David Barnes — Good evening everyone. Thank you for the fine flow of music you provided Stewart. We thought that we would allow this hour that we have together to be more of a meditative time; and to enter into the flow of meditation we're going to share a piece by Uranda from June 26, 1953, titled “Glory To God In The Highest.” So let's move with that right away.
Uranda — “This morning I would like to direct your attention to one of the outstanding keys to a realization of reality that can be found in Scripture or Holy Writ anywhere, an outstanding key which has from the standpoint of its true purpose and meaning been virtually ignored. As long as we ignore the keys, we cannot use them to unlock the doors and let the things of God come in. It is not a matter of you climbing up; it is not a matter of you opening your prison door and going out of it. It's a matter of opening the door—you have to do that, you have to use the key—but you let the Master in, and when He comes in He begins to prepare a place for you; He begins to make the place over, not just an ordinary remodeling but the former things are caused to pass away. Behold I make all things new. Instead of imagining that you must somehow escape from a prison, you let the prison be rebuilt into a mansion, a mansion of the soul in which the things of heaven are present and made manifest.
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“This particular key was given to man at the time our Master's body was born on earth in the form of a babe. There were many remarkable revelations of the reality of Shekinah at the time of the Master's birth, but the central key is the Angels’ Song. The central key is the Angels’ Song: “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.” Let us look at this expression from the standpoint of reality, with the eye of the heart. Glory to God in the highest. What is the Glory? The Shekinah Cloud of Glory. Glory to God in the Highest. That carries to the Highest Focalization of Deity, going beyond the range of human consciousness or awareness. Glory to God in the Highest. And the expression was made in relationship to those who dwell on earth.
“So, if there was a recognition of Glory to God in the Highest, we see with the eye of the heart how there was a Great Cone, shall we say—or what we have illustrated by the use of the word “tent”—a Great Cone, allowed to settle down over the earth, the base of it enfolding the earth as in a net, and the point of it extending upward to God in the Highest. And what is it that shapes this; what is it that gives it form? Glory—the Shekinah Cloud of Glory. And it was brought to the earth, enfolding man, centered on earth in the babe that was born. And, Glory to God in the Highest, signifies that the Cloud of Glory, made manifest to man through the form of the babe that was to become a Man, extended to God in the Highest—that there was no break, no point of separation, no veil, except the inability of human beings to see the Cloud of Glory, the Shekinah, extended to the earth, enfolding the earth and carrying to God in the Highest. Glory all the Way. The Shekinah Cloud of Glory here, and all the Way to God in the Highest. And then following, when that is a reality, what does follow? “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth”—enfolded in the Shekinah Glory, something begins to manifest—peace on earth. “Peace on earth, good will toward men.”
“Now, the coming of the Master was the supreme gesture from God, the zenith of God's Gift of Love to man—and only in relationship to love can there be peace—and it is clearly indicated it was on earth, and the supreme gesture of good will—good will. What is the natural result when human beings allow themselves to be enfolded in the Shekinah Cloud of Glory that extends all the way to Highest God? First there begins to be a sense of peace—peace on earth, from which peace had been banished for so long, and from which it was again banished—peace on earth, the result of the working of God's Love within the Shekinah Cloud of Glory. And then good will—good will from God in the Highest, through the Shekinah, to all the children of men. Good will—the willingness to let all differences be past, to let all wrongs be as if they had not been. This is not the message of a bloodthirsty god through his avenging angels, to the cringing cowards dwelling on earth. This is the message of a God of Love, who does not require any blood sacrifice. This is the message of Highest God to the children of men through the Shekinah Cloud of Glory made manifest on earth, and centered on earth in the body of a babe. Peace on earth.
“And the Angels sang the song even though there was no room in the inn for Him; they were so busy there, celebrating; they were so busy with such important affairs that there was no room in the inn, no bed available to Mary. They were busy with such busy business! And still, even though that was all that man could provide for the coming of the LORD of Lords and KING of Kings, there was still the Angels’ Song, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.” No judgment, no condemnation, the open invitation to come, to come and let the beauties of the Kingdom of Heaven be revealed in the lives of the children of men. In conjunction with this there were other evidences.
“This Song the Angels sang was heard by the shepherds who tended their flocks—and there we have again the Pattern of the Shepherd. The Pattern of the Shepherd, not concerned about punishing the sheep. What was the parable the Master gave? The ninety and nine that were safe in the fold, and one had wandered away, and the shepherd went out and found it, and carried it back, to bring it healing and restore it to its place in the fold We begin to recognize that the Wise Men who followed the Star came to the place where the Master was born, directed of the Spirit of God. And what was the Star? First we have the pattern with the Shepherds—the Glory, the Shekinah Cloud of Glory. And then come the Wise Men—wisdom, the sense of the fitness of things, a function in relationship to the mind, to the Truth. And what do we see? The Wise Men following the Star. And the Star is what? The Light that Glows. The Cloud of Glory, the Light that Glows, and then the Fire of Love. And within the Fire, One like unto the Son of God. The Shekinah Pattern of Being was established in relationship to the Master's birth, and He used it all the way through His ministry. He talked about it. He revealed it over and over again.
