Pearls of Wisdom - Year 1964 Inspired in Mark L. Prophet and Elizabeth Clare Prophet ****** Contents ****** 1 Mother Mary - January 3, 1964 2 Gautama, Lord of the World - January 10, 1964 3 Beloved El Morya - January 17, 1964 4 Beloved Saint Germain - January 24, 1964 5 Beloved El Morya - January 31, 1964 6 February 7, 1964 - From Beloved Saint Germain 7 From Beloved Saint Germain - February 14, 1964 8 Beloved Saint Germain - February 21, 1964 8.1 The Essence of Love 8.2 Divine Love 8.3 Brotherly Love 8.4 Christ Love 8.5 Love, the Fulfilling of The Law 9 Beloved Mother Mary - February 28, 1964 10 Beloved Mother Mary - March 6, 1964 10.1 The radiant word - Great Divine Director 11 El Morya - March 13, 1964 11.1 Beloved Mother Mary - March 13, 1964 11.2 The radiant word - Beloved Lord Himalaya 12 Beloved Mother Mary - March 20, 1964 12.1 The radiant word - Beloved Maha Chohan 13 Beloved Jesus - March 27, 1964 13.1 Archangel Gabriel - March 27, 1964 14 Beloved El Morya - April 3, 1964 15 El Morya - April 10, 1964 16 Beloved El Morya - April 17, 1964 17 Beloved Kuthumi - April 24, 1964 18 Beloved Lord Gautama - May 1, 1964 19 Beloved Maha Chohan - May 8, 1964 20 Beloved Cha Ara - May 15, 1964 21 Beloved Kwan Yin - May 22, 1964 22 Beloved Saint Germain - May 29, 1964 22.1 Beloved Prince Oromasis - May 29, 1964 23 Beloved Maha Chohan - June 5, 1964 24 Beloved Maha Chohan - June 12, 1964 25 Beloved Maha Chohan - June 19, 1964 26 Beloved Mother Mary - June 26, 1964 27 Beloved Saint Germain - July 3, 1964 28 Beloved Jesus - July 10, 1964 29 Beloved Goddess of Liberty - July 17, 1964 30 Beloved El Morya - July 24, 1964 31 Beloved Rex - July 31, 1964 32 Beloved Lord Gautama - August 7, 1964 33 Beloved Saint Germain - August 14, 1964 34 Beloved Jesus - August 21, 1964 35 Beloved Charity - August 28, 1964 36 Beloved Mother Mary - September 4, 1964 37 Beloved Djwal Kul - September 11, 1964 38 Beloved Hilarion - September 18, 1964 39 Beloved Archangel Michael - September 25, 1964 40 Beloved Archangel Uriel - October 2, 1964 41 Beloved Archangel Zadkiel - October 9, 1964 42 Beloved Archangel Chamuel - October 16, 1964 43 Beloved Archangel Jophiel - October 23, 1964 44 Beloved Archangel Gabriel - October 30, 1964 45 Beloved Archangel Raphael - November 6, 1964 46 The Beloved Maha Chohan - November 13, 1964 47 The Beloved Maha Chohan - November 20, 1964 48 The Beloved Maha Chohan - November 27, 1964 49 Beloved El Morya - December 4, 1964 50 Beloved Mother Mary - December 11, 1964 51 Beloved Saint Germain - December 18, 1964 52 Beloved Jesus - December 25, 1964 ****** Chapter 1 Mother Mary - January 3, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 1 - Mother Mary - January 3, 1964 1964 Dedicated to Eternal Motherhood Gracious ones, it is God's holy will to make this coming year - which is to be a great link in the eternal cycles - one dedicated to eternal Motherhood. The consciousness of the Mother of the World is to watch the children of one's heart, to exercise gentle care, to show compassion, to extend loving hands, to create a new sense of spiritual beauty within, and to hold the immaculate concept for all. As the curtain is drawn to one side and the veil parts, revealing a new cycle to waiting eyes, ears, hearts, and minds, it is my hope - may it be yours as well - that the curtain of the past year and all of its sorrow and discomforts may be drawn and closed, its energies released for transmutation and its records sealed with light. Let the gracious energies of the past be incorporated and utilized in weaving future patterns of infinite love and beauty; and let men's consciousness of spiritual evolution be increased beyond compare, until such integration between the inner and outer spheres occurs as to alter the course of history in the balance of man's spiritual favor. You have heard it said that man proposes and God disposes. In what holy truth God's flames of love dispose daily of man's negative energies. In what love God disposes of frightful distortions of human creation and in their place stands willing to enhance and glorify the proposals of men that are suitable to be fitted into the handiwork of nature in a manner consistent with the holy plan. Let me now direct the energy of mankind to a symbol of the Holy Spirit. I choose the sacred pink rose and use it to illustrate a divine concept. The perfumer's art is still a limited example of nature's own supreme efforts. It is well known by many spiritually minded individuals that those who live in the closeness of their being to God's heart do pour forth a sustained floral radiance which is the essence of angelic love. This distillation of spiritual substance represents the choicest expression of divine love from the first golden age. It is a divine romanticism showing forth the purified meaning of love in the quality of the Highest. Those who would invite the presence of angels and blend their energies with heavenly tones would be wise to wear perfumes of a floral fragrance rather than those heady synthetic concoctions which stimulate the emotions. Now then, ever since the Fall of man the simulation of the fragrance of the rose has been sought by mankind. The most vile and vicious human beings have sought to mask the emanation of their discord with its sweetness. To those able to penetrate the consciousness of others, no mystery is involved here, for these are able to perceive at a glance the true manifest state of another. Yet, those who are most wise hold the immaculate concept - even when discerning the operation of human viciousness, confusion, and ignorance. In the holy Christian mysteries, as they stand revealed to modern disciples today, it is well known and understood that the body of misqualified substance, in which men have abode far too long, must be laid aside, together with old encrusted hates, viciousness, criticism, and vanity in self. In their place, the mind of Christ, the new heaven, must hold sway upon a new earth of their being composed of spiritual substance embodying the power to draw together the atoms of a regenerated physical form. I earnestly urge all students of the true light of God to consider the far-reaching influence of their own thoughts and feelings. Watch the quality of the "children of your thoughts," the subtle influences emanating from your individualized focus of being, bear them high that they may draw to you always the enfolding radiance of the perfume of the pink rose of Christ devotion to the Father on high. Let this spiritual offering, placed on the altar of every cell of your being, invoke the majesty of such love as shall turn aside the odoriferous release of low human thought and feeling vibrations and in their place give forth great assistance to all life. Every atom of my son Jesus' being was consecrated to God: he kept a steadfast attunement with love's majesty in the face of the most terrible conditions. What he has done you can do, for the selfsame glory that he manifested is within thee, one and all. This must be invoked sternly - yet without defiance; calmly - yet with determination; fervently - yet in unutterable sweetness. I offer to you now the sacrifice of the perfume of the pink rose to penetrate your being as the power of the Holy Spirit. May this sweetness permeate your every pore and flood the earth with love where'er you walk. May this year be one of Christ accomplishment, rousing all your spiritual energies from the sleep of the ages unto the manifestation of his glory which is able to make out of the many one. My prayer joins yours and my son's and it is this in his words: O Father, I pray that as we are one so they may be one. Lovingly, I AM Mary ****** Chapter 2 Gautama, Lord of the World - January 10, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 2 - Gautama, Lord of the World - January 10, 1964 The Great Anvil of Freedom The shifting of emphasis by the world leaders upon long-hoped-for ideals of peace is in itself but a token of security unless such ideals of peace can be contained within an expanding framework of a practical and manifest reality. Upon examination, the historical cycles reveal a perpetual discontent on the part of mankind and an unwillingness to yield those egocentric expressions which have produced the seeds of war, hate, and distrust. The spiritual leadership of the world has often bemoaned the lack of unity on the part of the many leaders in public office. Mankind have likewise deplored the lack of harmony between races and those of different ethnic beginnings. Whenever the face of a new year presents itself, mankind's proneness to accept the superstition that the year itself will be productive of either good or ill is an inherent weakness. The strength of achievement is brought about through united effort and through the intelligent direction of energy and facility. By relinquishing negative and unwanted characteristics in the individual and in society, there is provided a first step in achieving a world peace. Karma-making factors must be eliminated and the world must be imbued with a willingness to walk to the river of unity together - and to take the responsibility of wading out beyond the ankles. The strong swimmers from among mankind must take the lead in probing the channels of every possibility for victory. At our meeting in the Grand Teton this year and the occasion of the glorious visit of the Seven Holy Kumaras, the thoughtform for the year was released as a golden anvil. Wherever this thoughtform is used it is our suggestion that the brightest possible gold be employed in creating it. We also suggest that the word freedom be placed above it, denoting that mankind's chains may be broken upon an anvil of freedom and as a reminder that once every form of tyranny and slavery have been abolished, responsibility does not thereupon cease; on the contrary, that all must strive together in the great smithy forge of life through their own intelligently directed efforts and through the great God-design to hammer out upon the great anvil of freedom, which is truly a golden anvil of illumined action, every necessary armor of righteousness, every necessary adornment and utensil of service, every right idea, and every right action. The possibilities in this thoughtform seem endless but it is our desire, especially in view of the fact that it will be some time before the words of our New Year's Eve address are released in print, that we, through the expression of this Pearl of Wisdom, shall bring to your attention this mighty thoughtform. The year has begun with a special impetus of beloved Mother Mary who is serving with El Morya to bring forth a beautiful manifestation of the virgin good will of God in a cosmic and universal action for the freedom of both the individual and the earth. Long ago a gaunt figure, surveying the battlefields of Gettysburg, uttered these well-remembered words - "The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here." Beloved ones, may I from Shamballa remind you of the forerunners of progress who have dedicated themselves to the service of mankind and the holy cause of Godliness. Let everyone who would decipher the keynote for this year see it as an anvil of service, a golden anvil, whereupon mighty benefactions shall be fashioned for the good of the world and the freedom of all men. As we move forward toward peace with caution exercised on every hand and faith in God in whom we trust, let all persevere so the divine intent shall gleam more brightly. Lovingly in God's name I AM, Gautama ****** Chapter 3 Beloved El Morya - January 17, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 3 - Beloved El Morya - January 17, 1964 Sound the Trumpet! Heart Friends of Infinite Compassion, To chasten oneself, if results be forthcoming, is not vain, but to stand in the hot, biting, searing wind of criticism without purpose is a waste of the use of life. We cherish constructivism; We cherish the upward spiral; We cherish divine fervor; We indulge gentle voices mingling in hope for better things to come: but We adorn the victorious warrior. Through weakness in the past many have failed. These have submitted themselves to the conformity of the world without recognizing the possibility that they might institute change. Some manifestations are best left alone; they are not worthy of disturbing. In other cases small matters must be watched with great care lest a cloud no bigger than a man's hand shall grow to cover the sky of Being. This year is a year of great peril and yet it may well become, if properly guarded, a year of emergence from the crises of centuries. I declare, sound the trumpet! Let the bastions of Freedom be builded higher! Let the watchmen upon the walls strain the eyes and let achievement be Our battle cry. It is true that We witness signs of Victory in the sky. Our banner is raised higher in Hope. We are set forth again, desiring a new conquest. The Christ figure appearing upon the mountaintop is seen in the marketplaces and the white robe of His radiance enfolds many. The joy of His appearing exalteth Our Heartbeat. We expectantly await triumph, while knowing that the heat of battle must wax hotter. Only in the forward press can ground be obtained and stalemate averted. Our aversion for complacency is well known. Those desiring safety may find it is not even contained within their beds. The magnificence of courage and the courage of magnificence must be externalized in the multitudes. We destine a more perfect Cycle to receive the consecration of the energies of the multitudes: We enlarge Our borders. We overturn the tables of the counterfeiter of Our Energies. Those who dispute the Truth shall one day face the nightmare of their own human creation, and their cry of terror shall wake the welkin. Let Us derive no consolation from this but press for deliverance for all. Only in nobility of character and delight in the Goodness of God's Law can mankind find their Freedom from all error. Those who rejoice in the iniquities of another and in their errors will one day find themselves walking backward in their own footprints. To seek direction and then to spurn it is the vanity of a vain intellect. The intellect of man has been builded about a citadel of egoism. The pursuit of knowledge has been indulged in as a means of aggrandizing the personality. Let Wisdom be sought for its tempo of deliverance. Let religion be a means of binding mankind to Godliness. Let Love become the enchantment that is the savor of Life. The Beloved Holy Mother Mary and I have determined to see through this year a new birth of Freedom in the Great Cause for which Saint Germain has given and pledged His all. The terror that wasteth at noonday, then, must be set aside. The continents teeming with multitudes, bursting their bonds of oppression and seeking a more abundant life, must find a universal response flashing across the world as the lightning in a summer sky. The promise of the year must be fulfilled by organization; the dust of centuries - old human ideas of destiny - must be purged and shaken from the garments of man. Let "stills" of thought be created on every hill, whether approved by men or not, and let the distillations of God's Holy Will created therein be received within the heart chalices of men to be partaken of as the water of Life of which all may freely drink. So speeds forth the Light of Our Hearts swifter than winged bird carrying an "even song" and also an "ode to the dawn." Pilgrims of the years and cycles, again We march forward. Your obedient, MORYA ****** Chapter 4 Beloved Saint Germain - January 24, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 4 - Beloved Saint Germain - January 24, 1964 The Sharpening of the Razor's Edge Gracious Friends of Freedom, You have had released into your worlds the Flame of Love from the Heart of Beloved Mother Mary, the Flame of Love from the Lord of the World, Beloved Gautama, and the Flame of Love from the Heart of Beloved El Morya, Chohan of the First Ray. May I add to Their great outpouring, in this the first month of the new cycle, a release of the mighty Flame of Cosmic Freedom into the world of every one who is ready to continue in the Holy Quest of finding a more abundant era of Freedom for himself and for all mankind! The challenges of Life which are presented in the experience world with the passing of the days and the hours may contain some surprises. No distress ought to be associated with the unexpected, for if a chela holds his consciousness in complete attunement with his Divine God Presence, there is no outer condition which can have any lasting or permanent effect upon his world. The pursuit of Freedom in this day and age is as noble an occupation as any man can follow. Craftsmanship and skill applied to the Divinity of Man are as much the requirement of this hour as they are for any form of outer service. The votaries of Heaven have the right to expect a complete offering from those who profess to serve Our Cause. To keep a Flame burning, which is dependent upon a supply of fuel, it is necessary that foresight be exercised, not only in the selection of the fuel but also in its deliverance to the appointed place at the appointed hour. Many events of the past year have held many possibilities of terror for the earth. An amazing degree of Protection and Comfort have been afforded to the world and its people through the power of Spiritual Ministration. Our gratitude is a sweet incense before the throne of God, and Our prayers are unceasing that men of noble origin will continue to seek that degree of integrity which is the portion of every Son of God. Who can deny that energies have been frightfully wasted by the world's people? And yet, without direction and without understanding as to the correct manner of employing both time and opportunity constructively, it is easy to see where even the mighty can fall into the habit of carelessness. Perhaps the greatest cause of world confusion is the apathetic state of mind which thinks it no longer requires - or so it seems - the sharpening of the razor's edge or the whetting of the blade for the purpose of removing human stubble. Beloved El Morya and I in many communications of Heart have indicated to one another Our gratitude for having won Our Ascension in a time when less clatter and clamor were in manifestation upon the planetary body. The electronic age in which you live today is filled with many blessings, but were the misfortunes of war ever to occur in this age, so dependent upon electricity as it is, mankind would find a terror that never before has faced the earth. Because of the import of the great convocation held in Washington, D.C., during the period preceding New Year's Day, it is My wish that some of that Holy Substance released in the Ascended Master Addresses - especially the words of Beloved Chananda and Mighty Cosmos - if not the entire Class (which would be Our wish) could be released in a special dispensation as quickly as possible so that the pursuit of the Holy Plan can be implemented by all in unified action. Whether this can be done will, of course, depend to some degree upon the postponement of other activities and the transfer of energy allotments to the more immediate demands. It is also necessary to secure a greater outreach, Blessed Students of the Light, whereby, according to the words of Beloved Chananda and the Indian Council, ten thousand people will be contacted this year through the students of this Activity. It cannot be denied that the messages of the Ascended masters must be placed in the hands of those receptive chelas who will understand the meaning behind Their releases. It is not enough to merely read or to have faith in a principle: the principle must become the law in action and the law in action must become the life matrix of each individual. There is so much understanding yet to be conferred that it amazes Me how some students of the Light of long-standing can foolishly permit themselves to feel, by reason of their advancement, that any of Our words released today are unworthy of their attentions. One of the wondrous characteristics of Beloved Ascended Master Jesus was His great humility which caused Him to review and review, again and again, the same holy principles. Remember, Dear Hearts, to review means to see again, and if that which you see again was worthy of the first viewing it shall be worthy of every subsequent viewing. It is never a question of taking the grade over; moreover, the chela must never allow himself to be fooled by the argument of boredom and sameness, which is indeed propounded by the vanity of the human intellect. When dealing with Holy Principles and Divine Law, with words of Light and Life spoken from On High, there is a subtle Essence permeating their very release which is like the renewal of the diastole and systole of the heart. Each heartbeat signifies a reinvestment of God's Love in the perpetual flow of Energy into the form of Man. The Mighty God Presence of each individual sustains that individual consciousness whether in the body or out of the body, and there is no permanent death anywhere in the universe under Our present system. It can be seen and ought to be recognized that many creations are unworthy of continued existence and ought to be changed in form and, therefore, the great Law of Life in its plasticity has permitted the power of transmutation to alter the form of substance in order to present a better and more glorious hope of the manifestation of Universal Law. The shape of things to come, the life plan for this year, its place as a link in the chain of the century, must be considered but only in the light of history and in the light of possibility. You cannot mend the past, but you can learn from it. You can prepare for the future and you can serve the future today in the Holy Cause of Freedom. The multitudes who have been swayed by factors of heredity, by controlling factors of environment, and by hypnotic actions of those who profess to minister to a gospel, while seeking to turn aside whole houses for the sake of selfish interests, must recognize these erroneous influences for what they are. At least none of the students of the Light ought to be brought under the power of any of these tenacious forms of tyranny. And those from among mankind who are prone to gullibility, credulity and weakness must be strengthened in faith in God and in the sensibility of the divine approach. Accusations of fanaticism against metaphysical movements have resulted from the very lack of discernment and discretion exercised by some of the leaders and many of the adherents of these movements. We plead for the convenience of common sense in the administration and presentation of the Divine Ideal to man. We do not expect - although We wish it - to see the world changed over night from a predatory jungle to become a habitable place of peace and harmony. We do expect this reform within the consciousness of chelas of the Light. We expect thousands to be contacted who will respond and We expect these to contact others until a new dimension is created. And so the cycles will continue, new horizons coming forth from the Flame of Freedom and out of the fire of a right perspective to bring all things into perfect balance. Beloved Ones, mankind, when aligned with the purposes of the Holy Spirit and responding to the divine stimulae of their own Mighty God Presence, are Flames of Freedom in action. They need not look for another to deliver them, for within the sacred province of their own Being all blessings can be conferred. I close with the words of the Beloved God Presence speaking to Moses from out the burning bush - " ... Put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the ground whereupon thou standest is holy ground." Right where you are within your own Being, the Holiness of God abides, remains, and lives. There you must find the beginning of your Pathway back to God's Heart. In Freedom's Holy Cause I AM, SAINT GERMAIN ****** Chapter 5 Beloved El Morya - January 31, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 5 - Beloved El Morya - January 31, 1964 The Brunt of the Burden To Our Chelas Who Will to Excel and Exceed All Past Accomplishments: The pulsations of divine frequencies, stirring the hearts of men, evoke perseverance in the face of distress, determination as the moments require it, and the blessed action of Illumination's Flame, which cleanses the Temple of Man's Being. The thought processes, little understood, but exercised in a haphazard manner by mankind, need the cleansing action of greater understanding. Likewise, in order to refine those processes a physical, mental, emotional and internal cleansing is required, for there is a penetration or focus of the mental body within the physical body; there is also a penetration of mental power into the emotional body; and there is a penetration of mental power into the etheric body. The purpose of the connection of the neurons of the brain and the ganglionic centers of the physical being of Man with his more subtle bodies is not properly understood by the multitudes. We would, however, for the good of the students, point out the interpenetration of all the bodies of Man which requires a total cleansing and harmonizing action in order for any one of the processes of these bodies to be completely effective and in harmony with the total God Design of a lifestream. Those students will respond to the deeper implication of this instruction who aspire to rise above mere intellectualism and enter the "domain of facility" where the right use of Energy will bring about, through the powers of invocation and attunement, whatsoever right action each moment requires. Unfortunately, mankind have read a great deal without understanding that which they have read. In a sense this is not true reading but only a journey across the land by night. Let the Golden Sun of Illumination then blaze forth and let those false conceptions, which are stones of stumbling upon the pathway of the students of Light, be removed and transmuted. We decree it. An attitude of humility is not alone enough. It must be coupled with an attitude of receptivity. The kneeling votary must be prepared for the Hand of Deity extended to draw him from a kneeling position to one of uprightness. Gazing into the Face of God, as spiritual perception is increased, he must regard the mien of the Divine Thought and Feeling and reflect them in the pool of his own Identity. The tendency to create and fashion God in one's own image, or after the likeness of the concepts which men hold as descriptive of God, is a mistake and an error. As it is Our intent throughout this year to afford such Holy Impetus to the students of the Greater Light for which their receptive hearts cry out and which their beings are willing to use, We are most gracious and happy, at the consent of the Beloved Saint Germain, to release according to Cyclic Law a most important "Trilogy on the Three-Fold Flame of Life," an intermediate alchemical study. This material is being given in the next three Pearls of Wisdom and should prove of inestimable value to those who desire to be more receptive in the service of the Light and in the Causes of the Brotherhood. Our fashion is little understood by those who have not had Our experiences and who, therefore, can but little conceive of them; and yet, quite naturally, it is apprehended in part. Certainly it is not too difficult for you, Beloved Students of Truth, to recognize that inasmuch as We once wore mortal garb and thought many of the similar thoughts which you think, We are not completely out of touch with your current problems. Certainly it is not too difficult for you to accept that Our desires to assist the earth are more intense by far and charged with zeal more fiery than that of the most noble men contemporary with your blessed selves today. We offer, then, all that We are in the service of the Freedom of mankind. You cannot know or conceive what this means until you have reached Our Estate. To see the pall of the human senses, and to yearn with infinite yearning for one's Freedom, only to find that upon obtaining It there is a tremendous, all-possessing desire to reach down into the crucible of crushing, testing experience from which you have completely escaped, and to assist others to find their Freedom from vanity, is, even beyond the veil, a trial to the Ascended Soul. To witness the bitterness, the recalcitrance, the vanity, the cupidity, and the downright ignorance of those for whom you are pledging almost your total Identity, to see them caught in a dispossessing net from which they themselves seem unwilling to escape, is small encouragement for effort so valiant as that which has been released from Our level. We ask no sympathy for Ourselves, but We ask compassion in the Name of Mercy for those to whom the Word has been given. We ask that you shall acknowledge the Power God has placed as the Gift of Life in your hands. We ask that you shall recognize the meaning of the Polestar of Being as it relates to your tie with Us. You have heard it said and have admitted to yourselves that "with God all things are possible." Bear in mind that the brunt of the burden is borne by those who are able. And, inasmuch as We are able, We are willing to bear the brunt of the burden; but We ask you again, for the sake of mankind, and the great release that is possible through Our efforts jointly offered, to realize that the bond that has been between Us is small in relation to that which it can be; and We do not now nor will We ever depreciate the possibility that can be brought about through Our cooperative attunement. The mutuality of the pledges which your souls have made at Inner Levels, when escaped from the rigors of sense consciousness, is indicative of your very real intent. In the fervor of this intent, then, I AM determined to bring to your own outer attention that it is not only God's Holy Will within the very center of your Being, but that it is your manifest acceptance of His Holy Will that has evoked in the past, and will continue to evoke in the framework of the present hour, such assistance as the outer self can scarcely comprehend. I do not feel that the Earth fares as well as it could, mainly because there is not enough dissemination of the available instruction on Ascended Master Law, and because there has been too little appreciation of that which has been given. You do not always realize that in your appreciation and gratitude there is established a connection with the Giver of all Gifts whereby there is returned to you fourfold and more of that which you have shared with the rest of Life. I call these matters to your attention with what, in one respect, could be considered Self-interest. Our aims are the aims of God. Our Selfhood is His. And, therefore, it is My cherished Hope that you will become so captivated by God's Will that human will shall lose its appeal for you. I have spoken from the Heart, somewhat in a different vein than at other times, but I muse now upon the fact that Our Hearts are one - And if one in Creation and one in Purpose, then why not one across the spheres of Our Beings? Simply because you are embodied in material form does not detract from the flow of LOVE between the shores of Our Beings. Consider for an instant your position in the world of form and how vital that position is to Us as you act as Emissaries of Our Light to assist the Divine Plan in bringing Freedom into manifestation. Your understanding is the Holy Treasure and the Ascended Masters, day after day, are adding to that Treasure. Can We this year do less than in the past? Can We exceed all past accomplishments? We shall see what intense action your response to God's Holy Laws of the Cycles will provide. Lovingly, I AM MORYA ****** Chapter 6 February 7, 1964 - From Beloved Saint Germain ****** Vol. 7 No. 6 - February 7, 1964 - From Beloved Saint Germain Trilogy on the Threefold Flame of Life I POWER Gracious Men and Women, Persistency is recognized as a quality which eventuates in the manifestation of some aspect of Perfection. The courage which men externalize by holding fast to a specific momentum, in the face of every attempt to prevent its manifestation, is a thing of beauty, a joy to every heart, and most wondrous to behold. Power Defined The very thought of Power in Itself brings delight to the hearts of men. The Power of the Universe, as depicted in the very Heavens themselves, tells men of that seemingly far-off aspect of God for which their souls hunger but unto which it seems impossible to draw nigh. Hope, together with the element of Faith, has enabled men to release some degree of Power into their worlds and subject It to their control. Now Power has taken many forms: abuses have marred its use, whereas Virtue has enhanced it. Tyrants have exploited it and politics and religion have been molded around the Star of Power, blazing in the firmament of society. The primary types of Power are physical, mental, emotional and spiritual Energy; electrical, chemical, elemental and cosmic Power; temporal Power, consisting of social influences and mass pressures, political, spiritual Energy; electrical, chemical, elemental and cosmic Power; temporal power, consisting of social influences and mass pressures, political, religious and official authority; and-karmic Power which affects status, attainment, and progress. All Power is interrelated: some is stored, some is static, some is dynamic and subject to a rate of rapid decay or deterioration. All power is subject to two primary qualifications under the classification of relativity: Divine and human or Cosmic Universal and material-transitory. The Maltese Cross, which is symbolical of My Dedication to the Cause of Freedom, is a balanced Cross whereby one may illustrate certain aspects of Power. As many realize, a cross symbolizes the meeting of two planes of consciousness. The horizontal member of the cross symbolizes the human plane of consciousness, or the plane of the ego; the vertical segments are symbolical of the Energies of God descending into the plane of matter. The center where the two lines cross is the point (orifice) where the Energies of Heaven are released to the earth, and in very Truth it is at this point - which is the point of the Power of qualification - that requires great alertness on the part of all who use Power in its many aspects, including the many nonorganic manifestations. The Power of speech itself, the Power in the spoken word, and the Power of the "Word" - whether released by pen or edict of sword - changes the course of history and alters the life of those affected by Its release. The t.angled threads of Power have always flowed from the orifice, indicated by the center of the Cross. The Maltese Cross is intended to be a symbol of Perfect Balance. The drawing forth of Energy from On High and Its manifestation in the world of form is that perfect Energy beamed forth both to the right and to the left in a Perfect Balance of Power. Blessed Ones, it is easy to complicate that which is simple, but it is often most difficult to simplify that which is really complicated. This, I shall attempt to do for you in this study. When a child first begins the study of mathematics he is dealing with very simple things; he can then little conceive of the intricate threads of logarithms and abstract equations. Man should then realize that the Perfection of God must take into account the training of the child-Man; that so-called cradles of negation (e.g. the world of form) have been created as the place or testing school where transmutation and noble changes can be effected that will result in an expansion of the Flame of Freedom, raising Man into his total Identity and Divine Manhood. In simplifying the understanding concerning the release of Power it will be shown that the bodies of Man are receptacles of that Power. The four lower bodies of Man, the physical, mental, emotional and etheric, all are recipients of a charge of Power. It is best - for the purposes of this study - that We consider the dawn or the beginning of each day as the arbitrary point of origin for Power's release. When self-conscious awareness once again floods the altar of individuality, men begin to think and to perceive. This is an employment of Power, but one which is often abused by neglect. Few today are aware of the degree of Power which God has conferred upon Man through his Consciousness. Few are aware that they possess the Power of localization and intensification in the proper exercise of the attention through individual Consciousness, whereby the interpretive action of the God-Self can enable them to more firmly take hold of the reins of Power and be less distracted by the social and karmic responsibilities which are daily thrust upon them. Self-Cohesion, Your Reins of Power The statement made of old, "He that keepeth his own household in order is greater than he that keepeth a city," is little understood. Were it so, more adepts and masters should arise in every generation to take the reins of dominion over themselves. It is an act of utter compassion for Universal Law and for Universal Love to obtain dominion over the finite self. You cannot be novices and yet be masters. You live in the plane of human consciousness, but you must not be subject to its depredations. Inasmuch as the world is filled with idle minds and inasmuch as "idling minds" are often tools of the sinister force, even when housed in a dedicated consciousness, it behooves the student of deeper Truth to recognize that he alone can and must govern his own world. We do not deny that in this sphere of co-existence there is daily a great release of Power from the Godhead and also a great release of abused power by mankind. Some men first watch the action and antics of others and then respond to these actions by gearing their power train directly to the releases of society. This is not action, but reaction. Others deliberately or thoughtlessly, through false momentums and habits, are prone to generate many forms of discordant emanations from their Beings. I would like to list some of these in order that you may perceive how mankind are used by subtle qualities of negation, and how they then release this noxious substance into the planetary atmosphere: There is the quality - if you can rightly call it that - of boredom, a disinterested state where all seems quite profitless to the individual, and in this disenfranchising state (which is akin to a vacuum) men denude themselves of vitality! There is the state of dissatisfaction in which men assess their own progress or lack of it and, by dishonesty in self or self-deceit, are unwilling to admit to their own role in fashioning their weaknesses. Therefore, they strive to effectuate a transfer of responsibility and assign blame to others as the causes of their own failures or lack of progress. This is the prime cause of personal stagnation. There are numerous thoughts or qualifications of fear. One of the chief of these which I desire to call to your attention is that in which men who are often deeply sincere attribute to the Godhead a whimsical nature. From this premise they conclude, for dark and unclear reasons unknown even to themselves, that their lifestreams are not in favor with the Universe. This state of consciousness may manifest as an active form of rebellion. Then again it may result in a very servile attitude in which there is a tendency to lethargy and a feeling of hopelessness on the part of the victim. There is the quality of doubt which We would also touch upon. Doubt stems primarily from a lack of knowledge, although some seem to feel that they possess a great deal more knowledge than they do and will not, therefore, accept this statement which I am making. Nevertheless, I shall affirm its Truth and when, in the Light of greater understanding, men have dispelled their own ignorance, their doubts too will fly out the window. Men must allow themselves time enough to achieve this: "In your patience possess ye your souls" (Luke 21: 19). Now, there are many other negative qualities which We could touch upon here but I do not choose to continue the long list of negations to which mankind are hosts. Rather would I point out, through analysis of those which I have listed, that mankind's abuses of Power are primarily created as a result of ignorance and misunderstanding. Inasmuch as the important action of karma in fashioning daily circumstances is yet little understood by the masses of this planet, it is somewhat difficult to reveal clearly that Power abused always returns for redemption to the one who has misused it. The horror with which some men of professed religion view any doctrine which is not approved by the religion of their fathers is a millstone about their necks and is most unfortunate. Yet, if they are to be Free, they must open wide the doors of their minds. As all Life is one, an abuse of Power on the part of any member of the world's body has its affect upon all. But by a like token, any correct use of Power by anyone upon the planetary body brings its Blessing to all. Power in itself is Energy. Energy in the physical body is actually related to the Energy content of the sum total of all of the body cells. To renew the Energy of the body, then, it is necessary in some way to infuse the cells themselves with Energy. To infuse the body cells with Energy when those same cells are clogged with accumulations of negative substance, residual deposits of the wrong use of Power through thought and feeling, is to partially negate the flow of Energy. This is the cause of fatigue, loss of Power, and eventually results in so-called death. Consider the value of flushing these accumulations out by Spiritual electronics! The mental body interpenetrates the physical body as water interpenetrates the sponge: it has its own reservoir of Power which is not at all dependent upon the physical body. The four lower bodies of Man are so inter-related that if the mental body of Man is to operate at an optimum level the other three bodies must be in perfect alignment with it and with each other. Were it to encounter density in the physical body through impediments in the brain cells themselves, this would effectively impede the manifest free flow of thought processes in the mental world of Man. The power of the emotional body seems the most violent and therefore the most prone to lead men astray in their thinking and consequently in their actions. Now, the Power of the mental body is subject to a great extent also to the Power of the etheric or memory body. In memory's storehouse all the results of past actions from the individual' s present embodiment and all previous embodiments stands as an electronic record. This Power is a subtle pressure which necessarily must affect the present moment for good or for ill, unless brought under the control of the balancing action of the Great God Flame within Man, the Immortal Flame of Love, Wisdom and Power. The Maltese Cross, Symbol of God-Controlled Power The Maltese Cross, as a symbol of perfect balance, provides a thought and Energy matrix whereby ill effects can be brought under control, and the Power of Virtue can be released in order that mankind's use of Power will no longer corrupt Life on Earth. It has been said that "power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely." Power can be used as the bow of the Infinite Archer to release an arrow of Perfection to the Heart of Man' s goal of happiness. As the pursuit of happiness is an acknowledged treasure, let all who would permanently enjoy it ponder upon the Maltese Cross as a simple symbol in which great Truths may be revealed. Looking at the Maltese Cross as an upright symbol placed on the wall before you, the upper or north arm is somewhat triangular in shape, descending to the center. It denotes the upper part of an hour glass or a funnel through which the great Energies of God - the Power of God - are descending into the cup of Being . The wide arm denotes an infinite capacity and; therefore, you must not accept limitation in any form. There is a fan action across the entire span of this upper arm as is true of all of the arms of the Maltese Cross in Perfect Balance. The point of qualification at the center indicates that you must always consciously, within your God Flame, determine to qualify all Energy and Power given to you with the Purity of its divine intent and by divine characteristics of the Christ Identity. You need not be weak or without firmness in so doing, for in handling discordant human energy you must be firm - whether it is your own or another's. This does not mean that it is necessary for you to use rudeness or viciousness in your statements or conduct, but only a firm unyielding consciousness that recognizes evil as misqualification of God' s pure Energy, and determines to strip it of the thorns of abuse while inbreathing the Essence of the Sacred Fire, "Flower of Power." As the Fire action working from the upper arm indicates a wide or infinite action at the top, narrowing into the crucible of Being at the point of the cross, so in the lower figure, beneath the point of qualification where the descending energies fan out into three triangles to manifest as Power, Wisdom, and Love in the world of form, it must be recognized that the infinite Energies of God do take the shape of Man' s active qualifications made at the orifice of attention and action; and thus, Power becomes congealed in the world of form, its dimension and potential being dependent upon the thoughts and feelings of individuals. The balance of the upper arm and the lower arms indicates that if qualification were to be made in Purity of the entire quotient of Energy released from the Godhead, all that is below in the microcosmic world would reflect the Perfection of the God Power Itself at the time It enters the crucible of Man's Being. The side arms - left and right - fanning out as another balanced action of the Maltese Cross, indicate a left and right action of the descending Energies from the plane of pure Being. Together with the descending arm below the Cross, they indicate a form phase of the qualification of the Three-Fold Flame in action. Power alone is negative unless it be qualified with the positive action of Divine Love. Ponder well this statement! Therefore, the left arm of the Cross denotes the negative use or minus charge of spiritual Energy qualified by the Blue Flame of Power, whereas the right arm denotes the positive use or plus charge of this spiritual Energy, indicative of the positive Power of the Pink Flame of Love, just as the descending arm in the center relates to the Wisdom aspect of the Golden Flame of Illumination which imbues the positive and negative poles with God Direction and Purpose. Therefore, all that which is below is intended to be a threefold manifestation of the Sacred Fire which descends from above. For all Energy, released from the Godhead or Daystar from on High, upon entering the lower octaves is immediately qualified as the night side or negative pole of Being. This is the minus-side where the plus fling of potential garners its power and prepares to release into manifestation the qualified substance which, when charged with right thought and faith in right action, becomes, by Love' s cohesion and attraction, through the "right" side of the Cross, the impetus of God Virtue. A simple illustration of this is the use of the slingshot which withdraws from the "y" or sling in a negative pull in order to secure the necessary impetus of power to drive home the shot through a positive release. You recall that in the early scriptures it is declared in the Pentateuch that the Lord God made the greater Light to rule the day and the lesser Light to rule the night. The left arm of the Maltese Cross then is symbolical of the negative and denotes the physical nature of Man as a cradle or a crucible into which Power is poured in the hope that Man will rise above that crucible and above the world of experience and out of his density into the Purity of the Great God Flame of his Being. It must, then, be understood that the Maltese Cross has another significance here: From the point of the Cross, when the perfect action is completed, there is a sunburst effect; so that at the dot symbolical of individuality there within the Cosmic Circle of Allness, there is a complete balance and Oneness of all planes. Thus God is in Truth all-in-all; and this God that is all and in all is the all-in-all within the individual Man. Thereby the fulness of God' s Kingdom is conferred upon Man. This completes the idea of "Thine is the Power." God' s Power, then, is entrusted to every Man and it is in his right use of God's Energy in thought and feeling that he is able to understand more of the Universe and obtain the Victory of Life. My writings on Alchemy, I realize, were a disappointment to many students because they became obsessed with the idea that I would give them some form of thaumaturgical formula where, by making certain kabalistic signs in the air and reciting certain words, precious stones and even money would come into manifestation directly into their hands. I doubt not that if this were to be conferred upon all, it would be the greatest abuse of Power conceivable, both on My part and on the part of the Universe Itself; for if men think that they have karmic responsibilities in the use of that Power which they already have, let them consider for a moment what responsibilities they should have if their power were increased. Call not then so much for an increase of Power as for a better understanding of how to use that Power which you already have, and then observe how the Universe, in all of its great Wisdom, bursting with desire to give you the vital freshness of Being, will confer upon you those alchemical secrets by direct apprehension which will assure you, not a continuing abuse, but a correct and glorious use of the Power of God unto salvation for all! May His Peace be with you as I join you next week in the release of greater understanding concerning Illumination's Flame. Your obedient Friend of Freedom, SAINT GERMAIN This instruction comes to you through the loving courtesy of the Ascended Masters' Darjeeling, India, Council of God's Will, of which All the Ascended Host are Members. This focus of