Jesus said, “Come here so I can teach you what no person has ever seen, for there exists a great and boundless realm whose horizons not even a generation of angels has looked upon. And therein is the great invisible spirit, which no eye of an angel has ever seen, no thought of the heart has ever comprehended, and it was never called by any name.

“ Then a luminous cloud of light appeared. The spirit said, ‘Let an angel come into being and he will become my attendant.’ A great angel, the enlightened divine self-generated, emerged from the cloud. Because of him, four other angels came into existence from another cloud, and they became attendants for the angel, the self-generated angel, who said, Let Adamas come into being,’ and Adamas emerged into being.

“Adamas was in the first luminous cloud that no angel has ever seen among all those who are called ‘god.’ He was after the image and after the likeness of the angel. He made the incorruptible generation of Seth appear to the twelve luminaries, twenty-four of them. He made seventy-two luminaries appear in the incorruptible generation in accordance with the spirit’s will. Then the seventy-two luminaries”

“The worldly multitude of those immortals is called the cosmos—corruption, inviting decay—made by the father and the seventy-two luminaries who are with the self-generated and his seventy-two aeons. In the cosmos appeared the first human with his incorruptible powers. And the aeon who appeared with his generation, the aeon in whom are the cloud of knowledge” ~The gospel of Judas

A Great and Boundless Realm

The Great and Boundless Realm is the Realm of spirit. It is boundless because it exists outside of the limits of space and time. It has no size, no beginning and no end. It is great because, in that realm, there is no death, no disease, no old age, and no suffering. It is the place the soul yearns for and seeks to return to once it is awakened. It is not possible for the mind to know this realm except in vague generalities. It can be truly known only by the soul. I think Judas is wrong, however, in saying that no angel has looked upon this realm.

Adamas in the First Luminous Cloud

Adam as the symbolic representation of the first human was created in the First Luminous Cloud” which is the realm of spirit. Adam was created in that realm, therefore Adam was spirit, not matter. It was only after the Great Fall of Adam and Eve into the lesser realm of matter that Adam and Eve took on physical forms.

Adam in the Cosmos

Adam started as a Spirit living in the spiritual world. He “fell” to the material world after he and Eve ate of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, which is to say that he ate material food and material light. As spirits, Adam and Eve were immortal. After they became physical, they became mortal. The physical can never be immortal. But they still had a soul that is immortal, however, it is necessary to awaken the soul and develop it while still in the physical world if we are to enjoy immortality in the next world.

“I, a poor unworthy creature, come before thee, o Great and Holy God, and lift up my eyes to thee. Though I am not worthy, yet Your great Mercy, and Your faithful promise in the Word, have now encourages me to lift the eyes of desire of my Soul up to You. For my Soul has now laid hold of the Word of Thy Promise, and received it into itself, and therewith come to You. And though it is but a strange child which was disobedient; and does now infold itself with its desire into that Word which became Man, which became flesh and blood, and has broken sin and death in my humanity. Which has changed the anger of God into love unto the Soul, and has deprived Death of his Power, and Hell of its victory over Soul and body; and has opened a gate for my Soul to the clear Face of Thy Strength ad Power. O Great and most Holy God, I have brought the hunger and desire of my Soul into this most Holy Word, and now I come before You, and in my hunger call unto You, the Living Fountain, through thy word. … I receive it firmly into the Desire of my Soul as my own life and I pierce into You with the Desire of my Soul through the Word in Christ.” ~Jacob Boehme

Unworthy Creature

Boehm starts his prayer by saying he is an “unworthy Creature”. This seems more than a little harsh, but it makes the point that we should approach God with humility, not as if we are the masters asking a servant to do something for us. We need to recognize that God is the greatest being that exists and individually, we humans are not as important as we like to think we are.

Faithful Promise

Again Boehm says he is not worthy but God will listen to his prayer because God has promised to do so. God listens to those who pray with humility and are seeking spiritual growth rather than material things. It is fine to ask God to help you solve your money problems, or to heal the illnesses of the body, but not to just ask him for a car or a new house simply because you want one. Those pleas will be heard by Satan, the god of matter, and he may provide what you ask, but will demand payment at a later time.

