Give  praise  and  thanks 
for This  Accomplishment  and  say:  "'Mighty  I AM  Pres-209 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES 
cncc'  sweep  in and  accomplish  the next  thing  with  your 
Infinite  Power." Feel  your  Great  Joy and  Enthusiasm  in 
the next  Accomplishment. Oh,  Dear  Ones,  it is so wonder-
ful ! It is so tremendous! Once  you understand  what  is being 
accomplished. We have  Faith  in you,  in every  "I AM"  Student  in Amer-
ica! Will  you  not,  in Our  faith  in you,  stand  as One  Great 
Pillar  of Light,  each  one of you  to all the others  and  have 
all that  is required  ? My Love  and Blessings  enfold  you,  each  one,  always,  and 
I say to those  who  have  come  so great  a distance:  What-
ever We can do to add to your  Freedom,  your  Supply,  your 
Happiness,  shall  be done! I thank  you. DISCOURSE  XV 
MIAMI,  FLORIDA  November  21, 
Tonight,  Beloved  Students,  let Me call your  attention  to 
the Requirements,  in releasing  the Greater  Activity  of your 
Life Stream  to bring  your  Heart's  Desire  in the use of 
things  in the outer  world. You have  thought  to gather  from  without,  the things, 
the happiness  and  the conditions  which  you  thought  were 
necessary  for your  success;  and  for all that  your  Heart  de-
sires;  but all have  found  it futile;  have  found  it a great 
mistake. They  have  not found  satisfaction,  because  there 
was no place  of Permanent  Anchorage;  no Source  to which 
they could  give  their  attention  and hold  it there  in a definite 
focus. Beloved  Ones,  hold  your  attention  for a moment  upon 
Me, so I am able  to anchor  within  your  feeling,  the Reason 
why  it is imperative  to have  an anchorage  for your  at-
tention;  to keep  it from  wavering  from  point  to point,  and 
condition  to condition. That  is why  you  have  your  limita-
tions  today;  because  you have  not known  any place,  upon 
which  you could  fix your  attention,  in order  to have  a def-
inite  action. Tonight,  if you will  be kind  enough  to follow  My Words, 
you will  understand,  as you  come  to know  the Presence, 
the "Mighty  I AM,"  is above,  you have  found  your  Source 
187 188 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES 
of Life,  which  is the Individualized  Presence  of God. It 
is why  We,  as Ascended  Beings,  as Cosmic  Beings,  have 
Our Freedom  today;  because  We  found  That  Presence! We, like  the rest of humanity,  would  have  remained  in our 
limitation;  if it had not been  Those  Who  were  Greater  than 
We at that  time,  called  Our  Attention  to and assisted  Us, to 
hold  our attention  upon  the Source  of Our  Life. You of the South  have  not had  the direct  contact  with 
the Messengers  which  many  of the other  students  have,  and 
have  not had  many  of these  explanations. I want  you  to 
realize  tonight  when  you  cast  off those  bodies,  the body 
lays there  with  all the organs,  of its physical  actvities. Those 
organs  are there  as they  were  before;  but where  did That 
Intelligence,  That  Life,  That  Activity,  That  Light,  That 
Power,  That  Substance  go ? Why  does  the body  lay there 
helpless  ? Behold  the Chart! All the Life,  Intelligence,  Substance 
and Activity  came  thru  that  Stream  of Life  from  the 
"Mighty  I AM  Presence,"  into  the body  and  anchored 
within  the human  Heart! When  the  Life  Stream  with-
drew,  the human  form  was  helpless. You  think  and  man-
kind  has been  so prone  to think,  in order  for something  to 
exist,  one must  see something  out here. People  think,  they 
must  have  something  in their  grasp  to understand  that  it 
was Real. I tell you  everything  you  use,  which  is of any 
Power,  is invisible  and  you  know  it. You  do not see the 
energy  you  are using! You  do not see the current  of elec-
tricity  which  goes  thru  those  wires  and brings  the Light  into DISCOURSE  VIII  189 
the room;  but it is there  and  you  acknowledge  and  accept 
its use. Tonight,  I want  you to fix in your  mind,  whatever  power 
you use, and the Intelligence  you have  used  for any achieve-
ment  in your  human  activity,  came  thru  That  Stream  of 
Light  from  your  own  God  Presence  and  anchored  within 
your  Heart! It gave  Action  to the body  and  Life  to these 
human  forms. Without  That  Stream  of Light,  you  do not 
have  action  of the form. Until  mankind  understands  this  and  finds  the "I AM 
Presence"  and  Power,  to which  it can anchor  the attention 
and hold  it anchored,  there  is no way  or means  to release 
Greater  Power  of Energy  than  people  are experiencing 
today. Steadily  and surely  have  they  drawn  themselves  into 
the density  and  limitations  which  they  are experiencing 
today,  and  by their  own  volition. No one asked  them  to do 
it, but they  kept  saying:  "This  is the authority,  and  this  is 
the authority,  meaning  the outer  intellect,  and  in that  they 
made  their  great  mistake." Dear  People,  you  think  your  intellect  is the knower,  the 
doer. Where  is it, when  the body  lies helpless  ? The  brain 
is still  there,  but  it does  not  act! Let  us look  at these 
things  practically,  so you  can have  Our  Assistance  which 
you need. The  brain  no longer  acts. Then  the Power  and 
Intelligence  which  acted  thru  the brain  came  thru  That 
Stream  of Light  and  Energy. EVERYTHING  YOU  ARE 
OR EXPERIENCE,  IS CAUSED  BY YOUR  FEELING 
OR YOUR  SPOKEN  WORD! 213 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES 
Tonight,  try to feel  in all the previous  understanding 
you have  had,  from  every  source  of metaphysics,  you  were 
taught  to govern  your  thought. It is but a fragment  of the 
cause  of conditions  in comparison  to your  feeling! Your 
feeling  is your  Power-House,  and  unless  you know  how  to 
govern  it, you are lost! You  cannot  govern  your  thought— 
and no human  Being  ever  did—without  governing  your 
feeling;  because  your  feeling  will  flash  before  your  thought 
has a chance  to act. Think  it over  and  see! Otherwise,  why 
would  Individuals  suddenly  without  provocation,  feel  the 
blood  surge  thru  the body  in a fit of anger,  until  it looks  like 
the veins  would  burst  ? It acts  the opposite  thru  fear. The 
circulation  recedes  and  almost  stops,  because  fear  is con-
gestion. Do you  wonder  why  sometimes  your  body  suddenly  is 
charged  with  pain  and  distress? Because  some  fear  has 
seized  you,  it congests  your  circulation  and  makes  it almost 
unable  to act;  while  with  intense  anger,  the feeling  re-
leased,  charges  your  circulation  forth  with  such  force  and 
power,  that  you think  your  veins  will  burst. Let us look  at these  things  sensibly  and  practically. This 
Understanding  of Life,  is the most  practical  thing  on the 
face of This  Earth. If mankind  once  understands  It, the 
people  will  see they  have  a Scepter  of Power  and  Applica-
tion to apply  in their  Lives  and nothing  can resist  It. You Beloved  Students  who  understand  This  Presence, 
know  that  which  you call forth  is Self-luminous,  Intelligent 
Substance! It sweeps  in, thru  and  around  your  body  and DISCOURSE  VIII  191 
sweeps  out all imperfection. If you  can  so change  It by 
your  Power  of qualification,  you  will  be able  to quickly 
release  yourselves,  from  disturbance  or limitation  of any 
kind. Limitation,  is because  you are giving  power  to something 
outside  of yourself,  when  beating  your  Heart  is the Intel-
ligence  of the Universe. AS LONG  AS YOU  DEPEND 
UPON  SOMETHING  OUTSIDE  OF  THIS  PRES-
ENCE,  WHICH  GIVES  YOU  LIFE,  THEN  YOU 
WILL  REMAIN  IN YOUR  LIMITATIONS. THERE 
IS NO  OTHER  WAY. You have  lived  in hundreds  and  thousands  of embodi-
ments,  similar  to these,  and  there  has not been  so much 
progress. We see and understand  the pride  of human  intel-
lect; but those  people  keep  right  on losing  the bodies  all 
the time  one  embodiment  after  another! If the intellect 
were  the Knower  and  All-powerful,  then  it would  be able 
to regulate  and  govern  the energy  of your  body;  and  keep 
Eternal  Youth  in the body,  but it does  not do it. Why  not ? Because,  until  mankind  understands  the  feeling  world 
must  be held  Harmonious,  in order  to allow  the Power  of 
the Presence  to flow  thru  into  action  and  produce  results, 
the people  will  not have  Its Perfection. The Messengers  have  pled  with  the  people  all over 
America;  and  shown  the need  of keeping  the feeling  har-
monious. Yet,  some  of the Blessed  Earnest  Students  go 
right  on having  all the discordant  feeling  they  please;  and 
releasing  all the energy,  all the discord  and  criticism  they 215 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES 
desire! We  have  seen  some  of those  who  pretend  to love 
each  other  so much,  criticize  each  other  severely,  so are you 
to blame  for this  or not? Well  the one  who  does  it will 
one day see his or her great  mistake. Why  will  you  earnest,  Beloved  Sincere  Students  not lis-
ten to Us when  We know  This  Law;  when  We  tell you, 
that until  you  keep  Harmony  in your  feeling,  you  will  not 
have  Harmony  or your  Release  ? Then,  you wonder  what  is 
the matter,  you do not have  Results  from  your  Application. What  is the use of pleading  and  calling  to the Presence,  if 
you are going  to allow  your  feeling  to criticize  and  con-
demn  at the slightest  provocation? What  is the use? Some  of you have  had three  years  of Instruction. Beloved 
Ones,  your  opportunity  is not going  to last much  longer,  if 
you continue  to allow  your  feeling  to govern  your  world. The imperative  Demand  of your  life—not  someone  saying 
so, but the Demand  of your  Life  today,  is continued  Har-
mony  in your  feeling. If you do not do it, you are going  to 
pay the penalty. You  Dear  People,  who  have  been  in This 
Activity  for three  years  and  won't  do that,  don't  blame 
somebody  else. Blame  yourself! Look  at yourself  and  see 
what  is wrong. Do not be blaming  the other  person  all the 
time  for something! I am determined,  with  your  permission,  to break  down 
and cut you  Free,  from  this  fiendish  thing,  of continuing 
to allow  your  feeling  to do these  things! I am not criticiz-
ing you,  but I am firm  and  determined,  if you  will  allow 
Me to help  you cut yourselves  Free  from  this condition. Do DISCOURSE  VIII  193 
not yield  to these  things! I want  you to be Free  and have  the 
Great  Blessing  which  This  Understanding  of the Presence 
brings;  and  your  Instantaneous  Answer  to your  applica-
tion! You  cannot  have  it Dear  People,  unless  you  do har-
monize  your  feeling. There  are some  blessed  people  for whom  the Messengers 
have  worked  and  worked  and  tried  to help;  and  they  keep 
asking  them  for more  help,  but they  won't  control  their 
feeling. I say again,  do not keep  looking  at the other  per-
son's  faults,  but look  at yours  and  see what  is the matter 
with  you! That  is what  counts,  Dear  People. There  is not a 
thing  the matter,  except  what  is the matter  with  yourself! Just get that! and hold  it forever! Then  you  will  thank  Me 
for the day  when  you  shake  My  Hand,  for being  firm 
enough,  to give  you the Strength  and  Power  to control  this 
thing  forever! Oh, We  love  you  so greatly  and  We  know  how  close 
some  of you are to your  Freedom;  but you cannot  go on, if 
you are going  to allow  your  feeling  of irritation  and  criti-
cism  of those  you claim  to love,  to longer  control  you. You 
cannot  do it! There  is no use kidding  yourselves. You  will 
notice,  I use your  own  expressions,  because  I want  you  to 
understand  what  I mean. I want  you to know,  We are using 
the language  which  you  understand,  even  if We  do use 
slang. We are doing  it, because  you  understand  and  know 
what  the feeling  and  meaning  of it is. If you  want  to criti-
cize Us, all right;  but you  are going  to hear  and  compre-
hend  in the language  which  you do understand! 217 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES 
Look  at yourselves,  every  one  of you;  and  do not ever 
| say  your  friend  was the cause  of the disturbance  within  you! Take  that—every  one,  tonight,  unto  yourself! Look  yourself 
in the face  and  say:  "Here,  what  is there  in me I can cor-
rect, which  makes  me a more  Perfect  person"  ? Then  you 
:I will  find  the remedy,  correct  those  habits  and  be happy. || You  will  know  such  Happiness,  as you  never  can  know 
| otherwise! 
