A judge who is
religious will try to give out justice to the very best of his ability. A man
who really tries to be a servant of God will develop his intuition. Then he
will be able to discern the real motive behind the deed and he will unerringly
give out a fair decision. If such a man is honest with himself and with others
he will be well rewarded for his conscientious attention to his life work. Such
a man makes a very useful Invisible Helper.
Let us
consider a physician and see how he can make use of his religion in the
practice of medicine. A physician has a high calling and he can earn much
reward in Heaven, and build up better conditions for himself in his next life
on earth; or he can heap up great suffering for himself in Purgatory and in
other lives by the way he conducts himself. It is the duty of a physician to
relieve suffering, and to minister to those who seek his services when they are
ill.
A doctor
should go out of his way to treat the sick. He should not charge fees that are
far beyond the means of those of his patients who are poor in this world's
goods. Those who are able to pay should do so promptly. Every doctor should be
willing to do some charity work. St. Luke was called the beloved physician
because of his kind acts. A doctor has more opportunities for service than most
people. If he is a good man he makes a useful Helper, for the work of healing
is one of the most important lines of work carried on by the Elder, Brothers
and their assistants.
Christ has
been called the Great Physician because of his extraordinary ability to heal
the sick and suffering. Christ not only healed the sick, but he cured the blind
and cast out devils. Casting out devils means that he could cure cases of
obsession. Helpers often do the same things today. The modern physician can do
much to help himself and others, if he is a religious man who really wants to
do his whole duty by others.
Such a man
needs a hopeful religion, for he will be more successful if he is able to
instill hope and confidence in his patients. If he puts his whole heart into
his work, he will develop the intuition necessary to help him diagnose
difficult cases of illness, and treat them successfully. Some of the present
day physicians have developed their finer faculties, and are thus much better
fitted to aid the sick.
A true
physician and others will avoid drunkenness and other forms of dissipation, and
will keep themselves fit so that they will always have clear heads ready for
any emergencies that may arise. Anyone who wishes to be a Helper must let all
forms of intoxicating liquors alone.
Here is a
difficult commandment for the people of the modern world to keep. It is this:
"Thou shalt not kill." Many people take this to mean that we must not
kill human beings, but the Esoteric students know that the animals are included
in this command. You should remember that Daniel and his friends refused to eat
meat from the table of the king of Babylon. In order to really obey this
commandment of God you must live a harmless life. You must wean yourself away
from eating meat, fish, and fowl because they are our younger brothers.
Those who
cause someone else, by economic necessity, to kill animals for their food are
really accessories to the deed, for they are responsible for the death of the
animals. An honest religious man cannot become a butcher, or a bartender, or a
hunter of fur-bearing animals. Such men cannot be accepted as Invisible
Helpers.
There is only
one excuse for the hunter who goes after game. If he is hungry or if his family
is in need of food, and it is necessary to kill an animal in order to sustain
life, it may be pardonable for him to do so, even if he is trying to live a
religious life. Hunting, merely for sport, is wicked and the man who professes
to be a Christian should engage in it openly or secretly. Any hunter places
himself in a position where he becomes inhuman and callous to all pain and
suffering.
The scientist
also needs his religion in his work. If such a man devotes his time to work
that will be helpful to human beings and animals be will be rewarded; otherwise
he will be punished for his deeds. The scientists who have perfected cures for
various human ailments have helped in our modern life. Many scientists have
worked for the good of humanity and we may be sure that they will be rewarded
after death. Many of the scientists of the past have been very useful Invisible
Helpers.
Inventors who
desire to become Invisible Helpers should work only for the good of mankind. It
would be better if every inventor asked himself if his invention would make the
world a safer and happier place in which to live, or if it would cause more
suffering and crime. Inventors should use their ability to help mankind and not
cause suffering.
In Atlantean
times the people had a wonderful instrument called a water generator. By means
of this useful invention the people would generate water by using the oxygen
and hydrogen from the atmosphere and combining these gases so they formed pure
water. This invention has been lost. Some day some worthy man will be shown how
to make a water generator and perfect it for humanity. It would be wonderful
for the people in semi-arid lands where there is insufficient rainfall. It
might also solve the problem of safe water for cities and rural communities. To
invent this instrument the inventor will have to improve himself, for that is
the best way to learn the secrets of nature.
It is
possible for a man to develop faculties within himself, which will enable him
to read in the Memory of Nature. Then he can investigate many things in his
search for truth and knowledge. Before, a person can reach this stage he must
become a Helper, both in his waking and in his sleeping hours. A man receives
spiritual gifts as a reward for merit, and for persistence in well-doing.
A farmer may
become an Invisible Helper and use his religion in his work. A good farmer can
do his part to improve the quality of the grain, vegetables, and fruit that he
raises on his farm. He gives the members of the plant kingdom an opportunity to
grow and gain experience. The farmer raises food to feed others. If he produces
good food and sells it at a reasonable price, he is helping other people to
live and work out their destiny and learn necessary lessons.
A good farmer
is kind to his farm animals and feeds them properly. If they are injured he
doctors them and tries to provide for their comfort. A farmer who tries to be a
religious man takes good care of the members of his family and sees that they
have an opportunity to attend school and church. He tries to teach his children
how to work on the farm so that they will be fitted to earn their own living.