My Soul Has Received the Word

Only the awakened soul can “hear” the Word of God. Only an awakened soul can reach the high level of consciousness that allows it to communicate with God and the Angels. And the true Word of God can only come to us this way. It can’t be found in any book or scripture. It can’t be gained by intellectual development. It must be gained by the awakened and developed Soul.

Anger into Love

Boehm says that the awakened Soul that has received the Word of God, changes God’s anger into love. That isn’t exactly what happens. When the Soul becomes enlightened, it simply knows that God was never asgry with it, but always ha love for the Souls He created. God may bee disapointed when we don’t follow a path of spiritual growth, but He isn’t angry about it. It is the false God, the Demiurge, that gets angry and jealous, not the true God in Heaven that created our Spirits and Souls.

My Hunger Calls

Once the Soul is awakened, it hungers for God, it hungers for Heaven. It is never satisfied with the material world. It hungers to bathe in the waters of the Living Fountain of God. The Living Fountain of God is theLight that God sends out to us through the Spiritual Sun to awaken and nourish our spiritual faculties. Once that light awakens the Soul, it must be feed Light regularly so that it will grow and become the fully enlightened Soul that it has the potential to be. It is something that we have to work at for one time. It is the only way to become truly immortal. That is why Boehm wants us to pray in this way. It isn’t necessary to memorise his prayer and repeat it regularly. What needs to be done is to pray according to the spirit of this prayer while we take in the Light of the Spiritual Sun at dawn.

“Love, this is the first impulse of Genesis, the first impulse of life. Love is the Divine impulse. It is the nicest thing. It is the first thing that comes in life, the first thing that creates the universe.

“We all have to love God. Without love of God, we will be foreign to one another.

“There are teachers now who say, ‘Pray to the Lord and He will listen to you.’ If you pray to Him according to all rules of music, He will listen to you, but if you do not, your prayer will remain here on Earth, It won’t go to the other world. In other words, your prayer must be sent to God with Love. Without love, you cannot get the right tune.

“Musical love must take part in the prayer. These things you do not know. You think you can get to paradise without music. No, no. You cannot get into paradise without music. A person who is not musical cannot get into paradise. He can catch a glimpse from the doorstep, but won’t be able to cross it.” ~Biensa Douno

Pray with Love

Many people pray to God, asking Him for various things, or to help them in various ways, but have no love for God. Real prayer is expressing your love for God, not begging Him to give you things. For starters, God has already given you the greatest gift He has to offer: eternal life in the spirit. He has also shared His creative power with you, although you probably don’t know how to use it wisely. In addition, asking god for material things is pointless because matter is the realm of the Demiurge, not the realm of God. If matter is what you want, talk to Satan.

Love Creates

It is true that love creates and the universe, the spiritual one anyway, was created by God’s Love. Man sometimes creates out of greed, desire, or simple need. God has no needs and no greed. He creates because for Him, creation is an act of Love.

Without Love of God

Douno says that without the love of God, we are foreign to one another. What he means is that we cannot truly know others without love and we cannot truly know ourselves if we do not love ourselves. I am not talking about the narcissist who cares only for himself. That isn’t real love. We need to have a real love for ourselves and others, and the only way to get that is to develop a true love of God. In order to have a real love for God, we must know God, we must connect with God. We do that by awakening our spiritual faculties with the Light of the Spiritual Sun. Then we continue to develop the spirit and soul until we reach the high level of consciousness known as Christ Consciousness or Universal Consciousness. When that happens, we truly know God and we will truly love God once we know Him.

