CHAPTER 16
THE EXTRAORDINARY PATHS OF LIFE
Finally
the spirit within us has awakened and we’ve found out that our real purpose is
to turn our face toward the Light – toward our Creator. We consciously start our journey back to
that Creative Source – Universal Mind – which is waiting for us to finish our
journey. The three main paths are
Love, Life and Light. There are other
ways – Peace, Music, Nature, Ceremonial, Beauty and Art, Healing and the Home
for instance. When we say that we come
in on a particular ray or life path means that we chose to come to express one
particular quality of the Whole, although not
only that quality.
We
have probably already learned many things about our particular road in past
lives as well as traveled many by-paths and we’ve learned countless lessons
through trial and error. Frequently our
personalities will let us know what path we are following.
It will also
disclose how far along we’ve gone and how far we have to go. As an illustration of that, take those
persons who are born to give light and wisdom to the world. We instinctively, know they will be
intelligent but often some will disperse their knowledge in such obstreperous
ways that it is unacceptable to the recipients. Those particular ones will get a reputation for being bossy and
intrusive this time around unless they elect to change as described below.
What
a difference when those persons on that Path of Light learn that their
personalities must be softened, that tact is part of the intelligent person's makeup
and they shouldn’t intrude into
another’s aura through words or actions unless invited. These rules of behavior may be gained by
learning from experiences, through prayer and meditation and by realizing that
there are definite goals which we will reach when we depend upon the Creator to
open the doors.
A message from Master Ra
about the birth path of Light, its nuances and obligations given to Eleanore
Thedick in October of 1971 is so powerful that it may be applied to other paths
as well. We shall all benefit and
should consider it part of our special highway. He says, “I want you to come closer to me. I represent Wisdom and Light. These are dark days that the world is
passing through but everywhere a little candle is glowing, the Spirit of Light. That is where I come in for I am Light. I am also Wisdom, the Wisdom of Almighty
God.”
The balance applies to all of us and
can stand as an illustration of how to approach the mighty ones: He tells us,
“All you need to do is ask me in our Creator’s Name if you are uncertain of
what to do in handling a situation. I
want you to feel toward me as a friend, not as just a great Master, but as your
friend. I’m one like you would go to on
the earth plane and say; ‘I need a little help.’
“You
could do it as you go to sleep. You
could ask that you spent part of your hours of sleep with me. We will go to beautiful Temples of Wisdom
and Light and Temples of Understanding.
There are many degrees of Wisdom, many degrees of Light. Sometimes it is wiser to get an
understanding of a situation rather than illumination.
“Understanding
is something we don’t often hear prayed for.
We hear you pray for knowledge, patience, and peace and that you have
more love. You also give thanks for
your blessings but understanding which is part of wisdom is very
important. To understand the situation
that we face and learn to be in control of it, whether it is you're own body,
mind or soul or some one else’s or even the world. If you understand, you have power and can bring Light to it.
“When you allow
angels to help you along your chosen path, they advance as does
the Department of Angelhood.
It is also that way with Masters.
We grow and
become more angelic. We are
then able to take a higher place in our own area.
We can work through the Grace of our Creator to help one upon the
earth with the
Wisdom we have and that person is able to use it for others, then
we are able to take a
step forward ourselves on the Path of Masterhood."
It is that way on all the Paths of Unfoldment. We seek constant growth, constant
unfoldment and we’re always reaching out to something to be
attained that we desire to bring forth. You are helping us, the Angels and the
Masters, when you ask us to help where we may emanate. The power of Light and Wisdom is strong and
must only be sent where it is right lest it may burn the one who receives
it. It should be tempered before it
goes out from us. Query in this manner: 'As we are filled with Light, where may it
be sent?' If a name or names or areas
of land or sea comes quickly to our attention, send the Light there. If nothing comes through to us let that same
Light return to its Source.
Next we will consider the
Path of Love. If we are on this Ray, we
are to let this quality go forth from us to everyone and every place – we just
let . . . let . . . let. If we dam up
the love, negative blocks automatically come.
This love should be the warm, impersonal care and tenderness of our
Creator. If it doesn’t go forth from
us, if we hold it back, sickness, unhappiness and fear may come to us. That isn’t punishment – it just happens –
its law and order. If a stream is
dammed and can’t flow, it becomes stagnant.
This is a scientific fact, whether or not we are on a spiritual path.
Just
as those on the Ray of Light need to add love and life and color to their
learnings, so do those on the Ray of Love need to learn Wisdom in order to get
understanding of the marvel of their ray.
This is particularly true because Love is inclined to give too much. This puts us out of balance, out of
rhythm. It’s like playing on one note
without having any rests in between; like wearing one color and never another.
The
Love Ray is centered in the heart. If
we are on this path, we have an instinctive loving of everyone and
everything. Like any other path, this
can be a very selfish one if we put all our energy into self-love and
gratification. It is wrong if it
becomes obsessive – excessive – as in a parent doting on a child. It may also lead to upheavals of giving up
everything for the love of another.
These are the negative aspects that show us we need balance in this as
well as everything else.
Instead,
we should send our Creator’s warm, impersonal love out to do good for a loved
one, one who irritates us or to a challenging situation; even to the country’s
political system, the world, the cosmos.
To do this we should become still, use a biofeedback-like impulse to
move the thinking about love in our mind down to the heart center.
