# Chain: Pentecost > *The two modes of soul awakening, sudden and gradual* **The argument it traces:** The Pentecost was a real and sudden infilling, a fire that did not burn but healed -> it arose from specific conditions of longing and readiness in those present -> most seekers instead walk the incremental road of cleansing they have chosen -> which mode arrives turns on the depth and urgency of the soul's yearning, not on merit -> and a gathering of sufficient longing can still produce it **2** messages · **6** supporting · main statement not yet chosen --- ## Foundation ### 2017-05-11 - [[2017-05-11 Jesus Speaks of the Pentecost|Jesus Speaks of the Pentecost]] Jesus explains why the Pentecost came to the disciples, then asks the circle in front of him whether the same conditions are present in them. The conditions first: the crucifixion left them shattered, "they were distressed and traumatized by this great loss... They felt that their future had been dashed upon the rocks"; his appearances restored their attention, "this time they heard my words, they were eager to know"; his final departure confused them again, since they had expected him to rule, "to be the Prince of their country, to be the Messiah of their world"; and out of that confusion came the prayer that was answered, "in their earnestness, that deep earnestness rising from their souls, each one with that single voice, 'Father touch me, open me to your Love, show me the way, Light my path', came a great rush in response to their earnestness." Then the two modes, stated as two forms of one awakening rather than as success and failure: "This awakening is not necessarily done through the Pentecostal experience, for in many cases it is a gradual experience. Bit by bit, you continue to inch your way forward," while "those who are blessed with the Pentecost will find great, great benefits and will come to know the Will of God." And the claim that governs which mode arrives: it is never withheld, "when you pray for this and it does not come, it is not that God does not wish for you to have this experience, it is that you are not ready to receive in this way." Pairs with the Testimony ([[2019-02-15 The Experience of Pentecost|2019-02-15-af-matthew]]): Matthew supplies the experience from inside it, Jesus supplies the conditions that produced it. ## Testimony ### 2019-02-15 - [[2019-02-15 The Experience of Pentecost|The Experience of Pentecost]] Eyewitness account supplying the experiential side of the thread, whose Foundation, [[2017-05-11 Jesus Speaks of the Pentecost|2017-05-11-af-jesus]], frames it as teaching. Asked to describe the Pentecost, Matthew, one of those present, says "it came suddenly... in great light and heat and we thought that the building in which we resided was afire with this great gift and energy, although it was a fire that did not burn. It was a fire that healed and changed us." Then draws the teaching point: seekers are "yearning for this instantaneous healing and awakening, instead of the incremental and sometimes difficult journey of cleansing" they have chosen. Pairs with [[2017-05-11 Jesus Speaks of the Pentecost|2017-05-11-af-jesus]]; together they give the two modes of awakening, sudden vs gradual, with both witness and doctrine. --- ## Also touches on this *These messages restate or echo the idea rather than carry it forward, so they sit alongside the thread rather than in it.* - **2015-08-17** [[2015-08-17 Seek out Your True Purpose|Seek out Your True Purpose]] (sighting) - The thread's own two modes, applied to purpose rather than to awakening, "for some of you, the awareness of this purpose will come swiftly, and for others it will emerge as you progress upon your life's path in this world." - **2016-03-31** [[2016-03-31 The Purpose of Divine Love|The Purpose of Divine Love]] (witness) - Judas gives his own account of the event: the grief, the reappearance, the instruction to pray, and the result. "He reappeared (to us) and again reiterated his message and beseeched us to pray for this Love, this Love Divine. Yes, my brothers and sisters came together in prayer and received the Pentecost, it changed them. It gave them the insight which Jesus longed to show us in his ministry." - **2016-08-31** [[2016-08-31 Welcome to Frankfurt|Welcome to Frankfurt]] (witness) - "Every gathering such as this has the potential to bring the Pentecost to your beings," with the readiness conditions as a checklist (sincere longing, pushing aside mental resistance and questioning, a leap of faith) and the claim that a gathering can produce it, which is the last step of the registry spine, stated rather than developed. - **2016-12-05** [[2016-12-05 Talks of the Challenges That Come with Soul Growth|Talks of the Challenges That Come with Soul Growth]] (sighting) - The swift and the slow side by side, "some carry these dilemmas for a very long time while others have gladly removed their old cloaks and donned the cloaks of light swiftly," with the pace put down to choice rather than to the depth of longing. - **2017-05-11** [[2017-05-11 Jesus Speaks of the Pentecost|Jesus Speaks of the Pentecost]] (build) - The transcription ends mid-sentence with no closing blessing, so the final turn of the teaching is lost. Relevant because this message is the thread's anchor. - **2019-01-28** [[2019-01-28 Releasing the Last Dark Vestiges in the Soul|Releasing the Last Dark Vestiges in the Soul]] (witness) - Refers back to the Pentecost teaching, [[2017-05-11 Jesus Speaks of the Pentecost|2017-05-11-af-jesus]], and the conditions Jesus described for the dramatic inflowing ("conditions that none in the room or very few in this world are experiencing at this time"), framing the sudden-versus-gradual question as a matter of yearning intensity. States the registry spine's step that the depth of yearning decides which mode arrives, without developing it.