Man's Greatest Gift, Time

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MAN'S GREATEST GIFT, TIME

Time is your Life

Alfred J. Parker

Founder

Society of Kabalarians of Canada

5912 Oak Street

Vancouver, B.C. Canada

V6M 2W2

Telephone: 604-263-9551

Web: www.kabalarians.com

1998, 1976, 1960 Alfred J. Parker

All rights reserved, including the right of

reproduction in whole, in part, or in any form.

Printed in Canada

ISBN 0-919262-18-X


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Note to Reader:

As you carefully read and study this book, you will undoubtedly come to appreciate the

universality of Mr. Parkers mind and recognize the universal truths revealed through his

writings. Use this newfound knowledge to develop your universal potential and come to

enjoy the beauties found in establishing individuality of mind and universality of purpose.

During Mr. Parkers lifetime the reference to man and mankind had a universal meaning

that included both sexes. Today there is much greater emphasis on identifying the separate

sexes in order to make clear their equality. Rather than alter the original writings by

changing all such references to humans and humankind, interpret these references as

universal terms that include both sexes on an equal basis.

PROLOGUE

How strange that man has always felt such a strong akinship to magic powers that many

have sought through strange rites and magic words to reveal all the secrets of nature and

the answers to human problems. There is such a power, but it is not revealed through

incantations, nor mystery; it is the basic key to science, time, space, economics, health,

balance of mind, and to every conceivable thing, including human nature and destiny.

This profound power is not unknown, although it is misunderstood in its entirety. It is the

power to analyze, theorize, weigh, measure, and deduce, to arrive at definite and logical

conclusions. Of such is the Power of the Word and the Divine Principle of Mathematicsworking through the Cyclic Law, which reveals the quality and unfoldment of the human

mind through time.

Time represents the unfoldment of the evolutionary forces of nature working in the finite

plane of existence through our calendar principle of seconds, minutes, hours, days, months,

years, and ages; it is based upon the movement of the earth around the sun. When man

fully realizes that numbers are symbols of Divine Intelligence as well as being

mathematical gradations, that they have quality as well as quantity, he will realize the

relationship of season to time. A plant grows according to time and season, which are

predetermined. Thus is God discernible through his own laws, governing the growth and

unfoldment of all life upon the earth.

Perhaps, you as a businessman have been dreaming of the key that would reveal the nature

and trends of our economic cycles. We are told: "To every thing there is a season, and a

time to every purpose under the heaven," (Ecclesiastes 3:1), the secret being to find the

nature and experiences relative to time, so that it might be revealed in a practical way.


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It is only logical to assume that the reason and plan of being is contained within being

itself, and it is man's duty to become the interpreter. There is a magic key to the growth

and unfoldment of human mind, as well as to that of all existence, such as the nature of the

ages. This magic key is the Cyclic Law, that reveals the relationship of economic and

natural conditions to the divine measuring stick, mathematics, as the contents of this book

will reveal.

Sincerely,

Yours in service,

Alfred J. Parker


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MAN'S GREATEST GIFT, TIME

In this, the greatest age of science, system, and specific detail, where the completion of

contracts embracing millions of dollars is so vital, where the successful completion of

national programs involves national pride and perhaps future security, it is of paramountnecessity that the greatest of all mysteries be solved: man's greatest investment of all time,

and that is TIME itself.

Have you ever stopped long enough to study time in all its ramifications? It is a most

profound, yet satisfying, study and reveals practically all the answers to life, especially the

specific problems of the businessman. There is an ancient passage so often quoted without

logical translation, as follows: "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every

purpose under the heaven. . . a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted."

(Ecclesiastes 3:1-2) There is only one way to understand anything and that is to go back to

the basic law of cause and effect. One must understand cause before he can logically

discuss effect.

THOU SHALT NOT STEAL- TIME

What is man's relationship to time, to cause, and to effect? Time represents the life span of

all thingsthe great ages, the birth, life and death of manall brought down to

mathematical deduction where man can count the ticking away of his life, second by

second. It is the only thing that a man can really steal, because he does not create or own

it; it cannot be borrowed nor returned and, once gone or spent, can never be retrieved.

That is why in Christian parlance one is admonished, "Thou shalt not steal." (Exodus

20:15) Apparently, man was placed here upon earth as a steward, to have dominion over

all things, within the period of time. It is a natural conclusion that man was intended tomake use of it in a constructive and progressive way, that each age of time may exceed the

previous one in human progress toward a specific mental goal, where man would make

constructive use of the fruits of the earth and emulate divine qualities. This is the natural

phenomenon that all religions and philosophies use as their basic principle, yet without any

definite and practical plan. Science is definitely taking advantage of time, with the result

that man is hundreds of years ahead of himself, scientifically, whilst mentally and

spiritually he is ages behind; consequently, science is perfecting powers of destruction so

much more vast than man's humanitarian progress is capable of controlling. This is the

universal aspect of time as related to the ages and to the masses.

