November 5th 1970
We remind you of the Christ and of this wonderful thing which he said and this wonderful promise that he made.
"Come unto me all ye that are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest".
We all must, at one time or another, come unto the Christ, come into the Spirit within ourselves, come into the inner sanctuary very deep in our own being, and see there, and know there, the great love, the great light, the great power, the true and only Spirit that is indestructible, that indestructible something which makes us heirs to the throne of peace and glory which reunites us to the great love, to the creator, and to the all.
At this time of year upon the Earth plane, people are thinking and remembering. It is good to remember, but it is better to know that one can reunite, that all can reunite, that there is no need for separation. For where there is love, where there is the Christ, where there is this Spirit developed, there cannot possibly be separation. Here all is one. Here is the Spirit. Absolute, complete, and perfect. It matters not how much the body is assailed because the Spirit is smiling always and in repose because it knows itself. But when the mind, when the physical brain of a human being is so aware of the Spirit, is aware of the relationship between itself and the all-loving Father, then this opens the door and the power flows through.
We have told you over and over again that when one is tuned into this love vibration, when one is beginning to develop, and to open out, then this calls for attack from the darkest psychic forces. For you remember it is written,
"And the great darkness was all about and they comprehended it not."
They knew not. Little children, this great world in which you abide at this time is indeed surrounded, enveloped in the great darkness of fear and ignorance. The little children in this great darkness, in the midst of this blackness, they know it not. Therefore, in their ignorance, they beat upon those who are sensitive, who are beginning to develop, these from whom the light is beginning to shine. This very light seems to threaten their comfort and complacency. They prefer the darkness of ignorance and fear, and their prejudice is great. But surely those of you who are aware of the great love know in your hearts that all is well.
We would remind you also when Jesus said, "It is not that which goeth into a man which defileth him, but that which comes out of the heart and mind."
We must seek deep in ourselves. If we can honestly say, "This thing which I say or do I feel in my heart is right and proper and good, so be it. This is that which is coming out of the heart and mind. Although it is possible that one is making a mistake, although in absolute good faith, therefore there is no wrong here, for we are all but little children and the great love which surrounds us will notify, will rectify through love, through experience, a mistake if a mistake has been made. For no man can possible learn a single thing unless he makes mistakes. Nothing could be learned without the making of mistakes.
We ask you to remember also that to forgive time and time again and again and again, that this also is the Christ teaching. And the mistakes which are coming forth, perhaps, from the hearts and minds of others, are things which will have to be rectified But if those people who are making such mistakes are in the great darkness, under the great cloud, not developed as regards Spiritual sensitivity, then they are indeed little children of the same Father, our brothers and sisters. But younger, the tiny ones, of whom we do not take much notice because they have not learned to reason properly. Although we may feel at times with these little ones, impatient and sometimes hurt, because of their seeming ruthlessness, thoughtlessness, childishness, we forget, because of their age, because of their young-ness. A man may be eighty, and yet Spiritually and mentally a child. Spiritually, although he may be an expert in his own field, can still be a little child when it comes to things concerning the Spiritual.
So we see ourselves, and try to understand ourselves. If, deep within us, we feel that we have been thinking aright and our deeds have followed accordingly, then let us be still, let us be at peace. Let us settle into the deep centre within ourselves where the Christ Spirit abides. Let us remember that we are still and quiet because our feet, our house is built upon a rock and not the shifting sands. The rock of faith and the rock of love. Let us know that the winds and the tempest in that great darkness all around us in that outer world, although we will be agitated and disturbed at times, we are safe in that place where Christ abides, where the Spirit dwells and we have learned to come in unto him. When we are weary and heavy laden and deep within we find the the peace. In this quiet peace we pray for courage and strength because we know that while we are in the world we must go forth and face the world again. We understand, we know. We have walked the same path. But we come in love and we restore your confidence and courage and we want to end with those words, the words of a hymn, "A thousand ages in thy sight is but an evening."
See how small, see how little, see how unimportant a day, a week, or a year, or even a lifetime really is in the great scheme of things.
Let not those things come from your heart and mind which are bitter and resentful. Just love, just patience, and especially ask for protection and guidance. It will come. All is well, all is love, all in peace, and all is one. The only thing that matters is the Spirit within every human soul. Nothing else matters. Everything else will go back to dust from whence it came. But the things that come from your heart and mind are you and they will live forever.
This transcript names something specific about why sincere spiritual development draws opposition rather than admiration: those still "in the great darkness" often experience someone else's growing light as a threat to "their comfort and complacency," meeting sensitivity with hostility rather than curiosity. That reaction isn't presented as evil, though — it's read as ignorance and immaturity plainly, "little children" of the same Father, however old in years, however accomplished in their own field, remaining spiritually and mentally young.
Its most practical teaching concerns mistakes made in good faith. Rather than asking for certainty before acting, the transcript sets a simpler standard: if, examined honestly, an action came from the heart rightly, "so be it" — even where it turns out mistaken. Mistakes made in genuine good faith are treated as necessary rather than shameful, since "nothing could be learned without the making of mistakes," and love is trusted to correct what needs correcting through experience rather than blame.
Its closing comfort widens the frame dramatically, borrowing from Isaac Watts's hymn — "a thousand ages in thy sight is but an evening" — to shrink the apparent weight of any single day, year, or lifetime of struggle against the true scale of things. What's asked, in the end, is modest: not victory over the surrounding darkness, only the settled peace of a house "built upon a rock and not the shifting sands," from which one can still go out, again and again, to meet the world — and the promise that what genuinely comes from the heart, unlike everything else that returns to dust, is what actually lasts.