“Go! Give
to the poor sweet Charity’s bread—
For living is giving”—the Angel said.
“O—must I be giving again and again?”
(the weary, wondering answer came!)
“O, no!” said the Angel—piercing me
through—
“Just give ‘til the Master stops giving to
you!”
—Edwin Markham
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"With coarse food to eat, cold
water to drink,
and the bended arm as a pillow, happiness may still exist."—Confucius
"Man is not nourished by what he
swallows,
but by what he digests and uses."—Hippocrates
"The only time to eat health-food
is when you're waiting for the steak to cook."—Julia
Child
"If you think dogs can't count, try putting three dog biscuits
in your pocket
and then give him only two of them."—Phil Pastoret
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"I would like to tell you about the kitchen.
It has the greatest of challenges, because it deals with everyone's
solar plexus. Now, when people are hungry, they are likely to
be discordant. And when the food they are served is not to their
liking, they are likely to be discordant.
"In the ancient mystery schools it was the
most advanced devotees who were selected and given the honor of
preparing the food. Many adepts will not let anyone prepare their
food. They prepare their own food. They prepare their own food
and eat very simply because of the vibrations.
"Serving in the kitchen is serving as an
alchmist of the sacred fire for the very life and body and blood
of the entire organization. When you can serve in harmony, you
can endow food with that life that all of the devotees need to
continue serving. You can extend the life of the devotees. You
can actually endow the food with that energy for their healing
and help them overcome the imbalances in their bodies.
"There is no limit to the alchemy that you
can evolve to in the service in the kitchen. It is not the place
for ones who are discordant or who are the ones who 'can't do
anything else, so we'll put them in the kitchen.' That is a wrong
concept.
"And so I would like for all of you to feel
honored and to make the kitchen the great focal point of the alchemy
of the organization.
" . . . Portia inaugurated the Order
of the Emerald Cross at Easter [1976[. And that was to be composed
of those serving on the fifth ray—doctors, nurses, in all
avenues of health. And we are to begin with a clinic in our headquarters
where doctors will come—chiropractic, as well as M.D.s—and
work together for evolving the best ways of treating people like
us: on our diet, with our light, with the stresses of our service—but
also being open to the community and extending that service to
the community."
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Elizabeth C. Prophet
November 29, 1976
Summit University lecture
Pasadena, levels I and II |
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Elohim Cyclopea spoke of food preparation and pointed out that
when love goes into the preparation of food, it actually
is a tangible substance which is partaken of by all. It is an
inner communion. The Elohim warned us against eating food
poisoned by human thought and feelings. When eating
in restaurants, therefore, call to me . . . and ask that
I shall hold the immaculate concept of that food and shall blaze
my ray of the all-seeing eye, immaculately conceiving the perfect
thought about that food. The Elohim gave this instruction
to show you that all of heaven is trying to assist you to
your ascension.
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"Hierarchy brings food to those who are hungry. Do you think
that Hierarchy will bring to those who eat meat a cornucopia of
vegetarian food? I tell you no."
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Beloved K-17
March 24, 1974 |
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"Now the subject of diet, precious ones of earth, concerns
not only food for the physical body but also food for the soul,
the mind, and the spirit of man. And so we turn our attention
to the nourishing of the whole man that he may be made whole."
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Lady Master Meta
July 14, 1968 |
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"In the meantime, the balanced diet based on grains, vegetables
and food from the sea that has been known in the Far East for
centuries may suffice many a chela on the path of the ascension."
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El Morya
October 31, 1958 |
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"A pie is a sweet delicacy which 'tops off' a good meal.
Besides the 'good meal' which you now possess, i.e., your daily
supply of food and comfort, would you like to have more of that
good—a 'pie' of added supply and comfort?"
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"Know, then, that diseases will continue to multiply in the
earth until one by one mankind faces his karma. And where there
is no accountability, whether on the part of those who produce
food for the nations that they know is not fit for human consumption
or on the part of the individual chela on the Path who knows the
way of the adepts yet does not follow it, such nonaccountability
must be held in check! People do not take accountability for their
physical body, their mental body, their desire body, their desiring
to experience all things of this world and this flesh. Yes, this
ambition, this pride must be held in check!
"Balance your mental and feeling
bodies in the Libra scales that are in play as the Lamb of God
of spring equinox does bring you to that point of integration
with the living Christ of your being."
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Cyclopea and Virginia
April 7, 1993 |
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"You can predict with a high degree of accuracy: 'If I do
or do not do this thing, this is what will happen tomorrow, this
is where I’ll be in 10 years and this will be the result
at the conclusion of my life.'
"We can read the prophecy of our health
and life span in our bodies according to what we eat or don’t
eat and how we take care of them. We can foretell our own future
based on our past and present actions. We can foretell the future
of a nation based on the actions of its people and leaders. And
the older we get, the wiser we ought to get, because we should
have learned many lessons from the consequences of our actions."
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"It is true that the archives of the world do contain the
record of some magnificent civilizations of past Golden Ages,
presided over by rulers of exquisite grace and kindness whose
attunement with the level of the Archangels and Emissaries of
Heaven brought into manifestation upon Earth all of the wonders
of Ascended Master Love.
"This included the instantaneous materialization
of food and of needed supply directly from the Universal itself.
The very dishes which contained the food were materialized for
the period of their use and then dematerialized by a spoken command
from the rulers of this land.
"All of these things seem like fables or
tales from the Arabian Nights to mankind today. Men are taught
from an early age to look to outward sources for their needs;
they are even trained to ridicule those who seek to draw from
the Universal the power of healing and the supplying of many of
their needs.
"Religion itself is frequently mocked by
individuals who are themselves on Earth only by the grace of the
tremendous protection drawn forth by men of Good Will and Faith."
