Can you advise us how we
may share the small amount of truth we may have gained with others on differing
levels of understanding, who often reject that which we are eager to give
them?
I would say to you: the truth can only be truth
to each man and to each woman according to their inner understanding. You
should remember that because you find a certain truth is good, or a certain
pathway is right, you should not endeavour to force your brother or your
sister to walk that way. The wise man, the wise woman, the seekers after
truth, say to others upon the way: "I have seen this; I have heard this;
this I have experienced". If what is said vibrates and answering chord
with the consciousness of the other, then the other may desire to learn
that which you have understood.
But not all the myriad souls who are taking life's
experience have the same thought, for some need to learn the way of love;
some need to learn the way of simplicity; some need to learn the lesson
of sacrifice; for some the way is through beauty and for others the pathway
lies in the giving of themselves in sacrifice of healing, or of service,
of for some the way is to be found in silence. These are the individual
ways of the soul, and some will find their understanding of these individual
ways through the teachings of the Christian churches; some may learn through
the wise thoughts of the ancient Chinese teachers, and some through listening
to the teachers who teach in the quiet rooms of Spiritualism.
For each soul and for each seeker there is a way
that is right, and those of you who have a little light, those of you who
have gained a little understanding, it is for you to look upon your seeking,
groping, sorrowing brothers and sisters, and guide their steps into the
way which is right for them, remembering that unto the child you must give
a teaching that is simple, which the child may understand; unto the wise
man you may give a thought that is pure and lofty; unto the loving soul
you must show the way of love.
Share what you have, according, to the degree of
your understanding, with the men and the women whom you meet, for it is
true that as you become what you think, so deep within your inner self
must you give some of the virtue of what you become, unto other people,
because through giving unto others that virtue, so do you increase your
own ability to receive more from the inward and hidden centre which is
deep within yourself.