Continuum — Vibrational Arc

Bill Bahan  Linda Bahan  Millicent Holiday  Gordon MacFarland

January 23, 2022   Atlanta, Georgia  and  Burlington, Vermont

Temple  of  Light  Service

Bill Bahan — Thank you Steve for your opening and thank you Robert for the lovely music. Welcome everyone. It’s a pleasure to be with all of you for our first Temple of Light service in this New Year. As Steve mentioned there will be four of us focusing our service today. Linda strained her back this past week and is joining us by phone. We thought we’d start by introducing ourselves very briefly and telling you a little bit about our background—so we’ll let Gordon begin.

Gordon MacFarland — I became aware of the Emissaries in the mid-70s when I was going to school at Colorado State in Fort Collins. I recall helping with the finishing touches on the Dome Chapel at the Ranch. I then moved to Denver and lived and worked there from 1977 to 1981. I went to One-Month class at Glen Ivy in 1979, where I got to know John and Pamela, and Two-Month class at Clearwater in 1980, where Bill was on staff.  I then lived at Green Pastures from 1981 to 1986 during which time I coordinated Emissary finances in the northeast. Since 1986, I've lived and worked in Boston, Seattle, and Vermont. It's good to be with all of you!

Millicent Holliday — Hi everyone, my name is Millicent Holliday. I was born in South African and had an idyllic childhood. I am a Registered Nurse by profession. As a young woman I travelled quite a bit, and it seemed that wherever I went in the world, life conspired to bring me to America. I was introduced to Emissaries of Divine Light in South Africa in 1984, and one of the reasons I returned to the States in 1985 was to imbue myself in Uranda and Martin teachings. I moved to Atlanta in 1987 and married Jonathan Worster, and off and on through the years I have had the privilege of living communally with all the Atlanteans currently with us on-line, and many others besides. I am so delighted to share this time with all of you.

Linda Bahan — Hello everyone. This is Linda Bahan. I was born and raised in South Africa. In November 1976 I met Drs. Bill Bahan and Joe Houlton at a public lecture they presented in Durban, South Africa which was attended mostly by chiropractors that led to my attending a one-week class two months later. In June 1978 I attended a two-month class at Clear Water in New York and then travelled extensively throughout the U.S. and Canada visiting several Emissary units. Bill Jr. and I were married in February 1981 at Green Pastures in New Hampshire where we lived until July 1984 when we moved to Atlanta. We’ve lived here in Atlanta ever since.

Bill Bahan — And this is Bill Bahan. I grew up in the Emissary program and after graduating from college I had the privilege of working with Bill Bahan Sr. for several years at the two-month EDL classes that were held at Clear Water and at Green Pastures. As Linda mentioned we moved from Green Pastures to Atlanta in 1984 and have lived here ever since. Each one of us gathered today has taken a unique path through the years which has brought us all together now. 

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To continue with our service; Gordon, Milly, Linda and I have each selected excerpts from services by Uranda, Martin and Grace Van Duzen that have special meaning to us at this time so we’ll be reading our excerpts and then sharing some of our own thoughts. After all four of us have finished speaking we’ll open it up for any of you that would like to share your thoughts and continue our time of service. To begin, Milly is going to share a poem that she wrote:

Sanctification

Within the womb of winter

In the deep quiet of a yielded heart

Substance begins to be drawn

By the indomitable power of Love

Heart quickens, mind awakens

And physical substance leaps to greet

The dawning of this New Day

What grand opportunity awaits us

as the sun rises to its zenith

Here, clothed in the radiance of this Awesome Power 

We stand.

Not timid or faint hearted

But strong and assured

Knowing full well that whatever is asked of us 

we are capable of actualizing

And as the peace of evening

blazes forth in fiery glory

We come again with yielded hearts 

And offer our worlds to Thee, our Holy King.

Gordon — Thank you, Milly. That was beautiful! Within the womb on winter. We know something about that here in Vermont! And I think your poem is a good segue into the excerpts I have selected, which are from “The Creative Value of Words”, presented by Uranda in August 1952, from the “Behold, I Create.” 

