Being Without Self
November 2, 1958
Acts 9:1-9
Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest, and asked letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem. As he journeyed, he came near Damascus, and suddenly a light shone round around him from heaven. Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?" And he said, "Who are you, Lord?" The Lord said, "I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. It is hard for you to kick against the pricks." So he, trembling and astonished said, "Lord, what do you want me to do?" The Lord said to him, "Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do." The men who journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no one. Saul arose from the ground, and when his eyes were opened he saw no one. But they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus. He was three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank. Acts 9:1-9
Being means "to be." To be what? Not self. ‘T’ represents the Tau cross. ‘O’ symbolizes unity and eternity. ‘B’ represents the House of the Lord. ‘E’ is the Mother of Love, expressing on earth. "To be" encompasses everything in the universe. We stand on the cross to crucify the self-will, and it forms a scientific platform from which we can reveal the validity of God. To understand this mystically, read "I stand on the cross in love, using it as a stairway to the House of the Lord to dwell there forever in unity and oneness with God and the world." Stand on the Tau cross in your Garden of Eden, living in nothing but love. This is the formula for being without self.
What is the difference between self and soul? God has given us only one Mind, "that mind which was in Christ Jesus," which is marvelous in expression. We use three phases of Divine Mind on earth – subconscious, conscious and superconscious, which hidden wisdom calls subsoul, egoic soul and Oversoul. We register ideas and translate them into words, like tuning a radio dial to a station. Our job is to listen to Divine Mind, but self is usually too busy asking "why" to hear.
Most of our difficulties in agreeing and adjusting to life come from the subconscious mind, which has charge of body building and warning. Like a scientist combining chemicals in the lab, it combines thoughts and impressions into a kind of mental food, too. Subsoul is the original nucleus of lifesparks encased in the physical body, the outer physical sheath of inner Mind. Each lifespark has memory, similar to the photographic memory cells of the brain. Subsoul’s "brain" at the solar plexus, executes the orders the brain sends. We link subsoul, in a larger sense, to the "world mind," of which most people are unaware. Subsoul is the source of our "warnings" and "hunches," but is not supposed to rule our consciousness.
Conscious mind is our receiver for heavenly broadcasts that act on our mental faculties. Conscious mind is supposed to reside in the head, the ruler of destiny in the House of the Lord, which orders the subconscious. Egoic soul uses the atomic mental body lifesparks.
The superconscious mind maintains our perfect contact with God, and uses the faculties of conscious mind. The Oversoul, which "dwells in the House of the Lord forever," uses the silver cord to maintain contact with the egoic soul below and the heavenly Councils. God designed these soul and mind phases as barriers of protection for Oversoul and superconscious mind. As you built your body for earth life, you called together your lifesparks, two by two, into the Ark of the Mother, the womb. God impressed each with memory. Your heart contains lifesparks that have evolved through all forms in the mineral, vegetable and animal kingdoms. Lifesparks carry the sum of "little self" impressions in the subsoul, which permeates every cell and is a storage bin of animal characteristics and memories of every experience. Imagination automatically calls on these photographic memory cells without our consciously realizing that they’re a mass of old, hidden impressions. We either lift, or add to memories. We write new negative records when we allow the little self to take charge, judge others, take on their debts in blame, and store evil memories.
The subconscious has had its own way for so long that it subtly tries to be our master. "Pandora’s box" of subsoul is the basic cause of our difficulties. Little self’s four expressions have taproots that run deep to hold us in bondage: "I want, I try, I can’t" and "I won’t," which represent four stages of immaturity. We can’t return to God until we cleanse subconscious memories, for unless we lift them, they continue breaking out, causing doubts, fear, conflicts and disease.
Recollection, the liaison between subsoul memory and egoic soul consciousness, is the servant between conscious mind’s kitchen and subconscious memory’s deep-freezer that stores all forms of limitation – "I want, I try, I can’t, I won’t" – the best recipes for making "sour" pies. Subsoul compares the present situation with the past and brings up an old recipe you made long ago, which bakes sour under the heat of conscious mind. For instance, subconscious mind recalls a "bed" pattern when you want to escape life, and brings you a cold or the flu. You’ll want to escape life until you throw out the old pies in the deep freeze.
Anyone can tell self from soul after the first Illumination. Self lives in the past, saying, "I’ve given enough. I’ve done so much for so many. I have been good. I deserve a reward," while soul looks ahead and upward, saying, "Father, teach me how to give. Let me give more."
