A Short Treatise on the Milk of Human Kindness- 17th June 1991

KINDNESS does nourish the soul from one to another as the milk from a mother does nourish her infant. This is fact.

During the course of ones life we are met with many an obligation and necessity, not the least of which is the great call from the world-weary who are so starved of the essential sustenance and remedy that kindness brings. It is often the simplest gesture unprompted and unrehearsed which offers those within our immediate society strength of purpose within their own existence. Men learn essentially from experience and kindness itself works upon the receiving individual, as Grace does also, whereupon one heart may speak to another heart rather than impose or challenge, set conditions or rebuke the soul in need. 

What greater response may we learn than kindness? Charity may be fashioned to a particular design; charity is commendable and works on the basis of redistribution. 

Sweet compassion and kindness does of itself produce more of the same and multiplies from one to another and answers needs in the human condition that selective charity cannot. One can offer only so much charity before the resources are used and gone; this of itself of course, is a valuable and honorable endeavor. But kindness knows no reserve, the only limitations being those set restraining oneself in the giving.

Criticism thwarts our instincts of compassion. Whilst men are preoccupied with discarding and rebuking that which manifests in the outer world which is distasteful to them they are often inhibiting that manufacture of such milk to which we refer. Herein lays the differentiation between careful analysis and criticism. For in the first instance we may detach our personal responses and viewpoint, and with useful inquiry try to interpret another's condition, but then still offer regard and kindness to whoever we encounter. But in the second instance, with criticism, we withdraw our response to meet a need; in fact close doors to inquiry abruptly, not wishing to know more or understand. It is an act of rebuke and offers nothing.

To give all that we have is the precept. It is good to give that which we may draw from bountifully and know no limits to the wealth, the well from within. This asks of us so much and yet so little. When one is in the attitude of kindness, there does not even need to be a physical act for such kindness to take effect on all concerned. It is the inner expression of kindness that will touch a man and give to the world firstly, before the outer expression. 

Life requires that certain functions are performed, functions on many levels of being that require that we accept into ourselves, translate and transmute, transform or oppose. Aside from the functions of existence, we may impart some of the heavenly qualities that are given to us, that sustain our being truly. Such qualities are there for every man and woman, and are fixed in a far deeper reality than our grappling with the functions of existence. One such quality is of kindness. That as we know our Father's Grace, and the kindness of the Hosts (both above and below), so too we may allow this to stream forth from our own being and flow on into another.

The hardened criminal, the bigot, the slave owner, the hypocrite, the impassioned and the de-passioned, the broken, weak and fallen - these and others need such a remedy; and without remedy are cast yet further down and out.

Spiritual science is practical. This is not discussion for the sake of a high ideal so high as it is unattainable or impotent. One must remember daily that there are stern consequences not only to physical works, but also in our attitude of soul and the fruits thereby. If the code is that we should give of what we are asked, then kindness is first, as herein is the greatest need. One can actively develop this attitude, and work upon oneself to drive out criticism and give due respect and compassionate kindness to all who are in need.

The more one is tempted to criticize, the more we are alerted thereby to their need for such kindness. And so the true value of analysis is to find within ourselves, that which we may give best to sustain another.

Milk is produced from love and from sacrifice. 

So be it.

Tears & Upset- 1991

CRYING does of itself bring much remedy for the condition which prompts such unhappy salutations. To sob, weep or moan, bewailing an infliction of such bereavement, is to outwardly console our inner conflict - much as hiccups do relieve tension in the diaphragm.

At times of immense shock an individual may not react in the way of releasing their inner suffering. But instead there is silent and most dumbfounded resistance; tears may not even be manifest. The condition of shock is then as an asthmatic response, whereby the regularity of function is apprehended and the individual so distraught, withdraws into a process of disincarnation. Of course to the extreme, one may faint and in losing consciousness has temporarily severed certain connections with that which is most difficult to confront and accept. But tears do come in measure, bringing an essence of that very healing and divine consolation which the soul cries for.

Extreme episodes of inconsolable sorrow so stress the individual that remedy is answered only in that substance the tears call forth. For every time a man does cry - cry from a suffering, a suffering which presses unbearably, tearing heart and mind into frantic and desperate reserve - the heavenly worlds lament. In times where an individual may feel to be most alone, there surrounding in answer to tears and pleas, are many gathered sympathetically in comfort for that soul. 

