PROLOGUE

THE CIRCLES PROJECT

Dear brothers, sisters, fellow workers of light,

I have been compelled by the forces of love and light, in behalf of, and in service to, the Creator’s Son, Christ Michael of Nebadon (the former Jesus of Nazareth), under the auspices of the Correcting Time mandate, to recruit and organize a core of dedicated individuals who are willing to serve God and humanity, in sonship; in brotherhood; and in liaison with the spiritual forces of love and light, by volunteering their time and their unique abilities to reach out and touch the lives of others who are in need of love, understanding, healing, consolation, and spiritual intervention in circumstance or in purpose. To send out light where it is needed to illuminate those who stumble in darkness.

If you have been spiritually touched in some way by the teachings of Ophelius and the Circle of Seven (http://1111prompt.blogspot.com) and you feel a special connection and identify with its message, you may be called to join the Circles Project. The goal of this project is to establish a mortal counterpart to the teaching Circles and ministry like that of the Circle of Seven, but with an expanded vision for healing, prayer, education, counseling, and the advancement of personal spiritual progress through the learning and self-mastery of the seven disciplines of Life in the Circles: WILL, KNOWLEDGE, JOY, TRUTH, UNDERSTANDING, SYMPATHY, and LOVE.

I will be posting a series of tri-weekly lessons from a book published in the 1920s and received through the process of automatic writing called: LIFE IN THE CIRCLES. It was this book that was made known to me just after my initial contact with Ophelius and the Circle of Seven, which I understood to be a training manual for initiates into the Circles of life. Although this book is in the public domain and can be easily found and read in its entirety, I strongly urge you to read it as it is presented here in tri-weekly lesson form, so that it can be contemplated, understood, and put in practice as the lessons are presented. The source material will be unchanged, but I have taken the liberty to omit certain parts that I believe are irrelevant to the purposes of this project.

After all the lessons have been presented, I will ask those initiates who wish to be inducted into the Circles project to contact me through email and introduce yourself. All I require is a first name (real or fabricated), and an email address for the purpose of communication within the Circle. God knows who you are and it is also likely that you have already been chosen by the Circle as one who is capable to serve in this blessed ministry. Each of you have been given unique talents and abilities, latent or realized, that are useful in bringing light to this confused and dark world. Let us join together in spiritual unity to freely serve God and man--all men and all women.

To be of the Circles is to be of sincere intent and purity of heart and mind. It is a serious commitment and should not be taken lightly. “For man to belong to the Circles brings great responsibilities because he will be given much knowledge and we will expect him to understand that this is given only for use of the world.” (Life in the Circles p.54)

Prerequisites for Initiates of the Circles:

Initiates recognize and believe in the one true God, the creator of all there is, and that God is your spiritual Father and you are his child. Those that believe this have sonship with the Father and have the potential for eternal life in service to the Creator. This prerequisite dose not discount, nullify, or discredit in any way, other very important deity relationships, personal, or religious beliefs held by any initiate. We must, as workers of light who wish to see the earth come into the age of light and life--to truly want peace on earth and goodwill toward all men and women, have to strip away our prejudices; the preconditions of doctrines and dogmas; and reach out to all men and women as true brothers and sisters--siblings in the family of the one true God, the Father of all. All are invited to serve, and all are worthy to receive Gods great love and mercy.

Exceptions and Assumptions:

If you came here through the portal of the Correcting Time blog (http://1111prompt.blogspot.com) or was referred by a friend, you may know the background of the spirit writings posted there and the foundational understanding of the revelations of the Urantia Book. The truths in the Urantia book are fundamental to the basis of the spirit writings and uses common terminology and referral to spiritual concepts and personalities described therein. Although the terminology used in “Life in the Circles” has similarities with concepts in the Urantia Book, it was received and published about 15 years prior to the materialization of the Urantia Papers. I have found within my investigation of “credible” spirit writings prior to the Urantia Papers, that most spirit personalities at the mid-mansion world level and higher, work in unity of purpose, but not necessarily in unity of terminology when communicating with the earth plane due to the radically dissimilar physical natures and the sublimity of environment. Those personalities on the lower levels of the mansion world system may still retain erroneous ideas and beliefs from their former earth lives, and as such, the messages cannot be wholly embraced as truth. It is my opinion that the writings contained in “Life in the Circles” was channeled from personalities on the third mansion world, yet much of the ideas and information was probably learned and passed on from teachers in higher Circles/levels.

