The Fellowship Primer

Excerpts from the
Paul Solomon
Source Work Readings
for the
Fellowship of  the Inner Light

Compiled and Edited by Grace de Rond

Two excerpts from chapter, Spiritual Communities and the Earth Changes

Paul Solomon Source Reading #929 2/12/77

Too many have an element of saying to God, "I will do this for you if you will do that for me." The commitment that must be made is, "I will give all I have regardless of other factors." When that is done of course the Father will do his part and more.

You have come to a particular time in the experience, the development, the evolution of this planet, that is a period of culmination, of graduation, of completion. It becomes a lifetime that is a capstone for all those that have lived before. It is as if the soul prepared itself through many experiences for that which would be the challenge of them all, the preparation of this planet for the return of its highest expression—its Master.

In the very early times, you first entered awareness of this plane at the end of its last culmination, the birth of this particular time, for there was a Heaven and Earth before this Heaven and Earth. There was evolution of a race before the race that you know as man. You saw the ending of that race, for those were the Shining Beings who took part in your awakening to consciousness of self and the possibility of evolving to that you sprang from or proceeded out of, the heart of God. Now, because of that distant memory that is a part of your inner being, every experience from that to this has been colored with intent, the intent of being a part of lifting this entire race a little closer to the Godhead.

So many things will come in a flash of memory. All these things, these soul memories, will become a part of importance in this time with separating these people apart, at a time when your own government will require all individuals to be marked for purposes of tax processing, for purposes of spending money, buying and selling. When those of this nation will be required to buy by showing a mark on their physical body, you will be among those who set themselves apart to avoid that marking, and of necessity then, must provide for all that they consume without becoming a part of the economy of the nation in which they live. Then, you will live under the most adverse of circumstances, being thought of as foreign, outcast, not fitting into the society of those who cooperate.

When this time of marking comes, you will see so much rebellion among the people, for those who call themselves Fundamentalists will call it the Mark of the Beast. Those of you who set the self apart will recognize, realize, that it is a form of control and must not be accepted. Others will rebel. Those who rebel will be rounded up and taken aside. Many will be cast into prison.

You face a time of change and of religious and political warfare, even among yourselves. Because of these things, you must begin to identify with one another and set the self apart in communities that become strong and dedicated, knowing that you have central purpose. For many of those who have a need to buy and to sell, those who become hungry, those who face privation, will be tempted to go and allow themselves to be marked, that they may become the mainstream, and that they may escape persecution and become a part of the nation that so requires it. Now, see these things in the mind’s eye and be prepared for them. Know something, just a small idea, of that which comes and is before you for it is not so far off.

People must begin to understand the need for one God, for coming together in the worship of that One, for the importance of the strength of knowing him, for the importance of the strength of having faith that he will provide.

You had better be about providing food and shelter and these basics, for the Lord has told you, the Lord has spoken, and much time is wasted with things of so little consequence. Your money will mean nothing. Get yourselves apart and be about this—worship, serving, learning, growing and building together. Not out of fear, but because it is the way to live together, at one, having all things in common and having a central purpose dedicated together to the awareness of the Father.

Paul Solomon Source Reading #924 2/15/77

Concerning coming changes in the earth’s development, there remains a great deal to be done before such changes upset the lifestyle and thinking of those about you. Know as well that the work that remains to be done, remains to be done in spite of the earth changes, not because of them.

That which needs to be done should be done because of its need in the present, rather than as a matter of preparation for extreme change, for it is the imbalance that is causing the change. Correct the imbalance, and the changes will not matter so much. Begin first of course with the realization that the essence of man, that which has eternal value, is not flesh nor subject to the laws of the flesh.

That which man should identify with has little concern for the changes in the earth’s surface, except that he is responsible for such change. Then, the manner in which you might best serve is to begin, and to demonstrate, a change in values, a new set of values. Put your value in things that are of value and that will last, things that cannot be destroyed or even changed, by this earth or changes in it. One can hardly demonstrate a new set of values while showing concern for those things that will be destroyed. The most important single thing that can be done in this time is to restructure values.

The best manner of healing any disease is finding what that disease can cause one to realize and become. Then, see the purpose of the disease, see what can be gained from it. Gain that first, and the disease will have no purpose.

So it is with such changes in the earth, symptomatic of misplaced value on this earth. If values were lifted to those things that are of real value, then those things of value would not have to be demonstrated as against those that will be taken away. For all those things that are presently considered of value will be wrested from the hands and the life, during the period of change. And the greater the attachment for any single individual with anything not of value, the greater his suffering when it is taken away.

Those who seek to pray and idealize in saying, "We might pray and avoid the earth changes," better yet pray for a new set of values that would not set value on those things that will be taken away during such changes.

Then, what will the changes require of mankind—restructure the thinking, restructure sets and systems of values, and cause others to see the possibility of living within this set of values.

As to survival itself during these times, even survival will depend upon values, for those who value love and one another, will survive. Those who put spiritual relationships before self will survive. Those who scrap for pieces of food will perish.

Band together in communities, communities specifically designed for spiritual growth and improvement, not communities designed in paranoid reaction or fear of loss. Spiritual communities will survive through lifting their people to a higher consciousness, even during the time when those unaware, and those who choose not to be aware, refuse to speak of earth changes and such.

This is the time to speak of changes in values, to demonstrate new sets of values as an example to others. All must begin to rethink.

Your message should not be, this will happen and that will happen. Let your message be not one of fear for the changes in the earth. Rather a message that those things that really matter cannot be taken away, and if they are valued more than things that can be taken away, then we will live a new kind of life, an effective life, without fear of changes for these things are small.

Put your values in things that are of true value, for those things that are of false value will be taken away to cause you to recognize the greater values. Begin at home. When your values begin to become apparent to others, there will be opportunity to assist others through the changes. Especially prepare to teach people to adjust to the change, to adapt to new lifestyles, to feel thankful for the knowledge. That should be your purpose.