“And when He came to the point of the conclusion of His work on earth, before the pattern of the atrocity had taken form, before the betrayal, He prayed a prayer. And in this prayer we find a glorious portrayal of Shekinah: “These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come.” And He said, “As thou hast given him power over all flesh.” The Shekinah Presence of the One Who Dwells has power over all flesh. And entering into the Cloud of Glory is the Way by which the Father glorifies the Son. He was talking about the Shekinah Pattern of Being here. And then He continued on, “I have glorified thee on the earth.” How? By letting the Shekinah Cloud of Glory have meaning, by letting the Shekinah Power manifest, by letting the Shekinah Light shine. “I have glorified thee, O Father, on earth”—the revelation of the Shekinah on earth.
“And then He said, “I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.” That is where the thing finally hinges. What do we believe? Whom do we believe? He said, “I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.” He had some other things to face, but they were things that human beings forced upon Him. He had already completed all that God had given Him to do, before the atrocity—Seventeenth Chapter of John, the Fourth Verse. “And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.” Here we have the description of Shekinah, and it’s working in relationship to heaven and earth. “I have manifested thy Shekinah unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word. Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee
“I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me … and they have received, and have known surely that I came out from thee.” And that is all they did know, surely. The pathos in this prayer is something that must surely touch the awakened heart. He couldn’t anywhere through it say, “My disciples have reached a point where they can carry on.” If you read it with understanding you will see that the only thing He could say that they knew surely was that He had come from God. But how it worked, what it was, the reality of Shekinah, all the rest, they did not understand. “… and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.”
“I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine. And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.” How? When the Shekinah Pattern of Reality works through them—the Shekinah Fire, the Light that Glows, the Shekinah Cloud of Glory. Let these things manifest in you. He said it so many times, so many ways. “And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them. And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own Shekinah those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy Shekinah: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition.” But the son of perdition is the whole devil pattern as it works through man, the whole fallen sphere, the son of perdition in any generation.
“And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. I have given them thy word”—I have given them Thy Shekinah—“and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.” And the Master in His prayer which concluded His ministry on earth said, “I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.” Thy Shekinah is Truth. “As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world… And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth”—through Shekinah.
“What did He say? “Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word.” I do not know how He could have made it any plainer, that everything He was saying in His prayer applied to any man or any woman, in any generation, of any color, regardless of background, socially or by creed or anything else. His prayer applies to you just as much as it did to anyone, anywhere, at any time. “Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. And the glory”—and the Shekinah Glory—“which thou gavest me I have given them.”
“Now where are those who have received the Glory? “And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them.” And it applies to us in this hour. When are we going to receive the Shekinah Glory? When we let it appear. “And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are.” We must accept the fact that we are supposed to have Oneness with the Father on exactly the same basis that He had Oneness with the Father. And how was it? Through the Shekinah. It has been called different names, but human beings have forgotten what it means; they don’t know. “That they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and thou in me.”
“I, Shekinah, in them, and Thou, the One Who Dwells, in me, Shekinah, that through Shekinah we may all be one. “And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me—Shekinah—and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.” That the Father loved them—you, in this hour—as, in exactly the same way that He loved our LORD when He was on earth. “As thou hast loved me. Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am.” Where was He when He said these words, “Where I am.” He was the manifestation of Deity on earth. He was the focalization of, the revelation of, Shekinah to the children of men, and He said, “I pray that they shall be with me where I am,” not where I am going to be. No. Where I am—the manifestation of the Power of God on earth.
“Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory … for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. And I have declared unto them thy name”—I have declared unto them Thy Shekinah—“and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.” The Shekinah Fire of Love in the manifestation of the Divine Pattern on earth.
“Here we have the words of the Master Himself, in His concluding prayer. If they be the words of Truth, the words of our LORD in fact, let us “soar to high neglect of what's denied or said, this way or that, in Holy Writ”, on the basis of assumption, interpretation, belief, and all the rest. The Master said, “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free”—free to live, and move and have your being in the Shekinah of our God. And so shall you share the Victory and do your part toward finishing the work which you came to do.”
David Barnes — Let's just sit with that in silence for a short period; and then Anne is going to have a few words to say. And when you're done Anne, there may be some meditative comments that would come from others, in radiation, and you could open up for that. So when you're ready, you can carry on.
Anne Blaney — Thanks David for putting together that compilation of that powerful service; it flowed so seamlessly. It's special to be together during the evening hour. I remember when I lived up at 100 Mile, I used to watch a certain rhythm to Martin's services, where every now and then he would speak in an evening service that I personally called his “All is Well service”. He would bring such a peaceful atmosphere in his beautiful way, and you knew that in truth, “All was Well” and that he was continuing to offer us the key.
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In the images that Uranda used of the cone and the net, which picked up the entire world and brought it in direct union with the highest God, there is no question that he was bringing in the highest articulation of the One Law. When that kind of union is called for and which was lived by Jesus, this is the ultimate work that we have come to do in following through on what was established. And although at the birth of the babe the Cloud was emphasized—and it is in that Cloud where the direct union happens—we recognize that we are here today after those events that transpired, after the babe was born; and after the atrocity as Uranda referenced, but also we are here after the Comforter came; the Comforter who explained what was actually happening when the LORD was here. Consequently, we have explored the Light, the Light that Glows in consciousness, and we've even explored the Design of Angels, and therefore we find ourselves in a very privileged place. I couldn't help but note that Uranda spoke about basically, with the prayer, turning over the Lord's people to His Father: that we not be taken from the world, removed from the world, but that we be protected from evil. Well, I think that that prayer truly applies to us here in these days, when the consequences of the events that I just mentioned, and the intensification that is now in motion which brings the perils of evil, applies more to us than to many others, specifically because we have the conscious awareness that this is coming and the reason it is coming.
