Lecture 1
(3rd February 1948)
THE SILENT HEALING POWER In this communication I will direct you in the development of the Silent Healing Power.
By understanding the action of thought you become aware of the action of your own thoughts. So you put upon them a greater value in regard to the kind of thoughts you think.
If you are ignorant of the law of thought
you place no value upon them and when you are affected by the result of their action you naturally rebel against the condition and in all probability place the cause at every other source except the right one.
Now by rebelling against these effects you only increase their intensity without gaining any understanding or relief.
The greatest battle in the world today is the battle between individuals. In every nation, in every group there is a conception of reality which they call God yet all their efforts and prayers and energies directed towards this Reality is dissipated.
Instead of individuals helping each other they become barriers to each other, because most people do
not approach Reality with affection
but only as a means of getting something from Reality for themselves.
In approaching Reality we must not merely discuss Reality without any value to our practical Life.
If you will look into your minds you will see that you have been discussing Reality as an idea, something outside yourselves. In all literature of this nature there is this same mistake made— the mind is directed to create an idea of Reality. Now Reality is not an idea nor a conception of something that the mind can grasp.
Reality is Life itself, the foundation of your own Being.
Reality must be the translation of that Reality into conduct in the individual Life.
You must not lose yourselves in philosophies, in questioning something that can only be realized by oneself. If I begin to philosophise to you on the wonders of this Reality you only build up an idea of It.
through your own awareness you realize this Life,
this Pure Being,
then all conduct will ultimately lead towards that Pure Being.
So the question must not only be on that ultimate Reality, but on the practical way of translating that Reality into conduct. The Silent Healing Power is not obtained by your reaction to things or forms or conditions, but through your understanding of them. The Silent Healing Power is not obtained through a time or space factor but through the understanding that Life is one Whole, is omnipresent in its entirety.
Therefore at any moment of time all Life or Spirit is concentrated at any point in space that you may choose to fix your consciousness upon.
Pure Being,
Life or Spirit,
must of necessity continually subsist whether in a corporeal body or not and from It all phenomena of Being must flow whether in an Angelic, mental or physical plane. The knowledge of this fact is the basis upon which you can more easily develop the Silent Healing Power. You must not approach this question with the idea of how good a healer you may become for this is seeking something for yourself which is frustration. If you seek to corner the Infinite Being for your own welfare you will become antagonistic to others and this leads to frustration.
But if there is affection towards Reality
there is friendship for all those who are approaching Reality.
It is an opening up inwardly towards that Life
which is ever present Love.
It is not a looking at something that is external to the self but to find the self in that “Being” which is behind every other self.
all seeking Reality separately, individually, as separate entities, each elbowing the other out.
This is the cause of the contradictory spirit in the world today.
It sets up antagonism between religious groups and individuals who are all approaching the same Reality,
all trying to realize and understand It and instead of affection for all who are approaching it there is rivalry.
But to understand, to approach and to realize,
you must come with affection,
not in the sense of possession or competition
as to who is to understand more or who is to understand less.
Reality must become the dominant factor
and not individuals.
Reality must become a living
perceptible enthusiastic realization of Itself in activity, in conduct.
In this way you will not lose yourselves in theories,
beliefs or philosophies,
but you are all the time highly concentrated on translating your understanding into daily action, into conduct.
So your conduct in affection does not need the backing of a highly complicated philosophy or a ritual to which you have to conform.
True conduct is self-realized conduct through affection
and
understanding not based on any philosophy or religious belief but based on one’s own experience.
Hence your conduct becomes the translation of your realization into activity.
You are not judged by your philosophy or by your beliefs, but by what you are, by the manner of your treatment of others,
the manner of your friendship,
the manner of your speech.
If you are loving and kind to all and antagonistic to none
then you are translating Reality into action.
The Presence
is never antagonistic to Itself
in any individual.
Then what makes you antagonistic, competitive?
It is the idea of your approach in which all
your
energies are dissipated without result.
If you think that by your philosophy you may be thought intellectual then you have lost the real and see only the shadow.
As soon as you try
to
realize the Central Living Reality
in everyone
and to which everyone however awkwardly is moving,
then your affection,
your thought,
your whole enthusiasm is turned towards It.
You cease to be antagonistic towards other individuals
who are also approaching It.
It is difficult for those who are approaching this mighty Reality for the first time because of the terms used,
which are words meant to convey a meaning.
Many terms are used such as
Absolute,
Infinite,
Universal Mind,
Divine Mind,
Life,
Reality,
Ether of Space,
Essence of Substance,
Matter, etc., etc.
If the students will keep in mind the wholeness,
the oneness of all there is
, seen or unseen,
they will realize that the term used is the most suitable to convey the meaning
or kind of manifestation which is referred to.
When we use Universal Mind or Divine Mind we mean that which comprehends
, that which embodies
, and includes all that we call consciousness
, individualized
or otherwise.
We mean all that is visible or invisible
all that which is known or unknown
all that can be seen
touched
handled
or sensed
all that can be apprehended
and all that which is beyond apprehension
All is God and there is no separation
no division
If I may put it this way to you the Universal Mind consists of the manifested and the unmanifested.
The manifested portion can be apprehended by the human mind but that which is unmanifested cannot be apprehended,
yet the manifest is in the unmanifested
and of it,
there is no separation.
