Suzanne Core December 25, 2022 Woodland Park, Colorado
Temple of Light service
I am thrilled to be hosting us on this Christmas morning. To be with a group of the elect, the select, as we come together in the silence to worship God. We are always here to worship God. As we worship God, we also extend a blessing and an invitation to our worlds, a radiant invitation: “Come, worship God.” The title of the piece we just heard is “The Heart Worships”: “Silence in heaven, silence on earth, silence within. Thy hush, O LORD, o’er all the world, covers the din.”
President Biden gave a short Christmas message earlier this week and to the highest of his vision he brought that message, the message we bring. He began “How silently, how silently, the wondrous gifts are given.” He said: “Christmas has the power to bring us together, to lift us up, to change the world.” And he closed with “Live in the light. Find the stillness at the heart of Christmas.” The radiant invitation from the heart of God: “Come. Let go of attachments. Be touched by God’s love.”
Martin Exeter once said, “The only way a hardened human heart can begin to soften is for it to be touched by love.… If the heart is touched by love… material orientation may ease, spiritual awareness may open… emotions may settle down… there may be a greater sensing of that touch of love.” Let hearts and minds be still, and being still, filled with the golden substance of love, that the invitation be extended to all minds and hearts the world around, the silence penetrating the din and sorrows: Peace, be still.
As part of my preparation for today, I reread the 1978 booklet by Martin, “Approach to Christmas” and I’d like to share the beginning of chapter four, which also is a prayer: “Our gracious and loving heavenly Father, we thank Thee for that awareness which we share of Thy constant presence and Thine abiding spirit. We thank Thee for that deeper awareness which is ours as we come together to be with one accord in one place. And we thank Thee for the greater awareness which is shared by so many of Thy children, in this season of the year, of Thy presence, Thy Being; for as attention is turned toward Thee and away from those things which so constantly demand the attention of human beings in the fallen world of man, the fact that Thou art close at hand begins to touch and to permeate the consciousness of responding ones with increasing vividness during the Christmas season. We thank Thee that it is so, and because we have that awareness we would stand before Thee, letting the evidence of Thy presence be revealed both in the actual forms of the living of life – that which we do, that which we say—and also vibrationally in spirit, so that the reality of Thy Being may be made known near and far, to the blessing of all who will receive it, all who will let their eyes be opened and their ears attuned to the Voice, Thy Voice, finding expression through the words and through the lives of those who serve in Thy name. We thank Thee for the privilege of participating in the revelation of things divine on earth, with all our brothers and sisters, whosoever, wheresoever they may be, who truly love and serve Thee, in the Christ. Aum-en.”
Another quote from Martin, with which I agree and make my own: “I’m thankful we have this opportunity of sharing the drawing of a line of agreement on earth…, a line which may encircle the earth, so the world of our responsibility may be properly encompassed. We are able to encompass it and… do what is necessary by reason of that encompassment as we worship God together…. Only to the extent that we worship God can we handle our spiritual responsibilities.”
“And I, if I be lifted up, will draw all.”
So lift up your heads, o ye gates of praise,
And be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors of heaven,
that the King of Glory shall come in.
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In my limited experiences with speaking like this, I am finding that no matter what preparation you do, it always changes at the last minute. I woke up at 4:00 this morning to encompass that change, as it turns out. And what that change was is that three services from solstice week 1980 came sharply into focus and said “Reread us now!” And from that there are two excerpts, one from each of two of the three services, which I’d like to share.
From “The Gathering of the Elect” comes this: “Peace, be still—and there is a great calm; the calm, serenity and peace of heaven, known now in this moment to those who dwell there. This peace of heaven, being present in those who dwell in heaven on earth, is offered to all yielded hearts everywhere. There are many yielded hearts in many places in this hour, most not understanding what it is that is sensed; but those who dwell in heaven do understand. Calmness, serenity and peace are freely offered to the awakening ones, who are indeed the elect.”
