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Part II: BLESSINGS, GIFTS AND DEEDS The Book of Bricks You have all chosen to be flesh and blood, with a time to work out sums. You may have as many lifetimes as you need. Yet there is a point when all must be done. This time is known as the Grand Gathering when God’s children will be called home. A quickening has begun at this time before the Gathering, so you may add bricks to your mansion. So long have you been away from your home, that you have forgotten it. You have built a new home out of dust in a faraway land. This house you will not keep, for it is of worldly things. Many of you have labored for worldly things for long years, while setting aside your real reason for coming to earth. I give this book so you may remember and build your mansions in Paradise. This is not a book of laws that you must obey. Nor is it a book that you may judge your neighbor by. There is no punishment if you do not use it to make bricks. You are given this book out of love so that you may make the number of bricks you want. Your time is short before the calling. And when you are called, your mansion will be complete. Not one brick will be added or taken away from your labors. That which you have built will be yours for all time. When your mansion is finished, you will come home to it. God will furnish it with all the wondrous things your imagination can hold. You will share Paradise with all whom you have ever loved or were loved by, I tell you now. You must never consider this book as being more important than you are to one another. You will not hold it as holy or sacred. You will worship it not. It will not be kissed or held with affection in any way. The Book of Bricks is written in three parts. Each is equal unto the other, and none is greater or lesser in value. The first text is of Blessings. This part deals with emotional training. The second is the text of Giving. This part trains the mind. The third text is of Deeds. This part is to train the body. The three stand as separate legs of a tripod. Each is planted firmly on a solid spot. They rise upwards toward a center that holds the platform. On the platform, is mounted a transom-the soul-to make sure your direction is straight and level. The Scroll of Blessings So that this leg may stand on solid ground, and your blessings begin, once-blessed are you who take this leg to heart. Some will find it the easiest to set, while others will find it almost impossible. Yet, set it firmly and you will be giving your first blessing to yourself: ‘Bless my soul, for I am a child of God. Bless my heart for it beats to serve you, my God, and your children. God has made me perfect, whole and complete for I am in God’s own image and likeness. With this knowledge I am all I need to be. I set this leg as the foundation of God’s will for me and all others.’ The deep feeling of infinite compassion is not just an emotion. This oneness with God sets in motion an uncontrollable desire. Your soul wishes only love and well-being for a person, place or thing. When this happens, you make a brick by saying, ‘Bless its heart.’ There is no blessing so small that it does not make a brick. Saying this only so a brick will be added to your mansion is done in vain, for no brick is made. Should you see a child crying, for whatever reason, know they are in pain ... and bless their heart, a brick is made. See you tears in the eyes of a man or woman, know they are in pain or joy ... and bless their heart, a brick is made. See you someone who is in anger or rage, know they are in pain for some reason ... and bless their heart, a brick is made. See you someone who is blind, they see not the wonders you do ... and bless their heart, a brick is made. See you someone who is deaf, they hear not the music of nature ... and bless their heart, a brick is made. See you someone who cannot speak, their voice sings not the language you share ... and bless their heart, a brick is made. See you someone who is lame, they shuffle with difficulty in the dance of life ... and bless their heart, a brick is made. See you someone who is disfigured, they are ugly only in the eyes that hold them so ... and bless their heart, a brick is made. See you someone who is poor, they know not the abundance that is theirs ... and bless their heart, a brick is made. See you someone who is hungry, they have forgotten how to feed themselves ... and bless their heart, a brick is made. See you someone who is naked or in rages, they know not how to clothe themselves ... and bless their heart, a brick is made. See you someone who is homeless, they have forgotten how to shelter themselves ... and bless their heart, a brick is made. See you someone who is a drunkard or an addict. What they take to numb their pain is now its cause ... and bless their heart, a brick is made. See you someone who is slow of wit, their mind is in a cloud of darkness, struggling to be free ... and bless their heart, a brick is made. See you someone who is a criminal, they have lost their faith ... and bless their heart, a brick is made. See you someone who steals a childhood, they have had their childhood stolen ... and bless their heart, a brick is made. See you someone who takes a place before you, they take from you only that which has been taken from them ... bless their heart, a brick is made. See you someone who respects you not, they have no respect for themselves ... and bless their heart, a brick is made. See you someone who has taken a life, they know not what they have truly done ... and bless their heart, a brick is made. See you someone who is with disease, they know not that they could be well ... and bless their heart, a brick is made. See you someone who belittles others, they see themselves as unimportant ... and bless their heart, a brick is made. See you someone who robs others, they only rob bricks from themselves ... and bless their heart, a brick is made. See you someone who cheats others, they only cheat themselves out of bricks ... and bless their heart, a brick is made. See you someone who hollers at others, they want to be heard