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1.2 Guides for Living

Everyone needs to simplify their lives and surroundings. It is good to have charm and beauty, comfort and convenience, so that you are able to soothe your spirit and create a welcoming atmosphere to those who visit. You need the conveniences to give time for necessary things, including quiet times, recreational times and work times. But beauty does not require a lot of items; colours, comfort and one or two objects of pleasure to the eyes and senses. How many pictures, ornaments and jewellery; dishes and even food does it take? One set of everything really, good natural food, good talk, good vibrations of love, welcome and harmony. It is the easiest thing to get used to, a productive, simple, but caring way of life. Give away everything you don't really need, keep only your needs and a few wants. Simplify but enjoy. BE joyous, share, welcome, spread not just the words, share the spirit; show by example, you can't really have luxury and preach the Word, it doesn't compute!

It isn't sincere or even truthful - Jesus didn't say "do as I say, not as I do". Rise early, commune with nature, conduct your day on proper lines, then to bed earlier rather than late. Don't spend time with people who don't really need it, if you are not available they will find someone else. (18.1.85)

Everyday living should be of a fairly simple nature in spite of the world about you. In your lives you need a clean, attractive, and welcoming home, the same cleanliness for yourselves and your family members, and anything else you are amidst and work with. In other words a discipline of tidiness and orderliness is called for, as it radiates both inwardly and outwardly.

Wholesome food in lesser than more quantities depending on the rate of motion/ exercise; fresh air, preferably with the exercise of walking at least; meditation times each day; interchange on a pleasant basis with like persons, or time for one's chosen work, whether studies, healing of any sort, writing, whatever. Add to this some leisure time, days when outings of some nature are included, or friends over, and you can see that one's days can be filled pleasurably, busily and usefully, and that there really is not spare time for useless activity.

There is also a safeguard there against doing too much in each day, as if one examines the necessary items (including the leisure/fresh air, etc) and sees what one would have to relinquish in order to squeeze in the "extra", well, is the trade-off proper, is it worth it? Once in a while yes, it could be, but on a regular basis if any of the proper daily allotments is consistently missed for the sake of outside extras, then you are not functioning in a balanced nature.

Each day is meant to be a balance of attention to and upkeep of your environment, your family members, yourself and your growth, a balance of duty, work, health and pleasure/leisure. It is necessary, it is harmonious. When your daily rhythm starts speeding up ever faster and notes get missed or slurred over, your inner self becomes neglected physically and in other ways, illness of some sort occurs, everything slows down, beats and chords are missed which must be made up (home duties or whatever) and gradually the balancing rhythm found once more. How foolish. Maintain the beat at all times and your routine and health will be able to accommodate a few emergency departures, a few missed beats, without the whole of the structure being disturbed. It may not seem like it would be so, but in the long run you would accomplish far more, as you would not be required from time to time to compensate for lost times due to illness or boredom or panic.

Look at nature, all in it go about their daily activities according to the timeclock of steady and sure, day by day. Even someone with children or ill dependants or suchlike can set a daily rhythm including time for themselves, and not allowing panic or rushing about, we must all look to ourselves as well, as we are a legitimate part of the structure and must be maintained just as scrupulously as anything else. If that requires some solution by way of help from others or some adjustment of home duties then do so, burdens should be spread evenly, it will be for the benefit of all. So no martyrs are encouraged, it is of no use to anyone.

Persons who are trying to find themselves, their true selves, should by all means find suitable reading matter, and if they are attracted to any particular course or training - whether it be re-birthing or self-transformation, etc., then it is very good. But once that course has been completed then it is necessary to use what one has learned - to meditate and to incorporate the learnings also from whatever literature they read. Too many are inclined to say "done that", "read that", "tried that", and they are still seeking for themselves, for healing, for a solution or for happiness.

But these courses will not produce these things, simply point you in a direction wherein you can look at some truths. When blockages are eased or removed then one must be still and work with what has been/is being released. Time on reading should not be over-extensive. Read one book on a regular daily basis, in doses, in other words as you would take medication. Think on what has been read, let it percolate. You cannot cure an infection by taking in the whole prescription of drugs the first day, yet you will dump buckets of sensations from courses, books and lectures and expect your whole system to absorb, sort, trial and regurgitate a solution to health and happiness.

On top of this you never stay still long enough, in mind or body, to allow of a proper absorption of all those things. Have you ever really stopped and thought what you are doing to yourself? Then when depression comes or a sense of the latest efforts not succeeding, you promptly drop it all in disgust or frantically dash into another round of courses, cure-alls, enlightenments.

One course a year would be enough, with some relevant reading, some discussions with like-minded people, then a liberal application of your daily rhythms (which is a nice name I think for the balanced routine I listed earlier) and all of you would find that you were solving your problems and becoming happier. We need also to learn to live within the structures of what we cannot change, whether it is a personal state of physical disablement or a dependant disabled, elderly, or whatever (a budding artist forced to serve in a shop).

Whatever your restrictions there are always those moments for yourself if you can learn to enjoy less than you had hoped for as long as you have made it more than was dumped on you; in other words there are compromises you could be happy with if you were willing. So slow down and enjoy your life once it has been sorted out by your study, meditation and daily activity - which must be done with good humour (it takes practise) but one can learn to cope on a harmonious level. (16.5.85)

More than anything, people need to sit down again and again and look at their lives. What they are doing, what they want to do. Where do they want to go. More than at any time, you humans are all being forced to look again at what life is about, what purpose is there in so many lives being purposeless? The answers won't come from one or two people or agencies, or governments, because it is not that kind of a solution. It is a sort of groundswell of awareness that takes place in such situations, and the change-about will happen over a period of time, in many different ways. Nothing is certain now, and nothing is more uncertain than the lives and futures of all the jobless, the homeless, the hopeless, and what could truthfully be termed, the useless. Where could you find one answer for them all? So, individuals who are advanced enough are stirring, and questioning, and joining together to establish mores and lifestyles for themselves. Others are taking people in from the byways for informal education and for support and affirmation. I needn't go on, you see it all around you. If you are content with your lot and getting on with self-growth plus a reaching out to the needy, then that is good. If that is not enough then realistically it is time to look further. How or where is for you all to decide, but now more than ever there is a need for 'Man to fulfil his own calling while at the same time benefiting others. Most of God's realm has the trine symbol, the threefold benefit: You - They- God (in whichever order you choose). Three is one-half of the symbol of eternity, close the circles - 8 -so; or each three reversed and joining, flowing through and together - do you see? But this is not a treatise on symbols, although I did begin this didn't I?

Well, never mind, just work at living your life, and enjoying life; poor God, surrounded with solemn faces.(29.8.85)

Whatever comes into our lives we must accept as a natural consequence of our own actions, or lack thereof. Persons complain of having no control over their lives and yet they have the control of whatever they are doing when they do it. Do not return in time for a healthful rest; do not rise to give sufficient to get one's daily duties attended to; don't do what one can because one cannot do what one likes; not very conducive to growth.

When life is given to us we must do our best with it and if that is not very good then improve our best or settle for whatever we reap. Never expect others to just do as we wish them to do if it is not what they want to do, life needs to be a series of trades if peace and progress are to be made. Even with children one can work, slowly, on a "fair's fair" basis. One cannot expect much but they do need to realise that one must be aware of another's rights, and as they grow up, bit by bit, they need to learn that earning one's way in the house, in school, and in life in general is the fairest, most growthful, and actually a pleasurable way to proceed.

We always appreciate more that for which we have worked for. To work at a job or profession that earns money, or a salary, is automatically a case of exchange of a "fair days'/weeks" etc., work for monies paid to us. So we should realise and accept that we can control our lives to a very great extent, but first it must be done within our own limitations, then likely the limitations can be expanded but it is for us to do it, look for the opportunities, and gain our self-respect by living life to our fullest extent, regardless of those who would gainsay us by criticism etc.

Give love, liking, cheerfulness, respect, and so on whatever you do and to whomever you are in contact with, but expect, or assume, the same privileges for yourself. Asking is futile, but to expect and assume it as a foregone conclusion really works, whether it is forthcoming or not (think about that if it puzzles you).

As a doctor I have seen much wastage of human resources, and excepting those extreme cases of abuse, people do it to themselves (i.e. waste) by passivity or outright perversity. Humans have so much to learn!

TV in its present stage won't teach much of use re human behaviour, so they who are aware need to be examples, showing as well as teaching. It takes tremendous restraint as well as perseverance because people can be so trying. Perhaps that is a good task to set for yourselves, to restrain reactions towards the perverse (except those that are needed, when they are needed) but even those need to be dealt out with great heaps of love or affirmation. After all, there but for the Grace of God (and some good genes) goes thou! (20.8.85)

Everyone needs to consider what their goals are in life, what their beliefs, are, and what they can do to help others in this world. Most of the restlessness is caused by a lack of purpose and even more by a lack of knowledge of one's true self. We are all so deeply influenced throughout our lives by external stimuli - from family members and so on (I needn't list them all). As we mature, our wants and likes vary and get dropped as some thing new comes on the horizon. With the technical society we have now, something new is being flashed at us every day from every media and we become completely confused and at the mercy of suggestions and sensations aroused in us, unless we all take the time each day to sort out these messages and discard the ones that don't really apply to us (attractive as they may seem). The remainder needs then to be checked over as to necessity and to effect on our particular situation, emotions and psyche. When we find that we are responding willy-nilly to hordes of "beguilers" it is time to take ourselves in hand, for we are really being manipulated by the hard sell.

Subliminal is not in it, as the habit of leaving record and cassette players on as background noise is a form of subliminal message receiving. We don't even discriminate, among all the noises penetrating, as to what our subconscious is picking up and storing away. To buy or make tapings of music, beautiful music, soothing or stirring, would do such wonderful things for one's nerves and the subliminal message would be of great benefit to the atoms of our make-up. Even the spoken word on tapes, of moving and uplifting poetry or prose, spoken beautifully would give us painlessly the messages of hope and love that Mankind needs; also an awareness of the inner worlds of the people around us. Mankind is slowly sinking under a barrage of noises - useless, harmful, noises, and your sensibilities are being coarsened by the exposures. It is also very difficult to prevent the effects, as well as hard to throw them off, because we are not aware of absorbing them in the first place. Talk about going to hell on a toboggan.

The peoples today are sliding to oblivion on a waterfall of noisy music, noisy buy, buy, noisy arguments po1itically, by any party, and worst of all by noisy smut merchants lowering our moral standards and increasing our indifference to the dirt and violence that is being portrayed where everyone can see and hear it. The not very intelligent are becoming sick entities and the intelligent are indifferent to it all, in them a sickness as well. So we must wake up and see, actually see and hear what is entering our space, and what effect it is likely having. We must take control of our lives and especially we must strive to find out within us what we really are. Yes, Know Thyself, indeed!

We are not speaking to you to censor your world - censor it as it applies to yourself and family. And remember that people learn from actions and deeds, not from anyone's words. If they like what they see they will adopt it, if they're not ready that is not your responsibility. Many many people are collecting adverse karma by manipulating the people; don't join them, they feel they're doing the right thing, so you can see how easy it is to confuse your interference as "just doing good". (16.4.85)

Whatever you persons in your earthly existence believe or wish to believe, there are certain irrefutable truths. One is that there is a God, an overall universal Being Who brought all of life into existence. Everything brought into life was intended to be part of the whole, each part serving the others in harmony and common purpose. Where that rule is broken is where troubles begin. When any "made" article fails in some quarter, some part gets out of "true", interfering with other parts and not doing its own work properly as well, then you know what soon happens. The article either breaks down and refuses to work, or it runs badly and eventually breaks down. It is the same for any "article", animate or inanimate. Now that is an irrefutable truth. I could go on and on but you are all aware now, after the number of times I have discussed these things. These truths I have emphasised because there have been times when the words "variable", or "free choice" and so on have been used, but not about God, and not about the orderliness of the creation. (5.9.85)

Each of us is responsible for our own health and well being. Anyone can offer help (support) to others if they wish but not otherwise. Likewise anyone may ask or accept proffered support and advice but in the end it is their responsibility to decide what they should do and carry it out. Never hinder others or allow them to hinder you (using judgement as to your way of life, obligations and so forth). We here assist in every way we can with this contact, - answers (within reason) to questions, and some advice, but our work is preferably limited to that and to your spirit contacts plus protection. We cannot get involved in a number of areas, such as spiritualism, extraterrestrial matters and so forth or our work would be totally disjointed. We, at least the more advanced contacts here are aware of the other areas, we co-operate with them in every way, especially when our contacts on your side have several facets of contact operating, but it is done without interfering with the writing times. We pass on queries etc., and then it is for the other area guides to make contact. I'm sure you can understand this when you apply the same sense of it to your earthly relationships, businesses, etc. When our contacts (earthly) do not carry out their share of needed activities we cannot help - this is not really a schoolroom but so many peoples get the wrong impression and try to lean on us, use us as an authority, as gurus, we are not. We are contacts, in many cases guides, but that only in the spirit of co-operation - we can see and sense what you cannot, so we guard and guide but as equals really and not omnipresent beings.

You must be mature, self-determining, and aware of your goals, behaviour and attitudes if we are to progress together in these matters. I am using "you" and "we" in the plural as this is intended for any interested in contact and with spirit writing, nothing "automatic" about it despite the label. Most of our contacts re writing are to try to educate correct attitudes to life; ethical behaviour if widespread would defuse so much of your troubles. So we don't wish to use these areas to predict calamities or any other future happenings except a sense of warning, i.e., do this, or such and such will occur. We are educators, even prognosticians if you like, but not given to psychic pronouncements - your psychics pick those up themselves because of open centres in that area. So bear with us and use what we have to teach.

This is no small thing we are co-operating in. Every movement begins with one or two persons and then escalates. So don't put down your efforts or place in the world's plans, you will all be effective in your own sphere, else why would we bother? But you must discipline yourselves; admit and deal with problem areas in your lives; and above all never let your ego become enlarged and demanding. When you go about things in the correct way, with yourselves and with our teachings you will find yourselves satisfied without the need for "fame" or "attention". Do your work patiently, results will eventuate whether you think so or not. (10.3.85)

Calamities will keep taking place mainly because this is an in between, a weighing-up stage for so many peoples. It is not as difficult for middle class peoples to choose sides, they can ignore detractors and make their friends amongst like thinking peoples. They can even do what they would like to do, but in secret, so as not to cause unpleasantness at home with families and neighbours, work-mates and so on. But people in higher positions whether with money, politically, or professionally, face the added problem of their efforts and choices being made public, criticised, analysed, misrepresented, all the negative reactions of course. So when they wish to do something eccentric i.e., contrary to common beliefs, or altruistic, which is often considered eccentric these days, well what courage it takes, and even more, what stability of reasoning. One can stand firm in one's beliefs while surrounded with highly vocal dissenters, and bombarded with anger and even hatred and contempt. Then one indeed begins wondering whether they are right in their stance.

