CHAPTER 7
REC #2 ASHTAR
TUE., SEP. 5, 1989 11:05 A.M. YEAR 3, DAY 020
TUE., SEP. 5, 1989
ON WITH THE ORIGIN OF MAN
When the cross-breeding between Earth humans and other human groups produced offspring with a parent from "each" group, the offspring all had the one capability which humans at that time lacked. They had the facility of remaining focused and individualized without the aid of the physical body. This emanated from the entities which ensouled the offspring, not being a part of the human life-stream as such, but rather were beings from another star system that had asked for and received permission to incarnate on the Earth through the mutant bodies that were then created.
I do not understand why there is such reluctance to accept Truth. Is it not that your continued effort is to again be a portion and one with God? Why is it so unacceptable to believe that God "conceived" you rather than molding you from a handful of mud? Could you not more easily grow from God source than from dirt? Little ones of Earth, you have such a long, long journey into knowledge.
REINCARNATION BEGINS
Let me now explain a decision which was then made and undertaken as action--by the guides of the human life-stream. There would be allowed a speeding up of the individualizing process for human beings, to bring them quickly to the point where they could exist apart and separate from their physical bodies. One of the reasons was to allow the beginning of the reincarnational scheme, in which human entities would live repeated lives in different bodies and would sojourn in the astral realms between earthly lives. However, until each human entity became capable of retaining a separate existence apart from the physical body, without allowing it-self to be drawn back and absorbed by the life-stream as a whole, it was not possible to allow the death experience to begin. Then, of course, without death, rebirth into the physical level could not take place.
The reason for the death/rebirth pattern was related to the various effects which each astral group was having upon mankind, both during and after the inter-breeding. I would certainly far rather I be grown from God than from a one-celled fish or serpent, or even an ape, for goodness sakes. What is the matter with you humans who do not use that wondrous brain gifted you from all of this God plan? These entities were of many levels in terms of their understanding of the Cosmic Laws, and some of them were extremely base in vibration, motivated solely by selfish concerns. These latter proceeded to teach to the more innocent human group many techniques relating to the manipulation of others, hypnotism, and selfish pursuits--so that the original purity of mankind rapidly became debased. You had the best teachers and integrators of all experience--Lucifer's bands of hoodlums.
IMPROVING THE BREED
These latter ones proceeded in all haste to teach to the more innocent and ignorant the ways of satanic culmination. It was recognized by humanity's guides that the only way to short-circuit this downward spiral which had been initiated by the astral group was to cut off the physical lives of mankind--through a death process, to take them into the astral realms for higher teachings and a purging away of the dross of the dense selfishness and materialism resulting from the physical existence just concluded. Then, arrange rebirth in the physical plane with the loss of memory regarding prior experience of life-stream.
Once the decision was made and taken, it remained to decide how the necessary additional individuating force could be applied to mankind.
Because of the part which the fallen astral entities had played in the temptation of man, it was decided that a portion of each of the ones who had engineered the debauchery would be removed from them, and then distributed among all of the human beings in proportions which were just sufficient to allow each human entity to hold itself together as an independent unit. Although this distribution did succeed in bolstering the self-picture of humans to the necessary degree, it also had a negative effect; by incorporating into each human being a small part of one of the fallen beings, there was planted in each human a seed of negativity that could, unless purified and cleansed, lead to a downward spiral for that human entity. Can you begin to relate to the inbred unbalance of the fallen energies as to quantity of presence?
The plan was explained fully to the human group before it was implemented, and all human entities agreed. It was promised that, in order to compensate for the addition of the negative "seeds" to mankind, other members of the astral group-ones that had not taken part in the cross-breeding, would act as guides and guardians for human beings up until the end of the specified reincarnational arrangement. Ones beginning this cycle of experiences would be somewhat locked in to the cycle of the entire cycling upon a single planet. It is only recently, so to speak, that ones of you who have passed on into the higher evolved dimensions of ethereal progression have volunteered to return to this cycle of experience to bring transition to the human life-forms.
ENTER THE DARK BROTHERHOOD
Among the astral beings whose vibrations were particularly low were several that could not be fragmented in the manner just described. They were the main instigators of the debauchery and the evil teachings that were conveyed to mankind and for the part they played, the karmic burden was very heavy. These beings were allowed to "serve" the advancement of the human race in another way: by directing a Brotherhood whose duty it would be to try again and again to tempt man away from purity and spiritual advancement. The function of these entities would be to draw the weaker specimens off the path, so that those who remained strong could constitute a group of uniformly dedicated entities--who had passed through the tests of selfishness and materialism and had, quote, WON!
THE BROTHERHOOD FORMED IS THAT WHICH WE NOW CALL THE DARK BROTHERHOOD (DB):
Although the worst of the fallen astral beings did not contribute fragments to the individuating of the human race, there were others whose vibrations were also extremely low and who did contribute. There was then a problem as to how to decide which of the human group would receive these particularly dark fragments.
It was realized that any who allowed such darkness into themselves ran a greater risk of failure because of the darkness within. Therefore, it was decided that those who volunteered to accept these darkest fragments would be helped in two ways: 1) they would also receive a fragment from one of the astral beings who had NOT fallen and who had remained pure, and 2) they would be given special help throughout their series of incarnations. I hope I am not taking away all your fun and mystery.
There are still human beings on the earth, right now, who were these special volunteers. (Recognize anyone?) They are generally those who appear to have more "essence" or "spirit" than others. Often they are responsible for the greatest "good"-BUT, also for the greatest evil. Some among them lost the battle which they had assumed and became the worst of men. Others succeeded and became the best.
The Black Brotherhood (BB) drew its members mainly from the astral entities who had fallen, but some of them are souls who were originally "human", who had received the powerful dark fragments along with the Light, and who had allowed the temptations of flesh existence, materialism and selfishness to draw them into the downward spiral which could only be halted at death of the human physical body, followed by recleansing on the astral planes of learning. They carried enough unified essence (as a result of the extra contributions) to remain individualized even in the very difficult vibrations where the Dark Brotherhood Brothers are confined-an environment in which most human souls could not be sustained. I will speak of the confinement of the Dark Brotherhood Brothers next.
WHERE ARE THEY?
In the astral realms are found many regions which are distinct one from the other. Some overflow with light and warmth of spiritual wisdom; others are completely permeated by darkness and despair, along with hatred and desires for revenge. The latter regions are relatively small and are locations where the basest and coarsest souls and entities are either "drawn" or specifically, confined.
Bad news, human brothers; the darker levels are akin to the earth plane in vibration. Because of this vibrational similarity, the influence of the dark inhabitants upon those in incarnation on the earth is particularly strong. For example, many souls who die after a life of addiction to drugs, drunkenness and debauchery are attracted to the lowest of the astral areas and from there can influence and, in a sense, obsess those who are still in the "alive" physical format. Their victims are only those who suffer from the same weaknesses and who frequent bars, brothels and other locations of coarseness and debauch. And you ones thought it was in your jeans, oops, genes, (sic, sic).
The discarnate souls attach themselves to their victims, from the astral side and are enabled to participate vicariously in the old habits by urging these unfortunates to indulge as they also had once done--beyond a given point you can be completely possessed and therefore forfeit any control over yourselves. Do you see, perhaps, why we plead, preach and insist on moderation in all activities and intake? You can become a helpless pawn in the clutches of the satanic demons in drunkenness, etc.
