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THE GREATER WORLD CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALIST CHURCH
THE ZODIAC MESSAGES
"MARRIAGE"
An address by the celestial messenger 'Zodiac' (the
unnamed scribe of the Bible and a teacher in the Temple
of Jerusalem at the time of Christ), at the Zodiac
Circle on Sunday, 8th February, 1925
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"O TENDER Shepherd, we ask Thee to-night to help
us, to strengthen us, and to give us courage to go
on - not only the courage that can grapple with difficulties,
but that inner courage of the Spirit which allows us
to ride over them: which gives us the capacity to fix
our gaze upon the distant hills, on their splendour
and on their promise; and this, with our eyes raised
from the ground, to see only Thy glory and not the
roughness of the road. Grant that we may be able to
ignore those dissuading voices of the shadows; grant
that we may neither see nor hear them, except with
that tiny part which, as yet, is not free from the
toils of the earth.
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"O Father, we know how mighty Thou art, and how
gentle, how all-understanding. And because we are certain
of these things, with faith and with perfect confidence
we ask Thee to-night to turn sadness into gladness,
weariness into strength, faltering steps into big strides
which will take us on and on, past the awkward corners
of physical experience out into the wide country where
sunshine is all around, and where even the most carefully
thought-out schemes of those who wish to hinder shall
be as nought.
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"Father of Infinite Love, we leave everything
in Thy watchful care, and we know that because we are
obeying Thy direction - the direction which Thou hast
given - seeing the infinite joy these evenings are
going to bring in the happy days to come, and their
far-reaching results, that Thou Who hast directed us
to continue this work will send down grace and strength,
and that complete faith which will enable us to close
on a note of understanding, of perfect unity, not only
with each other but with Thee, our Lord and Master
Jesus Christ, Who never forgets and Who never fails.
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"Father, we thank Thee, and we turn to our work
satisfied in Thee, now and for ever. Amen.
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"MY CHILDREN, I am leading you hither and thither
where help and strength may be found, and yet you cannot
imagine that after directing you to take I should tell
you not to give in return. The power of Love is greater
than anyone on this plane has ever grasped - its healing,
its sustaining power is unlimited when the love is
pure. And so I say to you and to all who read, give
out of your love and restrain it not, because God said:
'Little children, love one another'...Love one another!
(St. Matt. 22,30: St. Mark 12,25; St. Luke 20, 35)
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"And now, speaking of Love, I will pass on to
a subject which, in the physical minds of many through
the ages, has caused perplexity, and sometimes that
which is far less pleasant, a certain lack of delicacy,
which is hurtful to them and to those who hear.
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"I refer, dear children, to our Lord's statement
that there was no marriage or giving in marriage once physical
life was ended.
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"Now here we are brought up against two attitudes
of mind, because, as you know, that which you call
'marriage' has not been carried out as our Father intended.
To those whose experience has been bitter or disillusioning,
the thought that once physical life is over marriage,
as marriage, exists no more is greeted with a sense
of thankfulness which goes too deep for words.
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"Then there are others, many others, thank God,
who have got fairly near to the ideal; and when death
steps in the one who is left behind is conscious of
a sense of loss, which even the knowledge of reunion
later on cannot wipe out. They view it somewhat like
this: they say, 'Oh! I know we shall be together again,
but it will not be the same!' And by this they mean
to imply that that which awaits them will be far less
complete than the union during their physical lives.
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"Well, dear children, with a subject like this,
on which so many queries arise, it is well, I think,
to give a plain and straightforward statement, so that
you, and others, may readjust your minds to the truth
as it is, and has been from the beginning.
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"True it is that there is no 'marriage' in the
Bright Spheres, but, my little ones, there is a unity
between soul and soul which far transcends anything
that has ever been experienced, even under the most
ideal conditions, upon earth. Because humanity, as
a whole, has been unable to get the true vision of
unity of Spirit, it goes to the other extreme and rules
out that 'wedlock' between individual souls as non-existent.
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"It is strange to us that the word 'wedded' should
represent to you only a state which is possible while
the physical body remains; it is strange to us that
man should be so blind, and that Love should have been
allowed to fall so far from its high estate.
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"Little children, do not misunderstand! Those
laws of nature are necessary for the working out of
God's Plan, necessary because there are countless thousands
waiting always to undergo their experience on earth.