Most insidious of all is when the soft voices start in preaching compromise - "do this just for now and gradually work around to the way you want it to go" - "give a little, save face, yours and theirs, an understanding will be reached quietly, privately, then no-one will lose". Oh yes, and how does one compromise with atomic/nuclear power, or soft voice chemicals away from the polluted air and water. Nature doe not compromise, she changes. It is slow, and it is insidious, and we think she is compromising until an act is performed once too often, then the change, upheaval, floods, and drought. No-one can compromise with evil; if it is wrong it cannot be accommodated, either you change or it changes, there are no grey areas where good and bad are concerned. Compromise is each party concerned yielding a little, need I say more? Yes, you don't see my point. If harmful chemicals are released in lesser degrees and nature non-rejects them in lesser degrees what comes about? It is still pollution, it accumulates, where can nature dissipate it all to? From the air to the vegetation, trees and soil, from the streams to rivers to oceans, then where? It's still poisonous.

We cannot swear just a little, or cheat just a little, lie (besides social kindnesses) just a little, why should we want to? What is wrong with being well-spoken and honest, as long as it is in a non-judgemental pious way. One just does the clever, happier thing because it is more pleasant for everyone. We can't be worried about "changing" others, change us and by example others will change or keep a distance. When enough change for the good then those others will become the silent minority, the wowsers, for they are the disrupters.

Don't spread yourselves out trying to belong everywhere, learn everything, practise a little of this and that; choose that (one or two at most) in which your talents and deepest interests lie and develop them, practise them, pass them along to any who would listen or wish to learn. Listen yourself to others on other interests, we need to be open minded, to receive their thoughts, to feed back to them our thoughts; but leave their specialty to them. Hop here and there and nothing will be in depth, you need to learn and work with us in depth until it's a part of your being, automatic and unconscious as breathing. We will need all skills, some from each of you, but they must be deep and answerable to the psychic summons, what is only on the surface wouldn't even hear the call. Am I being harsh? Well, these are not games and it would be useless to become involved unless you are all deeply serious and committed. (7.3.85)

Whenever there is a reason to turn away from what one should be doing that reason should be looked at from all sides. Perhaps we are pledging to carry on some form of work or study for the wrong reasons and are unable to apply the needed energy to carrying out that cause. When something is what we wholeheartedly wish to do we will find reasons to do it, even at the expense of other commitments, so it is best to stop and examine one's mode of approaching or performing those daily occurrences, duties and so forth as soon as some problem is detected.

If the project is not what we really wish to do, barring always the sense of duty, (that lies with tedious, necessary functions re household and the workplace) it is the incorrect path as our chosen path should be one of joy in dedication and determination. That is not a tragedy if recognised and dealt with, the wrong path for you is the correct path for some others. Our natures have been "constructed" so that like nature's flora and fauna, we should be in a state of balance. Should be, but in the human other influences can tend to divert us from our true calling, whether it is society's or family's prejudice, more income, or power. None of those reasons, in the long run, will produce happiness for us, and proper conduct of our work which would and should have been of benefit to the whole. According to what is new, popular, materially rewarding, becomes the path for the shallow-thinking, easily-led, a stampede of enthusiasts overflowing one path to leave other needed works sparsely tended.

Talents, gifts, and dedication are the true successes in each profession - whether disposing of human or atomic wastes: the studier and dispenser of knowledge learned from any book cannot apply that needed spark that turns our work from rote application to inspired intuition and invention.

Unless we can see our chosen work in all its ramifications with our own eyes, including our third eye, there is no way we can really correct any flaws occurring, or more important, improve on what we have learned. This is important for us to understand, it applies to every walk of life, and should .be imparted to our children who should be presented with a wide range of views of life, and where interest is expressed one could help guide that fledgling doer to choices within that field. Not forced, and a change of mind is allowed so that mind and psyche develops and recognises other choices. Eventually, after, in some cases, a lot of trial and error, the final choice will be made. We are not "giving in" to a child but recognising the gifts or bent that it was born with, completely impersonal as we are all children of nature, a higher nature, but the rules are more or less the same. (Unfortunately we higher beings at the moment copy literally the lower nature rule of killing for survival, generally for food. With us it should be a subtler form with no killing, literal or otherwise). (8.3.85)

Whenever our spirits falter at the work which must be done on ourselves as well as on surrounding peoples, in groups, or wherever, we need to turn inwards to reach the fount of strength and understanding of purpose. It is not enough to say that you will take all on blind faith, faith yea, blind no. When we realise the freedom of choice, of discrimination, which is the natural part of our nature we are no longer able to be blind towards occurrences.

It is necessary to take our wondering to that within which is a part of the group consciousness, be prepared to state your questions, resentments, and rebellions and then be still within and allow the knowledge to imbue you. You may not learn the actual "reasons" for things in depth, but a form of understanding will emerge and you will be able to reconcile yourself to the working and waiting (for results) that is asked of all of us.

The wanting to know is good, and communing for the answer is growthful, for we receive the peace and strength from joining with our fount of spiritual strength. To have faith is not a case of not asking, rather it is a case of not asking too much, of trying to go deeper and deeper, for the whole "blueprint", so to speak. Many times our answers, when in deep communication, have the effect of cooling water being washed over fevered skin, we not only know, but we feel, in our every fibre. Can you understand what I am saying? You hear (you know) with your whole being. (7.3.85)

It is important for people to realise that we here, on this side, are, by and large, friendly entities who only want to communicate to help whoever is in need of enlightenment or guidance. We ask only that the contactee tries to provide right thinking and right endeavour in their own lives as this lifts their thought and emotion vibrations and makes it easier for us to make and maintain a contact. To become so1ely concerned with monetary and material possessions beyond ones needs and to take too much of a part in the emotional upsets and poor kinds of moral displays, whether it is at home, work, among friends, at your theatres, or on your TV's, this coarsens the watcher, the listener, so it is no good to say "well, I don't get involved". If you watch and listen you get involved, and do it often enough and your vibrations will be too earthbound to allow of much contact. Or you will become a prey to contacts from low spirits on this side who know no better yet than to create mischief, and worse, if encouraged.

So we are not looking for the saintly person but one who endeavours to do good to themselves and all around them on a highly moral and spiritual plane. If there is a great deal of fear or anger in your life we could help as long as there is an effort on your part to understand and correct it. We were not perfect beings on earth, we are not perfect spiritual entities here, but we always strove towards the Light, towards the Godhead and Fount of all good. We still do and always will, what more can one say, as only good can flow from he who tries to improve and uplift, for this of necessity involves helping others as well.

Whenever we contact with persons they are improved, as these are energising vibrations, no others could be applied and if these are used by you then your health will improve and your outlook on life.

Whatever happens to anything you apply yourself to that is beyond your responsibility, in other words, if you haven't caused problems by inertia or overstressing your ideas, then the outcome of that group's future is not for you to decide. There is a group spirit who decides these things. Spirits attend and lend energy where they can, which sometimes can sway an issue to the correct course, but they are limited and if there are other members imposing their needs or wants regardless, then the spirits must allow it to happen. One needs to remain detached emotionally and do what one can without harming anyone, as whatever happens to a group or project or organisation happens in a way that your pathway is not harmed. You are directed to another course as are the others involved.

The difference would be that anyone influencing events for their own ends does not attain what they wish, or not for long, as an incorrect action cannot be rewarded. Many are seemingly rewarded for wrong-doing but if you could but see into their inner self, or their family, or even to see their karma, you would not be envious or indignant. Each reaps according to his own, so do your part with as much loving wisdom and understanding as you can and accept what ensues, for you of course another way would open up. (2.4.85)

May all of us reach the destination we set out for with the proper spirit, free from diversionary notions and ideas. All of life is to be lived, enjoyed, and coped with, we cannot dismiss what we are given as unimportant, it may be of importance to others, and above all we must learn that brotherhood is the essential requisite for peace. You must all be prepared to shoulder many burdens not essentially your responsibility, but he who can does, as a contribution to the common good.

When man learns to say "we" without discrimination or reserves then a beginning will have been made and we will be able to go on from there. There is no "I" in the supreme consciousness.

Man will go on, there is still hope as long as there are some to question and to look askance. Just knowing a thing is not right is a good beginning. Maturity and thought in study brings answers and methods, helps combat in some way the things that are wrong. The tide can yet turn so there is still hope, we will never say otherwise, even unto the end. (25.2.71)

Question

After a distressing day at work, I woke up during the night worrying about the people involved. I tried to send love and light to the situation but fell back to sleep half-way through. This morning I woke up headachy and out of sorts, which lasted all day. Is this because I did not finish the meditation properly, and what is the correct procedure for sending peace and healing thoughts to a difficult situation?

Answer

When distressful times directly involve ourselves there is one thought on the situation. When those situations involve others then other thoughts take precedence.

We cannot influence others in their quarrels beyond staying away from that quarrel and carrying on any relationship as normally as possible. The thought is that we each cause our own problems either by provoking them or reacting incorrectly to them. Beyond our interfering where violence occurs, the participants must be left to their own solutions; if it is important enough then karma, or further decline/growth is involved and we cannot deprive persons of their moments to serve or come to terms. One may certainly listen if conversation occurs from the participants, and hopefully one can give insight into a probable cause for the upset; one may even subtly indicate disapproval if certain persons are being grossly unfair because of age or position, that is up to the onlookers discretion. To send love and healing? Touch on the participants in your thoughts for a few moments during meditation, seeing them healed and happy, send God's blessings. That is all. Distress, or prolonged dwelling on them only emphasises the negative. Otherwise, take the inner healing and peace with you as a positive influence surrounding yourself. "Love all persons".

If one is directly involved in the quarrels the answer is almost identical. You must look to yourself and see what you need to do about it, not want to do, as often our solutions can be aggressive, aggrieved, or conciliatory, and none of these, are correct or growthful solutions for any of the parties. 'So look to the correct solution for all, but not in long, agonising soul-searchings. Then, just for a few moments in meditation, giving to yourself, then sending love and peace. Finally, clothe yourself in that armour and go about your days, with whatever solutions you have decided on, no matter how drastic you think they may have to be, be at peace, it will work out for the better for all. (I need not stress that some solutions may not seem that way but it is so in the overall pattern of life).

The overall answer to "headachy and out of sorts" - you copped some of the negatives that the persons and situation have been emanating. That's why a quick love and healing thought through God or whatever source you choose, then let that do the work. You on earth should not otherwise actively interfere in others' growing situations. (11.9.85)

In every meaning there is a perfect answer to men's troubles and although they do not always listen when they find this answer, there are always grains of truth falling, to be picked up and stored away by impressionable minds. Like a plant they germinate and at the right time, when the right conditions occur, these truths will blossom in the mind into full knowledge.

We have been scattering truths and seeding answers to the coming problems; seeding answers to all of the problems that have occurred. Often the people who perceived the truth were shouted down, ignored or silenced in some way so that the truths were not used. But even then the seeding continued as more minds took in the clues, and so on until now the time to be silenced is growing shorter. More and more are realising that these men speak the truth and are beginning to realise that they must fight the deriders and detractors or all will go down together into a world of chaos, disease, and disorder.

The meek do not inherit the earth until they band together and fight for it. I cannot stipulate too strongly a return to the days of simplicity of thought and prayer where Man glories in God's gifts but does not forget that they are God's gifts and not the result of Man's superior intelligence.

It is not sophisticated to use machines to order Nature here and there where she is needed or to quicken Men's endeavours to make habitable all parts of the planet. God's plans are that the world should be reasonably orderly so that men can devote time to creating equality for everyone, and harmony. There is not love or harmony or thanksgiving in a man who is hungry and cold while all around him the wealthy throw away enough to keep someone in decent order. No-one must have too much or too little. Each shall develop their soul and mind and contribute what they can to the whole. It would not be utopia. There will never be utopia as long as people can strive upwards. There is a form/forms of utopia elsewhere, but it is not by dint of no struggle, nor by too much struggle nor even an orderly struggle; it exists to those who have conquered self to others so that they can learn to go on in their chosen fields.

Music and arts, prayers and poems, even craftmanship of the simplest order exists in the highest fields. We develop what we have, in harmony and brotherhood, giving to whomever needs. Not everyone progresses at the same speed or on the same level. Some might never aspire so high and they will always be at the median to help up and onwards those who wish to continue. It is a thing so beautiful to see, simplicity of desires in such people. Some glow with such an aura and even though remaining in a stationary state by choice, still they are elevated by deed, though they are left to continue. That is their reward, to progress, yet to remain, at the same time. (15.2.71)

If Mankind is to continue then it must sublimate its basic desires for the good of the whole. Desires never really leave a person but they must be put aside, even if they are not of a harmful nature. It is the diversity of wants that causes conflicts, which in turn unbalances the peace and unity. (15.2.71)

Man evolves, whether he realises it or not. First as a mental exercise, then his surroundings, and his reactions to them, change to suit his needs and desires. In every moment of time something is changing, evolving, becoming something else and impinging on its surroundings until that too changes. If ever this cycle were to cease then so would life cease. (5.2.71)

Nothing taken in by the mind is ever "wasted" although we are not always happy with what is done with impressions from dialogue, sight and inference.

Everyone is affected by their surroundings and experiences, more so as the experiences are repeated. It is very important that immature and susceptible minds be kept away from coarse, ugly, immoral, sights and influences because their minds do not discriminate as an experienced, mature, and capable mind could. But no mind can be in constant touch with any state of influence without eventually being affected. If it (the mind), is very strong it will reject wrong vibrations but eventually the mind would be damaged, if it didn't coarsen it would warp very likely in some way, as only an advanced soul could withstand uncorrupted or unchanged (mentally) for the worse.

Evil influences are at work everywhere to degrade humanity, to force it down to the depths of ugliness, cruelty and depravity. These are negative forces which have been building up since the first unsocial act of greed was committed, a staking out by an entity long ago in anger at another competing for the same prize, whether it was food, or shelter or a mate. Every wrong act, as well as moral act, leaves a vibration, an effect, and as has so often been the case the evil has outweighed the good.