' Oh. do not blame  persons,  places  and  conditions  for the 
thing  which  is within  yourself! That  is why  the Messenger 
i' said  tonight  in the beginning:  Oh,  Dear  People,  cut your-
jj selves  Free  from  the psychic  and spiritualistic  things,  which 
11 open  you to all the discordant  entities  there  are! As long  as 
'i you  do whatever  opens  you  to these  things,  you  will  never 
know  Happiness,  Success  nor Freedom. You  cannot  do it. Why  ? Because  today,  the Great  Law  of Life  demands  your 
! attention;  demands  your  calling  on the Law  of Forgiveness, 
j for  all mistakes  you have  made;  not only  yourselves  but all 
! mankind! COULD  YOU  UNDERSTAND  THE 
|j POWER  AND  RELEASE  WHICH  WOULD  COME 
j TO  YOU  IN ONE  HALF  HOUR,  IN GREAT  EAR-
i NEST  SINCERE  CALLING  ON  THE  LAW  OF FOR-
| GIVENESS  FOR  ALL  YOUR  MISTAKES,  DEAR 
| HEARTS,  YOU  WOULD  REJOICE  FOREVER. Don't  think  it is all the other  person. Call  on the Law 
of Forgiveness,  for yourself  and  all mankind. Then,  hold 
your  feeling  Harmonious  and  at Peace,  and  you  will  see 
the Glory  of your  Presence  and  Its Perfect  Manifestation DISCOURSE  VIII  195 
in and thru  your  body;  for thru  your  Call,  is the Action  and 
Great  Quick  Powerful  Means  of doing  it. You cannot  be Free,  Dear  Ones,  as long  as those  qualities 
of discord  act in your  world! It is not possible! We  have 
seen your  great  earnest  sincere  Call  thru  your  Mighty  De-
crees! Can't  you  feel tonight,  as you never  did in your  Life, 
Our Great  Love  for you  ? Why  are We so in earnest  ? and 
why  do We not hesitate  to point  you  to yourself? Because 
you are the only  cause  of any  limitation  or disturbance 
which  ever  came  into  your  world. There  is no other  cause 
but yourself,  Dear  People. Try  to see and feel it. You must  understand,  I am speaking  to you  with  such 
Great  Love  tonight;  but you  have  got to understand  these 
things,  if you want  to be Free  quickly. Oh,  do not wander 
around  longer! Straighten  your  spine  and  say:  "Beloved 
'Mighty  I AM  Presence'! take  out of me every  discordant 
feeling  of every  kind! Charge  and  fill my mind  and  body 
with  Your  Great  Peace! Your  Great  Happiness! Your  Great 
Strength! Hold  Your  Dominion  over  my feeling  and  let 
the Power  of Your  Glorious  Presence  flood  forth  and  thru 
into my world;  to harmonize,  Perfect  it. Take  command 
and produce  Your  Perfection  everywhere." Then,  you  can 
have  it quickly,  Beloved  Ones. There  is no other  way! There  is no thing  which  is permanent  but the Perfection  of 
your  Presence. While  I am talking  to you,  the Great  Goddess  of Liberty 
is doing  Her  Great  Work  in your  feeling  world. The  day 
you come  to know  what  that  means,  you  will  truly  rejoice. 196 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES 
I may  not explain  It to you  tonight,  there  is not time;  but 
one day,  you will  all know  what  that  has meant. I say to you,  and  especially  those  of the Students  who 
understand  something  of This  "I AM  Activity":  "As  you 
have  heard  One  after  Another  of these  Great  Cosmic  Beings 
come  forth,  to the assistance  of mankind  now—because  the 
Great  Cosmic  Light  demands  it, you can have  Their  Cour-
age, Their  Strength,  Their  Consciousness,  the Ascended 
Masters'  Consciousness—to  assist  you  to your  Victory,  if 
you will! Give  your  attention,  first  to your  own  God  Pres-
ence,  then  to Someone  of the Ascended  Beings  and  say: 
'Great  Beings  of Light,  I need  Your  Assistance! I need  Your 
Courage  and  Strength,  until  I am strong  enough  to stand 
on my own  two  feet;  and  in my Call  to my Presence,  hold 
my Scepter  of Power  and  Dominion  sustained.' That  is 
what  every  one will  reach  one day." I urge  you  to realize,  it is not necessary  to wait  years, 
in order  to have  This  Great  victory. You  can have  It now, 
if you will  but allow  Us to help  you;  if you will  follow  the 
Simple  Explanations  We give,  but if Individuals  will  not 
do this,  then  We cannot  help  them. There  is no question 
about  that! We  know  the Law! We  live  It! We  are the 
Law! We  know  how  to tell you  what  to do and  how  to 
do it I We can tell you  the exact  results,  if you  will  follow 
Our Directions;  but  We  cannot  tell what  the human  of 
an Individual  is going  to do. Not  even  the Individual  him-
self or herself  knows. Oh look  yourself  straight  in the face! If necessary  go to DISCOURSE  VIII  197 
your  mirror  and  look  at your  image  there  and  say to it: 
"Now  you  have  had  your  dominion  for the  last  time! Henceforth,  my 'Mighty  I AM  Presence'  takes  command 
of this body  and  directs  and  governs  it! In the future,  you 
be silent,"  and  you  will  have  the Greatest  Release  imagin-
able. I say to you  Beloved  Students,  who  have  been  in This 
Activity  two  or three  years:  Do you  not sometimes  when 
you are thinking  or calling  to your  Presence,  still feel a sort 
of vagueness  about  it? You  don't  always  feel quite  sure  of 
yourself,  do you  ? That  is because  you  have  allowed  your 
attention  to be divided  between  the appearance  world  and 
with  your  "I AM  Presence." You  must  be able,  as in the 
Mighty  Decree  given  by the Messenger  in the opening  of 
the Class,  to say to the appearance  world,  which  is but 
human  creation:  "You  have  no power  to longer  touch  or 
act within  my world." Be firm  and  determined! You  will 
repel  first,  all discord  which  tries  to come  into  your  world; 
then  by the Power  of your  Call  to the Presence,  to use the 
Violet  Consuming  Flame,  you  will  keep  dissolved  every-
thing  which  attempts  to find  discordant  expression  in your 
world. IT IS THE  ONLY  WAY! We see,  Oh We see so clearly,  the struggle  of some  of 
the Blessed  Ones;  and  their  Hearts  are so good. Yet because 
their  feeling  does  not follow  their  attention  in the applica-
tion,  they  do not have  the Full  Results  in the control  of their 
human  feeling. I cannot  tell you tonight  in so many  words, 
how  My Heart  goes  out to you. I can see the struggle  you 198 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES 
are having  and  the unhappiness  which  comes  out of it. Don't  let it do it! Say  to all human  feeling:  "Be  silent! Stop  this  nonsense  I will  have  no more  of it"! Then,  you 
will find,  how quickly  the human  will  subside  within  you. It must  be done,  Dear  Ones,  sometime,  somewhere! So let 
Us do it now! Go forward  into  That  Great  Victory  which 
your  Application  will  bring. Behold  the  Chart  with  Me,  for just  a moment! The 
Stream  of Light  and  Energy  comes  from  your  "I AM  Pres-
ence,"  the Source  of your  Life! When  you call to That  Great 
Intelligence  and  Presence  with  intense  feeling,  It floods 
your  mind  and  body  with  Its Invincible  Stream  of Light; 
which  is Self-luminous  Intelligent  Substance,  Energy  and 
Activity. If your  thought  and  feeling  were  still  enough, 
Free  enough  from  the feeling  of discord,  your  Call  would 
sweep  every  discord  out of your  body  and  out of your  feel-
ing world  that  instant;  because  the Light  IS All-powerful! It knows  no resistance  nor interference;  and  when  you call 
It forth  into  action,  It proceeds  with  the Power  of the Uni-
verse  to fulfill  your  Requirement. Won't  you feel It and  let 
It come  forth  and  do Its Mighty  Work  for you  at your 
every  Call! We don't  want  you  to go on, and  on, not having  the Re-
sults  you should  have! We want  you  to have  them  NOW! There  is nothing  in the world,  but your  own  feeling  which 
can stand  between  you  and  the Complete  Fulfillment  of 
your  Call  right  then  and  there;  Won't  you  feel  that,  Pre-
cious  Ones  tonight,  and  let Us give  you  the Strength  and DISCOURSE  VIII  199 
Courage  to help,  which  will  enable  you to go forth  tomor-
row Victorious  in everything  thru  your  Call  to the Pres-
ence  ? Your  "I AM  Presence"  is the Power  of the Universe 
and will  fill you and your  world  with  Its Directing  Intelli-
gence. Say: "Beloved  'Mighty  I AM  Presence'! see that  I never 
make  another  mistake! See  that  Your  Mighty  Directing 
Intelligence  takes  command  of my mind,  body  and feeling; 
and directs  me unerringly  in the Perfect  Thing  I should  do; 
to have  the Greatest  Release  from  your  Mighty  Presence." Your  "Beloved  Mighty  I Am  Presence"  cannot  fail you! At this  point,  let Me assure  you  first,  the Most  Magnifi-
cent Activity  We have  ever  seen  on the face  of This  Earth, 
has been  thru  these  Mighty  Decrees,  issued  by these  Beloved 
Students  all over  America. I want  you  to know  how  very 
great  they  are and how  powerful! You can  believe  it or not,  but I tell you,  your  Panama 
Canal  would  not exist  today;  if it had not been  for the Call 
of the students  thru  these  Decrees! Your  Eastern  Coast 
from  Philadelphia  to Maine,  would  not have  been  there  to-
day, but for the Call  which  has enabled  Us to govern  the 
energy  and  activity  in the gas belts. It is the same  on the 
Western  Coast  of your  beloved  California. In San  Francisco,  when  the Messengers  were  there,  a 
great  earth-quake  was  scheduled  to come  forth. This  Be-
loved  Messenger  went  there,  not telling  even  the Staff,  the 
danger  from  the human  standpoint  which  they  were  going 
into;  but having  Full  Confidence  in the Call  to the Presence 200 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES 
that it would  be governed,  and  it was! Then,  still  people 
will continue  their  inharmony. The Release  and  Activity  of the Goddess  of Liberty  and 
Myself  today,  together  with  Saint  Germain  and  the Other 
Ascended  Masters  who  are assisting,  give  you  the Full 
Feeling  of the Importance  of This  Great  Light;  and  the 
Importance  of your  own  Decrees  for the Freedom,  Health, 
Blessing  and  Supply  of everything  which  you  require. Think  of it! human  Beings  are living  in ill health,  limita-
tions  of every  description,  when  the Greatest  Intelligence 
in the Universe  is beating  their  Hearts. They  are in those 
conditions,  because  they  have  forgotten  the Presence  was 
there. Dear  People,  if you  will  understand,  not in your  head, 
but in your  feeling  that  your  Presence  is there;  and  It will 
answer  your  Call  with  Its Resistless  Power  and Intelligence, 
there  is not one thing,  you can ask,  which  will  not be yours, 
if it be Constructive. Remember,  your  Higher  Mental  Body  which  stands  be-
tween  your  physical  body  and  your  God-Self,  is your  Dis-
criminating  Intelligence. Your  Higher  Mental  Body  will 
not longer  release  Its Energy,  if you  are going  to use it 
destructively. The  only  energy  which  is used  destructively, 
is what  mankind  has already  accumulated  from  the past. You might  say to Me:  "Why  does  mankind  continue  to do 
that"? Because  the  Energy  which  is All-powerful,  is 
charged  into  the feeling  world. Sometimes  it is what  the 
people  have  accumulated  from  previous  destructive  activ-DISCOURSE  VIII 201 
itics;  and  they  can only  continue,  while  the energy  already 
accumulated  lasts. When  it is gone,  they  cannot  gather  any 
more. That  is what  is the matter  with  people  today,  who  have 
been  powerful  and energetic  and they  collapse. They  think, 
what  has  happened  to Me? What  has  become  of This 
Power,  I was  once  able  to use to bless  others  and  myself? There  have  been  so many  Christian  Science  practitioners 
who  have  come  to the Messengers  in secret,  saying  those 
very words:  "What  has  happened  to me? I have  been  a 
practitioner  for years,  but what  has happened  now  ? I don't 
seem  to be able  to do the same  things,  I once  did"  ? This  is the Explanation. Precious  People,  they  were  using 