Let us bring time down to a logical and practical basis and ask, "What is time?" To some,it represents an unknowable void, a never-ending or perfectible vacuum that is discernible

only in mental and scientific growth in which the history of man is written upon the scroll

of life.


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TIME, A NATURAL, UNIVERSAL PHENOMENON

To a thinker who realizes the basic reason behind all being, time is a natural unfoldment of

life, and therefore, best expressed as the law of growth, based upon the principle of seeding

and harvest in every phase of life. Seeing that it is a natural phenomenon, its relationship

will have to be defined logically so that its effect will be discernible in the affairs of men.

To digress for a moment from the actuality of time as a calendar and systematic principle

of mathematical deduction, we must first establish time as a natural and universal

phenomenon, and then bring it down to a practical and workable basis as applied to the

affairs of man and especially along business lines. When you, Mr. Businessman, fully

realize the quality and potency of time in your business affairs, you will have control of a

power so vast as to be beyond your wildest dreams.

When you look around and observe the uncompleted plans of men: business programs that

never work out as outlined, leaving much unfinished and unsuccessful business despite

most detailed agendas and financial backing, you wonder how your planning and time

could be so far out. No wonder Robbie Burns said, "The best laid plans of mice and men

gang aft agley." A businessman should be able toplanhis business agenda with

mathematical and systematic certainty. The reason he cannot do so lies in the fact that he

only recognizes the quantityprinciple of time and not the quality. A man knows how

much time he has over which to measure his efforts for the year, but disregards the

admonition, "To every thing there is a season, and a time for every purpose under the

heavens," (Ecclesiastes 3:1), a time to sow seeds in every phase of endeavour.

RHYTHMS OF NATURE

Now, let us discuss this quality and quantity side of life and time. Time is deduced fromthe rotation of the earth around the sun. This gives us our calendar; it also gives us the

seasons, which represent quality because each season represents a quality of weather and

temperature in which grow the many species of flowers. Thus does time express quantity

and quality, with quantity giving time, distance, and calendar. Each species of plant has its

own season in which it is planted and will not naturally grow out of season. This natural

law is applicable to people, who also have their own individual cycle or seasons of time,

both quantity and quality. Scientists have known for many years that the quality of time

runs in rhythms known as the Cyclic Law; they also know that these rhythms bring certain

conditions such as dry seasons and wet ones, sun spots, electrical disturbances, high and

low tides; they affect the breeding and death of animals in their natural habitat and they

denote the migration periods of certain animals. Earthquakes, the exact movement ofHalley's comet and other heavenly bodies, the fat and lean years in crops, as well as

epidemics such as the plagues of the past, all manifested in certain rhythms of time.

Coming closer to home, we observe the changing bulland bearmarkets in grains and

stocks and what is known to business as booms and depressions in all major industries, in

real estate, in general depressions, and the movement in individual cyclic conditions.

These movements are based upon the number nine, the basic rule of mathematics.


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Science has known about these rhythms of nature but so far has never discovered the key

that would unlock the exact knowledge of application in a practical demonstration.

The proof of this principle makes us wonder why the knowledge has not been discovered

and revealed before, for, truly, time is man's greatest investment; it is his very life, his

happiness, success, health, completeness in all things, his material and personal balance; itgives a clear picture of the present and of the future and replaces the element of chance

with an exact mathematical rule.

All nature comes under the one great universal law of growth and, properly to understand

this unfoldment of nature, a close study of plant life will reveal the picture. The principle

of mathematics is based upon the trinity, or thirds; thus three times three symbolizes nine.

The finite scale of natural growth is based upon nine; thus we will apply it to plant growth

as follows, each mathematical gradation standing for a degree or phase of growth, with the

number nine representing the completed pattern.

THE PATTERN OF PLANT GROWTH IN EACH CYCLE

1st cycle SEEDING TIME The seed is planted in the ground.

2nd cycle DUALITY OR DIVISION The seed starts a root and stem.

3rd cycle MANIFESTATION TIME Stem appears above ground. It

becomes acclimatized.

4th cycle TEST PERIOD Growth of plant is suspended

temporarily whilst the life force is

diverted to strengthening the rootsystem. Plant is tested for coming

growth or failure.

5th cycle ACTIVE GROWTH Strengthened root system adds power

for concentrated growth. Plant sprouts

branches and leaves.

6th cycle BUDDING TIME OR

PROCREATION

Buds are formed and fill out if plant is

healthy, a promise and indication of

fruit depending upon care and soil.

7th cycle FLOWERS APPEAR Plant completes growth of leaves and

branches, and rests from labour or

active growth. It diverts energies to

size, colour, and fragrance of flowers.