You will be struck harder, if you are what we call a worker and an etheric being involved in this transition circumstance. How better to "getcha"! They will cause you to take actions which will insure your own human counterparts (police and justice system) to take you out or cause you to take yourself out through suicide or accident.
THE PATH OF PROGRESS
I should note here, however, that these dark souls who are in the lowest and darkest astral levels are not confined permanently to those levels. If at any time they are able to raise their vibrations and spiritual insight high enough to gain access to the lighter and warmer levels, then they are welcomed into those levels. Now, do you think that might be one heck of an accomplishment? Some of you ones should remember very well!
This process is not "automatic". The darkened soul of low vibration literally could not gain access to the higher astral realms while he remains only at a base vibration. To place him in such a high frequency would cause him great pain and suffering--due to the mismatch between his basic nature and that of the higher astral realm. Therefore, he would immediately return to the darker abodes, where the pain is less. It is only by raising one's vibrations to match those at the higher astral levels that any soul can gain access to them.
NOW, I AM REMINDING YOU DEAR ONES THAT IT IS SIMILAR TO YOURSELVES TRYING TO GET UP A BEAM OF A BEAMSHIP AND INTO ETHERIC PRESENCE. IT ALSO ENTAILS US LOWERING OUR VIBRATIONS INTO YOUR BOUNDARIES--A HARD JOB ON EITHER PART AND MOST UNCOMFORTABLE FOR BOTH PARTIES INVOLVED.
But now, let us go back to the DBBs, for there is an important difference. The entities in that "brotherhood" are able to "shield" themselves from the pain of existing in a field of light and love, because of certain mental techniques which are known to them--again, Satan is a master teacher. This technique allows them to have access to all of the astral realms as well as to the physical plane. Ahoy and uh-oh! "IF" there was not some "law" restraining their movements?
Well, relief; there is such a law. It had to be decreed because of the vulnerable human souls on the earth plane and those sojourning between lives on the astral. In the case of these dark entities, a superior force was brought into play which normally does not permit their free movement but which can be suspended under certain circumstances. This force fully restrains all of the dark brothers and is such that they cannot annul it.
For you impatient ones, I will get there.
DBBs TO TEST AND WEED
We have spoken of the suspension of the restraining force under particular circumstances, and we now will explain further. Previously in this journal I spoke of the important function of the DBBs toward the human race, namely to test and weed out poor specimens: those without the resolve and insight to allow themselves to advance to higher spiritual realms by increasing their vibrational frequencies. I emphasize that at the time of the setting up of the DB, human beings were by no means all equal in characteristics. Some had developed great wisdom and insight through the efforts put forth in the long experience since their beginning on the earth; others had never bothered to investigate the purpose and goal of their sojourn in the material plane and were possessed of very little insight or discrimination. The function of the Dark Ones was and is to facilitate the division between those wishing and able to advance and those who have doomed themselves to failure.
It is very little different in perception--however, it is greatly different. You can no longer drift about in ignorance of journey intent for "the play is ending" for most of the players in the cast. It is time to get on with deciding which play you want to go on with. Don't shove forth that old "just be and it will be alright". No, brothers and sisters, it will NOT be alright. It is time for the choosing up team players, only in this game, YOU choose your team, not the usual way its done-with the Captains of the teams choosing. They however, allowed to court and tempt you any way they can through mental manipulation and human weakness. But, both teams want strength, so you who are so mamby pamby you can't even decide what you will do today, aren't either desired particularly or weeded away-you are the ones who end up last in the selection and usually end up the loser. Your "New Agers" who "be" contribute more damage by being in the way of progress than any other contribution. You do not hinder the Dark Brothers for you act as obstacles in the path of Light. But, they don't particularly want you either for they know they already have you through weakness and ignorance--you have already "drifted" your way into what you would identify as your own enemy's camp while you are "showing the world" how wondrously pure you are. Satan gets a lot of kicks and laughs at your expense for you will continue to "be" right on into his eternity.
In order to allow the DBBs to carry out their function, it is necessary to allow members, under certain conditions, to gain access to other planes and regions that are normally denied to them. The permission, however, must be properly requested and then granted. The matter is never solely up to the DBBs themselves. When the DB asks to be allowed into a given plane, it must present its reasons, and it must offer something in return to the White Brotherhood, which is the broad term defining the Spiritual Hierarchy of this planet. For example, we at this level are a part of the White Brotherhood.
Generally, any specific request coming from the DB and which involves actions or access normally not allowed them, must be accompanied by an offer of equivalent advantage for the White Brotherhood. (Like--what will you give us, W.B., if we leave Dharma alone?) You can easily see we have not made that particular bargain as of yet.
DHARMA TESTED
As these offers and counter-offers are made, they are made before the Mighty Council and/or Cosmic Council of the Spiritual Hierarchy, which mayor may not give its assent to the exchange. The final decision is made at a very high plane, effectively beyond the level of any commitment to one side or the other. To be specific with an example: there was a point during the early development of this receiver, like the day before yesterday--(no, I jest, for it was a week or so ago) when a spokesman of the DB proposed that they be given access to the receiver for a period of time so they could attempt to move her away from her appointed task. The plan was submitted for a decision and the effort allowed. We had no particular fear of her moving away from us--we keep her too busy to notice anything else--and besides, we hit her with "Simon Peter" periodically to keep her humble.
So, they were granted the ability to tamper with the substance of the information; not the substance of the human receiver except as they could convince her she was too ill, or too weary, etc. At first Dharma had some confusion for I was also plugging in my circuits and it was, and still is, a miserable time. Always, you hit the receiver at a time of confusion and change over to less familiar energy frequencies.
AH HA! NOW THE PUNCHLINE AND DON'T ONE OF YOU EVER FORGET IT--NEVER! NEVER! NEVER! IT HAD BEEN AGREED THAT IN ANSWER TO A "DIRECT QUESTION", THE DARK BROTHERS WOULD BE REQUIRED TO ADMIT TO THEIR IDENTITY. THIS OCCURRED, AND DHARMA WON THE ROUND. HATONN HAD TRAINED HER WELL, BROTHERS, BE MOST GRATEFUL. NOW, WHAT DID WE GAIN?
WE GAINED THE ABILITY TO TELL YOU ONES THIS INFORMATION THAT YOU CAN COMBAT THEIR ATTEMPTS TO DISSUADE YOU FROM YOUR MISSION. DHARMA WENT BLINDLY ALONG WITH HER CLEARING AND ALTHOUGH IT REMAINS UNPLEASANT FOR HER, SHE HAS SUSTAINED A LEVEL OF RECEIVING WHICH IS UNSURPASSED AND I SALUTE HER FOR THIS MARVELOUS STRENGTH. YOU ONES IN THIS LITTLE GROUP HAVE HAD A MOST PAINFUL TIME OF SEQUENCE HEREABOUTS. SO BE IT.
Let us have a break to renew a bit. In the Light I withdraw to stand-by.
Ashtar out.
CHAPTER 8
REC #3 ASHTAR
TUE., SEP. 5, 1989 2:45 A.M. YEAR 3, DAY 020
TUE., SEP. 5, 1989
THE BAD SEED PROVIDES DBBs ENTRE
Widespread is the influence which the DBBs have upon average individuals. It reaches from the depths of the depravity which is found in drinking and drug dens and brothels, all the way to the boardrooms of large corporations and the very highest levels of government. In fact, the more degraded and higher the probable influence the harder and meaner the impact. It becomes totally integrated so that all facets play into the whole.