the Ascended Masters' Activity is presently located in America's National Capitol. All communications and free-will contributions for it should be addressed to: THE SUMMIT LIGHTHOUSE, P.O. Box 115'5, Washington, D.C. 20013 ****** Chapter 7 From Beloved Saint Germain - February 14, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 7 - From Beloved Saint Germain - February 14, 1964 Trilogy on the Threefold Flame of Life II ILLUMINATION Wisdom is derived from the words "wise dominion" and it is to God's Own Flame of Holy Illumination that We dedicate this portion of the Trilogy. The age-old admonishment - "Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom; and with all thy getting get understanding" (Prov. 4:7), relates to the acquisition of Divine Wisdom. Let Me here make a distinction between Wisdom and knowledge. There are men and women who can easily retain the lines of whole series of plays, and they can speak those lines before a sizable audience with great accuracy and dramatic involvement. These same individuals would be at a loss if they were called upon to write the play or to assemble the words and ideas embodied in its continuity. Thus it is not sufficient to possess mere knowledge based on the power of the memory to retain experience. Memory alone does not assure man the proper use or release of stored knowledge at the precise moment when it is needed, nor does it assure mankind the exercise of proper judgment or "Wisdom" once the facts are made available. Now, it would be most beneficial if the human monad could refrain from prejudgment in matters of Cosmic Doctrine and could universally accept the Reality of re-embodiment; for it is in the acceptance of this Doctrine that the true Wisdom of the Ages is more easily discerned. It is most difficult for mankind in any age, perceiving in the span of a few short years a series of events relative to the personal self, to be able to judge the world in which they live and the entire society from which they have derived both bane and blessing and then to be able to perceive Cosmic matters and assess them properly. By accepting and rightly understanding re-embodiment a new Cosmic sense is developed in the individual who is then better equipped to see behind the surface effect underlying personal causes stretching back across the dust of centuries. Simply because men lack conscious memory of a previous existence does not validly deny this truth. Many have already experienced the feeling of having performed a given deed before, many have noted with interest the manifestation of genius in art, music, science or other aptitudes at a most early age, indicating the resumption of the broken thread of identity. Modern physicians take note of the distinct personality of babies on the very day of their birth. All over the world fascinating and authoritative stories are related concerning someone who does "recall" some scene from a past life. Man has been justifiably skeptical of some of this, but truth reveals itself not as a pseudo science but as the very science of Being without end. How glorious, how full of hope to all who see then no death but only benign change in action; a new chance whereby the slow learners and rebellious recover in new dignity from error' s stains, all rising at last from the sea of identity, the personal morass of mortality, to the morning of eternal Hope and the Crown of Victorious Life! A world which is fabricated to be the platform for billions of lifestreams, all of whom are created to exist as mere moths circling the flame, destined eventually to fall therein and be consumed; a world that is the kaleidoscope of changing scenes and ideas united to no stability but drifting in a cosmic sea of spinning nebulae and gases, holds no promise for mankind other than to eat and to drink, to be merry and to die. It is a marvel then that men have accepted any religion at all when the factor of re-embodiment is denied by religions and many of their leaders, for it was by removing this teaching from the so-called mysteries of the early Church that the very grave distortion of Life's purposes, facing society in the present day, came into existence. When the Wisdom of God is imparted to Man it makes him aware of the fact that the sum-total of all that He is - whether he likes it or not - is the result of his own doings. He sees on the instant the need to change his own ways and to draw himself into alignment with Cosmic Law. Faith in God mounts up then, for Hope joins hands with Faith and the personal mistakes of the past appear possible of present rectification. Understanding of current failures reveals them to be the result of wrong acts rather than resistance to Life. Men are then enabled to once again enter life's mainstream and to participate in a Cosmic Drama wherein Divine Wisdom eventuates in a union of such celestial dimension as to stagger the imagination. The greatest rockets have a launching platform or pad and it is from this platform that they rise into the heavens. So it is with mankind in their search for Cosmic Truth. They must find, from the platform of their own present existence, the threads of Cosmic Light that will lead them to the Golden Door behind which blazes Illumination's Flame. Men must see God in action in themselves and summon Him to command their affairs. How great is the suffering that mankind have endured through eliminating just this one point of spiritual Truth. By denying re-embodiment they have denied for themselves a keystone in the "Arch of Being." There are some fine points of Cosmic Law that in a relative sense are not as important as this one. Man can deny some specifics without suffering too much damage; but to deny the Truth of the continuity of their own Being, its span of previous existence and its future glorious destiny, is to cut themselves off from a very basic premise of Life. The eternal NOW is more important than either the past or the future. It is the Doorway into the future, even as it is memory' s link between all that passes through the Heart of Man' s experience. Beloved Ones, Eternal Life is Divine Wisdom. For by the acquisition of many fragments of Eternal Life Man has stored up for himself treasures in the Heaven of Being. The guidelines of the Ascended Masters are firmly fixed, based on the great Law of experience - not only the life events of one individual but the combined experiences of all. One of the magnificent features of the universities of the world today is that they become repositories for the many doings of mankind and, by their texts and faculty, possess the means of communicating this treasury of codified knowledge in such a manner as to become a part of the mental wealth of those students so fortunate as to be enrolled therein. Now, the entire Universe is a depository of Cosmic Law and the greatest and most wonderful factor about this blessed Cosmic University is that all may come who will, and drink of the storehouse of Cosmic Knowledge. If death or illness were to be permanent; if discord, inharmony and confusion were to remain as an unremovable stain, the master of Man' s destiny, and their influences could not be broken, individual Man would never be able to assimilate the wondrous blessings held in store for all by the Mind of God. The first and greatest contribution of God to Man, then, is the Gift of Life Itself. The densities and opacities spread over the human mind as a mask of imperfection have for untold generations robbed mankind of his birthright of spiritual Wisdom and experience. Let Me take you now into the realm of certain facts that are yet little known by Man. Many have thought about the existence of other worlds and other civilizations. Some have speculated concerning the penetration of other forcefields occupying the same space as this blessed Earth. When the laws of frequencies and emanations are better understood by the scientists of the world, that this is a Reality, will be revealed. At this writing it is My intent to speak briefly of the Etheric Realm. Upon departing from the physical world and drawing their last allotted breath, men are often taken into the Etheric Realm, which then has the solid appearance of the physical realm. Constructed there are buildings, scenes, earth and sky in complete similitude to that to which men are accustomed. The Etheric Realm has many strata or levels of consciousness. Some individuals reaching there could be said to live on "split levels" of consciousness, for they move from one sphere to another; whereas others become anchored to one specific sector. I do not deny that in the lower etheric realm some negative forces have created focuses which are responsible to a large degree for much of man' s current and past distress. From these loci discordant tentacles reach out to control mankind, including Children of the Light, with elements of human discord and viciousness. Unhappy situations, then, and deleterious conditions are ever so often the result of contact with this memory "etheric" level where old, untransmuted evils remain to be consumed. Bear well in mind that Man is responsible for this, his own creation. You may wonder why I bring these things to your attention. It is because only by the acceptance of Truth and Holy Wisdom can you find your Freedom. If the etheric levels were all manifesting absolute Perfection, do you not think, Blessed Ones, that this Perfection, being as close as your own memory and the memory of the Planetary Body, would not long ago have changed the world of effect, so much so that only Perfection could manifest on Earth! Therefore, there is a need to make continuous corrections, and it is the part of Holy Wisdom that I reveal it here. Let this hold no terror for any, for one moment before I spoke to you or before you read these facts, they were still in existence and have been for centuries. Our concern is that they shall not remain as a controlling or dominant force in the world of form, but that the chains of all such human creation shall be broken and replaced by divine direction from God in the Highest. Just as there are focuses of human discord - and this fact must keep you on guard - so of course there are radiant Celestial Focuses, one could say almost without number, available to mankind in the high etheric levels. Wondrous temples of music exist, where celestial tones unknown today upon the entire planet issue forth from cosmic instruments, possessing the capacity for almost infinite Harmony. There are temples of beauty presided over by Paul the Venetian and by other Ascended Masters, some from other systems of worlds; paintings, tapestries, statuary, artistic forms and planetary records from other systems of worlds - including art exhibits from these systems - are stored in these great temples of art in the etheric levels of this planet. I think by now some of you have guessed that there are also depositories of great Wisdom in these Temples and Universities. But let us now face the facts of Man's Being. The mere acquisition of knowledge alone, without the Wisdom to discriminate in its use, is not productive of the right kind of fruit, but often becomes wholly ego-centered. When the Flame of Wisdom is utilized by a lifestream and the dross of wrong, human, emotional thinking is burned out, then the way is cleared for a flow of great Cosmic Wisdom into Man' s hands and use. To tap the resources of the Cosmic Universities, men need "pure hearts. We do not deny that the violent, as has been said, have taken Heaven by storm (Matt. 11:12), piercing by psychic means beyond the strata of the ordinary, sometimes employing various types of drugs, herbs and human pharmacopoeia in order to escape the realm of the present self, yet finding small reward for their stealing of forbidden fruit. Let Me point out that the way to Paradise, the way to the Garden of Eden and the Tree of Life, can be found by legitimate and wholesome means whereby Mastery is achieved each step of the way. This is a part of Holy Wisdom. To merely acquire Power, as I have long stressed, without understanding the meaning of Justice and Mercy is an error for which the lifestream is fully accountable. Inasmuch as mankind' s karma holds them accountable for so much already, I see no reason why they should further complicate matters by acquiring Power without acquiring the Wisdom to properly apply It. And, therefore, I choose to make certain suggestions here and now that I feel will afford mankind an entree into a higher Spiritual Realm and their proper use of God' s Energy. "Some of you are aware of the fact that the Threefold Flame, which is being interpreted in part in this Trilogy, is only one-sixteenth of an inch high within the average human heart. It is made up of a blue plume, a yellow plume and a pink plume of radiant God-charged electronic Light. Each plume is a manifest focus of God Qualities. The plume of spiritual Power (blue) relates to Faith, Good Will and the Divine Intent. The plume of Divine Wisdom (yellow) relates to Illumination and to the right use of Knowledge, the expansion of the Intelligence of the Godhead into the chaliced Heart and Mind of the earnest aspirant to Godliness. The plume of divine Love (pink) is the crown of Life which provides a permeation of the Qualities of Mercy, Compassion, Justice, and Creativity. Divine Love as radiant Light is also the crown of God' s Happiness which He sheds forth by His Mighty Light Rays throughout the Universe whether the Universe is aware of it or not. Let Me point out that the Sunshine yellow plume or Sunburst of Divine Illumination that is within everyone is the secret key by which Man can unfold his own Wisdom Flame. This plume must be consciously expanded and passed through each man' s forcefield many times daily to burn out the accretion of negation and purify the mind with the electronic power of vital Truth, the animating factor of God's own mind given for the use of all; for the dross of human wrong ideas previously gathered and assembled in the human mind is the enemy of every man seeking God Illumination. Jesus said, "And a man' s foes shall be they of his own household" (Matt. 10:36), and no more motley household has ever been assembled than a man' s own wrong thoughts. It is not necessary to pull up the weeds of these wrong thoughts all at once, for men may easily remove the wheat along with the tares. It is necessary, however, to recognize that some degree of reappraisal and self-examination is constantly necessary. Simply because a number of black magicians were removed from the planet in the past, some individuals think that the world is now completely free of the emanation of all evil. When Cosmic Unity and Harmony exist everywhere, when criticism, condemnation and judgment have ceased, when Celestial Happiness penetrates the world and strife is ended, I may agree. "By their fruits ye shall know them" (Matt. 7:16) is a criterion to be applied to the world scene as well as to the individual. An individual may seem to hide for awhile behind a mask of perfection but the Great Unfailing Light of God penetrates behind all masks and brings each one to judgment. There is no escape from evil karma except to turn from it and do well. Let every man be aware, then, that it is his duty and responsibility to nurture self-concern, for by concern for himself as to what he shall admit to his own mind he is able to purify that mental world in such a manner as to be of greater benefit and service to others. Indeed, how can a blind man lead the blind ? As has been well said, " ... will not both fall into the ditch?" (Luke 6:39) Remove, then, all barriers in your Being and Consciousness that are known to you to impede the flow of the God Flame of Illumination. Use the Violet-Purple Flame of Freedom. Ask your God Presence each day for greater Wisdom and for an increase of the Flame of Illumination and its right use. Demand of your own Great God Self a balanced flow of Power and Wisdom. "Imbalance, where giantism occurs in one aspect of the Threefold Flame, making it out of proportion to the others, never results in the achievement of the proper goal. The tangible, balanced Flame of Illumination, expanding from your Consciousness, will gradually enfold your Being until God is enthroned upon the altar of your Heart as Holy Wisdom. With each getting of Power, then, will come the attaining of Wisdom, and you will ultimately recognize that you cannot know for yourself that which has not been within the realm of either your outer or inner experience. This accounts for the differences expressed in men's employment of the faculties of Mind and Being. Some have denied for themselves the Graces of Heaven. The so-called ignorant or uneducated are not always denied the Blessings of Holy Wisdom, neither do the learned always manifest them; for Holy Wisdom is imparted not only through study in an outer sense, but through attunement in an inner sense with the Great Spiritual Powers of Light in the Higher Octaves. That men need not wait until they have passed from the screen of Life to obtain Greater Divine Wisdom should be a source of great happiness to all who read these words. It is true in fact that for those who do not successfully attain the goal of the Ascension at the close of this embodiment, their succeeding incarnation will be enriched through present diligence to precepts herein imparted; and for those who do, let Me assure you, that which is done in God' s Name today is the achievement of Eternity. Nothing Divine is ephemeral nor can it be taken from anyone. All Divine Blessings are permanent, and this is their wondrous inherent Quality. With all thy getting, let it not be the mere fretting away of the hours. With so many waiting at the portals of birth, yearning to breathe the planetary air and to bask in the sunlight here, let those who have this opportunity to right all wrong, to obtain entrance into the Eternal Kingdom, to overcome error, to enthrone the Rightful Deity and to challenge every false opinion, accept from the Godhead the Sceptre of their own Wisdom' s Dominion. None can obtain who will not try; none can obtain who lack Faith. All can summon the Holy Energies who will and glorify God in that feeling of Infinite Happiness that comes to all who cherish the outpouring of Light' s Radiance in its balanced, Threefold aspect of Power, of Wisdom, and of Love, which abideth forever. Most graciously I AM, SAINT GERMAIN This instruction comes to you through the loving courtesy of the Ascended Masters' Darjeeling, India, Council of God's Will, of which All the Ascended Host are Members. ****** Chapter 8 Beloved Saint Germain - February 21, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 8 - Beloved Saint Germain - February 21, 1964 Trilogy on the Threefold Flame of Life III LOVE ***** 8.1 The Essence of Love ***** Precious Seekers for your own Freedom, know that the full Power of the three-times-three is released in the mighty stream of Love that issues forth from God's Heart and, filling the Universe with abundant Joy, flows forth into thine own Heart. This is the Cosmic Fount of Pure Love and It springs up as the crowning Radiance of each manifestation - of Nature, of the Angelic Host and of Man. It is to this Love of God that We must pay tribute whenever we enjoy the full floral fragrances of the many manifestations of natural beauty nodding in the sunlight and fresh air. This Love is also the motivating Power behind all Angelic action. Therefore, those who would draw very close to the Angelic Host, that they might receive their Protection, Radiance and Blessing, will be most wise to keep harmonious at all times and to shun all forms of human discord. That Love, which is the greatest Love found in Man, is the Love which lays down its own life daily to keep the well-being of its friend. What greater Service can be rendered to Life than simply to manifest Love? Remember that true Love is the Great Magnet that draws forth the Power of God's Heart, charged with His Holy Wisdom. The secret of the evocation of Power, then, really lies within the Heart of Love. And it must be acknowledged that those men and women of the First Ray who so successfully invoke Power do so through turning to the Great Power of Love and drawing thereupon from the Power of God. Unfortunately, some among mankind - sheerly through ignorance - seek to find a flaw in Our Thoughts and Our released Ideas. Now, the human mind can be very tricky and stubborn. If individuals determine that they are going to find a flaw or contradiction in Our Words, be assured that they will. I regret that such are moved by their own ignorance and desire for self-righteousness but I cannot be moved to undue concern for them. One day they will humbly seek Truth. However, I am concerned for the sincere and would therefore mention the law of opposites, i.e. thesis and antithesis; for some who consider an Ascended-Master postulation or thesis do not take this law into account nor understand that in the great balance of God's Wisdom and Love of Wisdom there is always the necessary manifestation of antithesis to be reckoned with. This law functions in the human reasoning process and, when it comes "full circle" in the individual' s experience, supports Truth and exposes error. The seekers for fallacy can always find a false answer in the very system of human logic which will support or justify their own ends according to the premise taken, but Divine Truth stands as a Sun of Love to melt the most brittle and frigid human concepts. Just as there is a positive pole, so there is a negative pole of the same quality. For example, the opposite pole of pure Love is hate and, as I have often said, even mild dislike is a form of hate. This is so because true Love is always pure and does not contain within it the adulteration of any form of hate; true Love is always understanding, yet not necessarily always understood! From a Heart of true Love then, the words, "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do" (Luke 23:34) are easily uttered. Words of criticism and condemnation; words of judgment and words of malintent, do not spontaneously spring forth from a Heart accustomed to attunement with God's Mighty Flame of Love. As has been well said, "He that loveth not his brother, whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?" (I John 4:20) And this maxim still speaks Truth when it is reversed to read, "If you do not see God and sense His Love you cannot truly love your brother." For the true Love of the Universe is always drawn forth from God's Heart, which is the great Source of Truth, Life, and every benign Quality. I would like to say here that inasmuch as there is no other Source for Love but God, and as so many have for so long been "absent from the Lord," many do not yet have the means within themselves to understand that which they do not already possess. Now, if any find that he cannot summon Love for his brethren, or compassion for the world and its problems, let him reckon, then, that this indexes a state of dryness within himself, which needs to be infused with Eternal Love by a mighty Invocation. As the Christ spake, "Cast thy net upon the right side of the boat and ye shall find" (John 21:6), so, then, let all who would manifest more Love, but who do not feel Its mighty pulsations and cannot seem to successfully invoke It toward all Life upon Earth, recognize their need for greater attunement. This indicates a very serious deficiency which is not to be taken lightly. Unless you continually invoke Love and expand It within your world, there is a great tendency to shrivel up the other aspects of the Threefold Flame which you are already manifesting, I cannot honestly say that I marvel to witness the number of spiritual seekers who desire to have Power over themselves and also over other parts of Life and yet who seem to ignore the vital need to express Love. Remember that the Unfed Flame which is the fullness of the manifestation of the tripartite Flame of Love, Wisdom and Power must be totally invoked. Any partial manifestation does not generate the complete Freedom-cutting action of the Unfed Flame, which so completely expands God' s Kingdom within the seeker. ***** 8.2 Divine Love ***** Let us then define Love. As the worlds were framed by Love, Love is both sagacious and potent; for each part of the Unfed Flame is complementary to every other part and to the whole. But, Love in Essence is the very inner Being of God. It is, therefore, the Holy Spirit in action! Every one who loves, then, is born of the Spirit. And it can well be said they who do not love have not yet come unto Life. Love is penetrative and expansive; Love is enfolding and transmutative; Love is Patience and Understanding; Love is Wisdom and Strength. Love is Virtue and Purity. Love is Dedication and Constancy. Love is the combination of all of the Qualities of God, and yet there is added thereto an ingredient not yet wholly known to Man and one which We cannot wholly define here for many reasons, except to say that the Fullness of Love is the very secret of Life! "Love' s Secret Obedience" Power and Wisdom garner Love' s intent The fulness of God Guidance in the twig that bent Inclines its ear to hear Love's Call That shapes the Tree of Life so straight and tall. As spires rise to clouded heights The Power of Love' s Obedient Light The Diadem of Life does shine Its Grail-like motif making all Divine. 'Tis Love's excelling mortal plans Enforcing by Obedience Love' s demands That breaks the deathly sod And gazing upward, sees the Face of God. We must acknowledge that there are many types of feelings which are called Love, but which are not. In releasing a Trilogy of this type We must slant Our words not wholly to the advanced initiate nor wholly to the beginner, but to a medium state where both shall derive the benefit. Now, then, let Us peer within the domain of the self of each individual, e'en of thine own Self, and perceive the meaning of Self-Love. Selfish love is not Self-Love. That which seeks not that it may share, but that it may hold any form of substance or even an idea imprisoned within the domain of exclusivity, is but selfish love. That which seeks to draw forth either substance or blessings that it may expand those blessings and that substance through sharing it with the many is a manifestation of True Love. Self-Love or the Love of the Real Self, does not generate disrespect, for each individual should recognize in all honesty that errors of the human self have been made in the past and yet that those errors are no part of the Reality of the Self, being but a part of passing memory recorded on the chart of Man' s experience. When these records are cleared and made right by the Power of Divine Justice, the fruit of that action will be manifest on an Altar that is swept clean of all dross and untransmuted substance. For the threshing floor of the Heart made pure will provide a suitable Altar upon which the Unfed Flame will far more than flicker or pulsate, but will rise and expand to elevate all whom It contacts, commencing with the aspirant himself. ***** 8.3 Brotherly Love ***** Now, there are many forms of human love and these principally relate to Man's contact with other parts of Life. There is the love of father and mother, and the love of the offspring for its parents. Inasmuch as the great Law of God has seen fit to charge the two individual parents with the responsibility for bringing into manifestation the third point of the Life Triad, it follows that maternal and paternal influences are destined - and were intended to be - divinely sponsored matrices. The father person representing the positive masculine polarity of the Godhead has a wonderful and kingly responsibility for each offspring; whereas the mother, who nurtures and guards the young child from the period of conception through the total period of gestation, has a very close responsibility throughout the life of the incoming child. While We are on this subject it is My earnest wish to clear up for all time certain of the aspects governing the manifestation of children in the world of form, and the use of the vital and generative force by mankind. Unless some individuals were willing in each era to offer themselves as vehicles for the incoming holy and advanced children, it would be most difficult to give them proper training from early age, which the Great Law requires. In the Name of Heaven, Beloved Ones, the guarding of the Energy of an incoming holy child is an awesome responsibility. Many desire to sponsor such holy children at inner levels and to act as spiritual guardians for children; yet some of these are themselves physically beyond the age of child bearing. While these elect to stand as it were as god-mother or god-father for incoming lifestreams - a good and necessary service - let Me point out that to the present hour the natural process of childbirth upon earth continues; and consequently, there is a need for holy mothers. It is true that there are many projects being given attention at higher levels to alter the present system of birth, to cause them to be painless and more immaculate, raising the entire planet into a new Christ era; yet We must be most practical and admit to the Power of God' s Love to flow forth to both generate and regenerate all LIFE upon earth. Now, you cannot deny, for all around you the evidence stands, that the planet is filled with children who are obviously rebellious spirits. Many of these have been but released in recent years and some of them were imprisoned for a considerable period in the compound; others were held in special spheres of assistance in various temples, awaiting rebirth. The laws governing each incoming child do pass through the Karmic Board, Beloved Ones, and each must receive the approval and seal of the Lord the Maha Chohan and Beloved Mother Mary previous to birth. Remember, We cannot and will not set aside Cosmic Law simply because some individual deems himself wiser than he is. The Law will always act and the holy use of God' s vital Energy for procreative purposes by those who wish to sponsor a holy family situation is not only admirable but commendable. I do not say that all will or should elect to pursue this path. Certainly free will should govern all such action. But, by a like token, it is not vanity that desires to house and to nurture a grand lifestream - whether that lifestream be an Avatar or a most advanced soul - but a pure desire to be the "handmaid of the Lord." Remember, Dear Ones, that at the time when an advanced soul comes into embodiment there is always a scene of parting at higher levels, and the full awareness that the mission of that one may or may not be successful. When entering a veil of flesh there is never any guarantee that that individual will not, through some form of contention, become involved in a karmic situation necessitating a round of unpleasant experiences. Simply because an individual is an Avatar or a very highly evolved soul, as was Beloved Jesus, does not provide a definite insurance against failure. There is always a risk, a problem that one' s friends who had intended to be his guardians and the guardians of his Light will betray that Light. There is always a possibility that associates will misinterpret his motives, discount his good intents and ignorantly strive to force him from the ranks of God' s service through impugning his character and, in other regrettable manners, simply fail to assist his holy purposes through misunderstanding and indifference. Let all realize, then, that the children of Light must be wiser than the children of mammon. Let all recognize that upon the earth body this present hour there are children of Light and children of mammon. I do not deny that some of the children of mammon have behaved as children of Light and that some children of Light have behaved as children of mammon. This does not prove that the Law is wrong. It simply proves the tenacity of the element of human discord, vanity and sin, on the one hand, and the Power of the Creator's inherent Goodness that seeks to raise all Life, on the other hand. It also proves that laggard qualities are contagious and that vigilance is required to hold an Immaculate Concept, regardless of what appearances may be involved. Certainly virtuous motherhood such as Mother Mary offered is yet the requirement of the hour! Inasmuch as I AM dealing here with inter-relationships between people, I want to point out that in the case of employer and employee there ought never to exist any form of slavery or tyranny. It is as much the responsibility of the employee as the employer to see that this slavery does not exist. Therefore, "Let brotherly love continue ..." (Heb. 13:1) While We are on this subject, then, of human relationships I would like to emphasize one point concerning Love. It is to be found in the Pentateuch in the words of the Lord Thy God. It reads, "It is .not good for man to be alone" (Gen.2:18). This has been rightly interpreted as meaning it is not good for manifestation to be all ONE, and therefore I will make individual parts of My All-Oneness. " ... I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore" (Gen.22:17). Therefore let the love of the individual parts exceed self-love and excel unto an expansion of the Creation in honor of the Creator, finding thereby reunion with the One Life which is All and in all. ***** 8.4 Christ Love ***** The great and awesome Power of Creativity, that which floods forth into manifestation myriad forms both in Nature and in Man; that which creates Cosmic Beings and Angel Messengers of Fire, has in Cosmic-Mind the fact that a Love, not wholly integrated with the ALLNESS of the Cosmos in the ONENESS thereof, would not be God, would not be Good. For Goodness requires some manifestation in order to Love. And so the great Creative Will of God is to create many forms, wondrous designs, and Mighty Beings, that all in receiving His Love might return His Love not only to the Central Creator but to the other creatures whom He has made. Now, few have reached the level of Saint Francis of Assisi in the comprehension of this point and I would call to your attention then the glorious understanding and compassion which your Beloved Kuthumi (Who was Saint Francis) externalized not only in that embodiment, but also to the present hour in His own wondrous God-Design. A Message of God-Compassion for all Life Dear Francis' Love for creatures great and small Compassed the sea, the sky and all His Love the outbreathed Universe did frame (His Soul breathed Compassion's Flame) And lit a Pathway to the stars Where Hopes did rise like bird on wing And every blessed "open heart" did sing. O Love that lives and cannot die Thy Flame shall bear one yet on High To "Cross the Bar" and then become a part Of God's One Great Beating Heart. For where I AM in shining, knowing free I feel the Power of Truth fill me (What thrills me most to know and be) As BEING'S Cup runs over now Is this Great Truth: that "I AM" Thou! How Great was His example! The Great Example need not be anyone with whom you are familiar, and yet it may be anyone with whom you are familiar. The Great Example seems to find its greatest expression in modern Christendom through the personality of Jesus; and yet I do not blaspheme when I say that many men and women presently in embodiment upon earth this very day, through their devotion to Jesus and to their Great God Self, have received the same sacred Love tokens from God's Heart that He imparted unto Jesus. The dove of snow-white Purity has rested upon their heads and its radiance has flowed forth from their hearts. These individuals are not always well known. Some of these have founded no new religion; all have supported holy endeavors upon earth and sought to be examples of Purity. Many Avatars, many Great Lights, have through the centuries brightened the planetary body with their Presence. I would bring to the fore here, then, this plaudit on their behalf, this humble acknowledgment in Freedom' s Name, that the world is not so poor as it sometimes considers itself to be in the Great God Essence of Love, but that it already possesses a great wealth of Divine Love - a Love too often unrecognized, even when seen! - a love which commemorates Jesus' devotion to his fold, and upholds the standard He set for those who would follow Him in deed, "By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another" (John 13:35). This Love ingredient flows forth not only from God on High to the Hearts of the known and unknown manifestations of God Himself, but flows forth from these holy men and women currently in embodiment, whose Love then becomes day by day more like unto the Father. The penetration of this holy Substance provides, through the Power of Our Lord the Maha Chohan, an infusion of the vitality which makes the world go round. That it does not spin faster, that it does not more swiftly throw off its discord, is because of the impediments of those masses who know not yet what they do. Those hearts - and many of them yearn to know the Truth and to be Free - who pursue a dyed-in-the-wool path of their own misguided wills and spew out hate against men of good will whom they do not understand - do indeed place their feet in ruts of stumbling upon the mountain of attainment. And although the great connecting link from On High, as a giant skein of Light and Life dropped down to Earth, continually pulls Man forward, the traction in the drawing back of these individuals, because of the sheer weight of numbers, does prevent the universal manifestation of God' s Kingdom upon Earth! ***** 8.5 Love, the Fulfilling of The Law ***** In the Holy Name of Love, then, it is easy to see why it is Our intent in this final portion of Our Trilogy on the Unfed Flame, to speak in a practical manner of the great need for maintaining and keeping Harmony - not only in one's own personal feelings but also in one's thought. As many of you know, when the thought desires to go to the right and the feelings pull to the left, in most cases the feelings will win and the thinking will gravitate in the direction of the feelings. Of all the noble efforts made by mankind to alchemically precipitate Substance, there is no higher alchemical key than the Purity of Divine Love flowing forth God thoughts as winged Messengers of Light! The Love of God manifesting in the Threefold Flame scintillates with Immortal brilliance. It is vibrant, radiant, all-enfolding LIGHT, and it composes the Sun-Flame center of all inter-related systems of manifestation. Withdraw the Power of Love from any of these and eventual collapse is certain. Every system of worlds or planetary body in space that has ever dissolved for any reason whatever has done so by reason of the withdrawal of the Love charge from the Sun' s center. I do not deny that, measured by man's sense of time, the period from the moment of withdrawal to the moment of collapse may range from thousands or even millions of years as men reckon time or consist of a few microseconds; but the decay of every system begins with withdrawal of the fullness of the Love Radiance from its center. Love then is the cohesive Power of the Universe. One of the most dreaded diseases upon earth today manifests because of the viciousness of mankind which drives out the Love element from the cells and forces the opposite quality into manifestation there, providing an impetus which seeks to devour through its octopuslike nature all surrounding substance. Love in Healing is one of the most essential Qualities to manifest. Jesus' response through Divine Love to the cry of the two blind men, "Thou son of David, have mercy upon us" (Matt.9:27-31), heard by The Christ as He passed by, was a personal action of Love. The healing of the woman who touched His garment without his knowledge was an example of the impersonal action of Divine Love (Mark 5:25-34). As you have been told before, Divine Love is both personal and impersonal. In the Law of True Being, Love is fulfilled and the Law is ever Love in manifestation, For the Law of Love combines Justice, Purity and Freedom in perfect balance. Let those who will discount the Law as Love and because of its corrective intent deny that it is an action of Love. I charge you to remember the words that "God chastiseth those whom He loveth" ("For whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth." Heb. 12:6). In closing this Trilogy, then, I say unto all, let not selfish love carry you into the byways of delusion far and apart from your brothers and those other parts of Life whom God has made. Remember that elements of so-called evil ever seek to divide by their subtleties, whereas Love seeks to unify in the very essence of Holiness. To pay tribute to Love, then, is to pay tribute to the Great drawing Power of God' s own tripartite Flame. Love is God' s Flame of BEING in manifestation. One day the scientists of the world through instruments alone will be able to measure a part of Love and its radiant Energies. But never will an instrument be made that is wise enough or has a scale great enough to measure Infinite Love. Infinite Love alone, then, can be best expressed as the manifestation of God. The manifestation of God can occur in everyone. It is the very Destiny of Man that shakes from Man his dust. Love is the fullness then of God as He manifests Man. There is no limit to that degree of God' s Love which anyone who will may manifest. Here in the Realm of Divine Love is the City of God, the foursquare city set forth by Beloved John (Rev. 21:16) as the place of conscious attainment where the fullness of your aspirations may find unhampered expression. Here stand the great wide open spaces of Creation. Love has unlimited new worlds to conquer. Love is the Promised Land where the strength of the lion nature is given to the Heart of the lamb and the Good Shepherd of the Eternal Covenant seals all in the Victory of the expanding Three-in-One Flame of God, Good, world without end. I AM faithfully in Freedom' s Cause and Service, SAINT GERMAIN ****** Chapter 9 Beloved Mother Mary - February 28, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 9 - Beloved Mother Mary - February 28, 1964 To Your Immortal Being and Its Resurrection from the Tomb of Materiality I. A Greater Measure of God Awareness The House of Man's Being O, My Soul, As the response of the God Flame within Me pours out in answer to the many pleas for Mercy and Assistance, I AM saturated with the great Desire to impart to mankind a greater measure of God-Awareness, that in tasting this sacred morsel that "cometh down from Heaven" there will be a lessening of the tension in the world of men and a greater degree of Comfort in manifestation. Bear in mind, Precious Ones, that regardless of what measure of greatness may be externalized within you or how great the lack you may seem to have, there is but One Source of Strength for all Life! The Source tapped so easily by My Son Jesus - which, God be thanked, seemed always available to Me also - can be the succor of all who will come, believing that God lives within themselves. The mysterious unrealities of human experience cloak the real Identity of Being. Every so often in the feeling of 'compartmentation' and seclusion which men have concerning their own identity, it seems to them as though they were sealed in a dense tomb of matter. At moments there comes to some of them a hint of blue skies and warm balmy breezes, of flowers nodding their tiny heads, and of the feeling of Hope. But this is not enough to assuage the momentous grief that accompanies the sense of separation between Man and God. No mortal dream nor fleeting fancy can replace the vital flow of Immortal Life! The Flame of Resurrection, which raised My Beloved Son from death, was a tangible, radiant, breathing Power which flowed forth from God. This Flame is available for all to the present hour! It has never decreased Its momentum, but has been gloriously augmented as the initiates of every age have drawn forth Its potency. You have a saying in your world concerning the borrowing of money to the effect that those who do not need it can always obtain credit from the banker, which they do not in reality require; but that those who are in great need are frequently denied the help they request. Now this statement is related to a scriptural reference attributed to My Son, declaring that to everyone that hath shall more be added, and to him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. Would it not be most wise, then, for all to seek a greater momentum of FAITH? Let those who have Faith expand It by using It in overcoming life's problems. Let none be overcome but let all wisely use the Power of right belief. Those who seemingly do not have Faith would do well to concede that there abides some remnant of Faith in all and; therefore, seek to expand it, ere the Life opportunity escapes them and they lose that priceless Gift. I would, in bringing you this Message of Comfort and Assistance today, call to your attention the need for Faith in the Life that is already within you. Except ye have some Faith in your own Life, how can ye draw forth and magnetize greater Faith and other needed Divine Qualities? Will a piece of wood serve as a magnet? Beloved Ones, a bar of iron or steel makes the best magnet, and so it is that although electrons are in all substance and behind all physical manifestation, yet the vibratory rate of one substance is magnetic and drawing whereas another is not. I use this to illustrate the need for each human soul to build the Quality of Faith in God, that, like a magnet, the Power of Faith and Trust will generate and draw to Itself the necesary requisites of the hour. As I muse on how to serve mankind more diligently at the present hour, I cannot help but realize that in the different states of consciousness which men manifest are the seeds (possibilities) of their own destruction - of doubt, distrust and unhappiness - as well as the seeds of their own Resurrection unto Immortal Life - of purity, courage, success and Victory. For example, the individual whose great learning in the arts and sciences of the world gives to him a false sense of having all the knowledge that is worth having - such as these sometimes find it difficult to consider the world of the unseen. They do not wish to be deceived or to be victimized by the "human ignorance" of others, yet they fail themselves to discern spiritual Truth. Others among mankind actually have little knowledge of a material sort. And it is sometimes easier for those with less material knowledge to have Faith, for they have not yet come into contact with the seeds of doubt and mistrust engendered by human reason. This is why My Son, Jesus, advocated the reception of the Kingdom of Heaven by the child mind. The Consciousness of a child, in its basic simplicity and trust, can best assimilate the strands of Faith and hold them together in a mighty Matrix, a Cup, which draws forth the living Essence of each Divine Quality. I have noted again and again that men and women who have manifested but a relatively small degree of Illumination's Flame at the onset of their quest for Truth, by the Power of Faith, have ultimately drawn forth Great Understanding and Illumination, so much so that even their material knowledge has also been improved. Now, Precious Hearts, I would not belittle even material knowledge, for knowledge rightly used can be most powerful in winning many Blessings which are sealed within LIFE Itself. What I would do is point out to all that the individual's state of Consciousness at a given moment is either a barrier to the inflow of God, Good, or it is a magnet to draw more of God's Love and Light into his world. This is something which I alone cannot do for you, without your Assistance. You must examine both casually and earnestly the very fabric of your own Consciousness. In that examination you must try to perceive your strengths and your virtues as well as your lack of these and other God-Qualities. Then you must be willing to accept the statement that the CALL DOES COMPEL THE ANSWER. You must believe in the promise of the Father as My Son so long ago declared it, "Ask and ye shall receive." Then you must ask and know as you ask that you are immediately imbued with Power from On High. The very sense of having received that Power will engender confidence within you, and your Spirit will lift as a great plane does from the runway of Life; and you will know the marvelous sense of soaring out of human dimensions into a Consciousness where the Power of God can penetrate the substance of your Being and teach you the Reality of the Flame of Resurrection. This is My Hope for all. Some have long pursued the Path indicated by Saint Germain; some have long loved My Son Jesus and their Own Divine Presence. Yet, who can deny, so long as man is veiled in flesh, that there is a great need for more of the Power of Spirituality to manifest. During this season preceding the celebration of His precious Resurrection, it is therefore My desire to fan the Flame of the Resurrection in all, that all may benefit thereby. One of the points I choose to make to all is related, then, to the House of Being. In many places My Son stated that a house builded upon the sand does not stand the great onrush of the elements and the storms of life. He advocated that all should build their houses upon the "rock" - the foundation of spiritual Truth put into practice. The references to the rock are many in his conversations. And I feel then that today some reference to the bedrock of Man's Divinity is in order here. If men with honesty of Heart build upon the rock of their Life, the House of Individualized Being, and realize that from that House of Self-Identity, they gaze out upon the entire universe, it will help them to understand that the self-same Being Who abides in their "House," abides also in the individual "Houses" of all men. If, as you go about your appointed tasks each day, whatever they may be, you will recognize that it is God who abides within the Temple of your Being; that it is His Mighty tangible Light Rays which reach out from you to contact and make real all the world around you, this Truth will bring you greater Peace. Precious Ones, there is a world myth, created in the consciousness of