April 29th 1968
Daughters, we greet thee. It is the keeper of the stone and the old one. You have always admired those people who do things for themselves. You have great admiration for the one who set forth on the great ocean in a craft and perseveres of his own accord through his own skill to sail the oceans of the world. There is always something which draws the admiration of others, for one who travels and achieves, alone.
All people must eventually do this very thing, concerning the spiritual path. The weaker ones, the little children, the younger souls, always remain in groups, must always feel the great need for companionship and the company of others. But when one begins to progress spiritually, then one must needs be on one's own.
This does not mean that the companionship and the love of true friends are frowned upon, but it does mean that the experience of walking alone is right and proper at this time.
But the one who starts out, the one who finds that they have come at last to the narrow road, to the narrow gate, must at one time or another turn back, and look from whence they came, and long, occasionally, for the companion-ship and for the love, of others. But we are always at hand, and we want you to believe us when we say that along this lonely path, usually at the very end, of an Earth beings life, we gather closer, and are nearer than ever before. Because the very fact that one has started along this very narrow way, is a sign unto us to draw nearer and we find that the atmosphere, the vibration, is such at this particular point of the journey, that we can gather closer, more in harmony, easier in touch, as it were, with the traveller.
But when one feels the need for others, and one turns and looks back, this is a time of depression and slight doubt concerning the physical brain and the physical body. There ….. physical brain … fear …. and is not caused through ignorance. If these things were still definitely in the make-up, then one would not attempt to have started along this very narrow path.
And so we come to bring you words of comfort. And we say unto you, and in very truth, that these things that assail you, and upset you, at times, are simply though a natural feeling of loneliness. Shall we put it like this? When a man is walking across every narrow bridge, he is alright so long as he does not look down, but when he stands still and realises the terrific height at which he stands, and looks down to the terrific depth below, and the distance, and perhaps, the turmoil of the surging waters, until he gathers courage to walk on, for just a fleering moment he seems to be afraid. And yet the very fact that he started across the bridge, means that his fear is not real. He was not a coward, or he would not have started to cross this very narrow bridge.
And occasionally along this narrow path, one is …., and when one stands still and looks back, one feels the wind of change, which one did not feel when she was walking. And so we want you to recognise these things for what they are. And we want you to realise that through your own perseverance, through the struggles, through the physical handicaps, through the mental exhaustion and tiredness, all things were sent and created by the Father for his children. But there are they who, when very young will find they have in their possession,a toy, perhaps a toy weapon, a toy gun, but the real thing when placed in a little child's hand, thinking that it would be harmless as a toy, would use it and cause severe damage, perhaps death. Perhaps a serious accident would ensue. Because the little one did not understand the power of the terrific weapon.
And so, dear children, know you this. Because of your seeking, of your searching, of your trying, of your perseverance, of your acceptance of the trials and tribulations of life, you are entrusted with those things which would be great danger, a terrific danger, to younger soul. Or a person younger physically, with a strong, healthy, body, but perhaps a weakness of the mind. You know the dangers, you know the consequences, of all these God-given things abused. Be at peace, relate the greatest gift of all, common-sense, and try to fight and to overcome this weakness which seems to prevail in most people to the very end.
What others say or think, children, know thyselves, examine thyselves, not only the inner man, but the outer man. If your body is weak, if pains assail you, if you are tired and weary of these things which sometimes one has inherited, these things that can't be helped, and you have tried and fought and helped others, and done your very best, then, do you not deserve a little respite? From these so called trials and tribulations? Are you not strong within? You are strong in your humility. You are strong in your meekness. You admit, by doing these things, that thou art not proud and stiff-necked, that thou also needeth physical comfort, reassurance, lifting up. The Spirit is complete, perfect, and absolute. Nothing can alter this. It is indestructible. And in the very rare, and the very few, and the very great, it is so strong that it can overcome all flesh, all matter. But we have a long way to go, and we understand and will bring help and support.
Remember at all times that to know thyself is all that really matters. We know you. We ask you to examine yourself a little further, a little deeper, and to overcome all feelings of inferiority. Thou art That. And we have come to bring you this personal comfort, for we felt that you needed our reassurance, and our presence. Although we are never far away. You stood, you looked back, you trembled, we came.
This transcript addresses the momentary dread that comes to someone genuinely far along a difficult path, when they stop and look back. The image is precise — a man crossing a narrow bridge, perfectly steady while walking, suddenly afraid the instant he stands still and looks down at the drop below. The transcript's reassurance rests on a simple logic: the fear itself is proof the fear isn't real in the way it feels — "the very fact that he started across the bridge, means that his fear is not real. He was not a coward, or he would not have started."
It also offers something rarer in this collection: explicit permission to be tired. Real advancement, the transcript says, brings real solitude — the deeper spiritual path is necessarily walked alone, even while love and companionship remain good and are not renounced — and solitude, occasionally, brings real depression, simply through loneliness, not through any failure or spiritual weakness. Strength here is redefined pointedly: "you are strong in your humility... that thou also needeth physical comfort, reassurance, lifting up" — admitting need is named as strength, not its absence, and rest is described as something earned and deserved, not a lapse to feel guilty over.
The transcript closes, as several in this collection do, with "Thou art That" — offered here not as teaching but as comfort, alongside the plainest possible reassurance: "You stood, you looked back, you trembled, we came."