This beloved ones, is the work you will bring about during the coming years. Spiritual teachings that are received and understood by your mind must also be felt and accepted by your feeling body. This can be done by simply asking yourself if what you have experienced feels right. For many of you, this might seem a silly question to ask yourself, but to others, this is the primary way in which you acknowledge the truth. It is not always necessary for people to have all of the facts for they know what they feel and follow these feelings. If you are unsure of your answer and you don't as yet trust your feelings, then you must study further to expand your understanding of the wisdom given. You must also remember the gifts of your past. 

Your exercise now will be to begin to receive understanding from a different source than how you usually experience it. If you are a person of great feeling, begin to search out your information by looking it up in a book first. As you do this, you may come across some additional information that you have been seeking for a very long time which will assist in expanding your understanding further. For those of you who always have a great many books surrounding you as you work, before going to one of your books, think about what you are looking for and perceive the truth through your feeling nature. Follow this up by then reading the facts previously given. 

Perhaps the opportunity will even come up when you need to search your memory for knowledge you have been given a very long time ago regarding something you need to know now. Recognize and acknowledge each and every time this happens by offering your love and gratitude to your etheric body for this wonderful ability. 

You must also take time to understand the information contained within your physical body. Through the infinite wisdom of this integral part of yourself, there is no need for you to concentrate your attention upon the various functions of your body for them to work. In fact, in most cases, you do not even need to think about whether your body is fulfilling its job for you. This perhaps is one of the greatest gift of all and the one most people take for granted. 

Are you beginning to see a pattern? You have four lower vehicles and they must work together in harmony and co-service with one another to serve you perfectly. Then, united with and assisted by your three upper bodies, they create the one body which you will have during this lifetime. This body must be treated with respect, for it is the sacred and holy instrument through which God works upon this Earth. Observe often the activity of your one body as it seeks to fulfill your divine plan. Remember that as you do, Love is always enfolding and surrounding you, beloved ones!

It is your absolute faith in the power of this Light that will reveal to you many of these 'hidden' treasures, as you accept and continue to decree that God is in control at all times. This natural and conscious connection with the Divine will be unbroken forever, as you come to realize there is a positive and construc­tive outcome in every life experience. 

I AM, however, deeply aware that this is often not an easy task to accom­plish. Through the strength and wisdom of God you must hold to divine principles and look for the further understanding contained within any experience. Continue to decline to accept outer appearances. You must ask yourself 'What can I learn from this situation?' as you look as deep as necessary, accepting only the answer that brings forth the perfection which already exists. 

When this happens and you are finally able to see the truth with love, you are then able to channel the Divine qualities which need to flow through you into that life situation. It may not be easy at first, but gradually, as you begin to see and accept only perfection, this activity becomes an integral part of your being and things begin to change all around you. 

As the way to Christ Consciousness is becoming clearer to you during this moment in time of divine love, recall the periods in your life when you stood at a crossroads, perhaps with a difficult decision to make concerning the future. Think of the people who surrounded you, offering their support as you realized what you must do. Picture them perfectly in your mind and now offer them your appreciation, representing your love for them. 

Turn your attention now to the people, who, it seemed to you, chose not to give their support to your endeavors. In fact it seemed to you that they at­tempted to make your choice much more difficult. Picture them perfectly in your mind and now offer them your appreciation, once again representing your love for them. If this task is difficult for you, immediately call upon the Violet Fire and consciously blaze it through your lower vehicles transmuting any unconstructive thoughts, ideas, and feelings you still harbor and allow yourself to forgive them right now for their actions and deeds of the past. Take the Violet Fire deep within, this time to transmute and purify any memory of difficulty between these indivi­duals and yourself from the present or past embodiments. For those who have assisted you over eons of time, offer them your gratitude and joy for the opportu­nity to be together once again. 

As you do this, feel the quality of freedom well up from deep within your being as you are now free from all memories of the past which you have carried around with you for so long. Seek out, either at inner or outer levels, those with whom you have worked with before and thank them for their presence in your life as you now look forward to furthering your relationship and accomplishing great things here on planet Earth. 

Beloved ones, as the joy of service and the love of self and others now fills your beings, go forth ever expanding the Light of the One Universal Consciousness.

As you are enlightened as to the depth of illusion, and the nature and activities of the lower bodies, you begin to regard every experience as an opportunity to grow into your Divine nature. Thus, the gifts of the First Ray are brought to fruition through the Second Ray. Here, the total reality of Unity, Faith, Order and Power is recognized and understood, precipitating an intense humility in the ever expanding consciousness. Then, gratitude becomes the natural activity of your elevated vibration, paving the way for the full expres­sion of Divine Love and Joy. 

Among the unawakened masses, gratitude is usually considered to be an effect - that is, "something nice happens to me, and then I feel grateful." As with all misunder­standing of energy, this belief puts the lifestream at the seeming mercy of outer conditions. In Truth, gratitude has great power to bring manifestation into alignment with Divine Will, if it is drawn into the realm of cause or creative action. 

Let us explore exactly what is meant when you say, "I AM grateful!" for Gratitude is often mistaken for mere sentiment, when in fact it is an instrument of at-one-ment. 

Since gratitude is a natural effect of the Flame of Illumination, the path to gratitude begins when the chela calls forth the activity of the Second Ray into the lower bodies, attuning them to the vibration of perfect Wisdom. As enlightenment flourishes within your consciousness, you begin to understand the Divine nature of all experience and the Unity of all life and existence. Then, as you look through the immaculate Vision of your Inner Christ, you begin to see the world as it is: healed, peaceful, loving and forgiven. When you can state of your life experience, "I AM grateful!" -  your Vision precipitates the reality! 

Beloved ones, this is how your perfection reveals itself: healed, peaceful, loving and forgiven! This is not sentiment, but Truth! I AM grateful for you! Share this gift of understanding now - within yourself, and with all sentient beings.