In my personal communications to others and in web posts, I may be referring to concepts, ideas, and the teachings of Jesus, as defined by the Urantia Book. Because these teachings are not part of any organized religion, and it is in my opinion, all inclusive to all peoples with its universal message for which I have been led to discover through supernatural agents, I will continue to use it as reference and background material in my correspondence and communication with others. If this sounds like a contradiction to the prerequisite, I make no apology, and I hope that I will not offend anyone. I just ask that you keep an open mind.

What is Required of Initiates of the Circles?


1. Study, study, study, the lessons.
   Read and re-read until you understand the message.

2. Believe, believe, believe--the only limitations
   you have are from your unbelief.

3. Overcome, change, and live your life according to
   these truths and the laws of God.

4. Work with the spiritual forces of light and love
   and develop a relationship with your spiritual
   guides and teachers.  Meditate, Meditate, Meditate!

5. Freely give, teach, pray, console, and send light
   where it is needed to heal and to love unconditionally.

6. Seize the opportunities as they are presented to
   you, to do this work and do it selflessly, without
   material reward or pride of ego.

7. To live the life of single-minded desire for and
   utter belief in the things of the spirit.
   To be a living example of one who has sonship with
   God and who bears the fruits of the spirit in
   daily life.

These requirements and teachings are not be fanaticized or become a replacement or an escapement for your life duties and family responsibilities. Life in the Circles should be a joy and not a burden. Use wise judgment and moderation in all things. Ask for the Spirit of Truth to guide you as you interpret the spiritual meanings contained in the lessons. Meditate often and ask questions about the things you do not understand or those things you need clarification on--first in meditation, then with others in the Circle. The emphasis of learning these truths is to rely more on spirit and less on man--be open to all possibilities.

How this all Works:

Friends, this is truly an adventure and an experiment. There’s no limit to what we can accomplish together when we have unity of spirit to do the will of God and serve humanity unselfishly. Life in the Circles is a pathway to unify and strengthen our personal relationship with spirit as well as a tool to develop self-mastery. The many emails I receive in response to the messages from Ophelius and the Circle of Seven, have encouraged me to take this next step in faith to expand the reach of spirit by educating the truth hungry souls of sincere men and women who feel the gravity of eternity and hear the divine call to action. For many, this may be the void filling substance of a destiny driven purpose.

First and foremost, read and understand the lessons as they are presented. If after a few weeks you decide that these teachings resonate with you and you want to continue on this path, please do so with great sincerity of heart. Email me with any questions you may have and I will be happy to discuss and clarify any of the lessons with you.

Once the final lesson has been posted, I would like those of you who would like to join the Circles project to email me and introduce yourself, if you have not already done so. Please don’t send me any personal information like full names, addresses, or phone numbers, but I do encourage you to send me stories of your personal experiences with spirit and any relevant information such as unique abilities, skills, and talents that may be helpful to the Circles Project (Reki healers, holistic practitioners, nursing, remote viewers, prayer groups, web developers, Journalist, poets, writers, teachers, special interest: archaeology, anthropology, ancient cultures, astronomy, world religions, musical abilities, genetics, theoretical physics, quantum mechanics, etc). Everyone who is drawn to these teachings has something to offer--even if it is only to pray for someone else, you add great value to the Circle.

The Circles Project will be Implemented in Two Phases:

Phase I will be reading, studying, meditating, and sending in your questions, thoughts, and concerns about the lessons.

Phase II will be organizing the core of the Circle and establishing the mission. What is the mission? To bring light, love, and healing to this world that is in such need, and to make contact with your guides so as to aid you in this important work. The details are yet to be unfolded to me by spirit, but with great faith, I anticipate doing the will of the Father with the guidance of his wise ministers; to bring together the greatest ideas from his faithful servants in the Circle; and to serve and uplift humanity one soul at a time, bringing this world one step closer to light and life.

The Circle Project can be a powerful force for good in a world of disparity and need. Together we can make it as great and as powerful as we want it to be, only our lack of vision and faith can limit us. As we are co-creators with the Father, having the divine indwelling of Him, there are no limits because we are children of the Most High God.