Some men have
aided the world by developing new and better kinds of vegetables, fruit trees,
and plants. Such a man leaves the world much better and earns treasures in
Heaven by his service. Any religion may be judged by what it does for the
people who believe in it and practice it's teachings.
Religion has
done much for thousands of people who are living today. If the truth were
known, we would find that many people have been healed by their faith in God.
Other people have been saved from death because of their sincere prayers. If
you want to be a Helper, choose some religion, study it, live it, and keep away
from the evil practices of the world. You should pray to God for wisdom and
guidance and do all the good you can. If you do this you are sure to advance to
the place where you can be used as a Helper to humanity.
If you wish to become a Helper you must be unselfish. You must be
willing to do for other people. I do not mean that you must give away all you
have, but you can share what you have with others. If you are fortunate enough
to have money or power, feel that it is yours to use wisely for some good
purpose. Be willing to give your time to help other people who are striving to
improve themselves so that they may advance in some chosen line of endeavor, or
to help others learn the Mystic teachings. Here are two stories that tell about
a selfish man and an unselfish man.
One night two Helpers stopped
at a home where a boy had appendicitis. The Helpers were told that the doctor
would not come to see the sick boy unless he was paid fifty dollars for the
visit. The doctor lived some distance away from the people and he was very prominent.
The lady Helper went to see this doctor about going to help the sick boy and he
refused to make the visit unless she would guarantee that he would receive his
money.
The Helper
went back to the sick boy and the man Helper sent out a call to the Higher Ones
for help. They were told by means of thought to massage the boy's appendix
carefully and then to empty it out. The man Helper did this and then he
massaged the boy's large intestine and he passed the contents out and the boy
became better at once. The Helpers told the parents of the boy to feed him soup
and soft vegetables, but no meat. They promised to go back to see the boy in a
day or two.
Two days
later the Helpers went back to see the boy and they found that he was feeling
fine. They told the parents that their boy would get well. "You must
always be careful of his diet," said the man Helper, "and do not let
him swallow any kind of seeds."
"The
doctor came by yesterday to see our boy," said the mother. "He said
that he had worried all night about him and he offered to do what he could for
him free of charge if we wanted him to. I told him that we didn't need him as
some new friends had come and helped him. He wanted to know who our friends are
and where they live. He said he would like to see the lady who had called on
him."
The lady
Helper had materialized at the doctor's office the day before when she had
asked him to go and see the boy. He had flatly refused to go unless he was paid
his fee of fifty dollars. She had told him that the time would come when he
would be glad to go anywhere to help a sick person no matter how far it was.
The boy's
parents wanted to know who the strangers were and they told them about their
work. These Helpers have met many other doctors who were unselfish and were
glad to do what they could for the sick.
Here is a
story about how a Helper saved a man from going through life with only one arm.
This story is so strange that it is almost unbelievable. Nevertheless several
people know that it is true. A Helper who is a doctor and another Helper were
sent to a country in Europe to help a man. This country was going through a
terrible war at the time.
The Helpers
reached the place just as a man cut another man's arm off with a saber. The
Helpers rushed to the injured man and the lady Helper picked up the severed arm
and her partner told her to hold it in place below the man's shoulder. She did
this quickly and the man Helper placed the two ends together and rubbed them
and they healed at once and the man began to move his arm.
The soldiers
who saw this happen were so astonished that they could not move. One Helper
told them to go about their business as they would meet their reward. This
meant that they would be punished for what they had done, when the time came
for them to reap what they had sown.
The man who
received this help was an advanced Esoteric student. The Helpers gave him some
instructions and told him to go about his work as he would not be bothered
anymore. The student had spiritual sight and hearing and was doing good work
among the people at that place. Both of the Helpers plainly remembered the
details of this useful work, and the lady Helper marveled that such a thing
could happen. The healing power that comes from God can do many wonderful
things for people who have earned such assistance.
Another
reward for right living is being able to live one's Purgatorial existence here
on Earth and then go straight to the First Heaven after death. This may be
accomplished by reviewing the events of the day in reverse order every night
before going to sleep and judging one's actions carefully, and by living a
good, clean, helpful life.
This evening
exercise is called retrospection. It is very valuable to a student who wishes
to advance himself on the path of attainment, for it enables a person to learn
all the lessons of this life and some lessons that are ordinarily reserved for
future lives.
The exercise
helps a student to restore harmony in his desire body consciously, and in less
time than would be necessary during sleep. It leaves more time for the ego to
go out as a Helper. When a student does his retrospection thoroughly each night
he cleans up his desire body and begins the work of building his soul body.
One night two
Helpers had the opportunity of seeing three people concentrate: a student, a
common man, and a business man. All of them did well.
The student
was a married woman with two lovely children. She cleaned up the children and
put them to bed and made things ready for her husband. She put the house in
order and then got ready for bed. After she lay down she relaxed. The Helpers
saw her gather in her thoughts until they did not radiate at all. Her mind
became dark and then she began to go over the events of the day. At times her
mind blazed up and died down, first red, then dark, and then green and gray,
showing the different emotions that she went through. Finally her mind cleared
up and a pale blue and yellow light flowed from her head. Then she turned over
and went to sleep. The Helpers saw her leave her body in a beautiful desire
body and go away.
