A Mystical Vision of
"And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave
them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal
all manner of sickness and all manner of disease." Matt.10:1.
The twelve disciples represent the twelve qualities of mind which
can be controlled and disciplined by man. If disciplined they will
at all times obey the command of the one who has disciplined
them.
These twelve qualities in man are potentials of every mind.
Undisciplined their actions resemble more the actions of a mob
than they do of a trained and disciplined army. All the storms and
confusions that engulf man can be traced directly to these twelve
ill-related characteristics of the human mind in its present
slumbering state. Until they are awakened and disciplined they
will permit every rumor and sensuous emotion to move them.
When these twelve are disciplined and brought under control the
one who accomplishes this control will say to them, "Hereafter I
call you not slaves but friends." He knows that from that moment
on each acquired disciplined attribute of mind will befriend and
protect him.
The names of the twelve qualities reveal their natures. These
names are not given to them until they are called to discipleship.
They are: Simon, who was later surnamed Peter, Andrew,
James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew, James
the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Canaanite, and
Judas.
The First quality to be called and disciplined is Simon or the
attribute of hearing. This faculty, when lifted to the level of a
disciple, permits only such impressions to reach
consciousness as those which his hearing has commanded
him to let enter. No matter what the wisdom of man might
suggest or the evidence of his senses convey, if such
suggestions and ideas are not in keeping with that which he
hears, he remains unmoved. This one has been instructed by
you, the Master, and made to understand that every suggestion he
permits to pass his gate will, on reaching his his consciousness, leave its impression there... which
impression must in time become an expression.
The instruction to Simon is that he should permit only dignified
and honorable visitors or impressions to enter the house
(consciousness) of The Master. No mistake can be covered up or
hidden from his Master, for every expression of life tells the Master whom he has consciously or unconsciously entertained.
When Simon, by his works, proves himself to be a true and faithful
disciple, then he receives the surname of Peter... or the rock, the
unmoved disciple, the one who cannot be bribed or coerced by
any visitor. You, the Master, then call him Simon Peter, the one who
faithfully hears your commands, and besides which
commands he hears not.
It is this Simon Peter who discovers the I AM to be the light of the world, the enlightened one... the "Christ" if you will. And for this discovery, you are given the keys to heaven, and Simon Peter is made the
foundation stone upon which the your reality (aka Temple of God) rests. Buildings
must have firm foundations and only the disciplined hearing can,
on learning that the I AM is the foundation of reality, remain firm and unmoved in
the knowledge that the I AM is the way, is the truth and is the light...and besides the I AM there is no savior.
The Second quality to be called to discipleship is Andrew or
courage. As the first quality, faith in oneself, is developed, it
automatically calls into being its brother, courage. Faith in
oneself, which asks no man's help but quietly and alone
appropriates the consciousness of the quality desired and in
spite of reason or the evidence of his senses to the contrary
continues faithful patiently waiting in the knowledge that his
unseen claim if sustained must be realized such faith
develops a courage and strength of character that are beyond
the wildest dreams of the undisciplined man whose faith is in
things seen.
Andrew, the disciple, who
knows what it is to dare, to do and to be silent.
The next two (Third & Fourth) who are called are also related. These are the
brothers, James and John, James the just, the righteous judge,
and his brother John, the beloved. Justice to be wise must be
administered with love, ever turning the other cheek and at all
times returning good for evil, love for hate, nonviolence for
violence.
The disciple James, symbol of a disciplined judgment, must
when raised to the high office of a supreme judge be blindfolded
that he may not be influenced by the flesh nor judge after the
appearances of being. Disciplined judgment is administered by
one who is not influenced by appearances. The one who has
called these brothers to discipleship continues faithful to his
command to hear only that which he has been commanded to
hear, namely, the Good. The man who has this quality of his
mind disciplined is incapable of hearing and accepting as true
anything either of himself or another which does not on the
hearing fill his heart with love.
These two disciples or aspects of the mind are one and
inseparable when awakened. Such a disciplined one forgives all
men for being that which they are. He knows as a wise judge
that every man perfectly expresses that which he is, as man,
conscious of being. He knows that upon the changeless
foundation of consciousness all manifestation rests, that
changes of expression can be brought about only through
changes of consciousness.