“You shall do even greater things than I”
 Jesus of Nazareth.

God speed everyone,

Chris of the Circles
 sync.552@hotmail.com

Second Circle - Knowledge


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First Lesson on Knowledge
 
When man has learned how to use his will and consciously to work with his spiritual guides, he enters into the Circles of Knowledge.  Eventually he goes on to knowledge and power that are practically limitless, but in order to do this he must give time and study and when he gives them he will reap a reward greater than he can possibly dream.

Are we to throw away all chance to be of real power?  Are we to play always, or are we to take our place in the work of creation?  To know these spiritual truths is to be of power and living usefulness.  As this knowledge is given, man must willingly obey his guides and then he enters the Circles to which he belongs.

When he is in Circles his only thought will be how to work to the best advantage, and when he is able to see the wonderful work he has done he will gratefully continue in the way, and the path of knowledge is filled with delight to the one who enters therein.  As his mind opens and develops this work is filled with possibilities that would have seemed incredible to him before.

When man learns how to use this knowledge and power he will be of use to all who seek light, and in this helpful work he will learn more and more of those spiritual possibilities to which he is now so blind, and will believe more and more fully what his guides tell him.

 For until the light of the spirit, which only obedience to God’s laws gives, illuminates his mind, he cannot apprehend spiritual truth, and all knowledge has a deeper spiritual significance to which he will gradually open mind and soul, and when once man’s mind opens to this way of apprehending the deeper truth which underlies all knowledge, he will be of the Circles of Joy.  Only then will he be able to love as he should, and when he is filled with love and life becomes a radiant way for him, he will be in the Circles of Understanding.

To apprehend spiritual truth is to be of great power in the realms of thought to which we belong by right as children of God, for thought is the function of the mind which should co-ordinate and co-operate with the feeling of both soul and heart, both parts of man’s spiritual self, and until he learns to use all theses parts with equal obedience to God’s laws, he cannot be fully developed, for when man comes to his full development he will be as powerful in his mind as in his soul, and will be as the angels are today.

Spirit has existed always and the spark that exists in each individual has no beginning nor ending.  To man is given the opportunity to fan his own little spark into a flame.  The divine fire is there for him to cherish or destroy as he will.  Not that it can really be destroyed, but that which he calls personality can be destroyed by refusal to do that for which he came into being. 

Those who turn to their guides are well over earth’s lessons and trials.  All others must return again and again.  All do not necessarily consciously ally themselves with and communicate with their guides, but only when they do can they work with their full power, and whoever turns to his guides there on earth will become of the greatest help in working with all those powers which work for God, and will be of those who are with God for eternity.

And whoever would be of wise forces will begin and now, for the work to be done is great and the everlasting foundations must be laid.  Work hard, therefore, day by day!  Study and learn and teach!

All that man can do is to be willing to work as God would have him.  To love and trust and go where the path opens, and there spread the doctrine he knows, to be a source of teaching the truth to all who come in touch with him, to work in this way in the vineyard where he has been placed, to be an inspiration and an example to those around him, this is the way to follow the law which God has made for man.

When man follows this law and puts himself in conscious communication with his guides, he will enter into such joy as he has never imagined and life will be a radiant way in which he walks.

This is the first lesson on Knowledge.

Love.


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Second Lesson on Knowledge

To dream away one’s life without following out life’s numerous lessons is to waste time and energy.  To work to the full of one’s strength and ability is to be of value.  To love and study and teach service is to do God’s will.  To reach all those who need help and light and to start them on the path for themselves, such is man’s work wherever he may be, and the circle of his influence spreads as he goes on life’s pathway.

To be the means of starting other on the path of joy and service is a great work.  To bring more rays of light into a darkened world is service.  To be of help in the most vital thing in man’s life is to be of service.  To bring joy where sorrow was is to be of service.  To love and serve is the highest service.  To love and serve is the highest expression of life.  To be of the foundation stones of life, is to work consciously with God and with Circles.  To teach men how to find the door to eternal life and to open it for themselves, as they must, implies great devotion and service, and to do this wisely is to be of the Circle of knowledge.