men, which introduces the false concept of separation - the idea that Man can be separated from God or from the Flame of Life burning within his own Heart or the Hearts of his fellowmen. None of Us in the Heavenly Octaves can deny the value of the cloister. We do not seek here in this offering to rob mankind of the quiet sense whereby one goes apart from the world, as did My Son, to commune with God and be refortified. We simply wish to make clear that the feeling of being alone, of "isolationism," of detachment from Life, is always erroneous. This must be replaced by a Universal or Cosmic Sense of the flow of Life out from the "House of Identity" into a world filled with others in whom the Flame of Divinity also burns. One of the most unfortunate problems facing man today - which has for centuries resulted in much distress - is this very problem of Identity. Men are lost in the wilderness of self. Men become driven to madness and suicide, prey of the negative forces of the world, simply because of their lack of identification with God-Reality. All this I would HEAL, and I can if you will let Me. I know of none who are so high in spiritual stature, abiding yet upon Earth, who cannot be blest with some measure of Assistance from On High. I pray, then, if My offering herewith be not the full requirement of the blessed reader of My Words, that the Great Power of Light from Higher Octaves will radiate the fulness of the requirement of the moment to each one. It is not always necessary, Precious Ones, for each person to receive worded instruction on every subject; there are many times when the seemingly silent Power of the Angelic Host and of the Ascended Masters can be radiated into the receptive Heart with a Soundless Sound, extending great Holy Comfort to all. Be that as it may, there is in Our release, even in print, the chaliced attention of Heaven. May I come to you for the next few weeks and further expand a portion of your Consciousness, until by that gentle impartation you become more and more aware of the Resurrected Christ - right within your beating heart? Lovingly, I AM Your Mother MARY ****** Chapter 10 Beloved Mother Mary - March 6, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 10 - Beloved Mother Mary - March 6, 1964 To Your Immortal Being and Its Resurrection from the Tomb of Materiality II. The Dewdrop Which Becomes the Shining Sea The Expansion of Man's Being Beloved Ones of the Light, As We direct the Consciousness of mankind to emerge from the tomb of materiality, let Us call to the attention of all that the God Flame within them which beats their Hearts does radiate from the center of their Being mighty tangible Light Rays of Immortal Substance, which reach to the very periphery of all existence everywhere. In Truth, then, it can be said that no one anywhere is ever separated from any part of the Universe. This universal faculty of Being is resident within all as the Life within them which beats the Hearts of everyone, and regardless of how high an individual may enter into the planetary initiation of this system of worlds, he will never be able to establish any greater contact with individuals, either on this plane of experience or on any other, than by means of these great tangible Light Rays. These Rays connect the Divine Presence of all individuals - regardless of spiritual rank - everywhere in the Universe. The mighty swirling Light Energies released from the many Hearts upon the planetary body and upon all systems of worlds weave an actual garment of Light through interstellar space so that nowhere in existence is there any place that is not contacted by these expanding Light Rays from the Hearts of Individualized Beings. These Light Rays are the tangible Radiance that binds and knits together the very Body of God's Immortal Substance which fills all that is! Now, I do not deny, as will no doubt be further explained in days to come (in a more grand and eloquent manner) that individuals are able to expand the dimensions of their own Causal Bodies. This, then, gives to certain individuals a greater tangible outreach in addition to the mighty Light Rays flowing forth from their Beings. You recall the words of My Son, Who said, "A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid." And it is so. You will recall also His statement, that the Kingdom of Heaven is like unto a grain of mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field and it became a great tree, which by and by the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof. This denotes that man's individual Consciousness can be expanded not only through the outreach of the Light Rays, but also through the expansion of the actual size and dimension of the spheres of the Causal Body (the branches of the tree) which surround the God Flame within. Let it be realized then that all may excel in their God-Mastery until they, like unto the Heavenly Father, become a center of His Light and a source of blessing to which others of lesser experience may turn as to a place of divine refuge. The birds of the air symbolize those aspirants for spiritual elevation who "lodge" in the great momentum of one or more Ascended Beings and seek to thus sit at the feet of the Master. Such, in time to come, by their own significant expansion of Heaven's grace become assistants to Our Cause and a part of the tangible group known as Servants of Light. Thus is God glorified and His Kingdom expanded by the addition of new Sons come to glorify the great Law of Love's own Mighty Being. Individuals sometimes feel as though Life is "cheating" them or "passing them by." In all Cosmic Honor - which they know not of - they do not realize that it is they themselves who are passing Life by; and Life is returning to them the very quality of indifference that they are sending out. Those who seek to save their lives by pursuing the phantom of human identity, which would put all other personalities in orbit around themselves as if they were the sun of the system, must ultimately find that by their attempted interference with the free will of others they have only hampered the expansion of their own Life Flame. Saint Germain has so often discussed with Me the fact that only by letting go of all forms of tyranny and dominion over others and seeking first God's Kingdom within the domain of the Self can a true and permanent expansion occur. Now, if it were possible that another method could be used, I AM certain that My Son and also Beloved Saint Germain would have long ago told you. It is indeed the Truth that makes you Free, regardless of human opinions, Beloved Ones and; therefore, it is to the Holy Truth Itself that We must pledge the Energies released from Our Being. As you pause and reflect upon these facts, I AM certain that the Great God Flame within you will leap for joy. Unfortunately, the various charts of the Presence that have been produced are third dimensional and sometimes the students derive a wrong opinion through gazing at these charts - for they do not fully recognize that each color and emanation is a spherical one completely surrounding the Life Flame and form of the individual as a shell of Electronic Light vibrating with spiritual intensity. Just as the Planetary Body is circular in shape, so the great Causal Body of Man is circular in shape and as it expands it may truly reach an enormous size. It is a well-known fact, of course, that the Causal Body of Beloved Lord Gautama exceeds in size the Planetary Body Itself. This is fitting for the Lord of the World. Can you imagine, then, the size of the Causal Body of Beloved Helios and Vesta? There is never a problem, Precious Hearts, with the interpenetration of spiritual substances. For example, if Helios and Vesta were to stand in the presence of Alpha and Omega, there would be no bumping together of the coexistent spheres of Their Beings but only a completely Soul-satisfying Ray of Harmony which would expand the magnificent Light Pulsations in the Body of Helios and Vesta as well as in the body of Beloved Alpha and Omega, Whose joint Energies would expand a Blessing to all Life. Wherever there is a true spiritual relationship, it is never enervating and does not deplete the energy of either of the parties. For this is the grandeur of true Divine Love. There is an outflow of the Radiance from the One which is always matched by a maximum intensity of the outflow from the other. It does not matter that one may have a greater momentum of expanded Divinity than the other. There is always perfect Wisdom in the God Flame within every part thereof, and wherever It abides It is wholly harmonized. I AM so hopeful that these thoughts which I AM beaming to you through the PEARLS OF WISDOM will assist you in developing a very real sense of your own great God Reality which I wish to convey to you this Holy Season in commemoration of the Flame of Resurrection so that you may enjoy Its pulsations of Divine Reality - not only this season but throughout the whole season of your Life, until you know yourself as the dewdrop which becomes the shining sea! Again, I seal you with the fulness of a Mother's Love. MARY ***** 10.1 The radiant word - Great Divine Director ***** (from March 1, 1964 Address by The Great Divine Director:) As I speak to you this morning I recognize that there is a great danger coming to the world within the next thirty days which ought to be averted; and it is a very dark cloud indeed. But I do not desire to have the students of this activity dwell upon the negative aspects thereof but upon the removal of the cause and core of that threat to world Peace. I ask therefore that special decrees be given each day for the removal of any threats to world Peace, and that these be offered to the Heart of Lord Gautama. ****** Chapter 11 El Morya - March 13, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 11 - El Morya - March 13, 1964 Darjeeling, India Beloved Hearts of Light, If I could be amazed, I would be by the gullibility of mankind concerning spiritual matters and Cosmic Law. It should be apparent to all that the Power of Truth is greater than error; yet the very sincerity of men's Hearts sometimes opens the door to weakness, unless great discrimination and foresight be the lot of those blessed ones. Recent events have made it necessary for Me to clear the way for greater understanding concerning the Laws governing Our support, as The Darjeeling Council of The Great White Brotherhood, of exoteric organizations who release segments of Truth above the level of the orthodox. Blessed Ones, We need many hands to make "Light work" and also serve the various needs of mankind in order to make available the best path for each one that will lead all to the feet of their own Divinity where the laurel wreath of Purity and Victory is bestowed upon those who have shown themselves worthy to receive it. Never will We withdraw Our support from any sincere, God-loving individual. Neither will We permit anyone to usurp authority with impunity and attempt to present to mankind the false premise that the Ascended Master Retreats, which are fixed through Love and Devotion poured out from milleniums, are to be removed from their etheric locations above the landed areas of the Earth, where they have been sustained by the Angelic Hosts and have served the needs of the entire planet for so long. First of all, let Me present the Great Law concerning the "etheric mesh" of Light Substance which is isolated from the denser levels of the Planetary Body. It is a fact that the entire sphere of the etheric mesh in which the Etheric Retreats are located can and does at times rotate independently of the Earth at a speed far exceeding the Earth's own rotational norm, and thereby there is created a harmonic tone combining the musical keys of the many Ascended Master Retreats. These manifest as a wondrous chord of pure Love - somewhat in the manner of a child's musical top. Therefore, since these Retreats were scientifically positioned by The Brotherhood according to Cosmic Law it would be in violation of that Law and indeed wholly unnecessary to disturb their wonderful Etheric Pattern in order to convey a blessing to any part of the Earth or any person thereon. To do so would be to upset the delicate magnetic field of the entire Earth and this would serve no useful purpose. After all, Blessed Ones, if the North and South Poles were to be put at the equator would this not disturb the balance of the Earth? Remember that by Mighty Light Rays We can and do reach every part of the Earth and expand the Light within men's Hearts wherever they are. Inasmuch as the Retreats are visited by mankind in their finer bodies, it does not matter where on Earth these Retreats are located from the standpoint of availability and blessings conferred to all of Life. Let Me, by the Power of Divine Love and in Holy Truth, here make known that God's Holy Patterns are for the blessing of the whole Earth. We will not at any time afford any outer organization the benefit of Our exclusive support. Would it be the Will of God to evolve a pattern of Freedom for one part of life, and slavery or subservience to another? I think not. Every blessed soul can arrive one day at the very Summit of his own existence, which is God. All benign organizations ought to look well to the awesome responsibility of releasing Truth to the earth. Each manifestation of confusion or distortion which is released, whether it hold the appearance of Truth or not, is the sole responsibility of the individual or organization releasing it. I cannot deny to the many who look to Me for guidance My continuing Protection and the purifying Radiance of Brotherly Love for the many spiritual endeavors which I have fostered, not in the light of human ideology where shadows of individual exclusivity appear, but in the God-ordained Power of Infinite Love to bind together in wondrous Harmony the entire body of world servers. Know, then, that the spirit of Christ-Discernment must be sought apart from any outer loyalties or opinions no matter how long you may have sustained them. You must guard both purse and person against the inroads of those who would establish, at the expense of absolute Virtue, a tower to reach unto Heaven, which is not anchored in the bedrock of world Good Will and the gentle entreaty of Our Lord The Maha Chohan Who ever admonishes: "The Holy Spirit shall draw the devotees of all nations and creeds into such compliance with the Divine Will that the very shell of the whole world shall be saturated with the Light that is within it." The magnitude of that Light is best expanded, then, through Harmony and Understanding, not by a sense of struggle or competition among people seeking to serve the greater Light, but by the Holy Perceptions that recognize in the EQUAL CREATION the need for individual acceptance of each one's own GOD-GIVEN PERFECTION. In line with the policies We have established, to stand guard always upon the wall of the Lord, We say, let all who run and read remember to bear the UNITY OF TRUTH while understanding the subtlety of error. The Chelas of God are like Vines having very tender grapes, and We would not have any bruised by errors, whether stemming from the folly of avarice or the banality of ignorance. Our Retreats remain inviolate - for Cosmic Purposes. We may from time to time establish new foci or centers which will one day become, by intelligent effort and service, mighty Focuses of Love. And We have on rare occasions moved a Flame or re-established It, by Mighty Light Rays to affect a nation for good. I AM no part of human controversy in this release, but pay staunch recognition to the magnificent structure of The Great White Brotherhood, which has for so long served the needs of men under most trying and difficult circumstances. Remember, all that expands your Light and the Power of Truth to guide you aright is of God. In sweet, childlike simplicity remain undisturbed nor affrighted by the words of men. The Soul of God is unruffled by human concepts and as you are in Truth a part of that mighty fortress of Tranquility, so abide forever. I shall not be moved! Devotedly, EL MORYA, Chief Darjeeling Council, The Great White Brotherhood This letter was dictated by the Beloved Chohan in answer to many requests directed to His Heart by students on the Path. Those who are familiar with the circumstances of which He speaks will be grateful for His forthrightness on their behalf. Those not informed of the nature of these recent events will cherish this Word of Caution which is indeed a Cosmic ounce of prevention against the chaos which can result from accepting a statement merely because an individual or an organization says it is so, without exercising the Power of one's own God-given faculties of Christ Discrimination. ***** 11.1 Beloved Mother Mary - March 13, 1964 ***** Vol. 7 No. 11 - Beloved Mother Mary - March 13, 1964 To Your Immortal Being and Its Resurrection from the Tomb of Materiality III. The Message of God's Eternal Kingdom The Flames of God's Being In My first PEARL released for this Holy Season I spoke on the "House" of Man's Being. In My second release I spoke of the expansion of Man's Being to fill all substance, that all might sense greater awareness. It is My wish now to knit together some of the thoughts embodied in the former releases in preparation for My final topical offering next week. I AM releasing Holy Substance unto the Planetary Body and to the people thereof, that all in commemoration of the Mastery of Beloved Jesus may find a greater measure of the Blessing which He sought to impart throughout His Mission. Therefore, let Me point out in a most direct manner that His Mission, which began with the announcement of Archangel Gabriel to Me, saying, "Hail, Mary, full of grace the Lord is with Thee and with Thy Spirit; blessed art Thou among women," has not yet ended. Neither will it end until the fulness of the Christ Radiance has given Freedom's release to everyone who desires to respond to the Message of God's Eternal Kingdom. If the blessed memory of mankind were to be embellished with still greater quality of recall, I AM certain that less confusion would occur. For individuals who are prone to criticize one another would be able to draw forth from their own memory records a knowledge of their own failures made at some time or another in their long past history. Inasmuch as the folds of memory have mercifully blotted out from the conscious mind much of that which has happened of a sordid nature throughout many embodiments, the full weight of men's negation does not burden the outer mind. Now, because some measure of benign knowledge and Wisdom from Memory's Storehouse has also been temporarily withheld from the conscious faculties, mankind frequently do not attain to all of their yearnings as quickly as if they were able to focus on the Truth of their Beings at all times and have the fulness of perfect spiritual perception. The externalization of God-Qualities is the remedy for all human shortcomings. I would remind you that every good Quality is always related to a Divine Flame. God-Flames are Immortalizing, God-Flames are Immortal. Every good and benign Quality always ties to a Flame of God-Reality. I know this may sound a bit odd to those who have not thought about it, but if you will pause to think, you will realize that the scriptures have recorded the great Truth that "Our God is a consuming Fire." Obviously the Fire of God does not consume all of the seeming reality of the temporal world, maya though it be, and yet most material substance here is combustible. Even the metals of the world in all of their hardness and density - under the pressure of volcanic action or intense heat - become molten substance. Therefore nothing here on earth is too permanent, but all melts with a fervent heat. When I refer to God-Qualities as being tied to a tangible Flame, I call to your attention the Flame of Love Itself which animates the very temple of Man's Being. Precious Ones, it is God's Love that beats your Heart and as you well know, there are times when the beating thereof is in vain apprehension and yet again in almost a wild anticipation of some spiritual release. On the occasion of the Resurrection morning as I drew near to the tomb, approaching it with awe and reverence, I recall well how My Heart did then beat with that intense hammering pulsation of vital expectancy. For the appearance of The Christ was not unexpected to us. We lived too intimately with the Great Flame of His Being not to know that He was Immortal. We knew that this Immortality did extend even to His Mastery and Dominion over the flesh and the atoms of His precious substance. Therefore, it was no extreme surprise to us when He first appeared after His Resurrection. It was but the fulfillment of that which we inwardly knew from the beginning! Therefore, Dear Hearts, as I speak to you at this Easter Season, it is to engender within you this selfsame sense of Divine Expectancy. You cannot reap the rewards of a Christ-glorified Nature unless you expect the Resurrection Flame to appear within yourself. The domain of your own Being must be filled with your full capacity to realize God. You must be willing to drink of the cup of Life without fear. You must be willing to kneel in your own Garden of Gethsemane and to accept a certain portion of the crucifixions of Life without flinching. You must be able to recognize that the Power of God cannot be forever confined to the tomb of matter and; therefore, your own Resurrection from dead works is an inevitability. You must not express great surprise, then, at the appearing of God within your own flesh. This is divinely natural and to be expected. It is the fulfillment of the Holy Purposes of Being. It is the fulfillment of the very causes for which you came into the world of form; and it is the beginning of your great Cosmic Service to Life - your Resurrection from the kingdom of matter density into the wonderful world of God-Mastery and radiant Spiritual Perfection in manifestation. Now, the Flames of which I spoke are many. There is a Flame of Constancy, of Purity, of Good Will, of Healing, of Compassion, of Mercy, Justice, Truth; of the Ascension and of Illumination. It is true that all of these wondrous Flames are Immortal, that all are related to and emanate from God, that all assist in the return of Man to God and that all help to burn out the destructive substances lodged in the lower nature of man. But unless these are employed in almost daily use - Jesus used them hourly - how can they render a complete service to Man? And so it is to the use of these Flames that We dedicate Ourselves. You need not make of this a complex formula. A simple Invocation breathed Godward is often sufficient. When you perceive the need for Illumination, you may simply say: "O Mighty God Presence I AM in me, blaze Thy Flame of Illumination through and set me free right now, today." This call, accompanied by the visualization of the color of the Flame, is most efficacious in setting into action the Cosmic Law that purifies and harmonizes the Being of each individual with Holy Wisdom. Oh, I do pray for all - that all will ponder the Mission of My Son as it relates to their own Victory. You know, Precious Ones, He always regarded Life somewhat as a field, and He saw growing there the many expressions of Life in very great similitude, comparing men in parable to ears of corn or grains of wheat. Therefore, out of the many precious lifestreams presently on earth, I call to ALL individually, reminding all that it is in following My Son in the Regeneration that mortality becomes immortalized and that death becomes swallowed up in Victory. It is Immortality which has bestowed upon you the very Life you now bear! I shall greet you again next week with a final tribute of this series to your Immortal Being and its Resurrection from the tomb of materiality into the wondrous rarified Consciousness of Heaven's Own REALITY. Radiantly, I AM Your Mother, MARY ***** 11.2 The radiant word - Beloved Lord Himalaya ***** (from March 8, 1964 Address by Beloved Lord Himalaya:) ... While I AM speaking to you there is a Cosmic Action taking place throughout the Planetary Body whereby an intense power of Love's Radiance is conveyed forth by the Angelic Hosts. It is rendering a very special assistance to the elementals, enabling them - and I say many of them - to cut themselves free from the weight of human oppression that has been lying heavily upon their heads for a long period. This action will enable them to conceive how they can better outpicture a multitude of blossom designs held within the Heart of the Lord The Maha Chohan and Beloved Immaculata, the Silent Watcher for the Earth. These designs of a floral nature, because of mankind's rudeness of heart, have been withheld from the Planetary Body. It is Our Hope, then, that We may be able to infuse certain seeds with essential spiritual elements drawn forth from these lovely patterns, whereby certain types of flowers will begin an action of mutation and will thereby change their characteristics in order to bring forth new types of flowers in preparation for the coming Golden Age. Now, it will be necessary for mankind to assist the Angelic Hosts and the Elemental Beings by a continuous action of Transmutation. While these ideas are very tender and young, and the implantation has scarcely been received, there is always the danger that it will be withdrawn and lost as the precious oil of heavenly fragrance is poured upon the Earth. This, in a sense, is the falling of the word upon the rock, the stony ground where it cannot bring forth perfect fruit from Heaven, and fulfill the Edenic manifestation which the great Law requires. ... ****** Chapter 12 Beloved Mother Mary - March 20, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 12 - Beloved Mother Mary - March 20, 1964 To Your Immortal Being and Its Resurrection from the Tomb of Materiality IV. Christ the Cornerstone of Your Temple The Resurrection of Man's Being Precious Hearts as dear to Me individually as My Own Son, Jesus - For I can scarce make a distinction between Life which is GOD in all the beauty of complete Christ manifestation, and life which, although to some may seem less godly, is yet His Beloved Son, formed from the same pattern and intended to be all that Jesus is! As you draw close to Me now in a great sense of Cosmic Perfection, may I remind you that you need not accept the limitations of your form; you need not ever feel small or helpless, or tossed about with conflict, regardless of your current station - small or great. You can receive the help of the Heavenly Hosts this day. The Spirit of the Resurrection that raised My Son from the dead has raised countless lives into the fulness of their God-Identity, and remains therefore as a Mighty Flame of Great Comfort to all Life, to all who will bathe therein. Will you realize with Me as you gaze out from your world, from the very throne of your own Divinely Blessed Self-Identity, that the selfsame magnificent Flame of God resident within you is pulsating in myriad forms throughout the planet and Universe and is an all-pervading Harmony released into the very pores of space. If you will feel that there is a suffusion of Christ Consciousness coming through your own Being as one pore of God's Identity (just as a little flame of gas pours through the jet of a burner) it will help you to consume the black and tarry substance of crusty egoism and to feel yourself a part of the One Life Flame that IS the resurgence of the Universal Consciousness which cannot die or ever be extinguished. Then will you enter into a new and resurrected state of conscious Being. Try also to hold and to accept the idea that the God Flame of Self-Identity within you has a specific musical tone which the Great Law requires you continuously to release as a contributing factor to the Universal Harmony. Recognize that if all life upon Earth were to emit the Perfection of this tone, the orchestration thereof would be the full permeation of the world with a new sense of rising Freedom, not only from death but even from those lesser shadows which conceal the Face of God. I do not deny that the world will pass through Initiations, nor that individuals will have experiences of great moment, but I do affirm that the Christed Power of Man's Being is able to summon the exquisite Perfection which the Great Law requires at each moment in order to meet and victoriously cope with all manifestations of lesser states of consciousness. Stand, face, and conquer! Your radio and television programs are beamed throughout the nation, whirling satellites carry programs from land to land, and each year sees new progress leaping forth from the matrix of science; but the need for greater Harmony among men is as great now as of yore. By shedding mere egoistic longings and seeking no continuing manifestation of the mere outer identity, men and women are more easily charged with the Ascending Jesus Christ Consciousness, and this is the natural state of Man. It is unnatural for men to oppose one another by drawing forth energy and then blindly misqualifying that Light with the shadow of competition and ego. In a Universe guided wholly by the Law of Love there is no tug of war between opposing forces, but always the sweet implementation of Cosmic Assistance whereby the required number of Beings rush in to lift the heaviest load. Truly the words "My burden is Light" have meaning in the Kingdom of Heaven. For therein may be found the wondrous out-working of Immortal Perfection. A portion of God's Perfection floods over into the consciousness of the world today as of old. Regardless of the impediments which are strewn upon the pathway of mankind through misunderstanding and neglect, the world is blessed with an expanded outpouring of Love - both from on High and from many humble hearts below. Be it so, the presently externalized amount of Love is not nearly enough to lift the planet from its lethargy and; therefore, I AM urging all who will to expand the Kingdom of God upon Earth and to assist My Son and the Hierarchy of Heaven this year and in time to come. This can be done if you will determine: 1) never to submit to discouragement or feelings of lack, 2) never to submit to a state of consciousness wherein you seek to find fault with others for your own shortcomings, and 3) ever to hold completely with the Harmony of Heaven. As you go about your daily tasks, feel a melody welling up within your soul. It does not matter whether you manifest a masculine or a feminine form. The inner Harmony of the hidden Man of the Heart can be expanded wherever you go. You may hum a tune of Christ Consciousness as you perform the simplest task, recognizing that the threads of your God Identity, connected with the very periphery of Being everywhere, will tremble the entire Universe with the Virtue which you would expand; for although negation always gravitates to the dense spheres of material substance, spiritual Power always has buoyancy far greater than that of helium and rises to worlds yet unknown, while daily increasing in all the sense of God-awareness that makes Life of blessed worth! It is, then, in dedication to the Infinite Power of the Resurrection Flame that I offer these Words, in memory of My Son Who, in expanding the Consciousness of God in all, would expand the Consciousness of the meaning of His Unity. Then the seeming lilliputian world within the person and the Great Cosmic Universe without are reduced to a position of relativity; exalted Being is seen as the Rule of one Law and of one Order; Being expresses the Rule of Love in Its fulness, the Presence of God is rightly self-identified and the entire Universe becomes His Altar. As you rise in consciousness and enter the Temple of the Wise Master Builder, as you seek to find the place of the Christ at the cornerstone of your own individual Temple, realize that in this cornerstone is the ever-expanding focus of the Flame of Resurrection, the Infinite Pulse of the Flame of Cosmic Resurrection and individual Immortality. ("He who loses his life for my sake shall find it again.") I remain forever your Cosmic Mother MARY ***** 12.1 The radiant word - Beloved Maha Chohan ***** Excerpts from the Address by the Beloved Maha Chohan given Sunday, March 15, 1964 in Washington, D.C. As long as there is any question in your mind, or fear or doubt or confusion, this doubt and fear and confusion which belong to the empire of the negative, will stand as a screen of maya between you and the manifestation of your victory. Therefore, the proper method for all to use is to call unto their own Divine Presence and say: Beloved Mighty God Presence, thou I AM in me and our Lord The Maha Chohan, remove from my consciousness all which is of dark substance; all untransmuted opinions concerning others; all doubt concerning the manifestation of the Great Law of Harmony and the Justice of God, and produce in my world your Purity and Wholeness which recognizes the Justice of God, which recognizes the Purity of God, and which recognizes my own Divine Plan now fulfilled! Do you see, blessed ones, that by relating this tremendous idea of Perfection to your own self, it acts to curb your human propensities and causes you to recognize yourself, not as a mortal indulging in a series of human episodes, but as a manifestation of the greatness of the Light of God. This Light, then, can flow through you and assert Its dominion where human weakness appears and there is, then, no need to submit to the pressures of discouragement or doubt concerning your ability to attain; for you will have the immediate and direct assistance of your own God Presence flowing forth through you and taking Its indomitable Power and Victory in your world. This, then, is the manifestation of a Son of God, and it is the direct intent of Heaven for every lifestream. For there is no one in whom the flame of Life burns - and I call this to the attention of all - in this place or anywhere upon the planetary body, who has not been created by God. ****** Chapter 13 Beloved Jesus - March 27, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 13 - Beloved Jesus - March 27, 1964 Your Eternal Portion My Beloved: I AM cognizant of the adoration poured out to Me from many hearts, both in Christendom and throughout the planetary body. It is My good pleasure to transfer all glory unto the Father of us all. When I was found in fashion as a man, remember well that I humbled Myself and became obedient even unto the death of the finite individuality, finding release from temptation and from the thralldom of the senses by acceptance of the Holy Spirit and the Blessed Consecration of My Being to God. Have you ever watched the sparkling of the Sun shining upon the water or upon the dew in the grass as the early rising Sun sheds forth its first ray? As your Being has been thrilled with this Radiance dispersed so beautifully in nature, have you stopped to trace back to the Source of all Life and to feel yourself immersed in the elements of water and air and light, until your very Being seemed to throb with natural Cosmic Unity? Surely the obstructions in consciousness which hold man back from entering into the Joy of the Lord ought to be removed and subdued both by a release of Wisdom and by a re-education of the consciousness. Thought, Blessed Ones, flows like a river in the canyons carved in the bedrock of Man's Being, tracing there the old and accustomed meanderings - patterns, centuries old, of human hopelessness and drift. When the floodtide of Man's Real Being overflows these banks it rushes forth to conquer new dimensions and, in little spurts, laps up the soil and the grass, and inundates all with its liquid Presence. So one that is born of the Spirit floweth forth like a mighty river and bloweth forth as a great wind, sweeping away the old senses of separation and the boundaries of shame and despair, and obtaining a new communion with God, an ever-new communion with the Ascended Masters, and even a new communion with men and women embodied here together, that they may learn to expand their own Light in the realm of human experience. Transcend, then, these outer conditions and experiences! Let not fear of the thoughts of others or of their criticism and opinions deter you from expressing the greatness of God that is within you! It does not matter what man thinks, as long as your pure blessed Hearts retain the favor of the Great Cosmic Father Whose Laws penetrate the hearts and minds of all, to reveal therein the secret caves and recesses of Being, to shed there new Light and to purify by the Holy Flame the very caverns of human incest. O, Precious Ones, as My Resurrection Victory is celebrated throughout the world and the resultant release of Joy flashes forth to find response in the hearts of the multitudes, arise on the pulsations of the Resurrection Flame to permanently retain My feeling of God Victory. Never again will there be a need to return to the old limiting boundaries, the walls which confine Man behind a fortress of fear, the defensive position which seeks to save a remnant of the human person - the rag of blind rage which at any price would assert the little self of man as king and ignorantly allow the hungry Soul to wander as a beggar in God's country of abundance. Blessed Ones, no amount of human toil, no amount of misused human energy, can effectively secure the bastions of God's Immortality. Eternal Life is ever the Gift of God to those free souls who, in revering the Spirit of Freedom for themselves, honor Freedom for all men and for the Universe. Strange as it may seem, human concepts form prison bars which impede the flight of the soul and retain for a time the "bird of Immortality" in the cage of human ideology. It is well known and recorded that I raised Lazarus from the dead, but it is also known that Lazarus subsequently was laid away with other members of his blessed family. Now, Immortality, Blessed Ones, is not the mere Immortality of the flesh, it is the Immortality of the Soul. When the Immortality of the Soul shineth forth in the fulness of Its splendor, the flesh itself must be changed in the twinkling of an eye, and the Ascension trumpet must sound. The expectations of men so frequently revolve about a pattern peculiar to their own life's experiences in a given embodiment. Travel throughout the world reveals many customs in various parts of the world - both of a religious and a cultural variety. When the Kingdom of God is more fully known by men upon this Earth, and when they understand the reality of the modes of life on other planetary bodies and systems of worlds, they will witness also the endless variety of Life's manifold expressions. That God is Life and Life is God will be known by man in a realm free from fear. Fear is not only tormenting, but it is also restrictive and degenerative. Cast out, therefore, fear from your worlds, and be at peace, Blessed Children of God. Can you by a thought change the patterns of the Universe, or alter them as you would? Yet, there are many things under your control and in your domain. And I say unto you once again, there are many more things that can be placed under your domain and authority than you yet realize. Be stewards, then, even in this present day, to the best of your ability, of the precious treasure God has imparted to you; and by your good stewardship you shall merit a Cosmic Dispensation whereby a greater thing shall be bestowed upon you. The reason the instruction of the Kingdom of God seems so simple to men is because they have grown accustomed to the complex statements of science, philosophy and sociology without enjoying the balm of peaceful simplicity in the basic components of nature. Rest then, Blessed Ones, in complete trust in the Father's Peace and Love and Harmony. And when your mind becomes restless and seeks to involve you in turmoil, raise the sceptre of authority and say "Peace be still," and know that the "I AM" in you is God. By this directing authority, the rod of the Lord and His Dominion shall comfort you and lead you from the valley of shadows to a place where the fullness of the Golden Dawn of true Illumination shall reveal unto you all mystery and bestow upon you all understanding. Understanding is ever a realm of ordered Peace, for if the Universe were a realm of chaos and confusion as some imagine it to be, it would not bring delight to the Lord Himself. And knowing Him as I do, I declare unto you that He is the God of very Gods, that Righteousness, Immortality and Peace Eternal are His Treasures. He longs to bestow upon all of His creatures the fullness of His benefits. He awaits your decision to wholly honor Him today as many of Us have through the centuries of Earth's unfolding drama; for We have retained the Treasures He hath bestowed upon us, One and All! In the fullness of His Light is your Eternal Portion and the Hands of the Presence of God will be found to be sacred links with those many loving hearts and hands that you have also known from the Beginning! Lo, I AM with you alway ... JESUS, THE CHRIST ***** 13.1 Archangel Gabriel - March 27, 1964 ***** Vol. 7 No. 13 - Archangel Gabriel - March 27, 1964 THE RADIANT WORD The Breathing Immortal Presence of the Living Christ Easter Message from BELOVED ARCHANGEL GABRIEL dictated on Palm Sunday 1964 I AM Gabriel, Who stand in the Presence of God! As I come to you this morning I bear with Me a Flame of Cosmic Purity which in all of Its Radiance and Perfection sweeps not only through those of you here presently assembled, but also to all the blessed individuals upon the planetary body, to those who are with child and to those who are nourishing a Cosmic Conception to bring greater Freedom to mankind! O, Precious Ones, of the Octaves of Earth, so long have mankind nourished imperfect concepts that they today in this present hour do not realize the transcendence of the Cosmic Light as Its Great Purity pours forth to hold all of the universes in Interstellar Space in their perfect orbits and in the very dictum of the Divine Idea where God's Will is nurtured and cherished and loved. Precious Ones, you have in your hearts for many a year cherished the idea of finding your Freedom, but you have not always known what it would be like to obtain It. Let Me tell you, Blessed Ones, that all of the experiences which you have passed through upon this Earth are but a heartbeat in the great Celestial Realms of "Time." I refer to them as in time because this relation enables you, Blessed Ones, to assimilate and to think in terms of the expanding Infinite. Precious Ones of the Light, all that which has happened to your precious lifestreams since first you drew forth the Sacred Flame and were embodied for the first occasion upon this planetary body is but a moment in the Eyes of God. For His Immaculate Concept of you has never waned and what is more, It never will. The same Love which flowed forth through the hill country and over the land of Judea and set the Hearts of the people aflame with Love sweeps across the Earth today with renewed passion to draw men to a realization, in the midst of all human dissonance and decay, of the mighty Virtue that is resident within the Cosmic Heart of God, which cannot be violated or set aside - which cannot under any condition be chastised or brought to naught. Mankind, in their manifestation of imperfection, have but intensified an action of pain in their own individual worlds which has not brought them the Divine Comfort which the Great Law requires. Precious Ones, some of you are familiar with the artistry of a certain gentleman who drew forth and painted for many to enjoy the painting of the "Guardian Angel." Well, let Me call your attention to that precious painting this day, which portrays two children upon a bridge as though they would fall into a great abyss and shows the enfolding Radiance of the Angelic Hosts encircling those precious children and guarding them throughout their lives. Let Me tell you, Precious Ones, that it is not only in the moments of seeming danger that the Angelic Host stand guard, but it is also in those moments of danger which are not realized by individuals, when the psychic and vicious forces upon this planet, as a maelstrom of hate, are turned loose to saturate the consciousness of mankind in accordance with the plans and intents of the hordes of shadow. For if they could they would draw all into a vacuum of nothingness to defeat the plans of God. BUT, THEY SHALL NOT PASS! For the Guardian Angel Presences of Life shall assist all who Will to attain their Victory. Some of you are familiar with the creation of "Fantasia" and you realize that in the closing scenes thereof, with the tolling of the great bell, the Victory of the Planetary Body and all Elemental Life upon it is manifested. Well, let Me tell you, Precious Ones, that when the Plan of God has come to full fruition upon this Planetary Body there will be no heart in pain anywhere upon Earth and this includes not only those tangibly and visibly manifest in forms of flesh but also those who have left the physical body and remain in the so-called astral realms; for these shall be cut free, one and all. It also includes Elemental Life who have for so long served mankind and served their every need with the utmost diligence and yet have received, in many cases, scarcely one iota of gratitude for all of their services. Precious Ones, I AM certain you realize that if you all were today endowed (in your present social structure) with a million dollars so that no one would be compelled to work, the various tasks, which to the present day are performed by those among mankind who serve the needs of others, could not be accomplished unless you were willing to take your turns in doing the necessary and seemingly menial tasks. Well, Precious Ones, I call to your blessed attention that the very atoms of your physical bodies and the very neurons of your minds, so to speak, are composed of precious Substance that was originally released from the Great Light of God, because God is the Father of all, loving every atom of His Own Being which He has thus bestowed upon the Creation as electrons flowing forth into manifestation. It is naturally the Divine Intent to raise every one of these precious electrons, atoms and molecules into the fullness of their Radiant Divine Intent and to set them free from the imposition of human discord which has for too long been imposed upon them. Because this is the Divine Intent and because man desires to have a physical form through which to manifest, you can see that there is a dichotomy here; for the very physical form that you manifest is composed of imprisoned substance which serves your every need. Blessed Ones, do you see that in the Radiant Plan of God it is necessary for there to be a progressive expansion from the Cosmic Origin of things back to the very Radiant Heart of God in order that the pralayas may manifest, that it may come to pass that in the Manvantaras We may send forth the Cosmic Flame to expand and breathe out the Universe in accordance with the ancient Vedas, and then, after the grand exhalation has been accomplished, to draw all of that which has been created into that Cosmic Period of Nirvanic Rest, that a more noble and grand breathing forth may occur as the expanding Universe moveth forth in accordance with the Holy Will of God. I AM an Archangel Who serves the very needs of mankind. When long ago in the land of Judea I came forth and spake unto Mary saying: "THAT HOLY THING WHICH SHALL BE BORN OF THEE IS THE SON OF GOD," it was the fulfillment of the Cosmic Flame that breathed forth in God's Name to accomplish The WORD that was sent forth - not to go into a void but to go forth in accordance with the Cosmic Purpose, that the very Light of God might be so greatly Magnified that mankind would recognize that the Power of Light over darkness and shadow was a reality now through the manifestation of The Christ Presence. Beloved Ones, know then that in your own Beings there is a Christ Presence. Some of you have called this Presence the Higher Mental Body; some of you have recognized it as an Angel; but it is indeed the manifestation of your own Divine Mediator, the Christ of your Being, which is the LIGHT that came forth from the Hand of God; and this Light which came forth from the Hand of God is the very LIGHT that has had command over your body elemental and over your Being from the Beginning to see that the Perfect Form and God Design was so wondrously wrought that God Himself might be glorified in it. When, therefore, there is any form of sickness or any form of limitation manifesting within your Being, these are indeed the forces in opposition to the very manifestation of the Cosmic Light; for, Beloved Ones, in order for the atoms and electrons of your body to be free, it is necessary for you individually to have your own Freedom and to obtain it ... Do you see? When, therefore, you make your Ascension into the Glory of God, you free all of the atoms of the flesh in your Being and all of them are able to return to the Great Central Sun for repolarization. Blessed Ones, realize that when these beauteous little miniature suns of Light return, it is a Ceremonial Happening; for God welcomes each one of them back to the Great Central Sun. But you remain, in your Body of wondrous Light Substance - the very breathing Essence of the Sacred Fire. It is, Blessed Ones, as these Flames (pointing to flames on the altar), for you have been sent forth from the Heart of God, Blessed Ones, as living Flames; you are not merely a physical body filled with tarry substance, clogging up the body of the Universe with discord and hate and anger and viciousness. You are a manifestation of the Pure Radiance of God that is the Unfed Flame of All Life. Then let this Flame come forth! Let this Flame, the Resurrection Flame of your Being, spring forth from the very altar of your Being, until God is glorified in that wondrous exalted feeling of His Presence! O, Precious Ones, I AM so aware of the very painful feelings that come to mankind as they enter into the God Consciousness of their Being while they are yet anchored to the flesh and sense the oppression and the weight of their physical forms. They long to rush forth