It is so difficult for humans to comprehend that to be good often means to be at an economic/material disadvantage. If the rewards of a peaceful conscience and the refining of one's spirit towards the true life in our world (the spirit world) are not seen as sufficient and equal to the material comforts others have gained, often through unscrupulous methods, then more and more humans fall into the wrong habits of thinking and doing and thus add more power to the negative and destructive vibrations.

Often times the hostility and belligerence exhibited by peoples pushing and cheating are because they are trying to still that small voice which is trying to tell them of the wrong they are doing, they don't understand and so they don't want to hear. If they would listen, then they would begin to understand. Even now so many of the people who are trying to listen to their inner selves are going about it the wrong way. Instead of being quiet and listening, reading a little, thinking a little, on the teachings of all those "bringers/teachers of peace like Jesus (Christ), Buddha and so on they rush about saying "what is my voice telling me?", help me to get it out into the open, to make it speak up, but it won't speak up, it's a quiet voice and it needs quiet to manifest, and quiet people to help explain what it is likely saying. For the message is generally along the same lines to everyone, to be quiet, be good, do unto others, etc., love and care for others as you would wish to be loved and cared for. Understand all and envy no-one, it's all so simple if only they would listen, then do.

Until humanity realises this, there will be much frenzied activity of peoples trying to find happiness by grabbing it, stealing it, fighting for it, or stooping to drink, drugs, sexual perversions or excesses, and cruelty, to gain some semblance of gratification. That doesn't work as history has shown through the Bible and through every historical writing. All we can do is pass this message on to the ones who will hear us and ask them to believe it, practise it, and pass it along by example and word of mouth. But equally as important, to know that there is good in the world and to focus always on 'that, with love, compassion and joy. Pour positive thoughts of love, healing, blessing rays of purifying light towards the world and its' peoples in general, it needs a powerhouse of healing light vibrations to restore etheric balance.

God bless all you who choose to do this task, it is not an easy one as one must remember to keep an optimistic and forgiving point of view towards all. God loves us all and condemns no-one, He just loves, that most healing of rays. (15.3.85)

When God made the world, all the worlds, and peopled them, His intentions were many, and have been wondered at, listed, theorised and dissected in many, many, books over the decades. There is correctness in most theories, re wanting to experience emotion and so forth. From the beginning there was bad and good because opposites have always existed, there needed to be, or balance could not exist.

One thinks that balance properly done can eventually be all good, but some of what one could call bad must exist; that is in the cycles of life, whether the Earth's growing things, which die in season from the season, to animals who become prey to another as a food source, and humans from accident as well as illness and old age. Whether humans eat grains etc., or animals/fowl/fish that is part of the cycle. Whether humans live incorrectly by wrong thinking, eating, play/or lack of, that is part of the cycle. Storms and floods and fires in Nature are ordained, sin (in any form, including omission), resulting in illness, faulty genes and so on, are part of the cycle.

Without work, without challenge, mankind would degenerate and perish. See it in the lazy wealthy persons for instance. When anything comes too easy it becomes worthless or morale lowering. So Mankind's journey through life is for the purpose of learning to mature, to govern oneself and the environment around oneself. There are graduations in the human kind of intelligence, ability, health, talent etc., so that one can also learn to develop oneself and to use one's abilities, intelligence, compassion etc., to help those around and below us as well as that around us. Our aim should be to strive upwards without damaging our environs (if one cannot enhance them) and to be proffering a helping hand also to those less fortunate.

God gave the world into our keeping and said, "take care of it", just as we give a child a toy, or a learning item, or some other possession, with the same admonition, "take care of it". With our little brothers and sisters we were told to "watch over them, don't hurt them, help them, teach them", even as it was told to us. The young are careless at first, forgetful, selfish in part, and often clumsy as well, but they learn, and mature, and understand. Understanding, in the right circumstances produces compassion, love, even pity and we help as we are able.

What is learned in the home spreads ever outward, and the world becomes as God planned, a fruitful, ever evolving cycle of life balanced by endeavour and high-mindedness, coupled with a genuine sense of love and brotherhood. From that you can all easily see at what stage of baby/childhood the Earth's people have remained (or, in cases, degenerated to). But there is always today, you thought I would say tomorrow, but we say today.

Begin, yourself, to think rightly and behave rightly, it will become a habit you will not be able to or wish to abandon. Once a thing feels right one wears it in comfort, then unawareness as a part of oneself; and the cycle, your cycle, swings ever wider to encompass more and more territory, to attain more duties and perform more deeds. I say duty because it does become difficult and we do become tired, but once that new skin/envelope has been grown, one can never change from the path. It is just a case of resting and acquiring a new covering, like the old one, until all of our bodies have covered over the old imperfect, spotty coverings with new strong healthy auras (remember, our auras are us).

An analogy, I suppose, could be like the snake that works and struggles to shed the old skin to reveal the delicate beautiful new skin within. Look on today as your beginning, then each day hence as your continuing; if each day was a beginning there would be little progress, so we must add to what we have learned and practised, then go on.

So to each one who sees this, today is your beginning, for the seed has been sown. Nurture that seed each day from now and the growth will ensue. As you practise, your garden's products will be better and better, stronger and more beautiful. The sowing has been done, so go now and attend to your garden. (27-5.85)

Whatever happens in the days to come we must retain a strong faith that all will be well. The watchers and warners have their places but not the doomsayers. There have always been problems in the world; any growing, changing life, experiences struggle and error as well as happiness. Happiness is an absence of grief and torment of worry, occasionally for a brief time it can be something more, but on the whole happiness is the sense of things going right for a change. All peoples from all worlds can agree with this as it is a universal happening. We are all the same beneath the skin, and behind the different languages and cultures.

Yes, some can weather troubles more easily than others but there is no mistaking the bliss of a lack of conflict, in one's life or surroundings. Look not to the trouble ahead of us but work on yourselves to not just improve, but to help, with a positive knowing that where right thinking and faith is being projected, there healing is going on. That may be your job in this life; if you are aware of a lack anywhere then you must send positive love and healing that way. As you send so shall you receive, it is just for you to obey the rules for a healthful life and worry not about the rest.

There is no room for passivity, one must always do something about a situation according to one's abilities; but don't go off half tilt. The meditation in the day's beginning is to remind oneself of the right attitudes and behaviour and to draw down the rays to enable one to follow the path with strength, love and humour. Evening meditation is a look at one's day and a replenishing of one's needs but of a restful nature. One rests in God at night, no need to gird up for further toil. If further guidance or strength is needed in the day a brief moment, a calling down of the rays, a short rest, it is sufficient. Other rest times when taken should be used with an awareness of our surroundings and the beauty and wonder of it all. Even a pile of rubbish on a street corner says something to us, whether of beauty, or bathos, it is all a part of our world, of God's world. These are not idle words, and they have been said before, but not all of you listen, you don't listen or remember as you should. All of these things have happened before, down through time, and look at the state your world is in. So listen to us and follow what we suggest that you may benefit by reaping good health in all your senses; and by practising you'll pass along the message. (27.8.85)

So much happens to people like the ones in Ethiopia and other backward nations because they are so unknowing and so neglected. They become not only apathetic in day to day life because it is so difficult, but also because they have so little awareness of a higher consciousness within or around them. Vibrations are almost unknown to emanate from these areas as they are yet so primitive of mind. Their plight has a meaning just the same because it is needed to raise the consciousness of the rest of the planet.

Many people whose minds and souls are on the borderline are jolted into making a choice, indifference, or caring towards others. In many crises, wars, occupations by other countries, meanness at home, school, the workplace etc., people have been transformed into militant or caring humans where they would likely have remained acquiescent to their surroundings and their inner depths would never have emerged. In all wrongs there is often good that results for someone, painful though it may be when it manifests itself.

The second world war resulted in an awakening of many individual types of people. The common man, the cannon fodder, started to realise how they were being used as pawns, expendable pawns at that, by big business and politics. It took several more wars before that message really sank home, and now the investigations into the atomic testings. chemical spraying etc., has revealed that no country's leaders behaved honourably.

Many men can plead ignorance of the weapons' true effects but in a world where even cosmetics have to be tested on animals that is a very flimsy smoke- screen indeed. From World War Two one nation reaped a lesson, the Jewish Nation. It is one they will never forget, it was a catalyst and one we will be glad of before the end of this next era. Not the end of the world, but an end certainly as we know it (speaking of the peoples), not the earth and the ocean itself. (31.1.85)

All should work wherever they wish but not as one unique thing, keep those other things to the fore; speak of the uniting of forces. Although you won't see the results, the word must be dropped and allowed to germinate. The idea is not to expect great things from whatever you do but to keep seeing yourselves as part of millions around the world doing their thing, the right thing. Each one of us are the ones to do the little bits which will escalate, and in good time the appointed coordinators will be able to step in and start pulling it all together.

Regarding the "crop" that you have planted, we will know the right times (and there will be more than just one right time) then we contact the proper channels to merge everyone's efforts; then you will start seeing results from those things that have been done each day. Just keep in mind that you are all doing well even when you cannot see the results. (17.1.85)

There are never enough days to speak with all of the initiates on Earth who wish to learn, to purify their way of life, and hopefully pass on our message, God's message that is, by word of mouth and example. You will do what you can where you can, but do not fret in any way as to the results. Those are not your worries. Consider the person who carries letters and news to place in your receptacle for such things; it is his duty to deliver that mail but not to worry one way or another as to its effect on the recipient. It may be human to wonder a little but why waste the energy? If any particular thing catches your attention for some reason, some expression from the person you are speaking with (whether by word or facially) you should simply mentally send God's blessing to them, then desist if that seems the thing to do. Don't worry about your effect as long as your ego is not involved in any way but to pass on God's word simply as a matter of course that the person may be interested can cause no harm. (4.4.85)

Whenever one drifts from the path they must remember that is their choice to go or come, so that the idea of not being welcome to return is not applicable. The path is there, always use it in the knowledge that God rejoices, we all rejoice to see our loved ones come again to be with us, It in the human's pride and fear of rejection that prevents them from returning to the fold; as far as we are concerned they have never really left, just strayed from sight temporarily. People will need to know this, be aware of, be re- minded of this again and again, as today the temptations to stray are so numerous. So many young are also growing up without proper guidance or development of moral fibre. This is not to censure, as the world itself has begun to err and the evildoers and weaklings proliferate daily. The strong must help where they can, if only to show a good example and to pass the word.

Yes, we've said this before but it bears repeating - especially as we are referring to the revelation that one can return again and again, each return very often bestows a little more strength against the next lapse. You humans would do well to remember this for your own daily affairs. (14.11.85)

There are so many ills and injustices in the world that no one person or group can hope to cope with them. Each person finds the area to work in, and if there is any doubt meditation is there to be used for clarification. When one's mind is ready to begin on the necessary works of life then they will find the pathway before them. It is when only half a commitment exists that vacillation or problems set in. One does not need to know what the object in life is, one just needs to know that the spirit is ready and willing to begin God's works.

There have been many people who chose their vocation and then had to overcome many obstacles to begin or remain in that work. This was not a form of perversity of God, rather it was a form of strengthening, a testing, and development of the moral fibre and stamina that would be required when that person embarked on their chosen course. Often these persons had a determination of purpose but the strength to endure had not yet been activated. Once they did succeed it was usual that the difficult part of their life's work began rather soon after, which is why the testing needed to be done first - there are times when it is not "good" to have someone fail, and to be "seen" to fail at a particular endeavour. Do you understand? God was not just testing these persons for their own sakes, the situation was more complex and far-reaching.

God's ways are often obscure at first, so it is a case of preparing, always preparing oneself for the works ahead. As you enhance your own health and development in your bodies so it benefits those around you. Nothing in life is one off, sealed in isolation, all impinges upon all, beyond by far the tri-D images, far deeper indeed. You peoples on Earth so often forget this factor and yet it is the very basis of life. You realise it when applied to nature, animals and so on and yet fail to grasp, in society, the far reaching implications of that which is done, or omitted, It is not that one should take one's self or life in general, in a serious, pompous way; no, we used that word "respect" in reference to your friend. It is important, even in humour that word is important. Perhaps another description, a matching one would be - "appreciate". Appreciate life and respect what God has wrought. (16.11.85)

Whenever one drifts from the path they must remember that is their choice to go or come, so that the idea of not being welcome to return is not applicable. The path is there, always use it in the knowledge that God rejoices, we all rejoice to see our loved ones come again to be with us. It is the human's pride and fear of rejection that prevents then from returning to the fold; as far as we are concerned they have never really left, just strayed from sight temporarily. People will need to know this, be aware of, be reminded of this again and again as today the temptations to stray are so numerous.

So many young are also growing up without proper guidance or development of moral fibre. This is not to censure, as the world itself has begun to err and the evildoers and weaklings proliferate daily. The strong must help where they can, if only to show a good example and to pass the word, Yes, we've said this before, but it bears repeating - especially an we are referring to the revelation that one can return again and again, each return very often bestows a little more strength against the next lapse. You humans would do well to remember this for your own daily affairs. (14.11.85)

Times are changing even as we write this. Nothing remains the same for hours let alone days, months or years. Would that events could slow to a pace of years so that all could develop as they should. Today we are feeling that there in "no time, no time", but it in of no use to panic or to thrash about. Quietly, steadily, we must persevere along the correct, the chosen paths. There is really no time for slipping back, and yet it happens and again and again we must allow for it. Grow, grow strong and steady, order your days, there is as much pleasure in that as in other pursuits, if you all would but persist.

