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THE GREATER WORLD CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALIST CHURCH
THE ZODIAC MESSAGES
"THE MESSAGE AND THE MESSENGER"
An address given 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 February 11th, 1928
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"It may seem strange to you that I can come into your
lives and under the grace of God lead you one step
nearer to the Light that never fades. The Master of
all is conscious of your effort, of your sincere desire
to contact with higher and still higher things. Because
Love controls all physical laws and physical links,
you have been drawn together and God has blessed you,
although in the sleep state you have known each other
for many a year before the physical body was donned.
God controls all our lives and when the Christ within
is sufficiently released to long for closer contact
with things of the Spirit, then the opportunity is
provided. This is another sign of that provision that
has been made for the days to come.
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"You are all instruments that the Master has already
used and will use again. This fact has never been sufficiently
emphasised. In the world today there is segregation
between teachers, instructors and learners, but that
is not the Christ way. The Christ tells you that you
are all instruments and that He wants you for holy
work. Those who are concerned with things of the material
world and the temptations of the mind, are not the
servants of the Most High but of His enemies.
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"In the measure that you allow yourself to be controlled
and influenced by those who have shut themselves off
from the Light, not only are you injuring the Divine
within but frustrating the freeing of the one who seeks
to use them for constructive work. Responsibility rests
upon everyone.
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"Within these serious words joy like a beautiful stream
flows on, for you wish to do God's work, to listen
to those who know the Christ, and you would take the
good news to others. Whatever your position in life,
whatever your circumstances, whatever your mental equipment,
you can be an instrument used by God. What hope and
what promise is given to the one who listens and tries
to build for themselves that peace and contentment
of spirit that nothing on earth or any state of consciousness
can take from them.
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"Though you may love someone dearly and they love you
with all their heart, this love is as a chill wind
compared to the glorious sunshine of the Father's Love
for His creation. You have been watched over during
aeons of time, fought for, safeguarded and at last
gathered to Him, in the likeness of Himself, into that
home where family life in its greater, grander sense
goes on for ever.
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"Visualise the past - and the effect of the past -
upon the present. In days of old, the Lord God Jehovah
spoke to His children upon the earth. But how much
of what He said pierced the conditions to get through
the block of materialism and self-worship? How many
of the loving messages from the Great Creator were
heard by man? Very few, because God was ruled out of
the heart and mind of man. The Lord of All, the King
of Kings, had to search far and wide to find the pitifully
few who would listen to His instructions and pass on
direction to the wayward ones who were constantly punishing
themselves.
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"The prophets named in the sacred book, those Messengers
of the Most High, were as grains in the great field
of indifference. They were crushed out of existence
by those in authority and those who worshipped other
gods because these demanded little of sacrifice from
themselves. How easy it was to take the lamb or the
goat and offer it upon the altar and so escape giving
anything of effort from themselves. In these times,
although that method of appeasing a strange and mighty
God no longer exists, yet there are countless numbers
who make such a sacrifice because they are unwilling
to give that which God has asked of them - the obedient
will, the loving heart, the only gift in man's power
to bestow on All Holiness, on the Creator of all things.
Think of those, silhouetted against the horizon of
indifference, who stand out from those days as messengers
of the Most High.
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"When the Father found those sufficiently freed from
self to listen to His voice, prepared to guide the
foolish ones, how long did the message that was passed
on remain as it was given by God? Here lies the weakness.
The forces of destruction so easily creep in and do
their terrible work. The message comes, simple yet
profound. But man after a short space of time is no
longer satisfied with the Word of God, he must add
that which is an echo of his own imprisonment.
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"Man thinks that God's Word, God's Truth, needs further
embellishment. Ponder on the audacity of the attitude
of those who indeed walk in a bondage that it will
take centuries to cast from them. Before the Messiah
came with His message of Love, there were those who
took the words of the prophets and distorted, adorned
and piled up around the Truth that which was false.
After a while, God's message was scarcely recognisable
for it had been through the hands of man; the earth
had clung to it, marring its beauty, dimming its lustre,
and so humanity strayed still farther away from their
Eternal Home. They clung to the valley and sought not
the hill, for the message had been so obscured that
they did not know, or want to know, that the way to
God is the steep road, the difficult road. Giving of
the spirit within - in service to others - allows the
individual to make contact with the Holiness around.
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"What of the Saviour, the Beloved of all our hearts,
and His message that He instructed His followers to
pass on to others? Fragmentary though they may be,
the sacred record holds the teachings of the Christ,
the pure message of the Most High, so simple yet profound.
The message is there to be given out today. But how
many prefer to teach that which emanates from the mind
of the body? History is repeated a thousand times.
The same mistakes are made along with the same reluctance
to face the Truth. Why? Because the One Who trod the
earth way and brought Light into darkened places, chose
the difficult path, and He instructed that all who
love Him should follow after.
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"Those who did follow the Christ created the Light
that you today are sharing. But that Light would not
be here had they chosen to embroider Truth and to put
their own interpretation upon the message of the Christ.
Those who followed immediately after the Christ - and
many others after - took the Word and did not turn
from the injunctions, passed out of earthly conditions
into a radiance that no language can describe, and
they were imbued with powers beyond your comprehension.
