LAW OF ATTRACTION

Law of Attraction - The Spiritual Law of Attraction and Repulsion is that a like quality of mind and soul attracts a like quality of mind and soul. The Great Law of Attraction, that we have written about, applies and works in such cases as this, as it does in every other Relation of God's Universe.

Law of Attraction

March 29th, 1915

I am here, Helen.

Well, you have received a letter from the Judge. He was so anxious to write, that we thought it would do him good to try, as it would make him realize more sensibly that he is now a spirit only, also strengthen him.

Well, you may not think so, but it is a fact. With many spirits, when their surroundings are good, and much spirit help is given them, they can, almost as soon as they leave the body, overcome their functions of mind, and do things that you little expect. The Judge was prepared to some extent to understand this power of communication. When we all assisted him with our powers, he tried successfully to write to you. He is not yet very strong, but soon will be. Then I have no doubt he will want to write to you often. Of course, we cannot permit him to, because he is not in rapport with our band. He has not very much Spiritual Development. The conditions that surround him are not such as would be in accord with our conditions. Hence, we will have to refuse to let him write very often. But he can communicate through some of us.

Well, he is dark in appearance, as he necessarily must be, until he gets more Enlightenment of soul. He will undoubtedly suffer because of the sins he committed when on Earth, and will pay the penalty, until he finds The True Way to God's Divine Love and Forgiveness. Of course, he has one advantage over many spirits who come over bringing the results of their Life on Earth. That is; that he has some idea as to The Way to Salvation. You and Dr. Stone told him, when on Earth, that he must turn his thoughts to Spiritual Things. While he did not understand just what you meant, yet, such advice had some influence on him, and will cause him to try to learn what was meant. Having Rose, and the rest of us, to enlighten him, he will progress more rapidly to these Higher Things. The more rapid his progress, the sooner his suffering will leave him.

He is now commencing to realize that, as he sowed, so must he reap. While Rose is with him a great deal, Loves him, and tries to help him. All that is not sufficient to prevent his memory from scourging him because of the Life he led on Earth.

We all pray for him, and try to show him The Way. He is ready to believe, and is commencing already to pray to the Father.

So you see, you must all sooner or later face this great crises. The better prepared you are to meet it; the less will be your sufferings, and the more happiness you will experience.

Yes, it was Laura. She is very unhappy. I had never met her before. Your mother said that she had not either. You see in this (Spirit) World, family ties do not always bring spirits together. When the relationship is distant, the spirits loose interest in relations merely because they are relations, and find themselves attracted to spirits who have like qualities and relations.

This relationship counts for very little in the Spirit World of itself. When we meet, our Loved ones of Earth before they come over, we stay with them for a while. Then if there are no other attractions than mere relationship, we gradually separate. This is the Law of Attraction. We are compelled to obey it. So that, when on Earth mortals sing of meeting again on the other shore to part no more, they will find that they are mistaken. They will meet, but unless conditions compel it, they will part again, and may never meet ever in the Spirit World.

Love is the thing, which determines the relationship, and place of living in this World. I mean similar Loves existing between spirits. No spirit Loves another after a little while, merely because that other is a mother, father, wife, or brother, but Loves it because that spirit has a similar Love of the beautiful and True that it has.

So you see, relationship, after the first meeting, and living together a little while, determines nothing.

Of course, while the child, father, mother, sister, or brother remains in the Earth Life, the spirit relative will Love them, watch over them, and try to help them in every way. Especially will the mother, for ties among son or daughter, and this is in accordance with the Material Law of Love. But when that father or son too, becomes a spirit, then the Law of Love, as it were, changes. Like Loves like, be there a natural relationship or not. This, I know, seems contrary to what mortals usually believe, and accept as a fact, but it is True.

When my children come over, my Love for them will not be the same as it is now. Then they will find that their Love will probably, after a time, turn elsewhere. It will be only another in memory, for our Loves may take entirely different directions. This Love, while for the moment, may take entirely different directions. This Love, while for the moment may seem unnatural in its workings, yet it is not, for happiness comes with Love reciprocated, and Love comes only reciprocate of its own kind.

We do not think that you will be forever with your children, parents, or any other relative, forever, for that may not be so. If that relative has like Attractions that you have, then you may be together as long as that Attraction lasts. But suppose that you make greater progress in your Spiritual, or even in your Natural (Love) development, than the other spirit. It cannot be supposed for a moment that you will determine the results of your development in order to stay with that other spirit. No, that would be a violation of the Law of Progress. You could not, and would not, want to delay your upward movement.

So the idea that when we meet in the Spirit World, "we meet to part no more", is not correct, and is contrary to the Laws that determine the condition and place of habitation of spirits.

I know this of my own experience. My parents are in a lower sphere than I am, and have much less Spiritual Development. While I visit them sometimes, yet they have not the Attraction for me that other spirits to whom I have no relationship. Why is this? Not because I do not care for my parents as such, but because the objects, and extent, of their Loves, are different from mine. The main fact that they are my parents does not cause me to want to be with them all the time. I could not so desire, as you might say, if I wanted to. Love is the Attraction. Love must demand a likeness, in a Spiritual Sense, of the objects of its Love.

The time may come when I will never again see my parents, and may forget that they ever had an existence. I say may, but I hope not. For I desire that sometime they will progress, so that they may be a similar condition to my own in Spiritual Development. Then, of course, we will live in the same place, and necessarily will meet and enjoy one another's company. Not because we are parents and daughter, but because our Loves are similar, and our Attractions are like.

This is a matter that few mortals understand, it may well be that they do not. Because the Love existing between many a relative is a beautiful thing, one that causes much happiness and self-preservation. There is nothing on Earth like the Mother's Love. No provision of God's Blessings for mortals equals this Great Gift of Mother's Love, and so with the other Natural Loves, to a lesser degree.

As Jesus said, "He that doeth the Will of my Father is my mother and brother and sister".

So you must realize, that what you, and the Natural Love of relations, is only for the Earth Life, and a short time afterwards. Each individual is, in and of them self, a complete unit, depending not on relationship to others. As such, must find their place in the Great Eternity, which must be determined by the Development and Progress of their own soul, in expectation of what may become of the souls of their Earth relations. They are Attracted, only by souls of similar Soul Development, and will find their home in the company of such souls, irrespective of the question of Natural relationship.

I have written enough for tonight and must stop.

So with all my Love, I am, your own True and Loving Helen.

Law of Attraction

November 13th, 1915

I am here, Helen.

Yes, I was there, and enjoyed the show. The pictures contain a very Important Truth that all women should understand and appreciate. So many refuse to become mothers and perform the duties that God intends them to perform. I have no doubt that the pictures will have a good effect on many of them, and make them think, before resorting to that means of getting rid of the unborn babies.

In my investigation of the subject of babies who have come to the Spirit World, as a result of abortion, I do not find that they ever go back to their Earth mothers, for any purpose whatever. There are spirits who are specially designated to take care of babies. In cases where the Natural mothers have succeeded in cutting short the lives of these babies, these spirits who have charge of these babies in the Spirit World, never permit these babies to come in contact with their unnatural mothers, or visit them. This because, the mother's Love is not there to receive these poor little waifs. Where there is no mother's Love, there is no Attraction existing that will cause the return of the babies when they have once left their mothers.

In the case of babies who prematurely die, or of those who die very young, these babies do return to their mothers, under the guidance of their guardian spirits, and receive from their mothers their Love and feelings, which are going forth to these babies.

The Law of Attraction operates here, as well as in other matters. This is the Law in reference to babies who die early.

When there is existing a mother's Love, the baby will return and receive this Love and help from coming in contact with such mother. When there is no mother's Love, there is no Attraction. The baby may never know its mother.

In many cases, the baby, before the mother comes to the Spirit World, finds other Attractions. Hence, there is no feeling of Love or sympathy between the baby and its mother.

It frequently happens that when the mother comes into the Spirit World, she finds the spirit of the unborn baby. In a way, has a uniting. Rarely is this Love strong enough to keep them together. The Law of Attraction separates them. Then each goes their own way.

I will not write more.

Your own True and Loving Helen.

Law of Attraction

December 17th, 1915

Let me write a few lines, as I desire to write you some Truths about what you and your friend were discussing. Namely, are there any such hells as are described in the messages contained in the book (Dr. Peeble's "Immortality") that you have been reading tonight.

Well, you must know that in the Spirit Planes, hell is a place as well as a condition, and that as a place; it has all the accompaniments that make it a reality to the spirits who inhabit it. Of course, the conditions of the spirits who are in these hells are determined by their recollections, worked upon by their consciences. Notwithstanding that, these recollections are the things that cause their sufferings, yet, the appearances of the locations, in which they live, are due to something more than these mere recollections. As you have been informed, all these spirits are in darkness. The degree of the darkness in which they live, being determined by their recollections. I mean; that when the spirit has recollections of deeds done, or not done, which are not so bad as the recollections of another, the former spirit is in a place where there is less darkness than the latter. These places have their own fixed condition of darkness, of gloom, and many other attachments, which increase the sufferings that spirits have to endure.