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Archangel Chamuel
October 16, 1964 |
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"I am come tonight to bring to you the fresh winds of the
Zuider Zee; and I begin with a tale of the land of the dikes.
"There lived by the sea a gentle soul who
was a miller. He and his wife served together to grind the grain
for the people of their town. And it came to pass that in all
the land there were no communities where so much happiness reigned
as there. Their countrymen marveled and wondered, for they recognized
that something unusual must have happened to make the members
of this community so singularly wise and happy. And although the
townsfolk themselves were born, grew up, matured to adulthood
and passed from the screen of life within the community, never
in all of their living were they able to understand the mystery.
"Tonight I shall draw aside the curtain
and tell you what made the people of this community so happy and
prosperous, so joyous and wise.
"It was the service of the miller and his
wife and the love which they put into the flour. For this love
was carried home in sacks of flour on the backs of those who patronized
their mill and was then baked into their bread. At every meal
the regenerative power of love from the miller and his wife was
radiated around the table and it entered their physical bodies
as they partook of the bread. Thus, like radioactive power, the
energy of this vibrant love from the miller and his wife was spread
throughout the community.
"The neighbors did not know the reason
for their happiness and none of the people were ever able to discover
it. For sometimes—although
they live side by side—mankind
are unable to pry the most simple secrets about one another. And
so the mysteries of divine love continue to defy probing by the
human consciousness, but we of the Ascended Masters' octave occasionally
choose to make them known to you by sharing these gems with you.
"The instruction which I would bring to
you tonight concerns physical properties and their power to retain
the radiation of those who handle them. The food which you eat,
beloved ones, when prepared by hands charged with divine love,
enters into your physical body and creates a much greater degree
of spiritual happiness than mankind would at first realize. Those
who are wise will recognize the truth of what I am saying; and
if they must partake of food from unknown sources, they will be
certain that they have removed by the violet transmuting flame
those undesirable momentums of human creation whose radiation
can do no good to the individual who partakes thereof and much
harm to him who is unwary and therefore unprotected."
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"The earth, lovely in springtime, retains its glories through
all the seasons, but without the transformation effected by the
tiny elementals it would be a barren world indeed. Likewise, without
the action of those of us who shoulder still the responsibility
for the spiritual education of the world by the power of our vision,
attention, and love, men would have a lesser portion of spiritual
food, which they require as nourishment and grace for their expanding
consciousness.
"A mother who spends hours in the
kitchen preparing food for those she loves does so for reasons
far afield from self-glory. There is an action of the sacred fire
in each dedicated hearthside feast where the homespun realities
of life are born and nurtured by countless mothers the world around.
"This never-ending stream of devotion
is little understood by the mass consciousness and yet it must
be reckoned with today even in a vague sense by the social scientists
and educators of the world and those who would set a higher standard
for humanity. For the ritual of healing is centered in the heart
of selfless service dedicated to the expression of the highest
portion of good of which the individual is capable—no matter
what the task, employment or office, whether performed by elemental,
man, or Ascended Master."
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Mother Mary
March 1, 1963 |
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"The food which you eat, beloved ones, when prepared by hands
charged with divine love, enters into your physical body and creates
a much greater degree of spiritual happiness than mankind would
at first realize.
"Those who are wise will recognize
the truth of what I am saying; and if they must partake of food
from unknown sources, they will be certain that they have removed
by the violet transmuting flame those undesirable momentums of
human creation whose radiation can do no good to the individual
who partakes thereof and much harm to him who is unwary and therefore
unprotected."
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"Does one tire of looking upon the orchards of rosy-cheeked
and golden apples in the Northwest or the orange-colored pumpkins
in the East and graceful ears of corn in the Midwest? Do mankind
not expect the same general form, substance, color and flavor
to be present in the same type of food every year?
"Some among mankind are truly grateful for
these gifts of the Nature kingdom, and others take them very much
for granted. All should learn how to express real gratitude for
the gifts of God that supply sustenance for their bodies, thus
giving them opportunity to express their talents among their fellowmen
in service to life.
". . . As the vibratory rate of the planet
itself is now continually being stepped up through your calls,
so must there be a corresponding increase of vibration in every
cell and atom of the bodies of mankind, the Nature kingdom, and
all that is a part of the earth’s evolutions at this time.
"To bring this about, especially in
the physical bodies of mankind, the type of food they eat will
have to be changed, being made lighter and containing those vital
elements which a refined physical body holding the light of higher
octaves will need to harmoniously express here below. This food
is already prepared in our octave and it will be lowered into
physical manifestation
on earth through the Nature kingdom when the need arises. You
see, all good manifests in God’s good time. Patience is
its own reward. In the meantime, the balanced diet based on grains,
vegetables and food from the sea that has been known in the Far
East for centuries may suffice many a chela on the path of the
ascension."
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Morya El
October 31, 1958 |
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"The so-called powers of darkness, the hierarchy of the princes
of this world, whenever and wherever they think they can get away
with it use the profit motive as the basis for their judgments.
If a scheme, a commodity, or a service makes money for an organization,
it is good. If it does not, it is discarded. According to this
attitude of business (which has become a busyness rather than
an opportunity to serve the commonweal) restaurants, hotels, motels,
and many other profit-making enterprises have acted with great
disservice to humanity. Food has been prepared and preserved in
a manner that betrays the best interests of the customer, and
service has often been performed perfunctorily and sometimes even
grudgingly.
"Improved health techniques have brought
about greater longevity and a reduced infant mortality, flooding
many areas of the planet with a superabundance of people per square
mile. This has given the commercial interests such a flow of traffic
that it has reached the point where the individual has become
another mouth to feed, another number to pass through a line.
"Upon our planetary home, Venus, we are
able to show our people the records of the evolutions of other
planets as well as advanced studies concerning the science of
administering the needs of humanity as a whole, and we can see
by comparison that the people of Earth have much to learn concerning
the use of the ingredient of love. Love is not only the fulfilling
of the law, blessed ones. Love is the law."
