The First Angel and the Great Migration

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Originally Posted by Redchic12

Aww that was so sad Bartholomew.

Really looking forward to the next story.

Thank you so much for sharing this.

In my experience the best stories come from those little moments when we shift consciousness to the spiritual worlds. In this state we are open to all sorts of things, the thoughts of others, memories, predictions, fears, hopes in progress and even those little fleeting windows through which, for an instant, we can see far away.... The truth of this is in the fact that if we don't write the idea down we will forget it. This is my test of truth....

Story suggestions are always welcome...

Bartholomew

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Part 13 Shadow of The Fourth


Preface

The Lady, the First Angel of our story is one of those who are given to know the mind of God as it pertains to the area, rather the system, in which they are assigned. Because she is here, working within our solar system we are told now that she is privy to the plans of our solar God and that she bears certain responsibilities in this regard.

We are told that deity expresses and through this activity finds fulfillment in the form of expansion. This is both a literal and a very subjective statement. Literal because if we look only at the star and it’s orbiting disciples (planets) we easily find the engines of change at work. We have a word for what we observe. It is “evolution”. The word itself is best described when we link it’s dynamic to the will as it can be known by us, of God. In these areas of concern none among us is more capable than our Lady, the First Angel.

With this statement our story resumes...


The Garden

It seemed so long a time but we had learned to disregard the passage of time as it is known in the lower, the physical, realms. Here reference is made to the solid, the liquid and the gaseous which generalize the physical. Our minds, however, are not so constructed. Their perceptions may include more. In our case has it really been so long ago or should we add to this question the aspect of consciousness. We sit now on the familiar lawn in the garden and wonder. As before all is quiet, serene and lacking in any hint of some unsure quality which may lay lurking just out of sight. Yet… we wonder.

Casting our eyes about us and searching too with our minds we discover the Earth below is now missing. In it’s place is another. But why? At this point we remember that we had been absent for a very long time. It was the ethereal of the earlier Earth that we moved about it…. Now? But the garden seemed the same nonetheless. Perhaps if we begin at the beginning?

In our midst stood the Lady, our guide, friend, companion and mentor. Near us on the lawn way the familiar carpet, our magical conveyance with it’s (now) somewhat subdued glowing as though alive of itself. It’s small size belying the ability to grow with need to accommodate any number of passengers. Now the Lady, seeing our return to normal composure steps forward and meets each of us, eye to eye, mind to mind and hearts as well. Thus joined she begins.

“The time of the Earth has changed much since we first met. You are many of the same souls that were known to each other then. Tholomo of the travelers is yet among us, his journey here not yet ended. The others, those who had migrated here from so far away, those who, moving about the world below, became immersed with the peoples, the early ones, of this planet. To them gods you yet remain. Do we remember?”

We arrived so long ago. From our first location in the high mountains (the Andes) which so reminded us of the homes that we had left (the rocky planet Aryana). Our meetings, decisions, activities. Finally the real beginning then. The establishment of the five cities which would serve as the basis for the uplifting of those Earth evolved human beings who we were to raise up, quicken, teach and lead to their own futures.

Although we were flesh and sinew, mortal, we, to the Earth peoples, were the gods of their times. Those which had come form the heavens to teach. Our names? We were Tea-Adamu the first man whose responsibilities included the dry lands of the east. His memories remain yet in ancient writings. We were the Sea King, Set-Tholomo, he whose peoples sundered following the great upheaval. Look to the northern lands and to the newly reshaped Egypt now with the great river that had changed it’s course from the Atlantic to the inland sea. The future here would be remembered long after we who guided had been forgotten except in tales of great ones who came from the sky… and the sea. Our kind were, too, transplanted to the northern lands and to the east. Some too, could be found in the greater Northern (American) continent. They prospered as did their legends. Of his number was the teacher (priest) Adamis of the Atlans peoples. He remains active even today…. Do we remember the Protector/Guide, Te-Balda and his consort, Mother Guide, At Gangal whose efforts in the lands that would later become the high mountains of (present day) Tibet? She traced the newly formed river south and named the lands which would become India, giving them her blessings. Her legends are gone now except in the records safeguarded, held sacred. And the footsteps of the great one, master to the eastern lands (China), Pa-Hsieu, the bringer of knowledge. Lastly was, and is, myself, Tholomo who, having had reign in many lands decided in the later times before the great flood, to remain in the northern lands where the old ones would soon be joined in the post flood years, by others. This was later called North America although in those distant times it was divided by an inland sea and to the south… water roads only to those other lands which would remain unknown.

