This is a rare and unusual session in which a second, unidentified master entered partway through to deliver "a new teaching for this area." The tape moved from Bartholomew's discussion of free will to this master's striking assertion that only one will exists - and concludes with practical instruction on mantra practice from the heart center.

Context: In response to a question about free will - particularly how one's personal desires relate to the divine will when we pray "Thy will be done" - Bartholomew began by warning that this tape "is really not going to appeal to a great many people" because he intended to speak on the subject at the highest level. He explained that the concept of free will has been "greatly muddled" and misused through the ages by religions for their own ends.

Bartholomew's Teaching - Then a Shift: Bartholomew first explained that God allows you to play out any fantasy you create - no divine force will intervene to break your will and impose its own. The only time divine will and personal will unite is when you consciously turn and ask for that union. Many people mistakenly believe God is running their life, crediting the divine for "very strange and weird and wonderful little fantasies that are totally their own." Then something unusual occured: a second master entered the session, explaining it is "an auspicious time" to bring forth "a new teaching for this area - very old, but new to the area in which you live."

The Second Master - ONE Will, Not Two: This master offered a striking image: envision a vast sphere with a small protrusion emerging from it. The protrusion looks upon itself and feels separate from the vastness - but if there is only one will, there can be no separation between the will of the vastness and the will of the protrusion. While Bartholomew spoke of two wills joining (which is "absolutely true" at one level), this master presented "the stage above that perception." All the destruction, anger, and hatred we perceive on the physical plane is illusion - there is no will upholding it. Whatever rises and falls back into death is not upheld by the vast will; only what is eternal is real. The master asks listeners to begin to doubt their perceptions - "the doubt is the first stage on opening you up to the vast awareness that is yours."

The Transformative Power of Sound: Both masters emphasized the importance of mantras as tools for aligning with divine will. The teaching is detailed and practical: use mantras [pronounced "mantrams" in this tape] at the beginning and end of each day; doing them together with your partner before sleep "will greatly change your sleep state" and bring important data. For those without a mantra, seek your own in deep meditation - "if they really seek it they will find it." Even a phrase from a book or a saint's words (like Saint Francis's "My God and my all") can serve. The name of a great sage like Ramana or Bhagavan carries its own tonal quality and power.

Heart, not Head: Crucially, a mantra must be done from the heart center, not the mind. Mental repetition alone "does very little good" and can become merely hypnotic. The heart center is located not where the physical heart sits, but at the center of the body - draw a line from the heart to the sternum's center. When practiced correctly, the mantra generates "a tone, a quality of tone" that reverberates throughout the whole aura of your being. You will feel the energies "moving and gathering and pulsating throughout your whole body" until the entire body has "a timber movement to it," resounding to that sound.