―Grief, sorrow, sickness and suffering are part of the means by which the children of earth are taught the greatest lessons.―
“I would be untrue to my mission if I could offer any who come within the orbit of these truths an easy comfortable life. It is not our purpose to show you how to avoid life's problems. It is our purpose to show you how to face up to them, to conquer them and to emerge all the stronger for them.”
（Guidance From Silver Birch P35 edited by Anne Dooly：The Spiritual Truth Press）
Popular religions advertise that by worshipping religiously, one can get rid of sorrow, misfortune, illness, hardship, and bad luck, and that one can recover from illness, prosper in business, and be happy and secure in one's home. They even sell amulets and charms for this purpose. We also pray to the gods and Buddha for them.
We tend to expect and seek for them as if our life on earth will be easy and effortless as long as we are spiritually awakened and learn spiritual knowledge.
That is in some ways right and in some ways wrong. What does this mean?
This spiritual lesson is a very important spiritual truth, so it is a very long article, because the same content is repeated in different ways of expression. Because they are all so important, there is not a single part that can be omitted, resulting in whole Chapter Four: “Problem of suffering” of “Guidance from Silver Birch”.
If you are serious about living a strong, bright, and positive life on earth, which is full of doubts, this Chapter Four is an essential lesson for you to do so.
If you truly wish to make the most of it, I strongly recommend that you take the time to read it over and over again, so that it will penetrate your subconscious mind.
Now, let's take a look at the story of Silver Birch, who saw the earthly world from the spirit world, to reveal the truth of what our life on earth is really like, with all its troubles and suffering.
“Guidance From Silver Birch” Chapter Four:“Problem of suffering” P35～43 edited by Anne Dooly : The Spiritual Truth Press
The Meaning of Suffering
Through suffering and trials, your faith in God and His providence is tested and nurtured.
[The Meaning of Suffering]
“The treasures of the spirit are far superior to any earthly riches. These are eternal possessions which, once acquired, can never be lost. Strive to acquire them. No soul has to carry a burden that is beyond its strength. No soul faces difficulties that are incapable of solution. Carrying the burden and tackling the difficulties are signposts on the road of the soul's attainment.
It is not easy, but the rich prizes of the spirit are not easily attained. If they were, they would not be worth the having. The truth is, uncomfortable though it may be, and hard to accept while you are in the throes of difficulty and doubt, for doubt comes even to those with experience, that those times are best for you.（Grief enables the soul to be awakened.）
We, who love you, often have to stand back and watch you fight your battle. We hope and pray that you will do so in that spirit which will enable you to learn the lesson and equip the soul. You cannot have knowledge without the responsibility that it brings. （That there will be trials and tribulations to learn to use and acquire the spiritual knowledge learned in real life.） When you get the proper perspective you will not regret any of your sorrows. It is not when the sun is shining and all is calm and peaceful that life's lessons are learned. It is sometimes in the darkness, in the storm, that the soul comes into its own and begins to express the greatness of which the individual is too often unaware.” P35
[Greatest sorrow enables the soul to be awakened]
“Grief is the great stepping stone to knowledge. Grief is one of the most profound means by which the soul comes into its own. Grief, especially when it touches the fibre of your being, enables the soul to be awakened. The soul sometimes is so embedded within the body that it requires a tremendous power to bring it out.
Grief, sorrow, sickness and suffering are part of the means by which the children of earth are taught the greatest lessons.(Enlightenment, wisdom)
If truth were to be found with ease, it would not be appreciated.
It is because truth comes in the hour of greatest sorrow or suffering that value is placed upon it by the one who is ready to receive it.” P36
[You can obtain truth at you are spiritually ready]
“Trite though it may sound, you cannot obtain truth until you are spiritually ready.
No soul is awakened until it is spiritually ready. No soul is helped until it is spiritually ready. It is the soul's development which decides when the time is ripe for knowledge to make its entrance. It is determined by the soul and its evolution.