8th cycle FRUITION Flowers drop petals, and fruit or seed

pods ripen. Fruit is plucked. (Period


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of accumulation in business).

9th cycle CLOSE OF CYCLE What fruit is not picked falls to the

ground. During fall and winter time,

seed pods are shaken by the winds and

distribute seeds for the next seasonand cycle. Fruit lies under leaf mulch

and rots, leaving seeds to create a new

plant in the spring.

Thus do we relate the old cycle with the new to show the law of growth working through

plant life.

A NATURAL LAW FOR HUMAN MIND

In the following table I will relate this natural law to activities of the human mind and to

business affairs, to show the basic analysis used in formulating a business agenda that willunfold according to natural growth. It teaches how to apply certain forms of business

activities to certain years, months, or days, yes, and even to the hours. A plant never slips

its growtheverything is in continuity. The same applies to business affairs. There may

be many phases of business activities in your agenda, such as new business, establishing a

clientele through association or advertising; this is the "formative period" in business.

Then there are the new contacts made and the business of becoming established, weeding

out poor contacts, putting one's roots deeper and justifying one's efforts. There is the

period of systematizing business methods preparatory to enlarging and facilitating one's

growth and preparation for promotion to benefit from one's efforts in the following period.

There is the period in every year when money goes out almost faster than it comes in,

when one is assailed from all sides with bills. This is the period of redistribution of wealthso as to facilitate buying power. We cannot make a profit on what we owe so we pay out

to complete our obligations.

There is always that refinancing problem when funds for growth are urgently needed. Is

the time ripe for borrowing funds? Can we plan ahead on it with certainty? When should

one expect the most accumulative period? When should one buy and sell commodities or

properties at the best price? When are the times for a successful department sale? How

should one analyze the integrity of a business client or his business? How can one tell the

future financial conditions of any stocks and bonds? When should one buy and sell?

When should changes or mergers be made? When is the best time to take a vacation? To

have a family? or to increase overhead expenditures? When is the most propitious time tomeet and interview that special client or financing committee? Every action pertaining to

your personal and business activities must be arranged according to your cycle chart, and

your efforts combined with the natural and mathematical law, a divine or universal law,

which provides the right time and conditions for your every action.


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A KEY TO REMOVE UNCERTAINTY

How many business agendas are completed as expected? How much is left to chance, and

why? If you are engaged in competitive business, why not use the key that will remove

uncertainties and confusion and put you ahead of the gambler type, who lives in hopes and

blind faith? You are under the cyclic law; I can prove it through your past mistakes andactions. A plant grows, not by chance but by a natural pattern. Why don't you learn to gain

by observation and application to the natural laws, and thus remove the mystfrom

mysticism?

How many times have men started into business only to fail, then some time later again go

into business with complete success? Why? "There is a time to sow and a time to pluck

up that which is sown." Man, being out of tune with nature, invariably does things at the

wrong time: this is how bull and bear markets are formed. The public invariably buys just

at the time it should be selling and vice versa. This is how markets are loaded and why

success upon the stock markets is negligible. How completely can one prove the

dependability of the knowledge of cycles in the real estate profession? One should know:when to make contacts; when to dicker for best results; how to recognize a good, clean

deal; whether or not to hold off, and for how long; when to collect money promised; when

to be careful of a proposition; how to understand and influence clients and business

associates.

A BADGE OF IGNORANCE

Millions of American business executives suffer through an ulcer of the stomach,

necessitating operations and the use of drugs: this fact has been linked with their success

as though it contributed to it. It actually is a badge of ignorance of the laws of nature that

govern harmony and peace of mind, and health. The reason for the ulcer is too muchintense concentration and worry, an exhausting application to long hours, and a negligible

attempt to assume marriage responsibilities. This destroys happiness, marital

understanding, and health; however, it is the price one must pay who does not have

knowledge of the Cyclic Law. One must pay with sacrifice of health and happiness what

one could gain with wisdom, understanding, and peace of mind. Why remain on the

casualty list?

Let us study the following chart as applied to mathematics and the law of growththe

Cyclic Lawrelative to the nine-year cycle as previously applied to plant growth.

1st cycle This is the year or month to seed or start business activity, underproper cyclic conditions.

2nd cycle Build through association, make friends, join clubs that create good

contacts. Your success lies through othersmake yourself known.

Remember the old adage: "One good turn deserves another." Make

use of associations and entertain the right people. Help others. Be a

good fellow. This could be a happy and fairly successful year. You


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will make many friends. The proper type of friends determines your

success.