And there were others such as the migrating sea folk whose traditions had been disrupted by and after the flood traveled east towards the sun… there finding a new land (South America) across the mountains… they remained but not forgotten they were visited in each season of their lives and so found strength, endurance.

Does the reader remember? All have joined in that effort which saw so many changes but only one that was of any importance. The people without whom purpose would have been lacking. And where are all these now? Many have moved to other worlds to continue their quests, personal paths to other futures. Some grew at a faster pace and are with us today. These who have gained wisdom will be the leaders of the next round (more of this later). And some sleep. These last souls are cared for in their own heavenly partition near to us yet distant. Here they will experience a parallel to the Earth’s interlude before reappearing in a new physical world. Of them the next tales will someday be written. Someday long from now…

As we remained gathered together on the lawn in the garden we saw the whole of the history of the Earth to this time and now… we watch as the Lady bids us join her on the carpet for another flight of discovery. Silently, for what is to be said after all, we move towards the carpet, finding our places. In a moment the all too familiar sensation of some energy source nearby is felt again. We are raised up and turning to our left race at a pace so great that in an instant the garden landscape has vanished. And now we are in a sea of thick clouds. They seem as clouds in any case. Fear? We know none. We have long progressed beyond the point where the lower emotions rule. We wait…

We slow now and as we watch in the direction indicated by the Lady whose arm is raised, pointing ahead, and landscape of fire and turmoil appears.

The Lady guides and we know. In our minds instant understanding of the methods of the planet where natural cycles so necessarily complement the spiritual seem now to be so clear, even welcome to us. We watch. The seas and the lands both are in motion. An exchange between the deep places and the surface regions, ever in motion now, quicken their pace. This is, or was, our home. Many of us remember the mountains and the lands of our first encounter. Others of us saw the slow adaptations which re-directed rivers restoring to the land the bounties which would afford a people the prosperity which would be needed to survive and grow. But now it seems to be lost. But it is not in fact. The Lady speaks again.

“You are shown the Earth as it might be were it not for the continual guidance of “the Father spirit” which some have called our God. We will leave this place now and journey one last time before the new beginning arrives. We will, together, all of us, go now to the systemic center, the star within which our destiny waits to be known (to us). And with this statement we feel the tremendous acceleration again. In the distance and ahead is a great spiritual Light. It grows nearer.


The Light of the Father

The single most important of those things which might be said about deity and it’s environment is this. As we understand the concept or from our common point of view, divisiveness is non-existent. The “oneness” of expression is the definitive singularity. To say that “God is One” is a statement originally meant by philosophers to mean just that. For this reason it is not possible for we humans, as we are created and before we reach lower plane perfection, to approach, or even to attain the barest minimal level of understanding of what God really is. For this reason too, God has never interacted directly with any human being. It has always been through the intercession of spiritual subordinates. This is also true of the methods used by deity to develop created worlds; to manage them with certain goals in mind. With this understanding we now return to our narrative.

As we speed through the heavens watching horizons change to curving barriers caused by the need for us to adapt, not to distance, but to continually enhanced levels of consciousness. We are not nearing the physical star, our sun, nor are we concerned with it as a source of usual levels of energy. We, in our increasingly refined spiritual bodies now, gathered close in the aura of the great one, the messenger guide, the Lady who we know so well, are about to leave behind the higher of the systemic heavens and cross the threshold, in a virtual sense at least, into the otherwise unknowable landscapes which are home to that which can only be described as pure “mind”. This, on a smaller, localized scale, have achieved. Here is what we found.