In essence, what the DBBs are able to do is to bring to life the embers which were taken into each human being at the time when the "gift of permanence" was conveyed. This I have already covered. Because the gift entailed adding to each human entity part of the essence of one of the fallen beings, these same beings, now of the DB, are readily able to tune themselves to the vibrations of any human soul frequency that has allowed itself to be colored strongly by the negative qualities of the "seed" which was taken in at that formative birthing.
Through this attunement between a human being and a DB, a magnification of the effect of that negative seed can take place. This is the origin of the concept that, just as each human soul has its guardian angel, so too it has its own "demon" or fallen angel and/or "bad seed". Strictly speaking this is not true, since the essence of a given one of the fallen beings is distributed among a large number of humans. The notion that a given human soul is more susceptible to the influence of one particular evil entity than of others is in general true, for the reason that I have now differentiated.
When the plan to distribute fragments of the fallen beings among humans was adopted, it was expected that the human entities would strive to purify and cleanse the dark seeds that were then implanted. Many have indeed accomplished this purification, and such individuals are far less susceptible to the whisperings of the DBBs than are their fellows who have never attempted to eradicate the darkness within.
An attempt to spur the human soul toward a particular action or thought which leads away from soul-advancement and which, followed far enough, would lock that human being into a downward spiral from which it could not escape, is attempted.
VIOLENCE, AGGRESSION--WAR THE MARTIAN INFLUENCE
I will now discuss violence, aggression and loss of temper. In its ultimate manifestation, this category of influence brings war on a massive scale.
It is not an inherent part of the human make-up, as originally created, to feel the hostility and hatred that are now seen so often in the world. These feelings have been introduced due to the combined effect of the dark seeds taken in at the time of the "gift of permanence", together with the influence of the planet which man calls Mars. The red planet harbors an immense thought-form of hatred and aggression which can strongly overshadow thoughts and events on the Earth whenever it comes to a close approach. These factors, spurred by the constant efforts of the DB to fan the flames of bitterness and hostility between men, have been sufficient to allow warfare and violence on an unprecedented scale to sweep over this earth.
In some of your Earth countries, notably Iraq and Iran, the hostile attitude has put its foul roots down into the very heart of the nation, darkening almost every citizen with its poison. There is little hope that the bloodshed and horror can be stopped in countries such as these. In actuality, some such countries will completely consume themselves. It will not be until the final death throes of the evil world system that those unfortunate lands will perceive the wrongness of their practices. By that time, however, it will most likely be too late to avoid destruction.
TEMPTATION
Next, let us speak of temptation. This relates specifically to the idea of "self". While it was always intended that humanity should develop a strong and stable image of the self, there was never any intention that such development should lead to a permanent coldness between humans. Nor was there the aim to allow the selfishness now rampant on the earth to permit one soul to control or manipulate others for purely personal reasons. Pride, haughtiness and any manifestations of selfishness have developed only since men learned to think of themselves as better than others, more deserving, more powerful, or whatever, towards power growth of self. Now you put the characteristics onto subliminal tapes and drizzle them into the subconscious to insure they are nurtured.
These attitudes poison relationships between souls and lead to permanent estrangement--producing a coldness and distance which can last over many lives in the joint experiences of souls who have allowed this to occur.
MATERIALISM: POSSESSIONS AND ATHEISM
Now, another big one: materialism. This is a very broad topic, but can basically be summed up under two headings: possessions and atheism.
The lust for material possessions has been aided and abetted by the rich life style of twentieth century having and living, at least for countries in the West. However, even in the so-called "have-not" (third world?) lands, there is a great desire for material possessions among those who have been exposed to the kinds of goods which are available in other places.
This arises because, in most instances, the souls who are born into the "have-not" countries are there because, among other reasons, they must learn NOT to covet material things for their own sake. When these individuals again see the kinds of goods that might be available, they rekindle the old covetous streak which they have brought over from a previous life incarnate, and they suffer because their desire to possess these things cannot be fulfilled.
The idea that atheism is related to materialism may seem strange to some, but perhaps I can point out that the surest way to lose sight of the higher realities is to fasten one's attention onto the things of the earth to such an extent that one forgets the truth that the material plane is only one realm of experience. Compound that with the concept that perhaps there is no other plane of existence and you have total materialism. If that goes further into belief that Earth life is but a passing phase lived on a plane which is not really the "home" of the human race, or that it is all there is, you have no reason not to respond to the total material persona.
If the mind becomes too obsessed with things and possessions, there is a great likelihood that the truths of the spirit will be passed over and forgotten. For many souls, this is precisely what has happened.
Your question should be, at this point, "How does one combat these categories of temptation?" The answer is too simple to be adequately utilized--LOVE!
It is LOVE alone that can surmount the barriers of distrust and hatred which man has thrown up due to his violent and aggressive ways. I do NOT refer to anything in your vocabulary that is defined as love; nor of hardly any of your physical human activities--which, by the way, are almost totally satanic in origin and fulfillment.
THE SOLUTION
It is LOVE alone which allows one to perceive that selfishness and the manipulation of others are not noble or spiritual paths to follow. It is love alone which can displace the lust for possessions in the mind of one who is caught in that dreadful trap. Only love can broaden the understanding to the point where the soul sees that the purpose of life is not to collect but rather to give--not to hinder but rather to help others, not to aggrandize the self, but to place it into the service of the creative forces that have made this realm of Earth, man, and all the myriads of creatures which inhabit its many planes and sub-realms: The Creation.
Now, brothers, let us investigate how these traps are set for YOU!
GETTING AT THOSE ON THE PATH
There are numerous souls who instinctively know that there is a "Path" somewhere--a route which, if followed diligently, will allow them to achieve spiritual progress and a true grasp of the meaning and purpose of life. However, these souls are not all of the same discernment. Many are very young in the sense of experience. Let me use an example which is a favorite of one of the Cohans, Hilarion.
Hypothesize that a soul has had numerous lives of a rather common variety, living within the various traditions into which it has been birthed, adopting the bias of the environs, including all of its prejudices and narrow thought-patterns, never stimulating fully the realization that life has a purpose entirely incongruous to that! Which conventional wisdom maintains. Then, suppose that soul lives a recent life in which its experience is touched deeply by another person, someone who had this special awareness of the higher Truths, someone who demonstrated the beauty and love which could be expressed by one who is on the path of spiritual advancement.
In some cases, though not all, the soul who had previously been following a conventional series of lives might suddenly become stimulated to struggle more diligently, to climb out of the ordinary mold, to gain a far deeper understanding of the meaning of existence.
So, the soul is then born into the current life-pattern. Because of that previous contact with the spiritually advanced person, the soul is born with an intent. It watches and keeps looking around--seeking for something it can not consciously identify. It feels that something must be just around the corner-some clue which will give it the understanding it knows it lacks, the grasp of meaning which is not present. Then something will happen that will introduce the soul to a different way of living or thinking, some teacher takes the soul into his circle of influence, some book seems to contain the signpost for which the seeking was probing and a circumstance is presented which can alter the pathway.