3rd cycle Continue the above, but be careful of a loose tongue, criticism, and

too much sociability of the wrong type. The first half of the year

could be very promising. Save finances against a test period ahead.This year will offer many promises and opportunities which should

not be pursued; carry on with what you started two years ago. Do not

pull up the roots. It is best to complete unfinished business by

September, if possible; otherwise, you are bound to have a

disappointment. You will feel the first indication of a let-down in

July. Expenses could be heavy, involving a serious decision. Over-

financing or extended overhead in the first part of the year could bring

you a heavy test with some very adverse conditions the following year

that could be disastrous to your business affairs. If you follow the

advice to save during the first half of this year, then your troubles will

be minimized. The plans or suggestions of the first half to make achange could well be disastrous if carried through. Sit tight. "Save

and cut down on all overhead expenses" is the keynote of the third

cycle. Your integrity and that of your business, your patience, and

forethought will be tested by the close of the year.

4th cycle This is what is termed the test year. (The same applies in the monthly

cycle). It represents in plant life and in your business affairs the

period when the shoot, having appeared above ground, must become

acclimatized to the changing weather of the early spring; your affairs

will be tested. The plant is creating a stronger root system to take

care of growth above ground. The same applies in business andpersonal affairs. Growth is taking place, only it is beneath the

surface; i.e., it is not apparent and this could be quite disconcerting if

you are not prepared, and could influence serious decisions. In

business parlance, it represents similar conditions. Your actions and

growth will be tested should you have become misled by one of the

spurious opportunities that seemed so desirable in the first half of

your last, or third, cycle year. Increased overhead and any gamble

entered into last year will be heavily tested this year and could cause

you to have to refinance and adjust your affairs. Lack of good

judgment and finances could well be your undoing. Only expert

advice could save the day. It does not have to be tragic, but it will bea test year. Do not broaden out or assume financial responsibilities

above your normal ones. Do not make any major changes, invest,

buy, or sell in a major way. Strengthen your financial position by

reducing overhead. Systematize your affairs and prepare for activities

of the next five years. Be careful in your living habits or nature will

catch up with you, and your health could suffer. "Draw in your

horns" this year and play it safe. Just carry on cheerfully and "stay


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with the ship." Consolidate your business. This is the cycle year in

every businessman's life when, if he has not been wise, he could be

forced out of business. Be careful in your driving. Watch the other

fellow.

5th cycle This is the year or month that you have been waiting for: one of greatactivity, of expansion, and of business promotion. It is the year when

you could expand your investments to a great degree and try out

schemes for promotion. There could be changes and travel, and many

new and valuable contacts made. Take advantage of opportunities.

Try to relax between activities, and try not to worry or your ulcer

could bother you severely; i.e., if you have one. If you follow this

advice, you will never be bothered that way. It removes uncertainties.

This could be the most active and progressive year of the last five

years, bringing into realization the seemingly good opportunities that

were offered in the early part of the third cycle year, but which did not

materialize satisfactorily. This is the cycle to try your wings. Keepbusy; do not be afraid to take a chance. Let action be your keynote

this year.

6th cycle Like the budding time in plant life, this year should show good

promises and opportunities for future growth, promises of financial

accumulation for the next three years to the close of the cycle. This is

not an accumulative year, but allows you to clear all indebtedness to

leave you free for the next three years of the cycle. Plan wisely;

refinance for greater business expansion; make important decisions

and settle up indebtedness, pay-out is the keynote of the year. This

means consolidation of your affairs for future growth. Invest with duecaution. The next two years should repay you for the care and

conservativeness of the third and fourth cycle years. This is not the

year in which to liquidate your assets or to sell important holdings,

but to accumulate more real estate and good investments for a

successful and accumulative liquidation two years hence in the

months of July and August.

7th cycle This represents the opening of the bud in plant life. In business, it

means the beginning of your accumulative period for the next three

years at least. The first half of the year could seem slow, but do not

be fooled, for after July matters could turn over very quickly and

wonderful opportunities present themselves. The efforts of the past

six years should begin to repay you the latter half of the year,

although the month of June could represent the darkness before the

dawn. Do not make any changes in June, but sit tight. Get out into

nature more this year and take those trips you have promised yourself

and your family. Relax your thinking and your body, for any undue

tension this year could affect the heart, lungs, or bronchial organs. Do


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not expect it; avoid it. Like plant life, the flowers of accomplishment

should begin to show on your business plant and you should be able

to relax more from extreme activity, particularly the second half of the

year.

8th cycle This is the year of accumulation, the best and most accumulative ofthe nine-year cycleif you are prepared. It is a good year to liquidate

assets, to sell property at the best price, or for a quick buy and sell. It

is your year to make money and buy and sell at your own price, but

you should have a cycle chart to advise you on the best months and

days in which to act. This is what is erroneously called your lucky

year; however, nothing is gained without effort, so you merely reap

what you have sown. This is your fruition in business accumulation

and in finances.