And so I would go back to the babe being born and to the requirement of openness to the incarnation of the Lord into the flesh of man. There is a wonderful metaphor that Uranda introduced: as we invite the Lord into our beings we do not need to escape a prison, which many would like to do, but instead invite the Lord in, within the power in the Cloud, to participate in the power of the Cloud, and with the Light of the Shekinah Pattern, and instead of escaping it, to allow the Lord to transform the prison into a mansion. I think this has bearing on our function as never before, at least not in my lifetime as it applies now. Never has there been such need to allow that prison to become a mansion, inside of us, and to hold to the perfection into which humanity was gathered at the birth of the babe, by the bringing forth of the Shekinah Pattern into our flesh as the Master did: to make good on the invitation that He extended to us. And this must be done in a day when many, many people believe as many did in ancient times, that God is a bloodthirsty god who does not want us to be having a good time here.
Those of us who know these things, know that we inhabit a mansion not a prison, are more than ever called on to keep that holy space present on earth—while everything hits the wall. And we do not believe, do not ever go back into that ancient illusion that this is a bloodthirsty god who is overseeing all this. This belief is very subtle. It comes up in a spirit of cursing, that old belief comes into one's very close experience. It is a fundamental lie that we refuse to entertain. We heard this truth tonight.
The message we've just heard is a very comprehensive one. I'm happy to be sharing this with those who have an awareness and understanding of these things and who are willing to take this on in a very personal way—and let that spirit enter. Let that prison become a mansion. Truly, in spite of everything crashing around etc. This transformation of man by Shekinah was set in motion at this event that we are celebrating right now. Let it in.
Susannah Light — Anne, I just want to pause with you and really thank you—and thank you David for this compilation of Uranda's service which I'll speak to in a moment. Anne, you said all this has been set in motion—this Pattern of Glory rising, and Good Will descending over mankind—and I think about that so often. We are not out here as islands unto ourselves, figuring something out. This reality has been set in motion. And beyond that, so many good opportunities and examples and beckonings have been left along the way, from ancient times up to more recent times, as in Uranda's service here, but also in your words, and in yours, David. And I just want to join you in the meditation of this evening considering this central key: Glory to God in the Highest. That is a line in a hymn that was very familiar as I grew up, and there was in my perceptions the sense of praise going up and out to this wonderful God that I really didn't know anything about. And so the way Uranda speaks of this Glory to God as a central key, where the Glory from the angel within us is rising up, rising up through and out of all this old human conditioning, ways and patterns and so forth, is really potent.
I have the image of those old, un-useful things just falling down, falling away and there is a rising up of this Glory from the angel within, coming up, all the way up through the incarnate one to meet this apex of highest focalization of Deity. And then comes the receiving of this Good Will, this Peace that settles in over us, and the opportunity that we have to inhabit the heart of this Peace. With that I would go to the image of opening the door—with this Key of Rising Glory—for that Holiness to come into our experience which turns our life into the glowing mansion that is inhabited by the Lord through our capacities. It is such a beautiful meditation. And I really want to thank you both for bringing something for us to join in, and to enhance our perceptions of what's possible in the ways of excellence, in the ways of moving with the currents of love and peace that are so available and have been so beautifully presented, beckoning us to step into it on yet another level—as never before, as you said, Anne, inviting the prison to become the mansion, and I join you in that. I join in communion with all of you in making this real. We don't want it to be an opportunity that passes us by. So, thank you very much.
Steve Ventola — Lately I've been meditating on the Book of James and there's a verse that says: the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceably full of mercy. And what you articulate Anne is that dynamic. The wisdom from above is first felt purely in our heart, and it may stir us to a breaking point, but it's pure; and then there's a sense of peace because we're engaged in that Shekinah Cloud; and then we can extend mercy in the world the way it is right now, because we're in place.
Stewart Berger — Thank you so much David and Anne. Passion cannot be denied—passion for the Lord and for our true calling. We've been so privileged to not only know the quality of spirit through expression, but we have gone through the process of allowing our hearts to be purified. And in my experience, that's a very key thing to allow to occur—the purification of the heart. That facility is enlarged. And how can I do anything other than express the truest quality of spirit, love, truth, life! Once we know that highest quality and from whence it comes, the source of life, a cosmic, invisible, undimensional source, there is no choice. That's who we are. Thank you.
David Barnes — I’ll just say a few words. There must have been an angel singing, or more than one. It is said in the Book of Luke, “And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host.” The story reminds me of all the preparation that was made for the incarnation of the LORD. Obviously there were some people on earth who had some intimation that something of moment was to occur. There were shepherds. There were seers, wise men, those who had some sense of the rhythms of Mazzaroth and the cycles in what we call astrology, who knew that there was something imminent. And of course, a few hundred years before, the prophet Daniel had been commissioned to prepare the way for the coming of the Master; so there were those in and around Jerusalem who were expecting someone to appear and something to happen. There were angels preparing the way as best they could within the structures of consciousness that were present.