There are, of course, no fires, brimstone lakes, and devils with pitchforks adding to the sufferings of the spirits. Yet, there are certain conditions and appearances, which are outside of the spirits themselves, which causes their recollections to become more acute, and to work in a manner to produce a greater degree of suffering.

These hells may be places of caverns, rocks, barren wastes, dark holes, and other such things, as have been written about. Mortals must know that evil spirits do not live in pleasant places, and suffer only from the punishments, which their recollections (conscience) bring to them.

While the hells of the orthodox are, in their descriptions, greatly exaggerated, yet there is some Truth in the ideas, which these descriptions convey, as to the fact that the hells are places in which are darkness, and many accompanying appearances, that add to the tortures of the spirits of evil.

I tell you this; because I see you want to know the Truth. For the further reason that you do not believe that there are such distinctive places as the hells, and that the darkness, which the spirits in their communications to you speak of, is in your opinion, produced by the conditions of the minds and souls of the spirits who write. Such opinion is not altogether correct. It is best for humans to know, that the mere recollections (conscience) do not include all of what the hells are.

You say you have your hells on Earth sometimes. That is True, to a limited extent. Many humans suffer very much from their consciences and remorse. When they come into the Spirit World, if they have not gotten out of the condition, which these recollections and remorse place them in, they will find that there is waiting them that place, or location, which will add to their sufferings that arise from the recollections of evil deeds committed while on Earth. These evil spirits live in communities. The Law of Attraction operates in these dark and lower planes, just as it does in the Higher Spheres, and causes spirits of like, or similar, conditions to congregate together, and find consolation, or what they may at times think to be consolation, in one another's company.

These hells are on the Planes nearest the Earth. These spirits are not confined all the time to any particular hell. They have the privilege of moving at will along this Plane. Wherever they go, they find that they are in these hells. They cannot escape from them, unless, they accept the help from spirits who can instruct them in what they must do.

Well, when they come to you to write, they are not very far from these hells. Because the Plane in which they live is a part of the Plane, in which the inhabitants of Earth live.

Of course, I do not mean to say that, that portion of the Earth Plane that surrounds your Earth is composed entirely of these hells. That is not True, as the Earth Sphere has in it considerable Light and some happiness. You must further remember that there are many Planes in this Earth Plane.

These spirits, while their habitations are in these hells, have the privilege of leaving these particular localities, and wandering for a short time in, and over, other parts of this Earth Plane. This is only for a short time. They have to return to the places where they have been placed (Law of Placement), and which this Law of Attraction that I speak of, draws them to.

Well, there are thousands of millions of evil spirits. There is never a time when some of them, thousands of them, are not surrounding, and trying to use their bad influences, on mortals. We do not know why this is permitted. Only know that it is so. Here again, the Great Law of Attraction operates. Many mortals are in similar conditions of development, and evil thoughts, to what these evil spirits are. Naturally, these evil spirits are drawn to them, and do come to them. Frequently it happens that while visiting these mortals of similar conditions to their own, they attempt to influence mortals who are in a better state of Moral and Spiritual condition. Sometimes succeed in doing them harm.

The great fact is that these evil spirits have a place of living, where they have to remain, until by the operation of the Law of Compensation (or Recompense) they are relieved from some of their evil tendencies and desires, when they are permitted to progress.

My principal reason in writing you is to have you know that there are hells of places, as well as of conditions. That these places, by reason of what they contain, and their appearances, add to the suffering of the spirits.

As I have written a long time I will stop, and say that I am a Christian. An inhabitant of the Celestial Spheres, and one of the spirit band that is helping you in your Great Work of the Master.

So in leaving you, I will subscribe myself, your brother in Christ, Swedenborg, the Seer.

Law of Attraction

December 22nd, 1915

I desire to write you a short time to inform you of certain Truths, which you should know pertaining to the Spirit Life, and to what mortals who lead the lives of Good and Pure humans may expect, and be assured of realizing.

I am in the Celestial Spheres. I shall not speak of these Spheres, only of the Spiritual Spheres, where humans, after they become disembodied spirits, may live, and experience a happiness, which they on Earth have no conception of.

When a spirit (human) first enters the Spirit World, it receives a welcome from some one or more spirits, whose duties are to receive such spirit, and to show the place where it is suited to live or exist.

Such spirit is then permitted to meet its friends and relatives. To commune with them for a short or long time, and receive whatever consolation such friends or relatives may be able to give it. In many cases the gladness and happiness of these spirit friends cause the spirit to believe that it is in heaven, or at least, in a place of great happiness. After this first interview, the spirit must, by reason of the Law of Attraction, go to the place where its condition of soul, or its condition of Moral growth, or intellectual development, fits it for. There remain, until such condition is made better, and enables it to rise to a Higher place.

No spirit, after it once gets into the place that is suited for it to live in, ever retrogrades. Although, it may stand still for a long number of years, and never make any progress. This is a Truth, not known to a great many mortals, and spirits also. The condition of the mortal, at the time they become a spirit, fixes their condition and place of living, when they first enter the Spirit World, after they are put in such place by the Law of Attraction. As I have said, when once that place is found, and occupied, the spirit never goes to a lower place. Either will stay in that place for a long time, or will progress, and ultimately will, in all cases, progress.

Well, the evil spirits find these places of habitation in the Earth Planes, which are many, and of varied kinds, having many different appearances, suited to the conditions of the spirits who will occupy them. A spirit who is in the lowest of these Earth Planes is said to be in the lowest hells, as all spirits who are in these Planes where they suffer and encounter darkness believe and say they are in hell. This is merely a name, used for convenience, for the hells are merely places forming a part of the One Great Universe of God. These hells, as you may imagine, are very numerous, for the conditions of spirits are very varied, and each spirit has a place in which to live, fitted to its condition.

As the spirit becomes freed from some of these conditions, which as to them, causes the Law of Attraction to work, they progress to a Higher and better place, and finds that their surroundings are not so dark and painful. As this progression continues, such spirit will ultimately find them self in the Planes of Light and comparative happiness, where the evil recollections, have to a large extent left them, and the Good deeds, which they did on Earth, then come to them and cause a happiness that makes them realize that they were not all bad. That God has been good to them in relieving them from the sins and evil thoughts, which bound them to the place from which they have progressed.

After all this, they have not gotten into any of the Spheres, which are above the Earth Planes. They may have to remain there for a great many years, before they enter the Second Sphere, which is next in gradation to the Earth Plane. This latter Plane, is the most populous of all the Spheres. It has spirits coming to it in great numbers. In greater numbers than are progressing from it to Higher Spheres. Hence, it has a greater variety of sub-planes, than have any of the other Spheres, and is filled with a greater variety and kind of spirits, than are any of these Higher Spheres.

When a spirit has remained in the Earth Planes a sufficient length of time to put them in condition to go to the next Higher Sphere, they make their progress, and is never prevented from doing so. I do not mean to say that the spirit is compelled to remain in the Earth Planes any particular number of years before progressing. This is not True. On the contrary, the number of years that they remain there is determined by their condition of progress. So that, some spirits may go through these Planes in less than a year, others may remain there many years.

In the Second Sphere, appearances are brighter and many opportunities are afforded the spirit to seek for, and obtain, happiness that they did not have before. Many spirits find great happiness in pursuing their intellectual studies, and things of this kind, and in obtaining a knowledge of the Laws of the Spirit World, governing what you might call the Material Nature of this Spirit World, and also of the Earth World.

This Sphere is not so well suited for the growth of the soul faculties. Those spirits, whose desires and aspirations are for the development of their soul qualities, do not stay in this World, or Sphere very long. For they do not find that the necessary provisions for such development exists. As a consequence, they progress to the Third Sphere, where they find wonderful opportunities and surroundings, which enable them to progress in these matters of the soul.

Well I see that you are tired. I will postpone any further writing on these matters to another time.

So goodnight, John B. Comeys.

Law of Attraction

January 3rd, 1916

I am here, Jesus.

I am with you tonight to warn you against letting any doubt enter your mind or heart, as to our actually writing to you. We, and none other, are actually in communication with you.

The book that you read is a snare and a lie; There are no angels who have become devils, as the author of that book declares. Never were there any angels, who through ambition or any other reason, revolted against the power of government of God, and thereby lost their estate as angels. Never was there any Lucifer! Never were there any angels who were thrown from the battlements of heaven into hell, as it has been written. As I told you before, there are no devils, and no satan, considered as real persons and fallen angels.

The only spirits in the Spirit World are those who at one time were mortals. Who lived lives on Earth, shorter or longer. Whenever angels are mentioned in the Bible, or rather in the New Testament, in places, which contain my sayings, or those of the apostles, and I mean those sayings, which were actually said, the word "angel" always refers to the spirit of some mortal, who had passed the line between Life and death, as commonly understood.