out of the realm of human density and to escape human needs of eating and drinking and of all of those attendant but necessary factors concerning man's mortal identity; they long to rush forth into the Immortality of their Being; and yet, perforce, they remain bound. I say there is one method whereby you may have release and still remain here to render your Cosmic Service and that is to recognize your own Cosmic Conception; to recognize your own Flaming God Identity and to give the full Power of your Being to that Identity - that "I AM" which you indeed are and ought to ever manifest - that the Resurrection Flame may become in you the resurgence of your own Christ and God Magnificence. For the Perfection of God makes you not a mortal subject to limitation and discord and distress and pain and anguish and all of the struggle, Blessed Ones, which your souls have for so long sensed; rather does that Perfection enable you to forsake it all even as one holding pitifully onto the treasures and baubles of life is able to open his hands and say: "I AM letting go of all mortality and I AM offering my hands to the Great Cosmic Light and the Resurrection Flame that is the Christed and Anointed Crown of My Identity that makes of me Immortal Substance returning to the Heart of God, The God of very Gods, the God of the Whole Earth; the Substance of substance; the Essence of essence, and the Being of being that is the Christ Radiance." Precious and Beloved Ones, do you know that as I AM come to you this morning that I AM accompanied by myriad Angels? In fact, as I descended into this city of Washington, I was accompanied by ten thousand Angels of the Resurrection Flame! But the most significant accomplishment is this: As We have breathed out upon you the Resurrection Flame this morning We have been joined by ninety thousand more Angels of the Resurrection Flame pulsating in the ethers above this city to make of it an Alabaster City of Light that the Presence of God might take Its DOMINION over the Earth and assert the Power and Glory of God in this very Government - the Government that would at times, through the very narrowness of men's concepts, deprive the American people and the people of the world of the Victory of their own Being and the complete manifestation of true Constitutional Government that is in accordance with Saint Germain's own dictum of Freedom! Precious Ones, as I speak to you I AM reminded of a certain motion picture that was created many years ago bearing My Name. It was entitled "Gabriel Over the White House." Well, I AM not only over the White House but I AM over the entire city of Washington to breathe forth this day the Resurrection Flame in commemoration of the coming of this most wonderful and significant Season when The Great White Brotherhood may pour forth through the floral kingdom and the Angelic Kingdom out into the Kingdom of men's Hearts the glorious Radiance of the Living Christ. For it is the Christ Light that shall transmute all densified substance and enable mankind to obtain for themselves a greater understanding of the Radiance of God that is resident within their Hearts. Oh, how We so long to intensify that Light, how We desire, Blessed Ones, to glorify that Light; for We would cut you free! We would snap the bonds that tie you and tether you to your own earthly forms and the density thereof and initiate you into the grandeur of your own spiritual Being, which would make you the breathing Immortal Presence of the Living Christ. And this will be the greatest honor and allegiance you can ever pay to Beloved Jesus and His Holy Mother, to permit, I say PERMIT that Flame to take Its dominion within your world and say to all human creation, "Stand aside, you have no power over me! I AM a deathless Being; I AM the Presence of Life and I shall for all time, forever maintain the manifestation of that Presence in His Holy Name!" Drink in now the Resurrection Flame; let your forms be saturated with It; retain in Consciousness Its Power. You can if you will be catalysts of that Flame wherever you go! You can be Our Emissaries, the Emissaries of the Celestial Hosts! But this must be an offering of your own free-will Presence! God has given to you the free will to do, to know, to keep silent in adoration, and to vivify the manifestation of the Divine Image, the Celestial Concept which I AM! Christo Resurrecto Salvete! O Holy Light of the Sacred Temple, come forth from the cave of materiality and manifest upon the Screen of Life as the Victorious Risen Christ! Let all palms wave in hosannas to God on High Who hath given the Earth her Victory! I thank you and in the light of the Eternal Morning I bid you go morning, good afternoon, and good day! March 22, 1964 Washington, D.C. ****** Chapter 14 Beloved El Morya - April 3, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 14 - Beloved El Morya - April 3, 1964 New Lines of Battle in the Holy Cause of Freedom: A Report on the Easter Conclave I. The Christ Image Must Be Formed with Crystal Intensity Chelas Who Will Form the Image and Be Reformed by It: Nowhere does so fine a pattern exist in matchless splendor as in the loving Design God has locked in His Own Concept of Thee! While the world of maya looms largely, revealing kaleidoscopic designs of diversion, the Immortal Truth of God stands like a lone sentinel on the hill of Being, pointing the way to Eternal Happiness. I say to all My chelas of long-standing - to those whose hearts have become accustomed to the pounding of My clamor for the right use of Heaven's Laws - to "stand fast and behold the Salvation of Our God!" At the very door, awaiting revealment, are tremendous forces gathering Light's potential for a thrust of such intensity that shall sweep over the Earth the lightning-like waves of Cosmic Purity to call the faithful to prayer and purpose, as We prepare to inaugurate new lines of battle in the Holy Cause of Freedom - the Holy Cause of Righteousness, Clarity of thought and BEING, and the "Infinite Capacity" unleashed in a torrent of Divine Love! Much has been given. Much is in readiness; but I say, let this be a week of contemplation and Holy Silence. The Christ Image must now be formed with crystal intensity while the LIGHT takes hold of Man's Consciousness. May We summarize next week the magnificent action which transpired in the world at Easter? Our gratitude to all Great Beings Who spoke in Washington on behalf of the Holy Causes of The Brotherhood. The world is brighter for Their coming, and I AM glad for many Blessings given. God's Cosmic Charm abide with Thee now and forever, I AM faithfully, Your MORYA ****** Chapter 15 El Morya - April 10, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 15 - El Morya - April 10, 1964 New Lines of Battle in the Holy Cause of Freedom: A Report on the Easter Conclave II. To Greater Understanding: Man Without God Is Nothing To All Who Search for Their Immortal Destiny: The hungers of men are often the hungers of God. Their longings, expressed in accordance with their own level of comprehension, may not always reflect aspects of Divinity, but they do stem from the yearning of their souls which grope sometimes half blindly in search of their own Immortal Destiny. The Planetary Body of the Blessed Earth received this precious Easter Season now past a wondrous bathing in regenerate Energies. The wondrous Fiats released from On High by Our Holy Lord Sanat Kumara from Venus and the Radiation and Blessing conferred upon the planet by Beloved Jesus are not only soul-shaking and of world dimension but are also keys in the entire Destiny of Man and all that his future now holds. It is to greater understanding, then, that I dedicate this Pearl of Wisdom that the readers, according to their capacity to comprehend, may receive Our Blessing and the conferment of a greater Peace as God intends. That "perfect love casts out fear" is no mere truism but Living Truth. Yet men ought not to rashly overlook the Law's dominion and the fact that they are ever accountable for their own deeds. Aberrations may be understood by others, but those who suffer from any form of delusion can seldom find a method of effecting their own release. Cherish, then, each holy release of Truth into your Consciousness. The darkened subterranean areas of thought and feeling need the great saturation of the rain of the Holy Spirit to cool the parched ground of Man's calcinated thoughts - of his rigidity and hardness of feeling - in order to bring release to the impure substance of Life that lies beneath the surface. The pent-up energies within the human psyche, years of frustration and longing, inner tensions and sometimes bitterness, take their toll, not only in the physical being of Man, but in Nature. The Elements have, for generations and centuries almost uncountable, suffered the intense imposition brought about by Nature's absorption of mankind's feelings of misery and hate. Because of the sheer weight of the numbers of mankind throwing off misguided energies, and, further, because the natural elements themselves are so abundant, creating beauty and vegetation over the immense landed areas of the world, it requires an almost infinite number (according to man's comprehension) of tiny Elemental beings to sustain the verdure of the world. The services they render are seldom understood by the average person, and even great theologians reckon without an understanding of the ministrations of Elemental Life upon Earth. The Precious Master Jesus was, of course, a Master of Elemental Life as well as of all other forms of Life and; therefore, it has always been His desire to see the Elementals freed from the imposition of human discord just as He desires to see mankind healed of the oppressions of their own sin. The violation of Mighty Cosmic Laws and the misuse of God's Energy by mankind have hindered the free expression of God's Kingdom upon Earth. The thorns and thistles of life and the negative aspects expressed in Nature are but reflections of human venom and must be purged from the screen of Life ere the fulness of Life's beauty here can come into expression. The Fiat of Beloved Jesus given in the closing Address of the Easter Session in Washington should be understood and studied. Prior to its forthcoming release in printed form, I desire to comment somewhat on the meaning behind the expression: Beloved Jesus offered His Own Life Energy and the Flame of the Resurrection to be divided as His Own Body, portioned out from the Flame of His Heart, to be given to all Elemental Life upon this Planet. As some of you know, mankind's sadness at the loss of a loved one is often the result of the return of their own imposition of sadness upon Elemental Life. The form of death experienced by Elemental Life is reflected in the mournfulness of mankind who have all but forgotten that the Father has bestowed upon Man the Gift of Eternal Life whereas, in the case of the tiny beings of the Elements, because of their nature, death is for all practical purposes a permanent condition. Through the Wisdom held in the hearts of the Elementals they have been aware of the facts governing their own manifestation and so they have actually held funerals for their own at their passing. Those able to see into the "invisible" world have been able to witness the passing and the sorrow of the tiny Elementls as they gather around in almost a human manner and express their longing and sorrow. In order to terminate this sorrowful condition, Beloved Jesus, on Easter Sunday offered His own Energies to permanently remove the fear which the Elementals have absorbed from mankind concerning death. He therefore imparted to each Elemental upon the Planet a portion of His Joyous Resurrection Flame. Let it be understood that this Flame which He imparted does not confer upon them Immortality, for it is impossible at this time to alter the Laws governing Elemental Life, the Human Kingdom and the Angelic Kingdom. (As the Law now stands, only by passing through the Human Kingdom can an Elemental gain "Immortality.") However, the mitigation of their fear of death and the removal of that sense through the Fiat of Beloved Jesus is a boon of tremendous happiness to all Elemental Life who, upon the occasion of this Easter, danced with unutterable joy; and waves of ecstasy swept the planet round. The fulfillment of this Fiat manifested in a bathing of the precious Elemental Life with the regenerative Power of The Christ Radiance as It flowed across the Planetary Body from Pelleur's domain in the center of the Earth out through the rocky structure of the Earth, up into the oceans, and out into the very atmosphere itself. Its meaning is of course apparent in the fact that the Elementals - feeling now a lesser measure of human vibratory action - will be able to express more God-happiness which, it is Our hope, will in turn be communicated to mankind. Thus, the words of Beloved Jesus spoken on the hillsides of Judea so long ago are found to be the matrix for a continuing release of tangible Power in this cycle, even unto the end of the age: "Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted." I would add a note of warning here, lest too much optimism be expected - for an excess of this can be as dangerous as an excess of negation: There may be times when mankind's outpouring of discord will now tend to react more sharply; for the capricious nature of the Elementals, held down to some degree by mankind's own lethargy, may now rush forth in earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other forms of atmospheric, water and fire disturbances as a karmic recompense and warning to those who insist upon throwing out human discord. The purposes of Creation must be outpictured. For only thus - and I emphasize this - can God's mandates of Good Will and Freedom be extended to every creature. There is no wisdom superior to the Wisdom of God inherent within Man. And His Wisdom is universal and must be universally acknowledged. Those who, in either blind atheism, agnosticism, or through cynical religious expression, continue to vacillate in their relationship to the God of the Universe, not only hinder their own selves from obtaining Freedom but are also imposing upon others conditions of discord in an unwarranted manner. Those who were present at the Easter Class will recall that during the Address of Beloved God Harmony on Thursday there was a release of a "Mighty Tide of Cosmic Energy" over the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. This release was the commencement of a mighty action over the entire planet which was to culminate between dawn and noon Easter Morn (E.S.T.) with the release of the Resurrection Flame from the Cave of Light in India as had been prophesied by Beloved Chananda at the New Year's Class. Now, Beloved Harmony stated that had the Energy He released been charged forth upon the landed areas of the Earth's surface, cataclysmic action would have ensued because of the greater accumulation of human discord generated there. And, therefore, the Angelic Hosts were charged with the responsibility of distributing this "Mighty Tide" over the continents. It was an unfortunate happening that certain karmic conditions having to do with aspects of human greed, recorded on the Aleutian Islands and the Alaskan mainland during the eras of the gold rush, had to be expiated - thus the earthquakes which occurred simultaneously with the tremendous burst of Power released on Good Friday during the dictation of Beloved God Tabor. Beloved Sanat Kumara's Address was magnificent. He gave forth a Fiat to the effect that the time has now come when the scriptures stating that God's Spirit should not always strive with flesh should be fulfilled. Therefore, from the hour of Beloved Sanat Kumara's Fiat, God will no longer seek mankind, but He will stand in perpetual readiness to assist only those who seek Him. The responsibility of the initiative now rests with mankind. It is therefore the part of Wisdom that all men who are capable of understanding the highest form of Theology recognize that this in no way prevents mankind from seeking to expand God's Kingdom upon Earth. It does mean, however, that men should be told not to expect God to pursue them, but that the Great Law demands that they shall henceforth pursue Him. Sanat Kumara further emphasized that those who are not making use of spiritual graces and gifts extended to them will find that which they have being taken from them; and that those who are multiplying their God-given talents will find more given unto them; and that those who pursue selfishness will be thrown into the outer darkness of their own human creation where "there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth." Let none indulge in a vibratory action of fear concerning this release. For it is simply a greater action of the Law of God's infinite Love. Man without God is nothing. He is indeed "as the grass of the field" and would wither away and continue to be nothing. Only by seeking God can Man become imbued with the Eternal Power and Graces of Heaven, which will make him both now and forever an expression of the Absolute, able to participate in his glorious inheritance, the eternal progression of the manifestation of Being into the unfolding drama of the Eternal Cycles. All else is vanity and is outer darkness. Therefore the casting of Man into outer darkness where his own unhappiness shall cause many to cry "Let the mountains fall upon us, and let the hills cover us" shall bring about - in the terror of the outer darkness - a greater yearning and more diligent seeking for the Light. The ministering Legions of Heaven have sometimes felt that the Mercy of God has almost seemed to pamper the indignities Man has inflicted against His Holiness. It has seemed almost as though the universal and infinite Love of God in His outpouring of Grace has been too indulgent of Man and his inharmonies. Actually the time allotted to the span of infinite Mercy and Grace has not been so long as some might think. For the Law functions according to the accurate Law of Recurring Cycles. In past ages these same events occurred and; therefore, that which is now happening is but a recurrence of the Eternal Law, the wheel having now returned to this mark. I AM hopeful, therefore, that those who have understanding will seek to expand it still further; that those who are not yet skilled in the Cosmic Laws will with patience and diligence both study and wait for the unfolding of greater Light from On High, as God dispenses through many hands His bounties. As has been said, those whom God loves, He chastises. Therefore the chastisement of the outer darkness and the gnashing of teeth is designed to awaken men to the hidden hungers of their souls and the dangers which beset their continual disobedience and defiance of the Law. This Easter Season has been memorable from a spiritual standpoint; for it has brought forth these two wondrous Fiats of Light from the Heart of God through Beloved Sanat Kumara and Jesus. May I review next week for you a wondrous action of the God Meru from His Retreat at Lake Titicaca? I look forward now to the unveiling of greater Glory from the Face of The Risen Christ, that all may behold in His Ideals the Ideas of God, intended for all to practice and assimilate. When the false glamor of religious seeking is stripped from Man's Consciousness and he acts from the undefiled and pure elements of his heart's longing, he will bow and acknowledge the Mighty Divinity that is within himself. And in so doing he will pay allegiance to his own Mighty "I AM" Presence, the Source of all Life everywhere. In the fortress of Man's own Being there must be garnered, sustained, and expanded the Power of Light, the Power of Christ Regeneration, the Power of Resurrection and the sweet Power of Happiness and Joy in the whole Creation, knit together by strands of wondrous Light, released from the Hands of the Infinite Weaver. I thank you and send you My love always. EL MORYA ****** Chapter 16 Beloved El Morya - April 17, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 16 - Beloved El Morya - April 17, 1964 New Lines of Battle in the Holy Cause of Freedom: A Report on the Easter Conclave III. To Watchmen Upon the Wall A Frontal Attack Against the Christ Good in Man Most Gracious Friends of God's Will, Religious and spiritual devotees are at times innocently unaware of some of the facts concerning the manifestation not only of God's Good but also of mortal man's evils and how to protect themselves against untoward conditions. Jesus knew this aspect of human nature and pointed it out in the parable of the unjust steward: "For the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of Light." Some like ostriches thrust their heads in the sand and cry out, "I cannot look." The watchman upon the wall is not so, for he must guard the inhabitants of the city. And, therefore I shall now speak concerning the facts mentioned by Beloved God Meru in His Address of Sunday, April 5th, in Washington. He spoke on witchcraft, not only as it was practiced in past civilizations but also as it has continued to be practiced through the centuries and is extant to the present day in many parts of Africa, the Caribbean, England and even America, particular infestations occurring in and around parts of Louisiana. All such negative foci contribute much to disturbances not only upon the planet itself, but also in the hearts of its people. Incalculable damage has been done to the Christ Image through the practice of this discordant human art. In His magnificent address, Beloved God Meru emphasized in a most practical manner that the name "witchcraft" and its practice had no power (except that which men give to it) but is derived from the words wit and craft, indicating that witchcraft is nothing more than the craftiness of the human wit or intellect; never could it originate in nor derive Power from the Divine Mind. He defined it as man's cleverness or "wit" in manipulating the forces of the mind and the human psyche and the projecting to distant points of a vibratory action of fear and domination over others. He emphasized the terrible Karmic penalties involved, but particularly desired to alert the students of the Greater Light to these continuing negative practices and the resulting emanations, in order that they might effect the proper safeguards at this present hour. There are, of course, individuals who feel that by merely denying the existence of such forces they are able to negate their influence. I do not question the fact that to deny is to remove much power from such conditions. For My statements are not at all in affirmation of the power of the human "wit" to successfully compete with the permanent Realities of Being. Nay, I AM hereby offering to those willing to receive it the Wisdom that will enable men to stand the guard in their own world and in the world of others against all forces not derived from the consent of the Holy Spirit and the Purity of Heaven. It is not that men themselves desire to give power unto the "world's wits" or to those who would presume to be manipulators of others. It is that the power of negation is often unwittingly assumed over others without their knowledge and without their recognition of the source of influence which attempts to defraud them of the great blessings which God intends Man to have. Let Me compare this to the incident of a legacy which a relative in a distant city bequeaths to a loved one. He entrusts it unknowingly to an unscrupulous attorney who, through manipulating the law, does not give proper notice to the heir at the passing of the relative and secures for himself an appointment as trustee, thereby gaining control of the fortune himself. This defrauds the heir either in part or in toto, who is thus unaware of the total good which should have befallen him. The manifold religions of the world promise to confer in the hereafter a great deal of benefits, whereas the wise spiritual preceptor knows that many benefits of the Kingdom of Heaven can be immediate if the individual is only alert to accept his God-given opportunities. Now, I say not only can they be immediate but they must be immediate if the glories of the Ascension are to be conferred without unnecessary delays and in a similar manner to the translation of Enoch. It is one thing, Most Precious Ones, to make your Ascension from the hilltops of the world and it is entirely another to wait until thirty or forty years after your passing and then to Ascend from the Etheric Level. I do not deny that the blessings of the Ascension are wondrous whenever conferred, but certainly every alert student would wish to have the benefit of the greater gift of the twain, were he able to select therefrom. Therefore, let those wise ones who understand the meaning of the parables of the Christ be alert to Our Words, each one. You may wonder why, after the release of Resurrection's Flame and the Holy Regeneration of the Easter season, I AM dwelling upon such an unwholesome aspect of the creation. Well, let Me tell you, when you are off guard and least suspecting, it is then YOU MUST WATCH. Following success, STAND GUARD and do not neglect your spiritual Protection. Precious Ones, the God Meru, in His release of April 5, desired to sweep aside, by the Power of Illumination's Flame, those misunderstandings which in past ages have caused the sinking of continents, in order that the Children of the Light might avoid the repetition of such cataclysmic actions and thereby usher in the Kingdom of God without unnecessary suffering. We affirm that all men are children of God in that they all have the Threefold Flame within them. Yet, Genghis Khan and Hitler also possessed a Threefold Flame that was designed to manifest the Christ. The fact remains that those who at the present hour desecrate the Divine Intent by the practice of witchcraft, although they were intended to inherit God's kingdom, are not only hindering themselves but they are also hindering the planet through the emanations of negation which they release. Now, one of the factors that I would like to point out to the students that governs the amount of negative radiation taken in is the feeling of self-condemnation. The Christian Church, in its mission of saving men's souls, has frequently emphasized the nature of "sin" in the human psyche and thereby many have been burdened with feelings of guilt which they have inadvertently accepted in place of the joy of their own individual Christ Identity. Those who desire to have dominion over the consciousness of others may seek to achieve it through the imposition of intense feelings of self-condemnation upon their victims who, in their resultant state of self-delusion, are easy prey to those evil designs which the malpractitioner then masquerades as good. Actually, there are very few willfully evil people upon Earth. Most individuals dwell in a state that We may unfortunately term the "norm" of the mass human consciousness. ( - for We hold for all men the concept of excellence.) It is not God's intent to deprive men of their divine estate of the pursuit of happiness and joy but rather is it His Will to see that the type of joy they realize is permanent, divine, and soul-satisfying, independent of those reactions of human karma which may descend upon the unwary to shatter the crystal vase of their God-Happiness. Condemnation, then, which is actually a frontal attack against the Christ Good in Man, is one of the most insidious types of witchcraft because it opens the door to the disorientation of personality and a great deal of unhappiness. In addition to the more obvious and direct attempts to depreciate the manifestation of God, there are projected into the subconscious recesses of the human psyche animal forms and astral distortions which would be enough to unhinge the most balanced of minds if they were aware of them. The dissonant lines of force emanating from these projections cut across the beautiful Soul-regenerating Powers of the Christ which would ordinarily flow unimpeded down through the whole lifestream from the great Source of Life, the individualized Mighty "I AM" Presence. Eventually these distortions reach the surface of men's conscious awareness, there to manifest as even more complex lies of insecurity, remorse and shame. Thus men's hopes are dashed by these treacherous thieves which have entered the night of his consciousness and he, cast down before his own eyes, is unable to rise and behold the Love of God that flows forth from the Fount of Life to free him. Now the Tube of Light which the students have been given is very effective in shutting out and screening from Man these discordant vibrations. The Violet Flame is also most helpful. But men must diligently practice these services and must call forth forcefields of spiritual Protection around themselves daily - and even hourly when under attack. In the Name of God, I say to all: You are in a battle! The Battle of Armageddon is not a mere clashing of spears and chariots in the arenas of the world. It is a spiritual battle for the minds and hearts of men. The great Clarity of the Christ Mind, the great Purity of God, the great Love and Munificence of His Being, are scarcely understood by individuals today who at times seem to have a very nebulous concept of the Power of God. The Power of God is very close to Man. It is not far away as mankind sometimes imagine, but It might as well be at some great distance insofar as many are concerned, for these do not effectively release this Divine Power of Protection into their worlds. The Power of God is able to protect man against all the depredations of the sons of Belial - (those who pursue a path of iniquity.) Therefore, I say that the children of mammon, in their own generation, have for too long been "wiser" than the children of Light! We desire now with this release of the Flame of Illumination from the God Meru to give the students greater understanding of the need to invoke their own Protection - the Protection of the pure in heart upon Earth! It is not enough to have individuals clothed with innocence; they must also be sheltered from the infernal blasts of the spoilers. O, Heart Friends of the Ages, those who would be knights of the Table Round, of the Sacred Councils of The Brotherhood, those who would sit with the Christ and drink as communicants of the Lord's table! Wear the breastplate of righteousness, wield the sword of Faith, and BE vigilant in assisting the Powers of Light upon Earth in maintaining Victory in the hearts of mankind! So much misinformation is being poured forth, so many unclear statements have been made in the Name of God, so much mysticism has cloaked the Reality of God, that some men have even spurned religious Truth because they have been blinded by the lustre of its highly polished tower reaching the snowy heights of Mount Olympus. Let Us be grateful, then, that the genuine spiritual Powers of Light are moving the caravan forward. Let Us be grateful, then, that in patience all may possess their souls until the final great Revelation is made and men stand no longer arrayed in false raiment, but clothed upon as Sons of God, their garments woven with strands of Truth, of Illumination and of regenerate Fire. I say in Christ Purity, let all day by day seek to rise higher. Lovingly, I AM EL MORYA ****** Chapter 17 Beloved Kuthumi - April 24, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 17 - Beloved Kuthumi - April 24, 1964 A Gentle Heart, A Waiting Mind, and Good Earth Precious Ones, The Brothers of the Golden Robe, in Their ceaseless outpouring of Adoration to the Mind of God, seek to perpetuate in those who presently possess a sense of Christ-attunement the mighty uprising of the strands of consciousness of the multitudes who reach out with finite hands to contact the Hand of the Infinite One. The outbreathing of the Holy Word is always accompanied by a release of omnipresent Power. Such Power could never flow forth from the Godhead except It were also imbued with Holy Wisdom. Let all, then, abide in the peaceful Consciousness of God's Holy Wisdom and know that Wisdom Itself bears a charge of Power which manifests through the mind to regenerate all of the Energy of Man's Being on behalf of the service of the Light. In the tale of Hercules and the Aegean stables, mighty valor is portrayed whereby one individual was able to overcome seemingly impossible odds. The story has been repeated in the annals of mankind's history countless times; and yet, the giants upon the pages of history are not ordinary men and women, for these have drawn forth a more than ordinary portion of the Great Flame of Life. These have felt more deeply, they have loved more deeply, and they have thought more deeply than many of their brethren. My reason for noting here the distinctions in the minds and individual personalities of men is in the hope that those aspirants of the present, who hear these words and heed them, will find possible in their own beings and worlds the duplication of many of the masterful achievements of the past. Thus, the Babe of Bethlehem, as He expanded of old in Nazareth, stretching His limbs to become a carpenter of the world's destiny, framing for all ages a greater understanding of God, will find renewed extension in many sons and daughters coming to the Fount of Attainment and drinking therefrom of the Water of Life freely. Quite frequently mankind become discouraged by the vicissitudes of life and the very weight of their own karmic responsibilities. It affords but small comfort to inform them that others bear a greater or similar weight of burden. Therefore, it is to the dedication of greater service that We extend Ourselves now, that We may not only assuage the burdens of the individual but those of all upon the planetary body. The message of Christ Victory, passed by word of mouth in ages past and by ancient script, laboriously compiled and carried throughout the world only to fall prey to plunderers without understanding, in many cases can be more easily conveyed today and the torch can be passed to the multitudes of the whole world in fulfillment of the blessed command, "Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature." Yet, the requirements of a gentle heart, the requirements of a waiting mind, the need for good earth in which to plant the fruitful seed, remain paramount. Therefore, those who would spread abroad a message of infinite Love that has the Power and Wisdom within it to change outer conditions and to mold all in accordance with the wondrous stretchings of the Spirit in holy imaging must find men and women who are willing to forsake the outer struggles for the inner yearnings of their souls, who desire to be taught by God and the Holy Angels those precepts of Reality which shall endow all with Eternal Life. The rising of incense in many of the holy places of the earth, offered in solemn ceremony to God, is only a symbol which may or may not be accompanied by the outbreathing of the pulsating Flame upon the Heart-Altars of men. But if such ritual be accompanied by a fervent devotion and a mighty invocation to the Cosmic Power of Universal Love, it cannot fail to bear fruit in an orderly response released from beyond the cycles of form and substance. Let Me clearly point out that, in many of the world's children, the yearnings of their own hearts become linked to the more discordant tones of their brothers and sisters in human bondage, whereby they feel a compulsion for the world's approval of their acts; thus the yoke of human servitude is upon them, and they spurn the invisible rewards of heavenly passions. The yoke of the Christ, the joining by mankind of all of the Energies of their Being in a Flame of Holy Service, because of its inward hidden nature, does not have all of the outer appeal which would draw men to seek it and to pursue it in a lively manner. The glamor of some religious expressions causes some men to be enchanted by certain religious byways, the ultimate result being that their souls become encompassed round about with weights of the natural order. The sin that so easily besets the supplicant, then, is at times the very multiplicity of his concepts which seek to rush to the center of his being and command his attention simultaneously. Thus, through directed and ordered simplicity, men can cut themselves free from a multitude of errors and perceive the shining radiance of the Eternal directly behind each manifestation and within their own form and thought. To hold that God is radiantly behind the very flow of your thoughts is to connect yourself with His Presence. To feel the Body of God within your outer form is to sense the mystery of the Universe expressing within the confines of Man's own habitation. "Know ye not that your body is the Temple of God?" That God abideth in you is more than a theological phrase uttered by Saint Paul. It is an affirmation of the Eternal Presence and enables mankind to perceive the beauteous, holy charm that floods across the whole Earth and Universe in anticipation of the Great Day when Universal Harmony shall have performed Its perfect work. Today conditions are still discordant upon Earth, for there is much illness and pain that requires healing to the present hour. It was only recently that I journeyed from Kashmir to the sacred city of Benares (India) and beheld the teeming multitudes performing a religious ceremony. I mingled with them in physical form and, as I performed healing ministrations, I sensed the great waves of holy anticipation that passed through them as a flame reaches the topmost branches of the forest and progressed to become a conflagration. Unfortunately, baneful emotions also travel rapidly and the grip of those emotions upon men's lives and fortunes - both earthly and heavenly - is beyond ordinary comprehension. So much Holy Wisdom is required, even unto the present hour, entirely set apart in nature from worldly wisdom, that I must call to the attention of the students of the Greater Light the need for separate standards of measurement in assessing Holy Truth on the one hand and outer scientific facts on the other. Yet the Science of true Spirituality and Christliness is never in vain. It is the manifest Radiance of the Eternal Son of God penetrating the density of matter and form with the Light of transmutative substance whereby, as in the twinkling of an eye (in this case the Eye of God) the whole vision of His wondrous thought for mankind is communicated on the instant and flashes forth as Victory over one condition after another until the Whole Man is made whole. Now, then, Precious Ones of God's Great Light, considering all that has been done for mankind this very year to bring about a greater sense of Freedom, not only in the social world but also in the world of the individual and in order to achieve a greater harmony of service in the manifold religions of the world, A PAEAN OF GREAT GRATITUDE OUGHT TO BE RAISED ON HIGH AND THIS SHOULD TAKE THE FORM OF A MIGHTY INVOCATION AND CALL FOR MORE LIGHT! It is an amazing thing, in one sense, at how restrictive human thought is. But it is even far more amazing how very dynamic human thought can become when it is unified with the Divine Mind of God, and how wondrously it can communicate the Ideas held in the Heart of the Eternal One. Those of you familiar with the history of the ancient prophets will recall how in the case of Balaam, the son of Beor, a dumb ass was enabled to speak with a man's voice. I have always loved these lesser forms of creation, regardless of their source, for I know that all things relate to the One Great Source of God and; therefore, by the power of attunement with the Godhead, I was able on numerous occasions to draw forth Love in the hearts of the dumb beasts, so-called, of field and forest. I cannot deny that there are times when the response of these lesser creatures to the Power of Love is greater than the responses evoked from mankind who, while possessing greater Wisdom and having been framed in far greater Hope, have sometimes failed, and thoughtlessly so, to apprehend the mighty Cosmic Purposes of their Being, whilst enamoured by the outer possibilities of their own finite self to express its limited facets and concepts. When men stand to contemplate their true Being, it is best, then, that they face the naked reality thereof and realize that all that is benign was created by God and all that is not benign was never created by Him nor did He ever create any causes to breach the Peace of the world. All of these, then, having their origin in outer selfish manifestations, ought to be abolished; and the solution for all of the world's problems ought to be placed upon the sacred altar of Man's own holiness. Having, therefore, left the burden upon the altar, men ought to walk as oxen yoked together - yoked with their own Holy Christ Selves - to till the fields of the world in preparation for a new era of sowing. It is not enough to gaze upon the achievements of the past and then to rest content. For We deal with Infinite Forces and even the forces of human discord are a spring of mighty compulsion which has unfortunately served to enslave the world for generations. Therefore, in the name of Peace, and Love, and Mercy, and Strength, and Wisdom let us gird together the families of the faithful throughout the World in greater communication, in a greater extension of the Pearls of the Kingdom to the eyes and hearts of those who seek for Holy Treasures; and let us faithfully evoke from the Godhead on behalf of this Cause the Radiation of El Morya, of Mother Mary, of Beloved Master Jesus, My Co-Server, and of all the Ascended and Cosmic Hosts. So shall the harvest come to a full whiteness, and so shall the great barns and storehouses of the Lord hold that Harvest for the day of threshing. So shall the day of threshing become a Day of Rejoicing. For the chaff of all men - that which is not of their true and righteous Self - shall be separated from the wheat of their own individual harvests by the winds of the Holy Spirit, and it shall come to pass that the chaff shall be burned, its energies becoming fuel for the Mighty Engines of Life that move forward in order, in Holy Science and in Divine Attainment. Graciously, I AM KUTHUMI ****** Chapter 18 Beloved Lord Gautama - May 1, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 18 - Beloved Lord Gautama - May 1, 1964 In You the Being I AM Is God Wondrous Ones of God's Light: The Celestial Presence of Life and of Being as It manifests in the individual is the most neglected of all manifestations in Nature and in the Universe. No more holy offering has ever been given than the very privilege of Life, and it is upon this occasion, the First of May, in memory of the Beloved God of Freedom for the Earth, Saint Germain, that I, Gautama, direct the attention of the faithful to the magnificent privilege of LIFE which is given to all men. The sustaining of existence in the manner to which many of mankind are accustomed is a perfidious denial of Reality. Yet, Life in Its Mercy and Compassion, flowing forth without ceasing from the beginning of the Ages, has made it possible for many who were bound with bonds of despair to break those bonds asunder and to attain, by various methods, a greater state of happiness and effective God-Control. The Lord Christ, in His Palestinian Mission, so frequently declared that they that are whole have no need of a physician. Yet, today, the sin of unknowing remains the affliction of the masses who, until they themselves are in distress or despair, are frequently content to take each day as it comes, without thought for the morrow or yesterday. Were they to abide in the Mind of Christ and in the Arms of their own Deity, this attitude of mind could be most productive of good, but unfortunately they sometimes let the wondrous Truths of Life pale into insignificance beside the most trivial matters, while allowing minor incidents to be magnified as the mountains tower over the plane of Being. Many years ago when, as Siddhartha, I wandered in the land of India, pursued by countless disciples, I thought long upon the state of the Earth; and I yearned to leave behind some thread of contact whereby men would be guided in the wonderful methods which were imparted unto Me by My own meditations upon Holy Truth. The ancient saying, "Out of one thousand, one seeks Me, and out of one thousand who seek Me, one finds Me," applied well to My own teaching. And it remains true that although many in ages past and unto the present hour have felt a kinship with the calmness of mind and yet measured passion of devotion resident within My Heart, these are scarcely a dewdrop in the vast meadow when one considers the great need among men for the splendor of Holy Truth to strip aside the veil from before men's consciousness that all the treasured flowers of infinite wonder may appear to embellish each day with the Essence of Holy Truth. Truth, Blessed Ones, is never the mere concept of man, but Truth is ever the Concept of God, which man may hear and may take into his heart until it becomes a part of himself. The unfortunate occurrence whereby men draw delineations and categories of human reason within which to confine the Deity has no affect upon Him whatsoever; for He scattereth them with less than the movement of the little finger of His Hand. And so the idea of relativity conveys to mankind a sense of his unimportance. But I say to you all, today, just as the Christ spake of old, "Know ye not that the very hairs of your head are numbered?" I say to ye all on this day in May that there is no passing flower that does not bear the hallowed touch of God's Hand. There is no strand of person or Reality that has not contacted His Flame. Be of Good Cheer then and know that in you the Being I AM is God. Lovingly, I AM GAUTAMA ****** Chapter 19 Beloved Maha Chohan - May 8, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 19 - Beloved Maha Chohan - May 8, 1964 The Mother of the World To All Who Belong to the Heart of the Great Mother, As a Celestial Lyre, the Harmonies of Heaven tremble the heart of a waiting world. For some, the wind bloweth and passeth; for some, the sun shineth and setteth in the west. For some, hope flickers feebly and then dies. Yet, for those who wait upon the Lord, all things stand in a permanent state of wondrous knowing. The Heart of the Great Mother is seldom realized by mankind and yet I would speak this day of the Mother of the World. One of the central causes of conflict between the Catholic world and the world of Protestantism has been the doctrine of the sovereignty of Beloved Mother Mary. Let Me hereby assert in Her Name and by Her Love that She has never been a part of this controversy; neither has it been Her wish to extend to mankind any form of requirement whereby they should worship or adore Her as the Peer of any of the Masters of Holy Wisdom, including Her Beloved Son Jesus. Yet there remains much gross misunderstanding which centers around this entire concept. Mother Mary is a true and gracious Lady of Heaven. She contributed to the world's annals a remarkable fortitude. She held an Immaculate Concept for Her Son and She sustained in Him, until He was able to sustain It within Himself, a supernal Radiance that was one of the magnificent contributing factors to His Own Victory. Because She lived, He lived more wondrously still. Because She breathed into Him the God-feeling She had nourished, not only in Her embodiment as Mary but also in past eras of achievement, She was able to cultivate and to direct into action within His thoughts and feelings the very subtle and yet powerful Qualities that made Him the Divine Man that He was. It is indeed unfortunate for the world that, because they have placed their attention upon areas of conflict, they have been blinded to the amazing contribution of Mother Mary to the Life of the Christ. Precious Ones, Man cannot justly sever the Holy Family. They cannot take this Tri-Unity of Cosmic Beings, Who appeared upon the Screen of Life to outpicture a drama of the Ages, and say, "This Man is truly the Son of God," and then deny the divinity of Joseph, the Guardian Protector, or of Mother Mary, the wondrous Queen of Love Who guarded the sanctity of His tiny form prior to his birth and then held her wonderful hands of Light over him through his boyhood and early youth. She followed him not only to Golgotha's Hill but to the Tomb of Arimathea. She awaited his coming resurrection with hope; and Her spirit flew forth from Her body to greet the Angels of the Resurrection with the first rays of the dawn. She mingled Her own voice with Their voices, as Their pulsations rang in paeans of Fire the holy invocative tone that stimulated the process of resuscitation within His form. She joined the other two holy Marys as they came to greet Him, and His Victory was Hers as much as it was His. Christendom has been intricately involved throughout the centuries in the affairs of men; it has been woven through the feudal systems of Europe, through castles and crowns, through vassals and slaves, through struggles and triumphs, and has itself passed through a baptism of fire. Much of this fire has been inflicted upon mankind and, while the numerous conflicts have occupied the battleground of men's consciousness, the glorious intentions of Christianity and of spiritual Motherhood have often been forgotten. Today the radiant picture of Mary is a picture of The Mother of the World. It is the picture of every mother who will of her own child say, "Behold this is the Son of God. I AM His Guardian Mother." Blessings at this holy season when the hearts of all turn in gratitude to the one they call, "Mother." Lovingly, THE MAHA CHOHAN ****** Chapter 20 Beloved Cha Ara - May 15, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 20 - Beloved Cha Ara - May 15, 1964 An Advance Guard of Those Elite Ones To You Who Behold Lovingly the Christ of Every Man, The Christ of every road must become the Christ of every man. Today, with the world seeming to shrink in consciousness and with the advent of new methods of transportation and communication coming to the fore in each decade, it is necessary that old ideas be cast aside and that the broadness of Cosmic Love replace the