I am thinking too of how the disciples, and all the women who became close to Jesus, incarnated at the same time. They came to be on earth with Him, and to help open the way. He certainly couldn’t do it all by Himself—except in essence open something up, because of who He is as LORD of the Sacred Seven. But here is this image of the cone or the net. And I am remined of one who has been referred to in mythology as the Fisher King—the Great Fisherman who came to be a “fisher of men.” And in this vibratory net, the great catch was all human beings who would be caught-up through His Ministry on earth, lifted up within His net. All the response that was possible out of the world was wrapped in that vibratory net and drawn up. “If I rise, all men will rise.” And none is lost except the son of perdition, the whole devil pattern that refuses to respond. And of course He wasn’t alone in providing the evidence of the Presence. He had men and women with Him who were supposed to come forth and be the expanded evidence of the Presence. John, James, Peter, the other disciples, and the women who loved Him.
At the very end, He said: I have finished the work, and the net is as full as it will be of response to Me—the essences of response. And in the whole cycle of ascension, response was gradually drawn back up into the true pattern. That was and is happening. And we see that the Disciple John had a big responsibility in that. We know what he did, coming through in the ascending process, as a manifestation of Shekinah, the Light That Glows, and he wrote the Book of Revelation. We could look at various related things that went on during the 2,000 years between then and now; but in our day, along came Uranda, and along came Martin, and they allowed a focalization of this ascension process to take hold, within the great net of response that was ascending. Now they’re gone from the outer world, and this ascension process continues. And the focalizations of the Shekinah Pattern are here now. We are a part of that, playing our part in this Design and this ascension process that was initiated when the Master finished the work that He was given to do.
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So these are a few thoughts about the work of coming to earth to bring this pattern of Good Will, and receive the response, and let it be as though there had been no break. Let all things be forgiven and forgotten, in this “supreme gesture” of Good Will—“the willingness to let all differences be past, to let all wrongs be as if they had not been.” As long as the response is there, then the slate may be wiped clean. And we continue our movement through the ascending cycles that lead to the ultimate purification. So, here are some thoughts about what’s happening now, and what we’re doing together. And I want to give Yujin an opportunity to say something, and Marsha too. I would love you to take this closing time and share with us whatever you may feel about this Pattern of Glory that is evident in our heavenly world now.
Marsha Bogolin — We too have been meditating on this Glory to God in the Highest and when that is done, it naturally brings forth the Peace and the Good Will. And what stands out particularly to me in all that’s been said in this time is our responsibility for the ascending cycle, and in slightly different words than were used by Uranda, it’s the bringing of the Garden, which is hovering very fertile in our heaven. I think probably many of us are touching that, or being touched by it, and in the midst of whatever is disintegrating, which does need to pass away. This is the real event that is coming in. And the “cone” is a beautiful symbol of how that comes because it is through our total surrender—I like that word—to the highest, and then we discover what is hovering there to come through. So thank you for this opportunity.
Yujin Pak — Thank you Marsha, Anne, David and others. I have just a brief thought. The coming of our KING is not history or memory, and is only meaningful because there’s a coming of the expanded KING today. That’s the only way it has meaning. Otherwise, it could be just the history books. As the coming of the expanded KING is real, vital, full of power and glory, then we are here as the expanded KING for Him. But we let Him be represented to the world because we are here. And there is Glory to God in the Highest and peace and good will on earth towards all men, because the expanded KING through us is here. So may that be so—that we are the expanded KING on earth today.
David Barnes — That is a beautiful prayer to complete our time: “May that be so.” Uranda mentioned, in the selection that we listened to, that the pathos in that prayer should be enough to move deeply the awakened heart. These are a few sentences written at the beginning of the Book of John that also awaken this sense of pathos: “He was that true Light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not. He came unto His own and His own received Him not. But as many as received Him, to them He gave power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His Name.”
I find it to be quite a shocking sensation, when I read these words, and to realize that, He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not. He came unto His own and His own received him not. And then we read, from the Book of John, that very near the end of His life on earth, He said, “Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is He that cometh in the Name of the Lord.” In these two phrases we have very similar essences to what Uranda outlines of the cone or the net symbolozing the Shekinah Presence at the beginning and at the end of His life on earth. Blessed is He that cometh in the Name of the KING. Blessed is He that comes as the manifest evidence of the COLLECTIVE KING. Ye shall not see me henceforth till ye shall say, Blessed is He that cometh in the Name, in the Shekinah Pattern, as a revelation of the Spiritual Body of the KING. So, how perfect your prayerful closing words, Yujin. Thank you. I am grateful that we’ve had an opportunity to share these things just a few days before Christmas. To complete our Evening Meditation, I have a song written by, music played and sung by our spiritual brother Tony Palombo
The Earth Is The Lord's
The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof,
The world and they that dwell therein
I come in the midst of Heaven to bless the fullness thereof.
I stand in midst of the Earth and welcome the fullness thereof.
The Earth is the Lord’s and the Fullness thereof.
Behold, I come in the sea and put my hand on the tides thereof.