I desire to tell you of these things at large very soon. To instruct you as to who were the angels of God that are supposed to have had an existence prior to the Creation of Human, of the Creation of the World, and who the inhabitants of Heaven were before the Spirit of God entered into human and caused them to become a living soul, as the Bible says. The time is not yet ripe for me to instruct you in these matters. Because there are so many more Important Truths to be first taught you. Truths, which are vital to human's Salvation and Happiness, to those on Earth, and in the Spirit World.

This you must believe; that no devils ever write you, or in any manner manifest to, or through, any of the numerous mediums, who are used to show the existence of spirits of humans in the Spirit World, no matter whether these mediums be good, or evil.

There are spirits of all kinds, just as there are mortals of all kinds, having all the traits and characteristics of mortals. Some of these spirits may be justly called wicked, or evil spirits, and even devils. They are nothing more, or less, than spirits, such as I describe.

I know that the belief of the majority of humankind is, that there are such things as devils, and that they are independent creations of God, made by Him to tempt and inflict all kind of trouble and unhappiness on mortals. Because of the great number of years that these beliefs have existed, the fact that many of the churches still teach that such devils do exist, and are at all times trying to tempt and injure humans, it is hard, and will be difficult, to induce humans to believe that there are no such things as devils, which is the Truth.

I know, that the Bible, in many places, speaks of my casting devils out of humans, of humans being possessed of devils, of the apostles casting out devils, and of their not being able to cast out some of these devils. I tell you now, that the Bible is all wrong in this regard. The writers and translators of the Bible never understood what the word devil, as used in these various instances, meant, or was intended to mean. As I have told you, there was never any devil, or devils, in the sense mentioned, and taught by the churches. Consequently, they never could have possessed mortals, nor have been cast out of them.

It is True, that by the workings of the Law of Attraction, and the susceptibility of mortals, to the influence of spirit powers, mortals may become obsessed by the spirits of evil. That is, evil spirits of humans, who once lived on Earth. This obsession may become so complete and powerful, that the living mortal may lose all power to resist this influence of the evil spirits, and may be compelled to do things that the mortal will not desire to do. To show all the evidence of a distorted mind, and present appearances of a lost will power, as well as of the ability to exercise the ordinary powers given them by their Natural Creation.

In these instances, referred to of casting out devils, wherever they occurred, and they did occur in some of the instances mentioned, the only devils that existed were the evil spirits (of humans) who had possessed these mortals. This obsession obtains today, just as it did then, for the same Laws are in operation now, as were in existence then. Many a human is in a condition of evil Life, and disturbed mind, from the obsession of these evil spirits. If there were any humans of today, in that condition of Soul Development, and belief, that my disciples were in, they could cast out these so-called devils, just as the disciples cast them out in the Bible days.

Humans have not this Faith. Though there are many who have been Blessed with the inflowing of the Holy Spirit, they have not the belief that such work as the disciples performed, can be performed by them now. In fact, the most of them believe that it would be contrary to God's Will to attempt to exercise such Powers. Hence, they never attempt to do such work.

When humans learn that in all ages, God is the same, that His Laws work the same way, that humankind is the same, so far as the soul's possibilities are concerned, and that the Faith, which God made possible for human to attain to, may be possessed by them now, just as it was possessed by my disciples, then they will attempt this work of beneficence, and will succeed. The sick will be healed, the devils cast out, the blind made to see, the deaf to hear, and the so-called miracles will be performed, as they were in my days on Earth.

There is not, and never was, such a thing as a miracle, in the sense of having an effect produced by a cause, which was not the result of the ordinary Workings of God's Laws. For these Laws, in their Workings, never vary. When the same Law is called into operation, upon the same condition of facts, the same results will always be produced.

So, let a mortal have in their soul, the same amount of God's Divine Love, which the Bible writers meant, or should have meant, when they spoke of being endowed by the Holy Ghost. Let them have the necessary Faith, that when they pray to God, He will give them the power to exercise this Divine Love in a sufficient degree to produce the desired results, and then try to exercise the power of casting out devils, or healing, etc. They will find that success will attend their efforts. God is the same, at all times, and under all circumstances. Only mortals vary in their conceptions, and conditions.

So I say, there are no devils, as independent creatures of God, in contradistinction to the spirits of humans, who once lived on Earth. You must believe that there are not.

I tell you now, that the teachers of such false doctrines will have to pay the penalties for their false teachings when they come to the Spirit World, and see the result of these false teachings. No relief will be granted until they have paid the last farthing. To believe such doctrines, entails results that are bad enough for any spirit to endure. To teach others these beliefs, and convince them of their truth, entails upon the teacher, whether they actually believe them, or not, sufferings, and duration of sufferings, of which humans have no conception.

I will not write more tonight. Will in closing say, that you have my Love and blessings. My promises I will fulfill, so that you will realize your expectations, and be in condition to perform the work that you have been selected to do.

Well, you let doubt come into your mind. As a consequence, your soul does not respond, although, strange as it may seem, the Divine Love is there. When this mental doubt exists, it is as if it were a covering, which prevents the existence of the Divine Love in the soul to shine forth, and produce the great feeling of Happiness and Joy, which otherwise you might experience. The mental condition of the mortal, undoubtedly, has a great influence on the Consciousness of the human, as to their possession of this Soul Development, and the Divine Love. Consequently, there will have to be this continuous fight, as long as Life lasts on Earth, between the mental conditions, and the soul's Consciousness. As the mental beliefs are brought into Harmony with the soul's condition, more and more, the fight will grow weaker and less frequent. It is possible that they will cease altogether. The mental beliefs become entirely, and absolutely, subordinated, or rather absorbed, in the soul's Consciousness of its being possessed of this Divine Love of the Father.

So my dear brother, I will say goodnight.

Your brother and friend, Jesus.

Law of Attraction

February 16th, 1916

I am here, Luke.

Well do you think you can take my message tonight? It looks like you may. At any rate, we will try.

As I was saying, "In what way is a human to obtain this development of the soul in its Natural Love?"

In the first place, they must recognize the fact that they do not live to them self, alone. That what they conceive to be the workings of their own mind, and will, are not always the result of thoughts and desires that originate in them, but are largely the products of the influences of the workings of the minds of spirits who are around them, trying to impress them with their desires and wills. Consequently, you will understand, that it is very important to human, as to what kind of spirit influences they have surrounding and working upon them. If these influences are good, the better it is for their progress in the development of this Natural Love. If they are evil influences, then, of course, such development is retarded.

Consequently, the First thing for a human to do is to attempt to Attract to them self, influences of the Higher Nature. They can do so, by trying to cultivate good thoughts, and to indulge in Good and Moral acts.

The Great Law of Attraction, that we have written about, applies, and works, in such cases as this, as it does in every other relation of God's Universe. If a human's thoughts are evil, there will always be attracted to them spirits of similar thoughts. When the spirits come to the humans, the spirits attempt to, and succeed, in intensifying these evil thoughts of the humans, which attract the spirits to the humans. It must emphatically be understood, in this regard, that human may, and often does, originate their own thoughts and desires. It is not necessary that any influence of these evil spirits should be present and operate upon their brain or affections, in order that these evil thoughts and desires should come into existence. Again, human has a will power that is susceptible of being exercised, free from the wills of these evil spirits. You will see how True this is, when you remember that they can exercise that will power, free and independent from the Will of God Himself.

So I say, that these thoughts and desires may, and do, originate in human, free and independent of the wills, or influences, of these evil spirits. As a fact, these evil spirits are Attracted to humans only when these thoughts that humans have originated are evil.

Now, if human would have this progress that I speak of, they should endeavor to have Good, Pure thoughts, and desires. Then, they will attract to them self, spirits who are Good and Pure. The influences of the good spirits will help them to a wonderful degree, in strengthening and increasing these Good thoughts, and make it less and less likely that evil thoughts will arise in their brain, or evil desires in their affections. As a consequence, their will power will be exercised in doing those things, which are Good and Moral.

Now, while human may originate these thoughts and desires, they must also know, as a Truth, that this progress is not dependent upon them self alone. For when they are in that condition to attract the Good spirits, they will invariably come to them and render their help. It will prove to be a wonderful and never failing help.

Now, human's thoughts and desires are not always, as may be supposed, the result of something that may be hidden within them selves, and of which they may not know its existence. I mean not in all cases, and probably in only a minority of cases. Most frequently are these thoughts and desires, are the children of an objective influence, that comes to them, by reason of objects becoming sensible to their ordinary senses, which create, or suggest, these thoughts, or desires.

Without going into details, you will understand what I mean. As a mere illustration; A glass of whiskey may, and does, suggest to a human who likes whiskey, the thought and desire that they should take a drink. Thereby, bring into operation their will, which is followed by the act of drinking. So, as with many other objects, which a human meets in the course of their daily Life. These thoughts and desires arise, not only from seeing objects, but also from feeling and tasting them.