And from “Satan-Man and God-Man” [https://greatcosmicstory.blogspot.com/2022/12/satan-man-and-god-man.html]: “The fire which comes down from God out of heaven is what we ourselves are to bring on earth. Here is the power of the kingdom. The sons and daughters of God are present incarnate in human form to bring forth the kingdom of heaven on earth, and this is the fire of transmutation. That fire of transmutation was present in a specific sense when Jesus was on earth. It was this that allowed for transmutation insofar as He personally was concerned. That was done in the individual sense by the One who alone could do it in representation for all… the transmutation that needs to occur now is the transmutation of all… When the sons and daughters of God are incarnate and in expression, the kingdom is known, the world is transmuted and returned to the hand of God. God assumes responsibility and control directly in that world because of his sons and daughters incarnate and in expression. This is indeed glory to God in the highest, which brings the peace of the kingdom.”
So on this Christmas morning, I say “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth, peace, good will to men.” Martin once said, “we can’t concern ourselves with peace on earth, good will toward men until there is the fact of glory to God in the highest.” Worship God. Give glory to God in the highest. Issue the blessing. Issue the invitation. Celebrating the birth of the babe, hearts may hear the invitation in this hour. And so I would open it up for you to share what worship, what glory, is moving in you.
Christina Pivarnik — Suzanne, I’ve been looking forward to spending this hour with you for a very long time; actually since I heard you were going to do it. I couldn’t think of anyone better to bring something to focus for all of us on Christmas. My day is absolutely jam packed and this is where I absolutely I wanted to be right now, with you and everyone present, that we give glory to God in the highest, we open our hearts to include all who are open to listen in this day, loving the LORD of Lords and KING of Kings. So I thank you and wish you a very merry Christmas, each one.
Laura Fisher — Suzanne I deeply appreciate seeing you. You look beautiful this morning. In British Columbia we have had some of the worst weather ever and many people can’t get home to their families for Christmas, so there is much complaint about that. Yet here we are, in heaven, in silence for half an hour. There is no telling what that does to the rest of the world. I am not celebrating Christmas this year except to wear something red. I was out and about with the shoppers yesterday, just to enjoy having absolutely nothing to do. It was a whole different feeling. My silent moving through the throngs. And I heard one man say to his partner wife, “Well I’m sure the universe will explode if we don’t find this!” And in this moment it occurs to me, our power to let the universe rest, just rest. Our internal state of peace and rest means everything. I feel a great upsurge of the spirit of God that is at least as deep as the snow around here in B.C. And a whole change of experience in maintaining silence and rest. We have done well, my friends, and now we just give glory to God in the highest. Thank you, Suzanne.
Mary Janak — Suzanne, I love sharing with you what is very clear; your singular and complete love for our LORD and KING. It’s always so clear coming from you. And one thought that occurs to me right now— and as an aside, I really appreciate how you moved with spirit to wake up at 4:00 and focus on different services to offer; that was part of the process and beautiful and I really appreciate that—an aspect that comes to me (and I know Martin and Uranda said this too), people can speak words but what is their actual living? Does their actual living back up their words? That is the power that comes through. So I would acknowledge the power that is moving here because people here on this call, and everywhere else really, to whatever degree of response they have to our LORD and KING, have been living those words, those thoughts, in their actual physical activities of daily living, which is where the truth is. Heaven and earth are one. So it’s important; people can speak pretty words, but what is their living? That’s what I am always doing my best to be alert to and I apply that to myself. There are plenty of times when I feel something I’ve said or done feels off tone to me and I’ll make a correction but the key is always, I find, to put love into that situation and then the miracle occurs, the smoothing happens, and I find out that what I thought was actually not true. So it’s important to stay in the process, stay focused in love and truth and trust. The LORD is mighty and all things do work to perfection for those who love and serve the LORD.
Stewart Berger — Mary, thank you. I appreciate very much what you just shared with us of your awareness and experience. And Suzanne thank you so much for your love offering. You said that what is required now is the transmutation of all, and as Mary said, that first requires the transmutation of me, of each of us, of all the members of this beautiful body that we’re privileged to be a part of, that is gaining awareness and strength and ability. So I too agree of the need in this time for increased purification, to let the fire be there in my own experience so that there is consistent dependability and not only that but the reason for that is the consistent availability of the fire through me, through us, to those beyond, as we’ve been saying. So there is glory in that, glory to God in the highest. Thank you.