9th cycle This is the closing year or winter time of your cycle, one in which to

reflect over the past years and plan accordingly for the next year's

sowing for the coming cycle. This is not the year to start anything

new, as things are merely working under the surface preparatory to

next year's activity. Its financial conditions should be the carry-over

of last year's accumulation and liquidation. Take it easy this year and

learn to serve your fellow man. This is the year in which to give, to

work in service to your fellow man. Do not start any new enterprises

or invest to any extent. If possible, travel and see the world and do

not worry. Think and plan for the future, starting next year. Spend

more time with your family, if married. If not, look around this year,

for it is particularly vital in close associations relative to the emotions.

You will feel that you need more love and understanding this year.July is a very emotional month which could bring a test in this

respect, or someone could come into your personal life.

If you study the first chart dealing with the principle of growth and the unfoldment of

nature, you will readily see how all things in life are subject to this law and quality of

growth. It is a demonstration of quantity (time) and quality (the nature of). The same law

applies to the ages in respect to the evolution of life, of species, and the physical and

mental evolution of man. This knowledge gives you the mathematical key to life and thus

removes the gamble and uncertainty in human effort in all phases of life. We know that

life as it is presently understood is nothing but a gamble, for out of the millions of men

who go into business, only a very meager number succeedand then only with an intense

application through which they develop their ulcers, or become drug or tranquilizer

addicts.

MAN, WITHOUT MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL WISDOM

Anyone respecting Divine Intelligence and knowing that man is the steward of this earth,

being endowed with thinking and creative ability and having dominion over all things here,


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must believe that there are certain natural laws of being and a key to them. How else could

man assume supremacy over all?

Man has developed his ego instead of wisdom. This is why he is lost in the finite plane of

materiality for which he is paying the toll of mental confusion, sickness and disease,

enmity, and degeneration, with ultimate destructionthe same as in the past. Man has hadmany chances in bygone ages but he never seems to learn his lesson. I suppose there will

be a time when he has earned the right to the divine privileges he so foolishly believes are

his due rewards in this age. Man is destroying everything that is refined and good, and his

time is spent in chasing money and attempting to overpopulate the earth, regardless of the

scriptural quotation: " . . . and better it is to die without children, than to have them that

are ungodly," (Ecclesiastes 16:3), meaning without mental and spiritual wisdom.

ALL LIFE MUST FOLLOW A PATTERN

Man has been given the key to constructive progress if he will search for it. We are told,

"The kingdom of God is within," (St. Luke 17:21), which means that wisdom, which is thereason of being, is contained within being itself. All life must follow a pattern, for life is

the pattern. Man is the eyes that should perceive it and follow the plan constructively.

Man has ever sought to understand the source of his being, but his efforts have been

nullified by diverse theories. He has set up false gods, such as the search for financial

accumulation, to the sacrifice of all that is fine. This is why his system of financial

illusions is killing him and why nations are existing upon tranquilizers and drugs. Man's

mind has become lost and no longer understands itself and its instrument, the human body.

Man has become so involved in the ramifications of his own living that he is completely

lost as far as spiritual objective is concerned. The world is in a state of severe

degeneration and man is too blind and confused to see it. Our civilization is rotting at the

core; termites are busy in the foundation, despite the new paint job we continue to apply to

the superstructure. It is not necessary, to mention all the major problems we have with us,

in order to prove the truth of this statement. The disaster lies in the fact that man assumes

these personal and national tragedies without question or attempt to find the cause and

cure.

MAN HAS LOST THE ART OF LIVING

Man must live, so he must become somewhat involved in business methods; his greatest

trouble is that he has lost the art of living, if he ever had it, because he does not understand

the necessity of that most vital power, balance. Man goes off the deep end in everythingthat he does. In the early periods of time, man had to learn to defend himself. Nowadays,

he has made defence a major and national industry, for profit. There are times when some

of the most intellectual people wonder about the reason for our present degeneration. They

do nothing about it because they try to solve human problems only through the mechanics

of life and not through wisdom, or the knowledge of human mind.


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SUM TOTAL OF HUMAN THINKING

If you are the practical type of person, you will question the foregoing in respect to man's

status in this old world of ours with its human transgressions and degeneration. However,

being a practical nature, you will appreciate that there is a very vital principle involved

that, if understood, would allow you to realize the spiritual connection between the state ofaffairs, the time, and the reason of man's degeneration as related to the cyclic law of time.

You may take the attitude that it does not concern you, or ask, "What can you do about it?"

You must admit you are a personal part of it and therefore vitally interested in, "Where do

we go from here?" Everything must have a start and finish, and the completion is naturally

the sum total of human thinking from the start of the age.

