray continuously for all such on earth today. There are many. The Progress of all on earth may no longer be held back by them. The Finger of God has pointed, and no man may stay the results. Whether in high or low positions, they are removing themselves by their continued misuse of Light. The time is finished for using them as earth’s Initiators and Tempters. The Father does not make Tempters or Disintegrators of them. They chose so to do of themselves, vanity and greed for Power being the central motives sending them into unconscious-ness; vanity and greed consume them. Steadfastness is the required virtue for all Christmas Initiations, also greater Surrender in Selfless Sacrificial Service. The key words for your full expression for these weeks shall be Harmony, Glory of Soul, Peace of Heart, Tranquility of Mind and Divine Energy quickening and vitalizing all your doings. These five shall be your freedom from self and your open door unto full Soul Expression. Seek ever after more Light. Be fully assured of the protective care of the Father. Water your wishes with Spiritual Waters from on High. Nourish and sustain them with Love Divine. Give sweet rest to your souls with freedom from all vain darkness from the outside. Allow only the good, the very good, only Light, the very Light in all your Kingdoms. Pronounce all things good and very good. Have no darkness at all in your Place. Neither be bound by the limitations of dark images of your past. Forward and Onward be your watchwords forever. All is surely and perfectly working toward perfection and the full dawn of the perfect day. Set guards at the portals of your lips, tongue, heart and mind that when the Tempter comes, as he must for your strengthening, he may not find you in weakness but in the full Glory of your strength in the Stature of the Christ. Loved, protected, held, made alive and free are you. Peace to your Souls and Benediction to your Spirits. Make of yourselves pure and undefiled houses for the indwelling Glory of your Father. I love all of you very dearly and remember that each of you has a wish on the Altar and if you hold it fast and nourish it, it shall come to pass. My love enfolds all of you and our Light shall carry us through all darkness of the present world conditions. Deep love and devotion, Edna Miriam |
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October
30, 1938 Milwaukee, WI Beloved and Precious Ones: Great is my Joy that all is being fulfilled according to promises given in the past. Carry on with great faith. Hold high in courage and all shall come to pass as spoken. My heart is with you, although I am away in body. Still shall I be with you. Ponder at this hour: "Many are called, but few can be chosen." Ask yourself why so few hold aloft the Master’s Standard. Ask yourself again and yet again why there are so few workers in his vineyard. The answer will ever be the same. The Way of all Messiahs of all time in all ages has been too difficult to attain. Would you care to allow yourself pleasures of the emotions of the moment rather than to hold fast all gained through travail and lash? Rather would you not prefer the continued hard way of advance, now that the top of the first height has been achieved? Press on then in full valor and devotion. Much is awaiting your choice for a further climb. Much Joy the Father sends unto you. Much Substance waits for you to use. Much Power waits for you to send forth. Much Light is now ready for all dark places. What is your pleasure of these gifts? What is your Joy for this year? How wise in use are you and how much Glory shall you achieve? The Master shares his Kingdom with you for the price of Love and Devotion in Wisdom and Compassion. "Enter thou into the Joy of thy Lord." My love to all of you and my Life flowing about you to aid and help sustain your Creations. My life from our Father added to you and your life from the Father added to me. Love and Devotion, Edna Miriam |
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October
31, 1938 Milwaukee, WI Dear Friends and Group Chosen for great ventures: Am so happy! Today have met bankers and college professors, business men and women and even politicians who want our country spiritualized and speak of God as freely as we do. Tuesday evening I spoke before the Uptown businessmen and women. Thursday evening I’m speaker at the regular meeting here in hotel. Next week at some large hall, radio announcements, loud speakers on streets, etc., my first large meeting. They are giving me a real build up. I’m having a grand time, and have more ideas than I’ve had in ages. Brand new bunch for my speech tomorrow night. I know it is going over. Your eyes have been opened. See to it that you keep them open. Let nothing of small moment close them, or let bewilderment or confusion fill them again with clouds. Your true gains are great and will be greater. There are those who are blind for a season. There are those blinded by their own conceits for many ages to come, and there