mental  power  and  did not know  it! When  they  exhausted 
their  reservoir  of energy  which  had  already  been  drawn 
forth,  they  did not know  how  to release  more! No one can 
release  It without  this  exact  Ascended  Master  Knowledge 
of the "I AM  Presence"—except  in a fragmentary  manner. Once  the Energy  which  was  gathered  about  them  is gone, 
without  the Call  to the "I AM  Presence";  you  cannot  re-
place  it in this embodiment. This  is the Explanation  of so many  Blessed  Precious 
Ones. There  are hundreds  today  who  are interested  in 
Christian  Science,  who  have  had  that  exact  experience. Sometimes,  they  fear  to go and ask why  or what  the reason 
is. Let Me say to you tonight,  Precious  Hearts:—there  is not 
one thing  in the whole  wide  world  of human  creation, 
which  any  human  Being  in the Understanding  of his or 202 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES 
her "I AM  Presence,"  should  fear;  and  using  the terminol-
ogy of the blessed  Christian  Scientists,  they  mal  practice 
themselves  and  do not know  it. We have  no preference  for any  one! We  state  the Law. We love  every  one—the  Christian  Scientists,  Unity,  the 
orthodox  people,  all mankind. We  love  them  equally  the 
same;  but  We  never  hesitate  to tell them  their  short  com-
ings. If they  have  made  mistakes,  they  should  be strong 
enough  to see it and  hear  it kindly. It does  not matter  in what  source  your  seeking  has been; 
THERE  IS ONLY  ONE  PLACE  IN THIS  UNIVERSE 
WHERE  YOU  CAN  FIND  TRUE  PEACE,  REST  AND 
SUCCESS. IT IS TO  KNOW  IN  YOUR  FEELING, 
YOUR  OWN  GOD  PRESENCE,  AS IT IS PICTURED 
ON THAT  CHART! IT IS THE  ONLY  PLACE  IN 
ALL  THE  UNIVERSE,  BECAUSE  THE  "I AM  PRES-
ENCE"  BEATS  THE  HEART  OF  EVERY  HUMAN 
BEING;  AND  GIVES  LIFE  TO  EVERY  HUMAN 
FORM;  AND  THERE  IS NO  OTHER  ANYWHERE 
IN THE  UNIVERSE! To think  of God  as an Omnipresence,  is but to receive 
a fragmentary  part  of Its Power. Only  as you  have  an 
Individualized  Focus,  can  you  have  a Greater  Power. For 
instance,  take  your  reading  glass:  if you  hold  it focused, 
the sun  comes  thru  and  sets  the paper  on fire. If you  keep 
moving  the  reading  glass,  there  is not such  a focus. This 
is a very  good  simile  of mankind's  thought  and  feeling, 
which  is swinging  all the time,  from  one  thing  to another. DISCOURSE  VIII  203 
When  you  understand  your  Presence,  then  you  can 
focus  your  attention  upon  the  Goal;  upon  the  objective 
of your  Victory  thru  your  attention. The  Energy  will  flow 
there—the  Energy  from  the Presence,  perform  the Service 
and win  the Victory  every  time. Where  your  attention  is, 
there  your  Life  and  Energy  flow. If it be on the Presence, 
the Energy  flows  in. If it be on the lower  things  of Life, 
destruction  flows  into  your  Life  Energy  and  destroys  your 
human  form. Precious  People,  bear  with  Me  a moment. Feel  this 
deeply,  as I show  it to you! Your  Life  follows  your  atten-
tion,  and  flows  to the objective,  upon  which  your  attention 
is fixed  and  you  cannot  prevent  it! Therefore,  if your  at-
tention  has  been  fixed  upon  human  creations  and  limita-
tions,  you  have  to experience  human  limitations  and  cre-
ations  in your  world. When  you  turn  it to the Presence  and 
hold  it there,  keeping  your  feeling  harmonious,  you  will 
quickly  begin  to release  a Greater  Intensification  of the 
Light  and  Energy  from  your  Presence;  which  will  flow  in, 
harmonize  and  produce  Instantaneous  Results  at your  Call. It requires  momentum! It requires  continued  activity! When  we say—turn  to your  Presence,  we do not mean  all 
day long;  but powerfully  and  definitely  several  times  a day. There  are  a few  people  who  can  turn  instantly,  who 
have  never  known  of the Presence;  and  feel  It so instantly 
in their  feeling  and  intellect,  that  they  can upon  the issuing 
of a Decree,  have  it fulfilled,  but those  people  are not many. According  to the FEELING  OF  INTENSITY,  can  they 204 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES 
have  Those  Results;  but  if your  nature  is such  you  need 
to make  definite  application,  then  do not hesitate  to con-
tinue,  until  the Results  are there. Your  Application  to your  Presence  cannot  fail! It is Self-
Luminous,  Intelligent  Substance  which  goes  forth  at your 
Call;  there  is nothing  to resist  and  there  is nothing  can  in-
terfere  with  That  Light  which  goes  forth! It will  dissolve 
all unlike  Itself  as It goes  forth. It is the Power  of the 
Universe! Therefore,  as you understand  It, and  as you make 
your  Call  and  realize  why  It is not just  a Principle  of Life, 
energy  and  action,  you  will  know  why  That  Light  cannot 
be resisted. It is because  the Light  is Self-Conscious  Intelli-
gence—Self-Luminous  Intelligent  Substance. It is why,  Dear  People,  the most  terrific  viciousness  ever 
focused  at two  human  beings,  has  been  focused  at these 
Messengers,  for no reason  at all; but it does  not touch  them 
nor interfere  with  This  Activity. This  is why  We sometimes 
take up these  points  with  the Blessed  Students;  because  for 
the people  who  try to injure  them,  it is a pitiful  thing. In-
dividuals  who  send  out  destructive  thoughts  and  feeling 
will reap  them—every  one! The Messengers  never  wished  harm  to any  human  Be-
ing in their  lives  and  never  shall. They  love  and  bless  every 
human  Being—even  those  who  criticize  and  condemn  them 
and send  vicious  projections  at them. They  know  the Law 
and they  are living  It; but  the unfortunate  human  Beings 
who  will  not  believe  that,  will  have  to reap  their  vicious-
ness sent  out. They  are most  unfortunate  indeed,  for one DISCOURSE  VIII  205 
day, they  will  understand  how  great  has been  their  mistake. This  is why  We take  these  things  up concerning  your  ac-
tivities  definitely  and  clearly,  so all may  understand,  if they 
will. You  are soon  going  to have  to choose  whether  you  will 
control  your  feeling  or not. That  is why  I say this,  so pos-
itively. Do not ever  look  around  and  blame  any  one else  for 
anything. You  are the only  person  who  is concerned. If a 
mistake  seems  to be made,  call  the Presence  into  action  to 
correct  it and  take  your  mind  off it. Then  you  will  be Free! IT IS THE  ONLY  WAY! In this  Great  Release  of Light, 
Power  and  Energy,  only  when  you  are ascended,  will  you 
come  to know  how  great  has been  the Blessing  of this  night 
and of this  day. Sometimes,  We long  to release  within  you 
the All-seeing-eye  which  makes  no mistakes;  so you  might 
see what  is going  on in your  so-called  invisible  world. To 
Us there  is no invisible  world  anywhere  ? There  is no such 
a thing,  and  the so-called  invisible  is only  to the human 
octave. Everything  is visible,  when  you  are Free  from  the 
limitations  of the  human  octave. Everything  is visible,  I 
say to you! Therefore,  do not let the appearance  world  of 
the human  octave  longer  limit  you,  distress  you  or hold 
your  attention. Just  feel  with  the  Strength,  Power  and 
Courage  of your  Presence,  Its Great  Energy  go forth  and 
set you  Free. There  is no reason  in the world  why  you  should  continue 
longer  in any  limitations;  if you  care  to take  and  apply 
These  Laws  and  have  the  Freedom  which  They  bring. There  are  a great  many  people  today,  who  can  quickly 206 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES 
have  This  Freedom,  if they  only  will! We  cannot  compel 
you to do it! We  have  no desire  to, but Our  Love  is Great 
Enough  to give  every  Assistance  possible,  at your  Call;  and 
to give  you  the  Strength  and  Energy,  until  you  stand 
Victorious  yourself. Tonight,  for a few  moments,  will  you  just  still  your-
selves  and  let the Full  Power  of This  Radiance,  take  Its 
Dominion  in your  feeling  world;  and  just  fulfill  Its Mighty 
Desire  there,  to set you  Free  in the Glory  of Its Activity? Turn  your  attention  for a few  moments  to your  own  Great 
God  Presence  and  let Its Powers  flow  in, thru  and  about 
you and  have  the Glory  which  It is! SILENCE 
"Great  Presence  of Life,  charge  into  the feeling  world  of 
each  one,  the Full  Glory  of Your  Courage,  Strength  and 
Confidence  in each  one's  Call  to the Presence;  so there  is 
released  instantly,  the Full  Glory  of Its Power  to govern; 
to control  the feeling  world  of each  one;  and  to hold  Its 
Dominion  in Perfect  Harmony  thru  each  one;  until  the 
Fulness  of Its Power  finds  Its Complete  Dominion  in the 
Activity  of the outer  Life. Cause  each  one  to feel that  his or her Life  Stream,  is the 
Action  of God,  the "Mighty  I AM  Presence"  in the human 
form;  which  can  be intensified,  until  Its Glory  fills  the en-
tire body,  releasing  the Light  which  is within  every  cell. Cause  each  one  to feel  the Continuous  Out-pouring  of Its 
Great  Light  and  Freedom  which  sets  all Free  and  quickly. DISCOURSE  VIII  207 
We call  This  and  charge  It to become  Eternally  Sustained 
and active  within  each  one;  produce  Its Dominion;  and 
take command  of the feeling  world;  hold  it so Harmonious 
in Feeling,  Thought  and  Speech,  that  no longer  does  ir-
ritation  of any  kind  find  a resting  place  within  the human 
form! We  decree  this  to be the Victory  for each  one! May 
Our Call  tonight,  remain  in the consciousness  of each  one 
for his or her Freedom;  so It may  each  day  intensify  in Its 
Action  to produce  those  results. In the Full  Glory  and  Power  of your  "Mighty  I AM  Pres-
ence,"  the  Love  and  Blessings  of the  Ascended  Masters, 
the Legions  of Light  and  the Great  Cosmic  Beings,  I en-
fold you  tonight,  Beloved  Ones;  in Our  Ever-expanding, 
Intensified  Activity  of your  own  God  Presence,  the "Mighty 
I AM";  to flood  your  world  with  everything  you  require 
in the Service  of the Light—money,  food,  clothes,  convey-
ance,  transportation,  anything  which  is required. "Mighty  I AM  Presence,"  take  command  of these  minds 
and bodies! hold  them  so Harmonious  the  Release  from 
Thy Great  Treasure-house,  comes  forth  in all required,  to 
give them  the Happiness  and  Freedom  which  comes  alone 
from  Thee! Make  This  a permanently  sustained  Mighty 
Activity,  within  the Life  and  World  of each  one! I thank  you. DISCOURSE  XIV 
Los ANGELES,  CALIFORNIA  December  22,  7937 
My Dear  Beloved  Children  of the Light! We  are so grate-
ful to find  an opportunity  to voice  to you  that  which  is 
within  the  Heart  of Light;  for  if you  have  not  thought 
of it in this  way,  do so now. Remember  your  Heart,  while 
to the  human  sense  seems  physical,  is Really  a Heart  of 
Light! My  Heart—every  Ascended  Master's  Heart,  is a 
Heart  of Light  in Reality. Yours  is a Heart  of Light  in Its 
Expansion! Let Us for the time  being,  listen  with  the Heart  tonight! Feel  with  the Heart  tonight,  and  release  the Mighty  Out-
pouring  of Ascended  Master  Divine  Love  thru  each  Heart. I wish  to render  a Certain  Service  for you,  if you  will  do 
this. Just  still  the  intellect  and  let the  Heart  listen  and 
FEEL  ALL  I wish  to give  to It. Before  we continue,  please  try to feel  your  Heart  and 
My Heart  are One;  for in Reality  that  is True. Then,  from 
My Heart  to yours,  can  be conveyed  My  Power  of Radia-
tion,  which  will  do for you  what  the spoken  word  cannot 
possibly  do! Therefore,  while  you  are  listening  to My 
Words,  let the Vibratory  Action  of MY  Words  act within 
your  world. In the first  place,  you  are entering  now  into  a Freedom, 