Next the
Helpers saw a man lying on a cot in a flophouse. He had had a hard day getting
something to eat and money enough to pay for a bed to sleep on. He had a
difficult time bringing his mind under control. The only thing he concentrated
on was how to manage to live. His childhood life floated before him and he saw
himself sitting on his mother's lap, and she was telling him to be a good boy
and grow into a good man. He was happy and contented until his mother passed
away when he was about twelve years old. Then he was placed in several homes by
his father, and then he got to going with some boys who led him astray. The man
groaned and said, "Mother, how different things would have been if you had
lived."
"Your
mother gave you enough instruction," said the man Helper, "to last
you all your life if you would only stand up and be good. There is much that
you can do if you will only be a man and not a weakling."
"If I
can find a job I will be good," the man promised. I will do by others the
way I would like to be done by."
"You
will find some work," promised the Helper.
The man was
soon asleep and over his body. His desire body looked very bad, with all the
dirty, muddy colors in it, except the dark red of passion. The man never saw
the Helpers. He only heard the man Helper as he talked to his ego. The Helpers
were assured that this man would do better and rehabilitate himself.
The last man
was a hard, shrewd business man who was lying in his bed alone thinking how he
could put over a deal that would wreck another man who was in the same kind of
business. He planned a scheme that would slowly put this other man out of
business. After that he went to sleep and went to his fine office and began to
go over his work. His imagination ran away with him and in his mind's eye he
saw money all around him. His desire body showed only greed and selfishness. His
mental body was very large.
The Helpers
found that the main point of concentration is that the person must have an
object or point in view. He must at first be in a quiet place so he can go over
the day's events and pick up the flaws and replace them with good or whatever
is needed.
In
concentration or retrospection to clean up one's bodies, the person must go
over the events of the day backwards. He must be fair and just with himself. He
should try very hard to punish himself when he comes to what is wrong and give
himself praise where good was done.
The object is
to wake up the conscience so it will be disturbed when wrong is committed and
it will worry the person until the wrong is made right. After the person does
that awhile he will stop doing wrong and do right for right's sake and forget
rewards.
The person
who wants to become an Invisible Helper should take an inventory of his life
and note what he needs to eliminate and where he needs to improve. He should
seek the way in which the reformation should come. He has three routes from
which to choose. First, he may choose to study the Western Wisdom Teachings.
Second, he may choose the Bible method. Third, he may choose the way of the
Esoteric scientist
The Western
Wisdom Teaching way is the safest and surest one that I know of, because it
teaches the student how to cleanse his desire body day by day. In this way he
lives his Heaven and Purgatory experiences here and now.
The Esoteric
scientist takes the path of the intellect and accepts nothing that the
intellect will not be satisfied with. In the end unless he is extremely
faithful he will clean his slate up in the Purgatorial regions.
The
devotional Christian prays and is baptized and joins a church. He calls himself
a converted person and a child of God. When he dies he goes to Heaven and rides
around on a cloud and plays his harp. He fails to recognize that whatever a man
soweth that shall he also reap.
Our dear
Elder Brother Christ taught that a man must make restitution for his wrong
doings. If he has defrauded anyone of anything, he must seek to return what he
has taken to the man to whom it belongs, or, to his family. If a man injures a
person in an accident, he must pay the damages. If restitution is not made, he
will have to spend time in Purgatory, cleansing his seed atom, and then in
another life he will have to even up the score and pay off his debts of
destiny.
Many people
have found it best to seek out some organization that gives special training
along Mystic and Esoteric lines. There are seven schools of the Lesser Mysteries
and five schools of the Greater Mysteries. Each of the several Lesser Mystery
schools has an entrance school which trains students for entrance into the real
school. All humanity should study with one of these schools. Each of these
schools serves people of a certain region or race.
Students are
usually attracted to the teachings of the school best fitted to their
development, but sometimes people make mistakes and follow teachings that are
not suited to their development. People of the western world should study the
methods designed for their needs and not take up the methods used by the people
of the East.
Spiritual
teachings should never be sold and so it is best not to study with an
organization that charges money for giving lessons or for teaching one how to
develop his spiritual faculties. It is all right for the students to give free
will offerings. They should do their share to finance whatever organization
they choose, for people cannot expect to get something for nothing.
I have been
told that Jesus has charge of the work of the churches and that he has a band
of Invisible Helpers working with him. These Helpers were the disciples of
Christ. Then there are thirteen Elder Brothers who have charge of those people
who work in the world as scientists and utilitarians.
Before a
student can go out as an Invisible Helper he must first develop sufficient soul
body to be able to materialize his body if necessary. The Medieval Alchemists
called it the astral body because by means of it, one could traverse the starry
regions. In other words they could lie down and leave their bodies and go out
as Helpers to far distant lands and help others in many places. Later they
could return to their bodies and get up and go about their daily work as usual.
The soul body
is one of the bodies of the spirit. It is composed of the two higher ethers of
the vital body. These ethers are called the light and reflecting ethers. The
desire body is in constant motion, but the soul body does not move. It is built
from the head down.