As we journeyed we, within the aura of the great one, our guide, we had been transformed and now were able to understand so much more than we had. Our measure of consciousness had been increased 1,000 fold at least. We no longer were in ethereal bodies but had ascended, risen up towards the Mental plane and beyond. Towards the Atmic and Buddhic and beyond. We found ourselves now in that plane which is the highest of the Earth system. Commonly known or referred to as being the Divine because of it’s resonance with the God of our star, our Logos, whose imprimatur stood behind all things great and small. We had arrived in the center, the land of the Light of the Father.

From a source which defies further description we are given to “see”. Through the body of our protector, the Lady we seem to both feel and know at once. But the idea of the two being in any way separated spatially or by some form of time is wrong. Here… we discover, just for a moment or two, the true (from our lower perspective) the meaning of the idea of oneness. Even the idea of being in some place has been taken from us. The only word that serves now is transcendent, formless, timeless… being. The only dynamic possible here is the Will, the immutable, unchanging Will of deity. More than this is not possible to discern. We are now without form unless it be measured or defined by our minds. Here, in the home world of God, there is but one impulse and that is the unending presence of the Will of God. There is no other. Have I said this already? No matter.

The Lady now seems to have stopped and we can no longer see our selves nor the carpet upon which we traveled. Our sensory organs, even those possessed by our spiritual bodies, are rendered quiet, still, motionless and without meaning. Our only concept now is the Will…. The Lady of course understands this and is able to translate for our benefit the information which is about to be given us. And we, being now a part of her, listen as, in some timeless way, the story of the world was impressed upon us.

A slowing is felt or so it seemed but a change now. We sense a change and in a moment we knew that we had left the presence. Now as the more ordinary passage of time with it’s moving reference points returning we looked to the Lady for some explanation. Again she speaks to us as she had so many times before. “You have been visiting the high spiritual center of our star in it’s high spiritual body. The aura of the great one encompasses the entirety of the solar system and it’s lower, created spiritual planes. For a moment, though it was in truth timeless, you found the Will, the motivater, the cause of causes. The creator, the Father. Sleep now and rest as we travel at a slower pace back to the Earth and there we will begin a new lesson which will help to prepare you for what is to come. At this the Lady returns to silence and we, sensing the carpet again beneath us, sleep the sleep of those few who had sought and were rewarded… vision, wisdom. And with this we realize that we have been given the greatness of vision but in a form which had yet to be brought “down” for our understanding. What we learned while with the Father will be told in the next part.

Note: And why is this part titled The Shadow of The Fourth? As will be apparent soon the Earth has known several periods wherein humanity has appeared, struggled and then left. This, no doubt, provides a certain economy of resources. As one might suspect this method allows a much greater number of souls the opportunities available on the Earth. In this Part 13 we are traveling with our friends in the period at the close of the fourth “round” of mankind. Towards the end of our story we will witness the appearance of the Fifth “round” of humanity.

In the next part we will watch as the Earth takes shape below us, as it was formed so very long ago. As we witness the creative processes now so shall we command them later.

Part 14 will be called In The Beginning

to be continued.

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Part 14 In The Beginning


Preface:

The Lady of our story now turns towards us, the readers. As we notice the difference in the feelings of the moment seem to change, shifting upwards to some higher place, she smiles and begins to speak, mind to mind, to us. “It has been a very long time for us all and what is revealed in this story is truth but it is not some distant or incomprehensible quantity that describes the adventures of others. It is for you all, for us.

“Omnes unum sumus”

As you read these words is is well and good for us all to know that there is little difference between what we call the physical and the spiritual. We, all of us, live in them all simultaneously. This is demonstrated by the presence of our functioning vortexes, our chakras. Through them we live in emotional and mental, high and lower, mind and through them too, we are occasionally connected to those higher that our cousins in the animal kingdom have not yet attained. It has been given that we, our minds at least, are not directly of God. This is true. They are a function of the created worlds only. But we may know that we are, each of us and, in fact, every bit of created substance in existence like unto the Father through our consciousness. To the degree that we are thus aware we may measure our closeness to God.” And as we listen further we come to other realizations.

