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Secret Place of the Most High

The Bridge, Vol. 1 

How near is Heaven? Jesus said; "The Kingdom of Heaven is within you." and again he said: "The Kingdom of God is at hand." Did the Master mean that these words spoken to the simple hearers of his day should take him literally? Most certainly he did, for he was and is a Master of Truth and would not mislead the 'seeking' people who followed and trusted him. He said another time: "If it was not so, I would have told you.” The Apostle John says in his Gospel; "In him (God) was life and the life was the Light of men and the Light shineth in darkness and the darkness comprehendeth it not."

How do we find this Kingdom and where and what is this Light that John refers to? In the heart of every man there is a secret, airless chamber within which dwells the Spark of Divinity. This tiny Spark is the Gift of Life, by which man lives, breathes and thinks. It is the motivating power of all his earthly activities, physical, mental and spiritual. It is a part of, and contains every potential quality of the Godhead. It is the Essence of Being and its emanation is Light. It is three-fold in nature and is, in fact, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit in embryo. Where God's Presence is, his Kingdom is. The body of man is therefore, the Temple of God and houses the Ark of the Covenant.  

This is the 'Secret Place of the Most High' mentioned in the Psalms and is what Jesus meant when he said; "When to pray, enter your closet and shut the door and pray to your Father in secret."  When one turns the attention toward this hidden Sanctuary and kneels in spirit before its Holy Altar, the feelings invoked by this inner desire release a spiritual force which fans the Spark of Life into a Flame. Its threefold nature representing the Love of the Father, the Will of the Son and the Power or Action of the Holy Spirit flow outward into the personality and world of the devotee, illumining the intellect and revealing God's Divine Plan for the individual and the planet.  

Heaven then, is not a 'place far off'. We, carry God and His Kingdom around with us in our hearts. There is no peace, no happiness, no security outside of this Kingdom and it only awaits our recognition to make itself manifest. There is only One Father and only One Begotten Son and that is the Christ Nature of every man (and woman). God is not the Father of the outer personality, that is a consciousness evolved and born out of fear and ignorance when the soul or ego separated itself in consciousness from the Father and started a creation of its own. The outer personality has neither love nor wisdom nor power which are the attributes of God and it has not even the authority to control the imperfect world it creates.  

"He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His Name’s sake.”  (Psalm 23) 

Visualize the Heart and Mind of God as a blazing sun with a light ray directed out from its center into the heart of every member of the human race. Feel that universal Light as the life and intelligence of every human. Remain still until that consciousness of universal brotherhood permeates your feelings. Then visualize that Light rise from your heart into your head, making the entire head area a miniature sun. See every human with an expanding aureole of Light around the head area, a rapidly moving succession of electrons connecting the human mind with the Divine. Looking again into the Mind of God see the Directive Impulses arise within that Mind and travel along the Rays into the intellectual consciousness of man, each according to his specific requirements.  

As this takes place focus your attention upon the following affirmations:  

I AM consciously and constantly connected with the Universal Mind of God and I AM about my Father-Mother God's Business.  

I AM creating through my God Intelligence, perfect conditions of peace, harmony and supply in my world and environment.  

I AM receiving the pure Light of God which is expanding within the minds of all humankind, healing, purifying and illumining all our faculties, senses and organs.  

I AM conscious only of God's Will manifest through the intelligent and conscious cooperation of all humankind, particularly through the individuals in positions of trust and authority, and they are all working together in harmony to produce world peace and world progress.