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Apr. 4, 2001 - Apr. 5, 2001
Unless indicated otherwise, the following notes are recorded in my journal in the course of my daily decree services before this local outpost of the Altar of the Holy Grail, located in my sanctuary, a converted photographic darkroom in the back of our garage. The Chart of the Presence hangs over the altar area on the west wall, with the portrait of the Ascended Master Jesus Christ to the left, and the portrait of the Ascended Master St. Germain to the right. Note: Most links require Javascript to be enabled. For additional Footprints background information, click here. For Footprints FAQ click here.
Daily Prayers in the U.S. House
April 4, 2001
Daily Prayers in the U.S. Senate
April 4, 2001

   Rabbi Jimmy Kessler, Congregation B'nai Israel, Galveston, Texas, offered the following prayer:

   When my grandparents Sol Aron, Pincus Kessler, Fred Nussenblatt, and Ralph Hoffman fled inhuman treatment in Europe, I wonder what their prayers would be this day. Surely, standing in this hallowed place inspires my deepest gratitude for their courage and faith and for the freedom and strength of our great Nation. Moreover, though it may be routine for some of you in this room today, it is truly an awesome moment for me to realize those who have stood here before me and to be privileged to occupy that same space.

   Cognizant of this precious moment, I have chosen words that I believe echo feelings shared by many of my fellow citizens that in this Chamber are 435 of the choicest blessings our country possesses. In each of you are our dearest wishes, our choicest hopes, and our sincerest aspirations for today and all the tomorrows. Please know that you carry in your words and in your hands our special trust, and by your actions and words you bless us.

   Our God and God of our Ancestors:

   Watch over those who stand in this House. Keep them ever mindful of our expectations and the trust we place in them. Give them wisdom for their actions and grant to each of them when they leave this Chamber daily the joy of being able to say that the words of their mouths and the meditations of their hearts are acceptable in Your sight, and, therefore, truly know that they are a blessing to those of us for whom they stand here. Amen.

   The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:

   Almighty God, Sovereign of our Nation and Lord of our lives, we don't know all that the future holds, but we do know You hold the future.

   We press on with courage and confidence. Here are our minds: Think Your thoughts through them. Here are our imaginations; show us Your purpose and plan. Here are our wills; guide us to do Your will. What You give us the vision to conceive and the daring to believe, You will give us the power to achieve. So go before us to show us Your way, behind us to press us forward toward Your goals, beside us to give us Your resiliency, above us to watch over us; and within us to give us Your supernatural gifts of great leadership--wisdom, discernment, knowledge, and vision. In Your all powerful name. Amen.