We learn to submit to an orderly process of cleansing our subconscious deep freeze under soul direction. After a cycle of lifting, subsoul begins to rotate into Light with egoic soul and Oversoul. Memory lapses can occur, for example. Karmic memories of past incarnations, taints come to the surface because Light has descended and brings them out.
Thus opens the story of Saul of Tarsus on the road to Damascus, a most illuminating chapter. Saul was a Pharisee, who avidly persecuted Jesus’ followers until Jesus appeared and said, "Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the pricks." Pricks are punctures in your armor of self. Seldom is anyone called to God’s service and changed in an instant without any background experience. The pricks were Saul’s doubts.
His kicking shows that Saul had been unsure of himself for some time. His ego was set into inflexibility by his rigid adherence to Mosaic Law, and he was proud of being a Roman citizen. Saul called Jesus "Lord" because the event impressed him. His Oversoul showed him the error of his ways, but Saul was afraid he would lose his Roman citizenship if he listened. He was at the "I won’t" stage, full of fear and pride of self, yet he wouldn’t have fallen to his knees had he remained belligerent. Saul was unconsciously seeking truth, even when he planned his persecution and asked the high priest for letters.
When you say, "This teacher gave me illumination," the teacher’s words fell like rain on buds ready to bloom, so you heard. Saul was struck with blindness that lasted for three days, which represents three levels of consciousness, and can last a lifetime or for eternity. Figuratively, it’s the time that elapses between hearing the truth and cleansing subsoul for perfected personal expression – being without self. As love, we stand above the little self on the Mount of Calvary. We use the Tau cross (T) as a ladder to the House of the Lord, to be one with God forever in Paradise. God made everyone in His image and likeness, and each is free to choose. Oversoul holds the picture of perfection. No soul is really unlike another, but we all make different choices. Subsoul is waiting and desiring to be healed.
The Tau cross represents the sacrifice that always follows Illumination. Light strikes egoic soul and you ascend to stand on the crossbar of sacrifice. Some climb all day only to forget to set their clocks at night. They fall and must begin again in the morning. Make powerful suggestions to your subsoul before you sleep. Sort your photo gallery at night, and discard the pictures you want to eliminate. God called your lifesparks "good" before He named and numbered them, so lift others to a cloud of Light and declare them good. Declare a "pest" good, and picture him in his right place to encourage him to leave. "This is good" will cause each lifespark to ascend to its original name vibration, and healing comes through the Oversoul’s fervency.
Soul must sacrifice the self to live in the Golden Silence, to scale the heights to God, to keep the high watch, and maintain the mirror-like receptivity that registers God’s Life. Life can be as beautiful as you desire. How much life do you want? If you want only 50%, the rest of it dangles. Live it up, not down, cry up, rest up. Adopt the motto, Spend lavishly! Ascend to God’s activity. You don’t need more information, but for subsoul to ascend. Live to the full, and count your blessings, morning and night. Your soul has wings to soar, so spread them to brush negativity from your path. Light absorbs the problems.
How do you commit yourself unto the Lord? Rest in His arms. "Trust also in Him and He shall bring it to pass." Trust in God’s Law and promises, and He shall say, "Child, it is My good pleasure to give thee My Kingdom!"
Doing Without Thought of Reward
November 9, 1958
Romans 8:28-39 & Revelation 1:12-20
We know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren, Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; whom He justified, these He also glorified. What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall He not with him also freely give us all things? Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, "For Your sake we are killed all day long: We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter." Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:28-39
Then I turned to see the voice that spoke to me. And having turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks, and in the midst of the seven candlesticks One like the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to the feet, and girded about the chest with a golden band. His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes like a flame of fire; his feet were like fine brass, as if they refined in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. He had in his right hand seven stars, out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, and his countenance was like the sun shining in its strength. And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying to me, "Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. I am he who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death. Write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place after this. The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven candlesticks which you saw are the seven churches." Revelation 1:12-20
An avatar or messiah, who brought a different approach to God, a different symbol of truth, has opened every civilization in every age. Seven avatars have come. As centuries passed, the people’s Vision of Truth decreased, and they worshiped the symbols instead of the truth. A conquering of vibration resulted instead of a vibration of conquering.