“If we consider now (in the Light of Nature) of Man, the Image of God, of his beginning, and of his eternal enduring being, and then of the breaking of his body, how body and Soul part asunder, and whither the Souls go, when the spirit of their breath does break in them, and the moving in the tincture of this world does cease, then we find the ground of the Unquietness of the Soul, when it is separate from the body, being unregenerated; frow whence lamentation and desiring arise; from whence then the Babel of Confusion has risen, so that many things have therefore been invented to ransom Souls. Many of which things have no foundation in the Light of Nature, but were rather invented for covetousness, and for a filling of the belly, and for deceit, upon which the antichrist kingdom is founded. From thence is a right Babel of Confusion come to be, out of which then also the fierce, cruel enmity and hatred has arisen.” ~Jacob Boehme

Body and Soul

It seems that what Boehme is saying here is that the body and soul (or spirit) were initially a single whole, but have been separated into two different things. Exactly what caused that to happen, he doesn’t say, but we know that the answer is man’s sinking deeper and deeper on the physical level into materialism, and moving further and further away from the spiritual. Yet despite this division, the body and soul remain connected in most of us. Only when someone commits a horrendous crime such as murder does the soul completely separate itself from the body and mind, leaving the person as a kind of spiritual zombie.

The Babel of Confusion

Even without a true separation of body and soul, nearly all of us have lost the ability to listen to the soul and hear only the limited intelligence of the mind. Unscrupulous people have taken advantage of that situation to make up tales of how the soul is lost, or how it may be regained. We have all read stories or seen movies in which a person sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for fame and glory. Such tales undoubtedly originate with those who are jealous of the success that others have. Others say that if you join a specific church or religion, your soul will be saved. None of this was taught in the ancient mystery schools. It isn’t necessary for the Devil to barter for souls, he gets enough of them by default.

The ancient schools, and a few modern ones, taught that the only way to get to Heaven and get out of the Babel of Confusion is to awaken and develop the spiritual faculties. This hasn’t changed. Some new schools of spirituality think such schools were overkill, and that simply desiring to be spiritual and meditating regularly will get you to heaven. O legitimate school has ever taught such a simplistic path to enlightenment.

Enmity and Hatred Have Arisen

It is true that this loss of communication between the mind and Soul has resulted in much enmity and hatred. We wage war against our brothers and sisters (all of humanity is our brothers and sisters,) we claim ownership of things that rightfully belong only to Nature, we take what is natural and good and turn it into things that are unnatural and unhealthy. We get diseases, and spread them to others. We feel we deserve something that others have, so we attack them and take it. This is not the way God wants us to Live. It is not the way we should want to live. If we make the effort to awaken and develop our spiritual faculties, and learn to communicate with them, we will leave the Babel of Confusion, and learn how to live together in peace, health, and harmony.

“The full mystic consciousness attains to what is, I think, its really characteristic quality. It develops the power of apprehending the Absolute, Pure Being, the utterly Transcendent: or, as its possessor would say, he can experience ‘passive union with God.’ This all-round expansion of consciousness, with its dual power of knowing by communion the temporal and eternal, immanent and transcendent aspects of reality—the life of the All, vivid, flowing and changing, and the changeless, conditionless life of the One—is the peculiar mark, the ultimo sigillo of the great mystic, and must never be forgotten in studying his life and work.

“As the ordinary human is the meeting place between two stages of reality—the sense-world and the world of spiritual life—so the mystic, standing head and shoulders above ordinary people, is again the meeting place between two orders. … On the one hand, he knows, and rests in, the eternal world of Pure Being, the ‘Sea Pacific’ of the Godhead, indubitably present to him in his ecstasies. On the other, he knows—and works in—that ‘stormy sea’ and vital world of becoming which is the expression of its will.” … There, the Divine Unity dwells and calls them.” ~Evelyn Underhill

Full Mystic Consciousness

What Underhill is here calling “full mystic consciousness” is what other spiritual writers have called Christ Consciousness, or Ultimate Consciousness. It is the highest level of consciousness that we can reach. It is the level at which we become one with the All, one with God. It is the Level of complete Gnosis. Few achieve that level while still living on the material plane, but some come close. Those who get close to that level are deservedly called mystics.

Apprehending Pure Being

At the higher levels of consciousness, one can apprehend Pure Being, even if only at that level briefly, which is how it usually happens. By continuing to practice advanced spiritual growth techniques, the mystic reaches higher and higher states of consciousness and stays at those higher levels longer. It is more than just apprehending Pure Being, it is a process of slowly becoming Pure Being. It is the process we must all follow to get into Heaven, for Heaven is a place of Pure Spirit, and only a Pure Being can be there; otherwise, it would no longer be pure.

