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THE MOUNTAIN

May 1, 2001 - May 2, 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
May 1, 2001
Daily Prayers in the U.S. Senate
May 1, 2001

   Dr. Laudis H. Lanford, The Methodist Home for Children and Youth in Macon, Georgia, offered the following prayer:

   The Lord be with you, and for our Jewish friends, Sh'ma Yisrael Adonai Elohanu, Adonai Echad.

   Oh Lord, my God, how majestic is Your Name in all the earth. Your handiwork is to be exalted and praised before the people. How awesome You are in everything and everywhere. Your love for us is greater than the east is from the west, yes greater than the number of stars in the sky and grains of sand along our shores.

   Humble us this day, O God, that we might pause and recognize who You are within our lives and reflect upon the bountiful blessings that You bestow upon us.

   Forgive us when we have failed to be obedient to You, both in word and deed. And forgive us when we have not heard the cry of the needy. Forgive us, O God, when we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. And free us for joyful obedience to You and service to others.

   And like Jabez, we call upon You, the God of Israel, saying, O that Thou wouldest bless us indeed, enlarge our coast, that Thine hand might be with us; that Thou wouldest keep us from evil, and that it may not grieve us. Grant, O God, that which we humbly request. Charge to keep I have, a God to glorify, a never dying soul to save, and fit it for the sky.

   In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

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

   Great is Your faithfulness, O God our Father; morning by morning new mercies we see. All we have needed Your hand has provided. Great is Your faithfulness that sets us free. We echo the praise articulated so beautifully by Jeremiah, ``Through the Lord's mercies, we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.'' Thank You, Father, that You desire to reproduce Your faithfulness in us. Make us people distinguished for our faithfulness to You, our families, our Nation, our calling to serve You in the Senate. Today, on what has been designated as Loyalty Day, may our love for You be expressed in loyalty. We know that loyalty is an act of the will; it is a quality we choose to express. We affirm our loyalty to Your commandments and our Constitution. May loyalty to one another within the Senate family exemplify to America that people with different political persuasions can be loyal to each other. You are our loyal Lord and our strengthening Saviour. Amen.

a.m. decree service in sanctuary
     What percentage of the Japanese Navy was built using steel imported from the United States? What percentage of other Japanese weapons were built using steel imported from the United States? What percentage of American casualties in the Pacific Theater of the war were inflicted by weapons constructed out of steel imported from the United States? Perhaps more specifically, what percentage of the steel that went into the construction of the Japanese aircraft carriers, planes, torpedoes, and bombs used against the U.S. Fleet at Pearl Harbor, was provided by the United States? Perhaps more specifically, what percentage of U.S. casualties could have been spared injury if the United States had refused to export steel and other strategic war materials to Japan prior to the outbreak of World War II?  5/1/2001 Tue.
     The Master asked, "What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, if he loses his soul?" The fact of the matter is, that with each shipment of Boeing aircraft to Communist China, the employees of Boeing lose a little piece of their soul. And what does that mean? Consider this scriptural principle, "Fear not those who can destroy the body, but fear those who can destroy the soul in hell." The diminishment of the soul is the incremental destruction of the soul. When all of the soul substance is destroyed, the only environment suitable for the synthetic and completely material identity that remains is hell. Therefore, the soul is never destroyed in hell all at once, but it is destroyed incrementally. And this activity of providing wealth and power to the Communist Totalitarian dictatorship, is one of the sure paths toward the ultimate destruction of the soul that the Master warns us to avoid.  5/1/2001 Tue.
     With the incremental destruction of the soul, the soul becomes less capable of recognizing the difference between Light and Darkness, and becomes more and more susceptible to being deceived into accepting Darkness as if it were Light, and rejecting Light, as if it were Darkness. For example, there are many who are convinced that the argument against trade with Communist China is manifestation of Darkness, i.e. foolish, unwise, and false. They believe it is an argument that is destructive of their best interests and that of the nation. But in fact, the argument against trade with Communist China is a manifestation of Light, proceeding forth from the desire in the heart of God to safeguard the souls of his children, that they might one day be able to return into the paradise of his eternal Light.  5/1/2001 Tue.
     The glow of the sacred fire of peace, and freedom, and the depth of paradise, emerges within the fabric of our awareness at a level of (6) on the (1-12) scale of s.f. intensity in the crown chakra area, about 13 minutes into our 15 minute period of I Am Light calls.  5/1/2001 Tue.
     If the United States came to its senses and completely cut off trade with Communist China, wouldn't God bless America for this principled stand, and bless her, far in excess of any fear of lack that people might have as a consequence of losing the cash flow associated with this trade? I believe so. But the trade continues only because the people do not trust in God. The motto, "In God we Trust" that appears on our coinage has become an empty vessel. And that in itself is a sign of an advanced state of soul disintegration.  5/1/2001 Tue.
     About 15 minutes into our 30 minute period of violet flame calls, we were able to lock into our victory thoughtform, "God deserves my utmost respect" in a solid manner, though we drifted away from this focus a few times over the course of the next 15 minutes. But every time we drifted away, we made the effort to return, and we could lock into it with just about the same degree of solidity. The quality of solidity was expressed in the fact that the thoughtform was like unto a window that looked out into a greater reality. Though remained on this side of the window, and the greater reality remained on the other side of the window.   5/1/2001 Tue.
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. (70.11) 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.