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"O beloved ones, if you partake of
those substances that are provided so lovingly for your healing,
know that the power lies not in the substance but in the qualification
of that substance within your own hand, within your own heart.
"Therefore when you take whether of the
food or of the concentrations of the food or of the elements that
are prescribed, know that first you must hold them in your right
hand, placing once again your left hand to you heart and calling
forth the infinite blessing of Almighty God and the charging of
that substance with a concentrated light that is the specific
for your healing.
"So thus you may charge your water, your
food, and all of which you partake. And one day, one day you will
come to the place when you will not need to charge that secondary
substance, for you will find that by the invocation unto the Lord
Christ you will find the command 'Be thou made whole!' resounding
within the temple of your being, resounding within the secret
chamber of your heart.
"But, beloved ones, when you lack
that attainment you ought to have a realistic assessment of your
life and not jeopardize your life or the life of your community
by doing those things which only bring shame upon the teaching
of the abundant life when you have neglected the glorious dispensations
that have come forth for the saving of life through the hands
of the Lords of Karma."
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Jesus Christ
August 6, 1978 |
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"And we ask you . . . to hold your prayer vigils to deal
with the opposition to the Mother and to her children in education,
in the situation with drugs, in the situation of the nondefense
of this nation, which has not the capacity to turn back and destroy
incoming nuclear warheads, [in the situation of] the absence of
the defense of the minds of children from what is shown on television
and from the absolute desecration of their bodies in all manner
of toxins and poisons and junk foods. Major, of course, is caffeine
itself, which these children are imbibing from [their soft drinks
at] such early ages, as the Messenger has discussed this day.
*
" . . . it is well for you to take the bija
mantras [for meditation on the Divine Mother and the intoning
of the keys that unlock her power in your chakras. It is well]
for you to offer the bhajans to the [Divine] Mother, to enter
into that high state of oneness and attunement in her bliss and
to experience the consequence of the gentle rising of the sacred
fire on the spinal altar for the nourishing of your chakras, for
the regeneration and rejuvenation of your bodies. Therefore we
are gratified that you have found the means to detoxify your bodies
with another system and another method that can greatly enhance
your progress.
"The statement of Saint Germain remains
true, that certain substances that accumulate in the brain do
prevent the full focusing of the Light of your I AM Presence.
I am certain that you realize that [such substances] affect your
ability to be one in sensitivity and in vibration with the [highest
Light that can be focused in the] crown chakra [and your ability]
to increase that Light of the crown as well as of the third eye.
"When it is put this way, beloved, is it
not with a [greater] sense of immediacy as well as with a greater
[sense of] ease that you are able to look at those substances
that you formerly took in (and that took you in!) and to recognize
that these must be flushed out by the violet flame [with the aid
of] these products that are being made available to you, [which
detoxify] by physical chemistry?
"We look, then, for those bodies (and correspondingly
those souls) that can contain more Light. And we look to the deliverance
of [your souls as well as] your bodies, which are the body of
the Mother, from all stress and burden and pain and distress that
comes about by the accumulation [of poisonous substances in the
organs].
"Surely, beloved, the fallen ones have genetically
engineered more than coffee and more than caffeine for their own
entertainment and to the destruction of the Lightbearers, as Morya
revealed this day. For he has shown the Messenger that this is
true and that these substances are enjoyed as stimulants by the
Nephilim themselves, who brought such products [as well as recreational
drugs] from the Twelfth Planet.
"Well, they brought many more products [with
them to planet Earth than] drugs for [pleasure and simulated states
of exhilaration], as you were told, whose harmful effects they
neutralized with [special] equipment. The substances they brought,
beloved, included pesticides and all types of contaminants that
do not agree with the natural order or the natural vibration of
planet Earth [and her evolutions. Their] knowledge of chemistry
[enabled them] to create toxic substances that always produce
a negative spiral that turns counter to the positive clockwise
spiral, even [counter to] the upward spiraling flame of the resurrection
and [counter to] the positive spiral with which God as Elohim
originally charged] every cell and atom of your being.
"Thus they have introduced into the bodies
that were provided for the souls of Light on this Earth substances
that are totally intolerable [and totally] destructive, [causing
degeneration, disease and death]. You must understand that this
[systematic] destruction of the Lightbearers is a masterminded
process.
"And [these fallen ones] do indeed fear
the soul’s contact with her Christ Self and the tremendous
Power, Wisdom and Love of the Inner God, the Inner Buddha, the
Inner Christ of everyone who is the issue of the Light of Alpha
and Omega in the Great Central Sun. They are desperate. They are
envious. They are angry. And they have never ceased in their perpetual
hatred of the Woman and her seed.
"And therefore they are as machines of imperil
grinding out that imperil [and directing it] against you, seeking
to trap you in every way possible—whether
it be in psychological sockets wherein you bemoan your fate, whether
it be in [mental and emotional states] of depression that are
caused by these substances in the body, whether it be through
schism in the psyche, whether it be that they have moved against
your parents and those with you to cause all manner of burdens
to be experienced by you in your childhood.
"No matter what the case [or circumstance],
beloved, when you look at limitation and when you look at the
[obvious] determination [of some one or some force] to snuff out
your opportunity and your life, look to the Twelfth Planet, look
to their organized confrontation with the forces of Light of planet
Earth and just remember that that Twelfth Planet is the headquarters
of Armageddon for the forces of the dark side in this sector of
this universe."
Note:
* On October 8, 1990, the Messenger delivered her lecture “The
Death Spiral of Caffeine,” in which she discussed the origin
of coffee as a genetically engineered Nephilim invention; the
historical background of coffee consumption; the caffeine content
in coffee, soft drinks, teas, chocolate, and over-the-counter
pain relievers; the physiological and behavioral effects of caffeine
and its addictive properties; caffeine’s contributing role
in disease; and a program for eliminating coffee residues and
caffeine from the body. Questions and answers followed.
