____________________________________________________________ 互户互户互猾せカせЙせカせЙせカせЙせカせЙせカ  *** The Little Worker's Newsletter *** Issue of January 2006 Published by CDTTT - The Committee for the Difussion of The Third Testament _________________________ TABLE OF CONTENTS: - First Word - The Forms of Prayer - The Intercessors - Many causes, many motives - The other great ingredient: Watchfulness - Final Word ____________________________________________________________ 互户互户互猾せカせЙせカせЙせカせЙせカせЙせカ  - First Word I think that we all are quite aware of the importance of prayer, tough some times we do not fully understand how relevant it really is. Shifting between doubt and faith, we, many times, take away from prayer its true power due to that lack of understanding of how far its reach could be extended. And that extent, in fact, has begun to intrigue the men of science, and this is not a trivial point... Our Father prophesied that when the moment comes, the good wil men of science shall begin to attend the reunions of His disciples in this era, hoping to receive from them the light and the guidance for their scientific investigations and researchs. And, in which way all that we will have to deliver them, would be received? We all know that this and much more shall be accomplished through the communication from spirit to Spirit. And, what is the communication from spirit to Spirit, if not prayer itself taken to its utmost expression? So, in this issue, we will overview some aspects of this important topic, hoping that, in some way, makes all have a wider vision of the true reach of prayer. ____________________________________________________________ 互户互户互猾せカせЙせカせЙせカせЙせカせЙせカ  - The Forms of Prayer Let's start by reviewing a few things that probably we haven't seen in its proper perspective just yet. We, human beings, pray for different and various reasons; starting with the little ones praying to the Lord for the toys they long for, to the elder ones asking for health and strenght for their golden years, passing through the most diverse necessities that men and women of all sorts could have, be it in the spiritual order as well as in the emotional and the material. And every reason for praying has a form, be it to ask something for ourselves or for our fellow men, or be it to worship the Father or become enraptured in His magnificence. The Lord has explained to us that, basically, there are four forms of prayer, and each one of them follows a purpose, an intention of ours: "The prayer is petition, intercession, adoration and contemplation." "I truly say to you that the first form, petition, consists in that man pleads to see his wishes granted, satisfied his yearnings and all that which he believes to be more healthier and important for his life; and I say to you, my children, that the Father listens to the petitions of all, and gives each and every one what he needs the most, as long as it is for his own true good." "The second form of prayer, intercession, emanates from the love for your fellow man, that love that I taught to you when I, as a Master, came to this world. Plead for your brothers, both the nearest and the farthest ones, for those whom in the nations are suffering the consequences of war, of pest, of sickness and hunger, for those that are suffering the tyranny of the temporary rulers of this world. Prepare, o my children, and plead for your brothers, but also where at this intercession you should know how to ask, since the spirit is more important than the matter." "If you have a brother, your parents or your sons which are sick, plead for them, but do not insist for them to be kept in this life, if this is not what the spirit needs. Plead instead for their spirit to be free, for them to be purified in their sufferings, for pain to avail them with the spiritual elevation. Because of this, the Divine Master has taught you since the First Era to say: -Father, your will be done-. Because it is the Father the one which knows best what the spirit truly needs, better than any of His children". "The third form of prayer, the adoration of the Divine Spirit, signifies the adoration of all which is perfect, since through this form of prayer you are able to unite with perfection, with that love that embraces the whole Universe. In the adoration you can find the perfect state which every one of you shall reach, and by the adoration your will arrive to the fourth form of prayer: Contemplation." "Contemplation, when united with the adoration, is the one that leads you to the unification with the Divine Spirit, to the source of eternal life, to the source that gives you strenght day by day, so you can reach the Kingdom of the Father". "You must practice every day all these forms of prayer, starting with petition, all through contemplation. This is what will give strenght to the spirit, and to the matter besides". The Third Testament There is an old saying: practice makes perfect; and which one of us does not long to reach that perfection at prayer, perfection at loving? ____________________________________________________________ 互户互户互猾せカせЙせカせЙせカせЙせカせЙせカ  - The Intercessors By analyzing carefully the previous paragraphs, we can realize how important prayer can be in order to reduce evil in this world, especially when we oriented it towards intercession. Let's us all convert ourselves into intercessors of our beloved Humankind. "Do not pray only when you are in the midst of a painful ordeal: pray too when you are at peace, for it is then when heart and mind could take care of others". "Blessed are those who, through tears, tell Me: -Master, I offer you my suffering. Your will be done in me.