SOWING AND REAPING

Herein, lies the practicality of this theory. Everyone is interested in his future and that of

his nation, and on every hand we hear people asking: "Do you think there will be an

atomic war, and when?" This information is of vital interest and concern to all people forit could well concern their very existence. To a businessman, it involves his life's efforts

and investments and would allow him to plan for whatever future there may be, or perhaps

might stir him to use his financial power to forestall such destruction as would follow

atomic warfare. In the past, when warfare was a major industry, yet without so great a

sting as today, the conditions called business were always affected and stimulated by the

thoughts and possibility of war, as in rising markets and prices. It was a well-known fact

that if one could accurately foretell the starting of war, one could use the knowledge

profitably, which some did, not because they had a hunch, but because they were advised

and their advisors knew of the practicality of the law of cycles. They knew by the time of

sowing that they could deduce the time of reaping which, in this case, was war,

demonstrated through human affairs. This principle should be known and practised by

governments and in national affairs, for seeds of any endeavour can be planted only at a

specific time in the cycle if success is to be assured.

TIME AND LIFE ARE SYNONYMOUS

Every day, month, and year, man's mind is supposed to grow and unfold new ideas and

new activities; every human being should have a specific purpose and goal, the activities

of which evolve according to the gradations of his cycle, just as does the plant. Time and

life are synonymous. All life manifests within time, it being the gradations or steps and the

measuring stick of the growth of human mind which is supposed to fill the ages with aspecific intelligence relative to that age. For instance, we live in what is termed the

Christian age, in which man should become cognizant of the source of his being known as

the Christ Consciousness; yet in lesser periods during the great ages man must make

material progress so that the negative and positive phases of life are balanced and man

learns to walk the middle path.


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Man must live, but he must have an objective for living, or otherwise he becomes

submerged in living without actual mental and spiritual progress; in which case,

degeneration becomes the path. Why? Because man knows not the nature or season of his

existence: he is unable to coincide his efforts with the pattern of life. Today, man has set

finance, greed, nationalism, and selfishness as the pattern of the age, and wonders why he

is beset with epidemics and major diseases, and why each year brings greater confusion inthe seasons and the weather to disrupt man's activities and progress. On every hand, we

hear this remark, "The weather and climates are changing and becoming very

unpredictable."

What greater power is there in the universe than human mind, which has been given

dominion over all things? Without wisdom, which is the study and knowledge of mind

and nature, man is bound to become confused and destructive and an interference to the

harmonious rhythms of nature. What else could have such a vast influence? It is man's

duty to understand the pattern of life and to understand his own mind with its limitless

potential, because his mind is his life. "As he thinketh in his heart so is he:"

(Proverbs 23:7)in health, degree of happiness, and success. Every man should havesome philosophical knowledge of life and the laws that comprise the limits of his being. If

nature works through definite seasons and laws, man should understand those laws with

which he should coincide his efforts and thus take advantage of them for the benefit of

himself and his family.

FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE

The following demonstrates how the knowledge of cyclic conditions may be used in all

ages of life. Let us follow it from the cradle to the grave.

Everyone is born upon a specific calendar date; his time of birth and the cyclic year of theuniversal cycle determine his individual cycle and the position that he is born into in his

cycle. One's cycle does not start at number one of one's birth year; one is born into the

cycle and has to complete it before starting a complete new cycle.

Let us apply this to a young baby. The birth date of the baby shows us what time of his

cycle he is in and how the conditions could affect the baby. One knows whether or not the

following months are going to be sensitive ones and what part of his anatomy could be

affected, such as with head colds, weak stomach, constipation, lung or bronchial trouble, or

mastoid, etc. One knows the specific nature of each month and can act accordingly,

especially in regard to feeding, clothing, handling, and proper sleep.

Parents may be concerned with their children's time of play during childhood; whether or

not adverse conditions could cause minor accidents or interferences; when to exercise

special care and understanding; whether or not conditions could cause constipation,

irritability, or fevers, (this depending upon the care and feeding of the child); when to

guard against tragedies such as we read of in the newspapers, of kidnapping and

molestations. All conditions show in one's cycle chart.


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In teenage, a knowledge of cyclic conditions can bring much confidence, and remove

mental and physical tension. You can gain an understanding of the time to start

endeavours for a successful conclusion; what days are best for accomplishment; when you

can look forward to examinations knowing the cycle conditions involved; knowing that the

date and cyclic conditions at the time of meeting someone denotes the constructiveness or

destructiveness of such a friendship; when to be very careful in association and how to actaccordingly; the best time for a vacation; whether or not any undertaking will be

successful; the best days for shopping; and when to be careful of losses.

I once noted a very tragic combination of conditions that would manifest in a boy's cycle in

the near future and wrote the date down so that his mother would remember. I wrote that,

upon a certain date, the boy should be kept home and away from all hazardous conditions;

otherwise, there would be a tragedy. The day was a Saturday and, on the Friday, the boy

asked to be allowed to take a group of younger boys for a hike and picnic the next day.