We may cry for ourselves or may cry for another. The tears of our Lord fell upon the wanton earth and the heavenly remedies did stream and flow awash through that medium of tears. Both sweet and salty were those tears.

Great sadness be to those who cannot cry tears; especially so for those who may depart the earth in suicidal mania, which has deprived them of these springs of divine consolation. For to enter death mid despair and desperation, complicates any intervention or assistance that should have otherwise been known.

For those who have survived suffering long enough to smile again, they know of the solace, the communication of spirit comforters within. Some have never felt so close to God as in those darkest most perilous sorrows. Whilst pain and suffering is never welcomed or suggested, the valiant who have risen from these trials will tell you that the experience of life may be so clearly viewed and renewed, yet again.

It is the most difficult question which confronts Christianity: the question as to why our Heavenly Father should permit a soul to suffer, if even for one moment. And more so, is it of His choosing?

Those of the higher worlds do not relish the anguish of men. There is no pleasure gleaned from sadness. The heavy-hearted and broken are received daily, hour by hour, minute by minute, forlorn and sorry, pitiable creatures whom even the Devil himself can find no delight in. Souls of sorrow are as with shadows cast over them, shadows which cover the face of a once beautiful spirit, now dejected and downcast. Whether such suffer this on Earth or whether move into spirit with great upset, all children of our Father suffer too with great distraction.

In such times we must try to be open to all assistance. Clocks may not be turned back, however with patience one will come to see every desire fulfilled, every bond completed. If one had the ears to hear inwardly that small but golden inner voice that speaks of serenity and future hopes which in time will come to bear- nothing is ever lost.

If there is something we should have wished for, it will be in time and with which requires patience. Even if the humble years appear to amount to an eternity, there will be time and place reserved by those tearful moments cast out into the future, to be set aright and made good again. This is the promise of our Lord. Not that gratification may be made instantaneously, but that all lost hopes shall be regained, all past and longed for acquaintances will be renewed, all opportunities missed shall be afforded again; and if so desired, again.

For although we live moment to moment, that substance of our life does not work in such ways. We may count on this with surety.

The Spiritual Path- 1991

BECAUSE there is no such thing as cessation, because nothing ever stops, comes to an indefinite halt, we have change - small change, loose change and big changes. 

Coexistence requires laws of definition and boundary, definitive laws which imply definite limits in which one may operate at a given time. Movement from one set of limitations to another is change, and there is no such thing as change for change's sake. In this sense all that is and is to be is never chance, as sequences of opportunity within expression and exploration are structured and flow from one to another progressively, regardless of one's perception of the multifaceted laws one is interred in.

The law of limitations and the law of change- one is preceded by the other. Such laws are example of greater and smaller laws of the same. This is spiritual science. In time, with observation of such rhythms of the laws of change and limitation, one may begin to understand the necessary relationships one has to all and the polite and orderly workings of the conspiring superstructure that supports coexistence.

Recognizing duties in life is exemplified by the attitude of obeisance to given laws. Respect and regard for all life and her participants is experience of truth and reality. Denial of laws and subsequent rudeness of attitude is but self-delusion, which ever way it cuts. For consciousness does not determine that sphere of activity it dwells in, consciousness has choice to lovingly embrace or ignore selectively.

There is a certain uprightness one may feel when certain truths and laws of Spiritual Science are experienced; very much akin to the uprightness and firmness of a tree. 

Steadfastness in a sea of change is a useful stance in the world, as the world itself presents daily many a test and a challenge to our concepts that infill our fiber and light our inspiration. Fixing one's roots in the good earth of morality, watered with heavenly impulses bathed in the golden glow of our Father's countenance- there is much to be learnt and mastered accordingly to the principles of right thinking, right knowledge and right application. Fortunately also there is that which a man may recognize immediately for himself, in which he 'knows' something to be true and he is glad. That truth can resound through his being so loudly that echoes from past experience sing out and gratitude is awash, bringing tears to that soul who feels the certainty and the revelation that the experience of Truth brings.

This is the experience we seek to learn by: the essential and most powerful truths. One can really tell by this yardstick what is correct for them alone. No other can impose or incite, that it is a true recollection of inner reality.

Daily we practice wakefulness, aligning, attuning and cooperating with a consciousness that shall one day be finely strengthened accordingly. And this does require work: work in the form of attempt and failure, with a history of practice - simply getting it right! The practice itself should and cannot be missed out or replaced by quick and easy measure, like the ten day world discovery tour!