a Presence,  an Activity  of the  Cosmic  Light  which  holds 
208 DISCOURSE  VIII  209 
about  you—outside  of your  own  Individual  effort,  a Certain 
Radiance,  a Certain  Power  of Assistance. This  is being  done 
for the  Students  thruout  America  and  the  World;  and 
especially  those  who  will  be present  at the coming  Class. As the vast  number  of students  have  been  calling  for this 
to be the Most  Powerful  Class  yet,  so shall  It be a Class 
unparalleled  in the history  and  experience  of the Messen-
gers and  yourselves. As the Messenger  said,  you  have  been  calling  for Our 
Visible  Tangible  Presence. In your  cities  where  the great-
est need  is, several  of the Ascended  Masters  have  in the past 
few days  moved  in the Visible,  Tangible  Bodies;  to release 
into the  octave  of Earth,  a Certain  Power  of Radiation 
which  is required  to govern  the conditions  at this  time;  for 
you are at a crisis,  as the Beloved  John  said  last night,  rarely 
reached  on the Earth. Had  it not  been  for your  Mighty  Decrees  which  have 
been  issued,  going  forth  in the mental  and  feeling  world, 
disaster  would  have  come  before  now. During  the Great 
Himalaya's  Dictation,  when  the Messengers  were  here  be-
fore,  from  that  hour,  there  were  established  thru  the 
atmosphere  of Earth,  Air  Currents  to carry  the Words  or 
Qualities,  which  the  Ascended  Masters  convey  during 
These  Dictations. These  are carried  forth  from  the Classes 
wherever  they  are held. This  has  never  been  experienced 
on Earth  before;  and  it had  to be done,  to give  the Protec-
tion which  America  and  Her  Beloved  People  need  today. Shall  I say something  to you  tonight,  which  may  seem 235 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES 
startling? Yet  do not  feel  it so. The  sinister  activity  in 
Europe,  seeing  it has accomplished  about  as much  destruc-
tion as it can at the present  time,  recently  made  a tremen-
dous  surge,  to try to reach  into  your  Beloved  America. Well, 
it failed  again,  because  of This  Mighty  Preparatory  Work. I say to you  tonight,  Beloved  Students:  in the Name  of 
your  God,  your  "Mighty  I AM  Presence,"  grow  not  im-
patient  in your  application! You  sometimes  question  Its 
Power  of Activity. Possibly  you  may  not see so much  of the 
manifestation  in your  Individual  Life;  but Beloved  People, 
it is not a matter  of your  Individual  Life! It is a matter  of 
the Protection  of America  and  the preparing  of a condi-
tion,  in which  mankind  may  live;  for without  it, your 
bodies  unascended  would  know  no happiness  here. As you  have  been  prompted  from  the beginning  of the 
Activity  of the Messengers,  much  has led up to this  culmi-
nating  point  of activity;  where  either  the destruction  would 
sweep  in or the Power  of Light  would  be sufficient  to repel 
it; and  later  the Great  Cosmic  Light  dissolve  and  consume 
it from  the Earth  forever! So don't,  Oh don't,  worry  about 
your  Individual  Selves,  Beloved  Ones. You  can be sure  after 
a Service,  such  as has been  and  is being  rendered,  you  will 
have  Assistance. Don't  question  the care  of your  own  In-
dividual  Life. How  in the Name  of the Great  Presence  of Light,  could 
any human  Being  who  is sincere  in the Call  to the Presence, 
for the Protection  of America  and  its People;  how  could  he 
or she  fail to have  It fill that  one's  world,  which  would DISCOURSE  VIII 211 
later  Out-picture  as Magnificent  Majesty  and  Victory  of 
the Light,  individually  speaking? It could  not  be other-
wise! Life,  Beloved  Ones,  never  fails  Its Creation! Try to feel at One  with  Me tonight! While  This  Radiance 
is pouring  forth  into  your  world,  forget  for the moment 
that I am an Ascended  Being,  a Cosmic  Being. Forget  it is 
anything  but  the Power  and  Activity  of your  own  Life! We must  get you to feel more  Powerfully  the Reality  which 
is your  Life  ACTING. We  are the Power  of Life  ACT-
ING! Our  Understanding,  Our  Ability  is beyond  yours! Think  again! Still  We  are the Power  and  the Presence  of 
Light  ACTING;  and  this  is what  We  want  you  to feel, 
with  such  great  earnestness. Then  you  remove  from  your 
world—your  feeling  world,  any  feeling  there  is anything 
unusual  about  the  Activity  of This  Great  Law  of Life, 
which  produces  these  Results  for you  and  the World. Beloved  Ones,  as long  as there  is a feeling  or sense  of 
something  mystical  about  This  Great  Law,  you  are holding 
It to some  degree  from  you;  from  rushing  in and  doing  Its 
Perfect  Work  for you. All of the  teachings  of mankind 
have  made  the  Action  of the  Great  Law  of Life  to the 
human  sense,  something  mystical! It is not! Even  the 
Ascension  is as practical  as your  mathematics;  because  It 
is the  Action  of your  Life,  directed  by the  Great  Indi-
vidualized  God  Presence,  your  "Mighty  I AM." Tonight,  let us enter  into  the practical  feeling,  that  your 
Presence  of Life  is the Intelligence  and  Power  which  is 
doing  these  things  for mankind  and  the World. So far as 212 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES 
the Protection  of America  is concerned,  will  you  feel  with 
Me for a moment,  the Fulfilment  of the Promise  of the 
Great  Ones,  whom  you  have  now  come  to know  as the 
Great  Goddess  of Liberty  and  the Mighty  Arcturus  ? Each 
One has promised,  if necessary,  that  "The  Light  of a Thou-
sand  Suns,"  shall  descend  into  the Earth,  dissolve  and  con-
sume  all human  selfishness  and  discord  from  the planet! These  Promises  are Real! It does  mean  your  co-operation 
with  the  Great  Cosmic  Law;  and  We  are  nearing  the 
Balancing  Activity,  thru  these  Mighty  Calls  of the people 
of Earth. Then,  have  courage  to go on, and  on, and  on, in these 
Mighty  Decrees! Naturally,  if you  believe  My  Words,  it 
will give  you  a Greater  Courage  and  Strength,  a Greater 
Depth  of Feeling,  in Its release  thru  These  Decrees—into 
the mental  and  feeling  world  of mankind;  to perform  This 
Service  which  is required  and  It is all a PERFECTLY 
NATURAL  PROCESS. As you  become  more  aware  of it, 
you begin  to feel  as you  must  now,  the Fulfilment  of your 
Calls. Beginning  with  the Shrine  Class,  you  will  find  this 
acting  with  Tremendously  Greater  Power  in your  world; 
and you  will  begin  to see more  rapidly  the Out-picturing 
of your  Call. I want  to congratulate  our Beloved  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sindelar 
on the  Magazine,  for standing  against  destructive  forces 
which  have  rarely  been  felt  upon  this  Earth. Now  their 
great  struggle  is passed,  and  I congratulate  them. I wish 
to shake  their  hands,  thru  the Messenger's. DISCOURSE  VIII  213 
Beloved  Students,  I want  to say to those  who  have  some-
times  felt  critical  or impatient:  you  have  no more  idea 
than  an infant,  what  these  Blessed  Ones  have  had  to stand 
against  from  the sinister  force  of human  creation;  for this 
Magazine  has  been  a thorn  in the side  of the sinister  ac-
tivity,  prodding  it and  will  continue  to! A Stronger  Guard 
is this  night  placed  about  them,  their  home  and  activity; 
and a greater  happiness  will  fill each  one,  their  worlds  and 
activity. The Messengers  stood  against  the great  onslaught  in the 
beginning,  gaining  their  momentum,  and  now  they  can 
laugh  at all human  destructive  activities  and  know  they 
have  no power! So these  Beloved  Ones  will  be able  to say 
to all destructive  forces:  "You  have  no power! Get  thee 
hence"! That  is what  We  want  every  one  of the Precious 
Students  to be able  to do, thru  the Harmony  in the feeling 
—say  to all limiting  destructive  forces  or appearances  of 
any kind:  "You  have  no power! Get  thee  hence"!—and  it 
will be done! You cannot  imagine  what  it means  to stand  as a target 
for all the vicious  forces  of the Earth;  for remember  the 
Whole  Earth  is now  coming  to know  of This  Activity. In every  country  in the  World,  It has  become  known. Today,  some  of the unfortunate  Blessed  Ones,  who  have 
let vicious  gossip  turn  them  aside,  are seeing  their  mistakes 
and will  see them  more  and  more;  until  they  return  home 
to This  Great  Stream  of Light. All the vicious  human  opinions  on Earth;  dear  people, 214 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES 
don't  matter! Why  will  mankind  not  understand  and  see 
the first  Fundamental  of Life  is—what  Individuals  send 
forth,  they  must  reap! Why  will  people  not  understand 
and believe  that—before  it is too late;  and  they  have  to reap 
the frightful  destruction  they  send  out? Again,  We shall  be 
patient,  and  you  will  see it return  upon  its creator. We have 
been  patient  through  many  centuries,  will  you  not be pa-
tient  with  Us a few  years  ? You  will  see all the Proof  any 
human  Being  desires  of This  Great  Law;  but  It is not 
affected  by human  opinions  concerning  It. We  are  not 
affected  by human  opinions! We  utilize  the Great  Law  to 
the Fullest  Degree,  which  the Law  of the Individual  will 
permit,  as each  one's  own  Light  expands. Therefore  We 
see the Glory. More  and  more  people,  the students  espe-
cially,  are coming  to a point—where  they  are more  and 
more  unaffected  by silly  human  gossip. You must  be unaffected  by all gossip,  for it is of the 
human. As the Great  Goddess  of Liberty  said  in West  Palm  Beach: 
"It is well  for each  one  to take  an inventory  of himself  or 
herself. See wherein  you  can give  Greater  Obedience  to the 
Law  of your  Life,  for It is exacting,  I assure  you. The  Law 
of Life  is no respecter  of persons! Whatever  you  create  in 
your  world,  you  will  experience,  even  today"! We see the Expansion  of the Light  within  the students 
and their  firm—Oh,  so much  firmer  determination  to stand 
unyielding,  even  to listening  to destructive  experiences! It is the Mightiest  Thing  in human  Beings'  experience. DISCOURSE  VIII  215 
Any  human  Being  who  will  take  his or her  stand;  and 
refuse  to listen  to any  discordant  thing,  will  find  that  one's 
world  flooded  with  Perfection  and  the good  things  of Life! It is why  the Messengers  have  pounded,  and  pounded, 
and pounded,  This  One  Mighty  Truth  to the  Students 
from  the beginning. They  shall  continue,  until  the Beloved 
Ones  get this  Point  into  their  consciousness  so powerfully, 
they  will  no longer  be affected  by discordant  things. You 
must  do it, if you  wish  ever  to be Free! That  is why,  tonight, 
I am taking  this  opportunity,  to prompt  you  once  again,  in 
the preparation  for this  Class;  because  a Power  will  be 
released  never  before  known. Let Me prompt  you! To every  student  who  comes  into 
the Shrine  Auditorium,  I say  please,  do not  allow  one 
thought  or feeling  of your  own  concept,  to requalify  the 
Release  of This  Mighty  Energy! We  must  be firm! There 
is no reason  why  anyone  should  come  into  that  Class  and 
not feel a Power,  a Joy,  an Exhilaration,  a Healing  Presence, 
unparalleled  on the face  of this  Earth! Don't  let anyone 
come  into  the  Auditorium  and  get  faint  or disturbed! Such  things  are going  to cease! It only  is the requalification, 
by one's  own  human  feeling. Take  your  stand  and  don't 
do this! Then,  you  will  receive  the Fulness  of the Healing 
Power. Any  person  coming  into  the room  who  will  harmonize 
his or her feeling  and  sustain  it sufficiently,  will  go forth 
healed  of every  condition  which  has  ever  beset  that  one. Now,  do you  wish  to take  advantage  of it? I prompt  you, 241 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES 
don't  either  in your  Individual  Life  or in this  Class,  allow 
