Application

 

 

Application is important to do each day, rhythmically, not just spasmodically.  We eat, we sleep each day as a rule.  We do not eat just once and think that is sufficient.  The Earth makes its revolution each day so the Sun’s rays cover certain portions of the planet each day. 

 

The Ascended Master Teaching is for the purpose of spiritual self-development and to attain Mastery.  The only way that can be done is through application.  The same way a baby grows, it needs to eat and exercise, and no one else can do that for it. 

 

One can read any number of recipe books and it will not produce a meal, not until one applies it and makes effort in the right direction.  Application should be made at least twice a day, morning and evening.  In the early Work it was suggested that the students do it three times a day.

 

Application, particularly for those of you whom this Teaching is new, need to do some decrees, not just meditate. When a person wants to learn to play the piano, he/she does not just meditate or read about it.  One has to practice, releasing Energy through the physical body.  By also meditating it will help one to become a good musician. 

 

Application is more than just decreeing.  It means to do some meditation or contemplation, giving attention to the “Presence”; do some decreeing and some studying.  Even though you have read these things before, by going over them again you may see some points you have missed. As your consciousness expands and you get familiar with these unorthodox things and terminology, the “Presence” can Illumine other points to you as your thinking process changes.

 

As you make application you will begin to feel more positive in your feelings, have more assurance and confidence, perhaps get a new meaning and purpose in Life, the reason for being.  Then later on come to know the “I AM Presence” more and more as a Reality.  Also that there is a Divine Plan beyond the human way of living