“As a spirit, you are a part of God or the InfiniteForce or Spirit of Good. As such, you are an ever-growing power that can never lessen, and must always increase. … Every struggle of the mind—be it struggle against pain, struggle against appetite, struggle for more skill in doing in the doing of anything, struggle for advance in any art or calling, struggle and dissatisfaction with your failings and defects—is an actual pushing of the spirit to greater power, and a greater relative completion of yourself,—and with such completion, happiness.

“There is more of you today, and more of every desirable mental quality belonging to you, than ever before. The very dissatisfaction and discontent you may feel concerning your failings is proof of this. If your mind was not as clear as it is, it could not see those failings. Only now, in looking at yourself, you may have swung too far in the opposite direction; and, because your eyes have opened to certain faults, you may think these faults are increasing.

“They are not. The God in yourself—the ever-growing power in yourself—has made you see an incompleteness in your character, yet that incompleteness was never so near a relative completion as now.

“You may have discovered under your house a cavity full of vermin and bad air. You were much worse off before the cavity was found, repulsive as it may be to you; because now that it is found, you will make sure it is cleansed.” ~Prentice Mulford

Part of God

Prentice Mulford was more a teacher of the mind than one of the spirit, yet much of what he says applies to spiritual development as well. His saying that we are part of God is a good example of that. It is not our physical bodies or even our minds that are from God and therefore part of God, it is our spirit. That is why awakening the spirit and soul is so important in spiritual development. One thing that some people forget in reading that however, is that a PART of God is not the same thing as saying we are God. A break pad may be part of a car, but without the thousands of other parts, it isn’t a car, and would never claim that it is as such a claim is egotism at its worst.

Ever Growing Power

Here, I must disagree with Mulford. While in our youth, we are constantly learning and therefore growing mentally, as we age, we can lose much of that. It is why doctors and therapists today recommend the elderly do things like working word puzzles or trying to solve riddles. Such activities slow, or even stop, the deterioration of our mental faculties.

Second, on the spiritual side of it, most are not growing at all. The vast majority have spirits that remain in a dormant state as they have made no effort to awaken them, or have only used ineffective methods to awaken them. And even those who have been in spiritual development for years can backslide, or be completely turned away from the spiritual by the Forces of darkness. It is why we must always be vigilant once we start on the path of spiritual growth, and why being part of a spiritual community is so helpful. In a community, we can help each other, and protect each other, from the manipulations of the dark ones.

Disatisfaction and Discontent

It is true that dissatisfaction and discontent with where you currently are, mentally or spiritually, is actually a sign of growth, of learning. The person who is never dissatisfied never grows. It is an unfortunate part of human nature that we only make an effort to change when we are not comfortable with where we are. People who never question their own actions, beliefs, and thoughts never grow. Those who don’t accept the need for any kind of spiritual development while living in the physical world never grow spiritually, in this world or the next.

Cavity of Vermin

Mulford is also correct in saying that we are better off knowing and recognizing a cavity of vermin under our house as we can then do something about it. Psychiatrists say that when one recognizes that they have a mental problem, they have made the first step in curing it. The same is true of mental and spiritual development. We are held back by the vermin of false beliefs and practices. To really grow in those areas, we must be able to push aside all preconceived notions, and see what the actual truth is. Of course, when it comes to the spiritual, we must first awaken the spiritual faculties with the Light of the Spiritual Sun.

Saturday, November 5, 2022
10:00 AM COMMUNION
Chapel of The Holy Child
RR Gene Savoy Jr.
Lector: RC Robert Petrovich
Cantor: Rev. Mary Foust
Reader: Sonya Savoy

Sunday, November 6, 2022
(Daylight Saving ends)
6:24 AM SUNRISE DIVINE SERVICE
Church of New Epiphany
Leave: 5:30
Gate: 6:10
Sunrise: 6:40
RR Gene Savoy Jr.
Concelebrants:
RC Robert Petrovich
Rev. Bruce Kanzelmeyer
Assistant: Rev. Barbara Whitney

OPEN-AIR COMMUNION

Golden Age of Light   RC Ted Staver

Church of the End Times   Rev. Mike McIntyre

Wednesday, November 9, 2022
12:00 NOON COMMUNION
Chapel of The Holy Child
Rev. Barbara Whitney

Friday, November 11, 2022
9:00 AM PRAYER & FELLOWSHIP
Chapel of the Roses
RC Ted Staver

HEAD OVERSEER’S WEEKLY MESSAGE

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

The Twenty-third Saying (Part 11)

“‘Therefore, in Community we must decide who we are going to serve: God and the Sun of Righteousness or the earth and the Powers of Darkness and society? We are too small now to be noticed, but the time will come when this Church must affect the world. Humankind is not Evil. Humankind has a spirit and that spirit is played upon by the Powers of Light and Darkness, so there is a struggle between the Powers of Light and Darkness for control of the spirit. We may ask whether the Power of Darkness is equal to the Power of Light. The answer is, only in its ability to affect the spirit of Man. Light gives him Life, and Darkness gives him death. We can ask whether the Evil One is equal in power to God. Of course not. If it were not for God, Evil could not exist. Evil is a parasite, not a creator, even though it created this aborted world we see about us. Its nature is passive, not permanent and creative as God is creative.