We are all here in the created worlds but, as we know, the uncreated, the realm of God, precedes/supersedes these. Ours, be if lower spiritual or physical, is a time based existence. In the higher, the so called divine where God rules this is not true. God is immaterial, non-dimensional, timeless. To God all is in the present. (I am) This differential is the source of great difficulty for us.

Our minds are not of God but like our bodies and souls are products of the created worlds of both lower spiritual and physical. They exist within strict perceptual limits. When we think of “eternal” or “eternity” we tend to conclude that this phenomena is one of some endless progression of time. But we err greatly when we think this. It is not. The concept of “eternity” simply refers to a landscape in which there is no time at all, no dimension, no boundaries, no velocity, timeless. A “land” in which there is naught but “now”.

Note: This fact is the reasoning behind the age old question that so many pose. “If God has given us freedom of choice but if God already knows how we will chose in advance…” How is this seeming conflict of ideas possible? It is, simply because of timelessness. We make our choices in our realm. God knows in His. This is the answer but to some it will seem inadequate. This conflict is caused by the fact that our reasoning power itself is “created”. We do not nor can we, think as God thinks. There is too great a “distance” between us.

How can any of us, this author included, write a narrative which describes the indescribable? How can we consider events in an existence where there are no time related boundaries? It is not possible for us to be so endowed, even for a short time. It is nearly impossible and can only be done if we, for a time, set aside the question of time vs timelessness and proceed in the usual, rational, way.

Can we consider the above now as we continue with our story? In it we find the great angel who we will later call “The Lady” with her companion angels as they are called to God’s presence for a new “assignment”.


The (un-created) Center

Our guide, the Lady has arrived and joined her companions in the presence of their Father creator. If we could see into this picture we might behold a shimmering, almost liqueous form, made or contrived by us, for us. This would be caused by and within our minds only though. It would not otherwise be perceivable. But in the minds of the high angels? To describe the methods of their perception is too great a task. Suffice to say here that that which we “see” is the (translated) reality which is also presented to them.

Now, across the boundaries and into our present we suddenly find ourselves in the familiar setting of the Earth’s Astral plane garden. As we wonder we are given to realize by the Lady that it is our spiritual selves now, our souls which are of a higher stuff, and not our ethereal bodies that give us form. Yes. Here we can find comfort. The Lady, in her usual voiceless way, speaks to us once again.

“As we are gathered here now let us project ourselves to the highest of the planes, that were God, the Father/creator is found.” As we watch now, from a distance and through the agency of the greater mind of she who guides, we are in the presence of God. Finding our reactions satisfactory she continues. “From our perspective this was long ago but in this recollection it will seem like the present. You will find yourselves able to follow now.”

The group of angels has been called to God the Creator for the specific purpose which is to receive new assignments related to the creation of a new solar system which will, in time, be home to a group of yet to be born human souls. This is not unusual for them as it is the reason for their existence, their purpose after all. It is the great ones, the angels on high which are the agents of God’s expressiveness. But this occasion is different because we are, through the link provided by the Lady, present in that meeting. It continues.

Into our presence comes another one. A great soul who, in eras untold, has also achieved that wisdom which enables. To this one the greatest measure of trust has been bestowed. This soul, which began as we all do as a babe in the lower spiritual houses, is now about to be given the responsibility of godliness. This one is to be anointed “divine” and will be embodied (in the lower created realms) the status of God. A new solar system will be “his” domain. It, in it’s entirety, will be “His” body of expression. The sun at it’s (Divine) center will be the focal point of his domain. Within and throughout “His” realm the company of angels, led by the great one (our Lady friend) will find their new responsibilities. As this is pronounced it begins!

Our star will be known as the body of God, our Lord and Creator. Our planet will be known by us as that land given us by the Father, in which to abide and prosper. In story form this will be told in accordance with the cultures of those who listen. It is the truth behind the tale, as we know, that carries the weight of truth after all… And so our home is now beginning to take form. Watch as the first of many mighty events takes place.

