The Focus of This Pattern of Divine Being
from "Essences"
Alan Hammond
“And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was
silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
“And I saw the seven angels which stood before God;
and to them were given seven trumpets.
“And another angel came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should
offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was
before the throne.
“And the smoke of the incense, which came with the
prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand.
“And the angel took the censer, and filled it with
the fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
“And the seven angels which
had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.” (Revelation 8: 1-6)
As
we sound our trumpet out of heaven, things begin to happen in the Earth, and
the Angel uses available symbolic objects and situations through which to sound
the trumpet. The essences, the power, the fire must have a medium, contact
points into the various levels of substance. Thoughts are things. Thoughts are
objects. Thoughts are symbols. They should no longer just flit through our
minds. They are contact points with the whole consciousness of the body of
mankind. When an Angel thinks, then that substance resonates throughout the
whole consciousness of the body of mankind. No sweat. It just is so.
There’s another aspect to this matter of Angelic
Presence that I would like to just touch on. I think we would say that Spirit
is animating all the earth forms that exist throughout the whole Cosmos,
wouldn’t we? There are some rather interesting implications to that generalized
statement, because human beings usually think of the universe as an impersonal
machine. We look up into the night sky and see all these solar systems, the
galactic systems. We look out on the surface of the planet and see all the
vegetation and other systems. It’s a very impersonal world that human egos live
in. As far as the Cosmos goes, they live in the midst of what is thought of as this
huge machine, and think only they
have this intelligence and heart, and that everything else is machinery
supporting this consciousness capable of experiencing love. It isn’t so. That’s
the isolated human that has come to that pass.
As the subsequent seals are opened sequentially, we
begin to find that the universe is not an impersonal place. If Spirit is Love, which
is animating everything, it’s the Spirit of God. It is Love. Well, what is this
Love? A sort of electricity? No. For Love to be meaningful, identity must be
involved, so that as Angels we begin to meet each other as focalizations of
Love. I know that I am a focalization of Love—my real Self that my outer
consciousness is beginning to know. I know my nature. I love to love! I’m
beautiful. I’m noble. I’m honorable. Yes, I am this Angel! The outer
consciousness begins to be aware of the presence of an Identity—the true Self,
a focalization of Love.
Whether I like it initially or not when I look out,
I see other focalizations of the one Spirit of Love. It’s true of everybody. We
know that theoretically, but in experience we should become increasingly
capable of knowing communion with the essences of a person, even if they have
some kinky human characteristics that we don’t care for much. If the Angel is
increasingly present, we can disregard oddities, knowing that that’s not the
eternal part. We can begin to connect with the essences of the Angel that is
present. That in itself opens up a vast new world of communion. If you, as an
Angel, begin to have control over your external consciousness and heart such
that you can begin to forget the garbage that is spotted on various human
beings and relate to the Angelic Presence, well then you can begin to be in a
totally different world.
Even objects—trees, flowers, everything—are
evidence of the Presence of an Angel who is coordinating that particular aspect
of Spirit. I’m not saying there’s an Angel in every flower. I am saying there
is a differentiation of an Angel in every flower. There is a point
of Angelic Focus, a Divine Being, whose level of responsibility is to
coordinate the creative field that, we’ll say, includes flowers or plants. That
is a differentiation of a focus of Love. There is a point of Angelic Focus, a
Divine Being for every species. The Angel’s Identity isn’t focused in that
form, but the Angel’s Spirit is present through that creative field for which
he or she has responsibility.
Now this has implications, because there is the
possibility of communing. We think we’re just communing with nature. People go
out and say, “Well, I sense God.” Who’s God? God is focalizations of Angels,
Divine Beings who have particularized responsibilities of focalization in the
Divine Design. There is a whole network of focalization. That opens up a whole
level of communion, not just with a flower. You can commune with a flower,
there is a differentiation, but increasingly we may find that it is not an
unintelligent, unloving universe in which we find ourselves.
Coming back to the human-nature way of doing
things, if a human being doesn’t like their neighbor they will maybe kick their
neighbor’s car or, if they’re really nasty, their dog. Let’s put it this way: damage
the neighbor’s car, you damage the neighbor. Now we, in human nature, do that
all the time. There are people who we don’t realize we are attacking when we
criticize their dog. It’s not really the dog, it’s a person we’re getting at—the
way “their child is an ill-mannered twit, if ever I saw one,” and so on. And
when the child goes by, some ill thought or word passes through us, maybe not even
to the child, but in spirit we do our dirty stuff. There’s the person over
there, and the differentiation of that person’s world (like their car) is
contacted over here.
We have thought ourselves to be in an impersonal
universe with flowers, trees and objects. It isn’t that way. We are connected
in Spirit, in essence, to actual Beings,
so that when we interact with any symbol, object or life-form, we are not merely
interacting with that. That is a contact point with a focus of Love, in fact.