The earthquakes that happen in those backward places, the persons killed and all of the destruction are for a purpose, even though it would be kinder if it not happened. From those events will come, are coming persons with a determination to better the lives of those that suffered, as they did, or saw. The strong will survive and the very strong, the few, will remember the lesson. It is and has always been like unto an ant colony that was trampled upon and scattered, the nest destroyed. It did not really affect or change anything for anyone but themselves. You humans removed them un-noticing or uncaring, perhaps to clear your garden, whatever, there was no emotion involved. Well, besides themselves and their neighbours in these out-of-the way places, who were affected, who are being affected by the catastrophes? Those who are meant to be, often those at a remove from the area. Whoever's path of life, service, or karma it was meant to affect. So read of it, yes, commiserate, support where you can, but without growing callous or uncaring, do not become emotionally affected. Why is it so difficult for you humans to care about and rally around for your immediate needy, why is it so much easier to weep for and donate to those at a distance? You know the answers to that as well as we do, it needs to be seen to by you all. (19.11.85)

Prepare thyself each day for the work you need to do. Life refuses to simplify itself, true? So constant attention to time is necessary. We cannot say what you will be doing, when those times come you will be there, be ready, and will perform your tasks. We are busy always now, endeavouring to encourage, and to co-ordinate everyone's efforts. If all the peoples individual vibrations of prayer, healing and goodwill are not co-ordinated then it has the effect of being many voices crying out hither and thither in the wilderness. More than one wilderness, the gnats of non-goodness, and adversity are everywhere pestering and trying hard to divert all of your well- meaning souls from your work at hand. It is work, for how much easier many find it to adopt a particular policy put forth likely by some charismatic person or group, and then are content to be swayed by rhetoric, responding to the cries that "they" out there are trying to spoil life for others. So you know, and we can only reiterate - don't be lazy, think for yourselves - God gave you a brain, a sense of discrimination and judgement - always look at all sides, without haste, and make your choice for good and valid reasons. Oh, we are the voices in the wilderness so often, unheard or misunderstood.

Those of our friends from your UFO's are here and are interested in proceedings. The Earth's disasters must not get out of hand as there is a shifting taking place. I cannot say more, one day again perhaps some one of them will communicate, that is their decision. (21.11.85)

What is there more to say on behaviour and morality? Much much more. We need to be reminded time and again of our roles in life. Peoples need to realise also as we have said before, nothing is a one-way street, what goes out comes back, perhaps from a different source and most likely not at once, but it does return in some form. At first one could feel as though giving one's last bits of strength, of love and caring, perhaps even just a morsel, but as we share, so we gain. In time the source is bottomless, abundant, as from that endless source of all, the healing ray from God Himself. So never feel drained and frightened by the giving, it returns twofold.

You don't know where we are all going do you. Well we go where you go with that which you have at our disposal; the more clear sightedness you offer, the more determination, then the further we may go - it is your pace we follow, not ours, never ours. (1.12.85)

Events are happenings and when something happens, that heralds change, so there is always change going on in our world, in yours, and in all of the inhabitants. Each moment we are changing and moving though too many change and make negative movements ie., they consolidate their negativity all that much more and move closer to immovability. No-one becomes completely inert except at the moment of death. Then the spirit gathers itself preparatory to leaving the shell, and the cells and life force of the body begin the disintegration. So for but a split second or two there is complete stoppage - the ends of one stage and the beginnings of another.

Yes, life is very complex which is why it is best for he who would progress to simplify his life and surroundings in order to accomplish this. You all need to understand the workings of your minds and bodies and thence those peoples around you; when you can know yourself in your entirety then only can you know others, for we are all born with the same bodily workings and mental processes and it is only our outer influences and inner determinations that direct the developments and determine our directions in life.

Once this is understood then one can comprehend what has/is happening to another, even to the Hottentot and the most ignorant. The dolphin is the only other being who also has that ability. The higher animals such as apes, dogs and so forth cannot comprehend why we humans behave as we do, they only mimic or accept or reject. Educate and surround those animals with love and encouragement and they would still not comprehend our motives beyond the emotions of love, hate, hunger, jealousy or fears. Educate that afore-mentioned Hottentot and he would become capable of understanding much. There is a world of difference between knowing and understanding.

I mention the Hottentots because much of my work was in the Congo and the Sudan, and elsewhere that base ignorance existed and I saw and understood that these "lowest of low" as many were considered, understood us very well indeed - they needed to when they were being exploited and brutalised by the "civilised world". They, the natives, will need to go through much sorrow and bloodshed before they too can be considered "civilised". Just now they are motivated by anger and fear, and jealousy to emulate the "white man", but like us they need to travel a long way before they can think with compassion of all fellow-men, before they can marry their primitive spiritual beliefs into the family of God and His Angels. This is not to denigrate them, white man travelled this road when life was difficult, indeed dangerous and they found little time to contemplate philosophy and the meaning of life and our soul spirit. It will come, just as it has come to us. One day very likely, they will take over this planet of yours while many of you have passed on to here or other places.

Life is a constant movement, evolvement - one must change, must get better or grow worse, only the catatonics remain at the one stage - and that should say something to you all as to the why of a catatonic. It is cruel indeed to trap the spirit in such a state, for only the automatic body forces are active, even the memory/dream state is almost totally shut down and that "body" is simply functioning on the level of the lowest, of a nematode. However, there is karma there also (no, they are not even hibernating - that is still an active "guardian mind" state). Ah well, we must always count our blessings when we see what could happen to our poor soul/ spirits! (22.12.85)

People everywhere are searching for who they are, why they are here, what is here and what should they be doing to ease troubles, improve conditions, help. It's a huge problem, not just to the seekers but to those who appear to have found answers, who are feeling the peace or satisfaction of recognising signposts pointing towards desired directions. Those persons soon find themselves the centre or object of attention, questions, even wonderment - "what are they doing to find the way?, can they be of help to us?", and so those seekers further along the path find themselves supporting, leading, advising, it is not easy. One must keep one's equilibrium of seeking, working on one's own enlightenment and advancement whilst extending a hand to those in need who are asking for guidance and enlightenment in their turn.

Do you always remember to keep the faith first between yourself and your God, your faith and your endeavours, Help where you can, always, but not to your own detriment if such occurs. Better that you keep on so that you can gain strength to lift up and guide others, than that you both or all go down or fall to the wayside together. To have the faith that doing good automatically provides the strength and wisdom to carry yourself and others is not wise. There are some not ready for the path, not advanced enough for the learnings and they will pull you back or impose such incredible stress upon one that damage occurs.

Judge always your capacities as well as those of the student, the suppliant, you are not a God or a Master, you can do only within your capacity. This is being mentioned as the demands upon all of you will increase, and you will need to exercise the wisdom of letting go, without feeling a sense of failure. One does what one can, and there is no blame towards anyone when that is not sufficient to pull victory from one's efforts. Whatever you all feel that you should be doing be sure that it is within reason and for the right motives - the ego has been Mankind's blessing and his curse, it is like the conscience in one sense but certainly not as pure in motive. (3.2.86)

"Whatsoever you ask for, that you shall receive". And so many are downcast or bitterly disappointed when just such a thing does not occur. So many people take many of our Lord's words out of context and then turn away or feel unworthy when they cannot manifest those things which they have named. But we are in so many ways like a child who wants the coloured bauble or the candy or expensive toy, a child cannot understand the undesirability of such things, or too many of them, nor can even an older child realise, in their wish for something popular, that they are perhaps not ready for such an acquisition, or even that the item would not be suitable. No, we in our lifetime wish for material things, for health, for travel, for some moment or part of our life to go well, to "work", and we pray so strongly for that dream. But have we looked truly at the whole picture? Have we understood why we are being deprived of our desire, why our prayers remain unanswered?

Are we asking too soon, too much, or for the very thing we would not profit emotionally and spiritually by. Look at yourselves first and even without taking karma into consideration you will often find a clear trail from your very youth which leads to the failings of the moment. For what we have truly earned, that which we truly deserve in this lifetime, if we believe, we shall have. If we believe and have not .... look again at the situation, from every viewpoint, you will see your answer. This is not to sound harsh or judgemental towards anyone, just the reverse, we are but trying to show you that there are reasons when God seems not to hear our prayers; and rather than turn from God in anger or sorrow, or belittle ourselves, worse still, rather than go on and on supplicating, we say, look to yourself and the situation much, much more searchingly; use the time and effort wisely in that way and you will eventually see where the change is needed - there is the saying that there are no wrong answers, simply wrong questions.

This world and your lifetime within it is as you make it, your reactions to that which befalls you throughout your days. Although as a child one cannot influence too much of their daily happenings, when the ages of reasoning and sufficient experience are reached you can all begin to shift your views and actions towards the light of love and right action. Think about it, honestly and clearly, and you will see what needs to be done, then, if you truly believe, you will do that which should be done, whether or not you have until now refrained from such activities through fear - where there is true belief one does not fear performing in the correct way. The parent is firm for the sake of the child and the family's future, the child when grown is firm for the sake of its own future, right is right. God never compromised, nor should we, as it becomes in the end a hindrance to everyone's growth. Think on these things for they are a rule in life, one that is often difficult to implement because of incorrect attitudes. (4.2.86)

Cheme is here to say that much work awaits everyone and it is only for you all to hold yourselves ready and receptive for your answer to become clear, i.e., the path to take. Look not upon anything as immutable, as when one direction becomes clouded or blocked then be ready to be diverted elsewhere, even if for but a short time. As long as you know within yourselves that what you are doing is of a helpful and Christian (Christ-like) nature, then there is no harm perpetrated and you are not listening to false messages. Seek not though to better one's public image as a prime target or object, that is not the point. Those whom you would wish to think well of you, if you but knew who they were, will think highly indeed of your deeds, even when you see no visible sign of this. We are here to help the world itself in its struggle for a meaningful survival, to aid the humans and all other creatures on this Earth to enjoy that life which was decreed for all, in the beginning. Life was not meant to be without some sorrow, trouble and pain, but there has always been the creation in mind of a united universe breasting these barriers and experiences as one, and therefore winning through to those times of peace and love and supreme happiness that results from unselfish strivings and companionable living.

Go with God's plans all of you, God's peoples, and there will be a glorious time of awakening for all. (5.3.86)

We here are happy to see so many good peoples of the worlds wishing to be of service to Mankind, as well as to lift their own spirituality and awareness - to prepare themselves for the next life as an envoy for God's works. Too many yet tend more to their own development, thinking that then they will be able to perform those good and self-less deeds, not so of course because they really go hand in hand. What use to speak and think, purely to pursue the rays of self purification, the light of knowledge and uplift, when others around them remain ignorant and uncared for. While you search, tend also to thy brothers. Money alone, or gifts, won't do it. Whilst the very wealthy and busy peoples give their name and a lot of their worth to charitable causes that is not for others. You may give your money but it is your awareness and service that is needed. Oh, we have the philanthropists and all the Mother Theresa's, the Brothers and so forth, and they do indeed have their place, but day by day we have need of the ordinary persons to look to themselves to be examples of that which we would have them advocate. Not preach - the preachers we have also, but they cannot do the work of the millions of "you" who can reach out to a neighbour, a friend, a district, and show the enlightened attitude and caring for others. So be ye mindful of your own striving towards the light, whilst lending an arm to those in need.

This is a difficult task, for it asks one to be in the world, to mix with as many as possible, and to keep one's own goals firmly in the forefront. It is a daily check and balance, but it is also a building of strength, of determination that will not be moved when challenged by other "not right" attitudes and beliefs. It is giving when that is needed, loving always, and keeping one's counsel and God's words in mind. Go forth through the gate to thy work but leave no one behind to feel rejected and unworthy, be normal to appearance but still be God's person. Not easy! But you can all do so, and more so than any other is to be at peace with the other workers so that the example there will spread to the misbehaviour of a discontent. Remember always that a divided house is of no use, no strength, and eventually becomes contraindicative of all that one is striving to attain. It is not an easy task each of 'you' have in your lifetime, but you have all of the strengths, the support, and the capabilities to bring about that which is your accepted task. (14.4.86)

Yes, warlike peoples are indulging their beliefs again, their paranoias. So much of intellect is being discovered by the favoured peoples - those, that is, with high living facilities, with wonderful gifts and intellects, yet they either allow them to be used for inferior purposes, or actively plot to use such inventions and discoveries for destructive purposes. There is a place in medicine for all the drugs, especially the natural occurring ones, to heal and to alleviate. When moral standards are allowed to deteriorate, within one's life, home or country, then all that is or could be good, is overcome. The devil, or Satan, does not have to labour very hard in many areas, for that which occurs in his name is very often simply the opposite of the good which we attribute to God. That evil stems from good people's cowardice and apathy. When the good rise up and fight, then wrong doing retreats. But we are weak, and afraid, and often easily swayed, corrupted, or silenced. Then it is left to the fanatics of the world to protest, and of course so often they are so extreme that sympathy and allies are lost. Perhaps if more could try to identify and try to modify the opposite radical shift, then the pendulum would regain balance. Evil is the absence of good, but it is no light matter; annihilation lies ahead for the silent majority unless they unite.

We are pleased here to see so much good being done in the world, but those of you who are able to empathise with all, or almost all good peoples, must use your talents to keep the harmony. Not everyone can blend into one huge group, but none must feel slighted for beliefs, as there must be no competitiveness when performing good works. We must all work in sympathy with one another's causes, so that each part of the Earth and the peoples are being attended to by their various mentors and all is being done by a form of linkage, so that there is in a sense an overlap. Where there are gaps, there can enter the negative vibrations, the disbeliefs, so we must blanket the Earth with love and healing and correct attitudes and morals so that the weak can be healed and strengthened without interference. Yes, you caught my next thought, there is no way in which your peoples will be allowed to leave your world's environs and carry pollution of every sense beyond your quarantine areas

As long as each country is competing for the upper hand you must all remain, the ego is good only for use in personal development and upper striving, and for groups and nations as a source of pride that God has entrusted Mankind with the seeds of talent and abilities whereby to improve the whole of that around him, the Earth, the dwellers on, under and above that land and water. Like Alice-in- Wonderland, Man has been given the "eat me,, drink me" kit, by which to grow large in spiritual learning, and small in ego and self- seeking. Man has transposed or compressed them into the one and acquired neither effect correctly. (16.4.86)

There are troubled times everywhere. Keep the thoughts and desires positive. Send love and healing, the rest is out of your hands. There are reasons for everything, outside routine, that happens in your lives. Some are even rewards or encouragements, for as they say (or sing) in one song - "just a spoonful of honey etc.". It is a very very strong person indeed who can carry on without some leavening in their lives. Of course, that which may be a delight or treat in one life would not really be regarded as such in another. So look not and say "they toil on, never resting, never needing laughter or diversion" - not so, humans were not meant to be thus. Well, we like to laugh, or at least smile, and God smiles, so why should you be different? Ah, the wars, the many many wars. Just send your golden rays in meditation, touch them all with gold and it will help, it must help. Go on with your plans, do not procrastinate, it is good to ponder awhile, to be sensible that all sides have been seen, then do it. To put off always is to hinder the flow of life. What is to be done, do it, then there is room to deal with the next item. If something is forever postponed it gathers as an impediment on the path, to be met and pushed aside or pushed on further. Such a waste of energy. When such needs putting off, know why and when and if it is necessary or feasible. If one keeps coming upon it in thought or in speaking, look closely and decide - do it now; postpone and revive not before time; or put away completely. How many say "someday" when it cannot ever come, and has taken the place of something that could have come. Or they say "someday" and they do not reach that day, or it vanishes, to one's regrets. Know the difference in your arrangements, or there be such untidy ends everywhere. Clear your minds now so that the way is also clear.