It is natural that you should look at the universe, at life, at yourselves, through the eyes of matter and attempt to weigh, consider, assess and judge all happenings from their physical standpoint. But that is only a very insignificant part of a large story.( Almost all of them are events that will be completely forgotten in a mere 50 or 100 years.)
The greatness of the soul is discovered only when it conquers difficulty. Discouragement is good for the soul.
You must learn to allow the latent greatness of the soul to express itself. That is why you are living in a world of matter.
Discouragement is not the end. It is the beginning.” P37
●The meaning of“Discouragement is not the end. It is the beginning.”is as follows:
The ego of material science universalism that pervades the earthly world is truly defeated by the extreme sadness, and as a result, the power of the temporary-self in the manifest consciousness is weakened to an extreme degree, so that if the time (when the time is right) comes, it will be ready for spiritual acceptance and awaken to the “true self” (true-self, spirit soul) buried deep within the subconscious. As a result, the power of the temporary-self in the manifest consciousness is weakened to an extreme degree, and when the time is right, spiritual acceptance is attained, and the “true-self” (true-self, spirit soul) buried deep within the subconscious awakens. This is where awareness of the true self, “I am the spirit soul,” actually begins.
[The refining process required to extract the pure gold of the spirit]
“There is a power within you that is greater than anything that has yet been expressed. The Great Spirit is not found when life is easy. The Great Spirit is found only through struggle and difficulty. The pure gold has to be crushed before its richness and beauty can be made known. The gold of the spirit cannot emerge until it has been purified and refined through sorrow and hardship. There is no other way. If some tell you that there is, I do not know it.
Your world is the world where mistakes are made. In correcting them your spirit grows. It is indeed a boon that those who are called upon to face trial and difficulty, obstacle and handicap, are, in the end, better equipped than those whose life is too often a bed of roses. The power of the spirit does not express itself when all goes well, when the sun is shining and there is not a thought to disturb the soul. The soul comes into its own when it has to meet challenge and difficulty, when it can call upon the inner, divine armoury and allow the weapons of the spirit to come into the great battle of existence that is part of the overall plan.( It is a spiritual awakening that draws out and demonstrates the spiritual power inherent in the soul.)
Do not complain about difficulty. Difficulty is good for the soul. You may not like it at the time that it comes, but you will look back and thank the Great Spirit for the opportunities that were given through difficulties to enable the gold within to be excavated. If every soul that incarnates found life an easy pattern to follow there would be no development, no unfoldment, no character, no attainment. It is a hard lesson, but the things worth attaining are those which are the most difficult. The prizes of the spirit are not come by with ease.” P37
[Sorrow and suffering are only for the development of divinity]
“The simple truth is that miless you had problems to resolve, battles to fight, difficulties to master, the latent divinity of the spirit could never attain a maturity of expression. It is easy for me to say it, I do not have to go through your difficulties, but I have been through them. I have lived much longer than any of you because I can count existence in terms not of hundreds but thousands of years. In the course of that long experience, I have come to regard with increasing awe, wonder and admiration the exquisite perfection of the natural laws that regulate the whole of the universe.
Nothing is left to chance. There are no accidents. All is regulated by unchanging, inflexible, omnipotent law. I know that when the soul has awakened and comes into its own and is aware of itself, the way will be shown. I have perfect confidence in the infinite power that created the whole universal system.
There is none in your world who can produce any power that approaches by a fraction the power of life which enables them to continue from day to day. I know of no country or nation which can produce systems of law that will compare in any way with the natural laws that rule all life.
