THE 10 COMMANDMENTS REVISED -- PART FOUR

I hope that you will now begin to look at the Ten Commandments in a new light. If you will only follow them they will change you beyond all recognition, for if you did but realise it the Ten Commandments are the keys for your spiritual progression on Earth.

The Eighth Commandment

"THOU SHALT NOT STEAL".

This commandment, of course means more than the simple fact that one should not take away another person´s personal possessions although, obviously, if people are to live together in society it is desirable that they should not steal from one another. The implication of stealing is, however, far greater than this. It means that you should not take that which is not yours at any level, even in the World as a whole. It means that you should not exploit your fellow human beings, that one country should not exploit another country.

A country that is rich and powerful should not use its position to deprive a poorer country of food or mineral resources which its people desperately need. One country should not advance itself at the expense of another, the rich should not exploit the poor. It means that one country should not take away another´s right to self-determination. Inherent in this is that you should treat all people as equals. You should not take away, you should not steal, any person´s individual freedom in any respect whatsovever.

The Ninth Commandment

"THOU SHALT NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS AGAINST THY NEIGHBOUR"

It is obvious that you should not tell lies about anyone but, again, there is far more to this commandment that you would see at first. To lie is to speak evil of another person, to speak evil means a thought, a thought is a creation, and that creation will remain thereafter on the invisible planes of existence around this Earth. So remember that when you tell lies you are creating evil which affects not only the person about whom you lie but also yourself and many other people who will tap into the thoughts that you have created.

Most of the wickedness and the evil on this Earth comes out of Humanity´s mouth. If only Humanity would motivate its speech correctly in every respect, if it would speak only good, then life on this Earth would change in the twinkling of an eye. Every time a person speaks evil anywhere in the World, no matter whether they be a politician, a clergyman, a shopkeeper or a farmer, they are creating forces which will burden down and affect this Earth for many, many days to come.

The Tenth Commandment

"THOU SHALT NOT COVET THY NEIGHBOUR´S HOUSE, THOU SHALT NOT COVET THY NEIGHBOUR´S WIFE, NOR HIS MANSERVANT, NOR HIS MAIDSERVANT, NOR HIS OX, NOR HIS ASS, NOR ANYTHING THAT IS THY NEIGHBOUR´S".

Another commandment put so simply yet meaning so much. Remember that all of you, as individuals, before you incarnated chose the shape and appearance of your physical body, your status in life and the manner in which you were to lead your present life: therefore be satisfied with that life. Because another person has more money, has a better car, has a larger house, goes on more holidays than you do, that does not mean that you should covet their possessions and their way of life, for they are learning different lessons to you.

The fact that you covet their possessions or way of life attracts forces to you which were probably not intended for your present destiny. Also remember that the thought which you send out as you look at another person´s husband or wife, at another person´s car, can affect them as much as it affects you.

Recognise the force that gives matter to you. Because your personality wants a car or a house, that does not mean that you will get it, for the giver of matter, the controller of matter, on this Earth is a far greater force than your ego. Remember that matter belongs to no one, but at the same time respect the individuality of your fellow human beings who are using that matter. They are walking their paths using the matter of this Earth just like you and, their paths being different to yours, they will require different aspects of matter. Therefore, rather than seeking to imitate your fellow human beings, be yourself and walk your own path. Remember that if you seek the things of the spirit, if you seek your true path, then the matter necessary for that path will assuredly be given to you.

Accept Responsibility

Humanity today is far removed from its true path both individually, racially and planetarily, because you continually think that you know what you need, that you know what is best for you. You see, grasp, take, use and then discard. In all this you are usually motivated by greed, the desire to possess. However, once you have possessed, the desire soon goes away, but the responsibilty for what you have acquired has only just begun. So, as you acquire possessions remember that you are also acquiring responsibilities.

The least burdened person who walks the path of life on this Earth is the person who walks alone, with few possessions, for they have few responsibilities and are free to fulfil their true purpose. The person with many riches, with many possessions, is burdened down with the responsibility for them for even if they discard them the karma for their use remains with them.

I hope that you will now begin to look at the Ten Commandments in a new light. If you will only follow them they will change you beyond all recognition, for if you did but realise it the Ten Commandments are the keys to the doors of your spiritual progression on the Earth.