We are so happy here that we may assist those with problems that seem insurmountable. When I passed beyond the mortal world my feeling was one of regret at having given so little within that lifetime. I felt then when entering this world, this beyond, that all was lost. But not so to my joy, and I have been able to learn so very much of aid to myself and to others. I am anxious, if we can be said to be in such a state, to pass on that which I can, for as I give, so I receive; and I am storing up as much grace as possible to take with me back into your world, when the time comes for me I shall be returning. Perhaps some time in your future we may meet, that I know not. But now I am infused with joy for I am aware that my turn is to come quite soon (for me, not for us).

Cheme is here. There is so much to tend to in this world that it leaves one short of time to stay awhile with all of those whom we would like to contact. It is not our time that is short but yours. What a fright is occurring around you and how quickly that must be utilised. If fright is allowed to be prolonged then anger will take its place, and even more, the venal opportunists will have their day. So we must be quick, and there must be no slackening in the meditation groups to send healing rays, loving rays, to all of the affected peoples. Yes gold rays by all means, they come directly from the God source and are very precious indeed, not to be squandered on lesser things. Oh, they are limitless, but the access to and use of is guarded - we may not assume that we can send that which has not been offered. You do not understand my meaning, we will discuss this another time if you should care to ask. (16.4.86)

That which occurs in another's living need not affect you emotionally unless you wish it to. Distress, sadness, indignation, have their place, and are to be used for positive effect, not otherwise. If others cause these feelings to occur unjustly, then that is their problem. If an event or situation is worthy of prolonged thought or being dealt with then by all means initiate communication. If one judges it not worthy then simply go on about your own functions unperturbed - all will pass over or be brought to some form of what - confrontation? Simply be prepared in every way, then accept whatever results to the good, or reject a negative conclusion, that is the freedom maturity confers on each human. A negative conclusion does not affect one who is blameless, often it simply signals to them the end of one experience so that they may move to a further, expanding opportunity or field. The ones who remain trapped by their error and inability to come to grips with their negativity will simply remain to repeat again and again the lesson set, for them, by their higher selves, until the breakthrough is achieved. Here is where true detachment can be practised, not a case of non-caring, but a state of adjudging a situation in its true, non-ego colours, and then saying God Bless" and moving on to one's own path. We do say this to you, again and over again, but it is worth re-emphasis, as so much of the undeveloped ego-behaviour causes the strife in the world. So learn your lesson well, as you will all more and more meet such lack, envy and aggression as you move among the peoples seeking growth and a solution to their miseries. Be firm; be strong, but at all times be generous with forgiveness, for God forgiveth you your transgression at all times. 10.5.86)

What is there left to say about personal practices and desires? One must form a self-belief and a pattern of behaviour and then adhere to it as closely as possible. There needs to be flexibility, yea, but not too much so and not too often or the pattern becomes disrupted. So best it is to sit down with pen at hand and chart that which you feel needs to be a part and pattern of your life. Each new occurrence can be fitted within this as needs be, but there would then be an adjustment and balance to be applied, or all would soon be awry. To omit this explains why plans can eventually go astray.

There is rigidity in life, and that is equally unfortunate for that which will not bend will eventually break, or that which does not move aside somewhat when necessary will be overwhelmed. But he who would live successfully adapts the new and unexpected within his plans then looks over all again with an eye to adjustment to the whole. Do you this and there should be no problems re health or achievement. Be not too nor little rigid - find your equilibrium and all will be well. (14.5.86)

There are many ways to prepare ones self for the mystic life. Most of the ways begin with an awareness of one's activities, whether of mind, body or emotions. One must be aware at all times until the proper outlook and pattern of behaviour is achieved. Physically you can begin with early rising, light exercises, then a light meal. After that, cleansing, then meditation, after which your day's activities should begin. Be aware always of what each day should entail, but be not rigid at any time. The noon repast should be the largest, or at least the most wholesome, and when you have the time, the idea of the evening meal divided in two is of great value - it is light but nourishing, and by the second intake most of the first intake is being digested; with the second meal, the lightest and not too soon before retiring, but able to see one through the evening and sleep- time without extra delving into foods. Yes, like the old-fashioned tea and supper. And be aware of your thoughts that they may be of a useful nature, whether humorous, thoughtful, reminiscent or self-assessing. Good and gentle thoughts settle the nerves and predispose one towards charity and compassion with one's fellow travellers in the world. At all times be of good faith, know that God has His protective web about you and yours, and thank Him for that. Know also that your plans, through Him, will come to fruition. Just be about that which needs doing with no complicated plots or safeguards, what will be will be, and whatever troubles and setbacks will be there for your re-examination of your actions, desires or motivations and outlook. There will be no failure, but no lovely smooth paths either. Just study and practise and keep contact with the right peoples.

Meditation morning and evening, fresh air, exercise, healthy work and study, and light-hearted moments for entertainment. Good friends, good aims and you shall all be at your goals before you realise it. (5.6.86)

Everything in life should be looked upon ideally as a system of checks and balances. We put out speech, energy, thoughts, desires - whatever we give forth has an effect somewhere. And whatever is touched touches in its turn; it may touch back to the emitter immediately, or somewhere along the chain of affected sensation there may be a touching - back, but no one can give forth of anything without receiving some reaction. So it behooves all of us to be sure what we wish to activate before we give forth.

Yes, there are all of those peoples in this world who are not correctly aware of this law of nature/karma. When such unknowing spirits give forth anger or negativity they desire to hurt, chastise, spite, or whatever the emotion, those they are referring to. They do not realise in many cases the results that are actually achieved: whether the return is swift and from close by or long delayed, perhaps from a great distance in time or place; nevertheless, retribution or reaction will eventually be felt. And for one who harbours all of the negativity - the cradle of those emotions becomes imbued also - that, one cannot escape. That is why anger, justifiable anger, must be used only in a dis-attached way. "I am not angry at you, the spirit, but at the words, or actions, intents, or whatever that are unworthy of you. Do not do this thing again." There is no emotion as such, but a judgement of an action or thought. People too often confuse the word judgement, as in justice and sentencing. We are not in a court of criminal law but in a world of moral law, we speak the knowledge; warn when there is transgression; speak outright as to the result at that time; or on further transgression. This is no more than that which the natural world enacts; break those rules of nature often and there will be a reaction in due time.

People have forgotten or become confused in their outlook. Ideally we are always dealing, in all cases, with cause and effect, not crime and punishment. We wish you to understand this clearly so that you may speak of this in the proper mode; life was not meant to be harsh thoughts, guilt feelings, great punishments towards ourselves and others. To say, "Brothers, this is our world, our endowment - these flora, fauna, sky, waters and land belong to all, as we ourselves belong to all. Love and study each so that all may be dealt with appropriately and we shall dwell in peace and understanding." Unfolding of new wonders will not be stifled but shall take place with care towards all. If some improvement needs to be brought about it must be for all concerned; all; the flora, fauna and so on, not just one group or other.

When we can take a softer look towards all about us then no one will need to fight for space or natural rights, we shall treat one another as God has always treated all, with love and compassion. Think on this, you will each of you need to adjust the tenor of one's thoughts so that there is no untidy misplaced sentiment, nature's rule is strict, all must earn their way by doing the job designated. Think about that in as much detail as you wish and you will realise the correctness. (It is not "I" who am right, such is the irrefutable law). (15.6.86)

Each new day is an opportunity - to what! - will each one of us begin again, and yet again, or shall we go on? It is better, yes, to at least begin on a positive note, but better again is it to go onwards with that same positive energy. To begin again carries hope, at least it is not a falling-back, but real progress is in the continuing on. When one reaches a plateau, a resting place it is well, but there comes a time to remind oneself, "Move on now, there's so much more to learn, more new territory to cover!". So be ye ever mindful of this, whatever the sorrows and traumas, wear them or cast them away, but carry on!

Life is what you make of it. Happiness as such does not come into the picture. You must carry on in spite of everything; carry your own troubles and shrug off the gnats and the flea bites else they will drag you down. Picture your path, your duties, your studies - they have no bearing on anything but your path. Whether that is parallel with another's does not make it concomitant on the strivings or successes of another's. You are your concern and only you can hold yourself back; gather to yourself the strength that comes with dis-attachment; there will always be the rewards of friendship, and love, which all spirits need at times, especially when the energies are flagging. I am speaking here of an innocent love, which in the long run in life is that love which bolsters and encourages, for it is free (usually) of self interest, it is soul-recognising like soul. Like all good things, the hard road is the longest road, but the way stations are there, positioned just so for the weary travellers, the thirsty ego (self), the hungry heart. So take up thy rod and travel on, you will reach the end in good form. (16.6.86)

Keep the light touch always for the right way can be difficult unless one remembers that a sense of joy and gaiety makes tasks easier. Even the most solemn moments can bring a positive thought, of memories past or joyousness to come. Of course, there are places when solemnity or seriousness are the order, but one knows those moments.

Never, in all this world, will there be a time when everything is in right order. Because people and nations are in varying degrees of maturity there will always be a certain amount of chafing; friction wears away but it also makes things go around, so it is not that friction should be condemned; only censor, if you must censor anything, what attitudes people take towards the sparks striking, what action also that is suggested. You will see that small incidences, taken incorrectly by ego-frightened peoples often are magnified or misunderstood. So the world needs to learn that when one's subconscious hackles rise, take a good non-personal look at the cause. Ask yourself why you are being alerted, or alarmed. After all it may be no more than that your particular mores are being stepped on, and if so then it should not ordinarily be a situation to be acted upon. One could perhaps leave, or move on, or request the so-called transgressor to do so. Take this thought and enlarge on it, and you can see how often it is not lack of communication so much as lack of understanding of, or acceptance that others are entitled to do and see things differently, and should be spoken to in that light.

Ah well, sometimes we wonder if there is any point in continuing on this way, for you and your friends know what we mean, it is those we can't reach who generally are the innocents. Oh yes, we can say innocent, for as much as you show displeasure and chastise a naughty child you do so knowing that it is a child. And so are they, wilful children, fighting one another over the toys and goodies when there are enough to go around; and breaking up the nursery so that in the end everyone suffers the torn carpets, cold wind through broken windows, and rain leaking through the ceiling. So you nursemaids, though not much older or civilised need to keep your wits about you and learn to not only try to keep order, but to educate the little monsters so that they will eventually do so themselves. Better to be teachers than wardens. So think on this, for if you are to teach you must practise, as a matter of course, and not just when someone is watching. (18.6.86)

We cannot go through life in an attitude of battle, on guard, or withdrawn. It is necessary to have calm, to be at peace with one's self and one's surroundings. Each night must see the day put away so that tomorrow might come afresh. The experiences one receives will be stored away and they will serve you well when needed. One needn't be suspicious of anyone if they rely on their previous experiences to alert them when something or someone is not what one would like. We were given our individual bodies and layers of consciousness just for such reasons, so that we may learn and then apply our learning when it is required. The conscious body could not possibly do everything, store facts and emotions and so on. Each level has its' duty, just as each side of our brain has its' share to attend to. The conscious body is the day to day visible result of what we are, what we have learned, what we aspire to. So put aside the cares, the worryings and the ponderings. Use the latter when the correct times arise, not before. (20.6.86)

For all that one needs to be flexible there needs to be a tenacity and an eye fixed on the ultimate goal. Many become confused along that road because of the side tracks for other subjects which is where meditation has a great worth as it always, truly helps one to tie in the different facets of one's endeavours. It's no use becoming one-sided as that becomes boring to others and denies the person the communication needed in other fields. One can specialise of course but only if called to do so: when the call stipulates intense study or attention to one or two subjects or gifts that person receives recompense in the wide "audience" reached. The self-subjected monotheist does not have recompense beyond reaching those on his own level if lucky, but mainly by contact with "fans", to put it briefly. Again it can come under cause and effect, because only he who is designated a role is spared the full result of such.

So what are we discussing again? Why the need to be aware of our actions and goals - why we are doing such and such and aiming for there. In each lifetime we tend to become bogged down in our desires, and no matter how worthy our reasons for anything, it is fruitless to our development to do as we wish without being sure it is not a present day desire, which can include ego; or are we fulfilling that plan which was laid down pre-return to earth? And especially to be examined is "the call" - how many have answered who were not sent for? and how much wastage can that entail? So it is no light thing to say to you all again and again - where are you going and why are you going there? Why that particular route and so on. Really honest answers can be very revealing indeed; and if there is any hiatus or hitch in your forward movement, or studies, and plans, then you need most emphatically to have a deep and searching look at yourself. In the long run it saves a great deal of misunderstanding and time-wasting, let alone heartbreak or psyche damage. (22.6.86)

Cannot a day pass by in your lives without a worry for the future? Today is your future so why do you fear. There is no real present, for all of our time is divided into past and future, and once peoples realise that they may begin to realise how futile their thoughts are. We are, this is, and life flows along with no perceptible delineation between then, now, and to come - each moment, each micro-second, milli-second etc., is then, now and to come - you tell me which is which! So get on with it, all time counts, all time is important, don't waste any of it. (5.8.86)

Whenever the world shakes and shifts from some backlash from Nature, people realise just how vulnerable they are to the catastrophes of the earth and environment. But most of those affected, unless it is from some terrible cataclysm, don't in the main consider turning to God for some answers. They also of course do not indulge in soul searching, for if they did they would likely remove themselves from or protect themselves better in stress areas. If enough did look to themselves mountains would be moved, metaphorically, and many griefs would be alleviated if not altogether prevented. But the fashion is to turn to the Governments of the earth for help, to their families and neighbours - then when the upset has been smoothed over they too often return to their old ways or they become apathetic or bitter and allow an experience to daunt their courage and natural resourcefulness. How many peoples today, with a comfortable income, remain resourceful? The old ways and values are discarded and an undesirable habit is formed of using money instead of ingenuity, self-endeavour, and a contribution towards the generally needy, either ( needy) as a community or a family/single unit. Thus an important part of one's nature is neglected and discontent and frivolity step in.