Again, these objective suggestions, causing these thoughts and desires, arise, and exist, not only from the real object sensed, but also from words and thoughts, which are expressed by other human beings in course of conversations, or in books and literature, (or movies). When they come in this way, they are frequently more effective than in any other. Hence, as these objective words and thoughts enter the mind of human, they create similar thoughts, which frequently intensify, and attract the evil spirits of like thoughts, with their degenerating influences. Hence, the importance of a human avoiding companionship where such communications take place, and the books, literature, (and movies), where these evil suggestions are made.

It has been well said, that evil communications corrupt Good manners. I may add that such communications corrupt Good thoughts, produce evil desires, and retard the progress of the soul in its Natural Love. It must be remembered that this Natural Love is Pure, free from all evil, or taint of defilement, when it is fully developed. Anything, that tends to defile it, retards the progression of the soul in this particular.

So the plain lesson to be drawn from all this, is that human must, in the first place, make the effort to have only Good, Pure, thoughts, and desires from their inner self. Next, they must avoid those objects and associations that tend to cause to arise in them these evil thoughts. Thirdly, they must learn the Truth, that when they have these evil thoughts, they Attract to them selves spirits of evil, who by their influence can, and do, intensify these evil thoughts and desires. I know, as regards this last mentioned Truth, that the majority of humans have no knowledge of its existence. It is time that they should learn, that such a danger to their soul's progression does exist, and is always imminent.

They should learn this other fact, that when their thoughts are Pure, and free from defilement, they have surrounding them, the influence of Good Spirits, who work to increase, and make permanent, their good thoughts. As these good thoughts continue, the Natural Love develops towards its Pristine Condition of Purity (as in their Created State). Human comes nearer to their Designed Condition of Existence (of Perfection).

So, you will see from this, that as human's thoughts and desires become freed from these things that tend to defile them, they Naturally progresses toward that condition, which is necessary, in order for them to have this development of the soul in its Natural Love. Again, the development may be helped very much by human thinking, and doing, acts of charity and kindness, and observing the Golden Rule. For every act of charity, kindness, and self sacrifice for the sake of others, has its reflex action in their own condition of Love and soul, and helps their soul development.

In short, the observance by human of all the Moral Laws, which are many and varied, tends to bring about the development of the Natural Love. This must be remembered that as this development proceeds, the tendency to indulge in the perverted appetites of the flesh, as they are called, will disappear. As it disappears, this Natural Love, of course, becomes Purer and sweeter, and brings human nearer to their State of Perfection.

Again, the meditation upon Spiritual Things, and the outflowing of this Natural Love towards the Father, will cause the progression. While all humans, as we have said, do not seek for the Divine Love, yet as All Humans are Children of God, He Helps them, to the full extent of their desires, towards happiness, and the Perfecting of this Natural Love in its Natural Pure State, with which He endowed them at their Creation. Upon their will and aspirations depends the nature of the help, which the Father gives to them. Always, He gives His Help and Blessings, and to the fullest. His Great Desire is that human shall become Perfect in that Natural Love, which they possess, and which they seek for. The Natural Love, in its qualities, may become as Perfect in human, as may the Divine Love in its Qualities. Each is just as much in Harmony with God's Universe, in its respective Qualities, as is the other.

So I say, human is helped, more than in any other way, by their meditations of the Higher Things of their being, and by prayer and aspirations to the Father, who Hears the prayers of the human who has only this Natural Love, and Answers them, just as He does the prayers of the human who has the Divine Love in their soul. Ultimately, all sin and evil will be eradicated from the Universe. Human, in their mere Natural Love, will become Pure, Perfected and Happy.

I have tried, in my inefficient way, to show human how they may progress in the development of their Natural Love. If they will follow my advice, they will succeed. For as human, by the indulging of these perverted appetites of the flesh, and the exercise of their will power, fell to a low degree of degeneracy, so they can, by ceasing to indulge in these perverted appetites, and by the exercise of that same will power, rise again to their Condition of Purity in their Natural Love. Besides, they have the Help of the Father, and the Good Angels, in their efforts to recover. Also, the experience of the result of their fall, which they may not be conscious of, but which, in their Inner Self, has an existence, and is continually working.

Well my dear brother I must stop. I feel that you have taken my message very successfully. Read it over, and correct errors of construction. I will come soon, and write again.

Your brother in Christ, Luke.

Law of Attraction

March 15th, 1916

I am here, Prof. Salyards.

Well, I was telling you of the Object of Human's Life on Earth. The necessity for their doing certain things, in a general way, in order to bring to humankind the happiness, which might be theirs while on Earth. Now I desire to go a little in detail with reference to these matters.

As has been written you before, there is Only One Way, in which human can attain to the Supreme (Divine) Happiness, which the Father in His Goodness, has made possible for human to attain to, which when once obtained can never be taken from them.

There is also another kind of happiness, which is not, in either its Nature, or results, the same as that, which I have just referred to. Human may obtain it, in a way, and by a method, which are different from those, which are necessary to obtain the first kind.

Human was, Originally Created Good, Pure, and Happy. Only, by their disobedience, did they lose these qualities, which when lost, finally made them approach, somewhat, the likeness of the lower animal. Although, the latter is probably not so unhappy as human became, by their fall from the State of the High Condition of their Creation.

When in their Original State, they were Happy, in what we called, and what was, their Natural Love, which they fully possessed, and needed nothing additional to make them happy. This condition made human their own master, as it were. The Father's Divine Love was not necessary to develop them more, as mere human, than they then existed. They were Pure, free from sin, and in Perfect Harmony with God's Laws governing their Creation. After the disobedience (of the First Parents), they lost this Harmony. In doing so, lost also, the power to preserve in them self the Happiness, which was theirs by Right of Creation. They also soon realized, that as this power left them, their dependence upon them self, became less and less effective, to keep them in a condition of Purity and contentment. As a consequence, they became less than Perfect Human, has been such ever since that time.

Now, with the other qualities that were given them, at the time of their Creation, there was, and is, one that they have never been deprived of, one that they have never realized their inability to exercise, although they so often exercise it wrongly. That is, the will. Which is the Greatest of the Natural Attributes that human possesses. For even God will not attempt to control that. I mean in the way of compelling. This quality is the one, that more often than any other, will help human to again attain to that State, or Condition, in which they were The Perfect Human. While this is True, yet it is also one of the greatest obstacles to attaining to that state.

Upon human them self, very largely, depends the success of their regaining their Pristine Purity and Harmony with the Laws that govern their being. They must understand this fact. If they should believe, and rest in the belief, that other humans, or other instruments controlled by humans, can rescue them from their present condition of inharmony and unhappiness, they will be disappointed. Their salvation will be a long time delayed.

The exercise of this will power, in the proper direction, will depend upon other things that they must possess, in order to insure their return to their First Estate. Among these are the necessity for their obtaining Knowledge that will enable them to know them self, and the relationship of them self to what is True and Good. This Knowledge will come to them, as they examine them self, and learn the difference between right and wrong. This, I mean, in its general sense. For right and wrong mean Harmony, or inharmony, with the Laws (of Love and Harmony), of which I speak. Not right and wrong according to the several circumstances of humans. For these differ. What may be right or wrong to one human, will not be to another.

Human, by proper contemplation, and observation, may learn the difference between right (Harmony) and wrong (inharmony), in the sense in which I use the terms, be enabled to embrace, or avoid, those deeds, or thoughts, that come within one category, or the other.

Again, they must realize that there is such a thing as the Natural Love being a part of them. A thing, which may be possessed and cultivated, to such a high degree that all humans will be brothers to them, the Children of One Common Father, who has Love and Care for All Alike, who are content to remain the mere human.

Again, they must realize that they have a Father in God, their Creator, that, that Father has a Love for them, which will always bring to them Happiness and Peace, if they will only respond with their own Love. Human must have an object of worship and adoration, even when they possess only the Natural Love. They must learn that their Love must go out to the Father in Faith and confidence. There are also many other things that they may learn by contemplation and meditation as I have said.

Many qualities that are desirable will flow to human from the Knowledge that there is a Father who Loves them, and that they have, or may have, a Love for that Father, and for their fellow human. In fact, from these two subjects of Knowledge, everything else may come to human, that will make them the Perfect Human, in Harmony with the Laws of their Creation, a Pure Happy and Contented Creature.

Now, when human obtains this Knowledge, here observe the distinction between Knowledge of these things, and the possession of them, they will naturally try to obtain all that Knowledge shows them may become theirs to possess. Then, will come into operation the Great Will Power, and by its exercise, there is nothing that can prevent them from arriving at the goal of their desires.

In this way, one can in a sense, be their own redeemer. They will find the struggle hard, the obstacles to be overcome many, and repelling.

There are many mortals, who have a wonderful development of this Natural Love. Notwithstanding the fact that they are living in sin, and in inharmony with the Laws that I speak of, who will find, from that fact alone, that their progress will be more rapid and easy when they come to the Spirit World, on their journey to the State of Perfect Human. I do not believe that any mortal can ever attain to this condition while in the Earth Life. They can lay the foundation for a rapid progress after they become a spirit. The temptations and desires that beset them, as a mortal, at this time, are so great that rarely can they become that Perfect Human while on Earth.