Here, however, is the test of discernment, of the inner recognition of Truth. For there are many false teachers upon the Earth in the present day, many so-called gurus and sages who hold out a certain philosophy of living and acting. These may attract the new seeker for a time, but if the teachings are not fully in tune with the higher Truths, or if the teacher himself does not behave in accordance with the philosophy he proclaims (brothers, this is a BIG ONE), then the seeker is expected to see the dichotomy and to become aware that perhaps this mode of thought is only a half-way house of some sort, a way-station on the path to a better and higher wisdom.
Many souls do not recognize the trap into which they have fallen. They embrace the teachings, join the movement and become devotees of their supposed "master", defending him against all attack by those who have become disillusioned, often cutting themselves off from family and former friends--NEVER REALIZING THAT ANY MOVEMENT THAT PRODUCES DMSION, COLDNESS AND ESTRANGEMENT BETWEEN HUMAN BEINGS--EVEN THOUGH IT DOES NOT OPENLY ESPOUSE THESE ATTITUDES--MUST BE IMPAIRED IN SOME WAY.
There are thousands of such movements now on Earth which fall into this category-of course there always have been the regular ones around also-those whose man-made doctrines have obscured the true original teachings. Because of the Cosmic Law governing the operation of these testing factors, we are not permitted to go about naming such groups, teachers or movements, nor do I have any desire to do so. However, I can and will list the kinds of teaching and activity which identify such forces, and the reader can form his own conclusions as he examines the various movements which are now on the Earth. Which, you will find, are almost all of them. I would wish to place in capitals and underline these items but will trust you to pay attention!
The most obvious traps are set by the movements which claim to be spiritual, but which are headed by individuals whose personal life-style is clearly the opposite of the teachings that are held forth. An example is the self-proclaimed guru or teacher who sends the new converts out onto the street, selling flowers or whatever to raise money, and who then pockets a large portion of the proceeds of those sales. Even if the teachings of the movement are in the direction of spirituality, the seeker is expected to be able to discriminate, i.e., to take only that which is in accord with his own inner feeling of the Truth for himself, and to reject that which is not in accord.
Most of the so-called gurus who fall into this category are counting on the inability of the new convert to discriminate. They expect the convert to swallow everything about the movement, on the grounds that some of the teachings are in accordance with the cosmic Truths of love and light. These ones will most often broadcast the term "love" and intimate relationship of spiritual integration, etc., ad nauseam. As an example, a body of teaching may include an insistence that love between mankind is the only hope for the salvation of the race, or it may refer to the functions of the guides and teachers on other planes, or it may stress the need to subjugate the self and undertake service to others. But each of these teachings can be perverted to an unworthy cause. For further example, the love between souls may be used to require the neophyte to love the guru or teacher unconditionally, or to give all of his possessions to the movement to demonstrate his love. Or again, the reference to guides on other planes may be used to convince the new seeker that the body of teaching provided by the movement must be correct because it comes through direct revelation from such guides. Finally, the subjugation of the self can be carried to the point where total self-abnegation is required, so that the neophyte will be willing to work any number of hours a day to raise money for the movement--to in turn be utilized freely by the leader.
SEEING THROUGH SHAMS
The soul caught in such movements is not left without guideposts. He is not abandoned by his own guides, who are anxious to move him on to a broader perspective of reality. This can only happen when he sees the sham of the movement which has trapped him, and this perception can come if the seeker watches the signs and clues which come his way. The easiest way to discern the truth of any movement is to study its leader or founder.
If the leader or founder is living richly off the sweat of the converts, then he is a false guru. That is the most obvious means to detect fraud of this kind. But for those who understand the cosmic laws there are other ways.
For example, there is a law that any individual on the Earth plane must show on his physical form some sign or characteristic which identifies his true essence. The law is in conformity with the assertion that those who have "eyes to see" and "ears to hear" can always find the truth by direct observation. Look at the face of the leader; look at his bodily structure. Does he have a serene, "happy" countenance, or is there something sinister about him? Is he grossly overweight--I mean to the point of obvious self indulgence, or is he crippled in some manner. Sometimes the crippling is the overweight itself. Now, don't go off the deep end--I speak of grossness. Or, is that one maintained so perfectly in body form as to be obsessed with his appearance and vanity? Does his appearance give you any reason to doubt that he has only the best interests of the "race" at heart?
There are other areas to study as well. Has the leader ever been hounded through the courts, or banned from any country? Have any of the followers ever developed mental aberrations or schizophrenic traits as a result of their exposure to the movement? Do the spokesmen for the group want you, first and foremost, to give an appreciable sum of money or to take some expensive course as an introduction to the teachings? I speak here of personal gain for the leadership itself, of benefit only to a few "top" people. Does the movement offer mainly success in the physical world (money, business, love, power) rather than a deepening of the understanding or spiritual wisdom?
I stress that the seeker is always given ample clues to the true nature of any individual or movement. He need merely open his eyes and read the signals directly. They never lie. Always good, too, to look at "what" a leader might end up in court about-remember, Immanuel was harassed quite notably by a court of "justice".
DON'T MISS THE POINT
As we deal with the groups and movements which are intended to trap the unwary seeker, let us not miss the point. Most of these things are aided, abetted and encouraged by the energies of the DBBs which are not to say that the leaders or main instigators are, themselves, mere puppets of the dark ones.
In some cases this is true, but in the majority of such movements, the DB merely spurs on the innate negativity and greedy ego of the leader, prompting him to seek wealth through the movement, or control over others, or fame--just to stand out in wondrous "holy" garb and espouse pearls of wisdom--his! As to the souls who become entrapped by the movement, they too are influenced wherever possible by the DBBs, who are attempting to keep them locked up in a movement where they will not be able to use their enthusiasm and energy in reaching directly out to their brothers living so called "normal" lives. The idea is to trap the unwary seekers in a vortex, to take them out of the mainstream, and, in many cases, to bring about estrangement between the seeker and members of his own family, so that the energies of the seeker will be tied up in the emotional struggle and thus be unavailable to help his brothers.
There is, however, an additional phase to the efforts of the DB to deter the advancement of the race through side-tracking seekers. They know that those who are impelled to find a spiritual path through life are the best hope of the world, for these souls has the possibility of reaching many, many other souls through their words and deeds. Because such souls are so pivotal to the salvation of mankind, the DB desires above all else to cause them difficulty, to side-track their energies, and to sow confusion and contention between them. DO ANY OF THESE THINGS HIT ANY NAILS UPON THEIR HEADS?
In terms of causing the seeker difficulty in his life-pattern, the DBBs are permitted to insist that certain karmic burdens which such souls carry be discharged at a time convenient to the DB. In most cases, the petitions by the dark ones are granted, and the karma is allowed to fall upon the seeker. The exceptions are made when the seeker is at a sensitive phase of his quest, and has placed himself in a position from where he could accomplish much which would lead others to seek a higher way through life. Aside from these exceptions, as we say, most such requests are allowed. This is why certain souls who are clearly aware of higher Truth will from time to time be visited by misfortune that does not seem to be tied directly with lesson-learning, and which is not even indicated by the planetary positions.
I have already dealt with the question of side-tracking the energies of the seeker, and have explained that most of this is accomplished through the various movements now on the Earth and which act as "backwaters" into which the seeker can be trapped.