Here is an opportunity for communion at various levels, in Love, with a
particularized focus of Love. Heaven is not only vast; it is very personal. And
you will find that as you begin to relate, at first you don’t know who the
Being is that’s coordinating a pattern.
What I described is just an outline idea for
something to begin. As you begin to relate to every object and connection in
the current of Love, releasing the essences of your own Being, you will find,
for one thing, that you are beginning to generate spiritual intimacy in many
dimensions. It is communion and the sharing of Love. When you start doing it
with objects, just expressing that Tone of Love, respect, cooperation, releasing
the true essences of your Being in this interaction—although it may be high in
the heaven yet and the outer consciousness is not yet capable of being aware of
it—you are, in fact, communing with another Being, Beings.
The world, the Cosmos, is actually only animated by Divine Beings. And
their radiance is what we have called natural laws. It’s not just inanimate,
unconscious power. It is the radiance of Beings. There is no other power except
the presence of Angelic Beings. It is not
impersonal.
So the experience of Love begins to be much more
intense, varied and omnipresent. It is a totally different universe than the
human consciousness has known. Heaven is full of forms of union in Love. And we
are here to provide a focus for this re-creative consciousness that experiences
this. This is the Truth of Love. Above all else, we have all longed to love, to
know Love. As we awaken in heaven, we find (speaking of the outer
consciousness) that just as we suspected, Love is everything and everywhere. It
is very intense, it is mild, and it is all the different nuances to be
experienced.
And it is all very personal. The caressing of a
flower is the caressing of a Divine Being’s hand somewhere. The healing touch
on something that is ugly, with the intent to clear up a mess, is soothing to
some Being somewhere; it is of assistance to a Being somewhere. It is not an
impersonal act. It is an act of Love. And as we begin to function in this world
that I have just described, we will find Love appears in myriad forms all
around us.
Ultimately, the focus of
this pattern of Divine Being is what we have called the LORD of Lords and KING
of Kings. It is the expression of Love to Him personally. “Inasmuch as ye have
done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.” (Matthew 25:40) And that’s not just other human beings. “The least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.” Communion in
Love is available to us in every moment.
© masvill@mac.com
Vistas From My Voyage
a few excerpts from a new book by
Jean Hodson Hammond
We recently viewed the Golden Gate Bridge, a regal suspension bridge
and engineering feat spanning the Golden Gate strait between San Francisco Bay
and the Pacific Ocean. The long span of road is suspended from extremely strong
cables looped up to two massive pillars anchored in the Bay, giving the bridge
its iconic design and presence.
Our Earth could be likened to a specialized Temple in our solar
system, designed to be filled with the creativity of Man and Woman, who could
be thought of as pillars in that Temple. Together they rightly hold intact a
creative field, within which traffic of all kinds moves in vast creative
processes.
As individual pillars in what is still this Temple Home, we can
strengthen the creative fields we have with others. Who knows what is either
held in place or allowed to sail over or under the bridges created with others?
Sometimes the alliances are specific people with whom we collaborate
in combinations such as marriage or partnership, in friendships, with work
colleagues or family members. Some- times the alliances are seen in some
distant land across the world via TV or online, and we feel resonance with them
in Spirit.
The true web of connectedness is an arena to become more aware of. Our
individual webs are creative fields that are part of the larger network of
living pillars. They hold aloft a billowing canopy of encompassing Spirit for
all that is needed now!
Spirit-filled expression through countless others has contributed to keeping what could be
termed silver cord substance—the
substance that connects humanity with the undimensional levels of Being—in
place, up to this very moment. All true expression strengthens this cord, and
those who can do so are essential, so that the Lord will not be forced to
grieve in this day and age “that he had made man on the earth.”
Whether judged to be bad or good, Life has given each of us exactly
what we need at every level—physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, along
with unique experiences—in order to contribute creatively in these latter days.
For example, my experience coming through serious illness years ago, and those
few minutes touching an ancient substance, have proven to be very useful.
I have never heard anyone say they didn’t like looking up into the
night sky. People generally love what they feel looking up there, and are awed
by the majesty of the heavens. How friendly it all is! There is no need to feel
dwarfed by the splendor and magnitude of what is seen and also sensed to be present
beyond the naked eye. Rather, communing with celestial family members as we
continue to fulfill the ordained purpose of our lifetimes on Earth, we may know
we are truly one with the universe and “made of the stars.”
masvill@mac.com
Tourmaline and Amythest
Don Hynes
Going down with autumn,
following the rain
along the bedrock
to deep river roots,
the fault line of ages past
marks the way to inner earth,
dark caverns of crystal
where heartbeat and breathing
slow to rest, to learn
the old magic of winter.
Here darkness teaches
to see where there is no light,
where water rises from stone
and the wisdom of silence
hangs in the cool damp air.
In tourmaline and amethyst,
obsidian and malachite
the ancient world
holds the knowledge
of what has been
and may yet be
for the days when the earth
will once again open.
donhynes.com/blog