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"Do you imagine that Peter and John - and a multitude
of others not chronicled in the sacred book who took
the same road, did the same work, and suffered the
same stripes - thought that when the body was laid
aside such glories would be theirs? I was with them
and we talked amongst ourselves. The life to come was
a misty veil on the far horizon except for the glorious
fact that we knew we should be with the One who was
all in all to us. Whatever that life held, whatever
the conditions, whatever was exacted, perfect joy would
be ours.
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"We talked with the Master. Each word that fell from
His lips was lovingly recalled. As we talked together
we found that the Beloved with His simplicity, with
His grandeur of humility, had descended - if that word
can he used - to approach each one as companion, as
friend, to enter into our needs, our longings, our
despairs and even our ignorance. Each one had the same
loving tale to unfold, the tenderness of the Christ
and the sweetness of His compassion. The message was
passed on to us not only by word, but also by example.
It was a pure stream of Truth that nothing of the earth
could mar or pollute, and it ran through our minds
protected by Love itself.
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"Is it not apparent to you that the Christ, His message
and His messengers should be one glorious whole? In
that time past perchance we understood little. We were
as children in our spiritual emancipation. Yet love
made many links and as the body suffered, as persecution
drew closer, through the pain, a little more understanding
was gained and the message became clearer because of
that which we endured.
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"How can the message come from those who turn from
the Cross - who make their sacrifice in kind, not the
sacrifice of effort, dedication and love? It is clear
that the message of the Christ is changed. What remains
of the simple statements, those injunctions that no
one can turn from except by deliberate intent?
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"Feel this great responsibility. To those gathered
in from the World of Spirit, who perhaps turned from
suffering when in the physical body, out of your desire
to retrieve the past, out of the pain and anguish that
it has brought, you can pass on the message of the
Christ as the message was given.
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"The many representatives of the Most High are urged
to go back to the message given by God, the message
of the Christ, the message that came through to an
ignorant world by that which the Beloved did and suffered
and overcame.
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"Even God could not have come to earth and given forth
Truth without pain, without persecution and without
the long preparation of self-denial. It is the only
method by which the clear stream of Truth can find
a way. So, if suffering has come close, can you not
see the gift, the privilege, for without the pain,
though you may be messengers, the message is not of
the Christ.
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"Representatives of the Most High - those who have
taken upon themselves, out of the love within, to teach
and lead the people - go back to God; separate yourselves
from that net of physical thinking, from the theories,
the creeds and the doctrines - built up by the bondage
of man's mind - and go back to the Master. All that
is needed is the sacred record, which Love Itself gave
forth so that man need no longer walk in darkness but
have the light of understanding that is indeed his
grand inheritance.
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"God has called you. In this world and in those vaster
spheres beyond the physical, there are countless thousands
waiting for the message. Many messages are passed on
to them but they come from those who as yet know not
the Christ. So the message of the Saviour still waits
to be delivered. When you concentrate upon the things
of God, the release of the spirit within makes you
long to work for the Master. You endeavour to sow the
seeds of Truth. That is the outward show and only the
beginning. You are being prepared for a work beyond
your comprehension, indeed it might frighten you if
it could be explained. God needs many instruments who
can carry His message to those who have never heard
it.
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"What of yourselves? Are you willing? Is there that
missionary spirit within that allows you to say: 'I
strive now and I seem to achieve nothing, yet I will
go on.' What are you doing? You are building that foundation
of faith, of determination, of endurance and patience
that will give you your heart's desire - and your spirit's
desire - when you are free.
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"The Master has loved you long and He calls you to
rise higher, nearer to holy things. Will you endure
for the sake of others? Will you endure so that the
Master may give that which is of Himself into your
safekeeping? The Master speaks and as you listen with
grateful hearts, rededicate your greater selves to
His Service. For He has done all for you by bringing
you into the stage where the beauty of service and
the glory of effort shines like a light through your
minds. The beauty of effort, the glory of service,
and the gift of being an instrument to give forth the
message of All-Holiness, All-Love, the message of Truth,
the message of Hope, the message that the world - although
it does not know it - is waiting to receive.
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"The call has come. Make ready for the advance, for
great things are hanging in the balance. Power is wanted
and the only way to create power in its true sense
is by the individual taking the Christ way, following
the Christ direction and passing on the message to
others, encouraging them to listen for great things
hang in the balance.
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"When the Father finds that those upon the earth are
willing to be used then the protectors are sent to
them. When the messengers are willing to deliver the
message, so indeed the power of Holy Spirit is vouchsafed
to them. The future is charged with much. No one can
tell you what to do. The Divine within instructs, and
will control more and more as the days pass.
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"It is my purpose to pass on the love of God, to endeavour
to portray something of His understanding, something
of His hopes regarding you, something of the promise
held out in front. Let the theme of this message be
the love of the Christ, the radiance of His smile,
and the wonderful guidance and companionship that He
holds out to all.
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"Around you in all its exquisite beauty lies the blessing.
Take the blessing and remember always that each blessing
comes only to be passed on again. Tell yourselves that
there is work to do. Prepare and make ready and the
Father's business shall be done.
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"In the name of the Christ you are blessed with a valiant
heart and an unconquerable will. You are blessed with
the power of Holy Spirit to accomplish that which your
greater self desires."
©GWCSA
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