In the book The Magic Presence, Saint Germain
states: “There are several things that leave a substance
in the brain which must be cleared away if the Full Perfection
from the ‘Mighty I AM Presence’ is to be released
through the personal consciousness. These are, in the order of
their importance: narcotics, alcohol, meat, tobacco, excess sugar,
salt, and strong coffee” (Godfre Ray King, The Magic Presence,
5th ed. [Chicago: Saint Germain Press, 1982], p. 151). See also
Saint Germain On Alchemy, p. 276.
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Lady Master Venus
October 8, 1990 |
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"Beloved ones, I tell you, I have inspired upon the Messenger
this lecture on the sugar entity because it is one of the greatest,
if not the greatest threat. Coming through ignorance, this tempter
causes the mind to rationalize and to say, 'I need this for my
disposition or my happiness or my reward.'
"Beloved ones, now you know, and you will
know much more. But I tell you this—let
my chelas
who will come with me to the heart of the mountain now forsake
this substance of the world. And consider now, as you remove yourself
from the arena of all substances of sugar* of any form
—-think of all these things of this outer world of
which you will now not be a part, and you will have some sense
of the withdrawal to the inner sanctum of the Holy of Holies.
"You cannot have the world and the Mystery
School as well. The world has come for the killing of the Buddha
and then made it into a faddish philosophy.
"O beloved, Serpents come again-their wares
are the same. Go forth in my name and slay the beast of socialism!
Its stench covers the vast landed areas of the earth. Its pollution
is everywhere. It threatens the very fiber of this nation. How
is it aided? It is aided by the sugar entity that makes people
helpless as vegetables. And the sugar entity says through them,
'Take care of me. Take care of us. We demand it.'
"O beloved, I tell you, the sickness and
disease that mounts in America would be reduced 50 percent if
processed sugar were withdrawn. I say only 50 percent because
there are other karmic causes. But, beloved ones, with a 50-percent
reduction and the fine-tuning and awareness of the people and
their ability to grasp then, with minds full of light, the Path
and the Teaching, the other 50 percent would go down by violet-flame
transmutation and by planetary exorcisms such as you have engaged
in this night."
Note:
* Before the dictation, the Messenger delivered teachings from
Maitreya on sugar and hypoglycemia-a disorder caused largely by
the high percentage of sugar and refined starches in the diet,
affecting an estimated 20 million Americans. Her lecture included
a videotape exposé, on sugar, Sweet Nothing, hosted by
Diane Allen (Westinghouse Broadcasting and Cable, Inc.; producer
J.C. Anderson), and instruction on: the symptoms of hypoglycemia;
the various forms of sugar, including honey, fructose, maple syrup,
molasses, and corn syrup; the identical assimilation by the body
of "natural" and refined sugars; the advertising industry's
programming of consumers to desire sugar; hidden sugar content;
the relationship between sugar and nutrient deficiencies, hyper-activity,
and criminal behavior; and how to treat hypoglycemia by avoiding
sugar in all forms and regulating protein/carbohydrate intake.
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Lord Maitreya
December 31, 1985 |
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" . . . the chakras of your hands are to be consecrated as
the chakras of the hands of Christ, corresponding to the nail
prints where our Lord's hands were pierced. And as you use those
hands to bless your food, to balance your food, to purify the
water, to purify the air, to purify the earth and the inner and
outer environment, you will understand that God made you to be
on earth much longer than you anticipate.
"Let there be a softening of hearts.
Let it begin with the physical chemistry. Be certain that you
accept only those foods that are for the healing of the heart,
the softening of the heart, and reject those that compound the
hardening of the heart. For the softening of the heart brings
you so very close to the Lord Jesus. And his angels will come
and they will see his halo upon you and they will know that you
are indeed a friend of Christ, bearing that mercy flame, that
violet flame.
"May you know the fasting of the body
with holy water, even water that you consecrate yourself with
the palm of your left hand under the glass and the palm of your
right hand over the glass, thus establishing coils of Alpha and
Omega that meet in the center to make that water holy even as
you are holy. Fasting, then, on water or perhaps, as has been
suggested to you before, on the special bancha tea with the special
toasted brown rice, consecrating this as well, you will find new
levels of consciousness appearing, excessive weight falling from
the physical form, less density of the mind, and the ability to
surely place your feet in the footprints of your Lord.
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"When you as children were allowed to bake and cook and learn
[the culinary arts] from your mothers and in school, did you not
find out that if you left out the leaven, the yeast and the baking
powder, the dough would not be leavened and the cake would not
rise? Did you not understand that improper measuring and incorrect
ingredients would not bring the prize at the bake show?
"Blessed ones, the same is true with
spiritual alchemy. These things are not so metaphysical. They
are very much involved [in the application of the science of precipitation
in all octaves]. Even as you have chemical elements in this octave,
so there are counterparts [in other octaves], and the science
of a cosmos is vast."
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"See to it, then, that you guard your physical life and keep
your health. For you [who are visible to mankind] are needed by
the emissaries of God who are invisible. You are needed to speak
our teachings, to write down those teachings and to be another
voice in the wilderness as a John the Baptist who does clear the
way for the coming of the Christ in every soul upon earth.
" . . . It has become more difficult in
this age, for your foods are plastic and full of chemicals and
rarely are they the pure foods that were brought forth in olden
times when the earth was yet fertile and rich with the minerals
you require—minerals being
the very basic elements that allow the electrical currents to
flow through the brain and the central nervous system.
" . . . I, Jophiel, come, then, with unfinished
business and so do the angels of my bands. We require your attention!
We require your involvement and your contribution to our work!
