THE DISCOURSE

Within the consciousnessof each one is that Eternal Vigilance on guard which warns the outer to refrain from anything that would create destructive
activity, if the individual will only listen to its prompting.

For any Student to yield and lower him-self to vicious gossip is a violent retarding process to his or her growth. It matters not what may seem to
be the appearance, no one shall sit in judgment upon another. They who yield to such childishness open their doors wide to forces more destructive than
the boa constrictor of the jungle, or the tiger that would tear them to pieces.

That would but destroy the outer form, while gossip, criticism, and condemnation build within the mental bodies that destructive element which takes them many embodiments to
rid themselves of.

If Students receiving these Instructions cannot resist the vicious onslaught of these accumulated elements, they should withdraw from the Classes un-til such time as they can conquer themselves and are able to send love, peace, harmony, and goodwill to one
another.

Students should understand, in enter-ing into the Conscious Action or Stream of Life, that they are or have entered into the sifting process, wherein they either rise on the Wings of Eternal
Love or fall by the wayside and are swallowed up by the dragon of the outer forces.

The Students who have entered upon the Conscious Path and wish to proceed and be blest by that Wondrous and Mighty Light anchored in the Heart
of each one, should tum from criticism and judgment as they would from a poisonous serpent that would strike the poison of death into their flesh.

The Students should understand that in allowing themselves to fall into this most undesirable habit, they but injure themselves. They cannot harm another
who is filled with love toward everyone and all things, because the Consciousness of the Activity of
Divine Love in the individual's Life builds a Mighty Armor of Protection that naught of the outer can penetrate -for God is Love and always protects His
own.

The Students who have had difficulty in controlling their thought and feeling harmoniously should understand that when they have entered This
Radiation every faculty of their beings is quickened tremendously.
Therefore, they are more sensitive to the undesirable as well as to the good and desirable.

But I cannot stress too strongly that everyone, having Free Will, has the power to govern and· control how
they shall think and feel. They should at all times keep this Truth before themselves.

The one who spreads gossip, true or untrue, not only injures him or herself, but often shuts the door for those who unfortunately accept the gossip and
dwell upon it.
So, anyone who yields to it should
understand how far-reaching it is in the injury they do themselves and their acquaintances.

The conscious pouring forth of Divine Love into all situations will enable anyone who is addicted to such a habit,
to find quick and complete release from all such conditions.

I rejoice exceedingly when one with great Inner Strength is able to resist and refuse the acceptance of subtly destructive suggestions, and to stand firmly with and in the Mighty Presence of his or her Glorious God Self.

Keep it up, Dear Ones, and you shall hear the Bells of Freedom, of Liberty, chiming to you in the Great Rhythm of Eternal Light.

Saint Germaine. Interesting.