John was consciously in control of his brain cells when he was "caught up in the Spirit" to a high place, where he received the Revelation. His was the consciousness of a mediator who deliberately directs all mental faculties to "see" and "hear" with extended vision and hearing. John saw one in glory, like the Son of Man, whose voice was "as the sound of many waters," which means the Voice held every vibration that can manifest. A great high vibration touched John and made him to understand the mysteries of the seven stars and seven candlesticks.
Seven avatars have come to earth for the Adamic Civilization, bearing seven candles, Light to fill the seven churches: Osiris, Zoroaster, Aphrodite, Buddha, Mohammed, Jesus and the Woman clothed in the Light of the Sun for this Golden Age.
Osiris brought the truth of the Unity of God as All. Osiris’ emblem was a mummy holding the ankh of Eternal Life, the first symbol to represent that all was Spirit, and to teach man not to worship form. The practice of embalming emerged from this. The Egyptian priesthood used cats, birds and other animal symbols to teach the masses the concept of unity. As the teaching degenerated, people finally worshiped only the symbols.
Zoroaster brought the truth of the Eternal Flame. His emblem is a fiery seven-pointed star, symbolizing the Death Ray and the Flame of Eternal Life, which represents Creative Fire. The Death Ray lets us dissolve forms and create others, and without it there could be no disintegration. Zoroaster’s truth finally degenerated into sun and fire worship.
Aphrodite expressed the truth of the Holy Family. She was the first avatar to exalt motherhood, womanhood and the Love of God. Her emblem was the helmet of protection for the Creative Fire filling the head. As goddess of love, she was meant to represent the firm, brisk, compassionate Mother Love of God, not a whining sentimentality that gets its teeth kicked in. Love is not pushed around, but can accomplish all, and stands. The greatest tragedy in earth’s history was the degeneration of Aphrodite’s message of protecting the Creative Fire. They transferred the helmet emblem to Athena, goddess of wisdom when Aphrodite’s name became synonymous with promiscuity, and her message of love degenerated into licentiousness.
The Buddha was born a prince, but gave up his palace for a begging bowl. Buddha’s prayer wheel originally represented the Zodiacal Path, the wheel with 144 virtues corresponding to the Tree of Life in Eden. The high symbolism of the begging bowl was gracious receiving, which degenerated into a prayer wheel and pleading for alms. Sacrifice was the keynote of his message of truth. The Buddha believed sacrifice meant giving up place, position and things. True sacrifice is giving up the little self. His idea of solving the world’s woes was to flee life, sit under a tree and meditate. He sacrificed all, but selfishly. Buddha realized his mistake and tried to show his disciples the truth before he passed over, but his message degenerated into escapism.
Mohammed brought the sword of truth, representing balanced Wisdom and Love as his emblem. Its hilt was originally named Selflessness, and it was meant to be wielded by the right hand of outer execution or "doing," in sacrifice of self. Mohammed’s sword of truth was perfect while his followers held it in wisdom and obedience, but it has degenerated into a sword of slaughter of those who will not follow Islam.
Jesus is the First Begotten Son of God, and is the head of all avatars. Any religious creed or dogma that teaches differently has lost the Light of this great truth. Jesus’ emblems are the star, the lamb and the cross of sacrifice of self and will.
"God justifies, and Christ makes intercession." Nothing is separate from the love of Christ, for whose sake we conquer. Nothing can separate us from the Love of God in Christ. These are Divine Truths taught in this Age. "Whom He predestined, these He also called." We were destined to live here as descended Creator gods bearing seven lighted candlesticks before we descended to earth. God predestined us to be called, justified and glorified to become like the Master, in his image.
Do you answer His call to ascend His Ladder of Light? What price do you choose to pay? To open to Light, and to sacrifice self? This does not entail weakness. Jesus’ surrender to be nailed to a cross was strong, not weak. You put yourself on either a cross or a ladder. Get off your cross if you don’t want to be crucified by self, make it a ladder and climb. The Power of the living God goes into action, and propels you up your ladder. Predestination is living in the image and likeness of God. God gives us all things when we surrender all self, which is the unity Osiris taught.
"It is Christ who died and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us." They have founded dynasties on such words as intercession, but intercession is just one candle. Only you can separate you from the love of Christ. You can receive constant sympathy, if you want that, but it won’t be the Glory of God. Everyone has felt persecuted. Some sadly say, "Only God understands me," and pity themselves if they feel misunderstood.
