 THE GREATER WORLD CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALIST CHURCH  THE ZODIAC MESSAGES 
"THE TWO MINDS"An address by the celestial messenger 'Zodiac', given through the deep trance mediumship of Miss Winifred Moyes at the Zodiac Circle on April 30th, 1927
"You who wish to surrender the will of the body to the One who loves you best, shall see in the near future how mighty are the plans of God and how unlimited His Love for you and for humanity at large. "In the World of the Spirit the gifts of God are recognised in their true light because the understanding of the Christ is there. That which those in the World of Spirit have, and that which they wish to become, is the instrument to help those who are blind and bound. Holiness means power, and power is but an expression of Love. "Wielding power which imposes injustice upon another that causes the heart to ache unnecessarily is not 'power', it is bondage - it is imprisonment in so terrible a way that those who wear the chains do not know how to get free. They will not know the secret of their bondage and so another must strike off that which binds them fast. The 'power' of the earth is an enemy in a way that you cannot understand. It is that temptation which has drawn in and wrecked many a soul who otherwise could have found his God. "The only power which is power in its rightful sense is that which you possess when you go to another and through sympathy are able to part the clouds and show that the sunshine of God's Love is there intact. That is power, and it has many aspects and many degrees: The power of the freed spirit within to do God's work on earth; to come close by desire to that Holy desire which, not only is part of the Divine within, but which expresses the Divine within in a way that nothing else can, the desire to do as the Christ, and to desire to be as the Christ. "So, what of the mind of the body and the mind of the spirit? Just remember that one day, that which divides the real Self from that which you wear at this stage must be destroyed utterly and leave no trace behind. "There are many who have cultivated the mind of the body, and in so doing have imposed upon themselves a discipline and self-control which is part of the spiritual equipment of the real Self within. If you hold your physical mind in high repute, then ponder on that gift which God has given you. Think of others who are conscious of many limitations and who view knowledge as something that is unattainable for them. Such as these do not hold their admiration from those skilled in the world of knowledge, but they realise that they are divided by conditions from those who have scaled the heights of discovery and seemingly, to them, have discovered great truths. "Each person owes a duty to themselves. Everyone is called upon by the stronger Self within to cultivate those gifts that lie dormant for want of exercise. Those who have harnessed the physical mind to this or that subject, even though many distractions have been placed in their way, have, however, persevered and attained their object. In the end they have purchased for themselves the most valuable gift of concentration - and if that concentration does not come between them and the Lord God of All, they have something precious to take with them into the Realms of Light. "This concentration is essential before you can be a creator. In the world of physical things you have much to aid your efforts. When you intend to build, you gather together implements made by others, tested by others, and proved worthy by those who used them. No test of faith is necessary here. You are instructed as to the instrument most suitable to create that which you have in mind, and it awaits you without an effort on your part. In regard to the component parts of your design or construction, the foundation is already there, created by the thoughts of others, and you adapt what is to your own requirements. Again, only a measure of faith and effort is required to achieve your purpose. "Man finds the essentials all around him, and that which he wishes to create is put together by triumphing over mistakes, by watching others, and by learning from their experience. This is the law of the physical world because you are limited by the mind of the body and its restricted scope. But, when you are free, this form of creation will seem of little value to you. You will realise that you were only creating in part and to be a creator only in part. How can this prepare you for bringing into being those mighty things, those gigantic beauties and those superlative powers that your Father desires that His children should bring out of themselves? "The Realms of Spirit hold creation and re-creation in forms as yet beyond your horizon. But as you prepare yourselves for those conditions which are Divine you will not want half your work done for you by others. God wants you to be a creator. "Those in the world today, because they have not been taught the spiritual importance of this great gift, concentration, allow themselves to be distracted by a hundred outside influences both seen and unseen. Many pass through the physical stage without building up that essential equipment which means so much when they are spiritual beings, free in a measure from the 'garments' that hold them now. Concentrate on one task for the period that it occupies the physical mind. "You may exclaim that this is difficult. So much is uncongenial; the dreams and visions float across the consciousness and they hold the affection, and their beauty invites exploration to the detriment of the task at hand. A special power is provided for each form of mental or physical exercise that the material world demands. By concentrating on the one task and doing it well, you are creating out of the humdrum a beauty unexplainable in language and ungraspable by you while the body binds. Thus harnessing the physical mind you release the Spirit within. You make use of the power at hand, and the task is completed in a short period of time in comparison to that occupied when several things seek to claim and hold the mind at one and the same time. "Countless numbers think that they have the power of concentrating, but on what is their attention directed? It is on the self in one of its many subtle forms; on that which has a short life; on the acquirement of possessions for the sake of possessions; on the adornment of the body, or on that which wrecks the soul for this stage. The Divine within is untouchable, all Holy, of God Himself, but bound, imprisoned and stifled, until it seems that it has been killed. "What of those who are working constructively, carrying out the work of the world which must be done even though the tasks at hand seem unworthy of the effort entailed. These are they who in measure are awake to life and its responsibilities. They have learned to concentrate on the acquirement of knowledge because that knowledge directly or indirectly can help others. These are rendering service to others. They devote their days to that work which is uncongenial so that others can be fed, and they can make this experience beneficial to their soul-growth. "Think of the wonderful freedom that lies beyond the earth