Yes, beloved, we have not yet finished. And another round in this
war against the tobacco industry must be fought and won now, ere
we lose a generation and more of children who will find their
bodies so toxic that they will scarcely be able to hold their
hands still from the aggravation of the nicotine factor in their
bloodstreams.
"Precious hearts, there are many attacks
upon youth. And therefore I come this day to say that with these
reinforcements we open wide our challenge to those who are abusing
the life and the lifeblood of children of all ages and adults
as well.
"I speak, then, of our challenge not alone
to the tobacco industry [but also to the liquor industry]. How
dare they, I say, go after the little children and the youth of
the world [in their advertising]! Yet they do! And they should
be reminded [of Jesus’ admonishment] in this hour, and I
speak it into the very ear and heart of their own dense bodies
saturated with nicotine [and alcohol] and I say:
"In the name Jesus Christ, any of you who
should hurt one of these little ones, it would be better for you
that a millstone were hung about your neck and you were cast into
the bottom of the sea rather than face the karma that you will
deal with for the corruption of the innocents [with the nicotine
and alcohol entities]!
"Yes, I speak it! And when an Archangel
speaks, beloved, that speaking is out of the mouth of God, for
we are indeed extensions of God’s being in the earth!
"We bring comfort to you this day and reassurance.
We bring a mighty reassurance to you that you can count on us.
Our request is that we might be able to count on you to remember
each and every day to make a call to us that will empower us in
your town and city and on every continent to go after those who
would destroy the children and the youth, whether it be through
child abuse—the physical abuse
of [their brains and] their bodies—or
their abuse by drugs, [alcohol and nicotine] in any form.
" . . . Therefore examine your desires and
examine your ignorance, the coatings of ignorance [from a dense]
civilization that beget wrong desire, and come to that point,
whether through pain and suffering or through enlightenment, where
you desire only God, God, God!
" . . . So many opportunities are available.
But I say to you today, if the children are not being ultimately
ruined by what they are being fed in the schoolhouses, then they
are being ruined by that which they take in as drugs [and alcohol],
as excessive amounts of [nicotine,] caffeine, sugar and all manner
of chemical substances whereby they do not even know who they
are.
"Do you know, beloved, that we calculate
that a very high percentage of all teenagers today are depressed,
yet they do not even know they are depressed? And they have no
one to talk to about the way they feel.
"Blessed hearts, it is a most difficult
era for children to be born in, to grow up in. [It is difficult
for them] to find themselves spiritually [or to recognize] the
path of their own divine plan. It is a difficult era for souls
of Light and even angels to take embodiment when so many [parents]
opt for abortion instead of carrying those babes who come truly
as saviours and teachers and those [of every calling] who want
to take their place side by side with you."
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Jophiel and Christine
February 20, 1993 |
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Mental and emotional problems may also be related to biochemical
imbalances, such as those caused by hypoglycemia, candida, food
and environmental allergies, and hypothyroidism.
Hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar, is a sign of
imbalance in the glandular system—the pancreas, pituitary,
thyroid and adrenal glands. This is usually caused by the consumption
of a diet high in refined carbohydrates, such as white flour,
sugar and other sweeteners, including honey, fructose and fruit
juice concentrates. Excessive coffee consumption in addition to
lack of proper sleep and exercise will also aggravate this condition.
In addition to a wide range of physical problems, hypoglycemia
has been associated with aggressive personality changes, rapid
mood swings, hysteria, depression, anxiety, phobias (including
claustrophobia), compulsions, violent temper tantrums, introversion,
nightmares, lack of mental alertness, confusion, apathy, forgetfulness,
difficulty concentrating, irritability and uncontrolled crying
spells.
Candida albicans is a yeast microorganism normally
found to a certain extent in everyone’s gastrointestinal
system. The taking of prolonged or frequent courses of antibiotics,
birth control pills or cortisone (or other immunosuppressant drugs)
often allows for the uncontrolled growth of candida beyond its
normal limits. Such unchecked growth eventually results in a number
of toxic substances being released into the bloodstream that can
weaken the immune system and can cause a wide variety of mental,
emotional and physical problems, including food allergies. Mental
and emotional problems that have been associated with candida
overgrowth include agitation, anxiety, poor concentration, confusion,
depression, food cravings, hostility, hyperactivity, hyperirritability,
lethargy, memory loss and the aggravation of schizophrenia.
Food and environmental allergies are the general
terms that describe a variety of mental, emotional and physical
problems that can develop when an individual is exposed to foods
or substances in his environment to which he is sensitive. Common
foods known to produce an allergic response in sensitive individuals
are milk, corn, wheat and eggs, but any food can be a problem.
Some environmental allergens (substances that induce allergies)
are pollen, formaldehyde, perfumes and exhaust fumes. Mental and
emotional symptoms that have been related to food and environmental
allergies are similar to those of hypoglycemia and candida.
Hypothyroidism is a disease in which there is
inadequate production of thyroid hormone by the thyroid gland.
Every cell in the body is dependent upon thyroid hormone to produce
the energy it needs to carry out its own unique functions. An
inadequate level of thyroid hormone is associated with a broad
spectrum of problems, many of them physical; the mental and emotional
conditions associated with hypothyroidism are irritability, hostility,
mental sluggishness and dullness, suspiciousness, delusions, inability
to concentrate, introversion, failing memory, temper tantrums,
contrariness and depression.
If you think you may be dealing with any of the
conditions listed above, we recommend that you consult your personal
health practitioner for more advice. The following books are also
recommended:
Sugar Blues by William Dufty
Lick the Sugar Habit by Nancy Appleton
The Yeast Connection: A Medical Breakthrough
by William G. Crook, M.D.
Candida Albicans: Could Yeast Be Your Problem?
by Leon Chaitow
Food Intolerance: What It Is and How to Cope
with It by Robert Buist
Detecting Your Hidden Allergies by William G.