If you will only use these keys to unlock those doors, then one day you will stand before the majesty, the glory, the perfectness, the absoluteness, of the God of this planetary system, and when you achieve this you will have passed beyond the commandments of this Earth and will have begun to observe the commandments of the Universe.

This article is from "The Fanstastic Teachings of Ramala".

THE 10 COMMANDMENTS REVISED -- PART THREE

If we lived in a more spiritual society, where Humanity paid more attention to the spiritual sciences as opposed to the material sciences which are devoted entirely to the benefit of Humanity´s physical needs, we would understand more of the true significance of our planet Earth.

The Fourth Commandment

"REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY, TO KEEP IT HOLY, SIX DAYS SHALT THOU LABOUR, AND DO ALL THY WORK, BUT THE SEVENTH DAY IS THE SABBATH OF THE LORD THY GOD: IN IT THOU SHALT NOT DO ANY WORK, THOU, NOR THY SON, NOR THY DAUGHTER, NOR THEY MANSERVANT, NOR THY MAIDSERVANT, NOR THY CATTLE, NOR THE STRANGER THAT IS WITHIN THY GATES. FOR IN SIX DAYS THE LORD MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH, THE SEA, AND ALL THAT IN THEM IS, AND RESTED THE SEVENTH DAY: WHEREFORE THE LORD BLESSED THE SABBATH DAY, AND HALLOWED IT".

How mistranslation and misinterpretation have changed this commandment! The original statement was to remember the significance of "The Seven", because this Earth operates on and through the wavelength and the vibration of seven. Its whole purpose and structure vibrates to seven. The Earth was created in seven days or, more literally, seven Ages. You possess seven spiritual centres, or chakras, which are the seeds from which your seven bodies spring. Your physical body is said to change itself every seven years. There are seven layers to your skin. There are seven colours in your spectrum. There are seven musical notes in the scale. There are seven days in a week and four times seven days in a lunar month. The Bible refers to the life of Man as being three score years and ten, or ten times seven. The frequency of seven vibrates everywhere in life on this Earth and is most important to it.

If you lived in a more spiritual society, where Humanity paid more attention to the spiritual sciences as opposed to the material sciences which are devoted entirly to the benefit of Humanity´s physical needs, you would understand more of the true significance of this Earth and of its special vibration of seven. Other planets within this Solar Body vibrate to different numbers, on other wavelengths, but seven is the number of this Earth. So when this commandment says "Remember the Seven" it is asking you to remember the number of this Earth, the structure of life on this Earth, and the purpose and significance of this Earth.

The Fifth Commandment

"HONOUR THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER THAT THY DAYS MAY BE LONG UPON THE LAND WHICH THE LORD THY GOD GIVETH THEE".

Here again, mistranslation has made interpretation of this commandment difficult. Let us, however, instead of mother and father substitute male and female, or positive and negative, the balance of creation. So the fifth commandment invites you to remember creation, to remember the act of your creation, to remember what your body is composed of, the significance of its individual parts and your responsibility for it.

This commandment further says that if you look after your physical frame, if you treat it and respect it as the miraculous creation given to you by your Creator that it really is, then your days will indeed be long on the surface of this Earth. You will live for more years than Humanity lives today.

So remember the act of creation, the male and the female, the power and the wisdom, the two points of consciousness. They are the seeds through which Humanity evolves on this Earth, no matter whether it be the male and the positive, or the female and the negative. It is through these bodies that Humanity learns on the surface of this Earth, advancing its consciousness according to the choice of its destiny and the Greater Plan.

The Sixth Commandment

"THOU SHALT NOT KILL".

This is a very straight-forward law, but how Humanity wriggles to avoid it!! There is no qualification. It is absolute. Thou shalt not kill anything!! It means not only that one should not kill one´s equals in soul evolution, but also that one should not kill one´s lesser brothers or sisters be they other human beings, animals or even insects. There is a simple reason behind this law. Humanity does not create, is not aware of the balance of life on this Earth, and therefore it would be most unwise to upset that balance by removing people or animals or other forms of life that have been placed there by a greater force than it to fulfil the plan and the purpose of this Earth.

