gold, the two posts severely plain and square. On the top of each post was a round dome, also of plain gold. The light shining on the domes made them very beautiful.

When she noted that I saw the gate she spoke to me and told me she had come to take me through the gate and that I was being prepared for that purpose. She also said, as my Teacher has said, “Your days here are numbered. You have much work to do and we are preparing you for it.” She has not spoken to me since and has not changed her position in the Garden.

As I said before, I felt Christ so close to me; until the other day I did feel nothing else. Then I saw Him coming from above and down toward the gate. I ran to Him, meeting Him at the gate, where I fell on my knees at His feet.

He said, “My child, turn around.” While still on my knees I turned, and there coming toward us up a long hill was a great multitude of people, trudging slowly up the steep grade. Will I ever forget that sight? Never!

Then the Master spoke, saying, “You are to help those people through the gate. Follow Me.”

He left me, still on my knees, and as I looked up after Him I saw Him disappear in the clouds through another gate very much larger than the first and very beautiful, elaborately carved in gold. I stood there a long time after Christ left, looking at that throng of people.

Now I am back in the Garden with the Madonna and my Teacher. Yes, I’m in the Garden, but what a change has come over me! On the inside something is gone. Maybe it is all fear or doubt that is gone. But I don’t believe anyone can experience what I did and touch the Master, without feeling a great change within. Everything