“We are studying in a series of meditations on the general subject of creative principles. We recognize that no life can know fulfilment, there can be no happiness or satisfaction, except as our lives are creative; and we recognize that God is the Creator. Only as we allow ourselves to come into proper relationship with God, so that we share God's creativeness in practical expression on earth, can we know the joy, the peace, the satisfaction, which come to those who allow their divine purpose to have meaning on earth. The human tendency is to relegate spiritual things to the realm of the impractical, but we recognize that God, the Creator, designed the practical things with which we deal in daily life.”

Further down, he says, “We recognize that spirit as such has no meaning on earth except as we allow spirit to work through the form of the body, the mind and the human heart. Only as we allow the physical substance over which we properly have jurisdiction to be a means for the manifestation of spirit can spirit have meaning on earth. The earth, the physical substance of our bodies, or all that which is around us, can have meaning to heaven only as the spirit of heaven works through it. The vibrational, or spiritual, factors of what we call heaven are supposed to be made manifest on earth.”

And finally, “That which is creative is constructive; it is building. Confronting any human being who turns to the practical way of God's design are mountains of difficulties of various kinds. There are always problems to be worked out in the physical body from the standpoint of health. There are problems to be cleared with respect to the mind, the spirit, the atmosphere. There are problems of environment, of circumstance, problems of living. The attitude toward these problems is something which is important, something which is revealed by the words which we express day by day.”

Those are the excerpts I chose from that service. To those excerpts, I would like to add the first tenet of the “Server's Code”, as presented by Uranda in 1953, which states: “Whereas I was made in the Image and Likeness of God, so also every man, woman and child whose life I may touch was made in the Image and Likeness of God.” To me, that says we are all in this together, us here, and everywhere! The readings have triggered four thoughts I would like to share with you.

One, we are tremendously blessed to understand the universe and our place in it. Along with this knowledge, however, comes a responsibility to invite people into a creative space, a sacred space, where we are, and where things can happen.

The second thought that comes to mind, and Bill mentioned this, is we each bring different skills and essences into our daily lives. We can feel deep gratitude for having had the opportunity to develop these skills and essences.  And in this spirit of gratitude, I reflect upon those who looked upon my heart, and we might all reflect upon those who looked upon our hearts, each of us, and recognized something that we may not have even seen ourselves. Certainly, the opportunity afforded me by being invited by Bill Bahan Sr. to move to Green Pastures was a rich learning experience, providing opportunity to work not only with Emissary communities but also with a number of Emissaries in that area who owned businesses

The third thought is we don't have to look very far to find places into which we may offer vital energy and spiritual insight. The circumstances in which we each find ourselves provide ample opportunity to do that. Uranda suggests that If we are living our unique, creative parts, then there will be problems and limitations to face. This, then, presents ongoing opportunities to be fully present, open-hearted, and pay attention to what is really going on.

My fourth and final thought this is that while we may not see the full impact or influence of what we do, we may rest assured that if what we bring is truly of spirit, it will be used by spirit.

I reflect upon this as I re-establish a consulting accounting practice in Burlington. I know I will not have all the answers to what is brought to me. But I know I can allow for a sacred space, a creative space, to emerge, to be shared, where the questions can be honestly looked at. Questions such as: Why are we doing this? To what end, to what purpose, is this that we're doing? So, those are my thoughts. I look forward to hearing what Linda has to say, and turn it over to her. Thank you!

Linda — Thank you Gordon. I would like to repeat something you said to provide a link to the excerpt that I have chosen to read. These were Gordon’s words: “Uranda suggests that if we are living our unique, creative parts, then there will be problems and limitations of one sort or another to face. This, then, presents ongoing opportunities to be fully present, open-hearted, and pay attention to what is really going on.”