5/1/2001 Tue.

office work
     This is the 44th consecutive day 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 Eight dog biscuits from the jar, and chop them in half to yield a total of sixteen pieces. Eight for Linda, and eight for Max. We proceed to the sanctuary, kneel at the altar, explain our goals, and ask for assistance. This includes a request that a squad of nature spirits and elementals to be assigned to tutor Linda in recognizing the difference between friend and foe, and sword work to cut Linda free from her fear and all aggressive tendencies. We depart the sanctuary, taking the white hand bell from the altar, proceed into the garage, ring the hand bell, open the main garage door, and walk over to the front gate.
     We ring the hand bell again, open the gate, say good morning to Linda and Max.
     We pull the two trash barrels outside of the gate, walk back inside the gate, close the gate, and walk over to the chain link fence. We feed two biscuits to each dog and give them a pat on the head, in this order, Max, Linda, Max, Linda. We then open the gate, pull the trash barrels back inside of the gate, close the gate, walk back over to the fence and give each dog two more biscuits and a pat on the head, in this order, Max, Linda, Max, Linda.
     We then open the gate, pull the two trash barrels outside of the gate again, walk back inside the gate, close the gate, and walk over to the chain link fence. We feed two biscuits to each dog and give them a pat on the head, in this order, Max, Linda, Max, Linda. We then open the gate, pull the trash barrels back inside of the gate, close the gate, walk back over to the fence and give each dog two more biscuits and a pat on the head, in this order, Max, Linda, Max, Linda.
      That done, I say goodbye, close the gate, ring the hand bell, walk into the garage and close the garage door.
     When we rang the hand bell while still inside of the garage, Linda did not bark. This is the second day that this is the case. She began to bark when we opened the garage door, and continued to bark as we rang the hand bell at the gate, and as we opened the gate, and as we pulled the trash barrels outside of the gate.
     Max was really hyperactive this morning, and made it difficult again to get biscuits to Linda. He managed to get a hold of the sleeve of my sweatshirt a couple of times. I think we need to get some kind of toy for him that will satisfy his desire to grab on to something.
     When we pulled the trash barrels back inside of the gate for the first time, Linda did not bark as much as usual. She was definitely indecisive in that respect. Part of her wanted to bark, but part of her did not want to bark. So only a couple of half- hearted woofs came out.
     When we pulled the trash barrels outside of the gate for the second time, Dianecia choose that moment to bring the dogs their breakfast. I said "Good Morning," and I was perhaps a little annoyed at the fact that the ritual had been interrupted, but it actually worked out for the best, because today is trash collection day, and we could hear one of the trash trucks coming, and we got the recyclable barrel out to the curb just in time for it to be picked up. And we got the other barrel out there too. By the time that was done, we pulled the now empty recyclable barrel back inside of the gate, Linda did not bark, and the dogs were finished with their breakfast, so we continued on with the ritual. Both dogs were still quite interested in getting their remaining biscuits. And Max was a little bit more subdued, I suppose because he had a full stomach, and that allowed me to pet Linda on the head longer when we gave her her remaining biscuits. [c-notes recorded in office]  5/1/2001 Tue.
     One of the reasons to run the Cosmic Clock Calculator at the beginning of each work session, even though you might even remember what your yearly and monthly cycles are, is to present you with the opportunity to say your daily prayer to the hierarch of the yearly and monthly God quality, for assistance in identifying, understanding, and passing your tests under those hierarchies.  [c-notes recorded in office]  5/1/2001 Tue.