one single  human  feeling  to requalify  the Release  of this 
Powerful  Energy,  for It will  come  forth  from  your  Presence 
as well  as from  Us. It cannot  produce  anything  but  Per-
fection  for you;  Greater  Harmony,  Greater  Joy,  Greater 
Health  and  Strength! So do not let the human  requalify 
It! Don't  think  I am criticizing  you,  Beloved  Ones,  tonight, 
but I refer  you  to Beloved  Saint  Germain's  Words. A lady 
who  was  in the  home  of the  Messengers  in their  early 
experiences,  had  the habit  of fainting  quite  often;  so during 
Beloved  Saint  Germain's  Dictations  of the  "I AM"  Dis-
courses  in their  home,  He took  up the subject  and  sent 
word  to the lady:  "Now  don't  faint  any  more"! He said, 
"you  don't  have  to faint  unless  you  want  to." Well  the lady 
never  fainted  again. Precious  Hearts,  I wish  to help  you  feel  and  see the re-
qualification  of the action  of the energy,  within  your  world, 
which  produces  these  conditions. If any  person,  the  mo-
ment  he or she  feels  some  slight  disturbance  will  say: 
"Here,  stop  that! I will  not have  it"! in ninety  percent  of 
the cases,  they  will  stop  the whole  action. You  know  when 
you begin  to feel  faint,  you  get more  and  more  faint. Do you  know,  alertness  is a most  magnificent  thing? We are trying  to convey  to you—to  be alert  to all conditions, 
whether  they  be physical  conditions  and  appearances  in 
the outer  world;  or whatever  it is that  is affecting  you  or 
your  world. If you  will  say,  "STOP"! right  then,  you release 
the Power  which  is the controlling  element  of the condi-DISCOURSE  VIII  217 
tion whatever  it may  be. If it be an appearance  as an out-
side condition,  if you  will  instantly  take  command  of your-
self and  say:  "Stop! you  shall  not  enter  my  world! You 
shall  not  disturb  me"! you  will  find  yourself  in FULL 
COMMAND  of your  world  and  the conditions  which  sur-
round  you. Beloved  Ones,  how  do you  suppose  We  control  condi-
tions? By that  very  identical  thing! Naturally,  We are able 
to release  a Greater  Power  than  you  are;  but still  We must 
help  you  make  a beginning;  and  the sooner  We  do,  the 
quicker  you  are Master  of your  world. In the  Fulness  of 
the Love,  the Power  of Divine  Love,  which  I am able  to 
release  to you;  if you  will  do this,  I will  assist  you  to a 
Victory  and  Speed  of Achievement  which  will  delight  you. We think  the time  has come,  when  the Beloved  Students 
everywhere,  must  feel  and  make  manifest  This  Dominion 
in their  lives. There  always  comes  a time  in the Life  and 
Expansion  of the Light  of every  Individual,  where  after  a 
certain  amount  of prompting,  each  one  is left as you  often 
term  it—"upon  his own,  to sink  or swim." Does  that  sound 
cruel? No! We  often  feel  the Call  of students,  longing  to 
lay their  heads  upon  Our  Chests  and  weep;  to arouse  Our 
Sympathy  to take  their  defense. Well,  you  may  lay your 
heads  upon  Our  Chests,  but  not  to weep;  only  to rejoice 
by the Power  of your  own  Victory! Sometimes,  when  the  feeling  comes  to Us—Oh,  if the 
Ascended  Masters  are all this,  why  don't  They  do some-
thing? They  are  doing  plenty  all the  time,  but  let Me 218 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES 
remind  you,  the Messengers  did  not  have  Us pick  them 
up and  carry  them  around! They  had  to apply  the Law 
for their  own  Protection;  for everything  which  they  have, 
and when  you  will  apply  as dynamically  as they  have;  and 
when  you  will  refuse  acceptance  into  your  world  of all 
foolish  human  gossip,  you  will  have  your  Freedom  then 
and there! Is it not comical,  that  after  all the Magnificent  Work  the 
Messengers  have  done,  the  Wonderful  Light  they  have 
brought  to mankind,  there  are still  a few  who  cannot  help 
but gossip? Isn't  it comical? It is not  serious,  not  at all; 
but it shows  you  what  you  should  avoid. I bring  this  point  to you  tonight,  for I think  it will  be of 
great  assistance. When  you  hear  of, or someone  expresses 
some  destructive  or discordant  thing,  won't  you  be alert 
and say silently:  There  is something  which  I must  avoid; 
or I will  be reaping  the same  thing  he or she  is." It is a 
marvelous  means  of prompting  yourself  to avoid  the things, 
the destructive  qualities  acting,  which  you  see acting  in 
others. Remember,  another  thing:  every  one  who  expresses  dis-
cord  of any  kind—now  this  is concerning  the General  Law 
of Life—is  but counter-acting  the Great  Light,  called  forth 
to bring  Release  and  Freedom  to mankind. Do  you  see 
that? Already  the  world  is weighted  down,  by human 
creations  of discord  thruout  the  many  centuries. Relief 
must  come  now,  if mankind  is to survive. We  are doing 
everything  possible  to be done. If you  do not think  We  are DISCOURSE  VIII  219 
Truthful,  then  of course  you  have  lost  the Benefit  which 
We try to give;  but  when  We  see from  Our  Unlimited 
Standpoint,  your  Requirement,  won't  you  let Us help  you 
to quickly  become  Free  from  every  limiting  thing? We 
are all right! We  are  perfectly  safe,  but  I question  your 
safety,  unless  you  are willing  to give  This  Obedience. It is wonderful,  Beloved  Ones,  so very  wonderful  to come 
to the point,  where  you  are alert  and  see the activities  about 
you,  the effects  which  they  are producing  and  what  is act-
ing. Then,  you  will  always  be Master  of the situation;  but 
the moment  something  can  sweep  you  into  some  kind  of 
discord,  it has  its foot  on your  neck;  just  as definitely  as 
you would  put  your  physical  foot  on the neck  of an Indi-
vidual,  and  you  know  what  that  means! It means  you  are 
under  its control  for the time  being. This  is sufficient  for your  prompting. Now  let us take  a 
little  happier  consideration  in the achievement. Will  you 
listen  carefully  to Me,  while  I state  a few  things  which 
should  mean  Everything  in the world  to you! Let  Me  re-
mind  you,  of the beginning  of My Effort  in San  Francisco, 
when  I attempted  to give  you  Greater  Assistance,  in the 
consuming  of one-third  of your  own  accumulation  of the 
centuries. Sometimes,  you  expect  your  friends  to render 
you a service  do you  not? Sometimes  to do you  favors! Well  do you  think  your  physical  friends  are as willing  to 
render  you  a Service  as I was  ? Let us think  deeply,  this  is 
meaning  a Great  Deal. I was  willing  to render  This  Service 
for every  honest,  earnest,  sincere  "I AM"  Student,  which 220 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES 
I did! I did My Part! Then  came  the time,  when  another 
one-third  was  consumed! Do not feel,  I have  done  that  for 
any one  who  has not been  willing  to give  the Obedience 
required;  but the Great  Release  to those  who  have  obeyed, 
is manifest  today  in their  Lives. Now  has come  the Great  Astrea! I question  the Wisdom, 
tonight,  of stating  to you,  the number  of discarnates  who 
have  been  taken  out of the Earth's  atmosphere  in the past 
eight  months;  for We  have  a Record  of every  one. Book-
keepers  and  accountants  in the physical  world  think  you 
have  considerable  to do;  but  I tell  you,  the Records  We 
are compelled  to keep  far surpass  yours;  and  believe  Me, 
as accurate  as your  Records  are here,  so are Our  Records 
accurate. I shall  think  it over  and  perhaps,  give  you  in 
definite  figures,  the  number  which  have  been  removed 
from  the Earth  in the past  eight  months. That  is why  all over  America,  the pressure  upon  Indi-
viduals  is so tremendously  less  today;  and  why  there  are 
hundreds  of thousands  who  feel  it definitely. This  does 
not mean  just  the "I AM"  Students;  because  it has  taken 
the pressure  from  thousands  and  thousands  of people  who 
never  heard  of This  "I AM"  Activity;  but  THAT  is the 
Service  which  must  be rendered  mankind. People  who  are 
relieved  from  the pressure  of their  relatives  and  friends  in 
their  invisible  association,  are feeling  definitely  This  Great, 
This  Tremendous  Release. We are just  having  a little  resume,  tonight. Think  of it, 
the Beloved  Goddess  of Liberty,  was  the Great  Wisdom  and DISCOURSE  VIII  221 
Power  which  gave  Washington  the Vision,  you  have  come 
to know  so well—the  third  episode  of which,  We are trying 
now  to prevent  acting  in your  Beloved  Country. She,  in 
Her Great  Wisdom,  saw  down  the centuries  what  would 
affect  America;  and  thru  Mighty  Saint  Germain's  Great 
and Wondrous  Activity,  is making  possible  to avoid  the 
third  and  most  destructive  thing,  which  would  ever  over-
take the  Earth. Because  it meant,  if that  should  be vic-
torious,  there  would  be no place  on the Earth  decent  for 
mankind  to live. My Dear  People,  My Dear  Beloved  Students  of the Light, 
if you  knew  the conditions  which  exist  in Europe  and  the 
Orient  today,  you  would  call  as never  before  in your  Life. I tell  you,  you  have  not a fragmentary  idea  of the actual 
conditions  which  exist  today. Allow  Me to remind  you,  why  did Her  Great  Presence— 
Her Great  Wisdom  in the final  closing  of Her  Vision  say, 
to Washington:  "That  if necessary,  the Great  Light  as of 
a Thousand  Suns"  would  descend  into  the Earth  ? Because 
Her Wisdom  saw  the wavering  attitude  of mankind. Why 
do you  suppose,  We have  been  so earnestly  endeavoring  to 
bring  the Expansion  of the Light  in enough  of mankind 
to a point,  where  We  could  positively  depend  on Indi-
viduals  standing  by the Light  of their  "I AM  Presence"  ? For the very  reason,  there  must  be some  correspondence, 
must  be some  Means  of Direction  in the Octave  of Earth, 
by which  the Great  Cosmic  Law  could  act. It is why  and 
how,  Beloved  Ones,  you  are acting  under  a Definite  Law 222 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES 
of Life  which  makes  no mistakes. That  Life  is your  own 
"Mighty  I AM  Presence." The Individuals  who  will  earnestly  turn  and  give  their 
attention  to their  "I AM  Presence"  WITH  FEELING, 
DETERMINED  FEELING,  will  soon  find  all mistakes 
ceasing  from  their  Lives. This  is why,  We  have  pled  and 
implored  the students  for these  three  years,  to come  to an 
anchorage  in the Light  of their  own  Wondrous  Presence. Oh, think  of it! That  Great  Presence  of Light,  is the Most 
Wondrous  Thing  in the Whole  Universe—regardless  of the 
Octaves  of Light! That  Presence,  your  "Mighty  I AM,"  is 
the Most  Wondrous  Presence  and  Being  in the  Whole 
Universe—actually  beating  your  Hearts,  your  physical 
Hearts! Only  now,  are the  greater  number  of mankind 
coming  to feel this  with  a greater  intensity;  and  becoming 
more  and  more  firm  against  all discordant  things. Precious  People,  to hold  Complete  Harmony  in your 
feeling;  refuse  to listen  to or express  a discordant  thing, 
would  within  one  year,  fill your  world  with  such  Happi-
ness,  Perfection  and  the  Supply  of all you  require,  as is 
inconceivable  in your  mind,  even  today! Look  at your  Beloved  Messengers  whom  you  love  so 
much. Only  a few  years  ago,  they  were  in the same  limita-
tions  as all mankind. This  Beloved  Brother,  how  he strug-
gled  thru  those  years. Today,  he is no more  the same  Being 
that he was  ten years  ago,  than  as if he were  from  another 
planet. That  is why  the proof  stands  before  you,  beloved 
people  of Earth. DISCOURSE  VIII  223 
To anyone,  who  is honest  and  sincere  and  wants  to see 
the Living  Proof,  I say,  it is before  you  all the time;  of the 
Magnificent,  Powerful  Manifestation  of the Sincere  Appli-