Why then should there be any fear or lack of trust in that divine power which has been directing the universe for all time? You must put yourself in tune with it. You must cast out all thoughts of fear and anxiety. You must learn to have inner tranquility and serenity, complete confidence, so that through you the maximum of divine power can flow to fulfil its purpose. When you are in harmony with the law of love and wisdom it works itself out. The wind bloweth where it listeth.( Understanding and realising spiritual providence)
Love finds its own. Love, divine love, of which human love is but one expression, is the fulfilling of the law.” P39
[The experience of darkness necessary for understanding spiritual knowledge]
“There is only one way that the soul can find itself and come into its own. It is through the path of travail, sorrow, suffering, what seems to you darkness. Your soul will not be touched while life bubbles along for you and there is naught to draw your attention to the underlying, eternal, spiritual realities. And so it is that the plan of the Great Spirit is shown, that knowledge makes a lodgment within sorrowful preparation. Once knowledge makes a lodgment within you and you begin to be at one with the power that fashioned you and in harmony with the laws of the Great Spirit(spiritual acceptance), then you are expressing the gifts of the spirit, its richness, its beauty, its lustre, its nobility, its dignity, its grandeur, these priceless gems that are part of your birthright.” P42
[Severe trials are necessary for soul growth]
“The whole of your earthly life is one long challenge and test. You are the centre of a battlefield in which all the forces of your being wage constant war. You have within you all the elements of strength and weakness, the remnants of the animal ancestry which are part of your physical evolution(Short term: instinctive mind, self-interest),and the divine potentialities(Long term: spirit mind, altruistic mind), that are the concomitants of your birth as a spark of the Great Spirit.
The whole of earthly life is a conflict as to which gains the ascendancy. That is why you come into this world. You are not created perfect, except in miniature. Being part of the Great Spirit, you have latent perfection within your soul. But all else is a struggle for development, unfoldment, attainment, as each aspect of being manifests.” P36
[Frustration and Setback are inseparable from success, the two sides of the coin]
“The soul that has knowledge must realise that frustration and setback are equally parts of the plan, as are advance and progress.
The negative and positive, action and reaction, are opposite and equal, these are the two sides of the coin.
You cannot have the one without the other. There is a law that sets in motion the means by which you can advance. There is a law responsible for frustrations and setbacks. All is part and parcel of the same complex, intricate pattern, designed to allow the human spirit to find its fullest expression.” P41
The Great Spirit's laws continue to operate
[The Great Spirit's laws continue to operate]
“The Great Spirit is constantly at work, never absent, always familiar with every aspect of being. The Great Spirit's laws continue to operate, in sunshine and in storm.” P38
[The perfect law of cause and effect that extends to the spirit world]
“You cannot judge yourselves. Material yardsticks are all too infinitesimal for that purpose. Naturally when you look at your world through the eyes of matter you see inequality, injustice, wrong-doing, the triumph of might, the despair of virtue. All that is only a very partial and false assessment.
It may be that for a time justice does not come into its own, because in a material world you cannot always have redress.
But when the story is finished, the scales are always rightly balanced until not even a hair's breadth separates them.” P38
[Steadfast beliefs based on spiritual knowledge]
“You cannot have the one without the other. There is a law that sets in motion the means by which you can advance. There is a law responsible for frustrations and setbacks. All is part and parcel of the same complex, intricate pattern, designed to allow the human spirit to find its fullest expression. You cannot have all-knowledge. Where your knowledge cannot take you, you must have faith, not blind, foolish, credulous faith, but faith founded on knowledge. Knowledge is the unshakable base, the enduring foundation.
Knowledge, which has revealed the eternal truths of the spirit, in turn should produce complete, unwavering, unrelenting, undisturbed confidence in the power of the spirit which is the life-force itself. The fears in your world, the wavering doubts, these disturb the atmosphere. We work through tranquility, through certainty. When you disturb the atmosphere with fear, doubt, anxiety, apprehension, you block the path by which the power of the spirit can reach you.
It is easy to thank the Great Spirit when the sun is shining, when all is peaceful and there is plenty of money in your bank. The time to thank the Great Spirit is when you are in the darkness, given the chance to let latent strength lead you to the light. That is the time to thank the Great Spirit, for that is when your lessons are learned, your spirit grows, your mind expands and you begin to reach the stature that should be yours. Nail your colours to the spiritual mast. (When we are enlightened and grow spiritually through the power and inspiration of spirit, such as guidance and wisdom.）” P41
[Full trust in God's power]
“The simple truth is that those who have knowledge of spiritual realities should face each day without a trace of fear and know beyond a shadow of a doubt that the Great Spirit within gives them automatically the possession of such an armoury that they can fight any battle which they are privileged to encounter. They must triumph, for the power of the spirit is mightier than any material force.