a.m. decree service in sanctuary
       The glow of the sacred fire of peace and freedom first appeared within the fabric of our awareness at a level of (2) on the intensity scale, about six minutes into our 15 minute Helios and Vesta calls, expanding in intensity to a level (4) to (5) about ten minutes into the 15 minute session.  4/4/2001 Wed.
       As we enter into our 30 minute violet flame session, there emerges within the fabric of our awareness the glow of the sacred fire of peace and freedom at the 3rd eye chakra area, which qualifies as a level (7) on the intensity scale.  4/4/2001 Wed.
     About 4 minutes into our 30 minute violet flame session the glow of the sacred fire of peace and freedom, and a certain quality of close companionship expands within the fabric of our awareness to a level (8) on the intensity scale.  4/4/2001 Wed.
     Certainly, the release from the cares of the world offered by all manner of drugs and alcohol is a fraudulent substitute for the personal communion with God that is within the grasp of every soul. As we pursue this communion, we observe that the sacred fire which appears within the fabric of our awareness certainly offers a release from the cares of this world, but it offers that release through the actual consuming of worry patterns, and through the transformation of the substrate of consciousness itself, allowing the person to become a more productive and useful member of society, thus offering real freedom from the cares of this world. But the most important thing about this presence of the sacred fire which appears within the fabric of our awareness, is that it appears within the context of divine service, and this is important, because that divine service causes the blessings of freedom to be spread abroad across the entire planet to millions of people, which again offers the world real freedom from the burdens that plague it. The use of drugs on the other hand, is a completely self-centered exercise. Apart from the greed oriented lust for cash that drives the production, distribution, and sale of drugs, it cannot be gainsaid, that the primary euphoric effect of the drug itself impacts only the person who ingests it, and moreover, it can be effectively argued that the use of drugs makes a person less able to contribute to the welfare of society, rather than increasing that ability. And of course one can easily point to the negative impact that individual drug use has on the society at large. Driving a car, or flying a plane while under the influence of any kind of a drug, or being in any position where the safety of others depends on the ability to think clearly while under the influence of any kind of a drug, would be an example of the most obvious area of negative and destructive impact. But of course there are others. Another example would be the area of education. It is universally accepted that education is the key to success in life. But how can a person take full advantage of any educational opportunity if they indulge in any kind of drug use during those educational years? Without a doubt drug use decreases the ability of a person to take full advantage of educational opportunities, reducing their potential to succeed in life, decreasing the amount of good they can contribute to society, and thus reducing the overall quality of life in the culture generally. [expanded during transcription]   4/4/2001 Wed.
     This discussion reminds me of the disagreement I had with a person who has set himself before us, within the on-line community, as a devotee of the ascended masters and their teachings, who yet advocates the use of mind altering drugs. If you experience the presence of the sacred fire within the fabric of your awareness, the only conclusion that you could ever reach, is that there is nothing more antithetical to the path of initiation than the use of mind altering drugs. Clearly, if your mind is to be altered, let it be altered permanently, and for the better, by the presence of the sacred fire, and not simply temporarily by some chemical reaction which operates independently of the will of God.  [expanded during transcription]  4/4/2001 Wed.
     About 20 minutes into our 30 minute violet flame session, we ran into a rough patch of ground where we faced some significant opposition, where the glow of the sacred fire faded, where the words of the call started to come out of our mouth in a very clumsy manner, where we were having real difficulty focusing on the victory of God's will. As we looked for a way to get back into an awareness of the sacred fire, we remembered that God our Father and God our Mother deserve the utmost respect at all times and under all circumstances, and we focused on that, and immediately we perceived a dramatic change within the fabric of our awareness, deep down, where there was a recognition, a perception, a seeing, of the fact that God our Father and God our Mother are extending themselves continuously in the support of the very structure of life itself, and given the fact that we are suspended within the geometry of their efforts, i.e. our body temple, and the very fabric of our identity, are manifest only because they are making this continuous effort, that it becomes a part of the cosmic definition of integrity that we maintain this posture, this attitude, this vibration of respect at all times and under all circumstances. Once we tuned into this, our decrees increased in intensity, and by the end of the violet flame session the glow of the sacred fire within the fabric of our awareness had returned to a level (6) on the (1-12) intensity scale.  4/4/2001 Wed.
     I'm not sure if the importance of this principle came across with sufficient clarity, so let me say further, that you cannot understate the importance of this principle, which has its root in an inner vision, which in turn has its root in the inner transmutation and purification, which in turn has its root in the daily invocations before the altar to the violet flame.   4/4/2001 Wed.
     This capacity to extend the utmost respect to our Father/Mother God, derives from the capacity to we what is.  4/4/2001 Wed.
     And I can't help by observe that we have heard the quintessential statement of the dweller on the threshold when it proclaimed, "It all depends on what the meaning of "is" is.  4/4/2001 Wed.
     The most precious thing that can be given to mankind is the path of initiation. Before the path of initiation can be established in a given society, that society must have already paid the price for and established a government that will guard the inalienable rights of the people, namely, the right to life, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion. All of these freedoms are the necessary foundation for the establishment of the path of initiation. If these freedoms can be denied, all efforts to establish the path of initiation can be blocked.
     When considering the battle against the forces of Communism, we must recognize the fact that at the core of every Communist movement are those fallen angels who are intent on gathering and wielding power for the sole purpose of destroying God's plan for the earth. Therefore, the forces of Communism are dedicated to blocking the establishment of any government that would dedicate itself to the protection of the inalienable rights of the people. They are dedicated to blocking the establishment of any such government because their goal is to gather up the power in their own hands which will enable them to suppress any and all efforts to establish the path of initiation.
     Therefore when South Vietnam was threatened with invasion and enslavement by Communist North Vietnam the alarm bells in heaven rang, and there were many who answered that call, including President John F. Kennedy. The ensuing battle to save South Vietnam from being overrun by the Communist North could not have been more noble, more honorable, and more supported by the hosts of heaven. The hosts of heaven have the keenest interest in the victory of the ideals of liberty because they tarry with the earth for a single purpose, and that is the re-establishment of the path of initiation in every nation. The battle for freedom in South Vietnam was the battle between the forces of Light and the forces of Darkness, and for those who gave their lives in the battle to secure freedom for the South Vietnamese people, it can be truly said of them, that they fought on the side of heaven, that they fought on the side of Christ, that they marched under the banner of the Faithful and True. All battles for freedom are sponsored by the Cosmic Christ. All who fight for freedom march under the banner of the Cosmic Christ.
     When faced with the choice to defend freedom or to allow the enslavement of a people under a godless form of totalitarianism devoted ultimately to the defeat of God's purpose and plan, Christ himself left us with the words to guide us. As it is recorded, "Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it." (Matthew 16:25-26)
     Truly, all who put their lives on the line for the freedom of the South Vietnamese people, and paid the ultimate price, have a reward waiting in heaven, and the highest honor, for they have fulfilled the commandment of Christ, " ... That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." (St. John 15:12-13) In this case, our friends were the South Vietnamese people whose birthright is the same as ours, to live in freedom, and thus have the opportunity to have the path of initiation established in their nation that they and their countrymen might find their way home to the heart of God.
     And therefore those who weep at the Vietnam War Memorial for the loss of life, who weep for America for entering a war that it supposedly could not win, for entering a battle for which it supposedly had no moral justification to fight, are embracing a fatal falsehood, an electrode of spiritual death. Their tears draw the vibration of spiritual death nigh unto themselves, forming a bond of sympathetic attraction which becomes stickier than any physical plane glue. As that attraction is formed and their soul becomes bonded to that falsehood, they are carried farther and farther away from an understanding of the value of freedom, and ultimately from an understanding of the value of the path of initiation, which, if they can't be persuaded to return to, they will surely die, whether it is at the hands of the very forces of darkness which they refuse to oppose either in principle or in action, or through the instrument of the second death, having been judged at the court of the sacred fire as a friend of the darkness forever.
     The battle for freedom in South Vietnam was a supported by the hosts of heaven. The battle was winnable. The darkness simply does not have the power to overcome the Light. If the United States would have stayed the course, shoulder to shoulder with our South Vietnamese allies, having faith that God would give us the victory, for it was God's victory far more than it was our victory, the war would have been won, and South Vietnam would be a free nation today.
     The Vietnam War Memorial is a monument to a lie. It should be demolished.  [expanded during transcription]  4/4/2001 Wed.
a.m. decree service - sanctuary format
1. Opening Statement,
2. (.01) Tubes of Light (3x),
3. Hail Mary's (3x),
4. Helios and Vesta (15 minutes),
5. Hail Mary's (3x),
6. Kuthumi's I Am Light (15 minutes),
7. Hail Mary's (3x),
8. (70.00) Violet Flame (30 minutes),
9. Hail Mary's (3x),
10. (33.00) Ruby Ray Judgment (1x),
11. Hail Mary's (3x),
12. Sealing of the Decree Service.