This is an excerpt from a service Uranda gave on December 31, 1953: “That which is of truth, of the divine design, God’s love, all that is established in the pattern of reality, these things endure. If we are not aware of them it does not change that fact. That which God has established from the beginning still is. Its form of manifestation may have been distorted, or lost, but it still is. And when God made it, He looked upon it and saw that it was good; and when we look upon it we should see that it is good. The enduring quality of the divine is something human beings need to more deeply realize, for the human tendency is to see with darkened vision, assuming that because the things which man has made pass away, the things of God likewise pass away. But that which was true in the beginning of creation, that which was true in the days of the patriarchs and the prophets, that which was true of the time our Master walked upon earth, that which has been true in any moment of time, is still true in this hour. With an increased consciousness of that we find ourselves standing upon a sure foundation.”

This sure foundation is what we are standing on now, in this present moment, finding ourselves having been drawn together through the power of love. I’d also like to share an excerpt of Martin’s from his service titled, “The Capacity To Be Governed” given February, 14, 1960: “The Bible was written—much of it—not only to tell a story of what happened in the past, but to portray the principles for right function in the days to come. That was also the reason the Great Pyramid was built. The story of the Flood, while it has some historical significance, indicates what is necessary to those with eyes to see it now. We recognize the necessity of the construction of an ark, not necessarily a boat covered within and without with pitch, the oil of love, but certainly permeated by Gods love. The way the story is written it seems as though the Lord spoke to Noah. But how? Noah was obedient. His body and mind and heart were moving under the dominion of God, and consequently they expressed that which was from God. It is not a mysterious process. It does not require fanciful imagination of some mighty figure thundering out of heaven telling Noah what to do. When there is internal government, that which is required from the divine standpoint appears through the capacities designed to convey it into the world. If they are not obedient, deluded into imagining that they are something of themselves and can produce something of themselves, they know nothing of that which the Lord is offering. It is all present, available, and we are here, to learn and practice true obedience.”

From my standpoint I see it as simply needing to follow the instruction of Letting the Will of the Father be done, under the direction of the Son, through the Power of the Holy Ghost. Over to you Milly.

Millicent — I have chosen to share excerpts from a presentation given by Grace Van Duzen on November 13, 1988, entitled “A Story in Stone”. [greatcosmicstory.blogspot.com/search?q=a+story+in+stone] Grace and Lillian to me personified divine womanhood. Their agreement, not only with Uranda and Martin, but with one another as well, has provides much (I am certain) of the firm foundation upon which we now stand. Here are some of Grace’s words:

“I have had a story in my mind and heart for many months. This is a story in stone. There is established in the earth, and has been for many millennia, a symbol in stone. This symbol, as I am sure you have guessed by now, is the Great Pyramid, and that Great Pyramid has a name. It is spelled G-i-z-e-h, but it is pronounced “jee-za,” and it is a symbol of the LORD of Lords. Being a symbol of the Lord, it is also a symbol of His body. In the beginning this monument was like a gem; it was a shining, radiant light. Pyramid means light. So, we have a connection, a point of union between heaven and earth, where light entered the world. This was a specific physical thing that happened, but it was also a symbol of the entrance of light into this world through man, Divine being brought to focus in the LORD of Lords.

“If there has been anything on earth, it has been a persistence in the mind of man, of failure, absolute failure. “What can we do? Look how everybody failed back there.” But I see in this a continuum of what was initiated from the very beginning. If we look at it, this is quite a picture, this monument, first of divine man. But then if we see what happened to it, it is a picture of the body in the human state today. First the apex disappeared; and now it has come to the point, where nothing can be seen outwardly but a hulk. If you have ever seen the Pyramid today, it is a hulk, and it is not pretty. I think it is an accurate picture of the body of mankind separating itself from that which is above. Regardless of appearances however the power is still in the body, part of a continuum.