Fear is the worst enemy of mankind. Fear is corrosive, Fear saps, drains, vanquishes reason, overwhelms, keeps away the very power that would enable you to conquer every difficulty. Fear disturbs, prevents harmony, stops attunement, causes wavering and doubt. Banish fear. Those who have knowledge should be tranquil, radiant, serene, confident, impossible to be disturbed.
If what I say were not true, matter would be superior to spirit, darkness would be greater than light, ignorance would triumph over knowledge. The power of the spirit, which is the power of God, is supreme throughout the whole universe. The spirit is not only all-powerful, it is all wisdom, it is all love. Behind all life's manifestations is the divine wisdom.
It is in the fire that the steel is forged. It is in the hour of difficulty that the spirit calls upon its latent, infinite divinity and allows it to find expression. These are invaluable signposts on the path of your life. Just as the darkest hour precedes the dawn, so the light of the spirit must shine. All that is required is that you should discharge your duty faithfully and well, and rest your confidence in the power which has revealed its loving beneficence towards you.” P40
[Trust in God's power and surrender]
“Let the power which guides the universe, let the power which proved it is capable of guiding you, fulfil its purpose. Trust implicitly in that power which cannot fail, for if it could the universe would cease to exist.” P39
Practice of spiritual providence, etc.
[Which one you choose is left to your free will]
“Always there is free will, not wholly free, but governed by circumstances which determine your choice, according to character and temperament, as to which way you will go when you arrive, again and again, at the crossroads of your own destiny.
Each individual has the opportunities for unfolding the latent divinity with which he begins his earthly pilgrimage.
He determines which way he goes, whether he lives in the light, or the darkness, whether he serves or is selfish.
This is the constant struggle of human existence in your world. It explains all actions and reactions, determines the growth of the soul and its unfoldment, and whether you come to our world, when the time is ready, prepared or unprepared, fit or unfit, mature or immature, according to the way you have lived. It is simple but complex.
The more talents you have, the more gifts you possess, the greater is the responsibility. The soul knows before it incarnates what it should do with the gifts that accompany its entry into your world. He who has talents and does not use them pays a greater price than he who has none. It cannot be any other way.” P36
[Strive to judge things on a spiritual scale]
“You are not the best judges of what is spiritually best for you.
Sometimes the worst answer to your prayer would be to give you that for which you asked.
You must try to judge, and it is very difficult for you, every situation, not from the material standpoint, but from the spiritual standpoint. Sometimes what seems disaster to you is victory to us. Sometimes what seems triumph to you is disaster to us. If you ask for guidance you will receive it, not necessarily in the way in which you want it to come but in the way that is best for your soul at that moment of its evolution. The divine power cannot fail you, but do not attempt to measure eternity with the yardstick of earthly life.
There are certain infallible indexes of spiritual verities. Two of them I will enunciate. No harm can come to any soul whose honest motive is to do the best. Every soul who desires to serve will find the opportunity provided. Do not be impatient.
It took millions of years for conscious life to be made manifest in your world. It took millions of years for that life in human form to reach its present organised form. It took many years for you and others to be aware of spiritual realities.”P38
[Practise and experience spiritual truths in real life]
“What your world does not understand is that spiritual truths cannot be received until the soul is ready. The seed cannot grow until the soil is fertile. It is there, divinely implanted, but you must provide the appropriate conditions, the sun, the water, the air that are necessary for the seed to burst its bonds, to grow and then to flower in all its wondrous beauty.” P42
[And draw ‘spirit power’ from the spirit world]
“Once you have acquired this knowledge, you cannot lose it. Your soul has made its magnetic link with the world of spirit and you are open to receive what can be, when you are ready, a flood of power and wisdom, of inspiration, truth and beauty.