narrowness of love of clan, of creed and of cloister. In the great land of India, replete with a host of Masters, both Ascended and unascended, the mystic idea of spiritual wonder spreads abroad and weaves a net of fantasy which hangs as a veil across the face of Truth in all of Its Immortal Radiance. The total world is also covered with a veil of illusion, and if men would be truly wise they must possess the Power of peering behind the illusions of life to receive within their souls and hearts the messages which God intends to impart to them, even in little finite happenings. I would not this day disturb your worlds without cause; yet I come to generate in you a new respect for true revelation. Just as the flowers spring up upon the mountain and delight the weary traveler, so spiritual ideals, when expressed in the rugged setting of individuality, can make of the most harsh and jagged appearance a place of beauty. Let Me urge, then, that all men seek for the refinement in their characters of the jagged edges and harsh manifestations which sometimes accompany the sense of struggle. As Saint Germain has told you, it is the sense of struggle which makes the struggle. But I AM certain you realize that every such statement of Ascended Master Law does not stand alone, but has many facets. Therefore, it ought to be easy enough for individuals to understand that the refinement of their own outer nature provides a facile pathway upon which the currents of Light may flow. Some individuals seem content to sit back and to await the manifestation of their Divine Reality. They excuse their meanderings from the path of righteousness as being the result of their unfulfilled destinies. They say, "We are not yet perfect." How true, Blessed Ones; but I ask you now, do you think that you will attain your Perfection by affirming that you are not yet perfect? Why not, then, give consideration to the idea of Perfection, as though that Perfection were already your own complete manifestation? Why not, in those areas where you know you are deficient, replace the archaic and decadent manifestations with an object of beauty that will impart to those whom you contact some essence of Reality? Surely it must be apparent that discordant sounds and the clashes of human personality with one another do not produce a feeling of happiness and joy; on the contrary, they result in feelings of frustration and discontent. It is true that some individuals, having not yet attained a greater spiritual realization, are pleased to foment human discord, but certainly this is not the way of the enlightened one. Therefore, I say, let peaceable intents pervade the entire body of those who serve God's Kingdom and seek to express His Light. In the Name of Holy Reason I say, do you not think you can accomplish more by being harmonious than inharmonious? Do you not think that the Power of Truth is greater than error? Beloved Kuthumi and Jesus together with others of the Ascended Host have for so long manifestly expressed the holding of Harmony as Their prime intent for all of the chelas of the Ascended Masters. Above all, remember that within the center of your Being, there, right where You abide - and I refer to your Great Reality - the Flame of God burns. This is a Consuming Fire and It has the Power to transform all substance surrounding It into Its own Radiance. It remains, however, for each individual to submit his own will to the Will of God, that he may imbibe that Whole Will in his entire Being. Now, I cannot deny that as the Will of God which abides within the Flame of God's Eternal Presence anchored in Man's Heart, is given greater dominion, It will produce an effective transformation in outer conditions. This is the Law and It must be fulfilled. But this is a Law that cannot fulfill Itself. Many times individuals patiently wait for God's Law to act. Yet they continue to manifest the same sense of struggle and the same disobedience to the Law in their outer expression. There is much to be said for the idea of acting the part of an Ascended Being, even though sometimes painfully aware of one's shortcomings. Through the imitation of the Masters' attitudes and feelings towards life, Man comes to love the Master more and to draw a greater portion of His Radiance from within into outer expression. Inasmuch as all Masters of The Great White Brotherhood are ONE in Reality, the transformation of the individual into a Christ-accomplished Being is a transformation from a human monad, a mere person having aims and ambitions, into a Cosmic Being Who is part of the Master Plan of Universal Love. The Spires of the Spirit, the towers of the Celestial Radiance become, then, more tangible and real day by day. This does not detract from man's appreciation of his natural beauty or of the scientific wonder of creation. This does not prevent man from having joy in the creation of form, which is apparent to him through the avenue of the senses; nay, it enhances the wonder of all and brings him to a state where the mystery of Being is stripped of the outer falsification of the senses. Just as some of the fakirs in Our land of India have been laughed at by western man - and in one sense persecuted by them - so individuals have in a great sense of Ignorance taunted the Ascended Masters by ridiculing Their chelas. Now, this has no power to affect the Masters but reacts solely in the world of the individual who in ignorance expresses human venom. However, let Me clearly point out that the chelas themselves must not react in a discordant manner to those individuals who, due to a lack of understanding, express themselves in a manner unbecoming to a child of Light. After all, Precious Ones, these individuals in many cases have not had the same opportunities which you have had, and they need the power of a wonderful example in order to show them that God is the Master of your Temple and Life. Because, in the days to come, many wonderful opportunities will come to the seekers who are quickened by the intense amplification of Light's Energies upon Earth, it is most important that there be in readiness an advance guard of those elite ones who are willing to make themselves, as it were, eunuchs to the Holy Will of God - those who will submit their outer personality that Christ may stand forth in their auras and Presence. I bear no malice against those who have tried and failed; but I say to all, remember, Precious Ones, that the rule of your life is that which you yourself have established. If you would alter present conditions, or the effluvia against which you struggle, it must come to pass that you reconsecrate those Energies which you have desecrated by wrong action in the past. This is but the fulfillment of the Law, and it would be most uncomforting indeed for mankind to feel that the universe was without justice. Know, then, that the justice that you give to others shall return to you multiplied many times. The Law is adamant but compassionate. The Law is just but pure. The Law is Love in Essence and in the sense of Infinite Security; for though the mountains were to fall and the world to dissolve into a fire mist, those immortally consecrated to God Truth would remain in Consciousness with the Father, ready to be placed in their appointed place at the appointed hour. There is no Destiny greater than Cosmic Destiny; no wonder greater than God's Wonder. And all of this Wonder is locked in that storehouse which holds the treasures of Heaven - your own Mighty God Presence which "I AM." Most lovingly in Cosmic Service, I remain CHA ARA (The Beloved Ascended Master) ****** Chapter 21 Beloved Kwan Yin - May 22, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 21 - Beloved Kwan Yin - May 22, 1964 A New Sense of Cosmic Possibilities Blessed Ones, Your saying, "The saddest words of tongue or pen are these, 'It might have been' " need never apply to you, for I say in holy Mercy's Name, God is with thee; and all that seems to be a refutation of thy happiness is in many cases but a method whereby thy soul is "tried" that it might expand its wings and higher fly. Thus, in Mercy's Name you move forward by scarcely noticeable "inchings" or again by rapid expansion of your Light! May I address today those "lonely ones" who are in reality children of the Sun. For it is in "voluntary exile" that so many of these have entered earth's spheres and densities in order that they might act as overseers in the Garden of God to confer His loveliness upon others, even as a costume designer creates magnificent forms in cloth to robe mankind's physical form so that it might express a greater degree of loveliness. Now, the garments of the world continuously pass through change and each age has seen the outpicturing of numerous styles. To be in vogue has been the desire of those who long to be thought wise and attractive by men. But, the inner currents of Immortal Loveliness, flowing in a maiden's heart as in that of Jeanne d'Arc of old and as outpictured in many of the historical and religious figures of the past, continue to fire the minds and memories of men with the idea of becoming clothed with the white raiment of immortal beauty. You must bear in mind, O, Precious Ones, that many of those now embodied upon earth were contemporaries of these figures and they feel a flame of kinship within them as they pursue the studies of past history. But, in the Name of Compassion and Mercy, as I draw very near to you now, I would point out to you that this present hour is the very nadir of your world; for this very hour can be the consecrated springboard of a new beginning, when the past with all of its negative aspects is forgotten, and the hopeful future stands before you in all of its Promise as the Divine Plan awaiting externalization. In the Name of Cosmic Mercy I say wallow not in the records of the past that have often acted to prevent the manifestation of God's wondrous intent for the future; for those misdeeds that men have committed of yore have today become impediments in their own pathway. It is true that in former ages - or even in the recent past - many have placed thorns and thistles upon their brothers' pathways. But, Precious Ones, the mere burden of balancing human karma does not fulfill all the purposes of God. While the round of karma must needs be completed, it is not necessary that men continue to create that which brings about future discord. The lodestone of human "momentum" must be considered. But, let all understand this concept with a view to dispelling the negative action of mankind's karma. You cannot, Precious Ones, expect that the Great Law will affirm that all of the misqualified energy which you have created need not be balanced; but you need not stand helplessly waiting for someone else to consume it. And you need not fear that you will perish because you invoke the Flame of Divine Love and Mercy and Compassion. Simply because you set your feet upon the holy path does not mean that you will lose all that you have been given. I would prefer to say, it is as though you had not yet lived and were now coming into the beginning of a greater Life. Those who "lose" ("loose themselves") their human way of life in the pursuit of their Divine Identity can only find true Reality, for all Reality abides in God; and that which is realized in the consciousness of humanity is but a tiny portion of that Divine Reality that at times seems most illusory and even like a mirage upon the desert of man's life. Transform, then, your Being by a renewing of your mind and let a new sense of Cosmic possibilities flood forth through you. Remember that the weight of human karma is in most cases quite naturally a mighty lodestone. You may expect, then, that it shall have a pull and that it will from time to time exert that pull upon your energies. You simply need not be controlled by those pulls or by this lodestone of your own human creation. You can recognize the "burden of the Christ" as composed of Ascended Master Light Substance and you can, as the Goddess of Light did of old, call for more and more of this Light until the very Light itself shall take hold upon the substance of your world and give you the great Power and waves of Freedom for which you call. The Great Magnet of Heaven is by far the Greater Lodestone to those who generate response to it! The call for Light cannot fail to produce fruit. But the fruit of Compassion and Mercy may not always manifest in all their glorious completion at any given moment. There may be times when you may feel as though but little has changed in your world. Quite naturally, when you are in the grip of cyclonic human forces of the past, it may seem to you as though all things were still vibrating in accordance with the laws of human density. This is not so, for you have been periodically lifted from the merry-go-round of life into more infinite and eternal cycles of peace where greater Mercy and Compassion abide - where Love seeks to guide you and lead you gently through pathways of achievement unto the land of wonderful promise. If, momentarily, as children sometimes do, you step down and return to the merry-go-round of life, you must realize that some penalty must be paid and some forfeiture made. But this does not negate all that has been already done for the Great Light, for you must simply once again stand, face and conquer. You must once again strengthen your resolves; you must once again know that many decisions must be made ere Man's meanderings into the finite wilderness existence can be wholly mitigated in a mighty positive inrush of Cosmic Mercy which sweeps away the jams and blockages in human consciousness and causes the whole Being of Man to be set aglow with the infinite vitality of Cosmic dimensions. O, Ladies and Gentlemen, lovely children of the Infinite Light, the blazing diamond-like splendor of your Divine Reality is a garment of such tangibility and wonder that I long to see you all arrayed in It. I long to see you step forth as every Ascended Master does, shining in your own Christ Raiment with all of Its splendor and brightness. The Christ Raiment of the Western Masters is also the Christ Raiment of the East. And so today in the dismal land of China, once so splendidly aware in Golden Ages of the past of the wonders of spiritual culture and treasure, the Temples of Heaven lie temporarily desecrated before the onrush of human greed with all its materialistic reasoning. Let all know however, that the treasures of spiritual glory are not subject to the decay of any of the nations that have fallen, for there is a bond between all people upon earth that is greater than nationalism. And when the Wings of Victory shall have ultimately established His Mighty Temple upon earth to the Glory of God, the Mighty "I AM" Presence, Peace shall abide in every heart. Yet, where you now abide there "I AM" and those of you who long to be a Fount of Mercy unto Life will be. This is God's Promise fulfilled in you. I AM graciously yours, KWAN YIN The Goddess of Mercy ****** Chapter 22 Beloved Saint Germain - May 29, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 22 - Beloved Saint Germain - May 29, 1964 "A Quirk Concerning Freedom" Most Gracious Ones, As We approach the season of the year when in the land of America the blessings of Constitutional Government are proclaimed in a more vigorous and ceremonial manner, I AM mindful of the need to continuously amplify the Power of Freedom in the consciousness of the people of the world. I realize that some may say, "Saint Germain has often spoken to us of 'quirks' of human consciousness and yet He Himself seems to have a quirk concerning Freedom." Well, Blessed Ones, let Me tell you that I do not ever intend to abandon My Theme, for It means the Freedom of all Life, including your blessed selves! And this is the point that must be remembered. The statement, "There is nothing new under the sun," is a great Truth; and yet, that which is under the sun is quite internally replete with the splendor of God and all His shining! Therefore, in the variegated and multicolored manifestations of Man and Nature, there is already revealed more than the mind of Man could ever comprehend in his present state. Let those who are content to manifest a sense of barrenness in the cupboard of their consciousness - which they have neglected to store with the abundance of Divine Grace - continue, if they will, to feel a sense of sameness in all things and to express boredom with life. Verily, I say, they have their own reward. But as for Me, I AM content only when I can dramatize for mankind the many holy aspects of Freedom. My very breath continues to pour out to mankind a greater awareness of the meaning of Freedom. This is a renewal of the ancient and sacred covenants which God holds with Man. And as His Emissary I will act in memory of My own Holy Vows made in defense of Freedom "Under God!" Beloved Ones, you have heard it said that the Hierarchy will externalize wonderful rituals of incalculable value which will assist mankind to more easily outpicture the Great Laws of God here upon earth. This is true and the future will reveal it so. But, Blessed Ones, you must be mindful that a ritual drama will sometimes bear in its repetition the earmarks of sameness, albeit the comforting Presence of its continual Reality will be welcomed by those who understand its meaning and in each repetition thereof take increased Joy. You cannot expect an empty vessel or a "cloud without water" to appreciate the "everlasting Glory" in the same manner as those who are gracefully prepared to serve Life and to give glory to God for all His wonders of Creation. Responses are important, and no response is more important than your response to Freedom and to Life Itself. You have probably known individuals who, by reason of some quirk in their nature, were unable to express the spark of interest or avidity for the many blessings which Life offers. Such individuals suffer as the result of their own inability to understand and appreciate the meaning of Life. Well, let Me tell you, Blessed Ones, that a dash of relish must be applied! Mankind cannot expect to express God Qualities without making a determined effort to do so. If they are expressing boredom and sameness and discontent, it is because they have generated a momentum of this very quality at some time or another and are still moving in the mainstream of that mood. Furthermore, they have been responsible thereby for contributing to the delinquency of all mankind; and they reap the harvest of that which they have sown. Let them, then, recognize that they must turn about and swim to the shores of this river of their own discontent and cling to the branches that may be there - whether they be thorny branches or not - and they must pull themselves up upon the shore and leave the former unhappy scene and seek a place of joy and love and freedom under the Sun! All God Qualities require cultivation. There have been numerous stories told concerning individuals who, upon entering into Heaven, found it not to their liking. God in His great Mercy and Understanding, knowing that some have not yet developed a talent and taste for Heaven's environment, sees to it that they are placed in spheres of etheric consciousness which are more to their liking and convenience. Nonetheless, such a state is not full Freedom. For mankind have taken strands of Divine Substance and fashioned therefrom prison bars; they have usurped Heaven's Energies to create matrices which have incarcerated them. All of this - which beareth false witness to the God Creation of which they are capable and to which they must aspire - must be shattered. But it cannot be shattered unless there be an intense desire to do so on the part of the aspirant. Those who are content to go on having all things exist as they are accustomed do not honestly seek the Kingdom of God; and, in accord with the recent Cosmic Fiats that have been made, those who prefer to pursue the pathways of earth will not be sought after by the Most High God and can expect no attempt by Him to remove them from the outer darkness in which they are content to dwell. Therefore, I AM addressing the great host of men and women who have a deep yearning within their souls for all Freedom, and yet have neither found nor completely attained It. I also address those chelas of some standing who through the years have poured out unceasing devotion to Me and to the Cause of Freedom for which I stand. I say to all, We continue to seek to weld together a body of men and women who will serve Our Holy Cause and the needs of those among the mankind of Earth who sincerely desire to express greater Freedom and Understanding daily. It is My Hope that I have begun to generate in you, through this dissertation, an awareness of your own responsibility to persistently cultivate the habit or momentum of manifesting certain Divine Qualities which may not have actually been your natural expression in the past. There are some of you, for example, who have been accustomed to various types of music which are not the type of music which will magnetize in you the Holy Christ Radiance. The dissonant beats of Basin Street in New Orleans certainly will not produce the Holiness and Purity of the Christ Radiance within you and; therefore, it is vital that your tastes be changed. I know that those who have for many years enjoyed a particular quality of music may not at first appreciate the need to reform their listening habits, but such is the case with various habits which you have generated and which must now be regenerated through the use of the God Flames as you have been taught. The molding of your character in accordance with Divine Ideals and Ascended Master Love must come about naturally through the voluntary responses of your own heart. We do not expect to use a cudgel or to try to force sainthood upon you. We realize that your own soul's desires which cry out for expression must awaken you to the great needs of the moment. You will find, of course, with the passing of time, that some of you will advance more rapidly than others. The pace is not always the same for all; and there are times when, as though in a twinkling of an eye, great progress will be made. Yet, bear in mind, Precious Ones, that had you stepped aside from the path at any moment and abandoned it, returning to the "river of discontent," for example, you would not have been upon the path at the precise moment when the crown was conferred. Therefore, as in the case of the awarding of military prizes, had you not been present to have the General pin upon you the award for valor, you would not be listed among those comrades at arms who appeared to receive their just reward. Awards made posthumously are not as much appreciated by the recipient, or even by members of his family. I count those who serve Freedom's cause to be members of My Family; hence, you will realize that I AM most anxious to have you "alive" and abundantly serving Our Cause in this day of great decision making. Now, the coming celebrations in Washington are intended to emphasize God Government. It is Our intent to be most practical and to recognize that the Government of the World is now in the hands of the relatively few who are sustained by the vote of the people; these in turn are influenced to a large degree by the image-making and propaganda-disseminating powers of those who, while not in politics, are in business. However, Our purposes are not to engage in propaganda of a political nature but to generate responses on the part of the students of this Light which will inspire them to valiantly call forth from On High a descent of an amplified Flame of Freedom which will penetrate into the mental strata of the leaders of the world and all mankind as Heavenly Inspiration poured out from God upon their precious lifestreams. We will then respond with a deluge of Ascended Master Love and Light! Through Our Radiance We also intend to disseminate to the world around a greater awareness of the meaning of Freedom so that the rank and file of mankind will join in the search for greater Freedom in every area of Life. This does not mean the license to express whatsoever mankind will; but it does mean the liberty to create Freedom-making causes and desires. You see, Precious Ones, the causes and cores of mankind's distress in the past must be analyzed and understood and then new conditions created, in order that the bondages of the past do not become the bondages of the present or the future. Each generation desires to offer to its progeny a more wonderful gift of Purity, not only in world government but also in self-government. This Purity is the Power behind all progress, and living as you do in such delicate times when opportunities of world import are constantly coming to the fore, you must be ready always to do your part as Minute Men of Saint Germain. I remain your Knight Commander SAINT GERMAIN ***** 22.1 Beloved Prince Oromasis - May 29, 1964 ***** Vol. 7 No. 22 - Beloved Prince Oromasis - May 29, 1964 THE RADIANT WORD Excerpts from Sunday, April 26, 1964 Washington Address "I AM the Immortal Flame of Cosmic Freedom" By Beloved Prince Oromasis "Is it not time to say to that human lump of creation: "I AM the Immortal Flame of Cosmic Freedom. I demand that all of my energies in outer concentration submit to the great God Flame within my Heart. I demand that all outer conditions come within effective God-Control. I demand that all that is not of the Light be transmuted and changed and that I BE the fullness of all that which I already AM. For I AM the full Perfection of God. I AM the Living Flame of Cosmic Freedom. I AM the buoyant, dancing Joy of God that passes through my entire four lower bodies and descends from the Heart of my Presence to give me my Freedom now. I AM the raising Power of the spirit of Light and Fire which lifts me to the Victory of my Ascension and is the full-gathered momentum of Victory of the Saints and Ascended Beings of all ages to Ascend back to the very Heart of God and the Immortal Consciousness thereof." Nehruji Molder of Men's Hearts was he Harbinger of Freedom Scythe-like he cut down bondage And nurtured the grain of our land. A taller figure in Vision A softer voice for Peace He enfolded ambition with quietness And saw the Sun sweep higher in hope. Cherishing national hopes, He shepherded his people Now they shall seek another And his Destiny shall fly upward. The sparks of Sacred Fire shall be seen With a mingling of waters serenity And the empty solemnity of the multitudes Shall fade into memory. Nehru - Mighty Warrior of Hope and Peace "God Keep Thee" Jawaharlal - Political Swamaji Salutation to thee - Chananda's Love surround thee Thy flower blooms on everlasting hills. ****** Chapter 23 Beloved Maha Chohan - June 5, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 23 - Beloved Maha Chohan - June 5, 1964 From My Own Heart I The Essence of God Beloved Ones, The invisible Essence of God is expressed all around Man in Nature. Those who gaze upon the screen of life see but the outer manifestation, whereas in cinemaphotography the beholder can gaze backward from the screen to the projection lens and light beam which passes through the film or blueprinted God Design to perceive a more infinite degree of the Presence of the Creator Who so wondrously expresses in outer manifestation. The agency of the Holy Spirit descending, as with the sound of a mighty rushing wind on the day of Pentecost, assumes a more volatile aspect of God than that expressed in the gentle ministrations of Nature. But, as the Representative of the Holy Spirit, let Me say to all that the greatest experience which can befall Man in connection with the Holy Spirit is that which occurs on an individual basis; the words of the Master which declared "Verily I say unto you, ye must be born again," indicate that "that which is born of flesh is flesh and that which is born of Spirit is spirit." Let all know, then, that the very consciousness employed by Man in assuming his own earthly identity must be introverted in order to closely attune with the God within and find the precious Flame Spirit of Holiness posited in the center of Man's heart chalice. From thence he must begin to trace the pathway Home of that Flame - upward through the myriad manifestations of outer Nature, piercing the sky envelope that is the ionosphere of the planet, back through the solar logoi and thence to the very Heart of Creation through the Cosmic Hierarchial Design to the Great Central Sun. I AM well aware that the simple "Way" is eulogized by the theologians of the world, and I wish to indicate herein that there is nothing complex about the Cosmological Plan referred to, insofar as the journey in Consciousness is concerned. An individual may with ease return to the Heart of God in concept or thought and thus immediately fulfill a part of the Divine Purpose. But, inasmuch as God intends to confer upon Man not only the glories of conceptual reunion, but also the vestments of eternal power and dominion, He is not satisfied to have Man merely assume the role of the monad in manifestation, but He demands that those who would fulfill the Father's total Purpose shall also be able to enter into the very Heart of the mysteries of Nature and Nature's God! This includes the control of both cyclic and cyclonic forces, in human dimensions as well as in divine spirals. Because the pathway of Freedom is ever so much enhanced by the Power of the Holy Spirit, The Darjeeling Council of God's Will, together with Beloved Saint Germain, have asked Me to write a series of letters to the students from My own Heart. The purpose of these letters will be to trace out within the framework of each Man's own Being a greater understanding of how the Holy Spirit may be personally contacted, and to reveal how a climate of receptivity may be created in the heart of each blessed chela, which will make him a fortress of strength, both to his brethren and those in his immediate environment, and within his own Being. Weaknesses may be despised by men but in examining their causes they are found to stem from conditions of spiritual lack or a vacuum, although in some few cases they are the result of energy well spent. In the latter instance, weakness is temporary and vitality is quickly renewed by the Holy Spirit. It is an interesting sidelight to observe in connection with manifest weaknesses that individuals who are prone to pronounce judgment upon one another do so without observing or analyzing the records of the total lifestream: The Karmic Board and those illumined by God and given charge over such matters which pertain to the life record of an individual make no such hasty decisions, but they ponder with care, love, and tenderness the story of each individual lifestream. Blessed Ones, the Advent of the Holy Spirit in each individual Heart can be compared to the transfer of the Cosmic Blueprint for the Earth from the Heart of the Great Silent Watcher to the realm of dense or physical creation. In order to encourage each wayfarer to come into greater understanding and attunement with the Beloved Holy Spirit, I AM setting forth in this and in coming dissertations certain vibratory patterns designed to encourage each individual, regardless of his station, to find within his own heart a greater measure of compassion for others and for his own blessed self. It has been rightly said that many men are their own worst enemies. Be this true, it need not so continue, for the Christ of every man has manifested in order to bring deliverance to each one. Social chaos and unrest may be disquieting even as warfare disturbs the happiness of nations, but the internal warfare between the flesh and the spirit can be successfully waged only through a more complete attunement with the bulwarks of the Holy Spirit or the WHOLE-I-SPIRIT! The statement "What is man, that Thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that Thou visitest him?" must be understood. The "spirit" of Man is distinct, Blessed Ones, from "the Spirit of God." The Spirit of God is the Spirit of complete Goodness, of complete Wholeness. The Spirit of God does not require Perfection; it already is Perfection. The pristine spirit of Man can be likened unto a clean white slate or a chalk board which a teacher uses to add sums. The impressions of life, the happenings and events thereof, make their record on the spirit of Man, which is intended to eventuate in union with the Spirit of God. However, the reactions of Man to the pressures of his environment and to the pressures of the spiritual World of the Invisible all create their engravings on the spirit of Man; but, until the spirit of Man has become wholly Godlike, it is not a reliable source of advice, and the Most High must be continually contacted and consulted. Man is embryonic. He is becoming. This is his perennial state until wholly illumined. He cannot become more Manlike, but he can become more Godlike. The molding factors that make it possible for the Holy Spirit to shape the destiny of the individual are these: Holy Prayer uttered from the heart; Holy Meditation selflessly offered - and herein may I say that one engaged in such meditation is never too busy or too concerned with the manifestation even of God's Kingdom to turn aside for a moment and render assistance to his brother; Holy Faith persistently sought as the Gift of God; Holy Compassion and Charity toward others that senses and sees their struggles and does not desire to add to their burdens; Holy Service that, as symbolized in Albrecht Durer's painting of hands extended in prayer, continually offers hand and heart and head to be the Hands and Head and Heart of God. These attitudes make for any individual who will persist in holding to them for a given period an open door through which the Holy Spirit may enter in. Now, there is a vast difference between the imparting of simple Holy Wisdom and the positioning of that Wisdom in the frame of reference of the daily ideational world of man and the Infinite Ideal World of God. This is not a subject for a momentary or hasty decision. In great patience men must possess their souls and be content to move forward from day to day until the splendor of His shining surrounds them with the great Immortal Aura of The Christ; for as of old, it is hard for any to "kick against the pricks" of their Immortal Inheritance and all can and should bask in the radiant sun of the Holy Spirit Whose ancient Loveliness lifts all to the eternal hills where the glory of the Eternal Day continues to shine forth. Love and blessings, THE MAHA CHOHAN ****** Chapter 24 Beloved Maha Chohan - June 12, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 24 - Beloved Maha Chohan - June 12, 1964 From My Own Heart II The Imminence of God Blessed Hearts of Light, As men seek to expel from their worlds the shadowed substance woven there by the misuse of power, as men seek to refine their inner natures and purify their souls, they renew their attunement with the Holy Spirit, which beareth much fruit. Jesus said, "They that be whole need not a physician but they that are sick"; hence, self-righteousness, which is a shadowed weight of both subtlety and deceit, must be laid aside as the first veil that covered the Reality of the Holy Spirit. I know of many wonderful God-loving individuals who are detoured from time to time from the Path of Holiness simply because of their own erroneous thought about their spiritual positions. Conversely, I know of Ascended Masters who actually bow to the Holy Christ Self of embodied individuals even when the latter are deeply steeped in error. I have seen the gamut of Man's expression of so-called humility and so-called spirituality and I think that I also can discern the difference between the genuine and the counterfeit. Just as I do not approve of self-depreciation whereby individuals, according to your own vernacular, "sell themselves short" in the cosmic marts and assume themselves to be nothing in the Eyes of God, so I cannot approve of those who esteem themselves to be something extraordinary whereas in reality they are manifesting but a little of Heaven's Perfection in comparison to that which they could be. Now, it is strange but true that oftentimes the most magnificent individuals who have externalized great momentums of service approach the Throne of Grace with the utmost humility; whereas those who have so little to offer approach the Throne with great brashness and braggadocio. May I introduce, then, here and now a plea for balance in all that man does? The seeker on the Path of Godliness ought not to be an extremist. Yet, we condone extreme measures of godly Devotion! I do not say that individuals cannot most diligently seek the Kingdom of God, for this is most desirable, but I do say, let them exercise balance with regard to their associations with other people. Let them take into account the status and stature of others, the opportunities for learning that others have had, and the total state of each one's present consciousness. The borders of God's Kingdom ought not to be enlarged with force but by the Power of the Infinite One. The statement, "And I, if I be lifted up, will draw all men unto me," refers to the Christ Consciousness. It ought to be apparent, then, that as men lift up the Spirit of God in the eternal verities, that the Spirit of God in all Its tangibility will increase Its action within a given set of squares; applying this in a more simple manner, let Me say that if the circle or sphere that exists nine feet or ninety feet from around the Heart Chalice of an individual could be divided up into cubes one foot square, each containing a certain intensity of the Holy Spirit, that intensity could vary from a very minute quantity to a very tremendous radiance. Now, the greater the radiance, the greater the power of the magnet within the forcefield of an individual to draw men toward God. One of the errors which men are sometimes prone to make - and this is indeed a razor's edge of understanding - is for individuals to utilize the great drawing power which comes to them as the result of the action of the Holy Spirit to attract people to their own personality or their own opinions about Life. It is ever a wise "cosmic scientist," then, who seeks to point out to the individual who is drawn by the Light into his orbit the Divine Unity in the Radiance of the Holy Spirit and to encourage that one to expand the Light of his own Heart. At first this may seem somewhat difficult for there is ever the propensity on the part of the student - as soon as he feels a touch of the Paraclete and the beginning of his own expansion - to rush forward too rapidly into the teaching field. Many who have studied a few short years begin to fancy themselves as worthy of being gurus. They seek to draw to themselves a circle of chelas, not realizing that unless they are wholly prepared by the Holy Spirit for this purpose, they may unduly take unto themselves many karmic conditions without necessarily improving the lot of those they instruct. I want to develop, then, a most wholesome attitude in all of the chelas. One of the best ways that I know of doing this is to develop a sense of God awareness. Therefore, in drawing the Holy Spirit to you, I shall urge upon you that whether you contemplate Man, Nature, or God, you have an abiding sense within your mental body as well as in your feeling body of being held in the very hollow of God's Hand. The disquieting factors of life may come; old momentums may seek to take their toll, but you must stand completely oblivious of this in the eternal bastion of God's Own Imminence. All around you, vibrating in space, is Light. This Light that many have not recognized from day to day - or have recognized for a time and then forgotten again - must be persistently, tenaciously invoked, adored, loved, and basked in, until It is tangibly felt at first and then even made tangibly visible. To do this does not mean that men must become impractical, shirking the necessary responsibilities of Life; but neither must men become spiritually impractical, seeking to pour out their life's energies upon the material earth. Room must be found in the inn of Man's Being for the Divine Plan. Allegiance must be paid to eternal verities, and Faith must mount up as on eagle's wings from the base of the landed present. Men must not fear to study the sacred writings of the past nor to accept the great progressive elements the Ascended Masters release from time to time in this day and age through their accredited Messengers. Pure gold can be tried in the fire, its purposes analyzed, its objectives brought before the eyes of the soul; and the disclosure of its Source made to the sincere. Those who would pursue the Holy Spirit, then, must give themselves without reserve to the purposes of God. As long as any price is too great to pay; as long as any measure of the sense of possession is retained in the clutch of human consciousness, individuals have still not let go of the finite self. Man must come to the great threshingfloor of God and place himself there, subject to the eternal flail of right knowledge. "For whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth." Therefore, all who would enter into the Kingdom must be willing to accept the Fires of Purification, the necessary trials and examinations and even the necessary risks involved. God will never ask aught that is evil of Man, nor will He misdirect man to do harm to any other part of Life. The science of harmlessness, then, must also be understood and, in complete surrender to God's Holy Will, men must become open, receptive channels through which the purifying Fires of the Holy Spirit may flow. These Fires are both tangible and symbolic. Therefore, let none think they abide entirely in the realm of the symbol; for there is an actual tangible emanation of Fire from the octaves of Purity ministered to by the Purifying Angels. When these brush the physical octaves of earth and come into contact with the Fire Elementals, there is sometimes released an uncomfortable sensation in which the flesh itself seems to melt with a fervent heat. This shall pass as will all tests till Man becomes cooled to the restless passions of the flesh and awaits a release of more spiritual Grace and a fitting for higher dimensions of service. The foundations of Life must not be ignored, for the Temple which is the body of Man's whole Substance must be prepared for the infusion and descent of the Holy Spirit. Man's Body of purified Energy must be a tabernacle builded without hands, the hallowed, eternal, abiding place of God. Whether in the Child-Man, renewed in the manger of life, or in the magnificent towering service of the Wise Masterbuilder, let it be said of all in consecrated rhythm, "Come see the place where the Lord lay!" Onward, THE MAHA CHOHAN ****** Chapter 25 Beloved Maha Chohan - June 19, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 25 - Beloved Maha Chohan - June 19, 1964 From My Own Heart III The Tabernacle of God Most Gracious Seekers for the Cup of Life, The meaning of the Temple of the Holy Spirit must be revealed more completely to mankind. The ancient writings must be interpreted, and I refer here not only to recordings made with the stylus upon papyrus, with ink upon paper and by electronic methods upon plastic substance; but I specifically refer also to the most precious engraving of Eternity - the Laws of God written within the Heart and the Mind of Man by his own blessed Spirit. The inward nature of Man is given the intelligent cohesion of Immortal Substance by the Spirit of God; and even the mortal frame is held together by the subtle direction received from On High through the media of the Holy Spirit in Its directions to the body elemental. Now then, as We examine more completely and take the measure of the Temple of the Holy Spirit which is the Body of Man, let us see the relation of the Sacred Fire to the temporal form of creation as well as the eternal. The ancient mysteries described the vision of Jacob who fell asleep and pillowed his head upon a stone. This symbolizes the Rock of Ages, which is synonymous with the Christ of every Man, the Light Substance of the Immortal Son of God, Who is the chief cornerstone of the Temple of each Man's Being. As Jacob lay sleeping (the account is recorded faithfully in the Scriptures, in the Book Genesis), he saw a ladder leading upward toward Heaven, and the Angels of God descending and ascending upon this ladder. Mankind must realize that the ladder between worlds is one of Ascended Master Light Substance, ministered to by those Holy Representatives and Messengers of God's Will - the Blessed Angelic Hosts. These faithful communicants enrichen the altars of Heaven as They convey the Love of the Creation to the Father of All; and They enrichen the altars of earth with the Immortal Substance of God's Love conveyed thither. The Temple of God - the Temple of the Holy Spirit - is the Body of Man. A closer look will reveal the thirty-three steps of the spinal ladder within the very mortal frame of man's body; the place of the skull (Golgotha) in the body of man becomes the very head of man at the top of the spinal ladder, where the Christ is crucified between the anterior and posterior lobes of the pituitary body. This symbolical and yet actual representation has relationship to the spinal altar and the Mighty Power of the Sacred Fire of God which descends to the base of the spine and thence Ascends to the very top of the head, where it once again continues upward to the very Heart of each Man's Divine Presence. In attracting the Holy Spirit in a greater measure, it must be recognized by every seeker that the initial impetus of the Holy Spirit is given to Man with his first breath, drawn at the beginning of each embodiment. The pranic portion thus set forth at the beginning of life, then, is substantially abundant; and yet, by reason of the cycle of limitation imposed by Cosmic Law upon each lifestream - which directs the individual's measure of talents - it is necessary that a renewing of the Sacred Covenant with the Holy Spirit occur under the aegis of Man's free will. The hungers of the heart are motivated by Divine Grace; for as man hungers and thirsts after righteousness, he shall indeed be filled, but not until his thirst is great enough to cause him to pause in the day's material occupations and seek for a renewing of the ancient covenants which he had with God before the temporal self was. As so much Joy fills My Heart when the Breath of Righteousness is released to Man, I AM this day consecrating the Energies of My Being to the giving unto the students of Saint Germain's Flame of Freedom a more than ordinary portion of the Holy Spirit, which will prove a Bulwark of Righteousness to them and a Mighty Magnet to lift them to their own Christ Ascension in the Light. I cannot rightfully imagine how individuals to whom this Great Light is imparted could ever be satisfied with that which is less than their own Immortal Inheritance. Hence, when I hear of those who have turned away from Righteousness, Honor, Justice and Mercy toward any of their fellowmen, I AM reminded of the fact that they have little understood the meaning of God's Grace. We cannot fail to encourage the downtrodden, for among them are the seeds of future Avatars; even those individuals who may seem a trifle odd to their compeers, may well become men of great valor under the bond of proper direction. There is hope for all. Now, as you measure the relationship of your own physical body to the Temple of God made without hands, consider the meaning of Immortality as it relates, not only to your consciousness, but also to the power of that consciousness to manifest at will the direction in which you are disposed to go. "The wind bloweth where it listeth ..." - has been properly recorded, and it also is declared," ... so is everyone that is born of the Spirit." When you inherit a Body of Light, this conferment will be no figment of Man's imagination, but it will be as real and tangible as Eternity itself, and it will be the result of your own use of free will to consciously embody the Light. The very purposes of God are actually fulfilled by the Body of Man when it is consecrated as the Holy Place or Tabernacle of God to that Mighty Divine Presence. The instilling of human ideals is often vanity, but no one who has eyes to see or ears to hear can ever disclaim the virtues of the Holy Spirit. The Blessed Holy Spirit has inspired men through the ages, has fired them with enthusiasm, and has given them an unalterable compassion. The Compassion of God is yet with men, in the person of the Ascended Masters and in the very Living Presence of God, which is individualized for each man as his own Mighty "I AM" Presence. It is one thing for Man to be aware in part that he has a Divine Presence, but to have the very Power of the Sacred Fire descend from the Solar Altar in the Great Central Sun to the Central Sun of his own Presence, and thence to descend further to manifest within his own Body Temple, is an infusion of no little capability. Consider the bond of the Holy Spirit as the Unifier of men's hearts; consider also the bond of the Holy Spirit as the great Cosmic Link between the individual and his Divine Presence. As the Representative of the Holy Spirit, I AM filled today with a sense of gratitude for this opportunity to convey to all sincere students everywhere, that the seeker may yet find the Power of this Mighty God Being filling his world with Love and Light and with the vibrations of infinite delight, which make up the Joy of God as they descend in the Holy Spirit. Now, Blessed Ones, the first three messages which have come to you have dealt with certain very practical means of illumining the Consciousness of Man as to the grandeur of the Holy Spirit. We have touched somewhat lightly on the mystical symbology of the Body of Man and his relationship to the Mighty Cosmic Triad of the Eternal Father, the Eternal Son, and the Eternal Holy Spirit. The Councils have not yet decided, owing to certain difficulties which mankind are encountering on the international level, as to whether to permit Me to continue My dissertations on the Holy Spirit in an unbroken fashion. Should it be thought