And, lo, I come in the wind and put my hand on the currents thereof.
The Earth is the Lord’s and the rhythms thereof.
Behold I come in the Earth and put my hand on the Seasons thereof.
And, lo, I come in the Sun and put my hand on the Fire thereof.
The Earth is the Lord’s and the Seasons thereof.
I come in the towering mountains, I come in the rolling hills,
I come in the blue-green forests, I come in the sweet daffodil.
The Earth is the Lord’s and the beauty thereof.
I mount the sky on wings of eagles,
I run on hooves through the boundless plains.
I plunge the deep in whales of the ocean
I nourish my own in the fields of grain.
The Earth is the Lord’s and the kingdoms thereof.
Who will stand with me in the midst of the fullness thereof?
And put a hand of care on the boundaries of the fullness thereof?
The Earth is the Lord’s and the boundaries thereof.
Behold, I’ll come to thee and put my fire in the heart thereof
And, lo, I’ll come through thee and give my love to the fullness thereof.
The Earth is the Lord’s and the Power thereof.
Behold, I’ll come to thee and put my thoughts on the wheel thereof.
And, lo, I’ll come through thee and shed my Light on the fullness thereof.
The Earth is the Lord’s and the Wisdom thereof.
And, yes! I’ll come to thee and put my breath in the flesh thereof.
And, yes! I’ll come through thee and share my Life with the fullness thereof.
The Earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof.
Who will stand with me and welcome the fullness thereof
And who will dwell with me in the heaven of the fullness thereof?
The Earth is the Lord’s and the heaven thereof.
Come and share with me in blessing with the Spirit of Love
The world and they that dwell in the Earth, and the fullness thereof.
The Earth is the Lord’s and the People thereof.
The Earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof
The world and they that dwell therein.
The Earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof.
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December 22, 2025
Temple of Light
December 21, 2025 Service Notice
Evening Meditation
Our next Temple of Light service will be an EVENING MEDITATION,on SUNDAY EVENING, December 21st @ 5 p.m. Pacific Time and 8 p.m. Eastern Time, withAnne Blaneyand David Barnes speaking from Salmon Arm, British Columbia. For our meditation, here are a few words spoken in an Assembly session by Martin Cecil:
Ye shall not see me henceforth till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the Name of the Lord. There must behewho comes in the Name of the Lord for anyone to say, “Blessed is he”—and this is our concern: the “he” that comes in the Name of the Lord. This has reference both to a point of focus and also to the identity of the collective expression of that One, because we are looking here at the Body of the Son of God, the Body of the Archangel. We have our responsibility to provide what is necessary so that others may say, "Blessed is he that cometh in the Name of the Lord," because we ourselves, individually and together, come in the Name of the Lord. I am come in the Name of the Lord. Here I am. The human mind would be inclined to translate this as, "Ye shall not see me henceforth till ye shall say, Blessed is he or she who cometh in the Name of the Lord," or "Blessed are they who come in the Name of the Lord."No, because there's onlyOnein fact—and we know this if we are coming in the Name of the Lord. And we differentiate that spiritual coming according to our particular roles in the fulfilment of our coming, so that there may be for the world, He that cometh in the Name of the Lord. The reality of the design needs to emerge out of the Spiritual Core. One of the characteristics of the Core can be described by the words,stillnessandquietness. There must, collectively speaking, be a still place, out of which springs what is differentiated, spiritually speaking, taking form in a variety of ways. The whole exercise is designed so that the desolate world may be given an opportunity to say, "Blessed is he that cometh in the Name of the Lord." Have we not seen Him? We certainly see Him if we have accepted the responsibility of being in His Name. In His Name is in His spirit, in His Word, in what He is. If we are in that, we see Him. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
In these days of the Christmas Season, we come in the Name of the Lord, saying, Glory to God in the Highest and on Earth Peace and Good Will toward All. davidand anne
November 23, 2025
Ascension, Attunement, And The Tree Of Life
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Stewart Berger Norwalk, California
November 23, 2025
Steve Ventola — Welcome everyone to our Temple of Light service. Here we are to worship the Lord and to express from the Lord. Stewart Berger will be leading us today. Let's begin with a devotion. Oh Lord of Love, we still our hearts and minds, putting aside all that's happening in the world, that we may come into this present moment now, acknowledging Thee, acknowledging our love for one another, acknowledging our substance together, put before Thee that Thy Fire may fall from heaven, and Thy radiant influence may extend to all the world. Here we are listening, being meek to thy Word, letting a moment of silence be present in our hearts and minds that we may come together now in this place, giving glory to Thee, honoring Thee, and letting Thy Word go forth in the glory of Thy name. Amen.
Stewart Berger — Thank you, Steve; that was beautiful. It was wonderful to share those moments together, as you mentioned, to allow hearts and minds to be still. In that way, we more readily notice the atmosphere that we have between us here that we are creating in this hour and that we've brought with us in our living. I have some things to say, and hopefully you'll enjoy them, maybe even find them entertaining or correlate with thoughts and feelings you've had; experiences you've had. But beyond the words, what I would say is more important for me these days is the experience that we have when we come together; being together and feeling the radiance go out. We've called it unified radiation, but it's something that can be felt and it's wonderful to allow that power to appear and have its effect. One of the songs we heard was composed by Hildegard von Bingen, the German abbess, composer and visionary, who also preached sermons and who lived in the 1100s. It was sung in Latin, entitled “O Virtus Sapientiae,” and the word “Sapientia” means divine wisdom. The lyrics go:
“O Wisdom's power who, circling, surrounds and encompasses all, in one life-giving path. Three wings you have: one of them soars on high; the second exudes its essence from the Earth [from my reading of it, I would say like the generation of connective substance]. And the third flutters everywhere. Praise to you, as befits you, O Wisdom!”
