oth Meditation......on Spiritual Refreshment “Ordinarily we only permit a small portion of the One Life to function thru,but we can thru prayer, bring about an intensifica- tion of that Life so that it works to lift our burdens,strengthen our character and ease our personel life of its strains. Prayer......"Almighty God, Who art unto Thy people a Fountain of kisdom a Tower of Strength, and an evershinin; Sun of Beauty 2nd Hcr- mony, grant that we may so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries of the Passion and the Resurrection that we may ever be refreshed by the continual outpouring of Thy Power from on high, through Christ our Lord. Amen." April ith - 17th Meditation......on Humility. MWe cannot be separated from the One Existence but we ecn be so blinded by self interest, that we fail to realize our At-Onement, and are thus out of harmony. Prayer when understood rigatly is a process of opening our eyes, so that we are aware of our kinship with God. When we ask that fle govern and_precerve us, we osk thot our attunement with Cosmic Laws sllow them to operate without re- striction in our lives, so that heing governed by harmony we will be "preserved evermore." Prayer......"We beseech Thee,Almighty God, mercifully to look upon Thy people; that by Thy great goodness they nay be governed and pre- Served evermore, both in body and soul} and ever walk humbly cnd heedfully in Thy sight, Who livest md réignest with the Father and Holy Ghost throughout all ages of eges. Amen." April 18th -~ 24th Meditetion......upon the symbolism of the palm branches, Victory. whet us make the paramount aim of every thought, word and deed to gain victory over the Lower Self that we may be worthy to stand in the Holy Presence. Let us follow in is footsteps: in ar daily life.The lesson of sympathy can be taught by our sufferings, the lesson of mercy by our own limitations, the lesson of tolerance by our oun impurities,the lesson of kindness by our own heréships. The beauty of holiness lies in living the life." Prayer......"0 Lord Christ,before whom in Tay one earthly triumph the Children of the Hebrews did cast their votive palms grent unto Thy faithful servants that in Thine own good time we too my bear the palm of victory and may be fount worth to stand in @hy Holy Presence, Thou Who dwellest ever in the unity of the Feather and the Holy Spirit turowshout all.ages of ages. ©Amen<"~ April g5th - (Raster day) = Hay ist Meditation......on Resurrection. Whe gates of everlasting life are open to us when we enter into the Christ life, wien we in each of tae little acts of daily life sow the ceed of good desire, cultivate the fruit of a purified character, for then we are preparins ourselves, as the musician tunes nis instrument, for a harmonious response to the pressure ~ of the Divine Life upon ours Prayer......"0 God of Love, we praise Thee, we bless Thee, with all Our hearts do we thank Thee and magnify Thy name for this most Holy and wondrous Festival of Easter, for in the glorious victory wich in it is commemorated and symyolized, Thou hast given ws the sure an certain witness that good shall finally triumph over ill, and that death is but a gateway to the ineffable splendor of Eternal Life, in Thee, 0 never-setting Sun of Righteousness, who liveth ana reigneth, God for ever and ever. Amen."Meet See a en ee we THE MYSTIC MESSENGER ¥* we ae ** The Mystic Messenger is a monthly pericdical #* ** authorized by the lystic Brotherhood as a ¥* #* chonnel for information of general interest *#* ** to the students of the organization and ** ## articles of importance to followers of the ##* ** Pathway of western Uccutttsms.....eseeseeeee HH at ae Not 1, but Christ," be honored, loved, exalted: "Not I, but Christ," be seen, be known, be heard; "Not 1, but Christ," in every look and action; Not 1, but Christ," in every thought and word. As we approach Esster liorn it is ful then te lay hold of » Hand with a sense of great reverence that will lift us out of the and joy, 2 spiritual exaltation depths uf sense conscicusness.Be- that shares in the glory of the cause He is the Way, we can Resurrection through 2 deep, emo- follow on. tional response. We have prépared ourselves, a great many of us, by Through the Christ we ar: provid- special disciplines and obser- vances for the climax of that duly Dawn, but