Teacher: Teacher Ophelius

Today’s message is about letting go the material and commercial aspects of your religious traditions and embrace a new and more spiritual way to worship and remember God’s visitations and promises to perfect humanity and to bring peace and brotherhood to this confused and strife torn world.  It is the Father’s will that love be the focus of all celebrations and in the joy of fellowship with your brethren, you come together in unity and project your intentions for a better future.  To answer the Father’s call to perfection, we must continue to change and evolve our thinking and put into practice those high ideals we have when caught up in the moment of celebration and ceremony.

For thousands of years man has capitalized on the traditions and celebrations of religious holidays to turn profits by exploitation of his good nature and worshipful attitude to honor God.  This exploitation has become so intense that the very meaning and spiritual inclinations of the celebration have been supplanted by clever commercial campaigns aimed to appeal to the vanity of the ego to fill the spiritual longings of oneness with God with material gratifications.  This serves the money changers well, but leaves the soul and the pocketbook empty.

Man has become a slave to this perpetuation of materialism in connection with his celebrations and religious festivals and this leads to anxiety and depression in many because they feel they have lost control and must conform to the peer pressure to perform in opposition to the longings of the soul for sincere relationships and worshipful unity.

Let us focus on the “good will.”  What is the “good will?”  The “good will” is God’s will, and his will for us is to enjoy life; to love Him; and to love one another.  When anxieties and ill will enter into our traditions and festivals, we must change our way of approach.  It is not my place to tell you how to live, but it is my desire that you become aware of that which you have become and to hold your intentions to the light and see if they embrace truth, beauty, and goodness.   Begin a new tradition this year, one that is focused on love and relationship and less on material gratification.  In the worlds to come, relationship is the gift of celebration, for material things are left behind with the flesh.  Let us learn these lessons of love now my beloved and enjoy this precious time you have on the earth.

Peace on earth, good will toward all mankind,

The Circle of Seven.