“The first one who appeared to let the focus of a body of God come again on earth was Abraham, he was the pioneer. He came out of Babylon, just as surely as we have, and he was aware of a great promise. Next, we come to Jacob, he had twelve sons. We can see through such stories a beautiful victory over human-nature patterns. That is what has allowed this story to continue. It was not some airy-fairy thing. There was victory every step of the way in what we might call little things. What else is there but little things? We wouldn’t go out and commit murder or rob a bank, but what about those little niggling things that obstruct the full flow of the spirit? That is where the victory was established every step of the way in these stories. If you look at the story of Joseph, there is a key to what came later in the movement from twelve men to twelve tribes. There would have been nothing for Moses to work with in the way of a body if it hadn’t been for Joseph and his marvelous story. It wasn’t just: Get twelve sons and there you have it, and they reproduce and reproduce, and you have Twelve Tribes: and that is the body. What was the quality of this body? We found in the story of Joseph that, having been treated terribly, according to any human concept, by his brothers, he wound up in Egypt and functioned perfectly, until in season the only place to buy food was Egypt. Because of his presence the food was there. So, his brothers came down into Egypt. If you remember the story, they did not know him, but he knew them, and he made them prove themselves. He tested them within an inch of their lives to see whether they had changed. Otherwise, there would have been no basis for the emergence of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. They proved that they had indeed changed. They would not sell their youngest brother as they had Joseph. They offered themselves instead of him, if he was to be put in prison. The reason was that they could not hurt their father. So, it was the love for the father that brought the love for each other—the two great commandments—and the proof that they had changed. There was a solid foundation, and Joseph was aware of all this.

“In the unfolding process of history, we have the coming of the Master and all that He brought, and the magnificent opportunity for mankind then. Jesus brought the mighty truths again. In His personal victory He made it possible for the body to continue. There was failure then, but something carried through. John, His most beloved disciple, on the Isle of Patmos, knowing full well that the end would be execution, dwelt in an ecstatic state where the reality was revealed to him. Here again was a wonderful continuing.

“To say that things cannot change is a lie. It doesn’t matter who did what. We lay down our lives in living for our friends, for this whole body. As Martin put it, the pollution in the heaven must be dissolved. The old heaven and the old earth are passing away. The positive thing that allows this to happen, is love. That’s all. God is love. It is that positive force which is still in the body of humanity. It cannot be defeated. We can talk about failure all the way through, but there is a continuum of victory that says: Oh yes it can be done; it is being done. The victory is much more real, surely, than any failure. There is a tendency to put the emphasis on failure, past or present, and maybe even in the future, but that is saying that the devil is stronger than the Lord, that you can defeat the power of God. It is not possible!”

Millicent — What I specifically love about these beautiful words of Grace’s, is her emphasis on “the continuum”. On the fact that there actually is a far greater precedent of success than there is of failure. It is so easy to delude ourselves that this is not the case. Incarnate man without the awareness of Angelic Identity has such limited vision.

Something I feel that is relevant relative to the larger picture is the fact that mankind lived in the divine state prior to the fall of man for 155,000 years. One hundred and fifty-five thousand years! The fall of man occurred roughly 20,000 years ago. ONLY 20,000 years ago, not even one creative day. Uranda in his timeline outlined that one Creative day was 25,872 years. That means that timewise, we have not even been in this fallen condition for a whole creative day. We fell between the twelfth and thirteenth days. It’s the 13th day now, which I believe is … lucky for some! Hopefully for the body of mankind.

The Lord (prior to the fall of man) when he came walking in the garden in the cool of the day, instructed man that, “But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die” He did not say in the days, plural, he said in the day, singular. To me this emphasizes that there would be a finite time, the fall would not be a continuous state, something that would be allowed to go on indefinitely. We are still in that day, time wise, we still have time to stop eating of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, in our momentary living, in “the little things”. And as we each do this and establish patterns of victory personally day by day, then we do it collectively, and we establish a vibrational ark, and this is how the “Greater Works” are done, and the kingdoms of this world become the Kingdoms of our Lord, and of Jehovah, His Body, restored.