     This is day #128 of the strength of many mountains, and #126 of the golden portal of the heart and the many divine cities revealed therein, and #122 of the many many fires of celebration of the glory of God, and #87 of the nourishment of God's glory spread abroad across the entire planetary body, and #78 of the garden paradise of the heart, the place where divine friends meet, where the word "cherish" describes every relationship, and #57 of the personal closeness of my very own beloved God Presence, and #49 of my very own beloved God Presence as the presence of paradise, and #36 of the heart as home, and #20 of the flaming garment of praise and adoration, encrusted with thousands of jewels of divine perception, and #16 of the sacred presence of our Father/Mother God throughout all space, and #10 of God as the center of Life. [c-notes recorded in office]  5/1/2001 Tue.
     As we are doing our transcriptions of 4/30/2001 journal entries, I just wanted to note that we are experiencing that heavy burden upon the spine, at a point at or just below the level of the heart. This is what we experience as a matter of course during our opening Tube of Light call matrix at the beginning of each p.m. service, and it is unusual to experience it outside of that context. It is very uncomfortable. [c-notes recorded in office]  5/1/2001 Tue.
p.m. decree service in sanctuary
     The energy atmosphere following breakfast and through our 2nd office work period was quite a bit lighter than yesterday, perhaps a (1) or (2) on the (1-10) scale of opposition intensity. Though, as we approached the turn off to our p.m. decree service, the opposition increased to about a (3) to (4).  5/1/2001 Tue.
     The Sun is at 12 degrees Taurus, and the Moon appears to have just transited into the sign of Virgo, at 0 degrees.  5/1/2001 Tue.
     The glow of the sacred fire of peace and freedom emerges within the fabric of our awareness on the 4th repetition of (12x) Tubes of Light at a level of (5) to (6) on the (1-12) scale of s.f. intensity. Though it should be noted, that as we set ourself to begin this decree matrix, before we even opened our mouth, we sensed that downward pressure upon the spine, at or just below the level of the heart, but the burden remained light through to the 6th repetition where it began to steadily increase, and by the time we reached the 12th repetition, it was uncomfortably heavy. Though the presence of the sacred fire within the fabric of our awareness provides a very effective counterbalance that does not allow the quality of our awareness to degrade.  5/1/2001 Tue.
     Entering into each decree service is very much like being all alone way out in the ocean on a very dark and stormy night. You are trying to reach a safe harbor before the full brunt of the storm hits. You have turned the bow of your boat towards the coastline, steering toward the sound of the surf pounding upon the rocks and the cliffs, but for the life of you, you can't see anything that would tell you where that harbor is at. Your mind is filled with the darkness of apprehension and uncertainty, and even some fear, as your imagination conjures up little movies that depict your boat crashing onto the rocks. You call out for help. And you keep calling. And all of a sudden a bright light from the lighthouse appears, piercing through all of the wind and the rain, and from that point on you know where you are, you know where you are going, you know that you will make it into the harbor safely. Not only is the way made plain, but all the seas around you have become smooth as glass, and you have a moderate wind filling your sails, and those winds carry you directly, and almost effortlessly into the safety of the harbor.  5/1/2001 Tue.
     We have completed the first reading of the dictation by St. Germain, Vol. 28, No. 12, and we will begin the second reading during this service. Our first reading began during the p.m. decree service Friday last, and we continued during yesterday's (Monday's) p.m. decree service, and today we have completed the reading of the last page of the dictation, and we are ready to begin the second reading.  5/1/2001 Tue.
     As we proceeded into our divine revelation recollection affirmations, a layer of opposition began to spread itself over my consciousness, until we were fighting back the desire to go to sleep. This continued on into our sword work, where it lifted at the point where we were making the calls to cut free ECP from the Alzheimer's affliction. At that point we stopped, and looked deep into our soul, and we heard a Luciano Pavarotti tune playing in there. The name of the tune is Mille Cherubini in Coro (A Choir of a thousand Cherubs) by Franz Schubert. (Link to music below). It was clear and unmistakable, and at that point, the opposition was gone, and we could continue with the sword work in a clear headed manner, without having to fight back the desire to sleep.

