(v.2, #15, published by The White Lodge, copyright 1980) "Tonight as we are gathered here in Colorado midst the falling snowflakes and all that change in scenery which is transpiring in the different sections of the world, the different activities are manifesting in nature. We see birds singing and sunshine at the same time that we have night here in other parts of our world. We see roses blooming and we see an entirely different scene than that which we see here. The variegation of nature is very wonderful. And as we look at people's faces--or even, through self-examination, look at our own countenance or our inward expression of what we are--we learn that, here in this world, we do not find any conformity to the standards of Christ manifestation, the Only Begotten of the Father full of grace and truth, but we find people at different levels approaching, hopefully, the God level. And we find it in a world that is wan from the standpoint of divine standards. It is short in its expression of Divinity, and what it has instead is a different standard for every man because man creates a different standard. He aspires to a different standard. He may believe different things, he may have different concepts of his own lifestyle. These do not then agree; and yet behind it all, behind all the sea of human faces, human emotions, the gamut of them all, we find the same God flame burning with its magnificent taper in the hearts of all, but all do not realize it at the same level. Jesus Christ said, when he was here in Palestine, 'The Son of man came not into the world to condemn the world, but that through him they might find eternal life.' So we have to recognize that the purposes of God and of Christ are the same: a desire to see all sheep of his pasture drawn to this great magnet of universal love. I think perhaps the greatest sin is the sin of the cynic, the individual who has allowed himself to be corrupted in his opinions of divine expression--those who stereotype various parts of life and hold that their assessments of life are correct when in reality there is only one correct assessment of life and that is the God-intent for all--what the Father intends for all. We may look different, we may think differently, we may feel differently, we may be different in our outward expression, but within the depths of our soul the mighty flame of God that burns on purely reveals light upon the path. And that light which shines upon the path of our individual world will, through our adamant faith, move the mountains of adversity that destruct in us the senses that reach out to cognize nature and nature's God. We then, in one way, are arbiters of our own destiny. While some men promise you liberty, being themselves servants of corruption, the living God promises us liberty as his son and daughter, as those who hold awareness of what he has in store for us. Paul said, 'Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him'--those who are the called according to his purpose. Ho, everyone that thirsteth, come and drink freely of the water of life. So the command has gone forth, and it is an inherent command in nature. Some people do not understand a radio microphone that is hooked up to every heart, a broadcasting system that reaches every erg of energy in the universe, every joyous and dancing electron, every blade of grass, the infinitesimal as well as the grand. They do not understand that the voice of God--as the sound of his name, as the fragrance of his love, as the essential reality of this God leading us up into the transcendence of the light--emanates from this cosmic broadcasting system whether we have our set turned off or not. The message is going out but if we don't tune in, if we don't adjust our frequencies, our responses to the vibrations of infinite love, we are in error. I'm going to tell you tonight one of the grossest of errors that exists as the means of banning mankind from his God-heritage, his God-estate. And it is the gazing by mankind upon one another, creating a form of a gazing-stock out of everyone, and then saying to themselves, 'People are not very good.' This is wrong because it robs us of our inheritance. In reality, we see only the tip of the iceberg that protrudes from the waters--the emotions. At the human level and even at the divine level, it doesn't matter. The tip of the iceberg we see, but God sees the whole structure and he understands it in a meaningful way. He doesn't see man as error, but he sees man as Truth. It is we--in our warped perspective, in our own warped vision--who permit ourselves to see unfruitfulness in others or ourselves. In reality, the God's-eye view is one of supreme reality. It is a meaningful structure and it is creating in us an awareness which, if we will permit its development within us, will successfully convey to us the means whereby today we will be able to rise from the dead and see Christ face to face. We are not dealing with someone who does not exist. Whereas we exist, our existence, owing to the phony aspects in life, is limited. And what we need to do is to shed the coat of skins that we wear, and I'm not referring to sloughing off the body at this time. I'm referring to the false values that we claim by which we stereotype, by which we form opinions that themselves rob us of divinity because we create thereby an anthropomorphic God. We create a god made in our image, and the living God often is not seen at all in an entire embodiment. People go the span of a lifetime without ever cognizing God. And then, too, while we're on the subject of a lifetime--your life--let us think for a moment of God as a being of mercy and a being of love who created every individual for a supreme purpose. 'Every life is a mission,' Mazzini said, but God said it long before he said it. And God said it in a vocal way that lends substance and strength and body to it--every life is a mission, but not just a human one but a divine one. And until we are able to develop a sense of values whereby we can realize it, get the mental grasp of it, we remain lost in the maze of 'What is the mystery of life? What is life all about?' But the minute we find out what it is all about, we realize that God made each of us and endowed us with the same God qualities in the beginning. However, we didn't all come forth even historically at the same time. You are aware of this, I am sure. So we realize, then, that there are many mysteries which sometimes appear to defy our perception, and then again, quite suddenly, they tumble into our lap as though we had struck the right combination and the whole puzzle unfolds. It may not be quite like that, but pieces of that puzzle fall into place and the picture materializes upon the screen of the heart and of the mind. And with it come elements of joy and the realization that we are not in reality lost in the wilderness crying out, 'O God, what is the meaning of life?' We are not standing upon a precipice looking out into a darkened abyss without hope, but instead we are able to receive and to formulate hope within ourselves and extend that hope into our lives, to our fellowmen, and know that that hope is God within us. This does not rob us or any man of his inheritance. Now God is love and the full expression thereof, but love means many things to many people and many different things. Many people grope at the meaning of love and they say to themselves, 'What is love?' And then they hear that God is love. And somehow or other they cannot quite envision human love as being God because often, rather than empathy, we find individuals engaged in a battle with human sympathy. They feel sorry for someone when in reality we should feel sorry for no one because we already have an empathy with the whole universe. It is not just unwanted sympathy that we want to express to people but it is the empathy, the cosmic extension of our love that cannot deny itself to any--do you see? In other words, it has to reach out and include everyone, including those that outwardly may not appeal to us, either because of the ties and crisscrossing currents of past karma, because of some lifestyle that may not appeal to us, because of some attitude that we think is foreign to our own. I do not ask that people should approve all that everyone does, for indeed, there must be some cosmic standard. But nevertheless, we must not let ourselves become alienated beings foreign to the universe simply because some individuals do not understand the correct attitude. We must not place ourselves in the seat of the scornful. We must not render judgment upon mankind."