The Sacred Flame of the Heart - Part Three

The Process of Unfoldment

You must keep in mind that consciously determining to experience the Sacred Flame is not the aim. This is true with any kind of spiritual experience or initiation, but unfortunately, many seekers endeavor to seek the experience for its own sake, and this is backwards thinking. When you do have a wonderful occurrence within, it is often the result of your devotion, you're discipline, and your yearning heart, and your degree of how much you have surrendered over, but it is always due to God's grace occurring in your life. If you have established a goal of seeking only the experience, this is phenomenalism, which is based on self-gratification, and if you follow this route, you are missing the point. You should not desire it for its own sake. The experience of the flame within the heart is a fulfilling benefit, a marker of your advancing inner growth, a glorious indicator that your heart is unfolding into the Divine. It is a sign or demonstration of the growing harmony and union within you. What you should be seeking is intimacy with God, finding Union with Your Creator, for the quest is Divine Union. On the path of Christian Mysticism, this is accomplished through Jesus Christ, with whom you are developing a relationship. He declared, "I and my Father or one;" therefore, he is leading you on this same path of spiritual unity with God. Due to your spiritual devotion, these experiences will come. So you do not seek them out first. God comes first, then you will come to experience God's Reality.

When you do experience the Sacred Flame, or such inner devotional experiences, whether it is once only, or occasionally, you will know and have validation that your connectedness in God is assured and is developing. It demonstrates that your unfoldment into Divine Beingness is definitely progressing, as your inner awareness into the sacredness of Life and Reality is deepening. Often this takes place while you are developing certain devotional attitudes and performing certain spiritual practices, to which we will discuss later. Since your devotion is to Jesus Christ, let him be your guide into the Divine Source.

These inward experiences are opening windows of a course in miracles  . When you witness such mystical episodes, such as the Sacred Flame within your heart, you are not only growing spiritually, and drawing closer to the reality of God within, but you are experiencing definite inner transformation, which affects the body, mind, soul, and heart. Also acknowledge that you walk this path and have these experiences not only for yourself, but in service to others. You are acting as an example to others, not necessarily toward them consciously, but on a level of the mass mind, that is, the collective subconscious mind of mankind. While you live a prosperous spiritual lifestyle, serving people outwardly and practicing your disciplines inwardly, you will be planting virtuous seeds into the soil of the mass mind of mankind that will eventually sprout through various individuals who have become ready to awaken and grow. When a large group of such dedicated spiritual devotees act in this way, being examples of a righteous lifestyle, the power and impact upon the mass mind can be great, although it may often be eventual, and not as immediate as you would like. Stubborn and willful people may not be as strongly affected. But those who are receptive will be open to the fruits of this spiritual reverberation, for the vibration of the Earth is indeed affected, much like a pebble being cast into the pond, causing the water to ripple outward. Every time a soul has a spiritual experience, this is a positive seed being planted into the mass mind; when countless souls exhibit such spiritual experiences, numerous seeds are then planted. When a teacher of truth touches the multitudes, lives are transformed; when several such teachers do the Greater Work, the people of the world are given the opportunity to be transformed, and many indeed will be transformed. Through God's grace, this is how mankind is prepared and grows into deeper reality of the Divine Beingness. This is how and why world Illumination will someday be inevitable.

As the vibration of the Earth raises higher, the Light of Christ being continually infused into it, there will be constant changes occurring, especially involving mankind. All the erroneous and destructive acts that people commit are the negative dross rising to the surface of the mass mind, to be cast out, and this usually occurs in ongoing waves. Matters appear to be getting worse across the globe, but the denser vibrations are more strongly emanating outward now. As these transformative changes are occurring, people will need to adjust and go with the flow, or be left behind.