Bill — Thank you Milly. It’s good to know the spirit of victory. We can certainly appreciate the great spiritual leaders throughout the Story of Man who fulfilled their commission and we know that it requires a collective body to do what needs to be done now. I’d like to share an excerpt with you from a service given by Martin in August 1987 that was titled “The Vibrational Ark.” [greatcosmicstory.blogspot.com/2017/09/from-martin-exeter-16-1987-individually.html] I’m sure we’ll find that these words are as true today as when they were spoken by Martin 35 years ago. And here are Martin’s words:                                                

“There is a vibrational form, if you can put it that way, a body, to be generated.  In order for it to be, it must have the vibrational substance to be, and that vibrational substance can only be generated through the flesh bodies of human beings. Human beings are useful in that regard. They are not useful in all the things they think they are useful about, but in the generation of this substance. There is an ark, a vibrational ark, taking form, generated because there are those who have been drawn together by spirit to participate in the process. The process involves changes occurring in one's own human nature, and as those changes occur vibrational substance is generated. And that vibrational substance accommodates the design in spirit.

“Something begins to be drawn together. It may seem to be a slow, tedious process; I know over the years I have thought that from time to time. But it is the only way to go; nothing else works. So stay with it! Be consistent, not just for a week: "Well I'll see if it works"—it won't on that basis—but because one couldn't do anything else. One holds that consistency over the years, for however long is necessary. And, behold, there is substance present in some human beings which begins to resonate with that radiation. The substance begins to come home. The substance comes home wherever the person is. He doesn't really have to move.

“Ultimately we discover that one can't stay away—and, again, I am not talking necessarily about physical location, but stay away from the focus of spirit on earth through which that radiation comes. Then we find a relatedness to that, which is natural to each one. But it only happens because there is this substance already present to start with, and because there is subsequent increase of the generation. And that is the building of the ark. That is where we live and move and have our being, and we are no longer so concerned about external form. That's what most people fuss about, isn't it? “I don't get along with so-and-so.” Why? “Because they rub me the wrong way”—the external form of things. But you come back to spirit, and the substance that is resonating, and we discover that we all fit together. We are not all the same but we all fit together. There is a design. There is an ark, in other words. There is an ark created of this vibrational substance, which is where we belong.

“Do you think anything is going to be preserved in the realm of form as we know it now? If you're stuck in the realm of form you are stuck in something that is not going to be preserved. There is no safe place in the realm of form. People are beginning to see that this planet is shot. It is not going to be able to support human beings, in the way they are accustomed to, anymore. At least that point is in the offing, not very far away. One could compare that to the Flood, I suppose: no place of safety, except in the ark. Of course that's an analogy. But this is the reality now. This is the ark now which is being generated, or the substance for it is being generated, that the design of it may appear. We find ourselves in certain relationships because of that, because of the vibrational design, not because of physical form. If we cling to physical form we will find that we pass away. If we are at home in the vibrational ark, that does not pass away.

“We have discovered ourselves being drawn in various ways into various configurations of people who don't usually get along too well, to start with at least. But to the extent that they are not so hooked on form they begin to find that they do have a natural association, they do blend together, they are part of one thing, one thing which already exists, but which hasn't been known because there has been no vibrational substance to accommodate it.

“In generating that vibrational substance we begin to accommodate it, but if we keep reverting back into this business of reaction to what's happening in form, then out we go, we're overboard, we're no longer in the ark. The ark is a vibrational ark, composed of vibrational substance, and we find that it has a very specific design, just as apparently that old wooden ark had back there (at the time of Noah). So we share this opportunity in this moment to be together in the sanctuary which we ourselves bring, where this vibrational substance is present and spirit reigns supreme.”

Bill — That which Martin has described is exactly what we find occurring in our own experience now. We’ve all been drawn together by spirit to be the means by which the substance of the vibrational ark is generated and maintained.

In the past few weeks I’ve been thinking about what happened at the day of Pentecost and I see that David posted a service by Martin on The Great Cosmic Story website this past week where he speaks about the day of Pentecost. [greatcosmicstory.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-essential-core-of-unified-radiation.html] It must have been a profound experience for those who were gathered in the Upper Room with the disciples after the Master’s ascension. The “Upper Room” is very symbolic isn’t it—indicating that there was a certain level of spiritual consciousness that was shared by those who were gathered. There was obviously a tremendous compulsion of spirit that brought them all together—about 120 people it says. I don’t think they had Zoom back then so they were all gathered in one physical location. It’s quite poetic the way it describes their experience in the Book of Acts. Let us consider these words in light of our own experience now: “And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost.”

