Cathedral Contacts[From The Rosicrucian Digest July 1936]
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"Cathedral of the Soul" is a Cosmic meeting place for all minds of the
most advanced and highly developed spiritual members and workers of the
Rosicrucian Fraternity. It is a focal point of Cosmic radiations and
thought waves from which radiate vibrations of health, peace,
happiness, and inner awakening. Various periods of the day are set
aside when many thousands of minds are attuned with the Cathedral of
the Soul, and others attuning with the Cathedral at this time will
receive the benefit of the vibrations. Those who are not members of the
organization may share in the unusual benefits as well as those who are
members. The book called "Liber 777" describes the periods for various
contacts with the Cathedral. Copies will be sent to persons who are not
members by addressing their request for this book to Friar S. P. C.,
care of AMORC Temple, San Jose, California, enclosing three cents in
postage stamps. (Please state whether member or not--this is important.) |
ABIDING
IN PEACE
THROUGHOUT the world today most civilized countries
are looking forward to universal peace, even while they are contemplating
strifes and warfare in the very near future. It is always the hope of every
civilized nation of people that the next war which will involve them will be
the last one and that the ultimate good of today's struggles and tomorrow's
battles will be the end of war and the establishment of perpetual peace.
Today great emphasis is placed upon the necessity of
political, national, physical peace. It is said that mankind needs nothing
greater in his social and political life than the assurance of national peace
and guaranteed protection from the ravages of war.
But greater than even such peace is the peace that is
acquired of the Soul and the separation from all worldly struggles.
It is true that nations of people can make little
progress in their cultural advancement and their material upliftment while
their minds and their hands are occupied in destructive processes. It is also true
that the latent powers, the physical and material assets, the particular
advantages and possibilities of each nation cannot be unfolded and utilized to
the best advantage if war is in the offing and plans and preparations for a
struggle against another nation are under consideration. In fact, the mind of
the nation and its people cannot think constructively and concentrate its vast
powers toward the ideal conditions of life while time and money are spent
needlessly in war and while the mental faculties and moral standards are
lowered to harmonize with the ideas and principles of war.
Nor can the mind of the individual and the Soul of
man or woman develop along the highest lines and permit of the unfoldment of
the individual faculties and abilities while the heart and mind are enslaved
and inhibited by the ordinary struggles of life.
It is only when we take ourselves apart from the
everyday affairs of life that we see life in its true colors. The struggle for
the physical necessities of life is a battle. Overcoming the opposing forces of
life is a continuous warfare. Meeting the hypocrisy, evils, deceits, the
trickery of the darker side of life constitutes a tiresome and exhausting
warfare.
From all of the worldly, physical, material struggles
of life, the Soul seeks separation. From all of the annoyances, discordant
notes, and inharmonious situations, the Soul seeks restful seclusion and peace.
When the Soul is at peace, it is at rest momentarily.
Peace is a tonic, an inspiration to the heart and mind of the individual.
Religion furnishes the Way to eternal peace. But the Soul needs here and now on
this earth plane the daily relaxation and daily attunement that quickens its
spirit and bathes it in the sublime effulgence of communion with itself.
The Cathedral of the Soul offers to those who enjoy
peace and harmony as periods of relaxation, an opportunity to lift the mind up
above and beyond the contests of life, the sordid and sorrowful incidents of
our existence, and the struggles of our earthly affairs.
In the Cathedral of the Soul the heart and mind of
the individual may enter morning, noon, or night, for a few minutes or for a
few hours. Its vast portals are ever open to the Soul that seeks them. Within
the Cathedral the Divine Self with all of us will meet the Souls and hearts of
thousands of others. Here all may dwell for a while in peace and harmony,
unmindful of the personal problems of life and of the battle cries of our
existence. The effect of such relaxation and Cosmic attunement is instantaneous
in soothing the worried mind and inspiring the troubled heart. It brings health
and strength and power to the body and a sense of contentment and peace that
nothing else can afford.
If you are a stranger to the benefits of the
Cathedral of the Soul, whether member or not, write for Liber 777, which
will be sent without obligation, and join with thousands of others in these
daily periods of Cosmic peace and inspiration. Let the Cathedral of the Soul be
your special sanctum, your holy of holies, where you in privacy and spiritual
joy may dwell whenever the need is greatest or the Soul speaketh. It is an
experience never to be forgotten and a hope that is the last and ultimate ideal
of our life on earth.
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