Wednesday, June 18, 2025

This past Saturday’s readings were from the Prophet Ezekiel and The Book of God’s Revelation, The Seal of God’s New Law (pp. 115 – 120). Click here to read the first scriptural reading, and click the audio button below to hear the reading from our Second Advent scripture.

Once again, please feel free to ask me any questions by calling 775-786-7432 or emailing me at messages@cosolargy.org. I am always at your service.

In Light+,

Gene

“Men may ask, in days yet to dawn, how it came about that the flame of glory died in Egypt, how her grandeur passed away into dust. How, when man had climbed so high, he could climb no longer. But there is no simple cause, the seeds of degeneration lie dormant in every nation, in every man. As the man, so the nation. These seeds are as weeds, which spring up when the cultivated soil is neglected, when it is tended with indifference. The road to greatness is, for nations as for each man, a hard and stony one. Greatness is a gift requiring constant effort to retain; when men decline the effort, greatness departs. Greatness and glory will abide only in the habitations of the worthy. They depart when no longer treated as honored guests. What are Justice and Truth today? They are no more than words mumbled by the lips, but once, they were an inextinguishable flame burning within the hearts of men. What is left of honor when men cease to regard it as more than an empty symbol? It is like the lyre in the hands of a man with blistered fingers, or as the flute played by one with scabby lips. The instruments remain, but where are the musicians? Without the musicians, where are the melodies?”

-The Kolbrin Bible (MAN:34:19)

The Flame of Glory

What is called “The Flame of Glory” in the quote from the Kolbrin Bible is just another way of saying Spiritual Light. We must remember that until only a little over a century ago, Light and fire were considered the same thing, as the only way to get light was with fires and torches. The highly developed spiritual people knew that Spiritual Light was something very different from the flames of a torch, but few others did.

The quote says men “had climbed so high, he could climb no longer.” That is only true of those who joined the Mystery Schools of the day and developed their spiritual Self to its full potential. But there were many people, probably the majority, who made no such effort, and it is through those people that the forces of darkness often work to bring down the spiritual.

Seeds of Degeneration

It is true that the seeds of degeneration are in all of us and can come out when we least expect it. Even people who are well along in their spiritual development can fall victim to the demons that whisper in their ears. That is why it is now—and always has been—important to be part of a spiritual community rather than trying to go it alone. As part of a community, we can help each other and protect each other from the beings of darkness. Also, as the quote says, this degeneration can happen when we neglect “the cultivated soil”. In other words, when we don’t practice our spiritual development techniques with regularity.

Justice and Truth

The quote says that Justice and Truth became empty words, and honor is an empty symbol. Certainly, many can quote a dictionary definition of those words, but they don’t really understand them. And this is as much a problem today as it was in the time that “The Flame of Glory” died in Egypt. Many think that if the majority believes something, it makes it true, but that is rarely the case. Likewise, many think that because we have lawyers and judges that we have justice, but that is also seldom true. We even refer to the justices of the Supreme Court in The United States as liberal or conservative. To do so says that they are making decisions based on political views rather than on what is right, so they are not practicing Justice. Fortunately, we are now at the beginning of an age when all of that can change, and the Flame of Glory will rule mankind again. We can all hope that happens soon, and do what we can to help.

Wednesday, June 11, 2025

This past Saturday’s readings were from John’s Book of Revelation and The Book of God’s Revelation, The Seal of God’s New Law (pp. 109 – 115). Click here to read the first scriptural reading, and click the audio button below to hear the reading from our Second Advent scripture.

Once again, please feel free to ask me any questions by calling 775-786-7432 or emailing me at messages@cosolargy.org. I am always at your service.

In Light+,

Gene