That’s quite an image. Here was the initial development of a core body of individuals who could have provided a focus of spirit for the body of mankind after the Master’s departure. However, they didn’t sustain what had been generated and were scattered abroad—so the whole opportunity was lost.  The Master had told them to, “Tarry in the city of Jerusalem until they were imbued with power from on high.” In other words, remain in the holy place in a state of spiritual consciousness until the holy ghost has fully come and your vison has been clarified.

We know something about the rich generation of heavenly substance when we come together for our Temple of Light services or the Tone of Life conference calls. We can easily relate to what happened in the experience of those who gathered at the day of Pentecost in what could be described as a “generating chamber.” In a sense we could say that this cycle of time in which we’ve been drawn together to generate the substance of the vibrational ark is our day of Pentecost.  

Martin mentioned in the excerpt I read that we find ourselves being drawn together into various configurations of people and we know this to be true. I just mentioned two examples of our regular Zoom gatherings. No one told us that we should be participating in these activities but there is the compulsion of spirit at work that has brought us together to experience what it means to be with one accord in one place, the place of heaven—the vibrational ark. No doubt we each participate in numerous other configurations of people in which there is the opportunity for a greater generation of the substance of heaven, the substance of love. By reason of this substance there is a blending together, the experience of communion and unified radiation, the radiation of love. Isn’t this the experience that many people in the world are longing for? Those who have generated an adequate amount of spiritual substance in their living will resonate with this radiation and find themselves playing their part in the building of the vibrational ark in one way or another. We welcome and enfold all who are drawn in this way.

We see how essential it is that there be a stable core body of individuals who can be counted upon to let the generation of spiritual substance continue and be maintained so that the focus of spirit is always present within the body of mankind. As we know only a collective body can do what needs to be done in these days. I’m very grateful for the awareness that we have of what is coming together now so that we can let the building of the vibrational ark continue. I’d like to provide space now for anyone who wishes to share their thoughts and continue our time of service.

Radiant Conversation — Comments were not transcribed but they can be viewed on this YouTube video

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Bill — Thank you all for what we’ve shared today in a spirit of communion. It’s good to be together. I’d like to see if Gordon, Linda, and Milly have any final words they’d like to add before we turn it over to Steve.

Gordon — I am thankful for being part of this consideration, and also the time the four of us spent in preparing for this, because that was a generation in its own right. There was a statement, a line, from what you read Bill, “…when the substance comes home." That says to me, this happens because it comes through us. And with the substance coming home through us, then it comes into the world. And when we're doing that, it's a joyful experience. So, we'll do it! Thank you.

Linda — I would agree Gordon. The time that we spent in preparation on several Zoom calls was expanded today through the entire group. It filled out what we were working with in essences for over a month now. I enjoyed the return of hearing the chorus of voices. In a personal sense the physical challenge that my body was presented with this past week has been, it seems silly to say, an uplifting experience. It’s been agonizing from a physical standpoint but from a spiritual standpoint I wanted to extend specific thanks to the people, you know who you are, who have very directly been the wind beneath my wings. Even more so this week I have realized the privilege of being a part of this Body because not for a second have a felt that I could stub my toe against a stone. People have been right there saying, “We are one body and we deal with whatever we’re presented with” and the oil of love has been poured out. And so I give thanks for being a part of this Body serving our Lord and King.

Millicent — Well, this is indeed the treasure that moth and rust cannot corrupt. I am so aware that all your words today have been like “a bride adorned for her husband”. That beautiful, exquisite, responsive substance that is offered to our Lord. And as the body of the bride becomes more evident, and this is our responsibility, to be the bride. Then she is revealed, and the earth is once again restored, because it is a place where both Father and Mother rightly should abide in union. Then there is safety for every other creature, or creation. I have so loved sharing this time with Bill, Linda and Gordon, and with all of you and thank you all for the beauty which you have offered.

Bill — Thank you all.

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