The star, our star which we will someday call Sol and within which we will, many of us, find the presence of our God, is yet in it’s infancy. It is spinning but unbalanced. As it’s mass increases so does the rate of rotation. This, since it exists in the lower, the created spiritual and the physical, has certain effects. The Lady bids us watch now as the first of these takes place.

“Watch now and witness the formation of the first of the great planets of this new system.” We, still seeming to be resting in the familiar garden setting, sit enthralled beyond measure. Never before had we dreamed of such things yet here we were. The Lady, generous as always, smiles as she recognizes our sentiments and continues. “Watch the star now as it rotates so fast that parts of it’s mass begin to form bulges on two opposing sides of it’s sphere. We watch and it is true. The globe of the sun is now shaped like an oblong rather than as a sphere. There appear two bulges on opposing sides of the star. And soon, as we watch these two bulges break free of their bonds and on fire still, spin out and away from the body of the star. In quick motion now, we see the events of hundreds of millions of Earth years as though they were but a few moments. Yes. The Lady watches us still. The visual now continues and we see that these two masses of fire have moved outward from the center and have taken positions of balance, now to rest for a time. We are given to understand that these two will, much later, be the planets Jupiter and Saturn. We have seen their birthing and are given to know that as all is with purpose and that we are not in any way separated from this, our new home star system, it is ours to found. We know also through this presentation, the Lady is telling or reminding us, that as we witness the advent of a new great spirit god that we are seeing far into the distant future as well. This series of events shaped our lower plane beginnings.


Pertaining to The Garden

Has the reader wondered about our familiar Astral plane garden and the other one found in so many of Earth religious scriptures? Could there be some connection or is it just a coincidence? The answer is “Yes. They are the same.” Each planet that is home to human souls, regardless of forms, has in it’s Astral plane such a garden, a place of both beginnings and of refuge. To here we may always be assured of a welcome.

Here the Lady speaks again to we, the readers. “Concerning our souls and their origins. Do we remember that it was said that as we mature we leave behind our individual selves and form new identities as groups? This process continues. As we raise up in the spiritual worlds we join yet higher groups but, curiously enough, each of these does have a singular identity. On these high levels a single is a composite of the many. This is the reasoning behind the title “great one” that we sometimes here. And now we can witness the process of soul birthing.

On the highest of our Earth planes, just subordinate to the deity there does exist the great soul which serves as the surrogate for God. From the celestial body of this unknowable one our souls are birthed. In their beginnings of existence we are infant souls of this parent. This is one of the reasons for the existence of the garden. Here the new souls are allowed to adjust to their new environments, to learn the methods and mysteries of the world below, that which will be their homes for the long cycle of lives which lays ahead of them.” And at this the Lady continues in her familiar way of speaking directly to our minds.

The history of our garden is a story unto itself that will not be spoken of in detail here. Suffice to say that when the first human souls were born to our world they resided on their own sub-plane of the Earth’s Mental plane. Here they were cared for until the time before they began to incarnate on the lower world. For a time, in preparation for what, for them, would be a new experience, they were moved to the mid-Astral plane and abided in a special location where they would have an introduction to the world which awaited them. This was our garden but as it was then. It was a place where new souls would learn… nothing more. Following this interim period they would then, still in their spiritual (Mental matter) bodies descend to waiting wombs below. This is where the story must end though. They were born to certain non-human forms that were considered adequate to the desired end. From that point onward they grew at a rapid pace… That story will be continued later.

Here let it be noted however that the truth of our beginnings is remembered in legends which after many changes, became religious scriptures. The details of this series of stories is of no consequence except to those who yearn for literal truths.


When we think of our garden we may be sure that we are remembering those ancient times through our innate connections to the Hall of Memories which really does exist (in the high Astral plane.