After all, if you think about it, Humanity usually kills only for its own self-interest, whether it be to win a war, to destroy and enemy, to feed its stomach or to give itself pleasure generally. People kill for personal gain, or satisfaction, and what provides the motivation for that but their ego!! A truly spiritually motivated person never kills anything. On this Earth there is no need for killing in any form whatsoever, and the sooner you realise this fact the sooner peace, goodwill, perfection and harmony will return to this Earth.

The Seventh Commandment

"THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT ADULTERY".

Humanity has placed a limited interpretation on this commandment to imply that people should not have sexual relations outside the bonds of marriage, and has raised this commandment to a position of supreme importance in modern life. But this, again, is only one very small aspect of the law. I invite you to consider the wider interpretation of the commandment: that people should not adulterate themselves in thought, word or deed. They should not defile themselves in any way whatsoever.

This commandment means, therefore, that you must respect your physical body. You must not eat or drink anything which will defile it. You must recognise it as being the temple of your soul. You must not use your body in any degrading act, whether it be physical or mental, sexual or otherwise. You must use the gift of creation with responsibility, and recognise that every time you commit the sexual act without intention of conception you are adulterating that act. So try to be aware of the wider implication of this commandment.

Part Four follows....

This article is from "The Fantastic Teachings of Ramala".

THE 10 COMMANDMENTS REVISED -- PART TWO

Just as the Israelites felt so many thousands of years ago, when they fled from Egypt, there appears to be no order in the World. It is in situations like these that people tend to create their own substitutes on which to lean and depend.

The Second Commandment

"THOU SHALT NOT MAKE UNTO THEE ANY GRAVEN IMAGE, OR ANY LIKENESS OF ANYTHING THAT IS IN HEAVEN ABOVE, OR THAT IS IN THE EARTH BENEATH, OR THAT IS IN THE WATER UNDER THE EARTH. THOU SHALT NOT BOW DOWN THYSELF TO THEM, NOR SERVE THEM: FOR I THE LORD THEY GOD AM A JEALOUS GOD, VISITING THE INIQUITY OF THE FATHER UPON THE CHILDREN UNTO THE THIRD AND FOURTH GENERATION OF THEM THAT HATE ME, AND SHOWING MERCY UNTO THOUSANDS OF THEM THAT LOVE ME, AND KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS".This commandment clearly states that because you are not capable of understanding the true God, you should not create false gods, false idols. You should not elevate any idol to the position of God. You should not take any lesser beings, even though they may be more evolved than yourselves, and make them into gods as a means of satisfying your own lost egos. Living in such vastness, not only of Earth but also of space, it is so easy for you to feel lost. Even today events in the World appear to be overtaking you. There is much evil, There is much violence. The ordinary person in the street would appear to have no control over the everyday happenings of their life.

Just as the Israilites felt so many thousands of years ago, when they fled from Egypt, there appears to be no order in the World. It is in situations like these that people tend to cling to false ideologies, to false gods, to create their own substitutes on which to lean and depend, be it a religious god or be it money, power, influence, land or any other material god: they are both images created by Humanity as its idea of God. They in no way reflect the true greatness of your Creator, for that you cannot comprehend.

A Warning

This second commandment is, then, a warning to you not to place your faith in false gods and to be aware that, regardless of your point of consciousness, at every stage of your evolution you will create a "God", a "God" which you can just comprehend. To some it may be a saint, a wise man, a guru, a saviour of the people, even a Master on a higher plane of life. Have you ever stopped to consider why you need a "God"?? You may think it a harsh, an irreligious thing to say but, truly, you do not need a "God". Certainly you must try to be aware of the true God and you must strive to achieve His Plan for this Earth, but that is a very different thing.

No God of Punishment

In this commandment there is a reference to a God who will punish: "FOR I THE LORD THEY GOD AM A JEALOUS GOD..." The implication is that if you do not follow the wishes of that God then He will descend upon you and will punish you unto the third and fourth generation. The true God of this Earth, however, is not a God of punishment. He, and the Beings who control, guide and help this Earth, have long since progressed beyond the level of meting out punishment, for there is no point in punishing a being who does not understand. The true God of this Earth is a God of love, a God of help, a God of wisdom, a God of impartiality.