4/4/2001 Wed.

office work
     This is day #17 of the Linda Healing Project.
Ritual outline: We begin repeating our Linda Healing Prayer when we get out of bed, "My Beloved God Presence, I Am That I Am, please allow Linda to feel your precious friendship, your precious love, your precious comfort, your precious peace, and your precious healing power. Please bestow upon Linda the intelligence that will enable her to recognize the difference between friend and foe." After dressing we proceed directly to the kitchen, remove four dog biscuits from the jar, and chop them in half to yield a total of eight pieces. Four for Linda, and four for George. We proceed to the sanctuary, kneel at the altar, explain our goals, and ask for assistance. We depart the sanctuary, taking the white hand bell from the altar, proceed into the garage, open the main garage door, and walk over to the gate. We ring the hand bell, open the gate, say good morning to Linda and George, pull the two trash barrels outside of the gate, walk back inside the gate and over to the chain link fence where the dogs are ready for their dog biscuits. After the period of interaction with the dogs, I say goodbye, pull the trash barrels back inside the gate, close the gate, ring the hand bell, walk into the garage and close the garage door.
     The interaction with the dogs went about the same as yesterday. Linda began to bark when we opened the garage door. When we rang the bell at the gate, and opened the gate, we couldn't pull the trash barrels outside the gate because they were still out near the street. We haven't pulled them back since trash collection yesterday. So, without the noise of trash barrels moving we walked over to the chain link fence and began our interaction with the dogs. The blue tarp that Jorge put up last night is too far over, not allowing me to stand where I usually stand. I will have to move that, but not right now. Both Linda and George took their four dog biscuit pieces with great enthusiasm. On Linda's fourth piece, she leg me scratch her chin with one hand as I gave her the dog biscuit with the other. Perhaps this is a methodology we ought to try to repeat. After the dog biscuits were given out, I said goodby, and went out the gate to go bring in the trash barrels from the street. The moment Linda heard the sound of the rolling barrels she begins to bark. I am trying to say the Linda Healing Prayer as we are doing this. When both barrels are back inside the gate, I stopped and patted the head of George again, and Linda stands up and she actually let me pat her head. Now there's progress, perhaps as a result of the events of last night.  [c-notes recorded in office]  4/4/2001 Wed.
p.m. decree service in sanctuary
      Today is day #101 of the strength of many mountains, and #99 of the golden portal of the heart and the many divine cities revealed therein, and #95 of the many many fires of the celebration of the glory of God, and #60 of the nourishment of God's glory spread abroad across the entire planetary body, and #51 of the garden paradise of the heart, the place where divine friends meet, where the word "cherish" describes every relationship, and #30 of the personal closeness of my very own beloved God Presence, and #22 of my God Presence as the presence of paradise, and #7 of the heart center as home.  4/4/2001 Wed.
     The first appearance of the sacred fire of peace and freedom within the fabric of our awareness during this service comes during our divine revelation recollection affirmations, specifically, "the revelation of the sacred fire of the heart, which was given to me in such a tangible manner (during an I Seek Thee decree matrix) that I felt like I had to do something at the time, and what seemed most appropriate at the time was to take a golden cup off the shelf, and to dip that cup into the sacred fire, and extend that cup of God's preciousness to another individual - and it was so tangible still that we took another golden cup off the shelf, and we dipped that cup into the sacred fire of the heart, and extended that cup of God's preciousness to another individual, " (15x), during which we go through the motions of dipping a cup into the sacred fire of the heart and extending it to another individual, using our new cup that has Christmas decorations on it, which has the inscription, "Angels we have heard on high." Blessed relief, blessed comfort, blessed divine assurance.  4/4/2001 Wed.
     Esther asked me to go out and move the car to the far side of the driveway so Karla has room to park her car. During this process, with the garage door open, Esther and I are talking about her tutoring work, and what a good experience she had with one of her new students, and she is telling me this as I walk out to the car, which requires her to raise her voice about twice as loud as usual, and we moved the car, shut the garage door, and Linda did not bark at all. The silence in this regard is amazing. We could get used to this.   4/4/2001 Wed.
     I let Maui, Karla's cat, out in the back yard. About 20 minutes later he is meowing in a forlorn manner at the back door. The way it works is that he has to stay outside in the back yard until Karla gets home from work. Proceeding with our work at the altar, there is nothing we can do to comfort him but say a prayer on his behalf. This is the second time that our prayer to the Archangels have produced immediate results. We say, "Beloved Archangel Michael, Archangel Jophiel, Archangel Chamuel, Archangel Gabriel, Archangel Raphael, Archangel Uriel, Archangel Zadkiel, please have mercy on Maui. Send to him your comfort. Let him know that he is not alone. Send a group of nature spirits and elementals to keep him company. Amen." The forlorn meowing stops.  [expanded during transcription]  4/4/2001 Wed.
     The glow of the sacred fire of peace and freedom appears within the fabric of our awareness on the 3rd repetition of (12x) 30.08, Covenant of the Magi calls, at a level (3). By the 12th repetition we have within the fabric of our awareness a glow of the sacred fire at a level of (6) to (7), and this occurs amidst the constant and insistent need to take a bathroom break. The power of the sacred fire peace allows us to actually be at peace unto the finish of all 12 repetitions even under this particular pressure. But now we will take that break.  4/4/2001 Wed.
     The glow of the sacred fire of peace and freedom of a completely different reality from what is know as human, appears within our 3rd eye chakra area during our (15x) DPU's and love acceptance affirmations. This divine reality communicated clearly that we are not to be concerned, or to remain attached to the human side of the equation, that we are to come into the divine.  4/4/2001 Wed.
     The goal is to give forth the call that the Masters can use to the greatest effect to bring forth the victory of God's will on a planetary scale.  4/4/2001 Wed.
     This (45x) Michael session was difficult. We were presented with a barrier of opposition that we couldn't break through. We could not coalesce an effort to focus our attention on the victory of God's will. And the opposition is pressing us hard right now. This forcefield is trying to put us to sleep.  4/4/2001 Wed.
     The glow of the sacred fire of peace and freedom and delight appeared within the fabric of our awareness at a level of (6) on the (1-12) intensity scale, about 8 minutes into our 15 minute violet flame session, and it remained anchored in our awareness for the remaining 7 minutes of the session. We were able to focus on the victory of God's will during that period, and we were really struck by the relative ease with which we could focus our attention in that direction, and the ease with which we experienced the sensation of actually becoming absorbed into it, as compared to our experience during our Michael calls when we were confronting that opposition. Then, when we tried to gather up the resources of our attention and focus them on the victory of God's will, we had the sensation of being repulsed, rejected, thrown back, which makes it very difficult to even keep trying, i.e. because there is no sensation of success whatsoever, but only the sensation of failure. Here, during the last seven minutes of this violet flame session, each attempt to focus on the victory of God's will delivered a sensation of success, that signature sensation of fulfillment, and that made it easier to come back and try again, and again.   4/4/2001 Wed.
