Then if
the soul was wayward,
it invoked Cosmic laws to pose a limitation until the
individual changed
his ways
and reaped
the rewards of overcoming. If to “spare the rod and spoil the child” is a hint
of wisdom for mortal parents it also applies from a spiritual standpoint.
God’s arrangement for all cause to have an equal effect
automatically brings rewards for those who earn them, as well as punishment for
those who do wrong. In reincarnating a person can return as his own child in
some instances, or a grandchild, or farther down the line. We can then readily
see why the sins of the parents could be with the soul to the third or fourth
generation if the child was the reincarnate forefather who had escaped
punishment for his mistakes before. If it took the third or fourth generation
for the soul to change bad habits and earn a reward for righteousness, and he
had done nothing to earn forgiveness previously, his lot would only be the
result of his own pasts. When the world knows the truth about reincarnation
there will be greater soul progress and less waste of time attaining to
graduation of earth’s school of lives, into a position called heaven.
The
question always arises, “Why haven’t we known about reincarnation before if
it is the truth?” When one investigates reactions in cults and creeds where
reincarnation has been accepted, and sees the abuse and mistakes resulting from
this understanding,
it is easy to see why God has with-held the idea until this
Age when we need it to account for what will happen when prophecy is to be
fulfilled and we “see the dead walking.”
Some of those believed to be dead
are now being SEEN clairvoyantly in new bodies if they have reincarnated.
When
vibrations rise to make it possible for “all eyes to SEE” it is expected we
will also be able to see those who have not reincarnated.
We
found a Catholic priest who admitted that he knew that Christ spoke to some
people but he did not understand why others did not have the same experience no
matter how much they desired it. Some argue, “all men are created equal” and
believe there is nothing one has which is not the right of all.
An explanation
is easily found through understanding reincarnation and karmas, which reveals
the fact that, although created equal, some have made more effort and have
earned rights others are not eligible for until they put forth the same effort.
In trying to protect these new ideas it is interesting to note that older souls
who have had more lives of mental progress readily accept advancements beyond
those of old-time religions sufficient for pasts when they were not needed.
Lesser-developed souls portray their status by flagrant denouncements of
advancements their minds are not equal to understanding.
But God’s law of
progress continues to offer advancements whether all are ready or not.
He works
through the hands and minds of those advanced enough to be channels, for it is
only these who are capable of responding to Divine influences.
When the Catholic Church was established Peter and Paul were careful to protect
the reincarnation idea because Jesus had given the command to “keep unspotted.”
Because of this Christianity has not been as well informed as Religions of the
East. Our Leader contacted Pope Pius XII and was pleased to discover he thought
of himself as “a soldier of the cross” as He called it. This means he knew
he had attained to “the works that I do and even greater” and could
reincarnate at will to do whatever work was necessary IN HIS NAME. His great
life proved he had more than average rights.
Great
souls like George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and many others where made to know
whom they had been in past lives, therefore accepted their positions and
continued to promote projects they had worked on before. We see by ancient
symbolism they used, they must have understood. Benjamin Franklin was
twenty-three years of age when he wrote his own clever epitaph showing his
conviction of reincarnation:
The
Body
of
Benjamin
Franklin
(Like
the cover of an old book, its contents torn out,
and
stripped of its lettering and guilding)
Lies
Here Food for
Worms
Yet
the work itself shall not be lost,
For
it will (as he believed) appear once more
In
a New
And
more beautiful Edition
Corrected
and Amended
By
the Author
If
the following European authors contributed to the philosophical idea of
reincarnation, who dares insist others are insane who accept it? The following
great souls are known to have contributed toward the advancement of the idea: M.
Alger, Bosanquet, Disraeli, George Eliot, Figuier, Huxley, W.R. Inge, Allan
Kardec, Wm. Knight, Sir Oliver Lodge, Bulwer-Lytton, Maeterlinck, Max Muller,
Molthe, A. J. Penny, Schopenhauer, Taylor, Richard Wagner and E. D. Walker.
American authors include Edward Beecher, Francis Bowen, Edison, Emerson,
Hawthorne, Prof. B. I. Wheeler, Prof. G. F. More, Prof. G. L. Dickinson, O. Pfliederer, Joseph Silverman, and M. Tichenor. Many philosophical organizations
recognize reincarnation, and the Theosophical Society supports the idea. Since
all great thinkers have accepted the idea as a fact, why should we be troubled
by lesser minds who oppose it so strongly?
