GODSELF II?

GODSELF II

Does the evolution of the individual begin with his earthly appearance? 

While self-radiant and capable of wonderful development, the individual soul is still a part of the divinity. 

Each man is not God, and yet each soul contains a particle of the Divine essence, divinely implanted. 

To reach the Centre of Light, and its perfection, each individual progresses through many evolutions, each one permitting a fuller measure of light. 

Each evolution has its duties and tasks to perform, its education to make and its errors to overcome. 

These are not existent—they are the natural outcome of the liberty, free will and limited understanding of the imperfect individual. Naturally, they differ in each plane, but the nearer we come to the fount of wisdom, the stronger we are, and the greater is our happiness, for we see more clearly the meaning of life and its glorious possibilities.

The believers in the Doctrine of Reincarnation deny the Infinity of God. To our earthly logic, it may seem just and inevitable that the undeveloped soul should be permitted to complete that development among the same earthly surroundings, which saw its beginning—the earth, which witnessed the sins and injustices of an earthly career should be the theatre of its punishment in some other earthly form, but this idea limits the power of God, and so denies God Himself.

We are indissolubly connected with the Divine Generator of Life who is God. 

God is infinite—He knows all, fills all space and is all-powerful. In Him are all the attributes of perfection. His thought is life-giving—His love is life-sustaining. He does not need the earth, as His only theatre for our development. 

All the conditions of earth are outgrown forever.

Can the butterfly enter the cocoon ever again? No, its life is in the free air. So, our afterlife is one of greater freedom.

The whole Universe is before us, and our free will takes us ever higher, for, as we see more clearly, so we must progress. 

Progress can never mean retrogression. The earth is the cradle of the human race, but that is all.

Why is there such a diversity in the degree of intelligence of human beings if each is the expression of a thought of Divine intelligence?

Each individual is perfect. Each soul is a Ray of Divinity, an unquenchable ray, which is capable of radiating eternally, but that ray is like a seed planted in the soil. 

It must follow the law of its evolution. It must disintegrate and permit the living principle to develop sufficiently, to uplift its earthly covering and permit its appearance in the sun. Even then it needs the soft rain and the warm, life-giving sun to bring it to maturity. 

It has always to struggle against the encroaching weeds, but it always follows its destiny and struggles to blossom and perfect itself in fruit or flower. 

Even when it drops again to earth and decay, it liberates its vital part and comes again to life in another form. 

So, each individual soul is brought to maturity through difficulties. 

The differences in earthly environment and opportunities do not make great difference in the real development of the soul.

Life on earth is very short. 

Each stage of development reached depends on the individual only, and not on outward circumstances. 

The very best work you can do on earth is to permit each little child to work out its own destiny. 

Give it only a few simple rules of virtue and honesty, with the fundamental of love God above all things, and your neighbour as yourself. 

Love God above all things, and your neighbour as yourself contains the whole law. 

If these are learned, there will be an ennobling and simplifying of life in all its expressions, and liberation of the spirit, fitting it better to leave its earthly environment in tranquil faith, ready to go on untrammelled in its future evolutions.

The most essential need is to understand God. 

God is Perfect Wisdom—He knows everything, nothing is hidden from Him, no secret underlying motive can be hidden from Him, and no weakness or inherited tendency is ignored by Him. 

He is the Creative Force of the entire Universe. Nothing exists except as an expression of His intelligence. 

God knows the entire plan and scheme of creation, and since He is goodness itself, He knows all is good. Each individual will reach perfection eventually, and the trials, which we have to meet are given for our development. God sees all—Eternity is His outlook. 

Our earthly career is only an episode in our lives, and in His clear vision He knows that free will is one of His noblest gifts. It is godlike in itself. If we could understand this, we would see that nothing in our power can interfere with this God-given gift.

The soul is free and must make its own progress. 

This does not mean that we should be selfish or self-centred, for love seeks the good and happiness of all regardless of earthly conditions.

God’s love is the real sustaining force of the Universe. It is an active principle. It is given fully and freely to all. It rests with the individual to decide how much he is capable of assimilating His love.

God is Infinite. God is Intelligence. God is Love. God is Spirit. Nothing could exist without Him. Each thought of that Infinite Intelligence generates life, which is forever sustained by His inexhaustible love.

Each step counts. Each sincere aspiration lifts us higher. Each stumbling fall is useful if it makes us know ourselves better and forces us to seek for light and help from above.

Justice and mercy are not incompatible. 

Human justice and Divine Justice have little in common besides the principle. Divine justice is based on absolute knowledge, and takes into consideration all the circumstances. For instance, when we leave earth, no court sits in judgment, no sentence is passed. 

The only judgment we must submit to is the inevitable result of the law, which brought us into being, and which declares that every act and thought of our earth life sets in motion waves or impulses, either good and harmonious with their divine origin—or bad and inharmonious.

Since we have a soul, which is a part of that Great Creative Spirit, and which must ultimately come into perfect accord with that Creative Force or Pure Spirit, it follows that the waves of dissonance must be accorded. 

If we create, either in our earth or afterlife sufficient waves of good, they will neutralise the bad.

A true and worthy life on earth places us in a better position for further effort than a life, which has created discordant waves. It is the discovery of this law, which is our only judgment.

Meslom's Messages from the Life Beyond