You, on the Earth, have been given the divine gift of free choice to advance along your chosen paths. As you progress you will, understandable, err, but when you err the Law of this Earth is not that God will punish you but rather that you will learn through your mistakes, for by your actions now you are sowing the seeds which will come to fruition in the future. What you are doing now -- the way you treat your country, the way you treat your fellow human beings, the way you treat the Kingdoms of this Earth -- will affect not only you but also the beings who are to incarnate after you. You pollute this Earth not only for yourselves but also for your children and for your children´s children, and the karma for this will have to be repaid in the many, many lives you have yet to live.

The Third Commandment

"THOU SHALT NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THE LORD THY GOD IN VAIN; FOR THE LORD WILL NOT HOLD HIM GUILTLESS THAT TAKETH HIS NAME IN VAIN".This is a fault which is just as prevalent today as it was so many thousands of years ago, for Humanity is still continually motivating its actions on this Earth according to its false gods. Humanity creates its own religions. It takes the examples of the great Masters who have incarnated on this Earth, the words they have spoken, the way of life they have demonstrated, and interprets them to justify its own actions. The Churches rephrase the words of the great Masters, invent motivations for their lives and create religions which Humanity then follows; and Humanity, believing that it is following the Will of God, obeys the commandments of the Churches and not the commandments of God.

Misinterpretations

In order to give meaning and security to their lives most people need to create a god, and they will therefore turn to any plausible god which is put before them by the priests or elders of the Age. It is so easy to lead a person astray in the name of their God. Just as there was no true religion so many thousands of years ago when Moses was given these commandments, so there is no true religion in the World today. Every religion misinterprets or changes the meanings, the events, the teachings of the great Master who have come on this Earth, and asks its members to follow not God but the Church´s idea of God.

Be aware that many people will do many manner of things in the name of their "God". They will say that "God" is on their side, that "God" helps them, that "God" leads them, that "God" inspires them, and in the name of their "God" they will commit evil all over this World. They will exploit, abuse and even kill their fellow human beings in the name of their "God". They will abuse the Kingdoms of Matter on this Earth. They will do all this for the glory of their "God", a "God" who, truly, does not exist except in their own minds. Beware, therefore, of any person who preaches to you of "God" for it will be only of his or her idea of God. There is only one God Who is in existence at this moment in time for each of you, and that is your own consciousness.

Part Three follows....This article is from "The Fantastic Teachings of Ramala".

THE 10 COMMANDMENTS REVISED -- PART ONE

You must understand that no commandment, no rule, that Humanity possesses, or indeed will ever possess on the Earth, can be described as absolute, as a totality, for that is not possible on this planet.

The Only Source

The only source of Absolute Truth, of Absolute Wisdom, of Absolute Intellect, of Absolute Knowledge of the Plan for this Earth, is your Creator, the Lord of this planetary system, that Being Whom you call God. Therefore, as I explain to you in this article, I can only interpret the conditions of life on this Earth as befits my consciousness, evolution and experience of life on it. If you will accept that I have walked a little further along the path than you and, therefore, that I have a clearer picture, a clearer vision, of life and of the purpose of life on this Earth, then you may also accept and meditate on what I am to say to you about the Ten Commandments. Understand that an aspect of the Cosmic Whole may be beamed down upon this Earth for Humanity to accept and understand, but never the complete power.

Ancient Civilisation

As we look at the Ten Commandments, in the form that they are reproduced in the Bible, realise that they were the guidelines for an ancient civilisation that has long since disappeared. That is not to say that they do not reflect a part of Absolute Truth, but that the reflection was intended for that ancient civilisation and will therefore not be in keeping with the Age in which you live today.

You are now living at the end of the Piscean Age and at the dawning of the Aquarian Age. Humanity, through the demonstration of the Nazarene, was given the teachings of the Christ only two thousand years ago, but today, because of the environment and the changing nature of the Age, people have difficulty in seeing the relevance of the Nazarene´s teachings. Obviously, therefore, it will be even more difficult for 21st century Humanity to see the relevance of the Ten Commandments which were given thousands of years earlier.

Let us now examine the Commandments in detail and try to relate them not to a civilisation of thousands of years ago but to the 21st century, to life today. Their meaning has, of course, suffered not only in translation but also as a result of changes made by various scholars who, in their desire to explain that which, because of their limited consciousnesses, they could not understand, altered not only the words but the significance as well.

