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The term '''''God''''' or '''''Goddess''''' denotes a [[cosmic being]] who has the attainment of God consciousness on one or more rays and in the service he or she renders. | The term '''''God''''' or '''''Goddess''''' denotes a [[cosmic being]] who has the attainment of God consciousness on one or more rays and in the service he or she renders. | ||
In a dictation from July 2, 1994, the [[Goddess of Liberty]] explained that these terms do not refer to “the gods and goddesses of mythology but ... the Gods and Goddesses who are the forerunners of your own God-reality, which you shall achieve beyond your ascension in this life.” | In a dictation from July 2, 1994, the [[Goddess of Liberty]] explained that these terms do not refer to “the gods and goddesses of mythology but ... the Gods and Goddesses who are the forerunners of your own God-reality, which you shall achieve beyond your [[ascension]] in this life.” | ||
All of God’s children, having been given the gift of free will, have the opportunity to consecrate their energies to the ray and to the flame of their calling and election. They then have the opportunity to magnify an aspect of the spark until it becomes first a whirlwind, then a miniature sun, and finally an orb of cosmic dimension—a veritable lodestone of virtue, a fount of authority from which all who hunger and thirst after righteousness may drink and be filled. | All of God’s children, having been given the gift of free will, have the opportunity to consecrate their energies to the ray and to the flame of their calling and election. They then have the opportunity to magnify an aspect of the spark until it becomes first a whirlwind, then a miniature sun, and finally an orb of cosmic dimension—a veritable lodestone of virtue, a fount of authority from which all who hunger and thirst after righteousness may drink and be filled. | ||
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<blockquote>I AM an [[Archangel]], and I deal with the passions and feelings of Gods and men. When I speak of “Gods,” I trust you will understand that there is but one Lord. “Hear, O Israel: The L<small>ORD</small> our God is one L<small>ORD</small>!”<ref>Deut. 6:4.</ref> remains the fiat of the ages.</blockquote> | <blockquote>I AM an [[Archangel]], and I deal with the passions and feelings of Gods and men. When I speak of “Gods,” I trust you will understand that there is but one Lord. “Hear, O Israel: The L<small>ORD</small> our God is one L<small>ORD</small>!”<ref>Deut. 6:4.</ref> remains the fiat of the ages.</blockquote> | ||
<blockquote>But there are many sons and daughters who have begun to exhibit that self-mastery and cosmic control which lead to higher [[initiation]] and engagement in the eternal track of universal certitude. They have become, as it were, Gods in their own domain. These, too, must be reckoned with—these Cosmic Beings, [[ | <blockquote>But there are many sons and daughters who have begun to exhibit that self-mastery and cosmic control which lead to higher [[initiation]] and engagement in the eternal track of universal certitude. They have become, as it were, Gods in their own domain. These, too, must be reckoned with—these Cosmic Beings, [[Ascended Master]]s, [[angel]]s, Archangels and Mighty [[Elohim]]—for they have become cocreators with him by virtue of the godlike qualities they have externalized.</blockquote> | ||
<blockquote>Finite man seldom thinks on such as these—servant Sons who have risen in the cosmic peerage to adorn the heavens with his expanding love. And this is the meaning of the statement “Ye are Gods!”<ref>John 10:31–38.</ref> cited by [[Jesus]], who had the courage to preach the cosmic truth that every manifestation of God has the opportunity of becoming godlike, even as the Father is in them and they are in him.</blockquote> | <blockquote>Finite man seldom thinks on such as these—servant Sons who have risen in the cosmic peerage to adorn the heavens with his expanding love. And this is the meaning of the statement “Ye are Gods!”<ref>John 10:31–38.</ref> cited by [[Jesus]], who had the courage to preach the cosmic truth that every manifestation of God has the opportunity of becoming godlike, even as the Father is in them and they are in him.</blockquote> | ||