are also those who have chosen in great vanity and conceit of delusion their own devices, which lead them down into full retrogression. They, too shall meet with their own reward, for our Father is a jealous God, needing obedience when His children are of all knowledge. Beware of lukewarmness. It will lure you with thoughts of needed rest, ideas of overwork, of burdens too great, of efforts too great to make needed sacrifices. Better if you lash yourself into action than wait to lose face or place or both, for your failure to act. Better to lash yourself into all surrender of self rather than leave it to the Father. One gives you demerits, the other many credits and indulgences. Which is your choice? Make your choice and hold fast to your choice. Let no false Christ, no false prophecy, no discontented muttering lure you away from perfect fulfillment. Remember all our teachings and all our lessons and carry your torches reaching high, and full blazing with Glory. Be happy and stand steadfast in all ways. It’s best to be ready in advance of need for sacrifice. Don’t wait until compelled by need. Glory shines upon you forever. Light lifts you into high places. Joy makes you love life and its living. Surrender bridges all abysses of darkness. Devotion makes your paths plain. Love heals all mortal ills. Wisdom leads you upward into the green pastures of the Kingdom. Faithfulness makes all possible. Everything is going on as we desired. My deepest love, and my love enfolding all of you every hour. Love, Edna Miriam |
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November
6, 1938 Milwaukee, WI Beloved friends and fellow travelers: Our time has come. We are not "coming into," we stand within the great fold of Jesus the Christ. He speaks in ringing words and terms. He calls in no uncertain way for us to make a last stand against all darkness. But a little space and it will be over. Just a few more hours left in the long day of heat, toil and labor. We have stood through this heat, let us now hold high our standards of strength and courage and go on into an ever higher place of seeing and hearing. Release much Power, Love and Joy. It shall come to pass as spoken! Never in all my life have I ever seen God fail, never. So be faithful and strong and all IS well. I love you dearly and will be with you soon now. Deep love, Edna Miriam |
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November
6, 1938 Milwaukee, WI Blessed Friends and Group: This has been a very heavy week for all of us. Even if there are no heavy classes in which you must be examined, it is just as difficult to hold place after the Power is released. "Be ye perfect as thy Father in Heaven is already perfect." Watch your step, your voice, your tone, your speech, your thoughts, your acts. Be urgent and zealous in well-doing. Seek all rewards for the price of using Light to make the world Light and a world of Joy and Beauty. Your reward shall be made manifest for love, compassion, loyalty and sacrifice. Continue and grow strong in stature and Grace. Abundant Light shine upon you to the perfection of your days. Abundant Grace o’ershadow you to the perfection of your living. Please remember that I love you very dearly and I’m holding fast to you. Love and devotion to a wonderful group of friends, Edna Miriam |
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November
13, 1938 Milwaukee, WI My beloved friends and Group of Light: This is a Day of choosing the Light. This date is one of going higher into greater Glory. This Day is one to make your hearts sing for very love of Life and Joy in a Kingdom which is open to all believers. Sing therefore and make your hearts glad. Rejoice in all your ways. Sing Psalms and Praises to God above for all that is to come. Behold! It comes quickly and not one shall but Rejoice over the escape from all Darkness into all Light. Not one but shall sing hymns of gladness that night is past. The Elect all over the earth stand upon a Sea of Glory. The Elect all over the earth are born anew this Day. Let us choose therefore that our Path from this time forth shall but make us to be lifted higher. That each footstep shall carry us closer to the Heart of an Infinite and Just God of all Fathers, Masters, Saints and Sons of God upon earth. Peace to you. Joy to you. Love to you all this Day. The Christ walks close to you to bless, to lift, to make whole and perfect, and to make Powerful and strong. My Love and Devotion, Edna Miriam |
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November
