The Temptation of the Chela

To Attain or Not to Attain God-Self Mastery

 

And of course the person of the Evil One will come to tempt you when you decide to displace the unreal self with the Real Self.  Hasn't he come already?   Maybe you didn't recognize him.   Maybe you thought you heard yourself saying to yourself, “Why should I struggle?   God did not intend me to struggle.”   Well, that's not you talking to yourself, that's the devil talking to you.  Those are the words the fallen angels whisper in your ear.   They say, “Take the broad way, the easy street.  No need to struggle.   Life should be a bowl of cherries–and if it isn't, then there's something wrong with your religion or your guru.”

But the mighty work of the ages is to attain self-mastery, and God-Self mastery, day by day, right while one is bearing and balancing one's karma.  To be successful at it you have to become a career son or daughter of God.  To stand, face, and conquer self and karma takes all of your strength and will and mind.   It takes complete concentration.   It takes self-discipline.   It takes an unselfed love for God that grows and grows with each trial and testing of our souls.

For only Love can win the prize.   Because to be your Real Self in this world means you are going to have to go against the tide of your past karma and the entire momentum of your human consciousness and creation.   What's more, you'll be challenged by the whole world and its momentum of the human consciousness and creation.  Because you're no longer going downstream with the people trends, you're going upstream with the God trends!

Maitreya is the One Sent.  Yes, he who is known as the Great Initiator will spare you the long dark night of your soul's spiritual blindness in the labyrinth of your karmic creations in duality. (Copyright Church Universal and Triumphant  Vol. 32   No. 30   July 23, 1989)

 

 

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