Allan Jonas — Well, I give really deep thanks for just the opportunity to be here, and to those who have spoken so far, setting a wonderful atmosphere that I can speak into. I’m very aware that for thousands of years there’s been this celebration of the birth of Christ. There hasn’t been so much though the celebration of the archangelic body that was to come forth from that conception and birth. Here we are in this moment with the opportunity to celebrate that. And as I look upon you I just see how wonderful this is, that we can do that now. And not just of course those who can be seen on the screen. We know, we know, we know that what has been happening for so long has not been in vain. It has taken some time. Maybe longer than it should have. But here we are. I am aware of so many others who are in the same place in spirit with us this morning, and isn’t it wonderful! I appreciate the words in the service that David put out this morning; and this statement stood out to me: “By the way, heaven isn’t such an all-fired serious place! Part of the heavenly experience is mirth.” I love to hear that and in one sense in the human condition we take ourselves far too seriously. We just have to be present and where we need to be and we know it’s happening and we can smile about it and we can be joyful about it and that’s how I intend to be! Thanks, everybody.
Milly Holliday — Certainly be joyful about it. It’s a great privilege to be able to come together and speak to those who understand and know and cherish the opportunity they have to allow the touch of love to be made evident in the world. As we were preparing for our Christmas gathering here in Atlanta, it’s a great joy for me to have those I love most dear with me. And it’s not only the people in this house of mine but you on the line as well—because those who love the LORD are the ones who are most dear to us. And they don’t have to know all the spiritual psychiatry that we have been privileged to comprehend to a certain degree. If there is love for the LORD we have a starting point. Suzanne was saying that in every situation if we just inject a little love into this difficult situation we bring the spirit of the LORD into that situation. And thinking of my beloved friends I’m privileged to be with today, we go back 40 years and we’ve had so many opportunities to overcome circumstances that have stopped many people, where we have said, “No! We will not fall prey to the attitudes of the world, that feel victimized or are ready to hate or not forgive.” And the joy for us is in the sweetness of our communion. I am just so grateful to be with you all and to have the blessed privilege of having ones so close to me and that we know that where two or more are gathered in His name He is in the midst of us. So I just look forward to what the year brings. Right now we have no water. The pipes have frozen in our street. But we have paper plates and everybody brought water instead of wine; we’ll turn it into wine later. It is wonderful to be together. Suzanne, thank you.
Marsha Bogolin — Thank you, Milly. It’s great to touch how you who are gathered there are overcoming circumstances that have stopped many. And Suzanne, what a beautiful initiation. This is actually a time of conception, this darkest period, and it feels significant to me that you have chosen to give us the opportunity to expand on this together. I loved hearing Allan Jonas speak about the deeper meaning of Christmas, for the Archangelic Body to carry the light. And others of you too, in what you’ve said. It doesn’t mean anything unless we’re living it, for example. Earlier this morning I was thinking about the many times I’ve come on earth and the assignments that has brought and I suspect each of you also has something of that sensing. This particular lifetime has its own unique aspects of the assignment but what is really moving with me in this moment in answer to your question of what worship and glory is moving in you, is a sense that this is the inception of an exciting new period for the archangelic body. I don’t mean just this very moment but you’ve brought it to focus beautifully, Suzanne, and the sense I have is that even though many of us have quite gray or white or missing hair there is a dynamic experience happening in each of us. Some spoke about the transmutation. I know many times in the midst of the chaos I’m dealing with or the uncertainty or the unknown, I have to transmute it with the depth of peace and stillness I know in heaven. But beyond that in our own individuals lives, which is quintessential, there is that which is yet to emerge among and between us and I don’t know what that is but I have goosebumps all over me feeling it, and I just want to state it blatantly in the face of our seeming aging. That doesn’t matter at all. In fact, the wine gets better with aging. And there’s plenty for us to do, not at the hefty physical level but at the level of consciousness of heart. So I feel that this is tremendously a powerful inception for the year that we enter next and what heaven would bring in this most precious cycle to which many of us have dedicated decades and decades. So good to be in this together. Thank you so much, Suzanne.