14, 1938 Milwaukee, WI To my own Group: "There is that which increaseth and that which takes away." Many have been the words of Wisdom given you, many more are waiting for you if you heed all Laws of Obedience and Devotion. Why grow weary in well-doing? Why tire of Light? Shall some be cut off and retard all? Or, shall Light be released which agitates and confuses the lukewarm and indifferent, that those ready may move on? God wishes all to advance alike. He cannot withhold Light and Power for the few who cannot or do not hold high thoughts of Him continually. There is no place along the Path to stop. All must advance or retreat. Choose, then each hour, and choose well whom you shall serve, God or self. You have earned high place. Release, then, the Power commensurate with this high Place. Allow nothing to retard you for an hour, for you cannot recall lost time. Joy in your present place and position shall emancipate you fully to greater place and position. Love sustains all your Creations. Praise brings your Creations into the visible Universe. Devotion holds you facing the Light. Understanding opens your eyes and ears. Watchfulness saves you much misspent time. Adoration gives you grace, and to abound in grace means much gain, both heavenly and earthly. Mastery of self means emancipation of Soul to hold you a Supreme Creator. To live by the Star of your Soul is to be Godlike in very truth, and to be Godlike in very Truth means to act as God in very Truth and in all responsibility. To be fully responsible means fully obedient to all Divine Laws. Full Obedience will finally bring you to full expression of Godlike qualities, faculties and powers, and so lead to all "added things." And in these there is no lukewarmness or indifference. All Blessings of Love enfold you. Edna Miriam |
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November
20, 1938 Milwaukee, WI Dearest and most Beloved Group: Great is the Joy of all Heaven. Let it be in your hearts also, for the releasing time has arrived. If now we just stand together and know, and push, and Praise enough, all things shall be added. The Stars have it so written. All promises are being fulfilled. Make a stand this very hour. Go over your Declarations for needs and Joys, make definite and solid pictures of them and ask once more in the name of our Jesus that they may be added, and then keep on thanking the Father that you have all and more, both what you desire, and all that the Father can possibly see for you — added things, not subtracted! I love you. I’ll soon be with you and so stand and Praise. Let’s push out! Love to all, Edna Miriam |
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November
27, 1938 New York, NY Beloved Folks: A few days and I shall be with you. Much to tell you. Today is a special Feast Day. Great things have come to pass. Those whose lamps have remained trimmed and burning, are about to partake of the Heavenly Feast. See to it, therefore, that you are fully prepared. Leave no debt unforgiven. Leave the Gifts at the Altar and then forgive your brother his debts. Make full surrender to the Father. Give yourself unreservedly into the Father’s keeping. Know that the Everlasting Arms are about you. Know that the fullness of the Joy of Life is yours to express. Feel that your Praise ascends in an ever-increasing abundance to the Throne of God, that He may hear your hearts’ thanksgiving and know the Purity of your love. Be obedient unto all sacrifice. I love you dearly. So happy to be with you so soon. Love and more love, Grace abounding be upon all of you. Edna Miriam |
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December
14, 1938 Milwaukee, WI Dearest Ones: Am up to my k-neck! Everything ready to go! We are reorganizing and should get real results soon. Am sort of together again. Rested coming down and slept late this morning. Couldn’t get this off before, too much unfinished business. I’ve made my reservation for the West. Have a little bit toward it and feel as if the rest would come. My heart is singing and I am so happy I feel as if I could stand strong enough to remove huge mountains! Stand with me now and all shall be well. Every promise shall come true. Didn’t we have a glorious time? Never have I enjoyed anything as much as being with you. So you folks can be happy. You are so very close to me and so very chosen in the Kingdom. Sing now, be happy and so push the load over the top of the hill. I love you very dearly. Give my deepest love to all the rest. I shall send each a Christmas Message. Deep love, Edna Miriam |
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December
14, 1938 Milwaukee, WI Chosen Ones of Light: Great is your responsibility at this time. Much is required of you, since much has been revealed to you and much Power awaits your use. Use then this Magic Wand of Power extended unto you, the spoken Word: "LET." No misuse can occur when the "let" of the Father is used in Love and Joy. Love and Joy must be a combination of Selflessness or the Power cannot move forth. Love opens all doors and Joy is the force to drive Substance through. More Power is released unto you at this Feast Season than any time except Easter. Greater delight in Law shall bring you greater results. Stand still and know. Once you have spoken the Word of Clearance and Creation, then wait upon the Lord in great Praise given in full Joy-consciousness. Use your Father-Mother Virtues of Wisdom and Love and so shall your Son of Selflessness be born; then may you bear full seeing and hearing. Peace and full Joy be with you. Be fully Happy and Feast in Delight at again being reborn higher. Blessings, Love and Joy be yours. Your own, Edna Miriam |