SOWING CONFUSION AND DISSENSION
Finally there is the question of the attempts by the DBBs to sow confusion and dissension between seekers and/or workers. This is accomplished primarily through the telepathically or psychically transmitted material which has found its way into books. Naturally we, too, realize that our writings must be scrutinized in the light of the comments we are about to make and have made, but we have no doubt that the careful seekers will be able to make their own determination as to which Source they feel is the more "correct" for them. '
There are certain specific kinds of teachings which are precisely calculated to confuse the unwary. To explain the most important of these we must first point out what many seekers already well know; that the person and mission of the individual who was called the Christ should be regarded as the very summit of revealed Truth for mankind thus far.
CHRIST'S TEACHINGS SHOWED THE WAY
Because of certain of His teachings--indeed, the simplest of the teachings--He represents a direct frontal attack upon the DB and all which they have attempted to accomplish in the millennia since the rebirth scheme was initiated. Specifically, by asserting that one should love one's enemies, Christ presented the single most effective way to overcome the temptations of Earth life and to confound the whisperings of the DB. By looking on one's enemies, or better, on all of creation--with pure love in one's heart, all of the negative emotions, all of the enmities and frustrations of life, simply fade away. Without these annoying factors, the DBBs cannot succeed in their declared aim of dragging human souls down to destruction.
The DB knows full well that the Christ's teachings in this regard are the single most effective means for gaining higher ground spiritually, and therefore, they seek in any way possible to undermine the reality of the figure of Christ and the validity of His message. This they do in two ways: the first is to cast doubt upon whether or not He ever lived on the Earth plane. There are certain so-called "messages" from other planes which contend that He was a reality on certain planes but not on the physical. Now, any who can understand that all of Creation is ONE, can surely perceive that if Christ was a reality on one plane, He must have manifested on all planes. To do otherwise would detract from the completeness of the message which His life represented.
Other transmissions contend that He was merely a man, and that there was nothing special about Him aside from the wisdom which He had attained through revelation or study. Again, this is intended to undermine the importance of His life, and to sow doubt as to whether He represented some special factor which had entered the Earth realm to live and walk with mankind. Well, He was merely a man who was greater than all men but He taught that any man could reach His stature and wisdom.
In short, any contention that Christ was less than a manifested special being whose life was dedicated to the spiritual upliftment of the human race, and Who was over lighted during the ministry years by the pure Glory of the Father Creator, must be carefully scrutinized to see whether or not there is a deliberate attempt to detract from the importance of the Christian message (and I speak of the "Christian" message in full Truth of definition--not what it has become in your eons of misinterpretation).
Other supposed teachings from other planes are also directed to undermining the certainty and understanding of the seeker. For example, some sources contend that the passage of time is an illusion, that all lives are lived simultaneously, and that there is no real distinction between past, present and future. Now, in a certain sense which can only be understood from a vantage point which is outside of the physical plane, this contention is true. However, the result of trying to fully grasp this philosophical notion from within physical incarnation can only be total confusion--what you perceive is time allotments and that is exactly what you get.
The consciousness of man has been given to him in order to allow him to perceive time as a flow, so that he could understand the great Law of Cause and Effect. Man does A and the result is Z. This always takes place in that order, and is intended to allow a perception of the truth that man, by virtue of the thoughts and emotions he harbors, makes his own reality.
If this latter idea can be grasped, then the even higher purpose can be served, namely to allow each incarnated soul to understand itself.
The DBBs do not want man to understand all of the ramifications of what we will call Karmic Law, and they attack the possibility of such a grasp by trying to confuse the seeker with regard to "time". If one concludes that the flow of time is an illusion, and that "all lives are lived simultaneously," then how can existence from one life possibly affect another? But "karma" does pass from life to life. (Karma is another of your misused words which has lost most of its true definition, but I find no other suitable.) At the level where there are manifested results of these experiences, it is quite correct and certainly adequate to consider that one life precedes another in an orderly fashion and sequence. The reconciliation of the Earth-based point of view with the higher grasp of time as a single instant which is "pulled out" into a stream by man's consciousness must wait until the seeker has reached the spiritual plane from which these ideas can be seen in their full light.
MISLEADING TEACHINGS
Now for one other example of misleading teachings. There are sources which contend that the galactic observers now in the region of the Earth are not all friendly to mankind. There is the suggestion that some are distinctly alien and even hostile, and that certain of these beings kidnap humans and kill humans and animal life for experimental purposes.
It is difficult for us to present a line of argument which will fully set aside the fears that such messages engender, but I will most surely attempt to do so.
Firstly, it is true that not all of the civilizations in this galaxy are highly evolved in a technical and spiritual sense. Some are comparable to Earth civilization, which presently are at the very bottom of the scale due to the self-annihilation which mankind practices through war, violence and murder. However, the present phase of evolution of the galactic entity itself is such that only those civilizations which have attained a state of awareness of the cosmic laws and who have overcome the base passions which lead to war, tyranny and self-annihilation are allowed to develop the technical means which are necessary to permit them to move to other parts of the galaxy. The ones who- remain imprisoned in their own negativity and violence must also remain prisoners of their own planets--just as do you ones.
Hence, the other unevolved civilizations in this galaxy are also confined to their own local region of space, because they are not allowed to develop the technological means for escaping. In the case of man, the minor successes in terms of reaching the moon are the maximum which can be achieved using the current technology. No space entity would defy the cosmic laws to go further. That does not mean that attempts have not been made to extract information from ones who fall into your clutches. It does mean, however, that you have more allies in place on your planet than you had supposed at first glance. The secret of free energy (as you commonly recognize "energy") will not fall into man's hands so long as he threatens to pollute the rest of space with his hatred and his uncontrolled passions.
It thus follows that those civilizations that are able to make the journey to this part of the galaxy must be of an evolved nature, and this is true. If they were not, then with their vastly superior technology they could easily decimate this planet, kill all life, or set themselves up as absolute dictators (you do a good enough job of all those categories to not need assistance). No force known to humanity could stop them. BUT, THEY "ARE" STOPPED--BY THEIR OWN SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT. The galactic observers would never dream of attempting to interfere with man's path on this planet. That law is over-ruled ONLY when a planetary civilization has descended so far into self-destruction--as man has done--that it threatens not only to destroy itself, but to poison or damage other regions of space in the bargain, not to mention destruction of his only life-source, mother planet.
NUCLEAR WAR COULD DAMAGE FABRIC OF SPACE
Because man has been allowed to develop nuclear energy, there is a serious danger that, during the coming nuclear war=and there will be one-the explosions could actually damage the fabric of space itself. It is for this reason that the observers and participants are here in such numbers and remain on constant alert. Otherwise, we would wait until the allotted timing and do the Armageddon "thing" and get it all over with. We have a duty to the Galactic Being, namely to preserve it from damage committed knowingly or unknowingly, by humanity as it unleashes centuries of hatred and violence upon itself in the last death throes upon the Earth planet. At the same time we understand that we must be prepared to step in and rescue the noblest fraction of the race from the holocaust which man's unevolved passions will unleash. Without the possibility of such a rescue, there is a danger that man really could accomplish the complete annihilation of himself and all other life-forms on the planet.
The aforementioned instances of misleading and confusing information will suffice to illustrate the efforts exerted by the DBB to detour seekers from their path. Only one further area remains to be discussed, and that relates to the "direct" attempts to physically interfere with the projects that seekers undertake in the service of their brothers.
Dharma, I realize you grow very fatigued and I will close when you make a decision to do so. I do not have much more for this session so I will leave it in your determination. Perhaps we could slow a bit and be able to finish.