Mille Cherubini in Coro
(A choir of a thousand cherubs)

By Franz Schubert

Translation of Lyrics:
(Courtesy of AbMusicA.)

Sleep, sleep,
dream, my little love.
Sleep, dream,
rest your head on my breast.

A choir of a thousand cherubs
smiles on you from the sky
A sweet song
caresses your brow,
A hand is gently guiding you
through the clouds of gold,
dreaming and keeping watch
over you, my treasure,
protecting your path through life.
Over you, my treasure,
protecting your path through life.

Sleep, sleep,
dream, my little love.
Sleep, dream,
rest your head on my breast.

Close your eyes,
listen to the little angels,
sleep, sleep,
dream, my little love.

Sleep, sleep,
dream, my little love.
Sleep, dream,
rest your head on my breast.

Close your eyes,
listen to the little angels,
sleep, sleep,
dream, my little love.

Dream, my little love.

(Listen in MP3 format: Mille Cherubini in Coro from Luciano Pavarotti, O Holy Night, 1984: London.)

 This is a great album, by the way, with two versions of Ave Maria on it, and much more, and you can get a copy of it at amazon.com. To check it out, click on the album cover above.

  5/1/2001 Tue.
     We begin our (12x) 30.08, Covenant of the Magi calls with a prayer to the Master El Morya: " Please help me to bring my soul, and all dimensions of my being, into alignment with the most fundamental and basic truth in the universe, that God deserves my utmost respect. Please help me to develop the capacity to extend the utmost respect unto our Father/Mother God at all times and under all circumstances." During the speaking of this prayer, as we spoke these words, "God deserves my utmost respect," we experienced the quality of oneness with this truth, and the depth associated with that oneness.
     But as I entered into these calls I had a very difficult time locking into that victory thoughtform in terms of a mental lock. For the first 5 repetitions, we could see that this reality was still quite a substantial distance outside the reach of my mental body. But on the 6th repetition, things changed all of a sudden, as I entered into a region of determination, where my mind was locked onto the victory thoughtform in a solid enough manner where we could consider, concurrently, the reasons why God deserves my utmost respect.
     For example, I thought about my own heart, and the fact that it is beating, and that idea expanded into an awareness of billions of other beating hearts across the planetary body, and we could see that surely God our Father has awesome power, and through this we succeeded in entering into that region of awareness in which it is self-evident that God deserves my utmost respect, where there are no questions about it, where there is nothing that stands between the soul and the direct awareness of this fact. Additionally, we could see clearly, that whenever we are outside of that region, we are in a region of error, and of course we were definitely in that region of error for the first 5 repetitions of these 30.08 calls.
      On the 10th repetition the glow of the sacred fire of peace and freedom emerged within the fabric of our awareness at a level of (5) to (6) on the (1- 12) scale of s.f. intensity.  5/1/2001 Tue.
     Of course it seems to be true that we have many layers of error to work through in this regard before we can find ourself in that mode of being that can extend unto God, in a constant manner, the respect he deserves. [expanded during transcription]  5/1/2001 Tue.
     With the beginning of each new decree matrix that we enter into in the course of our decree service, another layer of error comes to the surface which directly challenges the soul to stay in the vibration of error associated with it. The soul can ride on the surface, or the soul can make the effort to penetrate through the error into the region of truth. No one can force the soul to make this effort. It is completely a matter of freewill where, and to what extent, this golden thread of truth (which truly leads the soul to a face to face encounter with its Father/Mother God) is woven into the greater tapestry of its life. The soul is the weaver. No one else can pass that thread through the fabric of life, but the soul itself. Victory depends on personal effort. [expanded during transcription]  5/1/2001 Tue.