wise for Me to relinquish this platform for a period, I assure you it is Our intent to write three more successive releases, which will deal with the most practical methods of contacting the Holy Spirit by each individual who desires to have a closer bond. As I take My leave of you, may I congratulate those of you whose hearts are not bound by dogmatism or pseudointellectualism, or by the thorns of skepticism. May I say to you all, prove now for yourselves, by careful study of the Mighty Truth that I have released, as to the great Realities the future may hold in store for the open-hearted perceivers of God's Grace, so full of Infinite Wonder. I AM and remain THE MAHA CHOHAN ****** Chapter 26 Beloved Mother Mary - June 26, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 26 - Beloved Mother Mary - June 26, 1964 To Toll a Bell It is the hope of every true mother that the age-old conflicts of man be resolved and that an era of peace, permanent and masterful, enfold the planet in its own Cosmic Destiny. The long, shadowed night of man's hatred - senseless, rationalized - must end, together with all thirst for vengeance. The devotees of God - those who truly love Him - must understand that there are many sheep upon the planet who have fallen prey to the wolves of man's inhumanity to man. These, measuring life by false standards, do not see with the clear eye of Justice and Mercy. To harshly and bitterly judge those caught in the web of world delusion does not provide a means of escape for them, nor does it enhance the soul of the would-be chastener. Now, in this perilous moment when so many mountains are precariously balanced, as though they would fall upon the civilization of Man, I choose to toll a bell with no sense of hopelessness, but with a sense of calculated solemnity. It is wonderful to laugh and be glad and to rejoice in the abundance of God's Grace. But there is also a time to be solemn and to take stock of the world's cup of need. The whirling Energies of God, involuted in Man at times, become a tightly coiled spring ponderously working itself into ever tightening spirals of personal tension. Time must be taken, then, to evolute and reach out into the Universe, to give Comfort even as you have received it. The Laws of Man's Being are complex, Blessed Ones. And it is most unfortunate that every religion and every teacher of religion is not completely reliable, that the hearers thereof may be certain of the veracity of all the statements propounded. I say, would to God that this were so in this present day! Yet, midst all the manifold delusions of life and the avenues which provide no sound solution to men's problems, let it be known that there remain great Truths which are indeed mysteries tothe uninitiated, even in this day and age. It is fallacious - nay, foolish - for individuals to think that those of Our Octave do not restrain Our outpouring; for We do extend priceless Gifts and Treasures from Our Hearts, but clothed at times in simple language, and then again, embodying in Light Radiance behind the language, the grandeur and nobility of the Mind of God. The manifold racial types occupying the planetary platform involve vast civilizations extending even beyond the known prehistoric past. In the archives of the Solar Logos are recorded not only the happenings of this planetary chain but also of associated universes and interstellar systems afar off. In the ancient symbol of the Tower of Babel, the spiritually alert may discern the presence of the Great Guardian Beings of this planet, Whose Wisdom, while not yet understood by mankind, does bestow many benefits upon the children of men. The world is now at a crossroad of identification with matter, whilst the great Spirit of Life is too little honored or sought by the created. Once again I gently chide, upon the advice of the Karmic Lords - Who appear to My Eyes as such Mighty Ones - in the great hope that any impending doom may be stayed where it yet remains in the realm of the unmanifest and that it may be there transmuted by the invocation of God's Great Light by those who may hear My words and heed My call. Thus in this Age of Freedom, may the Earth, by great Wisdom and Love, retain Her many wondrous Opportunities. Most graciously, I AM Your loving Mother MARY ****** Chapter 27 Beloved Saint Germain - July 3, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 27 - Beloved Saint Germain - July 3, 1964 The Divine Inheritance of Every Man Divine Ones, The words, "How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation," inspire Me to eulogize the Divine Inheritance of Man: The narrow spectrum of men's consciousness, squeezed at times between the jaws of a magnificent ego, seems to strike toward diminution rather than the expected and necessary God-expansion. How can We say to the shrinking man, "Thy kingdom is diminished," when his own modest satisfactions are content to exist in the void of ignorance. The signs of the times are not read by those who need them the most; and yet, I see an expanding remnant of Freedom's lovers, who shall not let the root or stalk of the Flower of Freedom vanish from the earth. The charity of the Saints is sought in secret by many a heart whose exterior brashness might indicate thoughtlessness or a lack of sensitivity. But let none deceive themselves. The time is come when men must stand up and be counted. This does not mean that they need rashly rush forth, ill prepared, on behalf of an unworthy cause, fought for those unworthy to receive the warrior's services. My Minutemen and those who are alert to the signs of the times will take note, even without having it called to their attention, of the continuing struggle for Freedom. The strong of heart and wise of mind will know that Freedom is won on many levels. It is not alone a battle between nation and nation, but it is often a struggle within the confines of a man's own world and thoughts. Remember, O Precious Ones, that the winning of your personal Victory is always a contribution to the total planetary Victory. The beauty in God's own Eye, the Lightness of His Concepts for each Man, must be harnessed and drawn through the individual until achievement and effort trade the wasted hours for a thing of beauty forever. The most delicate problems of Oriental/Occidental relations are no more enigmatic than the racial problems in America. In the Name of Holy Justice I say, wrongs have been done on all sides; but when a wrong is righted it ought not to be remembered except as an example of Man's virtue in making it right. Now, redress in matters most grievous, having endured through the decades and centuries, eats into many hearts and callouses many areas of honesty. The inevitable triumph of right and justice is not for and on behalf of any one segment of Man's society, but for and on behalf of all. You cannot mete out justice to one man and injustice to another from the same tribunal and remain a pillar on behalf of Freedom. The dust of international injustices must also be removed. The trafficking in human lives, whereby the virtues of the world literally die on the vine of Hope, as commercial exploitation sacks huge segments of the world's population, must be abandoned in favor of the Golden Rule. Upon this historic occasion and in memory of perpetual Freedom for mankind, I say once again, the simple statement, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you," is the Golden Rule which can bring forth Freedom in this day, making it the Golden Age of the present rather than the future, if men will pledge their Life's Energies to the wheel of human progress. In all of My Baconian and Shakespearean words I sought to quicken the Holy Breath of Freedom within men's hearts and minds and so do to the present hour. Yet even the scarlet line that was cast from the window of Rahab, the harlot, had to be symbolically interpreted in faith by those who seized the city. Our words, then, must be understood and acted upon. Prayer and Cosmic Decree must go hand in hand. I remain your Cosmic Advocate of the Planet, Saint Germain ****** Chapter 28 Beloved Jesus - July 10, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 28 - Beloved Jesus - July 10, 1964 "Give Us Barabbas!" To Those Who Prefer the Christ of Their Own Being: The light of Man's fancy often takes him in byways of thought afar from the House of the Father's Thoughts. The bane of mere human intelligence, cribbed within the molds of musty concepts, must be exchanged for the freshness of the dawn of the Radiance of Man's own Immortal Being. The link between men of true greatness and the ordinary man is but one of origin. For those who achieve and those who are content to drift do have a common spiritual as well as physical genesis. The skepticism of mankind, with its narrow confines, provides no avenue of escape, no loophole in the screen of thought through which the carnal mind may find reprieve from warfare with the Spirit of Truth. I AM come to thrust the Sword of Truth which shall part the veil of human delusion (see Matthew 10:34). I would like at this time to say to the children of men that the Ascended Masters have long desired to impart to mankind a greater understanding of the "many mansions in the Father's House" (John 14:2). The Great Holy Brothers of Our Spiritual Order have long sought to enlighten mankind to a greater degree concerning their spiritual origins and destiny. But the unfortunate persecutions that have occurred throughout the world and in the middle ages continue in varied forms to hinder the release of mighty spiritual Truths to mankind. And those who depart from accepted norms and standards of theological conception find to the present hour that their contemporaries effectively attempt their crucifixion and trial by fire. Little is gained by a mere clash of ideologies, albeit Holy Truth, as the Pearl of Great Price, be cast before the swinish concepts of the unenlightened. The hideous picture which has been presented to mankind of a vengeful God finds no justification in the realm of Cosmic Truth and Beauty in Manifestation in Man and Nature. However, each abrupt outpicturing in Nature which is disastrous to mankind stems solely from the almost overpowering weight of human discord which has been generated upon the planet for so long. It is needful, then, for the honest of heart to search within themselves and the total archives of humanity and to see whether or not the vicious tyrants of past ages, some of whom continue to exist in positions of power to the present moment, have found support for their evil deeds among the masses of humanity. It will be noted by those who are able to read the record that individuals, supposing that they would acquire some personal gain thereby, have actually submitted to gross injustices against their own Being. Others, lacking courage and having personal fears, did not dare to raise their hands in opposition to the rulers of darkness. The realms of Church and State are the great circles of influence which are intended to effectuate a harmonizing and beneficent influence upon all. It is natural, then, that those who desire to establish the incoming Kingdom of God among men seek to capture the best seats in both of these domains. This does not mean that among the religious and public servants of the day there are not glorious God-fearing and God-loving individuals. The pressures of the moment reveal the need for more of such men of high ideals in positions of power in Church and State. When Justice is enshrined in the hearts of men it will begin to manifest completely in Nature; for the "lilies of the field" which toil not neither spin, but are arrayed in greater glory than Solomon of old (Matthew 6:28,29) continue to testify to the care of God for His Creation. Let open-mindedness of Heart and Being, without fear, cause men to yearn to see the Face of God. Has it not been beautifully spoken that when men shall see the Face of God their faces shall "shine forth as the Sun" (Matthew 13:43)? So long as fear of personal survival, dependent upon theological concepts, clouds the minds of men they will not be able to fully perceive the Face of God. For, "No man can see the Face of God and live" (Exodus 33:20-23) as he formerly did, or think as he formerly thought. I AM come, then, in this present hour to precipitate a new adventure of spiritual glory for the planet. Remember that each reader of these, My Words, is able to generate a mighty degree of attunement based on Faith in the Immortal and Holy Intent of the Eternal Father. To Us who know Him, it is unthinkable that men would so desecrate Him by their thoughts; and yet, We understand and condemn not those who know not, those who still walk in the shadow of their own ignorance. But, as a cloud passing across the face of the Sun, We decree that the swift movement of the wind of the Holy Spirit shall presage the incoming Golden Age. The Voice from the Secret Place of the Most High shall be heard in the hearts of men, and within themselves they shall understand all that is archaic concerning Man's past misconceptions of Holy Order and Holy Law. With the advent of greater Truth and Understanding, the hearts of men shall be knit together as never before and the family of nations, reflecting the personal advancement of the individual, shall, through the arch and doorway of the Temple Universal - where man does indeed "know thyself" - come one by one to the Holy Mountain of God to be sealed in the Luminous Orb of the Immortal Presence of Light. It is an epilogue of Freedom that is depicted in the scene where the multitude preferred Barabbas to Myself (Matthew 27:15-26; Mark 15:6-15; Luke 23:13-25). And the cry "Give us Barabbas" still echoes as a scar across the etheric body of the planet. There are some, yea many, who still prefer Barabbas to the Christ of their own Being. These generate fierceness which seeks to defend their own personal existence. But they cannot forever stand ego-centered in the inward spiraling forces which are intended to involute the Godhead into their own Hearts to manifest as His Kingdom within them. Therefore, the crushing weight of their own self-generated discord shall disintegrate their plans in epoch after epoch until they shall no longer be as men, but as Christs, recognizing the grandeur of the Eternal Father. Thus shall every knee bow and every tongue confess that He is Lord, to the Glory of the Great God Christ-Presence of every Man. The Universal Holy Trinity is not far removed from any Man. My own demonstration was "for the healing of the nations" (Revelation 22:2), and the demonstration of each man is for a like purpose. The idea of a "favorite son" has never entered the Consciousness of God, and the term "the only begotten of the Father" (John 1:14) refers to the sole manifestation in each person of His Immaculate Oneness. Only the Father could create the most real Image of Himself. And yet, in endowing this Being (the created) with free will, He enabled that blessed individualized Being to become "a little lower than the Angels," yet, ultimately, as the lost sheep, to be crowned with more glory and honor (Psalm 8:5). Often when in holy contemplation, men will find myriad thoughts of celestial beauty occupying their consciousness until they are no longer able to contain the great ocean of their identity. The manifestation of their Victory and of their personal Ascension in the Light must come, then, as the cup of their identity flows over the brim of individualized manifestation to unite with the Universal Ocean of pure Love. He who thus loses his life in God-reunion "for My sake" (Matthew 10:39) finds, in the allness of God, the only Reality of his Identity. The merging of the finite with the infinite does not destroy; on the contrary, it strengthens every holy bond and creates an ode to Immortality that is a personal manifestation of Victory for each one so blessed. To the present, then, for all abiding yet in the consciousness of mankind's own crucifixion upon the karmic cross of world shame, to "watch with Me the one hour" (Mark 14:37) is Man's offering to God in space and time which pays the price for his Eternal Immortality. Thus is the only begotten of the Father offered as a sacrifice, caught in the Garden of Gethsemane as in a thicket; yet, as in the promise made unto Abraham of old (Genesis 22:1-19), the Son is released by the Angelic Command, and the Infinite and Holy Presence of each man takes dominion over the whole individual until every castaway (one who "casts away" his inheritance or "is cast out" by his own error from God's higher Consciousness) is Free! We continue day by day, hour by hour, for all Eternity to serve the world need. Lo, I AM with you always. JESUS ****** Chapter 29 Beloved Goddess of Liberty - July 17, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 29 - Beloved Goddess of Liberty - July 17, 1964 Set the Captives Free! To You Who See Yourselves in the Self-Transcending Nature of the Deity: I SAY IN LIBERTY'S NAME, PROCLAIMING WITH THE CHRIST, "SET THE CAPTIVES FREE!" (Isaiah 61:1,2; Luke 4:17-19) The Lord Maha Chohan in His masterful presentation on The Holy Spirit has tarried in His releases in order for Us to bring forth what He felt was a necessary prelude to a greater demonstration of the Power of the Holy Spirit in each individual's world. The recent release of last week from Beloved Jesus carries with it a message of world-shaking import to everyone who would follow the Universal Spirit of God in the fullness of His manifestation of Divine Love. Mankind have continued to walk as upon a razor's edge. On the one hand has been the fear of self-love and on the other the fear of universal love. Many have feared both. They have feared self-love as though it were a disease to tear them from their heritage of Divinity. They have feared Divine Love as though its very fiery intensity would tear them from the heart of their own personal identity. As men walk this razor's edge, it appears to split or hold these considered opposites in perfect balance. And yet, mankind have felt the sharp and cutting edge of the unreal, for the spear of delusion has been thrust into their own beings by this wrong concept. Blessed Ones, as We proclaim the Freedom of every captive, We must not and cannot deny the fact that, just as there is the absolute Reality of God, so there is the concrete manifestation of temporality, of the changing individuality. These operate on different planes. The absoluteness of God holds within it a transcendentalism which causes even the Godhead to transcend Himself. Now, the reflection of this self-transcending Nature of the Deity in the lesser state of the manifestation of Man is clearly shown in Man's eternal desire to progress. It is never necessary, then, if the heart be honest and the motive pure, for individuals to decry or fear their own personal progress if they will realize that all progress tethered to Reality must be based on the Great Source Consciousness of their own innate Divinity. The giving of the Glory to God enables them to continue to progress in unabated fashion without any regret or illusion. Such progress does not exalt itself above its fellowmen or cause the expanding monad to feel exalted in the universe; but rather, does it crown the head of the aspirant with the laurel wreath of perennial service, as God intends. Blessed Jesus, in His Galilean embodiment, said, "The Father worketh hitherto and I work" (John 5:17). Thus it must be understood that at all levels of consciousness, from the lowest unto the highest, the principle of service is extolled. True service is achievement. It is the movement of Light into the manifestation of greater Light. Only in stultification, in sloth, in indolence, in unwillingness to participate in the great Cosmic Drama, do men lack lustre and brilliance. The soul of every man must utter, then, its emancipation proclamation to no longer be shattered upon the millstone of consecration to a dead ego, but rather to be enshrined in progressive manifestation without fear upon the Altar of God - the place where God is in manifestation and is recognized and honored. For "perfect Love casteth out fear" (I John 4:18) in those who in shame fear to utter the Name of God and thereby extinguish the Flame of their own Divine Reality. The ideas men hold for themselves could be frightening, if We would permit Ourselves to tremble; but all darkness and delusion lacks the crystal Purity of the Mind of God. Only by casting out the demons of man's own creation and the creations of the hordes of darkness can men see clearly, through the wondrous orbs of spiritual vision and perception, the Glories which the Father hath prepared for them who truly Love Him (I Corinthians 2:9-11). I proclaim, then, this day and I say in Liberty's Name, SET THE CAPTIVES FREE! Let the world hold high her torch of Destiny, based not upon the mere cycling of energy in a void but upon the purposeful release of Immortality into the Chalice of temporal manifestation, that out of that may come the refined Golden Man. In Liberty's Name I AM The Goddess of Liberty ****** Chapter 30 Beloved El Morya - July 24, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 30 - Beloved El Morya - July 24, 1964 The Great Miracle That Is Life You Who Will Behold God in the Tabernacle of Your own Being: "Whither goest thou in thy understanding" is the challenge I fling in the teeth of all those who utter the words "I AM" without understanding their meaning. For all who understand the Power and the Glory that is released through the words "I AM" must of necessity identify themselves with the Reality of God. Such cannot be content to walk with a bold back, holding down their brethren through a sense of personal shame and releasing the insipid idea that they are mere worms of human creation. Blessed Ones, every one is appreciated by God, for He created all and predestined all to receive the highest awards. Yet, man has not understood that these awards must come through merit and that the uttering of ideological, philosophical, and spiritual concepts has been such in the past as to cloud the Divine Intent from the Mind of Man. Now then, as We reason together in a spiritual way, let Us understand that the burden of God is Light. Let us understand that LIGHT IS UNDERSTANDING and that spiritual understanding makes it possible for Harmony to manifest the fulness of the Divine Ideal wherever there is a manifestation of God self-acknowledged. The avenue of Man's Becoming is a two-way street; for God "in the beginning" acknowledged the Divinity of Man, declaring that it was "very good." But Man has not always acknowledged the Divinity of God. Many have doubted the existence of God, Who is their own Life. Many have questioned in an agnostic way as to whether or not the reality of God did exist. I AM certain that no wondrous form of contentment has come through either of these human concepts. The Great Miracle that is LIFE cannot be denied by vain and insipid human reason - and I do not desire to cast aside the word, "miracle," for I think I understand the greater meaning of the word. There is a relationship here to the word "mirror" and the word may be broken down to read "mirror-aclear" which means that when mankind have a sense of the miraculous as it relates to their own Divinity, they are mirroring or reflecting clearly the wonders of the Divine Intent - at least in aspiration if not in full manifestation. Far too long have mankind hidden behind the bush of a vain theology. I know full well that the vicarious atonement seems a most necessary and comforting belief to those who are downtrodden and fear that they themselves may lack some virtue. But if the inherent virtue of the Image of God, stamped within every human soul, is to be acknowledged, it merely remains a matter of time, as a constant in the link of Man's eternal Being, for the individual to externalize his own Cosmic Virtue and to assist others in the unfolding of their own latent Divinity. I know something about sacrifice and I think others of the Ascended Masters do as well, for down through the centuries We have all offered Our all in the service of the Great Light, and I might add a plus factor (if it were possible) of more than Our all as We have attained higher states of Consciousness. Therefore, I do not deny for one moment the magnificent manifestation, dedication, and offering of the Ascended Master Jesus or any other Avatar on behalf of mankind's enlightenment and in the defense of Truth. What I AM affirming is the great necessity for individuals themselves to behold God in the tabernacle of their own Being, and then to fashion their lives in accordance with the Design of the Great Master Builder, not only through the reinforcement of the Divine Intent within them, but also through the reinforcement of their own personal externalized intent to do the Will of God. There is no harm nor wrong done for any individual to stand in imitation of an Ascended Being; no one need with shamed face utter the words of The Christ spoken as He descended into physical embodiment, "Lo, I AM come to do Thy Will O God." It is time men shed the concept of shame in holy matters of Divine seeking; and, it is time that they permit the righteous shame of their own record of lack of faith to spur them on to move into the arena of Divine Ideals and service, and that speedily! Let Me make clear, I hold no condemnation for aught but remain full of Hope that God's Will be done in all. I AM your MORYA ****** Chapter 31 Beloved Rex - July 31, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 31 - Beloved Rex - July 31, 1964 Initiation in the Temple of Being My Beloved Brothers and Sisters Moving Mountains by the Mustard Seed: The idyllic hours which mankind spend beneath the trees and upon the flowing green grass, whether in contemplation of Nature or in the perusal of great Spiritual Truths, must bring to each one an innate realization of his own seed-like qualities. O, Most Gracious Ones, a seed is a very tiny counterpart of the greater manifestation of the tree. A great example of the tiny finite seed expanding to become a flowering tree "in which the birds of the air may nest" is the mustard seed (Luke 13:18,19). The Master Jesus, in presenting the mustard seed concept to mankind, referred to Man's Faith and said that if Man had as much Faith as a grain of mustard seed, he could say unto a mountain "Be thou removed," and it would be. Currently mankind are sometimes of the opinion that if they cannot remove the mountain because of a lack of their faith, they will remove themselves and go to the mountain. Verily I say, with the Power and Spirit of the Christ, as an Ascended Being, the actual intent of this statement of Jesus was for the removal of the mountain, and I think also that He referred to a mountain of adversity. The sea of troubles in which mankind find themselves is never so deep or intertwined with the tangled roots of man's weaving, or so treacherous as quicksand, that the Power of God cannot give immediate deliverance. Now, let it be clearly understood by all that each man must "study to show himself approved" (II Timothy 2:15) unto his own Divinity, for the greatest Initiations are not even those which are passed before The Great White Brotherhood or those which are passed before men in the various initiatique processes still used in some of the mystery schools of the world. The greatest Initiations are conducted in the secret place of the Most High God within the Temple of each man's own individualized Being; for only by passing beneath that wondrous arch where Man truly "knows himself" can he manifest to others the eternal Faith that springs up like a fountain of magnificent Cosmic Energy within the Chalice of his own Heart. The Blue Plume of Faith and Power can reach Godward in a magnificent outflow and will evoke the Golden Plume of Illumination just as surely as the Plume of Faith springs forth. Thus the desire to improve, the desire to obtain greater spiritual knowledge will be enhanced by Divine Understanding, flowing forth from God through the great wellsprings of Man's inner Being. Where God is, His Love must follow; and thus the Pink Plume of Divine Love will complete the triune manifestation of the immortalizing Holy Christ Flame within every Heart. Now in this hour of some world peril, when the very earth trembles and the youth are caught up in waves of human hysteria that threaten to overpower the emotions and manifest as forms of mob violence and disillusionment with various tenets of society, I AM certain that the calmness of the Mind of God must be sought as a refuge from every form of outer distress. To study to show oneself approved unto God does not denote either a lack of outer knowledge concerning the external world of things nor does it signify a lack of inward knowledge of the spiritual world of formless Reality. The student who would prepare himself, then, must study all the hidden mysteries of God revealed in the Ascended Masters' Own Words. This does not come alone through the mere reading, but through the maintaining of an uplifted heart toward God for understanding as one reads. This permits the Holy Spirit to chasten as well as to reveal to man every anomaly of imperfection, both upon the surface and in subterranean areas of his own world. To the eternal student, I say EXCELSIOR! MARCH ONWARD! Manifest the content of discontent that does not permit rest until achievement is won! Your Brother in Eternal Youth, REX ****** Chapter 32 Beloved Lord Gautama - August 7, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 32 - Beloved Lord Gautama - August 7, 1964 Peace through the Enlightenment of the Heart To All Who Seek Admission to the Sacred Temples of the Brotherhood: The Peace of the world is not without price, yet the unsought and best gifts of Life stem from the Mighty Cup of Peace. The continuous burden of men's warfare is a senseless blunting of the instincts of the soul, yet the covenants and guarantees of Freedom, espoused by the law-abiding nations of the world, must be upheld in that sacred preference which defends Freedom against brutality. The contemplative and meditative way has been extolled, whereas the way of the diligent guardians of Freedom has often been misunderstood, while men of Peace whose vibratory actions emanate from contact with the Godhead are also often misunderstood as men lacking in courage. Courage has been rightly defined as the maturing of the heart (coeur-age). Let it be known, then, that when the men and women of every land shall recognize the deficiencies in their manner and way of life and shall seek to find the Holy Way of Peace through the Golden Ray of Cosmic Enlightenment which is the Wisdom of the Golden Age, they will fulfill the ancient prophecies and complete the outpicturing of the ancient covenants. The brief span of Man's mortal existence does not permit him to accumulate enough experiences whereby his judgment is matured; and thus, in the main, the masses of the Earth, surrounded by the products of Divine Creation and Intelligence, as well as the marvelous externalizations of the more enlightened among mankind, seldom properly evaluate the Gift of Life. And so, as one peering from within a dimly lit garret, they welcome the rays of the Sun but do not absorb them enough through the minute apertures of their Beings to enable them to be a part of the universal Cathedral of Life. Condemnation of such ones does not serve to bring about their Freedom. Yet We cannot avoid calling to mankind's attention the facts involved in the evolution of the planet in order that a maturing of the heart may occur in those who plead for admission to the sacred Temples of The Brotherhood in the interest of becoming candidate, avatar, or hierophant. The unfortunate problem existing in the initiatory process is that the average candidate seems to desire the office of hierophant without even beginning to understand its meaning or that which it entails. To enfold the meaning of advancing responsibilities which attend progressive initiation, We advocate a peaceful pursuit of Cosmic Knowledge, a gentle understanding of the many diverse states of Man's Consciousness, an avoidance of condemnation, and a reinforcing of the protective power of Faith to all in this day and age who would extricate themselves from the folly of the senses and be a part of "the Temple Beautiful." Yet, in this beautiful City of Light, Shamballa, where We have remained for so long, flooded with the Celestial Light of those passionate Angels of Peace who long to impart the very substance thereof to mankind, WE REMAIN IN THE DIVINE SIMILITUDE, UNMOVED BY THE FUROR OF THE OUTER SENSES AND THEIR ACTIVITY OF CHAOS AND STRUGGLE. From this holy spot we radiate forth to the world the vibratory action that gives to men within their own hearts a sense of peace, even when surrounded by men's humanly created chaos. We say to all nations and kingdoms and peoples, and to every individual seeker: be not moved by the restless tides and passions of the times, for the passions and compassions of heaven that surround you are more powerful than all of the might of the world put together; and the way of the spirit is yet the higher banner which waves from shamballa. long may it wave! And may freedom's banner waving with it assist in keeping freedom for all below, as above. In the Bonds of God's Eternal Peace, I AM and remain GAUTAMA ****** Chapter 33 Beloved Saint Germain - August 14, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 33 - Beloved Saint Germain - August 14, 1964 The Truth Shall Make You Free! "If the Shoe Fits ..." To Our Chelas Who Would See the Salvation of the Earth by the Power of Love: Mankind's sense of struggle has not added one iota to their spiritual stature; yet, by forthright attitudes of compassion, the Power of Love in many chelas has changed much of human recalcitrance into Virtue! The question from the standpoint of the Hierarchy concerning the release to Our students of controversial subjects involving Truth is never one of Our devotion to the Truth seeker, but simply how to best pierce the moldy, misqualified substance that surrounds men with entrenched ideas and old momentums of mingled Truth and error. By the continuing process of revelation We hope to yet throw great Light upon the almost jealously guarded shadows which individuals ignorantly preserve. Blessed Ones, no ordinary man is the Ascended Master El Morya! His "Word" is good enough to be accepted by all of the Masters of The Great White Brotherhood; for He knows whereof He speaks! When this Blessed Master takes a stand on an issue and makes it known to mankind, it is never done in order to divide human hearts, but simply to separate Light from darkness and Truth from error. I ask you of what value would a UNITY of error be? Beloved Jesus said, "Ye shall know the truth, and the TRUTH shall make you FREE!" (John 8:32) I wholeheartedly support this great maxim by every thought in this release! Let men and women of honesty and perception know that the Ascended Masters are actually compelled to release Truth to the sincere in answer to the very calls of mankind, and to fill the great hunger of men's hearts for the bread of Life and Truth. I know that to the present day there are those among Our chelas who, although wholly dedicated to the Cause of Truth, lack discernment. They are thus a prey either to those who function from the level of self-deceit, for these are sincere but misguided; or to those who through deceitful malevolence masquerade most effectively as Angels of Light, but who are in reality acting under entity control, or in the vain spirit of organizational competition. Let those unable themselves to discern the subtle machinations of error cleave to their Divine Presence always, trusting the Justice of the Great Arms of their Presence to shield them in any hour of travail which may come to test the mettle of their concepts. Above all, know that the Love of God is able ultimately to guide you into all Truth; and "in your patience" with mankind "possess ye your souls" (Luke 21:19) even as you pray for those who are misguided, saying in a Christly manner: "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do!" (Luke 23:24) Now, in Freedom's Name, let Me say once and for all time, if possible, that The Great White Brotherhood, while supporting many magnificent and necessary outer spiritual endeavors which were founded with Our assistance, does not lend Its exclusive and superior support to any one outer organization. Rather does It support the Holy Tenets of Truth which exalt Freedom over the whole Earth and in the hearts of the multitudes who are crying for the wonderful Spiritual Bread which the Brotherhood must of necessity "freely give." As We break this sacred Eucharist of the living Word, We do so to increase the Christ Consciousness in all, and thus support the whole expanding Body of Light Servers as a mighty adjunct in human form to the Angelic and Cosmic avenues of the Brotherhood Invisible. Beloved El Morya earlier this year{1} in a letter lovingly and wisely released by Him, made clear the position of The Great White Brotherhood concerning the untrue assertions of some misguided brethren concerning the moving of Shamballa from its location, fixed and established by Cosmic Law. While Beloved El Morya neither needs nor requires My support for His statement; for the very power of Truth Itself inherently gives to it the support of the entire Brotherhood, I do herewith cause these words to go forth to clarify further Our position: Let it be clear that Our words are not designed to cause ill effect to any person or group, for the Law of Karma will itself effectively deal with them, but have the sole purpose of discharging Man's Faith in that which simply is not true but is error. We desire the students of Light to cleave only to that which is good and true. If any deem themselves the target of Our words and "the shoe fits," they may wear it until, as Beloved Morya says, they "outgrow it!" Most grievous and unfortunate is the fact that some among mankind have and do append, or "sign in effect," a number of Ascended Masters' Names to various documents, purporting them to be the Masters' Words when in Truth they are not! I must say, in complete allegiance to Truth, that many such concepts are spurious, whether or not they are relased by any organizations which once had access to the fulness of Our Hearts' Love. The policy of reprinting old or more accurate material and inserting it in erroneous concepts is like unto sugar-coating a bitter pill which the alert will not be content to swallow. Now, in reality the more advanced chela will have less trouble distinguishing and discerning these matters than will the neophyte. However, "the very elect" if it were possible would be deceived (Matthew 24:24). Let Me hasten, then, to assure you that NO CHANGES WHATSOEVER HAVE BEEN MADE OR ARE EVEN CONTEMPLATED IN ANY FORESEEABLE FUTURE EITHER IN THE LOCATION OF OUR RETREATS OR IN THE OFFICES OF THE CHOHANS OF THE RAYS. The one change We do hope for is a change in mankind's consciousness, for herein is the "Key" to planetary Salvation. Blessed Ones, don't you think if any such changes were to be made, that I should be apprised of it? Concerning Beloved Paul, the Chohan of the Third Ray of Divine Love, and the Blessed Maha Chohan. I should be one of the first to rejoice in any advancement that mighty come to these Dear Ones, yet I AM well aware of the Akashic records signifying mankind's present rate of progress which is linked with a most wondrous and integrated Divine Plan. The Lord Maha Chohan has a very definite series of actions to perform for mankind as a part of His great Office and He will continue for some time to serve as a part of His great Office and He will continue for some time to serve as the tireless representative of the Holy Spirit. The Great God Plan for these two Offices remains incompletely externalized and the wondrous designs of beauty and service these Blessed Masters already hold as a Matrix is constantly being improved by new and gracious ideas. Thus in a very real sense these Offices and the Blessed Ones Who presently hold them are responsible for the very SALVATION OF THE EARTH, through the Radiance of the Holy Spirit and the emerging POWER OF LOVE! Can you then see how insidious is that which would attempt to interfere with these plans? All attempts at confusion are solely the release of the false apostles of confusion at highly placed levels of acceptance, preconditionied in the minds of men (see St. Paul on spiritual wickedness in high places, Ephesians 6:10-18), having as their brazen, yet hidden and idolatrous, reason the separation and division of Our Body of Light Servers upon Earth unto themselves or into "factions of uselessness," and this at a time when Unity is needed most. Many of the tools of confusion are not always actually outwardly aware of the potential destruction and confusion they release to innocent and devoted hearts; for as Jesus said unto Peter long ago, "Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat" (Luke 22:31). Men long for the real bread of Life and Truth and naturally the error mongers will cloak themselves in the similitudes of the pure in heart to assure personal acceptance of their wares. To further extend My warning and in order that the Earth may continue to breathe the precious "air of Freedom," let Me say that those who attempt to popularize their own causes are often victims of the disease of sensationalism. In a manner resembling that of the writers of the newspaper tabloids of the times, these seek the release of exclusive news of Cosmic change which mankind sometimes call a "scoop." Let me tell you that We are not about to lend Our support to this human obsession, for We continually offer to mankind's consciousness the thrilling Substance of ever-new FREEDOM! However, this dangerous attitude opens the door to many types of wrong action, and thereby individuals have come under the power of deceiving entitites masquerading as Ascended Masters. If only they would "challenge" or "try the spirits," as they have been taught, they would effect greater and needed safeguards of their every act. To all, then, I advocate humility and grace without ceasing, and the faithful desire not to seek the approval of men but of God! Remember, "God is not mocked." (See St. Paul on the Law of Karma, Galatians 6:7.) The karmic penalties are enormous for such acts. If men knew the painstaking efforts the Law requires to balance the releasing of false information to mankind, especially on spiritual matters, whether this be done deliberately or ignorantly, they would use greater care in the promulgation thereof. In the main I wholeheartedly pray that none who read My Words will be the victims of such false prophecy, for this is an exceedingly dangerous matter, else I know El Morya would not also have sent forth His earlier warning. When this includes the use of facilities from which much Truth once issued forth under fairer circumstances, it is doubly grave. Concerning the ethics of this Our release, let Me ask you in Freedom's Holy Name: Do you think that Beloved Morya and the Hierarchy should stand idly by and say nothing to protect mankind or to sound forth a warning? Would men prefer mere surface harmony when the stream of consciousness of any of Our blessed chelas or disciples is being poisoned with gross error involving the Lord Maha Chohan and the very Lord of the World? I think not. However, as spiritual and material reason dictate, I propose no continuing debate with human creation or mortal concepts. Let those who choose to believe a lie do so (II Thessalonians 2:12); they will live to one day be condemned by the very substance thereof and will find that they must stand, face, and conquer all of it, ere they can properly move forward in the Holy Cause. I AM certain that while a word to the "wise" is sufficient, a million words to those paying allegiance to old momentums, whose empty shell will never serve to guard their freedom until infused with the Spirit of Truth, cannot further illumine them beyond their capacity to perceive. Hence, My prime concern is akin to El Morya's, that sweet Truth be released for its own blessed sake. All else We eschew. The staff and Board of The Summit Lighthouse have tirelessly striven for this end. They have fearlessly dedicated themselves to be the most honest and perfect instruments that the current times could yield. One day the buffeting, falsehood, and unfounded vicious gossip which has been circulated against them will be tracked to its lair, and the ones responsible called to judgment. Precious Ones, rejoice, then, and be glad that an open door exists to amend error, enabling men to stand fast in Ascended Master Law. The best advice I can give to all children of God everywhere is to spend more time with God and His Love and less energy seeking knowledge of phenomenal or curious happenings. Let progressive personal improvement and unfoldment take precedence over the search for a curious elegance that like a will-o'-the-wisp vanishes with the lost energies of the seeker! I shall continue to champion for all the Earth the mutual good of all spiritual seekers of every faith and circumstance, to promote Ascended Master Harmony in a careful and co-relative exposition of that transcendent Mighty Truth which is the Nemesis of all error, knowing that Freedom stems from honest-hearted service whose faith in the ultimate triumph of Right under God knows that Freedom shall not perish from the Earth! I decree it so - will you hold fast with Me? Devotedly in the Holy Cause, I AM SAINT GERMAIN Several years ago Beloved El Morya, in assisting a chela through a difficult time, wrote for her the following poem released to Our Beloved Messenger: ONWARD, COURAGE! Then blame not the Bard When the wind and the gale Sweep o'er the moor And bow down the sail, For the ship shall move on And the port be obtained If the courage be high And the will be maintained. ****** Chapter 34 Beloved Jesus - August 21, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 34 - Beloved Jesus - August 21, 1964 When the Perils of Life Tremble in the Cups: Let Me Call for Volunteers Who Will Watch With Me One Hour "I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVETH!" Gracious Ones, These words, affirmed constantly by any individual, are able to infuse that one with the same Immortal Sense of Eternal Life which I knew while yet embodied in the veil of flesh. Now, this blessed statement (See Job 19:25) maintained in consciousness is ever a mighty source of Protection and a defense against the hordes of unrighteousness to those who are striving to secure greater Faith and Attunement with the Victorious Forces of Light Who have stood at the right hand of all who have ever attained their Spiritual Victory throughout the ages. The continual turning of the Wheel of Life, perceived by some as the gnawing tread of languid hours, is to those rightly oriented a rapid movement of joyous, dancing hours. Now, inasmuch as it is God's Will that men should have their Freedom, an Immortal Inheritance in full manifestation here and now, I declare to you, as your Beloved Saint Germain and Master El Morya have so long affirmed, that Our Consciousness, while expressing facets of individuality, is also ONE with God - your Own Mighty "I AM" Presence. Therefore, whatsoever is released from one Ascended Being is, in effect, released from All. Yet, different modes of expression do come forth, even as mankind today - created by Divine Edict in the similitude of God to express their own individual characteristics, talents and affinities - do give expression to their own innate and God-oriented talents. However, the average individual, unaware of the ramifications and origins of Life, witnessing the passing parade of many faces and events, is not always capable of understanding, without study and attunement, that which is acting in the many different expressions which appear before the screen of the eye. Before Our Ascension, the wondrous Mercy and Intelligence of God made known to Us much of the Destiny of Man and of his Origin which, contrary to ordinary belief, did not, of necessity begin upon this planet. Many of the precious lifestreams presently embodied upon Earth had their origin in the "other mansions" (John 14:2) of the Father, and came here, either to assist the evolutions of this planet in finding their Freedom, or because they themselves had not met the standards of the lifewaves upon their respective planets. It is true that factors other than these two did govern the immigration of some lifestreams to the planet Earth who came into manifestation here through the process of earth embodiment after the close of their allotted span elsewhere. Some, as certain of your poets have said, came "trailing clouds of Glory"{2} and others came with a whimpering sense of discord, to pose a problem both in compassion and in discipline for the mankind of Earth already embodied upon this planet. In the midst of all the humanly created chaos generated by these divers multitudes, mankind note at times that their thought and emotional patterns resemble that of corks bobbing upon a turbulent sea. At times they become obsessed with the idea that if they could only still the surface of the sea and stop the bobbing of the corks, they would be able to find their way home and enter into that tranquillity for which their souls long. Let them know that they need not identify with the turbulence of the sea (Matthew 14:30) or with the fixed consciousness of the corks upon the water's surface (Luke 8:24); for just as tranquillity exists in the depths of the sea even when the surface is disturbed, so in the inner planes of Man's Being there is always in manifestation the quiet calm of the Holy Spirit manifest in the very Flame upon the altar of the Heart. Now, it is true that this may sound absurd to those not acquainted with the spiritually scientific positioning of Life in the physical body, to those who efforts are confined to ferreting the minutiae of the physical realm with the surgeon's knife, with the microscope and other paraphernalia with which mankind's delvings into matter are