Crook, M.D.
Nutrition and Mental Illness: An Orthomolecular
Approach to Balancing Body Chemistry
by Carl C. Pfeiffer, M.D.
Solved: The Riddle of Illness
by Stephen E. Langer, M.D. (on hypothyroidism)
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Mother Mary
August 14, 1989 |
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"Some of the students already understand that when a certain
initiation is reached, the intake
of energy such as food presently consumed by human beings becomes
wholly unnecessary. Beloved Saint Germain lived for centuries
without eating a morsel, and fulfilled the law of precipitation
before the crowned heads of Europe—yet
as is often the case, "they knew him ot"! Many others
have demonstrated this particular facet of mastery over divine
energy by drawing their light and life solely from the universal
light of their own Mighty I AM Presence.
"It ought to be understood that the Ascended
Masters, who in their finer bodes possess no organs below the
heart, occasionally partake of the divine essences by eating specially
prepared food which dissolves in their throats after the blessing
of assimilation has been experienced. However, biblical accounts
record numerous instances when great beings contacted unascended
men who offered them food as an act of grace. The great beings
usually touched the food with a staff and it immediately was consumed
with sacred fire: thus it returned to the universal substance
from whence the Master himself came and bestowed the blessing
of a grateful cosmos upon the human donor.
"Hallowed be thy name" is a
divine ritual, imbued with the thought of God-reverence. It is
the spiritual responsibility of all upon earth to pay allegiance
to the holy name of God, I AM! Failure to exercise spiritual privileges
or to avail oneself of divine grace is self-punitive, depriving
the soul who is remiss, of the blessing which would otherwise
descend."
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Saint Patrick June 15, 1962 |
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If you decide to fast during Lent, try pressure-cooked brown rice
and bancha tea. It's a fantastic fast! (See the recipes below)
Rice focuses the perfect balance of Alpha and Omega, the yin and
the yang, the plus and the minus. Fasting on rice will assist
you in balancing these energies in the body.
Make your fast a holy experience, beginning
with the cooking of the rice itself. The Messenger suggests that
you offer the rosary or sing bhajans while you prepare it.
You can partake of the rice at intervals, whenever
you feel the need for sustaining nourishment. Let it be a period
of spiritual meditation. As you peacefully eat the rice, visualize
yourself taking in the Light of Alpha and Omega. Bless each mouthful
as you receive the Light of your Father-Mother God, with which
they endow it.
Eat the rice slowly in small amounts, being
certain to chew each mouthful at least 50 times. While chewing,
you can silently give the mantra "I AM Alpha and Omega in
the white fire core of being." The bancha tea, which is also
very balanced, can be sipped and swallowed with the rice or drunk
10 to 20 minutes after eating the rice.
Fasting on brown rice is a celebration of wholeness.
The Messenger has said:
Each time I look at a kernel of rice I think of the great whole
of the cosmos and the Tao and the yin and yang and this blessed,
balanced food. It is almost like taking Holy Communion to receive
it into the mouth in peace and in contemplation of God—to
chew each mouthful a minimum of 50 times for the assimilation,
as it were, of the Body and Blood of the Universal Christ, to
take that in and feel the balancing of one's forces and then to
proceed with one's preferred meditation. It is a wonderful spiritual
exercise.
You will find a tremendous peace coming into
your being because in every organ that is too yang, the rice will
provide the spiritual yinness; in every organ that is too yin,
the rice will provide the spiritual yangness. And day by day and
little by little, you will be bringing balance, as an alchemist
of the Spirit, to your physical body.
Although the brown-rice fast is entirely optional, it is recommended
as a sustaining fast by which you can observe Lent and also receive
healthful benefits. You may wish to fast one to three days and
then eat cooked vegetables and other grains (barley, as spring
approaches) for a day or two, or a week. In addition, if you would
like to give up something for Lent, the Messenger suggests that
you abstain from red meat and sweets.
On March 25, 1989, Elohim Astrea spoke of fasting
on brown rice and bancha tea. Beloved Astrea said of this fast:
"This indeed is a fasting and a self-emptying that has a
spiritual/physical purpose. It is for the victory of the soul,
the sharpening of the mind and the intensifying of the fire of
the spirit. See, then, what incurable condition of psyche or mind
or body you may heal by such a participation."
RECIPES
Pressure-Cooked Brown Rice
Ingredients
4 cups short-grain brown rice
7 to 8 cups purified water
1 pinch of sea salt per cup of rice
(Muramoto sea salt is best.)
Note: If you have an allergy to pressure-cooked
brown rice or have problems digesting it, try toasting your rice
before cooking it. Follow steps 1 through 3 below. Then, while
the rice is still wet, put it in a cast-iron skillet. Start with
the flame on high and stir the rice continually. It will take
about 10 minutes for the rice to dry. When dry, lower the flame
to medium. Keep stirring the rice for about 10 more minutes until
it turns a golden color. Transfer the rice to the pressure cooker
and proceed to step 4.
Recipe
1. Sort the rice on a tray or cookie sheet to
remove small rocks and debris.
2. Put 4 cups of short-grain brown rice in a
stainless-steel pressure cooker.
3. Wash the rice by adding approximately 7 to
8 cups of water. Stir gently with your hand in a clockwise or
counterclockwise direction. Pour the water out using a strainer.
Repeat 3 times.
4. Add 7 to 8 cups of purified water to the
rice in the pressure cooker. The amount of water you use depends
on how moist or dry you want the rice.
5. Put the pressure cooker on a high flame and
bring to a boil without the lid.
6. When the water boils, remove the foam that
has come to the surface. It may contain debris.
7. Add 4 pinches of sea salt. Cover and seal
the pressure cooker.
8. Leave on a high flame until the pressure
is high enough.