The time will come, I believe, when humans will become Perfect even while on Earth. In this, I have reference to their Natural Love merely. While, as I say, for human to obtain this State of Perfection, they must depend upon them self, to a very large degree. Yet, it will be comforting to them to know, that there are hosts of spirit friends who are with them, trying to help them to obtain the Knowledge, of which I have spoken. In their contemplations, and meditations, they (the spirits) are with them, suggesting to them, and impressing on them, the thoughts of Truth that help them so very much to understand the right, from the wrong. They (spirit friends) also sustain them, in some degree, in the exercise of their will in the right direction.

So from this, it must become apparent to human, that a very important thing in the determination of this great problem, as to what is right, and what is wrong, is the kind of associates that they may have. This applies to the mortal, as well as spirit, companions. Human must know this; that as their desires and appetites on Earth attract to them companions of similar desires and appetites, so also, does the same Law of Attraction operate in the case of their spirit friends.

Now, in all this, I have no reference to the Redemption of Human by the possession of the Divine Love of the Father. For such Redemption, and its way of saving human, are altogether different, from those of redeeming them in their Natural Love.

In the one case, when they have found the goal of their desires, they become a merely Perfect Human, and nothing more. In the other case, they become a Divine Angel of God. Divine is their Nature, with no limitation to the Spiritual progress that they may obtain, and the Happiness that may become theirs.

Oh, human! Why will you be satisfied to become merely a Perfect Human, when you may become a Divine Angel of the Father's Kingdom, with Immortality assured?

Human may not know it, but it is a fact, that it is easier, and The Way is shorter, to become a Divine Angel, than to become a Perfect Human.

So my advice to all humans is; and I speak what I do Know, from a knowledge that comes to me from experience and possession, to seek for the Divine Love of the Father, with all their strength and efforts. Then they will become not only the Perfect Human, but will obtain that, which our First Parents never obtained, but which was theirs for the proper seeking, as it is all human's.

I have written enough for tonight, and will close.

Your old friend, professor, and brother in Christ, Joseph H. Salyards.

Law of Attraction

May 29th, 1916

I am here, St. John, Apostle of Jesus.

I come tonight to tell you a Vital Truth, which I know you will be interested in.

The question has often been asked: "What does the spirit of human do when it leaves the physical body for Eternity?''

Many spirits, I know, have written you about this matter. Some of them have described their personal experiences. Yet, in all the information that you have received, there are some facts that have not been referred to. I will, in a brief way, describe them.

When the spirit leaves the body, there is a breaking of the Silver Cord, as it is called. Thereby, all connection between the spirit and the body is severed for All Eternity. Never again can that spirit enter that body. Neither can any other spirit. Although, I know, it is claimed by some Spiritualists that another spirit may inhabit the cast-off body. This is all wrong. No spirit ever enters the body, which has once been the home of another spirit. Hence, claims made by some of the wise humans of the East, that such a thing can be, have no foundation in fact.

When the Silver Cord is once severed, no power that is known to the Spirit World, or among spirits of the Highest Spheres, can again resuscitate that body, and cause the Manifestation of Life. Hence, in the "miracles" mentioned in the Bible, where it is said that the dead were brought to Life, it must be understood, that this tie between the spirit and the body was never broken.

In those ancient days, as now, there were persons who had the appearance of being dead. So far as human knowledge was concerned, were dead. But who were really in a state of what may be called suspended animation (coma), and no signs of Life appearing, to the Consciousness of humans. Death was thought to have taken place. Yet in no case, where the supposed dead were raised to Life, had the mortal really died.

As Lazarus has already told you, when Jesus commanded him to come forth, he had not died. So of all the other supposed dead who were called to Life.

When this tie has been once severed, there are certain chemical Laws affecting the physical body, and certain Spiritual Laws affecting the spirit, which absolutely render it impossible for the spirit to again enter the body. As you have been informed, we all, mortals, spirits, and angels as well, are governed by Laws, which have no exceptions, and never vary in their workings.

So, I say, when once the spirit and body separate, it is for All Eternity. The spirit then becomes, of itself, a thing apart, controlled entirely and exclusively by Laws governing the spirit body.

With the spirit's entry into the Spirit World, comes the soul, still enclosed in that spirit body. To an extent, controlled by that body, which latter is also, in certain particulars, controlled by the soul. The spirit body has not, of itself, the power to determine its own location, or destiny, as regards place. The Law of Attraction, which operates in this particular, operates upon the soul. The condition of the soul determines the location of itself (in the Spheres of the Spirit World). As the spirit body is the covering of the soul, it must go where this Law of Attraction (and the Law of Placement) decrees the soul shall abide.

While the mind, the mental faculties, and the senses, have their seat in the spirit body, yet the Law that I speak of does not operate upon these faculties, as is apparent to every spirit, which they Know from observation, as well as from experience, that the combined power of all these faculties cannot move a spirit body (or soul) one step in the way of progress, unless such faculties have, in their influence upon the soul, caused its condition to change. In the matter of mere mental, or moral, advancement this can be done.

So, I repeat, the condition of the soul determines the locality, as well as the appearance, of the spirit body. This Law of Attraction is so exact, that in its operations, there is no opportunity for chance to interpose, and place the spirit body in a location, which is not its, by reason of the operation of this Law.

So that when the spirit body enters the Spirit World it must go to, and occupy, the place, which its enclosed soul condition determines that it shall occupy. No interposition of spirit friends, love of parent, husband, or child, can prevent this destiny. Although for a time, until the soul has really had an Awakening as to its condition of severance from the Mortal Life, these relations, or friends, may retain the spirit body near the place of its entrance into the Spirit Life, even though that place be one of more beautiful surroundings and happiness than the one to which it is destined. This situation does not last long, for the Law works. As the soul comes into full Consciousness, it hears the call, and must obey.

Thus, you see, friends and loved ones in Spirit Life meet with Love, kindness, and consolation, the newly arrived spirit. But the parting must come. Every soul must find its home, according as its own qualities (soul development) have determined. Yet, the consolation mentioned is a real one. In many instances, if it were not so, the lonely spirit would experience fear, bewilderment, and all the unspeakable sensations of being deserted.

Then there comes a time, when every soul must stand alone, and in its weakness or strength, realize that no other soul can bear its sorrow, take from its burdens, or enter into its sufferings. Thus is realized the saying: "that each soul is its own keeper and alone responsible for its own condition".

Of course, in many cases, the Loving friends may visit that soul in its place of existence and offer consolation, help, encouragement, and instruction. In some cases this cannot be. For as this soul is then laid bare to itself, all its deformities, sins, and evil qualities, come before it. Thus, throws around it a wall, as it were, that prevents the good friends and Loving ones from appearing to it. Thus again comes into operation the Great Law of Attraction. For while these more elevated friends cannot come to that soul, yet other spirits, of like souls and qualities, may become its associates, and render such assistance as the blind can lead the blind in their moving about. I wish here to say, notwithstanding, what some of you Spiritualistic teachers have said, for the soul has its location, as well as its condition.

The above condition that I have described is the destiny of some souls shortly after becoming spirits. It is a deplorable one. You may think that such souls are deserted by the Loving Influences of God's Ministering Spirits, and left all alone in the dreary places of their habitations. Such is not the case. While they are deprived of the presence to them, of the Higher Spirits, yet the influences of Love and compassion are flowing from these spirits, and at sometime, will be felt by the lonely ones. As these influences are felt, the poor souls commences to have an Awakening, which gradually causes the wall of their seclusion to disappear, until at sometime, the Higher Spirits find that they can manifest their presence to these unfortunate ones. Besides, this, every spirit, no matter how fallen, has a work to do, even though it may appear insignificant. Among these spirits of similar conditions, some are a little more progressed than others. By reason of a Law (Law of Higher Help), which causes the more progressed to help the lesser, the latter are frequently helped from their low estate.

Now what I have last written applies of course to the spirits who are wicked, vile, and without any soul development in the way of Goodness. A similar Principle enters into the conditions of all the spirits in the Earth Plane. Although, the higher they are in that plane, the greater opportunities they have for receiving help and progressing. Of these latter, and the operation of the mental thoughts and Moral Qualities, upon the condition and progress of the soul, I will write you later.

I have written enough for tonight. Leaving you my Love and blessings, I will say goodnight.

Your brother in Christ, John.

Law of Attraction

June 17th, 1916

I am here, Jesus.

I see that you are in better condition tonight. It may be that we can continue the message.

Well, as I was saying, the only way in which a mortal may obtain the development of their soul condition, without the help of the Divine Love, is by attempting to exercise their will, in the way that will cause the thoughts of evil and error to leave them. To be replaced by thoughts that will bring their heart and soul into Harmony with the Laws of their Creation as mere human. This can be done, by their seeking for those Higher Things of Morality. The subordinating of the purely animal desires and appetites of the mortal, to the aspirations and desires of the Higher and Nobler part of their Nature (soul).