To each one of you there is given that amount of free will which, as you evolve, you learn to exercise.
The higher you evolve in the spiritual scale, the greater can you exercise your free will(Free from the captivity of fear, worry, and distraction, freeing the mind and facilitating the exercise of free will). You are your own limitation, but, because you are part of the Great Spirit, you can conquer all the difficulties and obstacles in your world. Spirit is superior to matter. Spirit reigns supreme. It is the essence out of which all life is made, for spirit is life and life is spirit.” P62
- 前ページ
- 次ページ
—Spiritual Law on using the spirit power—
We have had many discussions in the past on the ways to use the "spiritual power."
But unfortunately, isn't it the reality that we are too preoccupied by the things of everyday life, that still yet, we fail to make any use of the “spirit power,” despite the knowledge and realization of its importance? What a waste of treasure!
At the risk of being repetitious, it is important for us to once again confirm the facts about the “spirit power,” and remind ourselves of what we specifically must do, in order to use the power ourselves. Let’s continue the discussion on the titled theme, as a continuation from the previous post.
“Those who live wisely are the ones who seek to turn all experiences into advantage to their souls, who do not try to flee from trial and temptation but seek to use the innermost strength to face difficulties, for it is in that spirit that character is evolved and strengthened.”
(p.103 Teachings of Silver Birch)
“Remember there is no difficulty or obstacle that crosses your path that is so strong that you cannot overcome it using the latent powers that you have within you. Even the difficulties that others place in your path can be swept aside if you will but allow all that is within you to rise and become the master.”
(p.113 Teachings of Silver Birch)
“If you would but allow that divinity which is within you to rise to the surface, if you would but learn the laws which are responsible for the full flowing of power and inspiration from higher spheres, you would begin to live as the Great Spirit intended that you should.”
(p.43 Wisdom of Silver Birch)
“Your world does not realize that everyone contains within his own being the power to conquer every disease, to master every difficulty. He possesses a reservoir of strength from which he can draw in moments of weakness. The kingdom of heaven is within.
How little is that understood! The way to contact that higher self is by living one’s life in accordance with the laws of the Great Spirit. But how many do it?”
(p.49 Teachings of Silver Birch)
“He showed that when he put it into operation the results were always forthcoming.
If you allow the Law to function, then the results must come.”
(p.52 Teachings of Silver Birch)
“You should all have perfect faith, because it is a faith born of knowledge. . . The power which envelops you, the power which supports and seeks to guide you and inspire you, is the power that emanates from the Great Spirit of all. That power can sustain you in all your trials and difficulties. That power can change your storms into sunshine, and bring you out the darkness of despair into the light of knowledge.”
(p.52-53 Teachings of Silver Birch)
“You have the greatest riches within yourselves. You are part of the Great Spirit.”
“May you all realize that you are never alone, but always encompassed around and about by a host of those who love you, who seek to guard and guide you and to help and inspire you.”
(p.52 Teachings of Silver Birch)
Life is spiritual power itself, and the spirit is the Great Spirit (God). Our true self is the spirit; therefore, we are parts of the Great Spirit (God).
Since “spiritual power” is the power of the Great Spirit (God), thus by simply “being alive” (to have life) we have the Great Spirit (God) and his power within. In this earthly world, only humans hold “sense of self”; and us human beings are the only ones on earth (individual spirits) equipped with the ability to understand the Great Spirit (God) through life and the operation of the natural Law.
Vitality, energy, vigor, encouragement, guidance, awareness, wisdom, enlightenment, inspirations. These are all “spiritual power” in operation, which we can receive directly from the higher spheres of the spirit world, once the required conditions are in order, says Silver Birch.
These “conditions” (spiritual law) are to learn the Spiritual Law correctly, and to live life in harmony with the Law. Practice daily meditations (brief sessions are fine), to tranquilize the mind. Open ourselves toward the spirit world, and be conscious of the spirit guides who are constantly watching over us, and communicate with them.
Practice these steps on daily basis, and we will start receiving wisdom, enlightenment, awareness, guidance and inspirations, whenever necessary, from higher spheres of the spirit world.
