God indeed can be reached directly, for there is no distance between Him
and His Son. His awareness is in everyone’s memory and His Word is
written on everyone’s heart. Yet this awareness and this memory can
arise across the threshold of the unconscious only where all barriers to
truth have been removed. In how many is this the case? Here then is the
role of God’s teachers. They too have not attained the necessary
understanding as yet, but they have joined with others. This is what sets
them apart from the world. And it is this that enables others to leave
the world with them. Alone they are nothing. But in their joining is the
Power of God.

There are those who have reached God directly, retaining no trace of
worldly limits and remembering their own Identity perfectly. These might
be called the Teachers of teachers because, although they are no longer
visible, their image can yet be called upon. And they will appear when
and where it is helpful for them to do so. To those to whom such
appearances would be frightening, they give their ideas. No-one can call
on them in vain. Nor is there anyone of whom they are unaware. All needs
are known to them and all mistakes are recognized and overlooked by
them. The time will come when this is understood. And meanwhile they
give all their gifts to the teachers of God who look to them for help,
asking all things in Their Name and in no other.

Sometimes a teacher of God may have a brief experience of direct union
with God. In this world, it is almost impossible that this endure. It
can, perhaps, be won after much devotion and dedication, and then be
maintained for most of the time on earth. But this is so rare that it
cannot be considered a realistic goal. If it happens, so be it. If it
does not happen, so be it as well. All worldly states must be illusory.
If God were reached directly in sustained awareness, the body would not
be long maintained. Those who have laid the body down merely to extend
their helpfulness to those remaining behind are few indeed. And they
need helpers who are still in bondage and still asleep, so that by their
awakening can God’s Voice be heard.

Do not despair, then, because of limitations. It is your function to
escape from them, but not to be without them. If you would be heard by
those who suffer, you must speak their language. If you would be
Saviors, you must understand what needs to be escaped. Salvation is not
theoretical. Behold the problem, ask for the answer, and then accept it
when it comes. Nor will its coming be long delayed. All the help you can
accept will be provided, and not one need you have will not be met. Let
us not, then, be too concerned with goals for which you are not ready.
God takes you where you are and welcomes you. What more could you
desire, when this is all you need?