conducted, and to their own reasoning processes whereby analysis yields the sum total of their own cogitations. We Who long ago solved the problems of outer science in the Light of higher knowledge, by reaching into the Inner Science of Our Divinity, are in no way limited now, nor were We then, insofar as Our correct understanding of Life goes. We compassionately realize, however, that to those not yet blessed with the unfoldment of that budding spiritual understanding that is already within them, there may be areas of consciousness in which life is perceived as "through a glass darkly" (I Corinthians 13:12). We long to convey in a "face-to-face" meeting the fullness of God's Love and Wisdom, that His Power may be wisely exercised in this generation in freeing all Life by those great Cosmic Possibilities which are ever at the door! In ancient days the walled city was patrolled by the watchmen upon the wall who sought to sound the alarm at the approach of the enemy, and thus the city and its inhabitants were kept safe from harm. NOW, WHEN THE PERILS OF LIFE TREMBLE IN THE CUP, LET ME CALL TO THE PLANET EARTH AS THE WATCHMAN UPON THE WALL, AND TOGETHER WITH BELOVED SAINT GERMAIN AND MOTHER MARY ASK FOR VOLUNTEERS WHO WILL "WATCH WITH ME ONE HOUR" (MARK 14:37) IN THE HOLY CAUSE OF MANKIND'S FREEDOM. Today, when a dearth of real knowledge is present with mankind in the midst of all externalized scientific achievement; when the Science of the spirit of Universal Harmony is still but dimly perceived; when the elect themselves scan the skies for signs of My appearing (Matthew 16:3); WOULD IT NOT BE A PART OF WISDOM AND GREAT DISCRETION IF A PERPETUAL SERIES OF CALLS WERE MADE EVERY HOUR OF THE DAY AND NIGHT AROUND THE PLANETARY BODY BY THOSE DISCIPLES WHO ARE WILLING TO KEEP A DEDICATED VIGIL FOR MANKIND? Thus the protection of the Earth shall not rest upon the shoulders of one or more consecrated individuals, but shall pass as a Torch of Living Flame from Heart to Heart, in a rhythmic Dance of the Hours. Then let the spirit of Christian Joy in its truest sense, in its full manifestation of the Anointed One of God, your own Holy Christ Self, come now into its full dominion. For it is indeed upon this One that your own God Presence has bestowed the sacred ointment, saying "Thou art My Beloved Son, this day have I begotten thee" (Psalms 2:7; Acts 13:33). Thus the Divine Mediatorship between the veil of the flesh and the invisible Perfection of the Spirit is torn asunder by the skillful hands of Christ Perception and Perfection for men of every faith and from all beginnings of regeneration. The hum of Universal Harmony, begun of old "in the eternal beginning," which hath no ending in time, must be heard by every ear. Those that are waxed dull must yield to the cleansing process that shall make true revelation possible. And so as this appeal goes forth, I ask in God's Holy Name "I AM," that those who are willing to periodically keep a vigil of "one hour" with Me for the whole Earth in a spiritually directed program through The Summit Lighthouse will send a letter signifying their willingness and intent to do this to the headquarters of the organization in Washington, D.C. I have directed that from the list of those who respond there be drawn up a schedule of hours assigned to those who will pledge their energies to Me and to The Cause of The Brotherhood in White. Thereby the sun will never set nor rise except it be upon one of these dedicated ones, who in My Name will be keeping the Vigil of the Flame for the Earth each hour of the night and day until the Earth is eternally FREE. Lovingly I AM, JESUS THE CHRIST ****** Chapter 35 Beloved Charity - August 28, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 35 - Beloved Charity - August 28, 1964 The Response from the Mercy Seat of God To You Who with God Do Not Forget Holy Charity: Among the manifold Blessings enjoyed by the American people are the treasured memories of the great dramas of their early history - of General Washington crossing the Delaware, the winter at Valley Forge and his magnificent leadership of the American Revolution during a trying period in the formation of the United States. The Great General, who knelt in the forest and implored protection from his Almighty God, did evoke a response that could never be measured as material substance is; for it was the very real Charity of Heaven and the response from the Mercy Seat of God that flooded his Heart and manifested in him as flint-like courage to press on through the most dire hardships and forebodings. Thus he came to a place where his Faith expanded still further in the drawing together of the strands of Unity throughout the Thirteen States that comprised the first American Union. During the present hour of crisis and testing, when the far-flung roots of American democracy are planted in foreign soils, a continuing VISION akin to Washington's own is needed by the men and women of the current age, especially since the population explosion in many parts of the world has compounded the problems of providing food, clothing and education for the masses and dissatisfactions have increased the threat of world communism. Therefore, it is important to recognize that the sustaining Light of God that never fails must be drawn forth individually by each one on Earth if individual benefits are to be conferred, and collectively, by the masses, if collective benefits are to be sustained. Now, during the smoke and heat of battle many individuals become their own worst enemies, and the holy traditions of sacred Charity are forgotten. But God does not forget, and the Great Law remembers still. Hence the karmic links, forged in the dim but forgotten past, must be amended today; and in this process, while men may prefer ear-tickling tales of a vicarious atonement that they might be released of all error (and understandably so), the inner peace of Holy Truth must be chosen above the outer appeasement of wishful error. For, through the wonderful Violet Flame of Saint Germain, and the understanding conveyed by the Great Brotherhood through the Mighty God Presence and Holy Christ Self of each lifestream, man is able to wash the scarlet stains from his garments and in glistening white raiment externalize such Holy Charity which shall lift him from the karmic cycles of monotonous repetition. While unascended it is never enough for individuals to rest back upon the oars of past attainment or to merely "feel" secure, until the final great Victory is won. And, therefore, in the Name of Holy Charity, I implore everyone who is seeking to do God's Will and to increase his Faith from day to day, to stand fast with Our Beloved Saint Germain in the Mighty Freedom Flame that is neither intolerant of intolerance nor tolerant of insidious error, but pays tribute to those Godly Qualities of Holy Charity - Faith and Hope, upon which stalwart men of old did rely. Reading about these blessed ones or hearing of their struggles may not be the same as facing your own, but I think I can safely say, with the Power of Truth all around Me, that I see a Crown of Victory for each one who will keep on keeping on; and I see a collective Crown of Victory for the Ascended Master Nations of the world, for those who will consecrate their youth to the strong ideals of earlier champions of Liberty, ideals cast not in the negative mold of the human imperfections which these great men had, but rather in the divinely natural perfections which they outpictured and in the progressive hope of working together to build a nobler image still. For it is God's expanding Holy Will, His own Charity of Purpose which continues to manifest in an unbroken stream in the hearts of the brave - yesterday, today, and forever. Think not that an earlier epoch was easier or greater than the present one. And today, even as yesterday, I see strands of Holy Wisdom, like the golden strings of a harp not yet fixed in place, furling through the sunlit air, awaiting the hands of recognition to seize and draw them down in order that new notes of attuned courage and holy harmony may be plucked. I see the hands of men and women everywhere pressed towards the Seat of the Christ upon the Mighty Cloud of Witness. These seek to pillow their heads upon the Lap of His Holy Wisdom and to partake of the Whiteness of His Garment. They arise from all nations and kingdoms to become dauntless conquerors of every shadowed "spot" within themselves until the whole earth shines with the golden dust of Eternal Verities. May the Angelic Hosts, in ever-increasing releases of Their Love, carry mankind to a new crest of attainment. I look toward the dawn, together with Hope, in full Faith that Trust in God shall make all lands secure. Victoriously I AM CHARITY "CHARITY suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up. Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth. Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all thing" (I Corinthians 13:4-7). ... For Charity never faileth. ****** Chapter 36 Beloved Mother Mary - September 4, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 36 - Beloved Mother Mary - September 4, 1964 The Laughter of Attainment O, Children of God's Heart, It is no misnomer to consecrate you thus; for if you do not from day to day understand in the fullest sense all that God has intended for thee, it does not limit His comprehension of that Divine Intent. And so, there is always a larger measure of consecrated Holy and Electronic Energy that is a part of thy self unknown, that stands invisible but invincible in the world of form as an Eternal Fortress, never to go down before the attitudes of mankind's viciousness or discord. Let every head, then, be raised in the dignity of a wider comprehension of the Holy Purposes envisioned by God for each soul; and let not the petty earthly matters matter so much when Comfort is needed everywhere and Trust, and strands of Holy Wisdom, as Beloved Charity declared so well. The hands of the world are indeed thrust out in an attitude of hopefulness for something better under the Sun than mankind have hitherto externalized. While I do not say that this of necessity is material substance which they seek, I do full well recognize, as I AM certain you do also, that it is no desecration in the Eyes of God to bring civilization to a state par excellence, wherein the blessings of Science may be conveyed through Nature and the Blessings of Nature conveyed through Science. This will be accomplished in an exchange based upon Divine cooperation scarcely recognized by those who are presently so wedded to science and materialism that they cannot hear the Voice of the Spirit of God resounding throughout all of Nature. Yet the Voice of God does not raise a clamor, regardless of the volume of its call; at times it seems subdued and diminished as a mere whisper, scattered in the corridors of man's consciousness because of the dullness of human wit. We seek better things to come and I AM certain that those who have enjoyed a task well done will recognize that in this day and age excellence is still a premium quality which, as We recently discussed in one of Our Councils, ought to receive the full approval of First Ray men - those men of Faith and Vision and Power who get things done in a most excellent way. You know, Blessed Ones, from this concept of excellence was derived the idea of using the "Blue Ribbon" as a mark of merit. It is interesting that the spiritual role of the Colors of the Rays has been used even at county fairs, with their prizes awarded for the best pies and cakes; such awards are based both on the faith of the aspirant for the prize and on the faith of the judge in the manifest faith of the maker. If men strive for earthly prizes, ought they not to strive doubly for a heavenly one? And so, as the world at times is prone to feel steeped in tears, I AM determined to see it elevated out of that state of consciousness until the "laughter of attainment" becomes a part of the ever-new Joy that rushes forth as a "baby brook" from beneath green leaves. Let not downcast shadows overwhelm thee, then, but see the many "new beginnings" which God maketh every day, and know that in His Holy Way the Ascended Masters shall achieve, one way or another! Mankind shall not thwart the Divine Plan forever, through the dull-witted stupidity that has earmarked past actions; for We shall seize upon men and women of recognition and heart who can feel the Reality of God's Presence in themselves and know the Reality of that which We speak - and distinguish it from fool's gold! And We shall assist in the raising up of a Mighty People who shall call forth the Cleansing Ray, and who shall, in the offering of themselves to Heaven's Law, find their true Selves forever. Lovingly I AM, MOTHER MARY ****** Chapter 37 Beloved Djwal Kul - September 11, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 37 - Beloved Djwal Kul - September 11, 1964 Pieces of the Personality: Disengaging Internal Sources of Power Chelas of the Ascended Masters: Introspection and assessment of one's self, when free from the grasp of self-condemnation, can providentially provide that necessary understanding which the twentieth-century man must have if he is to master his environment and simultaneously establish a spiritual fortress of power around himself. Even the method of trial and error is not to be despised by the aspirant on the Path if no better way can be found or is in evidence. Yet, the dictums of common sense and caution coupled with virtue should go hand in hand to effectively safeguard the use of so-called methods of trial and error. Spiritual expansion need not necessarily be spectacular from the standpoint of outer manifestation; for the greatest progress often comes inwardly when men seem to be experiencing the greatest difficulty in assembling the apparently incongruous pieces of their own personality. When motives are withdrawn from the cloister of the subconscious mind and examined in the noonday sun of clear-sightedness, men are often surprised at the intensity of their negative feelings. Let them recall that a spring tightly wound and placed in position between two stones is a depository of energy! Mankind's current attitudes of repression - whereby because of social amenities and the desire to manifestly embody virtuous qualities, individuals sometimes suppress their feelings and hide them even from themselves over prolonged periods, often without the outer mind's awareness - are often causative of personal confusion in consciousness and lead to a lack of communion between people and even with the Higher Self. For hidden feelings do begin to cycle and revolve within the subconscious nature of man and soon exert a disquieting effect upon the harmony of consciousness. One of the negative catalysts that initially cause this revolving of negative emotions below the level of the consciousness is the feeling of frustration which comes to individuals unless they faithfully stand guard during an interval period when the life plan and desire which they would externalize do not materialize in the manner or speed that they expect. For this reason the Wise Masters of the East have often repeated, "In thy patience possess thy soul" - consciousness. It is a part of Holy Wisdom, then, whether the goals be outward ones or of higher spiritual attainment, that men realize that the key to self-mastery comes about through disengaging the internal sources of power from petty forces warring directly within each individual's own personality. Any form of inner schism is of course usually rejected by the outer consciousness, which tends to conceal the truth of what is known in psychiatry as a "split-personality," or schizophrenia. Mild forms of schizophrenic tendencies may manifest even in very learned individuals. Yet, it is true that in more illumined individuals these tendencies are often effectively concealed in a most subtle manner, whereas in the ignorant they tend to be arrogantly displayed in seasonal tantrums and periods of depression. Inasmuch as the human psyche in this current age has become more and more a battleground for these discordant forces to dissipate the energy of individuals, which in social intercourse frequently brings about distrust and violence, it is Our suggestion that the astute students of the Light, who seek to be perfect outposts of Ascended Master Love, will take periodic stock of themselves and their hidden motives and draw them to the surface point of recognition in the conscious mind and then call for the transmutation of all such subtle and hidden negation. Ascended Master students are intended to represent a higher aspect of Life; therefore, if the lifewaves of spiritual devotees in this age are to crest to the floodtide of Golden Age Victory, it must be through self-mastery, hard won or otherwise! Diligently, I AM DJWAL KUL ****** Chapter 38 Beloved Hilarion - September 18, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 38 - Beloved Hilarion - September 18, 1964 Three Forces at Work in the World Gracious Seekers for Light and Truth: The challenges of these times ought to exalt man's strivings out of the pitfalls of human error and into the dawning Light of Truth. There is a certain tie, of course, to the world order of things, so that the mass consciousness can scarcely rise above its own level. Those torchbearers of progress who do succeed in so doing are often ostracized, criticized and crucified even by those who seem to seek identical goals. It would be well, then, if all would look within themselves, as Beloved Djwal Kul recommended last week, in order to ascertain whether or not the advent of Truth, reflected into your Being by your own Divine Presence, is receiving proper nourishment and attention from your conscious being. Man's Consciousness is intended to become the repository of Divine Grace and Knowledge and; therefore, it ought to be a treasurehouse from whence he may at any moment draw the specific and necessary information which will enable him to overcome error and render that assistance to mankind which shall be "for the healing of the nations." The net of competition is to be found in manifestation everywhere in the religious societies of the world. It is a sad thing that the use of hypnosis in the pulpit and various other modes of control of the human mind, designed to attract the children of men to the personality of the religious leaders, is very prevalent today. Now, it is never the intention of The Great White Brotherhood or The Great White Lodge to found a cult rooted in human personality; but rather is it the Will of God to uphold the Principles of Truth that have within themselves the inherent power to deliver men from the spoilers. Now, in the Name of Reason and Justice, Blessed Ones, let Me point out that, in the main, individuals are unconscious of the fact that they are in the toils of those who would manipulate them to their own selfish uses. Many of the religious leaders of the world are not even aware that their purposes are selfish and grasping, desiring not so much to capture mankind for the Holy Principles of God and the use of the Sword of Righteousness but to captivate men to their own brand of theology and a personal contract which will afford them a living. Let Me make clear that long ago when embodied as St. Paul, I cited the Law of Moses to Timothy and the Church at Corinth defending the worth of they who sincerely labor for the Lord, "Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn" (Deuteronomy 25:4; I Corinthians 9:9; I Timothy 5:18). To this day it has never been Our intent to see those sincere individuals who dedicate themselves to God without substance and the wherewithal to carry on their work - and that in a most glorious manner; but this does not mean that those who are themselves deceived, abiding in an imperfect ethic, and who seek, either in a knowledge or in ignorance, to deceive, have power over the minds of the Children of Light and Freedom; for We would ever direct Our chelas to that pinnacle of Cosmic Purity and Principle which is in their own God Presence, in the fulness of all Cosmic Reality. Humility and simplicity of nature has sometimes made men pawns for men wiser in the way of mammon and the manipulation of mental substance. "For the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of Light" (Luke 16:8). In the Holy Name of Truth, then, We would set all such captives free - most especially those who desire to render a true service to the Great Ones in this Day of Great Necessity. If the Harvest of God is to be gathered into the barns and storehouses of God, Holy Truth must be given rightful preeminence in all things; and those organizations and individuals who stand for Righteousness and Sincerity, whose every thought is one of Dedication and Freedom for mankind, must receive through the great thread of Cosmic Unity the fullest measure of acclamation - not for personality's sake, but for the sake of the Holy Principles upon which they stand. You have heard it said, "Dare to be a Daniel," referencing the magnificent courage of the prophet Daniel, who prayed each day, regardless of the edict of the king (Daniel 6). There is no power that ought to have dominion over man's Freedom to express in dignity his intense inner zeal and love for God; those who would decree and call forth Energy from On High, forming matrices of Divine Love which later become filled with Angelic Substance to purify the planet and its people, must be recognized as exercising their own free will and given a just recognition for their diligence. Remember, Blessed Ones, it is not an easy thing to stand against the weight of mankind's opinion; for although you may know that if the inner Truth of all were to be revealed, these individuals who unwittingly oppose the Light would themselves give you support, still their present state of consciousness does imprison energy in a matrix of opposition to that which you hold dear! When the Great Master Jesus on Good Friday commended His spirit to God and darkness covered the land, it was an outpicturing in Nature of the frightful elements of materialism which confused and clouded the very issues He sought to reveal. The Blessings of the Beatitudes and His Sermon on the Mount, His magnificent exposition entitled, "The Lord's Prayer," and His marvelous employment of the gift of Healing, were all used by Him to usher in the Kingdom of Heaven. But men preferred the entrenched regime of Caesar and the religious influences already established to the progressive teachings of the Great Master. And the cruelties practiced against the early Christians in the form of the most ungodly persecutions were the result. The battle of Armageddon (Revelation 16:16) is now upon the world, and it is one of spiritual forces in high places - "of principalities and powers" (Ephesians 6:12) - manifesting in the guise of servants of God in orders of apparent righteousness, whereas they continuously dabble in all forms of hypnosis, psychic instigation, and psychic control of other men's lives (who, having a lesser understanding of the facts governing life, are vulnerable to these onslaughts). Students of the Light should mark well, then, that there are three distinct forces at work in the world today: One of these forces is dialectical materialism, the official philosophy of the Communist world; however, all forms of atheism and of materialism fall under this regime - either knowingly or unknowingly. Ethics in business and government have been replaced by means to the profit end, so that the youth of the world for many years now have been bombarded by a most sinister and well-directed program to accentuate the baser aspects of the sex force in man. One of the purposes of such action is, of course, the undermining of the American society, for the masters in the Kremlin know well that Ancient Rome and other civilizations did fall because of the demoralization and decay of their youth, who at a very early age entered into all forms of corrupt dalliance. The second force that functions in the world today in a negative way is the establishment of false religious activities by those who knowingly or unknowingly practice to deceive mankind and mix and blend truth and error in a compound of their own creation, cloaking the whole in a semblance of virtue and using every form of control to divert mankind to their own ends in the Name of Righteousness. The third force at work is benign and constitutes the entire aspect of Our world servers who, in honesty and sincerity of purpose, would elevate the Cause of The Christ as first and foremost in Man - and whose every wish is to serve the Cause of Hierarchy and the Great Ascended Masters, in order to free mankind from all of their involvements with the outer personality which has never brought them Freedom even through all the years of the past. The forces of Truth and Justice and true Spiritual Power, then, are caught between a godless communism and a pseudo religous force mightily entrenched in the world, which runs the gamut all the way from the ordinary "teller of fortunes" to the most highly respected religious organizations on Earth. In the midst of all of this turmoil and world confusion, as a cork upon the waves, man is asked to stabilize himself and find the Truth that is within his Being. And this is Highest Truth, for only by forsaking the cult of personality and turning to God alone can men be free. Psychology and psychiatry do have their place in the examination of mental diseases, but when the spirit of man is allowed (hallowed) to become One with God, a healing of every breach is instantly possible! Those who would drag you back into the dark ages of your own past history to carelessly parade before you every evil embodiment - even though they be abundantly sprinkled with good actions - would often draw you down into the vortex of personality concern. This action is one of human bondage and results in a multitude of frustrations which do not produce the balm of happiness. Let honest men, as Daniel, be concerned solely with the Image of God, with His Likeness and handiwork and with that future creation of loveliness which is the externalization of the Christ Radiance of their Being. Let them make this Holy Truth their own. So be it forever! For the Freedom of Man, I AM HILARION ****** Chapter 39 Beloved Archangel Michael - September 25, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 39 - Beloved Archangel Michael - September 25, 1964 For More Understanding I Man the Counterpart of God To Warriors of the Spirit: From the least unto the greatest among men, the need of the hour is for more understanding. And I speak not in the ordinary sense of the word - of the mere gathering together of facts and fancies, of curiosity and of fulfillment, of some subtle subconscious longing from early childhood, or even a lingering wish from a past embodiment - but rather do I speak of understanding in terms of the fulfillment of the Great God Design and Purpose of Man's Being. Much of mankind's fatigue and weariness of spirit stems from the fact that they have focused their attention upon the wrong aspects of life, and because these aspects have been fulfilled - or unfulfilled, they find a pall resting upon their Cosmic Destiny, which, like a shadowed cloud, does obscure the sun of their Being in temporibus. Man is intended to be the counterpart of God, to have dominion over all outer conditions and to be flooded with the attendant happiness that a manifestation of God would always exhibit. When this is not so, the fault lies not in the opportunity offered, but in wrong actions based upon misunderstanding. Therefore, the injunction " ... to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?" (Isaiah 53:1; John 12-38) remains to this day as a challenge to mankind that they might both see and know the Hand of God in action - even in karmic conditions and judgments from On High - as the Higher means to adjusting the weaknesses of their worlds and to establishing for all time that marvelous Intent of God which can only fulfill the truth of their being and bring them that God-happiness which is eternal. Now, the fashion of the man who is involved in the toils of human vanity - which are always based on misunderstanding - can be healed by the simplest method possible, and that is the substitution of the Divine Idea for all human ideals. Certainly when the Greater, which always contains the lesser, is given preemptory power over every manifestation, thought, word and deed, the end result, yea, and the middle also, cannot help but be Victory for every lifestream who will follow this Divine Maxim. The cause of all suffering has been mankind's attempts to preempt God and to take dominion over the things which God has placed in their hands as a sacred trust, but whose purposes they have then perverted and diverted into a fraud which has in turn reacted upon themselves. For the Law must come full circle and whatsoever individuals - whether acting in good faith or bad - send out must return to their own doorstep for the redemption. This is the simplest law of faith in action; for individuals have "faith" but their faith is too often placed in the wrong thing, you see. Their faith is placed in the lower self, rather than in the higher aspects of Being. Doubts and fears that assail mankind are the antithesis of true faith and, therefore, because of the fact that they are plagued with doubts, individuals think of fear and thus enter into a fear vibration and then they feel that somehow they may not reap a harvest of good things unless they seize for themselves a ripe and full manifestation of the world's brands of goodness and happiness. There is a pattern of negative interweaving betwixt the Divine and the human, and this is the pity of it all; for individuals who pursue God and realize His Blessings have the knowledge and understanding to extricate themselves more and more from the world's entanglements; whereas those who pursue the world do lack in understanding and become more and more involved in the morasses of human personality consciousness wherein thoughts of what he or she said or did seem more important than "Thus saith The Lord!" In actuality, many of the blessings which mankind pursue in preference to God are not only permissible but they are a part of the Divine Plan. Individuals, by their own feelings of guilt - by entering into a consciousness and concept that they are ungodly - do not even extract the happiness from the temporal things which God intended all to have. After all, Blessed Ones, form is also existent in God and; therefore, the Power of Spirituality resident within form is the great Joy of God, and when that Spirituality and the Essence thereof takes positive control of the thoughts and affairs of mankind, it is impossible that they shall fail to be happy. For the sole cause of unhappiness is the intruding shadow betwixt the sun of Being and the consciousness of the beholder. When men behold God in all things and actually pass through the structure of the form to contact the great spiritual Light that pulsates in the ethers behind the form, their joy begins to expand toward its fulness. The transcendental Nature of God means that Man, the manifestation, will never attain to the realization of the Infinite and remain as Man. The symbol of the serpent swallowing his tail, known to the ancients, indicates the cyclic nature of the Universe and the transcendentalism of Being. It is a great pity, then, that mortal men do not recognize the power of Faith to bear them up out of all depressive states, and to obtain for them that regeneration of Being which, buoyed up in Cosmic Understanding, becomes a mighty Fount of Divine knowledge, able to deliver them from the toils of the spoilers and those who would subvert the Universe to their own purposes (simply because they do not understand it, or because they have entered into a state of rebellion against the very Laws of God which do function in absolute fairness to all). Now in the former case, error is entered into in ignorance. Of these Jesus said "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do" (Luke 23:34). But those who revel while still knowing the Laws of God - though partially ignorant, it is true - are known as black magicians or the tools thereof. Some teachings, under the guise of goodness, would deny the existence of such as these, stating that positive qualities must be emphasized rather than negation. How well the Archangels are aware of this lie of human creation, but We also know that in the realm of human domination "all is not well" and the causes and cores of mankind's lack of "well-being" are known to Us. I AM certain that the students of Light do not wish to become ostriches with their heads plunged into the sand, but would rather do combat (as do We) with error in all of its many forms, in order to clear the way for the Light of God to expand in every heart. The beginning of Beloved Jesus' Watch-With-Me-One-Hour Program has opened the door for a tremendous assistance to be poured out from the Angelic level to the Earth, and We hold confident the fact that the mounting crescendos of Faith by man in God and in His response - that the call does compel the answer - will bring forth many victories in days to come. That this will be a continuing Victory is Our hope, so that all of the longings of men of Good Will throughout the centuries and long history of the Earth may find fulfillment in this Present Age. The awful forces of hatred that create and keep alive the "forms of hatred" functioning according to the law of the jungle are completely contrary to the benign appearance of the Christ. Men's false sense of personal competition which extends even to religious faiths must go down in honor of the Principle of the risen Christ. Unless this Principle be demonstrated in all men as an act of Faith, how can Cosmic Unity triumph in all? That it is reserved for the elect is not enough, for both God and Man - even men of good will - would have all share alike in the bounties of the Kingdom. Remember that behind Our Releases is a tremendous Power, the currents thereof flow into the very fibre and core of your entire Being as you accept the pressures of Our Reality and that of your own internal connection with the Mighty God Presence of all Life. But, in order that you may receive the full outpouring of Our Love, your feelings must be changed to become Godlike; old things must pass away and all things must become new in the Light of the Faith of the Golden Age. Moments of celestial triumph must yield to hours and days of continuing Victory, until all of thy days and of thy nights are one blending of a splendid Faith whose strands, anchored in the bedrock of Christlike Reality in the world of form, are held by Angelic Hands before the Throne of God, before the Principality of your own Great Being - your God Presence - the veritable Image of Life which is Immortal. If you fully knew the Great Cosmic Drama behind this Activity, the methods by which We release Our Words and Feelings and instructions into the atmosphere of Earth - right in the thick of battle - you would understand the need for a very hard core of spiritual warriors who will daily use their Swords of Blue Flame such as I wield. Now, deep in the human consciousness, abiding in the ancient memory of days of higher attunement - when the Soul walked with God, is the knowledge of how Angelic Beings can summon from the Godhead the electric spark which composes a Mighty Sword of Blue Flame, born of the Energies of the First Ray of Celestial Blue - of the "first day" of the "Week of Creation" - and how these Energies will surround the White Fire Core of the Spirit of Life to form the perfect concept. I say to you all, We stand in Good Will and Faith to guard all Goodness against the day of its full blossoming manifestation. Let increasing Faith bring more Light to all! I AM ARCHANGEL MICHAEL ****** Chapter 40 Beloved Archangel Uriel - October 2, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 40 - Beloved Archangel Uriel - October 2, 1964 II The Two-Edged Sword To All Who Would Awake to the Dawn of the Christ Consciousness: Very early this year We commenced a manifest interweaving of Light substance from Higher Octaves, connecting this precious planet, in all of its divinely jewelled Intent, to the Heavenly Hierarchies in an intended fulfillment at the winter solstice of a magnificent release of the Christ Consciousness in a fuller measure than ever before, pressed down, shaken together, and then rayed out upon the planet as a mantle of incomparable loveliness. The fashion of a man, as My Magnificent Confrère, Archangel Michael, has pointed out, is not always a desirable one; but, like the grass withered and brown, it is sometimes fit only for the burning - refused for the eternal purposes by the Hierarchs of Heaven, it is consigned to the Fire Element, there to give release to all of the electrons, dancing with God-joy, who have been imprisoned in imperfect forms. This process one should view with completely detached feelings, not expressions of sorrow or of regret but of purposed hope that the new manifestation with which the old shall be clothed will in greater nobility expand upon Earth to the Glory of God and the Blessings of all mankind. When you view with tender compassion the rosebud-like face of a tiny babe and see the freshness of that one come from Higher Octaves to the Earth, borne on shining wings of hope, your souls may take flight though the power of expanded memory - expanded in twofold way: in the relative sense of your own physical nativity and in your spiritual conception which took place in the very Heart of God, fashioned in His Mind and by His Omniscient Vision as you in Reality are and shall also see yourself when the Brightness of His Perfection is fully manifest in thee. I know full well that human concepts continually revolve around men's personalities; stories, sometimes sordid, relating to men's ego involvements and having a questionable humor are still enjoyed by mankind, and thereby they perpetuate a type of human felicity. The binding of man's concepts to the wheel of birth and re-birth is brought about in many subtle modes, but such as these never culminate in his Freedom from the sordid aspects of mortal expression. I can well understand, although manifesting in Angelic Consciousness, the tenacious roots which mankind have extended into the Earth element, for I have been in contact with numerous Ascended Beings Who have passed through the human octave. Man's attachment to things of the earthly senses seems most natural to him through the power of old habit, but this false sense of Nature has often taken preeminence over his Heavenly rights, and much to Our wonder and dismay mankind are often less at home in a Heavenly atmosphere than in an earthly one. Yet, if Cosmic Destiny is to be fulfilled, and the Great Law demands it, then sometime, somewhere, there must come a break in the chain of mankind's feelings of attachment to the "earth, earthy" (I Corinthians 15:47) so that they do find their Immortal Freedom and obtain the higher ways of the Christ. To be comfortable in the animal kingdom, to be a part of the herd of mankind, pursuing the inborn instincts of the common man, even man's gregarious nature and aspects of human service, human love and sympathetic attachment, these do not produce Cosmic Emancipation. Therefore, the words, "That which is born of the flesh is flesh and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit" (John 3:6), must be understood; and the Two-Edged Sword wielded by the Cherubims at the east gate of the Garden of Eden to keep the way of the Tree of Life and of Immortality must be utilized by mankind. For it was given as the manifest Power of the Word of God that goeth forth from His Mouth to sever from mankind those discordant and selfish instincts which prevent the Father Eternal from conferring immortal vestments upon His child Creation here and now in the world of form (Genesis 3:24). Your eyes have not seen, your ears have not heard, neither have entered into your hearts the great things which God has already and long ago prepared for you who love Him - who wait for Him; and yet, in the Name of Cosmic Mercy He has also prepared these very Blessings for those not yet born to a highly evolved sense of Cosmic Awareness (Isaiah 64:4; I Corinthians 2:9). Let all the Earth awake to the Dawn of The Christ Consciousness - here and now! I AM lovingly, URIEL ****** Chapter 41 Beloved Archangel Zadkiel - October 9, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 41 - Beloved Archangel Zadkiel - October 9, 1964 III Science and Religion Most Gracious Men and Women of Science and Religion: Midst the struggles of the appearance world, the great Power of Change that "maketh all things new," pierces the mayic gloom and makes men aware that their will is catalystic and must therefore be harnessed in greater understanding to the yoke of the Godhead in all of its flaming Reality. The advent in this century of unparalleled scientific progress has caused many to turn to materialism for solutions to problems formerly sought upon the altar of God. Others, even men of science, have turned toward the ancient pinnacles of religion for the sacred key to Man's God Destiny. Now, the birth of science did not occur, as some think, through man's outer search for the causes behind appearances of Nature; on the contrary, it originated within the very central idea of Man's true Divinity. Hence, science was born of God, not of human reason and experiment, and, in a very real sense, scientific research is a reflection of Man's spiritual search. Thus, science and religion were designed in the beginning to serve Man in a twofold manner to pave the best way of Life for all. It would be a grave error to abandon the researches of science and to ignore the need for control and reform of the physical world in a completely withdrawn thrust for spirituality. But it would be even of worse consequence if mankind were to completely abandon the Mighty Spiritual Powers of Life and the Great Source of all Being and Form for the emptiness of a material empire, devoid of God Reality, whose origin and destiny, with all of its complexities, can never in all Eternity be known. Inasmuch, then, as something cannot be born of nothing, nihilism is not to be desired. Men must turn in a vital manner toward Being and wrap their right arms around the very hilt of conscious Being as BEING manifests the Two-Edged Sword of the balanced understanding of Science and Religion for and on behalf of God and Man! The ancient rites of the Mosaic Code, pertainng to the requirement of a blood sacrifice, have no place in Divine Reality or in the Christian mysteries and the drama of the coming Christ. The use of the term, "blood," in this connection is the symbol for regenerate Life which relates to the release by Heaven of the Energy supplying Life and Consciousness to Man. It also refers to consecration in the employment of God's Holy Laws which does elevate experience above the commonplace to the state of regeneration noted in the Parable of the Prodigal Son wherein consciousness is prepared to be received into the Golden Circle of Blessing and Illumination (Luke 15:11-32). The Judaeo-Christian tradition, which seeks to find in the scapegoat concept a vicarious atonement, is based largely on human misunderstanding of Heaven's Laws; for, in Truth, every man shall bear his own (karmic) burden. Yet, all should bear one another's burdens in brotherly kindness and compassion, as Christed Beings, freely outpouring upon the less illumined, the balm of the true understanding of God's infinite Mercy. Material science holds only the barren immensity of a cosmos Man can only hope to dimly grasp. This is depicted in the wilderness wanderings of the children of Israel, whereas the "Promised Land," flowing with milk and honey, is the purity and sweetness of spirituality which imparts to all the hope of conscious communion with the Eternal Cycles, whereby the Cosmic Purposes of Life become revealed, not in a humanly fashioned doctrine or eschatology, but in a universal tone of continuity. The Law of the Eternal Cycles is hung upon the Great Cross of God and Man (the vertical bar signifying God; the horizontal, Man) who will one day be revealed to all in the words of the Roman centurion, "Truly this was the Son of God." So goes Our hope for each one! Blessed Ones, the Rose of Sharon, the rose that blooms in the desert of matter, whose perfumed essence is indeed a bit of Heaven borne to Earth, is symbolical of the hidden Christ Nature ensconced within the Heart of every Man as the Sacred Threefold Flame of blazing Love, Light and Power; triune in aspect as Father, Son and Holy Ghost, this Inner Light reveals the Power to do right as manifest in all of mankind's constructive endeavors of the past. Although a thrust toward intellectual supremacy is apparent in mankind's present attempt to educate all men according to the current trends, based on studies of mankind's physical and mental development, it must be realized that the greatest force in the world today is not intellectualism at all, but Charity, Whose Pink Flame of Divine Love shews forth understanding of all that which ever has been and is. KNOW, THEN, THAT THAT WHICH SHALL BE WILL TRANSCEND ALL THAT HAS BEEN OR THAT IS. Men of Good Will! You who seek no scapegoat to carry away the remnants of your own errors - be it through science or religion, STAND lovingly in a receptive attitude toward God and CALL forth by invocation and purity of purpose the dawn and expansion of the Mighty Christ Light of the World that shall banish the darkness of ignorance and usher in, to all who will receive it, the overcoming Power of the Realm of Victory. Graciously, I AM ZADKIEL ****** Chapter 42 Beloved Archangel Chamuel - October 16, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 42 - Beloved Archangel Chamuel - October 16, 1964 IV The Earth: To Be or Not to Be Beloved Who with Charity Would Abide Forever: You have heard it said that although tongues may cease and knowledge shall banish away, 'Charity never faileth' (I Corinthians 13:8). Human speculations concerning the Earth and its destiny frequently have caused men to desire to probe the Earth's existence from its earliest beginnings unto its final end. The Biblical statement, " ... the Earth abideth forever" (Ecclesiastes 1:4), is frequently cited as proof that the world will continue to exist beyond all mortal ken. I would shed the Light of God's precious holy Charity upon this concept in the interest of Truth. That world that shall abide forever, and the Earth that shall abide forever is not necessarily the substance of this terrestrial globe or its present form, for from the beginning of the manifestation of this globe unto the present hour, vast and sweeping changes have taken place upon it. Numerous lifewaves have used the planetary platform and have called the Earth their home; major upheavals and cataclysms have engulfed the Earth as the rebellion of the elements occurred against the discordant impositions of human feeling and viciousness - these took their toll. The statement, "Heaven and Earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away" (Matthew 24:35), shows to mankind, then, that the use of words is not always confined to one connotation. Let Me, therefore, shed the Light of an Archangel's Heart upon this one concept, here and now, and bring to Light the great Truth concerning the Cosmos in the fond hope that thereby individuals, perceiving their role in the scheme of things, will be content to pursue God and his peace in this present hour without overly concerning themselves with the vast dark ages of the past. The wings of the future shall only bear men upward as they enter into the Spirit of God's Goodness and consider the handiwork of God as more important than the manifestation of temporal control over the forces of Nature. The advent of the era of The Christ, declared so wondrously by Himself as He descended earthward into each human heart, was "Lo, I AM come to do Thy Will, O God." The enfolding of an individual in the Will of God as the first step toward the manifestation of latent Divinity is likewise fulfilled in the body of the Earth itself. However, the Earth has received mankind and played host to them and in return received the ravages of a parasite race, contrary to the manifestation of the mergent Christ which should long ago have been apparent in all evolutions abiding here. Mankind today have the facilities vested in science to utterly destroy the globe upon which they live. Yet, individuals continue to abide here - to work, to play, to love, to serve, to give and to seek - as though they were totally unmindful of the potential destruction that could at any moment be unleashed by the irresponsible and godless generation in control of material power. For generations the spiritual overseers of this planet, through the direction of Hierarchy, have kept from mankind much of the knowledge which would have enabled them to invent those instruments of destruction they now possess. The view of the Great Masters was that by retaining these secrets of Nature from mankind's use, They would allow for a period during which the development of spiritual understanding and the flowering of peace among men might prosper. Hence, it was thought, when the long-hoped-for peace would be much in evidence, miracles of scientific advancement, whereby men could completely control the forces of Nature, could be given unto them. But, in the pursuit of a materialistic science based on a thirst for power over men instead of the 'dominion over the Earth' promised to man even `in the beginning,' (Genesis 1:26) the current situation has resulted as one of material giantism, having its springboard in unprecedented scientific discovery, side by side with an alarming dwarfing of mankind's spiritual faculties. Only to those who have retained the simplicity of the childlike mind, to 'the youth' of the world, were the Ascended Masters able to impart holy attunement with Spiritual Octaves of Consciousness and the levels of the Angels and Archangels. Now, then, there is a