when the sun has set on Easter Day we must not think that cur work of prepsra- tion for the resurrection,is com- Sleted. We must follow Him, not enly to the resurrection, but through that significant exper- lence. dow How can we-fcllow the Master in the resurrection? Tae answer 3 simple by unifying ourselves th Him, He overcome, so we must ovetcome.Life is 2 Confusing puzzle to those who knuw not the perfect life pattern for cach soul, but when it is recognized that all, trials and troubles, as well as Joys, area part of that pattern, we are following Him. In the confines of the human body, the Divinity Within us may not always be able to shine through e perfectly, It is wonderfully help- sie ed with 9 strong cable over which the power ond intelligence of Universal Mind is conducted to us Just 2s a power house has branch lines from its main cable sending power to distributing units, so with man, Every individual “soul is a branch line linked with the main cable. We make our line an effective unit when we lend our- selves to the purpose of the main eable. The branch lines sre insu- lated; so must we be protected by right thinking and living, or power is dissipated. To have eternal life we must con- serve Divine energy by observance of Divine Low. We must make our covenant, make ourselves 2 unit with the Master in resurrecting, lifting up, and harmoniously directing the Divine Forces of our being. sveseesee Sri VeritusEASTER GLEANINGS FROM STUDENT'S LETTERS EASTER DAY "I am the Life, the Truth, the way." These are the words that Christ did say. All who are groping in the “night, Just follow Christ walk in the light. "The deaf shall hear, the mute shall talk, The blind shall see, the lame shall walk." Did not the Christ reveal the way, When He arose on Easter Day. Jo Billcheck,#.M.B. As a boy, I hed a few rules from "The Book of Life" that I tried to practice sincerely. "Judge not that Ye be not judged" was one of thems but every once in 2 while I would find myself judging some person for wrong doing. The rea- son for this was that I continual- ly looked for wrongdoing instend ef the good that could be found in each one of us. This is just une minor example to show what con be necomplished when we start sincere seeking of the Truth and find that there is a Universe of aich we are a part instead of 9 jumbled mass of individuals. I do wt wean that we should patronize secffers-far from it-after you t this far you con tell those ho scek the Truth from those whe sécff. The true meaning of "Do not cast your perrls before swine" enters into your being. New the meoning of "Neither above nor below, but within your heart Ye will find the kingdom of dea- ven," takes on a singular mean- ing tu all seckers cf the Truth. we must Hermonize our being with sll Good on earth, 2nd so be in Heaven on earth if we expect to attain everlasting life - Frank Baldwin The Still, Small Voice Whispered softly: "Take thou this burden up! Monents are short...be not afraid To drink the dregs of the cup. Thou scarce wilt awaken ‘ knowing Ivhave laid My hand upon thee With sadness thet brings the soui gladness, thy cross lowed. Me. Thru thou hath fol- Heather Aaskin, D.M.B, Our Conscicus Minds go through the School of Life in the kinder- garten, the High Sohool, the Col- lege. "When we graduate from the College we begin to realize there is College of Gpiritual Wisdom through which each student must pass alone but with the consctous- ness of an Unseen Guide ever be- side us. We havea supermind which ig the Spirit of the Intu- ition, this gives us the power to see back of and beyond sense per- ception. Are we not experiencing our resurrection out of darkness into Light. Has not Life taken on a new aspect for the Questing Soul? There is joy in the rising Sun of consciousness for we sre beginning to under- stand that-"The things of the Spirit aust be spiritually under- stood," Lilly Carter,F.M.o, we each have our Gesthemane, if we are strong, we truimph over the lower self and its cravings ina material sense, the spirit accepts the will of the Father and thereafter we joyfully do our duty, for we do it unto fim. We cannot have peace until we work in bormony with the Divine. Myrtle Wooster, D.M.B,It had been a long, tiresome time of * waiting,one crowded ANDRE bus had left and the young woman who told me of this