Teaching 148

33. Safeguard this teaching that contains My revelations, prophecies and analysis, which I am imparting to you in this period of time. Discover also its essence, which is nourishment for the spirit; approach it with great delicacy, because it forms a part of the Book of the True Life, which I have opened in the Sixth Chapter.

When you have studied its lessons profoundly and you are disposed to put them into practice, you will make changes in your life. You will live with simplicity; you will love all My manifestations; you will always manage to be in contact with Me, and will establish the foundations for the formation of a new world that shall be governed by My laws, and in which I will be respected and obeyed.

34. When the world places in your heart its burden of sorrows and incomprehension, come to Me, and I will give you strength and heal your wounds. Be like children before Me, even though you have lived for a long time, and be at rest in the peace of My Spirit.

35. In the world that you inhabit, there is not one single heart who does not suffer. All of you are journeying along the pathway of Calvary, and yet you have not learned to accept the trials with love, nor do you accept your cup of bitterness. You have not imitated Jesus in His passion of perfection. You are not alone in your ordeal; you have Me as your Cyrenian, to lighten your cross.

36. Let not the storms of life intimidate you; do not despair in your affliction; endure your restitution with patience, and when you have climbed the mountain and are elevated on a spiritual cross, invisible to men, look for My presence so that you may feel strengthened. I will be with you to give you encouragement, and your spirit will merge with mine during the supreme hour. I will receive you, comfort you, and I will give you peace.

37. Then you will behold an unknown world opening before your spirit. You will feel that you are entering a new life, and on contemplating this Earth from that point, that plane where you now live today, you will feel mercy for the suffering world, which is in distress and lives without hope because the light of this revelation which I have brought to you in the Third Era, still has not reached them. Then your spirit will ask that I grant you the mission to work spiritually for them, to guide their steps along the right path.

You will muster up all your faculties and place them in the service of your younger brothers, of those who have not wanted to listen to the voice of their Heavenly Father, who is love and justice. Then you will be converted into emissaries of peace, and you will continue working in the Divine Works. You will learn how great is the spiritual mission which corresponds to you, and in each new level you attain, you will feel Me closer. My will shall be yours, and yours will be mine. In that manner, I will guide you along the path that leads to Me.

38. Be untiring while traveling along the path marked out by the Master. The soles of your feet bleed at times, and your garments are ripped by the thorns, but hope sustains you. That is how the One from whom you emerged and to whom you shall return, contemplates you.

39. Now I am your traveling companion, the One who heals your wounds, to make you perceive My balsam. In that way, I revive that which is still dormant within your being, so you may awaken to the call of your conscience, for I am the resurrection and the life.

40. You were lifeless, but I resurrected you to the life of grace and I made you see the light of My Spirit.

41. As the Master, I am very patient and untiring. My lesson is new in appearance, and nevertheless, it is the same one, because from generation to generation, since the beginning of time, I have only taught you to love one another, and within that pathway you will be able to find Me.

42. I created you for Myself, and I want you for Myself. I have called upon you to teach you to live as spirits of light. Today you travel in this world; tomorrow you do not know if you will be separated from those who have been your own here.

Always be prepared, so that you may answer the call of your brethren at any moment. I shall grant you a while longer, because if I should surprise you this instant, what would you present to Me? Have you spread My Doctrine? Have you awakened to the eternal life those who slumber? Are you ready to resist a judgment?

43. These questions that I ask of you are the ones that you should ask yourselves daily, so that you may be alert and prepared, and the Master may feel satisfied of His disciples.

44. I shall raise the church of the Holy Spirit within the heart of My disciples during this Third Era. There, the Creator God will dwell; the strong God, the God made Man in the Second Era, the God of infinite wisdom. He lives within you, but if you wish to feel Him, and hear the echo of His Word, you will have to prepare yourself.

45. He who practices the Good feels My presence inwardly; likewise the one who is humble, or he who sees a brother in each fellowman.

46. The temple of the Holy Spirit exists within your spirit. That temple is indestructible; there are no storms nor hurricanes capable of knocking it down. It is invisible and intangible to the human eye; its columns shall be the yearning to surpass in Good. Its dome is the grace which the Father pours upon His children; the door is the love of the Divine Father, because anyone who calls upon My door, will be touching the heart of the Heavenly Mother.

47. Disciples, here then is the truth that exists in the church of the Holy Spirit, so that you will not be one of those who will be confused with false interpretations. The temples of stone were only a symbol and of them there will not be one stone left upon another.

48. I wish that the flame of faith will always shine within your inner altar, and that you understand that, with your deeds, you are placing the foundations where the great sanctuary will rest some day. I have all humanity on trial and in preparation regarding their different ideas, because I give everyone part in the construction of My temple.

49. All of those who arise encouraging that ideal, will remain spiritually unified, even when their bodies are very distant. Their unity will be strong, and all will recognise one another. Those are My people who will help in obtaining salvation for all those whom they find along the way.

50. You will witness some of this and the future generations much more, but your merit of having been the first in the struggle for spiritual unification, I shall always take that into account.

51. Your task is difficult and delicate, but never impossible. While you have the will, your mission will seem simple.

52. Resist and do not lose heart; fight within your own selves. You know very well that while you live in the material, there will be inclination toward sin; there will be temptations, and the passions will agitate like a storm.