     Is there any reason that could justify being outside of the flame of respect? The answer has to be No.   5/1/2001 Tue.
     I would qualify that last statement somewhat. There are practical considerations that result in the soul being outside of the region of truth. In other words, it is a practical fact that we must wrestle with the error energy, and it appears that we must meet that error energy on its own ground, i.e. outside of the region of truth. In other words, when we are battling against this error energy as we try to hold the victory thoughtform, we are clearly outside of the region of truth. We are always moving from the outside, to the inside. This is the redemption process. But the question is, is there any reason that would justify the soul staying outside of the region of truth? There are reasons why the soul will remain outside of that region. The heaviness and stubbornness of the error energy is one factor that keeps the soul from penetrating through to the truth. And we can understand this. But this does not make the soul's location, in terms of being outside the region of truth, a valid location. Any location that is outside of the region of truth can never be a valid location. It is up to the soul to recognize this and take the appropriate action to remedy the situation. Part of the definition of self-mastery has to be the development of those spiritual faculties that are capable of carrying the soul into the region of truth at will. And those faculties must expand from that stage of development, into the next stage of development where the soul, by the exercise of these faculties, can remain in the region of truth on a permanent basis. [expanded during transcription]  5/1/2001 Tue.
     During our (45x) Michaels, we faced a moderate level of difficulty focusing on our victory thoughtform, "God deserves my utmost respect," throughout the whole session. We kept trying, and on two occasions we were rewarded with a deep desire to be a glowing electrode of respect unto God. But we could not hold that deep desire for very long. But the effort to lock into the flame of respect was constant. I don't believe our mind wandered away from this task even once, well, except at the onset, where we took a detour into another computer macro problem/solution scenario where the solution appeared clearly and concisely, and we jotted it down, and returned immediately to this effort.  5/1/2001 Tue.
     When we are inside of this region of truth, as we are now for a few moments at the beginning of our next set of (15x) Hail Marys, there is such a wonderful comfort, a surcease from all struggle, for the truth is laid out before us, and for that moment you are in alignment with the reality of all creation.  5/1/2001 Tue.
     Isn't the flame of respect the very foundation of devotion? How can you be truly devoted to God if you do not respect God? It is impossible. Therefore to increase the intensity and the quality of our devotions, we must expand the flame of respect.  5/1/2001 Tue.
     About 13 minutes into our 15 minute period of violet flame calls, the glow of the sacred fire of peace, freedom, and tranquility appeared within the fabric of our awareness at a level of (4) to (5) on the (1-12) scale of s.f. intensity. We made a consistent effort to stay focused on our victory thoughtform, "God deserves my utmost respect," and we were able to stay focused, but we did not enter into the reality of respect very deeply. We were in the general proximity, but the level of absorption remained quite shallow overall. Perhaps we are getting mentally tired.  5/1/2001 Tue.
     I don't want to get tired in my efforts to extend respect unto God, for God never tires of sending his life into me.  5/1/2001 Tue.
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. 70.11, 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.