incident, stood on....another hour before the next one would leave her station. The crowd in- creased...when at last, after what cemed an interminable length of time, the bus arrived,,she was nong the last to get on......only standing room...and thirty miles of travel ahead. Bracing herself for the jolting of the large vehicle, she resigned her mind to the standing ride. Then she 1t a tap on her outstretched i, end a pleasant voice, its ownér another young woman ' was saying......."sit here." Sinking gratefully into the seat,she real- ized that her stranger friend Was preparing to seat herself on a stall platform, obviously an Qrreaeer tebe aes dusty place..... Sut you shouldn't have given me your ‘seat, "she protested....tyour suit will become soiled there. "Oh, my suit's dark and the soil wonft show" was the cheerful an- er "your's is light,you need the set", And with that logic the mntter was settled..........except fn the memory of my young friend, ++++She didn't forget. "That little deed of unselfish cindness, did more for me than ony Sermons," she told me "I know row how much one word, one act, condo to f411 the hewrt with a .ra, conforting glow, how it cen renew your faith in people and stir in your mind remombrance..... "do unto others..." In a far-off land the grunt, weary mother is @erccustomed lines, she s she accepts wordlessly face of a moved to smiles the LITTLE DEEDE OF KINDNESS portion of olive oil that will sustain life in the infant she holds in her arms. Hope is born again in a heart that thought never to know its sustaining strength. Somewhere, in a land that to her is foreign, she knows she has * friend, someone has been willinc to give to her..how blessed that knowledge. Life becomes something other then a cruel distortion...2 gleam of light......the kindness of a £2llow human. small Little deeds of kindness not Little, after all great......perhaps the greatest things in life. The Great Heart of the Infinite One must ‘have known how we earth children would need to be reminded of our Divine link with Him, h the confused human consciousness would need to be cleared from time to time, that we might see Him. So He planted the seed of kindness. How strong must be His faith in us! How sure fis conviction that we will keep that seed alive!Though we may at times lose faith in ourselves, allowing outer appearances to submerge our confidence and our hope......He knows our capabilities are not limited to the human! He knows the Divine possibilities of every soul.......He is sure that we are not barren soil! Logic confirms this truth of the heart. In Divine Mind there is ne purposeless action; the economy of Universal Law permits no wasted effort. Even inside the herd shell of cynicism, material- ism,mon has nourished that little seed of kindness and in myraid ways, large and small, it shows forth its beautiful fruit.Ths ep bill that leads on to the wide ex- pense of moor, it was hot and I was tired for the dey was drawing to a close. The great plateau was encircled by acny-coloured hills that looked uluost translucent in the rays of tie setting sun. Everywhere was purple heather,and the sir was full of mony sounds the cries of sheep | the distant borking of dogs, 2ndé the hum of files that plryéd around mo. I was looking for a place to rest when I spied a great circle of grass right in the midst of the heather, sv entered this mgic ring, fur so it seemed to me, and took’ off my hat and lay at full length, Have you ever noticed how -t times ‘the air is full of gvlden specks like little jewels, that dance before one's eyes? lew the air was full of them and tite sky above was very blue, and little thin clouds like ‘white somite were just getting tinged ith pink and mauve, bite suddenly 1 saw that walls were growing up round me, and I vs being enclysed as in > Temple, ic wells were golden and polish- das if overlaid with gold-leaf, ond on them were stronge symbols ond curicus-looking instruments vung on the walls. The rouf wes open at the top, ervund, and points of gold con- verged toward the center, cutting rays that came through the windows, touched the instruments on the oppusite walls and-immedintely a wonderful note wes sounded and a colour blazed forth. Curiously nough all the colours seemed to o= violet ur purple of different shades, all were seet-sounding and ny body ond