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October 22nd, 1918
Received by James Padgett
Washington D.C.
Let me write a few lines tonight as I have not written for a long
time and am anxious to say a few words which may be of help to you.
I have been present on many evenings when you were expecting to
receive communications and was disappointed because of reasons or
causes that you could not understand, except that you were not in
that condition which would enable the spirits to make a rapport
with you.
Well, this is true, and is the immediate cause of the want of power
of communicating; but it is well that you understand more than this,
for in order to remedy the difficulty you must have some knowledge
of the seat (reason) thereof. I have explained to you the law controlling
rapport and communication, and endeavored to make it as plain and
understandable as possible, so that you, at least, might grasp its
meaning; but, I see there are some things that you do not understand,
and because thereof, you have had the recent experience of not being
able to receive the many messages that were waiting to be delivered
through your brain and hand.
As I have said, the first and important requirement is that you
be in that condition of soul which will, because of its qualities,
enable the spirits who may desire to write the higher messages to
form a rapport or union with you, which means simply to take charge
and control of your brain - a brain which because of certain qualities
and thoughts having possessed it, will be in harmony with the thoughts
that these spirits desire to transmit through it, just as it is
absolutely necessary that the medium through which it is desired
that the electric fluid shall flow, must be a medium possessing
such nature and qualities as will permit the fluid to flow through
it. A wire or medium may be made of wood, and the electric fluid
(electricity) be present, ready to flow through it, but cannot.
And why? Not because the wire or wood may not be perfect in itself
as such wire; but, because the wire has not that nature and quality
that will permit the electric fluid to make a union with it and
thus control it. And so it is with the brain of the mortal, that
such brain has the possibility of possessing, when properly prepared,
those qualities that will admit of this union and control, while
the wood has not. But the brain, when devoid of this preparation,
is just as non-receptive to the union with and control of these
spirits - as is the rapport - as is the wooden wire to the union
with the electric fluid.
You have been told on numerous occasions that you were not in condition
and that the spirits could not make the rapport, and that you must
make the effort to get in condition; and this assertion and advice
are all true. You were told to pray more to the Father and think
of spiritual things, and then you would become in that condition.
This is true, and the advice is helpful. But you were not told what
this praying to the Father or thinking of spiritual thoughts means,
and, hence, you may do these things in a way and yet not get in
the condition. I know that during a long period in the past you
have been receiving many messages of the higher truths, and for
the delivery of which a brain highly prepared was necessary to receive
the same, and the thought has come to you, why were you able to
receive these messages at the time of their delivery and not be
able to receive them now because, as you further think, your brain
is in as good condition now as it was at those times.
Well, in the latter thought you are mistaken, and the fact of such
mistake should be sufficient to convince you that your inability
to receive the messages should not surprise you. During the periods
mentioned you prayed more often for the inflowing of the Divine
Love and your longings were intense, and the desires to possess
this Love, which is so vital to the preparation of your brain, were
so much more active. And also your thoughts of things spiritual
were so much more frequent. In other words, you were then seeking
with your whole heart to learn the truths of God and to possess
His Love; and, hence, your brain was continually in that condition
which enabled the spirits to make the union and control it for the
purpose of their higher expressions.
Lately you have not had the longings or prayed the prayers for
the Love as frequently and, as a consequence, the qualities and
elements of thought that have possessed your brain were not such
as to put your brain in that condition which made it receptive to
the passing through it of those thoughts of the higher truths. Now
from this, you must not infer that this condition is a mere matter
of brain condition, produced by itself, for it is not. You have
had the intellectual desire to write and receive the messages as
much as you ever had, and also to receive messages of the higher
truths that should be new as well as edifying to you, and your desires
were real, and you were disappointed because they were not realized.
And this merely demonstrates to you that there is something more
than the mere mental or intellectual necessary to prepare the brain
for the reception and transmission of that which partakes of the
nature of truth that has its source in something else than the mere
human mind. These higher truths come from spirits whose minds, as
you might say, are of the soul, and as only soul can deal with soul,
it requires that the preparation of the brain should come from the
exercise of soul powers upon the organs of that brain. And, hence,
the necessity for your soul being in that condition that will produce
in the brain the qualities that will unite and permit the truths
of the soul to be received and transmitted.
You must not only pray to the Father for the inflowing of this
Divine Love but you must pray often, until you realize almost constantly
the possession of this Love in your soul; and also, you must turn
your thoughts, and I do not mean the merely intellectual thoughts,
but the thoughts of the soul, which as you have already had you
may have again, to the spiritual truths which have been revealed
to you, and to the spiritual realm where you believe other spiritual
truths are waiting to be revealed. If you will thus pray and think,
you will find coming to you the desires and expectations of the
fulfillment of these desires and an enthusiasm which will come from
the development of your soul by the possession of this Love, and
also the soul thoughts. This is what is meant by the condition necessary
to enable the spirits to make the rapport.
Of course, as to the ordinary matters of the spirit world where
no special soul condition is required, the spirits can make rapport
as they desire, and in your case many of them could have written
at the times you thought you were unable to receive any writings.
But we thought it best that no spirit be permitted to write you,
as it might endanger the probability of your getting in the condition
that we desire and which is necessary in order for your brain to
receive our vital and important messages. And, hence, your Indian
(guide) was directed to not permit any spirit to write you, and
he did not though many made the effort to do so.
Well, I am glad that I can write you in this manner tonight, and
hope you will consider what I have said, and realize the importance
of your getting into the condition of which I speak. The brain must
be used by the soul having the Divine Love active and so prepared
to receive the rapport.
I will not write more tonight, but will merely say that we have
many more messages which we desire to transmit. So believe that
I am frequently with you in my love and desire to help and protect,
and make your mission a success. Good night.
Your brother in Christ,
John
Note. The title of this message is somewhat
misleading, as this message does not follow chronologically on from
previous messages on this subject, although
it is a continuation of the topic by John.
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