I AM HERE. Jesus.
Well, my dear brother, time is passing, and the necessity for the
revealing is very apparent. Men are longing and waiting for that
which will satisfy the natural cravings of their souls and which the
present religion, called Christianity, has not the qualities in it
to satisfy.
I am pleased that you are in so much better condition, and that your
love is again becoming active and awakened and operating upon the
qualities of your brain so that a rapport can be made, as recently
explained to you by John in his message.
And here I desire to impress upon you the necessity and desirability
of your understanding thoroughly the Truths set forth in that
message, and of meditating upon the same and making a personal
application of what is written therein.
I would like very much to deliver a message dealing with spiritual
Truth tonight, but do not think that your condition is such as will
enable me to take possession of your brain and control the same to
the degree that the qualities and Truths of my message demand; and,
so, I will not attempt to write the message. Instead, I will advise
you somewhat upon the way in which you must think and act in order
to perfect the condition which you must possess so that the rapport
may be made.
John has told you to pray often to the Father so that His Love may
permeate your soul more abundantly. He has also told you to think
thoughts of spiritual things until, by such thinking, your brain may
become, as it were, infused with these thoughts, thereby receiving
those qualities that will make its conditions similar to the
conditions of the minds of the spirits who may wish to form a union
with your brain and convey the Truths through it that are waiting to
be delivered. And I confirm what John has written; and, in addition,
I will say that your praying must be more frequent so that the soul
may be freed from a condition of thoughts that are not spiritual.
You need not wait for occasions or opportunities to formally pray,
but let your longings for the Love ascend to the Father all during
the day and evening. A LONG PRAYER, OR EVEN ONE FORMULATED INTO
WORDS, IS NOT NECESSARY, AS, IN ORDER TO HAVE THE LONGING, IT IS NOT
NECESSARY THAT WORDS SHOULD BE USED TO GIVE IT FORM. THE LONGING MAY
BE RAPID, AS UNFORMED THOUGHT, AND AS EFFECTIVE FOR THE FATHER TO
CATCH, AS I MAY SAY. THE LONGING IS QUICKER THAN THE THOUGHT, AND
THE ANSWER TO THE SAME WILL COME WITH AS MUCH CERTAINTY AND LOVE AS
IF YOU WERE TO PUT THE LONGING INTO THE MOST EXACT FORM. Prayers of
this kind ascend to the Father and are heard and answered. By a law
of your relationship to the Father, such prayers affect the
qualities of the brain in the way of preparing it for the union with
the spiritual thoughts of the spirits who desire to write, as I have
stated. Your thoughts of spiritual things or of the Truths of the
spirit world, as they have already been revealed to you, and
especially those which pertain to the Love and Mercy of the Father
and to His Will in their passing and operating, also affect the
qualities of the brain so as to produce the condition which is so
necessary for our rapport.
It may be surprising to you that this condition is required in the
brain of a human and also in the development of the soul, which
really produces the condition, in order that a rapport may be made
so that the spiritual Truths may be delivered, and also surprising
that you have been selected from all the men on earth in whom this
condition and development shall be made. And it may be more
surprising to know that it is true.
There are certain qualities in your constitution, both spiritual and
material, that render you susceptible to the influence of our powers
and to use by us for the purpose of our design and work. This
determines one to choose you for the work in the way in which I and
the other high spirits have heretofore used you. And it may seem
strange to you that, in all the long ages preceding, I have not
found one human with the qualification to fit him for the work.
I have used others before, but they have failed to submit their
minds and souls and beliefs and forethoughts to our influence and
directions, as you have done so far. Many humans have the qualified
conditions of spiritual and material make-up to perform our wishes
and work, but, as they all have free wills, which we cannot compel,
and as circumstances and environments and education and beliefs are
elements which affect and determine the possibility of our finding
an instrument suitable for our purposes, we have not been able to
find a medium who was both willing and qualified to be used for our
work.
You understand, of course, that you were not selected because of any
special goodness or freedom from sin, or because you were more
beloved by the Father, or naturally (and I mean according to your
course of living by reason of any spiritual condition that you were
in); for there were many superior to you in goodness who were more
in at-onement with the Will of the Father and whose love and the
results therefrom were more perfect than yours. So, you will realize
that you were not selected because of any special spiritual merits
you possessed.
As you have been told, all things in the spirit world, as well as on
earth, are controlled by immutable laws; and all spirits as well as
mortals are subject to these laws. The Law of Rapport and
Communication must be complied with by spirits, no matter how much
elevated, and also by humans; and no spirit, by reason of the
possession of any supposed power, can set aside this law. But while
spirits do not have this power, yet, they may have such knowledge of
conditions that they can discern what qualities in the condition of
a human are susceptible to influence and molding by the spirits so
that, as a result thereof, the law may be brought into operation.
And this will explain to you briefly why I selected you as my medium
and mouthpiece. For know this: that I have been endeavoring to
influence and mold your mind and beliefs for a long time so that
your soul might become developed in such a way that conditions might
be formed that would enable us to make a rapport that would permit
our controlling your brain to convey these messages of Truth. You
were naturally a medium and, for ordinary purposes, it was not
difficult for the spirits to control and communicate the Truths of
the spirit world through you, which are not of a nature such as I
and others have communicated in reference to the soul spheres and
the relationship of God to man in the higher spiritual sense. As you
read John's message, you will understand better what I intend to
explain at this point.
There is another phase to all this, more personal to you, and this
is: that while we have been developing you for the purpose of doing
our work and helping us to accomplish our mission, your soul, as
you, has been developing in its spiritual nature and you have come
in closer union with the Father and have partaken to a large extent
of His Love; to a degree, you have been transformed into His
Essence, so that you have become a very different entity from what
you were when your development for our purpose commenced. And, as a
result, you will derive all the benefits that flow from an
experience such as you have had.
You are now one of us in the progress towards the Fountainhead of
the Father's Love, and have taken on a part of His Immortality. And
it depends only upon yourself how rapid your progress shall be
towards a complete transformation, such as spirits who are
inhabitants of the Celestial Spheres possess. You need not wait
until you come to the spirit world in order to make a rapid
progression, although it will be more difficult for you to progress
while in the flesh, as you understand. But wonderful progress may be
made while in the flesh, and you have been told the secret of this
progress.
And I will further say that you have a closer association with
spirits that are nearer the Father and more possessed of His Essence
and Substance than have any humans of earth at this time. To you,
this may seem extravagant and improbable, but I declare to you that
it is as true as that I and many spirits who come to you and write
are in the Celestial Spheres of God's Immortality.
Well, I have written a long time and you are somewhat tired.
Remember my advice and pray often and earnestly, if but for a
moment, and the condition will be yours, and we will come and
continue our revealments.
With my love and blessings, I am
Your brother and friend,
JESUS.