9. Reduce flame to low and cook the rice for
50 minutes. You may need to put a flame diffuser under the pot
to prevent burning.
10. Remove the rice from the stove. Do not take
the lid off until the pressure has dissipated naturally (about
15 minutes). If you are in a hurry and must remove the lid immediately,
first put the pot under cold running water.
11. Take the lid off the pot and gently stir
the rice with a wooden spoon.
Purchasing Information
Purchase organic rice if possible, as non-organic
rice may contain pesticides and chemicals. Many large grocery
chains now carry health food items, including brown rice. Natural
food co-ops and health food stores often carry rice in bulk at
a lesser price. One good brand is Lundberg, which offers an excellent
quality of organic short-grain brown rice.
When purchasing a pressure cooker, it is important
to choose one made of stainless steel rather than aluminum. Most
large hardware stores or cooking-equipment stores carry stainless
steel models. Presto makes both aluminum and stainless-steel pressure
cookers for home use. There are also many excellent European models
available through health food stores and oriental shops. The Aeternum
brand, advertised in health food publications, is available in
various sizes, from 3 to 12 liters.
Bancha Twig Tea (Kukicha)
Recipe
1. Place 1-1/2 to 2 tablespoons of toasted twigs
in 1-1/2 quarts of purified water and bring to a boil. (If you
have untoasted twigs, you can toast them first in a dry cast-iron
skillet. Stir constantly on medium heat until toasted.)
2. When the water boils, reduce heat to low
and simmer for several minutes-about 3 minutes for a light tea
and up to 12 minutes for a stronger tea.
3. To serve, pour tea through a small strainer.
The twigs can be reused several times.
Note: Keep unused dry twigs in an airtight jar
in order to preserve the flavor. Wet, used twigs should be stored
in the refrigerator.
Purchasing Information
When shopping for bancha tea, be certain to
get the twigs rather than leaves or a combination of leaves and
twigs. (Toasted twigs are preferable.) Bancha leaves have a much
higher percentage of caffeine than the twigs, which have only
a trace. The twigs are rich in calcium, iron, complex carbohydrates,
vitamin A, vitamin C, thiamine, riboflavin and niacin. The minute
amount of caffeine stimulates digestion and does not harm the
body, as does coffee. In fact, it is the best drink for you when
you decide to give up coffee for good.
Recommended brands of bancha are Mitoku and
Eden. Both are available in organic stock. Many health food stores
and some large grocery chains carry macrobiotic items such as
bancha tea. If your local stores do not stock bancha tea, ask
if it can be ordered for you. Most health food stores will order
special items for customers upon request.
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"Creative wonder, saturated with divine intent, manifests
for man but passes unnoticed because of the great toll of human
discord which has interfered with natural processes both in the
body of man and without. The frightening toll of tired bodies
that is taken today by synthetic treatment of the food and natural
elements is part of the mass hysteria of life.
"Those whose bodies function with
fatigue, denied the blessings that the tiny elementals bring,
simply because mankind have chosen for commercial reasons to denude
their food of the vital essences of life, often gravitate into
mental breakdown. This is a great tragedy which brings forth the
bane of unclear thoughts as the very cells of the brain and the
cortex thereof are affected by the poisonous substances sprayed
and generated by mankind into the marts of commerce and thence
to the marts of life.
"The interference by commercial interests
with the natural outflow of the rhythmic cycles of God's grace
in food and substance is a source of great destruction in this
present time. The overabundant consumption of carbonated substance
interferes with the natural digestive juices which, when left
alone, function to manifest beautiful body temples to house the
Spirit of the living God. We cannot fail, then, to acknowledge
that the power of human interference has affected man.
"To prevent the spoilage of goods upon the
marketplaces mankind kill the soul of the food and leave the husks
behind for the hungry bellies of the world. Is it any wonder,
then, that the Babylon of human experience must fall and that
the cycles of longevity which have been so long interfered with
must be returned to those diligent ones who will seek perfect
balance of body, mind, and soul?
" . . . It is not that we are against
that which is just. It is simply that we wish to illumine all
with the need to watch, not only the food of the soul that you
consume through eye and ear and the physical senses, but also
the food for the mind and body. Out of balance, let harmony come
forth, and by harmony observe that an end to flood and storm can
occur as the Lord Christ, the master of the elements—through
the development of the Christ nature of every man—can bring
his peace to a world in need of more light."
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Maha Chohan June 12, 1966 |
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" . . . the Messenger announced that Lanello had asked her
to read us an article from the December 13, 1990 New York Times
that could 'make the difference in our lives and in whether or
not we make our ascension.” The article was entitled 'Animal
Fat Is Tied to Colon Cancer: Largest Study of Diet in U.S. Backs
Long-Held Theory” by Gina Kolata. Kolata reported on the
findings of a six-year study done on the diet and medical history
of 88,751 women between the ages of 34 and 59.
"Researchers found that the more red meat
and animal fat consumed, the more likely the individual was to
develop colon cancer. The women who ate red meat as a main course
every day were two and a half times more likely to develop colon
cancer than those who ate red meat sparingly or not at all. No
correlation was found between the amount of chicken, fish, dairy
products and vegetable fat consumed and the risk of developing
the cancer. As reported in the article, the incidence of colon
and rectal cancer in the United States is second only to lung
cancer.
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"It is a question of vibration,
beloved ones. When your vibration is somehow tied to the world
by this or that, then, you see, I must defend you not only against
the enemies of the Church but against your own vibrations and
the vibrations of the world that you might yet knowingly or unknowingly
cling to.
"I speak of many things, beloved ones. Shall
we begin with this report—the
report on fetal alcohol syndrome? Such a profound tragedy in the
earth!