     A glow of the sacred fire of peace and freedom appears in the crown chakra area during our next set of (15x) Hail Marys.  4/4/2001 Wed.
     Dish washing is a good example of where parents try to teach their children about the importance of cleaning up their own mess. And of course this becomes a very important issue in later life.
     But it is a fact that any child who is brought up in the Christian religion can challenge their parents on this point. If the child is on top of his game, he should be able to make a good case for the proposition that his parents should provide an example of living their faith, and that they are falling short of the mark in the area of dish washing, because they are not applying the central principle of Christian Theology to the issue of washing dishes on day to day basis.
     The child can point out that when it comes to the most important aspect of our lives, in terms of our advancement into eternal paradise, that they are taught that Jesus is, for all intents and purposes, the master dish washer, that he has promised to wash all of their dirty dishes, and that he will never require them to make an effort to clean up their own mess. They can point out the fact that they are taught that when Jesus died on the cross he wiped away all their dirty dishes, and all of their other self created messes.
     Given that this is the central tenet of the Christian faith, the child can ask their parents why they are not applying this principle to the problem of dishwashing on a day to day basis in their own home. Why are their parents refusing to apply this principle to real life? Why isn't Dad the master dish washer? Why doesn't Dad walk in Jesus's shoes and take on the responsibility of cleaning up after everyone in the house? It should begin with dish washing, but certainly, in the name of conceptual uniformity, there is no reason under the sun why this principle could not be extended to the mess the children make in their own rooms. If Mom and Dad were really serious about following the doctrine of the church, Dad as the master dishwasher also ought to be Dad the master room cleaner.
     Of course I fully understand, and comprehend the total and absolute absurdity of this proposition. There is not a snowballs chance in you know where for this line of reasoning to be taken seriously by any parent. Why? Because it goes against every engram of common sense still held in the brains of modern day man. Common sense tells us that children must be taught to clean up after themselves. What more needs to be said? Clearly this is one of those self-evident truths that Thomas Jefferson made such a big stink about.
     So, the child asks, if common sense will not allow the application of this sacred tenet of the Christian religion to be applied to such mundane things like washing dishes, and cleaning up bed rooms, why would common sense allow such a principle to be applied to one of the most important aspects of the soul's divine life, i.e. its place in God's eternal paradise? Why doesn't common sense reach up and say, "Wait a minute! We may be gullible, but we're not that gullible!"? In fact what common sense tells us is that we're all the victims of a big con job. When we get to heaven before we even to a chance to look around for our eternal golden throne, to our great surprise and painful chagrin the first thing God is going to do is inspect the kitchen. And when he sees the piles of dirty dishes, what do you think he's going to say? "Well done good and faithful servant."? Not on your best day. He'll say, like he has said to you a hundred times before, "Dear Child, I love you, and because I love you, I have to send you back so that you can learn how to clean up your own mess. Heaven and eternity are occupied by those who have learned to take full responsibility for everything they have ever said, done, or even thought. You are not ready for heaven."
     And now that we are forced to think about it, what is it that is supposed to be so outrageous about the idea that God our Father, concerned about building up good character in his children, would require his children to learn how to clean up their own mess? And after teaching them how to go about cleaning up their own mess, wouldn't God our Father, being of sound mind and noble heart, sincerely believe it to be a further character building exercise to put a spiritual dish rag, and perhaps even a broom and dust pan in their hands, and direct them to the long neglected kitchen, and expect them to put into effect what they had learned? Of course this is exactly what God wants his children to learn and to practice. And guess what? It's called, balancing karma! And the spiritual dish rag is called the violet transmuting flame.  [expanded during transcription]  4/4/2001 Wed.
     The glow of the sacred fire of peace and freedom appears within the fabric of our awareness on the 5th repetition of (5x) 20.07, part of 20.12, I Ratify the Judgment of Helios, call matrix, (includes 20.07 Judgment calls (5x), 20.09 Dweller calls (5x), .30 Solar Ring calls), at a level of about (6), focused in the crown chakra area.  4/4/2001 Wed.
     Of course it is true, that when the student enters the path of initiation he is led into a cavernous kitchen long neglected, with huge piles of dirty dishes stacked and piled on every surface. Not surprising, as this represents hundreds of lifetimes of neglect. And to make matters worse, the plumbing is broke, and the sewer lines are all clogged up. Whew! There's a lot of work to do!  4/4/2001 Wed.
     A very blessed presence of crystal peace emerges within the fabric of our awareness during the .30 Solar Ring calls at a level of (6) to (7) on the (1-12) intensity scale. We call it crystal because the glow of the sacred fire reports a certain quality of sparkling, and whiteness, and because the quality of clarity is profoundly emphasized.  4/4/2001 Wed.
     A solid glow of the sacred fire of peace and freedom stayed with us at a level of (6) to (7) on the (1-12) intensity scale throughout our (1x) Series:
1x Series: 7.21 - Strip us of all Doubt and Fear (1x), Hail Mary (1x), 40.06 Purity (1x), Hail Mary (1x), 10.13 - Astreas (1x), Hail Mary (1x), Cyclopeas (1x), Hail Mary (1x), Illumination (1x), Hail Mary (1x), Great Divine Directors (1x), Hail Mary (1x), Hercules (1x), Hail Mary (1x), 50.04 - I Seek Thees (1x), Hail Mary (1x), Healing (1x), Hail Mary (1x), I Am Light (1x), Hail Mary (1x), Light of the Heart (1x), Hail Mary (1x), Helios and Vestas (1x), Hail Mary (1x)
4/4/2001 Wed.
p.m. decree service - weekday format
1. Opening Statement,
2. (.01) Tubes of Light (12x),
3. Diagonal Pushups (15x), with love acceptance affirmations,
4. Hail Mary's (15x),
5. Pearl of Wisdom, (read 1 page),
6. Sanat Kumara/Lady Master Venus (3x),
7. Main Preamble: initial prayers, Divine Revelation Recollection Affirmations,
Sword work (10 minutes), insert calls,
8. 30.08, Covenant of the Magi (12x),
9. Diagonal Pushups (15x), with love acceptance affirmations,
10. Hail Mary's (15x),
11. Pearl of Wisdom, (read 1 page),
12. Sanat Kumara/Lady Master Venus (3x),
13. Michaels (45x),
14. Diagonal Pushups (15x), with love acceptance affirmations,
15. Hail Mary's (15x),
16. Pearl of Wisdom, (read 1 page),
17. Sanat Kumara/Lady Master Venus (3x),
18. 70.00, Violet Flame (15 minutes),
19. Diagonal Pushups (15x), with love acceptance affirmations,
20. Hail Mary's (15x),
21. Pearl of Wisdom, (read 1 page),
22. Sanat Kumara/Lady Master Venus (3x),
23. 20.12, I Ratify the Judgment of Helios, includes 20.07 Judgment calls (5x), 20.09 Dweller calls (5x), .30 Solar Ring calls, Tubes of Light (3x),
24. Diagonal Pushups (15x), with love acceptance affirmations,
25. Hail Mary's (15x),
26. Pearl of Wisdom, (read 1 page),
27. Sanat Kumara/Lady Master Venus (3x),
28. 7.21 - Strip us of all Doubt and Fear (1x),
29. Hail Mary (1x),
30. 40.06 Purity (1x),
31. Hail Mary (1x),
32. 10.13 - Astreas (1x),
33. Hail Mary (1x),
34. Cyclopeas (1x),
35. Hail Mary (1x),
36. Illumination (1x),
37. Hail Mary (1x),
38. Great Divine Directors (1x),
39. Hail Mary (1x),
40. 10.05, Hercules (1x),
41. Hail Mary (1x),
42. 50.04 - I Seek Thees (1x),
43. Hail Mary (1x),
44. Healing (1x),
45. Hail Mary (1x),
46. I Am Light (1x),
47. Hail Mary (1x),
48. Light of the Heart (1x),
49. Hail Mary (1x),
50. Helios and Vestas (1x),
51. Hail Mary (1x),
52. Om Ah Hummm, (3x),
53. Hail Mary (3x),
54. Sealing of the Decree Service.