His mother said, "No," and read his chart to him. The next morning, bright and early, the

group arrived and said they could not go without the older boy. His mother put sentiment

before logic and let him go, with a caution. That was the last she saw him alivehe fellinto a canyon and was killed. The mother knew it was a tragic or adverse periodthe

chart said so; nevertheless, she broke the law and paid for her ignorance. How many times

do such calamities occur: the disappearance of children and other major tragedies? Yes,

they can be avoided, but not through blind faith.

This knowledge helps in the choice of a marriage partner and reveals the propitious time

for marriage for a harmonious relationship. The time of marrying is largely contributory to

the happiness and success of a marriage, thus determining the outcome. It also suggests

the proper period for having children so as to facilitate the birth. Childbirth at certain

periods of the cycle can cause disastrous results; past experiences testify to this statement.

A woman may have two or three successful deliveries and the fourth may prove disastrousto her health, or interfere with the completeness of the child.

In maturity, if, as we are told: "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every

purpose under the heaven," then the affairs of man could not be exempt from this law. To

demonstrate the use of cycles in business affairs, I will relate an incident: I was

approached by a man who felt it particularly vital to dispose of some very valuable

property within a limited time. He had been given a very good offer and wanted to know

whether to accept it. My answer was: "Do not sell until next month, at which time you

will receive a better proposition." He took my advice, but so anxious was he to sell that he

questioned me afterwards as to the logicality of the move and expressed his fear of not

having another chance for a sale within the next month. I hastened to reassure him and

gave him the actual date of the expected contact for sale. He sold on the date advised at a

better price and a cleaner deal. Thus, "To every thing there is a season, and a time..."

Perhaps, you have been given delivery dates of certain goods that have been promised

your customers. Without a knowledge of cyclic conditions, you could not guarantee time

of delivery. How many times have you been held up by goods lost in transitweeks lost

whilst the freight car is being located?


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So, you want to start into business. You have the capital and the technical assistance. But,

are the conditions auspicious? Yes, the time you start your business creates the cyclic

conditions under which you operate. So many people start into business with money and

confidence, but how small are the number of successes. Why? You answer the question

logically. How about that vacation? Can you be sure of not losing any business

opportunities in your absence? Or are you sure that you will not encounter drivingdifficulties through adverse conditions? How about the driver who arrived at the scene of

the accident in time to be a party to it, with tragic results? An earlier or later vacation

would have avoided the accident. There is the right month for a vacation, both from a

business and pleasure viewpoint. Perhaps, you desire to broaden out in your business

activities, to make a change, a merger, or a sale. Is the time propitious?

How many times have you wished you had not invested, or bought something that did not

come up to expectations? How could you tell? Naturally, by the cyclic time the

proposition was offered to you. How about that court case that could cost you money if

conditions are not right on that date? What would be the right date to have the case

reviewed? Would cyclic conditions warrant an appeal? How would you choose yourpersonnel so as to get the best results from them? When should you not have that

operation that might well prove disastrous? Are you and your partner in relative, good

cyclic conditions for success?

KNOW RESULT BEFOREHAND

Even to know of the future condition of cropsthe type of season and weather expected

would come as a boon and a blessing to many business men. To know things of a vital

nature makes life more vital and complete, for it creates greater self-confidence and

foresightedness and practically guarantees greater peace of mind, which comes from self-

confidence. Is not business a system with vast ramifications? A man may learn all the

ethics system of business, but without the knowledge of the cyclic conditions as affecting

time and man's efforts, even the most astute businessman is confounded; to wit: the

disastrous market crash of 1929, which completely ruined many millionaires. Money has

power only under certain conditions: not in major market crashes, hurricanes, floods,

earthquakes, and numerous other so-called natural conditions. How many fortunes could

have been made and saved had men known of the cyclic conditions and the time element

with which to plan their affairs and activities?

We read of summit meetings and conferences between leaders of major countries, and they

are used to affect investment markets; only before the completion of such meetings, the

result is not known to the public. It is quite possible to those understanding the cyclicinfluences to know the result beforehand. One knows, by the time they are started, the

nature of the action and the intent, even before the completion; but the completion and

result can be diagnosed. Whether or not human actions will be successful depends upon

the time of seeding of such action.

We even wonder why a man in his prime of life and apparently healthy would suddenly

drop dead, leaving his business affairs in confusion. We are told the cause is cerebral


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thrombosis, but this is not the cause, only the effect of the state of mind upon the body.

Had he known himself, he would have known about the result of his thinking upon his

health and the time the harvest could be expectedunless he changed his thinking and

outlook upon life. Is this not a practical, logical, scientific, and basic conclusion of life

with its individual steps to mental and spiritual attainment? Without such knowledge the

human race is bound to degenerate into mental confusion and chaos. We cannot attributesuch conditions to a deity or a devil, but must look for a more logical and natural

interpretation for human degeneration. The churches place the onus upon their God's

shoulders in the biblical quotation that "A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit," (St.

Matthew 7:18), thus implying predestination.