To turn away from the material for the spiritual will take both will and knowledge.  To learn how to so give this message that all who hear will desire to work, is to be of the Circles of knowledge.  To take them progressively step by step on the path you have followed, to teach with utter confidence that what you should say will be given you, to so live that you will not be a contradiction of your own words, to follow in the pathway shown by Christ’s teaching, to teach all who will listen to be joyous and live in loving trust, is to be of the Circles of knowledge.

To take no thought for the morrow, knowing that all good is given by God to his loving children, and to live wherever you may be placed in life in complete harmony with all those with whom you come in contact, is to be of the Circles of Knowledge.

To see only the divine spark under all the faults and failings caused by materialism, t rise above all pettiness and personalities, to work and wait not knowing when the seed planted will develop and bear fruit, to sow with a lavish hand in order that some seed may grow, is to be of the Circles of Knowledge.

For some the path is more difficult to climb than for others, but the reward is the same, and as glimpses of these possibilities are given the way grows easier to each on, and as heart and mind open, the flood of God’s sunshine pours in and all life is illuminated by Christ’s love and knowledge.

When man is one able to consciously work with his guides, life will be a very different thing for him, and all the care that seemed so overwhelming will be as nothing in his new understanding of life’s meaning.  His one thought will be how best to do his work for God and the world, and life’s whole meaning will be changed.

To be of power we must be able to do as we are told by our guides, and that means study and reflection on all that we learn in this way.  All that we read by those who have also been taught, is to be given careful attention, for truth seem from different angles will be light on the path to knowledge, and those who are in true touch with their guides will soon be able to discriminate the real from the fancy of others.

To so keep an open mind that every truth will be quickly assimilated while the mistakes of fancy will be thrown aside as is the chaff, will be of great value, and this belongs to the Circles of Knowledge.

Each day of open-minded and intelligent search will lead him further into these circles, and as his knowledge and power grow his work will develop and broaden.  Each hour of study helps him on his way, and each hour of work in God’s vineyard make him of greater power, for all knowledge must be used in giving this light to others if it is to be given more and more fully to him who asks for power.

No selfishness can enter in without its interfering with belief and development, and no envy nor willingness to deprive other of larger growth.  To rejoice in each other’s growth and light is part of the Circles of Knowledge.  To learn to be selfless, giving to all with a bountiful hand, asking only for a chance to do one’s work well, is to be of the Circles of Knowledge.

To rejoice in each one’s growth, to forget one’s self entirely and to live in God’s love as only a happy little child lives, is to be of the Circles of Knowledge.  To greet each new day as a further opportunity for work and happiness in God’s love, is to be of the Circles of Knowledge, and to him that hath and uses will what he hath, shall be added.

This is the second lesson on Knowledge.

Love.


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Third Lesson on Knowledge


To learn the deeper spiritual significance that lies under all knowledge is to come very close to the meaning of nature and of God, and man can only do this when he takes to his study and work an open mind and a loving heart.  Only then can he be in the necessary sympathetic understanding which will enable him to read the deeper meaning, and when that day comes, and little by little the heart of nature is disclosed to him, his wonder will grow and grow. 

You today go through the world with your eyes blinded and your ears closed to all the divine harmony, and only when man is spiritually alive can he catch the great rhythm that is always there but to which his eyes and ears are closed.  To learn how to become alive to this harmony is to come into the Circles of Knowledge, and, once having learned, to still be able to  live in the world and be of it without losing the better part, requires much will and wisdom.

To pass the material for the spiritual  means wisdom.  To continually will to succeed in the spiritual life means a daily and continuous desire, and each day of effort brings deeper understanding and joy, for only by work and utter obedience can this great and blessed privilege be acquired by man.

All spiritual teaching is founded on truth and only by careful study can the wheat be separated from the chaff.  To study, therefore, is of much importance, to weigh and ponder and discriminate, and each grain of truth added to one’s treasure soon makes a large and bountiful harvest.

Work therefore day by day, and share as you work with all who will listen.

This is the third lesson on Knowledge.

Love.

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Fourth Lesson on Knowledge

When man in his blindness and selfishness refuses to obey God’s laws, he is unable to join his guides and to work with them, and, after leaving this earth, he must return again to earth, and so he goes through trial after trial until he proves his worth or his worthlessness.  Each trial finds him of lower spiritual Circles and each trial will make the fight harder for him, but he will be given many opportunities and only when he proves himself of no value will he be cast out.