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December
15, 1938 Milwaukee, WI To My Beloved: I love you all tenderly and dearly. Great is my Joy and Praise that we have come through deep waters in triumph. The future spreads out in service so great it is almost blinding to physical eyes. Our Destiny goes on together as ONE. No thing can ever put us asunder, for we are joined by the Nameless One! When Golden Light holds us together, no one of earth may see it to tear apart. What cannot be seen cannot be touched. Golden Silence binds all together as one and we are in and of the Golden Silence. The Master said, "Feed my sheep." Feed them of your Fount of Joy and Inner Gladness and so shall your lives be filled to overflowing. You are doing Master’s work on the invisible side, though you do not yet express this full Mastery in the outer. Have much Faith and all Joy, which is needed for your Creations. Joy and Faith are the Substance needed for fulfilling the Law, your needs and heart’s desires. Use all that your needs and desires demand. Fill them full speedily. The Joy, Faith and Power await you. Speak the Word, Let. In no way allow self to creep in. Thank the Father for all things now. Give vast and mighty Joyous Praise now. Speak and say, "Father, let Your Power move forth, let Your Faith and Joy fill full these forms now." This is enough, provided you continually send forth the prayer. Be faithful and strong. Be in Joy, Love and Compassion. Be in Peace. Be in delight in all Law. All Law is the Law of full Light, in which is no darkness at all. Joy, Peace, Love, Strength, Devotion be gifts to you. All is well. My heart is ever with you and my arms are ever ‘round you. Deepest love and devotion to each of you always. Edna Miriam, Servant of the Father’s Power |
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December
18, 1938 Milwaukee, WI Dearly loved Group: Our visit was glorious! I loved it and am ready for that which is to come. Watch and wait in great Joy, for all is about to be fulfilled. Dark places are being opened up to the Light of God’s Kingdom. Hidden things are being uncovered fast. Treat, Lift, Pray. I am with you even as you read this. The Master stands with me and we are dedicating his picture [Jesus praying in the Garden of Gethsemane] to the Holy of Holies. This picture is the Symbol of that wealth of the Temple which is to come forth from now on. There shall always be a Light upon it from on high. To sit and contemplate upon the Light, the Sacrifice he made will open blind eyes, deaf ears, or any manner of darkness of Mind, Heart, Body and Affairs shall be made whole. It is a threefold symbol of the pact between ourselves and Jesus the Christ, between Jesus the Christ and all of us, and also between thee and me. To be forever bound in one Light, his Light. To be forever held together in Love and Tenderness. To be continually Steadfast unto all Perfection, Sacrifice, Devotion and Selflessness. That the exaltation of all is the business of all, and that we all lift one another at all times and see only Light upon each other. So, when you gaze upon our Lord in the Garden, listen for your Father’s Voice, even as he was listening and hearing. Heed. Abiding love enfold, lift, protect, guide, guard and make you all Joyous. My love to you, Edna Miriam |
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December
20, 1938 Milwaukee, WI Dearest Ones: Your Gift ($) just arrived! I am still trembling. I’m altogether again, or so it seems. My heart is singing a song of Praise and Glory and Joy. And my Christmas Desire for you is so very great that it cannot be contained on earth or Heaven. It just spreads out into the whole Universe and fills it with Light. I’ll write at length when I get home, I hope! I’m really leaving — haven’t enough yet, but I know I will. Merry Christmas and Joy for your new Year beyond all Dreams of Earth is my deep wish for you. I love you very dearly. Merry Christmas and deep, deep Love and devotion, Edna Miriam |
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December
25, 1938 Tacoma, WA My folks and friends: Merry Christmas to YOU! This is a Beautiful Christmas Day and as you read this, I shall be with you. I shall be watching you and, most of all, I shall be loving you. You see, the difference in time is so much that it will be only 8:00 a.m. in the West. I’ll be entering Seattle when you open at 11:00 a.m. Reach Tacoma an my family when you are finishing at 9:30 a.m. So, I can be with you duringyour Service. I love you all so dearly, and I am so gloriously confident that we’re going places together. I have my lines out for the West. All is well. Keep steadfast, stand and know. Pray harder than ever before, for only Prayer now will release what we need from the Inner Kingdom. I can’t tell some of the secrets behind this, but Light from above will "bring to pass" now and clothe our Ideas. Promises shall come true. Desires shall be satisfied, and all for the little standing we must do for a short time now. Remember all Vows. Keep making your Sacrifices of self and so shall you all be rewarded. May the week between Christmas and New Year’s be the most perfect one of all your lives. May Beauty and Joy, Twins of Perfection, be your companions for every hour. I love you all so dearly, and I know that you are happy for me that I am with my family, even as you go to your Merry Christmas Feast. Love and devotion, Edna Miriam |