plane. Think of it because you are children of God, created by Him, your soul within bearing the Divine Image - think of those powers within not yet released, waiting for exercise, waiting for suitable conditions when they can unfold themselves. "You have been charmed, delighted, by that which you call inspiration. Those of you, who have contacted the spirit within, in the measure that is possible in the earth stage, have opened to you the creative realms – power. This power pours through you, and your minds have been honed as fine instruments; your hands have been used, and you have brought to the earth and given out to the earth something which is not of the earth at all. "You have revelled in the gifts because you have recognised that they concern a stage beyond the physical, and realise that they herald that great scope of doing, of thinking, and of being, which lies before all mankind in time to come. "In a measure the door between the mind of the body and the mind of the spirit has been opened, and a little Light, a little Beauty, and a little of that which is Divine, has penetrated that part of the world that will listen. It has had an illustration of something of those gifts that once were possessed by all and which in time will come again. "When the body is no more, you must construct. The spirit within will allow you no rest until you construct. In that time beauties will lie all around, created by the efforts of others, created by many blind as to what they were doing; brought into being by suffering and by rising above suffering, by defending the weak, by caring for the old, by denying the desires of the physical mind. Beauty and power unexplainable to you is in those conditions that lie beyond the earth plane and its bondage. "What can break darkness but light? What can banish hate but love? How can you go to those in the twilight spheres - those chained to self, hedged in by the desire to hold and to have? How can you go to these without your equipment, without the light to triumph over twilight, without the wherewithal to pierce the shell of self? "When you are free for only a little while, you will be content to exclaim at the signs and wonders around you. You will be willing to watch others bring into being that which will succour another. Because you have been taught, the Divine within will instruct you to set to work yourself. The brave souls pass out of that which is rightly their own by the life and the experiences they have been through, and taking with them the tool of concentration they say: 'I will create as my Creator intended me to create!' "So you see how during this limited stage you can gather those priceless essentials for work hereafter. Do not sorrow because you cannot go to an instrument and bring out of it that beauty, that harmony for which your soul longs. When the body is no more you shall create music and a song which is so far removed in quality and design from the earth illustration, that the earth illustration will pass from your memory to return no more. "Each child of God has the same gifts, the same opportunities and the same future. But by choice the individual has taken up that which seemed as a burden, and laid aside that which seemed as a gift. As time passes the burden shall be found to be a gift, and in some cases that which was a gift will represent a burden, for the gift was not understood. "Be cheerful - look on your lives, taking the Christ view. Do not let the mind of the body sway or hinder the mind of the spirit. Each day, each hour, you can bring into use those precious gifts which belong to the Divine within. You can make the first stage of that creative capacity which, as you go on, as you evolve out of that which binds you, can unfold those powers within that are indeed of God, and which, because they are of God, must do God's work in whatever condition you may be. "The creative planes - which are the Love planes- which are the Spirit planes - have been brought into being by the efforts of those who have gone before, and also by your efforts in the past, by that which is named discipline and the obedient will. But 'creating' cannot stop, for nothing can remain stationary, it is either greater or it is less. "Everyone is called to do their part each day, whether in the physical body or in the Realms of the Spirit; whether upon toil which is humdrum in the extreme, or in the sleep state when you gather up the products of the day and seek to draw to yourself that power of the Spirit which shall enhance your efforts during the day to come. "Be circumspect in cultivating the mind of the body and focus upon the Christ. Look at knowledge under the reflection of the mighty Mind of Love. When that which you seek is found to harmonise with God and His purpose, then be assured that what you do today is bringing a harvest in a sometime - tomorrow. In that toil that is forced upon you, do not say to yourself that there is nothing in this which harmonises with the Divine. Go back to the life of the Master and remember that He too had to harness the mind of the body to the uncongenial task, to that which was done and often had to be done again. "Are you sure that there is nothing of God in the toiler's life; in those who pursue their calling in order to provide for the needs of others and their own; nothing of God in that which seems so distasteful that it would be forgotten in the contemplation of Heavenly things? "Keep your vision clear. Go back to the Christ, to His humble home, to the child who had to contribute His measure of toil to keep the home together. In that far off day little mercy was shown to the children, for they represented another tool, another pair of hands, and not a vibrating, sensitive living being. "The physical mind can stand as a door between you and the mind of the real You within. Sometimes it acts as a soldier with a drawn sword, keeping the threshold free from those who would harm. Very often it is an enemy, shutting off those who would aid in opening that door. Remember that it lies in your hands to put the mind of the body under the control of the mind of the spirit. "Treat it as a servant and thwart the slightest attempt to take the role of master - holding on to the consciousness that that little which has been revealed to you is only as the first threads of that great wide tapestry of knowledge of those things brought into being by the mighty Mind of Love. "Remember that however man strives during the earth stage he cannot do more than cross the threshold of things physical into those which are spiritual. Yet by the very blindness and bondage that holds him, he can bring to himself hereafter a freedom surpassing his wildest dreams. By endeavouring to take 'The Way', by laying down no boundaries as to anything within his knowledge now, when the brief earth stage is over, he shall have sight and understanding that shall reflect something of the power, something of the creative power stored within. "Receive the blessing of the wish to soar out of the limited physical into the unlimited spiritual. Receive the blessing that that aspiration is Divine. Receive the blessing of the Beloved resting upon you. Amen"
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