Knowing the Temporal and Eternal

The advanced mystical adept knows the temporal or material world as well as the spiritual. They are able to function well in both worlds. They understand how things work in the material world, yet choose to emphasize the spiritual, for they know that the physical is always temporary, while the spiritual is eternal. This is as it must be today when the spiritual cannot easily withdraw from the world and live away from the problems of the world. In addition, it is the duty of the spiritual student or mystic to help others free themselves from the traps of the physical world, so they must understand that world better than most other people.

Divine Unity

The Divine Unity found in the world of Pure Being does call to mystics and they answer that call and do their best to be a part of that world. And when the mystic passes out of the physical world and into the spiritual realm, the search for that Divine Unity continues until it is permanently achieved.

The call to seek Divine Unity is sent to all of us, not just the mystics, but few hear it. Many of us sense that there is something more to life, but don’t quite know what it is, so seek it in material pleasures that take us in the wrong direction. Divine Unity and Pure Being can be found only in the spiritual realm and by each of us developing our own spiritual Self.

From the SUN TALK collection by Harold Boulette

“During waking life the soul is given up to the impressions of the senses, and to the thoughts and pictures that these evoke in it. During sleep the senses cease to make any impression, and the soul loses consciousness. The whole of the day’s experiences sink down into the sea of unconsciousness. Let us now consider how it would be if Man were able to become conscious during sleep, notwithstanding that all impressions of the senses were completely obliterated, as they are in deep sleep. Now would any memory remain to him of what had happened while he was awake? Would his soul find itself in a state of vacuity? Would it be incapable of having any experiences? This is a question that can only be answered if conditions like or similar to those under discussion can actually be brought about. …

“Now such a condition of consciousness can be attained if man makes these psychic experiences possible toward which spiritual science guides him. And everything that spiritual science tells us about those world beyond the sensible, has been found through such a condition of consciousness.

“In the following pages, … methods will be discussed whereby the state of consciousness requisite for such investigations may be acquired. … The awakening of the soul to these higher states of consciousness is called Initiation.” ~Rudolf Steiner

Waking Life

First, you must understand that here Steiner is talking about waking life and sleeping life in the conventional, material way, not in the way spiritual people talk about “waking” or “Awakening”. Steiner says that during the ordinary state we call awake, “the soul is given up to the impressions of the senses.” We in Cosolargy differ from Steiner on this. It is the mind that is involved with the impressions of the physical senses, not the soul.

Sleeping Life

During sleep, Steiner says that the senses make no impressions, but the soul loses consciousness. Again, we in Cosolargy are not quite in agreement with Mr. Steiner on this. His statements regarding when the soul is conscious and not conscious ignore one important fact: when we come into the material world, the spirit/soul is in a dormant state similar to the mind being in a coma. It is not conscious at any time. It must be awakened before such consciousness can occur, and that is the true meaning of a spiritual awakening.

State of Vacuity

Mr. Steiner then asks if the soul were to become conscious while the mind is asleep, would it be in “a state of vacuity?” He doesn’t answer his question but says one must experience it to find out. While that is somewhat true, I don’t think there is any harm in answering his question with a resounding NO!

The awakened soul would not be empty, be in a state of emptiness, but would be connected with all other souls and with all beings in the spiritual realm. When first awakened, the soul may not be aware of all of this, yet it is there, so I don’t think an awakened soul is ever in a state of vacuity.

Such a Condition Can Be Attained

Yes, in this case, we can totally agree with Steiner. A state of spiritual consciousness in which the soul becomes fully conscious can be attained. It doesn’t happen simply by wishing for it, believing in it, or having faith in it. It comes from years of hard work and dedication, slowly awakening and then developing the spirit/soul to full consciousness (The fully conscious spirit is the Soul. Until that happens, it is the Spirit). The great mystery schools and spiritual schools taught initiates how to achieve this state of higher consciousness, and some still do. We in Cosolargy know that we are fortunate today in that the promised Sun of Righteousness now shines down on us with more spiritual energy than before. This makes it somewhat easier to develop our spiritual side. Nonetheless, we must work at it diligently, and with love and humility to achieve the goal of complete Soul Consciousness.

