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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.
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About James E. Padgett
 Born August 25, 1852, Mr. James Edward Padgett
practiced law in Washington, D.C. Subsequent to his wife's, Helen,
passing in February, 1914, James learned from a psychic that he had
the gift of automatic writing. Based on the promptings of the
psychic and with a desire to reach his dearly departed Helen, he
commenced take messages from the spirits in the spirit world. At
first, James denounced the messages as merely coming from his mind,
driven by a strong desire to reach his departed wife. Eventually,
however, James could not deny the fact that information he was
receiving could not have possibly come from his own mind - for the
content of the messages surpassed his own education and knowledge.
Before his passing in March, 1923, James had accumulated hundreds of
messages from spirits and celestials in the spirit world.
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