but know not how ... and bless their heart, a brick is made. See you someone who lays a hand on others, they only strike bricks from their own walls ... and bless their heart, a brick is made. See you a sick or injured animal ... bless its heart, a brick is made. See you any animal that has died ... bless its heart, a brick is made. See you the meat on your table, know you that the animal gave up its life that you may be fed. Ask forgiveness ... and bless its heart, a brick is made. Let not a day go by that you have not given blessings. Open your heart to the world around you. Find in all things a reason to give blessings. Your God has blessed you and all else. God’s blessings come as easily as the rising and setting of the sun. Should not yours be given with the love you hold in your heart? Should you not bless all things around you that have been given to you? Think not that it makes no difference and is but a small and unimportant thing to do. For I tell you truly, there is no blessing that you can give that is insignificant. Any blessing you give is a brick, and will be given by God back to you unto the nth degree. back to top of page The Scroll of Giving That this leg may stand on solid ground, and your giving begin, twice blessed are you who take this second leg to heart. So you may give to others, you must give to yourself. Forgive yourself all that keeps you from greatness. ‘I am a child of God and from my soul I give. My heart beats to give to you, my God, and your children. I give myself the knowledge that I am made in God’s image and likeness, to be perfect, whole and complete. I am all I need to be to set the second leg as the foundation of God’s will for me and all others.’ The gift of giving is more than the mental process of ‘I think I should, therefore I give.’ Be responsible in giving. If others benefit from your gift, and you or your family is left wanting, this is not responsible giving. This is suffering. Be you abundant so others may prosper, also. God has not meant for you to go hungry so others may eat. You are not to go naked so others may be clothed. You shall not live in the streets that others may live in a mansion. There is no gift so small that it does not make a brick. But to give only that a brick is added to your mansion is done in vain, for no brick is made. Be you loving to yourself as God loves you ... a brick is made. Give in return this love to all else around you ... a brick is made. Be you kind to yourself that you may know kindness ... a brick is made. Give this kindness to all else around you ... a brick is made. Be you your life’s work, for it is the cornerstone of life ... a brick is made. In return, see that others have a life’s work to be done ... a brick is made. Be there food on your table that you will not go hungry ... a brick is made. Eat no more than you need to live, so there will be food for others ... a brick is made. Be you clothed so that you will be protected from the heat or cold ... a brick is made. Give that which you do not use to those in rags ... a brick is made. Be you sheltered that you will be dry and warm ... a brick is made. Make it that all have shelter ... a brick is made. Be you receiving when someone gives to you ... a brick is made. That others may receive from what you give ... a brick is made. Be you filled in your basic requirements, and that of your family ... a brick is made. See then that others have the same ... a brick is made. Be you relieved of your pain ... a brick is made. Give relief to those in pain ... a brick is made. Be you sightful, though you are blind ... a brick is made. Give eyes to those who cannot see ... a brick is made. Be you listening, though you cannot hear ... a brick is made. Give ears to those who cannot hear ... a brick is made. Be you heard, though you cannot speak ... a brick is made. Hear those who cannot speak ... a brick is made. Be active, though you are lame ... a brick is made. Put those who cannot move into motion ... a brick is made. Be you beautiful, though you appear disfigured ... a brick is made. See beauty in those who seem to be ugly ... a brick is made. Be you healthy, though you are ill ... a brick is made. Give health to those who are sick ... a brick is made. Be you not seduced to use drug or drink in ways which it was not intended ... a brick is made. Give freedom from enslavement to those who are in its bondage ... a brick is made. Be you quick in mind, though you are slow ... a brick is made. Take time to understand those whose wit is dim ... a brick is made. Be you honest, though you have committed crimes ... a brick is made. Hold responsible ones who have committed a crime, and then forgive them ... a brick is made. Be you caring of a child’s well-being, though yours may have been taken ... a brick is made. See that others are caring of children and their well-being ... a brick is made. Be you courteous to all, and assume no place that is not yours ... a brick is made. Allow the elderly, the lame, and children to go before you ... a brick is made. Be you respectful, though you may have been disrespected ... a brick is made. See that others respect one another ... a brick is made. Be one who does not take a life ... a brick is made. Give mercy to and, yet, hold responsible one who has taken a life ... a brick is made. Be knowing that you are of greatness, though you may have been belittled ... a brick is made. Give in return greatness to those who have been belittled ... a brick is made. Be you trustworthy, taking not that which you have not been given nor have earned ... a brick is made. Give trust to others that
they may be trustworthy ... a brick is made. Let not a day go by that you have not been giving. Find in all life a reason and something to give. God gives life every second of every day. Should not you render with the same thoughts a life to be spared? Should you not think that all life is as precious as your own? Think not that it makes no difference or that any gift
you give is insignificant. For I tell you truly, there is no gift that you
give too small that it will not be given back to you to the nth degree.