“‘Though the world allows itself to be influenced by the Powers of Darkness, now it has an opportunity to be influenced by the Powers of Light through the Sun of Righteousness. This means that the End Times is upon the world, and the great battle between the Powers of Light and the Powers of Darkness is taking place now. As a consequence, the world is going to change and there is no power of Man that can stop it from changing. Man is either going to fall into the trap of the Powers of Darkness and be destroyed by the Power of Light, or he is going serve Light and serve God and restore this world to the state of original Creation. This is a kind of judgement – a judgement day.

“‘The Evil in the world – suffering, pain, death and loss – is not the work of God. If a person asks why God took a child, or wife, or husband, the reply is: God had nothing to do with it. The physical dimension is not a true creation of God. Therefore, God cannot be the Father of this world. According to interpretations of the Bible, God created the world. That means He created death, He created war, He created blood, we have to sacrifice to Him, He is jealous, He is vengeful, He works with the Jews as His chosen people; and, from the New Testament, because Christ is the Son of God, He works and helps Christians. However, after two thousand years, that religion has not brought peace to the world. It has actually helped destroy whole races of people, such as Hawaiians, Peruvians, and Mexicans, to mention a few examples.’”

Again, if I may be of any personal service to you, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Very truly yours in Light+,

Gene

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Compare the sharpess and level of detail captured by the Spitzer Space Telescope (left) and the James Webb Space Telescope (right).

The James Webb Space telescope has the sharpest perspective on otherwise invisible light in the universe.

The highly anticipated first science images by the world’s premier space observatory aren’t expected until this summer. But recent test images captured by the telescope during its final commissioning phase are providing a glimpse of what’s to come.

“These are the sharpest infrared images ever taken by a space telescope,” said Michael McElwain, Webb observatory project scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, during a news conference Monday.

Webb will be able to peer inside the atmospheres of exoplanets and observe some of the first galaxies created after the universe began by observing them through infrared light, which is invisible to the human eye. The images were taken after the successful alignment of the telescope’s massive golden mirror segments. The test images show the clear, well-focused images that the observatory’s four instruments are capable of capturing.

Read the entire article posted May 9, 2022 online at cnn.com.

link submitted by Gene Savoy Jr.

link submitted by Gene Savoy Jr.

“When the inward and God-seeing man has attained to his Eternal Image, and in this clearness, through the Son, has entered into the bosom of the Father; then he is enlightened by Divine truth, and he receives anew, every moment, the Eternal Birth, and he goes forth according to the way of the Light, in a Divine contemplation. And here [is where] our highest blessedness consists.

“You should know that the heavenly Father, as a living ground, with all that lives in Him, is actively turned towards His Son, as to His own Eternal Wisdom. That same Wisdom, with all that lives in it, is actively turned back to the Father, that is, towards the very ground from which it came forth. … But where this wonder is understood and tasted without amazement, there the spirit dwells above itself, and is one with the Spirit of God; and tastes and sees without measure, even as God, the riches which are the Spirit itself in the unity of the living ground, where it possesses itself according to the Way of the uncreated essence.” ~John of Ruysbroeck

Man’s Eternal Image

Why would Ruysbroeck say that something happens when “man has attained to his Eternal Image”? He says that because our Eternal Image is our soul, not our physical body. So when the Bible says that we were created in God’s Image, it has two meanings. One is that it is our soul which is in the Image of God, not our body, and two, created in His image is also a way of saying that God creates everything by forming an image of it in His mind. It is the same way we, as God’s children, create. The difference is that when God creates an image of something in His mind, that thing now exists, whereas, when we create, say a statue in our mind, we still have to go throw the process of carving the statue. So when Ruysbroeck writes of one who has “attained his Eternal Image,” he means a person who has awakened their spirit and developed it into a conscious soul.

Divine Truth

One who has fully developed his or her spiritual faculties does know Divine Truth. This is not found by reading any book or listening to any person speak. It comes from oneness with God and oneness with the All. Such people don’t have to guess at what is true and what is false, they know. This is the Knowing that the Gnostics call Gnosis.