5/1/2001 Tue.

Daily Prayers in the U.S. House
May 2, 2001
Daily Prayers in the U.S. Senate
May 2, 2001

   His Eminence Archbishop Michael J. Champion, Coadjutor to the Primate, Archbishop of Cleveland, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church in the U.S.A., offered the following prayer:

   O God, we acknowledge Your greatness and power over all things in the universe. We know that our lives, with their accomplishments and goals, their victories and advancements, are like grains of sand in the ocean compared to Your all-knowing and wonderful goodness. Help us to see any progress we make in this life to be truly a gift from You and a reflection of Your loving concern for all humanity.

   Teach us to work for peace and justice and to remember that every good thing comes from You above, the God of light. Give us sincere compassion for those who need our help the most and make us always realize that preferential love for the poor and marginalized, whom we are destined to serve, for when we speak on behalf of those who have no voice and work for the betterment of those who otherwise could not help themselves, we are not only doing Your work, but ministering to You in the least of our brothers or sisters.

   Guide these women and men, O God, to always work for the type of justice that reflects Your will and bless our Nation along the path of peace. Since You, O God, know the name and need of each person, even from their birth into this world, grant all people of our country the good things for which they ask, and lead us all with Your wisdom and mercy. Amen.

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

   Holy God, before Whom we dare not swagger in self-sufficiency, we humbly confess our need for You. We don't have all the answers; we are not always right; and we are not perfect in our judgments of people or what is best. We turn to You for wisdom, penetrating insight, and precise analysis. Bless the Senators to know that You give the day and You provide the way. Thank You for their deep desire to know what is right and do it, to discern Your best for America, and to pledge their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor to achieve it. We join with the psalmist, claiming Your promise: ``The humble You guide in justice and the humble You teach Your way.''--Based on Psalm 25:9. May our fresh praise for Your blessings be the antidote to any false pride. You alone are the source, security, peace, and hope because You alone are our Lord and Saviour. 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 4th of (5x) Tubes of Light. This energy matrix stands in the sharpest possible contrast to the grogginess and a mindset of general depression, apathy, forlornness, and melancholy, that we carried with us from the moment we got out of bed. It represents a state of being that is exactly the opposite of those various qualities of human inertia.  5/2/2001 Wed.
     In regards to our goal of focusing in on our victory thoughtform, "God deserves my utmost respect", during our 15 minute period of Helios and Vesta decrees, we did not do very well at all. During our 15 minute period of I Am Light decrees, we achieved a moderately strong hold on the thoughtform only after about 12 minutes, but there was no substantial penetration into the reality of the flame of respect itself.  5/2/2001 Wed.
     About 2 minutes into our 30 minute period of violet flame decrees, a thick cloud of opposition melted away right in front of my eyes, and the glow of the sacred fire of peace and freedom emerged within the fabric of our awareness at a level of (5) to (6) on the (1-12) scale of s.f. intensity. At that point we were trying to focus on the issue of respect for God's law, respect for God's plan, and respect for God's purpose, et cetera. From that point on, we achieved a high level of concentration upon our victory thoughtform, "God deserves my utmost respect." At the fifteen minute mark we had penetrated into the actual vibration of respect perhaps has much as 10%. We continued to focus on this issue during the remaining 15 minutes, against some increasing opposition. We gathered up enough presence of mind to lay before our attention many pictures of the wonders of creation, and we came into that region of awareness that could see, that indeed, there are endless reasons to extend respect unto God. But juxtaposed to this effort, and this conclusion, was a fairly constant force and pressure to leave off of this subject. From this we see that there are 2 primary factors that oppose the achievement of this goal to extend to God the respect he deserves. The first is the energy structure of human error. The second is a lack of determination on the part of the soul.  5/2/2001 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. (70.11) 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.