Sheep include our idle thoughts and words, which we must eat. They return to us, we slaughter them, then blame our trouble on another. Sacrificing self for a "high calling" pays glorious rewards. We are "more than conquerors" in all these things. We have more than conquered through those who love us. How much can we love God as Principle and Personality? Love the Personality that the Master revealed instead of being distracted by others’ dispositions, for he is the great ensample that God has predestined us to look, think and act like. Science is conquering the stars, yet we dare dawdle with prejudice, opinions and self-pity. What price will we pay for God’s true rewards? Nothing around us, personalities or situations, can separate us from the Love of God. The Light of your Star goes before you according to the path you choose to declare, and the pattern of protection your words give it.
The seventh candle, lighted in love, is the bride of Christ, which reveals an exalted woman, clothed with the sun, standing with her feet on the moon, crowned with twelve stars. The moon at this woman’s feet symbolizes protection for her understanding. The stars over her head represent virtues, powers and glories. The seventh candlestick is the bridegroom. The "bride goes into the bridegroom" means Mother Love and Father Wisdom in balance will rule the world. We light our seventh candle in Capricorn, the House of the Fathers upheld by the church of Laodicea.
"Wherever two or three are gathered together in my name, there will I be also" symbolizes the Holy Trinity of subsoul, egoic soul and Oversoul as one, a balance of masculine Wisdom and feminine Love. Our reward for sacrifice of self is the Love of God, balanced in us by Wisdom. Your body when filled with Light is a golden candlestick, but is only useful with a candle in it. What brightness of Light you put on it is your choice.
Great ones the world over and down through the ages have accepted their predestination and responsibilities in religion, science, business or diplomacy. How can we do this? Airplane pilots must be able to "fly blind," and a ship’s pilot must navigate through fog and rough weather. Your pilot house is in your head, the engine room is at the solar plexus, the instrument panel is obedience to Law as you know it, and your compass is following the life of the Master.
We gain mastery through Soul Conquering, not self-control. Mastery’s keynote is sacrifice of self and it earns the rewards of seership and prophecy, "seeing" and "hearing" until you are finally free to speak. Sacrifice of self is not asking for a reward but accepting the reward we have earned when it comes. Jesus represents the sacrifice of the petty self through Love. We, too, must become living ensamples of Love to the world.
November 16, 1958
I Peter 4:10-11 & Ephesians 4:10-13
As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God; if anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies.I Peter 4:10-11
And he himself gave some to be apostles, some, prophets, some, evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping [perfecting] of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. Ephesians 4:10-13
What does it mean to speak as an oracle of God? The priest or priestess in the ancient mystery schools spoke from within a statue or used ventriloquism to make the message mysterious. People stand in awe of the mysterious. Paul’s oracle is different. An oracle of God is surrendered and dedicated to truth, loving God, living by faith until he or she is certain of this conscious contact with God. "I will put the words upon your lips."
From the creature’s unconscious instinctive intelligence to becoming a conscious oracle of God is a long pilgrimage. An oracle has made the long Creative Pilgrimage, the long climb from Resurrection to Ascension. The first step in Resurrection is learning that there is Law. You dig out the subsoul past, lift it and bring it to life when the Light moves through. Then you must lift it higher, which is Ascension.
"He gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ." An apostle is a dedicated and surrendered person who wants to live the truth. A prophet is unafraid to speak the truth. Many news commentators are prophets. An evangelist preaches truth as he sees it. A pastor is a comforter. A teacher gives the Law he has experienced. An oracle is a minister, one who must become all these offices to attain the stature of the Christ.
The milestones on the climb are recognizable. First, "young zeal is slumbering" in the beginner, who says, "leave me alone." Since he never knows if his prayers are right or wrong, he descends to the cellar before climbing to the tower room. He climbs, falls, and climbs again until he finds a center point of faith. If you simply memorize prayers, you become a "skull bumper," an escapist.
"You are wrong" is the second keynote of soul awakening. People see others’ faults while being smugly self-satisfied with "knowing the whole truth." Yet how can you learn about the wrong or right way to pray unless you see it outside yourself, in another first? Life is education, all part of the climb. The first thing to ascend is your prayers. You "bump the ceiling" in prayer if you are "holier than thou." No one can penetrate the earthly mists until the pure Love of God enters the heart.
