Messages 2015
Soul Transformation, Prayer and Longings
July 21st, 2015
Prayer Circle, Prescott, AZ, USA
Martin Luther received by Joseph Babinsky
I am here, your friend Martin, I see that you had very good communications yesterday from your family. They are here now with me and each one sends you greetings with love.
We were present while you prayed. It was our delight to assist you. It was a rich experience. Your soul did indeed reach deep into the Father’s Great Love. Stay with this; by saying this, we encourage you to continue in the personal way that you pray. We enjoy hearing you clap your hands: your soul is energized, and there is no reason to feel shy about expressing yourself in this manner. Yes, the quietness that you experienced is as important and as necessary as the clapping of hands with shouts of your voice. It’s all good and with purpose it brings the results you desire: namely, the Divine Love flowing freely into your soul.
You ask: how may I better understand the transformation process? You also wonder how the new human on earth might look and act. Will he or she be different in appearance? How does the change within the soul affect the physical life? Will the human be noticeably different? What did Jesus mean when he expressed his objectives for James Padgett and Leslie Stone to be examples to others regarding the reality of the Divine Love?
This can be achieved. It remains the goal and objective of Jesus and all Celestial spirits: that people on earth may see and learn the possibility of achieving the experience of the full potential of the human. As you know, the creation of the human is not complete without the addition of the Divine Love. The completion is possible; we spirits in the Celestial Heaven have experienced this great change. The change and completion is achieved by the extent of the willingness to be changed by the inflowing of the Divine Love.
This is the difficulty that faces you and others still on earth, you who have knowledge of the existence of the Divine Love: how to teach its existence, and how to show the reality of its existence.
It cannot be left only to words expressed in lectures and books, or even spirit to mortal communications. It must include the real-life demonstration of its existence in the individual lives of real people – people on earth like you and others.
By your life show and prove to mankind the reality of the Divine Love…
You have read this statement of Jesus in the Padgett messages many times. You often carry it with you written on a pocket card. This is one reason that the way that you pray intrigues us so much: it demonstrates to us your earnest desire that the Divine Love come to complete your soul. You are on the right path, and as you continue with your prayers, you will experience the change. It is possible. You are not far from the Kingdom.
Nevertheless, at times you feel the ideal elusive and unreachable. This is not true: We urge you to dismiss this thought when it comes. Rather, hold tight to the real possibility of the change of your soul by the Divine Love.
This is the ideal that is wise always keep close to your heart. Only through persistent continuation in prayer will you be able to keep this ideal alive in your heart. It is the food for your soul that creates the desire, the encouragement and the inspiration to try again and again, and to never to give up. Don’t ever lose this. Never allow it to fade. Keep this as your personal pathway and goal. Do not look to others and how they maintain a hold on the dream of soul transformation. You now have experience through years of practice; you now know what works for you. For you personally, it is the way of energetic prayer, such as you expressed and experienced today. This is not a ritual; it is far from ritual or formal.
Yes, it is true that you use the “formal” prayer that Jesus gave to James Padgett; however, James would hardly identify your prayer with the words Jesus gave to him. The way that you use the prayer is never the same, and your experience of it is always different. You have gone beyond formal recitation.
I am urging you to continue what you do nearly each and every morning. We are present helping and assisting you. There are times when we act as “midwifes” assisting the birth of a child. This is how we feel. In your case, the child being born is the new creation of your soul: bringing forth the changed and transformed soul. It is analogous.
The Divine Love entering and transforming the soul is a process – sometimes a very long process. For most individuals on earth this process will continue on into the spirit world after the transition from earth to the spirit life.
Ideally, however, the transformation will happen while yet in the flesh. But the truth is that not many have this ideal in the forefront of their thoughts and desires. The cares and interests of your world weigh heavy and distract the aspirations of many people. There are not many that make it their primary interest and passion. You are no different, Joseph. When you pray, as you did this morning, the passion of realizing the ideal once again takes hold of you and you feel inspired. But as the day advances, this passion recedes and other interests and demands of life choke your inspiration, and even the awareness of the presence of the Divine Love becomes hid by your various activities.
We realize that it is difficult to maintain a high level of passion for the presence of the Divine Love.
We wait patiently at your side, hoping to assist your desires to receive more of the Divine Love. We will not do things to force our attention on you. Most times you have little or no awareness of our presence, yet, we are. It is not that we are literally always standing at your side. Yet, when you stir in our direction, even before you call our name, we are already moving toward you. Our presence is nearly instantaneous, thus appearing to you that we are always standing next to you.
Help yourself by praying. This time I am referring to the longing that emanates from your soul. It is not like the praying that you do in the morning. In these occasions we also come to assist you. We are close so that you may feel our presence and our help. This is the key thing: You remain the determining factor. You decide; you are the one that decides; you activate your will and desire that it be so. What does this mean? What I am saying translates to your power of decision and expression of your will.
You are the determining factor of your own transformation. It remains this way even after you pass from your earth experience to your spirit life. It may be easier for you to express your will in the spirit life, but perhaps not. Why do I say this? I say this simply because you remain the same person that you are now on earth. You are the decision maker. You are your destiny. You have knowledge of the existence of the Divine Love, and you are the one that decides how you shall respond to this knowledge. Is it really your first priority? Or is it second or third? You have an idea where I am going with this. You know what I am saying is true: you are the one who decides the amount of attention you shall give to the transformation process of your own soul.
Yes, Jesus was correct when he said that you do not need to wait for a specific time to ask for Divine Love to flow into your soul. You have set a time to do this first thing in the morning, at the beginning of your day. This is a good thing that you have done; it creates a solid foundation each day. I am not leading you to give up this special time in prayer. Keep it, if this is what you decide. This has worked very well for you.
Having said this, I am now encouraging you to experiment with the more fluid and spontaneous way to pray. This is what Jesus suggested to James Padgett. Joseph, learn to long for the Divine Love throughout the day. Try this as a way to pray. Experiment: practice spontaneous longings for God’s Love. You can do it. You are so close already. With practice you will be there.
If you will do this, you will discover that we – your Celestial guides and helpers – will be present, just as we are during your early morning prayers.
We are talking in this message about the transformation of your soul. We are encouraging you to pray and long for the Divine Love in a more conscious and continuous way: each and every moment of your life. This is our encouragement to you that you to do this. It is possible, even in the busy world of your twenty-first century.
Well, I have written you a very long message.
Thanking you for inviting me today to come and write. It is good that we are communicating again through pencil on paper. Yes, this message is different than others that I have written in the past. Your family said yesterday in their messages: you are changing, and the messages we write give evidence of the change that you are experiencing. I completely agree with their words.
I will return and continue our message.
I am Martin – yes, Martin Luther, and with many other Celestial friends.
We depart now with our blessings and love, your friends in High Places.