But, dear children, love is a far more subtle thing
than that. The attraction between individuals on the
earth plane is simply and solely the bare outline,
the merest indication of the unity of Spirit in the
realms where Spirit has full scope.
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"I want you to get your view-point right. I want
you to be able to say to those who have suffered under
the conditions of marriage - I want you to tell them
that there is in store for them a unity, a wedlock,
in its spiritual sense, which will reveal to them God's
mighty love. And I want you to reassure those who feel
that something has been taken from them which will
never come back in the old sweet way again - I want
you to say, with faith and with certainty, that beautiful
as that love may have been - complete in the earth
sense, the sympathy of mind established - those things
were but a reflection of the real.
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"And when they come Home they will find their
loved ones waiting for them, and in that reunion -
which means a unity which it is impossible to explain
in words, because it is of the Spirit and not of the
body - joy and perfect happiness becomes their own.
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"My children, here I interpose one remark, for
fear I may be misunderstood. There are many marriages
on earth in which the Spirit takes by far the largest
part - these unions are the only ones which are of
God.
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"But within your own knowledge there are countless
numbers who have entered into this holy state with
minds which are unholy indeed, with motives which are
of the lowest, with that base misrepresentation of
love which, in itself, is a desecration to them both.
You can understand, dear children, that it is indeed
a farce to say to such as these: 'Those whom God hath
joined together let no man put asunder'. God was not
asked, God had no place in their thoughts. But the
evil, seizing the opportunity of their 'unawareness',
brought into being a state of things which wounds the
Tender Heart indeed.
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"There is not one who has suffered under these
conditions - suffered through no fault of their own
- who will not reap the blessing of the Father, and
joy and power in the days to come. They have not failed
their vows, and because another forgot, even as the
words were spoken, God holds the injured pure and free;
and in place of hurt and that deep anguish of the mind,
gives healing, gives grace, gives that understanding
which will not only help them on in their own spiritual
progress, but will enable them to help others - for
only those who understand can heal like wounds, or
can restore that which has been broken.
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"Oh! my children, there is so much more in this
statement than you can grasp just now. But I say to
you that the linking up of two lives in this way should
be regarded indeed as a sacrament, not in name but
in essence, and in the very spirit of the word.
Names count for nothing, but the sacredness of these
unions should never be forgotten.
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"I have told you before that those who provide
the opportunity of allowing others to take on their
earthly experience - that these, if they are in touch
with God, are indeed not only following His Will but
are lending themselves to the working out of His unlimited
Purpose for the raising up of mankind.
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"There is one other aspect which, perhaps, it
is wise to underline tonight, and that is in regard
to the unity between Spirit and Spirit once the body
is laid aside. When you come here you will find that
there are many others who are linked to you, and to
whom you are linked by the closest ties of love imaginable.
And so it is that very often, during the early stages
of spiritual emancipation, there are those who work
together, who are linked in this way, because at that
particular stage they provide for each other the necessary
help, or the one has certain qualities which the other
is trying to develop.
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"I don't want you to get confused! You must remember
that love, as love, represents a very high state of
spiritual progress. And once the body is discarded
those who wish to climb are the first to realise that,
as yet, they are not ready for that perfect union -
that unity of Spirit and Spirit to which I have referred
- so, voluntarily, looking into the eyes of Christ,
they start their preparation, and this goes on, sometimes,
through many stages and, to you, it would seem that
much time elapses before the final linking up is there.
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"But as you have been taught, where love is there
are no barriers. Spirit can commune with Spirit whether
in the body or whether free from its restrictions:
and this is worked out throughout the spheres. Yet
I would have you consider that love is so of God that
much preparation is necessary before you can make that
most precious gift your own, in the sense that God
intended.
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"You see, my little ones, how perfect is the Mind
of God! Nothing is withheld, but once the sight is
there, you see for yourself that it is better to wait
awhile, so that when that which is your own is made
your own you can hold it fast and may fail it not...
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...Goodnight, my children, and remember that Love unlocks
all gates, not only in the physical world but in all
the worlds over that little river which you had described
to you just now. Love opens all gates, admitting, ushering
you from one state of beauty into that which is nearer
perfection still. Goodnight."
©GWCSA
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