sovl thrilled in answer, climbed up the AN INNER €XPERLENCE * Berth, ond those sculs Since dawn I knew the music must have been playing, and for always, for my Temple was not and never had been on this earth, As the earliest ray of the sun touched the lowest eastern window,I think the colour and music must have been rose— coloured. Blue as he reached his height, with a golden note of joyous strength; end as he sank, rose and blue dissolved into each other and made the purple and violet which is the colour of the night robe of the earth in which the stars are set as jewels. The derkness fell and I returned home, tu sleep and in ay dreams to seek for the Temple of the Woon which. is of silver and whose music ebbs and flows with her waxing snd waning, 2nd where the sweet little shrill voices of the stars cnll to the sculs of those they have sent through the great gates of the Moon to learn the bitter-sweet lesson of the can meet in her Temple on certain nights. But not every star soul does the Angel of the Moon nll to — the meeting nor sre these meetings: fixed by any known lews or sea- sons, only those are called whose time on earth is neorly over, for at erch meeting there are some who never return to earth, but whe pess through the narrow portals of the Moon in her last quarter, when the great gate clos: behind these who return mo more; then for a moment there is silence, and then the wondaous music begins gain 2s the silver gates slowly open and it is ‘as the ebb and flow of meny-sounding waters and cver and above all are the sweet notes of the stars and the mighty voices of the plarets fcr music end praise are every- re and only silence end dark- ness in the heart of some of the children of earth.ALAN ENLEY'S PAGE RESPONSIBILITY sees The esoteric student life as 2 continucus *spect.. in thet groater understonding we find the resscn for the rosy ne thorny side of every day's ex- ericnce for there is 9 sogacious Sud within all of nature's de- sign. Daily he draws closer to at- tunement with the Infinite.Touch but a key of the world's grond est orgen, ond the whole vibr« tory system of music is fclt by the Soul attuned to the hormony of sound, Likewise, 1f one cumes inte rapport with the grend symphony of Evolution and with the vist sturchcuse of Uni- versal Energy, he contacts a great outflow of horacry thot is in direct relatiunship with the very forces which hold the Plan- ots in tneir urbits..,....+ What is done tedey, whet is necomplish-d tod-y, ‘has slways been possible and within the orb vf attainment. All that we will be tomerrow lics — potentirlly within us nw. Christ hos seid, "I am the Resurr cticn and the Life." When we understend our affinity with the Christ Con- sSCeusness, thes® words becwm= a living péssibility for us Semeune has said No one's lifeboat can save me but my own.” The young Soul must meditate dceply before he or she can find the covrage to accept that strte- nt. They want to travel in someone else's bunt; they want someone else to steer at the helm, and want nothing so little as they want sole responsibility. wut there is no resson for feel- ing trepidity at the vista be- fure us, fur we have been sup- plied with light, with 2 compass, with » most seaworthy vessel, and with: the inspiration of great reward at the finish of cur jour noy. We must actively serve each ond every Gry of our lives: — but. ebove al, steering 2 streieht on@ nonersble course. In the early stages, we find that we are a part of > fleet of vessels like our om. We con watch the movement of the more experienced helmsnen until we revch the open wrters where we tov, aust rssume the responsi— bility cf leadership for other dependent souls. Only 2 knowl- edge of nctually mastering that vessel, will give us the fore- sight tnd understanding to as- sume thet future leadership. and when we are given to asking curselves the why's and herefores cf personal troubles, us remember thot sometimes our troub: must be faced be- eruse cur shoulders are broad encugh te besr the, ond the ex- smple we sot will’ be, by our sure mastery, encouraging to others whe falter close to dong- creus reefs. JnpeRHEnSEEEe Fverything in the universe is the unfcldment of Deity, itself, or Divine unfoldment. Esoteric Science is the science of that unfoldment. It teaches the laws under — which thot unfoldnent tekes place