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December
26, 1938 Tacoma, WA To my Group: New Initiations open tonight. Remember that when we bring to the Father each night, an egoic soul that He may indulge, we have brought Him the greatest gift in our power to bring. In this way we cannot fail or be found wanting. So, each night before sleep, go over each hour of the day, pouring out more Light and more love upon it and so making sure that the day has been fruitful of only perfection, making sure that no weeds have been planted among the flowers. To root up each day’s weeds will keep our Garden of God beautiful and glorious and out of debt! Let’s decide this moment to "pay as we go," at least on the inside, even though we do not achieve it perfectly on the outside! I love you. I am with you. Our prayers bind us fast together always, Edna Miriam |
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December
26, 1938 Tacoma, WA Beloved Friends: Reached home as scheduled. Thank you for the $5 check! I love you so dearly and you’ve been so very good to me. God will take care of me, for I surely am His and on His business. Watch and wait through the first twelve days of our new cycle. Be guarded and fully aware of Power’s use of Law. Be open in Love and Devotion expressed through Praise. All good is yours. All right is yours. All justification is yours. All Power is yours to use in righteous ways. Be heedful in all ways and in all things do well in Law. Beloved of God, be still greater in all your creations. Not yet have you used your full measure of Light; use it in deeper and ever deeper Love. Love is Law’s fulfilling. Love is the all-compelling attraction of the universe. Only in Love may you open all doors or have all your "lost sheep" return. Be in a State of Grace that the Power may not find you wanting when the fine balance of the Father’s Scales is adjusted to your life. Greater than you can receive shall come to you. Power, Life, Light, Love and Substance to be created into ever greater desires. Peace to your souls. I love you so! Keep thinking of and loving our last dinner together. I’ll be with you, "invisible" to the world, on January 12. You’ll see great and mighty Wings of the Almighty and the Tongues of Flame! My deep love and my greatest blessing always. Love, Happy New Year, Edna Miriam |
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December
31, 1938 Tacoma, WA Dearest ones: I miss you so! Am so happy that you had a lovely Christmas day and such a beautiful day with your families. Today it is raining and I don’t mean maybe! Until now it has been lovely, just cold enough to enjoy. I am leaving this afternoon for Seattle to spend New Year’s with Ted [her youngest son]. He is taking me to dinner. I shall unpack my four boxes of household goods and share them with him. If I should marry, it would have to be someone who had money enough to buy me new things! Am not caring much about old things. By myself, I need nothing and I am cleaning up on old memories! I love you very, very dearly. I hold you in my arms. Love, Edna Miriam |
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January
1, 1939 Tacoma, WA Beloved Group of Chosen Ones: This opening of a new Cycle is pregnant with meaning. It starts off a Vibration of Devotion, which will set a pace for our Lifting for the whole year. It will set a keynote sublime for our Temple work. It will Radiate from the inmost Holy of Holies unto the Inner Court, the Outer Court and the Temple Porch and so to the whole world. It will set the full keynote of the fullness of the Release of Power, enough to open the Way for the great Theocracy now. Be therefore faithful unto the greatest extent of present ability. Use then all the Faith at your command. Let "according to thy Faith" mean something much more than ever before. Let your own idea of God’s Power through you be greater from this Day of Days than ever in all your past experiences. Let your Praise accelerate its voicing. Let your lifting of Darkness be greater each new hour. Let each second see you with the Mystic 3rd Eye of Vision turned higher and ever higher into the Kingdom of God. Let all thoughts be of constructive nature, going more and more into the Light for their Source and Substance. Let your voices be raised in tenderness toward all. As a Group, let us each one strive to gain greater control through the use of our Temple Creed, New Ten Commandments, and our six Great Words, Selfless Sacrificial Service Sweetly Firmly Final Let us be ever in Selfless Sweetness. Let us ever be in Sacrificial Firmness. Let us ever be in Service founded in Finality, of and from the One Great Source, the Father. The year IS and shall be the greatest year of your lives. This year IS the year of complete Fulfillment of all your Heart’s Desires, and may you let God add to your own desires ALL He can add of his abundance. Lovingly and with great blessings, Edna Miriam |