5/2/2001 Wed.

office work
     This is the 45th consecutive day 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 Eight dog biscuits from the jar, and chop them in half to yield a total of sixteen pieces. Eight for Linda, and eight for Max. We proceed to the sanctuary, kneel at the altar, explain our goals, and ask for assistance. This includes a request that a squad of nature spirits and elementals to be assigned to tutor Linda in recognizing the difference between friend and foe, and sword work to cut Linda free from her fear and all aggressive tendencies. We depart the sanctuary, taking the white hand bell from the altar, proceed into the garage, ring the hand bell, open the main garage door, and walk over to the front gate.
     We ring the hand bell again, open the gate, say good morning to Linda and Max.
     We pull the two trash barrels outside of the gate, walk back inside the gate, close the gate, and walk over to the chain link fence. We feed two biscuits to each dog and give them a pat on the head, in this order, Max, Linda, Max, Linda. We then open the gate, pull the trash barrels back inside of the gate, close the gate, walk back over to the fence and give each dog two more biscuits and a pat on the head, in this order, Max, Linda, Max, Linda.
     We then open the gate, pull the two trash barrels outside of the gate again, walk back inside the gate, close the gate, and walk over to the chain link fence. We feed two biscuits to each dog and give them a pat on the head, in this order, Max, Linda, Max, Linda. We then open the gate, pull the trash barrels back inside of the gate, close the gate, walk back over to the fence and give each dog two more biscuits and a pat on the head, in this order, Max, Linda, Max, Linda.
      That done, I say goodbye, close the gate, ring the hand bell, walk into the garage and close the garage door.
     Today Linda started barking at the point where we rang the hand bell from inside of the garage. The ritual was accomplished according to the outline with two exceptions. On the first trash barrel pull out, we could only pull out the blue recyclable container, because the other big green container was still out at curb side. On the first trash barrel pull in, we had to pull the big green trash barrel in from the street which added an additional length of rumbling noise for Linda to bark at. Today Linda barked at every movement of the trash barrels, through only one or two barks for the last two movements. The dog biscuit feeding went ok, pretty much the same as yesterday. There was no play mode at the end of this session. I was not in a very good frame of mind during this ritual, and I wonder if that can effect the behavior of the dogs. I don't know. I am also in a sort of blase mode as we record this. We really have to make an effort to get these words out. I think that it is clear that we need to add some kind of new interaction to this ritual with some kind of a dog toy. We saw signs that Max might be getting bored with the ritual the way it is. We are still a long way from the achievement of our goals.  [c-notes recorded in office]  5/2/2001 Wed.
     This is day #129 of the strength of many mountains, and #127 of the golden portal of the heart and the many divine cities revealed therein, and #123 of the many many fires of celebration of the glory of God, and #88 of the nourishment of God's glory spread abroad across the entire planetary body, and #79 of the garden paradise of the heart, the place where divine friends meet, where the word "cherish" describes every relationship, and #58 of the personal closeness of my very own beloved God Presence, and #50 of my very own beloved God Presence as the presence of paradise, and #37 of the heart as home, and #21 of the flaming garment of praise and adoration, encrusted with thousands of jewels of divine perception, and #17 of the sacred presence of our Father/Mother God throughout all space, and #11 of God as the center of Life. [c-notes recorded in office]  5/2/2001 Wed.
p.m. decree service in sanctuary
     In the course of helping me find an audio tape that contained the Pavarotti song that we heard inside of our soul, which we made reference to above, Esther pulled out one shoe box after another full of tapes, and there was one box left to go. She pulled that out, opened it up, but there were no tapes inside of that shoe box. What was in that shoe box was a brand new pair of shoes that she has totally forgotten about. How about that. And she said she was thinking that she needed a new pair of shoes for her upcoming visit to see her daughter and granddaughter. I suppose if that was the only reason that we heard that song play inside of our soul, that it would be a good enough reason, i.e. to save Esther the expense of having to buy a new pair of shoes.  [expanded during transcription]  5/2/2001 Wed.