The Scroll of Deeds That this leg may stand on solid ground, and your deeds begin, thrice blessed are you who take this third leg to heart. You have blessed and you have given. Take that which needs to be done and do it yourself. Say: ‘I am a child of God. My heart beats to do God’s will for his children and me. This I can do, for God has made me perfect, whole, and complete. I am made in God’s own image and likeness. Therefore, I am all I need to be, and the works I do now anchor fast this leg.’ The work that is done in your name is blessed. The work that is done by your name and your money is twice blessed. The work that is done by your hand is thrice blessed. When you see a need to be filled, you first feel it in your heart. Then you are moved emotionally with the desire to have it not be so. Your mind will search for a way to have it otherwise. Then you take to task this need, and with your hands, you will fill this need. There is no deed so small that it does not make a brick. Woe unto you who do this only so that a brick is added to your mansion. This is done in vain, for no brick is made. I, by my hand, end the pain of a child ... three bricks are made. I, by my hand, dry the eyes of a man or woman ... three bricks are made. I, by my hand, soothe the anger and rage ... three bricks are made. I, by my hand, lead the blind through the darkness ... three bricks are made. I, by my hand, speak the music of the deaf, that they might hear ... three bricks are made. I, by my hand, hear the voice of the speechless, that they may sing ... three bricks are made. I, by my hand, bind up the lame, that they may travel their path and dance through life ... three bricks are made. I, by my hand, give comfort to the ill, that they may have health ... three bricks are made. I, by my hand, open the eyes of all to see the beauty, that none will shun the disfigured ... three bricks are made. I, by my hand, raise up the poor, that they may make their own way and have an abundant life ... three bricks are made. I, by my hand, feed the hungry so they will learn to feed themselves ... three bricks are made. I, by my hand, dress the naked and those in rags with clean clothes, that they will clothe themselves ... three bricks are made. I, by my hand, build shelter with the homeless, that they will build shelter for themselves ... three bricks are made. I, by my hand, bring the tactility of love to replace the numbness in the drunkard or the addict, that they might feel the joy of life and release their pain ... three bricks are made. I, by my hand, remove the clouds of darkness, so the dim of wit will see they, too, have a place of importance ... three bricks are made. I, by my hand, hold those that commit a crime responsible to repay that which was taken, and they are forgiven that which is paid ... three bricks are made. I, by my hand, give care, and see to the well, being of children, that they may pass through childhood unmolested by word or action ... three bricks are made. I, by my hand, will make straight that which I have made crooked through mistake or knowledge, for I am honest ... three bricks are made. I, by my hand, will make way for those who need a passage, be they young or old ... three bricks are made. I, by my hand, will not allow a life to be taken, nor will I allow a life to be prolonged to suit my purpose ... three bricks are made. I, by my hand, will hold up to greatness those who have been belittled ... three bricks are made. I, by my hand, will will not take the life of an animal, nor will I prolong it to suit my purpose-three bricks are made. I, by my hand, will open my house and heart to an animal. I will care for its needs and love it as if it were my child ... three bricks are made. I, by my hand, will only build that which does not destroy the sanctuary of animals in the wild ... three bricks are made. I, by my hand, will set my table with food that does not run red with blood ... three bricks are made. Let not a day pass that a deed has not been done. Open your arms to the world around you. Find in all things a deed that you might do. God does for you more than you will ever know. Should you not do the same? Should not your deeds be given as freely? Think you not that what you do makes little difference, or that it is an insignificant act. For I tell you truly, no deed is so small that it will not be returned to you unto the nth degree. Carry this book with you. When you know not what to do, it will guide you. As a builder’s manual gives you the measurements of work to be done on the straight and level, so does this book give you measurements to live your life, that it may be straight and level. Go you now into the world and teach only love, for God is with you all. |
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