The First Commandment

 "THOU SHALT HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME".This stands correctly as the first law, the first commandment, and is the most important one. On the surface this commandment would appear to be fairly self-explanatory. There is indeed only one God, but He is not the kind of God you imagine, for Humanity cannot conceive of the true God, Whose spirit dwells within the Sun and Who controls this Solar System. That God is beyond Humanity´s comprehension. Humanity can barely conceive of the Solar Lord Who dwells within this Earth, the ruler of this planet. Humanity can only relate to the Masters and Beings who regulate and guide life on this Earth. This commandment was therefore intended to remind Humanity -- and it is just as applicable today as it was at the time of Moses -- that the intermediaries are not God and that there is only one Being, one God, of Whom all Humanity is a part.

You are, therefore, an actual infinitesimal part of that Being Whose Body is the Solar System in which you dwell, the One God, the one Being, Who exists not only for you but for all the beings on the other planets and for all forms of creation. Therefore it can be seen that all those beings within the Body, who serve that one Being, the Greater Whole, are of equal importance.

Individually they advance along their own paths but, collectively, they are walking those individual paths for the good, for the advancement, to fulful the purpose and the plan, of that one Being Whose spirit dwells within the Sun. Therefore as far as you, as far as the Martian or the Venusian is concerned, there is only one God: the supreme God of Whom you are a part. That spark that is within you now is part of, and belongs to, that God and, ultimately when you have evolved sufficiently, you will return your individuality to that God.

Part Two follows...This article is from "The Fantastic Teachings of Ramala".

HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS HAS GREAT SIGNIFICANCE -- PART THREE

Shakespeare recognised something when he wrote: "All the World is a stage and all the men and women merely players". We are indeed actors playing out a cosmic drama.


The Cosmic Drama

This drama appears real to you for you are in your physical bodies and are personally involved in it, but you must have perspective of this drama and recognise it for what it really is. The drama has a purpose. It is to teach, to evolve your consciousness. Everything that happens on the plane of Earth happens not by chance but because either you as individuals or the World as a whole have drawn it unto yourselves through your behaviour in this or in past lives.

Using Spiritual Consciousness

Tap into spiritual consciousness which you possess and use it. Use it to transform not only yourselves but the World as a whole and by doing that you will be fulfilling your divine potential, for you are one with your Creator. The force of Its love and Its energy flows through you at all times. You are never alone. Your prayers never go unanswered. You are forever attuned to the planes of life beyond your understanding. Recognise the physical reality and serve it, but also recognise the greater picture. Do not be swamped by the little drama that is being played out at this time on the physical stage of life. Hold to your faith. Hold to your consciousness.

The Twelve Planets

The Creator of our Solar Body, that Being whom you call God, creates on the vibration of twelve. You have, therefore, twelve planets within this Solar System, some of which you still have to discover. Each of these planets supports what we call a plane of life, a plane of existence. If, for example, you were to look at Venus you would say that no life exists on Venus. This is because on Venus life does not exist on the same frequency band that life does on Earth.

The vibratory rate of each planet is different and so manifests a different plane of life. It is just the same when you die and leave your physical body. You move onto a higher frequency, into a higher body. You can still move around on the physical plane of life but no one sees you. Remember that there are the angelic and the devic kingdoms operating around you right now, but you cannot see them because they too are operating on a different plane of life, a different frequency.

Levels of Life

There are twelve planes or levels of life in our Solar Body and the purpose of your spiritual existence is to achieve Mastery, as the expression goes, on each of those planes of life. The total destiny of your being is to achieve Mastery on all twelve planes. Let us, for example, consider the case of someone like the Master Jesus. He had achieved Mastery on only seven planes of existence. There were five planes on which he still had to learn and evolve. You, at your level of consciousness, are aware only of the seven lower planes which are a part of your physical understanding. The remaining five planes are beyond your comprehension, indeed, are beyond my comprehension even though I dwell on a higher plane than you.

So for the time being let us just say that there are seven planes which you have to master, planes which are sometimes called the physical, etheric, astral, emotional, vital, mental and spiritual planes. You live on each of these planes even whilst you are present in your physical body. You face challenges and tests on these planes in just the same way that you face them on the physical plane of life. Each of these planes is a different reality, a different World. You visit them in your sleep state but for the most part you do not remember your visits on your return to physical consciousness.