One of my hobbies for many years has been astrology, and by extension astronomy, so I'd like to take you on a brief journey from the surface of the Earth using our awareness, to go out beyond our beautiful planet home. On Wednesday night, we had a new moon, and that happened at 28 degrees Scorpio, and the planet Mercury was in the same place in the sky from our vantage point on Earth, with Mercury on our side of the Sun. So from Earth's vantage point, in a line were the moon, Mercury and the Sun. We usually say that there are twelve signs in the zodiac, and I'll be mentioning the twelve again later. The Sun has moved into the sign of Sagittarius, which is the constellation past which astronomers say is the center of our galaxy. And the line between Earth, the Sun, and where that galactic center is located will become most exact around the middle of next month. The stars seem far away, but it's said that most of the stars that we see with the naked eye at night, when conditions are good, are here in our galaxy, on this side of it, in a fairly small region of the galaxy. And if you think about the distance from Earth to the Sun, by my calculation the distance from our Sun to the center of our galaxy is about 161 million times that. The Milky Way galaxy moves within what's called the Local Group, which itself is being drawn toward what's called the Great Attractor, which contains a dense cluster of galaxies. So, we're talking big! Meanwhile, Spaceship Earth, as well as our solar system and the Milky Way galaxy, are all moving and revolving at very high speeds. And yet for all that speed, it's a very smooth ride, isn't it? We don't really notice it. So, this conveys part of the largeness that we're about, the part of the cosmos we know about and sometimes theorize about, and is a way to observe cycles like those in our solar system.
And coming back to our solar system, Pluto, whose planetary energy has been related to deep transformation experienced by people in astrological terms, recently entered the sign of Aquarius. And the last time that Pluto was in Aquarius was during the time of the American and French revolutions starting in 1778—a period of certain upheaval—and also the time of the beginning of the United States government. So, there is another cycle there. I thought it was interesting timing that PBS would show, at this time, its series on the American Revolution, which I enjoyed, and maybe you saw some of it as well. By the way, if you're interested in astrology, I recommend following Jeff Peters, a friend that some of us know from our days at Glen Ivy years ago. He's a professional astrologer who makes weekly videos on Facebook and YouTube talking about not only astrology but also how it relates to social changes happening now. Also, I see that Miss Universe was crowned on Friday. Perhaps not so amazingly, she was from right here on Earth! Miss Mexico. So, congratulations, Fatima Bosch.
In service last month, Larry Krantz said that “consciousness is fluid.” One of the main things that I've been experiencing is that there's a greater loosening-up process. I've noticed evidence of this in services we've had over the last few months especially. It's been ongoing, but I've noticed a change myself—I don't know if you have, in the last month or two, like we've gone up a notch, or something has opened up in a greater way, and related to that I think is a softening of heart substance. So I believe the creative process is continuing to do its work, and what we're doing in our individual lives and together is probably also having an effect, especially as we engage together online so often. And I believe because of this loosening-up process and softening, I've been noticing that when I go through the day doing things, all of a sudden I'll notice what seems to be a clearing in awareness: an opening, aperture or portal through which it seems the right thing to do to offer a blessing out to whoever may be connected. Maybe someone somewhere needs a blessing and I'm connected to them. I've been finding this happening several times a day—it's like it will just happen out of the blue. Maybe you're experiencing some of this too. I'm not engaged as some of you are in regular group attunement sessions or working with individual people. But attunement has always been a deep interest of mine. I used to share attunements with some people and still share radiation with myself.
I thought I'd mention something that Uranda said—in one of his early Instruction Papers—that we don't have to share an attunement with every person on earth. It would probably be hard to do that. But through those that we do share attunement with, that radiation can then flow through the connections that they have with others, and on from there. In looking for material on the Great Cosmic Story website, I stumbled on this piece that was given in 1992, which was a time of change in the lives of many people associated with the Emissary ministry and with the ministry itself. But here was a steady word, given by John Gray at Glen Ivy. He said, “Attunement is not something we just share now and then; it is rightly a constant experience. The world is in need of attunement: the restoration of the awareness of connectedness with all that is. In order for that need to be filled there must be human beings—you and me and lots of others who are letting the Word flow through, and who revere and sustain the shaping place, the realm of connection that makes this possible. It is not sustained because we are terribly careful; it is sustained because we love it and joy is flowing through us. That is what maintains holiness: joy springing from the source of joy. We permeate the world with joy, and the stuff of which the world is made leaps up happily and obediently to the impulse of spirit and takes shape accordingly. We are creators, endowed with this capability. Let us use it intelligently, gently, joyously and create the world anew.”