There
is “gray matter” at this heart center the same as in our cranium as we’ve
mentioned before. We feel the gland in
the area of our hearts get warm and come alive. We allow the energy to accumulate for a few moments, then send it
wherever we want. We allow the impulse
to go as long as it wants in a natural manner and then let it close down. We give thanks for what has been
accomplished.
The
Angel Gabriel is leader of the Angels of Love.
As with all departments of the Heavenly Realm, there are numberless
helpers at different stages of development under the great leader, all of them
ready to teach us to love more wisely.
The
Angel Azrael, Angel of Life, lets us recognize when we are on that Ray. Somehow we seem to know, don’t we, for we
have said many times, “I guess I just have to try it out for myself.” If it seems better to experience the hurt or
joy than to listen to another’s advice, we’re probably on the Ray of Life. This can be wonderful. Experience teaches us wisely if we choose to
learn and it leads to much activity.
Life is a powerful ray upon which to express. Numerologically, Jesus Christ expressed fully on this ray. He felt
love but expressed life – suffered agony, felt deeply, as do we on the
Ray of Life.
Love
can be used more freely than Life. The
life ray should always be tempered to what is right for us to use. Just say, “please temper the Ray of Life on
which I serve so that no one is hurt.” And know that this is done. When we send out healing, color work, any
service, is sure to ask the Universal Mind where it should go. If we don’t get an answer let it go back to
Creative Source.
Life
is health. If we aren’t expressing good
health, we ask that we demonstrate our Life Ray in the right way. We are to express life in abundance of
energy, joy and prosperity. Let the
breath of the Almighty blow through our mind so that we think Life in its
beauty and goodness.
Those
who are on the path of Peace walk through life evidencing that peace in their
outer being because they have achieved an inner peace. They know they are at peace with the Creator
and they bring that surety and calmness to every situation with which they come
in contact. Peach is their color and is
what should be sent forth constantly.
As the peach color rays out from them, it wraps that quality around all
with which they come in contact. When
those on this path reach the epitome of its expression, they bring peace into
every situation to which they reach out and also exude the quality just as they
pass.
The
Path of Healing calls upon us to believe with our whole being that this is what
Universal Mind wants for every one of us.
Often those on this Ray have healing in their touch. The Holy Spirit flows through these people
so mightily that any one, who comes in contact with them, immediately feels
better and their spirits are lifted.
This path calls for much prayer – prayers of belief in the ultimate
healing.
That
healing doesn’t always take place on this side of the veil for the simple
reason that until we establish eternal life on this plane, there must be a way
for us to exit to our next experience.
Sometimes that way out is just like opening a door and stepping through;
other times there is pain and illness connected with it.
Healing
can also be brought about by the marvels of medical science, which is being
blended more and more with the wholeness of Universal Mind. This is called “alternative healing” in the
medical world. We are all learning that
mind and matter meld together for wholeness.
All that science “discovers” in experiments, eventually establishes that
Creative Mind from the heavenly source is the basis of all learning.
The
Ray of Nature puts those who travel this way in touch with the earth, the
trees, the atmosphere and the stratosphere.
These are the persons with the “green thumb” for whom everything
grows. They approach the political
arena to save the environment. They are
gentle tigers in their defense of nature that they touch with tenderness but
defend with great energy.
The
Path of Music –ah! This surely must be
an adjunct of the Ray of Light to which the author feels called. Music is her panacea for almost
everything. The public school teachers
are brave beyond bearing on this subject as they take the untutored and attempt
to instill an appreciation of the best into the small ones. Certainly they will have stars in their
crowns! Blessed, also, are those who
attempt to keep symphonic and classical music going in the smaller
locations! Music – healer of hearts;
soother of brows; challengers to make us brave – creativity at its best –
music, how we love thee!
The
Path of Ceremony has its blessing for those who adhere to a ritualistic way of
life. The Angels of Color whom we call
the Color Ray Workers use patterns; ritualistic modes hidden in the colors,
with which they express its necessary qualities for those to whom it is
directed. Ceremonies bring admiration
and respect of many that participate..
The
Ray of Beauty and Art – the Old Masters, the modern artists – all are creative
expression in color and material. This
includes sculpting, collage, “found objects art,” water colors, oils, pastels,
charcoal, even crayons and anything else which brings beauty to the heart of
the admirer. As well as this kind of
art, those on this pathway see fountains of beauty, beauty and admiration of
characteristics in the human face and form; the demonstration of talent used to
make of any building a place of beauty.
Those
who travel this path see beauty in everybody and everything, recognizing that
everyone and every object is doing the best that can be done. Therefore, that is beauty!
The
ones who work on the Path of Birth assist in many fields for everything
reproduces itself in one way or another.
Even yeast can be formed from the Life cells, which are in the air if
they are gathered together and treated.
Grapes can’t be washed before they are made into wine as they carry the
yeast cells – the life force – on the outside of the skin.
If
we are on the Path of Birth, we must have been present when mold became penicillin
as well as in the hospital or home or farm assisting in the birth of a child or
a foal. Birth – another vital part of
creation!
The
Path of Guardian of the Home carries the future of eternity with it. Parenting and teaching right concepts is its
own reward as we see our children mature to become leaders of mankind or
fulfill whatever their final goal might be.
Tending the home in beauty and love puts the same factors in the beings
that participate in this holy situation.
These
paths are shown to us to let us know how to put Universal Mind back in our
lives. We meditate, listen and select
what path we’re traveling.