circumscription to all things appointed and fixed by Divine Decree. And, therefore, if man shall unleash all of the destructive potential within his grasp at the present moment, the Earth itself might well cease to be. Yet, the matrix form, or Divine Design thereof could not be destroyed and the lifewaves of the planet could be cradles by a newly-prepared home whereon all might continue under similar conditions, as in an ark of relative safety to work out their Cosmic Destiny. But, remember, Blessed Ones, this would only prove to be a setback to mankind from the standpoint of time. With God, Whose Consciousness is eternal, for It inhabits the ever-living cycles, there is no sense of delay; but for those who are grafted into the temporal world and function in a time-spacial continuum, the delay is very great indeed. Knowing human nature and man's propensity to put off until tomorrow that which he ought to do today, the Great Ascended Masters Themselves have made Their decision not to forsake the world (and this They did while yet in human form) but to Ascend out of its consciousness and find Their Freedom in God. The wondrous descent to Earth of countless Avatars Who have borne a Christ Message of Redemption has been intended to amplify the Holy Aspects of Charity within the human heart. As long as the Holy Message of Charity be not heeded, the advent of a superior civilization cannot be completely established. Only when absolute divine integrity is enthroned within the human consciousness can mankind be assured of their future in safety and in honor. It is true that the archives of the world do contain the record of some magnificent civilizations of past Golden Ages, presided over by rulers of exquisite grace and kindness whose attunement with the level of the Archangels and Emissaries of Heaven brought into manifestation upon Earth all of the wonders of Ascended Master Love. This included the instantaneous materialization of food and of needed supply directly from the Universal itself. The very dishes which contained the food were materialized for the period of their use and then dematerialized by a spoken command from the rulers of this land. All of these things seem like fables or tales from the Arabian Nights to mankind today. Men are taught from an early age to look to outward sources for their needs; they are even trained to ridicule those who seek to draw from the Universal the power of healing and the supplying of many of their needs. Religion itself is frequently mocked by individuals who are themselves on Earth only by the grace of the tremendous protection drawn forth by men of Good Will and Faith. Yet, it matters not to the Great Presiding Deity, Who functions totally in the infinite levels of Perfection, as to how long mankind shall abide in the myriad stellar systems and in the outer net thereof, without ever entering into the wonderful advent of those cosmic civilizations located in the island universes which are fantastic distances away from all of the star systems which are evident to the naked eye of man. The isolation ring which has been placed around the outer framework of the Universe in which the Earth abides and the isolation ring which is also fixed around the entire known Cosmos of material substance is most effective in preventing the disclosure of the Divine Secrets from those who would otherwise make of Heaven the same shambles which they have made of earthly civilization. And yet, in holy Charity, We must praise the endeavors of the few and the many who have followed Righteousness in their service to the Earth and its people; for many wondrous civilization have arisen; that they have fallen is only an attestation of the shame and moral turpitude which dwelled therein. Men of piety and wit, however, cannot necessarily tear the veil of the Universe with their hands and find the fabric of Righteousness with which to adorn themselves, but all must climb and master each step of the way through an orderly process of attainment which has become fixed by Cosmic Law. Love, long declared to be the greatest Power in the Universe, is indeed of many varieties. But there is a fallacy here, for that which mankind call love is in actuality mere attachment to things, to persons, to places and conditions. The Reality of Divine Love is sometimes disclaimed by mankind because of Its so-called impersonal nature. When true understanding dawns, men will know the meaning of this also. The very word, "impersonal," when carried out by a little spiritual exercise involving the letters thereof, will reveal a part of its true meaning: The spelling of the words begins with the letters 'I' and 'M' which here related to 'I AM'; the 'PER' involves the sound of 'UR' which is the ancient word for Light; the word 'SON' following thereafter causes it to read, "`I AM' LIGHT'S SON ALL," OR "`I AM' ALL A SON OF LIGHT." Thus, impersonal Love is a tribute to the rising Being of Man's spiritual Nature and fulfills in him his Cosmic Destiny as he opens the door of his Being to receive the ALLNESS of the `I AM' SON OF LIGHT or Christ Who is emerging through the evolving Consciousness. Until now, men have not found room in the inn of their being for Christly Charity, for they have hid the babe of its expression in the stable of mortality; now they must make way for Him to rise at the very nadir of their Being until He is drawn upward by His own Light's Radiance to manifest full God maturity. Charity abideth forever. Lovingly I AM CHAMUEL ****** Chapter 43 Beloved Archangel Jophiel - October 23, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 43 - Beloved Archangel Jophiel - October 23, 1964 V The Cult of the Mother of the World Beloved Who Are Nurturing the Christ Consciousness in All Life: The golden color of the advent of autumn, the cycle of Nature coming to completion, reminds men that all of the adornments of vibrant Life, reflected in green leaf and flowering blossom, now changeth, fadeth, and falleth unto the Earth, caught by the swirling winds, making their way to rest and reunion with the elements from whence they came and shall rise again as sap and seed, pulsating still in the dream of winter to appear once more in the great tide of Spring's Resurrection! Now presiding over all of the Destiny of Man stands the Mind of God, Whose sweep and scope come full circle through and beyond all circles, known and unknown. All who perceive Truth will recognize that God is inherently in manifestation within every cycle of Consciousness at every level of existence. Quite naturally, then, a different aspect of the One God may manifest in consciousness from one individual to another. This does not mean that one who does not have a similar depth of perception and understanding to one's own is of necessity of a lesser stature or development spiritually. For there are many spheres of consciousness and these do interpenetrate one another, even in the same lifestream (though all are not aware of their own potential at a given moment) and individuals are passing through certain sets of experiences in order that they might fulfill mastery of each cycle and thereby rise higher in the scale of Being. We herald the day when men shall have mastered all cycles upon Earth and are then able to manifest, as Beloved Jesus did, the full expression of the Christ Consciousness. The exquisite mystery of the Christ which manifested even before the Advent of Jesus in the wondrous Annunciation of the Beloved Archangel Gabriel comes in no less measure to all through the Great Cosmic Mother. The cult (so-called) of the Mother of the World will rise again in this day and age, but great care must be exercised in order that in instituting an era of some change, men do not become spoilers of the valuable aspects of the past. In the service of the Archangels which We are giving through the Pearls of Wisdom preceding the coming of this Christmas Season, We are sounding a word of caution together with our progressive intent for all; thus, while Our approval of change and progress is indicated, We advise that men learn to discern that which has value to their world and that which does not, and also recognize the need for tolerance toward those whose rate of acceptance of new ideas and concepts may not be quite as rapid as their own. Patience is ever a Cosmic Virtue, providing this patience does not become a mere toleration of an undesirable status quo. Let men not seek change merely for the sake of change itself, but because the newly instituted processes will be an improvement upon that which is to be abandoned. In some cases it may even be desirable to let the weed grow beside the rose, and then when both are full stature, the one can be cut down and cast away and the other placed amongst the treasures of the heart. Great care has been exercised by the Great Ascended Masters and the Hierarchies in the fostering and nurturing of the Christ Consciousness throughout civilization. If this were not so, the Earth would long ago have ceased to be by the weight of ignorance and stupidity fostered by mankind. The world has crucified and done despite to those who have honored it most. Men of spiritual prowess of whom the world has not been worthy have been spat upon and abused, while those whose consciousness, in all of its animalism has scarcely been fit to occupy the body of a swine, much less the body Temple of Man, have been honored. As Jesus said, "They have their reward." You may wonder why an Archangel is concerned with the sociological and political aspects of the world. Quite frankly, We are interested in Man, both individually and collectively, for We know that as We charge into the world Our momentum of Divine Illumination and as the pressure mounts for mankind's acceptance of the full measure of spiritual culture intended for the race, and then acceptance occurs, the world will be changed to become more Godlike. Therefore, Our forays into human consciousness are to inspire and to fire mankind with a renewal of the Ancient Spiritual Covenants. Thus, his intellect will become a useful tool of Being as it becomes more radiantly infused with Divine Awareness. In God's Name and in Memory of the Sanctity of the Christ of every Man, I AM ARCHANGEL JOPHIEL ****** Chapter 44 Beloved Archangel Gabriel - October 30, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 44 - Beloved Archangel Gabriel - October 30, 1964 VI World Motherhood Beloved Who Would Make Ready for the Message of Your Christ Identity: I AM Gabriel Who standeth in the Presence of God to reveal to men the Divine Concept of the Mother of the World. At this holy season, when the veil is partially lifted and men's faces are turned upward to behold the splendor of the Son of Righteousness, shining in His strength, I AM come to announce the Unity of The Christ among all nations and peoples. The birth of the Christ-Principle in the hearts of men is one of the ever-appearing nature of divine manhood, so beautifully demonstrated by our Lord Christ Jesus. When I was privileged to hear the annunciation of His coming as it was spoken by God through Me to Beloved Mary, I recall the great joy which resounded through the ethers from the hearts of the angels of My Band as they stood in holy communion around the sacred vessel of the one who was to bear Him for his earthly journey. The radiance of the Christ which already shone round about her was transcendent to behold, more lovely than any earthly image ever beheld by men or painted upon canvas, for in this sacred union with the Holy Spirit, manifesting through the Mother Consciousness, was the feeling of infinite Love descending from the very Heart of God Himself, and the power of that Love, when received into the chalice of the one attuned by the Immaculate Concept to the very citadel of creation, did indeed coalesce to form the perfect Manchild of God. How I have often thought of the hour when the kernel of Light is magnetized by the Mother's heart: Anchored in the world of form, it gathers energies from the very corners of the universe which are brought to bear upon the body, mind, and soul of the incoming lifestream, so that it can indeed be said that man has within his very bones the secret essences of the stars themselves, of galaxies extending to Andromeda and the far reaches of God's conscious outpicturing of Himself. As these light rays are thus magnetized through the lens of the Mother Consciousness, the image is formed according to the purity of heart held constant by the chosen one. Thus, the office of mother upon earth is intended to reflect the spiritual activity of the Mother of the World in retaining the Divine Design for each son of God as he descends from the Father's Heart to do His holy Will. The advent of the Christ birth offers to mothers the world around the opportunity of contemplating with Beloved Mary the sacred trust which has been given to all at this holy season. Let all learn a lesson in grace from the life of the blessed virgin whose purity of heart was so great that the very Design of God was not impeded as it was released through her lifestream to give Beloved Jesus the form and consciousness needed for his final triumph during the thirty-three years of his victorious embodiment. As a part of the sevenfold message given unto mankind by the Archangels at this season, I wish to give to each reader of Our Words the feeling of world motherhood, the feeling of being at once under the shadow of the Almighty Arms of the Father's love, while holding mankind in the trusted wings of the World Mother. For ye are stewards of His handiwork and as such you hold the race in the gentle radiance of the Father-Mother love, even as it is imparted unto you. Spiritual exercise in manifesting this aspect of Divinity is needed, even as the exemplification of sonship is requisite. The full-orbed action of the Trinity outpictured by each lifestream is essential ere the completion of individual mastery be recognized. For each man, woman, and child, at a given hour in his mission, is called upon to BE FATHER, SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT unto Life. Witness the compassion of Jesus as He "suffered the little children" to come unto Him (Matthew 19:14) and forgave the one accused of all forms of wickedness (John 8:1-11). Recall his authority in casting out the seven devils (Luke 8:2) and refusing his Father's House to become a den of thieves (Mark 11:15-17). As the son He was found teaching and preaching in the synagogues, bringing the Christ-radiance of Illumination's Flame to the molded concepts of the elders (Luke 2:46-49). And so as we are reminded at Christmastide of the role of the Christ, the tiny babe in Mary's arms, protected by the gentle Joseph, let us arise in spirit to command the Threefold Flame of Life to give us renewed dedication to a more balanced action of the holy Nature of God; let us appeal to the Mother of the World for grace in manifesting love without ceasing; let us appeal to the Father for strength to do what we know must be done; and let us ever live in the Christ of our own Being and claim that Sonship which was given to us `in the beginning.' O, God Our Father, we pray for mankind that they might see and know Thee through Thine own Annunciation of the fulfillment of Thy Trinity in all. We call to the hearts of Thy children everywhere and appeal to the Great Flame of Life therein to uplift their faces, too, even as that of the Blessed Virgin was turned to Mine own, and We ask that the praise of the Perfect Concept of their own Being might ring from their lips as the bells of Christmastide do peel the eternal song of Freedom, of Liberty, and of Peace on earth, Good Will to men! I AM standing in the Presence of Thy God, waiting to bring to you the Message of your own Christ Identity -when you are ready. GABRIEL ****** Chapter 45 Beloved Archangel Raphael - November 6, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 45 - Beloved Archangel Raphael - November 6, 1964 VII The Power of Christ Truth Gracious Mankind of Earth, Whose fruitful soul energies are composed of the very substance of God: Ponder now the great need for Cosmic Healing of the Earth and her evolutions. Count the value of cosmic adjustment that maketh right all mankind's errors here and now. See what is the great need of this moment and then proceed to practice by being a doer of God's Will, the highest strategy in dealing with the nightmares of destructive human action. The appalling and frightful shadows must be transmuted by the power of healing Love, garnered in holy attunement and sustained in the face of every form of distress unleashed by the outer mind. Contemplate, then, the great healing power of Truth itself, not only for physical and mental suffering, but as the quickener of the soul of man in tune with the Cosmic pulse this very hour. The greatest measure of caution possible must be exercised by all chelas of God in examining thoroughly the method whereby the affirmation of Holy Truth, generated 'On High' and accepted in the consciousness of the person, does push out the shoots of error and the arrows of unrighteousness and flows through the consciousness of the receptive soul as the purifying Light of God that never fails. I cannot deny the very marvelous practice of the healing arts in which womanhood have been engaged for centuries. This very special forte of the Feminine Ray ought to be recognized and fostered by young women as well as by the mature. The world has need of such as you, and when you cast the anchor of your devotion into the Heart of God, the automatic response generated thereby will flow on the returning Radiance as wings of Light and song to cheer the world in its moments of somberness and to impart to the memory of men, women, and children a very marvelous outpouring of tender gratitude for the service of ministering Angels in human form. It is no mere outer glamour that has tinged the memory of many children of the race, both men and women, with the gracious recollections of loved ones who have served in an hour of special need. Those who would amplify the greatest measure of Truth in this connection will ever retain the simple and humble feeling of gratitude for each opportunity to serve without expectation of reward. No blinding gall will then be their portion, for that which is done will not be in vain expectation, but in holy anticipation of that ageless day when every tear of sorrow is wiped away from all humanity by the Hand of God. As We contemplate the role of Jesus and Mary, performed two thousand years ago, the Angelic Hosts still feel to the present hour the buoyant sense of gratitude that has been raised Godward by countless fervored cries of devotion and thanks for their service to Life. The centuries are mellowed by the ritual of their lives. The golden light of their love, streaming through the tree-lined avenues of the years, enlightening the wide vistas of nature and the hungering doors of many hearts, reveals the lineaments of Cosmic service flowing, not through the aperture of the year of decade or century, but through the cycles of regeneration and hope. As the Holy Season approaches, the Seven Mighty Archangels stand in complete unity of thought that the power of Christ Truth ought now to be focused as never before in the hearts of men from North, East, West, and South to be the cauterizing power that melts away the vestiges of decay and floods each cell and lifestream with compassion and healing unguents of spiritual grace. Let us remember Christ every day and feel a new quickening of His Spirit upon the planetary evolution. Lovingly, I AM RAPHAEL -your Healing Archangel ****** Chapter 46 The Beloved Maha Chohan - November 13, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 46 - The Beloved Maha Chohan - November 13, 1964 The Descent of the Holy Spirit I The Temple of God Beloved Who Would Purify the Temple: The bounties of God are attainable to all who in the beauty of faith can conceive rightly of the justice of God to every lifestream. Thus, such as these cannot exclude themselves, but must enter the palace of the great King and abide in the Temple of God. Most gracious Saint Paul long ago declared, "Know ye not that ye are the Temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?" (I Corinthians 3:16) It is typical of human nature in past and present age to pay allegiance to musty concepts that do not vitalize the consciousness, simply because of the commonness of mankind's belief. The great forerunners who have made possible spiritual achievement in every age have been men and women whose power of vision have enabled them to challenge the concepts of the mass mind and enter into the advanced thought of the Brothers of Light and the Spiritual Hierarchy. Thereby they no longer run riot in the manner of the common herd but stand as tall trees upon the hillsides and mountains of the world, exemplary spires of spiritual fortitude, content to point the way toward the untrammeled heights of holiness, which in Reality are the country of God. Blessed Ones, if Freedom is not to be the portion of men and they are to remain bound to cycle after cycle of human struggle with all of its errant possibility, would it not be almost cause for despondency? If it were not for the gracious men and women who, by holy attunement with the Holy Spirit, have offered some ray of hope different from that of the mass consciousness, it would not be possible for mankind to break the tie that binds them to the ceaseless rounds of karma-making struggle. The very thought of man's body being the Temple of God brings about a purification of the mind, if the consciousness will let it. There is something about a clean body, both from a physical and spiritual standpoint which attracts the Holy Spirit to dwell therein. I know full well of the wearing discouragement that sometimes comes to individuals as they enter into certain aspects of the human struggle, but conversely, I am well aware of the transfusing energies that are drawn into the body, mind and very soul fabric of man's Being by purity and cleanliness of person and consciousness. Now I admit that we have a drive on at the present time on behalf of mankind to purify their consciousness, for there is a very definite law acting, Blessed Ones, that when any part of the Being of Man is purified, it tends to spread out and work a change through all parts of Man. When Man accepts, then, the Truth of the statement that He is the Temple of God, it will tenderly prepare him for the incoming of radiant Powers of the Holy Spirit and help him to establish a victory of the Omnipotence of God in the forcefield of his total consciousness. Therefore, I cannot urge mankind enough to accept the power generated by the acceptance of this simple statement of Beloved Paul. When Jesus said, "Except ye become as a little child, ye cannot enter in" (see Mark 10:15 and John 3:3-5), He did not refer to he shrinking of the body or to the compressing of the consciousness back into the state of babyhood or childhood. He referred to the acceptance of great and holy Truth clothed in childlike simplicity which will enable men and women to open up the gate of acceptance in the heart and mind of their very Being to enlarge the borders of their concentration and consecration until the fertile consciousness can be impregnated with every Divine Quality which would attract the Spirit of the Immortal God. Lovingly, I AM The Maha Chohan ****** Chapter 47 The Beloved Maha Chohan - November 20, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 47 - The Beloved Maha Chohan - November 20, 1964 The Descent of the Holy Spirit II Sacred Words and Names Beloved Who Would Draw Down the Holy Spirit: With the Advent of the Holy Spirit descending into the forcefield of Man's consciousness, that consciousness becomes a tabernacle-chalice, fitted to receive many bequests of Heaven. The Communion Cup of the Master Jesus, the long-sought, and supposedly long-lost, Holy Grail, is itself symbolical of the renaissance of Cosmic Virtue and Purity impregnated within the consciousness and forcefield of the individual monad by the Advent of Cosmic Oneness whereby the middle wall separating God and Man is torn aside forever by the inrushing currents of the Holy Spirit. The first birth of the Earth, earthy, becomes relatively insignificant next to the intense action of the whole-I Spirit. Now, let understanding be borne in mind and consciousness by all those who would not only probe the ways of Heaven, but also walk therein. And let them understand the complete naturalness of the Cosmic Gift, for that which is unnatural to God has occupied the mind of man and served to divert his energies from the Pathway of Holiness to the pathway of human confusion and dispute. The Way of Peace emerges when God is honored above all others; and yet, the mighty outpouring of Love which occurs through the Advent of the Holy Spirit is not only chaste, but it is also charitable to all, and it is never lacking in discrimination as to that which is wholly constructive and that which is but a drain upon the advancing energies of the chela of Truth who seeks to climb regularly upward. Remember, Precious Ones, that small diversions are sometimes subtle tests, calculated, through your overcoming of the path of resistance, to make you wise in the administration of the gift of your own time and energy. Now, it seems right unto Me to deal with the subject of mantrams and their use by both orthodox and unorthodox individuals upon the planet in invoking the descent of the Holy Spirit. The repetitive use of Sacred Words and Names has proven to be efficacious for many reasons in drawing down the radiation and inflow of the Blessed Holy Spirit and Its currents. Of course, this Law is based on the simple fact that two thoughts cannot occupy the mind simultaneously. When Sacred Names are continually pronounced, with the view to drawing very close to God and contacting His Mighty Presence, this process is effective in shutting out or excluding the veil of shadows and discordant energies which, under normal human circumstances, prevent the Divine contact. Some organizations in India have used sacred Sanskrit names; other religious organizations in America have used the simple name of the Master Jesus, repeating over and over again the name, 'Jesus.' When this is done with absolute devotion poured out to God, and with love for the Master Jesus, it does assist in connecting the consciousness of the individual with the vibratory action of the Holy Spirit which so richly endowed the Christ with Cosmic virtue. Now the descent of the Holy Spirit ought to bring no fear, but only the mighty throbbing currents of universal Power, Wisdom, and Love. Bear well in mind that the Father's Love can do no harm, but only serve to assist mankind in unfolding that Divinity which hitherto has been latent all about him, in order that It might sustain a completeness of Life which has never before in his current embodiment been so in evidence. It is one thing to receive the blessing of the Holy Spirit; it is another to retain that vibration in all of Its Purity and Grace. If there be any Grace man has ever received for which he ought to give thanks, it is the Spirit of God by which he is born again and anew to the Kingdom of God. The renewal of this Covenant should be construed as applicable to one's present embodiment, for in the beginning all men received the Blessing of the Holy Spirit to go forth and sow the seeds of Righteousness and everlasting Love in the Kingdom temporal and throughout all cycles of Being. Eternally I AM yours, The Maha Chohan ****** Chapter 48 The Beloved Maha Chohan - November 27, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 48 - The Beloved Maha Chohan - November 27, 1964 The Descent of the Holy Spirit III A Seamless Garment Beloved in Whose Self Awareness Is the Great Potential of the Spirit: The Holy Spirit can rightfully be called the Great Unifying Coordinator, like unto a mighty weaver of old, Who weaves a seamless garment of Ascended Master Light and Love. The shuttle of God's attention upon Man drives forth radiant beams of descending Light, scintillating fragments of purity and happiness toward Earth and into the hearts of His children, whilst the tender risings of men's hopes, aspirations, invocations and calls for assistance do pursue the Deity in His Mighty Haven of Cosmic Purity. Now the subject of the descent of the Holy Spirit cannot be compressed within the span of a few short pages or articles dealing with the confederation of Heaven and the opportunities which God gives to men. Yet, awareness itself is the great potential. Therefore, in earnestness of Cosmic Heart, We call to all who have been charged with a renewing of the priceless Immortal Spirit of God's Identity, to take stock of themselves and of the radiant Gift of Himself which God has made to all who will receive Him. As a tiny seed of Light, the Holy Spirit enters into the Heart of the Earth, into the density of matter, that It might expand through the cells of form and Being, of thought and perception, to become a gnosis and effulgence in the Cup of Consciousness. This Holy Grail of Immortal Substance may be unrecognized by many who pass by, but to many others It will be perceived, gleaming from behind the Veil, shedding the Light of that divine knowing which transcends mortal conception and is the renewing freshness of Eternity's morn, vitalizing each moment with that God Happiness which Man can cognize through infinite perceptions, cast as fragments into the chalice of his own consciousness. Above all, having received, retain Whate'er Gift God hath given unto thee, That e'er the sun set each day Thou shalt have cleansed thy Being Of all perceptions vain and hapless And readied thyself through eventide To enter in to Immortal Peace In the hours of the night while thy body sleeps To dream the Immortal Dream And to be one who gathers Of the Flame of God's Spirit in greater measure And fulness, that as the new day breaketh, Thy energies, made holy and pure, Rising as the incense of devotion, Shall invoke for all who are thy Friends of Light Some new miracle of consciousness. Thy Destiny lies not in vanity and confusion But only in the Godly activity of Being A lamp lighter Having first within thyself the spark of kindling That thou mayest then and ever anon Confer with sweetness upon all hearts The selfsame regenerative technique Bestowed upon thee by the Eternal Father. The Holy Spirit, having descended into thy Being Is ever thereafter an Eternal Anchor Cast within the Heart Center of Divinity Itself. No delusion, no outer world vanity Will then allay thy feeling of searching, For, Thy Being, like a Great Searchlight Will scan each moment That thou mayest perceive what radiant splendor God has placed there - shall I say, blessed ones, Right under your noses - That thou mayest know that all that opposes The configuration of splendid appearing Is but a darkened garb without clearing Which thou mayest well shun, never fearing Ought else, but knowing withal That the show white dove, showing all hope, Will fly with compassionate wings To the Heart of Heaven where soundless sound rings The melody of the Sacred Seven Whose Whiteness is Thy Seamless Robe. I AM THE LORD MAHA CHOHAN ****** Chapter 49 Beloved El Morya - December 4, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 49 - Beloved El Morya - December 4, 1964 Radiant Links Lovers of the Divine Image, The complexities of life, in all of their varied manifestations, are swept away as cobwebs by the Hand of God in action; and treasures of Eternal Reality stand revealed in matchless splendor. The temptations and vicissitudes of life, the yawning chasms and pitfalls with which man has identified, become meaningless ant hills of human futility - beneath notice when the eyes draw down the radiance from 'On High' and fix in the domain of consciousness and reason the victory of God as it expresses by the Power of the Spirit the masterful Reality embodied in the Divine Image. The folly of contempt and prejudgment of man who is aspiring unto the highest and who is being led progressively to higher planes is but a deterrent to the practitioner who, through pollution of his own auric field, harms himself most. As men outwardly prepare for the coming of the Christmas festivities, our Hearts and the Hearts of the Angelic Hosts are determined that they shall not receive alone the empty baubles, but also the treasures of multitudinous Hearts of Love - gentle subtleties and whisperings of joy to come, and the effulgence that is the flowing garment of the Lord as He moves in a Spirit of complete Victory to establish His Kingdom among men. The dense pacts men have made with matter, the useless treks they have made in pursuit of vain ambitions, these cannot compare with the journey of the Magi - with contact with the invisible world, and with insight into the soul-yearnings of men. The natal advent portends to this hour a sparkling cup that overfloweth upon the world the fount of invisible wisdom and holy intelligence. The old towers may be broken and the old boundaries erased and overcovered with decaying substance, but the clear eye will discern beyond human reason the masterful works of God, Whose splendor appearing within the mind and heart of man is also without as the garment of nature, breaking forth into blossom wheresoever the feet of the Christ may lead. Now, as we pause to consider the perils of men, let us once again, in chaliced interlacing of hands, recognize the common bond of Christly fealty. In the laying aside of old dissensions, let the wonders of His love flow through as regeneration, resurgence of determination, and the transmutative efforts from 'On High' that seek to dash the cup of woe from the hand of the unsuspecting and unwary partaker thereof. Thus, when the Light rays from the celestial orb stream forth a message of renewed hope and contact human hearts, it shall not be that men shall pass their hands before their faces as though to remove a cobweb, but rather, in the blessedness of full recognition of the touch of the Hand of the Immortal One, that they shall cherish their own Divinity, their own opportunity, and their own potential fruit of service, made upon the altars of God, builded in the stables of man's consciousness. The acceptable mores shall yield to the Hand of the Infinite Weaver, Who in His cherished outpouring will teach men the joy of cognizing the thoughts of God's Heart. The casting off of old apparel, and the trading in of the old garments for the Seamless Robe, enable men to offer their gifts with noblesse oblige, with faith in the justice of the Holy One, and in recognition of the spiritual Body of The Most High Who flexes the sinews of new life through the whole body of mankind in order that the head thereof be honored as the victorious daystar of Christly intelligence. And so, as the Cosmic dust, flecked with golden substance, radiates and renews Cosmic treasure in both form and being, the Divine Image supplants the usurping mortality and the Christ Child becomes in all the Manchild to rule in the lesser kingdom until it also is assimilated into the greater. With what hope His star shone forth; with what destiny it was placed in the celestial realm; with what angelic acclamation it has broadcast its appeal to all hearts. Only God can know. For the Infinite arrow has lefts its mark upon the finite and the tracings of the Finger of God have crumbled the hearts of men in the weakened places thereof and have builded renewed hope and consolation in all who would accept the Reality of their own holy breath. Let us rejoice and be glad. Let us fend the aggressive tide. Let us forge radiant links that cannot be erased. I AM forever MORYA ****** Chapter 50 Beloved Mother Mary - December 11, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 50 - Beloved Mother Mary - December 11, 1964 Reminiscences To You Who Would Remember a Mother's Heart: Ah, the sweet world of hope, how like a mother's prayer for the newborn are the fair thoughts and hopes which God holds afresh each day for the world and the children of men. And it is His Hope, His Compassion, His Strength, His Determination, and His Wisdom released from On High that filters through the sunlit air and gently descends into the hearts of men, removing elements of despair and bringing to Earth each day some new ray of hope for that which is to come that sustains the power of virtue among men. The greater movements of energetic Holy Intelligence from On High become the lesser engravings of men's hearts, for their interpretations, in a less lofty vein, do derive their inspiration from the Mercy of God, dropping as the softly falling rain, or as the snow in all of its white brilliance that bespeaks of Purity in a world stained with doubt. I AM come to reminisce for a moment on the holy eve when Beloved Jesus first made His appearance two thousand years ago as the lowly one, destined to be raised On High and in the souls of men as a Brother Celestial whos e mission, scarcely understood then, remains to the present hour undefined in its entirety. I did not seek then to probe the mysteries of God, for I knew with a fortitude not of this Earth that He whom I held in my arms was the Promised One who would comfort many souls for thousands of years to come. My life seemed to me then as but a tender offering upon the altar of His mission, His service, His preparation, His ministry unto the souls of men. I knew that my Being ought never to be the repository for doubt or foolish pride, or contempt for those lesser illumined ones. I knew that the mastery revealed in his tiny baby glance and smile as the days passed by was the result of the Power, Wisdom and Love imparted unto Him by angelic visitants from God's Heart. As He stretched His tiny limbs and gazed toward the sky, I saw a new vigor creep into his form almost daily, and I felt as though I watched from afar the birth of a new world, a new star, a radiance unspeakable and yet compassionate. To serve with Joseph in nourishing this young Light, so freshly come from Heaven's realm, was to me a reason for being beyond earthly delight, and so it came to pass that an incalculable mastery of outer conditions came into my hand and mind, and I determined to be an example of all that a holy mother should, offering myself in holy prayer to God daily. Not failing to reconsecrate myself in service apart from the world and the appearances of outer conditions, I drew a strength matchless in its fullness into outer manifestation, and I found that on my aspiration for my Son, my own soul took flight, and joy surged forth as from a spring deep in the heart of the Earth. I impart these inner reminiscences to mankind today in the twentieth century that you may know that the Heart of a Cosmic Mother does not lose touch with the externalized virtue of past times; on the contrary, the unbroken continuity of all that has gone before remains with Me still as the tender tracings of Deific Power which shall be to all people for His Name's Sake. For, as I impart to you today these ancient meditations of My Heart, I know full well that those who can respond, as though touched by inner chords from heavenly ministrants of music, will let the joy that ought to flood the world come forth through them here and now that hither and thither and anon through the world the Light of God may flow, that not on wings of devotion alone, but on service shall all arise to renew their memory of My Son's Mission of Cosmic Destiny for all. I AM your Cosmic Mother MARY ****** Chapter 51 Beloved Saint Germain - December 18, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 51 - Beloved Saint Germain - December 18, 1964 "Come Up Higher" To All Whom God Would Exalt: As I contemplate the message which Mother Mary so tenderly released last week for the perusal of all, I AM also cognizant of the precious gift of memory which enables mankind to build a spiritual memorial to those noble acts of noble men serving under the Aegis of their Divine Fatherhood. Now, it takes little observation of past or current history to reveal the many deeds of infamy which infamous men have committed, both in previous times and in the present day, nor does it require a great deal of thought or wisdom to realize that mankind seldom pay heed to spiritual greatness in the same manner that they honor the war heroes of the world. Thus, when men think in terms of a memorial, it is frequently to honor the men and women whose courage saved a nation from perishing during an attempted coup by an alien power. Let Me remind mankind that the spiritual battle of Armageddon waxes hot in this current day and during the very hours when men ought to contemplate the magnificent spiritual offering of the wise Sons of God, who down through the centuries have made their various appearances upon the scene of life, contemporary men are brewing a potpourri filled with dangers for the mankind of Earth which could rob them of their birthright of Immortal Freedom. Let us, then, honor as never before the spiritual men of all ages by calling forth a renewed dedication to the Holy Christ Principles manifest in the mangers of outer appearance. Beloved Mother Mary said long ago in her magnificat, "He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree" (Luke 1:52). Let all, then, be aware of the divine exaltation uttered by Immortal Tongue saying, "Come up higher." For this is the call that can neither be denied nor derided by the foolishness of men. For whom God hath exalted, he is exalted indeed; therefore, his acts, enrichened by the fruit of ever-advancing knowledge, will continue to reflect Godliness in the form of right thought and deed for and on behalf of the sons of men and the Sons of God in order that a divine consonance will be brought about in Holy Unity's Name. It is so easy, after Christmas has passed, for men to forget the starry reverent Life that gave them birth and strength and health and freedom and every good gift, and to sow seeds of discord without the realization of the sordid harvest that will surely lay by their own doorstep. But I come not in the vibratory action of fear or condemnation but in scientific approval of the power of Christly virtue to overcome the world and its errors. You must bear in mind, Precious Ones, that the power of change is resident in the Star of The Christ and that it bears portent of great joy which shall be to all people who will accept it and carry forth its message across the daily pages that compose the book of the year. I say, then, when Cosmic sinews, like bands of immortal strength, pull upon your hearts and shower you with the desire for greater wisdom, remember that human eyes and ears have not yet heard all that shall be uttered concerning the missions of the Great Ones who have walked the sands of this blessed Earth. Not the least of these was Jesus of Nazareth, and I rejoice to have been so closely identified with Him today in the great mission of Freedom in which He seeks to cradle an infant humanity whose advancements and culture, materialistic and outward, are yet so lacking in inner lustre. Yet, I say, be of good cheer, for it is the "I AM" Spirit of Christmas which must weave a garland of many dedicated hearts and offer it unto God as a bond to circle the years with His Love everlasting. In the Name of the Prince of Peace, I AM SAINT GERMAIN ****** Chapter 52 Beloved Jesus - December 25, 1964 ****** Vol. 7 No. 52 - Beloved Jesus - December 25, 1964 The Temple of the Wise Master Builder Blessed Ones, The magnitude of God's Love which came to Me as it did long ago to Melchizedek, Priest of Salem, also spoke in the tender ministrations of my Mother Mary and my Father Joseph. The bonds of Holy Compassion, extending from the Heart of God, came to fruition in them both, manifesting the dual aspects of the Father-Mother God and endowing Me with a matrix of Holy Wisdom which brought into My Being the immortal strands of Heaven's Love and the many portions of Holy Writ which became an integral part of My Being. As I AM today standing forth in radiant Light to the world, renewing once again the ancient covenant of Hope, in Peace and Good Will upon Earth, I call to the youth and aged alike, to the Heart of India and America, beseeching all who will yet hear My Voice to look with greater consideration upon the tender grapes born of the Holy Vine and embodied among you. For there are many souls now aborning and others who have recently arrived upon this blessed Planet who come as Servitors of Great Light. Akin they are to Avatars and Christs of God, yet by reason of Karmic dispensations and a dearth of holy women and holy men such as were given to Me in Mary and Joseph, these new souls have been forced to accept parents whose thoughts and coarseness of consciousness are a far cry from the celestial utterances of the Divine One. As strangers in a lonely country, these blessed lifestreams both need and require a great outpouring of spiritual assistance, yea, even in greater measure than that given unto Me; for they, in many cases, have not attained to the same status as that to which I had attained prior to My birth in Bethlehem of Judea; neither have they manifested the great overcoming mastery which will enable them to penetrate into the Higher Octaves and draw forth their complete Divine Sonship in the full and rich measure which is reserved for them in the Heavenly Realms. Yet, I say unto you that if they be permitted to tap the resources of Holy Energies and if they can overome the bands of inequity which encompass them roundabout but are not of their own origin, they can do greater things than I did in My Galilean embodiment. And so I say to you all, pray for the youth of the world and especially for the Sons of Light that are scattered abroad as the good wheat among the human tares, in order that the Lord of the Harvest may bring into the great granaries of Righteousness a harvest called forth by all who have within themselves a seed of Faith and a Response to the great Light that sent them forth into the void of human concepts, that they too might become overcomers of all things of the flesh and heirs to Immortal Life and Destiny. The planets in their course have no truer orbit than these Sons of Light, for the great trackless expanse of Universal Consciousness is their portion and around them abide the Angels of God in infinite number, seeking to defend them against all conditions of oppression and outer darkness. Yet, beset as they are by outer conditions imposed upon them by the sons of Belial, they are often in peril and will continue so to be until they reach an age of greater maturity - unless some measure of holy assistance can be invoked for them that will counteract, as a gift of God, mankind's carnal expression. Now, on this Christmas Day, My solemn invocation goes out to all who understand that Life does not come to an end but is Immortal, to all who understand that the service in our Father's Vineyard is an Immortal Service which affords all who recognize the meaning of opportunity the full measure of that blessed gift that shall enable them to win for themselves spiritual laurels and Cosmic honors in the everlasting Kingdom. For only those gifts and graces attained by merit of soul and by devotion expressed through some form of service to Life bear the stamp of Divine Approval. When God, "in the Beginning," called forth the worlds without end from the Great Cosmic Void, it was an act of infinite Faith and Power which to this very hour communicates a spirit of liberation into the world of form. This release, like a mighty wind, reveals that Faith, by the manifest Power of works, is an affirmation of the Immortal Covenant between God and Man, having its base upon the plane of the world and its spires rising into celestial heights as yet undreamed of by mortal concepts, but dimly perceived in the hearts of the spiritually illumined pilgrims who in heavenly humility do acknowledge the presence and power of God's Righteousness to bring them Freedom here and now. These hold in check the reins of the steed of the human ego that would otherwise dash both chariot and charioteer over the precipice of reason and into the abyss of human nihilism. The musty concepts of humanity, then, must be discarded and every man must accept the crown of Life which will be placed by the Hand of God on the very brow of achievement where nobility and intelligence bring the fruit of spiritual advance into the magnificent present hour. Bursting like a new star of being, the moment of attainment brings honor and power and glory into the firmament of each man's Being, thus enhancing the world order as many Sons are brought from captivity into the Temple of the Wise Master Builder. My Christmas Message, then, is this: Let the vessels stolen from the Temple in the days of captivity be returned and let the vagabond spirit of desecration, that in thoughtless comment worketh evil upon his brother, be discarded for the spirit of Holy Charity. Let a renewed infusion of Permanent Love enter into the hearts of men and flow forth in an unbroken stream to touch each grain of sand passing through the glass with such radiance as to make of it falling golden dust of spiritual treasure laid upon the altar of Heaven. I cannot condone human error, but neither can I condone or approve of continuation of self-condemnation. I urge all, then, who seek their Immortal Freedom to accept their deliverance from the Hand of Life, that the vanity of wasted labours may be forgotten and the tears that have flown unrequited in self-pity may be wiped away by the Cosmic movement of God's Hand of Righteousness into the personal affairs of all who will accept His ministrations. Truly God is in thy Temple as in Mine. Truly God is born in thee anew. Truly God is thy very Holy Breath. Truly thou art a Son of God. By doing homage to Him, first in thought and then in deed, add thyself to the roll of conquerors to come, and know that I AM with thee until the end of thy overcoming service. In Victory's Name I AM your JESUS THE CHRIST =============================================================================== **** Footnotes: **** {1} March 13, 1964 {2} William Wordsworth's "Ode on Imitations of Immortality"