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A
Continuation of John's Explanation of the
Spiritual Laws That Govern Rapport and
Communication Between Spirits and Mortals.
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I AM HERE. John, the Apostle.
Let me write a few lines tonight, as I have not written for a long
time and am anxious to say a few words which may be of help to you.
I have been present on many evenings when you were expecting to
receive communications and were disappointed because of reasons or
causes that you could not understand, except that you were not in
that condition which would enable the spirits to make a rapport with
you.
Well, this is true, and is the immediate cause of the want of power
of communicating. But it is well that you understand more than this.
For, in order to remedy the difficulty, you must have some knowledge
of the seat thereof.
I have explained to you the law controlling rapport and
communication. And I have endeavored to make it as plain and
understandable as possible so that you, at least, might grasp its
meaning. But I see there are some things that you still do not
understand. And, because of this, you have had the recent experience
of not being able to receive the many messages that were waiting to
be delivered through your brain and hand.
As I have said, the first and most important requirement is that you
be in that condition of soul which, because of its qualities, will
enable the spirits who may desire to write the higher messages to
form a rapport or union with you. This means simply to take charge
and control of your brain—a brain which, because of certain
qualities and thoughts having possessed it, will be in harmony with
the thoughts that these spirits desire to transmit through it (just
as it is absolutely necessary that the material medium through which
the electric fluid shall flow is a medium possessing such nature and
qualities as will permit the fluid to flow through it). A wire or
medium may be made of wood, and the electric fluid will be present,
ready to flow through it, but it cannot. And why? Not because the
wire or wood may not be perfect in itself, as such wire, but because
the wire has not that nature and quality that will permit the
electric fluid to make a union with it and thus control it. And so
it is with the brain of the mortal. But the brain, when properly
prepared, has the possibility of possessing those qualities that
will admit of this union and control, which the wood has not. The
brain, when devoid of this preparation, is just as nonreceptive to
the rapport and union with, and control of, these spirits as is the
wooden wire to a union with the electric fluid.
You have been told on numerous occasions that you were not in
condition and that the spirits could not make the rapport, and that
you must make the effort to get in condition. And this assertion and
advice is all true. You were told to pray more to the Father and
think of spiritual things, and then you would come into that proper
condition. This is also true, and the advice is helpful. But you
were not told what this praying to the Father or thinking of
spiritual thoughts means. And, hence, you may do these things in a
way and, yet, not get in the proper condition.
During a long period in the past, I know that you have been
receiving many messages of the higher Truths, and for the delivery
of which a highly prepared brain was necessary to receive the same.
And the thought has come to you: Why were you able to receive these
messages at the time of their delivery and not be able to receive
them now, because, as you further think, your brain is in as good
condition now as it was at those times. Well, in the latter thought,
you are mistaken. And the fact of such mistake should be sufficient
to convince you that your inability to receive the messages should
not surprise you. During the period mentioned, you prayed more often
for the inflowing of the Divine Love, and your longings were
intense. And the desires to possess this Love, which is so vital to
the preparation of your brain, were so much more active. And also
your thoughts of spiritual things were so much more frequent. In
other words, you were then seeking with your whole heart to learn
the Truths of God and to possess His Love. And, hence, your brain
was continually in that condition which enabled the spirits to make
the union and control it for the purpose of their higher
expressions.
Lately, you have not had the longings or prayed the prayers for the
Love as frequently. And, as a consequence, the qualities and
elements of thought that have possessed your brain have not been
such as to put your brain in that condition which makes it receptive
to those spirit thoughts of the higher Truths. Now, from this, you
must not infer that this condition is a mere matter of brain
condition, produced by itself, for it is not. You have had the
intellectual desire to write and receive the messages as much as you
ever had, and also to receive messages of the higher Truths that
should be new as well as edifying to you. And your desires were
real, and you were disappointed because they were not realized. And
this merely demonstrates to you that there is something more than
the mere mental or intellectual faculties that is necessary to
prepare the brain for the reception and transmission of that which
partakes of the nature of Truth, and that has its source in
something other than the mere human mind. These higher Truths come
from spirits whose minds, as you might say, are of the soul. And as
only soul can deal with soul, it is required that the preparation of
the brain should come from the exercise of soul powers upon the
organs of that brain. And, hence, the necessity for your soul being
in that condition that will produce in the brain the qualities that
will unite and permit the Truths of the soul to be received and
transmitted.
You must not only pray to the Father for the inflowing of this
Divine Love but must also pray often, until you realize the
possession of this Love in your soul almost constantly. Also, you
must turn your thoughts (and I do not mean the merely intellectual
thoughts, but the thoughts of the soul which, as you have already
had, you may have again) to the spiritual Truths which have been
revealed to you, and to the Spiritual Realm where you believe other
spiritual Truths are waiting to be revealed. If you will thus pray
and think, you will find the desires and the expectations of the
fulfillment of these desires coming to you, and an enthusiasm which
will come from the development of your soul by the possession of
this Love, along with your soul thoughts. This is what is meant by
the condition necessary to enable the spirits to make the rapport.
Of course, as to the ordinary matters of the spirit world, where no
special soul condition is required, the spirits can make rapport as
they desire. And, in your case, many of them could have written at
the times you thought you were unable to receive any writings. But
we thought it best that no spirit be permitted to write to you, as
it might endanger the probability of your getting in the condition
that we desire, and which is necessary in order for your brain to
receive our vital and important messages. And, hence, your Indian*
was directed to not permit any spirit to write to you, and he did
not, though many made the effort to do so.
Well, I am glad that I could write to you in this manner tonight.
And I hope you will consider what I have said, and will realize the
importance of your getting into the condition of which I speak. The
brain must be used by a soul having the Divine Love active and,
thus, prepared to receive the rapport.
I will not write more tonight, but will merely say that we have many
more messages which we desire to transmit.
So, believe that I am frequently with you in my love and desire to
help and protect, and to make your mission a success.
Good night.
Your brother and friend,
JOHN.
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