DIRECT INTERVENTION VERY COSTLY
I emphasize first of all that direct access to the physical plane of manifestation is extremely limited for the DBBs, as it is for the other more positive brotherhoods as well. The Law in this regard is that both they and we must primarily work through those who are in incarnation. Hence, the good that can be done in the world must ultimately depend on the willingness of incarnated individuals to put their time and energy into the endeavor. Likewise, the evil that manifests on the Earth plane must do so through the agency of those in bodies who are prepared to do the work of the DBBs.
If all who are attuned to darkness should cease to inhabit physical bodies, the evil afflicting the Earth would disappear, because there would be no more instruments through which the DBBs could accomplish their aims.
The rule that governs direct influence in the plane of matter is simple to state: the energy required to accomplish a given interference within the three-dimensional, second density material plane is directly proportional to the amount of good or evil which that interference can accomplish. For example, if a given interference is directed to producing a clearly negative action-like a murder=the energy required from the DBBs to accomplish it directly (without one of their disciples being utilized) is enormous. Usually, unless they considered such an act indispensable to their cause, they would not be prepared to lose that amount of energy. Besides, it is not so difficult to find fanatics who will, say, plant a bomb aboard an airline. Now, on the other side, the force required to, say, cause a fire to suddenly emit a shower of sparks, for example, in order to jolt or frighten those sitting around it, is not nearly so great.
The main point which must be understood here is that they--and we--are under the Law of "Economy of Energy", so to speak. This means that neither we nor they have access to limitless amounts of energy with which to seek our respective goals. If only one side were restricted in this way, and the other had access to as much energy as it required, then the battle would not be balanced. If both sides were given all of the energy they wanted to use, the Earth plane would turn into an arena in which discarnate forces battled ad infinitum, leaving no room for man to pursue his spiritual pilgrimage--or anything else. Hence, the only workable scheme is to limit both sides equally.
So, now some things to look out for. The DBBs utilize the creation of robot-like entities at the etheric level, programmed to directly interfere with reality. For example, if the DB wishes to delay the publication of a book, they could send such entities to the location where the actual printing is to take place, after programming them to cause break-downs and mistakes during the printing process. Mostly they will utilize thought pattern input to cause ones performing tasks to cause disruption or breakdowns. You may run into that very thing with these publications for the press prints some pretty low vibration material.
In order to create robots of the kind mentioned, the DBBs must actually donate a part of their own essence. When the job is completed, the essences are re-absorbed back into those who donated them. However, if the material going to create the robots should be destroyed by means known to certain seekers, before re-absorption can take place, then the re-combining cannot occur and the contributing DBBs permanently lose the respective parts that sustained the destroyed etheric robots. I trust you understand that etheric means invisible to the human consciousness.
YOU CAN DESTROY THE GREMLINS
The technique for destroying such etheric entities is to command them, in the name of Jesus Christ, to disappear and to cease to exist. In the name of Immanuel Christ, or Sananda, or Creator, or, or, or is quite as sufficient. It is that for so long now, the term Jesus has been accepted that the name is most distasteful to the DBBs. It is, further, not sufficient to order them simply to depart as that does not entail disintegration of the entity, only departure.
This is where you get the saying, "There are gremlins in the machinery," if a machine keeps breaking down. There are also good little fairies so I do not wish to be lopsided. However, gremlins serve a very definite purpose and, brothers, those particular entities are originated on the dark side.
The DBBs can also manipulate many of the currents and elementary forces which are most attuned to them in vibration. For example, although the element n fire" is a great purifying power on the Earth plane, it is also attuned to the notion of karma, the trial by fire, and the destruction of that which is consumed. Especially when the fire is burning coal (coming from the darkness beneath the surface of the Earth) the DBBs are enabled to manipulate it to their own ends. We should emphasize that such use of fire cannot be allowed to be kept outside of that called for in a karmic aspect, but the karmic burden of the race as a whole is still so great that the DB has great latitude in terms of how they may wish to use this elemental force.
Another process at work in relation to fire is the manner in which human beings provide the energies which manifest in many of the fires which destroy property. Fire is the phenomenon which most closely corresponds to rage and anger.
These connections of fire with anger are no accident. When any two persons indulge in a fierce argument, with much shouting and anger, but without giving full vent to the anger in a physical way, there is created at the etheric level a seething cloud of fire-like energy which seeks expression on the Earth plane. If it cannot find expression in violence between the two persons who created it, then it will, given the right circumstances, release itself in a destructive fire. Of course, some spark must be present to allow the fire to begin, but once it is initiated its full fury will manifest. If that type of energy is stored within, make sure you cleanse it with spiritual water, brothers.
POSSESSION
Finally, the DBBs are able to literally take over certain persons for brief (or prolonged) periods of time, and through them carry out specific actions. This can even happen to those who are normally of a spiritual nature, if such persons open themselves up to the dark forces. Most opening up comes through over indulgence in alcohol for it is the one most abused altering substance. When one takes alcohol into the system, in any form, an access opens at the back of the head, through which the darker forces, if they put enough effort into it, can gain access. Let me assure you that in this group, any effort is not too much.
Much can be accomplished in a short time by one properly placed, and the DBBs will normally only undertake this procedure if it promises to yield rich dividends for them. In the instance of a couple, often years are lost to Light service because one or the other of the pair are kept in an addiction for that specific reason. Again, you must command the energy to withdraw and depart, in the name of the Christ. It will go for it is obligated to do so. It does not mean it will go willingly, without a struggle or instantly. However, if attended diligently it will depart-every time.
Although I have set forth the main techniques by which the DBBs seek to influence humans in incarnation, I must point out that there are many instances which do not fall into the categories I have described. In every case, however, the seeker or worker whose intuition is open, is alert and asks for proper guidance, will be able to decide for himself when the DBBs are behind any particular manifestation on the Earth plane--they are, remember, required to "wear" a clue.
Dharma, let us close for today for if we set the stress on the wrist muscles too intently, we will be delayed on the morrow. There is too much material to finish easily at this sitting.
I am most indebted to you for your willing service and I shall not mention Simon Peter again this day. So be it and Salu.
I AM ASHTAR, TO STAND-BY. OUT.
CHAPTER 9
REC #1 ASHTAR
WED., SEP. 6, 1989 6:45 A.M. YEAR 3, DAY 021
WED., SEP. 6, 1989
TRIALS ALONG THE PATH -- SEXUAL MISADVENTURE AND MONEY
As ones become followers of the Lighted pathway (the Native Indians call it the Red Road), there are incredible trials ahead, I am going to speak of them in the order of severity of impact. The DBBs really go to work on your weaknesses and try to drag ones away from their good intentions, They play to the Ego, greed and power drives of individuals and I warn you to look around you and see the impact upon your world this very day in these separate, but united, areas.
Always as relates to human kind, sexual indulgence and greed for money always head the list unless one is already into some physical addiction which produces "need" enough to overpower these two; mostly it is all wrapped up into one package.
At some point on the Path, as we will refer to it henceforth, the seeker will be presented with these pitfalls,
When one embarks on the Path, there is a phenomenon which tends to lend to him a greater "allure" or attractiveness, He will have a radiance about him which is most magnetic, In most cases that attractiveness is not directly from any increase in personal magnetism of a sexual nature, but rather there is an additional factor of power and knowledge automatically called into the person's aura, It is this additional power which others sense, but because people today are so accustomed to interpreting this kind of impact in sexual (physical) terms, they mistakenly see the seeker as desirable.
