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Falling leaves signify to many that a cycle is completed. Few lament the passing of summer, basking instead, as they do, in a mellow montage of subtle color mingled with more garish hues. The eternal pine stands in immortal fastness, breathing forth its fragrance throughout the seasonal cycles. So is the soul saturated with the Eternal Flame, the mind absorbed in spiritual meditation, and the emotional body flooded with infinite capacities to love without shadow.
Throughout the years, beloved Saint Germain and others of the holy band composing our council have continued to admonish the students of the many activities linked with the Great White Brotherhood or attached, at least, to the ideals of that Brotherhood. These admonishments have taken many forms such as exhortation, pinpointing, phrasing and rephrasing of little-known laws, subtle expositions of the fine points of esoteric instructions, and generally specific advice.
Because of the immersion of the students in the world scheme and the world consciousness, it has often been a requirement that we sound a note of warning on a matter of vital import. Some time ago, in one of our classes, we indicated a shift in emphasis from this approach of forewarning to one dealing almost wholly with constructivism. We recognize, however, and I am certain that you do as well, that it is not possible to abandon all admonishment, and that it is never our intent to do so.
I wish to clarify herein the inner meaning of the address given.
It specifically referred to a trend rather than to a complete change. However, the Darjeeling Council is still of the opinion that it would be most desirable to see a complete change at the earliest possible date. For even we sometimes reevaluate our decisions when it becomes apparent that the best reaction can be secured through alternative means to exalt men and women into a stronger and more mature spiritual position. It is a universal observation that the type of admonishments we have given, through the many activities under our radiation, have agreed almost entirely on certain standards of conduct involving the relations between lifestreams.
Men can only harm themselves or project harm at another life; they can never damage the invulnerable Deity. However, as the Christ declared and as we reaffirm: Whatever is done to the least of the children of the light is an act done to the Holy Christ Self of that one, whose face ever beholds the face of his own mighty I AM Presence. ("Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. ... Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.")
Any harmful act is referred to the Holy Christ Self and becomes a part of the life record of the person who commits it, and it must one day be balanced before the Lords of Karma. Whether mankind, in their human concepts, like this idea - whether it appeals to them or not - the fact remains that it is pure Truth, and I AM determined to declare it as a protection to those who observe its precepts.
Ever so frequently, conceited individuals, who count themselves exceedingly wise, determine that they shall criticize or judge another. They do this although fully aware of the scriptures which clearly state the Great Law, "Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again."1
Saint Germain, aware of the seriousness of this law and its consequences when challenged by human pride of intellect, early in his released instruction of the "I AM" Laws of Life and during the 1930s, continuously admonished the students to stop all criticism, condemnation, and judgment.
Now, some of the students responded to this teaching very well, and they have not since been guilty to any great extent of violation of the Great Law. Others responded for a while until what they deemed a more acute situation developed. Thus, confronted by circumstances which they thought would render justifiable the "exception to the rule," they proceeded to fall into the maelstrom of gossip, "exempt" from the Law by their supposedly logical and valid excuses.
Well, let them do so if they will. But there is never any excuse for disobeying the instruction of an ascended master.
This magnificent being spoke only for the good of all and for the expansion of the world plan of freedom. He knew then and he knows today the full danger of such overt acts against the eternal principles of justice and honor, so necessary to the harmonious action of the wheels of social intercourse and progress of civilization.
He knows that such acts always travel the full circle back to the very door of the one sending them out. His great love spoke the warning only to protect all concerned and not in defense of any person. For God's laws are impersonal and impartial in their application and intent. It is the purpose of God for which Saint Germain stands, and it is the eternal harmony upon earth which he intends to defend.
In this report I wish to emphasize and clarify certain not generally known aspects of the effects of criticism. When applied by human reason or observation to another, without being voiced, it is mildly destructive. But when it is uttered aloud to another, it is amplified at least ten times.
En route to the one criticized, it gathers more of the elements of the mass mind's condemnation, until it is an arrow both sharp and swift, finding easy penetration into the tender mind of the one to whom it is directed - unless that one is extremely alert. When released by a friend or relative to whom the individual is receptive, it often lodges within their subconsciousness to perform its work of destruction, as an arrow of pestilence - silent, invisible, insidious.
It is not the weight of the minor criticism, sometimes charged in innocence, that counts; it is the mounting momentum of the mass consciousness, using the thoughtform created by the one sitting in the seat of the scornful, which makes criticism deadly. It is for this reason that beloved Saint Germain has articulated so frequently against such conduct. This is why he so fervently decries it.
When penetration occurs within the psyche of a lifestream, the healing arts of spiritual love and the golden oil of peace are needed. For, of a truth, the individual becomes the victim of a robber band and needs the ministrations of the Good Samaritan.
Countless men and women of world stature have been hindered in their missions and some have been completely diverted from their life plan by the deliberate or thoughtless acts of others through criticism. Some of these, when lying as helpless victims of this form of destructivity, have been ignored by the righteous who murmur, "They must have deserved this. It must have been their karma."
I stress two points of great import to the student who would successfully avert such calamity and calumny. Firstly, avoid participation in judgment and condemnation in any measure. Secondly, be Good Samaritans to those who are the victims of this human cruelty. By carrying out these two services, you will become, in effect, participants in the tenets of the Order of Samaria (the Good Samaritans), of which I have been master for centuries. You will also be doing the will of God and insuring the protection of the light to your own lifestream.
The holy Cause which we have continually espoused will be given protection and assistance from the destructive intents of those who - in the gall of bitterness, the lowlands of egoism, and the councils of scornful pride - debase good men in thought, that they may exalt themselves. These shall one day face the monsters they have created and rue the decisions that prompted them to rationalize Truth and choose their own ignorant human devices in preference to the will of God which they profess to serve.
Thus it is our pleasure to continue to amplify the power of the light of God that does not fail, to assert its supreme radiance over the murky minds of mortality, to charge forth the holy flame of good will, and to keep the faith in the ultimate triumph of good.
The lines of demarcation are being drawn by Cosmic Law. The rallying of good men to the Cause, their determined effort to keep the light of The Summit Lighthouse blazing as a haven for all in any distress, an instrument in the hands of God, is wonderful to behold. We are determined also to keep the rays of our assistance pouring forth from the first ray through the whole divine complement.
Let all within our gates master and love the power that praises good, eschews evil, and cherishes harmony in daily action. These are and will be the elect whose calling is sure.