- My will is that you possess My peace, O My poor and suffering people! But forget for a few moments your afflictions and pray for the world. Pray for all nations. Love one another!" The Third Testament There are so many causes that need the intercession of spirits of good will! We shall convert ourserlves into the likeness of our sweet Mother, Mary, which is the Divine Intercessoress. But in order to become real intercessors, we must forget about our own selves. How much different are the divine teachings when compared with what this egotistic and materialistic world attempts to teach us nowadays! "Who is the one that really follows me? The one that forgets about himself so he can think upon others, that's the one that follows me." "Control your ego with energy; do not be so concerned about your name and your person. Forget about yourselves altogether so as to think only of the Father and of your brethren." "Pray for everyone and your prayer will be light and peace that will be spreading, minute by minute, over the face of the Earth." "Be watchful over the world, pray for the weak and the defenseless; be, each one of you, an apostle of truth." The Third Testament Of course that by living up these lessons, we will be attacked and accused as naives, fools and fanatics; this is nothing new, since the very same thing happened almost 2000 years ago. It could be true that you, my brother, after having lived in another time in the past where great materialism ruled the world, you end finding a enormous similitude between today's world with the Rome of those days, when the followers of the Christ were attacked without mercy, vilified as they took away not only their freedom but their life also. The very word "Christian" was used in a deprecatory fashion and it was taken, in those days, as an insult by many Romans that praised themselves as loyal subjects of Caesar. And certainly, the Caesar of today will not be in a better mood to tolerate us. See how, for example, the word "spiritualist" is considered, by the ignorant masses, as a synonim of charlatan, a deceiver or a medium to communicate with the dead, when its real meaning is someone that believes in a spiritual doctrine, in opposition to the person that devotes to the material things. In other words: What is the antonym of the word "materialist" if not "spiritualist"? But things will change, sooner of later, as it happened with the word "Christian". We are very fortunate that in this era the mobs will not cry out for our lives, the Lord has prophesied this; but we will have to endure moral harassment and incomprehension from this world so devoted to its greater passion: The worship of the ego. We have other objectives, our thought does not focus anymore only in our own selves, and we have started to understand that true love could never be confined to one self. We must persevere in trying to be, each and every day, as living symbols of Good, figthers for the truth and intercessors for our weaker brothers, and for this, it is necessary to forget about our own selves. This was taught by Jesus, not only with His lips but with His own life. "Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any [man] will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me." Matthew 16:24 By the way, this same concept is expressed in three of the Gospels: Matthew, Mark and Luke, so it is no little stuff, it is important. It we do as Jesus the Christ taught us, we will turn ourselves into true intercessors for our fellow men. [cita]"Pray, be watchful and take the balm to all the needy; go to them in your prayer and protect them under your spiritual mantle, for thus when you were spreading your being in love, I shall be wrapping the Universe with my Spirit". The Third Testament ____________________________________________________________ 互户互户互猾せカせЙせカせЙせカせЙせカせЙせカ  - Many causes, many motives Certainly, our daily living in this world brings us many ocassions to put into practice what we have learned from the Father in this era. There are many causes, many motives that deserve our attention, our care... and our prayer. "I offer you the world so that you can sow in it the seed of My lessons. I entrust your home to you; I show you the lands and the pathways; the prisons, hospitals, and orphanages; the places where vice and wickedness reign. These are propitious fields for your prayer and your charitable deeds." "Convert, with your prayer, those beings in darkness who, like the armies, combat and struggle while you sleep." "Pray for all those whom in their obfuscation kill, steal or in any way, cause pain to the humankind. Try not to confine your prayer only to the ones that have granted you with a good deed, since while meritorious, it is not as meritorious as when you elevate a petition for those that in any form have harmed you." "I wish to teach you to fulfill your duties with those that rule the world; if you want their decisions to be favorable and just with their peoples, you must help them with your prayer." "Send, with your tought and your prayer, consolation to the sad, to the sick, to the ones that suffer in solitude, to the little elders, to childhood, to the youth. See that there are now many more widows and orphans in your world. Think in the peoples without peace and in the men without any hope. Some, because they suffer intensely; others, because they have sank in the mire of vice, and others because they do not know the light of truth, and live as forsaken