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from Jesus:
There is a reason why you,
and so many other spiritual seekers, have found the “Life and
Teachings” books to be very inspiring. There is a reason why these
books have been popular with spiritual seekers for many decades and
are still popular today. The reason is that the books do contain authentic
teachings about the universal spiritual path that transcends all religions.
The books also contain authentic teachings about the existence of the
Ascended Host, as a group of spiritual beings dedicated to the spiritual
growth of humankind. The books can therefore serve as a tool for awakening
the inner memory that most spiritual seekers carry with them at a soul
level.
As for the authenticity of the books, it all depends on what you mean
with authenticity. Consider a famous book entitled “20,000 Leagues
under the Sea,” written by Jules Verne. The book describes events
that supposedly took place in the mid 1800s. It describes a large submarine,
which was completely unheard of at the time. Furthermore, the submarine
had an inexhaustible power source, very similar to today's nuclear reactors.
This was a power source that could not even be imagined by people at
the time, because it was not until Einstein's theory of relativity was
published in 1905 that people could envision harnessing the power stored
in the atom. Was there an actual nuclear submarine in the mid 1800s?
Obviously, there was not. Nevertheless, one must consider whether this
submarine, and many of the other futuristic phenomena described in Jules
Verne’s books, were solely the product of the imagination of the
author or whether he had some genuine inspiration from above?
Likewise, does it really matter in today's world whether there ever
was an actual expedition, such as the one described by Baird T. Spalding?
If you think back to the time when the “Life and Teachings”
books were written, you will see that there were numerous books that
described journeys and discoveries that never actually took place. Nevertheless,
such descriptions did serve a valid purpose of expanding the mental
horizons of humankind.
This was indeed part of the plan of the Ascended Host, because during
the late 1800s and the early 1900s, we were seeking to expand the consciousness
of humankind considering what was possible in the material world. We
did this partly by inspiring new scientific discoveries, such as Einstein's
theory and quantum physics, but we also did this by inspiring various
kinds of fiction that truly served to expand people's mental boxes.
This was done to set the foundation for the even greater expansion of
people's consciousness that we are seeking to achieve at the present
time and have been seeking to bring about for decades through the self-help
and New Age movements. Again, we are working at many different levels
to expand people's mental horizons concerning what is possible beyond
the material world.
The “Life and Teachings” books contain much material that
was indeed inspired by several members of the Ascended Host, who were
working with Baird Spalding. Therefore, one might say that Spalding
was serving as a messenger for the Ascended Host. Unfortunately, Spalding
was a complex personality and a wounded soul. What made it possible
for us to use him was his intuitive ability, his sensitivity to energies
beyond the material realm. However, this also became a liability for
his personal growth because he found it increasingly difficult to determine
what was real and unreal and what was a part of himself and not a part
of himself.
Unfortunately, this prevented him from bringing forth the higher teachings
that could potentially have been brought forth through him. Nevertheless,
he deserves credit for bringing forth a series of books that do contain
many teachings that are valid today. He deserves credit for serving
to help enlighten many spiritual seekers to the existence of the Ascended
Host and the spiritual path that goes beyond all religions.
From my viewpoint, there is really only one lack concerning the “Life
and Teachings” books. If you consider the message of the books,
you will see that the goal is to expand people's awareness. It was the
intention to give later teachings through Spalding that would show people
a more practical path to follow. Because this did not come to pass,
the books set up a vision of the mastery people could attain without
giving them a logical and systematic path for reaching the goal of a
higher state of consciousness.
In other words, when you have read the books, where do you go from there?
Do you travel to India and Tibet and roam around the mountains, hoping
that these exalted spiritual masters will one day appear to you? How
can you get from where you are right now in consciousness to where these
masters are? This explains why we of the Ascended Host have started
various organizations over the past century in order to give people
a more systematic path. This website is just one of our endeavors, and
I dare say it contains a set a very practical tools for attaining Christ
consciousness.
Let me also mention that many of the places and events described in
the “Life and Teachings” books are not and were never meant
to be descriptions of events or places in the material frequency spectrum.
They are descriptions of what exists and takes place in the spiritual
retreats of the Ascended Host. Once again, the format of a journey by
a team of scientists was chosen because it was suited to the level of
consciousness that humankind had in the early 1900s. Science and technology
was the main tool for expanding people's world view at the time, and
they were fascinated by still unexplored regions of the physical planet.
One might say the “Life and Teachings” books were an attempt
to help people make the leap from a scientific world view, which gives
a universal view of the material world, to a new spiritual view that
goes beyond traditional religion by giving a universal view of the spiritual
world. As such, the books have been quite successful, although in the
present age much more can be given, as you can see in the pages of this
website and other teachings released by the Ascended Host in the last
decades.
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