HEAD OVERSEER’S WEEKLY MESSAGE
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Wednesday, October 19, 2022
The Twenty-third Saying (Part 9)
“And The Companion of The Way then said, ‘It seems after re-reading The Child Christ that you experienced at least three kinds of mystical experiences while you were in Peru. One, the “rapture” where you indicate you could not even move an eyelid or breathe – when you received the profound knowledge of your immortality. The second was the visions. And the third was the instant image of being face-to-face with the source so that no words, no gestures were necessary, just the presence-to-presence, face-to-face. These are clear-cut and at the same time developmental experiences that could be considered bench marks or stages of your progress. I say this because it brings to mind similarities in my childhood to yours. I spent the first years of my life in an orphanage. After my mother married my father, he left her while she was pregnant with me. She had no living relatives at the time, as her older sister died before I was born. When I left the orphanage, I felt totally alien to all my surroundings. In my feelings and emotions throughout my teen and formative years, I always felt out of place. I have always felt different from other people, and do to this day. And so, the thrust of my life went in a spiritual direction. This thrust was greatly accentuated by Papa Bray, an authentic Hawaiian Kahuna who was very instrumental in my achieving my own “rapture.” He knew, in fact, he told me, the date it would happen. And it did. Therefore, I can identify with what you are saying. And in my own life, I can attest to the truth of what you say, because to me it is very much the same.’
“Said The Man, ‘All the writings, the prophecies, the theology, the training, the teaching and the actual working in the Church – the doing – is what makes you remember, not so much who you are, but what you are, and that it is your destiny to be in this Church. And the first indication of this knowing is that you do not want to live without it. If we acknowledge that there is a charismatic power in the Sun of Righteousness, we have direct access to God through the Image and the Word of the Sun. If that Image and Word works on our Soul, which we know it does, then we experience the metanoia or charismatic action that is real. It is not something we read about, it is not speculative, it is not theoretical. And you all know the difference between theory and practice.
“‘For the most part, metaphysicians and Christians of the traditional churches work in theory. They say, “Jesus was a good man. He was the Son of God. We must be good. He was the peace maker. We follow after him.” And then they go about doing the opposite. They do that because of the need of the world; not because they want to, but because of their environment. If we acknowledge that there is good and evil in the world, we must acknowledge that we, as humans, are incapable of resisting Darkness, because it always seems to prevail. We suffer, we experience pain and loss, we become ill, we grow old, and we die. These are real and evil in origin because God did not create something to die. We require the assistance of God to overcome the Evil and Darkness in this world.
“‘The only means we have is from an outside source working on us from the realm of the sun, the sustainer of the world. Therefore, if we acknowledge that God does have a charismatic power, there is a metanoia in the power of Community. By working together, we enhance not only our access to that power, but our ability to use it. We cannot assimilate sunlight through photosynthesis like a plant that converts sunlight into chemical energy. It is fundamental law of the Church that in Community we are able to assimilate more intelligence from God, His Word, and more spiritual Light, by working actively in the Church because we are then participating in the most fundamental law of all: unity.'”
Again, if I may be of any personal service to you, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Very truly yours in Light+,
Gene