53. The spirit struggles to attain his elevation and his progress, while the matter yields at every step toward the attractions of the world. But spirit and matter could harmonise by both availing themselves justly of what corresponds to each, and that is what My Doctrine teaches you.

54. How can you practice My Law at every step? By listening to the voice of your conscience which is the judge of your actions. I have not come to order you to do what you could not fulfill. I come to persuade you that the road to happiness is not a fantasy; but that it exists, and the way to travel on it, is the way I am revealing to you.

55. You are free to choose the pathway, but it is My duty, as a Father, to show you the right one, the shortest, the one that has always been illuminated by the Divine Light, which is My love for you who are always feeling that thirst to hear new words which come to affirm your knowledge and vivify your faith.

58. Along the pathway that has been marked for you, there are no useless ordeals. All of them have a purpose, which is to perfect your spirit. The great trials are always for the great spirits. For that reason, when you see a whirlwind coming at you which threatens to destroy your tranquility, do not fear; go and meet it, and conquer it with the power that I have given you. Wait for the necessary time and do not weaken in your struggle; do not hope to ward it off the moment it looms before you; remain vigilant and pray.

I am not talking to you about the elements of Nature, but of those which serve as a crucible for the spirit, and when they are used to good advantage, they will help him to ascend, discovering new paths before him. This will make him learn and awaken within him sentiments which had remained dormant and which were necessary to help him evolve. Know yourselves! I have said to you; penetrate into your own being, and make use of all your faculties and powers, because today you need to know all, and embrace it with your spirit, so that you may leave your work concluded on Earth.

59. Soon you will see a new war draw near this earth in which your faith will be in danger. Everyone will fight, defending their belief, and everyone will say they possess the truth; and, in that combat, the spirit of men will awaken and will become sensitive to My influence, and all will be obligated to study My Law and My revelations. The books will be scrutinised by the sects as they had never done so before and others will question Me, some as a judge, others as a teacher. That will be the time when you should be prepared, and make My teachings be known.

60. All that I have announced to you will be fulfilled. Each day you will find an opportunity to work and put My Word into practice. I prepare you, so that when these prophecies are fulfilled, you will not be surprised.

61. For in truth I say to you, that the moment has come for your compliance to Me, just as you have complied with your family. Now is when you will truly know the purpose for which you have been created, and you will comply with the mission entrusted to your spirit.

62. My Word or my work shall not be any burden to you. On the contrary, your existence will be more bearable in a time of hardships and bitterness in which all men, like castaways, will search for something to grasp in order not to perish.

63. You have already discovered this boat, and are about ready to enter it. Fortunate are those who know how to remain confident and firm within it, because they shall not perish.

64. I want you to stop weeping along your paths, despite the ordeals hovering over you. For that reason I come to make you understand, that it is indispensable not to break the Law.

65. In order to tell you what I have come to reveal to you during this period of time, I had to wait for many eras. But I ask you: What are the millenniums to Me when time does not pass over My Spirit? In turn, you did have to wait, though not inactively, but rather evolving and growing in light, knowledge and experience.

66. Now you find yourselves with the ability to feel and understand My lessons, no matter how elevated they may be. Not so, during the First Era, when, in order to symbolise the homeland of the spirit, I had to give some land to the people; and to teach them the Law, I had to leave it engraved on a stone.

67. Today you are on the verge of witnessing the destruction of the reign of materialism, in which thrones, crowns, power, pride and vanities will fall. All of that has existed and will exist while men believe that there is no more glory than the one they find in the world. However, when mankind lights the lamp of faith in the spiritual life, then the false finery will fall from their body, and the spirit will be adorned with the vesture of those who love Truth, Good and Purity.

68. Take advantage of the word of your Father, because the multitudes will come forth, close to you, seeking protection. In these people, the promises of the Father shall be fulfilled and they will feel attracted by the essence with which these people are saturated.

69. I am illuminating your mind and I am opening your heart to all the good feelings and the good inspirations; and I am closing your lips to the offense and blasphemy, but leaving them free to express My Doctrine, to comfort and give testimony of the truth.

70. There must not be any judges amongst you, nor fanatics, nor hypocrites, because where these defects exist, there cannot be spirituality.

75. You are surprised that a spirit can become manifest, or that he can communicate with you, without realizing that you can also manifest yourself, and even can communicate in other worlds, in other mansions.

76. Your body is not aware that your spirit, during the moments of praying, communicates with Me; he is unable to perceive the closeness you have with your Father, by means of that gift; and not only with My Spirit, but also with that of your spiritual brothers, whom you remember during those moments of prayer.

77. Neither are you aware that while you are resting, when the body sleeps, according to his elevation and spirituality, he frees himself from his body to appear in distant places and to spiritual places that your mind cannot even imagine.

82. When your body is done with his daily duties, and takes a rest in bed, the spirit takes advantage of that time to liberate and occupy himself in his own actions, in the things of the Lord.

However, if your heart, instead of resting from his preoccupation and vicissitudes, instead of elevating himself in prayer, surrenders himself to bitterness, the spirit will have to remain occupied in giving in to the weaknesses of his matter, disregarding other missions.

That is how you deprive yourself of your virtues, because of your lack of faith and of spirituality. You should realise that one who forsakes his duties toward the others to think only of himself, is selfish toward his fellowmen, and does not have charity toward his own spirit.

About Album of Wisdom

This book is the abridged version of the compiled Divine teachings that were received by human understanding from 1866 to 1950.