4/4/2001 Wed.

Daily Prayers in the U.S. House
April 5, 2001
Daily Prayers in the U.S. Senate
April 5, 2001

U.S. House not in session today

   The guest Chaplain, Rev. Campbell Gillon, offered the following prayer:

   Let us pray.

   Almighty God, on this National Tartan Day we remember pointers of the past. Near 700 years ago William Wallace died crusading for freedom and on this very date 681 years ago, our Scots forebears declared independence from English overlords in the Declaration of Arbroath, made by a parliament gathered there. So we gather at the center of this great Nation of all nations, itself born in a comparable Declaration of Independence, recognizing the influence of distant words and the intricate weaving of faith, kin, and clan.

   We bless Thee for a multifaceted heritage left by fellow Scots on this continent. From John Paul Jones, founder of the Navy; Gilbert Stuart, painter of George Washington; Andrew Carnegie, money-maker and giver; John Muir, environmentalist, creator of Yosemite National Park; Rev. James Blair, founder of William and Mary College, to Rev. John Witherspoon, signer of the Declaration of Independence. For such and more, we give thanks.

   And yet, O God, we know that in Thy sight, human success is but a passing shadow and that righteousness alone exalts a nation. For goodness is not a kilt we put on, nor a legacy we inherit. It must be sought by each one from the heart--Thy kingdom, Thy righteousness first, and all else will then be added.

   Lord, remind us of the far-reaching influence of a tiny country where literacy, that would enable all children to read Thy Word, was stressed from the time of John Knox. And from its pages, see that freedom can easily deteriorate into license; for where there is no spiritual vision, people perish. Grant to us all, O Lord, grace to realize daily that goodness and truth make us free to be our best and can help us to be living pointers for others to a nobler future. God bless the Senate in its deliberations. In Christ's name we pray. Amen.

