The Water Basin

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One of the great laws is that in order to receive we must give, for, like the giant water-basin, it can receive the heavenly rains until it chokes and swells and runs over, but it must run over, giving of its abundance to the dry parched ground beneath it. If it does not, then it bursts and can contain no more. But if it does give of its abundance then, when the great rains come again from heaven, it will be replenished all the more and again can give as the hungry earth drinks in every drop and waits for the great water vessel to give of its abundance.

Only those vessels that have given receive of the latter rain. So ever is it a process in our development through many millenia. We give and receive, but every time we receive, we receive more. The water vessel is not a stationary, permanent thing. It becomes ever larger, ever more shapely, ever more perfect in the eyes of the Father.

Our entire Solar System is now coming into the Great Initiation, for it is true that we are now heading directly for the Super-sun which governs our Galaxy, around which countless island universes perpetually move and have existence. Our system is headed for the center of this activity, and this increased rate of vibration will profoundly affect everything in our System; whether it be mental, physical, or spiritual it will not escape the change in the vibration of energy that is coming.

[Now] let us take as an example two men. Both have committed the same error exactly in all its details. Each one has done the same thing. But can we condemn each man equally? No, we cannot condemn either man. But let us look into the cause of things. On Earth man looks only to effect and never to cause. Once he looks into the heart of things he will find that it is the heart of the Father Himself; then from there all the rays of creation proceed out from Him. He will never find it by looking at the rays alone. He cannot trace it from effect to cause. It must be from cause to effect. So let us look not at the effect which is what man has done but let us look at the cause.

Let us take one man. We find that he has done a certain thing through ignorance of the law. The other man had no knowledge of the law. It is said in your world that ignorance of the law is no excuse, but in the Father's realm ignorance of the law is an excuse. But once we have learned the law, if we falter and make error, then we are indeed in a different category than those who through ignorance perform the same thing. You see, the sin or error is not in stepping into the hole in the ground; the error is in stepping in it twice, once we know it is not the thing to do.

Therefore, I give you this example to show you the condition that the Earth is in at the present time. The Earth has had many civilizations, and, when one has gone to the bottomless pit, man rises in his cultural development and again builds a glorious civilization with great scientific and technical advance. But again the civilization drops to the bottomless pit. There is the error of the Earth, for on Venus there has never been a destruction of a civilization. On the planet you know as Mars it has occurred twice. But how many hundreds of times has it taken place on Earth!

Man must learn to apply knowledge once he has attained it. You are now in the process of developing your physical forms. If you develop them and attain, yet do not apply what you have learned, you will soon lose what you have attained. In fact, you would perhaps be in worse condition than you were before you started.

So man on Earth must learn to apply the knowledge in constructive channels. Therefore once we have asked (because the Father has said if we ask we shall receive) -- once we have asked and have received, the law is we must apply what we have received, and then we must give what we have received.

SK

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Excerpted from "Secret of the Andes" -- Brother Philip, George H. Williamson

Giving is a form of service, a very important form. Receiving is worthless, unless we turn what is received around and selflessly offer it to others. The most important service we can provide at the close of this major world-cycle is to inform those who are willing to listen of the Truth of these times. Spread the word that each and every man must now align himself with either light or darkness, Spirit or matter, "self"-consciousness or Christ-consciousness. There will be no middle ground. It will be man's demonstration of his choice that will be the decider. It is not enough to say that one is STO (Service-to-Other), one must live STO. It is not enough to seek and learn Truth, one must then live that Truth

If you are still living in a "self"-focused manner, now is the time to completely reverse that focus and turn in sincerity towards the well-being of others. What can you do to serve The Divine Plan? How can you become a vessel for Christ-consciousness to generously fill and then overflow? Even if you cannot explain the dire situation that stands before mankind, you can serve by asking for guidance, diligently seeking the Truth, putting the self last and helping others where help is required.

From deepest antiquity up until this present moment, all of man's miseries have stemmed from desiring for himself. Think about this! Think deeply on this!! You will see that this is true! What then, do you think stands to take place when man reverses his focus and desires naught for himself, but only for the well-being of others?

Change your focus. Now. Today. Not to save yourself, but to serve humanity. In service lies man's salvation.

~ g