of love or because they hunger for justice and peace." "It is necessary for you to give proof of the power of the spiritual prayer, similar to past eras when it was given by those men whom you remember as patriarchs, as guides and prophets." "Without the power of prayer you cannot come out ahead in the struggle, nor will you be able to resist the trials, much less will you be able to teach your brethren the perfect way to pray." "Pray for all humankind, without any distinction for races, nor creeds; pray with all the faith and love you are capable of. If you understand it thus, you will be comprehending my Doctrine and my sacrifice and interpreting my will. If you do so, humanity, I shall make this world rise from its leprosy; I shall also let life surge from death, I shall achieve fruits of reconciliation to sprout from hatred and reason shall surge from madness." The Third Testament How delicate is our responsibility, my brothers! How great is our moral and spiritual commitment with all our brothers, regardless of race, nationality or creed! We are the depositaries of magnificent treasures and, what we shall do with them? Keep them to ourselves at the likeness of the miserly man? Or we should go, in the wings of tought and our most pure intention, spreading healing, comfort and good advice? All of this we can do either in the quietness of our bedroom or in the middle of the whirlwind of our everyday struggle for living; it suffices that a heartbeat of compassion and true brotherly love, turns into a tought, plentiful of light, which traveling far beyond our little human pasions, defeats space and time and reaches a heart, alleviates a pain or keeps company to a sick one. Let us be in the likeness of our Divine Master, my brothers, let us imitate that sweet Rabbi of Galilee, to whom His entire life was like a prayer. The Father only asks from us five minutes of prayer every day, but that prayer must come from the deepest of our being. Let us persevere in the beneficent prayer, let us be stubborn and insistent in this and thus, with total devotion, let us dedicate ourselves to extend the reaching of our love, sending it to all the needy. As the spiritual world of light told us some years ago: "Five minutes for prayer, and a whole life for fulfillment". ____________________________________________________________ 互户互户互猾せカせЙせカせЙせカせЙせカせЙせカ  - The other great ingredient: Watchfulness But we should keep in mind that, in order for our prayer to have a real effect, it has to be preceded by watchfulness. "But remember, prayer without watchfulness accomplishes nothing; be watchful, be in alert and your prayer will be powerfull and efficient. The Forerunner "The Lord says: 'It is not enough to pray if there is not watchfulness, because if you pray and then you lay to sleep, the enemy could surprise you while in your sleep'. Be watchful and pray." The Guardians "In order for ectasy to be perfect, previously you must pass through watchfulness, as the righteous men of past times did. This is why Jesus taught you these things in the Second Era..." The Third Testament It is not in vain that the phrase "Be watchful and pray" is repeated constantly by the Father in many of His teachings delivered in this Third Era. "Be watchful and pray, I repeat frequently, but I do not want you to familiarize yourself with this gentle advice, rather that you study it and put it into practice." The Third Testament When the Lord talks about watchfulness, He is not referring to anything material, as many seem to understand it in some religions. No, the watchfulness to which the Father refers, is something very spiritual. Why is so important to be in watchfulness? "In order to triumph over all trials, do what the Master has taught you: Be watchful and pray, so that you may always be alert and not be surprised by temptation." The Third Testament Just as a good parent watches over the wellbeing of his family, by staying alert to any noise in the night so that the thief or the rapacious wolf do not penetrate inadvertedly into the family dwelling, in the same way we must be constantly watching over, both in mind and spirit, not only for ourselves and for those that are blood related to us, but for all of our brothers, both incarnated and disembodied, near or far. So, let us pray and be watchful. ____________________________________________________________ 互户互户互猾せカせЙせカせЙせカせЙせカせЙせカ  - Final Word Dearly beloved: Times where the battle of ideas is going to get tougher are approaching; so, let us be in the alert and watching out for the signs that the elements of nature are offering to us, so we can fulfill our tasks as servants of our brothers, and with it, of our Lord and God. Let us get quickly to that appointment we made long time ago with our mission, beloved brothers, without any dismay or doubt; let us remember that, the one that doubts falls into discouragement. May the peace of my Father be with all my brothers Your brother in the Lord The Little Worker ************************************************************* Join as an spiritual volunteer to the Spiritual Corps of Workers http://www.144000.net/cuerpo/ ************************************************************* PASS THE WORD: If you find this humble newsletter interesting enough, feel free to copy it and send it to your friends, family and colleagues... and why not? Start your own mailing list! **** PAST ISSUES AT http://144000.net/newsletter/ **** ************************************************************* UNSUBSCRIBE (instant!): http://144000.net/remove.htm