A long time ago, there was a very troubled and perplexed child,
who, although she was born into the most favorable of circumstances - felt
lost, lonely and misunderstood. In fact, she was a princess, and dearly loved
by her parents. She had beautiful and artistically gifted sisters, too, and
although everyone in her family truly loved her, she felt that she had nothing
to offer the world in comparison with the other members of her family. This
became a source of real concern within her, until it became a burden to her
childish heart and mind that was almost unbearable.
Now, God within each person knows that such pain is very real to
the one who is experiencing it, even if it is not based upon facts. To this
young child, it wasn't enough to know she was loved. She was only able to
perceive that her sisters had gifts to give to the world, while she could not
see that she had anything to offer that was of any value. That belief, although
it was certainly based in her own misunderstanding, became an element in her
life which caused her to retreat from everyone and everything that might have
otherwise brought her pleasure and satisfaction.
I was that child, and as it happened, God within my Heart knew
the pain I experienced because of this belief. In answer to my need, one of the
most beautiful Beings in this universe - or any other - came to help me. Her
name is Charity, which means love, and through her love to me, I eventually
learned how to develop and use the gift of love to help others.
Just as emotional pain may cause a person to retreat from life
and all its challenges, so it may be used to force a person to grow in spirit,
until they can perceive, develop and dispense their own gift to all life.
Charity taught me, first of all, to use the gift right where I
was, which was in my home with my own family. I was taught how to surround my
sisters with love, which created around them such an environment that they were
able to expand their artistic gifts to a level far beyond that of most talented
individuals. She also taught me how to project my love into elemental life,
until I could actually direct it to perform far beyond its usual limits, as
well!
Now, this was only the beginning of my training, but I got the
idea in mind quickly as children usually do, and then I was able to go forward
in the Light until I could actually embody the Quality of Divine Love, and
express it continuously to all life.
You have been told that LOVE is the most powerful force in the
universe, and that is true. Love has many aspects, and I want to just point out
a few of them to you, so you may have some of the assistance that I received so
long ago. First of all, it is truly important that you use the quality of Love
wherever you are - right now! It is of very little use to just know about
something, if you do not put it into practice right away, and right where you
are. The strongest and most valid proof you will ever have is the actual seeing
of the gift of Love working in your life, all around you, and within you, until
major changes have taken place. Then is time enough to think about what you can
do with this gift at more distant places!
You know, if every person on Earth right now used the gift of
Love to change his or her immediate environment, the Earth would be completely
healed within a matter of just a few days or weeks!
The second point I would like to share with you is to let you
know how much it means to people to just be encouraged. Encouragement is a
special facet of Divine Love that is often overlooked. Take a moment to analyze
the word. In the center of the word is the word "courage". To
encourage a person means to enfold them in a spirit of courage - to give them
the strength of your confidence in them, and their ability to succeed in
whatever their work may be. Encouragement is a gift of love that has within
itself aspects - depths and the heights - that you might investigate.
Contemplate the Quality. Perhaps I will speak more of it at
another time, for it is truly of deep importance to the life of a chela.
Right now, however, I want to talk to you about a discipline
that was given to me by Charity at that long-ago time. The discipline imposed was that I could
not speak of her visits to me, or of the instruction I was being given. I
couldn't tell my sisters not
even one of them! I couldn't discuss it with my parents either. This may not
sound like it would be difficult - but let me tell you, it was difficult beyond
description! I was but a child! I was a child who had closed myself away in my
own little world of feelings of separation, and then, all of a sudden, I had
the most wonderful thing to talk about, and I wasn't permitted to say even one
word! Just try to imagine how difficult that must have been for me!
Beloved ones, although I was by nature a quiet child - that
discipline was quite possibly the most difficult discipline I ever encountered!
It was only my love for Charity - and my overwhelming desire for her visits to
continue, that helped me to obey.
Silence is - in my experience - the most difficult of all
Spiritual disciplines. Yet it is among the most important, for many, many
reasons. I urge you to develop the art of Silence, and to begin immediately,
for it is a self-revealing gift that will bless you over and over and over
again, as you develop it. If you ask it of me, I will be glad to help you with
this, for - believe me - "I AM" well trained in the Art of Silence!
I feel the smiles within your hearts as I speak to you, and I
know I have struck a chord which resonates at the core of your very Beings.
"I AM" glad! Know how very much you are loved, not just by me, but
also by every Being of Light in this great Cosmos, for we watch and wait for
your love to reach up to us..
"I
AM" yours to command!
Nada
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