The ordinary
man's soul body is just a line. The soul body of a man who is just beginning to
develop extends about one inch beyond the edge of the vital body. The size of
the soul body of a Lay Brother depends on how many initiations he has had. The
soul body of an average Lay Brother with a few initiations extends about twenty
inches beyond the end of the desire body. The desire body of such a person
extends about eighteen inches from the physical body. These higher bodies of
man form an oval-shaped aura which surrounds and interpenetrates his physical
body.
The ordinary
Angel has an aura about a mile wide, while the aura of an Archangel extends as
far as we can see. The aura of a Liberated One is much larger than that. It is
so bright that when a Helper sees it he is almost blinded by the brilliance of
his bright soul body and yellow mental body and cannot see his many colored
desire body. When we see such a High Being we can only see the bright light of
his countenance. The rest of his body is so bright that we cannot look at it
even when we are out in sleep. We cannot tell how far his aura goes out into
space, for it outshines our physical Sun which furnishes our Earth with light
and heat.
In order to
build a soul body that is large enough to use as a vehicle for travel, a person
must live a life of love and service to humanity. He will then unconsciously
attract more of the two higher ethers and they will be built into his soul body
and it will continue to grow. The more such a person does to help others, the
more his soul body will grow; but he must be unselfish and be willing to help
everyone he can, regardless of who the person is. The soul body will waste away
if we do not continue to add to it. A person cannot stand still. He either goes
forward or he goes backward. When we go forward we add to the soul body, but
when we go backward we lose some of our soul body.
In order to
illustrate how aspirants can make their soul bodies grow we will tell you four
true stories of work done by some Helpers who are trying to follow the
suggestions given in this chapter.
At one time
two Helpers went to the home of a drunken and jealous man whose wife and child
were afraid of him. He would come home drunk and beat them both. The wife told
the Helpers how her husband had been treating her for six years. "He does
very well when he is sober," she said.
In a little
while the man came home and the little boy ran to his mother. The lady Helper
stepped in between the man and the boy, for she saw that the man was drunk. He
took hold of the Helper and swore an oath. She let out her aura and he seemed
to freeze in the place where be was with his hands and legs out and his mouth
open.
Go and sit
down," said the lady Helper, and the man went to the nearest chair and sat
down a sober man.
"Angel,
what will you have me do?" he asked.
"Stop
drinking at once," she said. "Stop eating meat, but you can continue
to eat fish for six months. After that stop eating all kinds of meat, chicken,
and fish. You must treat your family kindly. Your wife has not given you any
cause to be jealous. Go to church with them, too."
"We do
not like the church here," said the wife.
The Helper
then told these people about their teachings and where to get the books. She
said they could study and live the same teachings.
"We will
do it," said the man.
"You
should fix your home up for your family," went on the Helper. "If you
turn back to drinking I will come and get you and carry you to Purgatory."
You see, the
Helper knew by the appearance of the man's vital body that he would not live
very long unless he stopped drinking at once.
"I will
quit drinking and do as you say," the man promised.
Another night
these Helpers were sent to a place where a lady was sick with pneumonia. She
was praying that the people in the house would keep still and not play the
piano and the radio so loudly. She had a quiet and refined friend helping her
but that lady could not do anything to stop the relatives from making so much
noise.
The Helpers
materialized in the sick lady's room, and spoke to her.
"Please
stop them in the next room," the sick lady said in a weak voice. "I
wish they would let me rest or die in peace. I am so weak and choked up."
The lady
Helper went into the next room and the people stopped their noise because she
was a stranger and they wanted to hear what she had to say. "The lady in
the next room is very sick and you should make less noise," the Helper
said.
"Oh, she
is not that sick," said the man at the piano. "She is an old-timer.
We are young and need music," and he started to play again.
"Stop
that playing and be quiet and go to bed," said the Helper. "It is
time that you were in bed, as it is long after midnight."
"Woman," said the man, "go nurse the sick while you are
well."
The Helper
let out her aura and the people in the room scrambled out hurriedly, with the
exception of the man who was so impudent. The Helper went up to him and took
him by the collar and he became frightened.
"Oh, I
did not know you were an Angel," he said. "We will be quiet until she
gets well."
Then the
relatives went to bed. The visitor, who was named Rex, thanked the Helper.
"Oh, I am so glad you came, as these people were about to drive me away
and let the lady die. I am glad I came, for I have seen an Angel."
After that
the Helpers worked on the sick lady and when they left they knew that she would
get well.
"When
you get well you should set your house in order," said the man Helper.
Later these Helpers passed the place twice and the house was quiet.
One night
some Helpers went to an elderly man's home and met his wife and a family of
children and some grandchildren. They talked about various things and then they
gradually told these people about their teachings.
"Rats,
there is nothing to it," the old man said with a laugh.
The man
Helper said nothing about that but began to talk about the different work that
Helpers do, and the lady Helper unconsciously began to glow and send out very
pretty rays of light.
The old man
had a pipe in his mouth and it fell out of his mouth as he stared at the Helper.
The other Helper continued talking and watching the old man. Finally his cane
slid to the floor.
"Am I
seeing Angels or seeing things?" he asked suddenly.
"What is
the matter, my friend?" inquired the man Helper.