The third milestone is the part-time "star grabber" who fills his prayers with "I think" and "I’ll do it my way." He still uses Power, and drags heaven down to earth intellectually. Brainwashing the subconscious mind starts here, and talking about the truth begins the process. At least you’re grabbing at your star. People say, "It took the heart out of me." You reached for your star and dropped it. "I was put on a spot!" What spot? You always have a choice. Life isn’t cast in cement! Move up in consciousness and enter your Garden of Eden. Being "put on a spot" is the only way God can help you resurrect past indifference and idle words. It pays dividends and you have no force to pay back, if you don’t react emotionally.
The fourth step mates desire to will in the first Marriage of the Lamb. Joy enters, and you become Oversoul "I AM," a Christed oracle of God. You finish brainwashing the subconscious through "trials by fire," and meeting obstacles on the path. Now comes the glory! Imagination turns upward and becomes Vision. We free Imagination from earthy inducting and find that Vision is freed in heaven. We’re loosed from those violent obstacles, the hindering twins of darkness, opinion and prejudice. Opinions spring from willfulness and prejudices from rebellion. We’re of no use to God when our will is not His. We no longer skid to the cellar, but enter our personal Garden of Eden, to be resurrected, transformed, changed from old to new ways. We find that the whole process of Resurrection from the past was based in the Faith of God, and Resurrection is Faith in action.
Finally, we fill our faith with the Love of God, and the quality of that Love we express is our Ascension. To feel the full glory of being an oracle is to live in full Christed "I AM" stature! Our prayers are unlimited. We’re no longer "skull-bumping," bouncing off the ceiling, or would-be "star grabbers." We ride the stars as the Truth of God, the Faith of God becomes our Glory and makes us an Oracle Triumphant.
November 17, 1958 outline
John 15:9-11
As the Father loved me, I also have loved you; abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in His love. These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full. John 15:9-11
Invincibility is above "courage" and beyond "valor." It means to be untouchable and immovable, yet flexible, not resistant, which really expresses the Law of Nonresistance. Wisdom, Love and Joy are Principles that operate throughout the universe. We modify Principles, numerous beyond counting, such as Joy, into Laws, such as Nonresistance, to suit varying degrees of intelligence on earth. Joy produces invincible, protective rays of repulsion around you.
Life is a constant challenge and "trial by fire," yet it must be so to purify the soul of earthly taints. Still, somewhere, some place, sometime, each soul must meet life’s full challenge and cease making self-excuses for being "almost-hardly." Stop being a "puppet of chance" and missing the mark. Joy is the answer. Joy, the one all-glorious, all-absorbing quality of God as man, isn’t even a first cousin to ordinary happiness, and we can’t put it on another like a sticker on a package.
Joy is the Energy Principle in action, the essence of the Holy Spirit, causing every cell to sit up, dance and have a twinkle in its eye. How can we contact Joy as such an all-fulfilling vibration? Our prayers break the mental barrier and become invincible when we fill them with the fervency of "valor." Most prayers are merely demand checks presented at the window of God’s Bank to cover our needs, or "sight drafts" on Power for strength. We collect from God the exact amount left to us after our deductions. "What deductions" you ask. We pray, earning the release of just so much Power and Substance. Our deductions are resentment, rebellion, self-pity, pride, griping and grief. You never have any of these!
For months you’ve had perfect thoughts, pictures and feelings, and declared everything good. Since you are such a joy-worker, you attract everyone with a need. If you aren’t looking sharp for more Invincible Joy, you’ll soon hear yourself pray "Lord, send me help since everyone calls me to gripe and complain. I can’t take it. I hate it!" You poor little thing. What’s wrong? Declare instead, "Lord, I am strong! Lord, I am joy." Then you’ll hear people say, "How beautiful you look. How lovely you are."
Experiment with Invincible Joy! It will stand the "test of time," take you through any "trial by fire," and over any obstacle. Every hour’s joy is your investment in your life annuity for eternal youth and eternal beauty, for God is the Youth and Beauty we express. In youth, people say, "I’ll never live this down. He’ll never live that down," but as they mature, the wise souls learn to declare: "Let’s live this up!" Invincible Joy goes before me, clearing my way. Joy goes wherever I send it. Invincible Joy propels us into our untouchable, invulnerable orbit of conquering. "I have fallen in love with God, and I am in love with life!" Your tomorrows will be perfect because you are so lovely today!