As I have before told you, human was Pure and Good, until they, by the exercise of their will, following the suggestions of the animal desires, permitted them self to degenerate from the High and Perfect Condition of their Creation.

These sins and desires do not belong to their Original Nature. Their True Nature was Pure, and in Harmony with the Laws of God. Although, they have lost it, by the excessive and wrongful exercise of their will, obeying the desires of their animal Nature. Yet, they can recover their Condition of Original Purity and Harmony, if they will get rid of these sins and errors, so that their True Nature may again become free from everything that defiles it, or places it out of Harmony, with the Laws that Created it.

So you see, it is not necessary for human to obtain, or add to, their Original Condition, any qualities that were not theirs in the beginning. Merely to get rid of, or eradicate from that condition, those things, which are mere excrescences, or parasites. Thereby have their Nature in the same condition that was theirs when they were Created, and was the Perfect Human.

So long a time, has the Nature, or condition of the Nature of Human, been in this state of defilement and alienation from the True Condition of their Creation, that the effort to bring about the restoration will necessarily be great. They will have to use all their power of will that they are capable of, to effectuate this object. They will find in such efforts; two conflicting forces, always fighting each other for the mastery.

The fact that they believe their present condition is the natural one, and that the state, Purity, and freedom, from sin and error is one that does not belong to them Naturally, but must be acquired, by adding something to what they now have. and always possessed, will make the fight more uneven.

Therefore, the First Things; that human must believe is: that their present condition is not their Natural One. And, that they have nothing more, or greater, to accomplish than to relieve them self of those things, which prevent their condition from becoming as it was, when they were The Perfect Human.

If they will get this belief firmly fixed in their mind, and assert that; they were made by God, that God never Created anything impure, or not in Harmony with His Laws, then they, human, will have accomplished the First Step towards their Regeneration, and towards success in their effort.

They must not consider themselves to be, a weak, low, and UNWORTHY Creature of God, not being entitled to those conditions of Purity and Greatness, which made them the Beloved Child of the Father. Of course, self-esteem, pride, and everything of that nature, must be eliminated from the estimate that they must have of them self. On the contrary, the idea that they are degenerated, and utterly helpless being, MUST NOT be permitted to enter their mind (and is not True Humility). Such thoughts do not make them pleasing to God, as they have been taught they do. Only make them subservient to their masters, of sin and error, and prevent them from asserting their own superiority to these things, which is necessary to exist in their conception of their True Condition, in order that they may obtain the ascendancy over those masters.

When they shall have assumed this position, then, they will realize, that these animal appetites, desires, and evil thoughts, which arise from them, and from the belief that they are, by Nature, degraded and unworthy of a better and Higher Condition of Nature, are really beings of their own creation. Subject to their will, self control, and total destruction.

With such Realization, will come a Consciousness, that they are not parts of their Nature. But foreign to it. That in order that their Nature may become separated from them; they must look upon them as enemies, and treat them as such, to be destroyed and utterly extinguished. Never more to be taken to their bosom, and cherished as inalienable and dominant parts, of their Nature.

Of course, in treating them as such enemies, great watchfulness and determination will have to be exercised. They are very insidious, will at all times, and in all ways, whenever the opportunity arises, try to convince them that they are an integral, and necessary, part of their being, incapable of being separated from them.

By the exercise of this belief, based upon a "right conception" of what is, and what is not, a part of them, as The Perfect Human, and by the exercise of their will power, in accordance with this conception, they will be able to rescue them self from these unnatural appetites, desires, and thoughts, of error and sin.

As this belief becomes stronger, and this conception clearer, and their will, exercised in closer Harmony with the Two Essentials, these excrescences will gradually, and one by one, fall away from them. Until, at last, they will rise again, The Perfect Human, with the Pure and Harmonious Nature, which God gave them, at the time of their Creation.

This process will be slow, sometimes hardly perceptible. The long years of misbelief, in the Idea of Original Sin, and the idea that God created evil and error, for the purpose of defiling human's Nature, and making a disobedient devil of them, without any inherent goodness, or the possibility of becoming regenerated, unless by the operation of some miracle, will make it difficult for the acquiring of the True Belief, as to what they, and what their Nature is, and enable them to become the master, and not remain the servant.

God is the Father of All. Loves All His Children! As He Originally provided for their happiness, so now, He Desires that all may be happy. Even though, they may not seek for that Divine Love, which makes mortals and spirits, more than the mere Perfect Human.

Forgiveness is, in effect, forgetfulness. When humans, in their efforts, cause all these things of evil and sin to cease being a part of their Nature (soul), and only thoughts of Purity and Righteousness to find a lodgment in their minds, then these other things are forgotten. Forgiveness has taken place. Human no longer is the slave of false beliefs and unrighteousness, nor are they their associates. Even in memory, they become things of nonexistence. When they get into this Condition of Purity and Freedom, in Harmony with the Laws of their Creation, there exists nothing, which can be the object of forgiveness. They are the Human of Perfect Creation.

In all this, human must realize, that they do not exist by, and for, them self, alone. Always, they are surrounded by mortals, or spirits, or both, exercising upon them their influence for good, or evil. Helping them to turn their thoughts from these things of evil and sin into those Higher Things, which are theirs by Nature, or causing them to receive and foster these evil thoughts with increased intensity. They cannot get rid of these influences, of one kind, or the other. Hence, they should seek the influence of those who are Good, and desire to help them in their efforts towards the recovery of that condition, which is theirs, by Right of Birth.

Among God's Laws, which never change, and which work impartially, is the Great Law of Attraction. It works in the case of all mortals, and spirits, and never rests. The Great Principle of this Law is, that like attracts like, and the unlike, repulses the unlike. So human must know, that as they are, I mean in their state of mind and soul, so necessarily will be their companions, of those who desire their association. Hence, they should realize this Important Truth, and all that it implies.

If their thoughts and deeds are evil, they will attract those spirits, or mortals, who have similar thoughts and deeds. Who will NOT help them to Higher Things, but who will retard their progress towards their First Estate. If their thoughts and deeds are Good, then their associates will only be those of like qualities, who can, and will, help them in their progress.

Every effort to create good thoughts strengthens the desires and will in that direction assists the coming of other good thoughts. With these efforts, come the help of these unseen influences, and the repulsion of the influences of the retarding forces.

Human is a Wonderful Being, the Highest Creation of the Father. Yet their greatest master is their belief in the power and supremacy of these things of evil, of their own creation.

Beyond all this, a means to accomplish human's restitution to their Perfect Estate is the Help of the Father, which is never refused when human, seeks for it, in earnest sincere prayer. Always, the Father is willing to respond to the True Prayers of human. By His Instrumentalities will make the efforts of human, sure and effective. So that they can acquire that condition, that will free them from all sin, error, and slavery of false belief, in the mastery of their evil creatures.

Human must believe in the Love and Help of the Father, and in the humanhood and greatness of them self, and in the utter error of their belief in the mastery of their own children of sin and error.

I have written enough and must stop, as you are tired. So assuring you of my Love for you, and my care and help, I will say, goodnight.

Your brother and friend, Jesus.

Law of Attraction

April 1st, 1917

I am here, Elias.

I will write a few words, in respect to the sermon that you listened to tonight, on the question: Do the dead communicate with the living?

The preacher* is a believer in what he enunciated. The only trouble with him is; that he has very little Knowledge of the Truths of Spiritualism. Hence, his ability to teach these Truths is very limited. The mere fact that the soul and spirit of human continue to live when they shuffle off the mortal coil, as he described it, is but the First Truth of this Great Subject. Is one that all spirits learn immediately upon their separation from the body, no matter what their (spiritual) religious beliefs may be, or whether they have any such beliefs, or not. This fact is one about, which there can be no difference in knowledge. They all know, in a moment as it were, that there is no such thing as the death of the soul, The Real Human. This, as I say, is the mere beginning of Knowledge. Beyond the fact of this continuous existence, this Knowledge serves no purpose as to the destiny of human.

The preacher was much interested in the book (Raymond) about which he was talking. Found in it, some statements that are confirmatory of the beliefs that he already possessed. Some statements, that are new to him, which gave him somewhat larger views on the subject. Necessarily, these views are not of the Vital Truths, which a more complete, or extended, Knowledge of Spiritualism will give to him.

The spirit, of whom he was talking, knew little more than what appeared to his senses. Of course, these things are only those that come to the knowledge of the spirit when it first enters the Spirit Land. Its Truths are not learned in a moment, frequently, not for centuries. As to the Higher Truths, are never learned by a great majority of the spirits. So that, what is contained in the book referred to, is very consoling to those who believe that their Loved ones are waiting to meet them, and will receive them, when they cease to be mortals, with Love, affection and joy. Further, that these Loved ones are with the mortals, while on Earth, watching over them, and trying to help them. Yet no information, as to the lives that these spirits, must lead in the Spirit World, as soon as their status is determined by the Great Law of Attraction, what the future may be, and is disclosed to them, for the reason that the spirit communicant did not know.

