The Fellowship Primer Excerpts from the Paul Solomon Source Work-Readings for the Fellowship of the Inner Light Compiled and Edited by Grace de Rond Editor’s Note The purpose of The Fellowship Primer is to share the message of the Paul Solomon Source and to help individuals better understand the story, the nature and the purposes of the Fellowship of the Inner Light. I first heard of Paul Solomon in 1974 through the initial book on Paul’s work as a spiritual teacher and a psychic channel: Excerpts from the Paul Solomon Tapes compiled by Daniel Emmanuel and Tom Johnson. Within a year of reading the book, I made my way to Virginia Beach, VA and showed up at the door of Paul’s organization to volunteer. This was 1975, and I was assigned the task of indexing Paul’s trance readings low-tech style, using a cassette tape player, enormous old-fashioned headphones on a spiral cord, and a notepad and pencil. From the first audible word, I fell in love. More than three decades later, much of who I am is a result of my study of Paul’s work and my experience of him as a personal teacher. In 1977, I received a personal reading from Paul that described my role with his work. “Let your direction be in cataloging, indexing and making of value the information that is set before you. Through the categorizing, become an authority on what is given and said. Spare no moment in sharing it. Be of assistance in every way, in allowing the facts, ideas and concepts that are here to become more and better known. Be constantly a force behind gathering, assembling and disseminating the material from these records. The time is upon you, and you must be about it. Apply your energies to it, and let that be a form of your service.” Over the years, I worked on many writing projects involving Paul’s lectures and readings. He told me to always make the text understandable while safeguarding the message. If the reader could not grasp the message, what good was the publication? At first, I refused to change a word. Eventually, I followed his instructions. And I always prayed before I began. Following Paul’s death in 1994, I wanted to continue making his teachings and readings available. I compiled and edited The Fellowship Primer in 2000, specifically for the members of the Virginia Beach Fellowship Center to use as a guide. Later I joined with the Paul Solomon Foundation in making it available as a free download from the PSF website. According to the Paul Solomon Source, the purpose of the readings is “to awaken the consciousness of the Inner Light within.” There is gold in The Fellowship Primer that can prove meaningful and useful to any individual interested in personal growth – so explore, discover, grow and enjoy! Grace de Rond The Commission From the Paul Solomon Source Let it be known about you that in this place, in this teeming mass of humanity that is this city, there is a spot of warmth and light, a gathering of people who care enough to have time to pray and create a receptive place in which the presence of the Christ might love and dwell. These readings form a banquet for which the world is starving. You who know of them have opportunities to take these messages as scraps of food to feed the masses. They are not intended to become dogma, or teachings, or tokens of memorial to a particular man or idea. They are given that they might become a stimulus to awaken the consciousness of the Inner Light within mankind. Seek to know as much as can be taken from these Records. Then share that with others. These messages have never been for the consciousness of a single individual. Each time these lips have been allowed to speak, there has been the attempt to give wealth that all men might share. Let him who recognizes the need be the carrier of the message that will satisfy the need. Paul Solomon Source Reading #561 1975 Contents The Story of Paul Solomon.........................................................................1 The Planetary Mystery School..................................................................12 The Purpose of the Fellowship of the Inner Light .....................................21 The Fellowship Church and the Act of Worship........................................54 The Purpose and Operation of Fellowship Centers..................................67 Inner Light Consciousness .......................................................................87 Carmel Sounds Voice & Vision...............................................................101 The School of the Prophets ....................................................................103 Earth Changes........................................................................................117 Spiritual Communities.............................................................................135 A Perspective on Paul Solomon .............................................................152 Self-Growth – A Personal Journey .........................................................160 The Story of Paul Solomon By Grace de Rond Paul Solomon was an extraordinary man. His wisdom and abilities surpassed what is considered common, or even normal. He was known internationally as a teacher, prophet, healer, minister and humanitarian. Yet like many great spiritual leaders, Paul’s journey toward wisdom and mastery over his powers was not uncomplicated. Paul was the son of a Southern Baptist minister, born into a family where the ministry was presupposed as a vocation. To the non-Southern Baptist, a mental image arises of a narrowly defined religious lifestyle and a fundamental conservatism dictated by a literal interpretation of the Bible. Often missed or misunderstood by outsiders is the powerful constancy of support that exists in the home of a Southern Baptist family. The security stems from an indisputable belief that it is possible to talk to God and receive answers. God exists as an active member of the household, and two-way communication is a daily occurrence. In his own home, Paul was powerfully affected. He watched as his parents sought daily guidance and noted how they based decisions on the silent replies they received. God was accessible, and the Holy Spirit was an active participant in everyday life. Growing up in a fundamentalist Christian home, a child trusts that God is always available for guidance and support and is comforted by that knowledge. However, as the child grows into a Baptist teenager, normal tendencies arise that he would rather God not notice. A dilemma evolves: How to be good all the time, and what in the world to do with all that guilt. The Baptist doctrine provided no answer for Paul as he moved into puberty. Burdened by orthodox views on morality and what defines appropriate behavior, he began to discover tendencies that were enjoyable but forbidden. Paul believed what he had been taught from an early age – that God was always present, always watching, and always keeping records. The result was an overwhelming obsession with sin and guilt. When he could no longer stop himself from committing “transgressions against God,” Paul would turn his framed picture of Jesus facedown on his bedside table, hoping for a moment’s privacy from his savior. Paul also exhibited uncommon abilities, which compounded his dilemma of trying to be a good Baptist. From an early age, he could see colors around individuals and called them “good lights” and “bad lights,” depending on how he perceived the person’s character. As a young child, he would point at a person and sound the alarm, “He’s bad!” His embarrassed parents would scold him for being rude, so eventually he learned to keep quiet. He could also read minds. He knew what people were thinking and discovered early that people regularly say the opposite. He also knew what was going to happen and could predict the future, which only undermined his efforts to be just like everyone else. While these psychic experiences were natural for Paul, obviously they were not “normal.” Paul’s growing sense that he was abnormal and the resulting isolation were becoming excruciating for him. Paul could also “absorb” the information in his schoolbooks if he carried them in front of his body with his arms folded over them. This was particularly useful to him since 1 traditional methods of learning were proving difficult. However, chaos broke out one day when he was dared by his classmates to “read” what was written in their notebooks. The kids taunted him, not believing he could actually do it. As Paul began to reveal the private scribbled notes of one of the girls, the group fell silent, first shocked and then frightened. Word of his disturbing demonstration spread through the school, and he ended up in the office, listening to the principal tell his mother, “We don’t know what he’s doing, but he’d better stop!” Sitting at the kitchen table with his mother later that afternoon, the mood was grave as Paul waited for her to speak. For his mother, it was the culmination of years of confusion and worry. His strange skills were incomprehensible to her. For years, she had watched him struggle to manage his mysterious abilities, feeling helpless to provide him answers. Were his abilities a blessing, or were they a curse? She hoped for the first, while fearing the latter. Paul felt humiliated. He could still see the shock and betrayal in the girl’s eyes, followed by fear and repulsion on the kids’ faces. He was a freak. The principal threatened to throw him out of the school. And now, what was his mother going to say? “Your father and I have been aware of these unusual abilities of yours for a long time,” she began slowly. “We’ve known since you were little that you’re different. You have abilities that most people don’t have.” Yes, he was different from other people. That was becoming increasingly more apparent to everyone. He was definitely strange, but there was more.