"I see
all kinds of pretty lights and colors coming from that young lady," the
man said. "Young lady, are you an Angel? Of course you are. Well, I am
eighty-eight years old and now I see one. Young man, are you an Angel? Tell me
this, are all the people I see human?"
"I do
not know. It depends on how you see," replied the Helper. "Man has
two sets of eyes."
"Where
is the second set?" asked the old man with a laugh.
"They
are in your eyes," the Helper said. "Let's join hands and look back
three or four thousand years." Then he began to talk about the old man's
life and it unfolded before them all. It showed how he met his brother and his
parents and onward to his present life. The old man and the rest of the family
were much surprised and shaken by what they saw and heard. The Helper told all
of them that if they lived good lives their eyes might be opened before they
died.
The old man
had not lived a very clean life and so the Helper told him how to cleanse it
and escape the punishment that awaited him.
The members
of the family were all very much interested in the lady Helper because of her
pretty soul body and desire body. The many colors were interchanging and
becoming visible, now and then. The Helpers left these people much wiser and
happier than they had been.
Once some
Helpers saw a pair of wolves about to attack a pet deer in a yard. "Go
drive them way," the man Helper said to one of the lady Helpers who had
not had much experience as a Helper.
"Oh, I
can't," she said. "They will kill me and I want to live."
"Come
with me," he said, but the other refused, protesting.
"No, I
am afraid."
The man
Helper went down and stopped the wolves and made friends with them and called
the other Helpers to come up to the wolves. The first lady Helper came up gingerly
and acted as it she were afraid. The other lady Helper went and quieted the
deer which was trembling with fear, for it was tied to a tree in the yard.
The man
Helper went to the house and woke the people up and told them to put the deer
in the barn or shed as it would get killed if they left it in the yard. We told
them that they had stopped two wolves from killing it.
A young girl
heard the Helpers talking about the deer and came running out excitedly. She
screamed because she thought her fawn had been killed.
"No, it
is safe," said the Helper.
The girl ran
outdoors and untied the fawn and took it into the house as it was very small.
There was a boy with the Helpers and he wanted to know what the animals were
that looked like police dogs. When he found out that they were wolves he, kept
away from them. One of the Helpers told the people not to tie the fawn up
because she would not run away. Then they took the wolves away and left them in
a large forest.
If you feel
an urge to be of real service in the world, you may start at once to make
preparations for a new field of service. You will have to purify your body and
your mind. You will have to forsake all injurious habits as soon as possible.
You will need to recognize all men as your brothers, for all are children of
the same Great Being, the God of our Solar System.
You must
live a consistent life seven days a week and you must be willing and eager to
help others. I do not mean by giving them our earthly possessions, for that might
only harm them. You must give yourself. Be willing to cheer and encourage,
advise and help all who come to you.
Great
truths are dearly bought,
The common truth,
Such as men give and take from day to day,
Comes in the common walk of easy life,
Blown by the careless wind across our way.
Great
truths are greatly won, not found by chance,
Nor wafted on the breath of summer's dream;
But grasped in the great struggle of the soul,
By hard buffeting with adverse wind and stream.
— Unknown
Chapter III:
Invisible Helpers
in Action
Christ first gave two commands to His disciples when
He said, "Preach the gospel and heal the sick." Now this is exactly
what the Invisible Helpers aim to, do to the very best of their ability. When a
Helper is out of his dense physical body and able to function in his desire
body under the direction of a Lay Brother or a Lay Sister who has been placed
over him to direct, instruct, and care for him, he can accomplish much, as I
will show you very soon.
In many places
Helpers explain the Mystic teachings to people whom they have saved or helped.
In such cases they have had more attentive hearers than it is possible to find
in ordinary circumstances. These people have had visible proof, and we are told
that they will give a good account of themselves.
Every
Invisible Helper should be like the man who lived in the house at the side of
the road, who was a friend and helper of every man who came his way.
As little
children we were taught that fire would hurt us; that water would drown us if
we did not exercise great care; that our bodies were much heavier than air; and
that therefore, a fall from a cliff or a high building would injure us or cause
death; that it was impossible for us to penetrate into the earth or go through
stone walls; and that it was dangerous to work under ground because of the
danger of the earth caving in.
Helpers,
when out of their bodies helping others, cannot be injured by fire, earth, air,
or, water. They can go down to the ocean depths. They can go over active
volcanoes and peer down into their craters. They can go through the air much as
birds do and with far greater speed, and some can enter the earth itself with
safety. They have to be taught all these things while out of their bodies in
sleep. At first they are very fearful, but gradually fear leaves them, and they
can go through flames to rescue people and even allow themselves to be shot or
stabbed, for they know that when they are clad in their desire bodies and on
errands of mercy, no one can harm them.
The work of
Invisible Helpers is a very large subject as well as a very fascinating one.
You know it has been said that truth is stranger than fiction, and I am
convinced that it really is. There is a very great range in the beings who are
engaged in this useful work of helping humanity. I will enumerate some of them.
There are the "Nature Spirits," which include the Salamanders,
Sylphs, Undines, Gnomes, and Fairies. Then there are the Devas, the Angels from
the Moon, the Archangels from the Sun (Christ is one of these Great Beings),
and other High Beings from Venus and, the other planets in our Solar System.