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January
2, 1939 Tacoma, WA Dearest Friends and Group: The time seems long since our last Sunday together. But you are not far from me. You are so close in my heart that nothing of earth can ever separate us, not even for a moment. September 16, 1936, the King’s Chamber was opened for the Ransomed of God, the Elect, to march into protection. These were all who believed on God as the only Power and in His Love now operating on earth. These who really entered the King’s Chamber, the Sanctuary, the High Place, the higher creative center, they were to have the vision of the third eye, the mystic eye opened, if they fulfilled all the Laws necessary for that purpose. They were to have their ears opened to hear God’s Voice speaking to them. However, only if they did all things in full obedience to Law. This meant becoming like the Master, not only thinking about him or praying to him, but actually following him all the way. To take back all the darkness that has been sent forth by the little self, which we call the law of karma or the paying of past debts created by the little self. To assume all responsibility for all past actions. To know that the place we occupy at the present time is one that we, ourselves have chosen and so never blame anyone about it for anything that happens, always sending forth Light to lift and overcome all disharmony. Accepting our place as our own Kingdom and becoming fully responsible for its lifting. To follow Jesus, our Master, making a ladder of our cross, and ascending higher and higher while still on earth. Becoming once more as we were before our descent to earth, Sons and Daughters of High Gods! Since this is the hardest thing to do on earth, not all who entered the King’s Chamber on September 16th have been able to continue doing it for any length of time. Each one has kept at it according to the neurons built into his brain equipment, or according to his past achievements on the path. So, only a few have been able to "Hold fast to all gains and keep their crowns." I love you and am so happy, so happy. Wisdom and Unity bind you all together in Love and Devotion forever and ever. Blessings in amazing abundance be upon you all, Edna Miriam |
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January
8, 1939 Tacoma, WA Beloved Group and dear friends: Today is a day of Power, very great and glorious. It will leave all of us in a State of Grace greater than at any period of this old Terra’s History. Be cautious as to your use of it and send forth hour after hour all possible Power and Light, for only that which is used for others unselfishly will move through us as Individuals. This Power will be almost too great to be borne. Watch therefore all Desires that they may be Selfless and for your own greatest good. Watch all pictures that only those of good to yourself and all others may be allowed within the fortress of your minds. Watch especially for all Idle Words. Let all answers be "yea, yea" and "nay, nay." Let nothing "touch you", because Light surrounds and enfolds you. Let nothing move you from your attitude of Praise and "Let." Let Light shine forth. Stand ready for the outpouring of Spirit the whole month of January. May Love enfold, lift, bless and help sustain you forever. Edna Miriam |
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January
9, 1939 Tacoma, WA Beloved Ones: To you this night is a Sign given which shall be unfolded in due season. Great Power is among you. Please remember how important it is that each one remains in as great a State of Perfection as is possible. Do not allow lesser things of earth nor lesser intelligences to disturb you — nothing of earth is worth a single instant’s loss of this Power. Stand strong and take it full. Do not make it necessary for the Masters to "cone" you because of anything from the outside disturbing you. I love you more and more dearly. I am with you at all times. Love, Edna Miriam |
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January