The Ultimate Life

What is the ultimate life?? Obviously I can only give you my opinion. My understanding of life, and I talk now not just of physical life but of the essence of life, is that although we have been given individualised consciousness by our Creator, we are all unique, at some time in the future our destiny will be to surrender that consciousness back to the whole, to our Creator, and to merge our individuality in the Oneness of that great Being. We therefore possess our individuality for only a short time, on a cosmic scale anyway, and then of our own free will we will surrender our individuality back to the source, our Creator. This will not be demanded of us. It will be something that we will want to do, to surrender our individuality for the good and the well-beng of the whole. But that is, for most of us, a long time ahead in the future.

Highly Privileged

One of the things you have to understand is that Humanity, and I use the expression to mean human consciousness both on the physical and the higher levels of life, is a very special species of cosmic being. Humanity´s evolutionary path can be likened to an experiment and this experiment is being watched with great interest by many, many great Cosmic Beings from universes beyond your comprehension. Humanity is an experiment in creation by a great Being. To this end you have been given cosmic gifts which very few other beings possess.

Planet Earth is a very special place. You are highly privileged to incarnate on her, to be part of the school of Earth and to advance your spiritual consciousness through the exercise of your cosmic talents. There are many beings on other planets who are not permitted to achieve consciousness in this way. You have been given the supreme gifts of the God-head: Its own divinity, Its own creativity, Its own free choice. You are, in essence, gods in the making and planet Earth is a school for gods.

This article is from "The fantastic Teachings of Ramala".

HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS HAS GREAT SIGNIFICANCE -- PART TWO

In life today, for the most part, you tend to ignore your spiritual consciousness, the wisdom that you have gleaned over many, many lives on many planes of existence. Remember that not only have you lived thousands of lives upon this plane of Earth but you have lived thousands of lives on many other planes of existence.

 
The Totality of Life

Life is not just the physical reality of which you are aware. A true understanding of the totality of life is beyond your comprehension at this time because you are limited by the physical body in which you are temporarily dwelling, but released from that body, living on the higher planes of life, you can truly experience cosmic consciousness. You can see the Universal Whole for what it really is: millions upon millions of beings, on many planes of existence, all exhibiting consciousness in the service of the one God of Whom we are all a part, the God in Whom we live, move and have our being.

Group Consciousness

You incarnate on the plane of Earth to evolve both your consciousness and the group consciousness of Humanity. This is achieved through the practice of right thought, right speech, and right behaviour. Recognise that sacrifice, on many levels, plays an important part in your life. Indeed the example of all the great Masters who have come on the plane of Earth is that one has to sacrifice, sometimes even one´s life, in order to evolve human consciousness.

Understand that you incarnate to serve: to serve the plane of Earth, your fellow human beings and, above all, this planet, the Goddess, on whom you live for your short lifespan. She has offered you her body as a school of life. So realise that your own physical body is part of that Goddess and that you will return it to her at the moment of death. It is a sacred temple, a fitting reflection of the spirit that lives within it. It is truly divine and worthy of your respect, and if you respect your own body then you will surely respect the bodies of other people in everything that you do in thought, word and deed.

Christianity and The Goddess

There are many in the Western World today who do not celebrate the festival of Beltane (May-day). This is because it is not recognised as a Christian celebration. But the Christian religion is only one small aspect of the total consciousness of Humanity. Christianity has existed for only centuries whereas the festival of Beltane has been celebrated for milleniums, for it is an Earth festival, a festival which links Humanity to the Earth, to the Goddess.

Why do we have, why do we need such festivals?? It is not just to mark the seasons of the year or to bear witness to the dogma of a particular religion, no matter whether it be Christianity, Mohammedism or Buddhism. It is to link Humanity with the Cosmos, to make Humanity aware of its own mortality, of the passage of time, of the brevity of physical reality compared with the eternity of Nature, and of the need to tap into that reality beyond the physical.

