The document is an in-depth analysis of John Chapter 10 from the Bible, focusing on its spiritual and metaphysical interpretations. It explores Jesus’ teachings about being the good shepherd, the metaphor of the sheepfold, and the distinction between true spiritual guidance and deception. The material delves into themes such as spiritual leadership, the nature of divine protection, and the recognition of spiritual truth.
John 10:1-5
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. And a stranger will they not follow but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.”
S If you would be as the sheep, then follow your hearts rather than the intellect so much. And when the heart has been cleaned, then the intellect will function as is necessary. For you see, the intellect is always, in its way, the slave of that which has been. For you are that which have created the past, have built the present, and are constructing the future. If you would then overcome that which is the subconscious, and the many ramifications of the subconscious, you must find the cleansing through the faith in that which is the blood of the Lamb, or that which was shed for you, that the shepherd may lead you through the door – the door of truth and of life. As it has been given so often, you have that which is the choice of life or death as a personality. You reap that which you build. But through that which is the mercy and grace as given to you by the Lamb, by Life, you have the opportunity of mending and overcoming that which is the force that tends to hold you to this plane in the animal form, the mental form, and the mental chains of this earth plane. You have been given so often: seek and ye shall find. And it is true! It is there for you to find. And how often you ask, but ask in ignorance of what you ask. Therefore, cleanse the heart that you may find that which are the true questions, the true seeking, that you may ask and receive, then, that which is the pearl of wisdom. Then knock, that the good shepherd may lead you through the door that is the Christ to that which is the overcoming of this earth plane, that you may raise your brothers, your sisters, that they, too, may know the sacrifice that has been given in their names for life.
Q Can more be given concerning this warning?
S That there is only one way, that is through Jesus the Christ, the Christ force that lies within. This must be the way. If ye would try to go another route through that which are drugs, through that which are the drugs of the mind by misteaching–where self is the center rather than to be put aside, where the truth of the being is not God but self-anointed, self-appointed, then this is by another means. This is so much what is preached at this time through various means and methods. It is not directly going through that which is God’s force, the Christ, through the Name, the power of Jesus the man as the blueprint, the Christ, as the way. Seeking in other names is not wrong. It’s the method. It’s the putting self ahead of others, putting self as the central focus rather than forgetting self. [10-16]
Q I have a question concerning the “climbs up from another place”. Could that be compared to taking drugs, or such things at that?
S Any false means that does not use the seeking through the Christ, as those who seek in selfishness, regardless if it is through their selfish meditation, selfish contemplations, selfish prayer, the use of drugs, the use of mind control or any of these things. It is also that which is, in itself, the seeking for the material justification, rather than the spiritual justification. In the end it is the selection between that which is of God, or of man.
Q Then using the literal approach to the Bible and the intellect would be being a thief and a bandit?
S Well, in some you must use the intellect to find that which is the pursuit of that which is the spiritual nature. However, if that is the end of the spiritual pursuit, and the only way an individual ever seeks, that individual cannot find that which is the ending as we have given it to be. It must be, therefore, through that which is the search, as given, ending through the meditation that is unselfish – for an unselfish answer, unselfish reasons.
Q What is the best way to go about cleansing the heart?
S As the Master of Life has directed. He has given you that commandment to love ye one another even as He has loved you and does love you. That, in itself, is a repetition of the first and great commandment.
Q Is using the 101st Psalm as a mantra one of the ways of cleansing the heart, changing the thinking of the subconscious?
S It is if you dwell upon that which you are doing it for, and what the meaning to you as an individual is, rather than that which becomes so many repetitions of verbiage.
John 10:6-11
This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them. Then said Jesus unto them again, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy, I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.”
S It has been given over and over: ye are gods in the making. Therefore, you must, too, become as the good shepherd. You must find first the Jesus the Christ and His way. You must find the door that is the heart of Jesus. You must find the pattern there. And you must be as an individual seeking not for an individual’s results or rewards, but an individual seeking that which is to be used, to become a stepping-stone for others, or the helping hand that lifts another. And even by your very acts of love, hope, mercy will guide others, whether it is through their subconscious awakening, or that which is the awareness through the aware mind of your being. In short, it is the seeking through unselfishness. For those that seek in selfishness, murder, steal, destroy and pillage that which is their own temple until that time that they may humble themselves and find the greater work, the greater heart, the greater mercy.
Q Is the Christ now in a stage of being a god in the making?