13, 1939 Tacoma, WA Dearest Ones, close to my heart, Strong Ones in the Faith: I love you. Let nothing of self creep in to cause you dismay, or concern among you. Pour out upon each other that Love which has pure understanding as its source and strength. Ask not for understanding. Let each one who follows the Christ with me give of such love to all others in the name of our one Master and Lord. That which holds one back from Vision in some measure holds back all alike. Therefore, do one thing only. Lift any darkness instantly and lift it high. You all know darkness! It is anything which you would not be or have if you were standing in front of Master Jesus, and could see him fully and clearly. Why then, for you are standing beside him, allow anything of even small stature to enter into your minds, your houses, or our Temple. Do any of you honestly think that the Father pours forth any darkness to you? Much depends upon each individual answer, to that Individual, for each one of us is a Law unto our self — and to no other at all. We can make any Law we wish and it will be so to us, but to no other. Be faithful. Be strong. Be of Wisdom. It is much Wisdom to cast off all Ideas of darkness, at least while in the Temple Courts, lest there be a "coning" of you and you sit in darkness of your own Creating! Our Temple is Light. The Father deals only in Light, and only Light can be sent forth by the Father. Where then does individual darkness come from? And from whom do you, each and every one, take your Power and your Light? Or what are you taking on? Heaven or Earth? Light of Heaven or dark of Earth? Surround yourselves with the Power, the Light and the Life of God. Draw upon God’s limitless Power. Do not use any second hand Power or Light. Go to your own Source. You will dwell in weakness all your earth days if you have the Idea of drawing on the second hand Power which has dripped through another. Make your own Contacts. Keep your own contact. Plug in the socket. Keep your "spark plugs" clean and do not borrow from someone else who has not cleaned his for months! Go to your own Source of Light, which is your Father above — be a giver of Light, of Power to earth from Heaven, not a sponge sopping up the small overflow and drip from a neighbor. You are strong, Powerful, Divine and gods. Therefore, draw from your own Star the stored up energy waiting above, not on or near earth. I love you all dearly, Edna Miriam |
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January
13, 1939 Tacoma, WA To my Beloved Group: Every effort I have made toward economic independence has finally come up to a barrier, where all I can do is Know, Pray, Praise and do everything my hand finds to do. I ‘see to believe’ as many times as I am allowed. Otherwise, I dare not ask ‘Why,’ but can only ‘believe to see.’ It has always been this way with me in the past. Nothing has ever come easy, or just through waiting or ‘decreeing.’ I Know. That is all I’ve ever had or needed. Fortunately, my sister is happy to have me with her. I have a lovely room on the third floor where I am really alone. I could still find it in my heart to wonder why? Only years of obedience and surrender have taught me to know all is well. I fully expected to have plenty of funds before now. Every outside thing pointed to it. Yet, here I am. SO, until you hear that I’m moving, this will be my address. I find it queer to be in the Place of my Birth. There is something very great here for me and all of us. What it is I do not yet see. I would be with you, having enough to be able to carry on with personally. I realize that all of you love me most dearly, and I dare not ask anything of you or anyone in the outer. You have all been most generous. You helped me here, and even though my expenses here would not have covered my expenses anywhere else for the same time, I am in a most peculiar position, waiting, watching, working and Knowing. I DO KNOW! All is well. I have never been left alone. AM not alone. I’ve climbed from my 3rd floor study to Heights Above All Above! And I am content to stop awhile and rest. For that it what it is — a rest. The weather is still mild. I am too warm. Very little sunshine, some rain, some grey days, but no snow, wind or ice! I love it! I am happy except that I do not have time for enough personal letters. I help with the housework and cooking, we have much company — relatives and my sister’s friends, and I cannot always leave them, since they call upon me! I am doing my best. Please bear with me, and love me much, even as I love you all close to the Soul of my Soul. I shall be with you, this I know. How soon, I cannot tell you. (Walking takes too long! And my bags are heavy!) I hold you high. I love you deeply and dearly and I shall ever stand close to you and know you and understand you. I have a small Class next Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday, afternoons and evenings. No chance for a large one here without much advertising. Can’t do that. Anyway, I’m told to rest. I love all of you dearly. Deep love and devotion to you, my Stars of Light and only Light. Of very Light of Very Light and in whom can no darkness be found. Blessings forever, Edna Miriam |
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January
19, 1939 Tacoma, WA Beloved Friends and Chosen Servants of all God’s Power: You were created full Ambassadors of Li |