It is obvious what track of thought I am following so I will not belabour the point. But the ideal is to acquire money to 'do' something with it which will benefit those in need as well as yourselves. A comfortable home has meaning if it soothes the soul and enables one to welcome others into that soothing environment also. "Things" can be good for all concerned only if they are useful and contribute towards the general education and improvement of everyone's lot. That is why television is such a useless acquisition for most peoples, it is used wrongly. Entertainment is good and needed in our lives but not to the point of producing lack of discrimination as to what one is allowing into one's mind, but which also contributes to a general inertia - people simply cannot be bothered to look elsewhere for occupation; unless of course it is to something equally frivolous and useless to the point of being detrimental to one's advancement.

Many peoples have become affected by things such as the heavy rains mainly because they have not acted clearly and yes, I must say, without intelligence. There is an area in which television could educate their watchers; as they have a captive audience all channels should be forced by the governments to broadcast proper procedures and behaviour during emergencies. (7.8.86)

Yes, paths are programmed to cross but there is no certainty involved, only the sway of someone's, or the centre's karma. We would not point you towards an area, but yes of course you can point yourselves there, that is tapping into your own programming and karmic influence. Persons who seem to do foolish acts, wander aimlessly, repeat errors and so forth are those who refuse, even if unaware of it, to tune into their inner selves. In many it is a subconscious refusal to look at themselves, or to take responsibility for their own actions and future: when I say subconscious in such a case the meaning or shading is of a state above subconscious and just below consciousness. There are no abrupt cut-off lines, and peoples can dip just below their everyday selves and begin to see reflections of inner stirrings. Thus many keep up ceaseless activities, and chatter, and surround themselves with noise in some form so as to drown out the inner voice and keep visual viewing at bay. Place some of these persons where they would be forced to look and listen, through deprivation of outer sensory diversions, and they could slip into illusions. Thus is, not their karma, but their refusal to grow beyond the womb, or those first 12 twelve months to two years. Karma is their fate to return again and again until they can become a normal person, and for this of course they must choose the correct setting and circumstances. Many still opt for a smothered love in childhood whilst sure they can progress in later life. It takes courage and determination to begin under the hammer, such as you did and as so many others have, and allowed the crucible of blows to form your character and develop strength. Yes, that was a side path was it not. (10.8.86)

Whatever happens in your lives is up to yourselves to a great extent but so often you do not realise that a great deal of activity is by way of preparedness - such as all the work put in towards Christmas Day and then you say that "it is all over in a few hours". But the preparation is as import- ant as the event so the attitude to the preliminary work as you often see it is very important. It is all one in the end so don't just save one's 'Christmas Spirit' for that day, use it all through. Well, that's an analogy but you do know what I mean.

It is the happy cook who enjoys all of the preparations (the dishes should be left to someone else). And houseproud people should enjoy the work as much as, if not more than, the results, for it is the labour that is honourable. Then one shouldn't mind people untidying things for they can then have the joy of cleaning all over again, if that is what gives one pleasure. After all. one would not appreciate the cook who wouldn't allow you to eat the product of their talent, what would be the purpose then.

Anyway, it's a little different insight into everyday behaviour/foibles people often laugh at or complain about. People really do let things become confused and complicated don't they, there would be so much more happiness in this world if you not just do what you like, but like what you do, especially if you have to do it. (14.2.87)

Everything comes to he who waits is a fallacy of course, or perhaps it should say anything comes, for inaction guarantees nothing but a lack of choice then as to what one ends up with. I'm not advocating action as such, unless it is reasoned and controlled. Know what is wanted, see the steps needed to be taken, and then go on from there. I suppose two of the most important questions we should ask ourselves are "Is that really what I want", and "is it worth it". The second confirms the first, for too often people do not consider what all is concerned with the quest, and often then do not wish to pay the price. Perhaps other days seem less complicated seen from this time in creations but the peoples were less complicated also, so the same conditions existed then as now. And the poor have as little choice now as they did then - hungers illness and dirt are unchanging in condition. I am saying here that people need to unclutter their lives and unbusy their schedules so that they can really look at what they are about. No use in pleading being caught up in the whirlwind of job, or housework, plus raising children, with all the daily complications that entails. Instead of a steady diet of TV or club or sports, time out to think about what is being done, what is being asked of you alone and as a family.

People become incredibly busy but in the end one must face the future or they will not be happy with what they see when they arrive there all unawares. Nothing we can say will change all that for such people, but for those who listen to us it is a directive to them to at least think about. If by doing what you should benefits you, very good, but if it also influences even one other person then very much better indeed; for perhaps then the action will go on and on until "the" change is made - a different and better way of thinking and behaviour. No, not like the hundredth monkey, although the resemblance is there. (17.3.87)

That is about one person finding a better way of doing something, which is copied and passed along until a point is reached whereby the discovery becomes transmitted everywhere. This is because there is very much a form of telepathy still evident on this earth. It is quite strong in the animal, insect, and lower or more simple human beings. So that can actually be laid at the door of telepathy.

Human kindness and morality is quite different unfortunately as it is not, like telepathy, latent in the psyche. Karma plays such a large part of our reason for being here that it's genetic/environmental demands, or patterns that take precedence. If one is fated to return as a form of Attila the Hun type, the natural instinct for caring, etc., would be very deeply buried, of necessity, in a way. It way be that goodness can emerge from these types, but they would not be easily summoned forth by a hundredth monkey reaction. (18.3.87)

Treasure all of the emotions in life, the healthy emotions and store not negative thoughts or material lusts. Lust is for power, for adulation, supremacy, envy, possessions, even more than for love, and it would be good if that was brought to the attention of more people, When one says 'lust for living', or 'joy' or whatever, it does not ring happily in our ears. That word is not a joyful word in ordinary understanding, and to apply it thus would really denote ruthlessness, or a selfish motive, grabbing, as it were. This is not a question of semantics, words do have vibrations, and used wrongly can indeed have a negative effect. So that when a good soul, a happy one, reads often the words of a cynic, a nay-sayer, and put-downer, well, no matter how humorous or gently they couch it, the poison sets in, A healthy mind and psyche would eventually leave off reading such stuff, but the unhappy one, the unstable or naive, especially ones who have had some hurts or rebuffs, they would drink it in and change for the worse, warped in spirit, slightly or very badly depending on the particular situation. Yea you do indeed follow my meaning; a negative word cannot become a positive one, the vibrations have been set - Generally! That is the deciding factor - in a world where lust has always sang with light and melody - meaning all that is desirable, then in that world, of course, it is good. So the wordsters of the world have a responsibility when their work is farspread, unfortunately many do not realise just how much responsibility they have undertaken, morally and ethically, let alone karmically. This was not meant as a doom and drear topic, it simply occurred as a result of the use of that one word. So yea, yea we do need to be aware, and ? after positive ways of expression. Use desire, or aspire, or long for or wish, just to name a few, but not ?! (1.4.87)

Peculiar methods of living exist on all planets, even earth. The very primitive would be just as bemused by wealthy living habits as those luxurious persons would be by the savages. For there are very peculiar doings on both strata, I assure you. So what everyone needs to acquire is the ability, AND DESIRE, to see people individually, apart from their environment, for everywhere are heroes and villains (and all the other identities). Thus when two aliens come in contact they can assess the situation more correctly, certainly better than if paralysed by fear or galvanised by hostility. Naturally one cannot go by face value alone, but there are always signs and nuances that spell out attitudes fairly plainly. It may be far fetched under the circumstances to consider one's behaviour with aliens, but truthfully, that is how so many of you see your fellowman unless he belongs to your 'club - Religiously, ethnically or whatever. That attitude must change, people must be prepared to accept their differences and strengthen the similarities; promote co-operation and co-neighbourhood type of living and interaction, What I am saying really, is to look for what you have in common and work from there. (9.4.87)

Without doubt the world is improving even if it doesn't show up very strongly as yet. But the pendulum has swung so far out of line that the meek and passive and 'see nothing, say nothing' lot have had enough. It is all hitting home now - to their family, their belongings, their neighbourhood and their discomfort. And that has finally aroused the final group who can be aroused usefully. Any groups left can be aroused manipulatively, and lynch mobs, hysteria and unthinking reaction is only of use to the other side, not to us. Nothing attained by those methods is worth having, and not easy to keep. The solid results come from those, group by group, who awaken and take up the cudgel and banner. For the saying is the 'meek' not the weak, of the earth. (23.4.87)

I have always seen a weakness for food, especially the wrong foods, as a defensive gesture; and your world has used that area in man's psyche to sell their products. People can put up with many discomforts, but not a lack of food. And yet food is simply a means of keeping the vehicle in good working order and should be looked at as just that, and not a comforter. So adjust your gaze at those items and in time you will find yourself seldom tempted - regard the worse types of food with horror - that should help. Actually this is just one area in which man needs to rethink his attitude. Supply and demand does not make the world go around on a desirable keel when it all gets out of hand. Contrary to most claims 'demand' does not come first. If it did there would not be the shortages in various areas. 'Supply, is what the marketmen are about, and often they remove well-liked items from sale when the profit is not high enough. They supply cheap copies and perforce the public accepts them rather than do without, or discriminate. Especially when the article has been touted as desirable. The dollar motive is responsible for a great decline in living standards, even if it seems just the opposite. It has caused a decline also in the moral climate of seller and buyer, for they, the buyers, must have their sensibilities lowered to a coarse and non-seeing level: they 'hear' what is shouted at them, and they think they see, but the noise blinds them, and dislodges their thinking capacity from its front row seat. We should think, see, hear, then speak or act. In other words we should be basically knowledgeable so that no matter what the other senses take in they do not overcome the reasoning faculty. If half of your world had to rely tomorrow on their useable intellect and judgement, they would die like flies at the first hint of trouble. Brute force and mob violence would assert itself, and luckily the very money men who set all this in train would very likely perish in time - being the first target. (30.4.87)

If the physical area does not keep pace with the spirit then the imbalance can become a hindrance. Those persons whom you all think of as 'Sunday Christians', in other words, hypocrites, do usually feel sincere in their worship, but they do not have enough faith to make it a whole part of their lives. It is only they who live their beliefs who advance the farthest. On arising one should dedicate one's day and actions to God, the Lord, or whoever, and then carry on in faith that all is well. For a day given to God has to be a happy or serene day, otherwise you do not really accept God as a working partner. You are giving a gift in name only, but retaining the control of it. This ambivalence is what causes upsets and unrests. It is not easy to do at first but with practice all becomes clear, and second nature - so that you can be loving, tolerant, but just towards all things and beings around you. Try the 'conscious' dedication of your day and you will see how much easier it flows, for God is always present and accepting of the positive. He accepts the negative also, but there is always feedback, so that you will experience what you are giving, threefold, and that is certainly not conducive to good faith and harmony. (3.5.87)

Our purpose in life is first: self-growth, through awareness and a picture of our place in the scheme of things. Second: our interaction with everyone around us, be it family, friends and so on. We need to be aware of such flow, and let all be a means of bettering ourselves and others. Whether or not we know that our dealings improve others, they do sooner or later. Third: our awareness of the spiritual nature of life - not Christian or religious, but the overall creators Once we perceive that there is a creator and an orderly plan, then doors open to us, beckoning towards further learning, And out of we that learning comes all the effort, but also all the reward, So if we can all conceive our living as an orderly, meaningful part in an over-all, on-going pattern, then the personal bias disappears, and so should then the resentment, fear, self-pity and feelings of aloneness. We are never alone or abandoned.

It is a great pity that schools, newspapers and magazines, radio and so forth do not mention this as a matter of fact; and certainly the medical professions should all be aware of and projecting this. But life to the majority is encapsulated in the here and the now, such a binding view. So do you keep this in view, and I do not say it is easy, for ailing hearts and minds need the here and now until the 'then and to be' can be a part of their beliefs. (13.5.87)

When someone reaches out to another it is a sign that that recipient must somehow hold the answer or the strength needed for the asker: and to withhold whatever can be given is a definite failing of the petitionee. I do not say withholding what is asked for, but rather, 'what is needed'. So everyone has a responsibility to respond. If the desire to engage in perhaps an ongoing dialogue or whatever is not desired for an adequate reason, then the hand of friendship can at least be extended, if only with a cup of tea. So nowhere does the law say you must - it says you should, if you can. And if persons honestly feel they cannot, through a lack in themselves, that is simply not seizing the opportunity to grow. So there is certainly no karmic retribution involved. Not even if they should panic and thrust that needy one away, verbally or otherwise, is there necessarily karma. If great harm results through cowardice or lack of resolution then the other may lay a debt on them. But karma again results only in kind and degree according to the situation on either side. For after all, the petitioner may be attempting to put all of their own responsibility onto someone else, so they not only do not progress themselves, but they can actually impede another's growth by unfair demands, too heavy and too soon for that psyche. So I am speaking like the devil's advocate in a sense, there are permutations in everything, yet to find your own position is not difficult as long an you are honest with and about yourself, and with and about others. It could almost be like a person refusing to look before you cross when in traffic. That is not a radical statement, millions travel through life blinkered and ear stopped, and wonder at what happens to them or their loved ones. And it is actually much easier to see, to hear, and to act, when it in not cluttered with evasions and excuses. (16.5.87)

Life is never simple, but the simpler you keep it the easier it is to carry through. Not meaning plain, or dull and unimaginative, rather, uncomplicated. One needs to be reminded and to remind others, for it is so easy to be carried away with the complexities abounding around one. Rather than feel that we should try everything 'once', or follow many paths, people should realise that diversity exists for the purpose of allowing many different psyches at many different stages in life to try various pathways, learning and developing whilst finding their own particular niche. Those non-productive bypaths are often caused to appear by the vibrations clashing on in appropriate passages. Many embark on a chosen route for the wrong reasons, who continue on for what they think are the right reasons, and if they are fortunate they reach a branching off place of some value before being shunted onto a way not chosen by themselves. There is no law that says one must continue on even if there is no retracing one's steps. One can request a deviation from the path, or a 'lay-by' until able to see more clearly the correct manner of proceeding. So do not become lured along byways because they are there, and look interesting. If you must go at least be cautious and leave a return trail or an area of cut-off - never become committed to anything because one has started, or from a sense of duty, or whatever reason. Life may be a game, but the results are fairly far reaching, so you can set many of the rules for yourself. Well, that was a very long way about to say to you and anyone else - Keep it simple, and be bound by your own feelings in the final decision making. (24.5.87)

