HOW TO DISTINGUISH THE TRUE FROM THE FALSE TEACHER

An Address by the Ascended Master Jesus

INDIVIDUALS from time to time are of the opinion that there is no need for a Mediator or Bridge to connect the God Self with the outer intellect. These people are honestly and firmly convinced that as the God Presence "I AM" is connected through the Holy Christ Self with the heart of every lifestream, outside means of communication and spiritual guidance is unnecessary. To these people I address the following, having been a Mediator myself and having served the Hierarchy to carry the Word of God to the ignorant masses: 

The Purpose of a Mediator 

The purpose of a Mediator is to convey the Truth from the Heart of God to the outer minds of individuals who have lost their personal and direct contact with their own Divinity. When this purpose has been accomplished, no mediation or transmission of consciousness is required, but until this point is reached, the outer mind of men, unable to rise to the inspiration of their own Higher Selves, are benighted. Through the Mercy of God they, are given enlightenment by those who have attained a degree of evolution wherein they may climb the Mount of Attainment, assimilate the Truth and carry the knowledge of that Truth back to the pilgrims on the Path. The wise pilgrims will avail themselves of the Cup thus offered and in so doing; their climb up the Mount of Attainment will be less arduous. 

Every lifestream on the planet has had direct communication with the God Presence from the time individuality first took place. Over every lifestream on the planet hovers a Silent Watcher, and yet without a Mediator or Spiritual Guide in flesh form, these individuals are unable to receive direct guidance from their own God Presence, "I AM". 

God in his Mercy, has thus provided spiritual counsel a step down through physical bodies highly developed, as Mediators of this Counsel which turns the outer self towards Truth. 

The True Mediator 

Many false mediators have come, but you can always test their reality in this manner: If their teaching turns the outer self toward the individual's own God Self "I AM", that mediator comes from God. If such a teacher makes the individual dependent upon his or her personal identity and keep the aspirant looking to him or her for instruction and guidance rather than his own Divine Source, then such an one is not a true mediator. 

Humanity is like a great group of people on one shore of a wide river where there is neither food nor drink nor sunshine. On the other side of the river is a land flowing with milk and honey. Humanity is unable to cross the river into this land of plenty except through the offices of a bridge! Those who are wise walk on the bridge into the rich and fertile land and receive of its bountiful nourishment and carry it back to their less alert brethren, who refuse to enter the rich land by means of a "bridge" preferring to remain in privation until they can cross the river under their own motivation. 

A bridge is required until the spirit has developed through repeated crossings to the other shore where all Truth is attained. 

The "Bridge" is required 

Levitation is of the spirit as well as of the body. When spiritual levitation is developed, each individual can plunge into the Heart of his own God Presence and bring forth the fullness of Truth; but the mass of mankind will never develop those spiritual powers until they use the medium of the "bridge" to carry them into the Realm of Truth where they may sit humbly at the feet of the Master and acquire the ways and means by which their own spiritual perception is developed. 

A man who is starving is wise to walk across the "Bridge" to the land where his supply and food and clothing and sunshine are easily attained, not condemning the "plank" of the bridge, but availing himself of the mercies that such a span affords.

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