Besides
these, there are Invisible Helpers among ordinary humanity. In this chapter I
will limit my subject to this class only, and I will tell you of actual work
engaged in by Helpers who have physical bodies, and who are employed during the
daytime, as they must earn their own living.
Max Heindel has told us that the Invisible Helpers are banded together in bands of twelve under a competent leader, who is often a physician, and that they
work on the invisible bodies of sick people, and help or heal them.
Many
persons, who are Helpers at night, do not remember in the morning what they did
while at work out of the body. Others occasionally remember meeting other
people they know, or, they remember various incidents that took place and made
such a strong impression that they were able to bring the memory through. Then,
there are others who can sometimes remember whole scenes and write down what
was said and done by all present. Conscious Invisible Helpers are able to
remember all that they do because their consciousness is unbroken. There are
times, though, when they are put to sleep temporarily by their instructors who
may not think it best for them to remember certain journeys made or work done
when they are out on important missions.
Some bands
of Invisible Helpers work principally with the sick, going from patient to
patient, often materializing a hand or an arm in order to do what is necessary.
They may even materialize their whole bodies.
Two Helpers
went to a fishing boat one night to remove a fish bone embedded in a man's
hand, which had swollen to twice its normal size. He had a high fever and lay
in his bunk unable sleep. When the helpers came to him, he thought they were
Angels, and he prayed to them to help him. The Helpers materialized, and one
held the injured hand firmly while the other put her fingers under the fin bone
to push it out. This caused the man pain, and he cried so loudly that some of
the other fishermen came to his bunk. When they saw the Helpers, they rubbed
their eyes as though they could not believe their own sight.
Then one man
called to the rest. They all came and stood off at a distance and watched what
was taking place. After the bone had been pushed out, the Helpers rubbed the
man's arm down, washed his hand in salt water, and applied a wet salt pack.
They told the man to wash his hand twice a day in salt water. Then they left to
go on with their work.
Another
night these two Helpers were going over the Hawaiian Islands, when they were
able to perceive a white boy with a fine fish bone stuck in his throat. His
throat had swollen so that he was choking. There were many people gathered in
the room, but they were helpless. Two doctors present wanted to send for a
surgeon to remove the bone. The Helpers materialized, and one spoke up and said,
"We can get it out."
The doctor
laughed at the Helper, and said, "She is crazy with the heat."
The boy's
mother told her to do anything, in order to save the child. The helpers stepped
up to the child, who was in a bed. One held the boy while the other pushed the
fish bone out. When a person is out of his dense body, he has clairvoyant
sight. Because of this ability, the Helper saw where the bone was. Then she
dematerialized her hand, and put it in his throat behind the bone and below it,
and pushed up as she materialized a finger. The boy gagged and coughed, the
bone flew out, and the Helper picked it up and gave it to his mother. The
doctors looked on in amazement. Then the Helpers gave the boy so me salt water
to gargle with and let him go. The people asked the Helpers many questions,
which they answered, and then they left.
Here is a
strange case of healing. In Europe some Invisible Helpers found a poor farmer
who had been assaulted by soldiers. They had shot him and left him for dead.
The Helper removed thirty-one bullets from his breast and took him where he
would receive shelter, food, and care. On the second visit they found him
recovering rapidly. It was not destined that he should die at that time.
Various
diseases are treated successfully. I wish to tell you of various phases of such
work carried on by Helpers, and I have written records of many actual
occurrences. When a death takes place, there is always someone present to aid
the spirit, who is usually frightened and unable to understand what has
happened. Usually two persons carry the spirit off to the Desire World where he
is taken care of by other Helpers, who are Initiates. They explain things to
him and help him to adjust himself to new conditions.
Suicides are
difficult to handle because they want to re-enter their physical bodies and
will become violent if anyone comes for them. Ordinary Helpers cannot control
them alone. Lay Brothers or Lay Sisters, have to come and gently put them to
sleep. Then they can carry them off to the Desire World where suicides are
kept. There they must remain for a period, which may be long or short,
according to the time they should have lived normally.
Babies are
carried away to the Heaven world just as anyone would carry a baby ordinarily.
One Helper has remembered carrying two babies at different times. In one case,
two Helpers were told what to do, and they got on a bus that was going to St.
Louis. There was a mother on it with a baby who had just died.
One of the
Helpers took the ego of the dead baby up in her arms and carried it about for
some time before she carried it up to the Children's world. She was new at this
work and had to wait until the other Helper was free to go with her.
One night
some Invisible Helpers were told to go to the South Atlantic Ocean, where they
were shown a steamer in trouble. They were told that it would sink with all on
board, and that they were to go down with it. It was a freighter, carrying six
women and forty-two men. The ship had struck something which had made a large
hole in the hull, and the water was coming in rapidly.
After
materializing, the Helpers went to the cabin where the women were gathered and
tried to quiet them. The captain came in and said that all hope of saving the
ship was gone and that they were unable to put the life boats out, as the water
was too rough. They had already lost two of the boats. The people prayed and
asked the Helpers to save them. One of the Helpers told them that all would be
well and that if they shouId die, they would all come back in a little while.