a.m. decree service in sanctuary
     The glow of the sacred fire of peace and freedom appears within the fabric of our awareness on the 3rd of (3x) Tubes of Light, expanded to 5x, at an intensity level of (5) on a scale of (1) to (12).  4/5/2001 Thu.
     We began our 15 minute Helios and Vesta calls with the strong desire to enter into those modes of consciousness which we have experienced before. We can't see why anything should be allowed to stand in the way in that regard, especially in terms of extending the utmost respect for our Father/Mother God, recognizing the preciousness of God's will, and becoming one with the desire for the victory of God's will. The best we could do was try to hold onto the thoughtform of the victory of God's will as the calls went forth. About 11 minutes into the 15 minute session, the glow of the sacred fire of peace and freedom appeared within the fabric of our awareness at the 3rd eye chakra area which qualifies it as an intensity level of (7) on a scale of (1) to (12), though we can see that much of our feeling world is still encased in morning grogginess. We only got six hours of sleep last night.  4/5/2001 Thu.
     We changed our routine yesterday to give us some extra time to work on the footprint file text formatting issues. We skipped our physical exercise routine, giving us an additional two hours or so. The decision to do this was helped by the pain in our back left shoulder blade area. Anyway, be believe that we have now dealt with all of the text formatting issues. The next step is to add functions to the automatic footprint file template processing macro that will implement those text formatting modifications throughout all footprint files for the year 2001. And then I believe it is true that we can then, finally, move ahead and implement the full range of layout/design changes in all files.  4/5/2001 Thu.
     About five minutes into our 15 minute period of I Am Light calls, we have accessed that mode of awareness that desires to extend the most profound respect to God our Father, and God our Mother. We can see that REALITY demands that we maintain this posture within the fabric of our awareness at all times, never never never relinquishing it. And we can see, that this profound respect, at a certain point on the scale of clarity, must give way to adoration. The glow of the sacred fire of peace and freedom has appeared within the fabric of our awareness about 8 minutes into this 15 minute session. And we can see, that this adoration must give way, at a certain point on the scale of clarity, to huge hugs for God, which I believe is the power of love come alive to animate the soul. We can see that no matter how cavernous the consciousness might become in terms of its cognition of cosmic glory, that it will always be fitting, that this respect, and adoration, and love, be always alive at the very center of the mind. This is what it means to be God-centered, and it is the natural mode of awareness of every son and daughter of God.  4/5/2001 Thu.
     Perhaps not all, but some of the American blood spilled by the Communist Chinese in their attempt to invade Taiwan will be on the hands of those business interests which have supported the transfer of American wealth into the coffers of the Communist Chinese dictatorship. And some of that will rub off on the hands of those Americans who have purchased products imported from Communist China.  4/5/2001 Thu.
     There is in fact an ever present mandate extending from the principle of honor and integrity which demands, in light of the treasures of life God pours out upon his children continuously, that we extend, in the light of this recognition, the most profound respect to our Father/Mother God at all times and under all circumstances.  4/5/2001 Thu.
     Considering then the importance of every soul finding the inner tonality of this respect, we can only conclude that a major crime is being committed against the path of initiation when children are taught the principles of Darwinian evolutionary theory which directs the child's attention away from God and into that black hole of the material mind, and into the thick and oily tar pit of the godless imagination, looking for the origin of the divine soul in the genes of monkeys and apes, leading the children, not into the light of knowledge, but into the darkness of falsehood, and into the bottomless pit of perpetual estrangement from God, their loving Father and Mother.  4/5/2001 Thu.
     We have to realize that there is no evidence at all that indicates that man evolved from apes. There is only the hope in the hearts of some that man evolved from apes. This is an important distinction, because in that hope we find the hidden agenda of a mind that harbors a deep hatred for God, which will grasp at any straw to bring about the eternal separation of man from God.   4/5/2001 Thu.
     We end our 30 minute violet flame session with a solid glow of the sacred fire of peace and freedom at the 3rd eye chakra area. We spent much of this session affirming, "I am extending the most profound respect to our Father/Mother God." And I believe that we have decided that this focus must form the foundation of our contemplations. We need to master the anchoring of this posture of awareness, and build upon that, i.e. accomplish our other goals upon that foundation, i.e. the focus on the victory of God's will, and the desire to merge with the desire for the victory of God's will. These two items must be established within the context of the actuality of respect. This will represent a significant change in our approach. We have identified this as the most fundamental mode of awareness. This vibration of respect for God must be present no matter what else you are doing. And it must be present not simply in thought, but in feeling. Your entire being must be aligned to this, and then you can expand into the other areas of importance. But first things first.  4/5/2001 Thu.
a.m. decree service - sanctuary format
1. Opening Statement,
2. (.01) Tubes of Light (3x),
3. Hail Mary's (3x),
4. Helios and Vesta (15 minutes),
5. Hail Mary's (3x),
6. Kuthumi's I Am Light (15 minutes),
7. Hail Mary's (3x),
8. (70.00) Violet Flame (30 minutes),
9. Hail Mary's (3x),
10. (33.00) Ruby Ray Judgment (1x),
11. Hail Mary's (3x),
12. Sealing of the Decree Service.

4/5/2001 Thu.