"You must know that Lightbearers also fall
prey to this condition in the womb. Fetal alcohol syndrome is
only the beginning. [The reporters] are not speaking of fetal
caffeine syndrome, fetal sugar syndrome, fetal nicotine syndrome
and the syndromes of all manner of pleasure drugs and medical
drugs that women take [when they are with child].
"Blessed ones, then there is fetal yin syndrome,
wherein mothers simply take in the extremes of yin food, [even
as they sometimes take in the extremes of yang food,] and they
are not bringing forth children who have the strength, who have
the will and the determination, who have the Mind of Christ or
the capacity to carry that Mind in the brain that is formed.
"Blessed ones, I would tell you that beyond
[what is addressed in] this report, fetal alcohol syndrome continues
through life. It is debilitating [because alcohol] does wreck
the organs. And so it is [also true] in the case of the processed
sugars and even in the excessive partaking of those natural products
[fruit sweeteners] that are derived from fruit itself. There is
also the matter of fetal chocolate syndrome, chocolate itself
being one of the deadliest poisons in the earth.
"Blessed ones, the continuation through
life of the harmful effects of caffeine and nicotine and sugar
and drugs, this you understand. Will you also please understand
that when these substances are in your bodies, they begin to affect
the brain?
"But, beloved, people associate a loss of
memory or effectiveness, of strength in their bodies or virility,
with the passing of years when [in truth] it is these substances
that are taking from them the fullness of their ability to function
in the original purity that they had before they entered the body
they now wear. These addictions are across the land and across
the earth and they are affecting the generations that are entering.
"I am determined, then, if you are determined,
to see to it that there is a pillar of fire in this place, which
we call the Pure Land. The Pure Land is the heaven-world of the
Buddhas and the Bodhisattvas, long ago prophesied. And therefore,
you may know that you have arrived at [the physical counterpart
of] the Pure Land and that you may only enter [this advanced level
of] the etheric octave when you are free of these syndromes.
"For you cannot fully enter that plane and
consciousness [of the Pure Land] on a day-by-day basis unless
you determine now to get rid of the plague of your addictions.
[Nevertheless,] we ourselves can, at will, anchor [the consciousness
of the Pure Land within you through our Electronic Presence until
you are able to reach that level on your own].
"Blessed ones, do you not realize that having
an addiction, [by definition,] indicates that you are enslaved
to a habit and to a substance? I would far rather see you enslaved
to some black magician that I might rescue you from that black
magician. But how can I rescue you from yourself?
"Well, I will tell you how. I can give you
labors on these substances and their false hierarchies, but it
must begin with you. It must begin with the will. And it is not
only the women and the mothers [whom I address] but it is all
of you, for you are giving birth to yourselves. And what you will
give birth to in this lifetime as the example of your cause and
your victory and your ascension, beloved, depends [in part] on
the decisions you make regarding these substances.
"I wish to tell you that as long as you
have these substances in you, starting first with alcohol, I cannot
lock my Electronic Presence about you. It does not even matter
if it is less than one percent or a fraction thereof. Even when
the alcohol has been removed, the mark of alcohol yet remains.
And therefore when you partake, for instance, of beers and wines
that contain within them a fraction of the amount or a shadow
of the amount [of the alcohol] that was formerly in them because
it has been removed, you are yet in the vibration of that substance,
you are yet in the vibration of that alcohol [and the state of
mind and behavior that goes along with it].
"And therefore you are affected and you
do not realize that you are affected, and you do not notice because
the covering over of your mind with the alcohol itself does not
allow you to see that you do not have the powerful contact with
me that you could have.
"This is a serious matter, beloved ones.
Why, I even recommend that when you take homeopathic remedies
[or herbal tinctures] that are in a solution of alcohol, you put
the drops into an herb tea and steam off the alcohol [on a low
flame] for four to five minutes. This is very important. [And
although the mark of the alcohol remains, the medicinal benefits
outweigh it.]
"And in answer to the question of some chemists on this staff,
I have stated that the pattern of the homeopathic remedy and of
the very substance itself yet remains in that tea when the alcohol
has been removed, and therefore you do derive the benefit of the
remedy without the harmfulness of small amounts of alcohol entering
the system.
"Blessed ones, come to an understanding,
then, that I think far too much of you and I have far too much
respect for you to withhold this information from you. I desire
to tell you this and to ask you, one and all, to quit this substance,
to remove it from this Community in any form and to understand
that it is in small things and big things that you win your victory.
"If you cannot understand the rhyme
or reason that I bring to you, then I ask that, as a point of
your love for me and my love for you and of your surrender to
God’s holy will, you do this because I ask it."
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El Morya
December 13, 1992 |
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"People who live long drink of
the cup of life to the very bottom and must expect to meet with some
of the usual dregs; and when I reflect on the number of terrible maladies
human nature is subject to, I think myself favored in having only three
incurable ones that have fallen to my share, viz., the gout, the stone,
and old age; and that these have not yet deprived me of my natural cheerfulness,
my delight in books and enjoyment of social conversation. There are
many sorrows in this life, but we must not blame Providence inconsiderately,
for there are many more pleasures. This is why I love life." —Benjamin
Franklin (Source: The
Compleated Autobiography, by Benjamin Franklin, compiled and edited
by Mark Skousen)
A wise one has said: “It isn’t
the dime that buys the pie—it is letting go of the dime that buys
the pie!” A pie is a sweet delicacy which “tops off”
a good meal. Besides the “good meal” which
you now possess, i.e., your daily supply of food and comfort, would
you like to have more of that good—a “pie” of added
supply and comfort? Then let go of just some of what you now have —call
it an “investment” if you will—and let it go forth
to bless others and return to you with interest.
Remember, everything that goes forth from
you—by cosmic law must return to you—always with accumulated
energy! God bless you for being interested in the expansion of the ascended
masters’ words and works in these days, helping others to have
a part in that which you enjoy.
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