Release the Indwelling Power
January 11, 1933
Tacoma, Washington
Matthew 13:24-30 & Matthew 13:47-48
The kingdom
of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field; but while men slept,
his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way. But when the
grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared. So the
servants of the owner came and said to him, "Sir, did you not sow good
seed in your field? How then does it have tares?" He said to them, "An
enemy has done this." The servants said to him, "Do you want us then
to go and gather them up?" But he said, "No, lest while you gather
up the tares you also root up the wheat with them. Let both grow together until
the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, ‘First
gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather
the wheat into my barn.’ "
Matthew 13:24-30
The kingdom
of heaven is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea and gathered some of
every kind, which, when it was full, they drew to shore; and sat down and gathered
the good into vessels, but threw the bad away.
Matthew 13:47-48
The parables of the wheat and tares, and the net cast into the sea, both deal with the kingdom of heaven. Earlier in this chapter of Matthew, Jesus went to the sea side, where great multitudes gathered to hear him. He sat in a ship, the whole crowd stood on the shore, and he taught them in parables.
The "field" is the world. The "good seed" is the highest mystical Substance of creation. The "enemy" is the world mind, from the outside, which we tune in on when we think about evil, doubt, or worry. The "harvest" is the end of the world, i.e., the end of this age, or period, the Adamic period, which began 2,000,000 years ago. In the Golden Age to come, all will be perfection.
The "tares" represent the lower self. Every time we use the Power of Love, sending it forth to do something, we are sending angels to lift up, to destroy and cast into the fire that which offends. The Love we release is casting the tares into the fiery furnace. The trouble that comes to us we called forth while we were still living in the "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" stage.
Every day is the Judgment Day, and we are our own judges. We must judge ourselves by every word we utter. Every word we use places us in the scale of evolution. We are radiant lights, but sometimes we shout loudest because we make such a black spot when we are not living our heritage.
The Kingdom of Heaven is right here, right now. Its riches will shine forth just as soon as we rightly use our faculties and powers within us, and surrender to the Power of God. You should be the mouthpiece to send Power that gets results directly to the spot. Say, "I am now making Divine Harmony and establishing Divine Activity. I am divinely inspired with ideas, divinely sent to the right place, where it is needed, here and now."
The "dragnet" cast into the sea typifies our family life, or the life of an organization, a group. We must take the whole catch, and separate the bad from the good. We hold up the bad, and cast into a fiery furnace of Love. We may be the only one in the whole world who can lift some particular person or event.
Your Magnetic Powers
January 13, 1933 Outline
Tacoma, Washington
Matthew 6:33, Luke 6:38 & Romans 13:10
Seek first
the kingdom of God, and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added
to you.
Matthew 6:33
Give, and it
shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and
running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that
ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
Luke 6:38
Love is the fulfillment of the Law. Romans 13:10
The following three Laws go together: "Seek first the kingdom of heaven and all else shall be added," "Give and you shall receive," and "Love is the fulfillment of the Law." Let us tie ourselves up to them, declaring, "I am in the kingdom of heaven, the kingdom is within me, and all things else shall be added."
We must get our minds off the world of appearances, always. We must release Love all the time, and know that we are living in the inner kingdom. When we have released enough Love, which is Divine Substance, we shall have everything. Praise condenses Substance and brings it into visibility. It is always God’s perfect time to let us have anything we want. Take this on the chin. Separate it, for it is a guide, a measuring rod, and look at it.
The Master said, "All the works that I do, and greater, shall you do." To this we add, "if you follow, live by my laws and assume the responsibilities that I did, become personally responsible."
Your Royal Birth
January 24, 1933
Tacoma, Washington
Psalm 33:1-8 & Psalm 34:1-3
Rejoice in
the Lord, O you righteous: for praise from the upright is beautiful. Praise
the Lord with the harp, make melody to Him with an instrument of ten strings.
Sing to Him a new song; play skillfully with a shout of joy. For the word of
the Lord is right, and all His work is done in Truth. He loves righteousness
and justice: the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. By the word of the
Lord the heavens were made, and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth.
He gathers the waters of the sea together as an heap: He lays up the deep in
storehouses. Let all the earth fear the Lord: let all the inhabitants of the
world stand in awe of Him.
Psalm 33:1-8
I will bless
the Lord at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul
shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear of it and be glad. O
magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together.
Psalm 34:1-3
We are our own creators, and build our own environment. Love goes forth as Substance and it returns to us, different, however, in that as it traveled around the earth. Love returns to us in a more condensed form of Substance, a lower rate of vibration. Yet it is still Light, radiant Light, for all of the invisible atomic substance of the universe is lifesparks of Light, over which Love travels with great rapidity. Take your consciousness to the sun. Hold your hands up high and ask to be purified.
We do not use enough dynamic praise. To praise is to lift oneself, and clothes one with a cloak of glory. Then we thank the Father for what we have. This we surely should do, for this is the commonest form of gratitude, even among men. We should give praise that rides out from a full heart. If we praise God, we will have no difficulty to praise other people and situations. Give praise for the things that are visible and those that are still invisible. Praise everything, even a swelling. Declare that it consists of perfectly beautiful substance, but that Light must dissolve it to take on a higher form. We should use our tongue to give praise and not to condemn. A headache can be a crown of glory, if you declare it so. Say that it is "beautiful, wonderful. This is God’s own perfect headache. It is made of perfect substance."
As Creator gods, we have misused the Power and the Substance, and have created what we do not like. We must be masters of life, conquerors of life, lifting and creating perfection. We are gods, making, not gods in the making, but are now learning to create perfect things. Our praise invokes a great power. The Psalmist said: "Never have I seen the seed of the righteous begging bread," because Israel used the power of praise. Read Psalms 33 and 34, for unequaled praise. David erred, but paid his debts to the law.
We must have a song of praise in our hearts always. As we send forth praise, the Love Substance returns to us, so expanded that it actually forms an invisible container, which Love fills. We all need plenty of space. If we want a new car, for instance, we work with this substance. Praise extends the walls of the workroom, and Love comes back into the room. If we did not praise enough, we might not have a place to put the love that returns! We are improvident with spiritual laws. We should praise that God has sent it back, forming these things, and that we may have them now. Love returns and condenses into the room until it is nearly visible. The whole world is suffering acutely for lack of Love. Praise expands the walls of the workshop, and keeps the wheels running.
Praise God that He has made things tough. This gives us stamina, grit, determination. The challenge that fairly makes us gasp will give us that "something" which puts us over the top, it gives us the punch we need. Spirit is immovable and untouchable. It cannot ache. Only the body has sensation, and the mind has to agree before it has even that. Thank God for pain. Don’t be intolerant. Praise and singing is true prayer.
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