As I mentioned, I'm not sharing direct attunements right now with any individuals, but earlier this last week, I did share an attunement with a cat! I think this is a little boy cat, maybe one or two years old, that lives nearby and is an indoor-outdoor cat. I enjoy seeing it now and then, as I'm not allowed to have a cat or pets in our apartment complex. It was lying down, having a snooze, and when I approached it, it started coughing, eight to ten times, and it didn't sound like normal coughing, so I decided to share an attunement with it and see if that might help. I wondered if it had gotten a cold from heavy rains we had. I wasn't able to pick up the cat's pattern! I didn't know what to look for in that regard. But I offered it some energy anyway for a few minutes, and then it got up, stretched, its tail went up, and it walked a little bit and then lay down again for another little snooze. One moral I got from this is that even though we might not fully know what impact we have when we engage with another being, of whatever species, our presence there and our engagement with them have value and introduce something that wasn't there before and often has benefit. Yesterday, I saw the cat again, and it's doing okay. Something else that I've realized is that we don't have to grasp everything mentally, and we've known this, but it's come to mind recently because it seems that there is more change in the heart realm, as I perceive it. It's not all about the mind, and we can trust the heart. And I recall something that both Chris Jorgensen and John Gray said in a service about a year ago, that we can let unified radiation do the work.
One theme that I've been noticing—maybe you have too—is the theme of ascension. Last Sunday, it was mentioned in services by Jae Hyoung Lee in Korea and by Suzanne Core. A month ago, Larry Krantz and Maureen Lakin gave the service entitled “Cycles of Ascension.” In a blog post Chris Jorgensen wrote earlier this month, he mentioned the ascension process twice. And Steve Ventola recently spoke about Apex identity and ascent of the mountain. In 1953, in a class service titled, “Transfiguration—Ascension” [greatcosmicstory.blogspot.com/transfigurationascension.html] Uranda talked about ascension, the tree of life, and the garden:
“What then is ascension? Not leaving the surface of the earth, but moving from the realm of misery and suffering and sorrow and death, moving from the realm of the self-active state to the realm of attunement in and with the continuity of manifestation coming to us from out of the future, from out of the Garden that God planted eastward in Eden. And where is eastward? In the future. Our days come out of the east; the sunrise comes in the east. And so, in the days of our tomorrows the things of God are already provided, but we must learn how to receive them on earth. If we once start receiving them, we may not receive completely all at once, but then the things of God start being around us, and they start extending into the past. What is it that extends into the past with most people? The beauty of the Garden of God or the misery of the hell that man has made on earth? Once you reach a point where that which comes from out of the future from the Garden that God planted eastward in Eden, has come to you, been made manifest in you and through you because you live on earth so that it surrounds you, and begins to move back and extend into the past, where are you then? You are in the midst of the Garden of God. But it’s the only way you can be, when you let it come out of the east, manifest where you are, and extend into the west or into the past. Finally, you are in the midst of the Garden that God planted. And what is in the midst? The Tree of Life.
“The Tree of Life is in the midst of the Garden. It is to manifest where you are—where you are! If you think you can go to it, by going up or down or sidewise or something else, you are wrong. The Tree of Life is just as available to you as to any Adam or Eve in the past, before the fall or after. It’s at hand; it’s available; the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand; the Garden that God planted eastward in Eden is at hand; for they are one and the same thing. But we must let them come into manifestation, and when we do that what do we do? We ascend out of the old order of things into the new, into the Divine Estate. But we do not leave the earth's surface. We are living right here, letting God's Will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. And so does His Kingdom come. Where from? From out of the east, from out of the future, in a manifestation through those men and women who let His Will be done; and it takes form around them; and it begins to extend into the past; and others begin to see, and they aspire to that same ascension—to ascend to the place where there is the evidence of the Presence of the One Who Dwells.
“That is the mystery unveiled by Enoch, by Moses, by Elijah, and by our Master, who was made manifest through the body of Jesus. And He said, “Follow me”—follow Me, that the mystery may be unveiled, that you may begin to know the reality of the Cloud of Glory. The Tabernacle—your own body—the Tabernacle filled with the Glory of the Lord until it shone round about. Yes, to be true of you. Where? In the wilderness of this world as it is, until the wilderness is caused to blossom as the rose because the Garden of God comes out of the east and is made manifest through those who let His Will be done.”
“Until the wilderness is caused to blossom as the rose.” In that same service, Uranda also described ascension as a matter of change in the vibrational state or level of being, and we've had that experience. There are many ways that we can allow the ascension process to happen, and it happens at different levels in our experience. One way that I have been conscious of lately, mindful of, is consuming the food that I eat. Here is material of the earth: vegetable, fruit, mineral, dairy, and some of us eat meat, and these provide us with energy. It renews our bodies and it can be delicious—and only pennies a serving! (a lot of the time). But here is material that comes to us from the earth, from outside our bodies, which we take into our bodies to be converted into energy and to fill the body with health. So before I eat, I give thanks for it, bless it. Many of us probably remember a blessing being given before or during meals in Emissary units or in our family homes.
Uranda mentioned the tree of life, which is written about in the Book of Revelation, and there's a passage in Revelation that I was kind of stuck on and didn't quite understand for the longest time, but it's making more sense now, so I'd like to read it. This is John speaking about one of the seven angels who showed him the great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God: “And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.”