     During our physical exercise session today (about two hours) we made the effort to fill the transition spaces between exercise sets with the spoken affirmation of our victory thoughtform, "God deserves my utmost respect." We missed a few transition spaces initially, but overall, I think we achieved about an 85% fill in rate, i.e. moving through 85% of the transition spaces with an active and conscious affirmation of the victory thoughtform.  5/2/2001 Wed.
     A hint of the glow of the sacred fire of peace and freedom appears within the fabric of our awareness, juxtaposed to a very solid and oppressive monolith of inertia, on the 3rd of (12x) Tubes of Light, at a level of (1) on the (1-12) scale of s.f. intensity. On the 6th repetition the glow of the sacred fire of peace and freedom appeared solidly at a level (4), and expanded to a level (5) to (6) by the 12th repetition. A heavy burden upon the spine, at or just below the level of the heart, which by the way we experience as a huge, but dull, but completely physical, aching sensation, appears on the 11th repetition and continues through to the 12th repetition.  5/2/2001 Wed.
     The Sun appears to be at 12 degree Taurus (God-Obedience) , and the Moon appears to be at 15 degrees Virgo (God- Justice).  5/2/2001 Wed.
     Isn't the capacity to extend to God the respect he deserves the cornerstone of the great golden age? I believe that this is true.  5/2/2001 Wed.
     How can you have a golden age if the people that would comprise it don't respect God? It would be impossible.  5/2/2001 Wed.
     During our (12x) 30.08, Covenant of the Magi calls, we could not gather up the presence of mind necessary to focus on our victory thoughtform, "God deserves my utmost respect." The same is true for our (45x) Michael session. We were confronted with a stubborn presence of opposition throughout. The theme of that Michael session was, "One foot in front of the other," and various visualizations along those lines, for example, boots in the snow, one step at time, each step taking you closer to the summit, and hanging on a rope off the side of a mountain, and you are inching your way up the rope, but you cannot see the top, and you have no way of gauging your progress. But the only thing you can do is keeping inching your way up the rope. Hand over hand. One hand at a time.  [expanded during transcription]  5/2/2001 Wed.
     We end our 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) with a glow of the sacred fire of peace and freedom resident within the fabric of our awareness at a level of (3) on the (1-12) scale of s.f. intensity, and with the presence of the opposition reduced by 90%. We almost feel normal.  5/2/2001 Wed.
     On one hand we might conclude that this decree service ought to be placed in the category of "difficult", in as much as opposition was the primary theme for most of it. But on the other hand, we manifested a greater level of determination than we have evidenced before under similar levels of opposition, a determination to just put one foot in front of the other, knowing that with each step we were drawing a step closer to the summit, whether or not there was immediate proof of that fact. And there wasn't much proof of progress either, in as much as there was very little, or actually, there was no clear and full and strong appearance of the sacred fire during this whole service. There was no point where we were able to actually enter into the region of freedom where one can experience that singularly unique reality of the complete and total lack of opposition. During this service, the opposition was evident throughout. Though at the end we find ourself in about a level (3) glow of the sacred fire, which is a sufficient consolation prize. No progress was made on our goal of extending respect unto our Father/Mother God, i.e. in terms of holding the victory thoughtform in the course of our decree work. The opposition simply would not allow the victory thoughtform to coalesce in our mind for any length of time. Though we did manage to give the affirmation of the victory thoughtform during some of the transition spaces between decree sets.   5/2/2001 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. 70.11, 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.

5/2/2001 Wed.

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"O God, my Beloved Father, my Beloved Mother, I Am That
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Victory, to the hearts of your children in every nation."
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