“A wise man is one who bathes in the waters of wisdom, a fool is one who wallows in the filth of folly. The well of wisdom is not a public place, from which anyone can draw without discrimination. Its entrance is barred to those of the loud mouth, but opens to receive the calm and silent one. Where today, are the people of quiet manner and calm bearing?

“No wise words or well-phrased writings are needed to inform men that the light of the sun exceeds that of the moon, or that he who has toiled through the heat of the day will not lie upon a bed in sleeplessness. Those are things experienced by a few, that are known to the many, that have to be explained. Such are spiritual things, but where, today, are those who have known and experienced them? Who can explain them together?

“Today men seek to gather where they have not planted; they desire the increase, but disdain the effort. They seek to benefit through the toil of others, and unproductive tongues move vigorously, while skilled hands are idle. Man must learn that no more can be taken from the storehouse than was placed there.” ~The Kolbrin Bible ( MAN:19:3-5)

Bathe in Wisdom When You Can

I think most of us would agree that it is better to bathe in wisdom than to wallow in folly. The problem is knowing which is which, and knowing how to get to that well of wisdom. You won’t find it in any college or university. You won’t find it in intellectual persuits of any kind. The well of wisdom is a spiritual thing, and as such, is only accessible by the soul, which must first be awakened and developed. The well of wisdom is in the places of higher levels of consciousness that are reached only by the development of the spiritual faculties and by taking in the Light of the Spiritual Sun. Sadly, we have many today who choose instead to wallow in the illusions of materialism and just simply lies. They believe that what is real is what they wish to be real and accept it as reality. No one makes real progress by living in lies.

Light of the Sun

Certainly, we don’t need to be told that the light of the sun exceeds that of the moon. In fact, the light of the moon is merely a dull reflection of the light of the sun. I certainly hope we are all aware of those facts. Yet despite that knowledge, we have many who consider themselves spiritual, who energize their gems and crystals in the light of the moon. Why when the light of the sun is so much greater? More importantly, the moon represents the dark ones, the demons, while the sun represents angels and God.

Toil through the Day

The Kolbrin Bible is about 3,000 years old and some of its concepts are outdated. It is certainly true that one who does manual labor all day long will probably sleep quite soundly at night. Today, however, the majority of us work at jobs that do not involve much manual labor. The point that is being made here in the Kolbrin Bible is that hard work is a good thing. It doesn’t have to be manual labor and it doesn’t have to be physical at all. Mental and spiritual work is just as important, if not more so. And one who has done his spiritual work and is moving toward the goal of bathing in that well of wisdom will sleep well also, although they may not need that much sleep because spiritual work has a way of reducing the need for sleep.

Taking from the Storehouse

The last paragraph quoted is telling us much about the laws of the realm of nature, in which we live whether we like it or not. Today, books and classes on manifesting are popular and many believe in it. The fact that over ninety percent of the students never manage to manifest what they want is brushed off by the teachers as being a failure to truly believe, or a failure to concentrate on what they want. While there is some truth to that, it isn’t that simple. First, if we are going to manifest something, it should be something spiritual. The material is all around us and there is no need to manifest matter. But if we do choose to manifest a new car, or a new house, etc., we should be aware that we have no right to manifest more than we create, or as the Kolbrin says, we can’t take from the storehouses more than we put it. Some will argue that they know individuals who have manifested many things without doing anything to earn it. That can, in a few cases, happen. What it means is that the person has purchased those goods on credit and the creditor is the demons and dark powers that control the world of matter. They are often happy to do that, but you won’t be happy when they decide it is time to collect payment. The one who bathes in wisdom takes no more than he gives.