[Specific methods on using the innate power]
1. Acquire genuine knowledge of the Spiritual Law, such as “Silver Birch’s teachings.” Trust the Law and practice it in real life.
2. Have full trust (faith) in the Spiritual Law and the spirit guides.
3. Practice meditation (brief sessions are okay) to clear distractive thoughts, and attain calm and empty mind. In the tranquility, open ourselves toward the spirit world.
At times be conscious of the spirit guides, and talk to them.
4. Daily practicing of active faith in the Spiritual Law will raise the reception for spiritual guidance, enlightenment, inspirations and encouragements. They will come to us, in the quietness of meditation, or in little moments of everyday life.
Here is a metaphoric example to further explain the flow of this spirit power.
Rain and snow (spirit power) fall on Mount Fuji (spirit world).
=> Snowmelt and rain water (spirit power), through the underground water vein, flow through the spirit body of human beings on earth.
=> The spirit power, which is circulating the spirit body, spout out from the chakras, into the physical body, just like the spring water of Kakita-gawa springs (Kakita River in Shizuoka, Japan).
=> This “spring of spirit power” which comes through the chakras, become the flow of energy of life and latent force (qui), that circulate the physical body.
=> When time is ripe, comes suffering from series of trials and difficulties of life.
The experience of suffering awakens the spirit, and one learns the Spiritual Law.
=> Practice active faith in the Spiritual Law, and harmonize life with the Spiritual Law.
=> Long-atrophied Spirituality (divinity) comes alive, and one starts to exhibit altruistic behavior and other expressions of divinity.
=> The pipelines (water way) grow wider, which facilitate the inflow of the spirit power, and deepen communication with the spirit guides. One is able to use the spirit power from the true self within, to contact the guides, and begins to live life on earth along with his spirit guides, toward the purpose of this lifetime on earth. Guidance, support, encouragement and inspiration from higher spheres will be coming in, whenever necessary, as part of the functions of the Law.
[Supplementary information]
1. We are eternal and indestructible souls, naturally connected with the spirit world, as the soul is originally divided and given to us by God.
2. Spirit power is similar to the movement of water from upstream (spirit world) to downstream (earthly world) through the waterway, via the gravitational force. The spirit power has its headspring in the spirit world; and unlike the wells of earth, which hold limited amount of water, the spirit power, which is power of God, is inexhaustible, and will never dry up.
3. Thoughts of worries, anxiety and fear are similar to the precipitation of calcium carbonate and silica deposits in hot springs, which clog the water way (“arteriosclerosis” of the pipeline), and block the outlet (chakra) of hot spring water. Meditation is like removing these mineral deposits.
4. For human beings on earth, heaven (spirit world) is found within our mind.
Our spiritual mind connects us directly to the higher spheres of the spirit world.
“Your world needs our message, the message of the spirit, the realization of the spirit truths, the knowledge that there are spiritual laws and guidance both from above and from within, so that in its perplexity it may learn where to turn to find comfort and guidance and help.”
(p.33 Teachings of Silver Birch)
References
Teachings of Silver Birch—edited by Austen, A. W. The Spiritual Truth Press. 15 Broom Hall, Oxshott, Surrey KT22 OJZ. Edition 2010 (Reprinted 2011) First published in 1938.
I. It is unfortunate but true, that although we recognize ourselves as spiritualists, we hardly live our lives like one. Our day-to-day lives consist mostly of worries and anxiety. Even in our dreams we worry, and once awake in our beds, we begin the endless circles of apprehension and distractive thoughts, about what may happen, and what we must do, and so on. Another day of anxiety and uncertainty begins.
Silver Birch talks to the member of the circle, on how we go about our daily lives:
“In a world so full of darkness, where millions have lost their way, where there are countless numbers troubled and perplexed, with sorrow in their hearts, who awake each morning in fear and apprehension of what the day brings . . .”