With neither condemnation nor criticism these disciplined
qualities of the mind permit everyone to be that which he is. This is where you master the Law of Allowance.
However, although allowing this perfect freedom of choice to all,
they are nevertheless ever watchful to see that they themselves
prophesy and do both for others and themselves only such
things which when expressed glorify, dignify and give joy to the
expresser.
The Fifth quality called to discipleship is Philip. It is the Union with your desires, the wedding declaration of your chosen state of consciousness. You must become ONE with that which you have become aware of in order for it to be expressed in the world. To know LOVE you must BECOME it. When this quality is Awakened, you know that the state of consciousness in which you dwell is seen only as it is expressed in the outer world. You know yourself to be the perfect likeness or image of that
consciousness with which you are identified. You will declare that you are the "Father" of the outer world, which is your "Son". And when you see the "Son" you are seeing the "Father" for, "I and my Father are one"... "For I come to bear witness of my
Father." I and my Father, consciousness and its expression, God
and man, are one. This aspect of the mind when disciplined persists until ideas,
ambitions and desires become embodied realities. This is the
quality knows
how to make the word flesh, how to give form to the formless.
The Sixth disciple is called Bartholomew. This is the Awakened Imagination. It places the one so awakened head and shoulders above the
average man, giving him the appearance of a beacon light in a
world of darkness. No quality so separates man from man as
does the disciplined imagination. This is the separation of the
wheat from the chaff. Those who have given most to society
are our artists, scientists, inventors and others with vivid
imaginations.
Should a survey be made to determine the reason why so many
seemingly educated men and women fail in their after collegeyears or should it be made to determine the reason for the
different earning powers of the masses, there would be no doubt
but that imagination played the important part. Such a survey
would show that it is imagination which makes one a leader
while the lack of it makes one a follower.
This quality of denial when disciplined protects man from
receiving impressions that are not in harmony with his nature.
He adopts an attitude of total indifference to all suggestions that
are foreign to that which he desires to express. Disciplined
denial is not a fight or a struggle but total indifference.
Clairvoyance is the faculty which is awakened when this quality
is developed and disciplined, not the clairvoyance of the
mediumistic seance rooms, but the true clairvoyance or clear
seeing of the mystic. That is, this aspect of the mind has the
capacity to interpret that which is seen. Discernment or the
capacity to diagnose is the quality of James the son of Alphaeus.
Judas, the one whom the world in its ignorance has blackened,
will when man awakes from his undisciplined state, be placed
on high for God is love and no greater love has a man than this
that he lay down his life for a friend. Until man lets go of that
which he is now conscious of being, he will not become that
which he desires to be; and Judas is the one who accomplishes
this through suicide or detachment.
Should a survey be made to determine the reason why so many
seemingly educated men and women fail in their after collegeyears or should it be made to determine the reason for the
different earning powers of the masses, there would be no doubt
but that imagination played the important part. Such a survey
would show that it is imagination which makes one a leader
while the lack of it makes one a follower.
Instead of developing the imagination of man, our educational
system oftentimes stifles it by attempting to put into the mind of
man the wisdom he seeks. It forces him to memorize a
number of text books which, all too soon, are disproved by later
text books. Education is not accomplished by putting something
into man; its purpose is to draw out of man the wisdom which is
latent within him. May the reader call Bartholomew to
discipleship and Awaken his Imagination and learn to direct it... For only as this quality is raised to discipleship will
you have the capacity to conceive ideas that will lift you beyond
the limitations of man.
The Seventh is called Thomas. This disciplined quality is the doubter or
denier of every rumor and suggestion that are not in harmony with
that which Simon Peter has been commanded to let enter. The
man who is conscious of being healthy (not because of inherited
health, diets or climate, but because he is awakened and knows
the state of consciousness in which he lives) will, in spite of the
conditions of the world, continue to express health. He could
hear through the press, radio and wise men of the world that a
plague was sweeping the earth and yet he would remain
unmoved and unimpressed. Thomas, the doubter when disciplined would deny that sickness or anything else which
was not in sympathy with the consciousness to which he
belonged had any power to affect him.