cation  of the Laws  of Life;  thru  the attention  to the Great 
God  Presence,  the "Mighty  I AM." That  is why  We  have 
Limitless  Patience. Today,  when  We  see for the first  time 
in many  centuries,  the Actual  Tremendous  Progress  being 
made,  then  can  you  feel  with  Me,  the Rejoicing  in Our 
Hearts? It is Magnificent,  Beloved  Ones! It is Magnificent 
beyond  all expression,  to find  at last  the Response  from 
Beloved  Individuals  who  have  so long  forgotten  their 
Source. Within  the last few  days,  We were  in a Great  Conference 
concerning  the Immediate  Requirements  of the Earth;  and 
all agreed  with  such  Rejoicing,  the  Response  today  was 
coming  to the Great  Balance;  for the Light,  Protection  and 
Blessing  of mankind  and  your  Beloved  America. It is a 
wonderful  thing. Never  in four  hundred  centuries,  has 
such  a Response  been  given  by mankind. Now  let Us all give  gratitude. Except  for the  Mighty 
Determination  of the Beloved  Saint  Germain,  this  would 
not be today. He was  the One  who  took  the Responsibility! Remember  that,  Beloved  Ones,  and  try never  to forget  it! He was  the  One  who  took  the  reins,  took  the  Respon-
sibility  for the failure  or Achievement. I won't  say what  it 
would  have  meant  had  He failed. You,  I am sure  in your 
Greatest  Love  have  never  contemplated  such  a thing! Then, 
do you  wonder  only  last  night,  He spoke  of the Accom-224 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES 
plishment;  and  poured  forth  His  Love  and  Gratitude  not 
only  to the Messengers  and  the Beloved  Sindelars;  but  to 
all the students  for holding  the fort  and  sending  forth  This 
Wondrous  Magazine,  which  is doing  so much  more  in the 
World,  than  anyone  dreams  of, at this time. Do you  wonder 
He and  We  pour  forth  such  Great  Gratitude  to the stu-
dents  everywhere  ? Remember  you  are the Great  Family  of 
Light! To the degree  you  refuse  to give  forth  or listen  to 
discord,  are you  aiding  TREMENDOUSLY  in the Great 
Victory  soon  to be determined. I want  to say a word  to you  tonight,  in behalf  of your  Be-
loved  Lotus. Could  you  know  the hours,  and  hours,  and 
hours,  and  hours,  and  hours,  she works—day  and  almost  all 
night,  for the demand  has  grown  greater,  to render  This 
Service  to beloved  mankind. Our  Beloved  Betty,  who  so 
willingly  works,  until  her fingers  split  on the ends  from  the 
constant  use of the typewriter. You cannot  imagine,  and  as they  cannot  imagine,  the 
Marvelous  Service  which  the blessed  Sindelars  render  here 
in this  Center  of Activity. Oh,  I plead  with  you  for your 
own  Light,  never  criticize  them! Please  do not do it! They 
need  your  Love,  your  Strength,  to give  them  the happiness 
needed,  in their  wonderful  service  rendered  to mankind. Take  for instance,  your  environment  here  in Southern 
California. If every  student  would  earnestly  and  sincerely 
pour  out  Ascended  Master  Love  and  Blessings  to every 
other  student,  what  a Transformation  would  take  place  in 
your  Life  inside  of sixty  days! Won't  you  let Us help  you? DISCOURSE  XVIII  225 
Won't  you  let us give  you  Our  Strength,  Our  Courage,  Our 
Serenity  and  Poise  within  your  own  feeling,  which  enable 
this Mighty  Release  to go forth  continually  ? I know  how  many  times  great  floods  come  forth  and 
then  there  is a lull;  because  of disturbance,  when  if That 
Flood  of kindness  could  be continued,  how  quickly  every 
discordant  thing  would  be swept  out of your  world. Then, 
in its place,  would  come  the  Glory  of Light  from  the 
Presence,  which  is Self-luminous,  Intelligent  Substance; 
and It would  bring  you  Its Eternal,  Its Ever-lasting  Bless-
ing. This  is why  We  never  tire in prompting,  in bringing 
forth  to your  attention,  the need  of the hour;  the Require-
ments  for all, for Life  is exacting,  Beloved  Ones.
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        Give  praise  and  thanks 
for This  Accomplishment  and  say:  "'Mighty  I AM  Pres-209 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES 
cncc'  sweep  in and  accomplish  the next  thing  with  your 
Infinite  Power. " Feel  your  Great  Joy and  Enthusiasm  in 
the next  Accomplishment. Oh,  Dear  Ones,  it is so wonder-
ful. It is so tremendous. Once  you understand  what  is being 
accomplished. We have  Faith  in you,  in every  "I AM"  Student  in Amer-
ica. Will  you  not,  in Our  faith  in you,  stand  as One  Great 
Pillar  of Light,  each  one of you  to all the others  and  have 
all that  is required. My Love  and Blessings  enfold  you,  each  one,  always,  and 
I say to those  who  have  come  so great  a distance:  What-
ever We can do to add to your  Freedom,  your  Supply,  your 
Happiness,  shall  be done. I thank  you. DISCOURSE  XV 
MIAMI,  FLORIDA  November  21, 
Tonight,  Beloved  Students,  let Me call your  attention  to 
the Requirements,  in releasing  the Greater  Activity  of your 
Life Stream  to bring  your  Heart's  Desire  in the use of 
things  in the outer  world. You have  thought  to gather  from  without,  the things, 
the happiness  and  the conditions  which  you  thought  were 
necessary  for your  success;  and  for all that  your  Heart  de-
sires;  but all have  found  it futile;  have  found  it a great 
mistake. They  have  not found  satisfaction,  because  there 
was no place  of Permanent  Anchorage;  no Source  to which 
they could  give  their  attention  and hold  it there  in a definite 
focus. Beloved  Ones,  hold  your  attention  for a moment  upon 
Me, so I am able  to anchor  within  your  feeling,  the Reason 
why  it is imperative  to have  an anchorage  for your  at-
tention;  to keep  it from  wavering  from  point  to point,  and 
condition  to condition. That  is why  you  have  your  limita-
tions  today;  because  you have  not known  any place,  upon 
which  you could  fix your  attention,  in order  to have  a def-
inite  action. Tonight,  if you will  be kind  enough  to follow  My Words, 
you will  understand,  as you  come  to know  the Presence, 
the "Mighty  I AM,"  is above,  you have  found  your  Source 
187 188 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES 
of Life,  which  is the Individualized  Presence  of God. It 
is why  We,  as Ascended  Beings,  as Cosmic  Beings,  have 
Our Freedom  today;  because  We  found  That  Presence. We, like  the rest of humanity,  would  have  remained  in our 
limitation;  if it had not been  Those  Who  were  Greater  than 
We at that  time,  called  Our  Attention  to and assisted  Us, to 
hold  our attention  upon  the Source  of Our  Life. You of the South  have  not had  the direct  contact  with 
the Messengers  which  many  of the other  students  have,  and 
have  not had  many  of these  explanations. I want  you  to 
realize  tonight  when  you  cast  off those  bodies,  the body 
lays there  with  all the organs,  of its physical  actvities. Those 
organs  are there  as they  were  before;  but where  did That 
Intelligence,  That  Life,  That  Activity,  That  Light,  That 
Power,  That  Substance  go. Why  does  the body  lay there 
helpless. Behold  the Chart. All the Life,  Intelligence,  Substance 
and Activity  came  thru  that  Stream  of Life  from  the 
"Mighty  I AM  Presence,"  into  the body  and  anchored 
within  the human  Heart. When  the  Life  Stream  with-
drew,  the human  form  was  helpless. You  think  and  man-
kind  has been  so prone  to think,  in order  for something  to 
exist,  one must  see something  out here. People  think,  they 
must  have  something  in their  grasp  to understand  that  it 
was Real. I tell you  everything  you  use,  which  is of any 
Power,  is invisible  and  you  know  it. You  do not see the 
energy  you  are using. You  do not see the current  of elec-
tricity  which  goes  thru  those  wires  and brings  the Light  into DISCOURSE  VIII  189 
the room;  but it is there  and  you  acknowledge  and  accept 
its use. Tonight,  I want  you to fix in your  mind,  whatever  power 
you use, and the Intelligence  you have  used  for any achieve-
ment  in your  human  activity,  came  thru  That  Stream  of 
Light  from  your  own  God  Presence  and  anchored  within 
your  Heart. It gave  Action  to the body  and  Life  to these 
human  forms. Without  That  Stream  of Light,  you  do not 
have  action  of the form. Until  mankind  understands  this  and  finds  the "I AM 
Presence"  and  Power,  to which  it can anchor  the attention 
and hold  it anchored,  there  is no way  or means  to release 
Greater  Power  of Energy  than  people  are experiencing 
today. Steadily  and surely  have  they  drawn  themselves  into 
the density  and  limitations  which  they  are experiencing 
today,  and  by their  own  volition. No one asked  them  to do 
it, but they  kept  saying:  "This  is the authority,  and  this  is 
the authority,  meaning  the outer  intellect,  and  in that  they 
made  their  great  mistake. " Dear  People,  you  think  your  intellect  is the knower,  the 
doer. Where  is it, when  the body  lies helpless. The  brain 
is still  there,  but  it does  not  act. Let  us look  at these 
things  practically,  so you  can have  Our  Assistance  which 
you need. The  brain  no longer  acts. Then  the Power  and 
Intelligence  which  acted  thru  the brain  came  thru  That 
Stream  of Light  and  Energy. EVERYTHING  YOU  ARE 
OR EXPERIENCE,  IS CAUSED  BY YOUR  FEELING 
OR YOUR  SPOKEN  WORD. 213 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES 
Tonight,  try to feel  in all the previous  understanding 
you have  had,  from  every  source  of metaphysics,  you  were 
taught  to govern  your  thought. It is but a fragment  of the 
cause  of conditions  in comparison  to your  feeling. Your 
feeling  is your  Power-House,  and  unless  you know  how  to 
govern  it, you are lost. You  cannot  govern  your  thought— 
and no human  Being  ever  did—without  governing  your 
feeling;  because  your  feeling  will  flash  before  your  thought 
has a chance  to act. Think  it over  and  see. Otherwise,  why 
would  Individuals  suddenly  without  provocation,  feel  the 
blood  surge  thru  the body  in a fit of anger,  until  it looks  like 
the veins  would  burst. It acts  the opposite  thru  fear. The 
circulation  recedes  and  almost  stops,  because  fear  is con-
gestion. Do you  wonder  why  sometimes  your  body  suddenly  is 
charged  with  pain  and  distress. Because  some  fear  has 
seized  you,  it congests  your  circulation  and  makes  it almost 
unable  to act;  while  with  intense  anger,  the feeling  re-
leased,  charges  your  circulation  forth  with  such  force  and 
power,  that  you think  your  veins  will  burst. Let us look  at these  things  sensibly  and  practically. This 
Understanding  of Life,  is the most  practical  thing  on the 
face of This  Earth. If mankind  once  understands  It, the 
people  will  see they  have  a Scepter  of Power  and  Applica-
tion to apply  in their  Lives  and nothing  can resist  It. You Beloved  Students  who  understand  This  Presence, 
know  that  which  you call forth  is Self-luminous,  Intelligent 
Substance. It sweeps  in, thru  and  around  your  body  and DISCOURSE  VIII  191 
sweeps  out all imperfection. If you  can  so change  It by 
your  Power  of qualification,  you  will  be able  to quickly 
release  yourselves,  from  disturbance  or limitation  of any 
kind. Limitation,  is because  you are giving  power  to something 
outside  of yourself,  when  beating  your  Heart  is the Intel-
ligence  of the Universe. AS LONG  AS YOU  DEPEND 
UPON  SOMETHING  OUTSIDE  OF  THIS  PRES-
ENCE,  WHICH  GIVES  YOU  LIFE,  THEN  YOU 
WILL  REMAIN  IN YOUR  LIMITATIONS. THERE 
IS NO  OTHER  WAY. You have  lived  in hundreds  and  thousands  of embodi-
ments,  similar  to these,  and  there  has not been  so much 
progress. We see and understand  the pride  of human  intel-