Robert Merriman — Yes, thank you indeed. I so much appreciate the way you opened this for us, Suzanne, with the emphasis of worshipping God, of humbly recognizing the silence required to let that process, that holy, powerful process, actually take place. And I feel compelled to ponder your invitation to step into that silence deeper and deeper. Silence over what? Silence over the din was mentioned and it’s easy to point outwards, particularly as we turn on the media and say “the din out there.” But I’m thinking of the din of my own opinions, the din of my own preferences. How good it is to be willing to be stripped of these and stand naked before the LORD, to allow the power of His being to flow into these capacities here, in this incarnation, so that the work can be done. There is something that is mentioned here in Revelation 15 that felt applicable: “And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire”—and Grace adds: ‘and that is a state of pure vibrational substance alive with radiance’—“and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.” My sensing relative to this silence that has been indicated is that the music of those harps, which is the command of His voice to reshape this dimensional world, it comes by nothing else but the pure worship, moment by moment—Mary mentioned the activities of daily living, that altar—in that silence, in that stillness, here we find His power moving out through these capacities. Thank you so much for initiating this.
Carol Travis — Suzanne, when you began this beautiful hour you set such a gorgeous setting of stillness, worship, our togetherness in that, and the radiance of it was so tangible and beautiful and thrilling to my heart. That is the experience I have each time we gather this way and I am so grateful for it. l have lived alone for well over a decade now, after having spent most of my life in very close proximity to my spiritual family, in many different living situations around the world, and being alone during these many years have been a challenge, just to carry forward that which I am so deeply dedicated to honor and to always bring forth. And to have the numbers, even though they may seem small, of us together in our agreement as angels could release the heavenly music of the harps of God. I feel like there are many textures to it. I love what Allan said about mirth. I was looking up last night what were the gifts the wise men brought to Jesus and it was frankincense, gold and myrrh. I thought, “I get the frankincense and gold but what is myrrh?” This word “mirth” is similar and that really is what struck me, “No, it’s frankincense, gold and mirth”: the joy of the living Word on earth once again. To share this together, there is what occurs to me an effortless mantle of peace and touching of the heart, which brings change to the consciousness of people without their awareness of it. I’ve seen people come into a setting that has been disturbed and be in the midst of those who are generating the pneumaplasmic field that we are privileged to enjoy so often, and suddenly they’re in heaven! What happened! We were just sharing the joys of the kingdom in one way or another. It is so powerful and yet so easy when we are together. We are here together today visibly and audibly but we’re always together in spirit and I’m so grateful for that and for you bringing this to focus today, Suzanne. Thank you so much.
Suzanne Core — Thank you, Carol I love that. It is going to be “frankincense, gold and mirth” for me forevermore! It is powerful and it is easy.
Daniel Cartwright — Suzanne, thank you for your message this morning. While you were speaking what came to my mind is “keep it simple.” As long as we in our working day to day pay attention to the first commandment we really have very little in consciousness that does have a tendency to run and pull and tug at us. The first commandment. Keep that in mind. And isn’t that something to be joyous about! One of my favorite traditional hymns on this day is “Joy to the World.” I get to go out from our gathering here and spend time with family and friends. I’m really looking forward to that. In fact, my motors are revving to get out there. I want to thank Suzanne and all of you for having this time to be together and to recollect the first commandment and to make that the way I be, not so much the way I say, reflective of the joy of making that discovery. Joy to the World. Thank you all and Merry Christmas.