November 30, 1958
John 1:1-5 & Hebrews 11:1-3
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him nothing was made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. John 1:1-5
Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report. Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the Word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible. Hebrews 11:1-3
John’s description of the Genesis is among the most mystical passages of the whole Bible. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him nothing was made that was whole. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it."
You can’t escape from God. Every cell, molecule and atom is the Substance of God. God fashioned all material creation from the Word, the Substance of Faith. Why should Faith have miraculous power? In the beginning was the Word, the Source. Faith is the Substance of our hopes. We have Mind, Power and Substance that are never separate from God. Substance, the essence of Light, fills our molds and condenses into outer form. We can create, and make mass from Light. God gives us that power by our decree when our spoken word is faith that God is acting as us. Faith is the Substance of God, and operates as Principle. As Love, faith is a quality of Substance, as Mind, a vibration of Knowing. As Power, faith is Energy that brings form to pass on a composite vibration.
The Bible describes dozens of miracles, and each was the result of Unconquerable Faith. God promised Abraham that through his son, Isaac, his descendants would populate the earth, and the seed of Abraham populates the world today. An angel of the Lord told him to sacrifice his only son, Isaac, and he obeyed instantly. Abraham, through Unconquerable Faith, knew a miracle would happen, and it did: A ram caught in the bushes replaced Isaac as the offering. Abraham had complete confidence, through faith, that God had the solution, if Abraham would trust Him.
"Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen . . . Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the Word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible." Faith is the Substance of every miracle we hope for. The eighth chapter of Luke tells of a woman who had been ill for years with an issue of blood. She crawled through a crowd to reach the Master, touched the hem of his robe and was healed by faith. Jesus said, "Your faith has made you whole," because Power answered her call of Unconquerable Faith with the Substance of healing. So must we do, and our main creative tool is the Breath of Life, which operates as faith and our spoken word.
By the word of faith, Jesus raised the dead three times: To Jairus’ daughter, he said, "Little girl, I say to you, arise." He told the widow’s son at the funeral procession, "Young man, I say to you, arise." To his friend he said, "Lazarus, come forth!" These miracles illustrate bringing back the dead by the word of faith.
Acts 12 tells of Peter’s imprisonment by Herod. They had already killed James, and there was no way out of the prison. Peter thought he was dreaming when an angel came to release him, but did as the angel told him and was freed. Paul and Silas were in prison, saying their prayers in confidence of faith so great that an earthquake tore down the prison walls and broke their bonds. Why and how does prayer work? How and why does faith operate?
Miracles can be personal. A small river runs through Yellow Pine, Idaho. Forty-five years ago, a forest fire, a crown fire that dashed along treetops and threw sparks ahead of it, ignited a 250-foot pine on the opposite bank. We prayed, and not 500 feet across the river, was a wall of Light that not a spark crossed.
As you speak the word in prayer with Unconquerable Faith, nothing of the world mind can touch you. Faith absorbs everything from your past. God gives us free choice. Power holds you, if you hold a high consciousness in faith. You recreate the mess if you retreat again to doubt and fear. You can ascend and say, "Let anything come," and Almighty Power conquers it. Conquering is a matter of choice. God cannot divide subsoul from the living soul, so it crucifies itself. He stands on the sideline, holding and believing we will make it. Just as we have compassion on earth, He says, "Come up to me, so I can comfort you."
Your decrees must be free of self. Declare that God also fills others’ molds when you have a need, then stand untouched and lift. Faith is the evidence of things unseen, our confirmation that God moves through us into manifestation. The word is God in action. Things that we see are not made of that which appears. We can never run out of Substance or words. Integrate these verses. Faith in action is Resurrection and Selflessness. The Word of God is the Voice of the Source.
As the glory of God uses you, your decrees manifest "according to your faith" as what you think and desire. You won’t care about old habits of grief or martyrdom when full faith possesses you. Those who are unwaveringly successful express unconquerable faith. Declaring it good opens the way. Otherwise, we put a hole in our prayer mold and Substance leaks out, wasted. We don’t use Power over anything. Power uses us as Faith Unconquerable, Truth and burning desire to become like God. We act as if we have it. We make another plan when the first doesn’t work.
Conquer through the Love of God. Praise God in the face of disaster and your decree becomes the Word that is God. Each word you speak is a beginning.
©2002 Society of the Universal Living Christ