( although, I welcome all to read this, this article may be more of an interest to those who are mediums, psychics, or who are interested and furthering their mediumship abilities. . basically it talks about the service of mediums, the responsibilities , etc..but, truly this can be applied to all loving people who are working with people on this earth, in one of many which ways.. through volunteering, helping others who are sick, poor, etc, providing medical care or counseling, teaching, and more of the kind spirits who are working with humanity in general..))
reading further into the Silver Birch's book..., under the chapter "what is Spirit"..he talks about Mediums like I and many others..and I wanted to share this....with my readers also and other mediums out there....for my readers who may not be familiar..the word "Medium", this is used in English language to describe a person who communicates with the spirit world...communicating meaning being able to hear in one of many ways our loved ones who have passed over to the otherside ( by death), or other spirits who are on the otherside...including of the Great Spirit of our Heavenly Father, as I refer "Father God"...Thank you for allowing me to share this with you. Blessings and Love. Sehnaz
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these are the Silver Birch's thoughts/wisdom/words from his communication..
""All the great exemplars have tried to show by example, through healing, through comforting, through giving strength to the weary, through service, that the soul is uplifted. You express yourself by service, that the soul is uplifted. You express yourself by service, that is the Great Spirit in action. I am sure that if you help one soul to dry its tears of sorrow, if you heal one sick person, if you uplift one fallen individual, if you give the hand of sympathy to your brother or sister in distress, that is the expression of the Great Spirit. All who say it is wrong to do so are wrong. It is right to help, it is wrong to refuse help. It is the motive which, counts, but is is better to have service given from vanity than no service at all. if it is done for the wrong reason, then the sould of that individual who is the giver is not helped. None cheats the law, which is perfect. That is why it is said, "Charity suffereth long." Goodness is its own reward.
Any who work as instruments of spirit power are touching souls all the time, and that is the most important aspect of mediumship. To give comfort to the mourner, to heal the sick, to give a demonstration of spirit power in all its aspects, mental or physical, these are very important and no one can gainsay that. But their purpose goes beyond anything physical. Their purpose is to touch the soul of the individual so that it becomes awakened to reality. Your world is full of so many millions whose souls are still slumbering, who are dead to truth and who have yet to awaken.
The function of all mediumship is to make the individual aware of himself, so that his own soul comes to the fore, he realizes that he is a spiritual being. Having become conscious of his spiritual nature, the divine seed implanted within him as part of his natural heritage should begin to grow. From that moment the individual is playing his part in helping the infinite creative power which is responsible for the whole universe.
Before any individuals can be qualified to be instruments of the Spirit they must undergo training. The training is a very rigorous one because it has to ensure a certain discipline, a certain confidence, and these can come only through suffering. The lot of an instrument must be a hard one, not an easy one. If mediums were to be found without trouble they would not be qualified for their task. The spiritual side of their nature must be tried and tested to see that they can withstand the kind of experience which will profoundly sir them to their highest and deepest possibilities. That is their own equipment; that is their own spiritual armoury.
If they fail to pass through that test then they cannot teach others. You could not be a teacher until you have learned the lessons. And to learn the lessons you must do so in suffering. In travail, in being placed in situations where you may sometimes feel that there is nothing left, no one to whom you can turn. And it is only when you have thus plumbed the depths of spiritual experience that you are qualified by the law of correspondence to rise to the heights of spiritual attainment. This awakening of souls, this bringing of spiritual truths; to hungry, thirsty souls, this is very important. This indeed is the whole reason for their existence on earth, but many go through your world without deriving from it the equipment that should be theirs.
The teacher cannot teach until he has learned the lessons himself through the only way that the lessons can be learned. Spiritual lessons cannot be learned vicariously. They must be learned through suffering, through pain, through experience that sometimes seems bitter and hard and very difficult. That is the plan for every instrument who has real service to give. But, out of all that experience comes a spiritual awareness, a spiritual realization, a spiritual depth, a profundity that none other can understand, because you learn to place complete and utter faith in the power which upholds you through all doubt and trial until it helps you to bring yourself safely into the haven of a developed soul.
This is a divine pattern instituted as part of the law. The road to spiritual attainment is not an easy one. Were it easy, it would not be attainment. Were it easy then the prize would not be worth having. To give service you have to be ready to serve. And to be ready you yourself must undergo those experiences which will touch your soul, unfold your spirit and put your psychic gifts expressed in any spiritual heights. We are concerned only with those who wish to use the gifts of the spirit, not just the gifts of the astral body, not the extensions of the physical senses for experiment, however interesting that may be to scientists and researchers, and I say this in no sense of disparagement. There is work for them to do.
There are many people who want to change your world, who do not wish to change themselves. And there are many people who want to change other people, but all development and all reform must start with the individual soul. Until you yourself have unfolded your spiritual gifts and expressed them and utilized them in service, you are not fit to reform anyone else. We are , of course, concerned with the great task of regeneration, but man must regenerate himself. He must find himself. He must change his own heart, his own mind, his own outlook, so that the spirit which is divine finds the fullest expression.
I do not care what religious label or political label is worn. I do not think that is important. If it helps, that is all right. But what is important is that lives should be lived in the full, divine light, in the rich radiance, in the nobility and dignity which are the gifts of the Great Spirit as part of the heritage of every child. That is greater than any label, than any church, or any religion. The gifts of the spirit are lavish and are freely offered as part of the normal heritage of every individual who comes into your world.
When people come to you, the important thing is that you can touch their souls. To give a message from a loved one is very helpful. It helps the one in our world and the one in your world. But the whole purpose of that upliftment, the whole lesson to be learned from that is that the soul of the one in your world should be touched and made aware of the spiritual realities which are the only eternal standards which exist in the universe. To give a message of comfort is very important. To heal the sick is very important. To work as I am doing is not as important. But the whole aim of our world, and all who return from it, is to quicken the spiritual awareness of the individuals in your world.
And that is the work you are doing. Never mind what the difficulties are. As long as you are faithful to the great trust reposed in all who are instruments you will never fail. The winds may blow, the rains may come down, but you will not be hurt. You will be sheltered and protected until the storms have gone and the sun shines. Immersed as you are in daily problems, is is hard to know all the time how strong, how mighty, is that power of the spirit which uses you for its beneficent purpose. You can only serve. The power that is expressing itself through you is part of the power that fashioned this whole universe, this mighty, stupendous, cosmic universe.
It is the power which fashioned all the planets and stars. It is the power which gave the ocean its tremendous tidal energy. It is the power that ave the variegated hue and perfume to millions of flowers. It is the power that coated with infinite numbers of colors the birds and beasts and fishes. It is the power which breathed into your clay and made it live. This is the power which is using you. It will never fail. And if you provide, by sincerity of desire and willingness to serve, the necessary conditions, it will reach those who are ready to be reached. Have no fear. You are bathed in the radiance of the divine light which always is your.""
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I found this so beautiful and so comforting to my soul, that I wanted to share it with all those people who are in service to this wonderful earth that God has created. Yes, we can work, make money, buy homes and cars but at the very end...none of that will be with us when we return home...what will be with us is all the kind services we have rendered to humans on this earth...as being a divine source of our God..I am so grateful that we can serve and be of love source to all humans on earth, specially to the sick, poor, destitute , sad, hungry and more....May God keep you well in order for you and I to continue our love work. Amen..
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