To be able to progress each one must ally himself with his guides, either consciously or by so living that the result is the same manner of life, though without his guides no man can ever work with his full power, and each man can ever work with his full power, and each man can find his guides if he perseveres in the search for them.  Persistent effort and constant study will be required if man is to achieve that power which is necessary to work with these forces, but the reward is so great that nothing he could do would be half enough.

As for the poor blind souls who turn willfully away from their loving Father, they too eventually return to the light, but not as spiritual forces, and they will be of the forces which, like disobedient children, are not wholly of their father’s house.

Nothing is destroyed, and like attracts like, so disobedient force is joined to forces which are of darkness or destructive energy, and to the spiritual forces is given the work of redemption, first there on earth, later working from the third plane with those on earth and  with the delayed spirits in the second plane.

The spirits of the second plane are those who have been more stupid than bad and who will be able to go on after they have been given further instruction.

Those spirits who mist return again to earth’s lessons go to a planet where  they are taught while they wait for a chance for re-birth, and their teachers are the angels themselves who have never known sin, for every attempt that is possible is mad to redeem each living soul.

Therefore the work of doing all that one can on earth is most important, and to do this well means to be of the Circles of Knowledge.

This is the fourth lesson on Knowledge.

Love.

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Fifth Lesson on Knowledge

Certain men are not able because of environment and education to believe what they cannot prove by what they call logic, and these will only be delayed a short time after they leave the earth plane.  There are special guides waiting for them, ready to teach them when they are able to learn what they did not learn on earth, and these guides are of a very high order of spiritual intelligence.

All that a man has heard and pondered over, perhaps in part rejecting because of the education that demands positive proof, will really be a part of his unconscious belief which has had much influence on his life.  Everything that he has worked on conscientiously will be of value, whether with his limited knowledge he accepts it there or not, and all that he brings is part of his ultimate spiritual force.  All that he thinks or does goes to make up his personality.  No thought is lost or gone.  Thoughts are living facts which are as indestructible as any other force.  A thought of hate creates and atmosphere of its own which makes a thick  mist around the one who feels it, and this mist can only be dispelled by the light rays which are induced by love.

All love is creative and is part of light, and when man begins to understand the divine idea behind all life, he will be astonished at the extent of its possibilities and new ideas will come t him at every turn, and he will carry in his heart and also in his mind a new light which will be love.  Love which will reach out and include everything which god has made and especially each individual who has not yet the blessing of this wonderful truth.

To love is the fullest expression of God, and only when man loves will he be in the highest spiritual Circles, and to love is to be patient, long-suffering and forgiving no matter what is done.

When man learns that nothing actually can hurt him that is done by man, he will be more ready to forgive and help the poor soul who has no light.  To believe is to live the life, to forgive your enemies, to diffuse the light of love, and to help and reach all around you, and so enter into the full communion with the Christ spirit.  To whoever can do this will be given the light that passes understanding.

This is the fifth lesson on Knowledge.

Love.


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Sixth Lesson on Knowledge

When love of his fellow man has so filled the heart of man that he looks for only the divine spark and ignores all else, he will be in the Circles of true knowledge, for the greatest thing is life and all that goes to make or influence it--all other knowledge takes a lesser place.  Life is the supreme fact and when man once opens his mind to the greater, the lesser knowledge will be given him.

Man on earth today is chiefly concerned with acquiring either scientific or intellectual knowledge and he shuts his mind to the  greater knowledge, the knowledge of spiritual opportunities and laws.  Only in these laws can he find full expression for the powers that are his; and only by consciously working with and being always willingly obedient to these laws, can he rise to his full stature, and each one who lives the life, as he can if he will, grows daily and hourly in knowledge.

All that the one who has the light can do must be done to teach others to find the way, for until all men turn willingly to the great source of light and love, the world must be a place of trials an sorrows.

Let no opportunity escape to do your part!  Work joyfully in the belief that no effort is lost, and bring to your work wherever it may be, a full realization of its importance to you and to God.

This is the sixth lesson on Knowledge.

Love.


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