on both the objective and subject- fve planes. Jorn sneneieiiese Wonderovs is the strength of cheerfulness, altogether past. ealculsticn, its power.A great ruler sat THE BALANCES. Job potient snd wise ameng the Lords of sys, "Let me be his Kingdon, 2fter ,L. Rinehart, F.M.B. weighed in an even an activity which balence that God had netted him > sture of ecrthly ricaes, but his heart was not happy. Something troubled hin. as ac gized in meditation upm the plastered wall upon whose smocth surface flickered the light from the silver ceondlesticks filched fra the temple of God, awakening conscience smute hin, ond a ferl- ing thot 911 was not well rose within hin. fis lind turned inward to the op- portunity uffered end sco svidly siezed upon to take for himself want was not rightly his 6uddenly the attention of his courtiers was centered upon hin and the deep silence was pervaded by 2 hypnotic spell. Their gaze fullowed his to rest upon the suovth surface where flicked a shadow that shape snd form, suddenly took on A hond with extended finger wrote fateful words, "God hath numbered thy kingdom ond finished it, Thou are weighed in, the belence and fuund wanting." T, the ear of the earnest sceker after truth this tele hes a miliar sound, p within. the cunsciuusness teknows that judge- vent when, standing on’ the rin vf the world, he looks backward upon the yeare of a lifétine and his scul has rejec.ed his Inbors as unworthy nd insufficient. "Thou art weighed in the b-lenees and found wanting." To put it succinctly, "Thcu art wonting in belance." The Prophets of old, the souls for upon the path of evolution wav served a5 the mouthpiece of tae watchers in the heavens, speak vf integrity as balance. my know uy integrity".Iseia: the prince knowing Law t be the first reouirement cf a successful Life "The way of the just — is vp: rightness. Thou tiost upright dost woigh the pxth of the just." Devid rejoiced in Gud xs the Rock upon which tu rest and repertedly ys, "I shll not be “greatly ncved. Surely aon of low degree are vanity 2nd men of high degree are lies. To be leid in the bal-, ences they sre altogetner vonity. Solomon discussed this matter at length, saying "All the ways of a man sre clean in his own cyes,but the Lord weigheth the spirits? "Commit thy works unto the Lord and--thy ‘thought shall be estab- lished. Here is the crux cf the whcle matter. To reason,to think straight, to consider and know reol values, to strive for the highest cf which you are capable and to extend that right thinking to your life ond actions is to be testablished." fs the thoughts suay from the true plummet of God's rule bring them back into line, ad with determination ond faith hold to this achievement. wwe sometimes hear from superfici- al studentsof cur Holy Book cf the so-called _ contredicticns. "You eon prove anything by the Bible," they say. Ina work so vast, it would be impossible not to find every subject covered pro and con. But it isa fact that very so-c7lled contradictions are but efforts on the part of the teachers ond prophets to teach the middle way of belence, That this has net been properly tought is not the fault of the Book, but cf the faulty men who have used ports of it for their own measure net being developed sufficiently to see the whole great circle of its deathless teachings.@ outline -#1-50 Y ATLANTIS AND GEMURIA: Thirty fascinating nents, the origin-end distribution of ts'on the Lost Conti- s+ TLtustr: ted 00 OLLECTED TRUTH AFTIOLLS: <~Ewenrty-fi chat number of inspiring messages, merit from thousands of truth talks S including - over twice d for their outstendin igen Seen MARCH OF SHE AVATARS: —Twenty-zive philosophy of - the 2 Quetzalcoatl, sreek, homan 1 vitel Y PRACTICAL RSYCHOLOGY: fourteen ¢ xpldinin; ecomplish for you personally in overcoming fear nd attaining success.+ PROJECTION the Ai rest Twelve al Body, experiences dia this type of train ca SICHISM: Ten unusual chets on topics such as Mediumship, taunted Houses, Kundalini, Psychic attack, ete ea ane@1 00 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: Twenty chats dealing with important o questions in a plain, practical wa A wide range of subjects, in addition to those Listed atove, 2 vailable In the Faculty Chute. ner Will supply @ topical outline mpon reque. 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