S You might call it – for you, and the individuals that you represent, it is the initial awareness to the power, the force, the love, the personality of God. It is the initial step in awareness. And yet, if you take into mind the explanation (the crude explanation) of time that has been given to you, you will realize it is a first, last, and yes, mid-point in that which is the god in the making, the god perfected, the god in being. It is a question that cannot be answered in entirety due to the fact that you cannot find the understanding of the flow, currents of time, the effect of light upon time. You may understand a bit of the gravity and time equation, but light, and that which is love, has the bearing influence upon time and the building elements that construct yourself into that which is the god and god in the making
Q What does the phrase mean that “he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture”?
S This is that which goes forth from you to others and leads others to green pastures. It is also your own ability to split that which is the spiritual force within yourself (though not split in actuality but in understanding) that remains with you to direct that which is the growth process within yourself and that which attunes to the God force of others, and that which is the Father Creative force of all
Q Another reading states “For there is a door for each that is on this side that must be used to gain entrance to the other side. Ye have built the door, the door which you enter.” Please relate this to John 10:9, wherein Jesus states, “I am the door; by Me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out and find pasture.” Are these related?
S Yes and no. First of all each constructs a door for entry into that which is either the spiritual or the less than spiritual. Some make their doors too small for their ego to enter in; others make their doors too great because they have humbled themselves too much. The door that Jesus has for you is, in a sense of your own construction, too. For when you become as the blueprint, even as Jesus the Christ is the blueprint, then you too, become that which is the door, not only for selves, that that which may be opened for other (that ye may help lend the helping hand) be as the spiritual impetus. [10-142]
Q Is it our expression of love or God’s expression of love that influences time, as stated in this passage?”
S All things are expression of God’s love. That is a beginning point. In that which is the selfless love, as expressed through the human vehicle, is the aspect of God’s love. So, begin at the beginning. It’s God’s love manifesting Itself, showing Itself, through that which is the human machine, the spiritual mind, and the human-spiritual mind becoming a vehicle then, a work, a tool. It’s six of one, half a dozen of the other. One cannot exist without the other. [10-106]
John 10:12-18
“But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep. I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold and one shepherd. Therefore, doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father. “
S Even He that is the Blueprint had free will. Do not believe that when you become christed you do not have free will. It is perhaps free will on a higher level; free will in the manner of choosing as to how God’s force is to be used, but nevertheless, it is free will. And as you perfect that which is the laying forth your lives so that other lives may become, and that the worlds of your creation will be worlds of life and light, so then you will understand that which is the laying forth as Jesus the Christ spoke here. For He spoke of that which He had prepared, even as He had prepared this world and the worlds affecting this world, and that which is the mind of man, and then did come back and lay down that which was the personal life and the personality of that which was to be used within this world, sacrificing that which was the god perfected within Himself to take upon that which was the human element that you may learn the Way and the Path. Therefore, He was beloved of the Father, even as you are beloved that seek. For once you begin the search, you have found the life. For those who would find death as a god, are those who stifle or corral that which is the search, that which is the urge to find the Creative force. It is selfishness that is the wolf that would scatter the sheep of yourself and if you then have called upon and found that which is the good shepherd, even in those times of trial, you will have faith, examine, judge, and find that which is the correctness of your path, your abilities, your learning, your sacrifices.
Q Who are the other sheep not of this fold?
S He spoke at different levels here. He spoke of those in other places and climes of the world of His time, But He also spoke of those myriads of soul forces out of this plane, in other planetary influences, in other spheres. In short, those billions upon billions of souls and their aspects that lived in His time, or waited to come in, or were not essentially devoted or captured by this plane, or this world, but by the other planets and other planes of space and time beyond.
Q And to whom do the other sheep belong that are not of His own?
S He is also speaking of the lost sheep that have taken to other gods, their own personal way, their own selfish ways or have been misled, misjudges and have lost the Way. They are those that maybe found and returned or must be destroyed as individuals. Even as you would see those devoted to the Way, the Truth, as following the undeniable track, that would not turn back from the Way, the good plowman, so in essence are those who have lost the Path and devoted themselves to an individual or a cause, that is essentially not of God. For example, a great military cult follow a military leader or a religious leader that is not of God quality but appeals to the mind and sensualities of mankind. Those that are completely devoid of any other urges but follow alone unquestioningly must either be detracted from that or allowed to seek their own level, that they may be of the choosing whether they will have life or death.
S Even as given…He will take His flock from the flocks. How? They will recognize the sound of His voice and follow the Good Shepherd, where those others flee from the voice of the Shepherd. There are those who have chosen rather to be of the darkness than of the Light, and of the Light that Satan himself trembles upon hearing His voice, knowing that he has made his choice. Who is Satan, but the will of mankind? [10-9]
Q Would the statement about Satan being the will of mankind indicate that Satan is not a soul or an entity?