lect; but those  people  keep  right  on losing  the bodies  all 
the time  one  embodiment  after  another. If the intellect 
were  the Knower  and  All-powerful,  then  it would  be able 
to regulate  and  govern  the energy  of your  body;  and  keep 
Eternal  Youth  in the body,  but it does  not do it. Why  not. Because,  until  mankind  understands  the  feeling  world 
must  be held  Harmonious,  in order  to allow  the Power  of 
the Presence  to flow  thru  into  action  and  produce  results, 
the people  will  not have  Its Perfection. The Messengers  have  pled  with  the  people  all over 
America;  and  shown  the need  of keeping  the feeling  har-
monious. Yet,  some  of the Blessed  Earnest  Students  go 
right  on having  all the discordant  feeling  they  please;  and 
releasing  all the energy,  all the discord  and  criticism  they 215 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES 
desire. We  have  seen  some  of those  who  pretend  to love 
each  other  so much,  criticize  each  other  severely,  so are you 
to blame  for this  or not. Well  the one  who  does  it will 
one day see his or her great  mistake. Why  will  you  earnest,  Beloved  Sincere  Students  not lis-
ten to Us when  We know  This  Law;  when  We  tell you, 
that until  you  keep  Harmony  in your  feeling,  you  will  not 
have  Harmony  or your  Release. Then,  you wonder  what  is 
the matter,  you do not have  Results  from  your  Application. What  is the use of pleading  and  calling  to the Presence,  if 
you are going  to allow  your  feeling  to criticize  and  con-
demn  at the slightest  provocation. What  is the use. Some  of you have  had three  years  of Instruction. Beloved 
Ones,  your  opportunity  is not going  to last much  longer,  if 
you continue  to allow  your  feeling  to govern  your  world. The imperative  Demand  of your  life—not  someone  saying 
so, but the Demand  of your  Life  today,  is continued  Har-
mony  in your  feeling. If you do not do it, you are going  to 
pay the penalty. You  Dear  People,  who  have  been  in This 
Activity  for three  years  and  won't  do that,  don't  blame 
somebody  else. Blame  yourself. Look  at yourself  and  see 
what  is wrong. Do not be blaming  the other  person  all the 
time  for something. I am determined,  with  your  permission,  to break  down 
and cut you  Free,  from  this  fiendish  thing,  of continuing 
to allow  your  feeling  to do these  things. I am not criticiz-
ing you,  but I am firm  and  determined,  if you  will  allow 
Me to help  you cut yourselves  Free  from  this condition. Do DISCOURSE  VIII  193 
not yield  to these  things. I want  you to be Free  and have  the 
Great  Blessing  which  This  Understanding  of the Presence 
brings;  and  your  Instantaneous  Answer  to your  applica-
tion. You  cannot  have  it Dear  People,  unless  you  do har-
monize  your  feeling. There  are some  blessed  people  for whom  the Messengers 
have  worked  and  worked  and  tried  to help;  and  they  keep 
asking  them  for more  help,  but they  won't  control  their 
feeling. I say again,  do not keep  looking  at the other  per-
son's  faults,  but look  at yours  and  see what  is the matter 
with  you. That  is what  counts,  Dear  People. There  is not a 
thing  the matter,  except  what  is the matter  with  yourself. Just get that. and hold  it forever. Then  you  will  thank  Me 
for the day  when  you  shake  My  Hand,  for being  firm 
enough,  to give  you the Strength  and  Power  to control  this 
thing  forever. Oh, We  love  you  so greatly  and  We  know  how  close 
some  of you are to your  Freedom;  but you cannot  go on, if 
you are going  to allow  your  feeling  of irritation  and  criti-
cism  of those  you claim  to love,  to longer  control  you. You 
cannot  do it. There  is no use kidding  yourselves. You  will 
notice,  I use your  own  expressions,  because  I want  you  to 
understand  what  I mean. I want  you to know,  We are using 
the language  which  you  understand,  even  if We  do use 
slang. We are doing  it, because  you  understand  and  know 
what  the feeling  and  meaning  of it is. If you  want  to criti-
cize Us, all right;  but you  are going  to hear  and  compre-
hend  in the language  which  you do understand. 217 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES 
Look  at yourselves,  every  one  of you;  and  do not ever 
| say  your  friend  was the cause  of the disturbance  within  you. Take  that—every  one,  tonight,  unto  yourself. Look  yourself 
in the face  and  say:  "Here,  what  is there  in me I can cor-
rect, which  makes  me a more  Perfect  person". Then  you 
:I will  find  the remedy,  correct  those  habits  and  be happy. || You  will  know  such  Happiness,  as you  never  can  know 
| otherwise. ' Oh. do not blame  persons,  places  and  conditions  for the 
thing  which  is within  yourself. That  is why  the Messenger 
i' said  tonight  in the beginning:  Oh,  Dear  People,  cut your-
jj selves  Free  from  the psychic  and spiritualistic  things,  which 
11 open  you to all the discordant  entities  there  are. As long  as 
'i you  do whatever  opens  you  to these  things,  you  will  never 
know  Happiness,  Success  nor Freedom. You  cannot  do it. Why. Because  today,  the Great  Law  of Life  demands  your. attention;  demands  your  calling  on the Law  of Forgiveness, 
j for  all mistakes  you have  made;  not only  yourselves  but all. mankind. COULD  YOU  UNDERSTAND  THE 
|j POWER  AND  RELEASE  WHICH  WOULD  COME 
j TO  YOU  IN ONE  HALF  HOUR,  IN GREAT  EAR-
i NEST  SINCERE  CALLING  ON  THE  LAW  OF FOR-
| GIVENESS  FOR  ALL  YOUR  MISTAKES,  DEAR 
| HEARTS,  YOU  WOULD  REJOICE  FOREVER. Don't  think  it is all the other  person. Call  on the Law 
of Forgiveness,  for yourself  and  all mankind. Then,  hold 
your  feeling  Harmonious  and  at Peace,  and  you  will  see 
the Glory  of your  Presence  and  Its Perfect  Manifestation DISCOURSE  VIII  195 
in and thru  your  body;  for thru  your  Call,  is the Action  and 
Great  Quick  Powerful  Means  of doing  it. You cannot  be Free,  Dear  Ones,  as long  as those  qualities 
of discord  act in your  world. It is not possible. We  have 
seen your  great  earnest  sincere  Call  thru  your  Mighty  De-
crees. Can't  you  feel tonight,  as you never  did in your  Life, 
Our Great  Love  for you. Why  are We so in earnest. and 
why  do We not hesitate  to point  you  to yourself. Because 
you are the only  cause  of any  limitation  or disturbance 
which  ever  came  into  your  world. There  is no other  cause 
but yourself,  Dear  People. Try  to see and feel it. You must  understand,  I am speaking  to you  with  such 
Great  Love  tonight;  but you  have  got to understand  these 
things,  if you want  to be Free  quickly. Oh,  do not wander 
around  longer. Straighten  your  spine  and  say:  "Beloved 
'Mighty  I AM  Presence'. take  out of me every  discordant 
feeling  of every  kind. Charge  and  fill my mind  and  body 
with  Your  Great  Peace. Your  Great  Happiness. Your  Great 
Strength. Hold  Your  Dominion  over  my feeling  and  let 
the Power  of Your  Glorious  Presence  flood  forth  and  thru 
into my world;  to harmonize,  Perfect  it. Take  command 
and produce  Your  Perfection  everywhere. " Then,  you  can 
have  it quickly,  Beloved  Ones. There  is no other  way. There  is no thing  which  is permanent  but the Perfection  of 
your  Presence. While  I am talking  to you,  the Great  Goddess  of Liberty 
is doing  Her  Great  Work  in your  feeling  world. The  day 
you come  to know  what  that  means,  you  will  truly  rejoice. 196 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES 
I may  not explain  It to you  tonight,  there  is not time;  but 
one day,  you will  all know  what  that  has meant. I say to you,  and  especially  those  of the Students  who 
understand  something  of This  "I AM  Activity":  "As  you 
have  heard  One  after  Another  of these  Great  Cosmic  Beings 
come  forth,  to the assistance  of mankind  now—because  the 
Great  Cosmic  Light  demands  it, you can have  Their  Cour-
age, Their  Strength,  Their  Consciousness,  the Ascended 
Masters'  Consciousness—to  assist  you  to your  Victory,  if 
you will. Give  your  attention,  first  to your  own  God  Pres-
ence,  then  to Someone  of the Ascended  Beings  and  say: 
'Great  Beings  of Light,  I need  Your  Assistance. I need  Your 
Courage  and  Strength,  until  I am strong  enough  to stand 
on my own  two  feet;  and  in my Call  to my Presence,  hold 
my Scepter  of Power  and  Dominion  sustained. ' That  is 
what  every  one will  reach  one day. " I urge  you  to realize,  it is not necessary  to wait  years, 
in order  to have  This  Great  victory. You  can have  It now, 
if you will  but allow  Us to help  you;  if you will  follow  the 
Simple  Explanations  We give,  but if Individuals  will  not 
do this,  then  We cannot  help  them. There  is no question 
about  that. We  know  the Law. We  live  It. We  are the 
Law. We  know  how  to tell you  what  to do and  how  to 
do it I We can tell you  the exact  results,  if you  will  follow 
Our Directions;  but  We  cannot  tell what  the human  of 
an Individual  is going  to do. Not  even  the Individual  him-
self or herself  knows. Oh look  yourself  straight  in the face. If necessary  go to DISCOURSE  VIII  197 
your  mirror  and  look  at your  image  there  and  say to it: 
"Now  you  have  had  your  dominion  for the  last  time. Henceforth,  my 'Mighty  I AM  Presence'  takes  command 
of this body  and  directs  and  governs  it. In the future,  you 
be silent,"  and  you  will  have  the Greatest  Release  imagin-
able. I say to you  Beloved  Students,  who  have  been  in This 
Activity  two  or three  years:  Do you  not sometimes  when 
you are thinking  or calling  to your  Presence,  still feel a sort 
of vagueness  about  it. You  don't  always  feel quite  sure  of 
yourself,  do you. That  is because  you  have  allowed  your 
attention  to be divided  between  the appearance  world  and 
with  your  "I AM  Presence. " You  must  be able,  as in the 
Mighty  Decree  given  by the Messenger  in the opening  of 
the Class,  to say to the appearance  world,  which  is but 
human  creation:  "You  have  no power  to longer  touch  or 
act within  my world. " Be firm  and  determined. You  will 
repel  first,  all discord  which  tries  to come  into  your  world; 
then  by the Power  of your  Call  to the Presence,  to use the 
Violet  Consuming  Flame,  you  will  keep  dissolved  every-
thing  which  attempts  to find  discordant  expression  in your 
world. IT IS THE  ONLY  WAY. We see,  Oh We see so clearly,  the struggle  of some  of 
the Blessed  Ones;  and  their  Hearts  are so good. Yet because 
their  feeling  does  not follow  their  attention  in the applica-
tion,  they  do not have  the Full  Results  in the control  of their 
human  feeling. I cannot  tell you tonight  in so many  words, 
how  My Heart  goes  out to you. I can see the struggle  you 198 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES 
are having  and  the unhappiness  which  comes  out of it. Don't  let it do it. Say  to all human  feeling:  "Be  silent. Stop  this  nonsense  I will  have  no more  of it". Then,  you 
will find,  how quickly  the human  will  subside  within  you. It must  be done,  Dear  Ones,  sometime,  somewhere. So let 
Us do it now. Go forward  into  That  Great  Victory  which 
your  Application  will  bring. Behold  the  Chart  with  Me,  for just  a moment. The 
Stream  of Light  and  Energy  comes  from  your  "I AM  Pres-
ence,"  the Source  of your  Life. When  you call to That  Great 
Intelligence  and  Presence  with  intense  feeling,  It floods 
your  mind  and  body  with  Its Invincible  Stream  of Light; 
which  is Self-luminous  Intelligent  Substance,  Energy  and 
Activity. If your  thought  and  feeling  were  still  enough, 
Free  enough  from  the feeling  of discord,  your  Call  would 
sweep  every  discord  out of your  body  and  out of your  feel-