As the preacher said, it is a glorious knowledge to possess, that human, after death, still lives. That their soul does not have to wait for some great resurrection day to realize that it has Life and Consciousness.

The preacher is still in the dark, as to the conditions of spirits, and their destiny. And, as to the means provided to attain to the Heavens and become released from the hells by the Father's Divine Love. To merely live, is not the end of humans, or spirits. The fact of living as a spirit of today, instead as a mortal of yesterday, does not demonstrate immortality. The consoling thought that the preacher expressed, from the fact of continued existence after death, are merely the wishes of desire, based on such existence.

The preacher has, at this time, within his own soul, that, which is freed from the limitations of his erroneous beliefs in many supposed truths, would cause him to know that the Life in the Spirit World is something more than the mere living. That this living is only a means to the realization, and possession, of that immortality that is so often preached about, and hoped for.

He has much of the Divine Love in his soul. That soul, is struggling to expand, and get in condition to receive more of this Divine Love. Is prevented from so doing, only by the erroneous beliefs that he has imbibed, and misconstrued, by his long years of living, in what he calls, the truths of the Bible, and the fear, that if he loses such beliefs, or questions the Truth of the source of his beliefs, there can be no salvation for him. This is not surprising, for he knows no source of correction of these errors of his beliefs. As a wise human, and wise only because he does not know how to obtain greater wisdom, he holds on to his beliefs, and reverences the source thereof. His intellect is satisfied. But the soul, the important soul, which can be fed only by its own perceptions, is like the imprisoned bird, panting, and struggling, to beat down the bars of its imprisonment, and get out into the Freedom of God's Wide Atmosphere. His mind, the misguided mind, is the bars of his soul's freedom, and prevents it from opening up its own perceptions. If the preacher only knew the Truth, and The Way, to open the doors to his soul's prison, he would long for that Truth, and seek that Way, with all the energies of his soul's powers. Would then, become free and progress towards the attainment of the Certain Knowledge of Immortality.

This I will say now, that sometime he will learn the Truth, and The Way. His beliefs will become in accord with the longings of his soul. The shackles of his mind's erroneous beliefs will be loosened and fall from him. Then he will realize that he is a True Son of the Father, Privileged to partake of the Great Love, without limit in his onward progress to the Celestial Spheres.

The church was filled with many spirits, interested in the discourse, and anxious to learn any Truths that might be declared. They learned nothing. What he declared, as truths, they already knew. Notwithstanding that, these spirits were of all kinds, wicked, dark, and suffering; and bright and happy. Mostly still humans without the physical body.

Well, I thought it might be advisable to write as I have, so that, if the preacher should ever hear this message, he will see the necessity for seeking the Deep and Real Truths that disclose the conditions and destinies of the spirit of humans. Besides, he will also realize the importance of his knowing these Truths, so that he may teach them, not only to humans, but to spirits as well, who form the vastly larger part of his auditors.

I will not write more now. With my Love, and prayers for the Father's Blessings on you, I am, your brother in Christ, Elias.

*(Rev J.L. Gorden, preacher of the Congregational Church, 10th and Y Street, Washington D.C.)

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December 10th, 1917

I am here, his mother, Priscilla Stone.

I am here, the mother of Leslie. I very much desire to write a few lines, as I feel that he would like to hear from me, and receive an expression of my Love.

Well, in the first place, I desire to tell him that I am progressing. I am in a Sphere that is so beautiful, and full of the Father's Divine Love, that for me to attempt to describe it would result only in failure. When I tell him that my happiness is so very great, that even I, at a very recent time, when in what I thought was the acme of happiness, had no conception of what happiness meant, as compared to what I now possess.

All this is so wonderful to me, that it is difficult, even for a soul that is filled with this Divine Love, to conceive what the Divine Love of the Father in its fullness can be. The great thing of wonderment is, that as we progress, we realize that it is impossible to comprehend the heights and depths of this Great Love. When on Earth, I read that "God is Love". I had not a faint idea even of what the expression meant. As you must know, my conception of Love was based largely on what I knew, or thought, the human Love was, such as; my Love for my children, which was to me the greatest expression of Love. As I say, this Love is not even a faint shadow of what the Divine Love of the Father is. The great beauty of it all is; that while this Divine Love is always the same, yet in seeking and obtaining it, I find that more and more is waiting for me. We know of no cessation of progress, and are never satisfied. Yet never unhappy, because we realize that we are not the possessor of It, in all its fullness. No, our happiness is in proportion to the amount of Divine Love that we possess. For the time that Divine Love is sufficient for our complete happiness. I do not know that mortals can fully understand this. Because, as you may know, when mortals are seeking the Natural Love of another, desire more, and more, of it, and they are happy in its possession, yet at the same time they have some pain, or unhappiness, because they do not have all the Love that their desires ask for.

Well, this is not the condition of us, who have, and seek, this Divine Love. For it, of itself, seems to have the quality of causing Complete, Perfect Happiness, without taking from us the desire and longings for more. I doubt that any of your philosophers can explain this apparent inconsistency. Because they have nothing on Earth, to which they can make a comparison. A mortal, who is satisfied with the Love that they may have on Earth, has not the longings for more. When they have the longings, they are not wholly happy in the enjoyment of that which they possesses.

The same principle applies to the possession and longings of mortals for everything else of the natural, or material. Ambitions for fame, power, position, the accumulation of wealth, the love of a woman, or man, are all subject to this Law of the accompaniment of pain and unhappiness. So you may, in a short way, understand what Great Qualities the Divine Love has, in its operations, and how it differs from the mere Natural Love.

Well, my boy will think I am somewhat of a philosopher, and have changed from my course of thought while on Earth. And so I have. He must not be surprised to know, that as I receive the Great Love in my soul, in increased abundance, there comes with it a Knowledge of Law and Principles, and the relationship of things that I have never studied, or attempted to acquire by study. This is one of the surprising results of the obtaining of this Divine Love. It seems to have in it, as a part of its Qualities, Knowledge, Wisdom, and Understanding, that is not dependent upon the mind, or intellect, of the Natural Human, but which is a part of the mind of the soul, that is developed as the soul is developed in Divine Love.

I thought I would write in this way tonight, that Leslie may, in a faint way, comprehend what the progress of his mother means and comprehend. With Divine Love there can be no ignorance. For Divine Love, is of itself, Wisdom, Knowledge, and Understanding. From all this, you will see that the mortals whose ambition is, that when they get into the Spirit World, they will have the opportunity to pursue the studies, which they loved on Earth, and that during All the Long Eternity, there will be no cessation of opportunity to gratify their ambition. I say, you will see that these mortals will find themselves very poor indeed, as compared with those whose ambition is to obtain the Divine Love, which brings with it, all these things, and others, greater, and beyond conception of knowledge that these mortals can possibly have.

Well, I will not write further on this subject tonight. Some time, if it pleases you, I will come and write my boy a regular thesis upon some Spiritual Truth that may interest him very much.

I heard him tell of his experience of a few nights ago, in going out of his body, and wondering if it were really True.

Well, it was True. He left his body. He may be a little surprised to know that the great desire of that young spirit to have him come to her, and tell her again, of some of the things that he had told her on Earth, was the cause of his leaving his body. Her desires were so great, that they actually drew his spirit to her. What he saw, he saw with his spirit eyes. The persons who appeared to him were actually present. The young spirit heard his conversation. In it, found some relief.

She brought with her to the Spirit World, some of the thoughts that he had conveyed to her during her Earth Life. Having the experience of not finding what she had been taught, when on Earth, that she would find in the Spirit World, she became disappointed and doubtful. Then recalled what Leslie had told her. With these memories, came the desire that he should come, and repeat to her these explanations, that he had made to her of the Truths, and condition of the Spirit World.

She is now, very much better, and is seeking for the Truth. Or, rather a corroboration of the Truth, that she learned from him.

I was present, as he thought. When he left her, I went with her, and took her in my care. I have been trying to help her into the Light, and to a longing for this Divine Love. She is so young. Her soul, so susceptible to the influence of Love, without being bound very much by erroneous beliefs that were taught her. She will, I know, soon become convinced of the True Way to Happiness and Redemption. Her grandmother, who Loves this young spirit so much, was with her. Heard what Leslie said. Of course, was shocked, and grieved, that he should try to teach the child such "blasphemous things". She shed tears, and was very unhappy. Wanted her child to go with her, and not listen to what he said, or was saying. Just here, we interfered to a certain extent. Caused them to separate, and induced the grandmother to leave the child for a while, though she did not want to do so.

When Leslie said that he assisted her to a lower plane, he actually did so. For while she is a woman of a kindly Nature, and a somewhat Christian character, as she understands, yet she is not fitted for the plane on which the scene related took place. Here, let me say, that the young spirit and her grandmother, because of the Great Law of Attraction, are not suited to the same plane. This grieves the grandmother very much. Also the child. The regeneration of the child will no doubt, have a great effect upon the grandmother. When the time comes, that is, after the child has learned the Truth, and received some of the Divine Love, and goes to her grandmother to show her beauty, and tell of her experience, we will go to the grandmother also, and attempt to explain to her these Truths, and the error of her belief.