office work
     This is day #18 of the Linda Healing Project.
Ritual outline: We begin repeating our Linda Healing Prayer when we get out of bed, "My Beloved God Presence, I Am That I Am, please allow Linda to feel your precious friendship, your precious love, your precious comfort, your precious peace, and your precious healing power. Please bestow upon Linda the intelligence that will enable her to recognize the difference between friend and foe." After dressing we proceed directly to the kitchen, remove four dog biscuits from the jar, and chop them in half to yield a total of eight pieces. Four for Linda, and four for George. We proceed to the sanctuary, kneel at the altar, explain our goals, and ask for assistance. We depart the sanctuary, taking the white hand bell from the altar, proceed into the garage, open the main garage door, and walk over to the gate. We ring the hand bell, open the gate, say good morning to Linda and George, pull the two trash barrels outside of the gate, walk back inside the gate and over to the chain link fence where the dogs are ready for their dog biscuits. After the period of interaction with the dogs, I say goodbye, pull the trash barrels back inside the gate, close the gate, ring the hand bell, walk into the garage and close the garage door.
     The program went as indicated in the above outline with the addition of the need to rearrange the blue tarp. Linda began to bark when we opened the garage door, and she continued barking until we got over to the chain link fence with the dog biscuits. Her barking stopped at that point, and she would take her dog biscuits from my hand. George is as friendly as usual. Linda would not let me pat her on the head today, but I am able to scratch her chin with my left hand as I give her the dog biscuit with my right hand. I believe that she will get used to that, and eventually allow me to pet her on the head without fear. After feeding each dog their four dog biscuits, I decided that now was as good a time as any to fold back the new blue plastic tarp that Jorge had hung on the fence. We just untied the rope that was tied through a grommet hole, and folded the tarp back, and retied it. That opens up the area where we normally stand to give the dogs their biscuits. Linda started to bark as we rearranged the tarp, in as much as it made a lot of noise, having to make the fold and moving the bricks that are anchoring down the bottom of the tarp.  4/5/2001 Thu.
     This Bible passage from St. Matthew, 16:27, caught my eye: "For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works." Here Jesus makes clear that there are real consequences to our actions, that forgiveness does not remove from the ledger the record of our works, both of good or evil, and sets forth the promise that there will be a process whereby those works will be judged, and rewards handed out according to the character of those works.  [c-notes recorded in office]  4/5/2001 Thu.
     In regards to the discussion on the Vietnam War Memorial on 3-4-2001, the following question arises: Why is America called to fight these battles? Answer: To whom much is given, much is expected. I believe the parable of the talents illustrates this principle beautifully.  [c-notes recorded in office]  4/5/2001 Thu.
office work - late
    During our walk, as we were giving our Michaels, we were trying to focus on extending the most profound respect unto God our Father and God our Mother. And I have to say that we experienced some success in this regard. And we noticed a very interesting side benefit of this focus. At the very point where we were experiencing the most substantial success in this regard we passed by a person just getting home and opening their front door, which is kind of unusual this late at night in this neighborhood, but what I noticed was that in the midst of this focus, other people fall within the purview of that respect. How about that. In other words you can't simply shut off the flow of respect because someone walks into your field of vision. Not that you would want to shut it off. But nevertheless this was a new experience for me to have another human being, someone that I don't even know, come within the scope of an effort to extend the most profound respect. Sure, this effort to extend the most profound respect was directed to our Father/Mother God. But it was immediately obvious to me that you cannot separate people from God, since God made people, and God is actively engaged in the very processes of supporting life in all people at all times.  [c-notes recorded in office]  4/5/2001 Thu.
p.m. decree service in sanctuary
     In regards to our dish washing scenario, while there is a huge stadium sized kitchen stacked to the ceiling with piles of dirty dishes, the fact of the matter is this. The mercy of God does not require the soul to enter into that stadium sized kitchen. The very sight of that monumental mess would frighten the soul out of its socks. Rather, God has set up a process whereby we get to stand before the sink in a very small kitchen, which we must learn to keep clean, and God will cause those huge stacks of dirty dishes to appear in the sink in manageable quantities. We belly up to the sink on a daily basis, and wash our quota of dishes for that day, one dish at a time, and then go about our other business. While it took many lifetimes to fill up that stadium with those towering stacks of dirty dishes, using this process, the soul will be able to clean them all up within the span of a single lifetime.  4/5/2001 Thu.
     The moment we entered into our (12x) Tubes of Light, we were confronted with a very heavy downward pressure on our spine at a level at or just below the level of the heart. The pressure remained uncomfortably constant throughout the 12 repetitions. But at repetition #6, the glow of the sacred fire of peace and freedom emerged within the fabric of our awareness, at a level of (6) to (7) on our (1-12) scale of intensity, and stayed with us through to the 12th repetition. Once the Tubes of Light were complete, and we stopped to record the previous entry, the downward pressure on the spine disappeared, but the sacred fire glow remains.  4/5/2001 Thu.
     This is an example of a day when all available work time was spent just in the transcription of journal entries, and expanding and polishing them as necessary, leaving no extra time to devote to the process of implementing the footprint web page design and layout changes. And we came to the end of all available time, and we did not even manage to catch up with our transcriptions. This is becoming a very interesting test of adhering to priorities and exercising patience. While I have a great desire to complete the work associated with the design and layout changes, the first priority however is our altar work, the second priority is making our journal entries, the third priority is transcribing those journal entries, trying to meet the daily objective of staying current in our transcriptions, and only after those 3 priorities have been met, can we proceed with the additional tasks.  4/5/2001 Thu.
     At the onset of our main preamble, we hear a noise in the neighbor's backyard, and we are instantly beset by an extremely powerful aura of anxiety, placing us on the very edge of our seat waiting for the loud music to start up. We turned the floor fan on to cover up the sound made by the voices, and continued on with our main preamble. All through the main preamble we were best by this hugely oppressive force which was trying to get me out of my seat to go to find out what was happening, as we could not hear anything over the noise of the fan. This was ridiculous, I know, but the power of it could not be shaken. It was upon us throughout the full set of our divine revelation recollection affirmations as well. The anxiety was accompanied by a very heave grotesque downward pressure upon the whole of my physical body, with that discomfort in our right side (near the bottom of edge of the rib cage) coming strongly to the forefront of our awareness. But we pressed onward with our calls, trying to be at least an electrode of faith and determination. We finally made it to the sword work section of the main preamble, and after ten minutes or so of our sword work, we were completely in the clear, with about a level (4) glow of the sacred fire of peace and freedom anchored within the fabric of our awareness. We remembered to ask Archangel Michael to place his hand over ours as we wield the sword into the core of various issue areas.  4/5/2001 Thu.