Suddenly the
boat stood up endways for about five minutes, shook a little as the boiler
exploded, and then it went down. It finally struck the bottom, and fell on one
side, and settled in the mud. The people all asked what had happened, not
realizing that they were dead. They said that at first they had left like
strangling for the want of air, but then the feeling had left them. They were
instructed to follow the Helpers who took them to the Borderland, where they
were told that they were dead.
On the way
out, one Helper remembered seeing many kinds of fish deep down in the ocean.
Some of them were enormous in size. They swam about the ship and even tried to
catch the Helpers, who slipped to one side when they dashed by.
During the
past few years, ships have had increasing difficulty in going from place to
place, due to the rising of the sea bottom and to storms and carelessness of
various kinds. On one occasion someone on board had intended to sink the ship
and had loosened the sea-cock. The lower hull was flooded, and the boat had
listed to one side. It would have sunk if help had not been sent to the people,
for the seamen did not know where to look for the trouble, and besides it was
dangerous to open the trap door that led to the bottom of the boat. The Helpers
told the captain what the trouble was and said that they would go down and
tighten it up. The captain told them that they were crazy and would drown.
"No, we
will be all right," said one of the Helpers.
The captain
gave them a wrench, and then went down into the hold of the boat. One Helper
materialized a hand and tightened up the sea-cock. The Helpers then went back
to the captain, and he thanked them. After that they disappeared.
There is a
law of nature by which a body can temporarily draw the ether from the air. It
is done regularly by Helpers, who are first taught to do it unconsciously with
the help of some Lay Brother or Lay Sister. Helpers are also endowed with
special powers to do the work which may be difficult. For instance, it is not
easy to control vicious snakes and wild beasts, which are, nevertheless,
controlled by Group Spirits who appear to be as mean as their charges.
Once two
Helpers went up to the far north where a cod fishing boat had sprung a leak and
was sinking fast. The men were too far from shore to swim to safety. The
Helpers materialized so that they were then visible and looked as if they were
in their physical bodies. They found some blankets and stuffed them tightly in
the cracks of the leaking boat. The pumps were put to work full force, and the
boat headed for shore. It was raining, and the wind was very strong.
The
fishermen wanted to know who the strangers were and how they got on the boat.
When the Helpers, who were not even wet, went inside the boat, the men became
afraid. They wanted to feed the Helpers. The Helpers tried to explain that they
had human bodies but that these bodies were asleep far away. They said that
they would return to their bodies when it was time to awaken. Naturally people
who have never studied the Mystic teachings are deeply perplexed about all
this, but they are very grateful for the help they receive.
A friend
told me of this remarkable experience:
Two Helpers
were sent to a captain on a ship coming to the United States to tell him to
stop and fix a leak. He was far from land and did not know of the leak. The
Helpers materialized and told the captain, who at first refused to believe it.
He sent the first mate own to see. The man came back and told the captain that
there was a leak in the ship. The captain almost fainted from fright.
The captain
stopped the ship and took some men and went below. The people on board became
frightened and nearly started a panic, but they were quieted by one of the
Helpers. The captain wanted some man to get into the water and hold a square
plate so that it could be bolted from the inside.
A man and a
woman Helper said that they would do the job. The captain objected to the woman
Helper going down and told her that she would drown or that a shark would get
her.
"No, I
will be all right," she said.
When the man
Helper took the plate, which was about eighteen inches square, and started to
climb down the rope ladder, the woman Helper followed, although the captain
took hold of her and tried to keep her on deck. She slipped from his fingers
and went down into the sea. The hole was about ten feet below the water line,
and the Helpers had to go under the water to put the plate in. The repairs were
made, and when the Helpers turned, they looked dry. This made the people who
saw them wonder. Two large fish jumped for the Helpers and hit the ship and
were killed by the impact. The sailors thought the Helpers had killed them.
On another
occasion, a Lay Brother told some Helpers to hurry to the United States and
warn some people to get out of their house, as it was going to be destroyed by
a windstorm. The Lay Brother showed the Helpers just where to go and said,
"Hurry!"
In this
house there were some people who had a little boy, two years old. Their house
was on a hilltop overlooking the lowland. The Helpers woke the grown people and
they ran out of the house, leaving the child inside. One Helper told the other
Helper to go and get the child, which she did, returning just before the wind
carried the house off. The wind blew the house about two blocks away, and it
went over the cliff and broke to pieces. The Helpers went down and retrieved
some clothing and some money from the wreckage and brought what they found up
to the people, who were very grateful for having been saved from death.
Here is a
queer story that both Helpers remembered quite clearly the next morning. They
were sent to a farm in Texas to help a man who was treed by a bull. That is,
the bull had become angry and went for the man who climbed upon a stall as high
as he could get. The bull stood below, so that the man could not get down, and
he prayed for help. He was too far from the house to call to anyone.
One of the
Helpers is particularly fond of animals, but not of bulls on a rampage.
However, she went up to the bull and quieted him, and he followed her out of
doors and around the barn. The man then came down and wanted to know where the
bull came from so early in the morning. He had come out to do his milking. When
she told him that they were Helpers of humanity and that they could go about
helping those in trouble, he just looked at her in surprise and became nervous,
so they left. The same Helper remembered how frightened the man had been,
because she took on his nervous condition. She knew exactly how he felt when
the bull was after him.
