THE SCHOOL OF TRUTH LECTURE SHELTER OF THE MOST HIGH

Among you are those who have had wonderful demonstrations of Love's

dissipation of allegedly incurable disease, broken homes, poverty and failure

because Love in you does not censure or condemn, but sees only Itself in

expression through you. This is the Kingdom that the Master teaches you to seek

"first", that is as the most important thing in your life and, as you live in It, these

blessings become manifest in your material world.

The Master is no dreamer handing out palliatives to suffering humanity to enable

them for a while to forget their troubles. He perceives Love, Beauty and Prosperity

as verities. He teaches that disease and poverty are but transient things, asks us to

judge righteous judgment and not to be misled by appearances.

If the negations we encounter were realities they would exist by the will of the

Creator and we would be unable to influence them at all. But His purpose is for our

highest good, so listen to your heart. Does it long for companionship, for harmony

and happiness in your home, maybe for greater success or more prosperity? Do

you feel empty? This urge towards good is Love speaking deeply within you,

saying "This is My intent. It is Reality and fulfilment. Here for the taking is

Substance. Will you not cease looking outside yourself and simply believe that you

have received?

So let us make an appointment with Love and, during our sojourn in His presence,

think on our desires, seeing the picture of their fulfilment, knowing that it is not we

who are fashioning these images, but that God-as-Love, the Divine intelligence, is

showing us what has already been created for us, His children.

We are not worms of the dust, nor is God to blame if we lack the good we crave.

The fault lies with ourselves - we try too hard, tensely and anxiously, to bring

about something that we believe is not ours, while all the time it is far nearer than

mere possession. It is actually That of Which we are made. Your thought is Godyou, your feelings are God-you - God Himself accepting His Good through you,

His body temples.

Each and every one of you is capable of attaining now-consciousness, is able to

live in the reality of the presence of what you truly desire. If, when you go apart to

commune with God, your mind begins to wander, or you find yourself asking

"how" or "where" or "when", do not struggle with them but push them gently aside

with the firm avowal "I am in the shelter of the Most High. Here, where negation is

trying to enter, is the temple of Love. Here the Presence of God is already fulfilled

in me. What I seek is mine this day in spite of all appearances."

Love, not externalised lies, is my health, my happiness, my prosperity, my

guidance, wisdom and vision. I have received, and in gratitude my heart is lifted

up. I know that to touch but the hem of Love's garment is sufficient to bring Him

into my mind, my heart, my body and my affairs. My kingdom of Good maintains

and sustains me, and blesses me this day and to the end of time.

You have entered a shelter where you have had an appointment with God.

Believing that you have received, you have touched the Source, and in that faith

you have been healed mentally, emotionally and physically. What you desire,

provided that it does not deprive another of their happiness, is God's desire for you.

What He wants for you is your own. More than your own - it fulfils His very

purpose in you, the very thing He brought you into being to express.