S Satan is only an entity as far as those who have constructed same in thought patterns, and some would have him–Oh, even as much as God. It is not in a true personification. It is the will, and the will of man, in action, over time; the willfulness, desires, the flesh. It is that of the illusionary world… [10-10]
John 10:19-29
There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings. And many of them said, “He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?” Others said, “These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?” And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter. And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon’s porch. Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, “How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.” Jesus answered them, “I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father’s name, they bear witness of me. But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.”
S Free will, free will. How often those of you (that which is the dawn) are blind and see not God in action. How often they see the grime, the filth, the tribulations of the world. How often do they measure by their own wants and desires? And when you meet that which is the Christ within, Who also walks in your temple and that of the wing of Solomon, being the wisdom,(and that which is your religious prejudice or upbringing confronts with that which you have been taught to believe, or you have become to believe) and would argue, would confront, then, the Christ with your prejudice, your own beliefs, your own desires of belief rather than the urgings soft and gentle. And yet, as given, even as the peace of God [is] that which is like the volcano in eruption, that which is like the earthquake to the personality, to the mind, which is the release of the spiritual forces within,(and) have no fear of the consequences or the actions (even though they are likened to that which is a terrible earth tremor, or reshaping of that which is a universe) for it is but that which is the setting to rights your conditions, your actions, your forces.
Q What is the symbology of the feast of dedication at Jerusalem being winter?
S Winter is the time of resting, the time of non-growth, the time of contemplating. It is then the drawing within the spiritual family, spiritual place, the temple of yourself, that which is the throne, to bring forth that which is the promise of spring through the worship, the dedication, the feasting of the true being of self before that which is the throne of God, that you may have a summer of growth and a harvest too.
John 10:30-42
“I and my Father are one.” Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. Jesus answered them, “Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?” The Jews answered him, saying, “For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.” Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, thou blasphemest; because I said, ‘I am the Son of God?’ If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.” Therefore, they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand and went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode. And many resorted unto him, and said, “John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true.” And many believed on him there.
S If you will believe in that which is the urging and that which is the innate ability, the innate ability of self to come to terms with that which is the force of God within, you too, then, will overcome the arguments of the world, of the mind, of the disbelief in that which is created by you in this life. For it is often easier, you see, not to face reality. And the reality is: ye are gods in the making. You have been given the ability to overcome. You have been given the way, the might, the love to become as one with the Father. For He, Jesus the Christ, gave you a lesson here. If you would, in truth, search through those acts as given, and find the faith, the courage to face the realities rather than that which is this farcical world that you have built, and this falseness, this misconcept of life, of thought, of materiality, of mind power, and come to the truth, and use the intellect that has been given to you and created by that which is the Christ, if you were to do this, you would indeed cross the Jordan, too, from that which is the reality of the material world (which becomes nothing) and cross into that which is the reality of the spiritual-intellectual realm, and then become a useful hand of God within this plane, free, then, to select whether you stay or go (to the extent you can go) and work hand in hand with Jesus the Christ, or work with the angelic host, or those forces near this plane. This is what is meant here.
S Behold the Lamb of God–He that taketh away the sins of the world! For it is true, through Him, God has given an Advocate that ye too, may raise up and be as gods. [10-20]
Q What does the statement, “Ye are gods in the making” really mean?
S That ye will have ultimate and positive and thorough control of the universes that are under you making, that lie within. Even as the cellular structure of self, the atomic structure of self, will be dispersed and becomes the true worlds. Even as you view the galaxies now, so self will become in the physical bodies that self has entertained throughout the ages; will come back together, making one massive solar system or series of solar systems that self will be god, or gods over–using self and the understanding that has been acquired, to regulate, to conduct, to even control these elements. [10-17]
Q Please give the source of the quotation, “Thou are gods in the making.”
S Used several times. Quoted oft by Jesus the man; by Asaph; and even by Moses. [10-25]
Q Are all souls alike?
S Not one soul is alike. Oh, no. Each is as different as a snowflake is different, one from the other. Each is not–see, many would have the groups of souls, or all souls, are alike even as grains of sand, even as crystals are always formed together. But no. Ye are as gods yourself. Therefore, you must be different, but able to reflect and be as the oneness, but different. This is the greatness of the gift of the Father to thee–and the foolishness of those that throw it away, is to not know and be identical even with the greatness of God, but identical; and therefore, not the creative and not that which is the companion (which is the ultimate) to God.
Q Do souls expand, contract, or atrophy? And are they forever?
S They do all three–and they are forever.
Q How many souls are there?
S More than you could ever count! Oh, this little planet, this little universe, with its millions, its billions, is a tiny, tiny–well, the astronomers will tell you it’s the littlest of the little galaxies, the littlest of the little universes, sitting in a corner of God. [10-11]
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And now, Beloved, we give to them that seek, Your blessings of love, mercy, forgiveness.