“Quod est superius est sicut quod inferius, et quod inferius est sicut quod est superius.”
“That which is above is like to that which is below, and that which is below is like to that which is above.”
From an eighth century Arabic text “The Emerald Tablet”, and other sources too. Or more commonly: As_above,_so_below

Note: It is also of interest to note the Magician of the Tarot. Here, much awaits the inquiring student.


We suddenly realize that it is also our destinies that are being shown us. Again the Lady smiles as she embraces us all in greater measures of Her Light. And now we seem to sleep, for a time.

As we awaken we find that time has passed and that now we are seeing our Earth as it was so very long ago. Again we wonder how, as we gaze upon the stars above and around that it could be so foreign yet familiar. Later we would find that this was because the spiritual qualities of the new planet had already been formed. These, we recognized innately and we knew…. We knew.

And now the story continues.

The Lady, our guide, again shows us the early solar system. We see that in the earliest times there was but the sun with the two gaseous giants in attendance. As we watch further we see the changes which resulted in further actions related to, caused by the dynamic of the gravitational interactions, balances, of the whole. We see that, upon certain times these two, as did their parent, eject lesser amounts which, because of their lower mass, were to cool and harden earlier. These became the present day rocky planets including those which later birthed the broken one, that which we call the asteroid belt. And the Earth? It was yet very hot. Within it’s sphere the convection currents caused the separation of the elements which would later become the two cores and the rocky crust. We saw, too, that, like our sun, the Earth in it’s molten state, developed a bulge which would grow so large that, for a time, it seemed it were two planets instead of one. Then… the lesser of these two broke free and moved outward until it found stability. This was our moon in it’s formation. It is of the Earth after all.

Still later we watched as these released great volumes of hydrogen which, when oxidized through the interplay of the large amounts of iron within, resulted in water, although in it’s early days these were acidic. And now as we watched we saw our Earth as a water world, oft greenish in hue, warm yet and without life. At this the Lady corrects our thoughts. “The Earth, your world, is now without biological life but to say there is no life at all is incorrect. All is alive in the spiritual existence. Once created matter, including your souls, can only progress and grow but never diminish.” And again we knew…

Note: Our moon is of the Earth. Due to the centrifugal forces resulting from it’s rotation, like with the sun, two bulges were apparent. One of these, the lesser of the two, slowly separated and moved away. This mass became our moon. It is yet synchronized with the Earth and this is the reason it remains in it’s orbital harmony with one side always facing us only. In it’s beginning it was very close. It moves outward in it’s orbit even now and will continue to do so until the eventual point of balance is reached.

As we return to the garden.

We who know each other so well, now situated in our garden, listen, the Lady continues with her teaching. “Thus far you have been shown in both narrative and visuals, the events which began with the decision of deity to begin a new system, an expansion, of the human experience in our galaxy. In this the role of the angels was and remains the management of the creative process during the beginning and continuing of it’s evolutionary phase. More specifically it was the angels who called to this system the first of the worker spirits, those whose joy it always is to make manifest on the lower spiritual and the physical those directives received. In those days of the beginning it was the angels who ordered the changes and it was the workers who, using their unique ability to create on the ethereal, who were responsible for the results.

The Lady speaks to us again. “Our world has not changed much in this regard as you may know. The workers are still here, still busy, active unceasingly. It is they who are given an image of what is desired. It is they who shape Earthly forms in all of the kingdoms. These often called elementals or other names have a great love for we humans in particular. They are known to sometimes form associations with those of us who have the ability to see them. These few of us are privy to these seldom spoken of Earthly mechanisms. Indeed if we were to call them Mother Nature we would not be wide of the mark. We do know them and their work well.” At this point the Lady bids us sleep again, rest.

The next part in our story will be concerning the activities of our angelic friends who, long, long ago, began the development of the Earth’s heavens. These would be of vital importance later when biological life appeared and most of all for the support of the human souls that would follow.

We will also read of the origins of our so familiar garden placed for us in the mid-range of the Earth’s astral plane. In it we will find the first two human souls incarnate. The advent of humanity on Earth. It is hoped that the readers will find this topic to be of special interest.

Part 15 will be called: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow...

To be continued...