Communion Instructions

(Written by Olga Park in 1968)

Contents:

1.  Home Sanctuaries for Prayer and Meditation
2.  The Purpose of these Communion Devotions
3.  Opening of the "Door"
4.  The Helpfulness of Music & Ritual
5.  The Words of Jesus
6.  The Communion Service

The Holy Christ Purpose

The Holy Hill

The Holy Temple

The God-filled Temple

Song of the Holy Gates

Song of the Holiness of God

The Holy Invitation

The Holy Shepherd's Call

The Holy Grace

The Holy Consecration

The Holy Cloud

The Holy Symbols

The Living Presence of Jesus

The Holy Partaking

The Holy Offering

Song of the Angels

The Holy Power

The Holy Silence

Missionary Prayer, Dedication & Benediction

This practice of solitary or near solitary Communion of Jesus Christ looks toward the near future when the Christian religion as it has been, and as it is now in 1968, will have changed so greatly as to be unidentifiable with the Church which came into being in the City of Jerusalem on the Day of Pentecost, A.D. 30 approximately.

Great changes have taken place already -- mostly negative -- in the teachings of the main body of the Church. Children, the future church members, are being taught to regard the Bible accounts of angels, visions, miracles, prophecies, and the hearing of God's voice as poetic imagery. There are still many sects adhering to a strictly literal and earth-mind understanding of the Scriptures of Israel and of the writings of the founders of the Christian Church, but it is impossible that such sects will be able to maintain the authority of their literal beliefs much longer.

We are now in the transition period between two eras, even as Jesus and his disciples were, and his instructions to them that the Kingdom of Heaven was like hidden treasure -- a seed buried in fructifying soil -- applies to the awareness and teaching of spiritual reality in these times. The practice of the hearing of the Voice of Jesus is the seed we sow with the intent that it may sprout and grow into the Tree of Life of the New Age now so close upon us. The Jesus of history is not dead but very much alive, and he speaks to those who hear his Voice and visits with those who open the door. Unto all who seek this experience are these Devotions and Meditations on the Words of Jesus offered.

1. Home Sanctuaries for Prayer and Meditation

In the ordinary household, the Sanctuary of Prayer and Meditation should be as inconspicuous as possible; indeed, it can even be invisible except when in use. It may be in a clothes closet or in a cupboard standing against or in a wall. It may be a small bracket with doors in the comer of a room, or it may be a sacred picture with folding sides.  Whatever its structure or wherever placed it should when in use, be in such situation as to permit the breathing of fresh pure air.

Every Learner needs to provide himself or herself with such a Sanctuary in order to co-operate to the fullest extent with those Servers of Christ in the heavenly realms by whom we are instructed.  Such a Sanctuary will attract and hold vibrations of healing and inspiration; for desire-thought has substance and power, invisible at the physical level, but nevertheless influential in earth affairs.

The observance of devotional exercises at regular times and in places set apart results in psychic idea-structures that remain there for long periods and bless all who are in tune with them.  It is advantageous to pray in one particular room or part of a room for the reason that, in prayer, psychic energies of a high rate of vibration are released. A corner is best, in the average household, in a room that is some­what private and personal; for if the person engaged in deep prayer be unexpectedly interrupted, he or she will suffer some degree of psychic shock. In such a corner of such a room the psychic substance of the prayer radiations will gravitate inwards to the corner and will remain undisturbed by the goings and comings of people.

In an ordinary room the psychic substance is continually changing in colour and quality and the influence of good and spiritual thoughts is not per­manent because the psychic substance of them is constantly being broken up and scattered. The process is similar to that of tape-recording -- when a new im­pression is made, the old is automatically erased. By this understanding we can appreciate the value of a sacred symbol, whether in a chapel or a room of a home.

The type of symbol used should be such as is acceptable to the Learner and have spiritually helpful significance.  A cross is suitable but not a crucifix. The cross potent is most suitable. Representations of Jesus are not wholly desirable unless part of an action-scene, as for example ...