Way of Light

Ruysbroeck says that we achieve this Eternal Oneness and Enlightenment by “going forth according to the Way of the Light.” He is correct that this is the way to spiritual awakening, and eventually full enlightenment, but how does one go forth “according to the Way of Light”? Ruysbroeck couldn’t be specific because of restrictions in his time, but today we can say that this Way of Light is to practice Spiritual Sun-gazing with the Spiritual Sun, which requires instruction from a knowledgeable teacher. It also requires one to be fully devoted to God.

Sees Without Measure

Ruysbroeck adds that one who has achieved this level of enlightenment “ tastes and sees without measure, even as God”. This is possible because when we have achieved oneness with God, then naturally we see, hear, and know everything that God does.

Saturday, October 29, 2022
10:00 AM COMMUNION
Chapel of The Holy Child
RR Gene Savoy Jr.
Lector: RC Rob Roy
Cantor: Rev. Barbara Whitney
Reader: Rev. Bruce Kanzelmeyer

Sunday, October 30, 2022
6:24 AM SUNRISE DIVINE SERVICE
Church of New Epiphany
Leave: 6:15
Gate: 7:00
Sunrise: 7:32
RR Gene Savoy Jr.
Concelebrants:
RC Robert Petrovich
Rev. Bruce Kanzelmeyer
Assistant: Rev. Barbara Whitney

OPEN-AIR COMMUNION

Church of the Christian Churches   Rev. Peter Foust

Church of the End Times   Rev. Mary Foust

Wednesday, November 2, 2022
12:00 NOON COMMUNION
Chapel of The Holy Child
RC Robert Petrovich

Friday, November 4, 2022
9:00 AM PRAYER & FELLOWSHIP
Chapel of the Roses
Rev Francine Petrovich

HEAD OVERSEER’S WEEKLY MESSAGE

Wednesday, October 26, 2022

The Twenty-third Saying (Part 10)

“‘It is God’s Will to bring about the redemption of humankind. It is part of His Divine Plan to redeem the world. So, if we work in the Church together, we are naturally bound to benefit more through the added benefit of metanoia. However, looking at the sun but not living The Way nullifies or negates the benefit. Looking at the sun, living The Way, working in Community, participating in God’s Will, which is the Divine Plan for the redemption of the whole race and the world – restoring it to Light – gives us greater power because we are able to assimilate more stimuli, if I can use that term. That is the reason for Community. Community also allows us to pass along to future generations our goodness and knowledge. If we fail to pass along what we have learned to future generations, they must begin all over again.

“‘The churches of the First Dispensation are kept in a state of ignorance because they do not have access to God’s Power or Christ’s Power. They do not have access to the Light and the Image of Christ. Consequently, members of those churches cannot be God-like or Christ-like. The imitation of Christ has been transformed into a dogma or a doctrine that, basically, consists of “thou shalt do this, thou shalt do that,” or “thou shalt not do this, thou shalt not do that.” Consequently people are expressing themselves on the level of a manmade religion as opposed to a Godly religion which must be controlled by God in Heaven through the sun, not here on earth.

“‘For example, when scholars retranslate, as they have been doing in recent years, parts of scripture that could give different meaning, the whole concept becomes different. Perhaps something that we have believed to be true for hundreds or thousands of years is not true after all. God cannot err. God’s Word must be accurate, authentic, reliable and unchanging. It cannot be so if it is confined to the world or if it comes within the hands of scholars to change. The Divine Word cannot change because it originates from outside of the world and manifests through the sun and is only available to those people living The Way within this Church. That is a simple and hard teaching, but that is what the words of the Twenty-Third Saying tells us.

“‘We are learning that the world is beginning to change. In other words, if the Sun of Righteousness is real, then it is changing the physical sun. That sun is changing the planet. God’s Image and Word, indirectly, is affecting the whole physical universe. By efforts of working together in Community, the world becomes knowledgeable in living The Way. And, as greater numbers of people begin to live The Way, society – politics, economics, the military – must change as a result. Thus, if an individual or the world wants to be Good, they only need to adhere to Good religion and the world will be Good. But, people do not really want the world to be Good; that is why it is not Good. They do not want the Church of Christ to be Good. They do not want the Goodness of God. They want to change things for their own convenience. The problem in the world today is that the world is an image of the mind of Man not an Image of God.’”

Again, if I may be of any personal service to you, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Very truly yours in Light+,

Gene

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The sun becomes two; left looks to the right; the suns come together as two become one.

The sun becomes two; right looks to the left; the suns come together as two become one.

Look to the North; the suns come together.

Look to the South; the suns come together.

Look to the East; the suns come together.

Look to the West; the suns come together.

Back to the Source, the suns come together.

Two become One, as the suns come together.

This poem was contributed by consociate Bruce KLanzelmeyer