February 25, 1977

February 25, 1977

Globe, Arizona

Aka is here.

“Good evening, Aka, where is Ray?”

Soul Ray stands with God.

Yes, we see thy need, and we should answer in this manner. Glory be the name of the Lord.

And we should say unto thee the parable -- that two men moved into the same valley.

One put only the fences up to house his livestock, and to protect his fields. But he left the open grazing land for the use of both. Yet the water, and the stream that flowed through the valley was on his land. He always let his neighbor use of the water. And then came a dry time,a drought upon the earth. And no rain did fall, and no snow did fall in the mountains. And each day, less and less water came through the creek, until one day, none at all came. And as usual, he went on sharing what he had.

But one day he started to move his cattle toward the small, little lake that was left. And his neighbor was there and he did bear arms. And he did drive his neighbor from the water.

The neighbor’s brother said, “Why should he do of this? You have always shared. Is it not his water, it is yours.”

And he said, “Nay, the water was given by the Lord. No one can own it. It can be shared.”

The next day they did bring the cattle back. And once again they were to turn the cattle away. This time he brought his herd forward, and they did reach the water.

And the other neighbor did come forth to bear arms. And he said unto him, “I shall kill you and all of yours, and all of your cattle, for there is not enough for us to share.^”

And this man said unto him, “If you should kill me, you cannot harm me. But I say unto you, if war is that which you seek, then war is what you shall receive.^”And he did drive away from his water those who would encroach upon his land. And he did bring fences across the land. But yet he built gates in them.

And then, as was his daily routine, he went unto top of the mountain, there in solitude. He felt regret that he had driven anyone from the water. But he knew within his heart that the time had come that he must stand firm. But he had decided he must pray upon it.

And as he prayed, before him appeared three half-loaves of bread. And a stranger did appear before him. And he said, “Eat of this.”

And he picked up the first loaf, and it was sweet with honey. And he did pick up the second loaf, and it was sour. And he did pick up the third loaf, and it was tasteless.

And he looked unto the stranger and said, “Why should this be so? What have I to learn, and how is my prayer’s being answered by these loaves of bread, and half-loaves of bread at that?”

And the stranger said, “Unto the first loaf is abundance. Unto the second loaf was sour to the taste, but yet it was still filling. Unto the third loaf you received nothing. These should be the same as the people you should meet upon the earth, and the neighbors you should have. But whether you have sweet loaf, a sour loaf, or a loaf that tastes as nothing, be willing to share at least half.”

The man thought upon this. And so, he went into the valley, and he did open the gate.

And the man who had driven him away from the water did come unto the gate and say, “Now you should let me in, when I have lost half my herd?”

And the man said unto him, “Half of your herd is better than none at all. This I have learned. But I have learned even something greater, for you are like the sour bread, and your other half of cattle have no taste at all. For only they, the dead ones, know the sweet taste that can come from fresh water.”

Once again you shall say we have spoken in riddles. And we say unto you, nay. There shall be many times in your life when the sweeter things shall bring and hold the greatest memories. The mind was designed to forget the painful things, leste you would ponder upon them continually. The mind was also designed to store all substance, that you could remember sour bread that you had tasted, and could tell the difference. The mind was also designed to store all things from beginning to ending, from all lifetimes, from all things you have ever been into this lifetime. Some parts of that will have no meaning for the here and now.

Prayer and meditation has two things in common. In one you are talking to God; in the other is a time for listening. Sometimes in that time of listening or in talking, we throw out the sour bread. And quite often in your time of prayer, the only time you pray is when you have tasted the sour bread. When you eat of the good bread, then you forget all those other things.

Let the mind be a whole. Bring it together. And through your prayer, you may change that that lies before you. Whether it be drought or famine, speak to God as you would speak unto yourself, and He shall hear.

As you should ask for something, make certain that what you ask is what you really want, and what you need, for the answering of a prayer is a very precise and measured. For a measure of wheat shall bring a measure of barley, in such a manner. [See The Revelation 6:5-6.]

Take into yourself in these times that lay ahead a time for laughter. Do not be afraid to laugh at your own folly. If you fall down, there shall be those who are there to help you stand. It is not a sin to laugh at falling down. It is no sin to fall down, as long as you should rise again. The Lord shall be there to help you rise. And those from both sides shall be there that you asked the Lord for.

A drought is a time for learning, for you return back to the simpler things of life. It is a time for losing things, only sometime to have the better things restored. Or it can be a time that men shall turn against their neighbors.

Or it can be time such as these two herdsmen. Had the two worked together in the time of drought and built a small dam, the lake would have been larger, and there would have been plenty of water for all during their drought. But neither, even though they shared, he put no thought behind his sharing. He did not defend himself until there was such a thing as having to defend himself. Yet he would have not had to defend himself at all had he taken the measures, and the two neighbors worked together, to store what they already had. Who should be blamed? The neighbor who tried to run the other away by force? Or the neighbor who defended himself, and then did open the gate after half the herd had died away, and half of his own herd had died away? None would have happened had the two joined hands.

You may have many religions upon your earth, many faiths. God has laid no rules down for His worship. This man has done. If all the faiths upon the earth could take the time to understand the other’s faith, this would be the first step for your peace upon earth. If this were done this day, the reign and the time for the Anti-Christ could not be at all.

Remember, through your prayer, through your meditation, the face of the earth could be changed in the twinkling of an eye. And through unity, a man linking his hand with another, then all could stand.

There is but one God, and that is all that should matter. How another chooses to worship Him should not matter, but linking the hands.

Choose your own direction in your own way to worship. Give the other, your neighbor, the right that they may worship in their own way.

It is said that all that is good will stand, and so it has been with the philosophy that has stood within your religions. The one thing is, and has been, man’s own selfishness to say that, “Only my way can be the pathway unto the Lord.” If a river came through your land, the way you’d drink from it would make little difference; it would all be the same water. But if you chose to dam it up a little, and share it, then all mankind could rejoice in the sweet bread.

But if you took the sweet bread, and mixed it with a little bitter, and that that had no taste, then there would be an abundance for all.

You have questions, ask.

“Yes, Aka. I have a request for a life reading from [9-359-1].”

Incorrect data.

“[9-359-1].”

One moment.

Yes, we see that that is asked for. But we say unto you, resubmit this question at your next reading. But have the subject who would submit it sign the certificate and ask the question, and let it come, therefore, from the heart and we shall give of the same.

You have other questions.

“Thank you…”

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