(P.64 Guidance from Silver Birch)
“Many people start with fear in their hearts. They are afraid they will not get results, and the element of fear disturbs the vibration.”
(P.51 Teachings of Silver Birch)
II. Cause of the anxiety
“Even with all your knowledge there are times when, immersed in the day-to-day problems, you are apt to overlook the eternal realities. It is these eternal truths to which you must cling.”
(P.73 Guidance from Silver Birch)
“Man, whose eyes are cast only on the things of matter, makes a great mistake, because he chases illusion and forgets eternity. These are the simple truths, but your world has not yet learned them.”
(P.58 Teachings of Silver Birch)
“They are hard to remember when you are engaged in daily conflicts and matter seems so powerful and spirit so weak.”
(P.70 Guidance from Silver Birch)
Realness of the physical world is so intense, that this world which we recognize through the five physical senses appears to us as the only world, and so every day we are tossed around by things and events that occur around us.
This is presumably the case, because the world of the spiritual knowledge seems to be the complete opposite of the physical world, almost like a tale from some another world. Therefore, we have the spiritual knowledge, but once we go back to our normal, daily lives, the mind switches immediately and unconsciously, to limit ourselves within this world of the physical senses. Silver Birch describes the situation in the following words: “matter seems so powerful and spirit so weak.”
III. Let’s refer back once again to the Spiritual Law, told by Silver Birch.
“But we only seek to reveal the Law, for there is nothing else in your world, whether you call it religion, or science, or philosophy, but the natural law of the Great Spirit.”
(P.57-58 Teachings of Silver Birch)
“There is nothing else in the whole of your world of matter which can provide you with a foundation on which to build your lives. Spirit, not matter, is the reality. You may not be able to see it, or touch it, or feel it. You may not be able to experience its reality in the manner in which you obtain material sensations, but it is still the master of all.”
(P.73 Guidance from Silver Birch)
“Realise that you belong to eternity. You are but pilgrims treading a temporary passage through life.”
(P.73 Guidance from Silver Birch)
“Thus, you have true perspective and focus on life and know that you are immortal souls, expressing yourselves through mortal clay, and that strength will come as you allow the divine to express itself through you. These are the important principles to be borne in mind.”
(P.70 Guidance from Silver Birch)
“If, sometimes, the cross you have seemed very hard to bear, remember that, although I would give up all my progress to take it away from you, it is better for you to carry it and to learn the lesson it brings. You must consider not only this life, but the whole of eternity.”
(P.54 Teachings of Silver Birch)
“You have the greatest riches within yourselves. You are part of the Great Spirit. May you all realize that you are never alone, but always encompassed around and about by a host of those who love you, who seek to guard and guide you and to help and inspire you.”
(P.52 Teachings of Silver Birch)
“Earthly minds may fail you, but never will the power of the spirit neglect you.
Realise always that guidance continues to function even when you cannot see it, and that the arms of love always encircle you.”
(P.69 Guidance from Silver Birch)
Our world, hence this universe, is under the governance of the “natural law”; and this Law maintains that all beings, every existence, including the earth itself undertakes the course of development, aimed toward evolutional advancement. Not one being is excused from the Law’s governance.
Silver Birch tells us that our current world of physical vibrations, which we perceive through the physical senses, is a temporary world of illusion; and there exists the real world, the spirit world, of far more exquisite vibrations (spiritual wavelengths) .
Every one of us (no exceptions) will be moving on to this spirit world, once we discard the physical body. He says also that we are surrounded by many spirits who love us, waiting to give us protection, guidance, support and inspiration. Therefore, we are never alone; and by attuning ourselves to the Law, we can receive the support, guidance and spiritual powers from the spirit world.
IV. Life in harmony with the “divine, natural law” (Spiritual Law)
“We seek to reveal the Great Spirit, but we can only reveal Him through His laws.
We seek to teach you the Law, so that you may live your lives in harmony with that Law.”