Those who
are HeIpers and can remember some of the things that they have done while out
at night, while their bodies were peacefully sleeping, will understand what
great joy these memories afford them.
One night
two Helpers were down in South America. They stopped at a small lake that
emptied into a river that flowed into the Amazon. It was a moonlit night, and
many people were out in rowboats having a pleasant time. The Helpers went over
the water and saw many fish swimming among the weeds in the clear water. Then
they went to a nearby hotel and materialized. The owner was sitting on a long
porch. A maid came out to the Helpers, thinking they, were guests, and asked if
they wanted anything. Some children followed her.
"No, I
do not need anything," the lady Helper said. "What is the matter with
you?"
The woman
said that she had been dismissed and that it was her last night on duty. Then
she went to the lake and got in a boat and rowed far out to where the water was
very deep and swift. Suddenly she jumped in. One Helper said to the other,
"Oh, look! She has jumped into the lake. Save her!"
He said,
"Go on, and I will get the boat."
The Helper
rushed out over the lake to where the woman had jumped in, went down, and got
her about one hundred feet from where she had disappeared. The other Helper
hurried to the scene in the boat, and the Helpers laid her in it and came
ashore. The people were amazed at the Helpers and asked many questions, all of
which were answered. The Helper who had gone into the water was perfectly delighted
at their success in rescuing this unhappy woman. She told those present what
the consequences would have been had she drowned herself.
Then an old
lady came up and asked the Helper go to her home and see a sick lady. They
found her mother very ill with nervous indigestion, and they were able to
greatly relieve her. They instructed her about her food and what she would have
to do to stay well.
Here is how
some Eskimos were saved in the far north. They were on a large cake of ice that
had broken loose and was floating out to sea. There was a wide gap all around
it. The Eskimos had been on it for two days, and things looked hopeless. They
knew that if they got into the water, they would freeze. The Helpers took the
grown people right up into the air and carried them to safety without much
difficulty, but when they took the children, they screamed and wriggled in
their arms, as they were not used to strangers. The dogs and the sled were then
carried over in the same way. There were twenty-five people and twenty-four
dogs.
The Eskimos,
thinking the Helpers were Angels, thanked them and went on towards home, while
the Helpers continued their work. Invisible Helpers can talk to all people and
make them understand because they speak the language of the soul.
The
Invisible Helpers also help the animals in various ways. I know of a number of
cases where polar bears have been let out of traps. Here is one instance: While
in the far north, some Invisible Helpers saw four pretty white bears. One was
caught in a trap, and it was very angry. Its mate, with other companions, was
there, too. When the Helpers came up, they all showed their teeth, which were
pretty and white. They also showed their sharp claws. It took the Helpers,
about ten minutes to quiet the bears so that they could open the trap and
release the bear. They finally got him out and the bears stood around the
Helpers, who played awhile with them as they had become very friendly. When the
Helpers started away, the bears followed them for a long time.
They met two
trappers, who said that they owned the trap, and they wanted to shoot the four
bears. One Helper told them to shoot them if they could. They tried and failed,
and then they became frightened.
Esoteric
students know that the Salamanders are the Nature Spirits who cause fires.
Without their activity, no gun can be set off, and no fire started. This
explains how the three Hebrew children could be thrown into a blazing furnace
and not be harmed. The fourth person whom the king saw in the flames could
control these Nature Spirits and did so.
In this
instance the Teacher of these Helpers could control the Nature Spirits, and so
the guns would not work. The bears wanted to fight the trappers, and the
Helpers called them back. The men wanted to know who the Helpers were and what
they were doing in the north, thinly dressed and without overcoats. The Helpers
told them that they were just people who helped every living thing in trouble.
The trappers wanted to know where they live, and one Helper named the State.
They laughed at this and said the Helpers were crazy, as that State was nearly
three thousand miles away. One Helper told them that distance was nothing to
them.
The Helpers
sent the bears on their way, and they started off, although they did not want
to go. One Helper told the men that they could not shoot anything until that
time the next day. They were ordered to go directly home and told to stay there
for a day. Meanwhile nothing would harm them. Then the Helpers disappeared. The
trappers had plenty to think about after this experience.
One morning
a Helper woke up with the most delightful memories of what she had done when
out alone early one morning. She went to some place in or near Arabia where a
horse had died. It was a family pet named Frank, or something similar. This
horse had been a handsome brown fellow with a beautifully shaped head. He had
grown old and very thin. His teeth were so poor that he could no longer eat
grain and dry grass; so he was shot to end his troubles. The family were sorry
about it and felt distressed about what had taken place. There were other
Invisible Helpers there to take the spirit of the horse away to the Desire
World, but this Helper wanted to do it. She picked up the etheric body of the
horse, and he folded up his feet neatly so that she could carry him without
trouble.
The Helper
remembered plainly the next day how beautiful the horse looked as he lay in her
arms wide awake but perfectly quiet and not a bit afraid. She carried him right
through the side of the barn, which was gray and unpainted. There was a little
hay on the floor inside, which she noticed when going out. She had one hand
free, and as she went along carrying the desire body of the horse, she patted
it gently on the neck and said, "Dear old Frank."
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