Through
the many interpretations of the original Bible, mistakes were made which now
bring contention among students who “get lost in the letter,” and fail to
allow for human mistakes of mortals who might have made them. It is interesting
to see that some accounts claim the Disciples asked Jesus if John could be
Elias. Original accounts showed they asked about Elijah. Some accounts say John
was asked if he was Elijah and denied it. Again others claim he denied being
Elias. The Truth seems to be that John was Elijah, and Jesus admitted this to
the Disciples, but interpreters, or perhaps typesetters wrote it as Elias. Had
John been asked if he was Elijah he would have had to crawl around it to keep
unspotted. Elias was the son of Elijah so it was in keeping to deny it, as also
it was right for Jesus to have implied that John was Elijah.
It can easily be
seen that Christ and His Disciples accepted reincarnation when the Disciples
were asking if John could be Elijah.
Jesus did not tell them they were wrong, or
“ye do err” as at other times when they were mistaken, but answered,
“Elijah is already come, and they knew him not, but have done unto him
whatsoever they listed.”
and the next verse states,
“Then the Disciples
understood that He spake unto them of John the Baptist.” What could be
plainer?
While memory is not usually given to anyone unless he has some specific
work to do which requires his having this information, it is possible that at
times great souls are not allowed to remember before time for their part of the
work. This has been noticed by many who knew very little about facts until it
was necessary for them to be awakened to accomplish that which they reincarnated
to do.
In
the Booklet REINCARNATION by Rev. Charles Hampton, Priest of the Liberal
Catholic Church, he says it would be well if we had the hope to have stood by
Christ 2000 years ago, so in this life we may have the courage to recognize Him
when He comes again. He also says if history repeats itself, it is likely that
most of the Churches will reject Him as they did before. The idea of “A Little
Child to Lead Them” is being ridiculed by the profane who will “run to the
mountains to hide” when their converts discover they were instrumental in
creating the crosses The Mother and Child have borne in this Age when lack of
support has delayed HIS coming to a world so much in need of healing,
understanding, unity and Peace HE could give them if they would accept HIM “AS
HE IS.”
In
Rev. 2:12 we read “him that overcometh will I make a Pillar in the Temple of
my God, and he shall go out no more.” If repeated lives for soul growth is not
a fact, what reason would the Bible have for such a statement, other than that
when the soul is perfected it would no longer have to reincarnate, -“go out no
more,” because it was advanced enough to remain in heaven worlds without
disturbing the peace. It certainly would be an unwise God who would permit
imperfection to invade a place where it would be so noticeable and disruptive.
An imperfect one could not expect to be comfortable in such a situation.
Whatever is said to the contrary none have ever found a more logical explanation
of pre-existence or hope of existence beyond the grave than that offered by
reincarnation.
WHEN “ALL EYES SEE”
Wise
Men know that all shall SEE
With
minds so opened wide,
The
Truth which maketh many free,
E’en
those who dared to chide.
When
chastened hearts, well purified,
Bring
no rebukes and sneers,
All
those who for Him have cried
Will
settle of their fears.
His
ways “past finding out”
Will
score men’s karmic fate
As
Angels work to route
And
guide men through the gate.
Peace
we pray for ideas wild
Amid
tumultuous rages.
Forgive
them, to SEE THE CHILD
And
know great wisdom of the Sages.
“On
earth Peace good will to men”
Will
ring from every tower
With
singing souls ablaze when
Love
on earth will shower-
Blessings
on the faithful Sons,
Correction
for the wayward ones.
If God once destroyed the tower of Babel, intended to reach upward into His
business, it is hardly possible that He would not let Space probes go beyond a
certain limit which would have to do with better understandings of other
planets’ vibrations and life beyond the earth plane. Just as God separated men
into various bodies and languages in keeping with the status of evolution, so He
separated physical plane consciousness from other dimensional contacts except
where there was a need for more understandings. Earthlings need to realize that
there are other inhabited planets, various “heaven worlds” of vibratory
separations, some having to do with earthly evolution. Also they need to know
more about the various states of matter and consciousness beyond third
dimensional forms. This Atomic Age was destined to be a Time when much progress
was to be made concerning more of “His ways” formerly “past finding out.”
Progress so far has been more rapid than in any previous period of time. It will
be accelerated as human minds adjust to acceptance of more new and progressive
thinking.
Foremost
in
essential progressive thinking must come from the understanding that each soul
is responsible for working its own way through the many phases of evolution
toward perfection. The process takes many lives of experiences both in male and
female bodies, many colors, types of religions and numerous human experiences
before graduating from the necessity of more earthly schooling towards
perfection.