     After the sword work we proceeded through to our (12x) 30.08, Covenant of the Magi calls, and remained in that sacred fire glow throughout. We tried to implement our new decision to focus on extending the utmost respect to our Father/Mother God, as a target point for our attention, rather than the victory of God's will, but we did not have much success in terms of attunement, that is, until we reached repetitions 11 and 12, when we came into contact with this reality, to wit, that God deserves to be honored continuously, and at that point we made a real connection with that reality. It appears that honoring God comes first, and that it encompasses other qualities we aspire to, including the desire to extend the utmost respect, and the longing to embody the desire for the victory of God's will. At this point we can say that these are the two component parts that comprise the quality, or the action, of honoring God.  4/5/2001 Thu.
     The glow of the sacred fire of peace and freedom appears within the fabric of our awareness at the crown chakra area during the next set of (15x) Hail Marys.  4/5/2001 Thu.
     During our (45x) Michaels, we were able to focus on the goal of extending respect to our Father/Mother God only after the 15th of 45 repetitions, though we are not able to get very deep into it, remaining on the surface of awareness. We end this Michael session in a scattered, or dispersed frame of mind. No substantial presence of the sacred fire during this session.  4/5/2001 Thu.
     The glow of the sacred fire of peace and freedom appears within the fabric of our awareness on the next set of (15) Hail Marys, which began with the realization that there is nothing in the cosmos that is more true than the fact that God our Father, and God our Mother deserve the most profound respect at all times and under all circumstances. The fact that you are presently unable to anchor that posture at will, does not make it untrue. You simple need to keep trying.  4/5/2001 Thu.
     Ok ... That's much better. During our 15 minute violet flame session we were able to focus nearly continuously on the fact that God our Father and God our Mother deserves the most profound respect. This focus gave the whole violet flame session a boost in intensity in terms of the level of enthusiasm contained in the words of the decree itself. In terms of the glow of the sacred fire of peace and freedom, we leveled off at a constant glow of about (3) to (4) on the (1-12) scale of intensity. Towards the end of the call we were able to perceive a space of communication opening up, a space, a region of clarity where there was only this respect for God, and the preliminary formation of an objective target for that respect. We can see clearly that this posture of respect is a ladder that rises higher into gratitude, and higher into adoration, and ultimately into love. The quality of gratitude clearly provides an interchange between God and the soul, exhibiting an unmistakable vision component, i.e. where the beauty of God begins to come into view.  4/5/2001 Thu.
     I just wanted to observe, given the fact that every soul must pass by this way, i.e. you cannot get back to God without merging with the quality of respect and gratitude for starters, and that this fact reveals the Achilles heal of the homosexual lifestyle, or "Gay Pride" movement, or at least that part of it that argues that God created homosexuality. Clearly, every soul, whether homosexual or heterosexual, is given the opportunity to enter into the path of initiation, because God wants every soul to find their way back to him. But the homosexual lifestyle presents a major obstacle for those souls who have allowed themselves to succumb to homosexual behavior patterns. This obstacle has to do with the fact that it is impossible for a homosexual to anchor the quality of respect for God, i.e. as long as they believe that God created them as homosexuals. If God actually did that, it was not very nice thing to do, i.e. to make that soul an outcast among his heterosexual peers, and given all the grief they have to suffer in the process of living out that lifestyle. As long as any soul remains wedded to the homosexual lifestyle, i.e. as a valid part of the soul's identity, they wed themselves to a posture of resentment towards God. Deep down they will always wonder why God did that to them, and resent him for it. If they are ever to anchor the capacity to respect God, they must come to accept the truth that God never intended any soul to become trapped in the homosexual lifestyle, that this is not a divine identity pattern. Once they come to grips with this fact, they must seek from God the power to be set free from that lifestyle. Only then will such souls be in a psychological position to show respect and to be grateful, and therefore become open to receiving the fullness of the divine identity from the very hand of God that they left behind so long ago.   4/5/2001 Thu.
     And this poses a problem for the society at large as well, as they bend to the demands of the homosexual rights movement to accept homosexuality as a "normal" lifestyle. Even if you are not homosexual yourself, if you nevertheless believe that God created these people as homosexuals, and consider it acceptable for them to serve as role models of our children, then it is not possible for you to anchor respect for God either. As long as you hold this belief that God created people as homosexuals you cannot escape the common sense conclusion that any God that would do that to a person, is not a God that is to be respected. And as children are taught that homosexuality is normal, this comprises their capacity to anchor the quality of respect for God as well. And in this manner, we see how the people's capacity to recognize and to enter into the path of initiation is compromised throughout the entire culture.  4/5/2001 Thu.
     The glow of the sacred fire of peace and freedom appears within the fabric of our awareness at the 3rd eye level during our next set of (15x) Hail Marys.  4/5/2001 Thu.
     At the very end of the 20.12, I Ratify the Judgment of Helios, call matrix, (includes 20.07 Judgment calls (5x), 20.09 Dweller calls (5x), .30 Solar Ring calls), our mind is presented with an image of Jerusalem during the days of Jesus Christ. Obviously this is not a fleeting flicker of the imagination, because we are being absorbed into the ambiance of it. The scene had the word "Exodus" overlaid upon it.  4/5/2001 Thu.
     The highlights of our (1x) Series:
1x Series: 7.21 - Strip us of all Doubt and Fear (1x), Hail Mary (1x), 40.06 Purity (1x), Hail Mary (1x), 10.13 - Astreas (1x), Hail Mary (1x), Cyclopeas (1x), Hail Mary (1x), Illumination (1x), Hail Mary (1x), Great Divine Directors (1x), Hail Mary (1x), Hercules (1x), Hail Mary (1x), 50.04 - I Seek Thees (1x), Hail Mary (1x), Healing (1x), Hail Mary (1x), I Am Light (1x), Hail Mary (1x), Light of the Heart (1x), Hail Mary (1x), Helios and Vestas (1x), Hail Mary (1x)
... came during Astreas (1x) where the glow of the sacred fire of peace and freedom emerged within the fabric of our awareness in a very prominent manner, and during Hercules (1x) where a very special presence of peace emerged within the fabric of our awareness. Overall, from the Astreas (1x) calls, the glow of the sacred fire remained at about a (5) to (6) on our (1-12) scale of intensity.  4/5/2001 Thu.
p.m. decree service - weekday format
1. Opening Statement,
2. (.01) Tubes of Light (12x),
3. Diagonal Pushups (15x), with love acceptance affirmations,
4. Hail Mary's (15x),
5. Pearl of Wisdom, (read 1 page),
6. Sanat Kumara/Lady Master Venus (3x),
7. Main Preamble: initial prayers, Divine Revelation Recollection Affirmations,
Sword work (10 minutes), insert calls,
8. 30.08, Covenant of the Magi (12x),
9. Diagonal Pushups (15x), with love acceptance affirmations,
10. Hail Mary's (15x),
11. Pearl of Wisdom, (read 1 page),
12. Sanat Kumara/Lady Master Venus (3x),
13. Michaels (45x),
14. Diagonal Pushups (15x), with love acceptance affirmations,
15. Hail Mary's (15x),
16. Pearl of Wisdom, (read 1 page),
17. Sanat Kumara/Lady Master Venus (3x),
18. 70.00, Violet Flame (15 minutes),
19. Diagonal Pushups (15x), with love acceptance affirmations,
20. Hail Mary's (15x),
21. Pearl of Wisdom, (read 1 page),
22. Sanat Kumara/Lady Master Venus (3x),
23. 20.12, I Ratify the Judgment of Helios, includes 20.07 Judgment calls (5x), 20.09 Dweller calls (5x), .30 Solar Ring calls, Tubes of Light (3x),
24. Diagonal Pushups (15x), with love acceptance affirmations,
25. Hail Mary's (15x),
26. Pearl of Wisdom, (read 1 page),
27. Sanat Kumara/Lady Master Venus (3x),
28. 7.21 - Strip us of all Doubt and Fear (1x),
29. Hail Mary (1x),
30. 40.06 Purity (1x),
31. Hail Mary (1x),
32. 10.13 - Astreas (1x),
33. Hail Mary (1x),
34. Cyclopeas (1x),
35. Hail Mary (1x),
36. Illumination (1x),
37. Hail Mary (1x),
38. Great Divine Directors (1x),
39. Hail Mary (1x),
40. 10.05, Hercules (1x),
41. Hail Mary (1x),
42. 50.04 - I Seek Thees (1x),
43. Hail Mary (1x),
44. Healing (1x),
45. Hail Mary (1x),
46. I Am Light (1x),
47. Hail Mary (1x),
48. Light of the Heart (1x),
49. Hail Mary (1x),
50. Helios and Vestas (1x),
51. Hail Mary (1x),
52. Om Ah Hummm, (3x),
53. Hail Mary (3x),
54. Sealing of the Decree Service.

4/5/2001 Thu.

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