Anne Blaney — I was thinking about how when the Master came, He came at that particular time because there was sufficient substance available. There was the lovely reception offered by Mary and Joseph. And the three wise men with their gifts of course also signify that. And therefore the Master could come and do what He came to do, which was to introduce us to His Father. And one of the more beautiful aspects of what He offered was He taught His disciples how to pray. Uranda also said that he was present in order to introduce the world to the LORD, to his Father. So there’s something here I think to pay attention to, and I think you paid attention to it. You offered this morning the upward connection into the silver cord, that it be strengthened and activated—because that is what has been heretofore not available. We know from neuroscience that there are pathways in the brain that when activated they become entrenched, the energy starts to flow in those pathways. And I think that the wonderful substance that everyone has brought this morning, which is so evident, that has allowed us to come together, very specifically as you began our time together, to allow that neural pathway from the body of mankind to be strengthened and activated. That is a very specialized opportunity that is afforded to us in all the moments of our lives, as has been emphasized. So every time that happens the silver cord is strengthened. It’s wonderful to be able to be here this morning and to be so specific and as everyone has said to set the tone for the rest of the year, you might say, at this level. Very important and I really thank you for your 4 a.m. inspiration and for everyone, all of us, who have brought frankincense and lots of mirth and gold. Thank you, Suzanne. Well done.
Suzanne Core — Thanks, Anne, that’s a lovely way to put it. And it reminds me of all that has gone before specifically in 2022. This is our Twelfth Temple service in 2022 but the Twelfth Temple service itself [since the Temple services were initiated] was in February 2022 with Robert Merriman. And each month something has built. We don’t know what exactly or where it went, what it did. But we know it was there and we know it has built and it has brought us to this month. And we can also look forward: We know first quarter we are going to share joyous Temple services with more, specific angels; first quarter will lead to second and third and fourth, just as winter is a time of conception that leads to a time of birth and growth and harvest. I think back to the TSS 90th anniversary service this past September and then to October with Gary and his beautiful Cosmic Cycles of Creation, to the wonderful ladies of Atlanta, and to today that we all get to share. In silence and in word.
I read a piece this week, I think it was called “Yuletide Traditions.” Yule is a Norse word for “wheel” and Yuletide was the ancient celebration of the coming rebirth of the Sun. The article posited that it was an easy step for Christianity to make from rebirth of the Sun to birth of the Son. But that Yuletide originally celebrated both Father Sun and Mother Earth, both of which are necessary for life to exist on this planet. So I appreciate Allen that you brought that third 1980 solstice service into focus for us. The title of it is “The Continuing Incarnation of the Archangel” [greatcosmicstory.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-continuing-incarnation-of-archangel.html] and that is something that we share this morning and every moment of every day. How blessed we are among the peoples of the earth! How blessed we are! It is our privilege and our responsibility as we worship God, always upward, always that First Great Commandment. Always letting go of all the attachments. Then every moment of our days, every word, every act, offers the blessing, the invitation, to our worlds. That’s the continuing incarnation. That’s how we get the job done. And I’m willing to hang around as long as it takes. I’m glad you all are with me, and I with you. I have asked Robert Merriman if he would share a benediction, some words of Uranda’s to close our time this morning. And then Robert Kauffman has a special piece of music for us. So, to the Roberts.
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Robert Merriman — “In the soundless speech of my silence, I call to thee in infinite love. Respond to me and I will enfold thee in my presence. And thou shalt know that perfect union with me. As thou art now relaxed into a realization of my presence, the flaming fire of my Love lifts thee above the turmoil of the world. Around thee comes a silence, a silence so deep it speaks to thee and tells thee that I am with thee. Relax, Beloved. For I enfold thee in my love and my presence. Peace be unto thee, as I am giving peace unto the world through thee.”
Steve Ventola — What comes to my mind now is to offer a devotion, so we can close on that note, this beautiful time we have had. So if we can take a moment: O LORD, as we still our hearts and minds from the din of this world and from the din of our own minds and hearts, breathing, relaxing, acknowledging what actually is, acknowledging Thy love. Thy love that unifies all, unifies us, and allows for vision and acknowledgment of who we are, what we represent; and to stand upright as angels of the archangel Michael, playing our parts, affirmed in this life, for Thy expression to go forth, sound, mighty, real, true, and with mirth. Letting Thy ways be known, with joy, with lightness, with peace and with vision. Here is our benediction. Here is our reason for being. One in all in Thy name, blessing all, all for Thy glory, glory to Thee in the highest. Aum-en.
A recording of “The Hallelujah Chorus” by the Morman Tabernacle Choir was played by Robert Kauffman
