The Inner Life
THE HERALD OF THE NEW AGE | SEPTEMBER 1937
JESUS CHRIST
XVI
KNOWING now that by thinking only My thoughts all the riches of My Father’s Kingdom are yours, it but remains for ye to see that they are here now, right before your eyes—your eyes of spirit, not of the flesh.
When in My Consciousness ye are no longer in the consciousness of the flesh, and what appears to the eyes of the flesh no longer concern you; for such ye then know have no reality and are but the illusions of the flesh mind.
When such knowing is fully established in your consciousness, all your attention and interest is fixed within, is wide open to what is in My Consciousness, IS of My Consciousness; for all that I AM ye are, and whatever is appearing to the flesh mind ye see with My Mind its purity and perfection—not what separate minds thought into such appearance.
Nothing that appears in the outer is real and true, for whatever appears is only what the flesh mind thought into being; but as it exists in such forms only in that mind’s separate consciousness, its reality, its goodness and perfection—for it is the Kingdom of my Father’s Consciousness, which is My Consciousness, only goodness and perfection exist—can now be clearly seen, for the reality is all that is in the Kingdom.
Try to understand just what this means, and I within will help you. First, refuse to accept anything that appears without as real. Know that within and back of it is always goodness and perfection, for is not God in all? Then look for it—not without, but turn within to Me and wait upon Me, letting go with the outer mind, and watching what appears in your consciousness. As surely as ye fix all your attention and interest on Me, will My Consciousness enfold and illumine yours, driving out the illusions of the outer world of mind, enabling you to see the glories of the inner world of pure being, where everything is lovely, beautiful and sublime beyond mortal expression.
Ye may wonder, if ye then see only goodness and perfection in everything and everybody, how then ye can work in the outer where men see little good and only imperfection.
It will be then with you, dear one, even as ye now see a child playing with its doll and its toys, loving them, talking to them, joying and sorrowing with them, as if they were living things. Ye will then know that all these things that men play with for a time and cast aside for more desired toys, that their loves and hates, their joys and sorrows, are no more real than are those of the child, and are no more lasting. For with greater understanding they leave all the things they once greatly wanted and valued for those they now desire; until in time I from within can make them aware of My Presence and can turn their attention to Me, when I will show them that what they really desire and seek is Me; that in My Consciousness alone will they find the goodness and perfection for which they search—and the only lasting peace of mind and happiness of soul.
Yea, that is what awaits when ye learn to abide in Me and let My words abide in you. Ye can then actually be in the outer world and yet not be of it, for ye will see everything not with your outer eyes but with your inner eyes—My eyes, and will know with My understanding the true meaning and purpose of all that appears.
Thus going about in My Consciousness and My Knowing, ye will be even as I was when manifesting as Jesus of Nazareth; and as ye become accustomed to letting Me assume all responsibility and be and do all things for you, ye will have the joy of losing all sense of self and of becoming One with Me, of feeling the power of My Love and Wisdom, and thereby of Divinity. Yea, ye will find that perhaps even greater things than I did then ye can do, for I must need do them differently through you now to suit the conditions and needs of your present life.
But know always that I AM, and that ye and I are One; that the Jesus of Nazareth and the Jesus Christ of you are One; that in Him I came to humanity nineteen hundred years ago, and in Him I come to you and to all humanity today; that I alone AM, was in the beginning, and always will be, the True Self of every man.
Know likewise that it is My Will and Purpose to give you all good things. Not that ye may have them for any enjoyment or use of your own, but because I can express through you only when perfect conditions exist in the outer as in the inner world. Which means that I intend only the best possible conditions for you, that ye see and know only the best—the beauty, the loveliness, the purity, sweetness, strength, youth, wisdom and riches that are ever manifest in My Consciousness. For what manifests in the outer life is only what is manifest in your consciousness.
So no longer would I have ye see anything but what is in My Consciousness, when ye will be in the Kingdom of Heaven, or My Father’s Consciousness. It is in this way that My Father intends to bring the Kingdom of Heaven down upon earth among men—when I can bring enough minds to see and know only Me, to abide in Me and to let My words abide in them.
Remember, it is My Purpose to manifest the fullness of Myself in you—all the goodness and perfection of My Nature, which is the image and likeness of My Father’s Nature. I have been preparing you from the beginning for that end alone, that I may manifest Myself as Jesus Christ in the outer in you and in every man, even as I was manifest in Jesus of Nazareth.
Therefore, ye must see and know Me as I AM—as yourself, as your only and perfect self; must see all of My perfect qualities manifest in you now, must refuse to admit anything less in your consciousness as belonging to you or to anyone—for such must no longer have any existence to you.
When a thought or an appearance of imperfection of anything or anyone, especially of yourself, presents itself to your mind, say immediately, “No, that has no part in God. It is therefore only mind’s belief and has no reality.” Then turn within to Me and lose yourself in My Consciousness; when I will at once cause you to see the real and perfect of what appears.
The Kingdom of Heaven then is but the ability to abide in My Love, to look always out of My eyes of Love, to see in everything that appears not merely the goodness and perfection it hides, but to see God and His Love shining in the midst of it, and therefore its Oneness with you, with Me and with Him.
For until ye can know with Me in a complete knowing that God is ALL in all—and can see Him, His Goodness and Perfection and feel His Love pouring forth from within all, ye are still separate and are not yet fully in the Kingdom, and are not abiding in Me and My words are not abiding in you.
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