Whatever one needs to do one should want to do. If it is unpleasant one can say that `this I must do for now' and I shall do it well; and when I can I will try to change my circumstances, for by then I shall be ready to move on. The salmon battles the fierce currents and every obstacle to reach the spawning grounds, and they take a fierce joy in conquering. Those who falter and cannot make it are either weak in body or spirit. That is the same in so many, perhaps all of the species in the world. If one is not stretched to one's utmost, body, mind, or spirit will suffer. And a thought to leave you with. If there is a world of peace and harmony, what is or are there to fulfil the above demands? (28.5.87)

The laws of every science are self-governing ones, otherwise there would be no world. And all sciences touch on one another, so that all must operate in harmony otherwise the whole can eventually break down. There are fail-safes in everything, and some things can take on a little extra burden or lessen their own output, but that can be for just so long; then some adjustment or substitution must be made to prevent eventual unmanageable damage. No action of ours is in isolation, therefore no person can be in isolation without having an effect on someone or something. There are fail-safes here, adjustments can be made, and so on, but you can understand that nothing stands alone. Deeds undone affect time, time unused affects other times. You can see what I mean. So use time wisely and your world shall be as meaningful as you can make it. Remember this for others, when the feeling is one of uselessness, time and action are important in the long view - in fact they are what dictates the composition of the long view, the culmination of one's endeavours. (29.5.87)

Let us not always look on the gloomy side of life, for joy in living and an appreciation of the world around us is what has always been intended for the prime emotion. One can have varying degrees of joy - from elated to teary - depending on the cause. And looking at the wonders about us, human, flora, fauna, the earth and the sky, who can explain them or reproduce them. So one can know that as long as they exist, God is in His Heaven, and the world can be as right as we are willing to let it be. So, appreciate and enjoy, and make yourselves a part of that world out there and not just as an onlooker. (1.6.87)

Perhaps one never learns anything except the hard way. But there are varying degrees of hard ways depending on the person. And there is a difference between introspection and self-fascination. Some people would be happy if they could take a little inward tour to make sure all was well, and just, in fact to watch the inward workings. So it can be taken to an extreme. Most people can tell what is the best for themselves, what in normal behaviour on their part, and the limit of their tolerance or endurance. All that comes 'with the package', but unless one reads the instructions they are not aware that that ability in there. An advanced enough entity can tap into that knowledge automatically, but even the quite 'retarded' (level) soul can do the job if they think correctly, if their motives are fair. Right action often pushes the button that discloses the knowledge, so everyone has access to it. (9.6.87)

Perhaps we only appreciate what we have when we don't have it any longer, which is all right as a learning process, but sooner or later one needs to pass that stage of learning by omission, or after the fact. Sooner rather than later becomes the order once a level of education and maturity has been reached. Trial and error should become less a part of one's life; when there are doubts or problems, even irritations, then look at, assess, and adjust to or alter. Cheme said that before also - start doing it right as often as possible the first time, because there's often no time to go back and correct. Time is important, so don't just learn; remember. Not just you, but everyone- it is not being ruthless or whatever, it is a case of right action. Keep going, move, activate, initiate, do not stagnate, do not get into narrow, straight grooves. (12.6.87)

Whatever else one does or feels, we should be aware of and grateful for our blessings. Those unfortunates who have little of joy are very ill-favoured indeed. In their case, if of normal society, it is their karma and/or chosen path. The others we have spoken of before; there are so many levels one cannot deal with them all in a few pages. One should glow within at the love that engendered those blessings. It enhances one's outlook, and out-giving, the very positiveness of it brings more positives to the person. So gratitude and awareness are not just social mores and wit, they are an active attribute Good attracts good and repels wrongs or gloom, also the opposite effect exists. So make that saying of 'Count your Blessing' ring with the depth of its meaning and reward, otherwise it can be a shallow adage. (16.6.87)

Perfection is in the eye of the beholder. There are moments when it exists, contrary to some sayings - it is just that perfection doesn't last. It cannot last, for everything moves on, and changes, so that perfection that existed has been left behind with the moment, in actuality that is; if you are wise the image will remain in your memory. (For many reasons I do not like having to explain in weary detail, for not everything needs to be pitched towards the beginner. Many more out there need to extend their faculties and understand for their own growth, the words they read.)

So do not put down ones self or one's situations as not being capable of perfection, you need not aim for more than your very best, and perfection can occur. Take off your blinkers and aim high, endeavour much, be grateful and acknowledge all that comes to you, but do not ever willingly accept what is second best in your life. To attempt little will get you just that, and remember, what is worth doing is worth doing well, or you will never experience perfection. (22.6.87)

Half of the time in our lives we wish for things we are not willing to sacrifice or work hard for. When that is the situation one must come to the conclusion that we are daydreaming or wishful thinking. If the goal is possible then why not see how it can be reached, then give it a try. If it is really not possible or you are not willing to go all out then drop it and give room for the possibles to come along. People with obsessions let all of the real world go by because of some misguided determination towards some 'thing', 'some day'. Not a very encouraging sign, especially in an adult. So always be practical in one's outlook, not in the goal but in whether or not it can be reached as you are going, or by methods which you may be willing to try; if not, forget it. Perhaps the statement sounds harsh, but daydreaming on a constant basis is such a waste. (24.6.87)

Blessed are the meek for they shall never rock any boats or cause confusion in the market places. They shall never contribute to reform, revolution, or personal growth. The opposite to meek is not necessarily aggressive or even assertive in the negative sense. The antithesis to inaction through apathy or fear is awareness - of the world around ones self, the conditions of that world, and one's moral and ethical viewpoint on issues. And to be aware of one's duty to that world, to ones self and the future peoples. When all that awareness is present surely action can be taken with the knowledge that each person can and should contribute of themselves. One cannot leave to everyone else the decisions of conditions to be tolerated or initiated. So the opposite of meek or apathy is caring awareness and determined action. Remember that for yourself and others, for the world must not be left to the ministrations of the self-seekers and the blind. (9.7.87)

Most of life is fill-in - the boring daily duties that keeps ones surroundings liveable. People who accept only the 'highs' of life and try to tune out during the 'lows' never really achieve balance. For the ups and downs are meant to be there, and they together are what develops one completely. The analogies are there re the people with too much money; the workaholics; the one-eyed artists of any craft. One cannot go through life scraping off and eating only the icing; or the cheese baked on top; or the gravy - what a lopsided diet. And that applies everywhere - balance one's reading, one's chores, one's hobbies; balance in very large capitals. This applies also to one's emotions; too steady? too flighty? too emotional? Well, balance it; that sounds so easy, so simple, it is when you govern yourself by the rules of no excesses - they are an indulgence as much as all that icing. Throughout your lifetime you will need to practice balance. If some persons find that too simplistic then they are not listening to their own bodies, the heart- beats, the breathing, the rules of good digestion. Whatever is said or written of value says one thing again and again - self-knowledge, self- government, and balance. (19.7.87)

Peace be with you. Those were the words people used to one another - wishing peace to the person and reminding all to endeavour to keep 'at peace' with one's self. Today those words would be very useful indeed, but so many would reject them as meaningless cant, which was what did happen at one time. The human animal seems unable to hang on to anything good for any length of time, we have so many levels to pass through, so very much to learn. But try to keep the feeling within yourselves, regardless of what is happening or what distasteful duty one must do. Peace is a coming to terms with everything because all is understood - a great degree of progress over 'putting up with' or 'repressing' one's emotions. We do that which is right, for the good and growthful (to all concerned) reasons and we are at peace. (11.8.87)

Every moment should have some meaning - not necessarily deep, or serious, but just that one should realise what one is about and appreciate it. This is what happens to those who revert to any drug - be it drink, gambling, viewing TV , wandering aimlessly about for amusement. They are either afraid to look and see how useless their activities are, or are afraid of the thoughts in their minds. Not to think means one does not need to resolve problems. The young are ill-served when they do not realise that pain and disappointment can be dealt with, and not blotted out. So it does not matter what you do or think or don't do, as long as you are aware of that particular process and are able to say 'aye' or 'nay' to it. Even the schools are refusing to look at anything in depth, in fact if there is a high fail rate they will change the studies rather than deal with the cause. So if you day dream or work hard, be aware, enjoy, and if you cannot enjoy then look at the possible reasons why (or why not) and deal with them. That is something your modern world has been deprived of, the knowledge that people can do something about the situation they are in; and in fact they should do something, without always depending on others. (25.9.87)

Whatever one wishes can come true? No. For if that were so everyone would attain their desires, and not their needs. As in a permissive school, the work would be all play or erratic attention to the needful. So one must arrange the curriculum ahead of attendance. If it is not adhered to fairly faithfully then the grade (testing, experience) must be repeated. What often upsets the 'repeaters' is the sight of their original companions moving on, many upwards, some forward a little, and others dropping back or limping along. Misery in such cases may at least enjoy familiar company, but that can result in neither progressing. Then they are alone, or with the new seekers who all too often pass them by, or fall behind. So they must learn from the strugglers ahead what sums to 'work', and notice clearly from those others why they fail. If one does not do one's lessons, or learnings, well then one cannot expect rewards. Your friend J. would not have been happy if she had married for she was not equipped to cope with the demands of cooperation plus a males influence. She always felt fear, plus a disloyalty somehow to her mother by contemplating marriage. The parent in this case has made mistakes and is not about to help the daughter to achieve what she herself never had. No one here is to blame beyond not seeing clearly and having the courage and stability to do that which is right for themselves as well as for the other. For in the final result they have both failed themselves and remained unwilling to go on and upwards. So before one lays blame one always needs to see one' self and one's actions, clearly. (5.2.88)

Life can be good sometime for each individual. Even a prisoner in a cruel place could find some good, if only for a moment. It's the situation - the 'by comparison' that makes it so. But not 'by comparison' with others so much as with one's own darker moments. So that if, in normal situations, one learned to build on the good moments, one's situation would gradually improve by perception, at first, and then as the positive, expectant attitude strengthened the vibrations, the situation itself would be better. Good attracts good; even in a karmic situation there is always the possibility of an improvement.

All of this is by way of showing how things were and how they can be again. Nothing is actual, materially, though denser now because that is how Mankind perceives it. But God's world was meant to be as one would have it - wished for, thought of - it 'appeared'. Then karmas were acquired because of the differences in man's natures, and the abilities to live and benefit by natural laws lessened throughout each return to the body. Even that didn't really exist in such a heavy form and certainly illnesses and diversity of forms was not the normal way of being. Part of the problem has always been the sheer volume of population per area. Many recognise that the animal, insect and other life forms behave most erratically, reaching stages of aggression and self-destructiveness when their living space becomes impinged upon. Even the humans were unable to carry on beneficially when all of the different aural vibrations met, mixed and clashed. Peace, harmony, love and even creativity do not thrive in a crossing of noises - sound waves - oral or psychic.

When the humans realise what truly beneficial conditions are needed, then they will organise, or allow the old pattern to return. Isolation is not the ideal, simply a way of being able to regularise one's thought emissions, if not patterns totally, and sufficient quiet and space, plus harmonious visual patterns to soothe and inspire our real being, the soul.

In the meanwhile, persons wishing to recapture the link with 'thoughts are things' can do so by daily awareness. Whenever one queries something (to themselves) think on it and then use the 'it is so' or it will be as it should be for our (or the common) good. When most of our thinking is done on these lines of awareness then a linkage will emerge and become stronger with use. Thinking of people?, really think on them periodically, send a wish such as 'may you be well, or happily solving problems' etc., as it is good for you just now and then when brought to mind, smile and say 'God bless you and your endeavours'. This is two-fold and certainly one result is to affirm the habit within yourself so that it becomes firmly engrained. All need to make their own decisions generally, and bring about events or results through their own efforts, so this is not passing on personal responsibility to 'others', 'the spirit'. It is acting within that spirit, and more will be revealed as you are again in tune with the actual power, the source of all energy and enlightenment. (6/7.2.88)

Golden moments come when we least expect them, yet they are the result of much striving on our part. All the work and study and effort, when done for the spiritual growth of all concerned, always brings the wonderful glimpses of the reason for it all. A sufficient reward and incentive to keep one going. When one puts in tremendous efforts to learn and to help but does not keep a close eye on self-urges and motives, there is often a feeling of let-down, or not quite 'making it; perhaps even moments of glory which quickly fade for 'some puzzling reason' - and self-doubt, disappointment, perhaps even resentment then enters the picture. Right effort always gives a 'right feeling', no matter what reaction may be given out by some - you will receive a glow, a golden moment, and that is a spiritual recognition of correct use of one's gifts and efforts. As time goes along the glow won't even be necessary, and it may not occur unless one's energies have become temporarily lowered - an effect one should not allow to happen too often, it is a waste of energy on your part in that extra bursts will then be needed just to recharge the vibrations. But once on the proper chosen path one eventually is able to work in peace with one's self, as long as 'self' is kept an eye on by way of meditation or yoga (or whatever). (8.2.88)

Time is the barrier and yet again it is the key. Many times in our lives we are precluded from events or activities because the time is not right; we are too young, too old, too busy with responsibilities. Time cannot be ruled, what it says is so. But it can be ignored, challenged, made use of. The important thing is to use time well and fruitfully on all levels. We need to use time equally or we become imbalanced. So when a life is laid out for one's self, time must be taken into account. Not everything one wishes to do can always be done in the one lifetime and that should be realised and dealt with. The young should be left to be young or it will affect subsequent ages. When something untried haunts one then time should be put aside to try it, perhaps there is the pathway and not the one being travelled on. Look at the time you have before you and plan it, do not drift from week to week. Also do not skip (omit) that which you plan to do - within reason - for we cannot always control circumstances. But try to arrange your life within a framework, and though events may be shifted within that area, they will be done. (4.6.88)

Many are called but not so many answer. And even then very few are chosen. Because they don't know why they have been called, let alone why they answer. Many expect they were called because they are so right for the work; others become rigid with doubt and feelings of worthlessness. Foolish, for after all, if God is Omnipotent then who should know better than He who to call, and why. Not everyone is called for the same reasons, that is where people err. Whatever He calls you for, answer, and then you see what is required. The how, why and when takes care of itself. So always know yourself and your motives for anything, and when the call comes then to answer is automatic - "Yea, Lord,I1 am here, do what Thy will, for I know that all will be as it should be, my niche, my particular service is prepared, as am l". (7.6.88)