It is well and good if others measure their wisdom as greater than yours. In truth one would certainly hope that there is the possibility that greater wisdom is enjoyed by other folk somewhere in the world. But personally the only impression one can effect upon another is by example. There is no fee or latitude whereby one individual may do the work of another.

Some individuals require that they be entertained with cake and some with biscuits – for some, offerings are given to personal choice and personal freedom. If an individual commands that respect and loyalty be offered, then it is preferably commanded by example and same attitude. There are of course those who set themselves upon high station and feel the need to be adored and ask for unequal relations man to man. This speaks to us of uncertainties and misguided triumphs, or perhaps roles and games which can be innocently challenged or wickedly contrived.

Christ does not talk down to Man, if anything He 'talks him up'. He desires that Man be exalted and shall rise to greet Him, that arm in arm one may explore the worlds together in friendship. Beware of the exalted who rise at another's expense.

Pain- 1991

TO SUFFER PAIN is to suffer the pain of all. One does actually feel that pain which is so strongly present throughout humanity. For pain itself does have roots - as do all fractional experiences which speak to us when entered into, of that which is cosmically orientated, no less with pain. The miracle is that we are not aware of the pain all of the time, that pain is usually localized and set within confines to be realized. But it is there. It is without and within all manifestation.

For what is the nature of pain, but resistance. Within all of the harmonious interplays of nature's wondrous realm, there is much change and necessary/unnecessary resistance.

Usually we are quite saved, nay oblivious, to 'the Pain' that is extremely present throughout. We are called to summon those fiery vitalities to meet with an immediate disorder, whereupon we are opened to that all consuming condition, so uncomfortable, or so intolerable - depending on the measure, depending upon the mean of the consciousness.

In the instance of shock, when one is literally lifted from the bodily connections, and the internal/external rush of fiery substance is sheared so dramatically, then the consciousness vacates and saves the sufferer - and yet this cannot be indefinitely, would that the physical connection is to endure.

To some, all of physical existence may be interpreted as pain itself, incarnate. This a most difficult concept, and does not bear too much pondering - and yet one may conjecture, was the pain of our Lord borne at the summit of the Crucifixion, to be compared with that pain, which He in grave sympathy did bear of the spiritual malady which irked Mankind with seething intensity? One pain is no less real than another. The only comfort to be had is that one may not indefinitely be consumed by any one type of experience, but rather comes to know the gravity by which we are compelled hither and thither.

Furthermore, depending upon the nature of the extremeness and intensity of the experience, comes the sweet recompense which accordingly does follow- great highs and great lows, little lows preceded by little highs, and so forth. But interestingly enough, one man's sadness may be another man's toothache.

Intention to inflict injury is as injurious, if not more, than certain physical outcome. One comes to see the ills of the world as communal, but particular to individual experience- largely one great problem, one great pain; and if one wound weeps, we all weep. There is no distinction for humanity. Here at least is one key to the bonds which inextricably do link us all. It is undeniable fact, and to the adept, overwhelmingly apparent.

If the ship sinks we all go under. Therefore the business of brotherhood and mutual understanding is to be necessarily recognized, with each and every man and woman eager to give everything they have got to assist. No amount of waving hands or flummerying around will do it. No lifeboats with certain destination!

Concern need not be selfish, but practical. As the science of thought and the wisdom of morality essentially is pertaining to the health, the healing, and sustenance, giving over to the larger vision, incorporating a greater humanity, it goes further than fine philosophical speculation, but is necessity of the extreme.

Awareness can be painful, and as said before, and if so shall be answered with sweet reward, if suffered. However, if folk are to awaken and find that their former ways were painful to them, and find that the aggravations were due largely to the 'sleepiness' of such standards set, better sooner than later! Better to welcome the change of conditions that demand such revision.

Awareness of pain comes in the intermediary transitional stages of change. Once the transition is effected, the awareness of the pain does cease: I may come to a river and am happy on the bank. I step into the water and the sharp cold contrast of the water will shock me. If I become accustomed to that water, I shall feel not the initial pain of the coldness. However, the water itself will not be any the warmer: I shall have made the transition over to that condition, not it to me. Should I leave the water, I shall feel colder than when immersed, and the transition of sharp coldness will again be the same as it was when I entered.

Would that in life, we all had a wetsuit!