A
SPIRIT FROM EARLIEST TIMES
"There is some one here who would
like to write. We will help him to say what he wishes. He says:—
"I am of another country and another
language, but we here can
translate our thought into your earth form of words.
"I wish most of all to have you
believe in us, for we are trying mightily to influence the earth people
heavenward. You see and know a little of the wickedness there, the
heartless cruelty of a few, the dishonesty of many, and the paralyzing
power of materialism against spiritual advance.
"What can we do? For the
materialistic mind is not open to spirit
influence. Therefore we try to find
some medium of approach through other souls and minds, that we may in
some way pierce the shell of materialistic thought. You are many times
discouraged because of the
growth and power of evil-mindedness there; and we
here are only kept from
discouragement by the knowledge that the
right must prevail,
for this is the law of the
heavenly universe. No matter how slow the planets seem to move, their
course is uninterrupted; no matter how slowly the great wheel of
evolution turns, it still revolves and brings righteousness to all. But
that event, that "far-off
divine event," comes with a slowness that we
feel as well as you. Now can you and
will you help us to get our words over?
"You wish to know who I am. I lived
long ago in an age far more
engulfed in wickedness than the present one; and I shuddered
at what I saw, felt, and could not alter, and kept silent, knowing that
words meant death."
'You must have lived in the Greek or
Roman times?'
"Before that even, when there was no
light, no spiritual light on earth."
'In Babylon?'
"No, before that. When you read in
history of ancient times, traditions, sacrifices to strange gods, human
sacrifices, and no one to tell us of a higher or better way, you read of
the time when I lived, when I
was a part of the great earthborn multitude. Only that
deep down in my subconscious self
there was an instinctive feeling
that there was something better,
something purer and brighter and higher than the life that was lived."
'Can you tell us where this was?'
"Over in Asia. But even the names are changed now. It was a
land that knew not the true God, a
land in which worship was ever
cruelty. I came over because of cruelty, for I myself was a sacrifice
to the gods! Can you believe
this?"
'It is certainly a strange story!'
"Mary says, listen to him, for it is
true. We know his history and
know he is telling the truth; and the story can be multiplied by thousands
of experiences."
'Why have they not advanced in all the
ages?'
"He has advanced. He is from a higher
plane. But his desire to help the earth people enables him to come back to
conditions in which he can communicate with them."
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