ing world  that  instant;  because  the Light  IS All-powerful. It knows  no resistance  nor interference;  and  when  you call 
It forth  into  action,  It proceeds  with  the Power  of the Uni-
verse  to fulfill  your  Requirement. Won't  you feel It and  let 
It come  forth  and  do Its Mighty  Work  for you  at your 
every  Call. We don't  want  you  to go on, and  on, not having  the Re-
sults  you should  have. We want  you  to have  them  NOW. There  is nothing  in the world,  but your  own  feeling  which 
can stand  between  you  and  the Complete  Fulfillment  of 
your  Call  right  then  and  there;  Won't  you  feel  that,  Pre-
cious  Ones  tonight,  and  let Us give  you  the Strength  and DISCOURSE  VIII  199 
Courage  to help,  which  will  enable  you to go forth  tomor-
row Victorious  in everything  thru  your  Call  to the Pres-
ence. Your  "I AM  Presence"  is the Power  of the Universe 
and will  fill you and your  world  with  Its Directing  Intelli-
gence. Say: "Beloved  'Mighty  I AM  Presence'. see that  I never 
make  another  mistake. See  that  Your  Mighty  Directing 
Intelligence  takes  command  of my mind,  body  and feeling; 
and directs  me unerringly  in the Perfect  Thing  I should  do; 
to have  the Greatest  Release  from  your  Mighty  Presence. " Your  "Beloved  Mighty  I Am  Presence"  cannot  fail you. At this  point,  let Me assure  you  first,  the Most  Magnifi-
cent Activity  We have  ever  seen  on the face  of This  Earth, 
has been  thru  these  Mighty  Decrees,  issued  by these  Beloved 
Students  all over  America. I want  you  to know  how  very 
great  they  are and how  powerful. You can  believe  it or not,  but I tell you,  your  Panama 
Canal  would  not exist  today;  if it had not been  for the Call 
of the students  thru  these  Decrees. Your  Eastern  Coast 
from  Philadelphia  to Maine,  would  not have  been  there  to-
day, but for the Call  which  has enabled  Us to govern  the 
energy  and  activity  in the gas belts. It is the same  on the 
Western  Coast  of your  beloved  California. In San  Francisco,  when  the Messengers  were  there,  a 
great  earth-quake  was  scheduled  to come  forth. This  Be-
loved  Messenger  went  there,  not telling  even  the Staff,  the 
danger  from  the human  standpoint  which  they  were  going 
into;  but having  Full  Confidence  in the Call  to the Presence 200 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES 
that it would  be governed,  and  it was. Then,  still  people 
will continue  their  inharmony. The Release  and  Activity  of the Goddess  of Liberty  and 
Myself  today,  together  with  Saint  Germain  and  the Other 
Ascended  Masters  who  are assisting,  give  you  the Full 
Feeling  of the Importance  of This  Great  Light;  and  the 
Importance  of your  own  Decrees  for the Freedom,  Health, 
Blessing  and  Supply  of everything  which  you  require. Think  of it. human  Beings  are living  in ill health,  limita-
tions  of every  description,  when  the Greatest  Intelligence 
in the Universe  is beating  their  Hearts. They  are in those 
conditions,  because  they  have  forgotten  the Presence  was 
there. Dear  People,  if you  will  understand,  not in your  head, 
but in your  feeling  that  your  Presence  is there;  and  It will 
answer  your  Call  with  Its Resistless  Power  and Intelligence, 
there  is not one thing,  you can ask,  which  will  not be yours, 
if it be Constructive. Remember,  your  Higher  Mental  Body  which  stands  be-
tween  your  physical  body  and  your  God-Self,  is your  Dis-
criminating  Intelligence. Your  Higher  Mental  Body  will 
not longer  release  Its Energy,  if you  are going  to use it 
destructively. The  only  energy  which  is used  destructively, 
is what  mankind  has already  accumulated  from  the past. You might  say to Me:  "Why  does  mankind  continue  to do 
that". Because  the  Energy  which  is All-powerful,  is 
charged  into  the feeling  world. Sometimes  it is what  the 
people  have  accumulated  from  previous  destructive  activ-DISCOURSE  VIII 201 
itics;  and  they  can only  continue,  while  the energy  already 
accumulated  lasts. When  it is gone,  they  cannot  gather  any 
more. That  is what  is the matter  with  people  today,  who  have 
been  powerful  and energetic  and they  collapse. They  think, 
what  has  happened  to Me. What  has  become  of This 
Power,  I was  once  able  to use to bless  others  and  myself. There  have  been  so many  Christian  Science  practitioners 
who  have  come  to the Messengers  in secret,  saying  those 
very words:  "What  has  happened  to me. I have  been  a 
practitioner  for years,  but what  has happened  now. I don't 
seem  to be able  to do the same  things,  I once  did". This  is the Explanation. Precious  People,  they  were  using 
mental  power  and  did not know  it. When  they  exhausted 
their  reservoir  of energy  which  had  already  been  drawn 
forth,  they  did not know  how  to release  more. No one can 
release  It without  this  exact  Ascended  Master  Knowledge 
of the "I AM  Presence"—except  in a fragmentary  manner. Once  the Energy  which  was  gathered  about  them  is gone, 
without  the Call  to the "I AM  Presence";  you  cannot  re-
place  it in this embodiment. This  is the Explanation  of so many  Blessed  Precious 
Ones. There  are hundreds  today  who  are interested  in 
Christian  Science,  who  have  had  that  exact  experience. Sometimes,  they  fear  to go and ask why  or what  the reason 
is. Let Me say to you tonight,  Precious  Hearts:—there  is not 
one thing  in the whole  wide  world  of human  creation, 
which  any  human  Being  in the Understanding  of his or 202 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES 
her "I AM  Presence,"  should  fear;  and  using  the terminol-
ogy of the blessed  Christian  Scientists,  they  mal  practice 
themselves  and  do not know  it. We have  no preference  for any  one. We  state  the Law. We love  every  one—the  Christian  Scientists,  Unity,  the 
orthodox  people,  all mankind. We  love  them  equally  the 
same;  but  We  never  hesitate  to tell them  their  short  com-
ings. If they  have  made  mistakes,  they  should  be strong 
enough  to see it and  hear  it kindly. It does  not matter  in what  source  your  seeking  has been; 
THERE  IS ONLY  ONE  PLACE  IN THIS  UNIVERSE 
WHERE  YOU  CAN  FIND  TRUE  PEACE,  REST  AND 
SUCCESS. IT IS TO  KNOW  IN  YOUR  FEELING, 
YOUR  OWN  GOD  PRESENCE,  AS IT IS PICTURED 
ON THAT  CHART. IT IS THE  ONLY  PLACE  IN 
ALL  THE  UNIVERSE,  BECAUSE  THE  "I AM  PRES-
ENCE"  BEATS  THE  HEART  OF  EVERY  HUMAN 
BEING;  AND  GIVES  LIFE  TO  EVERY  HUMAN 
FORM;  AND  THERE  IS NO  OTHER  ANYWHERE 
IN THE  UNIVERSE. To think  of God  as an Omnipresence,  is but to receive 
a fragmentary  part  of Its Power. Only  as you  have  an 
Individualized  Focus,  can  you  have  a Greater  Power. For 
instance,  take  your  reading  glass:  if you  hold  it focused, 
the sun  comes  thru  and  sets  the paper  on fire. If you  keep 
moving  the  reading  glass,  there  is not such  a focus. This 
is a very  good  simile  of mankind's  thought  and  feeling, 
which  is swinging  all the time,  from  one  thing  to another. DISCOURSE  VIII  203 
When  you  understand  your  Presence,  then  you  can 
focus  your  attention  upon  the  Goal;  upon  the  objective 
of your  Victory  thru  your  attention. The  Energy  will  flow 
there—the  Energy  from  the Presence,  perform  the Service 
and win  the Victory  every  time. Where  your  attention  is, 
there  your  Life  and  Energy  flow. If it be on the Presence, 
the Energy  flows  in. If it be on the lower  things  of Life, 
destruction  flows  into  your  Life  Energy  and  destroys  your 
human  form. Precious  People,  bear  with  Me  a moment. Feel  this 
deeply,  as I show  it to you. Your  Life  follows  your  atten-
tion,  and  flows  to the objective,  upon  which  your  attention 
is fixed  and  you  cannot  prevent  it. Therefore,  if your  at-
tention  has  been  fixed  upon  human  creations  and  limita-
tions,  you  have  to experience  human  limitations  and  cre-
ations  in your  world. When  you  turn  it to the Presence  and 
hold  it there,  keeping  your  feeling  harmonious,  you  will 
quickly  begin  to release  a Greater  Intensification  of the 
Light  and  Energy  from  your  Presence;  which  will  flow  in, 
harmonize  and  produce  Instantaneous  Results  at your  Call. It requires  momentum. It requires  continued  activity. When  we say—turn  to your  Presence,  we do not mean  all 
day long;  but powerfully  and  definitely  several  times  a day. There  are  a few  people  who  can  turn  instantly,  who 
have  never  known  of the Presence;  and  feel  It so instantly 
in their  feeling  and  intellect,  that  they  can upon  the issuing 
of a Decree,  have  it fulfilled,  but those  people  are not many. According  to the FEELING  OF  INTENSITY,  can  they 204 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES 
have  Those  Results;  but  if your  nature  is such  you  need 
to make  definite  application,  then  do not hesitate  to con-
tinue,  until  the Results  are there. Your  Application  to your  Presence  cannot  fail. It is Self-
Luminous,  Intelligent  Substance  which  goes  forth  at your 
Call;  there  is nothing  to resist  and  there  is nothing  can  in-
terfere  with  That  Light  which  goes  forth. It will  dissolve 
all unlike  Itself  as It goes  forth. It is the Power  of the 
Universe. Therefore,  as you understand  It, and  as you make 
your  Call  and  realize  why  It is not just  a Principle  of Life, 
energy  and  action,  you  will  know  why  That  Light  cannot 
be resisted. It is because  the Light  is Self-Conscious  Intelli-
gence—Self-Luminous  Intelligent  Substance. It is why,  Dear  People,  the most  terrific  viciousness  ever 
focused  at two  human  beings,  has  been  focused  at these 
Messengers,  for no reason  at all; but it does  not touch  them 
nor interfere  with  This  Activity. This  is why  We sometimes 
take up these  points  with  the Blessed  Students;  because  for 
the people  who  try to injure  them,  it is a pitiful  thing. In-
dividuals  who  send  out  destructive  thoughts  and  feeling 
will reap  them—every  one. The Messengers  never  wished  harm  to any  human  Be-
ing in their  lives  and  never  shall. They  love  and  bless  every 
human  Being—even  those  who  criticize  and  condemn  them 
and send  vicious  projections  at them. They  know  the Law 
and they  are living  It; but  the unfortunate  human  Beings 
who  will  not  believe  that,  will  have  to reap  their  vicious-
ness sent  out. They  are most  unfortunate  indeed,  for one DISCOURSE  VIII  205 
day, they  will  understand  how  great  has been  their  mistake. This  is why  We take  these  things  up concerning  your  ac-
tivities  definitely  and  clearly,  so all may  understand,  if they 
will. You  are soon  going  to have  to choose  whether  you  will 
control  your  feeling  or not. That  is why  I say this,  so pos-
itively. Do not ever  look  around  and  blame  any  one else  for 
anything. You  are the only  person  who  is concerned. If a 
mistake  seems  to be made,  call  the Presence  into  action  to 
correct  it and  take  your  mind  off it. Then  you  will  be Free.
Because the Life Stream has withdrawn, and the human form is dependent on the outer world.
Why does the body lay helpless?
The "I AM" Presence, the Source of Life, is the only  place to anchor your attention.
What is the source of life and energy for human beings?
It is not the intellect, but the feeling and the Presence of God.
What is the key to having a successful and fulfilling life?
You are the only one responsible for your life, and blaming others will only lead to more harm and limitation.
What is the importance of not blaming others?
It is not the intellect, but the Presence of God, and the need to take control of one's own feeling and attention.
What is the key to achieving the fulfillment of one's call?