Indeed, there is an enhanced attractiveness, but it is by no means at the sexual level. It usually pops its ugly head forth when a man who is not on the Path becomes enamored of women who are. Or, as often, women who are on the Path or involved in some manner or other, fall into the trap of a man who is corrupted at the lead of the flock on the Path. We will name no names in this document, but I know that-you can name several instances which have spelled disaster for the humans involved.
Most of the involved parties will not understand the dimensions of the situation and just "why" they appear so attractive. The testing, of course, is for the seeker and is also the most destructive.
With this greater perceived attractiveness, beauty and serenity to others, and the propensity of others to read their own reactions in sexual terms, there is often an abundant opportunity for the seeker to indulge himself sexually if he so chooses. Exaggerated indulgence and misuse of the gift of procreation desires are the leading downfall of man and the evil projections of, it's "OK" and "open marriages" and "understanding experiences if it doesn't hurt anyone" seem to be the cop-out within or without the marriage contract. IT IS NOT OK AND NO LAW WRITTEN BY MAN WILL MAKE IT OK. MISUSE OF THAT ONE PLEASURE HAS LED YOUR WORLD TO ITS DEATH. IT IS NOT LOVE; IT IS A STRUGGLE FOR POWER, CONTROL, PLEASURE AND SELF-INDULGENCE. IT WILL RENDER THE INDULGER HELPLESS TO FURTHER AITACKS.
Exaggerated behaviors will ultimately pull the seeker off the Path, because it would side-track his energies into exhausting pursuits, clandestine arrangements and drag his attention down to the purely physical level of such indulgence. Many. many potential seekers have succumbed to this elementary trap and have been lost to the hierarchy as really useful instruments for the salvation of the race of man, and pulled the partners in "crime" to destined loss.
Now let's talk about the next deadly trap--MONEYI As the seeker acquires more and more ability in terms of helping his brothers, the opportunity invariably presents itself to make money from his spiritual endeavors. The main point here is not how much money should be charged for spiritual help, but what are the true desires in the heart of the seeker. For some seekers, because their services require them to assume certain expenses, a relatively large levy is justified, and does not represent a failure in this testing process. For others, even a small charge would represent taking personal advantage of a gift from God which was meant to be shared freely with all, just as God gave the gift most freely, and therefore, this levy represents failure of the test.
Each seeker must look into his own heart on this matter, for it is his own judgement which is written down in the scrolls of Heaven! Those life scrolls always hang there as the sword of Damocles in every matter of choice and always it is what is within that gets noted there.
It is interesting that these two tests of which I have just spoken relate to the "vows" which monks and priests of many religions have traditionally taken throughout the centuries. The two most significant vows have always been that of chastity and of poverty. By having individuals take these two vows, the church, of course, was allowing the soul to side-step these temptations which would surely be placed in his Path. By subscribing in such manner to these vows, the soul effectively makes a promise which it feels is very binding upon it, and because of this feeling of being bound, the soul tends to be less likely to fall in these manners. It obviously is not always effective and in these latter days of evil conflict, it causes the "churches" to rewrite the Laws rather than lose all their teachers.
In this age of terror and "everything that feels good--go for it"; it is deadly venture. If you have not been bedeviled by these testings, then beware for you shall be. Perhaps you have already met them and dealt with them. I pray that our workers can move on without having to drag you up from the pits to continue our work.
You must find balance. The temptations must be confronted head on and one must not allow himself to be drawn from the Path. The solution to the sexual temptation is to see sexual reality in its true light and not in the manner presented upon your silver screens. For two souls united and sharing of a family vision, they do not, obviously, not have sexual relations. The trick, dear ones, is to find balance, and to experience all facets of life with an understanding of their true essence. Joy, laughter and physical pleasure all have their place in the human experience, but the point here is that those things must be experienced in the appropriate circumstances and for the right reasons. To get better balance, confront squarely "when" you demand and "what" you demand of a partner and see to it that you are doing naught to pull that one down or away from his appointed tasks. YOU do not deserve simply by being here or there.
God makes nothing that is inherently evil or inherently good. It is man that determines the way in which the gifts shall be utilized. God is abundance and to avoid using money and having the beauties surrounding you that money can purchase is foolish-that is an insult of God s gift. Self-indulgent finery from another's work is grievous. Man can use a hammer to build or to destroy; he can use a knife to heal or to kill. The determining factor is the motive in man I s heart, and thus it is man that determines the good and the evil in the world.
So it is with both money and sexual misadventure. It is man who determines whether they shall become sullied and negative, or whether they shall be made into tools for serving creation and love.
HOW ABOUT SOME SELF-ESTEEM
Many souls do not have a strong or positive self-image. They are unhappy with their own essence, and this reflects in the personality, which tends to develop feelings of inferiority or worthlessness--or both. IT IS UNSUITABLE IN THE EXTREME FOR ANY SEEKER TO LACK A POSITIVE SELF-IMAGE! He must be happy with himself, for the simple reason that the Path which he is electing to tread is often a most lonely one. He will be required to walk it alone for certain periods, and if he cannot find contentment merely being with himself with no other company, then he will in all likelihood break down in his resolve to serve the race. His dependability will also be in doubt.
When the guides of the human race decide to entrust an important task to a soul in incarnation, they must first be satisfied that the vagaries of Earth life will not throw him off the Path, that the loss of friends or a separation from a loved one will not break down his determination to continue on the high road. So the guides test the soul severely in this area--most severely, as most of you dear ones will note. The most common testing procedure is one which arises almost naturally very soon after any individual places himself on the Path: it is the breakdown or severe testing of whatever personal relationship the individual might have had at the time of the decision to serve.
It does not do to "just be drifting around already" for in that instance you are already using the relationship as a convenience and utilitarian device. (sic, sic.) Take a moment and look squarely at whatever relationship you are experiencing! Are you a giver or a taker? Is it convenient and comfortable for you to continue, etc., etc.? Look carefully to see if your impact is of assistance in truth or evil in intent of keeping your security blanket tightly wrapped about self.
Many seekers reading this journal will attest to the accuracy of the point just made, for many of them will have seen their personal relationship--whether marriage or some other close interconnection=founder, or nearly so, on the rocks of disagreement as to the importance of spiritual advancement and contribution. Typically the "other" partner will sense that the seeker has somehow placed spiritual matters above the relationship, and usually this is so. If that other partner is unable to accept such a state of affairs, then he/she will often present the seeker with an ultimatum: "It's me or all this spiritual 'stuff'", is a typical refrain--one which many seekers will recognize. Further, in some instances you will have a divergence in which spiritual guidelines you will follow and that, too, will be utilized as a weapon-"Well, I believe in another teacher so we will use mine." The thrust is painful and trying. If the seeker "gives in" for the sake of preserving the relationship then his path will be different from what might have occurred if he had adhered to his resolve. Perhaps neither choice is "better" than the other-but I plead with you to take very careful consideration to this matter.
The karma that would come to the seeker if he chose to abandon the partner who could not co-exist with the spiritual commitment would not be great enough to deter the seeker. Indeed, it usually happens that, even though the karma must quickly descend and be met, the rewards of having chosen the spiritual path would more than make up for the hardship of meeting that particular karma. Look carefully at your relationship prior to the choice-do you; perhaps, already wear the rose colored glasses of blindness?