(P.58 Teachings of Silver Birch)
“Your world does not realize that each individual contains within his own being the power to conquer every disease, to master every difficulty. He possesses a reservoir of strength from which he can draw in moments of weakness. The kingdom is heaven is within. How little is that understood! The way to contact that higher self is by living one’s life in accordance with the laws of the Great Spirit. But how many do it?”
(P.49 Teachings of Silver Birch)
“The wise individual, wise because he has knowledge, learns to co-operate with infinite love and wisdom.”
(P.67 Guidance from Silver Birch)
“And may you, as you unfold your own spirits, realize that you are being drawn closer to the greatest Spirit of all, becoming more in unison with His Law.”
(P.52 Teachings of Silver Birch)
“It is the work of a lifetime in your world to ensure that your actions, your thoughts, your words, your aspirations and desires are in harmony with the knowledge that is revealed to you.” (P.72 Guidance from Silver Birch)
“We try to teach the laws of the Great Spirit, which would enable health and happiness to be in your world of matter.”
(P.48 Teachings of Silver Birch)
“If you allow the Law to function, then the results must come.”
(P.52 Teachings of Silver Birch)
“Perfect love casteth out fear! Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you!
That was taught to you many years ago by one who knew the Law. He showed that when he put it into operation the results were always forthcoming. If you allow the Law to function, then the results must come.”
(P.51-52 Teachings of Silver Birch)
“You should all have perfect faith, because it is a faith born of knowledge. You have had the proof of the power of the Spirit. Now you should have the faith that all things work wisely and well and that, if you put yourselves in tune with the laws of the Great Spirit, then you must reap the operation of those laws.
You can all banish from your minds the thought that anything that is unenlightened—or, as you would say, evil—can ever touch you. You live and move under the protection of the Great Spirit and His laws.
If there is no evil in your hearts, then only good can reach you, for only good can dwell where goodness reigns. None but the servants of the Great Spirit come into your presence from my world. You need have no fears. The power which envelops you, the power which supports and seeks to guide you and inspire you, is the power that emanates from the Great Spirit of all.
That power can sustain you in all your trials and difficulties. That power can change your storms into sunshine, and bring you out of the darkness of despair into the light of knowledge. Your feet are set on pathways of progress. There is no need for fear.”
(P.52-23 Teachings of Silver Birch)
We worry, because we have no confidence in ourselves, and we cannot foresee the future.
The outlooks of our own future tend to be pessimistic, and constant fear, anxiety and endless repetitions of apprehension and destructive thoughts accompany us.
We are required, under the Law of “cause and effect,” to not loosen ourselves on striving to prepare ourselves for what can be predicted. But as long as we fulfil this part, the spirit guides take care of the rest. Leave the rest in the hands of the spirit guides, then the results will be all right in the end, because they observe and carry things out with the spiritual perspective, based on eternal life. There is no question on the superiority of their spiritual vision, in comparison to our physical vision, which is short-sighted and temporary. Miraculous events occur at times, and they are beyond our ability to predict.
It is a great relief to the mind, knowing that we simply need to attune and entrust ourselves to the Law; then the Law protects us wherever we go, and whatever we do. Ease ourselves from holding on to our earthly thoughts, and maintain the faith that our guides are with us, to guard and guide us all the time. Shift the pivot foot, from our own to the spiritual Law, and surrender ourselves. This is active faith in practice, and a necessary condition, to harmonize ourselves to the Law. As Silver Birch says, “there is nothing to worry.” Let us always do our best to harmonize ourselves to the Law, have the Law as our ally, and build our confidence on the Law.
“Many years ago, you were told to be in the world, but not of the world. Because the people of your world have not the faith, then the Law cannot be put into operation.”
(p.55 Teachings of Silver Birch)
References
Guidance from Silver Birch—edited by Anne Dooley. The Spiritual Truth Press, 15 Broom Hall, Oxshott, Surrey KT22 OJZ. Edition 2006. First published in 1966.
Teachings of Silver Birch—edited by A. W. Austen. The Spiritual Truth Press, 15 Broom Hall, Oxshott, Surrey KT22 OJZ. Edition 2010. First published in 1938.