“Beloved Soul, mark: if thou wilt be a champion in the Saviour Christ against death and hell, and would have the young graft grow, and become a tree in the Kingdom of Christ, you must go on and stand firm in thy first earnest purpose. It is as much as your paternal inheritance is worth, and your body and soul too, whether you become an Angel of God, or a Devil in Hell. If you will be crowned, you must fight; you must overcome in Christ, and not yield to the Devil. Your purpose must stand firm, you must not prefer temporal honor and goods before it. When the spirit of the flesh says, stay a while, it is not convenient yet, then the soul must say, Now is the time for me to go back again to my native country, out of which my father Adam has brought me.  No creature shall keep me back. … I will enter with my whole will and desire into the Rose Garden of my redeemer. And if you should become a fool in the account of men, yet you must obey the firm resolve of the soul.” ~Jacob Boehme

A Champion in Christ

In Cosolargy, we would say become a champion of God rather than Christ, but otherwise, what Boehme says applies to us. To be a champion of God, we must put God’s Law above man’s, we must put God’s Plan above those of men. In the materialistic world of today, that is not an easy thing to do, yet there are those who do it.

The Young Graft Grows

The “young graft” that Boehme is talking about is the newly awakened spirit. Once awakened, it must be continuously developed so it can grow in strength and wisdom to become, as Boehme puts it, “a tree in the Kingdom of Christ”. He says that to do this, we must stand form in our “first earnest purpose.” That purpose is not to fulfill some earthly desire, but our true underlying purpose, which is to return to God.

To Be Crowned

Boehme adds that if we wish to be crowned, we must fight and overcome the temptations of the Devil and the realm of matter. Boehme is here giving us a clue on how to awaken and develop our spiritual faculties, namely, with the light of the sun, especially the Light of the Spiritual Sun. It is not well known, but the wearing of a gold crown began with ancient priests, not kings. The gold crown symbolized the Spiritual Sun, and wearing it implied that the person was one with the Spiritual Sun. Boehme would know of this as he had his spiritual awakening when the sun reflecting off a metal bowl struck him in the eye.

Putting it Off

Many people say they want to start spiritual development, but the time is not right yet for them to do so. Boehme warns against putting it off, and what he says is even truer today. First, those who find a reason to put it off today are likely to find another reason tomorrow and the next day. Once you start putting it off, it is easy to continue to do so. Secondly, we are all running out of time. Pay attention to what is happening around you. There is no doubt that we are in the End Times and have a limited amount of time left to change ourselves and our world. How long? No one knows exactly. It could be a hundred more years, or it could be two years, so start now. Start and stand firm in your spiritual purpose. Only those who stand strong and firm can succeed.

From the SUN TALK collection by Harold Boulette

“Some people are practically vampires, and live upon the magnetism of others, unconsciously, usually, although some have acquired the knowledge that they may love in others, strength in this way, and practice their wicked arts consciously. This conscious use of their power is a form of black magic, and is attended with certain psychic penalties and punishments. But no one can be thus drawn upon, either by the unconscious demand of others, or by conscious design, after they have once learned something about this human magnetism, and its laws.

“Human magnetism, or Pranic Energy, is a most potent therapeutic force, and, in one form or another, it is found in the majority of cases of psychic healing. It is one of the oldest forms of natural healing, and it may be said to be almost instinctive in the race. A child who has hurt itself, or who feels pain, at once runs to its mother who kisses the hurt part, or places her hands on the seat of the pain and in a few moments the child is better. … This instinctive use of the hand is a form of conveying magnetism to the afflicted person, who is usually relieved by the act.” ~William Walker Atkinson

 

Energy Vampires

It is true that some people are energy vampires. It is also true that most of them are completely unaware of the fact. Those few who are aware, and are doing it intentionally are, as Atkinson says, practicing a form of black magic. I know that a popular novel from about twenty years ago, I can’t recall the title, recommends that spiritual people take energy from other living beings including plants and animals, but I repeat what Mr. Atkinson says: that is practicing black magic and is evil. It is fine to ask another to share some energy with you when your energy is low, but not to take it without permission. It is also fine for you to send some of your prana to another life form, and request that it share some of its energy with you. In this exchange of energy, you learn from each other. An even better solution is to use sun gazing and get energy from the sun.