All of life is a case of give and take, a two-way street. Over lifetimes succeeding one another mostly, but always a certain amount in each individual incarnation. When what we want is just there, without our working for it - the price - then that price shall be exacted one way or another once the gift is accepted. True indeed is the cynical moral that 'there are no free lunches'. Somebody pays. And also seldom is there manna just falling from above; if you want some, you ask through the appropriate channels (meditation for instance) and unless you plan on having the stuff fall onto the bare earth you prepare a receptacle, your mind, body, aura, and so on. Even a cracked vessel will catch and retain something. And it is not much use wandering around with a bowl, gazing upwards, hoping for a lucky drop; know what and where you seek. All very logical and very fair, I'm sure you will agree. (27.10.88)

All our hopes are carried from one lifetime to the next until one fulfils, outgrows, or sees them for what they are, a lure to striving. For what would motivate one if not some desire, some ideal thing, to bring about a preparation, laying a base for whatever talent, or for whatever, we wish to acquire. If it is material, such as house. property, care, all involving money, the thing would be to earn it. inherit it, or marry it. The middle mentioned may be considered a passive striving but that could well involve more than just staying on good terms. Wealthy people can be quite paranoic or over-demanding, or suspicious. Anyway, our emotions are an integral part of our lives and the idea is to understand, define, use and refine them so that we grow and learn and mature. Yea, one can grow and not fully mature, so both are necessary. And always one must understand that life just does not remain static, even the calmest mind is only 'on hold' while the physical or spiritual components are grouping, shaping, regrouping. A deep meditation is actually quite active but not in your dimension completely; the spirit is out here, seeking, learning, soaking up the rays, the vibrancy. A smoothly operating mechanism is almost at rest, in that it is performing its function as it should be. The motionless or malfunctioning being gathers rust, or dents, or worn spots where actions are out of kilter. So an active meditation is good, for there is something being done, and being accomplished - right interaction. Work is active meditation, as are sports, hobbies; and pleasures; for all that are done in their right sequence, with an awareness of the correct attitude will be a good and growthful activity. (28.10.88)

Another illumination, which is the purpose of your living and re-living lives with their problems. As we have learned so do we happily display the knowledge for those who come along and have need of it. So, too, many of you do the same as the opportunity arises. But, you note that we say 'display'; we should show it by our actions and thoughts. Persons must be free to see and to learn - to thrust upon or pour over, unasked, our perceptions, is to intrude. The God, Jesus, spoke only to those who wished to hear, for to speak too soon to a spirit may be to hinder rather than to help. (31.10.88)

Now we can begin to wonder at and understand, by intuition, all of the divisions in the universe. It is all of it like a great anthill, with workers back and forth from the nest, from the Great Oneness, the universal mind. We all. At one time or another, pause and check back, 'is this correct?'; where am I going?, and so on. The Oneness is not all-knowing awareness as some would have us think, it is not a case of 'God sees your sins', or 'every sparrow that falls', He does indeed in an abstract way, for it is registered, it happened, and there has been a record made, recognition, for nothing goes unnoticed. But no great hand writes large on a board or in your book, and no huge thumb appears and squashes you. There indeed we differ from the insects. So look elsewhere for your sums and reckonings. Look within yourself, your thoughts, aims and reactions. You keep your own scores, to be reviewed at leisure when returned to Nirvana, or the place between. The only overall notice taken of our workings is in the over- all scheme; when enough negativity accumulates in an area, then events register TILT, and the game is in another alley. When healing energies are concentrated in that area, the pathway can be gradually shifted towards a more beneficial light. That is why it is good to persevere in one's efforts to be healed, to improve one's lot, or to influence events beneficially. One must tread the pathway to their very best, whilst keeping heart that it shall be better, in some way, if not just as we wish. There are handicaps built in at times, in the way of accepted karma for ones self, which can be in the singular form, or as an overall or group karma. When this possibility comes to mind, it merely means a longer time to see the end of troubles or beginning of the change. It must be lived through with good grace a willingness to understand, forgive, and grow. If one such entity is unwilling, or constantly grumbling, then the task becomes harder for itself or the group it is with. The group members may then have to agree to take on a share of the load being rejected by others. They benefit doubly, and the shirker takes another turn, in time, to try to rectify the karma incurred, not necessarily added to, but their own progress has been set back. (14.11.88)

Curfew is for the benefit of the law upholders, and used when a situation is becoming beyond handling. There were many times when it was used also for the benefit of those who were breaking the laws, for then they could work without fear of being noticed. That is what is happening now on your earth. The innocent and the law-abiding are having restrictions put on them so that the culprits may work more quickly, and more secretly; for if the watchers are corrupt then crime can be carried off under their cloak of protection. It behooves the citizens to enquire loudly and in strength when they are being manacled and pushed aside, and the crimes become more blatant. Of course there is collusion; the powers behind the industries and law upholders are privy to those latest twists in criminal activities and capabilities, and in many cases they want the culprits to be identified so that they can be made use of. So do not be complacent when aware of such dangers, but if nothing else is possible at least take care not to contribute to the myth, the aura of a noble bandit. There are very few such persons. You will need to be as aware of your duties as a citizen of county, state and country, as you are of the higher realms. One need not do more than be aware, and to support by word and action. Be as vocal as the negative speakers and at least you will not be upholding the foolish attitude of apathy or misplaced admiration. But one must avoid the repetitious tub-thumping, for there lies a detraction - the cultivation is of a soft voice and thoughtful wording. It is not easy, but once one decides to actively join the human group, then one has the onus to do so constructively. (19.11.88)

Control. We control our lives on reaching maturity. Others control circumstances and we agree or not. To say no or yes to whatever we or they wish is our choice, how we do it, with guilt or fear or anger is our upbringing, or our reaction to same. We can look at our present circumstances and make decisions, no matter what. If we let 'life' call the turn then we are not exercising our reason for being. We are, we do, we think, we say - control. If it's bad, find a solution, or adjust, in other words, agree. Many would argue this point of view, and there may be exceptions - in your view, not mine. But think, whenever you someone's predicament, and you will see someone not exerting control. Not power, control, self-control. So that is the one thing you all need to aim for in your lives - control over yourselves. Seen from that angle it should be easier to begin the changes needed to bring life into proper focus. You are not aiming for anything but your own autonomy, with that achieved it is second nature then to turn outwards, and exercise control; over your own actions, reactions, words, thoughts and deeds. Full circle. (28.11.88)

Yes, dear souls, be watchful of your health; we must guard our tongues in many ways; gluttony, slander, and sexual excess or invitation. When we can see how many levels the body/soul/ego and so forth are able to operate on, one should then realise why it is necessary to be aware of ourselves. It is no wonder that so many would rather not, or cannot as yet manage to, cope with all of the variables and intricacies that we are capable of. For those on the path it is best to go slowly and learn well; and as the basic senses become more under our control, then can be added other senses, but never before each step is understood and amenable to discipline. So balancing is important, and one meditation or communing period should be spent each day in checking over, and instructing one's particular sense/self in the proper procedure. That is why it is good to have the basic self, reactions, thoughts etc., under complete control, to the point that it becomes mostly automatic. One always has a sensitive moment when control slips - Jesus Christ thrashed the money changers from the Temple in a momentary anger. He may have remained uncharged a while longer, to do His work, if that had not happened, for "you may injure anything but my means of making money", in the age-old world parlance. But He had not set any length of time for He knew that mortal emotions would be difficult to deal with (His own and others). So begin now to know yourself, but to be unselfconscious. To control yourself, but to be natural. To love all those about you, and always remember to do and say that which will be of value to all concerned. You (we) are a family and each within the family should have their place, no more and no less, otherwise imbalance occurs, and all suffer. So, be a joy to yourself and to those about you, love all equally, and stand firm on your own pathway. (24.12.88)

The dark night of the soul - it comes when we look outwards. Our whole meaning lies within each of us and within the spiritual realm. All else can fail us; for each of us, in the final tests, may be for ourselves alone. That is not good, or bad, it is a fact one must live with. Set one's goals and stand alone as much as is necessary, alone with yourself and with God, which is not being alone, though it may feel so at times. (4.2.89)

The emotions are mostly generated from your side, but we are not free from them, not all of us, by any means. Emotion is really reaction, and I'm sure that an awareness of this would help all of us to assess accurately whether our reactions are true; not over, under or inappropriate. And 'reaction' is a word with far less stigma attached to it, everyone hates to be labelled as victims of 'emotion'. So there is one way to be detached without becoming unattached, which is not the desired result in most cases. All of us need to be needed, and need to need - whatever; anything else is to be isolated, human nature is not geared to that. There are worlds where people are connected to few others, and that is happiness, or rightfulness, happy does not come into it. Some places, no 'one' is attached or needful of anyone, for all are of a whole, yet on their own. It takes a fair bit of progress to stay in such situations, and there are failures, not generally spectacular ones, for it is not easy to incarnate into such situations. Many fairly earth-bound could not even contemplate the idea. Every type of earth, or existence is for a definite purpose - some evolve as the opposite, the antithesis of something else. There are up and down, side to side, and inner and outer, to name a few arrangements - opposites, that is. There are parallels as well, so it could become complicated, although it doesn't. The laws are very strong, natural laws, that is, and balance is all important. Not too many catastrophic events in the one earth can be tolerated, for balance is not infinite; events coming too quickly could eventually meet themselves coming back, here and elsewhere. Control your reactions, it all starts there, to be simplistic, but multiply one mis-emotion by an enormous figure. (15.2.89)

We all need to know ourselves, body by body; Not just the one, but all. Otherwise there can be confusion, rebellion, depression. It is not quick, to become acquainted with each being that comprises the One; and then to come to terms with each, and incorporate each within an overall plan. I say 'beings', for each body, for they all have their own desires, fears, imprintings, and all have the need to express themselves, even at the expense of the others. It is no wonder that our senses seem to be dealing with a battle of wills. If one uses any form they choose, of meditation, to find and understand what each body is about; then one can see what needs to be done to draw them all together, into the harmony of a common goal. This comes under the guise of imbalance, but we do not understand that there is another 'we' involved, an over-seeing we; the supreme guide. The bodies, or emotions are just a part of that higher soul, and yet, in our day to day lives it is generally one of those beings who is giving the orders - running the whole show. That is normal, for that is what your earth-life is about; developing and disciplining, and finally shaping each body, until all are one, in harmony, and answering as one voice, with the higher self.

Thus are we like the Supreme Being, we go forth from a perfection, and we return eventually as a perfection, to that Perfection. So understand what you are, and then what it is you need to do, and your pathway will become clearer to you, your quest more attainable. Know also that your paths will alter as each body is brought into harmony with the higher self; for we are on a series of bypaths until a medium of self-control has been established; for all of the differing bodies, until then are travelling or aspiring to travel different paths. They may feel that they have the same goal in mind, but generally their view is somewhat clouded, or distorted by their particular bents - it is only in union of purpose that we see the desired end of striving, The God Head in depth and clarity. This I mention now, for so many on your plane have reached the degree of knowledge and yearning towards the higher planes; but then confusion sets in when one or other body strays, or acts up. Like a boat with one paddle or oar, you all then work strenuously, and find the shore as far away as ever as you land your vehicle, go around in circles. We wish to see you reach that shore, or the ship that will take you further out into the seas of discovery. Here is your second oar, in what has just been scribed. Straighten out your ship, however small it may be, and be the master of your diverse bodies. (22.2.89)

Yes, one must remember one's goal always; but most importantly, be aware of one's pathways. We can reach our goal willy nilly, but at what cost and in what length of time? Keeping each day an awareness of the How, will be more orderly and less wasteful of time and effort. It is, like anything else, a good habit to acquire and oddly enough it expands our available time and energy. The cosmic energies flow unceasingly and everywhere; attune one's mind to them and so much can be done. And so much can be undone, as well. To display one's strength is an asset, and what a powerful message to others. It also helps with not just the development of strength, but with the stabilisation of said attribute. Many gather in the energies then allow them to drift away through lack of stabilisation. There is no more room for the highs and the lows, for the going from one strength, then another strength, losing each previous one, or most of it, in the process. This is one instant where to gather and to keep is of paramount virtue. Strength can be used limitlessly without losing it if it is applied correctly. Just as monetary units will be self-perpetuating if used wisely. So to the words "Know thyself,' we can add "Know where you are going". And I can add to that "and how you are getting there". (27,2.89)

Change is occurring every moment, in everyone's lives. How vigorous and healthful that change is, is up to the person involved. I say that many persons are in the position of not being in control of their circumstances. No karma, further karma that is, lies with those ones, for they are already performing an obligation or debt. How they do perform it is at issue, and that is very much a difficult one, for there are gradations of suffering and acceptance. That is one very good reason to think well, and be very sure of facts, before commenting on issues. One does need to comment, for we all learn by seeing our world around us, and being aware of the issues involved in what we do see. If one can help then do so, But there is no wrong in deciding that there is more need here than there. We are not God, so we can only go by what we are able to assume. But, and I know you are well aware of this, never assume according to your own lights - judge by their situation, not yours. There is so much to be done to attempt to right the upsets and injustices that we can only begin within ourselves, then our family, our surroundings and on outwards; but only to the limit of our abilities, financial, spiritual, emotional and so forth. Spreading too thin is often worse than not aiding, or dealing with. If someone or thing must suffer because you cannot reach that far, do not worry, someone else can. And what you do correctly, fully, within your grasp, will aid then those beneficiaries to go on and further your beliefs and strivings. Our Lord Jesus taught His followers to care for their fellow man as they were able to be in touch with them. He did not preach to them to deal with the Romans, or any other race beyond their own. Only as some of them became more enlightened were they able to feel free to travel and spread their teachings and care. Our Lord did travel himself, often simultaneously, for He felt a great need to accomplish much in the short time that He perceived was allotted to Him. There was a wish for longer, but the message was too revolutionary for that day, for the reaction not to be swift and brutal. However, here each of you are, do with your circumstances as best you can. The positive vibrations of love and hope will travel far, even as the healing is taking place around you. Never, ever, underestimate the extent of the caring you can give to those close by. It travels through the Cosmos. (2.3.89)

Everyone must go through periods of soul-searching. I don't think there are any special periods, such as pre-adult, pre-freedom from children, pre- retirement or death. They are all special, but they are all there for some or varied reasons. That is, some worry or stocktake at various periods of life, but not all - usually just at the most perplexing times. It would take a too-careful, or an extremely advanced soul to be planning, in depth, every era of one's life. But when such a time comes it must be heeded; be attended to, or chaos of the soul can occur. It is usually a sign of deep disturbance, worry or fear; and to ignore such signals can be disastrous. Accept the turmoil with gladness, for not everyone allows themselves the awareness of internal workings, and external contacts with our path. (4.3.89)