INVOLUTION AND EVOLUTION

There are many theories, all human concepts, of course, as there is no actual and provable

evidence of any divine dispensation of wisdom to any human being or church; and it is

claimed the Scripture is divinely ordained. Why has it been translated and mistranslated

through the centuries? Man has never been given the proper perspective of involution and

evolution.

The word involutionmeans to become involved. The spirit becoming clothed in, or

involved in, the flesh; or God the Principle or reason of being becoming a living, breathing

entity through physical birth in the form of man: is the spiritual translation of involution.

No one knows exactly what God is, because we read: "No man hath seen God at any time;

the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him," (St.

John 1:18), and also it is written: "And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne

witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape."

(St. John 5:37)

However, we do know that there must be the reason of being, or there would not be a

physical reality. The reason is termed the nucleus, the Absolute, God, Jehovah, etc.

Taking it from a Christian concept, it could be explained as follows. Involution is a

process of God, or the reason of being, becoming involved in reality or physical life, the

lowest form of life being the water molecule. From the lowest form starts the principle of

evolution, or the progression of the spirit up and beyond materiality, rising higher in the

scale of evolution, up and beyond speciesthen, through the channel called human mind,

into the more abstract planes of concept, perspective, and conscious knowledge. The

greatest manifestation of God the Principle or nucleus is that of mind.

DIVERGENCE BETWEEN REASON AND REALITY

Reason must always be contained in being because it is the cause of being. And, reason is

conceived only through mental phenomena. Thus the divine channel of intelligence and

consciousness is expressed only through human mind.


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Mind is the greatest mystery of this life; we know it is the channel of intelligenceour

only means of thinkingand yet, it does not generally manifest the spiritual quality of its

own origin; thus we have good and evil. The reason of this duality has never been properly

translated; a proper understanding would dispel the foolishness of the devil concept and

would logically express the reason of the divergence between reason and reality, or God

and man. If God is the essence of balance, goodness, wisdom, and love, why then has hisinvolutionary process created confusion, discord, and so-called evil? This is the question

of the age.

If reason is contained in being, why does it not express through the human channel called

mind?

CLOTHED IN FLESH

We know that what is termed God, actually and logically expresses the reason of being and

the Consciousness of life, or Supreme Intelligence. This power is translated as spirit or

abstract, i.e., being above and beyond all human sense, emotions, and mind. It is thehighest conceivable power. This Universal Consciousness, so generally referred to as the

Christ Consciousness, is the reason of being; thus life is the involutionary manifestation of

Consciousness, or God become clothed in flesh. Thus are joined the highest and the

lowest forms of life: the positive and negative principle, or the two direct opposite forces

of life.

When God, the positive Principle, becomes involved in the finite, or physical plane of

existence, the highest becomes involved in the lowest and subject to his own natural laws

of material existence. Thus is spirit born into flesh. We now see that Consciousness has

become involved in matter and manifests under the finite law of growth. The spirit is

seeded into the flesh every time a newborn baby draws his first breath of life. This powerof Divine Consciousness, often termed wisdom, now has its physical instrument through

which it desires to manifest but cannot do so until the maturity of the body, the emotions,

and the mind; and then only if the mind desires to reach out and search into the reason or

origin of its own being, for mind is the only physical channel of intelligencestarting at

its lowest level of emotional desires with an unlimited growth potential to a final mergence

or conjunction with its source of Consciousness. This state is often symbolized as an at-

Oneness with God.

SPIRITUAL DESTINY

When man has learned to merge his human mind with its divine source of Consciousness

(wisdom), he has fulfilled his spiritual destiny; the spirit has become involved in, or seeded

into, flesh, thus changing its state of universality to that of human individuality. This starts

the cycle of involution at the lowest point of human existence; and then evolution, growth,

and unfoldment take place until human, or mortal, mind progresses from a material and

limited concept to a universal, or Godlike, state of mind. Thus does Universal

Consciousness become clothed in mortality and then, through mental growth and concept,


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evolve back again to its original state of Spiritual Consciousness; these states represent the

imprisonment of the spirit within man, who actually represents the cross, and its

emergence through spiritualized concept of man; thus has Christ Consciousness been freed

from the cross of mortality and individuality.

Individualityis the direct opposite to that of Consciousness; thus mortal life is only areflection of God, or the opposite and lowest manifestationjust like ones reflection in

the mirror is not the original because it is backwards and directly opposite, and cannot be

touched, nor has it any feeling. It might better be termed an illusionor only an imitation of

the real thing. Our mind is in the same category in relationship to Divine Consciousness;

thus, we havegoodand evilthe highest and lowest states of mental existence. Birth

brings the submergence of spirit or Consciousness into flesh and all physical limitations.

For mind to grow requires seeds of wisdom, system, and order; mental balance and

understanding must be planted into every childs mind through theorythrough reason

and logic.

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