by Ernest L. Norman

It must be considered that all systems of life, whether they are social, political, governmental, or religious, have that certain element of dogma. This is especially true with religion. For any religion exists only by application of a very strong dogmatic influence which permeates into every corner of life of the adherent; and all such adherents are thus morally intimidated directly or indirectly, by this dogmatic influence. In this dogma, all religions therefore stipulate to their adherents, complete moral and spiritual subjugation. The hierarchy of the church or temple can, in this subjugation render any such judgments which will make the adherent conduct himself accordingly. This is a form of slavery, perhaps far more abject and subversive than any usually associated physical forms, as this mental subjugation robs the adherent of his integrity, his individuality; it stifles any progressive action, and forfeits his inalienable right to determine good from evil. For even in his daily experiences, the adherent is pressurized into false attitudes and concepts by this dogmatic subjugation.

It therefore remains with every progressively minded individual, as an unalterable fact, that if he wishes to assume and maintain progressive evolutions, he must free himself from all such dogmatic dispensations. This can more easily be done when we can assume that this individual so concerned has had a certain amount of several preconditioning elements. He can say, in a sense, he is completely fed up clear to his ears with all of the turmoil, strife, wars, and other such kindred and associated reflexes such as lust, greed, envy, selfishness, etc., all which are characteristically reactionary and animal-like in nature. The individual must also be spiritually aware; in other words, in the in between lives or the various psychisms, with which he has been consciously or subconsciously attuned, in a higher and more spiritual way of life.

This, then, is the point where he enters into his personal millennium, a long period wherein comparisons between the new and the old life are entered into; new evaluations are made. Many other things too, enter into this reconstructive process, for this person is literally tearing down his old self and with it, his old worlds; he retains memory of them only as an objective polarized element of knowledge in the new edifice of life which he is constructing. Soon (comparatively speaking), will come the day of emancipation and in the moments of realization, he will see only in memory his former earth worlds; however, he will remember them vaguely, just as he now does his childhood days.

About him will be his new life, a new world constructed from the very Radiant Energy of the Infinite Source. He will mingle with others who have likewise attained their emancipation. His mind will be conscious of many things simultaneously, and yet they will not carry any stigma of emotion, for he will feel secure in his position, a spiritual being, one not subjected to the old carnal dogmas of the past.

These and many other things will form his new spiritual life; new only in a sense of comparisons in time, for he may have been many countless thousands of years in this attainment, since he made his first resolution and dedication; yet even here in this new spiritual world he is looking forward toward new horizons. He sees in the future an even greater purpose, an even greater attainment, for such is the Way of life to all who tread this evolutionary pathway. For as the crest of each hill is attained, there is always a new and ever widening horizon just ahead.

So then dear student, lend purpose to your life; justify the reason for your creation, and justify your belief in yourself. The acquisition of new wisdom always fulfills and justifies, and each new acquirement of wisdom will replace many of your former acquirements which were really only a new and different way to visualize the Infinite.

“Sufficient unto each day, the evil thereof;” for the evil of each day is in its dogmatical implications, and the way in which this dogma binds the rhetorical mind to the earth.

To your future then, dear student, may you find the strength to liberate yourself to become a free and independent thinker, one who can rationally integrate the ingredients of logic and wisdom into each day spent upon this pathway. Let night find you, not in some perditious hell-hole filled with the apparitions of past dogmas and creeds, but that night shall, instead, find you with your Heavens filled with starry Lights of future attainments; the luminous radiance of your new knowledge will, like a full moon, make of this night, a fairy landscape and there you will rest in peace until the dawn of a new day.

Excerpt from Infinite Contact