I cannot be more specific here, since the "extras" which are given unto the seekers are highly individual, and exactly tailored to the preferences of the individual. Hard, Ashtar! I did not make the rules nor the Laws of the Universal Creation, I only practice them and therefore, know what you can and cannot bear--your guide is Esu Jesus Immanuel Sananda; would He have been easily removed from His task?
GLAMOUR VS. FAITH
Let us now assume the seeker already has an abundance of faith, so now you are hit with another blast from "glamour". This particular test is extremely important, because many unwary seekers are drawn off the Path by it.
Let me try to characterize the attitude of mind that represents having failed this test. There are those who, upon first discovering a channel to one of the higher planes, or upon first developing their own "source" of information, become overly fascinated with the information for its own sake. They become excited to too great a degree. They think: "Isn't this wonderful! We can see all these past lives; we can talk to entities on the other planes; we can find out things nobody else knows!" Further, they can find themselves drawn into the circle of influence of a teacher or psychic on the Earth plane whom they consider to be very special. The person of that leader may take on a heightened importance for these seekers, and they might "glamorize" him out of all proportion to what he is really trying to do.
Of course, as mentioned before in the guidelines, you must be perceptive and watch the clues run by. Some leaders allow, and encourage, their students or followers to glamorize them, and this is a serious failing on the part of the so-called leader. But the truly discerning seeker will be able to determine such silliness, and realize that what is important is the service he can render to others, and the understanding he can attain in terms of the great spiritual and cosmic laws. The pursuit of the spiritual Path has no other legitimate justification.
EGO BLAST
Finally we will deal with EGO! Many souls, upon first becoming part of a group following spiritual goals, will be tempted to think of themselves as special, as somehow being better or more spiritual than their brothers who are still living "normal" lives. You know, somehow your soapbox is just a bit loftier than your brother's. No perception could have a more insidious result, because the very fact of putting oneself ahead of others has the precise reverse effect: the guides who watch the progress of seekers with special care will immediately relegate to the bottom of the list any individual who presumes to think of himself as holier, or more spiritual, or more worthy than anyone of his brothers, no matter how low the vibrations of those brothers have descended. The truth of the matter is most simple; God loves all of His children equally. God has no favorites, for in a sense all are His favorites.
It is right here that the admonitions of the Christ Truth takes on true dimensions: He who would be first MUST be last; blessed are the humble for they shall inherit the Earth. Any who meditate upon the significance behind these seeming riddles will surely see that they express the greatest of all the truths in terms of seekers. Namely, that the purpose of the Path is to teach one to serve, not to lead; to give, not to take; to love, not to despise. One can only effectively lead through service, you can only receive love by giving forth love and you can only receive abundantly if you give abundantly. Seeming contradictions? Nay-truth.
Those who fail in this, the greatest of all the tests, must lose the right to be among those to whom is given the great privilege of serving the transition of the race of man and his world.
HOW IT "IS"!
A most crucial drama is being enacted on a little planet, the Earth upon which you dwell, from out of all the billions of planets and satellites strewn throughout this galaxy like cosmic dust broadcast among the living bodies of the stars.
Oh, brothers, it is the act of separation. It is the separation of the nobler from the baser fraction of humanity. This, that ones might progress in experience; that a planet in death seizures might be brought into transition and recovery--rebirthing and reberthing.
When the final decision within each individual heart place can be put off no longer, when each must make his choice either for or against his own spiritual advancement, which is when the race of man will crack into two portions-no middle ground--no "just be"! It will be a wrenching experience deep within the soul essence for billions of humans, for they will be the ones who must be separated forever from others whom they have loved through many life-times along their life-stream. But none will escape the choosing--NONE!
THE TIME OF THAT CHOICE HAS COME. THESE TEACHINGS AND WORDS OF FINAL NATURE WILL SOON BE BROUGHT FORTH AND THE TIME OF CHOICE WILL HAVE REACHED ITS POINT OF ACTION. NO ONE CAN DO IT FOR YOU--THESE TRUTHS ARE ALL YOU WILL HAVE TO GIVE SUPPORT--THE TIME IS COME!
In the few segments of time which you call years, perhaps months, much can be done; many can be salvaged from the dissolution which awaits those who cannot set their feet upon the upward path. If you do not get forth the Word, it cannot reach all in time. It is no greater to pen the Word than to publish the Word, or make the movie or the documentary. It is a team job or it will not be done. Blessings infinite upon you ones who risk and dare for the teachings will not be desired as truth=the lie has lived too long to fall easily. You have naught, however, but to make it available--man, individual, must discern truth.
In the physical dissolving, though it will not obliterate the essence of any soul, (unless you bring into play destruction of your place through particle beams and/or nuclear chaos), it will remove the uniqueness that so many lives and so much effort have created. The ones that are drawn back into the common pool will never see their more advanced brothers again out of the same eyes.
All efforts will be thrust forth from the Dark Brotherhood to promote the split so that the greatest number will have failed to move forward into spirituality and Light. We are seeking, equally as diligently, to bring as many as possible into the love and radiance of new experience--a new and wondrous age experience for mankind.
You who receive of this recording can throw your energies behind either side, for that is your choice-your free-will choice! BUT IT IS NOW THAT YOU MUST DECIDE!!**!! IT IS NOW THAT THE HUMAN RACE CRIES DESPERATELY FOR HELP. IT IS NOW THAT THE DEDICATION AND FAITH OF THE SEEKERS IS BEING SORELY TESTED AND RETESTED.
I PLEAD WITH YOU. DO NOT FAIL YOUR BROTHERS; DO NOT FAIL YOUR RACE � YOUR SPECIES, FOR THEN, MY BELOVED FRIEND. YOU WILL HAVE FAILED YOURSELF.
The peace and blessings of all the higher beings who watch over and care for humanity's struggle are with you forever more. I AND MY COMPATRIOTS STAND READY TO SERVE, TO ASSIST AND TO ASSIST IN ANY WAY --BUT YOU MUST ASK FOR WE CANNOT ACT IF NOT REQUESTED FOR IT IS THE LAW OF THE COSMOS.
I REQUEST HEREBY, THAT THE PORTIONS OF THE OTHER TEACHERS BE ADDED UNTO THIS BOOK THAT THE SPIRIT OF EACH OF MY OWN COLLEAGUES BE MADE AVAILABLE UNTO YOU. DO NOT OVERLOAD; BUT PRESENT SEVERAL FOR YOU ONES OF OUR GROUP HAVE HAD MANY LESSONS REGARDING THE PRESENCE OF EVIL, SO BE IT.
MY GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION, DHARMA, FOR A JOB WELL DONE. I PLACE MY HAND UPON YOUR HEAD THAT YOU MIGHT BE GIVEN REST AND PEACE. MY THANKS GO FORTH TO YOU WHO WILL TAKE THE PORTIONS AND PRESENT THEM--THEY WILL GO FORTH WITH THE POWER OF THE CENTRAL LIGHT. I PLACE THE SEAL OF TRUTH UPON THESE WRITINGS. SO BE IT, FOR IN YOUR TIME WILL COME THE TIME OF THE REVELATIONS AND PROPHECIES COME FULL CYCLE.
I TAKE MY LEAVE AND MOVE TO STAND-BY. I SALUTE YOU! I AM ASHTAR
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응답: From Here To Armageddon