This quality also allows you doubt your doubt. If you begin to doubt the realization of your vision, you will be reminded that you have the quality of doubt, And you will have a good chuckle at the doubt that can easily be doubted.
This quality also allows you doubt your doubt. If you begin to doubt the realization of your vision, you will be reminded that you have the quality of doubt, And you will have a good chuckle at the doubt that can easily be doubted.
Matthew, the Eighth, is the quality of the mind
reveals man's desires as gifts from the Universe. The man who has called
this disciple into being knows that every desire of his heart is a
gift from heaven and that it contains both the power and the plan
of its self-expression. Such a man never questions the manner
of its expression. He knows that the plan of expression is never
revealed to man for the ways of the Universe are past finding out. He fully
accepts his desires as gifts already received and goes his way
in peace confident that they shall appear.
The Ninth disciple is called James the son of Alphaeus. This is
the quality of discernment. A clear and ordered mind is the voice
which calls this disciple into being. This faculty perceives that
which is not revealed to the eye of man. This disciple judges not
from appearances for it has the capacity to function in the realm
of causes and so is never misled by appearances.
Clairvoyance is the faculty which is awakened when this quality
is developed and disciplined, not the clairvoyance of the
mediumistic seance rooms, but the true clairvoyance or clear
seeing of the mystic. That is, this aspect of the mind has the
capacity to interpret that which is seen. Discernment or the
capacity to diagnose is the quality of James the son of Alphaeus.
Thaddaeus, the Tenth, is the disciple of praise, a quality in which
the undisciplined man is woefully lacking. When this quality of
praise and thanksgiving is awake within man, he walks with the
words, "Thank you, Father," ever on his lips. He knows that his
thanks for things not seen opens the windows of heaven and
permits gifts beyond his capacity to receive to be poured upon
him.
The man who is not thankful for things received is not likely to be
the recipient of many gifts from the same source. Until this
quality of the mind is disciplined, man will not see the desert
blossom as the rose. Praise and thanksgiving are to the
invisible gifts of God (one's desires) what rain and sun are to the
unseen seeds in the bosom of the earth.
The Eleventh quality called is Simon of Canaan. A good key
phrase for this disciple is "Hearing good news." Simon of
Canaan, or Simon from the land of milk and honey, when called
to discipleship, is proof that the one who calls this faculty into
being has become conscious of the abundant life. He can say
with the Psalmist David, "Thou preparest a table before me in
the presence of mine enemies; thou anointest my head with oil;
my cup runneth over." This disciplined aspect of the mind is
incapable of hearing anything other than good news and so is
well qualified to preach the Gospel or Good-spell.
The Twelfth and last of the disciplined qualities of the mind is
called Judas. When this quality is awake man knows that he
must die to that which he is before he can become that which he
desires to be. So it is said of this disciple that he committed suicide, which is the mystic's way of telling the initiated that
Judas is the disciplined aspect of detachment. This one knows
that his I AM or consciousness is his savior, so he lets all other
saviors go. This quality when disciplined gives one the
strength to let go.
The man who has called Judas into being has learned how to
take his attention away from problems or limitations and to place
it upon that which is the solution, aka his "Savior". "Except ye be born
again (Unless you can occupy the desired state of consciousness) you cannot in anywise enter the Kingdom of Heaven (aka live your dreams)." "No
greater love hath man than this, that he give his life for a friend."
When man realizes that the quality desired, if realized, would
save and befriend him, he willingly gives up his life (present
conception of himself) for his friend by detaching his
consciousness from that which he is conscious of being and
assuming the consciousness of that which he desires to be.
Judas, the one whom the world in its ignorance has blackened,
will when man awakes from his undisciplined state, be placed
on high for God is love and no greater love has a man than this
that he lay down his life for a friend. Until man lets go of that
which he is now conscious of being, he will not become that
which he desires to be; and Judas is the one who accomplishes
this through suicide or detachment.
These are the twelve qualities which were given to man in the
foundation of the world. Man's duty is to raise them to the level of
discipleship. When this is accomplished man will say, "I have
finished the work which thou gavest me to do. I have glorified
thee on earth and now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine Own
self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was."
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