There is a plus element which is always above and beyond
that which is manifested thus manifestation takes place within the unmanifested
and that something—that plus within—brings forth the manifested
and it is this ineffable, this indescribable this pure Being
that remains within its creation,
yet always transcending (beyond the limits) it,
and it is this Reality which we approach with affection and Love.
And as we realize it more and more
we translate it into action for it is
“this”
that is behind our own thinking.
In this realization God alone lives,
God lives in you,
He guides all your actions,
He leads you where He would have you go,
to work in you,
to will and to do whatsoever He would have you do.
Then let the external manifestation be what it will,
believing that it is just what Divine Mind would have it for the present,
even if it is exactly opposite to what you have planned.
This cessation of struggling
brings true expression and freedom.
Now let us consider the human mind.
Much conflict exists in your world today whether or not the mind is dual in nature, that is, two separate minds.
The difference of opinion is so great that it prevents the establishing of a true picture of what really exists.
Some say there are two minds,
one is conscious and the other is subconscious,
but in reality there is but one mind.
There is an outer and an inner function
and the Silent Healing Power can only be developed by a true understanding of the relation of each function.
Now the outer is associated with the relative world
and reacts to the condition of the personal environment
which is very much limited.
It takes into cognition time and space,
events etc and is influenced by them.
Therefore you will understand that this
outer consciousness
is limited
and reasons from the individual point of view.
That is to say,
it draws conclusions from supposed facts and effects
which are seen on the surface,
(yet the real cause is hidden in the inner,)
or where a part only is seen
while the whole is not recognised.
A good simile here would be the discernible part of an iceberg,
the sparkling pinnacles which are seen above the water
are but a fraction of what is underneath the surface,
but the iceberg is one whole, that which is seen and that which is unseen is one and the same iceberg. So that which is seen on the surface is but a limitation by one’s opinion
of what one sees and with a lack of understanding
of the seen and being unaware
of the unseen, fear, doubt and apprehension is caused
by assuming that the limited opinions of what is seen
on the surface are actually true
while they may be entirely false.
Now I want to place before you the one who is wholly affected
by what he sees, and the other who has
actually realized the Reality
and at the same time discerned that which is false and incomplete or limited.
You will see clearly that it is a state of consciousness or awareness.
When the consciousness becomes aware of Reality
there is a sense of perception that
reveals that which is false,
or that which is only partially revealed
on the surface and with this understanding there is at once a doubt,
a questioning of what is seen on the surface,
and this leads to reflection and discernment.
On the other hand with the unawakened consciousness
there is an acceptance of what is seen.
Therefore what is seen on the outer
is believed in the inner
and there is a reproduction
of what is seen faithfully and logically
with all the details accurately produced
whether the facts are true or not.
Thus it is most important that you must discern
that which is unreal and false
before you can know that which is true.
You are what you believe you are.
When the Truth of your true Being
Is
Realized
And
Understood
that the eternal Life
is ever rejuvenating
the mind and body
that the Presence
of the
Eternal Presence
is your Silent Partner
you begin to understand
the
power
of the
Silent Healing Power.
But if your mind is full of falsehood
And
Beliefs
which make you
antagonistic
to others
then you will
only create inharmony.
When this inharmony is dealt
with by yourself alone
you will then have
revealed to your consciousness something
of the real which is
“Harmony”
(Love, Wisdom, and Healing).
To establish this
Truth in your
outer consciousness
is the solid foundation
upon which to develop
the
Silent Healing Power.
When we begin
to see that
the outer
is but a
state of consciousness
unaware of Reality
and that
which it is
aware
that it is effects
of what is created
from within,
and not knowing the true facts,
we react to what we
believe to be true.
But immediately you identify yourselves
with the
ever-present Intelligent Spirit
which prevails throughout the whole Universe
you see clearly that the inner consciousness
is that which is one
with the Universal Consciousness,
the Creative Power,
throughout all nature.
It is this
understanding transferred
to the outer
that gives you dominion over all things.
This creative power gives rise to all forms
which also give rise to the
outer consciousness
as the external manifestation
of that
which is within.
The Reality is that creative power,
that Love,
Wisdom and Healing
that is always at work
active,
regardless of time
and space,
for time and space
do not exist in the
Eternal Ever-Present.
But if you are lost in the outer
and cannot discern what you see,
then you will only create sorrow
and conflict because
with your feeling of limitation,
your feeling of insecurity,
your feeling of inward poverty,
you will crave
and this craving
leads to frustration,
sorrow and conflict.
To attain to that which is true
you must think in the Absolute
and not in the relative
which is but a restrictive
state of consciousness.
Now a final word to you in the
developing of the Silent Healing Power.
Take your realization out
of the
relative where it is restricted
and surrounded by beliefs
and opinions
which are false and
transfer it to the Absolute Reality
where it is not thus
limited and approach this
Reality with Love and Affection
so that you will externalize
in conduct this
Reality in your daily Living.
The blessing of the
Angel of Light
is upon your work
of the Sanctuary of the Silent Healing Power.
BENEDICTION O, Love of my Heart, I open my soul to Thee so that all the fragrant musk of Thy Love will scent the atmosphere that surrounds me. O Blessed One, sing in my heart, “I shall be Thine for ever.” I will laugh at all dangers for I will always hold Thy protecting Love in my constant remembrance of Thee. In Thy Blessed Light dissolve all shadows and fears of my imagination so that in Thy Blessed Light I shall remain awake for ever. May Thy Love shine for ever on the shrine of my Devotion and may I be able to awaken that Love in all hearts. SO MOTE IT BE