The part I got hung up on was where it says, “In the midst of the street of it and on either side of the river was there the tree of life.” I found a service of Uranda's on the Great Cosmic Story in which Uranda talked about this and how, “In the midst of the street of it” relates to the throne of God. So the throne of God is in the midst of the street, “and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life.” I also wondered how a tree could be on either side of the river—I suppose you could say that is one big tree! And we were talking earlier about the scope of things in the cosmos. But it's become more clear now that the tree of life is one tree, and I suppose one microcosm is that the tree of life is us, and the river of water of life is the current of life that flows and moves through us, including substance and pneumaplasm. So the tree of life encompasses the river, and as you noticed, it's described not as water itself but water of life, again relating to the current.
I think I'll read just a few more words from Revelation, because the words are beautiful; the Word is beautiful; truth is beautiful. Again, this is John and what the angel showed him, speaking about that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God—not up in the sky—having the glory of God.
“And her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal." He went on to speak about "a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels.” Here's the twelve again. “And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass. And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honor into it. And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there. And they shall bring the glory and honor of the nations into it.”
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Yujin Pak — Thank you Stewart. Ascension, serenity, the garden, and the city of God. Lately, I have been going at dusk at the time of sunset almost every day to a nearby large lake that's deserted, and have been biking and walking the shoreline of this lake. From a distance, you can see the peaks of the Rocky Mountains. And at dusk it is really beautiful. And I go there for communion and did so last night, and saw the new moon that you mentioned Stewart. The sky was orange and purple. And as I biked and then stopped and walked along the shore seeing this beautiful purple sky and the new moon, I was immediately in the spirit, and in a time and place that is here and now, and not here and now, transported into the atmosphere of highest being, the garden, the city of God, and in this place. I commune with some of you, with people, and offer the radiation that you spoke of, being in God, being in the city of God, and letting power, love, forgiveness, flow. In the world, but in the vastness of the cosmos that we are a part of, and letting the flow of that cosmos come into my consciousness, and into the world. I so very much appreciate this time of dwelling in ascension and dwelling in the city of God for an hour a week—but we may do so in the various hours of our week. And I'm glad to share this moment of my experience from last night of being in heaven with all of you on earth. Thank you, Stewart.
David Barnes — Yes, thank you Yujin, and Stewart, and everybody who spoke in the spirit in between. I could feel patterns of pressure building in my chest, my heart, from the moment you started speaking Stewart, and continuing right through to Yujin's closing words. I'm glad you mentioned the expansion and the transformation of the heart realm that is underway in an intensified manner. It might relate in a very specific way because of a change that's happening in the mind, the mind of each of us as individuals, and in the whole. The conscious mind is going through an ascension process, from being embedded in the things of the earth and rising into the air of the spirit, to become the light-bearer, a reliable presence, representing the spirit and providing a beautiful complement of trustworthy, secure interplay with the heart. So this ascension process is affecting our minds and drawing them up into the higher vibratory ranges; and the guidance of the spirit is transforming the heart in a beautiful expansive way, so that we can be prepared and poised to handle what's coming; perhaps suggested by what you referred to as Pluto in Aquarius—this transformation point that is being suggested by that imagery from Mazzaroth and astrology.
Great changes are imminent in the outer world and in our own outer capacities, so that the twelve manner of fruits, and the twelve pearls, and the twelve gates in the holy city are in place. This is the design of being. This is us and others, coming into formation to be a living city, a living body, each one playing their part in a living design. So this pressure and this intensification in the heart, and the lifting up of the conscious mind, and this movement in the ascending currents allow us to receive the spirit that brings these most essential transformations in our outer capacities and also in the world body itself. This is something that we obviously must be prepared for. And so what you brought us, your words, and in particular the tone of the beautiful reading from Revelation at the end gave lots of space for this new substance to begin to form. And it was most precious, and deeply felt in the heart, and appreciated very much Stewart. So, thank you my friend.
Stewart Berger — Thank you. I have a final piece to play. And David, you just mentioned Mazzaroth, which reminded me of the Book of Job—and we know we're a part of something vast, something very large, a beautiful process, a peaceful process, but we're here to do something very specific. And that relates to the verse: Cans't thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades; or loose the bands of Orion; canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season—to bring the creative process to focus here where we are in this moment, in every day. I want to thank each of you for speaking. I spoke of food. You nourish me with your word, your substance. And I honor and love the magic of your words and the word in your living.
To close, there's a song from the 1500s composed by Thomas Tallis using verses from the Gospel of John that Jesus spoke to his disciples, using many of these words. I'm reading them because in the way the song is performed with the different voices, it can be hard to make out a few of the words, but here are the verses in the Bible. “If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father and he shall give you another comforter, that he may abide with you forever. Even the spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him, but ye know him. For he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.”
If Ye Love Me
And I just want to mention that we know the comforter has been associated with an individual. But I saw that Martin said in a service in 1981, that the coming of the comforter is not something separate from human beings. “If there is a comforter available, it is because there is yielded human flesh to let it be so. We are to extend that comfort to those who are potential awakeners. We are stewards, caretakers, comforters. It could be said we have a number of roles in that sense. And we know very well that we are capable of “handling these roles.” It's been a joy to be with you. And here is the choral piece.