2. The Purpose of these Communion Devotions

Our purpose in observing the Christian ritual of Holy Communion in privacy and solitude is to visit with Jesus Our Lord and to have psychic as well as spiritual awareness of this.  Mystical awareness of Him is neither perfect nor constant in a group meeting, for it requires some degree of withdrawal from outer consciousness. We have to follow the instruction of Our Lord in respect to prayer..

"Enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut the door, pray to the Father in secret…"

Clearly, if it is necessary for effective prayer that one should be alone and apart, then it is just as necessary in taking of the bread and wine of Holy Communion.  Awareness of His Presence is a mystical experience and is of necessity personal and private.

Not by kneeling at the communion rail of a church, or by partaking of bread and wine according to a traditional religious formula does one commune with Jesus, the Christ, but by opening oneself psychically to Him. The contemplations and meditations of these devotions provide conditions, outer and inner, that are favourable to this at-one-ment, and to the hearing- of His Voice accord­ing to His assurance…

"If any man hear my voice and open the door I will come in to him and will sup with him and he with me."

3. Opening of the "Door"

The soul opens of itself, as a door, when one is in sympathy with a person or an idea.  The literal meaning of sympathy is feeling together. This is at-one-ment. In seeking such at-one-ment with Jesus, it is most helpful to think upon his words as they are recorded in the Four Gospels of the New Testament. He himself, speaking to his disciples at the Last Supper, stressed the importance of this ... "If a man love me he will keep my words and I will come unto him ..." 

He said also "When the Spirit of Truth is come he shall bring to your remembrance whatsoever I have said unto you."

On another occasion he said "The words that I speak to you – they are spirit and they are life."

Why such emphasis on words? Did Paul not say "The letter (i.e. words) killeth but the spirit maketh alive"?

The reason is that words are the form-expression of ideas. They have to be animated by spirit in order to have meaning and power.  It is by thought-desire that we attune. We have to have in our hearts the desire for that which the words express. This is not an act of the will. Either we have the desire or we do not. God knows.

The words of Jesus are important because they link us with him. They are an idea-structure of the Living Spirit of Jesus. They express cosmic reality. They come from his Living Mind, and when we contemplate his words his Living Spirit illuminates our minds and we get spiritual understanding.

The 3-branch candelabra of our altar is the symbol of this process - the process by which the soul becomes fused with spirit within us and we begin to function in a single-minded way and not as soul operating - at three separate levels of awareness.

If we know the Master's words and "keep" them, which means to hold onto as to something cherished, then we are on the same wave-length of thought-desire as he is, and we shall not only remember his words but we shall hear him speaking in the words; for in the eternal consciousness there is no time lapse. This is the meaning of his saying...

"My words shall not pass away."

4. The Helpfulness of Music and Ritual

The Prayers and Songs came to Olga Park in fragments at irregular intervals, and the complete revelation was spread out over many years. They are so rich in meaning that new realizations come from them continually. The full significance cannot be absorbed in one meditation.

Music is helpful to the development of the Inner Hearing just as the lights of the altar are helpful to the development of the 3rd eye seeing, and any music of sacred and meditative character may be used as prelude or postlude to the rite; but the Songs and Hymns given by the Inner Sanctuary Servers have associations with specific airs and harmonies that attune us with the particular band of Christ Servers on the Inner Plane who work with us and through us, and it is to the advantage of each Learner to become familiar with them and their use in the Communion ritual.  There is no compulsion on any learner to use these tunes, but there is psychic and practical benefit.

5. The Words of Jesus

Many and varied interpretations have been applied to the words of Jesus as we have them in the New Testament, and some eminent scholars are of the opinion that some words have been added that he did not say. Be that as it may, there is one thought that dominates his words as recorded, his special message -- the Kingdom of Heaven upon earth. This is his desire-thought, and to be in at-one-ment with him as he was with the Father in Heaven requires something more than personal gratitude for his saving help, or adoration, or acceptance of any religious doctrine about him. It calls for the consuming desire to be his disciple, to learn of him. In fact, it requires that one be dedicated to his mission for mankind, and we have to know what that mission is and how He proposes to accomplish it. So, as he taught his disciples we pray…

"Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy Will be done on earth as it is in Heaven..."

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