Well, I have written enough. Your wife says that I had better stop now. So with my Love, I will say goodnight.

His mother, Priscilla Stone.

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November 26th, 1918

I am here, your own true and loving Helen.

After I passed over, I saw that I must seek a way to communicate with you in my Spirit Existence. You may not know, but it is a fact, that I was with you when you visited the mediums, who informed you that you were a medium, being possessed of the gift of automatic writing. I, having learned this fact from some of your spirit relatives, principally your father, impressed these mediums to tell you of the fact of your mediumship. When, at last, you made the experiment, I was present with you, exerted all my powers, and had the help of other spirits, in making your experiment a success. When you commenced to receive the messages, I cannot tell you how happy I was. Thankful, that the way was opened up, that enabled me to tell you what, above everything else, I was so anxious to tell you. If you will think, for a moment, of the nature of my communications, you will remember that the burden of all my messages was my Love for you, no matter how important other portions of the messages might be, yet in them was the continuous assurance that I Loved you with all my heart and soul.

There are various kinds of Love existing between humans. Also between spirits and humans. Each having its source in different conditions of fact, and in varying causes. Of all these Loves, only one is, or can be, the True and Eternal One. The Love of husband and wife is a beautiful thing. May exist during the Life on Earth, and bring much happiness to its possessors, even though that Love is temporary, in the workings of the Law of Attraction, in the Spirit Life, may entirely cease its existence, and become forgotten. So, I may state, will be the destiny of the paternal, maternal, brotherly, and sisterly Love. All these are based upon causes, or conditions, that are merely temporary. That is, may last during time, and for a more or less longer period in Eternity, but finally must end.

These Loves, as I understand, are provisions of God, which are necessary to enable humankind to work out their progress through the Human Life, in the way that will produce the greatest Harmony and Happiness among mortals, as they contend with the difficulties, cares, and disappointments, of the Earth Life. In the Spirit World there is no need for these Loves. For a greater bond of affection is provided, and is created, or brought into operation, by the Great Law of Attraction, which causes the merely personal relationship that may have existed between spirits when inhabiting the earthly forms, to cease to be forgotten. This Law of Attraction is based upon the condition of the soul, whether that soul possesses the development created by the Divine Love, or only that created by the Purification of the Natural Love.

In the early stages, in the Spirit Life, the conditions of the Earth Life may remain for a time, because the spirit's state of soul, and desires and affections may continue to be, as they were when on Earth. But as stagnation is not a quality of the soul in Spirit Life, these things, which may have bound the humans together in the relationship mentioned, do not long continue as they were, as there is no way of avoiding the workings of this Law of Attraction, and its results. In order for this state to continue any great length of time, it would be necessary that all the spirits bound by these affections, or conditions, should remain without change in their souls. That rarely happens. For in our World, the individual becomes the individual in fact. The Real is apparent. Spirits see one another face to face. Pretense, or effort to hide the True Condition of Love, affection, or want of the same, becomes futile. So that, as is the Real State of the spirit, so is their relationship to other spirits.

Again, this Law of Attraction operates in other directions than that of determining the mere affections. For human's (spirits) mental conditions and aspirations are determining factors in establishing relationships among themselves. When humans become spirits, they are, at the time of transition, and for a longer or shorter period afterwards, the possessors of the same knowledge and aspirations, as they were immediately preceding their passage. With this difference; that to a more or less extent, this knowledge, and these aspirations, when in Spirit Life, are made apparent to others. Not necessarily in words and professions, but by the "Power of seeing", which all but the very depraved spirits possess. So that, pretense, and dissembling, being absent, or of no avail, these spirits, under the Law, attract those affections arising from their human relationships cease to bind these several spirits. They obey the Law. The temporary Love has fulfilled its mission, and object. To continue to exist under the circumstances mentioned, would work injury, and retardation, to the progress of these spirits, no matter what may be the nature, or cause, of that progress.

Now, while what I have said is all True, yet there is another provision of the Father's Laws, designed for the Happiness of humans while mortals, that causes the Love, arising from the human relationship, to continue with the spirit, so long as the object of that Love continues in the flesh. No matter what the progress of that spirit may be, or what its attractions are, yet it continues to Love the mortal during their Earthly career, and to watch over and help them. All this, even though this Love, which once existed for other mortals in the same relationship, and who have passed to Spirit Life, may have ended, and been forgotten. This Human (Natural) Love is subject to change and death. Those of Earth Life who console themselves with the thought that when they pass to Spirit Life, they will meet their Loved ones, who have gone before, never to part again, will be disappointed. But not long distressed, for they will soon thereafter learn, and experience, the workings of the Great Law of Attraction, in that experience, will be happy.

There is another, and differing, Love, not of the temporal, but of the Everlasting in its Nature. All humans have it, though probably unaware of the fact. Which at some period, and this may be for some time, in Eternity, they will become conscious of, then never deprived of. For it is the Perfect Fulfillment of this Law of Attraction. I mean the Soulmate Love, of which I have written you so often. It was born before any human appeared in the flesh. Was a part of their very soul's Creation. Of which, they could never be deprived. Though, so often does it lie dormant in the souls and consciousness of humans. I, and others, have written you as to how, when the souls of humans were Created by the Father, these souls were made male and female, though constituting only the One Soul, the two in one, the Perfect One. With their Creation, was Bestowed upon them a Love, not two Loves, but Only One, which was possessed equally by each part of the complete soul, and which will always remain One, in its complete workings. Although these two parts of the soul have to be, and are, separated, in their incarnation in the human body. Which incarnation is for the purpose of giving the male and the female parts of the One Soul a separate individuality, without severing, or disuniting, this Love, which through All Eternity, binds together these two parts as One.

The Love, of which I have first spoken, is the Love for time only. The Soulmate Love, is the Love for All Eternity. This Great Love, which requires that at some stage in Eternity, these two parts of the One Soul shall become One again, should be one of the most convincing proofs that all humans, sooner or later, will come into Harmony with the Will of the Father, and with the Laws Creating such souls. The fundamental Law of the Universe, is that all things shall come into Harmony with the Will of the Father. As the hells, and all that they comprehend, are out of such Harmony, humans may believe, that in the Ultimate Working out of this Law, no soul will remain in the hells, or in the condition, or state, of existence that primarily makes the hells. But that all souls, in their Perfected Union, will become inhabitants of either the Spiritual, or the Celestial, Heavens. Further, I must say, as you have been told before, that this Soulmate Love, is the only Love that can have a separate and individual existence in the Celestial Heavens, where the Divine Love exists, to the exclusion of every other Love, save the Soulmate Love. The more the spirits, the united two in One, possess the Divine Love, the greater will be their possession of this Soulmate Love.

As you know, I am your soulmate. Come to you, so often, in my Love. You realize the fact, and respond. At times, are very happy. You have experienced, on several occasions, the depth and yearnings of my Love, to such an extent, that your soul has come to me in my Spirit World, and enjoyed moments of unspeakable bliss, and as you may not know, left me, with protestations, against its return to your mortal body. If my Love had not been wise, as well as intense, and wonderfully absorbing, your protests, would have been heeded. You would have remained with me, to enjoy the happiness, which can be yours, only when you come to the Spirit World, to find your home everlasting.

It has been said; that the human in Love is a fool. That may be True, in regard to the merely human Love. But as to this Soulmate Love, the more of it we possess, the wiser we become, and correspondingly happy.

I cannot tell you the depth, height, and wonders, of my Love. Only say, that it fulfills to the uttermost the Great Law of Attraction. There is nothing, save the Divine Love, in All the Universe of Being, that can excel it, or take its place, or make two souls so united, that even death cannot sever it.

I will be with you, as long as you continue to live on Earth, in all the fullness of my Love. When the time of your passing comes, I will be present. So much Love will be around you, that you will forget the dying, and the Awakening, and know only that your soulmate is with you, telling you of Love, Happiness, and the Beauties of the Life that will be yours. Showing you, to a large degree, how splendid and heavenly this Love can make a spirit that possesses the Divine Love also.

Well dear, Baby is here. Says she has read what I have written, and is so glad that you have me for your soulmate. She is very happy, is growing all the time in beauty, and in the possession of the Father's Divine Love. So wants you to seek more, and more, for this Divine Love. Says; "How rich Daddy is to have the Soulmate Love of my beautiful mother, and the Certainty of the Great Love of The Father, if he will only seek for it. In addition, which may not count for much, he has the Love of his own Baby, who is now so happy."

Mary says; that I must not neglect to say that she is here also, and has read my message with great pleasure. Wants me to tell the Dr., that if he will only substitute himself in your place, and her in my place, and read the letter, he will know something of her Love for him. That he is her soulmate, and can never be another's. She is with him, so very often, trying to impress him with her presence and Love.

Well dear, you have written a great deal. I will stop. I am so glad that I could write.

Goodnight, my dear Ned.

Your own True and Loving Helen.

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