Magnetism and Energy

Atkinson uses the words magnetism and energy interchangeably, but this can be confusing. While magnetism is related to electricity, all energy cannot be considered magnetism, and the life energy or spiritual energy that is primarily of concern here is not magnetism. While it is generally true that people who are abundant in spiritual energy tend to have a magnetic personality, this is not actual magnetism.

Psychic Penalties

It is true, as Atkinson notes, that there are psychic and spiritual penalties for those energy vampires who intentionally take energy from others. But penalties are not limited to spiritual vampires. Anyone who misuses spiritual energy may pay a penalty for doing so. Misuse includes using it for materialistic ends, using it to gain some advantage over others, or using it to harm others. The penalties may be the loss of such energy or having things suddenly turn against you.

Potent Therapeutic Force

Spiritual energy is indeed a potent therapeutic force. When psychic or spiritual healers work, one of the primary things they do is to try to fix blockages of energy flow in the subject. Sometimes, we have enough energy, but we have blockages that prevent it from flowing properly. Acupressure and acupuncture are all physical ways of repairing energy blocks, and they have been proven to work in many cases. Prayer is also a good way to improve another person’s energy flow so that it improves their health. There is nothing wrong with sending energy to others who need it and want it, but taking energy from others is wrong.

From the SUN TALK collection by Harold Boulette

“Deposit truth in your actions. In your worldly actions, you must be ruled by the truth. In your feelings, you must be ruled by wisdom, and love to rule the head.

“A small job done for God is a great job, but a great job done for you is an insignificant one, a bubble that will pop. The smallest jobs done for God after ten years will make you the strongest and most powerful in the world. The smallest job for God is a job that saves. A good day done for God is a lot.

“The invisible [spiritual] world wants you to do the smallest good, that good that no one but you can see (a good done is secret). Now that should be your new moral.

“The foot of man cannot step in paradise if he does not think, feel, and act right. God took Adam out of paradise after he broke His Law. …

“Thank God for the clouds. Thank God for the trees and flowers. In this way, you will accept a good that in no other way can be received. The grateful heart accepts all of God’s goods.

“The most important thing in the world is love. The second most important is life, and the third is movement and direction. Think of God constantly. We all have to love God. Without love of God, we will be foreign to one another.” ~Biensa Douno

Truth in Actions

Most of us think of truth as being something that goes with our thoughts and our words, but it is also in our actions. Sadly, today, there are many who practice truth and rightful thinking in their speech, but not in their actions. They say that we should be loving but turn away from those in need. They say that we should listen to God, but practice materialism instead. Truth is not enough if it is only in our words. It must also be in our actions.

Do Good for God

Douno is telling us that even the smallest things we do matter, and we should do them for God. This doesn’t mean that we do whatever we wish to do and say we are doing it for God. It means that before we take action, we should think about what action God would want us to take, and then do that. And as Douno says, doing what we believe are great deeds, what the worldly forces think are great deeds, will be but bubbles popping if they are not the deeds God wants us to do. Of course, part of the problem is knowing what God wants us to do. In some cases, we can figure that out for ourselves if we really want to, but the best option is to awaken and develop our dormant spiritual faculties. Only through the spiritual faculties can we know and understand what God truly wants of us. And while Douno is here emphasizing small deeds done for God, that doesn’t mean we can’t do great deeds for God as well.

Adam out of Paradise

It is not entirely accurate to say that God “took Adam out of paradise” when he broke God’s Law. The fact of it is this: God’s Law is enforced automatically. It is as if there was a kind of trap door in Heaven, and when Adam broke the law, the door opened and Adam fell into lower dimensions of being. God didn’t have to take any action against Adam because the Law works on its own.

Thank God

We should thank God for the trees and the flowers, the sun, and the clouds. We should thank God that we are alive. Sometimes, this is difficult to do because of the problems we face in the material world, but we must constantly remind ourselves that in this low dimension of matter, the evil things that happen to us (sickness, injury, poverty, etc.) do not come from God, but from the Devil and his demonic minions. But if we try as much as possible to thank God for the good in our lives, more good will come to us.

From the SUN TALK collection by Harold Boulette