OPENING THE GATE TO HEAVEN

It is through the "ladder of consciousness" which each of us must climb before we can enter that silent secret place of the Most High....


SILENCE IS POWER

When we reach the place of silence in the mind, we have reached the place of power -- the place where all is one, the one power -- God. "Be still and know that I Am God." Diffused power is noise. Concentrated power is silence. When, through concentration (drawing into a center), we have brought all of our forces into one point of force, we have contacted God in silence, we are one with Him (Spirit) and hence one with all power. This is the heritage of mankind. "I and my Father are one."


ONLY ONE WAY

There is but one way to be one with the power of God and that is consciously to contact God. This cannot be done in the "without", for God manifests from within. "The Lord is in His holy temple; let all the Earth keep silent before Him." Only as we turn from the without to the silence of the within can we hope to make conscious union with God. We will realise that His power is for us to use and we will use it at all times. Then we will know that we are one with His power.

Only then will humanity be understood. Mankind will learn to let go of self-delusions and vanities. They will realise their ignorance and littleness. Then will they be prepared to learn. People will realise that the proud cannot be taught. They will know that only the humble can perceive the Truth. Their feet will feel the firm rock, they will no longer stumble, and they will be poised in decision.


THE NATURE OF GOD

To realise that God is the only power, substance and intelligence may be confusing at first. But when one realises the true nature of God and brings Him/Her forth into active expression, one will use this power at all times. One will know that he/she consciously contacts God´s power at all times -- when one eats, when one runs, when one breathes, or when one does the great work before one. Mankind has not learned to do the greater works of God because they have not realised the greatness of God´s power and have not known that God´s power is for mankind´s use.

Remember God does not hear us through our loud and vain repetitions nor our much speaking. We must seek God through the Christ (Consciousness) within, the invisible connection which we have within ourselves. When the Father/Mother within is worshiped in Spirit and Truth, God hears the calls of that soul which sincerely opens to God. The one who makes the connection with the Father/Mother in the secret place of their own soul and there abides, him or her will God reward openly.


CONSCIOUS COMMUNICATION 

How often Yeshua (the Master Jesus) disclosed his individual contact with the Father/Mother. See how he constantly held himself in conscious communication with God within. See how he talked with God as though he were personally present. See how powerful this secret inner relation made him. He recognised that God does not speak in the fire, the earthquake, or the great wind, but in the still, small voice deep in our own souls. Mankind must realise and understand that the real gate to heaven is through ones own consciousness.

(Excerpt from "Teaching of the Masters of the Far East".)