July 23, 1982
Globe,
Arizona
Aka is here.
“Good evening, Aka. Where is Ray?”
Soul Ray stands with God.
Yes, we see
thy need, and we shall answer in this manner, and in this way. Glory be the name of the Lord, thy God; glory be the name of His
children, forever and ever.
And we say unto thee unto this parable.
For the Lord of Hosts did
bring forth upon the earth
three very wise men. And the
Lord of Hosts did bring forth in another part of the world three wise men. And in another part of the world He brought
forth three wise men. And from
another part He brought forth three
wise men. And each prayed and prayed [a] long and many hours, for they were sure that the longer they prayed, and the louder they prayed,
they were sure that God would
hear them.
Now each
was waiting patiently for a messenger
of the Lord to come unto them. Now
one lived in the north, the other the
south, the other east, the other
the west. And each thought that the place they lived was the only and
the greatest place upon the all of the earth
and all the universes.
And they prayed so
loud, the echo of their voices soon
rang around the earth. And the others
began to hear them. And they thought that this echo was an echo of themselves,
so they prayed even louder. One day they decided
they would pray all day and all
night, that one would stay awake and continue in their loud prayers, for the Lord of Hosts would hear them.
And from the north, as they prayed, a young man walked up to the one who was praying in such a loud and boastful voice,
and said, “Who are you talking to?”
Of course, this wise person
had prayed so long and so loud that he could barely hear the other
man. And he wasn’t quite sure whether he should stop and answer the young man’s question
or not, because he was afraid if he stopped, the Lord would not
hear. So, he went on praying louder and louder.
So the young man went on. And soon he reached the east, and
there he asked, who were they talking to? They felt that they were the only ones that were
talking to the Lord, and if they stopped talking to [Him], the Lord would not hear. So they
would not answer the young man.
The young man went to the south, and asked once again,
“Who are you talking to?”
And they felt
that if they stopped talking, the Lord of Hosts would not
hear their prayer. And therefore, they chose also to ignore the young man.
The young man
went on to the east [west], and
there he asked, “Who are you talking
to?”
And they said unto
him, “We shall stop talking only to
answer your question, but one of us must continue talking to the Lord.” And so, one shouted while
the other answered the
question.
The young man said, “Why do you shout in such a
loud voice?”
He said, “So that the
Lord, our God, might hear us, the Lord of Hosts.”
The young man said, “Is He
the same God that those in the east and the west and the north and the south
have?”
And those of the west said, “Yes, but there is no east,
there is no north, there is no south; we are the all that worship the God.”
And the young man said, “Nay, there are others.”
They could not believe this. It was an unbelievable thing to them. How could this be so; how could the Lord allow others to worship Him? And so they became
quite angry, and they decided
that they would not shout to the Lord.
When they stopped shouting to the Lord, those of the north and the south, not hearing
the echo coming from the west
they thought that was themselves, stopped shouting to the Lord. And that from the east, not hearing any echo, any
sound, stopped shouting
to the Lord.
And so those of
the west, said to the young man,
“See, if what you say is true, then there is
no sound.”
The young man said, “Come, I shall show you.”
So the young man took them to the edge of a cavern and
said, “Follow this cavern and you shall find that of the truth.”
And he went to the north and said, “Follow this cavern
and you shall find that of the truth.”
He went to the east and said, “Follow this cavern, and
you shall find that of the truth.”
He went to the south and said the same thing.
Well, as it happened, they all met in the center of
the earth. (Chuckle) And as you know, the center of the earth was a rumored
place where Lucifer lived. And they all were so sure of this. And as they met
each other, they each decided that the other was Lucifer. And they decided that
their only way to rid themselves of each other was to shout praise unto the
Lord.
Well, when they all shouted praise unto the Lord, the
bowels of the earth, not being able stand such loud noises, decided to have
earthquakes upon the earth. And so, therefore, they were erupted upward, and
soon found themselves, not in the north, the east or the west, but all mixed up
into different places upon the earth.
Now we say unto you, the Lord, God, has
strange and mysterious ways, but are they strange? Are they any stranger than your own? God does not argue over who is God. God
knows who is God. God is
satisfied with any temple, which is man. The house of the Lord’s which you built, He is
satisfied with those also.
But when you
decide that you have
found the true and only way to
the Lord, and when you shout at others and it becomes warm and hot and you are sure you are in hell, that is the day that you shall be, for you have made your hell. For even Lucifer has
eardrums that could be burst.
If you wish
to walk upon the earth, and wish for God to hear you,
it is not how loud you speak, it is the way you speak, from the heart of
yourself.
Yes, God
notices those who stand on
street corners, and find soap
boxes to stand upon, to shout
and tell you you are sinners, that you’re all going to hell, that you are blasphemous, that you have taken all His commandments
and done them wrong. God had heard all of these things. And one
day – and that day, thank
God, is not too far away – the Lord, God, shall empty His bowels upon the earth. And then, you
shall hear the whisper.
So why must
all this be necessary? Why
should it be necessary you condemn one another? Why can you not love one another? It is
nothing new.
You say you
are Christians. Yet you say,
“I could love this person, but there are these small things. This person is a little better looking
than I.” Or, “This person is
green or purple, and if they would only
change their color.” In
truth, what does it take for you to commit the one act that God has
asked you, to love one another,
to take hatred from your hearts, and
cast it aside?
In truth,
these twelve wise men were not wise. They had shouted so long they had become deaf. They had blinded themselves with their own self-importance, until they knew not where they were. Look unto yourselves and “judge not, leste ye be judged.” Take not the words of God and say, “This is the words of God, for I have heard the spirits.” The spirits
that were sent to you were for you,
but not necessarily meant for someone else.
We say that the chapel,
as it is concentrated [consecrated?] unto all segments, unto all places, shall be open to
the earth and the heavens. And laughter shall come unto you, and praise shall
be sung from you. For look into a child’s smile, and
you shall see God. Look unto laughter, and there is God, all around you, within you
and without you. You do not need to shout for Him to hear you, for He knows you are there, for you have
forgotten you were created by God, and you are unlike any other person upon this world and all others. You are unique in
kind. Does that not show you that God loves you?
You have thought in your minds that the times of war,
the times of earthquake, the times of famine are here
before you. This is true. How many times have we told you, let not the Seventh Seal be opened? How many
times, in how many ways, in how many parables have we said the same thing, “Love
one another.”
Soul Ray now grows weary.
And you shall say into your hearts, “Once again they
have spoken as unto riddles. They have shocked us; they have pleased us; they
have teased us; and they have given us some knowledge. Why do they not pick us
up and show us all of the truth of God?”
And we say unto you, unto each of you lies the truth; unto
each of you lies the knowledge. But there is but one total and complete truth, love
one another. If you wish to start this, do it now, this moment. Cast out of you
your hatreds. Cast out of you your jealousies. If [for] one has something you
do not have, be glad for them. But all things that God has given you, do not
cast dirt upon it, for it is all beautiful. And those things He shares within
His children are beautiful. For men and women are like flowers upon the field,
each a different color, each reaching to the heaven in its own way, yet the
beauty of it all is beyond your spoken words.
Awaken soul Ray from his slumber.
[Editor’s note: This
transcript was compared to the audio recording for accuracy.]
Copyright © 1982 by A. Ray
Elkins, Globe, Arizona 85502