Eleven Other Planes

We of the Spiritual Hierarchy recognise that the plane of Earth is but one twelfth of the whole. There are eleven other planes of existence which Humanity can experience through its higher bodies. It is your birthright to know of these planes, to witness them and to dwell on them, to be at one with them. That is the birthright of your spiritual consciousness. You incarnate with this knowledge, this reservoir of learning, the experiences of past earthly and cosmic relationships. Why, therefore, when you encounter the conflict of Earth do you surrender to that conflict and become a part of it?? Why do you not go within yourselves to seek the aid of the cosmic wisdom that you possess??

The World is in crisis because you as individuals are in crisis. The world crisis is but a reflection of your own inner struggles, your own desires, your own weaknesses. If you wish to resolve World crisis you must first resolve personal crisis. This can be done only through consciousness, through an understanding of the true nature of your being and of the God of Whom you are a part. This means going within yourselves. This means listening to your inner wisdom and not to the dogma of others. In quiet moments, such as you are experiencing now, attune to the cosmic forces, to the reality of life, and just for a short time release the unreality, for that is what it is, of physical life.

Part Three follows....This article is taken from "The Fantasic Teachings of Ramala".

HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS HAS GREAT SIGNIFICANCE -- PART ONE

We are living in a world in crisis. This situation exists because our world is in political, financial and ecological crisis and, above all, because it is in spiritual crisis.

Intuitive Understanding

Many people in the world today have rejected the discipline of religious dogma but have not yet replaced that discipline by self-discipline, by developing their own intuitive understanding of the purpose of life. They have become so caught up in the physical reality of life, in the struggle to exist, especially here in the Western World where life is lived at such a frenetic pace, that they do not have the time to go deeply within themselves to seek the purpose of their being and the purpose of their life on the physical plane of Earth.

It is not my intention, indeed, it is not possible for me to tell you the purpose of your physical life. That is for you to discover through your own intuitive channel. What I would like to do, however, is to present to you my understanding of Humanity´s consciousness for it is only by changing Humanity´s consciousness that you can change the pattern of human behaviour and so save your troubled World.

Fear of Death

Nearly all of you live in the shadow of the fear of death. This fear is brought about because you do not understand the purpose of death. If you think about it, if there was no such thing as death, if you did indeed live for ever and never died, if you were in fact like the sailors in the legend of the Flying Dutchman, condemned to live for ever on the plane of Earth, there would soon come a time when you would beg for death, when you would pray to be removed from physical life!! If you did but recognise it, then, death really is a saviour. It is for you the means of transition back to a plane of reality from this plane of unreality. You dwell for the most part on higher planes of life, on higher planes of consciousness, on planes of reality, and you incarnate on Earth, manifesting aspects of your spirit, in order to join this school of life and partake of its lessons.

Of Lasting Value

A wise man once placed money in its correct perspective by saying that you cannot take it with you when you die. After death money is of no significance whatsoever, and that is also true of all physical matter. When you die you cannot take it with you. You incarnate onto the physical plane of life with spiritual consciousness, and that alone, and when you leave that plane you take nothing with you but that spiritual consciousness. Now that is not to say that there are not some beings who after passing over onto the higher planes of life are still so caught up in the material aspects of life that they are unable to release them.

Such people look down on the physical plane of Earth which they have recently left and watch with great concern what is happening to their so called "possessions", to all the material things they acquired on Earth and have not yet released. They can spend much time wathcing and waiting when they should be moving on to other planes of living, to other lessons of life. Most people, though, gladly release everything physical at death in just the same way as they release the higher planes at the moment of their physical birth. If you would be recognise it, therefore, the only thing of lasting value to you is your CONSCIOUSNESS.

Lesson of Physical Life

You incarnate onto the physical plane of Earth to evolve your consciousness. That is the sole purpose of your physical incarnation, the reason for you being in this school of life which you call Earth. Now that does not mean that you can ignore the physical reality of Earth. You must be responsible for the physical body in which you dwell, your fellow human beings, the society in which you live, the material possessions which are placed in your guardianship. That is all part of the lesson of physical incarnation: to handle the Earth plane with consciousness. But that is not the total lesson. You must learn to handle your physical reality with responsibility, but you must also learn to ground and manifest your spiritual consciousness. You must learn that your consciousness is a tool for you to use on Earth, a means by which you can express the deep cosmic knowledge which you possess.

Part Two follows....

This article is from "The Fantastic Teachings of Ramala".